The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, December 17, 1908, Image 18

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Newspaper Page Textis WORLD DISCiiAIIOII 18 TAKEN AHAV finisA District No Longer Conrpelledtoray 15c More for Sugar Than Others. TODAY'S WHOLESALE MARKETS, Hop sales witn no Vgg market Is firmer. Chicken prices break Dressed meats hold firm. Turkeys sell at the top. Change In Idaho sugar prices. Two declines In starch Syrups are down 2c a gallon. Change in Quoting Sugar. Pactfic coast enar refiners have an. v- - ,.ncr in Idaho sugar quo tatlons. The new list Is a decline of 16 per 100 pounds for cane grades to the Boise section, but no ensue - ' .. .. .... var made ; SKSrUttiSi -tS of suar price, for what, is called southern iJahc rltory fn that state today', decline of 15c which wm formerly a handicap Boise was esrryinf, was 'w""" howeveT Today' change in Idaho. oweve3 mean, more than the evening up of between cane na uwi sugw. cinMS & In Idaho at 20o advance ov"?be. but thl ,7 ' a 16c. thus howinjr dUn; .of c at .rBrercomVa7ed with the beet price. eastern ConrDetttlon. Today', decline in Idaho , sugar prices BirSffij Pacific coast territory uui the Atlantic seaboard have pu the val- ups there lower tnan uiuo ".vr frrignt added. In order to meet this competition the differential between cane and beet grades was lessened. Hop 8ls With So Strength. There Is not the slightest showing of strength In the local hop . market, al though auite a number of transactions In low-grade stuff, practically the only thing now available for market. Most of these transactions are on basis or 6 and to the grower, and the lat ter are quite willing to accept this fig ure for all the stock the dealers rare to purchase. The New York producers' Price Current gives the following view of the market In general: . "The market the past week has had a decidedly weak undertone and sales have been making at lower figures. In New York state there has not been much buy ing, but prices paid have ranged from illc. with a few sales a shade hlghen On the Pacific coast the markets have a declining tendency snd some very fair aroods have sold at Bo, In Oregon with better grades commanding a little more money. In California sales are report ed in Sacramento at 45c. andjn So noma county at 6Te. Washington markets are quiet and weak. Locally nothing doing. Brewers are still carry ing considerable stocks of 1907 hops and complaining of continued losses or. beer sales. It is doubtful If they will show any Interest until after the turn of the year, and not then unless more or loss Inducement Is offered in way of prices." . Vw York Hop Vrlcss. State, 1908, prime to choice, lb. .12 State, 1808, medium to good, lb.. 10 State, 1907, per lb 3 Pacific coast, 1908, prime to choice, per lb 9 Pacific coast, 1908, medium to good, per lb 7 cjermans, los. per id Paclflo coast, 1906, per lb 2 3 Erg Market Is Firmer. There Is a firmer tone locally in the egg market and the same conditions sre existing elsewhere on the coast at the moment. Best local eggs are now Belling as high as 42 He Christmas de mand for eggs is quite good, and while receipts are quite fair for this time of the year the demand Is increasing fast er than supplies. nerlenclng not the slightest difficulty . 1 1 1 . 1. . . I - r , quoted figures. The dullness lately re- forted by The Journal has been In the esser known brands of outside manu facture and in storage stock. llvtA? Wntjta nf Vwniifc Street. Well known brands of starch show a pound. There Is a better feeling In turkeys, but the chicken market shows a severe glut, with values down to 11c for ordi nary lots. Turkeys are scarce and the few arrivals are selling up to 22 He for the best dressed. Live birds around 17H19c Syrups are down 2c a gallon. Tone In dressed meat market Is very firm, although there whs a better show Ins; In dressed hog arrivals during the day. PHcps about the same. Front street sells at the following j prices. Those paid shippers are less regular commisions: Batter. Eggs ana yonltry IK POULTRY Mixed chickens, 11c; hens. 11 He; roosters, old. 10c; fryers. 