..Tim onrooN daily journal, Portland. -Tuesday evening,' December 23, , 1910.
FIB ST. TODAY
Receipts Are Very Liberal for
Fresh Killed; Stcrag3 Birds
, Are Stagnant.
m 20 CE1TS
-fflDfflOfS
V:
Growers Not Willing to . Sell
- Under That Figure and
Seme Won't Take That. .
With only a handful Of hops remain
ing In control of the growers and with
the visible upply in all hands in thin
frlrn of VnrlravS- A
Following "ire. the wholesale ,- e "tate, extremely .MilteA growers are to-
values on dressed turkeys on
Front street for the dates men
tioned and for various qualities:
v ; Today. Year ago.
StylTt .. ..v. ...... 2Jo '
Ordinary ...... ..20c
Poor HVic
Culls ...15c
3"c
25c
20c
I
day asking 20o a round for their hops,
and some have entirely withdrawn them
irum bills.
"The market Is entirely blocked at this
time," says Herman Klaber to The Jour
nal this morning. .t'G rowers will not let
go. Some are asking 20e a pound while
others will not sell Just now at any
prloa,"
Mtort interests are very muen aiarmea
chums from the Oregon, Fisheries com-1
pmuy piani ai juay V'ty. f
j. uu jsimxueui was purcnan in- inis -
1 and are therefore trying to dislodge the
rt. f t V4vh to the outlook from a
In ftttue&tftt .lew I- extremely
r td the trade which .had come 100.m'-' , . . , ., v
Turkey market la' In a fair way to-be
broken more badiy man. at Thanksgiv
ing. ,. - i.. . '.!
Bulk of the sales along Front street
during the past 21 hours was around
2()o a pound for first class fresh birds,
entailers will sell these at 26a a pound.
Hecelpt
neavy. l
Btartlinir
to expect only a moderate showing of
supplies for Christmas so far as freshly
killed birds are corcerned. ;
(All sorts of .poultry was In big supply
today, and the chicken market is ex
tremely weak and dull for live birds,
Many, cpnimissjon '.handler were com
pelled to carry over chickens from last
night owing to the lack of demand at
anything except ruinous values.
' There is quite a good demand for
dressed geese, but arrivals, in this line
seem oulte liberal enough for alt the
wants of the trade around present range 1
or values.
growers from their hold on the market
Even were growers willing to sell every
bale they how possess, there would not
be nearly enough hops to fill the orders
already taken by shorts. - Shorts are
paid to have sold fully 10.000 bales of
Oregon .hops for late delivery, but as
there are only a . couple of thousand
bales in the hands of all growers, and
leHfl than 10,000 bales in all 'bands, in-
The last holdings of 1910 canned sal
mon, on Tillamook Bay have been sold
and all shipments from that season have
been made, from there. .
The steamer Golden Gate brought f or-
ward the lastv remaining lot from the
bay, this consisting of 1200 cases of; A
city by Everding & Farrell. The pries
paid was 85o a dosen and the purchas-1
ers resold the lot at 0o and said theyiT
could have secured anadditlonal nickel
later u toey, pad not let go.
The market for canned salmon con
tinues extremely firm, though nominal,
owing" to the general absence of offer
Ings. - . , .. . ,
t Columbia river packeis are getting
eady for the- comli.g season and the
xpectatlons at e for a better pack. Prac.
ticaily all the fish packed on the Colum
bia next season will be in sanitary cans,
me-experiment nere Having prpva enn
tlrely successful, both from an operat-
5 Warnliig to Shippers. " r :
Weather bureau sends out the fol
lowing warning to shippers, - "Proteot
shipments as far north a -Seattle
"Against temperature of - about 40 de
crees; northeast to Spokane, 80 degrees;
southeast to Boise, 26 degrees; south
to Siskiyou, 34 degrees; minimum tem
perature at Portland tonight about 36
degrees,
- ,y-i': y f .'' .' 1 : -y'iyy y:r?y'
Coffin to Advance Affaln. .,
, Another advance of $1 per hundred
pounds ill be quoted on roast coffee
bv Arbuckle, December 27,, The new
price for the brand will be $21.1.
Other roasts are expected to follow.
" Steamer firings Freeh Greens. '
1 Regular California steamer brought
forward a fresh supply of greens from
the south which were unloaded today,
Same id prices.. -
PRICE OF PRODUCE '
AT SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco, pee. 20. Wheat Aus
tralian and propo, IM51.25 Sonora,
i.(jj.Bv ; caurorma cruu, f i.4&(
1.55; northern wheat, bluentem, fl.ESii
1.60; club, $t.471.62f Russian re
$1.71.60: milling grades higher. '
BarleyFeed, good lb choice., $1.08
1.07; fancy, $1.0801.10; poor to
rmr, svcii.uz: snipping ana ore wing,
$1.13fcI,J6: chevalier, nominal.
Kggs California . fresh, Including
cases, extras, Hiftc; rjrsts, tiftc, seO'
onds. 83c: storase. 26 (Lv 32c. .
