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18 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING. APRIL 13. IQll. , f.V - i . POTATO FAMINE IS ALMOST CERTAIN BEFORE NEW CROP California Will Have No Early Offerings This Year and Old Season Will Run Until About July. SHARP ADVANCE IN PRC E IN Jobbing Value Along Street Moved to $2.753.00 Per Cental Today. Potato Trad XxelttA. Potato buyer are excited, and sre toJay offering the htarl"t price to flute this season for supplies. Offerings are limited, and shippers say there are few full carlots remaining. Firm prices are ihown all alone the roast. A potato fsmlne, auch aa has never P"for bean seen In this market, la mow the forecast. Totato supplies In this territory are the smallest ever shown for like con sumption for this period of the yesr. and this year's market Is likely to he extended fully six weeks to two month .longer than usual. Already the market along Fron street has reached 12. 2t per cental I a Jobbing way for best offerings, and lb quality of most of these ar scarce ly better than what are normally canea choice. Outside of perhaps one or two mu lots, there ar no rancy potatoes available here at the present time. At country shipping; points the price naa wn aovanceo 10 per ctnim and one carload was purchased 'thl morning by a local house at I) landed at Portland. Growers retaining sup piles are generally asking I. or more for potatoes of any Quality, little dig crimination belr.g made between the ordinary and fancy stock. There are few full carloads of pota toes held by growers- In the Willamette valley even at this time and the trade expects that Oregon old potatoes will be needed imtll July. An unusually wet spring In Califor nia caused the growers of potatoes in the uplands of southern California where all the very early stock comes from to delay their planting opera tions' over a month, and since that time conditions have been far from favor able. The early sections of the San joaquin rlrer districts were floode this year, thereby throwing hack plant lng operations about a month. Oregon potato planting season was rather early this season snd the crop naa a very gooa mart. However, recent weather haa beon very unfavorable snd no iuun pia.ii ib nave anown no growin wnaiever. A carload of new California onion haa been ordered for this market and will arrive in about 1 6 days, according to the expectations of the trade. According to dealers the car will con lnt of allversklns and will sell for about $2.60 per crste or $4 per cental in Portland. A shipment of Auatrallan onions Is due here cither this afternoon or to morrow morning, but If the stock ar rive In as poor condition as previous khlpmeiits from there little business can be expected As a result of the very great scarcity of local onions and the high prices asked for outside new growth, Oregon onions are today quoted at an advance of :'5c to 50c a cental by Front street Jobbers. The rrl'-e along the street haa been advanced to t; 75 and IX ac cording to Quality and disposition of seller. Stocks of onions held bv Front street Interests sre unusually small, and It Is reported that growers are asking an additional advance. The latter, how ever, cannot be confirmed. K DOWN 5 CIS FOREIGNERS OFFER BUT PRICES RULE .ADVANCE FOR HOGS HIGHER IN EASE Freakish Trade Here for Swine With Packers Getting Bulk of Supplies From Omaha Cattle Are Steady. Bids Are Raised to 17 1 t Generally for the 1911 Growth of Quality. KGGfil ,HOLDIXG STEADY Market General) at 20c Bat Sales Are Not Brisk. . Eggs are holding ateady along Front Street with