.THE OREGON ' t DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER - 21, 1911.
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EFFORT TO ADVANCE
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I
CHRI
MAS
TURKEYS
IS IN
VAIN
on Front Street and Quotations
Will Not Likely Go Any Higher
This Winter; Supplies Plentiful.
PortUnd Whol.sal. Mukrt.
Turkeys 18 to 22c
Egga 85c, steady.
Butter firm.
Cheesa firm.
Poultry steady.
Apples , in good supply with
fair demand.
Dressed msats weaker.
The turkey market Seems somewhat
unsettled, commission men making ef
forts to bring quotations ud to about
24c, but having apparently failed so
far. Today 22c ruled, and ths quantity
of birds on hand is not expected to per
mit an advance for the Christmas trade.
It is taken for nractlcaly settled that
the retail price will be 2 bo, top. Culled
birds are selllnjr as low as 18c and even
less on Front street.
The poultry market remains steady
with heni bringing 13c to 18 He ana
springs 12o o lie. Receipts In live tur
keys and geese were quite liberal today.
NO FRESH HALIBUT
V.
Y
There was no fresh halibut In the
market today, and there la not telling if
ny will be In the market tomorrow.
Somehow the fishermen on the sound
are having poor luck.
BRAZIL NUTS SCARCE
While nuts in general are plentiful
enough to meet al demands, there is
5 aid to be a scarcity in Brazil nuts on
'ront street. Brazil nuts are not in
great demand except at Christmas, time.
APPLE MARKET
The apple market Is more active than
for some time, but values are unchanged
because receipts have increased fully
as much as the demand. Many packers
have held for the holiday trade, and aa
result the Front street men are having
no trouble In filling orders. Fancy
stock is quoted at $1.60 to $2.25. while
common grades are quoted at 76o to
1.60.
EGGS AT 35 CENTS
The egg market is a little firmer than
yesterday, an ' some effort is being
made to advance values a cent. The
ruling price today, however, was 85c.
BUTTER AND CHEESE
The butter and cheese markets re
main steady and firm, with no Indica
tion of an early change.
SHIPPERS' FORECAST
V
Protect shipments as far north as
Eeattle against minimum temperatures
or about 38 degrees; nortnenst to Spo
kane, 20 degrees; southeast to Boise, 12
deerees: south to Slsklvou. 22 degrees.
Minimum temperature at Portland to
night, about 86 degrees.
PORTLAND JOBBING PRICES
Orals, riouf and Kay.
These nrlces are those at Which whole
salers Sell to retailers except as other
wise stated:
WHEAT Producers price nominal;
track delivery, club, 79(ffR0c; bluestem.
82088c; fortyfold, 81c; Wlllnmette val
ley, 8081c; red Russian, 7879c; Tur
key red, bjo.
BARLEY Producers trices 1911
Feed, S1.0031.60; rolled. $32; brewing.
137
OATS Produrrs price Track No. 1,
spot delivery, white, 180.60; gray, $30.
MTLLHTUFFS Selling price Brsa
124.60; middlings. $31.00; snorts. $26.60;
Chop, $19 00(9 J5. 00.
HAY Producers' price 1911 crop
Vslley timothy, fancy, $15CJ16; ordinary,
l3ri14; eastern Oregon, 16.50317;
Idaho, $17: mixed, $12015; clover, $10
Ci'll; wheat. $11; cheat, $11; alfalfa.
$)l Sf? 1 3: oats. $11.
X FTjOUR Bemng price ir-aienis,
$4 B0; Tyillamrtte, $4.80 per barrel: loca'
Straight. $4,054 $5: bakers', S4.30O
4.60; export grades, $8.65.
Batter, JSggs ana Poultry.
BUTTER "Extra creamery, cubes and
tuba, 86c; prints. 87c: ordinary prints,
84W 36c: dairy. 18184c.
BUTTER fat jrToaucers- ones w.
o. b. Portland, per pound, xsc.
EQUS Local extras, Bh3e; spot
uvlna- Drlce. 34c f. o. h Portland:
eastern rresn, zwwsuc; Aprils, zsc.
POULTRY Fancy hens, 1213c;
rprlngs, 12c: ge-se, 12c; dressed. 14c;
ive young ducks. 17c; old ducks, 18c;
turkevs, nllve, nominal, 19c; dressed,
J8(ft22c; pigeons, old, $1.00; young, $2
6.40.
CfTEEBK Fresh Oresron fanev. full
cream, triplets and daisies, YlVid per
in.; xoung Americas, lsftc; storage
flats, 17c; Young Americas, 18a
Bops, Wool ana Bides.
