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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER lo 1908. Iff THE WORLD HIGHER PRICES HH VEGETABLES Importations From South ' Brin? More Money Break in Chickens. BEN DAVIS APPLES IN VERY SCANT SUPPLY INSIDERS LET GO OF SMELTERS Many Certificates Dated 1906 Come Forward in the Late Liquidation. BEST COWS MOVE TO 83.50 TODAY One Sale of Four Animals of Excellent Quality Is Made at Rise of 25c. TODAY'S MARKET FEATURES. Vegetables are cjlmbing up. Eastern coffees are advanced. Jigg market Juki holding i Break in chicken values. Turkey demand to be good. Dressed meats hard to gel ' Idaho potatoes offering here. Cheese is firm; butter easier ' Cabbage market holding well. Big movement of apples. Cranberry market is mixed. Vegetable PricMi Are Climbing. With the colder weather and the greater Importation of vegetables from the south as a result or local scan-uy. prices are beginning ? move upward. Just at this time with both local and outside supplies the market Is generally showing a full condition. Tomatoes from California while very firm In tone and high in price are In somewhat bet ter supply. Pears are arriving more freely from the same direction but the price has been advanced along trout "street to lie a pound, while string beans are selling at 15c with a good de mand even at this figure. Cabbage a In quite good supply but the demand is Increasing and for that reason prices " are holding steady and unchanged. 'Celery is still coming from local places In ouite good condition and is therefore securing the bulk of the trade on this account and the lower prices the trade Is able to sfell at but the arrivals from the south are showing a better move- .. tnent. Idaho Bund Potatoes Offering. Idaho Rural potatoes are now offering in this market but so far as known no shipments have thus far been made in this direction. One party is offering 60 cars for shipment here but the trade is awaiting samples before closing any deals. It is not believed that the Rurals will find much demand here or In the south except perhaps at lower prices than the Burbanks, for that is what the majority of the trade wants. While nth.r nwtlnns of the country east of the Rockies consider the RuthI to be a very good potato, It does not meet with much favor along the Pacific coast. California paid from 25c to 35c a hun dred pounds more for Oregon Burbanks during the year when Colorado shipped out so many cars of potatoes, than it would for Rural s. Xarly Bom Potatoes "Very Bearoe. Early Rose potatoes are very scarce at this time and in consequence offer ings to the south are small. While the trade here has not been willing thus far to offer anything over lc a pound for Rose, the greater demand than supplies is expected to cause a slight increase In the price. Cranberry Market Is Mixed. There Is a badly mixed market In local cranberries with all sorts of prices . ruling. 1-atest arrivals from the east cost considerably more money but some dealers who still retained supplies from former arrivals are still offering berries freely at $13.50 314, while those who have only the latest arrivals to offer cannot possibly sell under 115 and earn their salt. Break In Chicken Values. Chicken values have broken again , along Front street and while there ia scarcely any market for the birds todav and for that reason prices are only guess work, a summary of the situation shows the majority of the buyers un willing to offer over 12c a pound and ; some would not move above 11c. On this account receivers are trying to find an outside market for their supplies, while the dullness continues here. This may help matters in the end. but It Is frenerally the rule for chickens to sell ow at this time of the year. Receipts are quite heavy and are Increasing. Turkeys to Sell High. I'nless all present signs go astray turkevs will sell around 2 2 He for dressed birds for the Christmas trade and some select stock may move even , higher. There is every