the general price at 20c a aoxen. ttoiaers or eastern fresh are asking the same price In small lots, but some large lots are reported sold as low iyc a oosen. Htocks are not mov ing out very well at the advance. CHICKENS HEM) HIGH Kothifij New Selling on the Street Below 21 c Ter Pound. Price of chickens Is being held very high along the street and no lots sre being sold under 21c a pound at this time. . Turkeys, dressed, will find a very good demand at top quotations. I 'DRESSED MEATS STEADY While Receipts Are Heavy, lemand Cleans Offerings. While receipts of dressed meats sre unusually heavy along Front street, sunplles ar moving out well at the price. Vesl Is going at 10Hailc for dressed stock of quality, while bogs range from 10c to lOtic generally. BIG DROP IN TURPENTINE Standard Oil Quotes Record Los at 17c a Gallon Today. .Standard Oil company todav an nounced its record breaking decline in the price of turpentine. The market lost lie since yesterday. New prices are: Cases $1.07, wood barrels $1.04 Iron barrels $1, 10 case lots fl.oc per gallon. Wool Markets Will Dip Sheep. 1'alsley. Or.. April 1 2. Inspector Troudfoot was nt Alkali lake last week and stated that ii good many of the aluepmen would have to dip their ehcep Ihl year, and that possibly al the herds would be dipped. I'mntlllA Shearing. Kcho Or.. April 13, Sheep shearing has started In Umatilla eouety. l-at wek rheertng atartcd at the Cunning ham and Blusher places. Machine shear-, lng Is done by a cooperative agreement." the machine being moved about. Those who will have use of the one that start mi th(V morning arc Stanfleld Bros.. A. I.. SlijKhrr, C'uuningham Hhcep company and the Cunhs-Vey concern. Shearing will probably be done In the order men tioned. In all likelihood, the shearing machine will be at Pilot Rock In the course of the next 10 days. Zn the snook yard. North Portland Cattls firm; lu'gs lwcr; sheep steady. South. Omaha- Hogs 6c higher, cattle steady, sheep slow to 25c lower. Chicago Hogs steady; steady to shade higher; weak to 10c lower. rattla sheep CATTXB lORll BXAJLXSX. Up to a lata hour this afternoon the atra I lac oattl that war offering war not sold because packrs war de manding about lSo rednotlon from yes terday. Top prlo of yesterday was cot obtained this morning. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK IUN. Seventeen and a half cents Is now being freely offered for fancy growtli contracts of the I til hop crop. While some dealers are still offering no higher than 17c, the higher figure Is said to be obtainable whenever a good grower can be foimd to accept. Efforts to contract by foreign buy ers are growing stronger and it Is now stated that the bulk of the offers for contracts are coming from European Interests, while the remaining offers are from eastern brewers. 8o fnr as known none of the local trade Is seeking contracts on Ita own Hccord. operations being conflnedx al most entirely lo eastern and foreign ac count. WIM, loan than KftA halaa nt tha ItIA T growth remaining In all hands In this , atate, there seems little chance for much activity In the spot market the remainder of the season. Only a nomi nal amount of 1909s are still held and holders of these have generally raised their asking price. Most of the holders of 1910s are said to be asking 26c a pound, hut it la douttful if even this pries would clean tip rematning-lots. FARMERS ASK 85 CENTS FOR WHEAT AT WALLA WALLA This Means That Jiluestem Would Cost 96c to Land Here Dealers Offering as High as. 89c Track. better when so young than when a fw days old. She received 10 cents apiece. On