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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. ,