indication that receipts will not be very heavy. If they are the market will break In tw.,. All depends upon arrivals therefore. Eggs are holding their own with most ales of local ranch around 4fc today. Brief Bote of Front Street Trade. Dressed veal Is very scarce with price high. Dressed hogs. too. Owing to Increase of freight rate oc casioned by close of navigation, eastern Sackage coffees are advanced 13c per undred pounds. Cheese market Is holding very firm with offerings light. Butter is steady with no change In - values. Outside brands only are af fected by the dullness. Front street sells at the following prices. Those paid shippers aro less regular commissions: Barter, Bgtra ana poultry. BUTTER Extra creamery, 87c; fancy I2H&36C: store, 20c. BUTTER FAT Delivery f. o. b. Port land Sweet cream. 35c; sour. J3Ha per IK POt'LTRT Mixed chickens. 1 1 ft llc: hens, 32c; roosters. old, 10c; fryers, 12c; hroilers. 1414Hc; geese. Big 10c; turkeys. alive, 17Vi.&'lPe; dressed, 2022V4c; spring ducks, 14 ft 16c; pigeons, squabs, 12.00(02. 50 per dozen; old. 11:00; dressed poultry. 1 lHc higher. CHEESE Full cream, flats, triplets and daisies. 1616c; Young Ameri cans, 16H01 ' EGGS Local best, 40c per dozen; eastern. 30 iff 33c. Hops, wool anff Bides. WOOL 1808 Willamette valley, 18c HOPS 1908 crop choice, 7Vfc&Sc; prime to choice, 7&7ttc; prime, 6&6ftc; medium, bla5htc lb. SHEEPSKINS Shearing, 10 15c each; ciiort wool. I6c04Oc; medium wool, S0c81.00 each; long wool. 76c $1.26 each. MOHAIX 1908 Nominal. 1819e. TALLOW Prime, per lb, 84c; No. , 8 and grease, zrz4C CHITTAil BARK i t Old. 4 6c; new, 4U ethr lb. HIDES Dry hides, 15016c lb; green, t'JMc lb: bulls, green salt, 59c lb, . kips, 8 9c; calves, green, lii13c per lb. OraJa. JTlons and Bay. BARLEY Feed. $28.50626.76; rolled. $2S2; brewing. $27. WHEAT Buying; price, new Track. ' Portland Club, ' 91c; bltiestem, 9Tc; fortyfold. 92c; red. 89c;" Willamette val ley, lc. MILLSTUFFS Selling price Bran, $. middlings. $33.00; shorts, $30.00; chop, $21.006rt9.69; alfslla meat $16.00 per ton. FLOUR Selling; price Eastern Ore- s-on oatent. 16.00: straight. $4.0604.76 cinort. 170: bakers.' X4.55ift4.80: val ley. $.$; graham. Vc $4.40; rhole wheat. $4.65; rye. 6a. $6.60; bales. $3.00. hat Kroaucenr price wow tim- e-thy. Willamette valley, fancy. 1 14.09 4316.60: ordinary. $ll6013t east ern Oregon. $18.50: mixed. $11.000 13-00; clover, . $10.i; grain. $11.00; cheat. $11.00; alfalfa. II J It 50. ' OATS Producers price Track. No. 1 white. $10.60 81.60; gray, $29,609 l6.Ce. - mtti iH TegvtaaUa, ' FRESH FRUITS O ran gee. new navels, $2 0063.16 per box ; Japanese orange c per box; bananas. 6c per . lb; lemons, $3.tl$6.00l toxt grapefruit. t 09 4 to; ptneeppleaj Hawaiian, $3.00 dox: ptLtx 41-J6; grapes, tl.OOff 1.26; huv kW-erri-a liifl 1 1 c ; lt; cranberries. lo.nl. tli hbl. easternT $14trl5 bl OXIONS New Oreerln. $1.10l.t$ ,!: rrH THfrPcl. ( 1 i i .s ijxtod, tlS,- poor 603 75c According to information which now comes from the Hood Rtver-Mosler dis trict all the Ben Davis apples there in car lots have already been cleaned up and offers for a number of cars from California have for that reason been turned down. The movement of apples has been enormous at the low prices and the trade is now predicting a great snortaga 01 supplier during tue spring months. SILL SUPPLIES HOW OFFERIHG Messages to Board of Trade Indicate Scant Holdings in Coarse Grain 4 Wheat Crop Weather. Oregon and Washington Fair tonight and Thursday; easterly winds. Idaho Fair north, snow south portion tonight and Thursday. BOARD OF TRADE RECEIPTS Wheat, Flour, Barley, Oats, Hay, Cars. Sacks. Cars. Cars. Cars. ... 