HOPS Producers' orlce 1911 crop,
choice, 42H; prime, 42c; medium, 41
41ttc; 1909 growth. 20c; 1912 contracts,
22j4c; 1918 and 1914. 17o lb.
WOOL, Producers' price Nominal,
(911: Willamette valley. 14HO17He;
feastem Oregon, 9M6o.
MOHAIR 1811. selected, 85S7c.
CHITTIM BA RK Producers price
S911 less carlots, 6 Oct carlots. CHc
t o.' b. Portland.
" TALLOW Prims. ,per lb.. 4o; No. I,
snd rrrcpse, t&2 V4c.
HIDKR Pry hides, 19o; green, (O
10c; salted hides. lOMiffJllci bulls, green
salt, 8c; kips, 11c; calves, dry, JOc;
celf skins, salted or green, 17c; green
"hides lfflHc less thsn salted: sheep
pelts, salted. Novsmber, 90c; December,
fill: dry, ivo id,
HOOD RIVERAPPLES
arrive in
EXCELLENTCONDIT ON
Large Number of Boxes Opened After
Long Shipment Reveal Every Ap
ple as Perfect as When Packed
at Shipping Point.
Hood River, Or.. Deo. 2 L John B.
Castner, who has been in the New Eng
land states teaching the apple -men of
Massachusetts how to pack apples, re
turned last week. While In Boston Mr.
Castner visited a. number of wholesale
frultmen and st the establishment of
Sands, Furrow & Co. opened 60 boxes of
apples sent by the Davidson Fruit com
pany. , Of the entire lot opened Mr. Castner
says that he failed to find an apple In
any of the boxes that was not up to the
standard. This firm stated that they
were highly pleased with Hood River
fruit as did also the firms handling the
union apples. The apples opened were
from the orchard of Oscar Vanderbllt
They were selling for the following
? rices: Spltzenbergs, $8.76; Kewtowns,
3; Delicious, $4.60.
YOUNG WAPATO STER
DRESSES 72.14 POUNDS
c'V
Oroosries.
ir SUGAR Cubes. $6.80; powdered. $6.60:
liifrui. 0 berry. $6.40; dry granulated.
1 7 16.40: u yellow, io.tw; Dest. .o;
) Honolulu plantation cane granulated, 6o
iiw )pnn Abova Quotations arb SO davs net
f cash.)
rtch: Japan, no. i. swstto: imo. i.
4 He: New Orleans need. ( i& o; Cre
ole. 6c.
SALT Coarse, half ground lOtts. $8.60
per ton; 60s, $9.00; table dairy. Sfta. $1$:
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Overbeck &
Cooke Co.
H BROKERS
Stocks, Bonds
Cotton, Grain, Etc.
216-217
Board of Trade Building
' Members Chicago Board of Trade.
Correspondents of Logan ft Bryan,
Chicago, New York, Members New
York Stock Exchange, Boston
Stock Exchange. Chicago Board of ,
Trade, New York Coffee , EX- .
change. Nam York Cotton ? Ex.
. change, New Orleans Cotton Ex-
change, Winnipeg Grain Exchange
The Shorthorn steer bought yesterday
at the stockyards in. North Portland
by the Union Meat company from A. O.
Dunn, shipper, of Wapato, Wash., when
butchered this morning, dressed 72.14
pounds, the biggest percentage known
of In the world, according to D. O. Live
ly, vice president of the stockyards com
pany. The steer was but SO months old and
weighed, alive, 2100 pounds. At live
weight he brought $10 per hundred, the
Bale having been made yesterday as
reported.
The steer was shown on the moving
picture films depicting the livestock pa
rade at the recent state fair at Salem.
Mr. Lively states that while the live
weight of the steer was quite phenom
enal, the remarkable feature Is the
splAndid percentage shown in dressing.
So far as he knows, the Wapato steer
has established a record, which means
a strong Indorsement for this section
of the country as particularly favorable
to stock raising.
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS
(United Tresa Leued Wlre.t
8an FranclBco, Dec 21. Wheat Aus
tralian and propo, $1.66 1.57 ; Califor
nia. $1.47 1.62 H; northern wheat,
bluestem, $1.67H 1.80: club, I1.62V4G?
1.65; Turkey red, $1.67 01.60; Russian
red, i.601.53.
Barley Feed, rood to choice, $1.80(3
1.82A: fancy, $1.86; poor to fair, $1.725
(ft 1.77 Vi; shipping and brewing, $1,800
1.86.