Buttr-California ' fresh, extras,
34 c; firsts, 30c; aeoonds, 27c; storage,
Cheese New California fjats, fancy,
ItiiAc: firsts. 15c: seconds. 13c: Cali
fornia Young America, .fancy, 17!4c!
firsts, lHe; Wisconsin daisies, 18c;
Oregon fancy; Me; storage, Oregon
fanvy, 15Vc; do young America, 17o;
New York s ncles. 18(40: daisies. 19e:
California, 15c; do firsts, -j 14 V4,c; do
Young America, 16c. 'J:- u. ,' ' -
potatoes, per cental Kiyer wnitea,
11.80(0)1.40; Salinas Burbanki, 11,70
1.S6; Oregon, Jl.tjUl. 60; pwcets. 2.80
3.UO. I l .
Onions. Der Bftck It. 0001.16.
Oranges, per box New navels, stand
ard, 11.502.00; choice,, 3.60;
OFFER 16 CENTRA
POUND FOR HOPS
. Anseles Sweets Am Mne. , . '
i- Alnm' with a mi-losd shlnment of '
regolablos a good sixed shipfhent' of : (Salem Bura ef Ib Journati ':
sweet potstoei arrived here from Los i galem, Or.r Dec. 20. Sixteen cent
Angeles. Quality fine, . : oounrt has been offered for ' the r
. i .,.;. , . : malnder of the 1910 crop here, but no
! iinMh-fiir-';. 'l "rl;- saies have been reported at that ngure,
; ,"r ,.. '7 , "''vThose 'who have hops are reluctant to
;Eggs are holding steady in the Front Ht go at tnat prC(, it la quite possible
street trade today and dealers antlci-, that tlia nrira nf hnna wnuM hava snared
pate no. changa tntil after the holidays. Upward at this time despite the failure
v r - , - . . i of Isaac Pincus As Sons or lacoma,
I Linseed Oil Jower. , i though It Is recognlaed throughout the
d . . . .. . . dlstsiot here that the failure of that
orop ot he " ganon was oiM,in , concern brought matters -to a crisis
Linseed Oil works today. Raw in bar
. rels 96c gallon. .- "" ' v'
i j "' " : " -"r : ; '
f No Olytnpia.Oysteri Her.
Olymoia oysters' have disappeared
from the local market owing to the
scarcity of offerimrs on the bay.
FKOXT 8TKEKT QUOTATTOXS.
' ,-
Hops, Wool and Xldea, '
X HOPS Nominal. 1010 crop, choice,
Uc per lb.; prime to choice, 1414c);
prime. 14cr medium. .12c; 1909 growth,
nominal, 79c lb. 'y -
WOOL Nominal, 1119. Wlllatf.ette
valley, 18V419o: eastern Oregon, 13 Q
17c ' - '
r SHEEPSKINS Bnesring.- O0SCe
each; . short woo!, 2580ci t a.dlum
wool, 0cM.00 oachf long wool.
TALLOW rrlme." per ,1b., : (o; ..; No.
S and rrse, 2(f?Ho.
CH1TTIM BARK 10, nominal, le;
1910. 4 V-e. v. . - , .
- HID1E3 try , hides. lSHOMe lb.;
Teen, 6TOT'
lb.f kips.et
NOIITHWEST RANK STATEMENT,
" rortlana Saaka.
Clearings today .31,1113,249.79
Year ago ...... . ..i....., 1,387,467.95
"Gain today .
Balances today
Year ago ....
............
525,781.83
204,215.03
189.081.82
839,289.00
108,599.00
Tacoma Banks.
Clearings today .
Balances foday r. ......... .t,
" Beattlt Banks.
Clearings today .....$1,759,014.00
Balances today ............ 173,141.00
earlier thai in the ordinary rwa of
affaifs.; . y. s,
- It .is.cQncqdeOfifcatihopgiWOuld hava
j Pincus failure only awakened the buy
era la me raci inHi mere ure very iv
Oiegon 19M hops left in the bands o
growers. . . . " .. v ..-
Those buyers In this dfstrlct "who hare
1909s on hand expect to. unload at a
profitable figure before ths 1911 season
opens, it is said r ana (nis pave at'
ready een offered for 1901's.
SEATTLE; PRODUCE
g f g PRICES FOR TODAY
Seattle, Dec. 30. Butter Washington
creamery, firsts, 38c; ranch, 85c; eastern
creamery. 34c; eastern storage, tQtfMQ
i process. 35c; Oregon. 15043c.
L .Eggs Local ranch; 4 5e: eastern stor
age, -26boc; fresh eastern, 38400,
Cheese Tillamook twins, 17Uc: Til
lamook Young Americas, 18er Wisconsin
twins. l8o : Wisconsin Young Americas,
18c; Washington twins, i7Hc; wasaing-
23C
e: bull, sreen. malt. In tnn Ynnncr , Amarlrim 1li!, DvIm
7Uo; calves, green. il i limburirer. 19c: cream. 20c.
