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Newspaper Page Text7-. 12 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21. 1908. THE, WORLD'S MA3&S1LTS n-''''''''','' POOR WOMEN AND GIRLS MADE . VICTIMS OF CRUEL PRACTICAL JOKE HIGH FIGURES ARE SHOWN FOR TURKEYS Fancy Local Dressed Banges as High as 25c a Pound in Wholesale Market Arrive Is Thus Far Are Under Demand Even at the Advanced Quotations. ARK Jenraal'S TaUtey Bulletin. Beat dressed ............ .25c Ordinary dress .........24c Fair dressed 23c Poor dressed ............ .S Je. Fancy live JOe Ordinary live 19c Fair Uve ...........18He ; TODATS WHOLESALE MARKETS. . Turkey market excited. ' , Chickens sell low. Fts; firm but unchanged. Firmer tone in butter. . Salmon run is quite good. Plenty of oysters offered. Movement of apples increases. Trade in hops is continued. ' Vegetables are quite scarce. Oranite sales are better. Potatoes firm but quiet Turkey Market Is Advanced. The eagerness of buyers to take hold of turkey supplies even at advanced : ! prices Is a wonder of the present mar ket along- Front street." While the Puget sound cities purchased, prac tically all the cold storage birds re maining: here from the Thanksgiving v trade the north is after supplies more than ever and Is willing- to pay a fur ther advance, even for storage stock. So little of this remains In the Portland market at the present time that it can ' scarcely be counted as t market fae- r' Advance Is Unexpected. . While other local papers were entire ly wrong in their Thanksclving predic-.- tions regarding a general scarcity of supplies and are now predicting inai there will be a sufficient number of turkeys to go around, the trade is not of this opinion, although the high fig ure to which the price has flown will cut oat much of the consumption. With turkeys at their present high price along Front street it will be impossible . for retailers to sell the best birds un der 30, or possibly Joe a pound al though, some ordinary goods may rule as low as 26c. Along Front street the wholesale price today for best dressed turkeys was 26c a pound. This is for So eager were buyers to secure sup plies here during the.ast 2 hours that as high as 30c abound was paid Hir JIVW VIIMB. IlUa If, i..v, figure in view of the fact" that live birds invariably dress out a large per centage of "culls" and these are soid under the regular market. Eastern ClUUed Turkeys Here. While It la unlikely that there will be even liberal supplies here of local fresh birds the market is not likely to suffer from any famine, according to nresent Indications, although such a thing Is possible under the present state of affairs,' Eastern packers have brought in cars of chilled birds and these are now offered to the local trade but will not find much or a sale until It Is found that home supplies are en tlrelv exhausted. As during the Thanks giving trade, the northern buyers have made tne same misuuce again or try ing to depress values before they had secured the goods. With all their talk of an over-supply of eastern birds the Puget sound cities were very- heavy purchasers of Oregon dressed turkeys along fTont street auring tne past 2t hours: this indicating that the arrivals there were not so heavy as the trade would have producers believe. Danger of Hlffb Prices. To the- producer there is danger in the present high prices on turkeys. ' because the consumer will not buy in such a hurry as if values were tat their normal height. This will mean disas ter to the market if arrivals are at all liberal, which they were hot up to this time. However, there are several days in which arrivals will come forward . and on that account some of the trade ' has been unwilling as yet to name a price to sell at. , Brief Votes of the Wholesale