12c; broilers. 1 414 Ms r; gw-Hc, PStflOc; turkeys, alive, 17M,4fl?c, dressed, 2022Vfcc; spring ducks, 1 4 Si 15 c; pigeons, squaha, $2.002.50 per cozen; old, tl.uo; dressed poultry, l 1 Uc hlsrher. CHEESK Full cream, flats, triplets and daisies, 16c; Young Americans, 17c EGGS Loral best, 4042c per dox eastern, 3033c. WOOL 1808 Willamette valley, 18c. prime to choice, 7ic; prime, 6 4f6c medium. EffiHr lb. TALLOW Prime, per lb. J 4c: No. 3 and grease, 22c ni,i-nno,rtlC1 CI. 4 -. . a A IE. O r r. & r o jrvi .f .3 Duo. n5, jvuavc each; rhort wool, 26c40c; medium WOUl. DVCCytf.UV caVBi 1111(1 WUU1, IBUfy 31.26 each. CHITTAM BARK Old. 4H6c; new, 446e lb. HIDES Dry hides, 16 16c lb: green, IfjiSc lb; bulls, green sal 6iJJ6c lb, t-i.- eA.. i iqaigA iu JLJfB, ItfVCi VIUVCB, Aicvru, A W i o fcrci iu. Orsla. Tlour and Bay. BARLEY Feed,- 26.6026.75; rolled. . c . On . I t n WHEAT Buym price, new Track. Portland Club, 91c; bluestem, 97c; fortyfold, S2c; red. 89c; Willamette val ley, sic. MILLS T0FFS Selling price Bran, 126.50; middlings, 333.00; shorts, 330.00: chop, J2l.00Q29.00; lfUa njeai, $18.00 per ton. FLOUR rSell Ins: price Eastern Ore ron patent $5.00; straight. 14.06 04.76; export-1? TO; bakers,' $4.66i4.0; val ley, 14.68; graham, Us, 14.40; whole wheat 84.65; rye, 6a. $5.60: bales, 33.00. HAY Produoera price New tim et hy. Wills mette valley, fancy. 14. ft 15 00; .ordinary. $12.6013k east ern Oregon, $14.60; mixed, $ 11.00 11.00; clover, $10X0; rraln. 311.00; cheat, 311 00;. alfslfa," tl212.KO. OAT8 Producers' price Track. No. 1 white, $J0.501.B0; gray. $29,503 30.18., ." " - - 1 Ti rulU and Ttptttttk FRESH 1 FRUITS-Orangea, new tavl, 3JO0fJ.2S per box; Japanese orangee Se per ;bcx; banansa. c per lb; lemons, $1,260 6.09 box: grapefruit Hawaiian, jz.sa "iTOS8rew, aeliitig. 31.09 BUTTER Extra creamery, S7c; fancy 33K'35c; store, 20c. BUTTER FAT Delivery f. o. b. Port land Sweet cream SfilAcv. Hour K3U. MAS CALIFORNIA . AT OREGON POTATOES Although no improvement In the price Is noted here and practically no ship ments are go!n forward to the south, the potato market here is feelinp better. California houses are nibbling and now seem quite anxious to soe just what we are doing here, while a short time BOOHIG TONE IN LOCAL OATS Bids Received as High as 2.50 Track Today on Board of Trade. Cold in Wheat Belt Oregon Fair tonight, colder east portion. Friday fair. North westerly winds. Washington Fair tonight and Friday; north to east winds. Idaho Fair tonigjit and Fri day; colder tonight, with a cold wave southeast portion. BOARD OF TRALjB RECEIPTS. Wheat Flour Barley Oats Hay C ars. BacKs. (Jars. cars. Cars. Thurs. ,i..4i 7.N00 8 3 12 I Wed 4 3.U00 5 6 6 Tues 26 1,500 2 6 Mon 67 U00 13 1 9 Sat. 5 3.015 2 3 6 Frl 86 2,000 7 3 15 An unusual amount of Strength Is shown in the local oats situation at this time. Supplies of oats being offered by producers are very scant and the trade has been disposed to bid up prices somewhat for the cash stuff whenever they were badly In need of stocks. In this manner S.,..i,u was bid today on the Portland board of trade for two cars of No. 1 white track delivery here. This is for 15 days delivery and Indicates that the buyers' supplies have run auite short. Most of the inqultles at this time are coming from the south and practically all the late transactions In this market have Been for California account. The .. .. 