Mc per lb. "r- .rV-r ; -J -Onlolis Walla Walla, 11.50 per sack
t MOHAIR Nominal: isto. oefjje California. 11.66. '
j ...4 Butter. Xggs and Foaltrr. . Potatoes Eastern Washington. 3210
p ' BUTTER-Extra creamery, cubes and ' 128;; extra fancy. $28(530; White Rivers,
-ids. flic; score, f Hf'ioc; saaiern prints, isa; sweets, ftg)io per pouna..
. 10W34C t : . . , v .
BUTTER FAT F. o. P. Portland, per
pound. 34W36c.lb. , ,
: POULTRY Fancy hens lSc per
lb.; spring, 14c per lb; old roosters, 12c;
young. 14c; live ducks, youpg. i7918o;
eld, 16c; turkeys, alive, 17fco; dressed,
HH'Slo; pigeons, squabs, 32.60 dozen.
EGOS Local extras, 42fii42'4c; No. 1,
42c; No. 2, 28c; eastern best, 30'S5c;
ordinary, 80c; California storage,, best,
i ClIElilSFl Nw Oregon fancy full
cream, triplets and daisies. 18 17o;
Young Americas. 1718c.
, f . Grain, Tloar and Say.
1 WHEAT Track delivery: Club. 793
?0c; bluestem, 82(U)8Sc forty-fold,
8081c; ;Wlllamette valley, 82c; Red
RuHBtan, 78c; turkey red, 81 83c.
' BARLEY Producers' pric 110
Feed, $23; rolled, f 25; brewing,' $24 ffl
MILLSTTJFFS Selling price Bran
; $24?ii24.50: middlings, $3 Uo0$2;
shorts, 2526.60; chop $1925.
HAY Producers' .price iH8wvl.
timothy, fancy, $19(20:, ordinary, $18;
eastern Oregon, $20(ai2H -mixed, $161
.17; clover. No. L $1 J .14; wheat, $1S
.14; -cheat, $14015;. alfalfa, $13.50
...14;' oats,, fltO 14.. .
. OATS Nominal, producers' price
Track, N. 1 whlto, $28; gray, $27.50. '.1
FLOUR Q)a t crop. . oateaU...-$5.15;
Willamette; $5.20 per barrel; local
itraight. $4.064.75: bakers, $4.7506.15:
export grades, $3.60; graham, u 8aCv
14 60; rye. $6.75: bales. $3.1. '
Orocertes, rnts, rto. --
SUGAR Cube, $6.40; powdered, $5.50;
fruit or berry, $5.50; ; dry- granulated
$5.60; D yellow, $4.80; beet, $5.80; Fed
eral Fr-jberry, 5c less than fruit or
be.ry. ' ". : '
(Above ouo'nions are, $0 days net
cash.V - - . "
RICE Impi.rtal Japan No. 1 H5ci
No. ?. 4c; New Orleans bead. 46ic:
Cveole 5JAC ,
i SALT Coarse Half ground1 100s.
$a.60 per ton: ,50s. $9.00; table dairy.
60c. $18.00; 100s. $17.00.- bales. $2.21
txtra fine barre.s,-s 5s and ios, $4.00
fliii.no; lump rock. $20.50 par ton.
, BEANS Small, white, -4 He; large
white, $4.40; pink,; $6.60; bayou, $6.26;
Llrnas, $5.80; reds, $6.25. : '
, TJOMFY New. 33.7B per case.
J. . rrnlts and - sgetaMee.- -.v--.
FREPH FRUITS Oranges New na
vels, $3.003,60 bo; bananas, 5c lb,;
lemons. i.Bvvo.oy; grape iruit, 3.7e;s
pmeappira, ic ju.i grapes 1.00;
Tangerines, $1.00 1.26; ; Jap Oranges
Ilfi0l.es bundle; pears. $1.752, ,,
BKKUls wuoKieoerries. 7c, v
i POTATOES Best, 1.35 1.-40; sec
ond. $1 f 1.16 sweets, 3Vife)3V4o lb.
VEGETABLES rJew turnips. $1.26;
beets, tl-Jj!.4"' 1-25 f,er fck
rwbbago, $1.40W1.6O per cental; toma
toes, $U51.60 per box; beans, 16c
perpound; horseradish, gift loo; green
onions, .1 1016c dozen; peppera, bell,
lOfllc per lb.; head lettuoe, 6OM70c
per dozen, hotnouse, YRCTCIl.QO per box
TW'lllFwrw rw mrw" vuircuvr' ,T B" WIST" 1 ' r "
celery, 60$6o dosen $ -rg plant, 100 t white. 1724c per
per lb; cupumbers, $l.0r) 1.25 per box; GASOLINE Red
news. 15ci cauliflower, $1 douen. 1 - 8C25e gallon; 86
ONIONS $1,40(11.50; gsrlie. .. 70 ts
tr H. .
AI'l-i.E 7Sef$2.
J rien and 3rovl)onj,
ofc.w-t, u MiOATh Front street hog
- Bpokant Banks.