Bggs California fresh, Including
cases, extras, 45Ac; select pullets, 80c.
Butter California extras, 33 Ho;
prime firsts, 28V4c; firsts, 27 He: stor
age extras, zsc; do prime firsts, 26c.
Cheese New California flats, fancy,
15c; firsts, 14c; California Young Amer
icas. fa.ncy, 16c; do firsts. 16c; Oregon
fancy, 16c: do jounj America California
storage, fancy flats, 15c: New York
Cheddars, fancy singles, 18c; daisies,
18 He: do storage, single, 17 He; daisies.
18c; Wisconsin Cheddars, singles, 17c.
Potatoes, per cental River Whites,
$1.1001.35; Alameda, $1.16 1.66 ; Sa
linas Burbanks. $1.60 1.85; sweets,
$1.66(1.76.
Onions, per cental New yellow, 90c
t1.15.
Oranges Navels, fancy, $2.60 a $.00;
choice, $2.00(2.26; standard, $1.50
1.75; tangerines, 1.151.J5.
SEATTLE MARKETS
(L'ulted Press Luted Wire.)
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 21. Butter
Washington creamery, firsts, S738c;
eastern fresh, 3035c; do storage. 28
32c. 1
Eggs Local ranch, 40c; eastern fresh,
303ic; do storage, 27fo'29c.
Cheese Tillamook twins, 16 He; do
Young Americas, 18Ho: Wisconsin
Young Americans, 20c; do twins, l7c;
cream, 20c; Coos Bay. 16Ho; Hmburger,
17Ho.
Onions Yellow.- $1.50 per sack; red,
$1.60; Walla Walla. $1.251.60.
Potatoes $23Sj27 per ton.
New York Cotton Market.
Open. High. Low. Close.
Jan. 892 898 8SB 885887
Mar 910 912 901 9010902
May j. 922 922 911 911Ct)912
July 926 930 919 9190920
Aug ... 9191921
Sept 930 982 927 9260927
Oct. 982 938 928 928fo929
Dec 942 946 930 9300931
L
IVESIOCK
MARKETS
SHOW STRONG
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THROUGHOU
NATON
Sales At North Portland Yards Today
Confined to Hogs; Receipt of
Cattle Are Light Shipment of
Hones From Idaho.
4 Xa the Stockyards. 4
4 North Portland Hogs steady
4 to strong, cattle steady, sheep
4 steady. - 4
4 v ;
4 South Omihl .Hon itrnnr in A
4 higher, cattle strong, sheep 4
e sieaay to higher. 4
Chicas-c Hon ilnilr rottl A
4 strong, sheep strong. 4
4 4
4 KAnmrna City Hogs steady. 4
4 cattle strong, sheep strong. 4
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK: RUN.
Hogs. Cattle. Calves. Sheep.
Thursday ..... 605 8 1 748
Wednesday ..162 19 ., 288
Tuesday 288 113 i 1014
Monday 977 648 IT 994
Saturday .... 910 96
Friday ...... 99 1$0 .. 440
Week ago ... 704 $10 601
Sales at the yards In North Portland
this morning were oonfmed to hogs,
nearly 400 bead passing hands. The
transactions Indicate a firmer tone In
the market, one lot of good stock of
medium weight bringing $6.60, the top.
Receipts of cattle were light, only
eight head coming in. A carload of
horses, S6 head, were Included in the
reoeipts at the yards this morning.
At Chicago and Kansas City the live
stock markets indicated a firmer tone
today, cattle being reported strong at
the three places. At SOnth Omaha tho
hog market showed an advance. Sheep
too, were reported stronger.
North Portland swine values;
Best packers f 60
h'savy 6.45
Good light 6.45 6.60
Rough and heavy 6.00 6.25
Poor and heavy 6.00 5.60
sheen values t North Portland.
Select lambs $
Choice lambs 4.75
Common lambs 4 00
Yearling lambs 4.60
Old wethers
Fancy ewes s if.
Ordinary 3l003.'26
nn rorutna general cattle range
6.10
4.80
4.26
4.76
4.00
3.50
...$
6.75
6.60
6.50
4.50
6.00
P&.25
4.85
4.60
M.B'J
4.00
4.25
8.00
100s, $17: bales, fj.zo: extra fine bar
rels, 2s. Ks and 10s, $46; lump rook,
$20.60 per ton.
HONEY New. $3.78 per case.
BRANS Small white. $4.90: large
white, $4.86: olnk. $4.26; bayou. $4.75;
Llmas. $7: reds, $5.60.
