The Oregon daily journal., December 27, 1908, Page 48, Image 48

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, ' SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1908.
TURKEY MARKET IS
STILL QUITE GOOD
Demand for Supplies During the Week Was More Lib
eral Than Expected and Price of Best Dressed Stock
Held Firm at 25 a Pound Along the Street.
QUALITY WANTED BY
LIVESTOCK BUYERS
Select Stuff Brings Top Price but Ordinary Quality Was
Quiet During Past Week Holiday Tone. Puts
the Price of Hogs From 10 to 15c Lower.
JOURNAL IS AIDED IN ;
OREGON I'JIIEilT
LEADS COlTliY
. PURE FOOD AGITATION
.T f . .... t, - . , ... ,; - , r i ' . .
Government to Stop at Once Traffic in Storage Eggs as
Condition' of Fall Crop in
Tli)s State the Best
Acreage Increased.
'v''7V '':'(.( t , ..'i'Y: V ;:(Y '.:
, FreshfEanch Articles-All Stock Must Be Cor- y
rectly Labeled in Interstate ' Trade.
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WEEKLY REVIEW OF OHAMC1LS -
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By Hyman H. Cohen.
Contrary to general expectations the
turkey market held higher price this
' . Christmas than ever before.
Various reasons combined to bring
. about this season, but chief among
, them : was the mistaken Idea of the
vjmbio that the cold storage houses were
full of . turkeys when only , a nominal
amount was held over for the trade
here. The bulk of the big ; storage
"- holdings were purchased shortly after
Thanksgiving: by Seattle and , Alaska
merchants.
Aiong Front street trade In turkeys
rouid scarcely be better than during
the past week.- There : were rather j
liberal receipts In fact larger than had 1
been expected and at the close of the
week Front street had no turkeys of
quality ' to offer, the few remaining
holdings being principally "ouiis"tnai
no one wanted at any price. -
While turkeys were very firm there
was an exceedingly slow call for live
chickens and this branch of the poultry
market ruled very slow and dull during
the week. 7 Dressed . chickens v fared
somewhat better than expected Owing
to the better tone in turkeys, and
considering the dilapidated state of the
chicken market In general for the past
two weeks, the dressed stock sold re
markably high -generally around 15c a
pound for best quality. : Some poor stuff
sold down to l$c
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN.
70 CENTS GROUND OUT OF "
CONSUMERS OF COAST SUGAR
Week of
Dee. it
Dee.
Deo. 18...,
Dec ...,.
Hogs.
. 82S
.1,801.
.M7
Cattle.
121
1,141
1.4TS
i
Sheen
2.021
1,111
1,T
1MI
It seems like an Impossibility, but It
U fact, nevertheless, that the sugar
refiners of the Pacific coast are charg
ing one man 70c per lOo' pounds for
sugar, delivered from the same ware
house the same- day and for exactly
the same grade.
That is just what the Pacific coast
refiners are doing just now. At Ban
Francisco they are charging on a basis
of $5.S5 to one man and $6.35 to an
other. The only difference is that one
man Uvea or doea business In Idaho,
where there is competition, while the
other may live In either Oregon, Cali
fornia or Washington. No matter 4n
which one of these states the latter
resides he must pay the sugar refin
ers 70c more for bis sugar than the
Idaho merchant. ; -1
Yesterday the former discrimination
against . the three coast states whlc '
stood at - 5c was widened So by a
general drop of that amount In Idaho
alone.' This action was due to the fact
that there i is real competition in the
tm statu while there Is practically
none along the coast line. Sugar prices
have been exceedingly soft in the east
of late and some loss is shown in the
price, The eastern refinera get as far
as Idaho and at points in the Rocky
mountains safely compete with the Pa-1
made hv the eastern refiners, the ones
on the coeet simply following in order
ta retain whatever business tney navs
remaining:.
A remarkable fact of 'the "present
situation is that tne f acmo coast re
finers csn no longer state that the
market on the coast Is governed by the
condition of tne raw marKet, ror it is
not. The only time . that refiners on
the Facina
of the raw
By Hyraaa H. Cohen.
Portland Union Stockyards, Dec. St.
isuuness, ins nsuai nouaay quiet, but
the lack of serious nrioe louses, was the
story of the livestock market during the
past weea. a run mat was in ail in
stances smaller than a week ago was
tod heavy the past week to suit the
whims or buyers and, although there
was no slashing of values, there was
little disposition to trade.
Higher prices are the rule in the sheep
market, and for select quality still
higher values than those listed are
probable. Those who have shipped sheep
te market lately should have little, f
any cause for complaint for the prtcue
received, for, considering everything
within and without the market, the mar
ket stood at a very high point It was
hard ta secure best quality of sheep in
the yards during the past 1ft days, and
what few head came in first ! ahane
All price I were, quickly disposed of, in most In-
The
clfic refiners for the trade,
fluctuations in the Gem state are first I stances above the values quoted.
trade wants good quality and is quite
willing to pay for it.
... Course of the Mog Market.
