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V THE . OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, lftlg. 14 INTERIOR CROP OUTLOOK POTATO MARKET IS ' - FIRMER BUT TRONT STREET VERY QDIET Wholesale Produce Trade I Not Speculating, Being Willing to f ' Buy Only for Immediate Re- quirements at Price. The potato market is much firmer but trade is not active and there Is no real excitement among local jobbing interests to take hold. While most country interests seem inclined to hold their potatoes for more money than the present market affords, stlfl som sections are offering supplies now that were thought cleaned up some weeks ago. Additional shipments of Montana potatoes are due in this market almost any day. The first carload from there was so good and excited so much fa forable mention from the trade here, that it Is quite possible that a frac tional advance in the price will be asked for the next offering from there. Any old thing in the potato market Is today being sought by the local trade. As high as $1.15 has been ?aid in the country recently for stock that was considered geod only for the hogs a few months ago. The general top price offering for potatoes in the coun try at this time is $1.30 a cental, al though some are not offering above $1.25 for select, while there is a report that $1.40 has been offered and paid on the west side. The latter is con sidered fractionally above the prevail ing market here. Front street interests, while seem ingly realizing the- extent of the strength in the potato trade, are not speculating. Owing to the high price : now in effect they seem content to purchase only for immediately requlre : ments. BUTTER DECLINE GENERAL Drop of 2c a pound in the price of city creamery butter announced yester day, became general this morning when all local makers named 27 as ' their quotation. The price of butter fat makes a similar change. MEAT MAItXETS' ABE MIXED Mixed tone continues In the market for country killed calves and hogs. While extreme top stuff is showing practically no change, ordinary to poor stuff shows an extreme wide price spread today. ASPARAGUS IS STEADIER Market for asparagus is steadier. Hood River and best local stock is to day selling freely at $1.25 a dozen bunches. There Is less California stuff available here today and this is a big help. CUBAN TOMATOES COMING Carload of tomatoes from Cuba Is due in the local market the first of the coming week. The carload of Florida stock arrived late yesterday afternoon in a green condition. Sales of ripe as high as $6 a crate. EGG MARKET RULES WEAKER . . - - ' While no special change Is shown v In the price here, the market for eggs is really weaker. It Is now certain that f. o. b. buyers will not generally cffer above 17c for case count the - coming week BRIEF NOTES OP THE TRADE Good cauliflower is scarce and re mains high. Los Angeles berries in refrigerators were due today. Hide market continues extremely dull with prices weaker. Fur market is showing further weak : tess throughout the world. SHIPPERS WEATHER NOTICE 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- kane. 30 degrees; southeast to Bols 25 degrees; south to Ashland, 34 de grees. Minimum temperature at Port land tonight, about 42 degrees. JOBBING PRICES OP PORTLAND These prices are those at which wholessTers . Mil to retailers, except aa otherwise stated: -, Dairy Produce. s SPFR FAT No. 1 Portland dellYery. 28c. BuTTtR Nominal, Willamette waiter ZFZfTJ eubrt- elUna; price. 23c; state prints 8C.7i4c; ranch butter. 16917c; city creamery "wjota. 27c; less than case lota, He iAVB .OULTI!T C Plymouth Rock lOHc; ordinary chickens. 1515c; broilers I i to in lba.. 20(325c;. turkey. 18c: dre.-wd. 21 TRANSPORTATION COOS BAY AND I.TTH.EXA S.S. ELDER BAXX8 BTTJTDAT. APR. 11, 9 A. AL kXX EVEAY STiADAY Th2reatTE rv&AO. c-auxxu BAJMLMSIUP CO. Ticket Off io rrelsht Office root Northrao St. - I22A M St. MAIN 1814 A-1314 : - 8. 