Fruits ana Vegetables.
APPLES New crop. J1.00Q)3.00.
POTATOES Selling nrlces: Ordinary
Oregon, $1.26; poor, $1.00l.O5: buying
price, 95c01.35; sweets, I 0 J He.
ONIONS Yellow. $1.50; garde. 78c.
FRESH FRUITS Oranges. $8.26 per
box; bananas. So lb.; lemons, $4.50ra6;
limes, $9 a case: grapefruit, $607: pine
apples, 6c per lb.; cranberries, $11.60
12; peaches, 75c; pears, $1.60; grapes,
$1.1031.26; Jap oranges, $1.25.
VEGETABLES New turnips. II Ml
sack; beets, $1.60; carrots. $1.2501 60:
cabbage, 80$1.00: California tomatoes.
1.50 crate; beans, 12o lb.; green
onions, 16o dozen) peppers, bell. lOo lb.;
head lettuce, $20)2.60 crate; hothouse, $1
1.25 box; radishes, 15o dozen bunches;
celery, $44.6) crate; egg plant, 10c lb;
cucumbers, hothouse $1.40 dozen; peas,
Ic; cauliflower. $2.00 crate.
Meats, rish and Provisions.
DRESSED MEATS Front street:
Hogs, fancy, 88Ho per lb.: ordinary,
8c; heavy, C7Hc; veals, extra,
1313Hc; ordinary. HH12Hc; poor.
swioc; spring lambs, 7H9c; mutton.
6avc; goats. c; oeer, tbi 9c.
LARD Kettle leaf tierces. 18o lb.j
steam rendered, tierce, 11 o per lb.;
compound, tierces, 8 Ho per lb.
HAMS, BACON, Etc. Hams, 16 H
17HOI breakfast bacon, lGH27o; boiled
ham, 2$Ho; picnics, HHc; cottage,
16c; regular short clears, smoked,
12 He; barks, smoked. 13Hfjyl4c; pickled
tongues, 76c lb;
FISH Nominal Rock cod 100 lb.:
flounders, So; halibut, H70 striped
baas, tOc; catfish, 12 Ola He; salmon,
lOo lb.; soles, 7o per lb.; shrimps,
12 Ho lb.; perch, 7J8c; tomcod. 80; lob
sters, 26c; herrlnrs, 8fli6c; black bass.
lOo; sturgeon, 12Ho per lb.: silver smelt.
80 lb.: black cod, 7 He; dressed shad. 7o;
roe shad. 10c; shad roe, 20o lb; Colum
bia smelt, 16o lb.
OYSTERS Shoatwater bay. per gal
lon. ( ); per 100 lb. sack. ( : Olym
pla. per gallon $3; per 100 lb sack, $9;
eastern In shell. $1.76 9 9.00 per 100;
razor cisms. dot.
Valnts. Coal Oil. atw
DINBBED OIL Raw, bbls., T7o gal.,
kettle boiled, bbl., 79o; raw, in cases.
82c; boiled. In cases, 84o gallon, lots of
260 gallons, lo lass, oil cake meal, $44
per ton.
VfHlTW LEAD Ton lots. 80 per lb.t
100 lb. lota. 80 per It.: less lots. SHo
per )b.
BENZINE 86 degrees, cases, 14 Ho
gallon: Iron bbls.. IlHo per gallon.
HKJtrar xnaniia, so; inu. 1
COAL OIL Cases: Pearl, 14o: lUr,
19c per gallon; ter white, bulk. SO
18 Ho per gallon; special water white.
lirtsiso.
Select steers
Fancy steers
Choice steers
Feeders
Common steers
Fancy heifers 6.00
Fancy cows
Feeder cows
Fancy bulls 4.25
Good ordinary bulls
Stags
Fancy light calves
Medium calves 6.006. 60
Ordinary calves 4.004i6.ou
The shippers to the yards today were:
Hugh Cummlngs. Talsev. Or., one cor
hogs; Frank Crawford, Condon, Or., one
car hogs; Paul Webb, Heppner. Or., one
car sheep; Charles Hunter. Wallowa, Or.,
one car hogs; H. Larkln, Alverton,
Wash., one car hogs: J. Madison, Wel
ser, Idaho, one car hogs; S. G. Cloldt,
Pomeroy, Wash., one car cattle, calves
and hogs; J. D. Huston, Caldwell, Ida
ho, one car horses; W. A. Whltted, Ju
lietta, Idaho, one car hogs; C. J. Hal
strom, Welser, Idaho, one car sheep; R.