Trade. Plenty of oysters are now offered the trade. Eggs while holding firmer, are un changed In price. There is a firmer tone in better ,: grades of local creamery ' butter at i unchanged values. Chicktin prices are still low. but the movement is better. Orange sales show an improvement. No change in price. Vegetable supplies are quite scarce; HO cauliflower coming forward. Market for potatoes is firm but rather , quiet. ' . - Trade in the bop market is still quite . good considering the holiday season. Movement of apples from Front street in much more liberal and the market is . firmer. ' Front street sells at the following prices. Those paid shippers ere less regular commissions: - Batter, Eggs ana routry. BOTTEft Extra creamery, 87c; fancy 82H36e; store, 20c. BUTTER FAT Delivery f. o. b. Port land Sweet cream. 85e; sour S3Uo per lb. POULTRY Mixed chickens. 10c; hens, ioc; roosters, old, 9c fryers, 10 e; broilers. 14 14 He; geese, i&lGc; turkeys, alive, 18H&20c; dressed, 22V&26e; spring ducks, 14 se 15e; pigeons, squabs. $2.00 o 2.50 per dosen; old, J1.0Q; dressed poultry, i le signer. CHEE6K Full cream, flats, triplets ana amines, toe, loung Americans, 37 fl' J I nnel Knot A Aa .1 . eastern, vtfAu. Hops, wool am? bum. ,. w(.nji iuk wmaipette valley. 18c. . nuro nut i-rgp, cnoice, 6u 7c prime to choice, c; prime, c: me dium, 44c. , lALLOW-rflnn per lb, l4c; No. m sna grease, if ic . SKEEFSKTNS Shearing, 10015c each; efcort wool. 6cO40c; medium wooi. bucct.vv eacn: long wool, lieo 11.26 each. " MOHAlXUOs Nominal, lgaisa. CHITTAM, BARK-Old. 4fc; new, oranges fiSc per box: bananas. 6c lb; lemons, J3.255.00 box; grapefruit. 4.004.60; pineapples, Hawaiian. $2.60 0 3.00 doz; pears. $1.26; grapes, $1,009 1.25; huckleberries, 10llc lb; cranber ries, local, fii.feu dm; eastern. $13.60(9 POTATOES New, selling. '$1,000 1.10; buying for .shipment per cwt, fancy, 8090c; ordinary, 76 Hj)80c; sweet, $2: Early Rose, buying, $1. ONIONS New Oregon. $1.1001.26 per 100: garlic, 7M8c lb. APLES Good, $1 1.50; poor, 5075o per oox. vegetables Turnips, new Oregon. 75cl; beets. $101.25; vat-rots. 60 M 7c sack; parsnips, 86c 1.00; cabbage, $160; tomatoes, California, tl?lB roz per crate; beans, 15c; cauli flower, $1.00 1.25; peas, ISc; horserad ish. stDSc id; artlcfeokea. 650780 doa green onions, 16c per doi: peppers, bell 6c; Chile ( ): head lettuce. 40o dot; hothouse, Jljil.25 box; radishes. jo nown nuncnes; ceiery, v(ffttc; egsT- piant, isc id, SUGAR Cube, $6.35; powdered. $(.70 fruit or berrv. 15.95: drv arranulaled. $5.95; conf. Ar $6.16; extra B. $5.46; Golden O, $5.76; 1), yellow, $5.25; beet, grsnuated. $6.75; barrels. 16c; half bar- is, ve; ooxes. oao aavance on sack lasts. (Above nrices are 1ft dava net euh quotations SALT Coarse Half ground. . 1 00a. $11.00 per ton; 60s, $11.60; table, dairy, 60s. $f.50; 10s, $16.00; bale. $2.$6; Imported Liverpool, 60s. $20.00: 100a, H3.vu; 4 us, i.uu: extra line. Darreia, 2s. 6s and 10s, $4.606.6tt; Liverpool lump rock. $20. GO per ton. RICE Imnerlal Jsnan Kn 1 IU. No. 2. 6Uc; New Orleans, bead, lCot Lni .;rooie, tut. vki , le. v . , r - .v. small white. HONE ig.lK? lUM wnite, .oo: ping, S3.B6; nayou, a.76; yimas. .o; Mexican reas. i.7 ' Keats, run aad jimuinu, H2, BACON, ETC. Portland pack I locai i imms, iv in ji ids, iitc per Jo; breakfast bacon, 13021HO lb; picnica. 10c lb; cottau roll, lie lb; regular anon clears, smoaea, isc id; packs, neavy smonea, izo io; iignt, amoxea, 12c lb; brllles, smoked. 15c lb; plckeled longueB, 9vo eacn. DRESSED MEATS Front street Hops, fancy, 74j8c; ordinary, (07c; large, e; veal, extra. 9c; ordinary. 