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JIBING PRICE ON RAW FISH ADVANCE IHOGS DOWN TODAY QUOTE GOUNTRY , IsMMsiSl HO Mm wK
POTATOES MOVES
TO $2.50 CENTAL
Advance of 25c Quoted on Ac
count of Scarcity; It Now
Costs $2.10 to Land Sup
plies From East.
In potato Markets.
Portland JohMnu price, best.
ll.J5ea.60. ordinary, $2 0"4f
2.28? buying price $1.90 4 2 .00
per rmiil.
SeattleJobbing price, east
etn Washington, $45 00150.00;
White Hlvcr, S 8.00 ft .15. "0 per
ton.
San Francisco Jobbing price,
River White. $2.15i2.35; fionora,
nominal: Iompoc. 12 85(U3.0;
Oregon, i.0r.7; new, $5.03I
(.00 per cental.
' Price of potatoes along Front street
ha reached the highest value In many
year. Sale were made during the
psst 24 lioura aa high aa 12.60 per cen
tal or 26c above (he previous high
mark
Market for potatoes Is extremely firm.
All out Hide Influences are bullish an1
this therefore has a direct effect upon
price making here.
The local trade no longer figures that
there will be a sufficient supply of
potatoes here to fill the wants of the
-growing trad and therefore further
Importations from the cast will be ab
solutely necessary.
In thla connection It might be Inter
esting to note that a further advance
of 10c a cental Is being quoted at
astern centers, making the cut of
landing supplies here In carlots at $2.10
per Cental.
Buying at local country points is lim
ited, but for aelected lota as high aa
$2 has been offered.
CHICKEN MARKET HLl'GGIRH
Trade Is Well Supplied and Pricei
- Not Favorable.
Chicken market la sluggish along
Front street and 20c is now the extreme
top for fancy coo- of Jive birds.
Receipts of chickens have been un
usually liberal recently, and all of the
big buyers seem to have their require
nenta. ORAXGES COME FORWARD
Four Xbada Recelred; Narel Seaaon
la Ending in South.
Four cars of oranges came forward
todai In good condition. Sales are be-
Ing Ibade at higher prices.
According to an advice received by
I 8. Martin, a locnl broker, the Red
land diBtrlct will be through shipping
navels next week. The Highland and
Fullerton sections have aready stopped.
Navel will be offered for a wMIh bv
Pomona and Claremont, but the demand
will be centered there, and supplies are
ur to be scarce.
Sweets are being offered.
OXIOXS AT LOW roiXT
Texas Advice Roys They Are About
"p. Dovm to I led rock There.
4 A private message received this morn
ing by L. 8. Martin states that the price
Of onions is believed to be at the bottom
In the Laredo, Texas, district.
Local onions are firm, with no change
In quotations.
EASTERN SUGAR HIGHER
Fancy Pack Is Quoted at Adavnre of
SOc Per Hundred Pounds.
An advance of 80e per 100 pounds is
being Quoted In the price of Crystal
Domino sugar of eastern manufacture.
Thla shows th strength of the trade
there. Local sugars are unchanged.
'FIXE BEXS ARE OFFERIXG
Apples From Moier in Fine Shape;
Price Is Quoted Higher.
Rome extra fancy Ben Davis apples
were offering from the Mosler district
this morning. Stock was among th
best eeen on the street recently and was
quoted generally at $1.66.
r
5 HEAVY HOGS ARE WEAK
Big Swims Come Too Freely to Front
Street Recently.
On account of th very large run of
beavy dressed hogs In the Front street
trade recently, the market is weaker at
the lower prices.
Dressed veal In coming forward much
more freely, but is quoted at the same
price as yesterday.
Spring lambs are slow In coming.
, FORECAST FOR SHIPPERS
The V. 8. Weather Bureau Sends Out
i Notice to Produce Men.
) Weather bureau sends the following
1 forecast to shippers:
! "Protect shiDmenta ss far north aa
1! 8eattle against temperatures of about
42 degrees; northeast to Spokane 84
degrees; southeast to Boise. 34 degrees;
couth to Stukljou. 3 degrees. Lowest
temperatures at Portland tonight, about
4 degrees."