F. Stubbefleld, Enterprise, Or., one car
sheep.
Thursday's UTestook Sales.
HOGS.
Ave. lbs.
109 hogs 72
83 hogs 242
1 hog 200
84 hogs 280
84 hogs 205
1 hog 410
Prloe.
$6.40
6.36
6.35
6.60
6.85
6.00
WALL STREET SHOWS
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CONFIDENC
IN STOCKS
ANDADVANC
FOLLOWS
Metal Stocks Gain Nearly a Point;
Irregular London Market Has a
Slight Effect on the Conditions
In New York.
New York, Dec. 21. The Irregularity
of the early London market gave local
opening prices unchanged to a shade
lower, while the strengthening of money
rates In the European centers caused
some uneasiness during the early trad
ing among a few scat te' red holders of
securities. For a time the market was
inclined to show signs of liquidation,
later, however, a more confident feeling
was shown, due to tho report of the
"Iron Age" which gave out the report
that orders wero about to be placed for
600,000. tons of steel rails. This coupled
with the rumors of higher prices for
finished steel productu, caused a
strong turn In the Industrial group
which brought support to the rails. Spe
cial strength was noted In the copper
Issues. Amalgamated, Smelters and
Utah Copper all showed strength
throughout the day. Copper metal being
advanced to 14 cents gave a renewed
buying movement, all Issues showing
gains of from H to 1 point.
Range of New York prices furnished
by Overbeck & Cooke company:
Description Open.)Hlgh.Low.jClose.
OMAHA LIVESTOCK
South Omaha, Dec. 2L Cattle, $000,
strong. Steers, $6.76 8; oows and heif
ers, $4.2505.60.
Hogs, 6300, strong to 5 higher. Price,
$5.90 6-20.
Sheep, 4800, steady to higher. Year
lings, $4. 404.76: wethers, 3.764.10;
lambs, $5.5006.00; ewes, $3.40(3.75.
MONEY MARKET
London, Dec $1. Consols, 77 1-16;
silver, 26; bank rate, 4 per cent.
New York. Deo. 21. Sterling ex
change, long, 4.83 H; short, 4.87; silver
bullion, 64.
Ban Francisco, Deo. 81 Sterling ex
change, 60 days, 4.82 Hi sight, 4.86
Doc, 4.8 1 f4 ; transfers telegraph, $ per
cent premium; sight, par.
SPOKANE MINES
Hecla, 160dil80.
International Coal A Coke, 68061,
Jack Walte. 1115.
Lucky Jim Zino mines, 21 24.
Nugget Gold Mining company, $8 42.
Rambler-Carlbee, 5fH65.
Snowstorm, 22 H 23.
Stewart, 1020105.
Standard Sirver-Lead Mining company,
Copper, 20 bid.
NORTHWEST BANK STATEMENT
Portland Banks.
Clearings today $1,871,976.70
Year ago 1,620,166.47
Gain today
Balances today
Year ago
.$ 51.811.23
. 165,116.80
96,064.21
OASOLiNE Red crown and motor.
l$22o gallo:.: 86 gasoline.. 18Q$6Ha
gallon; V. JAV F naphtha, 1$ 10 Ho
gaiion.
TIIRPFNTINB Tn csasS. fXnf wood
barrels. 70 He: iron barrels, I60 per sal
toni 10 case lets. TSo
TAFT CONGRATULATES
NICHOLAS OF RUSSIA
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Washington, Dec. 21. An exchange
of courtesies between President Taft
and Czar Nicholas of Russia took place
today, which Is "Nicholas day" in Rus
sia. The cabled messages were an
nounced from the White House. Pres
ident Taft cabled the czar as follows:
"I beg to offer your majesty my
cordial felicitations on this anniversary,
and assurances of my highest regard,
and my good wishes for yourself and
the nation over whleh your majesty
reigns."
Czar .Nicholas cabled in reply:
"Pray accept my cordial thanks for
your congratulations, and my good
wishes."
SHUSTER'S COUSIN
GOES TO HIS RESCUE
(tTnlted Press Leased Wlra.1
New York, Deo. 21. W. Morgan
Shuster, the American treasurer-general
of Persia, Is to have the assistance of
his oousln, Edward Shuster, for the past
six years in the quartermaster's depart
ment in ths canal zone, in his contro
versy with Russia. Edward Shuster is
in New York today after a hurried trip
from Panama, on- his way to Teheran.