8. BOSS CITY Pop San Francisco, Los Angeles b a. as, April la - The Baa Vraneiaoo Portland 8. Oa M and Washington 8t. (With O-W. R. V Co.) Tel. Marshall 45W. A-amT ' American-Hawaiian S. S. Co "The Panama Canal Una -: SXTBESS r&EXGHT 8EBVXGB Between Portland STew Tor. Boston, Horfolk ana Charleston. r- For Information as to rates, sail, tags, etc. call on or address C D. KENNEDY. Agent. ',.870 Stark Street. Portland. Or. STEAMER SERVICE The Steamer KABBALO leaves Ash Street Dock daily mx eept Saturday, 8 P. M for As toria and war mints. (Uinn.1.. leaves Astoria dally except bun- uay. a. ' as. Tickets sad reaervatloDS st O-W. R a, u , City Ticket Office. Third and Wasbingtos . eirevia, w h .mu o.iwvk ajws.. ruoDess alar, ball 4500b 141 STEAMSHIP - BaQs Zlret " for San Pranclsoo, Xjob Angeles and San Diego. Tomorrow, 2:30 p. m., .April 10 v bar raanvuivg, rvaxLAJlli as X.OS AKQELES STEAMSHIP CO. fBANX BOZJAIf, Arent. 134 TMrd St. 4.-45961 Mala 38. DISEASED GARNETS CONDEMNED HERE BY II California Seed Potatoes Sent Here ' Are Not Allowed to Pass .In spector S tans berry Warns Ship pers of the South. Oregon potato growers sold their seed to California this season and are now buying sufficient for their own needs. This applies principally to garnets. It has been found, however, that the California stock is badly diseased and for that reason the supplies are being uonaemneo. state x rult inspector J. E. Stansberry is on the job bright and early and has refused to allow the pas sage of 121 sacks nf s-a.rntn from California. The shipment was being maae to uanoy ror seed purposes. "The new crop of California pota toes is moving fairly well in this di rection," says Mr. Stan&berry, "and to date I have only found, three sacks that I was compelled to condemn on account of disease. We will not al low diseased stuff to come in this di rection and the sooner that Califor nia shippers discover that the better it will be for them. We are going to protect the industry of this state as much as possible." 23c; pigeons, $1.001.25; squabs t ), dosen; terse. 11 ts, 8rj9c; Pekin ducks, 1314c. CHEESE Fresb Oregon fancy full cream twins and triplets, 16c; Young America, 16V4 17c; storage flats. 14e. Groceries. SUGAR Cube. S7.2U; powdered. ST.OO: fmlt or berry, $3.70; beet, $6.50; dry granulated. su.iu; u yellow, su.w. (Above quota tluna are BO dars net cash.) BICE Japan style. No. 2, 45c; New Or. leans, bead, okiu-Uc: blue rose, tt$4c: Creole 6c. . SALT Coarse, balf grounds, lOOs, $9.73 per ton; bos. Slo.GO: table calrr. 60s, $19: lue $17.00; bales, $2.25; lump rock, $20.00 per ton. muinkx piew, t&zatffa.ao per case. BEANS Small white. S6.25: lance white. $6.00; pink. $5.22; lunas, $41.75; bayou, $0.50; reu. one HTutt ana vef.ts.Dies. FRESH FttlUl' Urauze. navel $2.00(32.50: taugerles, $1.23; . bananas, 4ftc li. ; lemons, 4.lH4l3.75; limes, $1.00 per 100: arape fruit. $2.b044.00 per case; pineapples, 7c lb; pears, $1.60; strawberries, Louisiana. $4.00 crate. Afl'Lba iocai, laciufi.u uox. according to quality. ONIONS Local, No; 1, $1.10(31.15; associa tion selling price, No. 1, 75c . o. b. country points; garlic, 17 He. FOTATOES Selling price: Extra choice. I1.25&1.00 per cental; new California, 10y 10ftc per lb.; sweets, $4.za. VEGETAliLEJ Xurmj-s 1.25gl.50; beets, 75c dozen bunches; carrots, new, 75c dozen bunches; VrBnJl"- $1.00(itl.25 sack: cabbage, $2.0Oi3.0o; tomatoes, Florida, $d,00 crate; green onions, -ols'Joc dozen buncbea; peppers, bell, 20U3oc; heud lettuce, $2.2 per crate; celery, crate $4.50415.03; rhubarb, lH2c lb.; cauliflower, local, 40c(j,$1.25 dozen; 1 reach ar tichokes, ooftjloc doz.; string beans. Boc; cran berries, eastern, flVldl bul. ; peas, 15&18C lb.; asparagus, local, L25 dozen; radishes, 20c per dosen bunches. Hops, wool and Hides. HOPS Buying price, choice, 13c; prime, 12c; medium to prune. HVac; medium, 11c; 1U15 contracts, 13c. WOOL Nominal, 1915 clip: Willamette Tel le J, coarse Couwold, 2obj,'Mc; medium Shrop shire, 2t(s27c; choice faut lots, 2s4t2hic; eastern Uiegon, 25c. HIDES salted uidfs (25 lbs. and ud. 1S,c: salted stags 150 lbs. and up), ttc; salted kip 115 1U. to u id.), iJMic; salted calf (up to lb lbs), 17c; green bides (25 lbs. and up), 12c; green stags (5V lb. and up). Sc; green kip (15 lbs. to 25 -be.), 13c; green calf (up to 15 lbs), 17c; tj flint liiaes, 24c; drj tllut calf (up to 7 lbs;, 2tc; dry salt hides, lac; dry uorsehldes, each, 50c to $1; horse hair, 25c; salt uorsehldes, each, $2.50 to $3.oo; dry long wool pelta, ltic; dry short wool pelts, lac; dry sheep shearlings, each, 10c; salted sheep shearlings, each, 15c to 25c. TALLOW No. 1, 44l!4fcc; So. 2. 