A decline of about 15e in the price of
hogs in the yards here during the past
week should not be taken by the ralaera
as an indication that the market is go
ing to oreaK. ror sucn aoes not
seem
the case at this- period. The run of hoxs
take any notice whatever In the yards during the week was less
sugar market Is when the I man nan ox mat wnicn snowea a weex
latter is advancing. Then -only do the I ago, but owing to the turkey season
Pacific " coast grinders follow eastern
liuctuationa, lor oniy in competing ter
ritory are the eastern declines ever
noted. '
While there are three sugar com
pantes doing builness In the coast states
the Western Sugar Refining company,
the Hololulu Plantation company and
the California 4 Hawaiian Sugar Re
fining company there has in recent after the first day of the week,
months been not wie ""tntest mint- Small Trace la Cattle.
declines of one concern being followed , With small run; that would hav
inatantlv bv a similar movement of ,nu. h.Urher pr ce during any other
the other two grinders. For awhile wet titan tne one just naea tne catue
after the entering of the California I market was dull during the past six
A Hawaiian into thla field It looked aaloays. The class of stock which came
killers feund less demand for block
took. The packing houses are taking a
holiday until after the first of the year,
and for that reason purchases made
during the meantime are simply for
block trade. This Is the reason why
buyers were not Inclined to buy at for
mer prices and why best east ef the
mountain stock did not bring over M.1S
if real competition was - to be shown.
but all tnis nas passed away.
OUTLOOK-IS FOR LOWER LEVEL
OF PRICES IN LOCAL EGG MARKET
forward did not meet the views of the
buyers, and they were not inclined to
bid anything ever 14. SO for steers, and
It took the beat that came to brine this
rrlce even to a nominal degree. Like
he trade In other lines of livestock
during the past week cattle were inclined
to be alow, but there is every promise
of Improved conditions after the year
has ended and the new one Is started. -Past
- week's arrivals at the yards
compare with the same period In recent
years as follows:
Horn. - Cattle. Sheen.
3101 , (28 833 a.011
lt07 . 188 I 210
10 40f i 41 184
ioi lis isi .....
A year ago for this same week all
lines were steady, but hogs and sheep
were firm. No change la values shown.
Tarda Bepresentatlye Mess.
Following prices are representative
of the week's transactions In the local
yards and Indicate the extent of the de
mand and prices paid for various grades
and weia-hts: 1 s .
v . , cattle. ; :t';;;?'i;Y.:
, Weight.
1 eow 1.080
31 cows ........ 1,814
S steers .80,000
d . Saa on BHorafe Bats. -
The national law will not per
mit the sale of cold storage eggs
under the general label'of "'eggs."
They must be labeled "cold stor
age eggs." Tbo evil of thls
traffic is that the egg do not
gets into cold storage until they ;
have Ven exposed for sale so
long that they are on the verge
of putrefaction. -Dr.-Harvey W..,
Wiley, chief f the United States
Bureau of ChethJstry, In an Jn-i
terview. , - , '
8 steers
J calves
cows
7 steers
13 steers ;
I cow ..
4 cows .
I buU . .
iloos.
.01,145
.19,850 .
. 4.780
, e.SSO,
.SM7S
1,055
. 4,009
1,400
Price.
13.60
1.25
' 4.S0
, 4.50
4.75
t.EO
V f OO
4.60
1.(0
: 125
1.25
M hogs
4i nogs
77 hoes
4 nogs
77 hogs
tv nogs
IS hogs.
Price.
$.0Q
.15
8.10
4.05
e.is
C.15
4.15
Weight
..10,570
..10.760
..17,540
..11,435
..17,326
.. 0.005
. . 4.076
The following is the general range of
values on stock running in the yards
for late shipments:
Hogs Best east of mountains, $1.00
O0.lv: ordinary, $4; blockers and china
fats, 55.60; stackers and feeders, $5.00.
Cttle--Beat steers, weirhinr 1200
pounds, $4.60; medium steers, $4.25: poor
Steers, fa.ov; oest cows, ts.ou; meaium
COWS, - $2.7502.25; stags, . 2.7b3.00;
bulls, $2.00 2.25.
Sheep Best wether. $4.765.00; or
dinary Wethers, $4.60; lambs. $4.76
6; straight ewes, $4.2504.60; mixed
lots, $4.00. ...
veal Choice-young ceives, i.av
I, IS.1I
Bv Hvman H. Con en.
A fight which The Journal has been
making for-several years ti stop' the
traffie In cold storage eggs awd selling
mem as tne .iresit rarteti stocjt. nas
been taken up officially by the. tanked
States aovernment and sood results are
expected In the near future from the1
crusade. - - -
For, years .lt has" been the custom of
some, in .fact, many wholesalers and
retailers hers and elsewhere,- to mix
eastern storage eggs or take them en
tirely and sell them as the fresh article
with - the consequent high price and
greater -profits
This custom has resulted, in. creating
mints of money for the storeage opera
tors and many of them can safely re
tire as wealthy men. To the consumer
and the producer of eggs, however, the
practice has been a detriment, and now
that the government official- states that
the practice shall stop, the producer of
eggs and the consumer thereof shall
know exactly what the real value is. -To
be compelled to pay a high price
for a torage egg has been ' the : just
complaint of many consumers.! Accord-1
ing to Pr'. Wiley of the bureau of chem
Istry, the government Is going to put
a stop to tne sate of cold storage egg
as the fresh article. - No longer wU
the dealer . be allowed to ell storage
eggs simply as eggs. . They, must here
after be designated as storage eggs.'
