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THE ' OREGON DAILY, JOURNAL, PORTLAND. ' TUESDAY EVENING. MARCH - 28. 1911. , cum i t CENT III ON FRONT STREET " '7" .. I. -. ii i - Receipts Are Fair but Do Not ...Take': Care of Increasing Demand j Springers Rather Scarce. . -r.:.--,'.'. : , " -. 4 Portland. Wholesale Market, i 4 Eggs easier, Chickens hlEher. 4 ,v :, - . Dressed meats steady. Asparagus lower. ' Cabbage firmer. Florida tomatoes due, "Wheat 'steady. Coarse grainu firm. Alfalfa hay weaker. Dour quiet. : Extreme strength Is today showing In ;the chicken market and price obtained 'are fully a cent per pound higher than a ,.r' week ago. 'I.'- While the receipts of chickens along the street have been quite fair, the In creasing demand has not been fully sup plied and therefore receivers have been able In most- instances , to squeese a further fraction from, purchasers. Mixed lots of chickens have sold ' around 20c and even better. Straight coops of hens are unobtainable at this time, and therefore quotations in that ' line may be considered on a 'nomlnal tiasls. With the laying season la full swing, farmers are loath to part with their hens. Most of the supplies 'that Tiave come forward recently have con sisted of young roosters. Spring chickens are coming forward very slowly and the best of these are , finding a sale at 80c a pound. , t Gees and ducks are In demand. The latter are finding a call from the Chi nese around 23c a pound. So few geese have arrived recently that no regular ' price has been established. J OLD HOPS IX DEMAND 1009s Selling Faat and Orders Are ,; "Very Heavy. ..2 Demand ' for-'. old- hops Is Increasing, and for ' 1909s dealers- are now freely offering 13c a pound. There are suffi cient orders in the market just now at this price to clean-up remaining lots. Only 17 lie U being offered for 1910s, and growers are not disposed to accept offers, " Considerable business lias been closed in 1909s. Contracts are firm here and 14c a pound is now being offered everywhere along the coast for 1911s. EXPECT CABBAGE ADVANCE Scarcity Js; Likely to Send Price Up ';;' ' fc In the South. " A stiff advance In fhe price of Call . fornia cabbage Is expected by the trade there on account of the scarcity of of ;, ferlnpK. v, Cabbage has been selling- at 65c net at San Fanclaco, but now the trade la expecting a.fl market before long. Los Angeles fabbage has been .- quoted at that price for some time. ' FLORIDA TOMATOES DUE f ' First Carload Is Expected to Arrive; , . Market Is Already Supplied. ' A carload of Florida tomato,, the first of the season, is due to arrive here either today or tomorrow. 'The car pa sued Denver March 21. Vfhlle the north has already secured Florida to- , matoes this season, the local market has been depending upon Mexico for sup plies. At present the market is well- . filled with offerings. . FRESH CHEESE FIRMER Increasing ; General Demand Stiffens t ' Quotations Here, v, , Offerings of fresh cheese' are very limited and with the Increasing demand, ' the market Is beginning to show con ; slderable strength. . New cheese is quot t ed at,. 1414ie, v. Storage cheese re- mains weak. EGGS - ARE WEAKER TOf&Y Retailors Get Too many From the Country; Prices Are the Same. - With Increasing offerings, eggs are .. weaker along Front street. Rome of ' the larger retailers who sollel business iln the country and receive shipments, , are unable to take care of them and ;i. therefore some of them have been sent to the street to dispose of. Prices remain . from 20o to 21c. DRESSED MEATS STEADY 9 Entire Market Holding Well; Re ceipts Are More Liberal. ' All through- the dressed meat market a stead" tone is ruling. Receirits are - liberal for both veal and hogs. The lat- ter are quoted at lOHc to 11c for best .