4 3.000 5 6 5 ...26 1,500 2 6 ...67 8,300 13 1 I T 3,015 2 3 5 3(5 2.000 7 3 15 . ..30 i'.tiiO 8 4 19 Wed. Tues. Mon. Sat. . Fri. . Thurs, That a firmer and higher market is assured for coarse grain providing only ttie normal demand ror tne Faclnc northwest product comes from the south is shown by the action of the markets today at various Pacific coast centers, and the receipt by the Portland board of trade of information from re liable country sources as to the avail able supplies for market. The tele grams Indicate that small, stocks at both oats and barley are for sale at primary points. Some stocks of oats are offered and may be moved on a basis of $32.50 and $33 a ton, track Portland, and barley at $27.50 and $28 a ton, same delivery. In the south today a better tone was shown In barley, especially for deferred unlivery. On the Portland board of trade the bids for oat were very firm, but holders ' were inclined to advance their ask prioes about us much as the bidders moved up their prices. Today's market shows an Advance of 2&e in the bids lor December at $1.60 a cental and a like sum for January at $1.62 H- Local barley futures were firm, with no change In either the bid or asked prices today. While there was no change In cash wheat prices, futures here were disposed , to do better because of the Improvement i in .san Francisco prlctts. On the Port land board of trade there was an ad vance of 'ic In the bids for both De cember and January. No business was transacted during the session. Hoard of trade prices today: CLUB WHEAT. Bid,.. December !i 1 iH January ill NO. 1 WHITE OATS. December 1.00 January I.ii2 NO. 1 FEED BARLEY. December 1 ..'IT. January 1.37 Vs Ask. !l"i 92.s 1.62,j l.3 1.37', 1.40 fancy, 801(!t0c; ordinary. 75S SOc; sweet, $2; Karlv Hose, buying. $1. VEGETABLES furiuus. new Oregon, 75c4ill: beets lift 125: carrots. 60 '0 76c sack: parsnips. 85c 100: cabbage, $1,604(1.75; tomatoes. California, $1.75 1(2 per crate; beans. 15c; cauli flower. $l.ofl; peas, 13c; horserad ish. 68c lb; artichokes. 6573o doz; green onions, 15e p'r doz; peppers, b-A, 6c; Chile ( ); head lettuce. 40o doz; hothouse, 75cfr?l box; radishes, 15c dozen hunch..; celery. 40 85c; egg plant, lac lb. Groceries, Xure. zto. SUGAR Cube, $6.33, powdered. $6.70; fruit or berry, $5.96; dry granulated, $5S5: conf. A, $6.15; extra B $5.45; Golden O. $5.75; D, yellow, $5.25; beet, granuajed. $5.75; barrels. 15c; half bar rels, 30c; boxes 65c advance on sack basis. (Above prices are 80 days net cash quotations. ) SALT Coarse Half ground. 100s, $11.00 per ton; 50s. IK. 50; table, dalr. 60s $16.50; 10s. $16.00: bale. S2.8S: Imported Liverpool. 50c 2o.0o; 100s, I 1 Sf.UU 40s. $?S.00: extra rine. Darrein, 2s. Es and 10s. $4 50S 5. 5; Liverpool lump rocK. szi'.ao per ton. RICK Imperial Japan No. No. 2, 5V4c; Nkw Orleans, head, Alnx ( ); Creole. 6 VI c. 1. 6He: 66Vc; HOVF.Y New, 15c per lb. BEANS Strmll white. $5.26; white. $4 50; pink. S3.S5: bayou. large $3.75; Llmas. $r, 75: Mxicnn reds $4 76 Keats. Tin ana .imnou IL.:i. BACON. ETC. Portland pack flooali hams. 10 to J 3 lbs, 14 He per lb; breakfast bacon, 1321 V4c lb; picnics. 10c lb; cottage roll. 11c lb; regular short clears, smoked, 13c lb; backs, heavv smoked. 12c lb; light, smoked. 12c lb; bellies, smoked, 15o lb; plckeled tonguec. SOc each. DRESSED MEATS Front street Hoes, fancy. 78c; ordinary, 6 (97c; large, 6c: veil, extra, 'J1??; ordinarv, 9c; heavy. Rff'8MiC: nfutton, fancy, 6?r7r; spring lamb. I'li'yr lb. LOCAL LARD KetHe leaf, 10s. 14e per lb; 6s. 14Hc per lb: 60 lb tins. 18V4o per lb; steam rendered. 10s, 13e per lb; 5s, 13 He per lb, compound, 10s, 8c ver lb. CLAMS Hardshell, per box. $2.40; razor clams. $2.00 per box; 10c per doa. FISH Rock cod, 10c lb; flounders, 6c per lb; halibut, 7c per lb; stripea bass, 16c per lb; catfish, 10c per lb; salmon. 7c per lb: herrJiirs. 6c fer lb; soles, 7c per le: shrimp, 2V4c per lb; perch. 6c per lb; tomcod. 