9c;' heavy, 8ifi8Vic; mutton, fancy, 67c; sorina lamb. 7S7,c lb. LOCAL LARD Kettle leaf. 10s. 14o per tu; as, huo per id: &u ii tins, 13He Ler lb; steam rendered, 10s, l$o per lb; 6s, llHc per lb; compound, 10s, tc ier iu. CLAMS Hardshell, per bor. $2.40; razor clams. $2.00 per box; 10c per do. FISH Rock cod, lOo lb; flounders, 6c per lb; halibut, 7c per lb; striped bass. 16o per lb; catfish, lOo per lb; salmon. 7c per . lb; herrings, 6c per lb; soles, 7o per 1: shrimp, 12 He per lb; perch, o per lb: tomcoS. 10c per lb; lobsters, 25o per lb; freak mackerel, ) per lb; crawfish, 20a per dosen; sturgeon ( ) per lb; black Dass, ma per id; sliver smelts, to per lb; black cod, 7 Ho per lb; crabs, $1.2 1.76 per dosen. OYSTERS Shoal water Bv. par gal lon. $2.60; per 100-lb sack, $6.00: Olym- rla. per gallon. $2.40; per 100-lb sack, S.00.60; Eagle canned. 90a can, $7.0 dozen; eastern In shell, $L7B per 100. raiBte, CoaL OU. inu. LINSEED OIL Raw, bbls; 68c; case. (4c; boiled, bbls, (0c; cases, (6c a gal; lots of 260 gallons, la less; oil cake meal, $34 ton. ROPE Manila, c; sisal. TJio lb. BENZINE -88 deg.. cases. If c per "ii.SPr, bblS," Jlc per gaL WHITE LEAD Ton lota. 7o per lb; 600-lb lots. 8c per lb; less lots. IUo per lb. TURPENTINE In cases. 18 Ho per WIRE NAILS Pre tnt basis. $1.11. I ILL: wmmm Indisposition of 3famate Causes Serious Decline in Securities Today. 9 ' Hsrrlmas' tie Cause. According to advices which come from New York today the severe decline in the leading shares in the stock market today was. due entirely to the report that E. H. Harriman was seri ously ill. This has been denied by those close to the railroad magnate. , 4 kew York, Ieo. 21. That the bis; In terests view with alarm any serious decline of prices In the stock market is noted in the great support they gave the stock market at the opening today. This was to counterbalance thn.rennrt r a serious illness of Mr. Harriman. Union raciiic ana otner Harriman shares were leaders in the (UDDOrtlnr mnvnmant because it was In these securities that must or tne aanger lay. ODenlnr a noint hlrhor than a,,r. day's closing Union Pacific wen tn I7 but after a few preliminary advances the price shot back sharnlv to 174U. mm TORE PRICE DICTATED III LOCAL YARD BY PRODUCERS Christmas Week Exiected to Growers Are - '.'Naming &h Show Small Business Cattle Run Liberal. most Any Value Desired Mexican Trade Herei Pown through the snow and sleet and the Christmas rush this morning a con stant stream of women and girls made their way to the office of Johnson & PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN. waturaay ..., 825 27 ' 120 1T ' 464 23S 74 208 . 100 Friday Thursday . Wednesday Tuesday , . ' j - . 1.034 210 ; 4 i.oos Portland Union Stockyards. Dec. Jl.-r- This Is oing te be a very dull week Jn the local livestock market from present Indications. The holidays are fast ap proaching- and most of tho buying for this demand has already been done. The trade Is somewhat surprised at the liberal number of cattle coming for ward at this time and this may burt the price somewhat if continued for the week. On this account buvera nr not inclined to view the market with mucn ravor. aktnough they have not neia DacK mem purchases to any ex tent. . ; - Hogs are Just about holdlne- their own, although the run is tapering off consiaeraDiy. xne iracie is now watch ing eastern market fluctuations with much concern for the prices in effect there will have considerable bearing upon mis maraet in tne near, future, for from this time forth packers will Mors Bnow for Wheat. - Oregon Rain west, snow cast portion tonight and Tuesday; warmer tonight except' near coast-- Easterly winds. ; , Washington Rain west," snow and warmer east portion tonight. Tuesday rain west, rain or snow east portion. Easterly winds. Idaho -i Fair and warmer south, , snow and warmer north portion tonight, Tuesday fair 4v.and warmer, rain or snow north" 4) 4 portion. a BOARD OF TRADE RECEIPT8. Wheat