person agreed to take all sh could hatch during March and April. This method of chicken buying appeals es pecially to the managers of summer reaprts, where many chickens and eggs ar needed during th summer. This I Is the first year that the "dav-old" chick business has been carried on lrr this locality and It promises to grow In popularity. , Bought Good Steers. ' Oregon City, April II. Yesterday Richard Petiold. Henry Btrleblg "snd Fa it Bros., who conduct meat markets In this city, purchased from th Union Stock Yards in Portland 86 corn fed Montana steers, which were driven to this eltr. Th7 wfil b butch red and put on th market These staers oa., on an average of fills each, and ar , declared by th buyers to b wU worta j tht pr,c.v . ' :'. i I New York London SflTar. . Nsw York. April II. Bar . sire, . tO Stc; Mexican dollars, 4 Jo, London, April -anvw. It Ml. ' May Rematch Fighters). Detroit, Mich., April It Tommy TOl ban of Cleveland and Jo Phillips of Providence probably will b rmatchd bars soon aa th result of th torrid mill they put up at Windsor last night Th bout went eight rounds to a draw. Water grfwers to Lower Wool Rate. competition Is aiding Thursday ... :'0l 732 3 Wednesday... 67 HI 1 1447 Tuesday 1,2 .. 10"6 Monday Mo 1 fitil Hatunlnv .... r:i 1 254 Friday 7TS 1 3.1 3 6fi9 Week ago ... 474 45 4J 716 wool- secure lower freight rates ool can be shipped from Kennewlck bv boat to the Gulf of Tchuantepee. In southern Mexico, across the Isthmus bv railroad and to Boston on the Atlan tic ride, for SI a hundred, which Is 90 cents less than the railroad rate between the two points. Several shipments were made that way last year snd the river navigation men are out after more of the business. Sheepmen to Protest. There will be a general concerted action on the part of Montana sheep men and ethers Interested In the sheep Industry when tomorrow. In opposition to the passage of the Canadian reci procity bill, telegrams to the number of from .3500 to 4000 will he sent to Con- gressmsn Charles N. Pray In protest, also against a reduction In the tariff on wool In any manner. Former Governor 11. F. White Is one of the lenders In the movement for general protests. Will Hold Wool. North Yakima. April 13. nines manv exptct that prices will rise, the Yakima sheepmen are holding their wool. Out side the Coffin clip there are about 60.000 pounds held at various places n the lower valley, and probably 300.000 pounds unsold in Yakima warehouses. One of the biggest runs of cattle that has entered the yards during recent days came forward today and this will be followed by a heavy run tomorrow. Today's show-In of cattle was gener. ally of minimally good quality In fact KOixi portion of the shipment would tiikc honors from some or the winners at the recent fat stock show at North Portland. In general the cattle mnrket was very slow to open this morning. Selec tion wan so varied and so much stuff was offering that buyers and sellers d(cl not come together for a long time. iSo far an the morning's trade was con-cerno-1. tlieri was no change In the gen cral cuttle Mtnatlon from ve.sterdav. Hog market In freakish here. While I on- portion of a I Weill ,,t 1 7. tin a which coimtatcd of sloe krrs weut at $8. average lio-fr ooiuil not he sold at North Portland today above $7.25, and there was doubt In the minds of some that anything over $7 was obtainable. Hogs Sown While there was CALL LOAN MARKET w World's Waa Market. ) Portland Cash club, JS4o; 4 bluestem, 86 89c. Chicago May, 60e bid; July, 86c bid; September, 86 Tic, - Liverpool Wheat. to MA 4 lower. Minneapolis