Ths forces of the government wlU be
used in enforcing this measure.
it has . been . the practice of many
ae&iers , in many- cities, to put Storage
egga in cartons and label them , ranch
eggs. . While, it is true that the stock
ottered Tor sale cornea from a ranch, the
government insists that such a label
is an attempt to make th consumer
believe that the stock is freshly laid
and therefore under the pure food law
is incorrectly labeled. .
Ia years past It has been Impossible
for the producer of eggs to reoeive the
price due his fresh product in ths
months when a -great soarolty existed,
xne tratiio in eoia atorase eaas by sell
ing them as fresh ranch stock has been
so great that-the price of the truly
fresh article has been kept below the
price where it should rule.
it is nor onry in eirci that the gov
ernment win see tnat tne consumer an I
producer get a square deal. - but , thfc
ame" rule will apply to poultry-. No
lone-er will the dealer in chickens be
allowed to sell cold storage atook as the
freshly (tressed article. While this rule
win appiywiir to tne poultry brougnt
from one state to another Interstate
traffic most Vf the dreaeed - eoultrv
comes irom outsiae inisstate.
While the new. ruling of the sovern-
ment will be a gmat-aid toward main
taining proper prices' for fresh eggs and
poultry in' the- peri (Ms when ' they are
scares. it . will not be much of a fcelD
during the summer months when eggs
are overpientlful and prjets always low.
At that time - the , price may go lower
than now- because the- nw ruling will
somewhat affect .the operations of the
storage, and -for that reason there will
he more gluts of supplies snd conse
quently lower- price levels. ,
SUPPLIES OF BUTTER AND CREAM.
STILL STEADILY DECREASING
4.75; heavy rough.
76 4. 00.
EVEItlWHJS
:gg market outlook is ror a lower
el of values during the next six days.
E
leve
- More liberal arrivals of fresh ranch
Mock are shown and the trade has found
it exceedingly difficult during the past
week to maintain tne price at 4uc. ' Jn
attempt was made early in the week
-with the coming of the cold snno to
put the price to 43c, but this failed
and after dropping bacK to 40c the mar-
Ke.t stood rather slow, witn tne more
liberal supplies and offerings eggs are
not cleaning up quite as fast as could
tie expected and for that reason some of
the anxious one cut their price to 39
Gi3Sc durlnr the "last day or so.
Creamery Dutter market continues in
; Rood shape for best known brands but
the real danger for the market Ilea in
.the fact that storage product is show
ing ut small movement and even some
of the fresh butter of little known
brands is disposed to tarry awhile long
er in tne nouses than seems necessary.
at tnis time or tne year. Tne presumu.
tion'of the trade therefore is that there
will soon be a decline in butter prices
unless weatner conditions are cnangea.
. PhAAftA market Is firmer with Blocks
' and demand just about on a par.
BEIEF NOTES OF i X
THE FRONT STREET
PRODUCE TRADING
' Dressed meats of all .kinds wers
scarce and higher along Front street
t during the week. -
Local celery supplies were hurt by
late cold snap; not ruined, however.
Salmon run during the week was very
- good and for this reason prices were
not moved higher as generally antici
pated. Apple prices are fractionally better,
with a liberal movement. Present sup
plies are not pressing upon the market
- and early predictions made in this re
port of a probable high market in the
.spring are likely to be fulfilled.'
Front street sells at the following
: prices. Those paid shippers are less
regular commissions:
Baiter, sgga ana. roomy.
BDTTER Extra creamery,
fancy, tlOtbe; store, 20c.
BUTTER FAT Delivery f. o. b.
land Sweet cream, 36Hc; sour,
Tier lb.
POULTRY Mixed chickens, 10 H
11c; hens, 11c; roosters, old, . 10c;
. fryers, lie; broilers, 14!4Uc: geese. 90
10c; turkeys, alive. 17 20c; dressed, 16
!5c, spring ducks. 14 16c; pigeTons,
squabs, $2.002.60 per dozen; old, $1.00;
dressed Doultry. llc higher.
CHEESE Full cream, flats, triplets
and daisies, lee; roung Americans, lie
KOGS Local best, S840c per dosen
eastern, 3032Hc. .
Bops, Wool and JUdes.
WOOL 1808 Willamette vallev, 18c
HOPS 1908 crop, choice, 7c;" prime
to rnoice, bc; prime, ec; medium,
in .
TALLOW Prime, per lb, I 4c; No,
3 and srrease, !82Hc.