- while veal range around 12c. CELERY SUPPLIES BETTER .... . C -1 11 Better Offerings Along Street, But ' Prices Are Holding Firm. Celery supplies in the local market " are better but prices remain practically the same. ' A earload of celery and a ear of oranges we,re among the day s arrivals from the south. " FORECAST FOR SHIPPERS The U. S. Weather Bureau Sends Out A'otlcf to Produce Men, . . Weather bureau sends out the follow ing forecast to Shipper: '!'.' Protect shipments as far north as Seattle, against temperatures of about 40 degrees; northeast - to Spokane. 36 "degrees; southeast to Boise, 30 dearees ' -south to Blsklyou. 38 degrees. Lowest , temperature at Portland tonight, about 40 dearrees. 7 FROST STREET QUOTATIONS Hops, Wool and Sides. HOPS Contracts 1911 crop, ic. , nominal; 1910 crop, choice, iisi - . J8Hc; Prime to choice 17fl7Hc; prinio jTc; medium, 18llic; 1909 grow the, - - WOOL Nominal, 1910, Willamette jalley., ISO Hci , eastern Oregon, i , ? TALLO'W'--Prrme. per lh.. So; No, t . and grease, iOZtte. CinTTm SAI: ISOJ. nominal. 6c. 1810, e. .IIEEPSKfN8 Shoarfng. jo28o - each; short wool, 250c: medium wool. 0c4$l,00 eachj long wool. 75c$l.2i each. ' ; 1 .. IUEBrrrr hides t l8Hl$Ho lb.; .; kips. $Hji7Kc; calves, green. 12 lie ee lb. .- MOHATR ?JomlnaT'. 1911, 32c - Butter. Eirra end Venltrv. BTJTTEIV Extra cretmiery. cubes and iusMj-f)ntSwsi ir(r,s i:c; easiern points, 3Slc; California, BUTTER FAT F, 0. b, Portland, per pound. SI0 4Oe. . POI'LTltV-Fancy hens, 20c: mixed. Jt(2e per lh; broilers. I5c; fryers, I.Wtt0u, geese, 12 lie; live young ,"f ; ' ' FRISCO POTATOES ARE QUOTED DOVN Market Breaks From 10 to 15 Cents per Cental; 30 Cars Arrive in Day. Enormous receipts of potatpes In the j Sa Francisco market have broken quotations there and prices are about 10e lower on best and about J"ic lower on ordinary offerings from Ortgon. A ! special telegraphic advU e to a local shipper today stated that 80 cars of potatoes arrived In Ban Francisco yes ! terday. Of these 10 cars came from Oregon Best Oregons (told up to $i while Takitnns, sold from II. 60 1.90, fancy choice Oregons ranged from Ji.tii ftp 1.80 per cental, talons were reported 'extremely weak around $2.19 per cental. L.ocauy me potato maritet continues lo fchowstrenKth with buyers offering J1.5J generally at country points for the oesi. - ine local marser remains me best on .he coast sofar as net returns to producers are concerned. I "The Journal lias been rlffh t on the I hnf.rn fvialrkt . all aUnv till, inannn " says W. S. Brnaddus. "Some montlis ago ii asserted that erowers would re- ' reive from 11.25 wl.ix) per cental f"r j their supplies and that has proven to ; be the case. Growers could have se - cured as -much for their potatoes in January as they are at this time. Be - yond certain prices they would force additional supplies of eastern potatoes on the trade and thereby hurt their own ixaue. "To date this season there has been only a limited demand for out seed potatoes from California. Last year owing in tna low prices ror potatoes. rattle market la holdln steady but an'orTions r t? i!S,nileiPtT:i,Cfi,iX h iSrXly wy Vtur?' The' all Oregons. 1 he result Is that thlsl.mBli sr)llrt vesterdav was due to the year they are not In the market for I nuchPKes hv VmVller killers, who bid chased about every other year.' j Rlom very fr Hters went this morn- ducks, itftticf turkeys, alive, 222Sc; dressed, 2-4i 26c; ptaeons, 12 dozen. CHEERFj New Oregon fancv fu'l cream, triplets and daisies, 1414Ho; Toung Americas, 15j15ftc; storage flats,, 13H14c. EGOS Local extras, 20H21c; case count fresh, 20c. Q rain, rionr and Hay, WHEAT--Nominal. Track delivery; Club, 821083c; bluestem. KSi&j86c; forty fold. 85c; Willamette vailey, 82c; red Russian. Rlc; Turkey red. 84 85c. BARLEY Producers' price 1910 Feed. 1 25 26.60; rolled, 126.60; brew ing. 127.00. MILlSTUFFS -Selling price Bran. I20.00fli21.00; middlings, $21.00; shorts, $21.00 22.00: chop. il9.00O25.00. OATS Nomlntl. Producers price Track, No., 1, white. W828.60: gray, $28.00 HAY Producer's price 1910 Valley timothy, fancy, $18i)19; ordinary, $16 (d17; eastern Oregon, . $19 21; mixed, 16.00 17.00: clover, 111.00; wheat, $12.00; cheat. $12.00 15.00; al falfa, $812; bats, $1314. FLOUR Old crop, patents. $4.76: Willamette, $4.80 per barrel: local straight. $3.8694.55: bakers, 14.46 4.66; export grades. $a.60g$.70; gra ham, half sack, $4.70 rye, $5.7,6; bales, $3.1. Groceries, Huts, IBto. SUGAR Cube, $..10; powdered. 