May. tic. Winnipeg May, 90o. w MUCH MORE ACT WE New York. April 13. Stocks were again sluKglsh and dull. Changes were fractional and with few exceptions Hhonnd no general sentiment. Trad ing up to 2 o'clock included 95,600 shares Money was more active and call loans fluctuated between I-SiSZVi per cent all day. There will be no session of the ex change tomorrow, Friday or Saturday. It was rumored that the Minnesota rosda would restore the 3-cent rate aft er June 1. Directors of the Pennsyl vania railroad declared a stock allot ment of 10 per cent to holders of stock on May 5. Holders on this date are entitled to 10 per cent subscriptions at 100. I Views of farmers ar unusually firm In tn wheat trade and buyers report that growers are asking 66c for blue stem in the Walla Walla country, which means pract.ullv 96c to land at Port land, freight and warehouse charges paid. l or bluestem as high aa 81011c a bushel is belg offered here but sup plies moving are nominal. Club wheat la quoted generally at 63)4c a bushel, track delivery, Portland. Some sma'l lots of club -are reported taken around this range. local millers are Inactive at the mo ment but buyers for California snd out side milling account are making stiff offers at the advance. While the report Is unconfirmed, It Is stated that 130 a ton was paid for one lot of fancy valley oats during tha past 24 hours. The trad In general continues to offer 12929.60. but the lower price Is utterly out of line with the sentiment of holders who are In a position to dictate. Barley market is firm but nominal. owing Jo the limited visible supply. Hay trade Is firm. Bank Notice Security Savings and Trust Company Orbett Building, Fifth and Morrison Streets Capital and Surplus $950,000 Invites Accounts of Merchants, Individuals and Savings CHICAGO WHEAT niGIIER a Lower Kange of New York prices furnished by Over beck Cooke Co.: uescrn.lion Opem Hitlil Low , Bid oh (i or very pgm siuir Amalgamated, Copper Co. nd the other portion. ' American C . F.; c Nickel Her. a drop of 6c In the do preferred Apicrlcan Cotton Oil, American l.oco.. c. . . American Sugar, c. , Aniericanimelt., c. 62, 6S 37 74 62H 82 W 116 64 37 1 1 H ! 3K Close Is Advanced After Opening Today. Chicago, April IS. Wheat turned strong after a lower opening and closed with an advance of 4c to a bushel over yesterday: Opening prices were He to Ur lower with July and September showing con siderable weakness. There wih an easier feeling abroad and the generally lower cables contrib uted to the wheat at the start here. Cash graiiiH are alow. hiah nine here todav an dvne nt 1 American woolen, c. a Biinllat' amount wax how(nur in Soot ii I A. tchlson. c, do preferred las I Range of Chicago prices furnished by Anaconda Mining Co 87 i Overbeck A Cook Co.: Omaha at the same time. Th,. ramie a" preferred on swine there today was $5.80 lo 6.1i, ""J- Ohio, c which nieaiiK J7.-.S to land at Nori Ii ' 'lo, preferred Poitland or other Pacific northwest i Brooklyn itapl l I ranslt points. i anadlan Pacific, c. .. With hogs on a lower hauls In .South Central Leather, c. ... Omaha than here, packers continue to! do preferred get practically all their supplies there. I V'- ;.,Vrpat' vv,t-- c -and the few odd lots that are sold here ' ,ai Paul., at the higher ranae. generally io to Northwestern, ( the smaller killers, who do not have i inesapoaKe & Ohio 1084 10:4 Colo. )'. & I., c til fnr-IHtinM to lit-iiiL. utn..f t.