KHEEFPKINS Shearing, 1015c
each; ehort wool, 26c6 40c; medium
wool, 50cil.oo eacn; long wool, 75c
$1.26 each.
MOHAIR I S08 Nominal. 1801c.
CH ITT AM BARK Old, 4 fj 6c; new,
H oc 10.
HIDES Dry hides. 15 Ko lb; green,
Sfic lb; bulls, green salt 5c lb;
kips, 1 9c; calves, green, 12 ISo per lb.
, arsis, rionx aad atay. -
BARLET Feed, t!.6027.O0; roUed,
J2S S0 fir 29.00: brewing, $27027.50.
WHEAT Buying price, new Track,
Portland Club. 91c; bluestem. 97c;
fortyfold, 92c; red, 89c; Willamette val
ley. 91c - ,
M I LLSTt'FFS Polling price Bran.
9 O.Dv , nnnuiiiiKo, f.vvj BiiuriB, fav.vu ,
chop, $21.6029.00; alfalfa meal. 518.60
t-r ton.
FLOUR Selling price Eastern Ore-
iron patent. 36.08: straight. 34.0694.76;
rxoort. 83.70: bakers'. 14.65r4.8U: val
lev, 345; graham, Hs, 34.40; whole
- I ot rva. Br. IS. SO: bales, tl flft
HAV Producers' price New tim
ftl.iv. WllUmeite valley fancy. 315.00;
i.i.i.mry, 814.00; eastern Oregon, 518.00;
ir, ix.i, 311604 12.00; clover, $11. 0;
.ruin. $13.00; cheat, $13.00; alfalfa,
$1 ( 1Z fcl.
tTiS I'rodtTrers ' price Track, No.
I white, $3Sj.S3.e0; gray, $3132.
yrmits and Tegetablea. .
FRVM FRUITS Orr.e, new nav
$fMi3.25 rer l.oi; Japaneae
iri;i, iuc per Lux; bananas, 6o per,
Ilk. 99 r C AA K a w I
1 IJ , JTIIIUII V.-UWVV UVM, ,1 BVCI I III I,
$4.00(814.60; pineapples, Hawaiian, $2.69
ct3.00 doi pears, 31.00 1.26; grapes,
$1.001.26; huckleberries, 10flo lb;
cranberries, local, ll.0 DDI; eastern,
flS.6016.00. .
POTATOjES New, selling, $1.001,10;
ouying ror snipment, per cwt, ' iancy,
86c; ordinary, 70 80c: sweet, 12.00;
Early Rose, buying, 11.00.
ONIONS New Oregon. $1.11 per 100;
garlic, 7H8c lb. " .
Arri,t uouq, i.oobi.hi; poor, tg
75c per box.
VEGETABLES Turnips, lew Oregon,
7Dctti: Deeis, i.uuidi,2b; carrots, 60S
75c sack: narsniDS. 86c 01.00: cabhaaa.
$1,60; . tomatoes, California, $1.76 1.00
per crate; beans, 16c; cauliflower. $1.00
ci.si neas. lie: norseraaisn. se in:
artichokes. 06 476c .dos; - green onions,
16o per dos; peppers, bell, 6c: Chile
; head lettuce. 40c dos; hothouse,
POTATO HDLDIII6
Growers All Over the Coun
try Check Sales in Order
to Force Up Price.
According to information coming for
ward a larger amount of potatoes , If
being held by American farmers in gen
eral at this time than ever before in the
same period.
All over the country thert was quit
a good crop during the past season an l
as low prices ruled there was general
holding among producers for an advance.
u c uii, nuumiui, wntthtr tnu win materialise cannot
$101.25 box: radishes. 15c dos hunches: Ik.. ..u k h ft o.at
celery. 404986c; eggplantl5o Jb, (the movement of potatoes after the first
O-rooones, xnu, xto, . lor the year wm need oe very neavy oe-
STJQAR Cube. $6.36: powdered. $8.70: "M. . v". noiqmgs are cieanea up
fruit or herrv iR OK r . itrv r.n,.i..V in time to get out oi tne way 01 toe
$5.96: conf. A,
Golden O. $5.75
$.16 : extra B
JO, yellow, 15.25
$6.46:
Deer,
new Aran.
concerning onions mere is mucn aii
g"raUt.d.$5:78rWreI.,T6hVlf
rels. 30c- boxes Kfin advance n aa-le I Growers of this atate especially those
tffiuT&&dFltouXS?-.? nclu1d SonJ? .th ber. of Jhe
37c;
Port.
$3c
(Above prices are 30 days net cash
quotations.;
salt coarse Hair ground,' looe,
$11.00 per ton; 60s, $11.60; table, dairy,
60a. $14.60: 10s. 814.00: bales. 83.16:
imported Liverpool, 60s, $20.00: 100s,
i.uu; ids, sis.oo; extra fine, barrels,
2s, 6a and 10s, $4.60 6.60; Liverpool
lump rocs, 2u.o per ton, t
Tt ir'tT Tmrvr4nl Iinan HJn 1 K 1Z a,
No. 2, 614c; New Orleans, bead. ie tt
AJax ( 1: Creole, 614c. . ....