10c per lb; lobsters, 26c per lb; fresh mackerel, ) per lb; crawfish, 20a per doKen; sturgeon ) per lb; black Lass, 20c per lb; silver smelta, 6c per lb, black cod, 7 Vic per lb; crabs, tl.it if I lb per dozen. OYSTERS Shoalwater Bar. ner ral- lon. $1.56; per 100-lb sack, J5.00: Olyin pla, per gallon, $3.40; per 100-lb sack, $6.C0i6.50; Ragle canned, 0c can, $7.t dozen; eastern in shell. $1.76 per 100. TeiatSi CoaL OU, StVo ROPE) Manila, 8 c; sisal, 7V4o lb, LINSEED OIL Raw, bbls, 68c; cases, 64c; boiled, bbls. 6oc; cases, 66c a gal; lots of 260 gallons, Ic leas; oil caae meal, $34 ton. BENZINE 86 . deg., cases, 19e per gal; Iron bbls., 11 Vic per gaL WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 7e per lb: (00-lb lots. 8c per lb: less Iota. tVo per lb. TUnniMTiflfi in casea ima per gal 4 Rcholta Is Bound Over. J. - J. Scholta, Charged With larceny In a dwelling, was lVund over to the prana d Jury In the. police court ttyis niorn in his tfonda fixed at $500. Scholtg Local demand is still showing an Increase, but prices are not showing the sngniesi improvement, it takes some thing of exceptional quality to bring over $1 a box; the bulk of the fruit along Front street being moved at that figure. This consists principally of Hood River and Willamette valley small sizes of good quality. Poorly packed fruit Is hard to sell at any price. MAY SHORTS ME BADLY WHIPPED Forced to Cover Today at Advance of 1 l-2c Gov ernment Report Helps. CHICAGO WHEAT PRICES. Open. Close. Dec. 15. Gain. Dec 100H 101 hi 100 1 May 05"4 10A 1068 1 July 98HB 97 J Sept 95 VS 95 H 95 Chicago, Dec. 16. With a firmer tone abroad and higher prices in effect at Liverpool both at the opening and clos ing of today's session the local wheat market opened a shade higher and closed with a good sized advance over yesterday. It was In the May delivery that some real covering of shorta brought the price Into prominence bv sham and de cisive advances. The publication of the government report just previous to the close yesterday gave the shorts but a few moments to cover their sales and therefore they began to get under shel ter as soon as possible this morning. There was an advance of Vic all around at the opening of the market this morning, hut this rise soon spread until at the closing there was a net gain of 1 Vc In the May and e in the July delivery. Liverpool opened 6 above yester day and closed with a net gain of d. Bradstreet's report of the grain visi ble in bushels: Wheat East of Rockies, increased 731,000; Canada decreased 1.994,000 Europe and afloat decreased 2.000.000; total world's visible decreased 3,213,000 bushels. Corn Increased 210,000 bushels. Oats Decresade 885,000 bushels. Cash wheat No. 2 red. $1.03 U 1.04 tt No. 3 red, $1.0201.03; No. 2 hard, II.OIV 1.03 V; No. 3 hard, 98c $1.02; No. 1 northern. $1.0701.08; No. northern. $1.05 w 1.07 : No. 3 spring. sscra Ji.oii. Range of Chicago prices furnished by Overbeck at Cooke Co.: WHEAT. Open. May 105 High. 105 98V Low. 106V4 97 Close. 106HA 98 July 97 Sept. 95 Vs CORN. 614 61 1 1H 61 61V, OATS. 62V4 K2V, 47 47 39 i 40 95 May 1A July 61U 61Vl SlA 61 Sept. May Julv Sept. 52 46 T 2 62H 47Vi 39A 1565 1602A PORK. Jan 1660 1565 May 1605 1605 LARD. Jan 910 915 May 932 935 July ... RIBS. 1567 1592 910 930 910B 935 947B Jan. May S12 815 842 845 812 842 812 842B PRODUCE IX SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco, Dee. 16. Eggs Per dozen California, fresh, including cases Extras, 44 Vic; firsts, 40c; sec onds. 36c; thirds, 29c; California stor uge extras, 35c; firsts. 82 Vic: seconds, 264c; eastern storage extra, 30c; firsts, 2Sc; seconds, 26c. Butter, per pound California, fresh, extras, '31c; firsts, 29c; seconds, 26c; thirds. 20c; pickled No. 1, 23V4c; stor age California extra. J9c; packing No. 1. 21 Vic; ladles extras. 23c. New cheese, per pound California flhts, farcy. 15c; firsts, 14c; seconds, 1 1 He: California Y'oung America, fancy, 16 Vic: firsts, 16c; eastern New York Cheddars, fancy. 17c; Oregon flats, fancy, 14o; Oregon flats. Young America fancy, 16V4c; California stor age, fancy flats. 13o; Oregon flats, fancy, 14c; Oregon flats. Young Amer ica. 16c. Potatoes, per cental River whites 'sacks I, fancy. 7590c; poor, 60i8'76c; Salinas Burbanks. $1.2501.50; Oregon Hurbanks. $1.1001.26; early rose (for seed), $1.25fiH1.80; sweet potatoes, per crate. $1.26 1.50; sacks, $1.0O1.26. Onions Per sack, 7586c. Oranges Per box Navels, standard. $!.25(j'2.0O: choice. $2.OO2.B0; fancy, large sise, $3.0004.00; tangerines, crates, $1.0001.26; half orange boxes, $1. 