-.m. .1 east ul the lower figures. Eight loads : Colo. Southern, c 7S !1'6 12H 144 SOft Goats Bring Good Returns. T. C. Baker's 230 goats brought him 30') last year and Just now he Is In possession of about 100 kids. This product or t he ranch has cost him no rash outlay and only a little time hearing and at lambing. In FISH PRICES FIRMER Salmon, Halibut and Shad Quoted Higher on the Street. On account of the small run of sal mon in the 8acramento river, salmon prices here are much firmer and the market Iras been advanced to 13 4rl6o. Some shad Is comlnc from th anitv and is quoted at 7c for dressed and 10c yuuiHi ir roe nuaa. A small shipment of lobsters from can uirgo attracted considerable atten lion on account of the scarcity. Sales i iuc a puuna. MEXICAN TOMATOES HIGHER " S2 Is Now Asked for Lugs of Beit Quality on Street. . in aavanc is being quoted by the irave lor Mexican tomatoes on ac count of the recent rise In the south. Best offerings are now quoted at 12 a lug. Quality Is unusually good. FORECAST FOR SHIPPERS ' . 'Weather bureau sends out the follow In forecast to shippers: riuicri Diiipnienip Ha rar north as Sj;u 6ainsi temperatures of about 14 degrees; northeast to Spokane, 26 da- south to Slskivou. !B degrees. Lowest temperature at Portlsnd tonight, about oegreee. FROXT STREET CjUOTATIOXB ; " Srala. Floor and Kav. WHEAT Nominal. Track delivery viuu, mboiv, uiucmem. inmavc; iorty fold, 86if7c; Willamette valley, 84c: red Russian. 82c; Turkey Red 86 087c. BARXJCT Producers' price 1S19 Vead. 827027.60; rolled, I2g.602; brawtnay J28. MltiLSTlfFFB Belling price Bran i I,, .v, .n' ' ' snons, zz.eo; Sheep for Honolulu. -Baker. Or.. April 13. The fame of the Butterfleld company products of Welser extends across the seas, as roven by the fact that the Welser Irm shipped 10 thoroughbred Delaine Merlon bucks to Honolulu. They went by express from here to Portland whero they were combined with another ship ment of stock going to the islands. Heretofore the Honolulu woolgrowers have been buying thoroughbreds from New Zealand dealers, but recent -restrictions and requirements enacted In their shipping laws have Increased the cost to such proportions that they have decided to look to breeders of other countries. This shipment is one of the first lo go from the United Statea and Is largely in the nature of an ex periment. If the cost of securing them from this country Is not too excessive, num erous larger shipments will no doubt follow and the Butterfleld company will come in for a good share. or Nebraska swine are due at a local packing iiouho tomorrow. No alieei ers received In the North Portland yards today. Requirements of spring larnhs tiy packers for the Kaster trade have been well filled and the mar ket Is down to $7, or (3 lower than first sales. Khecp market In aonerul is quoted with a showing of strength here but prices offered are practically the same as yesterday. Sheep quotations printed In The Journal hereafter will be on the basis of sheared stock and wool offerings will therefore he about 50c higher than quotations. Among the SThippsrs. Cattle ,1. B. saylor, Kcho, Or., four loada; A. I,. Oe.Viarls. I.owden, Wash., throe loads; H. C. Dunn, Pendleton. Or., one load: 1. D. Bodine, Idaho Kails Idaho, four loads; I) McGill. Ontario, Or., two loads; J. II. phirnian, Idaho Kails. Idaho, one load; I.. Rlckerd. On tario, Or., two loads- J. K. Neshlt, Pay ette. Idaho, two loads; J. Kldridge, Pen dleton. Or., two loads; George Dixon, Madras, Or., 8 loads cattle ana calves. Hogs J. B. Sage, Shelley, MaJio, one load; J. 11. Phinnan, Kidby, Idaho, one load. Todays run of llvrntock compares with this dav In recent years as foi- do Id pfd do IkI pfd Corn Products, c do pfd Delaware & Hudson . Denver Bio Grande, do pfj Erie. . do 2d pfd do 1st pfrl Great Northern, pfd... imnois central 4vt 187 48 126 "4 10K 1 "- 106 87 77 225 $ 3X 121) 1 I u 801 80 51 , 72 75 H ' 78V i 167 30 --Vj 69fc M-k 7S ! 