LINSEED OIL HIGHER
, Advance of Sc a Gallon Quoted in the
4 Local Market Today.
t.y An advance of 3c a gallon was o.unted
tn the nrlee of linseed nil thla nmmin.
"I Quotations are: Raw. barrels. $1.0?;
j Trolled, barrels. $1.04; raw cases, $1.07;
, i boiled, cases. $1.09 per gallon.
; FROJfT 'STRKET QtTOTATIOXl
Orain, Flour and Kay.
nficiAi nominal. 1 racit aenvery
Club. 85c;: bluestem. 8890o; fortyfold,
r Sf8c; Willamette valley, ' 85c; red
Russian. 84c; Turkey red. 86 87c.
BARLEY Producers' prte lilt
Feed. (28028.60: rolled. 130: bren-lnr
4 MILLSTtTFFS Belling trlce Bran.
23.6024.0): middlings, $$0; rhorts
26926.60: chop, (19&36.00.
OATS NomintL Producer- price
Track, No. 1 white, $29 50, gray, $28.60.
HAT Produce r1 price 1910 -Valley
. timothy, fancy, $lei; ordinary, $11
417; eastern Oregon. $1992i;
. ml sed, if.eoeHT.ee; ciov-. $11.00:
wheat, $I8,018.00; eneat, $12,000
v II 00; alfalfa. 1 14.00; oats, $1 2.0018. 00.
- r mw-via -crop, parents. 14.76;
Willamette. $40 per barrel: local
. Straight. $3 04 fS.' taker- $4.4649
4 65; export vrades, $3.6003.80; gre
' btm balf sack. $4.79; rye. $6-76; bales,
11 41.16.. '
Batter, TBgga caC Poultry.
' BUTTER FAT -F, o. o. Portland, per
pound. 2t3(c. '
BUTTEKrExtra creamery, cube and
ub. 26c;, prints, 274e; ' ordinary
t-rlnts. rsr; storage, J 020c; eastern
Irtrf. IScvCallfornla, Jiic. --r
rtrt,THrancy liens, ,j0c; mld
)4;re per ,1b.; hroiiere,' 30c; try
rswS0c; geese, 13 flee; live, young;
TO BOOST GANNUJi WHHCAIILL ALU IXfcAMtKT UUWN
racKca baimon win rrunauiyj
Open at $1.90 for Colum
bia River Talis.
Owing to the r.dvance of 1- a pound
akrd for raw i:sh hv Columbia river
salmon Interests for the coming fcenson.
ca iincrs now ixpiit t!'t li e pi ! of
I puck oil flub will l'e mm ill Mgln r In pro
portion. , Adxaijct- rf e nt ii pound in I he i ii
liHh iikbiim pi.i laiill. ii ilo.'-n.
therefore II If ii xu ineil lli.it pH kei x
will BKk an adillt 'onil :;. nu th.li profit
on the ad.lcil ro Ti to wmild pul the
pil.e of i lilnook lull.l to $1 '.hi Mi coiTi-
iire1 hum trie opining pil hi !.
ISt 8CHKOI1.
l oliiinbiH river csnnern now report I
that they liae oversold Iheir picli.ihlo
packs for Kor Instance the 1'illnr
rtorlt hna nlienilt received umI'T.h for
35. 000 cases, or more Hihm double il
nun pn' k d in I rig i y 1 0
"I lenr II. hi Hi- price of cunneil
icon will he placed loo high, lind theie
h' mln Hi.- tiad hhvm Kobert H K;ir- '
mU of Kverdliig Fnrrell. owners, of.
1 : 10 I'lllar Hoik . n n ior . as will s be
ll.R h'-Hvilv inlet Med in the I'uitMnd-i
Alaska 1'mkim' w-roi Intlon. with n can-
ncrv In the north
"While the prl of other foods ha
been going dowr. recently," he "ay", I
"there In Averv indication that canned I
i
f nlmnn wilt h hljber on account of it'
scarcity and the l lgher prlc demanded
for the raw fish.'