60(&1. 75. IP IIHII Id THIEF'S VICTIM hlle Councilman W. T. Vaughn was attending a committee meeting at the city hall yesterday afternoon a sneak thief entered his office, 618 Chamber of Commerce building, and prying up the cover of a roll top desk, stole an old gold watch which Mr, Vaughn had car ried for years and which he valued as a keepsake. The time piece ia worth about $45. Mr. Vaughn was absent only an hour and believes that somebody who had seen the watch lying In the desk com mitted the theft. Mr. Vaughn had bought a new watch only a few days before. W0MAX BURGLAR'S WORK IXDICATED A complete outfit of woman's wear, but not a cent of cash was stolen from the store 'of Samuel Kafka, 16 Grand avenue north, last night. "Was it a woman who robbed the store?" Is the question the police are asking themselves. Apparently no ef fort whatever was made to obtain any money, though It would not have been Impossible to Ret It.' The store was entered through th "basement. Two "pairs of shoes, two corsets and a quantity of undergar ments were taken from the stock. Body to Be Cremated. The body of William Gorman, a lum ber dealer at Stella, who died last week, will be bl-ought to PonKand for crema tion. The services wfd be heldat i o'elock tomorrow sfternonrt. A COUNCIL MAM took Dividend Declared. New York. Dec. 16. Dividends declared today: Lehigh Valley railroad regular dividend of 2 per cent declared and 1 per cent extra. New York Central regular quarterly dividend of 1 V4 per cent. Regular dividend declared on Reading. New York. Dec. 16. The liquidation In American Smelter Is attracting much attention, from the trade. That the heavy selling of this security has been by longs instead of by shorts as had been generally believed. Is shown by the certificates now coming: forward. dated 1906 and indicate that the holders are awfully tired and after having bought around the top they are now quite content to get out around low val ues. There was more pressure in copper shares and some of this is believed to be due to the recent activity of Mr. Lawson. The general market opened mixed with most shares lower. There was a show ing of support for a few leaders like Union Pacific and St. Paul at the start but outside of this liquidation was gen eral in the list during the day. Range of New York prices, furnished by Overbeck & Cooke company: Amalgamated Copper Co... . 80 81 46 107 42 55 130 85 102 48 31 97 102 110V1 91 67 177 American Cr & Foundry, c. 46 ao pid American Cotton Oil, c... American Ixco., c 55 American Sugar, c 1.11 American Smelter, c 84 do pfd Anaconda Mining Co 48 American Wollen, c Atchison, c 97 ao pict Baltimore & Ohio, c llOVi do pfd Brooklyn Rapid Transit... 56 V Canadian Pacific, ,c 176 4 Chicago &-Great Western, c 11 Chi.. Milwaukee & St. Paul. 149 Chicago & Northwestern, c Chesapeake & Ohio .., 56 Colorado Fuel &' Iron, c. 3S Colorado Southern, c, 67 do 2d pfd 9i do 1st pfd , Corn Products, c do pfd Delaware & Hudson 178 Denver & Rio Grande, c 36 do pfd Erie, c 34 do 2d pfd do 1st pfd Great Northern, pfd 145 Illinois Central 147 V4 Interurhan Metropolitan, c do pfd LouiHville & Nashville 122 11V 149 178 67 57 69i 74 17 73 179 35 81 34 89 48 145 146 17 42 122 Manhattan Railway 148 Mexican Central Railway.. 