Clearings today t
uajancea today
691,180.00
60,135.00
fancy. Mho per Ib.j ordinary, ' Te
per lb.; heavy, 9c: veals, extra, 1SH
14c; ordinary, lie; poor, lie; extra
large, 7Wiuc: spring jam ds, JiHc; year
ling lambs, 7fcc lb.; mutton. 8c; goats,
OYSTERS fihoalwater bsj, per gal
ion, t ;; v mica, o.n; uiym
nla. tier gallon. $3: per 100 lb." sack
$9; canneti- eastern, 65o can; $6.60 doa
eestern in mien, j.iww'.W por
LARD Kettle leaf. 6s. IStta ur lh
steam rendered. 6s, 1J0 per lb.; com
FRESH BEEF Wholesale slaughter,
ers' prices: 1 Best steers,' 6 9ftc: ordl
nary $C! best oowa, 8ft 0tc? ordinary.
HAMS. BAC6N. ; ETC. Hams.i '1B
16Hc; breakfast bacon, 3130c; boiled
ham, i 262oi picnics 12Hc; oottaga
roll lc per id.; regular snort clears,
smoked, lie; backs, smoked, J7c; pickled
ton sues, 5c lb. v
FISM Nominal Rork eod. lOeper Ibt
bass, 20c; catfish, It it He; sltversides,
votive; i"ruiettu, vivtvc: sotes,
shrimps, 12 V4e; perch, - 7 So; torn
cod, 8c; lobsters, - 880; herrings, 60
bluck bass, 20oi lb,j sturgeon, 13 H-o per
ID.i Silver ihbii.h, 00 jir iu; Plana COO,
71401 ,t!rabs, small. $1: large. $1,60; me
dium, $1.25 do.: California shad. 14olb.
CLAWS Harasnen, per box. . la lo.i
ranor clams, 12 Vie dosen. $2.25 per box,
1 - Faints, ooai ou. Eto.
WHITE LEAD Ton loU. 8c noe lh
600 lb t lots, o per !b,i less lota,
per io. "'.k : ' , '.
LINSEED OIL Raw, bbl8.,98c; set
tie boiled, bblfs., Kc; raw in cases, $1.01
boiled In cases, $1.03 per gallon: .'-lot
of 260 gallons, lo less; oil cake-meal
tnone in mai Kei;; .-, .; . . ,
1 EN2INK 86- degrees, cases. ?Zi9
gai.; i 7u yvr fHl,
ROPE Manila. 80: sisal, tun
f COAL OIL Pearl, astral and star, 13c
per., gallon; eocene, 20c gallon; elalne.
IIS Kanon; hhuuiul uuiim sal nn
extra star, 20a gallon; water white, bulk
gallon. 1
orown and. motor.
raeoune. sohitvc
c-allon: V. 11. r P. nanhtha 18ixin5
gallon. i-
TURPENTINE In cases, $1.00; bar
rels. MjC pr ganon.
vWIUE NAILS liasla, $m
IS CLEANED IIP
Oregon "Fisheries Company
Sells 1200 Cases Churns .
at 85c to City Euyer.
mm OUIET BARLEY MARKET IS
AT E!0. F0RTLAI1D
Receipts Are; Small but, De
mand Is Good; Hogs at
Last Year's Price.
WAT 123 II
Feed Stock' Generally Quoted
at That Figure; Oats Buy
ers Bidding $28 Here,
Livestock tot Two Tears. . - 4
. Following prices ruled today at
North Portland, and on this day
a year ago:
Today. Year ago.
Steers ........ ..$6.50 ' , $4.75
Cows 1.50 8.75.
Hogs , $.85 . 8.85 4!4
Wether
Lambs
(.00 (.50 4
7.00 : , $.00 ''
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN. i
Hoga Cattle. Calves. Bheep.
log standpoint and from a seeing view,
MISSOURI PACIFIC IS
I
STARTED DOVr
ILL
New York. Deo. 20. Stocks ODened
generally higher, but the close -was
mixed with mora declines: thun ad
vances. Gould stocks- were weak and
led ths downward movement Of prices.
Missouri Pacific bad a .closing loss of
Its points, the greatest of the day for
any of , the leading share v 1 - ..
There was a steady market' for Amer
ican shares In London today and the
general trade there was steady and tea
tureless. -i - , v.
Missouri Pacific annual reoort shows
a surplus available for dividends of 8,8
per cent. ' -
Lehigh Valley net earnings for No
vember decreased $244,431; from July 1
the net decrease is i3s,7b4.
Denver & Kio tirande ror the secona
week of December shows a net Increase
In earnings of $45,000; iroro July I
an Increase Of $541,600.
Southern Railway for tha second week
in December-shows an Increase In nt
earnings of $94,10Mrom July 1 an In
crease of $1,501,696. - .
.'Range Of New York prices furnished
by Overbeck & Cooke Co.:
Ot.eh Hlgh Low 1 Bid
143
259
663
469
41
"S7
890
122
697
146
v
2
84
it
825
417
895
630
313
74
Tuesday
Monday . . , .
Saturday . ..
Friday
Thursday . ,
Wednesday, ,
Week ago ..
There was a small trada at the stock
yards today, 143 hogs and 826 sheep
being the total offerings .