Rent a Piano
Rent a piano, $3, $4 per month; Kim
ball, Checkering, Fischer, Kohler, and
many other good . makes. Kohler A
Chase, 178 Washington street
Amal. Copper Co.
Am. car Sc F., c.
Am. Can. c
do pfd
Am. Cotton Oil, c
Am. .LiOCO., o. . . .
Am. Smelter, c.
do pfd
Anaconda M. Co,
Atchison, c
do pfd
B. & O., c
Beet Sugar
Brooklyn R. T.. .
Canadian Pnc., c
(Jen. leather, c.
do pfd
C. & G. W., c...
do pfd
C, M. A St. P.. .
Chera. & Ohio . .
Colo. F. & I., o...
Cons. Gas
Corn Products, 0
Dela. A Hudson .
D. & R. O., o. ...
do pfd
Brie, c
(i. Northern, pfd.
ice "securities .
lllnois Central.
Internatl. Harv.
Interurb. Met., c
do pfd
Lehlgn Valley..
K. C. Southern
L. & N
M., Kt. P. & S..
M., K. & T., c.
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Mo. Pacific ...
Nat. Lead ....
Nevada Cons. . .
N. Y., Ont. & W
Nor. & W., c. . .
N. American...
N. Pacific, c. . .
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I'enn. Railway.
P. G.. L. & C. Co.
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do 1st pfd...
Kep. I. & S., O. .
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Rock Island, 0.
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St. L. & S. F., 2pf
Ht. U. & S. W., c
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Southern Ry, c.
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Tex. & Pacific .
T., S. L. & W, c.
do. pfd
Union Pac, c. . .
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U. S. Rubber, a.
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U. S. Steel Co., c.
do. pfd
Utah Copper . . .
Va. Chemical . . .
Wabash, c
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41
80
69
"lit
71
22
173
S3
48
68
111
64
64 I
6
14
68l 68
15
48
183
27
135
29iJ
38
89
108
31
m
103
152
96
99
84
23
44
41
30
71
112
29
71
22
16
36
174
93
48
111
68
111
66
Total sales 406,100 shares.
0RENC0, OR., STORE FIRE
BURNS FIREMAN-CLERK
(Special to The Journal.)
Orenco, Or., Dec. 21. Otis Cantrell
was badly burned about the head and
hands last night at a fight which broke
out in the Orenco Mercantile company's
store about 11 o'clock. The fire origi
nated In the gas room that furnishes
light for trie building. The volunteer
fire department was soon on the scene,
and Cantrell, who Is an employe of the
firm and a member of the local fire
brigade, had Just oponed a door to throw
a stream of water on the blaze when
he was struck by a flash that burned
his hands and face, while his eyerows
and half the hair of the head was burned
off. The loss to the firm Is small, and
Is fully covered by Insurance. A churci
service had been held In the hall above
the store early In the evening, this be
ing followed by a lodge meeting of the
Artisans, the lighting plant being kept
In service longer than usual, and it Is
supposed the apparatus became over
heated and caused the blaze.
WKEA
I
MARKET
EN
I
LOWER IN EAST BUT
LOCAL MARKET F
Receipts of Wheat at Portland Are
Larger Today Than on the Corres
ponding Date Ijagt Year; Liver
pool Market Holding Steady. '
from Seattle, and Jones expressed his
willingness to come to Portland.
One of the Items Jones remembers
of paying, with the money Is $40 a
month for nine months for a deaconess
In Taylor Street church. He had in
tended to collect subscriptions to pay
this salary, but was unable to on ac
count of lack of time, 10 he paid It
from t he hotel's money, meaning to pay
back as soon as possible.
What will be done with Jones has
not been decided yet, although Mr.
Wright feels Inclined to prosecute him.
Jones declares he has told all. He says
the past few months have been a night
mare to him.
Mormon Families at Orenco.
(Special to The loarnsl.)
Orenco, Or.. Dec. 21. Daniel S. Gardi
ner, C. W. Bourne and H. A. Benson,
three elders of the Mormon churoh, held
a meeting in the town hall last evening,
the pnbllo being given a special Invita
tion to attend. At present there are
three families, Dappans, Vaughns and
Nelmans, comprising the local mem
bership. The local members may erect
a place of worship In the near future, all
depending on the rapidity of the growth
of the congregation.
COUNCIL COMMITTEE
. SAYS EXPENSE IS LOW
(Specltl to To Journal.)