1,1,1 . i . . . . , ,. elusive of commission charges. There WM3 aiwti hji unci iu uuy iwo cars ui ray oats at $32 track Portland, early ellvery being specified. While the wheat situation is firm there was no chnnee locally today for either cash or futures. On the board of trade all grain futures were firmly held at yesterday s prices. Arrivals of flour are now very heavy but most of the stock Is srolnu to the orient, having been purchased some time ago. uoara or trade l -ices today: CLUB WHEAT. Bid, Ask. 92H 1.62H 1.63 December 9 1 Mi January itl? NO. 1 WHITE OATS. December 1.60 January 1.624 NO. 1 FEED BARLEY. December ..1.35 January 1.37 1.37 1.40 New York Cotton Market. Open. High. Low. Close. Jarumrv .... hS7 K51 837 R4S844 March S46 R.rS 846 85263 May 866 86 856 80fr61 July 867 85 8o S5S&63 August 861 852 861 851 October 840 845 838 84042 December .. 880 887 878 8808l 1.10; buying for shipment per cwt fancy, 8090c; ordinary, 75 SOc; sweet. $2; Early Rose, buying, $1. ONIONS New Oregon, $1.101.25 per 100: garlic, 7r8c lb. APLES Good, $11.60; poor, E078c per box. VEGETABLES Turnips, new Oregon, 76c$l; beets $1 & 1.25; -arrots. 609 76c sack; parsnips, 8Betfrl.OO; cabbage, $1.50; tomatoes, California, $1.76 2 per crate; beans, 15c: cauli flower, $1.00; peas. 13c; horserad ish. 68c lb; artlcliokes, 657Sc doz; freen onions, 16o per doz; peppers, bell, c; Chile ( y, head lettuce. 40c doz: hothouse. $l1.2u box: radishes, 15c dozen bunches; celery, 4085c; egg plant, 15c lb. Orocerlea, arses, Zto. SUGAR Cube, $6.35; powdered. $6.70; fruit or berry, $5.96; dry granulated. $5.95; conf. A, $6.16; extra B $6.45; Golden G, $5.75; D, yellow, $5.26; beet granuated. $5.75; barrels. 15c; half bar rels, SOc; boxes. 65c advance on sack basis. (Above prices are 80 daya net cash quotations. SALT Coarse Half ground, 100s, 811.00 per ton: 60s, $11.50; table, dalr), 60s. $16.60; 10s. $16.00; bale. $2.35; Imported Liverpool, 50c $20.00; 100s, $19.00; 40s, $18.00: extra fine, barrels. 2s, 6s and 10s, $4.60 05.5; Liverpool lump rock, $20.50 per ton. RICE Imperial Japan No. 1, 6 He; No. 2, 64c; New Orleans, head, (06.c; AJnx ( ); Creole. 64c HONEY New. 16c per lb. BEANS Small white. $5.28; large white, $4.60; pink. IX. 85: bayou. $.1.76; Llmas, $5.75; Mexican reds. $4.75. Keats, ttgn aad JToTTxroaa. ILiTeS. BACON, ETC. Portland pack (locali hams, 10 to 13 lbs, 14Hc per lb; breakfast bacon, 13 (Jp 21 c lb; picnics, lOo lb; cottage roll, llo lb; regular short clears, smoked. 13c lb; backs, heavy smoked, 12c lb; light, smoked, 12c lb; bellies, smoked, 15c lb; plckeled tonguee, 60c each. DRESSED MEATS "Front street Hops, fancy. 7frSc; ordinary, 67c; large, 6c: veal, extra. !'ls-; ordinary, 9c; heavy. SCiSH'-; mutton, fancy, 6(f?7c: sorinir lamb. 71fj7'4lb. LOCAL LARD KetHe leaf. 10s. 14c per lb; bs, I4c per lb: 60 lb tins. 13Hj per lb; st-am renaerea, los, 13c per ib; as, 1JV4C per 10. compound. It's, t Dtr 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: striped bass, 15c per lb; catfish, 10c per Ib; salmon. 7c per lb; herrings, 6c rer lb; soles, 7c per '?: shrimp, 2 c per lb; perch, 6c per lb: tomcod, 10c per lb; lobsters. 26c per lb; fresh mackerel, ( ) per lb; crawfish, 263 per doien; sturgeon ( ) per lb; black ha Son rtpr lh: silver smelts, tc oar lb; black cod, 7 He per lb; crabs, $1.26 VI. 7 5 per dozen. rtVRTITTtS -fihnal water T?. "ner rat ion. $2.50; per 100-lb sack, $B 00: Olym- nia ner rallon XI 40: cer ion-jo smck. $ 006 50; Eagle canned. 0e can. $7.00 dozen; eastern In shell. 31.78 per 103. Paints, Coal. OH. Ess. ROPE Manila, 9c; sisal. 7 He lb. LINfcEED OIL Raw, bbls, 68c; cases, 44c; boiled, bbls, 60c; cases. Stic a gal; lots of 260 gallons, lo leas; oil cake meal, $34 ton. BENZINE 83 deg., cases, lfo pir gal;-Iron bbls., ill He per gat WHITE. LEAD Ton lota, 7 fee per lb; 600-lb Iota, 8a per Ib: less lota, $4 per lb. -TURPENTINE In rases. S8H per WIEB NAILS Preset basis. 13.81. KETS NIBBLES ago they didn't seem to care whether we had any potatoes or not. Demand for Early Rose for seed by soutnern growers continues nere, oui local producers have few to offer and the ouying price is nrm out uncnangea at ic a pound to growers. CATTLE MARKET IS UP AGAIII Mce Is 15c to 25c Higher With Best Stuff Up to .65 in Yard Today. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RtTfc. Hogs. Cattle. Sheep. Thursday ., Wednesday . ... Tuesday Monday Saturday Friday 617 464 232 74 1,006 200 100 261 356 68 27 400 811 03 212 Portland Union Stockyards, Dec. 17. The entire livestock situation Is firmer today, with higher prices ruling gen erally. A large amount of Christmas cattle has been received during the past 48 hours and it is this class of stock which Is bringing the advance. The best trade of cows are now selling as high as $3.76. This is an advance of 25c over former prices. For best steers the market has advanced up to .&, an advance or 15o over the former ex' treme ton. The hog market, although showing very liberal arrivals in the yarns aur lng the past 24 hours, Is doing better and for -extra select fed stuff sales have been made during the past 24 hours as high as S6.25. Sheep market Is In a fine position and the heavy run of yesterday has been quite well cleared up. One load of mixed stuff sold as high as $4.60. It consisted of a number of lambs, but had the lot been straight lambs there is no doubt that as high as $5 would have been obtainable. Today's arrivals of livestock In the yards compare with this day In recent years as follows: nogs, cattle, sneep. 617 464 200 ... 100 177 ... 10 1908 1907 , 1906 1905 , Following prices are representative of late transactions In the yards and Indi cate the state of the demand and prlcea paid for various grades: vveignt. .trice. 80 hotrs 16.120 $6.26 108 hogs 24,165 6.25 38 hOS 9,500 6.25 26 hogs 5,275 6.75 23 hOfrs 3,280 6.50 6 pigs 735 6.50 CATTLE. 24 steers 26,060 $4.65 24 steers 29.SS& 4.60 1 stag 2.060 8.25 27 cows 28,305 3.75 76 cows 86,430 8.76 SHEEP AND LAMBS. 419 sheep and lambs.. 41,780 $4.50 153 sheep 14,285 4.60 48 sheep 3,976 3.60 106 feed sheed 8.256 8.00 Following is the general range of values on stock running In the yards for late shipments: Hogs Best east of mountains, $6.26 6.30; ordinary, $6.00g6.10; blockers and china fats, $5.50 5.75; stockers and feeders. $.00 5.60. Cattle Best steers, weighing 1200 pounds, $4.50(4.65; medium steers, $4.25; poor steers, $3.50; best cows, $3.25(3 3. r0; medium cows, $2.75; stags, $2.753.00; bulls, $2.002.25. Sheej Best wethers, $4.50 4.75; or dinary wethers. $4.254.60; lambs, $4.50 5.00; straight ewes, $3.50: mixed lots, $4.00. Veal Choice young calves, $4.00 4.50; heavy and rough, $3.503.75. The Gould Commission company topped the market for cows today when the salesmen received $3.76 for a big bunch. The lot consisted of 102 head and the total weight was 114,735 pounds. The price obtained was a sur prise, and is therefore gratifying to both the sellers and shippers. Even then the buyers were more than pleased. HARVEST GOOD II ARGENTINA Favorable Weather Condi tions Bring About Re action in Wheat Market. CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET. Open. Close. Dec. 16. Loss Dec 101 100 101H May 10814 105A106 2 July 8 V 985iB 98 2 Sept . 95 95 85 Uhlcafto, Der. 17. There was too much wheat pressing for sale upon the market today to maintain the price here. European cables reported exactly the same conditions and while there was a fractional gain at Liverpool at the end of today's session, a portion of the early advance was lost Latest advices from Argentina state that the harvest there is progressing satisfactory with weather conditions ideal for the completion of the work This market opened unchanged to a shade lower but the opening transac tions showed but little effort upon the part of the hulls to hold up their end Primary receipts in bushels: . Today. Year ago. Wheat 651,000 699,000 Corn 1 694,000 593,000 Shipments: Wheat 224.000 200 000 -0" 835,000 378,00rl Range of Chicago prices furnished by Overbeck & Cooke Co.: WHEAT. Open. High. Low. Close Ma :106M, 10 106 loVA Ju'v 98g 9854 97 94 92 Ca 6ePt 95 : 55 35 95 2 CORN. May 61 61H 0 60iB July 61 61$ 60 60A Sept 61 61 m 60 OATS. May ....... 