Hogs are quoted steady with sales for
tha day showing a range from $8.60 to
B.75. Better quality could have brought
a dime more. This would be exactly
the same price as ruled on this day a
year ago.
Market for cattle is extremely firm
with no supplies in for the day. Quite
liberal shipments of good quality are
expected tomorrow In time for the early
market - ,
Among tba Snippers.
W. A. Williams was in from Payetta.
Idaho with a load of hogs.
C. C. Clark & Son had a load Of hogs
an tha mnrket from Oulnton. Oretron.
George Kraus shipped two loads of
sheep rrom AiDany ana ju e. uunnam
has a load from Merldan, Idaho.
- Today's Official Baatnast, "
Following are official trades. . They
represent demand, supplies and quality
offering:
AT. IDS,
Z0
230
290
818 .
268 .
280
pewcrlptlont
Ainal
69
374
118
74
641AI 64
61 61
101
. . .
lttiV
76 9i
185
32
59
86V4
112
74V.
101
105 V
78
194h94H
S2
I2U! 2SU
123 12354 tt23
1431143
82
78
16
134'
171
92
84
73
,116
80
74
34
SB
iis
116
2-9
129
10
31'
16i
Vl
171
92
4
t t
73
116
16
8
74
134 .134 133
2
72
1S
Ml
1H
9t
87tS
u$
look
ii
28'
lOftl"
105
30
lit
World's Wheat Market.
Portland Cash club, , 7$0c;
bluestem, 8283c -..r-.' " '
Liverpool Dec., 6s 9d; Mar.,
6slld; May6slld. :
Paris Wheat, to lower.
Berlin Wheat lower
Budapest Wheat unchanged. .'
Antwerp Wheat unchanged.
Buenos Ayres Wheat nominal,
Chicago Dec, 91e; May,
96c; July,-9Sc. '
Mlpneapolis May, $1.01. ,
St. Louis May, 87"':;.0:V.
84 hogs
83 hogs
10 hogs
7 hogs
43 hogs.
l nog
Price,
$8.85
8.25
8. U
6.65
, 8.65
' 8.50
SHEEP AND LAMBS,
45 lambs
166 mixed
.85
..,. 127
$6.80
4.30
28
46
aL Copper Co.
Am- car tk-w c,
do ofd. ....i.
Am, Cotton Oil, c.
Am. ix)co., c-....
Am. Sugar, o....
Arm Smelt, e..
ao era.,
Anac. Mining Co.
Am. wooien, e...
Atchison, c ..,.
do ...
B, & 0-, ,c . , .
ao ma. ......
Brook. Rani. Tran
can. r&ciiio. c.
Cent Leather, a.
OO Mdli'.t.
a & G. W.. c...
C- M. 8. P. .
C? & N. W., c .
Chess. Sc Ohio .
Colo. F. & I O. ,
Colo. Bouthern, c
ao 2d Dia. ..
do. 1st pfd....
corn froaucts, c
ao ma..
Dels- & Hudson
D. A R. Q.. o...
do pfd. . . . ,,
Erie, c .
do 1st nfd...
Qt Northern pfd
Illinois central. .
Interurban Met.
ao pia....,i
Louis. & Nanh
Manhattan By.
M. K. & T., o..
do pfd,
Distillers
ure lnniK..4...4
Mo. Pacific ....
Nat Lead . . .
N. y., Central.
M V r,v. ff. TIT !
Nor. & W... c.-..iHftO
n, fscinc, c:...
Pac. M. . Co,,.
Penn. By;.....,
P.G. L.&C. Co..
P, Steel Car, e.,
do pfd .......
Beading, c.....;
do 2d pfd..,.,
da 1st pfd.'!..
Ben. I. & S., e, .
ao pfd
Bock Island, c
st. l.s.f.. ?pq
ao pxa.
St. L. & 8. W c
dO pi (J . . l ; .
So. Pacific, d. . .
Southern Ry..,
do pfd .... ..
Texas & Pacific
T S. L. W c
do pfd
Union Pacific, o.
do pfd .v.
TJ. S. Rubber, o. .
do pfd ,.
U. 8. Steel Co, oi
no pia .......
vabash. e .....
W. U, Tel.......
Wis. Central, e..
Westlnghouse ,.
Beet Sugar .....
ITtah Copper .. .
Third Avenue
Ice Securities.'. .
Cons. Gas..,,.;.
Big Four
Ry. Springs
dQ pfd
Vir. Chemloal...
do ptd
K. C. southern..
do pfd
On. Electric.
WheL V L. E. . .
Amn. Can ......
! do pfd ..,,..
a. w., pfd......
Nevada Cons.;,.
! Total sales. 3flo'700 nala.
Call money closed, 2 per cent ask.
Westrn - Union Telegraph ex-div.
per cent .,-
v New York Cotton larket '
(Fnrniehed by Overbeck & Cooke Co.)
New York, Deo. 20. Cotton market:
opening, mgn. j low. close.
1483
Weight estimated.
Sold yesterday afternoon.