Flour Barley Oats Hay' vuroi ciK'KH. cars, cars, t;ars. Monday . , Saturday - , Fridav Thursday , Wednesday Tuesday . , .47 .61 .38 ..it 8.500 11 7,800 3,000 1,500 1 1 6 3 0 10 12 but later on further support reacted to be forced to get tbe bulk of their hog within 1 points of baturday'a final supplies from east of the Rockies, figures. Similar tactics were employed There was quite a heavy run of sheep vki Fin II nn m in iiiuii nun id OUJTEJLIDERAL Catch of Steelheads Greater Than Ever for This Time of Year. There has been a surprising run of steelhead salmon in the Columbia river during the past few days. According to the local trade the run is the heaviest they have ever seen for this time of the year. Among the carch are a few chinooks. whioh h,v. been eagerly picked up by the big re- iii n-i a niuunu uc a pouria, wnne the steelheads find ouite a fund ri.mirH around 7V4c. A very good tone is shown In the canned fish market for this time of year. Locally there Is but little do ing, as practically no fish are offering by packers. Uf?6e lb. HI 1 AAJ.Il.Cr -l-Jl T UlUCB. J B uT I Hf in sr-fAA kli, 9c; calves, jreen, ltlc per lb! anUm. rionr aim WMitAl auying price, new Track. TOa ln. 41V. I. , . . . 1 . . . . fey le. Wlllam,tt va,: . MILLSTUFFS Belling price Bran chop, $U.O02S.0O; aUalla meat CIMO per ton. t ijyivjsemng price Eaeten- Ore- puu I'sviriii, te.uu, straignt, 4. 0644.75: export $3.70: bakers.' $4,6S4.i; val- .?lAT(,,,odu"l, Prtce New tim- - Willamette villev fancv iikia. " If- ""'a"1" vauey fancy, $15.00; - " - . . , . II 'M 131 11 ..ITMlir. IK 111, clover. ill no? $13.00; alfalfa, mixed. 111. 6U5f 12.00 arin. $13 0; cheat $13 00-fJlS 56. OAT.1 Producers" price Track, 1 No. Ul.U ,S0"ai-"S JW, 2.60 -: rralt and TegaMea.;, W';: rHKFH FRUITS-Orangea, ' new cat ei,' $2,003 $.21. per box; Japanese News Gossip of Finance Portland Hanks. Cl"arings today Year ago ...... Gain today . . Balances today Year ago ..$1,378,42.9H 858,288.03 , .$520,16$. 98 . .$131,267.60 . J16.397.60 Taooma Banks. Clearings today ........ .$337,623 Balances today 46,219 Seattle Banks. Clearlr.gs today . , ...$1,764,478 Balances today 209,030 in Southern Pacific resulting In arTTni. tlal advance which soon turned Into in tense weaaness and selling pressure iteaalnar lOBt Z nolnta nfttT nn.nln a higher than Saturday and a decline Or I Was mitOn bv Ht Pan after nnan. 'V , ""gner. xne general list was similarly affected. The recovery made late in the day did not put the market in goua anapo as tne general publio be lieved 4t was merely nrafesslnnal mn. port In an emergency. The summary of the Wall Street Jour- nni pays touav: a m rrien na - I sieaay anout parity.. Carnegie gives ""u""i uviurs in tarirr committee to day. Steel manufacturers will make $30 rails at $28 a ton. Rea-ular riivMan expected on Distillers securities. The Mew Hmelterlnar A Hf inlno- rwmnan. will b incorporated under the ntatn UtHB OX Hew JfrBRV. Hnt dnv iwaA I excellent but Industrial business is slow- iuf uvwn, Range of New York nrlrn. fnmi.k.j ut uicrunTi VJOOKB CO.: Description. Onn Amalgamated Copper Co... 79 American car & .foundry, c 45 Si do preferred American Cotton Oil, c. . . . .... American Locomotive, c... 54 K American Sugar, c i7u. American Smelter, c -95 V do preferred Ana on i rfl a Ulnln. , . American Woolen, c. "28 4 ' i ,. v. UDKi do preferred Baltimore & Ohio,, c 108 do preferred . Brooklyn RaDld Transit .. Ru Canadian Pacific, c., 174 2 Central Leather, c An nrAfftpMil Chicago &. Great Western,' c ilii v,ui miiwauaee a. at. ...i7 cnesapeaxe & Ohio . Colo. f"uel & Iron, c Colo. So., c do 2d pfd do 1st Dfd Corn Products, . c do pfd Delaware & Hudson . D. & R. G., c do pfd Erie, c do 2d pfd do 1st pfd ;.. Q. Northern, p Illinois Central Interurban Met., c... do pfd. L. ft N Manhattan Ry Mex. Central Ry. ... M. K. & T., c do pfd Distillers Ore Lands ' Missouri pacific National Lead ....... New York Central N. Y., Ontario ft Western. Norfolk & Western, o Norfolk & Western, p gs North American , 7n Northern Pacific, c. lssii 187 Pacific Mall Steamship Co. ,15 S41 Pennsylvania Railway 128 128' People's G., L. & C. Co., . . .100 99 i Pressed Steel Car, c 40 Pressed Steel Car. p... S9 S!!"