35.49: fruit or berry. $6.40; o"ry granulated, $5.40; D yellow, $4.70: beet, $5.20; Fed- ! eral . F'uberry, 6c less than Vrult or ibfitry; Honolulu Plantation cane granu t lated. 6e less. . , (Above quotations are 80 days net casn.i . , - RICE Imperial Japan No 1, Vt&tc; No- 2. 4o; New Orleans head, 4 if 7c; Creole. 5U4 '.'' i-... '. SALT Coarse, half ground 100s, $8.60 per ton; 60s, $9.00; Uble daliy, 60a, 118; 100a. si 7: baiea. 12.26; extra fne bar rels. 8s, 6a and Ids, HQS; lump rock, $20.60 per ton. BEAD'S Small white. $4.26: large white, $4.25: pink. $i!75; bayou. $5.90; Llmas $7.25; reds, $6.25. HONEY New, $3.75 per case, milts and Vegetables. POTATOES Selling price Best. $1.76 1.85: seconds, $1.60. Buying car loadsSelect, $1.50; ordinary, $1.25 $1.40. FRESH FRUITS Oranges New na vels, 1.76 2.6J box; bananas, 5c lb.; lemons, $3.F0O4.00; grape fruit. $3.25; pineapples. 67c lb.; tangerines. $2.25. VEGETABLES New turnips. $!.2t beets, $1.25; carrots. $1.25 per sack: cab bage. $1.50 1.75 per cental; tomatoes, Mexican. $1.S01.76 per box; beans, Ho lb.; horseradish, 8 10c; green onions, 30c per dozen; peppers., bell. 20o lb.: i head lettuce. 4550e doz.; hothouse, li.za pox; raaisnes. sve dozen bundles; celery, 90c per dozen; eggplant, 14c per lb.; cucumbers. $1.091.?5 per box; peas, 12c; cauliflower. l--.00ti2.26 per crats; sprouts, 8c; asparagus. 89o lb. ONIONS No. 1, $5.402.60; No. J. $2; earllc. 7?8e per lb. APFLES $1.00 2.00. Heats, Flih and Provisions. FRESH BEEK Wholesale slaughter- 1 ers prices: tiest steers, luigiioc. ordi nary, 10c;, best cows, 99c; ordi nary. 9c. DRESSED-MEATS Front street hogs, fancy, 10llc per lb.; ordinary, 10c lb.; heavy, 9 Vic: veals, extra, 12c; ordlnar- 1212c; poor, lie; spring lamo, tot:; muuun, oc; goais. 23c; peer, LARU Kettle leaf, tierces, ' I80; steam rendered, tierces, 12c per lb. - tierces. 9c per lb. iy. per r-jga-1. Ion. ( ): per 100 lb. sack. 15.50: Olvm- pia, per gallon, $3.25; per 100 lb. sack, 111.60: canned eastern. 65c can. Xit.Kn doz.; eastern in shell. $1.762 per 100 1 HAMS. BACON, ETC, Hams, 16!j) ' 17Vie; breakfast bacon. IS',4 27c; boiled ( ham, 22'S25c; picnics, 15 mc; cottage! roll, loc per id.; regular snort clears sliver smelts, 7c per lb.; black cod. 7 toe; craos, smau. i; iarye, i.6u; medium, $1.25 dos.; California shad, ( ) lb. CLAMS Hardshell. ner box, 4o lb.; razor clams. 12t4c dozen. $.2.1 per box Paints, Coal OIL Etc LINSEED OIL Raw hbis., $1.02; kettle boiled, bbls., $1.04; raw In cases. $1.07; boiled, In cases, $1.09 gallon; lots of 250 gallona, lc less; oil cake meal (none in market). WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 8c. per lb.; i 500-lb. lots, 8c per lb.; less lots, 8Mirl per id. HEK&iNtt o aegTees, cases. 24 e gallon; iron bbls.. 21 He per gallon. I kufjs Manna, tsc; sisal. 7 He. ! 19c per gallon; eocene, 19c gallon; 'elalnej i -J Hrc gallon: neaoiignt, 18Vic gallon; ! extra etar, 19Hc gallon; water white, !bulk, S12Hc per gallon: special water ' white, 12 16c, ' GASOLINE Red crown and rhotor, !15U22MiC itallon: 86 srasoline. 28 35Hc gallon; V. M. & P. naphyia, 14 )ln rnl.Ar. TfTtJ tJLT-VTiT,TV,T - T 1 OB, J barrels,. $1.25H; Iron barrels ia. ji-jv a aju iii wra, f i.to, w tii.ru p aaiion. WIRE NAILS Basis, $7.70. SEATTLE PRODUCE? v PRICES FOR TODAY Seattle, March 28. Butter Washing ton creamery firsts,- Slcr eastern stor age, ZitttH; eastern, !fresh Z930a Eggs Local ranch, ", 22 23e,' eastern ; 11 roil, .W-JJ .,.