is
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. ' - !
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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.
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