52H 52 Sl 61V July ...... 47 47 46 44 Sept jV 40 sy 395 - PORK. Jan. ...... 1670 1R70 1562 1562TB May 1605 1605 1600 1600 , LARD. Y Jan. ...... 912 . 912 10 '812A May ...... 37 937 $35 ' 354. July...... ..." ..j " 947U " ' RIBS. t , Jan. ...... 815 hlT 812 ,813 May M 347 842 342 ' 10Mf SERIOUS LOSSES or LpioATion Stock Harket Suffers Severe Declines With Unfav orable Condition. - 4 Bsrloua Decline In Stocks. New York, Dec. 17. The stock market today showed, one of the 4 most serious declines noted for 4 many months. Low .copper 4 price, coupled with tariff revla- Ion talk and a report of the dec- 4 laratlon of war against Hollandi 4 by Vsriesuela were the causes, . 4 Amalgamated . 8 Nat Lead N. Y. Cen.. North. Pac. Perm Reading . Rock Is. . do pfd . 2 ' 2 1 locomotive . 1 Sugar " 8 A. Smelter . . 4 94 Can. Pac. ... 2U .St Paul .... 1 Erie l 1H Great North.. 1ft So. Pac 14 III. Cen. 1 Lo. & Nash. . 1 Union Pac. .. Z U. S. Steel .. 1 do pfd .... lhi Jo Pac. .... 194 New York. Dec 17. Stock market values melted away today under extreme Dearisnness or the trade, trirst there was the depressed condition of the cop per market and the low price for metal stocks. Then there was the tariff re vision talk by the country and stlH again the report that Venezuela ad declared was against Holland. All these combined to bring about extensive liquidations in the, stock mar ket. London was again a very heavy seller of American securities with the result that the market there showed general losses. in this market the opening was ratner uneasy and during the remainder of the session the loss was greatly increased. American Smelter was the principal loser with a net loss of 4 points from yesterday but Amalgamated Copper was a close second with a drop of 3 points. The closing was weak and depressed.1 Vtange of New York prices furnished by Overbeck & Cooke Co. O T3 O MO o 4 DESCRIPTION. tr AMal. Cop. Co. . . Am. Car & F., c. 81 47 78 45 107 41 64 127 81 100 47 29 95 101 108 66 174 29 99 11 do pfd Am. Cot. Oil, c. Am. Loco., c. 42 56 130 86 102 48 30 Am. Sugar, c. . . . Am. Smelt, c. ... 130 127 do pfd Anaconda M. Co. Am. Woolen, c. . Atchison, c 7J do pfd & O.. c I. 110 67 110 108 Brook Rap. Tr. . . Can. Pac. c Cent. Leath., c. do pfd C. & Gt. W.. c. C, M. & St P. . . C. & N. W c C. & O Col. F. & I., c. .. Col. So., o do 2d pfd do 1st pfd . . . Del. & Hudson.. D. & R. G.. c do pfd Erie, c do 2d pfd do 1st pfd G. Northern, p. . . 111. Central Inter. Met, c. . . do pfd L, & N. . , Mex. Cent. Ry... M. K. & T. c do pfd Distillers Ore Irfinds Mo. Pacific Nat'l Lead N. Y. Central N. Y. O. & W... N. & West do pfd. c North Am N. P., c P. M. S. Co Penn. Ry. ....... P. G.. L. & C. Co.. Pressed S. C c. . do pfd Reading, com do 2nd pfd do 1st pfd Reb. I. & S., c. . . do pfd Rock Island, c . . . do pfd 177 11 149 149 147 147 175 55 37 66 69 73 178 35 80 33 38 47 67 38 67 38 37 36 81 34 39 48 145 147 37 81 35 80 143 147 18 43 122 145 17' 41 121 146 122 20 I 39 71 35 70 66 79 121 46 121 39 72 88 71 38 71 35 71 63 77 44 8 73 140 33 128 100 40 99 138 92 90 11 H 38 ! 75 73 140 142 iio' 36 86 23 69 39 22 St. L.-S. F., 2d pfd st. v. a. a. w., c do pfd. So. Pac. c do pfd So. Ry.. c do pfd Tex. & Pac 23 22 121 119 122 24 68 32 tt 180 33 106 63 110 19 46 68 30 65 10 88 44 84 37 24 59 33 40 T Bt. Ij. & W., c do pfd Union Pac, c. . . do pfd U. S. Rubber, c. do pfd 182 U. S. Steel Co. c 54 54 63 a pia ...... Wabash, c. . . . do pfd 111 111 110 18 46 68 11 67 II 89 46 35 37 West. Union Tel, Wis. Cen., c... do fd Wheeling Lake. Westlnghouse . Utah Copper . Third Ave. . . . Kan. City So. . 11 46 36 10 44 84 PORTLAND PRODUCE RECEIPTS The Portland board of trade furnishes the following; list of produce arrivals for the 24 hours ending 11 a. m. today: Apples, 420 boxes; 2 cars oranges from Los Angeles 613 bundles Jap oranges, 1 car dates, 7 crates cabbage, 22 crates lettuce, 88 sacks onions, 256 sacks po tatoes. 