-. j('heee--Til.lamook twlns,"l4t;: Tllla rrmok Yung Americas, ' 1819c; - Wiscon sin twins, lie;. Washington twins. 14e; I AVashington Young Americas, '18 19c: I Swiss, 20c; llmburger, Hp; cream, 17c. -: Liverpool Wheat Market.. Liverpool, March 28. Wheat: ' ' 1 1 Open, 'lose. Mnrch ,...'.6s 754d, fis(7'd Slckled tongas C5c per8ibKe1' ! SonoriT " ulia' clutornil clft BH-S-b&. 10c per lb.; ' i, "Sfthern bleatem $L52H c. i.iik. o.. u. ; fii .ai'i: club. 11.45(81.50: Russian red. i iiouiiu'mo. ov, inNuui, oi.,jci iu., sinpea i i , a , , 7 ' ' I l&c per lb.;, frozen salmon, 8c; soles, P'ei r eed,' .Wflu . i iv. .hrimr,. nii.'n.! Z' & 1 . 30 : f anc v. 1 3 2 W & 1.8 6 : poor to ImSc; tomcod. .8 c; lobstlrs, ' sic; her- WMVir"' Bh,PP,ng and ,tSi,S& b""-1(20o,VBro"r Elili'clilfornla fresh. July ,... 7d 6s 8, d ME IN CATTLE HOLDS STEADY AT NORTH Receipts Are Light and Good Stuff Sells Up to $6.25 Only One, Load of Sheep and No Hogs Arrive. In the Stockyards. North rortlnnd Cattle steady; hogs steady;' sheep and lambs firm. i ''"., South Omaha-Hdgs $chigher;. cattle steady 'to strong; sheep Steady. . Chicago Hogs 5c higher; cat tle strong; sbeep steady. - v44444r444444444'4 i 1 pn rt I . A ID LIVESTOCK RUN. Hogs. Cattle. Calves. Sheep. 6 SI 2.059 44 98 1 T,m 1 M0n ' j q. " 72 10. 487 : 6 1.093O 10I 101 V;.-:i;iZ? 44 10 Fit. . Thurs. Wed. . Week ago ing at $6.25 and some smaller sturr, merely half fat, at $5.85. Cowa of sim ilar miallty sold at , the same time around $4.75. , . . --. . onlv one load of sheep arrived In the yards today and therefore the de manfl was good.! The recent improve ment In prices was maintained. No hogs appeared In the yards today and none have been received here since Friday when 10 loads came forward from Nebraska to a. local meat com-, pany. - ' ;' Amoar the Shippers. Cattle F. Decker. Silverton, Or., one load cattle and , calves; J. O. McCoy, Stanfteld, Or.. on! load: c Royce, Con don. Or,, one load Seattle and calves. Sheep and IambS C. C. Sterry, Stan fleld, Or., one load; S. B. Kenney, Echo, Or., one load. u ... Today s run of ltvestocK compares with lows: 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1 906 1905 this day, In recent years as fol- Hogs. Cattle. Sheep, 83 651 446 287 30 947 114 25 '66 763 60 94 188 125 600 A year ago today there was a firm tone in all lines of livestock with no change In prices. ; Official livestock Seals. Following are official prices. They lare secured direct from sellers and are therefore absolutely correct: SHEEP. AND LAMBS. Ave. lbs. .. 86 Price. $5.75 6.25 151 wool lambs . . . 110 sheared lambs 74 77 sheared lambs 72 118 wool sheep .......... 105 12 Hheared sheen -83 5.00 4.85 4.00 Following is the average range of values In effect In the North Portland yards: CATTLE Grain fed steers, $6.25 6.50; best hay fed steers. $6.006.26; fancy, $5.75; cows, best, $5.25a,5.50; or dinary, $5.00; poor, $3.00if4.00; stags and bulls. $3.004.00. HOGS Best light, $8.00; ordinary, $7.75: heavy, $7.00; feeders. $8.60. SHEEP Best yearling wethera, $4.76 5.00; old wethers, $4.50P4.75; grain fed lambs, $5.76; ewes, $4.80; sheared sheep and lambs, lower. CALVES Best, $7.75; ordinary, $7.00; poor, $3.004.50. CHICAGO HOGS HIGHER Market Is Strong to Nickel Advanced in the Yards. Chicago, March 28. Run: Hogs, 15, 000; cattle. 4000; sheep, 12.000. Hogs are strong to 60 higher; left over, 4300; receipts a yea ago were 12.000; mixed, 8.60p7.&; neavy, t.& 6.8 7.26. 6.80; rough, $8.306.75; light. $6,700 Cattle, strong. Sheep, steady. OMAHA HOGS HIGHER Market Strong With Liberal Run Cattle and Sheep Steady. South Onmha. Neb., March 28. Cat tle. 6200; market steady to strong. Steers, $66.25: cows and heifers. $4.75r5.75. Moes. m.uuu marsou 00 nigner, bsibb, $6.5?j 6.60. 