12 13t May July Sept. ; May l .1 u I v Sept. May J uly Sept. Mav July Ma v Julv Sept. Mav Julv Kept. , .1515 . .1470 . 78 2 . 792 . 797 WHKAT. Open. High.' 88s ! 85 H 85 85 4 SI CORN. 49 4 50 60i, 51 ' 61',, OATS. 314 31 T 3 1 4 mm SIVt, 3ti PORK. 1520 1480 LAUD. 792 802 sin n I R.. 847 810 SO 5 8814 85S S5'i 4 5ft 51 31Vi 31 21 'i Close. 89 B 8RH B 85' 1 60 4 A MH i B 84S 802 795 1505 1470 782 792 797 840 797 787 1620 1480 792 805 810 847 810 80S UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION uam nAMCxmoo FOUNDED 1864 Capital Paid in $8,500,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profit. . .$7,828,023.03 BRANCHES Portland, Seattle, - Tacoma and Virginia' City Ws buy and sell Foreign Exchange; Issue Drafts and Cable Transfers, Commercial Credits snd Travelers Lei tars of Credit, available In atl parts of tha world! male collections on all points and conduct a general foreign and domestlo benklng-buslness. TAXD OM An ftarnrcM ntoats PORTLAND BRANCH Chamber of Commerce Building WK A. aCAO JLAZ, Manager. J. X. BXTatTCWA T.T.. Asst. Managar. ! NORTH WK8T BANK STATEMENT Interurban Metropolitan, c 1SW . 6 . 4 8 i iofi'4 '. '. !iot 32 U 67 '.j 52 4 lllti 4t'i 1074 854 71 103 3 2 98 155 Hogs. . . . 201 Prod Ur- nrta 1 white, i293J.60; gray. chop. Il.0dtj26.00. OATS Nominal. Track. No. 11 KA ., Prducer price m Valley timothy, fancy. 18f 1; ordinary. 111 tfJ7; eastern Oregon. Jlatt: mixed, ic.cowiT. oo; ciov tiToo wheat, ! $IJ.OOai8.00; cneat. I12 00O 1I0; alfalfa, f H.0: oata, 812.0018 03. FTjOUR Oil! Cl-Otl Mlnnta i It. Willamette, 84.19 per barrel: local ipi at might. 88 86 1.(1; bakera. 4.68: axDort aradea. 11 a an i Ta bs m. half sack. 4.7: rye. 88.7J: bii 4.410 alial a. IB, Batter, Srga Cm rooltry. . ftUTTER FAT V. o. b. Portland, par pound. J8tfSc. BVTTKR- Kttra creamery, cubes and tubs, itc: prints. It 4c; storage, 18 tOr; eastern prints. He; California. 26c. POL L.TRT fancy hens. v 21:1 4e; Mixed. Zla per lo.; broilers. 504c; fry- era. c: (teese. . lZtfilit; live young ouv.. iisjzec; lurgeys, 60 Cattle. Sheep. 735 none 73 168 210 230 842 120 SJiTS, J4c; drenscd, 27 He; pigeons, $2 dozen. EOGS Local extras, 19 20c; case count, fresh, 1S(S l9c. CHKESfc New Oregon fancy fuM cre.iin, triplets and daisies. 14 4 16c; Vour.g Americas, 18c; storage flats, 13 14c. rout ana getaues. POTATOES Selling prices Best, 82 2.26; seconds, 81.7501.86; common, 81.60. Buying carloads Select, 81.800 1.90; ordinary, 81. 76. FRESH FRTJ1TB Oranges Now na vels. $1.75 2.5 J box; bananas. Be lb.; lemons, 8S.BO4,00; (crape rrult. 83.25; pineapp's, 6 (if 7c lb; tangerines, $1.26. VEGETABLES New turntpe $1.25; beets, $1.25; carrots. $1.25 per sack; cab bsge. $1 6002 per cental; tomatoes, Mexican, $2.00 per box; Florida 82.25 2.60; beans, 14c per lb.; 'horse radish, 8 10c; green onions, 30c per dozen; peppers, bell, 25c per pound; head lettuce. 46 050c dot.; Wothoust, $1.26 box; radishes. 20c dozen bundles! celery. 90c per dozen: eggplant, 14o per b.: cucumoers, per dozen; peas, lc; cauliflower, local, $1.26 1.60 per dozen; California. - $1.00 per dosen: sprouts, 8c; asparagus, 4 8c. ONIONS No. 1. 8Z.40O2.60: Nil f. $2; aar'ic, 7 8c per lb. APPLES $1.002.00. Keats, Pish and Provisions. FRESH BEEF Wholesale slaughter ers prices: Best steers, 100104c. ordi nary, 943I0c; best cows, 9 4c; or dinary, S49c. DRESSED MEATS Front street hor fsncv. 104 11c per lb.: ordinarv uin lb: heavy. SjBi9c; veals, extra. 