21 20'4 Missouri, jvansas & i exas.c 3"i 39 1 35 72 65 79 121 45 84 84 73 142 34 130 do pfd 72. Distillers Ore Lands 73 Missouri Pacific 64 National Lead 794 New York Central 121V5 M -V rit..U . W..... , r , . Norfolk A Western, c do preferred 84 I North American Northern Pacific, common..l42 P. M. Steamship Co 35 Pennsylvania Railway ....130 P. G.. L & C. Co 100 Pressed Steel Car, c. 42 42 99 140" 93 90 26 86 III 39 KO 22 53 121 123 24 58 33 40 66 182 94 83 106 54 111 18 46 68 11 88 35 51 70 do preferred Reading, common 139 ao second prererrcd do first preferred Republican Iron & Steel, c. 26 V4 do preferred Rock Island, common 23 do preferred 6 9 ' i St. L. 8. F.. 2d Pfd 39 do first Dreferred St.' Louis & 8. W.. C do preferred Southern Pacific, c 119 Southern J'acific, p , .... Southern Railway, c 24 Southern Railway, p Texas A Pacific 34 Toledo, St L. & W., c Toledo, St. L. & W., p Union. Pacific, c 182 4 Union Pacific, p United States Rubber, 'c. S3 United States Rubber; p United States Steel Co., c. 63 United States Steel Co., p.. 111 Wabash, c 18 Wabash, p 46 Western Union Tel Wheeling Lake Westinghouse 86 Utah Copper '. . .. Third Ave 32 H Alton do preferred ROAST SERVICE (United Preu Leased Wlre. Winnipeg. Man.. Dec. 16. Sixty mem bers of the Livestock Shippers' associa tion, covering three prairie provinces. In session here today, made a protest against the service given by the rail roads. They claim that the cattle are not moved eastward with sufficient speed and urge the railroad managers to remedy the situation at once. They say the delay Increases the cost of meat and causes a heavy loss to the cattle breeders of western Canada. It is also asserted that the present atti tude of the railroads is working serious injury to the export trade. KNOCKED niGH IN AIR BY AN AUTO When an automobile struck him at Third and Oak streets yesterday after noon. Walter Christiansen, a messenger for the Postal Telegraph company, was thrown so hlglj from his bicycle that he struck the cover of the auto. Then he bounced forward and down Into the laps of C. E. Oliver, owner of the ma chine, and a friend. By some miracle he was Injured only by a number of bruises. Expensive to Carry Gun. Charged fwlth : carrying; ' concealed weapons, Nell Mack Was sentenced this morning to serve three months In the county jail and to pay a fine of (100. Mack was arrested last night by Patrol men Inskeep and FUney and is said to have threatened the life of a Japanese woman and to have stolen two suitcases from the union depot. The woman re fused to swear .to a complaint against him on a charge of threatening; to kill and the officers charged hlra with. carry ing concealed weaoons. - CANADA SHIPPERS PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN. Hogs, Cattle. Sheep. Wednesday 232 74 J.UUO Tuesday zoo Monday 261 100 356 27 803 140 Saturday 68 Friday 811 Thursday 800 400 212 Portland Union Stockyards, Dec. 16. The entire livestock situation Is very firm. The firmness Is more pronounced in cattle than in other lines, but in no instance is any easiness or dullness shown. A number of cars of California cattle are due In time for tomorrow s market. Some of the stock is said to be select and' will be for the Christmas trade The demand for well finished steers Is very heavy and for that reason prices may be stretched a notch higher Dy some killer who has a trade which he wants to please. Arrivals of cattle for the day were scant and scarcely made a stir In the market. Cows are up 25c with the better demand. Hog prices aro very well maintained with fair arrivals for the past 24 hours. Uberal Ian of Sheep. There was a very liberal run of sheep during the day, a total of 1006 head appearing. This is the heaviest run for some months and Indicates that the cold er weather in the Interior and the high cost of feed with scant range has forced owners to part with some of their bands. Demand Is still heavier than supplies except for lambs and If the latter are of good quality they are as eagerly sought as other grades of the sheep 'marker Today's run of livestock compares with this day In recent years as fol lows: Hogs, Cattle. Sheep. 1908 232 74 1,006 1907 287 146 110 1906 175 125 60 1906 280 161 173 A year ago today hogs and cattle were firm at unchanged prices but sheep were easy. Year's Representative Prloes. Following prices are representative of late transactions In the yards and Indi cate the demand and prices paid for the various grades: CATTLE. Weight. 22 steers 24,910 4 cows 4,025 10 steers. 