1 Sheep, 6S00; market steady: yearlings, $5.855.75: wethers, $56.25; lambs, $6,250 6 60; ewes. $4 7505,10, PRICE OF PRODUCE AT SAN FRANCISCO Francisco, -Wheat .27H fair. brewing, including cases: Extras, 19c; nrsta, 17Hc; sec onds, 16 c. e - Butter California fresh: Extras, 25o; prime firsts, 24 He firsts, 2SHc; sec onds, 22 He. - Cheese New California flats, fancy, 12'4c; firsts, n He: seconds. 10c; Cali fornia y-ounii Americas, fancy, 14Hc; do firsts, 14c; Oregon- fancy, 12 He; storage, Oregon fancy 14c; do young America, ! 17c; New York daisies and singles, 17c; Wisconsin do, 16c. Potatoes per cental River Whites, $1.70ffrl.95; Salinas Burbanks,' $2.86 2.45; Oregon. $1 8O2.0O; Lompocs, $2.3o gp 2. 4S ; sweets, 8c. Onions- Per sack. $2.25a2.85. Oranges Navels, standard, per box, $l-60!2.1o; choice. $2,15 2.40, New York Cotton Market. Operr. 11423 High. 1423 " 1434 "Low. Close. Ji , . 124143 January March , April ... 1408 141618 141$20 1428(5)30 141113 1409 10 1S6S64 12969S 126465 124648 124344 May . . . . . 1 432 ' 1420 iioi 1357 1296 1251 JUtlG T..1.. 1413 367 1302 1258 August 1361 September ..1302 October . .. November December ..1258 .1242 1245 1240 NORTHWEST BANK STATEMENT Portland Banks, ' Clearings today ,....,. .,,$M48,334.37 Year ago 1,420,955.08 Gain today'"... Balances today Year ago .$ 127,378.71 291.428.86 . 164.311.57 The Mnorganlzed girl shirtwaist and ikimona,.jnak.era..of-iloston.AVraga.XrotB. I $3.60 to $7 a week, while the average wage of the girt trade unionist follow ing the same calling locally .ranges from $8 to $15, according to Harry Du bintsky. epeUal organizer for the La dles' Garment Workers' union, - CHINESE WALhUTS ARE CHI K Shipmentof-lOOtBagstDue From Flowery : Kingdom; . Grown in Interior. Chinese walnuts . will be,,offerlng in the local market within a few days; a shipment of Ida bags being due from there, at this time. The nuts are purchased In Japan but come from the west coast of China and are packed toldewaterxir the backs of the natives'. This part of the Jour ney takes from a month to six weeks, therefore the time of shipment is not always prompt Samples of ie Chinese walnuts have already reached this city and show ex cellent condition. The supplies : are much larger than" the average run of California nuts and resemble the Oregon stoc!: both in outside appearance and the-fnstde, Thewelghlsre heavier than the California article, in this re spect further resembling the Oregon growth. While the price of the Chinese nuts is low at primary points, the duty and carrying charges axe very heavy and therefore the supplies will cost Jobbers about lie a pound to land here. This Is somewhat lower than the domestic article. New York, March 28. Improvement in the demand for stocks brought about a higher price level today and the clos ing was firm at the advance. The list . started with an upward swing, and under the leadership of Reading and Union Pacific the entire market closed upward. Union Pacifio gained 1 H and Reading 1 point. American stocks were firm in Lon don today. Directors of the Chesapeake ft Ohio have asked stockholders to authorise the issue of $125,00000 20 years 6 per cent bonds. February exports of Iron and steel were $18,890,000, compared with $13, 949.082 last year. Chesapeake & Ohio earnings for the third week of March were $661,064,. a decrease of $106,207; from July 1 earn ings were $23,753,710, an Increase of $1,260,875. Baltimore ft Ohio February net earn ings $1,465,700. an Increase of $72,900; earnings from July 1. $15,968,400, a de crease of $2,114,700. Southern Railway net operating rev enues for February were $1,338,100, an Increase of $25,700. Operating income, $1,158,600, an increase of $19,800, Range of New York prices furnished by Overbeck ft Cooke company. Description ( Openj Hlghl Low Bio" Amal. Cop. Co... Am. C. & F., o... do. pfd Am. Cot. Oil, c Am. Loco.', c. '. . . Am. Sug., c Am. Smelt., c. .. de ' pfd An. Min. Co. Am. Wool., o. . . Atchison, c. ... , do. pfd. . . . . . B. & O., c. ,tit, do. pfd, . . i'. Brook. R. T. .. . C. P., c Cent. Leath., c. do. pfd. C. & Q. W.. c. . . 