1 car potatoes, 1 car sweet po tatoes, 2 crates peppers, 43 crates to matoes. 8 crates vegetables, 7 baskets vegetables. 3 sacks vegetables, 100 pack ages butter, 80 cases eggs, 650 gallons milk, 3508 gallons cream, 44 boxes clams. 5 boxes crabs, 3 boxes craw fish, 107 boxep fiah, 81 sacks oysters. 4 boxes shrimps, 1 box mussels, 9 cases honey. SAN FRANCISCO GRAIN MARKET San Francisco, Dec 17. Merchants exchange Quotations: v Cash wheat Walla Walla, white, $1.67; red Russian, $1.62; turkey red, $1.76: bluestem, $1.76. Future wheat May, $1.75 bid; De- cemoer, ti.o 01a, j,.vo asxea (jasn parley- May. $1.46; brewing, $1.60. Future barley May, asked: December. $1.42. $1.41, $1.43 Millstuffs Bran, $29; middlings. 383; shorts, $32. Oats White. 81.76 per ccntaL Liverpool Wheat Market. - Liverpool, Dec 17. Wheatr - Open. - Close. December ...!.,..ii..7slld 7slld March .......... t ... 7s Zd 7s 7d May ................ .7 6d 7s 6d The bids on the new East Portland passenger station for the Southern Pa cific were opened yesterday by Chief Engineer Boschke of the railroad put none of "them has -yet been accepted. Mv Buschke stated this morning thnt the successful bidder wouiji jutibabiy be notified this week, IIICIED FOR ALLEGED LIBEL Editor and Business Mana ger of Local Paper Arrest ed on Bench Warrants. MelVln IT. VrnirhtM : m 1 Tun T Sleeth, business manas-ar and nriltor: re spectively, of an afternoon paper, were arrested this mornlnir on bench war rants charging; them with criminal libel Duoiisnina- 1 g .statements reflecting on anlev of Burns. . Harney William Hanley county, and on . Henry Ladd Corbett. Both men gave ball in the sum of $1000 each and did not have to go to Jail. Hvfle Gowan. who vu Inlntl v In dicted by the grand jury yesterday afternoon with voorhees and Sleeth, two Indictments being returned in each case, has not yet been arrested. He Is not known to be connected with the news paper publishing tho alleged libels, but le was formerly a resident of Harney county, where he conducted a newspaper fight on Hanley, and the grand Jury t nought from the testimony It heard that he waa in some way responslbls for the bitter denunciation of Hanley. his old time enemy. Presiding Judge Gantenbeln this morn ing approved the bonds of the two men arrested, John Manning appearing as at torney for them. J. M. Manning, a con tractor, and J. V. Burk. a banker, quali fied as bondsman for Sleeth. while F. H. McCarter and J. E. McCarter signed the bond for voorhees. In one indictment the grand Jury ac cuses the defendants of publishing a Jlbel under bold type on William Hanley, in which he Is accused of crimes and it is asserted that he narrowly escaped lynch ing. . Another article reflects on Henry L. Corbett then on hia wedding tour in the east and the second indictment re lates to the publication of this. The articles also accuse Judge Web ster of being "tangled up" in a 69,000 acre land grab in Harnay county, and hints that other prominent Portland men are involved In wrongdoing. Judge Webster did not go before the- grand Jury to make complaint, advising that the articles be passed without notice, but Hanley told his story and the In dictments resulted, lie was the only one whose name is Indorsed on the in dictment as appearing before the grand jury to testify. SALOON ROBBER USES A CLUB For the second time within a week, a Portland saloon has been held up suc cessfully, and this time, though the thugs lined up their victims without be ing protected by masks, they escaped and the police today have but a vague description upon which to work. John Carlson's saloon. 