BEANS Small white. 1K.2S; ' lurre
White. $4.60: Disk. 33.85: hnvoii I 75-
juiniaa. Mexican reas, 4.7.
It eats, risk aad INrovlsions.
HAMS. BACON. ETC. Portland naek
nutai, name, if to is ids. huo rutr ih!
breakfast bacon, 139Z1H0 lb; picnics.
100 lb; cottage , roll, llo lb; regular
snort ciears, smoxea. lac id; backs.
heavy smoked, 12o lb; light, smoked.
izc id; Deiite. smoked, 16a lb; picketed
tongues. 80c each.
DRESSED MEATS - Pront streeW
nogs, iancy, sc; orainary, Tc; large,
tc; veal, extra, 10c; ordinary, fc;
heavy, 84J8Hc; mutton, fancy, 57c
LOCAL LARD Kettle leaf. 10s, 14c
per lb; 6s, 14 14c per lb; 60 lb tins, 1$U
per lb; steam rendered, 10s. 13c per
id; ob, itnn per 10; compound, 10S, e
CLAMS Hsrdshell. per box, $2.40'
rasor clams, $2.00 per box; 19c per dos.
FISH Rock cod, 10c lb; flounders,
c per lb; halibut, 7c per lb; striped
bass, i6o per lb; catfish, 10c per lb;
salmon, 8c per lb; herrings, Se
per. lb; "oles, 7a per lb; shrimp,
1214c per lb; perch. 6e per lb: tomcod,
10c per lb; lobsters, 26c per lb: fresh
mackerel, ( ) per lb; crawfish, 20
per dosen; sturgeon () per lb; black
bass, 20o per lb: silver smelts. c per
V" Tt pw iu, crsos, f l.is
V 1. 1 i i outrii, -
OTSTERB Shoalwater Bay. per al-
ion. $2.60; per 100-ib sack, $6.00; Olym
pic, per luivn, per loo-is aack,
$.00e.S0; Bagle canned, 10c can, $7.00
uuku, rn in neii, per 100.
Valata, OoaL OIL ate.
LINSEED OIL Raw. bbls, 6$e; case.'
(4c; boiled, bbls. 40c; esses, to a gal:
lots of 250 gallons, Ic less; oil cake!
' ROPE Manila, ic; sisal, 714e lb;
DE.ry-ipe. se-aeg., cases, J9o. per
WHITE LEAD Ton lots, 7e per
lb; 500 lb lots, 8c per lb; less lots. 814c
per lb. .
TURPENTINE In eases. (u
wike wails Present basis. $2.36.
ITiilted Pnm Ltaeed Wire. ,
IV ew York. Dee. 2 Th.
Statement of the associated banks is-!
ura toaay snows tne toiiowtng changes: i
Reserve on deooslts other tt
deposits, increase $6,444.1 2S. - '
ioans, decrease 839,234,809.
Specie, decrease $$,$49,400. " '
1egal tenders, decrease J 1,1 24,900.
Deposits, decrease $4.7SO,50e. -Circulation,
Increase $2,617,600
Total Joans. 1,174,745,300.
Confederated Onion ' Growers' enocla
tlon are holding their suonlles and few
or tnem are wining to sea at inn time.
no matter. -what price is orrerea. me
market ia the south ta gettlnr quite
bare of supplies and for that reason a
number of Inauiries have been received
here by thoss who want to ouy. "-
; some ot tne uuyers assert tnat tney
will brlnsr in eunnlles from Colorado
and Nevada if they cannot be obtained
from local people but this may bs simply
Diutr to maae ine local proaucwr let
go. It's an a guess.
BANK STATEMENT OF
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
rertlad aaaka.
Clearings today
x ear ago
...j,,..,
.11.191.994.74
, 584,129.19
Gain today '
1 AJmM
tear ago
.........$
607,866.64
633.90
144.51
1117,633.90
75,
Taaoaaa Banks.
Clearings ' today
Balances today . -, , . . . . . ,
..$792,162
Seam Ssjika. . . '
Clearings today , . . ... .'. .$1,863,01$
ttaiances toaay v-......4., wm,n
RETIRES FROM
the riism
, fipectacles
171
Rev. F. Elmo Robinson, easier f for
the past three years of the Rodney
Avenue Christian enuren. win retire
from the ministry soon after the first
of the year. Rev. T. O. Plcton of
Woodland, Cai., will Uke Mr. Robin
son's place.".' . r-...
Mr. Robinson has made a anlenilM
church out of the Rodney Avenue church
ana it nas mora man aouDiea in at
tendance in the three Tears in which
he has had charge of It. He has de
cided, nowever, to retire from the mln
istry and enter commercial Ufa Only
the greatest pleadings from his con
gregation kept him front retiring last
summer. . -
At an Informal -receotlon tendered the
pastor and his -wife at the parsonage
m irw uays rid ini consreration nr..
sented them with an elegant dlnlngroom
set and again asked them to stav an.
other year. Mr- Robinson felt that he
couia not oo tnia ana tnat he would
retire from the mlniatrv. TiMumm
will be his last Sunday in the pulpit.;
A Colorado man claims to have in.
vented an Improved method of muslcl
notation by replacing the notes of
sens with words or syllables, over ih
of which Is a numeral to designate
the" length, of tone. ..- -r.-
at Metxger's.