Oregon City, Or., Dec. 21. The city
council, which at a meeting several
days ago Instructed the committee on
streets to probe the olty engineer's of
fice and dismiss all unnecessary em
ployes, Tuesday afternoon exonerated
City Engineer Noble of all blame and
admitted the office was conducted at
a minimum expense. The city engineer
submitted a report showing that $131,
000 had been spent for street Improve
ment this year and that only 4 per
cent of that amount had been used for
the payment of salaries of engineers
and supervisors. Mr. Noble said that
four or five times more work had been
dona on the streets this year than ever
before In tho same length of time. The
payroll In December, 1910, was shown
to be $361 and the city engineer said
It would ba only $300 this month.
4
4
World's Wheat Market. 4
English country markets firm. 4
French country markets
4 steady. 4
Liverpool closed steady. 4
Budapest lower. 4
Antwerp 1 lower. 4
4 Berlin lower.
Portland market firm.
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PORTLAND GRAIN RECEIPTS.
Cars.
Wheat. Barley. Flour. Oats. Hay.
Monday .... 89 3 14 18 15
Tuesday .... 76 7 9 . 6
Wednesday . 85 6 1 7 1
Thursday ... 77 1 4 t 11
Year ago ... 75 2 8 . 12
Season
to date ..7486 265 1376 $93 1766
Tear ago ...7058 327 1123 665 1306
Chicago, Dec. 21. On the lwer Liver
pool cables today our market opened
lower with a not less of akout cent
from last night's closing. The local feel
ing being somewhat bearish, advantage
wiis taken by many of the local holders
to sell wheat This encouraged some
short sellers which gave the market a
weak undertone. On the low lovel there
was a buying spurt, btit It was short
lived however, aa all foreign markets
came lower towards the close. Buenos
Ayres was 1 lower, and the Argen
tine weather conditions were reported
more favorable with a better outlook.
The market lacked snap throughout the
session. What activity there was was
of a downward tendency. The close was
dull and quiet with prices being from
to lower. Corn, while steady dur
ing the early trading, sagged off In
sympathy with the weakness of the
wheat market, oats being orfered freely
all day, gave that cereal a weak close,
at the lowest figures of the day. Liver
pool closed to lower.
Range of Chicago prices furnished by
civerueca & uooite t-"o. :
WHEAT.
Open. High. Low. Close.
Deo 94 94
May 98 98 A
July 94 93 B
CORN.
Dec 63 83 B
May 65 64 B
July 65 64 A
OAT 8.
Dec. 46 46 A
May 48 47 B
July.... 45 44 B
PORK.
Jan . . . .' .... 1557
May 1612 1602
July 1630 1620
LARD.
Jan 917 917
May 942 940
July 955 952
RIBS.
Jan 832 830
May 862 860
July 865
JONES, DEFAULTER,
RETURNS TO FACE
THOSE HE ROBBED
(Continued from Page One.)
GIPSY SMITH GOES TO
CALIFORNIA RESORT
Gipsy Smith arrived In Portland at
6:45 o'clock last night and left for Cal
ifornia at 7:46 o'clock, where he and
his wife will be the guests of James
Horsburgh, general passenger agent of
the Southern Pacific at Paso Roblea,
for 10 days. Then he will go to San
Francisco where he will begin a series
of revival meetings.
While the evangelist was in this city
he told of the way the people of Tacoma
had received him. He said that during
the time he preached about 1500 persons
entered the Inquiry rooms.
From what Gipsy Smith has heard of
San Francisco he expects to have a very
hard campaign, he says. .
BEEF PACKERS MEET
HARD REBUFF IN COUR
I
(TTnlted Press Lut4 Wire.)
Chicago, Dec. 21. United States -Judge
Carpenter in ths district ooui t
here today made it certain that the trial
of 10 beef packers indicted for crim
inal conspiracy under the Sherman law,
will continue when he "denied a motion .
by the packers' attorneys that two of
IUO BO V Oil bUUULR Ul VllO'lllUlUllUQUt UQ .
dismissed. The defense took aa excep
tion to the ruling.
The court also denied a motion by
the defense to instruct the jury to din
regard certain statements made In the
opening address of Special Government
Prosecutor Wllkerson. Attorney George
Buckingham opened the statement for
the defense. '
Buckingham denied that the packers'
operations were In any way responsible
for the high cost of living. He quoted
the decisions of the United States su
preme court in the Standard OH and
the tobacco cases, denying that the beef
combination Interfered in an unreason
able way with trade, and commerce.
Eloquently he described the alleged ben
efits accruing to the public as a result
of the .combination. 1
Sawmill Will Reopen.