- .V" "8 137 nrauiug, U p . Reading, 1st p. Cattle. : 325 60 : Sheep, 1.034 66U 3714 .. 682 .. 12 .. 75 H Close. 78 107 40 64 127 80 1001 46a iift 101 107 174 H im 146H . 80 . S3 ' 47 .144 . 18 44 .121 . SO . 33 71 : a" : ?? -.117 44 In the yards during the 48 hours and the price is Just about holdinsr its own. There la still a lack of best quality and this is what haa kept the price from moving upward. Todays run or lives toe it compares witn mis aay in recent years as rol lows; Hogs. 1908 ........... 179 1907 ; 88 1908 1905 180 A year ago today nogs and cattle were firm; sheep easy; all prices un changed. Will Do Better After Christmas. I believe the hog market here will do better after Christmas." said Tom Benson of T. C. Benson & Son. "The run is decreasing somewhat and will probably continue to do so for awhile. Of course the future of tle market here depends somewhat upon what the eastern price 'does as packers bring in large portion or tneir supplies rrom thr abntit this time of the vaar. I am of the opinion that prices will hofd quite good. Cattle are coming faster than expected ana there will likely be a slower tone in all livestock during this (Christmas) ween. Yards' Bepresentative Prices. The following prices are representa tive of latest transactions in the yards and indicate the extent of the demand and the prices ruling on various grades -'CATTLE. Weight, 23 steers 24.676 1 cow 1.025 4 cows 4,000 1 bull 1,400 HOGS. 77 hoas 17.825 The following is the general range of values on stock running In the yards for late shipments Hogs Best east or mountains, 86.10 ff 6. 15; ordinary. $6; blockers and china fats, $5.60 ii 5.76; stockers and feedecsv 5f 5,50. J! uattie Best steers, weignuig j. juu pounds, $4.60J4.66; medium steers, $4.26; poor steers, $3.50; best cows. $3.2603.50; medium cows, 32.75: stags. $2.75gs.ou; Duns, tztpi.zo, Sheep Best wethers, rilnarv wethers. 14.25 Si)- 5; straignt ewes, j.ou; mixea lots. $4. . . . . veal cnoice young caives, itvi.tv; heavy rough, $3.503.75. The wheat market of the Paclf le northwest is now entirely In tho hands of producers, and by their holdingv they are molding the price almost to their own requirements. Wheat offerings. especially of the better grades, are hard to secure and remaining stocks are held by producers who can hold .from one season to another without difficulty. .Vr conung or Mexican business into ujiB nwLiun uv reason nr th. tAmnAvo,, reduction in the tariff of that country has caused a firmer feeling than ever andT prices although unchanged are stiff. Fluctuation on the outside do not nave tne least effect upon Pacific northwest values at this time. .iT t""r,Be srain list is the firmest or the entire market and even buyers themselves mv thev un.ku . ... ui outs in any great quantity under $32 and possibly $32.50 a ton track Portland. -Cash barlev la In aiaoii. id. ..,. position with producers holding tight for close to $27 a ton and buyers un able to buy under that figure no mat- icr wuicn way tney turn. On the Portland hnnril e there was no change in values for either wheat, oats or barlev. uu cars of bran was reported at $25.60 a ton track Portland. ' o.ou Board of trade pricea today: CLUB WHEAT. ' Ti i A A .1. December 91 , oitt January 91 93 NO. f WHITE OATS, v December j January 1.6214 NO. 1 FEED BARLEY. S?fl?ecembr 1S 2.26 I January , .i tx Price. $4.60 3.60 162 162 1.87 1.40 $0.16 PORTLAND PRODUCE RECEIPTS The Portland board of troH. hmi.i,.. the followina- 'lint nf for the 48,hours ending 11 a, m. today: Apples, 819 boxes; oranges, 46 boxes; oranges. 