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f V 8 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, I JANUARY f 3, 1914. 1 TOO MUCH SPECULATION IS BREAK HERE IN EGGS IS EXPECTED BY GENERAL TRADE lues Cannot Be Safely Constd- cd Above 40 Cent for Can dled Stock, Even at This Time; Big Loss in Prospect " Today's Proline Trad. Ek, market breaking. Chicken prices firmer. Cheese and butteri hold. AH meats are firm. Local apple trade quiet. 4 Lemon market to drop. Hop sales at an advance. Cabbage market firmer. ..' Vegetables generally firm. - " By Hyman II. Cohen. ' Only very severe weather conditions will stop the egg market from break ; ;'lng wide open within a short time. Al- ready there are signs visible to anyone . ' willing to see that the market here Is overloaded with supplies of fresh stodi ''-.mi prevailing prices. Lower prices are a necessity in or v . der to move accumulated holdings of ...fresh goods; in fact, there is a wide spread of quotations even at this time ; in the Front street trade. -General sales 01 strictly fresh, can-.-; died egK, are around 40c a dozen alontr the street today and tveti at this Erjce there is no special desliie among uyers to purchase more thai limited supplies- All are expecting sharply lower values and for that reason all are inclined to keep their holdings down to the minimum at this time. In a very limited way sales of eggs are. reported from 41 to 42c a dozen but' lots that move at this range are so small that the sales can scarcely .be considered the general market. , Cold storage operators are doing all in their power to befog the situation and are asking tull values although most of them are scared and will be ccune panic stricken as soon as the de clining tendency lully develops. With fresh sees ulentiful it will mean that hereafter there will be little call for storage goods and the speculators in the ice house' stock will be severely hit bv reason of their efforts to squeeze the price to such a height thut the average consumer has been compelled to go without eggs for several months. CRAB SUPl'LI KM EXHAUSTED f Owing to the rather severe Rtorms hft the coast durinir the last few days Supplies of crabs are practically ex " haunted in the local market. The "same condition is shown for razor clams. SMELT SUPPLIES . INCREASING Supplies of Columbia river smelt are increasing somewHint In the local mar ket. The price whs reduced to 12 'fcc a pound today. The outlook Is for a big catch within th- next few days. Salmon stocks limited. ALL LINES OF POULTRY FIRM Great strength Is showing all through the. poultry market along Front stret. i Receipts have been only fair duringtfie Week but demand has . been brisk. Gentry quotation for hens . is 16c but heavy stock is sometimes sold above this. LEMON MARKET IS WEAKER V j ii c i r in - . . v . . .- . - n ... Vltpion market generally and while quo . tatloms here are ruling between $5 6 f 1 a case, the outlook Is for lower f ig ;;ures soon as California prices are be ; ing sharply lowered. COUNTRY MEATS HOLD FIRM SUP ' Market for countrv meats is firm along Front Btreet. This is especially true of veals which are in good request at 14 Vic a pound for best. Hogs' are '.;"'. holding nug at 10 He a, pound with the outward movement good. ? BUTTER SITUATION IS STEADY Steadiness is showing in the birtter market. The feeling is about the best for recent weeks and generally speak inft values are being maintained. While New Zealand stock is still being of i fered, leas butter is coming from the .east. " SHIPPERS' WEATHER GUIDE Weather bureau sends the following : notice to shippers: ' Protect shipments as far north as . Seattle against minimum temperatures "' of about 40 degrees: northeast to Spo i'kane. 22 degrees: southeast to Boise, 20 degrees; south to Ashland, 40 de , erees. Minimum temperature at Port land tonight, about 40 degrees. JOBBING TRICES AT PORTLAND Tbfse price sre thve at which wholesalers ell to retailers, exeep as otherwise stated: . JlITTEIl Nominal. Creamery cubes, selling price-R2c. which Is the hutterfat basis; prints R.V: iflrata, Mftrn.'e; ranch butter. 20c; New Zeolsnd prints. 84c. EOG8 flected. Candled local extras, 40c; esse count. 88c; spot buying t-irlee f. o. b. . mrt&ind. 7c. LIVE fOCLTRV-i-Hffns, Ific; sprlnirs. lo; stsam. 11c: - areese, 12c; Tekln ducks, 13c; i Indian - Runners. lorglle; turkeys, 20 21p: sdreaaed. 27(fS:SOc: iljton. old $1, younc . $1.50 rtoxeiu' jack rabbits. $1.50tfjf1.75. CHEKSF. Nominal. Kresh Oregon fancy foil ere an twins and triplets, 17c: daisies, 17c; - Yeasff America. lS'2c Hops. Wool and Bldaa, : HOPS Buying price, choice, 21(tt21He; v prime... 19(B 9ne; medium to -prime, 19V.c; me dium 1e;. 1814 contracts 10c lb. WOOL iNomlnal. 101.1 clip: Willamette val. Itt roarse Cotswohl. 18c lb.; medium Shrop- Mra. 17c: choice fancv lots. Wc lb.; eastern Oreson 10'a lo, according to shrinkage. .-, CSITT1M OH CASCABA BARK 1013. car : lots. 4MC: less thsn csr lots, 4Uc, , : MHAIR lftlS Nominal .Wc. HIDKS Dry hides. 22(.i23c lb.; green. 11 12c!; salted hides. 13c; bulls, green salt (t 10ektpa 13Al4c: calves, dry. 25c: calf skins, aultod or areen. J8(i20c: green hides lc less - thaoi salted; sheep pelts, salted, shearings, . 10(c; dryi. 10c. f !.: Fruits and Vegetables, BERRIES Huckleberries. 8ft I IV lb.; cran Overbeck I Cooke Co. . : Stocks, Bonds, Cotton, Grain. Etc 326-817 Board of Trad Bnildina- DIRECT PRIVATE WIRES TO ALL EXCHANGES Members Chicago Board of Trade. Correspondents of Iogan & Bryan. . '.i . t Chicago, New York 1 I J. C. Wilson & Co. ; ,H 1 : ;i r i MZKBSBS 41 1 NKW-TORK STOCK EXCHANGE ; NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE i CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE THE STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE , . SAN FRANCISCO I PORTLAND OFFICE S69 Oak ., Orostad Ploor, Z,wig Bldg. toonss Marshall 4130, A-4187. m ADVANCE PAID FOR VALLEY SUPPLIES Business Reported at Salem and Independence at 21 H Cent Per Pound; Both Foreign and Amer ican Bayers Are in Market. VOTET HOP VULX DISS. Alameda, CsL, Jan. 3. Murray K. Durst, millions, rlre hop grower, died bare today after a short Illness, aged S3. Unconfirmed reports Indicate that several hundred bales of hops were sold in the Independence section at 21 c a pound during the last 24 hours. The Minto lot of 82 bales at Salem was reported purchased by T. A. Llvesley & Co. -at the same price. The latter is practically confirmed. . There is a much better feeling in the hop trader1 generally. Inquiries for supplies are coming from both foreign and domestic interests. The. foreign situation is extremely good, a verv un usually condition at this time of the year. . The market outlook is now exceed ingly good, and a further advance in values is generally forecast by the trade. Holdings of growers through out the world are comparatively limit ed' and it is xtated that much covering must vet be done by short interests. It is reported that quite a number of shorts sold for delivery in Jan uary and February and if this Is true, it is likely to cause a further upheaval in values. NORTHWEST BANK STATEMENT Portland Bank,. This week. Year arc 9i?M 0,530.9.-1 $2.RMR,745.I9 2,027.008.91 2.431, T10.89 Holiday 2,073.417.91 1,K:,5 19.0ft. Holiday. 1.443.877.65 1.801,838.72 1,974.329.83 1,738,102.0a Clearing Saturday Friday . . . Thursday Wednesday Tuesday Monday . . . Week ... .$10,109,363.41 $10,072,262.81 Tacoma Bank,. rifarlnirs Ha lances 434,191.00 73,223.00 Seattle Banks, Clearings Balances . . $2,581, 533.00 28,539.00 Money and Exchange, a' London. Jan. 3. Consols. 71Sidsll- ver, 2t 9-16d; bank rate, 5 per cent. New York. Jan. 3. Sterling ot- I change, long. $4. 82; short, 14.86; silver j bullion. 57",4 Kan Francisco. Jan. 3. Sterling ex change, 60 days. $4.8014; sight, $4.K5li; documentary, $4.80a; trans fers, telegraphic, 6 per cent premium; sight, 2 per cent premium. New York Cotton Market. Month. Oppn. llish. ltnv. (lose. ''"'""y 11M 117 1178 11844180 Mnn-li 12to 1213 1202 ISOidSi io 'ey 1204 1 204 1194 1 2O2tU03 July 1198 11MO 1190 UWiH2 AckukI 1176 1178 1175 1178I&80 tpt'injT , 1157rano OctolMT 1150 1130 1144 1149 &50 San Francisco Barley Calls. San Francisco.. Jan. 3. Barley calls: Jan. 2. Jan. 3 Close. Open. Close., May 134B 133B 134V6A Dec 119B 119B 119B berries, local, $84fl2; eastern, $11.50(812- bar re. KRESH FltriTK Oranges, navels, $2.00 2.7."i; Japanese oranges. $1.50: tnnirerlnea SSI- bananas. 4Mj'")C lb.; lemons, 7.O0; limes tl.oo per 100; grapefruit, b'lorldi., ast6.2u; pineapples, 6Hii7c; grapes. $1.7.Vri2.O0; peara (l.SS'ti 1.75: persimmon. $l.7,r crate. VECSETAHLKS Turnips. $1.1.'.; beets, $l.lu; carrots. $1.13; parsnips. $1.15 sack; cabbage $2.00) California tomatoes. $1.75fd2; lugs $2; green onions. 12'ac dozen hunches: iU, S&flc; head lettuce. 40c(."0e doien; cel ery, local, .V)4!75c: California. crate; -KK jhsim. nic; rauiiiiower. local. &c((7$l.25 dnxen; artl lick.-f . $i.tl5 dozen; sprouts,' loc; string beaus, 7iltic; lima beuna, 11c lb.; Dens tllUTc. ONIONS Jobbing price. $3.00; rurload buy ing price. $2.50 f. o. b. shipping station; gar lic. 12nl.M! lb. APl'MJS Sprucnlierg, $1 .2r,f.r2.50; Northern Spy, 7.K!$l..'i0;. Jonathan. $l.o02.00; Rhode Island Greening, $l.oi 1 .2.1; Winter Banaiiaa $l.r0rfi2.Ro; Ortley, $1.50fa2.(K; UraTenstein. $1.0ojl.7S per box; cooking grades, 75cftj .00 POTATOES Selling price: Extra choice, $l.l5(iil.2r; choice. $1.13; ordinary, $1.00 sack; bnylng price, carloads, 7ic; extra fancy, sort ed. 0oc; ordinary, 75c country points; sweets, $2.25 per cw. Meats, Fish and Provisions. DRESSED MEATS SelMug price Country killed: Hogs, fancy. loVc; ordinary, 10c; rough and heavy, Oc: rancy veals, 14 He; ordinary. KKril.'J'ic; imor, UjlOc; lambs, lOc; Uliilloi), 8c; gonts. 2(l4c. HAMS. UACON. ETC. Ilams, ISfgWHc; breakfast bacon, 1927'4c; boiled ham, 29Hc; picnics. 15c; wttage ( ). MEATS Packing house Steers. No. 1 stock, 13c, cows. No. 1 stock, 12c; ewes, 9c; weth ers lOV.-c; lambs, 12c; pork loins, lsc; dressed hogs, 13c. OYSTERS Rhoalwater Lay, per gallon ( ) ; per 1UO lb. SMck ( ); Olympla. per gallon, :i.30;fper 10O lb. sack ( ); canned eastern, f5e can; $0.50 dozen; eastern, In shell, $1.75W) 2.00 per 100; raaor clams, $2.0Xi2.25 lox; eastern ojsters, per gallon, solid pack. $3.00. KISil Nominal. Dretwed fhmnders. 7c; hal IMit, Oi8t0c; striped basa.'l?-; sllverslde anl mon, Uc; steelheads. loc; halibut, 10fiji2c; Co lumbia smelt. 12Vc lb.; shrimps, 12Vic; perch Sc lb.; Misters, Soc lb.; black bass, 10o; silver s-melt, 7c: shad ( ); black cod, 8c; sturgeon, 12'ic; dressed tomcod. Sc. LARD Tierces, 12Vsc; compound, tierces 11c. CBABS Large. $1.00; medium, $1 dosen. Groceries. StiOAR Cube, $5.30; powdered. $5.10; fruit or berry, $4.90; beet, $4.70; dry granulated, $4.90; D yellow. $4.20. (Above tjuotatloua are 30 days net cash.) BEANS Small white. 6'4c; large white, $4.90; pink, 4c; lluias, CVic, bayo. $5.75; red RICE Japan style. No. 1. BViSSc; New unesns, neaa, u't(c: cTeoic,- OftCt HQNEY New. $2.75 per case. SALT Conrso. half grounds. 100, $10 per ron; 50s. $10.75: table dairy, 60s, $18; 10a. $17. 5o; bales, $2.25: extra fins barrels. 2s. 5; and los, d.25m0.00; lump rock, $20.5o per ton. Painti and Oils. LINSEED OIL Haw, bbls. f.Sc per gal.; ket tle, boiled, bbls., 60c.; raw cases. .6.1c; boiled case. 05c gal.; lots of 250 gallona lc leas; on rale meal, m per ton. WHITE LEAD Ton lots, Sc perjb.; 500 lb lots :sc per lb.: less lota. 8 He per lb. OIL MEAL Carload lota, $34. TURPENTINE In cases, 73c; wood barrel, 70c; iron barrels. 66c per gallon. PENNSYLVANIA FIRM PLANS TO SHIP COAL Looking to the northwest as a grea market for anthracite coal following the opening of the Panama canal, the Lehigh Coal & Navigation company of Philadelphia has written to the Port land Commercial club asking for In formation on probable amount of con sumption and facilities for handllnj this kind of fuel in large quantities. ' The club's promotion department ia preparing data to be sent the coal company. One of the questions asked was the conveniences provided by ttat local docks for unloading. ' N'o Information regarding the de tailed plans of the company : for. op. erating steamers is contained In the letter of inquiry, aside from the gen eral statement that it would haul the coal by. water to the various Pacific coast ports. HAVING A BAD SPECULATORS ARE HURTING BOXED APPLE Stocks Are Sold Several Times and Still Do Not Go Into Consump tion; Barreled Situation Is Reported Good in London; by European Branch of the Northwestern. The London branch of the North western Fruit Exchange reports the foreign fruit situation as follows, under date of December 19: Apples Barrels; Quantities very Mght, prices durin- the week have, been good. Buying today, however, as fr.r as apples are concerned, is of a desultroy nature and only dealers with special orders to fill from the provinces have, attended the sales. There will be practically nothing doing of importance until about the second week in January. Boxes: Sales of Newtowns have been, made during the week at tair prices but no quantity of any magnitude has been disposed of. fcpatzenbergs are not standing up at all well and values are only moder ate. 5 Pears Barrels practically finished. Only a few Keifers made their ap pearance, which have been sold at fancy prices. Boxes Winter Nells very slow at he present time, noth ing else about except for a few Bosc and Anjou half boxes, which sold around $2.20 td $2.40. The position on fancy boxed fruit is not as sound as we should like to see it. Experimenting by the specu lators is being overdone. , We have seen a good many parcels of New towns and Winter Nells sold three or four times over and still have not gone into consumption. Consequently the market looks well supplied all the time, the fruit merely moving from one salesman's stand to another's. Meanwhile, accumulations of stock in cold store and warehouses are con siderable. Further. English apples are by no means done with. At the high prices demanded for American boxed stock, the latter is regarded by the general public as too much of a lux ury to be indulged in to any extent. We might also say that shipments of barreled apples from America and Canada to arrive on the English mar kets next week approximate 57,000 barrels, and as the bulk of these will undoubtedly have to stand over until L American Telephone Conspicuous by Reason of Its Absence During the Day. New York, Jan. 3. The slock market was under slight pressure during the day's trade. The Mexican situation was the bugaboo which scared many into liquidating their holdings and caused others to go short. American Telephone & Telegraph was conspicu ous by reason of its advance of a point during the day, while with the exception of Northern Pacific, which closed i point up, the geneiai xun of specialties was lower. Range of New York prices furnished by Overbeck & Cooke company, 216-217 Board of Trade building. DESCRIPTION Ueii ;Highl Low Close Airt-lgamuted Cop. Co. American C. & F., c. . AtMrican Can, c... ... American Can, pf American Cotton Oil, c American Loco., c... American Sugar, c... American Smelt, c. . . . Anerican Smelt, pf... Am. Tel. Tel Anaconda Mining Co... Atchison, c Atchison, pf Baltimore & Ohio, c. . Beet Sugar ; Bethlehem Steel, c. . . . Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific, c... Central Leather, r.,,. Central leather, pf.... Chl. & CJ. W., c Chi. & O. W.. pf.: Chl.. Mil. & St. Paul.. Chl. & N. W.. c Chlno Copper CI psapcake i Ohio Colorado F. & I., c Colorado Southern, c. Crn Products, c Consolidated Gas Corn Producta, pf . . . . Delaware & Hudson... Inver & R. (., c Denver & H. G., pf Erie, c Erie. 2rl pf Erie. 1st pf General Electric STOCKS MOSTLY WER 72 72 H 44 4i 89 WI14 38 Vj 31-T 3214 1071,8 1074 63 M, 63 14 98M: OMi 117V; 118V: 33 34 93 V 93 92 P2 22 2914 87 87X4 87M K7. 2 W Hi . 2 Vi l2i'7 V4 ! 208 27 I 27H -l 27Vs 94 li J I 11V, 28 I 28 27 27 90V4 iwv4 my oe4 128 '12S 128 12NV4 ao 39 S4 38 eo eo 59 59 26 Wj 9!4 129 Vi 63 150 V. 10 25 .1. 151151!150 27 35 44 140 34 126 24 ioo 14 60 148 24 133 19 24" 44 76"' 90 27V,! 27 U 27 35! 35 35 44 42 43", 14 34 126 24 ior. 15 60 149 ?1 iss 14 1140 Northern, ore lands 33 I 33 il. Northern, pf Ice isertirltles Illinois Central Ii:ter. Harvester Inter. Metropolitan, c. 125 125 Z4 ioo" 14 59 14S 24 133 19 24 43 75 89 L'4 107 10O 14 60 14S 24 46 133 18 51 24 434 14 76- 00 26 12 109 23 4 109 121 26 95 17 1H7 81 86 20 80 13 20 14 Inter. Metropolitan, pf l-ehlgh alley Kansas City Southern. Mexican Petroleum... Louisville & Nashville M., K. T., c M . K. ft T.. pf Missouri Pacific National Lead Nevada Consolidated,.. New Haven New York Central N. Y., O. & W Norfolk tc Western, c. Northern Pacific, e. . . Pacific M. S. S. Co.. 19 V4 24" 4 77" 91 102!102llO2ii il09'109!109 I ion ion 120 '121 Pennsylvania Railway. P. G.. L. & C. Co Tressed Steel Cnr, c Pressad Steel Car. pf.. Ray Cons. Copper Resiling, c Reading. 2d pf Rending. 1st pf.: Republic I. & S.. c Republic I. & S., pf.. Rock Island, c . ... Uock Island, pf St. L. A S. F.. 2d pf.. L. & a. F.. 1st pf Southern Pacific, c Southern Railway, e.. Southern Railway, pf.. Tenn. Copper Teias ft Pacific T.. St. L, & W.. e T St. L. (c W.. pf T'nion Pacific, c Union Pacific, pf V. I 8. Rubber, c V. S. Rubber. 84 i;. S. Steel Co., a, V. S. Steel Co.. pf rtah Copeer 108 120 1 16S 1SI 18 168166 20 i.V i0 20 13 20 20 12 19 ss4 88 I 88 23 I 23 r 22 23 76 76 75 33 75 i 34 13 19 154 84 34 30 155 1155 84l 85 153 84 01 101 69! 5SI 57V- 57 ....I I lion 50) 50! 49 I 49 1 f I 26 59l 59U1 59l 59 64 64 64 I 64 ! ! 42 Virginia Chemical W. C. Telegraph . . . Wfistlnghouse Electric. Wisconsin Central, e.. Total sales 199.400 shares. SCHOOL DISTRICT MUST VOTE UPON MERGER School district number 14 cannot be legally merged (with school district number one until an election has been held on th6 question, according to an opinion given this morning by County School Superintendent Armstrong in a letter to officials of that district Mr. Armstrong consulted a number of attorneys before making the de cision. He said that a part of a dis trict may be Joined to another by pe tition, but that an election must be held where the entire district is to be joined. Residents of the district .desire to have the advantage of the Portland high schools without having to pay tuition for their children. A portion of the district became a part of Port land by annexation: about two years ago. The district la back of Council Crest. .' 73 I 73 i I '29 32 107 107 V, I 63 4 B3", X, VX 117 118 ' 33T 34 I 83 H 98 H I 92 'b:2 EFFECT UPON EUROPEAN TRADE AT PRESENT the New Year, fresh shipments In the meantime adding to the total, there would appear to be ample supplies foif the month of January at any rate. I Liverpool Market. Apples Barrels: Canadian and Maine stock formed the bulk of ar rivals. Generally -very satisfactory prices have been realized. There have been a few exceptions where stock has not shown up in good condition, but ' lower prices in inese circumstances were only to be expected. With regard to :boxes, beyond a few sales at auc tion at moderate prices there has been nothing doing worthy of note. Under these conditions our ideas of price of Newtowns have not been realizable and we have been compelled therefore to withdraw our stocks from sale for the present. Colored box stock is at a dis- count and prices realized at auuons airing tne weeK win lose consiaeraDie money to the parties Interested. Pears No barrels about, and witn regard to boxes, trade is completely at a standstill. At present this is the worst pear market in the United King dom. I Olaaffow Market. Apples Barrels: The Anchor Line boat landed her fruit this week in a very heated condition. Prices for the stock out of her have consequently suf fered considerably. .York Imperials were the worst affected, nrlces for this variety experiencing a drop of from $2 to $2.50 per barrel. On the other hand. Canadians arrived in good order and; went out at satisfactory figures. Nova Scotian apples except cold stor age met with rather a mixed reception, most of the buyers Being nervous to toudh them. Nothing much doing in bexgd Newtowns except at moderate figures. The inquiry has- been very meagre for colored apples, with prices very poor. Pears No barrels to speak or. Boxes of winter-Nelis are moving slowly at remunerative figures. . WHEAT FORCED HIGHER Chicago Market Closes 9s Cent Up for Both Options; Much j Strength Abroad. Chicago, Jan. 3. Closing prices for wheat options today were c a bushel higher than yesterday. The market opened unchanged for May and c up for ! July -and closed at the extreme point and strong at that for July. A verv firm cable was the cause of the earfy advance In the trade here. Brooknhall , cabled from Liverpool that the wheat opened easier on American cables and the Modern Millers' report. Later the market advanced with shorts in March covering due to the strong closing In Buenos Ayres, advance in La Platte offers, firmer Canadian of fers and strength in spot here. There is a (noticeable increase in speculative buying. The market closed steady with cargo offers firm. ! a. Range of Chicago nrices furnished bv Overbeck' & Cooke Co., L'16-217 Board of Trade building: I WHEAT Month. Open. High. Low. Close. May . 91 91 91- 91A July J S9 87- 87 87;B CORN May . 68 S 67 68 B July . ... 67 07 66 67B OATS " May .1 40 40 40 40A July .j -89 30 39 39 PORK Jan. .L 2040 2049 2015 2037 B May 2090 290 2072 2090 A LARD Jan. 1069 1105 May Jan. May .1102 ling RIBS 1082 1112 1095 ..1077 .1110 1077 HOC 10S2 1112 BELATED S. P. TRAINS Bl Obstacles in Siskiyou Moun tain's Have Been Re moved. Southern Pacific passenger trains stalled south of the Slsklyous by the great iwashouts and earth slides that aisconneciea iracK coniinuaiy are breaking through the obstacles and will begin driftlng.into Portland this afternoon. The Shasta limited, due here yester day at 2:30 p. m., was announced to arrive at 1 p. m. today. Today's lim ited Is marked only an hour and 45 minutes late. This will be run through to Seattle today, both trains being con solidated. No. IS. the Oregon Express, due inat 7:20 yesterday morning, was marked due to arrive at 2:30 today, and today's No. 16 to arrive at 6:45 p. m. Yesterday's No. 14, the Portland ex press tvlll arrive at 3:30 p. m. today. It wa.ldue at 10:30 last night. Today's No. 14 s expected in about midnight. Repairs to the tracks are proceeding rapidly now, with the worst of the storm Considered past. By tomorrow it is beilleved all trains will be running close to their normal schedule. . . - . - MEE ING POSTPONED; ROBINSON RETURNS Just as he had become fairly settled in his isnug Pullman berth. speedii eastward toward Chicago to attend the meeting of the transcontinental freight bureau.) F, W. Robinson, assistant traf fic manager of- the O.-W. R. & N. Co., received a telegram telling, him t's.e meeting had been postponed and woull he kindly hurry back home. With him were A Kelling, rate expert and L. G. Barber.l his private secretary. Infor mation regarding the postponement had been wired by Director of Traffic B. L. Wlnchell to the Portland general offices.: The party Is expected back home tomorrow night or Monday. jNeck Broken in Fall. Santa Crus, Cal., Jan. 3. Word was received that Henry Humphrey had broken his lck by a fall from the high seat of a farm wagon near Boulder creek. J ' Message Travels 9000 Miles in Air. Duluth, Minn., Jan. 3. A wireless message from Port - Nelson, British East ladies, 8000 mile, distant, was picked Up by a local operator. m REACH CITY APPLE MARKET IN EUROPE PRICE OF CATTLE IS OFF 10 TO 15 CENTS IN PORTLAND YARDS While Run Is Nominal Demand Is Less at Closing of Week; Ex cited Market Shown for Swine East of Rocky Mountains. TODAY'S KOa MABXET. Tops. $ 8.30 . 8.13 8.05 8,00 Chicago Kansas, City Dearer north Portland South Omaha 8.00 PORTLAND UVESTOCK RUN IlDgs. Cattle. Calves. Sheep. Saturday 2U9 Krldny 1W 53 105 234 3373 12 Ml 4M TLurwlay Holiday. Wednesday 562 .Tuesday 7u 549 173 551 77 Monday Meek ago eur ago 307 94 iwo years ago. There is no mistaking the feeling in the cattle trade. Values offered at the present time are fully 10 to 15r; lower than last week. Slock sold this morning at J7.B0 in the steer division that would have been readily picked up a week ai;u at $7.65 or possibly a fraction more. There were no arrivals in the cat tle division at North Portland for the day but some stuff waa carried over from the nominal run of yesterday. At Chicago, there was a steady tone in the attie trafle today. Kansas City cattle market was strong with an advance of .a dime. South Omaha had no cattle for the day but. the market was Considered steady. ' Denver cattle market waa steady today. General cattle market ranze: Selected steers . . $ . . o ?l 7.85 . . 7.50(517.65 .. 7.4IM3'7.oO .Fancy steers . ! i'"1"a. ' .00 fa 7.25 Kes. heifers ' ' 6.70 6. S-r, 6.70 6.50 5.505.H5 4.50 6.50 8.509.u0 6.507.50 Iest cows . . . . Medium cows Poor cows . . . . Ordinary bulls Fancy bulls Fancy stags . . Prime heavy Swine Booming la East. While there was not enough hogs re ported in Ihe North Portland yards. over nignt to i me ! bhulu., ").,,:,,,;...,. i.rt will rare to nur me price is oooi ii.us , ,! ., . the Rockies, and practically all mar kets are showing higher values than t?e aVtrde renewed such liberal stocks of late that it has had the t-r-fect of keeping the markt't down. Kill ers ar securing ample supplies, there fore there is no inclinations to advance the prife more than absolutly neces sary. This is a condition that exists at all points whenever the runs are liberal. - Al Chicago today there was a firmer tone for hogs, with an advance of 10 to 15c in the price. ..... . Kansas City nog maraei auvajicea 10c for the da v. South Omaha hog prices were lift. another nickel. Dtnvcr hog market had no supplies today, and the price is strong at $8.05. considered General hog market range: Top killers $ 8 00 Good and light . 7.90 7.35 Heavy , 7.25 7.75 Hough and heavy 6.75 & 7.00 Baaep Situation Is Strong. There were no arrivals in the mutton pens at North Portland over night and recent supplies have been extremely limited. The great strength of the markets east of the Rockies, due to the foreitrn demand, is taking the mutton elsewhere. General conditions in the sheep trade here are firm., Some stock that ar rived vesterday was sold this morning at $6.50 for best lambs and $5.50 for yearlings. At Chicago there was a strong tone In the sheen trade for the day. Kansas City sheep market was strong at an advance of a dime. South Omaiia had no sheep supplies but the market was firm. Denver sheep trade was strongs-today. Generdl mutton market range: B'st spring Iambs $6.25'fi6.50 Ordinary lambs 5.75&6.00 Old wethers . . . .. 5.00 (a 5:50 Vnncv .wea 4.00 (rv 4.2b Ordinary ewes 2.75 4j;3v85 Today'. Livestock Shippers. '. Hogp Will Block. Iayton, 2 loads direct to Union Meat Co.; G. M. Dtn bat. Bertha. 1 load. Mixfd stuff C. K. Lucke. Canby, 1 load hogs arid calves direct . to Union Meat Co. T Comparative statement of North Portland livestock run: Cattle. Calvea. nosra. Sheen. Month to date. Si.rae, 1913 1 1.1M2 1.47H KG 644 923 17 Increase Decrease 444 SOS 539 Friday Afternoon Bales. Xo. Ave. lbs. Price. 25 1158 $7.40 BOG8 80 177 SS.00 . . 77 171 s ;4 1.S H.oo . . 14 1S2 VOo 41 165 775 15 127 7. 50 ..' f 114 7.50 2 220 7.25 2 :M 7.O0 2 25 6.50 Saturday Morning Sales. STEEKS No. Ave. ltis. Price. 24 1276 $7.5(J 1 840 7.00 LAMBS 49 76 S8.50 . YEARLINGS 75 101 $5.50 Oregon Section. Oregon Oregon Oregon Otegon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Section. Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon 1 . DENVER CATTLE ARE STEADl' in General Market Is Unchanged Yards; Xo Hogs Arrive. nn.irnr j ti a. 1 loa-- None. Cattle loo. Market steady. Steers lO.OMI 7.50; cows and heifers, $5.(MMJ6. 0. j Sheep 31HJO. Market strone. Yearlings $.1.25 b.tiO: ewes. $4.00Ci4.75; lamb, 8.754i.75; v.etners, none. OMAHA HOGS REACH $8 MARK Stvine Trade Advances 5 Cents Day; No Other Arrivals. Roath Omaba, Jan. 3. (Tattle None. Hogs 5400. Market 6c higher r at $7 8.O0. Sheep None. for o8. KANSAS CITY HOGS AD VAN CE Market Up to $8.10; Ten Cent Rise in All lanes. Kansas City. Jan .1. Hogs 1000, 10c higher. Tops IS. 10. Cattle 100. Market 10c Mgker. Sheeu 700. Market 10c higher. Market CHICAGO HOGS SELL, AT $$.30 Further Sharp Advance Places ' Swine at Record Price, j Chicago, Jan. 3. lings 15.OO0. MsrkeJ 10(3! l.V higher. .Mixed 7Xd;8.25: heavr. tS.l( 8.30; rough. 7.S3t.05; light, $7.HKu8.1 5. Cattle K0. Market steady 8heei 3000. Market steady. j How the average woman does bowl when she hears of a wife who sup ports her husband. " ; VERT 0UIET TONE IS SHOWING IN WHEAT TRADE IN NORTHWEST While Market Is Generally Con sidered Rather Steady There Is Less Inclination to Force a Further Trice Advance. 444 4444444 Foreign Markets Firmer. f I 1 here is a firmer tone In the 4V wheat market abroad. Generally higher prices were forced today, owing to the lack of a general movement of the ,new crop In Argentina, due to the heavy 4 rainfall recently. AAAAAiiAAAAAAAA 'r'o'i" " e uuiskitvb. in some places w w w vtho struggle was hand to hand, knives. WHEAT CARGOES STEADY London. Jan. 3. -Wheat cargoes on passage julet but steady. Engllxh country markets easy. Preut-n country markets, holiday. PORTLAND URAIX RECEIPTS Whe Monday 141 iheat. Barley. Klour.Oats.Hay. 141 2i 11 9 6 lu 12 8 3 6 53 7 lO 8 2 loft 21 17 8 9 68 7 1 4 3 4 83 13 3 9 " 2 467 in W) 31 27 451 73 31 35 22 Tuesday Weduesday .... Thursday, Prl. Ki. turday Year ago Total this week ! Year ago Season to date. .11.592 1657 1467 1146 1644 Year ago 11.. 363 1612 1190 1103 1278 FOREIGN WHEAT MARKET Liverpool-1-Wheat closed unchanged to d higher. Berlin Wheat closed sc higher. Antwerp Wheat closed 2 higher. Bucnoa Ayres Wheat closed lc hlfhet. Budapest Wheat closed c lower. There is a very quiet tone in the local grain market. While the former strength of the trade is retained, little buying has resulted since the holiday. Bids are unchanged, but buyers are showing less inclination to "buck" one another In orae.- to purchase. Seemingly foreign shippers have their immediate requirements in hand, and for that reason are inclined to allow the market to drift along as it has been. On the other hand, the inability of millers to force a further advance in the price of patent flour is keeping them from buying so heavily. With most of the mills of the Pacific northwest already closed for the sea son, the likelihood is that only the big i rhnHA more than small lots within the immediate future. There is no change In the coarse JfifuaUon, ."value. reniaininK substantial! v the same as yesterday. WHEAT Producers' prices, track basis: Club, 85c; milling bluestem, 95c; fortvfold, K5c; red Kussian and hy brids. X3tiS4c; valley, h6feS6c OATS Buying price: No. 1 feed, $25; milling $25.50 per ton. BARLEY Nominal producers' prices, track basis: Keed. $03.50 24; brewing, $25: rolled, $26 per ton. f Lul'R Selling price: latent, 4.to 4.60; Willamette valley. $4. SO; local i r jht exDOrL S3.65&8.80: bak- ers'. I4.404t)4.60 HAY Producers" prices: Willamette valley timothy, fancy, eastern , 160; alfalfa.- $13. 6014; vetch and oats, $11012; clover, $9 10 per ton. MILLSTUFPS Selling price: Bran. $21.5022; middlings. $30,504 31; short $23.5024 per ton. CLOVER SEED Buying price: No. 1 red, country points. 12c; Alslke, 14c. San Francisco Produce Market. San Francisco. Jan. 3. Wheat Per cental, club. $1.52 S? 1.55 ; northern bluestem. $1.8741.70; do recleaned seed. $1.75; Turkev red. $ 1.57 ,4 'rf 1 .65 ; red Russian. $1.50 1.52 ; fortyfold, $1.55&1.574. Barley Per cental, good to choice, feed. $i.30W1.32V4 : lower grades, $1.'5 icl.2Vi; shipping and Tsrewing, $LS5 U1A0. Potatoes Per -cental, delta whftes. 75c5i$l; do fancy. $11.20; Oregon Burbanks. R5c&$1.25; Jdaho. $1.15 1.30; sweets $1.25 it-1.60. Onions Per cental. silver skins, $2.20 ft' 2.35: ' Oregon. $2.66 9 2.70. Butter Extras, 30: firsts. 29a - Eggs fXtras. 52c: select pullets, 45c: storage extras. 38c. Cheese New California flats. 16 IKki" California Ynnnir Amortca 1 K (ti 17c; eastern, 1716 20c; Oregon twins and Yount.' America, 17c. Seattle Produce Market. Seattle, Jan. 3. Kggs Select ranch, 44Sf45c; April storage, 34831c. Butter Washington, creamery firsts cubes, 36c; do brick. 37c; city cream ery brick. 37c: New Zealand. 34 35c. Cheese Tillamook. 18c; Young Americas. 20c; triplets, 18c; Wiscon sin twins. ISc: Oregon triplets, 18c. Onions California vellow. :42ic pound: Oregon. 3ic pound., Potatoes Local $20 22; Taklma gems, $113 0 24. STREETCAR OVERTURNS IN ROUNDING CURVE A Woodlawn street car turned half turtle this morning at 6:30 o'clock at Union and Dekum avenues, when It at tempted to make the corner at too high a speed. Frank Russell, the motor man, escaped injury, but Kdward Mol lenhaur. conductor, received bruises that kept him from work the rest of the day.; The. car was making its first trip to the end of the. line. On account of darkness, tae mntorman did not no tice the curve until It was too late to avoid an accident. The car toppled to the north side of the track on Dekum avenue, ; completely clearing the rails, so later traffic was not delayed. OREGON ELECTRIC ON OLD SCHEDULE AGAIN Belated shoppers and department store employes who bare been commut ing over the Oregon Electric's late Mght train No. L9, will have to start earlier, beginning tonight, when the train will go back to Its pre-holiday schedule. The train has been held from 9:19 to 9:40 to care for late pas sengers. Since all the department stores are to close earlier, however, the old time will be resumed. Ladd & Tilton Bank Established 1859 CAPITAL $1,000,000.00 SURPLUS $1,000,000.00 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS Letters of Credit,. Drafts and Travelers' Checks Issued, Available in All Parts of the World. Corner Third and Washington Streets BAYONETS USED IN HAND-TO-HAND FIGf; REBELS GAIN GROUND Battle at Ojinaga Fiercer Than Ever and Streets Are Filled With Dead, (I'nited rreaa Leased Wire.) Presidio. Texas, Jan. 3. Fighting at Ojinaga was fiercer than ever today. The rebels Increased the fury of their assault just after midnight. They j appeared to be gaining ground but the town s defenders were holding out gamelyagainst them General I'anofll Natera was reported to have succeeded General Ortega this ! morning in personal command of the rebels. Ojinaga refugees were certain, at any rate, that he was leading to days attack. The rebels, they said. bayonets and clubbed gun-stocks fight- ing as weapons. Ojinaga's streets, the refugees de clared, were filled with dead." Latest estimates placed the number of the defenders' dead at 400 and their wounded at 450; of the rebels- dead at t,q ror tne commission's book 300 and their wounded at 600. These aDout Oregon . because the original figures were said to be conservative i Jhou8nt wa that theee should be used ArtUlsry Plr. T.rrtfie. s'Tut" VvP?UOn . J , ,, . . .1Blale- But,, in view of the astonishing The artillery fire was terrific and circumstances described, it was voted at least on the rebels' Bide, deadly In that hereafter he might be mors lib its accuracy. A few shells, indeed, eral, the view being taken that It is fired both from Ojinaga and by its aa- fully as Important to educate the youth sallants, fell In American territory of Oregon as to the facts of til state yesterday, but Major McNamee sent as to inform those who are not certaLi another peremptory warning across the- to ome to the state, this especially In border and the guns' elevation was view of the fact that It has been found changed immediately. No "one was that those already located . here and hBt" . a . . Iwuccessful. furnish the best means of Yesterday the Ojinaga defenders cap- attracting others, tured a number of rebels and promptly The immigration commission took ud shot them. Enraged, General Ortega the proposal of the State-Bankers' aa ordered reprisals. Accordingly, last sociation to appoint committees which nrght. after a drumhead courtmarttal. would fairly appraise land- -values the rebels shot 15 of their prisoners, throughout the state for the benefit It was paid that henceforward quarter of newcomers tft the state It was will neither be asked nor given on Bat,i tnat president W. H. Thompson either side. of the . Bankers' association had not Thursday the rebels were temporar- yet actei, on authorlty granted him at ily driven from one of their positions. the annual meeting last June and ap They were forced to leave t.ieir wound- pointed a -committee on appraisals. Bfc ed. Retaking the position a fe fnin- ca of .mt(ortan,.n utes later, they said they found that all the wounded men had been butch I .. M l .4 V. ered. " Many Cross Border. From Ojinaga wounded continued to cross to the I'nlted States to be cared for by the United States army sur geons. There were many others, how- cvrr, wiry ouiu, " 14 4 J v" where they fell, unattended Among the wounded men here a smallpox case was found today. Should the disease gain a foothold in Ojinaga, ctirirnnn. .1 an 1 a rffd friA altiiarlnn wnitld be appalling, as the town's defenders are without doctors, medicine or )los. pltal accommodations. Precautions were betnar taken here to prevent tho spread of the. threatened epidemic to tills side of the border Official Determination 6f the First M. E, Controversy to Be Announced. A final decision by Bishop H. J. Cooke of the Methodist Episcopal church In regard to the controversy now on over consolidation for the old Taylor street and Grace church con gregations, will be made publio the early part of next week. Bishop Cooke let this be known to day following a meeting last night of 250 members of the congregation, in the Grace church, where they unanim ously declared in favor of consollda- t tion and urged upon the bishop to sei that the action of the church officials : In this connection be upheld. j Their petition comes after one from i the socalled "insurgent" faction whlcn ! called upon the bishop to cancel the ' order for consolidation and allow the Taylor street congregation the right to i continue as a congregation separate! and apart from the Grace chruch con- ' tingent. They also asked the retention ! of the name "First Methodist Episcopal I church of Portland." Last night's meeting of the "regu-; lars" waa presided over by Amdee Smith and the bishop was present. The stand of the Grace church con gregation was voiced by George F. I Johnson, who urged the bishop to sua- j tain the action of the church officials ' in ordering consolidation and that their action be declared legal. In this the congregation by a vote almost unanimously backed up M. Johnson's j etanfl. . . Several leaders of the church spoke In connection with the controversy and j most of them counseled "harmony." Among those who discussed the sit- uatlon were A. King Wilson. K. A. j Baker, J. K. Gill. Dr. Theodore Feaaler, T. J. Fording and Or A. Rise. Bishop Cooke seemed well pleased ' with the attitude of the petitioners and In an impromptu address, compli mented them on their "moderation shown thus far in the matter." He declared there never was a time when the church needed more to "net an example of obedience to authority" than now. Speaking generally he said: "If a man in the Methodist Episcopal church cannot be obedient to Its government, then It is his solemn duty to leave that church) and go to another whose laws he can obey or to no church and be a lawless man." An electrical device for the use of barbers in singeing hair has been In vented. . .. Urn BISHOP COOKE WILL j GIVE DECISION SOON, QTATE AI MIlMilP MAV diniL nuiiniwojiirt.lv BE MADE State Board of Immigration Discusses Need of Better Education as to Resources. "It permitted"! the-school children of Oregon would use all the Oregon Al manacs .printed' under state appropria- tion as text books to teach them about Oregon." This announcement wis, made at a meeting of the state board of Immi gration In the,.' Commercial club yes terday afternoon. It was, said, to the BUrprlse of tne immigration commis- f , " lnat ,nre x" not now te" uook in tne scnoois that teaches re liably and comprehensively the facta of Oregon. While not neglecting Patagonia and Jjlew Zealand, the. text books adopted Tieglect the resource ana activities or the state In which they live and are being prepared for cltisenshlp, it was asserted. The immigration agent, who is tfc executive officer of the commission, ueld that he had been slow to 'grant ne tak,n ml an .,.,,.. nrliiminBrv ... . . j work done befor the opening of tha I'anama canal, a committee waa ap pointed consisting of Thomar C. Burke, president; .Marshall N. Dana, secretary, and C. c. Chapman, Immigration agent. to confer with Mr. Thompson relative to the natter and to urg,- action; also tn H-.. ... .... ,.. . V. sentiment of the commissloh in thl. i regurd. The same -committee was asked to i confer with the Commercial club and 'Chamber of Commerce relative to the wtabllshin of a central informs ion . bureau probably on the ground floor , r the Commercial club building, where Promotion department of the club, the I immigrat ion c ommission and the Cham her of Commerce niuy possibly take offices and enniloy those competent to tell all who come the true fact, of Oregon's opportunities. Notices, to Mariners. Submarine mines have been planted In Admiralty inlcl. between Point Wilson and Admiralty Head on the Point Wilson side of mid-channel. The field runs .north 70 degrees esst from lYiliit Wilajon and as far a sx mid channel, according In a report . made hy It. It. .mltli, lieutenant. United Ftates navy, in charge. Journal Want Ads bring results.. Practical - Banking Assistance Sometimes it helps a njati -more to re fuse' him a loan than it does -to grant it. This institution be lieves in "construc tive banking", ancf aims not nlyfo make good loans, but to lend, money in such a manner as to help its depositors to the .best advant age. SECURITY SAVINGS &TRUST COMPANY FIFTH AND MOR RISON STS. Capital and Surplus $1,400 fi 00 TltAXSPOItTATIOX 'TO a rata ir Cisco, x.os ajtozus AKD BQM SHOO. S. S. ROANOKE WKPXKgPAY.j DEC. ?. P. M. COOS BAT AJTD 1UUU S. S. ALLIANCE i:niut. rEC. 2. p. m. H03TH PA CTO O ITEAMIXIYOO. 122 TXTJU STEEI, raones Main and A-1314. Y"""' """"" warn. San Francisco and Los Angeles mm. atsTH bbus jf, nu SB. 11, 8S. Bear Sails" p. m-Jam. is. Tae Saa rraadsco St rorummm B. S. Co. Ticket Ottiom 3d aad Waslu, (wla O, W. . W. Co.) Karsball 4500, A-SlsL COOS BAY LINE Steamship Breakwater Halls from Atnswurih dork. Portland: a , p. m., ererr fuesd . evetriag. Krlbt rs- colrcd But II IS o'clock ooua) i MlUng .' I 1'tsMoger fare: First rl.ss, tiO smul tiws (saea naij. 7, ihcUkUrs Wrtb aa4 BMala. Tlcket office at Lower Ainswurth dek Pork land k Coos Bay esramsbis - Lloe. Phcncs Us la 3000; A-ZU2. L. u.. kestlag. AgnU. Sols r V -