Wet rev's Jiln mnA entfMn sat
' Washington aC bsU 7th and Park, .
There was another decrease in cream
supplies during the past week but a
slight increase is noted fn milk for '.he
same period. While a decrease ia noted
In egg supplies a large amount of lecal
stock put In Appearance; last wnek'j
- Gals, i
Week ending Cream.
December 2 19,587
December 19.......... 11,28
J Volume of Business Is Quite If::::::::::::::::;::: ! : S
nuvcuiuvr .... sv-iiqvv
HOLIDAY TRADE GOOD
in THE HOP tl ARKET
higher figures olng caused by the im
portation of several cars of easiern
stock, None appeared this week.- The)
Portland board of trade furnishtit the
foHowlng list of dairy arrivals for the
weeks, mentioned:
Heavy and Producers Are
Still Letting Go.,
Milk.
Gals.
4.466
4.328
6,87$
8.641
4,108
Butter;
Boxes
630 -1,119
439
1,37
1,147
Cases
- 387
1,843
1,87
784
$37
r
.
Cheese.
Cases
175
63
... 44
'
811
Xaeresaedi Wheat Aereaga -:
4 - The latest report of the JJnlted
4- States department of Agrlcul
4 ture . shows that tha Paclf lo
4 coast atates hkve the best wheat
4 prospects of tha entire country.
4 , Tha report- gives the following
4 per cent of the conditions as
4 ' compared with 'normal years:
4 Oregon ........ ....,.,.....115
4 Idaho ................ ......114
4 Washington .......114
4 CaUfornla ....... ........... 90
W
4
, FALL WHEAT ACREAGE. s.
: 108. . 1907.
Oregon ............ 662.000 . . 38,248
Idaho 274.000 187,623
Washington ........ 884.000 668.647
California ..1.080.000 1.(18.668
According to official information re
cently given forth by the United States
government the condition of the wheat
crop of Oregon Is better than that of any
other State in the entire union this .
winter. The nearest approach to the
perfection which the Oregon wheat crop
has attained la shown by tha neighbor
ing fields In Idaho and Washington. In
theea two states the condition Is 1 per
cent less than In Oreson. California
show a eondtion of but o per cent,
wtthla a fraction of the smallest In the
entire country.
Wheat crop conditions at- tne present
time eould scarcely be Improved. . . The
plants have made such headway that
they were not hurt in the least by the
recent eold weather. Under normal con
ditions there would have been severe
damage, because most of the wheat was
unprotected oy snow wnen tne cniuy
weather arrived,
DUTCH FLAT MEN
f PLANT 200 TREES
- (SnerUl Dlnpstck to The Joorntl.)
Grand Dalles Wash.. Dec. 26. - The
Dutch Flat AddIo oomDlnv. composed st
Dalles and eastern men, la planting SOD
of its 920 acres of Dutch Flat land te
apples this winter. - The work of grub
bing the land Is being done by Hindus.
The olearlng of land and planting of
treas are done under the management
of j. E. Bamett of The Dalles. (
Tne hich altitude of the LWtcn nat
country jprecludes the invasion of scale
and wooF aphis, two pests common to
the SDDie ar tne lowianas, necessitating
ths contiR-Vl wlehfulneea of the or
ehardist, cf causing the use of the
spraying outllt evVry month at least.
Tha niltnh Wl.t AADDle CODIDUIT is
not the only body of riuen planting large ,
agreagee to appies. -nre intni
individuals, who- are cuJtlvatlng large
tracts of land and plantlnur the same to
ddiss ana otnsr rams. i '
For a holiday week the past six day
showsd considerable business :. in tta
local hop market. While most of the
sales were made at low prices, the de
mand was good, showing clearly that
there are still many short orders to
cover. Supplies in tne bsnds of grow
ers are ebbing fast, and at the present
rate of Bales all holdlnara will ha nnt tit
,lrc"oninbghres hftSi, Ydg. County's Szechenyi Largest
ess, ,tne inactivity or tne price is caus-
ig mucn attention . irom tne trace,
ad this volume of business been shown
in sny other year but this, the price
would have moved several cents higher.
This year there was an actual decline
In the price, in the face of the more
liberal call.
It is stated that Messrs. Pbicus A
INTO HUH6ARY
Stockholder in a New
Business Venture.