11 14 in ordinary, ll114e; poor, 14 S lie" spring Iamb, 13 14c; mutton, 8c: goats! 2i3c; beef, 69c. ' LARD Kettle leaf, tierces. liu lh steam rendered, tierce, 114c per lb.' compound , tierces, 9c lb. HAMS. BACUIM, ETC Mams. IKia- 17c; breakfast bacon, 174 027c; boiled ham, 2226c; picnics, 13c lb. ; cottage roll. 15Uc per lb.; regular snort c1ea.r smoked, 14c; backs, smoked, 15Vc; pickled tongues. C5o per lb. iriBM XMorainai noca con. too per lb flounders, 6c; halibut, 8tc: strineH bass. 20c; catrish. 120124c; salmon lKjioc io.; iroien saimon, sc; soles 7c per lb.;' shrimps, 1240 lb.; perch. 708c. toiticod. 8c; lobsters, i&a h.r. rings, 6 c; black bass, 20c: sturgeon. 134c lb.; Columbia smelts, 1402c lb silver smelts, 8c lb.; black cod, 74c: crabs, small. 81: large, $1 60; medium' $1.26 doe.; California dressed shad 7c roe shad. 10c. OYSTERS Hhoaiwater bav. net- -.1 ion, (); per 100 lb sacg. 15 61): Olym- May Dia. Der gallon. 18.26: nr inn IK . i. I $11.60: canned eastern 65c can $8 60 dox.; eastern In shell. $1.7502, per 100 CLAMS Hardshell, per box, 4c lb rssor clams. I24e dozen. $2. 25 per box lows: 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 l!Kli 1905 A year ago today there were no ar rivals, but cattle and hogs were ateady with sheep very weak. Xeprssentativo Sales Today. Following sales are representative of today's transactions. They indicate de mand, supplies and quality offering: STEERS. Average lbs. Price steers 108 no pfd nss: Louisville & Nashville... 146 M . K. T.. c, do pfd Missouri Pacific . National Lead New York Central N. Y.f O. & W , Norfolk & Western do pfd . . .-. Sorth American Northern Pacific, c. . iiiru. Pacific Mail Steamship Co .'. 24 Pennsylvania Railway ....125U. 12K MT. J., JJ. . . JQ4 Pressed Steel Car, c do pfd Reading, c... 1554 ao j si ppti 88w do 2d ofd 2 Republic Iron & Steel, c. 32 1 Pfd j,6 Rock Inland, c u p." :.::::::. :9 il o. 1.. ai s. r ., .-a pra 404 41 do lpt pfd . I2 oouinern faciric, c n 116 4 Southern Railway, c 27 28 Texas & Paciflo ? Toledo, St. L. A W., c ." ' liu uniZn ,?Mflc 0 11 6 164 V. S. Stel Co.. c 77" Wabash, c jgu W. U. Telegraph 72 2 U'in ,-nn.nn - ll'OI. U. Portland Banks. Clearings today $1,707..'17.45 Year ago , 1,723,871.94 Loss today Balances . : Year ago I $ 1. 492.49 18.-,. ,147.88 301.367.07 Taeoma Banks. Clearings today $ Balances UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY. MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK ZITABZ.ZSXCS 188S. raOOlTO AJfD WASBCZsTOTOV bTTBJBIITB PORTLAND, OREGON CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $350,000.00 The Merchants National Bank solicits the business and cordially in vites the accounts of Individuals, firms- and corporations, feeling assured that the unexcelled facilities snd thorough knowledge of local conditions acquired during our twenty-flve years of banking experience will render relations, once established, permanently agreeable and mututally beneficial. . Zh DTTBHAM, President , OXO. W O. OATCHIKO, Asst. Cashier. SC Zt. ROZJBXOOX, Ties President. HOTT, Cashier. O. BSTZmxwa, Asst. Cashier. 753.047.J0 38.678.00 Clearings Balances 0MU1 Banks. today .$1,888,438.00 - 205,846.00 Day Old Chick-. Aberdeen. Wash., April 13. A woman who has gone Into chicken raising quite extensively has Just sent 160 chicks a day old, 24 miles down the bay to a purchaser. She states that they travel 104 steers 24 steers 27 steers 1 steer 1 bull . Wcstinghouse c I ncm Dugur 43 1 77 164 72 7 BULLS. ' hogs! ' .1.241 .1,222 , 993 , 920 1,320 67 stockers 127 $8.00 64 light 187 7.0 Following is the average range of values In effect in the North Portland yards: 4 CATTLE Grain fed steers, $7.00; best hay fed steers, $6.856.90; fancy, $6.60: cows, best- $5.25ft)6.t0: ordinarv. J.6.00; poor, $3.O04.00; stags and bulls, $3,0044.00. HOUS Best light. $7.5O7.60: or dinary. $7.25; heavy, $7.00; feeders, $8.00. SHEEP Best yearling wethers. $5.00 85.25: old wethers. $4.75: grain fed lambs, $5.26; ewes, $4.25; sheared wool sheep and lambs. 