STEEL AND U. P,
New Tork. April 20. There was con
siderable strensth In Missouri Pacific
In the ear!;- tradlnsr today, hut weak
ness in the general list caused the mar
ket to lose all but R fraction at the
closing
i!nlon Pacific nnd 1'. K. Steel common
were the weak features, arid selling of
these unsettled tho entire list.
American stocks were irregular in the
London market todny. No change was
announced In the loaning rate of the
Bank of Knglnnd.
ducks. 2223c: turkeys, alive, 14c
dressed. BTlsc; pigeons, $2 doxen.
' EGOS Local extras. ISc; case count,
fresh. 17iftlc.
f'HEERfr- New Oregon fen?v full
cream, tripleas snd daisies, 15iflf4e;
Voting Americas, lbilG'c; storage
flata, 1314c.
Fruits and vegetables.
POTATOES Selling prices Best,
2 262 60: seconds, $l2: common.
S 1.00. fruytng. carloads Select. $1.90
2.O0; ordinary, $1.76
FRESH FRTTIT8 oranges Nw ns-
vels, $2.50iT2.75 box; bananas. 6c lb.;
lemons, $3.rOif4 on: grape rrult. $3.2; i
pineapples, tdlc lb; tangerines, $1.26.!
VEGETABLES New turntpn. tl S6; ;
beets, $1.26; carrots. $1-5 per sack; cab- ;
bsge. $1 S02 per cental; tomatoes, 1
Mexican. J.25 per box; Florida, $2.25
tt 2.50 ; beans. 14c per lb.; horno- (
radlah, $10c; green onions. 30c per
dosen; peppers, bell, 25c per pound; 1
head lettuce. 4K(i'(0o doz. ; trothousfi, I
$1.25 box; radishes. 20c dozen bundles; 1
celery. 90c per dozen; eggplant, 14e pet
to., cuetimDers, tt.to per aozen; peas,
idc; cBuiiiiuwBi. iw .i, ii.vii i'ci uuieii,
sprouts, fr; asparagus. 6c.
ONIONS No 1, $3.00ra3.26: No. 2,
$2.50f? 3.00; garlic, 7i8c per lb.
APPLES V002.0o .
Keats, Fish aud Provisions.
FRtSH lifi.liJ, wnoiesaie slaughter
ers' prices: Bust steers, 10U10c. ordi
nary, V10c; best cowa, 9Hc; or
dinary, f9c.
DRESSP'D MEATS Front street taogr.
fancv. 10c per lb.; ordinary, 10c
lh : heavy. 84j 9c; veals, extra.
IlUc; ordinary. 11c; poor, 10Hcllc;!
spring lamb, 105'11c; mutton, 8c; goats,
23c; beef. 6 9c.
LARD Kettle leaf, tierces, 12c lb.;
I steam rendered, tierce. 11 uo per lb.;j
! compound, tiercm. 8 c per lb. ,
HAMS. BACON. ETC. Hams. 14 4 ,
lOliillc; breakfast bacon, 1 , 4ji2Sc; boiled I
ham, 2226c; picnics, 12'4c lb.; cottage'
roll. 15Uc per lb.; regular snort clears. I
smoked, 14Vc; backs, smoked, 15c; :
pickled tongues. C6c per lb.
FISH Nominal Rock cod. 10c per lb.: I
flounders. 6c; halibut. 84ji9c; striped
. aa. imiQif t
1315c lb.; frozen salmon, lo; soles,
7c per lb.; shrimps, 12Hc lb.; perch,
7(f8c; tomcod, 8c; lobsters, 26c; her
rings, 6156c; black bass. 20c; sturgeon,;
lSc lb.; Columbia smelts. lV4!c lb.;,
silver smelts. 8c lb.; black cod, 74c;
crabs, small. $1; large, $1.60; -medium. !
$1.25 doz.; California dressed shad, 7c; i
roe shad. 10c. .
OYSTERS Shoaiwater by, per gaU I
Ion, ( ); per 100 lb. sack, $5.50; Olym- i
pla. per gallon, $3.25; per 100 lb. sack.