64 64 63 60 60 69 119Vi 76 11 9 '4 119 76 75 105H 1054 106 38 H 34 H 109 38 35H 38 34 109; lOS'Mi 102 102 104 '78 224 29 99 m' 145 82 104 '78 222 29 99 iii" 145 81 78 k 222H 29M 99 122' ' 146H 82 '62H C, M. & S. P. . . C. ft N. W., c... ChesaA Ohio... Colo. F. & I., c. . . Colo. South., t.i i 62 14 62 do 2d pfd. ... do 1st pfd. 1 .. Corn Trod., o... 14H 14 do fd. ...... Dela. Hud.... D. & It. G., c.. ao pra 71 29 38 48 127 'io' " 53 145 135 33 'SH 63 42 71 Erie, c 29 38 48 127 'is" 53 146 138 34 i36 63 6H 42 29 do 2d prd. . . . do 1st pfd. . . . 37 48 G. Northern, pfd. 127 "is Illinois central . Interurb. Met., c. do pra L. &.N Manhattan Ry. M., K. & T., c. do pfd. , . . Distillers 63 145 134 33 '36 An Ore Lands . . . Goldfleld Cons 6. L. & 8. F., 2pf 1 ao ist pra 8. L. A S. W. do pfd 67U Sou. Pacific, c. .1117 Southern Ry), c. 26 65 29 21 50 do prd Texas & Paclftc. T.. St. L. ft W., c do prn Union Pacific, c. do pfd U. S. Rubber, c. do pfd U- S. Steel Co., c 177 92 42 112 79 119 Wabash, c. TTt do pfd ....... 38 73 87 53 52 U W. U. Telegraph wis. central, c. Mo. Pacific Nat. Lead N. Y. Central . . N. Y., O. ft W... N. ft W.. c... . 108 41 109 do pfd ........ North Am North. Pa., ('.. P. M. 8. Co.; . . . Penn. Ry 124 125 24 126 108 24 126 107 P. O., L. ft C CO. P. S. C, 0...... do pfi ... .J.. Readings a...... do 1st pfd R. I. & S., 0 do pfd Rock . Is., c . . . . do of t Westinghouse - . . Beet Sugar ..... Utah Copper Third Avenue c. Ice Securities Cons. Gas Ry. Springs . , . do pfd Va. Chemical . . do pfd K. C. Southern . do pfd .'. . . Gen Electric ... W.. Lake" Erie . Mex. National . . Allls Chalmers . do pfd Am. Can do pfd Alton Com do pfd ....... G. W.T-pfd Nevada Cons. . , I-iehigh ' Valley . Harvester Com.. 38 33 158" '33 "son 60 - 87 45 45 23 146 34 '68 127 34 167 'ii 'so" 60 67 45 45 .'!8 146 34 '66 127 34 35, 35 35 81 81 81 44 18 174 117 Total sales. S4O00 shares. Call money, 2 (2 percent . y 4 Mutinous Soldiers Kill Drlllmaster. Constantinople, " March 8. Mutinous Albanian soldiers, drilling under Lieu tenant voh Sch.Uc.tlng, .a German instruc tor, this afternoon "shot the lieutenant deadr.v The entire company Was placed In the military prison and various punish ments will be meted out to the men, ; THE BARBER ASPHALT TPAVINCrcOMPANY Constructs' Asphalt and ierf Bltum lnous Pavements. 606-UV8 : Electric Bid?.. Portland, Or. Oskar Huber. - ' Manager,' STOCK MARKET HAS A HIGHER CLOSING ALFALFA HAY IS EXTREMELY WEAK AT LOWER PRICES Some Quality Is Selling Down to $78 a-fon Although Best Is Around ;$101 2; Timothy Is Scarce ... 44444444.444444r , 4 Oregon Orala Crop. 4 4 Enterprise, Or.. March 28, 4 Reports from the north end aa 4 4 well as from other parts of the s4 4 county, say the fall sown grain 4 is looking fine, f This will be a 4 4 bumper--crop year in--Wallowa- 4 4 county. ..- ' 4 . . , "4J World's Wheat Market.' Portland Cash ., club, 82 83c, blue stem, 86c. . Buenos Ayres Wheat easy. Melbourne Wheat easy. Calcutta Wheat quiet. ' Liverpool Wheat to 1 d up. Budapest Wheat lc up. . Berlin Wheat C; higher. Paris Wheat to c lower. Chicago Wheat to c lower. Minneapolis May 94 c. St. Louis May 87 c. Kansas City May 83 c. WinnipegMay 81 c So great are the offerings of alfalfa hay in this market that holders are willing to sell as low as $7 and $8 a ton. While naturally this is for the cheaper quality stuff, there is consid erable of this available, on the trade Just now. Best , alfalfa Is dragging around $10 to $12 a ton, . Buyers' are not inclined to purchase except for Immediate requirements. There is no speculation in the hay trade at this time because most of the dealers were bumped rather hard- at the start of the year. They claim that