4ft4i4c; grease, 3i(&4c. MOHAlli 1115 30 lb. CH1TTIJ1 OK CASCABA BABE Buying price, car lota, 4Vbc; jetut than car lots, 4c Meats, Fish and rroviaions, DRESSEO MEA'IS HeUlng price Country killed: Fancy bogs, 9c; rough and heary, 7B7c; fancy veals, iOc; ordinary, . ttc; pour, 0c; goats, 3t4c; spring lambs, 18c-lb. HAMS, DACON, LlC. Hams. Mull y,c; breakfast bacon, 17 C 27c; boiled nam, 27c; picnics, 11 c; cottage, roll, lc. OYSTERS Olyaipla, per gaJlon. (3.50; canned eastern, 55c ua, $6.50 dozen; eastern in shell, $1.85 per 100; razor clams, $2.50 box; eastern oytters, per gallon, solid pack $3.00. FISH Dressed llouudera, 7c; steelhuad sal mon ( ); Boyal Chinook, 16ftc; percu, oc; lobsters, 25c 1U., siiTei smelt, sc; saiinou trout, 18c lb.; halibut, 5Uiyc; Columbia iirer smelt, OOttittoc box. LAEU 'llerces, , kettle rendered, 13c; stand ard, 12c CU.ABS Large, $1.. . met-luni, $1.25 dozen. Paints and Oils, LINSEED OIL Haw bbls.. 71c gallon; ket tle boiled, buls., 73c; raw, cases, 70c; boiled,, tabes, 7 be gal.; lots of 250 gallons le less; oil cake meal, $44 per ton. WHITE LEAD Ton lots, 746c lb.; 500 lb. lots, 7fec per lb.; less lots, be per lb. OIL MEAL Carload lots. $34. COAL OIL Water white In drums and iron be rrels, 10c TURPENTINE In case 67c; tanks. 00c pel gallon. Hood River-Rogue River May Form a New Fruit Alliance Hood River, Or.. April 9. H. F. Davidson of Hood River, who has been president of the North Pacific Fruit Distributors ror tne Dast two years, returned home last night after attend ing a meeting of the board of trustees of the distributors, held in Spokane. Mr. Davidson said: "I have resigned from the presiden cy of the North Pacific Fruit Dis tributors because it would hardly ap pear appropriate for Hood River rep resentatives to remain on the board after the withdrawal of the Hood River' Apple Growers' association from affiliation with the distributors Hood River will be represented, however, at the meetings of the board to close up any unfinished business in which the Hood River district is interested. While my term of office does not ex pire until May my resignation takes effect at once and vice President Yost will conduct the business of the of fice. "The distributors will stay in the field notwithstanding the withdrawal of the Hood River district, and will be stronger this year than they were last. "There has always been a little Jealousy among the other districts on account of Hood River's representa tion in the different departments of distributors' staff, and while this all had a tendency to make some slight friction, the other districts, on ac count of their territorial location, will be more closely united. v "The distributors through their pol icy have been a great factor in the advancement of the fruit interests of the Pacific northwest, and with the experience of the past two seasons, will enter this year better prepared than ever before to serve the several districts. "I will have full charge of the ship ment of the Hood River strawberry crop this year, and Wilmer Sieg will be in charge of the sales department of the Hood River districts In the marketing of the apple crop. ? "Hood River district may form some alliance with the southern Oregon sec tion in order that the Yellow New towns grown In the two sections will not enter Into the same market in a competitive distribution that - will prove ruinous to the growers of both sections, as has been the case to an alarming extent during the past years. v M7 relations with the officials of tne distributors have been most pleas jnt and congenial and I am certain that it will continue to be one of the i1",, factors in the northwest for the Bandung of , the boxed apple product." 