$11.60: canned eastern, 66c can. $6.50,
doz.; eastern In shell. $1.76! per 100. '
CLAMS Hardshell, per box, c lb.; J
rator clams. 12Hc dozen. 12.26 per box. I
Hops, Wool and Sides- .
HOPS Contracts, 1911 crop, 17c;'
nominal; 1910 crop, choice, 19c; prim
to choice. 18i2184c; prime, 17o; me
dium. 16164c; 1909 growths, 174
18c.
TALLOW Prime, per lh.. 6c; No. I
and grease, 2W2 40-
WOOL Nominal, 1910. Willamette
valley. 1617c; eatrn Oregon, vn,
124c.
CHITTXM JAICK 1909. nouilnal. lo,
19U. 6c
SHEEPSKINS Shearing. 1016
each; short wool, 26060c: medium wool.
0c$1.00 each; long wool. 76cftL2l
each.
HIDE8 fry hides. 1(49140 Ib
green. 6 4 7 4 c ; buila. green, salt '
lb ; kips, 6 4 074c; calves, green. 120
Uo per lb.
MOHAIR Nominal: 111. 14 Ho.
CHICAGO 8HORTS STAMPEDE
Rush to Cover When Foreign Cables ;
. Are Advanced at Start.
Chicago, April 20. Wheat shorts were ,
caught in a trap today and opening
quotations showed the extent of their i
desire to cover. The market closed 1 4 '
Bl?iC a bushel higher than yesterday,;
after opening with an advance, of 4 4j lc. !
Sharp advance in the cables this 1
morning brought out the full force of j
short covering and gave tho trade here 1
a big bullish boost. At the opening
May was sent to 89c, July to 6c
and September to 86 Vic.
Minneapolis was reported a good buy
er of wheat. Millers there were ofTerlna:
ZWic over the May. for No. J North-.'
ern.
Argentina shipments of wheat were
2,800.000 bushels, compared with 1,
ttsS.OOO bushels a year ago.
Range of Chicago price furnished by
Overbeck & Cooke Co.:
WHEAT.
DISTURBERS
Open. High. Low. Close
.. 894 fcWt 894 90
. . 86 f R4 86 8 7
. . 86 .S74 86 864
CORN.
604 604 604 604
51W 614 614 614A
.. 624 624 524 624
OATS.
.. 31 i 32 4 81 32
.. 314 32 811 83
. 314 31 314 SlH-a
PORK.
. 1643 1562 1685 1647
. 1465 1 4S7 1165' 1477
LARD.
. 777 75 777 783
. 785 7S5 735 792B i
. SOO Ri5 795 7J7 t
RIBS.
. 830 ;:7 880 835
. .790 H01 790 795
. 790 792 782 787
May
July
Sept.
May
July
Sept,
May
Julv
,
July ,
May ,
July ,
Sept.
May .
July .
tic Pl".
Journal Want Ad's bring results.
in mm nnomnii ran pnnniO DD V
in miPMH uiiviiiiiivi '" n" uQ w" nu"' u? ,DB" riiif ilium. viiirri i
111 III Mil l ll.llllllll
III HUIII I UUIIIVII
Swine Down a Quarter All
Around; Good Steers Are
Not What Buyers Want to
Pay for.
la th Stockyards.
Not Hi I'ortiand Hogs 25c
lower, cattle depressed, eheep
ttcndj . '
South (imali.i- Hogs 10 to 15c
lowir; cattle weak and lower;
sheep steady to lower.
( 'h Icagn Mors
er; cattle weak;
10 to 16c lw
slieep weak.
AWAIT LOWEB PBXCBS.
ror 48 honra oattl buyers bay been
awaiting a lower market for supplies
at Worth Portland. They bay bn
holding back their purchases and yn
j th offering of selected Quality failed
to mov them. Th situation there
lore at present 1 th surrlval of th
best holder.
rORTI.AN!) UVKKTOCK RUN.
HoK'3. C'al tle.Calves. Sheep.