- General range of livestock prices as
Indicated by. tha latest sales In ths Port
land yards: ...ric
CATTLE Grain fed steers. $8.25
6.50; best hay steers. $5.6505.76; fancy
steers, $5.60; common steers,. $4.00
J u Anwtf 'hat . . tR SO; .. fftttftV. 14.K0!
r.l i 9k' Lllfova t4,B0K Oft: iMay
bulls, $2.003.'75: stags. $$.003.26. July
HOGS Best light. $8.85; ordinary, 1
18.0048.70; neavy. .w; stocaers oo vec ,.,v
....... " ; iv ,
Considerable strength Is now show
ing- In the barley market and practically
iu interests are xoaay quoiea iJ a ton
for No. 1 feed. .
wniie tnere is a dun tone generally
In tha grain market the strength re
mains pronounced for barley,, although
mtie Dusiness nas recently passed.
There Is more, disposition on the cart
of oats holders to sell a few small lots
and the highest bids out today range
no higher than $28. In fact, this value
Is almost uniform in tha city at this
time. - ... ,- v v - :
Trade in the wheat market Is quiet
but steady. A few small lots are re
ported taken by exporters around 79c
bushel basis of track, delivery for club
ana sze ror niuestem.
Market for flour Is oulet but firm,
with prices maintained both for export
and local manuiacture.
Millfeeds are steady with neither
strength nor weakness displayed by val
linn.. Onotatlonn irenerallv In effect are
Bran. $24 and $24.50; shorts, $26 and
ZH,to; mwaiings, ,i.eu ana a.uu
tan. .
AIUHOUIi 1 TAKING WHEAT.
Chicago Is Higher With Shorta Even-
tag Up Their Sales Over Holiday
Chicago. Dec. 80. Wheat recovered
today and after opening slightly higher
values gained 40c at tha closing as
compared with yesterday. i
Trading was limited and It Is roost
likely that today's advance was due to
the desire of shorts to even up their
ales pending tha holidays. In this re
gard Armour was a buyer and ' took
practically all of the limited offerings.
. Foreign markets .were generally weak
ana lower. - i -
Range of Chicago prices furnished by
Overbeck & Cooke company:
Dec
25
115
26
62
SHEEP Best yearling wethers, $4.80
05.00; old wethers, $4T60?4.75; grass
lambs. Willamette valley, $5.75; grain
fed. 66.007.00; awea, $3.00(8)8.50. .
CALVES-Best 17,00 ordinary, $6.60;
poor, 83.50 -fl 4.60. , 1 1, t ,
H0GSNICKElkT0 Avi: ;
DIME OFF AT OMAHA
South "Omaha, .Neb.; Deo. 80. Cattle,
4700; market steadv; steers, $6.0006.76;
eows and-heifers, $4755.40, , . '
Hogs, '6900; market 5c to 10e lower;
sales, $7.85ffl7.65.j- . ' -i
Sheep. 4000; market iOo to ISfl higher;
yearlings, $4.76(85.26; wethers, $3.75
4.16; lambs, $6.00 6.i6; ewes, $3.40
3.75.
CATTLE MARKET IS
STRONG AT CHICAGO
' Chicago, Deo. 20. Receipts Hogs,
23,000; cattle. 5000; sheep, 2000
Hogs are steady; left over, 6100: re
ceipts a year ago were 27.000. Sales,
mixed, $7.3007.76; heavy, $7.55 7.70;
rough, $7.307.60;,llght $7.3075.
Cattle Strong., :-.;.;U:-:
Sheep Steady. r'ir, :"
" ' New Tork London Saver.
. New York, Dec. 20. Bar silver, 64c;
Mexican dollars, .o. - - .--.,. .
London, Pe- 20. Silver, 26 3-16 d.
LIST OF POWERHOUSE 1 ;
: ! VICTIMS MAY REACH 19
July
May
Dec
July
May
Jan. .....1950'
May ,,..,1815
Jan 1022
.1010
May
Jan.
May
WHEAT,
Open. High.
91 -91
.95 96
98 93
- CORN.
46 43
OATS.
81" 31
83 : 34
88 84
rvK.iv.
1977
1847 '
LARD.
1065 ,
1022
RIBS, -1062
977
Clogs.
91
96
93
91
95
83
45 48 B
47 47A
48 it
81 -81 '
83 ' 84 B
83 33 A
B
A
COuDEfuIiATIO;! SUIT
OF GREAT II
(SppeUl DIT)tm to The JonrnaH
Vancouver, Wash., Dec 20. A con
demnation suit Involving a larger num
ber of property owners than any other
like suit ever Instituted in Clarke coun
ty, was filed In superior court yester
day evening by P. J. Kirwin, attorney
for the city of Vancouver. The proceed
ings are brought to condemn land along
Twenty-sixth street from the east line
of Kauffman avenue to the west line of
the military reserve, for the purpose of
straightening the atreet
An ordinance waa recently passed by
the city council to .straighten and Im
prove the street As the lines now are
the street is zigzag and In places the
property line eomes to within 15 feet
of the center of the street The follow
ing named are made defendants in tha
action: ....
J. M.' Mickey, Susan Mickey. Gabriel
McBrlde, John Blaslch, Bepa Blaslch, J.