(Burst News by Longest Letted Wlrt.l
Budapest, Deo. 24. Count Laailo
Sons of Taoome are still heavily short Ssechenyi, busband of -the former
uiadya VanderDtlt nas just joined the
board of directors of a company formed
a short time ago for the exploitation of
of the market, and the visit of Jim
Pincus to this city yesterdav is taken
as an indication that the big Tacoma
urm is aDout to get under cover while
mere are still su
' These is no
time in either the eastern or European
" sj - v wiiiuvs mil ivy
upplies to be purchased,
strength at all at this
markets,
s
OUTII
STILL; AFTER
COARSE GRAIfl HERE I
patents, acaulred by Professor Kluoathy
of the oepartment of natural science at
tne Budapest university, iroressor Klu
pathy's inventions consist of an ingen
ious contrivance for- guiding torpedoes
by meana of light wavea and a similar
application for the automatic atoppjng
of railway trains, which Hungarian ex
perts believe will work a revolution In
railroad matter
. Countess Ssechenyl is ' the largest
stockholder in the company, and this
said, to be ner first, business venture
her new country. Hungarians are
more inclined to regard Klupathy's in
ventions as practical because they are
convinced that the American Countess
T a Oi!ll n i. nii;But good business woman and
Barley Dllll U0ing 10 Call- would not have put her monev into a
" , . I wild ventura. .
-There Is no. foundation for the report
published recently-in New; fork that
the countess is contemplating the pur
chase of the famous Lobkowits palace
In Vienna. - Prince Lobkowits is not
likely to part with his ancestral oron-
srty in any circumstances. In fact, he
said so when asked about the published
report. There are very few Viennese
mansions available . which would be
suitable for the countess, and if she
desires.' to have a residence in Vlensa
she would probably be compelled to
build one., as she has done- In Budapest,
where her town bouse has just been
completed. -.
It is in that part of the Hungarian
capital known as Buda, In the immedi
ate neighborhood of the palace of Arch
duke Joseph, and not far . from the
royal castle. -. - - - , .
fornia and Prices Do
ing Better Again. .
The great Strength ef the coars
grain market here during the past week
and the advanced prices in the-face of
a noiiaav. seems to indicate that than
will bs something doing in that branch
of the cereal list after the holiday
have passed.
Barlev is firmest of the cash stuff
but 'futures 'are strong with prices ad-
vwctj oa ins r ortiana ooara or trade
during the week. . The south continue
te be a buyer of barley in this mar
ket, both for spot and future delivery
and with the smsll offerings by pro
ducers and the scant supplies still re
maining tne market locally is the firm
est or tne. smson. i
While tha oats market was not ant va i
auring tne past week, futures were held
rather firm on the board of trade.
Wheat was quiet for cash and fu
tures during the week. The efforts I
RICH FIELD IN
EEBfilllll HFRICII
Three Companies Take Out
Large Quantities of Ex
cellent Diamonds.
JHPPING WEATHER
IN MALHEUR COUNTY
(Speeitl W.pttrb te The Jowntl.)
h'ereM h.0." added" to Tffrlrvf! &MSi the
.tr.n mil HeK f Trirat ?,..t,VL.-W05defu, mometer hss been registering from 20
trenath the mrket 'h" n "howlng to 30 degrees of frost every morning,
of late. A small amount of bluestem Th. u,ih.. . e.. j
excellent sheet of ice close
for the Vounr neonle. whn
have been organising skating parties in
ugrit
I th
alelffhlna
parties are now In order. j
up to tne commencement of th pre
chned hand during the week around provide an
974193c a bushel and all remaining Kth clt?
holding could be Inatantlv tnavarf Tlt" .A t. f.
Awl- J1 .... ' I IIBYD LUTT-II UI KKI1IB1IIK H.linr IIHril,
hhV ? . laf I,aln P"aucer , were the afternoons and evenings. A 1
Plmfr r.Jla t! n'i.t hnti, w.n. .-a fnowfall yesterday haa not spoiled
'"r m4 Ti& nrrmeoro 8le,g
The reoeipts of araln at Portland for r.nJTlin L-0". . -YL:
ISa waatSl W,1 a. . I V tHO UVIHlllvl 8JZI I ICIIV UL 1,119 DrVH
ous wJek7 Ja reSS?t? fv'taS wt cold the wther had been un-
of trade ow in f T e 10rd usually mild but cattle and sheep men
or trade snow in cars;. . Ihaiieva that tha eM i. uJZ.il t
Dee.
Bet
Dec,
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Nov.
Oct.,
Oet.
Oct 17
Oct. 10
2k!,"ioo
14. ..107
tl!!'.40
24. ...44
i
69
oariej. r lour. nay. uata wn t.l last lor some iitti time. Many of them
45
6$
76
41
61
?r
2
31
13
14
19
31
70 '
79
12
14
20
18
9
17,
II
10
25
24
61
22
282 who came to the cltv for the holidava
233 1 have felt compelled to return to the
137 1 range and see that their flocks and
34? intra are not suirenng irom .lack of
Bi'aiioaaer.