Thursday
' WidneHday
' Tuesday . ..
i Moadny . . .
' hat ui day
I Krldav
I Week ago .
1 M
10
371
1.14
33
681
.33
251
673
S6U
S5
201
The cattle market was generally weak
i with buyers trying their best to beat
down iiota t ioiiK. Tho run for Iho ditv
was stcall but added to these, were the
extia fine stock that rm through from
1 Idaho Falls and did Dot find buyers at
Miltable prices yrstei'day.
There waa a good run of sheep and
lamhH in the vhiuh today and the trade
was considered steady around previous
quotations. Some 'old wethers sold St
$4.76 weighed off cars while yearling
wethers brought $5.
Hogs were weaaer snd sales were
I made today fully 25c lower all around.
Among th Shippers.
' Cattle T. Buna & Co., Madras, Or.,
lone load; H. N. Snyder, Anaconda, Mont.,
I one load; Lnnergan & Shaffer, Idaho
Falls. Idaho, two loads; Jacobs Shaffer,
'Rlghy. Idaho, one load.
Hogs -Lonergau Bhaffer, Idaho
i Falla. Idaho, one load; Jacob Bhaffer,
Blackfoot, Idaho, one load.
I Sheep R. M. Stanfleld, Stanfleld. Or..
I two loads; J. 8. Flint. Junction City, Or..
; one load; J. E. .Iggler, Grand Dalles.
I Wash, two loads; E. P. Ketchum &
I Son, The Dalles. Or., one load: I. D.
I I BoDlne, Idaho Falls, Idaho, two loads.
Mixed stuff J. C. Flint. Junction
City, Or., one load cattle, calves and
! hot; m.
Besides these arrivals J W. Wiley
I came In from Mrtford. en route to Can
I ada, with one load horses and two loads
or sheep.
Today's run of livestock compares
with this day in recent years as fol
lows:
Hogg. Cattle.
8bep.
1.0OS
jiji J59
1X5
; III 0 "7
iiun
; i n 4 R
ii'o7 90
'i90
, ,knc
.If. 2
213
165
29
ins
110
?ft
650 1.035
A year ago today cattle, hogs and
sheep were easy at unchanged prices.
Tarda' Official Sales.
Following sales are representative.
Thev Indicate demand. supplies and
quality offering.
STEERS.
Average Lbs. Price
1 steer , 1020 $6.00
COWS.
2 cows 1040 $5.75
8 cows MS . 6.85
2 cows 80 6.00
BULLS.
1 bull 1 670 $5.25
1 bull 1550 5.00
5 bulls 1540 4.75
2 bulls 1045 4.60
3 bulls 12 8 75
2 bulls 1125 8.60
1 bull 760 8.00
SHEEP AND LAMBS.
87$ lambs 81 $5.40
87 yearling wethers ... 88 6.00
114 old wethers 105 4.75
16 ewes Ill 4.65
HOGS.
66 light hogs 1 $7.25
6 heavy hogs 810 6.80
1 rough heavy 360 6.00
Following Is the average range of
values in effect in the North Portland
1 yards:
I CATTLE Grain fed steers, 17.06;
beat hay fed steers, $6.50; fancy, t 36;
I cows. best. $5.25g5.60; ordinary, $6.00;
poo.-. $3.004.00; stags and bulls, $3.00
I ijM.00.
' HOGS Best light. 7.0O7.26; ordl
' narv, $7.00; heavy, 5.006.30; feeders,
$7.50.
i SHEEP Best yearling wethers. $5.00;
'old wethers, $4.76; grain fed lambs,
1 $5.25; ewes, 14.26: sheared wool sheep
I and lambs, 660 higher.
1 CALVES-r-Best, J8.008.60; ordinary.
1 $7.00: poor, $3.0004.60.
Bank Notice
Security Savings and Trust Company
Crbett Building, Fifth and Morrison Streets
Capital and Surplus $950,000
Invites Accounts of
Merchants, Individuals and Savings.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY.
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK
XSTABXSKE9 1886.