S. Reese, Jennie Reese, Nettle W. Earl,
Joseph ; Davis, T. B. Rand; Antoinette
Rands, Daisy L. Band, H. W. Rand,
Carl II. Faulk, Anna Faulk, Albertina
E, Wintler, Albertina E. Wntler as the
executrix of the last will and testa
ment of Michael Wrntler, deceased;
Peter Smlrcblch, Francis Wintler, Annie
E. Daniels, Albertina W. Cook, Jacob
B. Wintler, Mary Wintler, Jessla M.
Wintler, Emma wintler, Rata Wintler,
Buth Wintler, Nora M. Crawford, John
M. Crawford, J. E.; Scanlon, First Chris
tian Science ' society of Vancouver,
Waab George R. Going, J. W Charl
ton, E. W. Wilson, Corrlne Bishop and
Alice Norton as trustees of said First
Christian Sclencel society of Vancouver,
wastu, P. T. Kelly; Carrie' L. KeUy. N.
J. Taylor, Sarah C. Taylor, Emma B.
Waggner, -Willis ' Waggner; Emma
Miller, S. j; Miller, Elizabeth Smith, H.
G. Smith and Elisabeth 1 Smith, Don
aid MpMaster, Julia McMaster, Maude
Palmer and Maude Palmer, executrix of
the estate r. B. palmer, deceased.
0
um
n pi
i.niui
fiiiLK; DhflER Fh,L?1
(Special ltlntch to TV J "-"al l
- Vancouver,, Wash., . Dvc. t). . IV
Hathaway, a prominent CHr!- cmntv
dairyman, who disposen of mi'.k in Van couver,
was found guilty vt Hilling
water. to the milk he sold and was fin. -i
$75 and. costs In Justice Scanlon' court
yesterday. Professor Charles Johnson,
Chemist for the state dairy and food de
partment and F. 1L Bothel, dairy in
spector, were wltnessos for the plate.
Hathaway will appeal the case to the
superior court
HOWELL TO INSTALL
FILTERING PLANT
(Special Dlnpatfi) to Th2 Joarnal.l
Oregon City, Dec 20. Eugene tins se
cured the services of W. H- Howell to
Install Its new filtering plant, which
is the same as Is so successfully usod
here. Mr, Howell is a coast authority
in this Una and .the success of the plant
here Is given credit to Mr; Howell, who
has been in tha superintended for a
score of years. . f
. Death of John P. Smith. f
(8urlul Dlnoati'h to Th Jnaraail.l
Vancouver, Wash., Dee. SO. John P.
Smith, 38 years of age died Sunday
night at 11 o'clock at his home, 205
West Twelfth street, of pulmonary tu
berculosis. He' bad been a resident of
Clarke county for 80 years and of Van
couver for eight years. Ha had been
an Invalid during nearly all of the time
that h resided In the city.
He is survived by three sisters, Mrs.
a H. Marble, Mrs. F. VaoAtta and Miss
Anna Smith.
, The funeral was held at 10 o'clock
this morning from the home, Mrs. G. V
Goln, Christian .Science leader, offi
ciating. .
....1027
...965
I960
1815
1043
1010
1027
965
1963
1837
1057
1017
1047
975
RESERVE STREET VILL
NOT NOW BE EXTENDED
66 ;
67
41
46
1
00
91i
62 J 62
; "'".(UplUd Pre UssstiWIraV V
New, York,. Dec. $0, The body of ,the
tenth: victim, of yesterday explosion
was taken from the ruins of the Grand
Central station power nousa today, and
It, is believed tha death list la now com?
plete.-; Two missing persons, who' ware
supposed to havs been killed In the ex
plosion, have been found, officials of
the railroad oompany assert
; Of the injured, five; have fractured
skulls and have slight chances tt recov
ery, according, tp the physicians at
Flower hospital, where they are being
cared for. Four ethers are in a preca
rious condition and their recovery Is
doubtful, v - .
An investigation ef the causes of the
explosion was begun today by the cor
oner and the district attorney. The
railroad officials started an independent
inquiry.1 . ' '
, For blocks around the scene of the
explosion worklngmsn were busy today
repairing the damage, which J estimat
i ed at upwards ot $1,500,000 to buildings
alone.: ::-,- i-:..v '.'.'-' .
pistrict Attorney Whitman personally
looked f ter the investigation ' for his
office. : He declared he waa not "con
vinced that dynamite was not a contrib
uting cause of the explosion. He ques
tioned several employes of the railroad
dynamite gang. ; To .a man, they de
clined to tell what - their method of
handling dynamite was. They also re?
fused to say what amounts of the ex
plosive were kept at the Grand Central
depot for terminal work. 1 .
Jan.
Feb.
Men.
May
July
Aug.
1496
1519
1640
1539
1510
1370
I486
1625
1544
1545
1615
1379
1496
1613
1433
1633
J 500
13U8:
.1482
148485
1438SD15
1 5 1 6 f 1 7
1635.17
1536 9 37
1503 05
1863 &11
1482084
PERSONAL
Liverpool Wheat Market.