Astoria, Or., Deo. 21. The sawmill
formerly operated and owned by the
Old Oregon Mills, and which was sold
recently to E. P, Smiley and others,
will reshme operations in ths spring
under the management of Mr. Smiley,
who will' incorporate a company. The
property was sold by ths Old Oregon
Mills several months ago.
accounts with much larger requisitions
than had been turned over to them.
Tells Story of Pllg-ht.
Jones declares that when he left the
office of the Oregon hotel August 29 he
had no intention of running away. The
sight of tho experts going over his
books frightened him but he was willing
at the time to make a clean breast of
the matter. Before he left the hotel
he asked fr Mr. Dickinson and Mr.
Wright wishing to tell all but both were
out. Then he went home and secured
hlH fishing tackle In order to get away
Wiere he could think things over. He
started for Cazadero but missed the car
and then decided to try the Columbia
slough. He took a Vancouver car and
they would not stop at the Slough so he
went on to the end of the line and then
over to Vancouver. Wandering about
the barracks he met a soldier who told
him he had a ticket for Tacoma which
he would sell cheap. Jones bought the
ticket thinking to go to Seattle to con
fess to Mr. Dickinson.
"When ho arrived In Seattle he found
Mr. Dickinson out and "got cold feet,"
as he expressed It, while waiting so he
crossed over to New Westminster to
wait developments. He explains his
fright by recalling Mr. Dickinson's
Btatment that he would send any man to
the penitentiary who stole money from
htm and nothing on earth could save
him.
Bells Bis Byegiasses.
On his arlval at New Westminster he
was still carrying his fishing rod and
he left it at a saloon on his way from
the depot to the city. En route from
Seattle to Westminster he sold his eye
glasses to a man on the train for $5,
needing the money as he says. After
he reached New Westminster he bought
a oheap pair to replace them. Afraid
of being recognized in the crowds at
tending the fairs at New Westminster
and Vancouver ho went on to Revel
stoke, arriving August 31.
There he sold his watch and revolver,
signing the bills of sale C. W. Johns.
The next day he went on to Calgary
with a man named Perkins, whom he
had met at the hotel In Revelstoke. The
man had 4'fered him work as a time
keeper In ralne near Duluth at $76 a
month. T(Jls was the position he re
ferred to $n tho letters received by his
family from Revelstoke. The position
called for a bond which Jones could not
furnish, so he could not take the job.
He bought the ticket Perkins had given
to him to Calgary for $8 and then told
Perkins he felt he had been cheated.
Perkins gave him back a dollar.
Meets a Tramp.
In Calgary he met a tramp and to
gether they started for St. Paul, paying
the brakemen small amounts to rldo
and riding during the day. He stayed
in Minneapolis for several days with
out employment He worked for a time
for a plumbing company shoveling on
a sewer job at Northern Junction, aa
Frank Flint. He returned for a fow
days to Minneapolis and then went to
Hastings, Minn., where he worked at
harvesting. Later he returned to Min
neapolis and took a job as dishwasher
in a restaurant, which ha held until he
left for Spokane.
In Hastings ha was known as Jones,
and from there he wrote his wife, tell
ing her to advertise in one of the Chi
cago papers if she wished to communi
cate with him. He also had s power
of attorney made out in favor of Mrs.
Jones'.
Through Mrs. Jones negotiations were
opened with Mr. Joseph, and a ticket
was wired by his son Harold for Mr.
Dickinson, so that Jones could coma to
Spokane. Jones and Joseph met in
Spokane Tuesday, and he told all he
knw. Mr. Dickinson was summoned
HEAVY SNOWFALL IN
MIDDLE WEST STATES
(United PreH Lud Wlre.t
Denver. Dec. tl. The middle west
and the mountains are snow covered
today, the fall In some districts reach
ing the proportions of a blizzard and en
tailing heavy loss of livestock on the
ranges. The heavy fall ended today biit
the weather predictions are for a con
tinuation of sero weather and a white
Christmas.
2 HOUSES OF CONGRESS
CLOSE FOR HOLIDAYS
Washington, Deo. 2L Both houses of
congress adjourned for the holidays to
day. Sessions will be resumed January
3. A large number of senators and
representatives have left Washington
for their homes to spend the holidays.
The observatory on Germany's high
est mountain, the Zugspttxe, in Bavaria,
has been equipped with a wireless station.
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advantages of a Trust Company acting as executor or
trustee will be generally conceded. WILLS may be
drawn and filed with this company, which is authorized
under the state banking law to act as administrator.
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Government examination and super
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