10,166 1 cow. . . . ; 1.010 Price. $4.15 3.50 4.15 3.25 Following Is the general range of values on stock running in the yards for late ampments: Hogs Best east o mountains, $6.25 6.80; ordinary $6.00a.10; blockers and china fats, $5.505.76; Blockers and feeds, $6.00 L.60. Cattle Best steers, weighing- 1200 pounds, $4.25 4.60; medium steers, $4.26; poor steers. $3.60; best cows, $3.25(S3.60; medium cows, $2.76; stags, $2.75ffi3.00; built, $22.26. sneep nest wetners, $4,6014.75; or dinary wethers $4.25 4.50; lambs, $4.50 wi.iu; straignt ewes. 3.bo; mixed lots, $4.00. Veal Choice young; calves, $4.00 4.60; heavy and rough. $3.60 9.76. HOLLY STAMPS The Christmas stamp sales Is now In full swing and there will be stamps for everybody from now on, 200.000 came today and are on sale at all the leading stores, at postoffice substations and news stands. Throughout the state the women's clubs are taking up the sale and the demand Is already large in various parts of the state. Christmas stamps for the anti-tuberculosis campaign are on sale today at the following places: Stores Meier & Frank, Llpman. Wolfe A Co.. Olds, Wortman & King. Woodard & Clarke, J. K. Gill Co., Skid more Co., Roberts Bros., McAllen A McDonnell, Nau's Drug Store. W. H. Markeli & Co., East Morrison street; Kennard A Adams, Williams avenue; Mrs. U. E. Pickett, St. Vincent's hos p1t.il. Good Samaritan hospital. North Pacific sanltorlum. Hotels The Portland, the Oregon, the "imperial, the Dannioore. the Lenox, the Eaton.- the Cornelius, the Perkins, the New Scott, the Hill Hotel, Elton Court, Norton, Norton ia. Postoffice, substations, public schools, Portland academy, Allen preparatory, St. Helen's hall, St. Mary's academy. Cigar 8torea Sig Slche, Harrington, Imperial Cigar store. Hart Cigar com pany, Orepon News company. Candy Stores Pacific Coast Biscuit company. Modern Confectionery com- giuy. nawiwmw company, ijungalow, ;onbonniere, Dolly Varden. Business office of The Journal. Drug stores at Lents, St. Johns. Sell wood and all suburbs and through Wo man's clubs In tovyns throughout the state, HELD TO FATHER'S GIFT; GIRL STARVES (United Preas Leased Wtre.t San Francisco, Dec. 16. A small painting from the brush of A. C. Rod riguez, depicting a scene at Adams' Point, on Lake Merrltt, entitled "The Passing Storm," is given added value by the story of tragedy revealed by the death At the artist's daughter. Car lot ta Rodriguez. . When the girl was very youngr, Rod rlgues gave her the painting. Its com panion piece, now In the possession of Colonel Isaac Trumbo, Is valued at 11,000. During adversity and suffering; the girl refused to part with her miners gin ana wnen reduced to actual want clung- more tenaciously to the heir loom. It was found near her whan .ha died of starvation several days ago and at her last request will be sold In Paris to provide for the care of her aged grandmother, Maria Rodrtgues. Rodriguez, the artist, was. well known in San Francisco a decade or more ago He was achieving fame with the brush when he was stricken with consump tion and died, leaving; . Carlotta, a motherless girt to face the world. He had left many paintings and from time to time these were sold to obtain the necessaries of life. The girl refused to sell the only me mento of her father that she possessed and her destitute condition was not dis covered until it was too late for friends to aid her. . f KILLED HIS MAN IN A ROW OVER GAME (fnlted Press Leasee Wire.) Butte. Mont, Dec. Arthur Bryan of Cincinnati was found guilty of man slaughter today after a trial on a charge of killing; George Morhard, a restaurant proprietor, here last September. . Bryan stabbed Morhard In a quarrel over the purchase of some wild ducks. He claimed he killed Morhard in self de fense. 