4JREG0N MORS IS BEST KNOWN WITH ACREAGE LARGER Edited by Hyman H. Cohen. CENTRAL OREGON IS SHOWING . ITS BEST CROPS THIS SEASON "Billy" Garrett, Veteran Salesman, Says Conditions in Central Part of State Are Unusually Good tor the Coming Harvest. "Billy" Garrett, salesman In Cen tral1 Oregon for Wadhams & Co.. local wholesale grocers. Is in town with the biggest sort of bunch of optimism pos sible. There Is only one thing that Mr. Garrett regrets Portland is too full of "lcnoflcpra." and the sooner they Change their cries, the better, he fig ures business affairs will be. Mr. Garrett knows Central Oregon like a mother knows her children. He says that crop prospects there were never better since he started on the road and that is so long ago that few of the local wholesalers can re--member the exact date. "With excellent rains recently in the Heppner section," says Mr. Garrett, "The crop outlook is unusually favor able. The wool men are being offered extreme prices for their fleece as well as their lambs and everyone is pros perous. In the lone and Lexington sections about the same conditions ex ist, exoept perhaps that around lone cut worms have done some damage to the grain. "Gilliam and Sherman counties look very good. The condition of the grain crop is excellent. The spring wheat is simply grand. It is growing un usually well. In Sherman county, despite former forecasts, only about 1000 acres were reseeded because of winter killing and in Gilliam county the percentage was smaller than ex pected. Every farmer who attends to business in those counties will secure handsome returns this season. "In the Deschutes country the out look is good. This section looks bet ter than I have ever before seen it. There has been a big increase in the acreage sown and the grain is in fine shape. Everyone is looking forward to this being their most prosperous season." Bethlehem Steel Is .Reported to Have Changed Owners (International News Serrice.) New Tork, N. T., April 9. A rumor was circulated in Wall street this aft ernoon that the TJ. S Steel corporation had bought out the Bethlehem Steel company. The report could not be confirmed. "Wall street circles were astir today over the wild excitement in Bethjehem' steel Btock. The latest rumor is to the effect that H. C. Frick, the noted steel mag nate, has secured control of the cor poration. Persistent reports are gaining cur rency that large stock dividends in Bethlehem will be declared. Today the stock of the corporation opened on the exchange at 110, a 5 point rise overnight. It immediately began to fluctuate in the wildest man ner. In less than a half hour it sold down to 103. From that point the Is sue began to rise and before noon it touched HE, 2 points below the high record reached yesterday. Not since the famous collapse of the Hocking Valley pool has Wail street seen such a sensational market as was witnessed In Bethlehem today. The consensus tof opinion is that the violent Jump in the stock was caused by short covering. Shorts to day were frantic. The talk of a corner In Bethlehem Steel stock la considered unwarranted. Due to the prosperity of the corpora tion, the heavy earnings, expectations of a large dividend and war orders on hand, a heavy short interest "got In" on the market, which resulted in a steady accumulation of the stock. The stock market was extremely nervous at the opening today. Shorts were greatly, disturbed at the heavy offerings of stocks. With the excep tion of Bethlehem Steel, the standard securities opened unchanged to a frac tion lower. Bethlehem Steel opened at 110. a 5 point advance. Shortly after the opening a buying movement developed and the entire list Jumped in value. Specialties again proved to be the big attraction. For eigners were buying. There was a stampede among shorts in steel. Bethlehem Steel fluctuated widely. From the opening figure. 