394 Front street, was entered by three unmasked men wearing aarit ciotnes a row min utes after midnight. Their booty amounted to $125 in cash 'and two watches valued at nearly $200. one 01 tna rew men in the saloon, j. D. Hall, was relieved of 30 cents. He mourned very little, for in another pocket he had $59 which was not discov ered. Two of the men had revolvers and the third was armed only with a club. This third man stood guard at the door. There is every indication that these men are the same who robbed the Lutke meler saloon, 49 Union avenue, Monday night JESS (llf EAST SIDE East Portland merchants are iuhllant over the amount of business they have done this year, especially over the grow ing tenaency or east siae people to trade with east side stores. The amount of business which they transact, they say. In increasing steadily, and at this time there is a gain of from 20 to 25 per cent, and more actual sales than there were at the same time last year. One of the big East Portland furni ture dealers said this morning; that there had been $250,000 spent on the east side this year over that spent last, and that the constant Increase in busi ness was even much greater than had been hoped for. Wrhlle West Portland merchants are not complaining In the least the best feature of the east side's business to the merchants there is that they are selling goods to people who live in west Portland. One big store is sending its delivery wagon over the river every day, something It never did last year. Systematic advertising; on a large scale has caused the change. One man who has been in the mer cantile business in East Portland for the last 14 years says that during the past five years trade has Increased 1000 per cent, and that the past year has been best of all. WASN'T THE COLDEST NIGHT, SAYS BEALS 4 District Forecaster Beals pre-, 4 4 diets colder weather tonight than 4 last night. He says the tempera- 4 4V ture will drop 26 degrees, three 4 4 degrees lower than when coldest 4 early this morning. 4 Although sidewalks and roofs ' 4 were heavy with frost this morn- 4 4 ing, the night was sot In reality 4 4 as cold as the night of Decern- 4 ber 6, when the minimum tem- 4 perature was 26 degrees. 4 Easterly winds are predicted. 4 Heavy frosts occurred In Call- 4 fornla this morning as far, south 4 as Los Angeles. ' Building Permits. J. H. Harrington, Kearney street be tween Twenty-first and -Twenty-second, repair one story frame dwelling, $500; F. M. Moore, East Stark street, between East Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-sixth, erect one story frame dwelling, $1900; Christ Taffs, Ellis avenue, between Mil waukle and East Eighteenth, erect. one story frame shed, $40; C R. Lewthwaitn, East Twenty-ninth street between East Morrison and East Alder, erect two story frame dwelling, 32000; M. O. Tom llnson, Rhone street, between Mllwaukie and East Eleventh, erect one story" frame dwelling, $1400; L L. Appleton, 601 Mildred street between East Ninth and East Eleventh, erect one story frame dwelling, iouu; u. t. uepperman, vii lard avenue, between Holmun and Port land 'boulevard, erect one story "frame dwelling, $1200; O. W. Dutro, Washburn street, between LUckey and Winchell, erect one ana a nan story irame aweu Ing, $1600; Andy Eagle, Holgate street between East Thirty-ninth and East Forty-first erect two story frame dwell ing, $1260; C, C. Richards. 1144 East Harrison street between East Thirty Eighth and East Thirty-ninth, repair one story frame dwelling, $400; Dr. A. M. Webster, Hawthorne avenue, between Thirty-first and Thirty-rseeond,. erect two story frame dwelling, $3600; E. J. Halght Union avenue, corner Wygant street excavate basement, $400; L. Btrangeland, Minnesota avenue, between Freemont and Beech, erect one story frame dwelling, v$2000: J. P. Martin, Klrby stteet between Stanton and Mor ris,' erect one storv frame dwelling, $2000; Mrs. CJU Palmer, Highland nve riue, between East Thirteenth and East Fifteenth, erect one and a half story frame dwelling, $2000. BUSH GOOD RAILROAD MAN GIVEN PASS ; FROM HELL GATE TO PARADISE Walter H. Guild, private secretary to General Manager O'Brien of the uarri man lines, received the