8XCOBTO ABO WASaTZHOTOlf tmtBZTB
PORTLAND, OREGON
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $350,000.00
The Merchant National Bank solicits the business and cordially In
vites the accounts of individuals, firm and corporations, feeling assured
that the unexcelled facilities and thorough Knowledge of local condition
acquired during our twenty-five year of banking experience will render
relations, once established, permanently agreeable and mututally bene-,
flcial. t .
t B. X 9UBJCAX. Fresldent
Oro. W. HOTT, Cashier. -S.C
CATCKUrrj. Asst. baahler. a. nUTSAIVt. Aast. Caahlar.
Outside Brands of Butter Are
Lower, Except for Better
Known Makes.
Country creamery butter Is now offer
ing so freely to th local trade that
prices are being reduced. Trier I now
a surplus of all grades of butter and all
quotations are easier, although city
iroatnetics are quoting no further change
Hince .Monday.
Meet country creamery, outside or
the better known brands, Is today selling
ut 22'C a pound, making the value be
low what importers from California can
sell their goods at. (in this account it
la not likely that further supplies will
he brought In from the south at prea
ent.
The butter market today Is within a
fraction of the low level reached a year
go, but the trade believes that prices
rill go still lower. With th price of
other foods lower, there Is general be
lief that butter will be forced below a
yesr ago.
The maKe of butter to aate inis sea
son by Oregon creameries is somewnat
greater than a year ago, although city
nstltutlons report a smaller output.
Die Increase is due-principally to th
earlier flow of milk this season.
MUCH ADO ABOUT
RECENT FROST
Fruit Weather Forecast.
Oregon Pair tonight, wanner south
portion. Friday fair. sTortherty wind.
Washington Pair tonight and Friday,
xoept showers Friday near th coast.
Vortherly winds.
Idaho Pair north, showers south por
tion tonight and Friday; wanner to
night Harney on Safe Side.
Harney county ha not ben damaged
as these more fortunate neighbors as
vegetation was not so far advanced here
snd now that "spell" ban passed we
may expect crops 10 go forward In a
ery satisfactory way. The only real
damage the cold storm has done, if any.
Is a possible loss to sheepmen who are
lambing. We have heard . of no loss,
however, snd perhaps none has oc
curred, says the Burns Times-Herald.
Frost Damage Light.
Lewlston. Idaho. April 20. Experi
enced fruit growers say thst even
though the frost has resulted in de
stroying 30 to 4i per cent of the blos
soms, hand thinning will have to be
resorted to later In the season, as the
trees are so heavily laden that It will
be necessary to reduce the load to pre
serve the quality of the fruit.
Prunes Not Damaged.
Robert Johnson has examined the big
prune orchard north of Corvallls and Is
confident the frost has done no damage
yet. Sunday night the temperuture
dropped rapidly after 6 o'clock and fell
13 degrees before 12 o'clock. It
dropped to 35 degrees and staid there.
Hob notices that the bees are not work
ing In the prunes and thinks this Is a
rather bad sign, but still can find no
damage to the blossoms.
Grape Crop Ruined.
Freeno, Cal , April 20. That fully
two-thirds of the malaga shipping
grape and Thompason s seedless raisin
grapes were killed by recent frost Is
the opinion of fruit men who have re
turned from a tour of the country.
The thermometer dropped as low as
27 In some ranches, and smudging had
little effect.
The frost was of the black variety
and ice formed on tho water In places.
Early estimates of the damage done
to raisin and wine grapes Is from one
third to-a half. Alfalfa was hurt, but
fruit trees were not Injured.
Smoke, Little Fire.
The frost of last week caused no lit
tle anxiety among the orrhardlsts In
this section, but after the scare It has
been found there was little rtal dam
age done, says the Grants Pass Courier.
Some of the pears and peaches were
Injured, but.' fortunately, it is snld, the
effect of the frost only amounted to
properly thinning the fruit, ss the blos
soms promised an over abundant yield.
In this Instance nature was kind In hav
ing given us enough and to spare. May
we always be as fortunate in our deal
ing with the frost king.
Damage in California.