: Liverpool, Dec' 20. Wheat;
' Open. Close".
December i ...... i . r. . . . , , Rs . 9d
March , 6s 10d 6s lld
May ..,.v. 6s lld 6s Ud
George Judson King, field lecturer for
the National Referendum league, who
has been in Portland since December 19,
will go to Seattle tonight where be will
apeak at a number of meetings now ar
ranged.. From Seattle Mr. King will go
east, his home being In Toledo, Ohio. "
Captain J, B, Adams, assistant X er
ester of ths United States, will arrive
In Portland tomorrow morning On a
mission of Inspection. Mr. Adams was
at one time a sailor before the mast,
and later a soldier of fortune In South
America,'. -, ' -
E. 1L Bawl, chief of the division of
dairying for the department of sgrl-
4 cut tore- and TprobablrtheJ,bestpoBted
man on dairy farming m the United
States, returned to Portland today and
will be tendered a dinner at the Com
Will Welcome Taator.
, gnee4rt"Blnwreh t"TlJnnrBt V
, Vancouver, wash.; Dec. 20. The re
ception otwelcome by the members of
8t James Catholic church to ' Rev.
Father Verwtlghen will be held at the j merclal club tonight.
parin nan n . j nursaijr evening, Le-1 , 1 - 1 1
eernber 22. at 7:30 p. m. There will bet Alaska has 4000 miles of waterways
! no meeting of the Knights of Columbus. navigable for steam vessels.
(Special Dtapateh to Ttat Jeoraal) '
Vancouver, Wash., Dec $0. A brief
session of the city council was held last
night A communication from the war
department at Washington, '' In answer
to a request from the city that an ap
propriation be made to complete the ex
tension of Beserve street to the farther
end of the Military reserve, was read
and filed. The communication read that
Inasmuch as a Urge appropriation had
been made and expended on the street
that it was not advisable at this time
to ask for more money. A request was
also made in the communication that the
next time the matter was taken up by
the city, It would be well to attach a
letter saying that East Tenth street
had been paved from Main to Reserve
streets. It Is contended that this im
provement was promised by the : city
when the appropriation for Beserve
street waa asked by the city.
The proposed improvement of, Wil
liams avenue was taken up and the bid
of Rector & Daly for $4706.10 was acted
upon favorably. This bid is 20 per cent
higher than the engineer's estimate
The contractors explained that If the Im
mediate plan was adhered to, then prop
erty owners would get. the work at. the
engineer' figures, that is. a discount
of 20 per cent This increase is merely
to protect themselves against alow nay
menta. ; --J - -:.:-"-;'
A letter from Colonel J, J. Rogers of
Vancocver barracks thanking the city
for its valuable service at the late gar
rison fire was read. The receipt of the
letter .win be acknowledged with, the
statement v that the city is always
pleased to reciprocate for favors shown
by the garrison people when a fire oc
curs in the city. ",v-',i-V-7;;-:t.
Ira C, Cresap, sheriff-elect tendered
his resignation as a member of the po
lice department In accepting the resig
nation Mayor Klggfns complimented Mr,
Cresap on his faithfulness as a police
officer. v -wV,Y
A petition to vacate 30 feet for a dis
tance of 700 feet along Moore street
north of Summit boulevard to make the
street of uniform width was" granted.
The application of Lee McFar'and for
appointment as a police officer was
ordered filed. ; ...; -v '-. : s ; "i ..
A request was made by Counollman
Stoner to allow the fire chief $1(0 for
his services tor last - year. The fire
chief was asked to bring in a bill if a
salary was1 asked.- : 1
A suggestion by Conncllman Bausch
that everybody aeeure bonding permits
from the city council was voted down.
An ordinance calling for the improve
ment ot : Hood ' street from Third; to
Sixth, east of the garrison, was read
for the first and second time.
Wholesale liquor licenses were grant
ed to the Star brewery and J. P. Lack
aff.
On a favorable report from Council
man Swan, the plat of Cox addition waa
accepted. - He also reported favorably
on his findings on Connecticut avenue,
but' new "specifications will have, to be
drawn, as .me sidewalks have been
changed from wood to cement
The report of the health and police
department showed that $43 was ex
pended at the fountain the city park.
An allowance of $64 was made for the
work. .
Bank Notice
Security Savings and Trust Company
torbett Bonding, Fifth and Morrison Streeu
Capital tad Surplus, $900,000
- Invites Accounts of ,
Merchants, Individuals and Savings r
lumbermens
WatiosvjaL Bank
CORNER FIFTH AND STARK STREETS ;
PORTLAND, OREGON
Capital, $500,000:
First National Bank
V ; " Capital $1,500,003 "
Surplui $750,003
. ' .: 9 i . ... ' ' 1 ' ' '"'
Oldest National Bank West of tha
m , ..Rocky Mountain
Bit
If
ITS NATIONAL DAHI
PORTLAND. OREGON
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $350,000.00
- Accounts of Banks, Corporations, Firms and Indi
1 viduals Solicited. 1
Every courtesy consistent with prudent and con
servative banking extended to our depositors.
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