every time they purchased a few carloana the market went down and unless the stuff was turned quickly, they lost money. While alfalfa has been the weakest feature of the hay market this season, ordinary grades of other hays have not been any too firm. Fancy timothy is exceedingly scarce and as high as $21 a ton is being offered. Wheat market remains quiet but steady with elub around 82 83c and bluestem at former figures. Oats and barley are firm at unchanged prices. No change appears In the flour situa tion. ALL OPTIONS UNIFORM Chicago Market Starts at 80 He for All Deliveries. Chicago, March 28. All options started in the wheat pit today at a uni form price, 88c being bid and paid for May,. July and September at the open ing. Notwithstanding the strength abroad, the market turned weak and closed c to d lower than yesterday. A better demand appeared for cash wheat and at Minneapolis millers were extensive bidders. Winnipeg reported that bids were in line with export and that some foreign business has passed but was being kept secret by dealers. European visible supply of wheat shows a decrease of 1,088,000 bushels compared 'with an Increase of 680,000 bushels last week and a decrease of 270,000 bushels a year ago. Primary movement In bushels Receipts: Today. Year ago. 486,000 414,000 Wheat 322.000 Corn, 834,000 Shipments: Wheat 201,000 Corn 484.000 152,000 614,000 Secretary Smiley of the Kansas Grain Dealers' association wired from Hutch inson: "Have motored from Hutchinson to Dodge City today. Wheat in Reno, Stafford and Edward countlea fair to good except stalk-wheat, 60 per cent of which will be abandoned. Not to ex ceed 80 per cent In Ford county Is up. Have examined 40 fields In this county and don't think they can make oyer 20 per cent of an average with favorable weather from now on. Talked with farmers today having 600 to 1000 acres and they have abandoned three quarters of all. High southwest winds and top moisture needed." Range of Chicago prices furnished by Overbeck ft Cooke Co. WHEAT. Open. Hlsh. Low. Close. May 88 . 88 87 ' 87 A July .... 884 88 87 87 B Sept 88 88 87 87 CORN. May ..... ,48 .48 47 48 A July .... 49 60 49 49 A Sept .... 51 51 . 60 60 OATS. i May .... 80 80 80 80 July .... 30 81 80 30- oept. .... auft 3i su so? rvKife May 1800 1605 1570 1570 B July ....1570 1577 1540 1540 B LARD. May . 867 . 870 856 856 July .... 850 865 652 652 Sept 860 862 85Q 850 RIBS May .... 900 907 ' 887 890 A July 868 867 847 847 B Sept 856 855 842 842 Report Peach Damage. Walla Walla. Wash., March 18. Peaches in the Freewater-Mllton district have been badly damaged' by the frost of Saturday night according; Ao reports from that district' and the crop is so hard hit that it will be an almost total, if not quite, a failure. Apricots are. also badly damaged, and the first visit of the frost since trees were liable to barm has hit them harder than for years. Bonds Timber Lands McGrath& NeuhausenCo. J0 1-2-J-4-3 LEWIS BUILDING, PORTLAND. OREGON 7 TODAY'S REPORT OPT THE WHEAT GROWTH ' ' f . v-j ., , -i - By John Xnglis.- : - St. Louis. March $. General condition nf wheat through en- v 4 tral Missouri very . promising. 4 4 , Good stand, color and growth, 4 4 ( only , a few exceptions, notably 4 4 around Central la and - Mexico, 4 4 Mo., but even .through that section 4 4 doubt If there , will be any loss 4 .In acreage. Farmers are ao busy 4 In the fields that they see noth- 4 ing moving. Ground is In excel- 4 4 lent shape for plowing, and corn 4 land "is being prepared. - Millers 4 4are displeased, inasmuch as they 4 4 , see no encouragement for any" 4 strong demand for flour the bal- 4 4 ance of the eason. As a rule 4 4 mills .are neither running full ' time .or full capacity. . Grass Is , 4 4 now showing " up, and cattle are 4 4 - on the fields. -7 While I have re-4 4 peatedly . referred to moisture 4 : enough for the present - outside