The San Francisco Chronicle savs:
There is little doubt that considerable
injury was done by the frosts of the
nights of April 12 and 13. but how
much cannot be known as yet. First
reports of such injuries are nearly al
ways greatly exaggerated, ana as to
tree fruits at least there is no reason
to suppose that, considering the state
as a whole, any damage was done which
will make any appreciable difference in
the size of the crop. The greatest sup-
nosed injury to tree rruus was reDort
ed from Placer oounty, which is one of
our earliest districts, but it is prob
able that whatever damage there was
there was confined to depressed pock
ets in wnicn mo coia air settled.
The case of grapes Is different. The
grapevines are much nearer the ground
than the bearing branches of orchard
K. X HOXJMtOOX. Tlos President.
Milton Fruit Saved.
A representative of th Milton. Or.,
Eagle Interviewed a number of orchard
1st yesterday and all thought that lu
ll or no darnag had been don, coun
ty Krult Inspector 8.. J. Campbell says
that not a bud was hurt, although some
tnmg mat in a rew localities damagu
baa resulted to peaches and cherries.
So far th freezing weather has don
but small damage to fruit In th Milton
neighborhood. A good practice around
here, which seems to help keep the
frost from destroying strawberries, !
to run water through the rows over
night. Th water draw the frost from
th berries.
Prospects Are Better.
Corvallls. Or.. April SO. Local weath
er conditions are greatly Improved and
unless a sudden change occurs In the
next few daya the fruit la safe. There
haa been some anxiety on the part of
the prune- growers as to the probabl-
damage that the Saturday and Sunday
frosts might have produced. It has,
however, been found that the condition
now are favorable for a good drop.
Peaches suffered to a slight extent but
sppies ann pears are as yet untouched
and with fair weather for a week will
be safe.
naif Peach Crop.
Toppenlsh, Wash., April 10. The
peach crop la not entirely killed, say
Pan McDonald, but there will be one
third to one-half of a crop. "In fact,
there'll be enough peaches so all can
have them, and yet the growers will
get a good price," la the way he view
the situation.
NORTHWEST BANK STATEMENT
Portland Banks.
Clearings today $1,969.71. 28
Year ago 1.804.363.36
Oaln today .......
Balances today
Year ago ,
, ..$ 14.97.87
, . .$- 161.2K8.17
... 238,991.1$
Taooma Banks.
Clearings today $
659.407.00
62.167.OD
Balances today
Seattle Bank.
Clearings today $1,561,830.00
Balances today S80, 093.00
A spring reel, to take up the slack
of the wire of desk telephones, is a new
convenience for business men.
1 -i Alls v.vtf 14
I" III! i
m m - 1 Hal Pi
View of Portland's skyscraper district, reduced
from the full-page photograph in Sunday's Ore
gonian Magazine Section.
LUMBERMENSS
at Filth and Stark streets, is the
, nearest National Bank to
this district
UNITED STATES DEPOSITARY
THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
FXAXrCXSOO
' FOUNDED 1864
Capital Paid in $8,500,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits . .$7,828,023.03
BRANCHES
Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and Virginia City
We buy and sell Foreign Exchange; issue Drafts and
Cable Transfer. Commercial Credits snd Travelers' Let.
ters of Credit, available In all parts of the world: make
collection on all points and conduct a general foreign
sr.d domestic banking business.
XHTEBrST PAXD OH TXBEZ AJTS SATUrQS DKP08TT8
PORTLAND BRANCH
Chamber of Commerce Building -&
gOBTBwxsT coBinem of txxbjd aicd btabx stsebts
WTL A. MAO -BAB, Manager. 3. T. BXTBTOXAXI,!., Asst. Manager.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
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CAPITAL $1,500,000
SURPLUS . $750,000
Oldest National Bank West of the -
Rocky Mountains - vv - - -
Report That Southern Republic
Will Suspend Duty on Ce
real Heard Here;' AH Lines
Very Firm.
Ohio Wheat Or
By John Inglls.