60c higher. calves west, is. 00488. 50; ordinary. v.w; pure, xs.vutrp .tu. OMAHA HOGS HIGHER 2r,, Third Avenue g'jjc Ice Securities , 00 U?"8"" x c uur Kansas City Southern., General Electric. Wheeling; Lako Eri.... Mexican National ....... Distillers Ore Lands Goldfield Consolidated.. American Can. . Alton Commercial...'... G. W. preferred Nevada Consolidated. . . . Lehigh Valley.. Soo Com. 43 ?; 144 5 34 9 . 18 ' . 1734 1S84 65 4 4 2 4 3t Vi 33 4 148 07 814 64 4 A 43 171- 172 1374 Market Is l'p a ickel Today; Sheep Are Selling Lower. South Omaha, Neb.. April 13. Cattle. 2700; market steady; steers, $6.10 6.30; cows and heifers, $5.006.76. Hogs, 11,500; market 6c higher; sales, $6.806.16. Sheep, 8000; market slow to 25c low er; yearlings, $4.0005.16; wethers, $4.60 4.85; lambs, $6.656 90; ewes, $4.35 4.06. , (WCAGO SHEEP LOWER Market Is Weak to a Dime Down; Cattle Steady to High. Chicago. April- 13. Run: Hogs, 000; cattle. 35.000; sheep. 60.000. Cattle Steady to a shade higher. Sheep Weak to 10c lower. 17,- New York Cotton Market. Jan, . March April Journal Want Ads bring results. une Julv Allt Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec Open High Low .- 1278 1280 1276 1465 1475 1465 14P0 1422 1332 1290 1472 14 35 1333 1294 127$ 1284 i 1 Close ' 12781 ! miSs i : 1459061 146970 147072 149i 70 1422 . 1433934 1329 13:)5j;fli 12981.93 1283086 1282 it S3- . 14h0 1288 Affairs Transacted through this conservative bank means Promptness, Convenience and Reliable Security for every transaction! . Our Interest In the welfare - of our depositors doesn't cease when the account Is opened it only starts then, and we continue to look after their interest at all limes. Let us do business together. Open 8 a.'i.i. 'ij p. m. day, 8 p. m. Batw Merchants Savings&Trust Company Corner 6th and Washington Sts. CHECK ACCOUNTS ac cepted without restriction ai to amounts. SAVINGS ACCOUNTS may be opened with $1.00 or mote, on which interest is paid. TRUST ACCOUNTS re ceived for future distribu tion or for; investment. BOND ISSUES and negotiated. arranged TRUSTEE for estates, indi viduals and corporate bod ies; for bond issues, under wills, la all relations af fecting real properties. SALES AQENT for proper ties strictly and only on commission. We solicit consultation or correspondence pertaining to any phase of our service. ?3 lumbermens National Bank CORNER FIFTH AND STARK STREETS CAPITAL $500,000 FIRST NATIONAL BANK v CAPITAL $1,500,000 SURPLUS . $750,000 Oldest National Bank West of the Rocky Mountains THE BARBER ASPHALT PAVING COMPANY Constructs Asphalt and 7ier Bitum inous Pavements. 05-0i Electric Bldg, Portland, Or. Oskar Huber. 1 Manager. NE of the great est benefit ' a city can derive from a Public Utilities Com mission is the tatter's Unbiased opin ions in favor of bitu lithic pavements and other utilities that are found to bVlsuperior in their respective lines. Overbeck & Cooke Co. Commission Merchants Stocks, Bonds" Cotton, Grain, Etc 216-217 Board of Trade Building Members Chicago Board of Trade. Correspondents of Logan & Bryan, Chicago. New York, Boston. Ws have the only private wtra oonneotlng Portland with the sastern ; exchanges.;:' 1 1 -A I US-: