J.
tiii: orxcc:i suuday journal. Portland, Sunday morning., November 86,
ARGENTINA'S SIO
HIB WHEAT MARKET
IN THE CHICAGO PIT
Decline of 1 K to 8 U Cents Is
- c, Shown , In Itosario Market, but
This Is Believed to Be Simply
Spasmodic Feeling of Small Trade.
Chicago. Nov. o. -An hour before
ths and of th alon th wheat trad
had the Roaarlo cabla showing a break
of 1 to 2.Tc. confirming the earlier
claims of clearing weather for the early
harveatr In calculating on quotation
from Argentina centers, great allow
ance - must be mad for the limited
speculative business there. Quotation
una iime irora euenoe Ay res. an
older trading: center than that at Ro
arlo. were io irrttln thit thla h
other exchanges In this country cut off
the quotation service entirely un
reliable. This la only mentioned to
muii-ai jnac me snarp prea. at Ko-
ri may noi d more tnan a spas
' mod to action In a email market.
There was about tr. name display
i rnnoe in (no nonnwesr, ana
southwest markets as recorded hero,
Dulwtb report a decrease of nearly
1,060.000 bushel in wheat stor-ka fnr
the week. Kansas City wires told of
acuona wnere wneai feeding is gen
eral. There was a sale of 100.000 bush
el contract wheat to go Into store here.
. Buying of December and selling of
May wheat by a La Salle street leader
continue.
- For greater part of session corn fu
tares showed excellent support. Each
day of soft weather certainly adds to
the uncomfortable feeling among De-
cemoer snorts.
range or t;nicago prices rurnished by
Overbeck & Cooke company. 216-217
tsoiLta or Trad.
WHEAT
Open. High. . Low.
, RSU M fut
MOMi m
. 88 SH 8T
t CORN
TOT4 71 70
70 70U HOT!
eon sag B"J
OATS
Month.
Ic. .
May ,
July ,
Dee. ,
May ,
July ,
Cine.
87KA
7014 B
70 B
9A
Dec.
My
July
Jsa.
May
Hev.
Jsa.
ur
Jaa.
May
87W 87V4
87 Vi
7A
41B
41VfcA
.. 41 Vi 41
.. dig 41j
PORK
..11B 8115
..2110 2110
LARD
tOOT
2100
2110
2100 A
1070 B
1088 H
1110 A
1108 B
1122 A
..1088
..1118
1088
1110
BIBS
1KB
1125
1082
1110
.1108
.1128
1100
1118
PRESSURE IN MUTTON
BRINGS LOWER MARK
IN PORTLAND YARDS
(Continued From Preceding Page)
price and there was less discrimination
between good and top stuff than shown
during the orevlous six days' trade.
Clowns; hog prices for the week
showed for tops:
North Portland $8.00
Chicago 7.1)0
Kansas-City 7.8b
South Omaha 7.7j
Denver 7.70
The latter Is the principal competitor
of th North Portland market for swine
offerings of the Inland Empire, there
fore prevailing figures in the trade are
SOo In favor of this market.
Monday Afternoon Sales.
BXEKUS
Section. No.
Ave. Iha.
1180
1410
1218
90
1270
1018
918
J0S8
1104
1S20
Wi!7
1012
OHO
Pt
670
070
1030
1140
640
1300
1103
1018
13-w
i:-JO
10
1050
1000
1136
05O
1118
05O
8i0
1410
1321
1050
210
11K
120
wio
1147
1020
Price.
17.80
7.60
T.BO
T.60
7.50
7.25
7.25
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
75
8.75
S.fS
0.80
6.50
Idaho
8
1
5
1
4
Oregon .
Idaho
Oregon
Idsbo
Idaho
ie
81
37
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon 28
Idabo 1
Oregon 10
Idabo 0
Idabo '. 2
Oregon 2
Oregon 18
Idaho 4
Idaho 1
Idaho a
Oregon 1
Oregon 1
COWS
Idaho 8
Idaho 8
Idaho 1
Idaho 2
Idaho 1
Oregon 1
Idaho 14
Idaho 2
Idaho 1
Oregon 4
HEIKEH3
Idaho 1
Idaho 8
STAGS
Idaho 1
COWS
Oregon 20
Oregon 5
CALVES
IdRho 1
Idaho .............. 1
6.50
8.50
8.50
8.00
$6.85
6.10
6.7.-1
5.75
6.73
6.05
6.6.-1
4.10
4.10
6.00
(8.50
6.10
16.00
15.25
4.25
$9.00
.7.00
- 4.75
$5.75
5.23
5.00
.,,,, , , I )
BULLS
Idabo 1
lduho 3
Idaho 1
HOGS
Oregon 21
Oregon ' 01
Idaho 104
Oregon 09
Idaho 100
Oregon 104
Idaho 70
Oregon 8
26
1X4
I OS
103
184
150
188
810
875
1.10
83S
808
892
800
$7.90
1.90
7.80
7.80
7.90
7.85
7.80
7.40
0.90
7.00
7.00
0.90
0.85
46.05
6.00
81.00
4.00
8.75
8.60
8.00
8.00
8.00
14.75
4.00
Oregon 2
Idabo ...108
Idabo 4
Oregon 4
Oregon S
Oregon 3
LAMBS
45
42
EWES
174
, 17
58
Oregon ....
Waahlngton
Oregon . . . .
Waahlngton
Oregon . . . .
Oregon ....
Oregon ....
Idaho . . . . .
Idaho
Oregon .....
85
70
100
106
132
OS
87
03
82
80
100
200
,237
17
211
WETHERS
22
174
Oregon
Tuesday Horning Bala.
HOGS
No.
Section.
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
AT, lbs.
248 1
170
103
Price.
$7.00
7.90
7.80
6.90
16
48
40
a
345
Tuesday Afternoon 8alea,
BTKBS
Section.
No, Are. lbs.
Trice.
7.00
$3.00
$6.00
$00
7.90
$4.80
$3.00
$5.25
$3.85
8.80
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
COWS
t
HEIFERS
1
HOGS
8
................ 6
108T
880
20
288
8U0
y
210
YEARLINGS
........... 87
Oregon
BUCKS
Oregon
l
LAMBS . .
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
SB
74
EWKS -
69
aa .
113
123
Wednesday Horning - Bale.
. .. - .. BTfiKHS . .
Oregon ................ 14 mo
Oregon . r... 1 1110
ROSH i '
Section, , " No. If', lbs.
$7.W
; T.00
"PrFeaT
"$8.00
7.00
' 8.90
' $5.10
: $5.75
ft.75
Oreson ................ M
181':
Washington 72
Waahlngton ............ T
. WITHERS
Washington at -
LAMBS
Oregon ................ 99 '
OregOO HilmiimmlllO
238
887
113
Van
.1
FRUIT GROWERS SECURE BEST RETURNS
KNOWN FOR PRODUCTS OF NORTHWEST
" By W, P. Gvvlnn. v
General Manager Northwestern Fruit
-Exchange.
At this writing the apple crop of th
Paoifla Northwest . states has almost
entirely passed out of first hands. This
offers a striking contrast with Ian t year
when at this time only a minor fraction
of the crop had been sold. ..Prions this
year ar perhaps, the best that -hav
been obtained for any really important
crop In the history of, the Industry,
which, however, Is still young. In the
early days much higher- prices have
been ' obtained for small , lots but the
values were then mora or less artificial.
The results of last year's operations
were unprofitable to northwestern apple
growers. It was the first lesson In the
adverse operations of th law of supply
and demand that th growers had ever
had. It therefore resulted in muoh con-'
fusion, and caused considerable unwar
ranted pessimism' on the part of many
inexperienced . and unthinking people
who had not learned to figure the
fruit growing business in periods of
three to five years, not attaching undu
Importance to th results of any one
f ear, whether good or bad. Really, last
'ear s rather sever lesson was a bless
ng In disguise, and It Is to be hoped
that It will not be forgotten In the en
thusiasm resulting from this year's
swing of the pendulum. - r
Market opana Barly.
Th apple . market of -1811 opened
early, and was notable for th extra
ordinary demand from " foreign coun
tries. For the first time. South Africa
appeared as a buyer In th primary mar
kets, and a considerable block was sold
for that account. Then Australia, an
nually a buyer of Importance, greatly
Increased her orders which had a very
stimulating effect on ah market. Bouth
America and Europe added their voices
to th international clamor, and th pri
mary markets became rather excited.
Th filling of thee early orders well
under way, news from the barreled apple
districts or tne east and ' middle) west
became more and mora bullish. Import
ant shortages were becoming apparent,
and reneral attention began to toe fo
cused on the northwestern production.
Thesn conditions were clearly sepn
first, an alwavs. bv the larger operators
who are necessarily close students of
supply and demand, financial and In
dustrial conditions, etc. The speculative
position seemea so lavorame to mis
class of operators Including some of
th most conservative in the trade, that
very Important buying operations were
regun early in all good districts, with
th result that the bulk of the crop in
the mrthwest as well as elsewhere
changed hands within a short time After
the market opened.
Lin or tne resulting features of tn
Oregon
Oregon
48 80
COWS
6 884
23 872
COWS AND HEIFERS
10 005
Friday Morning galea.
HOGS
6.75
$5.10
4.00
$6.50
Ortgoa
Oregon
Section. No. Art. lbs.
Trice.
Ix.oo
8.00
8.00
8.00
7.75
7.50
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
7.90
7.90
8.00
7.50
7.50
7.50
7.60
7.35
7.83
Ortgoa 87 250
Oregon St
Oregon 73
Oregon 1
Oregon 101
Oregon 4
Oregon 6
181
231
230
1M
875
874
460
800
370
870
205
3M
2l4
210
190
200
233
192
154
200
188
124
224
420
127
287
166
4:;o
892
Oregon 1
Oregon . t 1
Oregon 1
Oregon 1
Oregon 8
Oregon t
ma bo im
Oregon 70
Idabo 08
Oregon 20
Oregon 43
Oregon 67
Oregon 20
Idaho 64
Oregon ,. 2
Idaho 22
Oregon
Idaho
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Idaho
Idaho
Oregon
22
1
12
8
10
3
4
7.26
7.00
7.00
EWES
8 110 $3.50
WETHERS
:..20il 98 $4.60
Friday Afternoon Said.
STEERS
No. Ave. lbs. Price.
28 1036 $7.50
7 808 6.88
28 1090 6.75
30 1076 8.63
S 940 6.65
21 1021 6.85
1 1030 650
13 1037 6.50
COWS
1 1180 $6.25
1 1110 6.00
11 1048 5.85
8 1020 5.50
2 1 222 6.25
4 1030 6.00
HEIFERS
2 845 $3.75
BULLS
1 1360 $5.00
HOGS
85 153 $8.00
93 193 8.00
88 191 8.00
92 158 8.110
58 200 7.00
1 850 7.50
6 290 7.56
2 310 7.00
4 293 7.00
LAMBS
1 80 $6.00
1 60 6.00
WETHERS .
61 110 $5.00
60 112 6.00
BDCKS
B 180 $8.00
EWES
80 101 $4.00
Saturday Morning Sales.
STEERS
No. Are. lbs. Price.
17 1189 $7.60
1 1195 7.50
7 1142 7.15
COWS
14 950 $5.25
3 1073 4.50
BULLS
1 1150 $5.25
HOOS
73 202 $8.00
85 199 7.90
18 1 22 7.25
8 888 7.00
1 410 T.00
Oregon
Section.
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Idaho .
Idabo
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Idaho
Idabo
Oregon
Idaho
Idabo
Idaho
Oregon
Idaho
Oregon
Oregon
lduho
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Section.
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
DENVER MARKET HOLDS FIRM
Cattle anil Sheep Rule Steady; No
Hogs Arrive.
Denver, Nov. 29. Hogs, none.
Cattle, 200, market steady. Steers,
$6.60 7.25; cows and heifers, $4.76
6.30.
Sheep. 6500, market steady. Tear
lings. $5.25 6.00; wethers. $4.2SOt.OO;
Ewes, $3.60(4.25; lambs, $6.60 7.86.
KANSAS CITY LIVESTOCK IS UP
Hogs 5 to 10 Cents Higher; Cattle
Trado Is Holding Steady.
Kansas City. Nov. 29. Hogs, 1000.
Market 6 to 10c higher. Tops $7.85.
Cattle, 300. Market steady,
Klieep, none. .
London Firmer and the Continent
Higher; Sales Are Reported In ;
Yakima at 22c Pound.
There is a firmer situation In the bop
trade abroad., A cable from London
reported the market firmer: while the
continent -- Digner.
The local market is steady-tout1 dull.
The only sales reported were several
hundred bales lh. Yakima yesterday at
22o a pound..
. Electrical machinery to keep targets
In rifle gallery In motion has been
designed by aa Australian. , ,
HOP SITUATION S FIRMER
Gwln.
situation Is, therefor, that th apple
crop not only of th northwest but of
the oountry at large may be said to be
In fewer hands and stronger hands than
for many years, for it Is a fact that the
smaller class of traders have not been
buyers to any Important extent. A large
percentage of the business having been
done on spot cash terms, and th bal
anco on contracts favorable to the
growers, the conversion of the crop into
money has been perhaps the most rapid
In the history of the deal. Probably the
growers on the average will hav re
ceived their money for their 1913 crop
within 20 days between date Of ship
ment and date of cash.
Th Secondary Market,
Up to this time buyers have been sell
Inar the earlv and more or less unkeep-
able sorts on very close margins, and the
secondary market cannot be said to have
been entirely satisfactory. This la due
partly to the prevalence of warm and
unfavorable weather and other local
WOOL USERS ARE IN
OF
SUPPLY
Boston, Mass., Nov. 29. Holiday
week and the nearness of free wool
combined to Rive the wool market a
rather dull appearance. Several lead
ing; houses claim to have mads Rood
sales at prices substantially the same
as noted In recent weeks. One esti
mate of the total sales runs above the
4,000,000 pound mark though sales re
ported Indicate somewhat less than
these figures. Rarely has so much In
terest been manifested in prospective
happenings in the probable course of
the wool market after December first
Already preparations have been made
for very large withdrawals of wool
from bond as soon aa the duties are
remitted.
Manufacturers with a great deal of
wool in bond win nave mucn or it
shipped to the mills as soon as the
necessary formalities can be arranged.
Tliey have been running so close to
the wind that supplies are urgently
needed in many cases. Every effort
will b made to make up the deficiency
at the earliest possible date. Purchases
and withdrawals of wool under the old
duty have been reduced to the smallest
possible compass. A desperate effort
has been made to have no wool left
on hand December 1 on which the 11
cent duty has been paid with good
results according to current opinion on
the "street."
CORN PRODUCES MORE
FEED TO ACRE THAN
ANY OTHER PLANT
(Continued Prom Preceding Page) I
growing calf. At the Washington
State Fair of 1912, held at North Yaki
ma, the Interstate Fair at Spokane, and
the various county and district fairs
throughout the Pacific Northwest, corn
was always In evidence and the quality
was a surprise even to the oldest in
habitants. On November 20, 21, 22 Harrison
Ansart of North Yakima, had a com
show in their hardwarer store, where
there were 128 competliora, and the
corn on exhibition would average ab
high grade and would score aa ne.v
perfeciion as that exhibited at any
corn show In the state of Iowa during
the last 10 years.
Cora' Shows la December.
The O.-W. R. & N. will have a corn
show for the stales of Idaho and Wash
ington at Colfax, Wash., on December
2 and 8, where over $1000 In cash and
farm implements will be distributed In
prizes. Entries already made Indicacf
not only a splendid show of corn, but
na each exhibit is to be accompanied
by a statement of how the seed was
selected, the ground prepared and the
from a composite compilation of these
corn cultivated it is expected that
various corn stories. Illustrated by th?
samples exhibited, we will be able to
formulate a volume of corn literature
that will place the Pacific northwest In
inn iront ran as a corn growing sec
tion. On December 5 and 6 a similar com
show will be held at Pendleton for the
state of Oregon when, we expect to dem
onstrate corn as one of the most profit
able crops to be grown on the dry lands
of eastern Washington.
ir mere remains any wno are in
doubt of the possibilities and success
ful growing of corn in the - Pacifi
Northwest, they are cordlalv Invited to
attend either of these exhibitions
where we U show them that corn can
be grown and tell them how to do it.
FOUR N.-W. STATES
PLANNING TO INCREASE
THEIR CORN ACREAGE
(Continued From Preceding Page)
free from suckers, with two or more
frood ears on a stalk. A special mark
s put on those that indicate early ma
turity. . Just before the harvesting of
the main crop, the marked ears are
gathered, marked according to the'
strings, and dried as Quickly and ai
dry as possible, by hanging In a Well
ventilated room
that la
well
Heated
every day.
Dry Storage Xsoaasary.
"The corn when drv la Btorivl In a. drv
well ventilated room. 1 1n March the
Heaviest, most perfect Shaped eara are
selected for the seed plat. Six kemali
from each ear are .tested for germina
tion. : Any ears that show ooor germ-
lnatlfn -or weak yellow i slants ara . dla.
carded.
In marking the stalks to he saved for
seed, the general appearance of the stalk
should be considered. ' It should be of
medium height for . the variety, thick
at tha - butt, and gradually tapering,
ciose joinieo, inicic. neavy aartc green
leaves and heavy - taatnel. The eari
should bavs a short, strong stem and
W. F.
mm need
ADDITIONAL
conditions. Also to th fact that apples
of all sorts from all districts hav been
crowding Into th market, and very
thing not suitable for slorag has been
pressing tor immediate sal and con
sumption. For the most part, fruit
rhl..h ha a innl Inln admire la Of ex
cellent quality. JKustern evaporators
hav been paying high prices for sup-
&Ues which has resulted In farmers sell
g their culls to the evaporators
very favorable factor In th situation.
With the advent of cold weather and
a very rapid -clearance of th miscel
laneous supplies, a marked Improvement
can be expected In the consuming mar
kets. In fact this improvement is al
ready showing. An Important fact was
that the harvesting season in western
New York and some other districts .was
fully two weeks earlier than usual,
which means that thr wers two weeks
additional consumption, and therefor a
two weeks longer season, v
Position books Bound
There is every reason to believe that
the whole position of the apple market
from this time on to the end of th
season, next June, is very sound, and for
the keepabla sorts very high prices may,
with reasonable confidence, ba expected.
This In spit of the fact that the pow-ers-that-be
In th financial world ar
disposed to be very cautious, and that
th business situation is more or less
unsettled on account of the uncertainty
aa to the kind of currency laws that will
b passed by congress, and as to th
exact effect of th tariff bill which has
been passed.
Soft Trait Karkats.
The northwestern pear season was
very successful, and the growers aver
aged prices in excess of those of any
previous year of considerable harvest.
Bneculatlon in BartUtta becam rather
wild at one period of the market, result
lnr In th inevitable reaction, but on
th whole the situation was healthy, and
th average results ar highly satisfact
ory. One of the features of th season
was the sensational stunts In th Eng
lish markets. English and French pears
were very short, and some remarkable
firlce were reallxed for American Bart
etts and other varieties. For the most
part, the best prices were obtained by
eautern growers who were able to -deliver
their pears to the English markets
while both- the fruit and th market
were at their best. Western pears par
ticipated to some extent in the high
market .
Better net results were obtained for
this year's peach crop than for aeveral
years, though on the whole they cannot
be said to be satisfactory, and there Is
a tendency in the northwest which ap
pears tn be very general to displace
peach trees, and to regard the business
of peach growing with pessimism.
be Placed on the lower half of the
stalk.
"The seed ears should be husked and
dried as soon as possible after gather
ing. "The ears should be hung separately,
not in bunches.
"The lire dried seed not only germ
inates better, but will produce stronger
plants.
"Test each ear separately. One poor
ear to the acre may make a difference
of $10 per acre In the value of the crop.
"Missing hills, barren stalks, weak
stalks with only nubbins discount the
average corn crop more than 60 per
"rieen slowing, a liberal use of stable
manure, thorough tillage before plant
ing, good seed, continuous and careful
cultivation, will make a profitable crop
of corn. - .
"In the spring of 191J we sent out
a circular with some directions for corn
growing. In which we said:
Get. the Best Seed.
"Get the best seed available; this
would be an early maturing variety that
had been grown in the locality for, a
number of years. When this la not pos
sible, then get the best northern grown
early maturing variety available.
"Along with this went the offer to
furnish seed corn to those who were un
able to procure the home grown seed.
It Is rather gratifying to learn that
wherever a man had been growing corn
for even a few ypars and saving his own
seed it Is making a better crop than
any selected seed from another district.
"If you are not growing any corn
thin vMr. and your neighbor has a good
crop ask him to let you select 100 ears
from the field. Pay him any price with
in reason, for you will find auch seed
better for your farm than any you could
buy elsewhere.
"If the corn Is slow In maturing. It
may be out and shocked at any time
after it has reached the glaring stage.
It will mature better and quicker than
if left standing In the field. As soon aa
It la well matured, husk, hang up and
flra dry."
PORTLAND JOBBING PRICES
Tbeae prices are those at wMeh w belemlert
tell m retailers, except otherwise stated:
BCTTKtt Nominal. Creamerr cube, celling
price, M Which li the battarfat baala; prints,
SSc; flrtti, oB6c; ranch butter, 3ci Naw
Zealand priffta. 88c .....
EGGS Selected. Candled local extras.
47c; select pulleta, 45c; caae eonnt. 42948c;
wot buying price, f. o. b. Portland storage,
41a42o; Kna "freah," fl0340c.
LJVB P0CLTRT Hena 18Hei spring,
12H18c: tag, lie; geene. 12c; Pekln ducks,
13c; Indian Rannera, lOiailc; turkeys, 20c:
(Ireased, 1723e; plgcona, old, $1; young, $lo
dozen; ItckrabblU, $1.50 doxen.
CHEKHE Nominal. Treah Oregon fancy fan
cream twins and trtpleta, 17c; dalslee, l7Hc;
Young America, 18c
Hop, Wool and Hides.
HOPS Buying price, choice. 22 He; prime,
22c; medium to prime, 21 Sf21e; medium, a.
WOOlr Nominal, clip: Willamette val
ley coarse Cotawold, 10c lb.; medium fcihrop
blre, 17c; choice fancy lots, 18c lb.; eastern
Oregon lOffllSc. sccordlng to shrinkage.
CUITTIM OR CA8CABA BAKK 1918, ear
lota. 4Mc; leaa tbsn car lota, 4 Ho.
MOHAIR 1918 Nominal 80c.
1UDE8 Dry bides, 22(i23e lb.; green, n
12c; salted hides, 18c; bulls, green salt 841
c; kips, 1814c; eaWea, dry, 26c; call skins,
salted or green, 18c; green bides, lc less tbsn
salted; sheep pelu, salted, shearings, luaais;
10C' Troits and Vegetables.
BERRIES Huckleberries, 9loc lb.; cran
berries, local, $9; eastern, $11,50412 bsrreL
FK1C8U t'ELlia Orauges, navels, $.1(23.25;
Japanese oranges, 1.25iHu per bundle;
bauanas, 4H$j5c lb.; lemons, fs.OOtuva.SO; limes
$1.50 per loo; grapefruit, Honda. $tfQ6.25;
pineapples, SViQic; grapes. Concords, lSc per
a lh basket: otber varieties. 1.75(d2.00: nun
SI 50411.76; persimmons. $1.76 crate.
VKUBIABI.K8 Turnips, $1.16; beets. $1.15,
carrots, fl.'b; parsuips, si.io sack; cabbage,
si 'JJ- California tomatoes. 11.50 boa: Ina
Lil.50Ql.7s, local, $1.00 per box; green on
in. luuc oer doxen bunches: Derniera hti
5&6c; head lettuce, 4050c down; eel err, local,
75c$l .00, California, $4 crate; egg plsnt, 10c;
cauliflower, local, oc(fll.23 doseu; artichokes,
$1.75 dosen; sprouts, 10c; string beans, 10c;
Uma beans, 13c lb; peas, 037c. ,
ONIONS Jobbing price, 2.Mi; carload bar
ing price, $2.00. f. o. b. shipping station;
gallic, s49c lb. ,
APl'LKS Spltsenberg, $1.2502.50; Northern
Spy. 75ci$1.50; Jonatbsn $1,0042.00; Rhode
Island Ureeulng, $1.00iU1.25: Winter Bauanas,
fl.5022.60; Ortlejr $1,5042.00; Uravenstsln,
Sl.uotji.75 pt bos; cooking grades, 7fccl.(Xir
I'OTATOES Selling price: Extra choice.
tl.154tl.25; choice, $1.15; ordinary. SI. 00 sack;
baring price, carloads, 70c; extra fancy, sorted.
90c; ordinary, 7 Jo ceuatr points; sweets, $2.00
per csvt.
Meat. Flak rnd PRriaiona,
UKBSttttU MCA'IH Belling price Country
killed: Uggs, (aucr. lOQIOHc; ordinary, loc;
rough and heavy ilcj fancy veals, 18Vl4o;
ordinary, 18H4J18CI poor. WQlOc; laiubs. 10c )
muttou, 8c; goats, 4Q4Vi.
HAMS. BACON Bl'C. Hams, 18H20c;
breakfast baton, 18tf!27tte; boiled bam, 2Mc;
picnics, 15c; eottag ( ). ,
MEATS--Packing booker-Steers. No. stock.
12c; cows. No. 1 stock, tie; twes, vc; weth
er., lOtoe; lambs, 12c; pork loins, 18io;
dressed hogs, lttfee. . ,
OVSTKHdSbosiwater bay, per gallon ();
per loo lb. sack ( M Olympla, per gallon,
fa.60; per 100 lb. sack ) canned eastern,
ioe cau; $6.50 dosen; eastern, in shell, SI. 7641
. . . . i. . . . . .1. m m miKlM4M. .... .
2.W Per IWi wmmn .., mwvam uua, essi-
t.n oysters, per gallon, solid pack, $3.00.
en oysters, per gallon, aoua pack, fs.00.
FISH Nominal. Dressed flounder. 7c;
but ttitflOc: striped has, l'.e; sllvsrsld aal
evt; steelheada Sc; Chinook Sc ballbut
c; nan.
salmon.
halibut a
12c; aolth 7c; enrtmpr ic: percn. 8c lb.i
LhtM Hue lb.: black baas. lOci sliver am.it
Jershsd ( ); black end, c; sturgeon, 12C.
strfart tMBCOwr- 80 -- 1
- UaRD Xierce. 12HI compound, tierce,
x"caABB-Larg, $l.Ot Bedlam. $1 dot,
QiooHXs
BCOAB-Cttba, $S.S0t powdered, $3.40; frail
er berry, $5.20; beet, $6.00; dry granulated.
S.20; U yellow. 84.60. (Abov quotation axe
day net cash.)
BeAaV-8ouai whits, 6He,. lalf whits, i,t
it
in 1 1 si nPATnntiPi
rHoUurtu
BALANCE OF NATURE
"AND HARM RESULTS
Damage to Crops by Pests in
Large Measure Due to De
struction of Pests' Enemies.
Washington, Not. 19. The annnal
damage to crops by Insect and mammal
pests in the United States now amounts
to many millions of dollars, snd is
steadily increasing, partly as the result
of "the encroachments of naw ' insect
enemies and rodent pests, but mainly,
perhaps, because of man's unthinking ds.
structioa of his natural allies which kill
the crop destroying pests. Man, Instead
of permitting these natural allies to
keep pace with the multiplication of the
pests upon which they feed, has de
stroyed them until their numbers are
entirely Inadequate to preserve the bal
ance. It la therefore Important that
the farmer and stockman should every
where seek to protect and encourage tha
natural foes of injurious mammals and
not wantonly or because of unfounded
prejudice or misinformation, kill many
antmala that he regards as enemies but
which are real friends.
Predaceous animals and birds have
an Important function to perform In
their capacity as natural enemies to
crop-destroying insects and pests, ac
cording to Dr. A. K. Fisher, economic
investigator of the biological survey.
United States department of agricul
ture. Before man Interfered with the
intricate relations of wild creatures and
disturbed the balance of nature, the
carnivorous animals served admirably
to prevent undue Increase of the hordes
of smaller animals that fed on herbage,
seeds, fruits and other vegetables. So
perfectly was the balance regulated that
a temporary increase or decrease in one
direction was followed sooner or later
by the corresponding change in another.
Most flesh eating animals change
their ordinary diet only under pressure
of hunger. In the main, they prey .upon
some abundant species, which, when
available, furnishes almost their entire
subsistence. For example, If meadow
mice were always present, the red-toiled
hawk would rarely touch otber food. ' It
Is when their normal food is scarce,
and therefore frequently after they have
done a good Job of eradicating a pest,
that predatory birds and mammals are,
from necessity, forced to take what
they can find, and thus become tres
passers on man's property. Tha man
eating tiger and the poultry-eating
skunk, weasel and hawk are rare, though
their deeds haver been heralded far and
wide and their names have become no
torious. Tha Coyote, Owl and Bobcat.
The coyote and great horned owl In
rabbit Infested regions and In vineyards,
orchards, meadows or gardens overrun
by field mice, are among the best
friends of mnn, but In thickly settled
regions comparatively free from rabbits
and mice, both of them have to be sum.
marlly dealt with, as also does the Coy
ote In sections where sheep raising la an
Important Industry.
It would be easy to advise the eco
nomic value of all predaoeoua animals
were It not for the complications re
sulting from civilization, which intro
duces problems that materially affect
the status of animated things. In por
tions of the west where fruit growing
and farming are dominant Industries, It
may be wise to encourage the coyote
and bobcat within certain limits pro
vided poultry and sheep are properly
protected at night. Numerous ranch
men and fruit growers have learned by
experience that these animals If unmo
lested will free their premises from
rabbits and other crop and tree destroy
ers. Where they have been allowed to
do their work thoroughly they are fully
appreciated and many ranchers would
almost as soon shoot their own dogs
and cats aa their wild benefactors. At
times the coyote feeds entirely on large
Insects such as May beetles, crickets
and grasshoppers.
Misdeeds of the House Cat.
Many an Innocent hawk, skunk, owl
and weasel has been shot for the deeds
of the house cat. It is safe to say that
the cat, which enjoys the comforts and
protection of the home, destroys In the
aggregate mors wild birds and young
poultry than all the native natural ene
mies combined. A cat has been known
to kill a whole brood of chickens In a
day. Cats, in the oourse of a season,
have been known to practically destroy
whole coveys of quails or grouse or
nests full of young songsters.
Th Fox.
For its occasional misdeeds, the fox
Is looked upon by the majority of man
kind as a villian that djBvotes its entire
life to robbery and derives all Its forage
from the chicken yard or duck pen. As
a matter of fact, even in localities
where foxes are abundant it is compara
tively rare that poultry is destroyed by
them. On a well regulated farm chick
ens are ifoused at night and th fox nec
essarily turns Its attention to field
mice, rabbits, ground squirrels and In
sects such as grasshoppers, crickets and
May beetles to the great benefit of the
farmer. While It is true that the fox
destroys a considerable number of birds.
yet a ruffled grouse has been known tot.
rear its young within 100 feet of a fox
den and none of them were molested.
While' the mink feeds on fish, mus
sels and birds, it is indefatigable in its
search for meadow mice and other
marsh loving rodents. It Is very fond
of muskrats and one of Its most im
rjortant services to man is Its destruc
tion of these pests about mill dams,
canals and dikes, where their burrows
undermine the embankment and cause
disastrous overflows.
Bets Show Against Cigars.
New York, Nov. 29. Politics is a
queer game, and often It is extremely
difficult to foretell what the outcome
of an election will be. Yet, as a gen
eral rule, the sound common sense of
the masses may be relied upon to a
great extent A showman in this city,
who has several burlesque companies on
the road, evidently has the upmost con
fidence in the sound common sense of.
the people. On the morning pf election
day ha bet one of his shows against a
box of cigars on Mitohel. He is prob
ably not more pleased than' the rest of
the respectable citizens of New York
that his opponent did not get an oppor
tunity to collect the stake.
pink, 4c; lima. 6Kc; bayo, 13.23) red, SUe.
BlCkV Japan style. No. 1, BtttJSftc; &tw
Orleans, bead, 67c; Crole. oftc.
HON KV New, per ess.
bA.LT Coarse, bslf grounds, 100a, $10 set
ton; 60 10.75: table dairy, 60. list fti.
$17.50; bale, 12.25; extra (in barrel, 2. s
and 10a. 3.25d.W; lump rock. 20.M pr ton.
Feints aad Oils.
LINSEED OIL -Haw nbrS. fide par gel. I kt
tl boiled, bbl-. We gaL; raw case, ajc; boiled
eases, Oe aL: lots ( 250 gallons, le I:
oil meal, per ton.
WHITE LEAD Toa lota. So per lb. I SOO lb.
lots He per lb.j leas lota, SH par lb,
OIL 1'lCAL Carload lots, 34. -
TURPiNTIN la ctm, 73r) weed Samls.
TOe;. iron barrel. 8oc par gallon. ;
afrarnal Want, Ads bring nantta -
PARIS POLICE LOOKING
FOR AMERICAN WOMAN
Pretty Swindler Puzzles Au
thorities With New Kind
of Confidence Game.
Paris. Nov. Th polios are look
ing for an American woman swindler
who has sprung a new confidenos same
hers.
Shs Is described by her victims as be
ing unusually pretty, refined looking
and wall dressed. An English woman,
making a complaint against her, aald:
"Haying taken a seat in the Paris-
London train an American woman en
tered. Learning that I was going
through to Charing-Cross. she asked me
If she might travel with me, she never
having made- ths trip before and not
knowing a word of French. Bh ex
plained that her mother and sister had
gon to London two days previously and
sb had been left to bring on the heav
ier luggage, including a wedding dress
for her sister. This was to be sent from
Worth's direct to the station.
"Leaving the train for a few minutes,
the woman came back In a great state
of anxiety. The luggage office would
not accept her English' nota Could I
chang a SO pound not for her? No.
Then, could I let her have a little
French gold? I opened my purse and
showed the woman I had no gold, but
seeing a 60 frano not there, she deftly
lifted It out with her own fingers, thank,
lng m profusely. Then she hastened
out for th wedding dress. She did not
return."
YOUTH'S DRUNKEN REEL
CAPTIVATES SOCIETY
Paris, Nov. 19. A youth fresh to
Paris from the provinces was lately in
vited to a small dance by one of his
mother's friends. As his dance reper
tory contained nothing more novel than
the waits and th quadrille, the rustlo
cavalier solaced his solitude with fre
quent visits to th buffet. Towards the
end of the evening he felt encouraged
THROW AWAY YOUR
EYE GLASSES
A Free Prescription
Yon oan hav fOIl sad as at noma.
Do you wear glasses? Ar you a
victim of eyestrain or other eye weak'
nessT If so, you will be glad to know
that there Is real hop for you. Many
who eyes were falling say they have
bad their eyes restored through the
principle of this wonderful fr pro
scription. On man say after trying
it: "I was almost blind; could not see
to read at all. Now I can read very-
thin g without any glasses and my eyes
do not water any mora At night they
would pain dreadfully; now they feel
fine all the tuna It was like a miracle
to me." A lady who used it says:
"Th atmosphere seemed hazy with or
without glasses, but after using; this
prescription for fifteen days, everything
stems clear, i can even read fine print
without glasses." It Is believed that
thousands who wear glasses can now
discard them in a reasonable time and
multitudes more will be ablo to
strengthen their eyes so as to bo spared
the trouble and expense of ever getting
glasses. Ey troubles of many de
scriptions may b wonderfully bene
fited by following tha simple rule.
Her is the prescription: Go to any
activs drug store and get a bottle of
Optona, fill a two-ounce bottl with
warm water, drop in on Optona tab
let, and allow to dissolve. With this
liquid bathe th eyes two or four times
dally. You should notice your eyes
clear up perceptibly right from th
start and inflammation will quickly
disappear. If your eyes ar bothering
you even a little take steps to save
them now before It is too lata Many
hopelessly blind might have been saved
If they had cared for their eyes in
time. Adv.
Your Stomach Bad?
JUST TRY ONE DOSE of
Mayia Wonderful Stomach
Remedy and Be Convinced
That You Can Be Restored
To Health
aSfamara BemedV
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Ton are not asked to tsk Starr's Wonderful
Itomaok Bmdyfor weeks and months before
you receive any benefit on do is usually
required to convince tb moat skeptical suf
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remedy should reatore anyone so afflicted to
good health. Mayr'a Wonderful Stomach Rem
edy ha been taken by many thousands of
people tbronirhont tb land. It has brought
health and happiness to sufferer who had dea
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others who may b suffering with Btomaoh,
Liver and Intestinal Ailment to try It, Mind
yon, Mayr'a Wonderful Btomaoh Eemsdy Is so
different than most medicine tbst are put on
the market for tb various stomach ailments
it Is really in a clsss by Itself, and one do
will do mors to convince th most skeptical
sufferer tban tons of other medicine. Keaulta
from one doss will amaa and the benefit ar
entirely natural, as it acta on tb source and
foundation ot these ailments, removing th
polio nous catarrh and bll accretion and at
laying -the underlying chronic inflammation la
the., alimentary and Intestinal tract, rendering
th same antiseptic. Just try one dose of
Mayr'a Wonderful Stomaak Remedy put it to
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thousands of otber are constantly doing. Send
for booklet on Stomach Ailment, to Goo. H.
Mayr, Mfg. Chemist, 154-166 Whiting St.. Chi
cago, III. For sale In Portland by tb Owl
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ADllrSI ask por
ANTIKOMDCTIIRE NO.o.
It I a safe and ear wo. .
van's SMdlcln. ar to tsk.
work lib smcIo. Frle 2.ov;
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to' take th floor alone and attempt v
oountry Jig. Thr times round west
th marry guest, and then staggered to
a sofa. His friends, who saw what was
wrong, got him out at tha room lata a
cab, and so to bad.
Next morning, sad and sober, ths
youth was writing a setter of bumbl
apology to his hostess when aa of Ms',
friends cam tn and asked him what ha
was doing. -Don't do that; for haavan'a
sake" said ths friend, when told. "You'
created quit a sensation last night,!
Your hostess Implored ma to ask yom
th nam of ths nsw step you danoed, aa.
everybody had found It ap original and
charming,"
SALTS IF BACKACHY
Drink lots of water and top atlnj
Beat for a while if jonr Eaddat
tronblwyou.
L
When ybu wak up with backach and
dull misery in the kidney region It gsi
erally means you hav been eating too'
much meat, says a well-knowa author-
lty. Meat forms urlo add, which erT
works th kidneys In their effort to fli-,
ter it from the blood and they bacon,
sort of paralysed and loggy. Whsra your
kidneys get sluggish and clog you must
relieve them, like yon rollev your bow-'
els; removing all th body's urinous
waste, els you hav backachav sick)
headache, dlssy spells: your tomach,
sours, tongue Is coated, and whan the,
weather la bad you hav rheumatlo
twinges. The urine is eloudy, full of
sediment, channels often get sor. water1
scalds and you ar obliged to seels relief:
two or three time during th night.
Either consult a good, rliabl physl- .
clan at once or get from your pharma
cist about four ounces of Jad Baits; tak
a tablespoonful In a glass of waUr
before breakfast for a few daya and
your kidneys will then act fin. Thla
famous salts Is mad from th acid of
grapes and lemon Juice, combined with,
lithla, and has been used for generations
to clean and stimulate sluggish kid-1
neys, also to neutralls acids In th
urins so it no longer Irritates, thus
ending bladder weakness. v :
Jad 6alts is a life saver for rsgnlar
meat eaters. It Is inexpsnstya. cannot (
Injure and makes a delightful, affer
vescent lithla water drink. (Adr.) '
THE TRUTH
ABOUT CATARRH
TOLD IN A SIMPLE Y7AY
Without Apparatus, Inhalers, Salres
Lotions, Harmful Dross, Smoke
r Eledridtj. . '
HEAIS24H0URS
It is a new way. It Is something ab
solutely different No lotions, sprays
or sickly smelling salves or creams. No
atomiser, or any apparatus of any kind.
Nothing to smoke or inhale. No steam-
lng or rubbing or Injections, No also
triclty or vibration or massage. ' No pow- .
der; no plasters; no keepln in th
house. Nothing of that kind at all.
OPS.
mm
derm-Demons of Catarrh Boattarad
by livery B nee sal
Something new and different, somothing
delightful and healthful, something in-
stantly successful. Tou do not hav to '
wait, and linger and pay out a lot of1
money. You can atop it over night
and I will gladly tell you how V3UBB.
I am not a doctor and thla is not a so.
calleddoctor's - prescription -but I am -cured
And my friends are cured, and you.
can be cured. Tour sufferings will stop
at one Ilk magic.
I Am Free Yon Can Be Free
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Mr catarrh was fllthr and loathaamaw . Hr
mad in ill. It dulled any mind. It undermined .
my neaitb and waa weakening aur will. Xh
hawking, coughing, spitting made m obrjedoss
to all. and my foul breath and dlaguitln; bib
Its made even my loved ones avoid m secretly.
Mr delight In II f waa dulled and mv faenltlaa .
Impaired. I knew that in time It would bring
me to aa untimely crave, becau every sao
ment of tb day and nlgbt it was slowly set
surely sapping, my vitality. :
nut i rouna a cor, ana I sas ready to tell
you about it FEE El. Writ aa promptly,
RISK JUST ONE CENT
Send no movj.. Inst von nam A mAAm :
on a postal card. Say; "Iear hum Kals: Fla
tell me bow yon cored your catarrh and bow I
can cur mine." Tkat'a all yon awed to say. f
will understand and I will writ to ovj with
complete Information FREE, at one. D awl I
delay. , Rend postal card or write me ' letter .
today. Don't think of turning this pa until '
you have asked for thla wonderful treatment
that can do for you what it has don fee- aa.
BAM XATS, Bait D-183.
133B Michigan Av Chi cay, XH.
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