1 , . . Hilrl! mri Knr"rl Trma CMi. 0 A ID Anty Drudge Solves a Naval Problem. Captain "How dare you come on my quarterdeck witty clothes like that! Isn't there any soap forward T SaUor"Aye, mr But, begrsrin' your leave, sir, it's no good. We've worked weary over hot suds, bat we can't get the grease and bloodstains off." Anty Drudge "Sh! my brave laddies! I'll tell the Captain about Fels-Naptha soap; how it takes out grease,: blood, or any other kind of stains in cool or lukewarm! water. Then there'll be no more hot suds,"nor hardW rubbing, nor growing." Black grease spots 'on a white mohair coat. Discouraging, wasn't it? The young woman who owned thq coat sent it to a professional cleaner. Hd wouldn't touch it. "No use," he said. Then the young woman bought a cake of Fels-Naptha and tackled the spots her self. The Fels-Naptha took them out, entirely. She is wearing the coat. This actual occurrence illustrates that Fels-Naptha will clean anything that is? cleansable. It will take out grease spots from wraps, men's clothes, cloth dresses, rugs, curtains, draperies, without injuring the fabric in the slightest. It does this by loosening the dirt and dissolving itinto tiny particles that can be wiped away with a wet cloth or sponge. Tattle rubbing is necessary. In all kinds of cleaning, Fels-Naptha is as superior as it is in washing clothes. Use only cool or lukewarm water, never hot. Follow directions printed on the red and green wrapper. Nothing else acts on dirt in the way Fels-Naptha does. BROWNSVILLE SHOTS HAVE WINTER HUNT (Speclxl Dispatch to The Joornnl. Brownsville. Or.. Dec. 16. The Ash Swale Hunt club, which recently gave Its annual hunt and oyster supper, is making arrangements for next winter's hunt. In the recent hunt the bovs de feated the married men and the married men furnished the supper, which was very generous spread. The highest score was made by Harry Poland, on the boys' side. Second and third honors also fell to the young men, Dick Farewell and Cecil Harri son. C C. Carlson seorad the highest for the benedicts. The second score was about 1250 points. The highest score on any one species of birds was on woodpeckers, there being 300 of these birds killed. The hunt club has won a state wide reputation from the ex cellent marksmanship of its 80 mem bers. BERGER WILL KEEP FAPKE OUT OF RING (United Pros Leafed Wire.) los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 16. "Papke has been fighting too steadily and neds a rest, declared Snm Bcrger to day when he announced that there was little likelihood of his permitting hid fighter to meet Kelly at Coffroth's arena at San Francisco New Year's afternoon. "Papke cannot do himself justice In his present form," Berger continued. "and he would not have entered the ring last nlgnt it tne contract naa not been signed before I took charge of his af fairs. "Coffroth has been trying to arrange a Papke-Keily battle ror new year s afternoon but absolutely no arrange ments have ben made as yet and It is not probable that any will be." Berger wil start for San Francisco tonight. - WHITWORTH ELEVEN MAY COME NEW YEAR'S Manager Pratt of the Multnomah club is patiently awaiting a reply from Whit worth college of Tacoma as to whether or not the crack non-conference eleven can come to Portland New Tear's dav to take the place of the Olympic club team of San Francisco, whlcn cancelled the scheduled game. . Whltworth, under Coach Arthur Rueber, formerly a northwestern star, has developed Into ajrreat team at the Tacoma institution. They defeated both Overbeck & Cooke Co. CocnalssloQ Herchanls, Stocks, Bonds; CoMon Grain. Us. 21MI7 BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING Member Chicago Board of Trade, Correipondents of Logia oBrysV v - . Chicago. New York. Boston. . .;: k- ... bare the only privatt wire connecting Portland with the taitcr J I exchanges. - , ' the University of Oregon and Whitman college by good scores during the sea son, and would undoubtedly prove a drawing card In Portland. $15 Coats for $4.75 Llttlekost clearance sale offers misses' and children's coats, values up to $15, for 4.75. 0 Morrison. I offer for sale in lots to suit pur chaser high class bonds, at a price to net the investor Seven Per Ceol T. S. McGrath 307 Lumber- Exchange Portland, Oregon Emm