842
2$ STABS HIMSELF TO
8B8
,411
(HMttt Kews br Longest teited Wlrt.l
London, Dec. 28. According to state,
ments issued by the Premier Diamond
Mine company at Johannesburg, the
value Of - diamonds nrnl,i ZL tV.Z
year ended October ft. wa 1780,00
The stock on hand at the end of last
r.'.?.".0! "0.000, making a to
tal of $8,600,000. Sales during the year
amounted to $6,520,000. . 7'
i Dita.,u.of. "om rh. nw diamond
fields in LuderlUbuchte. German South
west Africa, are given In a Capetown
interview with He?r Oinirtwr 7"
ee. an intere.t in on of th cpm
K-"Lud?-,ub,chteT H" 5 oia-
KhftH. PfPu'atlon of 1000 white
iphaoitanta. and It named after a Ger
man settler. Herr Luderlti, who ob
tained a concession of land aome 15
Colonial comnanv. hlh .1.
m,'nJn .''Khts over the territory, with
jowu muss or coastline and a breadth
'..a.ou m,, th com
"The dlBcnVarv aiaa mal -. .u.
tLi?1?1' on pot but ""
from the town. A large number of
prospecting license were at onee taken
2" and ultimately th Ilctnse bolder,
combined into three rnmnani.. .ki..T
own the great bulk of the territory that
is known to be 'diamond producing. The
... uvmpany, wnicn is mown tl the
Calanans Diamond Mining company,
own, somethjnglike 15 square railiror
diamond-bearing ground granted by the
Y : i orriee on a concession
for 60 yeara The ftecond company, the
Stauoh, . possesses a similar area 'of
r;"""'1 """" ne intra, tne weiss De
Melllon company, holda a tract of three
or four sauare miles. . '
SlaaoaA at aTantbare. " v
.r'7'l 'Ir tw? "ompanle named have
i Y-l. prooucea a considerable number
va uiauiuiiuo. onu in III nurn r f all.aiAHa
layer sand and , gravel which cow
a great deal of the country to a depth
of a foot or more. K i,hi.i JX!
onaratlnna h..,. .. .... "".""
rWa a ' wn unaertaxen.
... iiiiuiuu w worKing it partly bv
earchlng on the urface, and also by
filVv.?,a"h.,n'Jf"a.tlJr" J -done in
t,.e-,LGlnbr. th,t ' hlmwlf
had aeen men turv out 60 carat or
more a day. Salt water for washing
purpose Is readily found by, digg ng
shallow pits, and tnre would be no oil1:
fioulty in btainin$r a auppiy from the
sea by pumping. ha labor Supply is
partly obtained frem Ovampoland, In
the north of the colony, and partly from
Cape Colony. Herr Ginsberg found the
Ifu .Sian "VAV'B aPParenfly satisfied
with the conditlona , He understood
that thev rtnelval . K. . n j . !;
food. A. great deal of stealing Is going
on, and one of the drawbacks la th"
m great expense or country anc i
ease with which diamond can BthJrfcked
ng make detection very difficult IThe
method e employed in working ar of -very
- primitive nature and will prob
ably continue in the future.
The German government la apparent
ly doing all it can to further the de
velopment of the industry, and no ob
stacle ar placed in the way of a prop-.-working
Of the field. The quality of
the stones, say Herr Ginsberg, Is pro
nounced to be very good. Most of the
stone ar complete crystal, and it is
said by experts that very little loss will "
result from the cutting. , A maioritv
of them weigh between a quarter of a
karat and three karats, and all are a
very fine color. A number of fancy
colored stones have been found.
It is Herr Ginsberg's opinion that a
great future is before the new diamond
fields, as the cost of production is ridic
ulously low. The present companies
are what are known as limited partner
ship syndicates, and one is now being
floated into a limited company In Cape
i own.
9
I, offer for sale in
lots to suit pur
chaser ' high class
"ponds at a price to
net the investor "
Seven Per Cent
T. S. nicGrath
307 liumber Exchange
Portland Oregon
41
17$
Saved Again.
From the Washington Herald. 4
Aba!" velaimait Uu Tallti "t
behind, you coming up the street Just
now and you rubbered at every pretty
woman you pfuned." .
"At every stylish woman." corrected
resourceful Mr. Jellu. - "I wa Just
taking not . of the aowna. mv- riear.
with a vlaw to buying you nice one.''
HUBRY FEVER'S WORK
(United Prett teased Wire.!"" 1
San Francisco. Deo. 24. Kndeavnrins
to rid himself of sufferings caused hv
fever from which he was dying gradu
ally. Peter C. , Crlello, a teamster,
stabbed himself' in the 4rreat, inflict
ing a superficial wound. An hour lster
he died from the fever.- Althnnah Cri.
I alio died from the aliment with which
he had been battling many weeks, the
coroner' office- wet -notified of th
i death and the attendant -stabbing.
g 4W4Vwesea4eaaf attf t HI rtttMMt$)4)x
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210-217 BOARD OF TRADE BUILTjIMfJ'
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I r - Chicago, New York, Boston. 7-
We have eVia A1a . .i f . ... .
... whs tunnttunj a'oruana witn tnt eastern
'-' ''- '.' " exchanges.
V aZsmber ortl Soard ' ef Vrade ' .' '
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