regular enclos ure of annual passes' for the ' coming year this morning, including, a nice, fat envelope from the Northern Paclflo. He sorted out the annuals and found his own. Glancing down over it hurriedly he was astonished to find that it read: "Pass Walter H. Guild over Northern Pacific lines from Hell Gate to Para dise' ' He looked again and found ha was right Tnat was the way it read. He didn't know whether to feel Insulted or complimented. He had heard the Har- riman neaaouarters canea an sorts 01 opprobrious things, but he had never FIVE ENGINEERS ABE ON ELIGIBLE LIST Thn civil service commission has an nounced the names of the successful candidates for the eligibility, list of civil engineers required by the City en gineering .department The applicants assed in the order named and are; W. 1. Clarke, W. V, Detwiler, Paul Keyser, C. . .-lickel and M. L. Dowling. At its regular meeting yesterday aft ernoon the commission authorised Sec retary Mcintosh to prepare , a new schedule for examinations to provide eligibility list in all the municipal de partments. : The hearing of G. W. Russell, the dismissed patrolman who appealed from the findings of the police committee, was set for Wednesday, December 30, at 10 o'clock a. m. ' - ! lis I offer for sale in lots to suit pur chaser high class bonds at a price to net the investor Seven Per Cent T. S. McGrath 307 Lumber Exchange Portland, Oregon I ; pTjQ QR Our Invitation This bank invjtes the accounts of all persons who use discrimination in the selection of a bank through which to transact their banking business. We offer absolute safety for funds, and our facilities are unexcelled. II W1- Overbeck & Cooke Co. Commission KJerchanls, Stocks, Bonds, Collon, Grain. Etc. 216-217 BOARD OP TRADE BUILDING Member Chicago Board of Trade, Correspondents of Logan & Brya Chicago New York, Boston. We have the only private wire connecting Portland with the caster exchange. - MEMBERS PORTLAND BOARD OF TRADE. Free to the Users -COLUMBIA Hams, Bacon and Lard (U. S. INSPECTED AND PASSED 138) .To measure the growth of the pure meat wave of the past year and to show you our appreciation of your patronage we offer every user of our products a 1909 Calendar, 16x21, heavily embossed, in colors, and having no advertising. This picture, "The First American," is an elegant Indian head taken from the Clay model by E. P. Seidel. Write today, stating you find the Columbia products wholesome, sweet and reliable, and enclose 25 cents for packing and mailing, and we 'will send the Calendar. Remember, this copy cannot ,be purchased anywhere for less than $1.00. . , . J . ADDRESS SHIPPING DEPARTMENT UNION MEAT CO. PORTLAND, PIONEER PACKERS heard them designated as Hell Gate be fore. He sought the advice of, the otners in the general manager's office. They held a consultation and had about decided that it was another round In the fight that Hill and Harrlman are hav ing, when some one who had worked for the Northern Paclflo hunted out si rail road guide and looked up Hell Gate. He found that it was a station on the line in Montana. Then he looked up Paradise and found that it was there, too, a little further along tho line from Hell G.-.te. Guild went back to his bunch of passes and found that he had another one made out to him ''Good on all lines." But now he's trying to learn the name of the Northern Paclflo man who sent him the invitation to come to Paradise. letter Trustee It is the universal ex perience of the older communities that the trust company is by far the better trustee by rea son of efficiency, econo my and safety. The cor porate trustee is perpet ual and its business is in skilled hands, always on the alert. Leave your properties with us under specific terms. It will be han dled accordingly and on very reasonable terms. Legitimate trusts of all kinds executed. MERCHANTS SAVINGS & TRUST CO. 247 Washington Street of OREGONJ OF THE PACIFIC.