Tiffin. Ohio. April JO. Cleve
land and Ftostorla to Tiffin, wheat
run very uneven, quite a per
centage thin and spotty. The
major portion of the acreage
run fair to good. Rained nearly
all night. sUU raining lightly.
WORLD'S WHEAT MARKET.
Portland Cash club, 16c; bluestem,
tOo.
Liverpool Wheat Itt to lHd higher.
Chicago Wheat 14 to Uo higher.
Antwerp Wheat lvie nigner.
Minneapolis May Itlis. .
St. Louis May 88 4 e.
Kansas City May 84 Ho.
Winnipeg May S3 4c.
On account of the tight holding by
growers it la now atated that bids for
club wheat are ranging .a high as 86
and 860 a bushel, trsck delivery. Port
land. Bluestem bids are mostly at 80c,
although leading millers say they are
unable to pay more than 88c at present.
Wheat movement la restricted on ac
count of the new turn taken by pro
ducers. Dealers have revised their es
timate of the holdings by farmers, and
now say there are only about 6,000.000
bushel in the three states. Of this
1 iMmr ? twin
NATIONAL
A N K
they now eetlmat that California sffl
Reed from 1,000,000 to 1000,00 bushel
ef ore the - new crop U available to
grinding. ' - ! -'
A new factor haa appeared in the
northwest wheat trade. It la now stated
that Mexico will soon susoend the Dar
ment of duty on importations of wheat
and that Mexican Interest will soon be
In this territory for supplies. If this
should prove true it will have a very
bullish effect upon values.
Coarse grain list continues very firm,
Buyers say that No. 1 feed barley Is
worth up to $38.10 a ton here. In feet
121 Is being freely bid. Even thfs price
is 60o a too above the average quota
tlons previously printed.
Oat market is firm with buyers gen
erally offering $29 60 a ton here for No.
1 white.
Flour trade is firmer. Probable ad
vance aeema bright
New Yorlf. Cotton Market.
Open. High. Low. Closa
1S7T-
. 1286 12ft 128$ liMM
. 147$ 1481 147 1480981
14ft7
. 1480 1480 147 14MW87
, 1448 146 1443 145675
,1340 1343 1388 13394l
1288 1392 128 12904r1
12R7ftg
127 1283 127 1281 tS!
January ..
March
May
June
July
August ...
September.
October . ,
November, ,
December. .
l . .
European
Tours
Through our For
eign Exchange De
partment you can ar
range for any of the
celebrated Raymond
Whitcomb tours nd
on the best terms
available.
Special tours spe
cially arranged, if
taken in time.
Call upon or "write
to
Exchange Dept.
MERCHANTS
SAVINGS & TRUST
COMPANY
6th and Washington Sta.
Capital $150,000
W. X. FBAJB President
WXUABD CAJTB . . Tloe President
O. O. BOBTXXBTZB Oa shier
B. K. BrrZO Asst. Oaahles
Open Saturday evenings, f to .
Are Frequent
And disputes often occur where
business Is conducted without the
aid of a Checking Account.
Tour business and deposit may
be small TODAY, but they are
LARGE ENOUGH to need pro
tection against Cash Losses.
Why not have the protection of
this bank? It cordially Invites
your Checking Account large or
small.
7
Open from 8 A, M. to 6:30 F. K.
Saturdays 8 A. St. to 8. F. X.
Overbeck &
Cooke Co.
Commission Merchants
Stocks, Bonds
Cotton, Grain. Etg.
21017
Board of Trade Binl3faff
Members Ohleago Board ? Ttasla,
Correspondents si Logan A Bryi
CM oage. New Terk, Bsatsa,
We- have the eory prlvats
(Mmnaetlng Portland with the
eastern ewshangea.
1
Wherever merit
alone is consid
ered in the adop
tion of a street
pavement, there
you will always
find bitulithic.
THE BARBER ASPHALT
PAVING COMPANY
" - ..v. v. jj. ......
Construct Asphalt snd ather Bitum
inous Pavementa 605-608 ' Eleotrio
Bldg.. Portland, . :Or. Oskar Huber.
, , . v Manager. - .. v ,
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