1 car: bananas 9 ra,.. i... cabbage, 13 crates; celery. 1 car: nota toes, 173 sacks; onions, 60 sacks; vege tables. 28 nackatrna- A 66,000 lbs; dressed goats. 12u butter, fii ti tiiist i tk. i pacKages : ears. 49 pmm- im 4.50; lamb's. $4.60 ?eB T,i7ook;, a,Uk-, i7 gallons; wc,x, -loaf geuions; ciams, o boxes: crabs, 12 boxes; crawfish, 1 boi; fish, 92 boxes; shrimps, 5 boxes; mussels, i box; oysters, 69 sacks. a joke on Johnson' it Stuart $50 month and no experience required." The practical joker was having his Christmas joke.- Perhaps be. didn't see tne loot in the women s eves as ther and bent their heads as a gust of wind blew the half frozen rain Into their faces. - -. , . , CHICAGO CHILDREN EAGER TO SEE WEST Stuart In the Commercial building. I wePVou.f .Sfi thi? "i"11'"' one b many or mem were poorly ana insuf ficiently clad.. Some tired faced mothers carried children and left them in the hall while they went inside. When they came out a. minute later some looked angry, some looked puxzled and others looked sad, but , all . looked tired and worn out. . - They, would go down to the entrance again, scan the office directory and then make their way out of the building and be lost in the throngs of Christmas hoppers. , ' ... ::- ... - une man saw in roe or lour or the tired lookingSromen get off mi his floor and went to inautre what the trouble was. -. - . - : .'.' "They're answering an ad for stenog rapher,' said the elevator boy. "Been 20 or em in tie re tnis morning, it s a xaae ad some one put in yesterday's paper as ucts, with - certain exceptions, limiting the amount or imports or some com-, modules and reducing , the"' tariff on others. ' -.- - - "- '' - ' ' - The excess of Insular revenues over expenditures during the last fiscal year was $670,624; the receipts In the city of Manila surpassing the expenditures FRIENDS SAY AGAR'S CONDUCT SQUARES IT ;- ... ;i i. (Caited Pnas testes Wire.) Princeton, Ind., Dec. 21. Friends of H. E. Agar, the ex-legislator1, who was arrested at San Benito, Texas, two years after ha was supposed to" have been drowned In the Wabash river here, are preparing to come to tne aerense or tbe man. who is accused of mhmii,ni.ni and forgeries amounting to $125,000. Agar nas issuea a statement showing nmfc biiii ins uisaiMiiuininca .rrnmi nrA lie has led an upright life. He will be arralarneri immnHlatAlv , a forgery charge, bound over and liber ated on bond already prepared, so he can spend Christmas with his wife at his home here. No business man ever had a larger personal acquaintance In southern Indiana than Agar, and doubts are freely expressed that he will never be convicted. i, IIDIFFEHEIICE AHO G TRADERS Foreign Wheat Starts Dull and Market Closes Weak Chicago Up. 25 85 22:; 68 ; nepuoiic iron or oteel, c... Republic Iron & Steel, p. . . Rack Island, c..;. Rock Island, p. . . '. . .. ni. uuuih v nan r ran, Zd p St. Louis & San Fran 1st p Southern Pacific, common. 118 do preferred ........... 1 21 iZ Southern Railway, c 24 do preferred g8 Texas & Pacific 31 T St. L. &-W.. c. .7. do preferred union Pacific, common . ao prererrea United States Rubber. ...179 ...95 C 43 Lnlted States Steel Co., e. 63 do preferred 111 Wabash, common 19 do nreferred itu M'estern Union Telegranh. 6aZ Wisconsin central, o, no prererrea . . . Wheeling Lake. .. Westinghouse , .'. . Utah Copper ...... Third Avenue .... 80 64. 8"" 43 34 BOSTOX COPPER MARKET (Furnished by Overbeck & Cooke Co.) uubiuii, uoc diq prices; Adventure Allouex Arcadian .... Boston Con... Butte Coala. Cal. Cal. & Ariz... 114 & Hecla.060 New York. Dec. 21. Bar 48 c; Mexican dollars, 4 Sc. silver. York, Dec. 21. Government New bonds: Date. Taos, registered.., 1930 do coupon 1930 Threes, registered. . 1908 do coupon . . . . . . . J908 Threes, small bonds Fours, registered ... 1925 do coupon 1925 Twos, Panama .... do coupon ........ ,' Fours, Philippine Bid. 103 104 ,104 100 100 120 Ask. 103 aoi 3 1214 102 . .102 '6ZK 102 ..... 110 21 Lake, 14 Hc; cast- New' York. Deo. 14c; electrolytic,' ine-R 140l4c. Tin $29(g.'29.37. - , - it Lead" $4.204.25. ' ry:: , london. Dec. 21. Silver. 22 7-lSd. ' ' Washtnaton. ! Den 9iTh .... Statement? today shows:' t eceipta--3,418,84S. - - ' Disbursements $2,850,000.' V" : ' Centennial Copper Mt... Cop. Range, C. Ely, Daly West.. Frankly i) Granbtr ..v.. Greene . .... Glroux ...... Mohawk . , . Miami ..... Nev. Con. . . Nippissing 8 IN. Butte. H feJ.Butte 8 15 Parrot 17 25IPhoenix 60 Wulncy ...... 92 lUoyale ss 32 Shannon 16 25,2.up- & PHts.. 16 77 Tamarack ... 77 . 8Trlnlty ...... -if . 10 lUnited . ... lj .16 Utah Min.,... 43 .103 Utah . 43 .t 11 Victoria ..... s . 5 Winona ...... . 07 Yukon '.. .!.. '4: . 12 Bay State Gas 70 18U. S. Mining. 42 CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET Open. Close. Dec. 19. Gain, May 105 105 105 July 7 97 97 Chicago, Dec. 21. There was Indif ference among wheat traders on the other side of the Atlantic -today, and after an unchanged opening Liverpool values closed d lower than the final figures of Saturday. This gave the local market a rather! trading, and the spreading of various re ports regarding the dumping overboard of a large block of wheat by bull lead ers brought about a general . loss in prices at the opening. May started c lower at 10c, JUiy c down at 07 c, -while the other options were In rather bad humor. Tbe market closed c under Saturday's last fig urea American visible suddIv shows, in pusneis: wneat 1.. 603.000 Corn ..................... .... .928,000 Oats 366,000 Worlds shinments show 7.040.000 bushels of .wheat and. 3,620.000 bushels or corn. 10U. S. Oil. 28 New York Cotton Market. - open. High. Low. Close. . eo 868 873 -.' 371" 869 ; 8 T8 $4 March ..... 861 May 869 July 849 Aug 859 Oct. ........850 Dec. 894 84 858 84 82 859 843 886 ' Ranee of Chicago wheat nrices fur. nlshed by Overbeck & Cooke company: WHEAT. Open. ' High, .in- 105 7 . ,97 ,. 97 . 97 CORN. ,. 69 60 . 69 r 605 . 69 60 " OATS. . 60 61 . 46 -46 . 40 .40 PORK. . 168S 160$ .1617 1636 LARD. ' 127 035 950 57; ..I. Low. 104 -90 . ' 69'. 69 60H' '45 -: 40 1585 1817 02S 4S , Close. 105 97 6 61 46 40 159S 1630 860 RIBS. 863 930 962 966 . 855 827 857 f Hogs Higher In East. " Chicago. Dec 21. Hog. 35 onn- tie 25.000; sheep, 16.000. Hogs opened 60 higher. Cattle strong. Sheep 10c UK11171. . - . : - - - Kansas City. Dec- 21. Mom : anon- cattle, 7000; sheepj 4000. ' . .. - ymana, uec. zi. Hogs, 8300: Cattle, sheep, 2500. ; .. '' cat- 2000; : Ldrerpool Wheat Market. Liverpool, Dec. 2t Wheat market: ' j- . . Onen. , cin December -, ....... ,7s ld 7a ikkh March . ........... ,7s d 7s 6d May ...w. ,..7s 6d 7s 6 d A (est has proven that a dfvar nan remain conscious for three and a ha If minutes after his air iiuonlv ha c(it off.' . LL HOPE OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS The small boy will have to 4 hurry if he wants to get much 4 -sport out of the snow that fell 4 4 last night. 4. 4 District ForecasteV Reals of 4 the weather bureau says it was 4 4 evidently not" Intended for 4 4 Christmas, for milder weather is 4 4 coming and the white coating 4 now covering the streets and 4 4 sidewalks will quickly disappear. 4 The total snowfall Mr. Baals 4 4 says It was sleet of last night 4 amounted to about one inch.- It 4 4 would have been more had the 4 4 flakes been of the real fluffy, 4 4 kind. But they bordered closely 4 4 on hall and packed hard into a 4 4 sort of an icy crust. 