of arid belt ther Is no surplus, as 4" i streams i and Cltches are very ,4 4 low. Good rains t will be needed 4 soon 'to maintain prospects and 4 give good results. . ' " - -' 4 4 4 4 4ft ARCHIE HAHN WILL COACH WHITMANITES . ' -:V ' . ' t Walla Walla. ; Wash., March 28. To coach football, basketball and track next year the college authorities have engaged Archie Hahn, well known Mich igan athlete, whose records on the cin der path made him ' one of the most valuable track men Ann Arbor ever he.d. Hahn 1a at present coaching - at Mon mouth college, in Illinois, and will, not take up his worlt Jiere until fall' Hahn Is said to be one of Jthe best all around coaches who has ever han dled teams In the west and at Pacifio university, where he worked with prao tically no material, his teams were most creditable. Bank Notice Security Savings anil Trust Company CArbett Building; Fifth and Morrison Streets Capital and Surplus $950,000 Invites Accounts of Merchants, Individuals and Savings Lumbermen s National Bank CORNER FIFTH aNd STARK STREETS CAPITAL UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. Merchants National Bank nsiun, oxxaoii. ,. Capital and Surplus $350,000.00 ' : TKAKSACTB A OZVIBAX. BAWKIHO TJBIjrX8S. '' 4 INTEREST PAID ON 18-MONTH CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT. LETTERS OF CREDIT ISSUED AVAILABLE THE WORLD OVER. , COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY. WE Invite Accounts of Individuals, Firms and Corporations, Assuring Them of Courteous. Considerate Treatment and Every Accommodation Consistent With Conservative Banking. omorat s snscToaa. a. rrimith. m. Xh Sozham, Viest SC. Holbrook, V.-Pres, O. W. Koyt, Oaahlei " g, a Catchinf. Assistant Cashier. First National Bank Capital Surplus Oldest National Kocky Wherever actual ; merit is the de ciding factor in pavements you will always , find bitulithic - - - - - - ' ' " ' t- i .I BEDFORD SENDS MAN 1TMTOC0WIS 5 1V A:V";- V.-.:.. .v- ,, ' 'V:- V.'. Special Dlipitch to The Jwrnat Medford. OrH March . 28. Ed M; An drews of this city will leave for Port land tonight, as the duly authorised colonist' agent of the Medford Commer cial club and the local realty associa tion. He wilt open, offices in Portland ' and endeavor to Induce a portion of the colonists arriving in Portland to come; to this city. ',. - f , , ; t K' , PRINT OF: FINGERS ON ' . V v BIN THIEF'S UNDOING ; rUnltmi frets Leaied Wire. 1 it ' t; Los Angeles, March 28. Because he left the imprint of hlSy five fingers on a flour bin, Pedro Rodrigues today be- " gins ft hundred oay sentence tor petty larceny. Rordlgues was employed In a- of stealing a purse containing $80.', The police traced the. man to the cafe and found the imprints' of the purse and Rodrlgues fingers on the flour bin. When confronted, with . thla evidence Rodrlguei, believing the police knew more than they did, confessed. COX TRIAL. JUDGES -- REMOVED BY COURT (United HreM f.ed Wlre.t . - f Cincinnati. Ohio,- March 28.'-rhief Justice Jonea of the Ohio circuit court today decided that the affidavit by Pros-, ecutor Hunt , was aufflcient-to remove Judges Swing and Smith as trial Julges in the case of George B. Cox, Indicted fnr nartnrv.' - Juris; a Jones will name the men who will try the Cox case. Following the Jones decision, attor- neys for Cox filed an affidavit swear-" ing Jones Off the bench. Jones was the only , Democrat on the circuit bench.. The indications are that every Judge; will be disqualified. $500,p00 Wa T. Unte, $1,300,001) $750,009 Bank West of ths Mountain! . Overbeck & Cooke Co. . Commission Merchants . Stocks, Bonds v , Cotton, Grain, Etc ' 216-217 Board of Trade Building Members Chicago Board of Trade. 'CorrespondentsQt Loa A JJrTMl. Chicago. New York, Boston.: ( ' , - We have the only privata wire r connecting Portland with the f y r"j' eastern exchanges. VrV:V., iV-7:;JVJ i ,r