4 4 The minimum temperature last 4 4 night wa$ 35 degrees. Tonight's 4 4 forecast calls for rain and warm- 4 er. .' . S .- - 4r 4 Mr. Beats augmented his serv- '4 4 ice today by establishing a sta- 4 S tlon at -Mitchell, Wheeler- county, 4 4 with F, S. Mattheson In charge. 4 SUBTREASURY SITE MAY BE CONDEMNED Bii 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. r.IcGralh 307 Lumber Exchange' Portland, Oregon A harvefet of letters resulting from the' invitations extended Py Tom Richardson of the Com- ? merclaj club for 50 Chicago school . children to visit the r northwest next summer Is begin ning to be reaped at the office of the club. A. doien or more letters from .;. Chicago parents -anxious to have their children selected as part of the 60 were - "received. : . ,' t . . The Impression seemed to pre vail among the writers that tho Portland club would select those that are to make the trip. This ts a detail that will be left with the Chicago chamber of com- nerce. -. . . Bond If contemplating issu ing and marketing bonds our company can be of service as trustee there of, and also respecting the necessary steps to be taken preparatory to such issue. It is of vital importance that the is sue be a meritorious 6nCf and equally so that it be . acceptably prepared. - V! You can : consult us freely respecting any phase of the subject. MERCHANTS SAVINGS & TRUST CO. 247 Washington Street (United Prens Leased Wire.) Washington, Dec, 21. Dlssatisfled with the high figures placed upon real estate offered to the government by agents for a site for a -subtreasury building, the government, through As sistant Secretary of the Treasury Beek man Winthrop, - has threatened to se cure property , in San Francisco by . con demnation proceedings. Secretary Winthrop has notified Bald win A Howell, real estate' agents for property bounded by Sansome, Clay, Merchant and Battery streets, partly owned by the Kohl estate, that it must be placed at a lower price than $835, 000 demanded for the site. Winthrop declares that if a lower- price is not set tne government will secure other property in the block and will hpvin condemnation proceedings, as the treas ury department wants tbe property in that section. : ' ,; t PHILIPPINE SCOUTS" SPREAD CIVILIZATION .."L, , TTTnltra trm Lmsed Wire.; ; ' Washington. Dmv 21 Th v.i. n. the Pliillppine scouts as educators aa well as pacification is shown in tho an nual report of Brigadier Clara nee R. Kdwards. chief of the huronn nf in.ni.. affairs, which is published today.- The I scout service is, cnmmpnHoa . i. .i.i as fostering higher standards of llvlnn among the Filipinos and o evtniiinr American Influence. , . J .i.1 'Port favors the free entry into the United States of Phillnnlnn. nrort. Lumbermen's National Bank Comer Second and Stark Streets Portland, Oregon , Capital S2S0,000 . - - . , G. K. Wehtworth i ........ President . John A. Keating 4 . J , . Vice President ' Geo. L. McPherson . . . .................Vice President H. D. Story , ..Cashier F. A. Freeman .Assistant Cashier-. TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS ."I. FOREIGN EXCHANGE ' , : Ku 11 1 1 1 111 111 in 1 iHiiiimiiiniiiinM 1 unnfi i i'i 1 1 1 1 LU-uxaiiirimT 1 1 1 1 nu, , in-. ' ll- . PORTLAND OREGON .. iSI? -I Our Invitation . This bank invites 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. of Philippine, prod- Overbeck & Cooke Co. Commission Merchants, Slocks, Bonds, Cotton. Grain. Els. ' 216-217 BOARD OP TRADE BUILDINO Mftnbero Chicago Board of Tradeorreipondento of Logan & Bryo. , , . " Chicago, Now York. Boston. Wo have tho cutty private wire connecting Portland with th caatcra ' Z-v', - - nchangea. '1 MEMBERS PORTLAND BOARDl OF TRADE. ,