110, it dropped to 103. It then advanced to 115, within 2 points of yesterday's record breaking mark. Steel common was carried up to 52. The stock opened at 49. Shorts in Reading were nervous. The issue Jumped to 148. Copper shares ad vanced Amalgamated selling up to 64?s. Lehigh Valley touched 140 early and Erie went to 27. u0nT e strength of the rumor that the United States Steel corporation had bought put the Bethlehem Steel com pany. United States Steel common stock Jumped from 49 & to 67. the highest price recorded on the exchange since the reopening. It closed at the P mark. Bethlehem Steel closed at i 0, NeT.T?rk Pces furnished by Overbeck & Cooke company, 216-217 Board of Trade building: HESCKIFTION Kioen . Hlrh, iri.. Amal. Copper Co... Am. Car A Foua, c Am. Can. e 6Z 49 344 49 31 1 67 49 35 49 3246 63 48 84 49 611 49 32 Am. Cotton Oil, c. . Ain. L.OTO., c Am. Sugar, c Am. Smelt, c Am. Tel. Tel Anaconda Mining Co Atchison, e 107 108 69 120' 107 67 120 108 7 120 120 31 32 30 32 Si KK)VA101 101 i 72 I 74 1 724 B. 4 O., c f 101 V44 Bethlehem Steel, c..' Brooklyn Rapid 'Tran Canadian Pacific, c. . Central Leather, c... C. & O. W.. c C. O. W.. pfd.. C, M. Sc St:-Paul... C. & N., c Chlno Copper Chesapeake & Onto.. Colo. Kuel Sc Iron, c Consolidated Gas . . Corn Products, c... Erie, c do 1st pfd....,.., General Elertrlc O. N., ore lands O. N., pfd Ice Securities Inter. Met., e do preferred . . . . . Lehigh ValUr K. C. Southern .. ... Ooodrlrh ..... M'JBl WA 00 02 3 44 Vt 20 '12 34 4-1U 34) 35 4l 34) 35i? 1 117 lli,lllii 30 15 H8U 3 32 15 H7L 16 67 U 136 136 1140 S5 H 'ii" 62 eo 86 k 20 R9f 50 119 "ii" B24 6 86 LouisTille St NaabTiUe 120 i. a.. 4c t., e Missouri Pacific National Lead...,' New Haven. ....... . . . New York Central.... N. T., O. A W Norfolk Sc Wewtern, c. Northern Pacific, c... PennsylTania Railway. Preased Steel Car, c. Ray Cons. Copper..... Reading, c .. ..... Republic L St S., e. . Republie I. AS., pfd. . Rock Island, r. Southern Pacific, i e. . . Southern Railway, c. . Southern Kiilnr. nf 13 14 64 61 87 2 1103 !103 104 108 1(17 Vi 107 J 107 107 33 2014, 33 20U 33 21 146 1146 24 31 !I 60 SIM, 24 82 34 87 18 60 31 U 2H 83 35 90 19 60 Tenn. Copper.. .. Union Pacific, c .U : . . . 126 126 U. 68 tZ 129 72T4 II. 8." Robber.' pK..III 109 llO 109 u. e. steel Co., c II. a. KtMl rv nf 4954 4014 67 10 HO 108 Utah Copper. ......... . Virginia Chemical...... W. U. Telesraoh 57 24 60 j 7., 67 24 65 70 24 2 66 77 Westing-bouse Electric. OATS INTEREST IS INCREASING WITH A E CALL Only Lack of Ships Is at Present Keeping Trade Within Bounds. Portland Flouring Mills In tends to Get Atlantic Trade. NORTHWEST GRAIN RECEIPTS. Cars Wheat.Barlej. Flour. Oats. Hay. Portland, today 8 1 4 1 13 Year ago ...... 11 4 1 3 4 Season to date.. 15504 1858 1752 1854 1816 Year ago 14976 2257 2302 1495 2387 Tacoma, Thurs. 9 . . . . 1 5 Year ago 3.1 . . . . 3 Season to date.. 8612 . 525 .. 575 2873 Year ago 8185 694 . . 408 21tit Seattle. Wed... 3 .. 0 1 3 Year ago 7 r '1 6 2 Season to date.. 6239 1039 1974 10S4 504.". Year ago 6261 .1006 1768 1136 4512 1 t Interest in the oata market contin ues to increase with local as well as foreign demand Improving. Country holders are also getting somewnat firmer price ideas and itr is harder to purchase than a week or '10 days ago. Wheat market is almost classed as a waiting game. While there is a good demand abroad, the lack of snips is holding tne trade in check. On the next steamer that leaves from here the Portland Flouring Mills company will ship several hundred tons of flour to New York. "We in tend to go after the flour trade along the Atlantic coast," says Theodore li. Wilcox, president of the Portland com pany. "The business there is regular and we intend to get our share of it. We intend to stay in the game even though we lose money for years. Wa will stay with the business just like we stayed with the oriental trade. The only difference, between the New York and oriental trade is that the former must have flour all the time, no mat ter what price is charged. "There is always a big business in flour along the Atlantic coast and now that we are able to reach those mar kets via the Panama canal we are go ing to see that the Pacific northwest gets its share and thus aid the wheat producer to secure a larger outlet for his grain.".. CLOVER SEED Buying price: Nominal No. 1, uncleaned, ll12c; ordinary, lie; alsike, 11c pound. FLOUR Selling price: Patent. $6.80; Willamette valley, $6.80; local straight, $6.30; bakers', $6.80. HAY rNew crop, buying price :Wil Iamette valley timothy, fancy, $12.50 13.00; Eastern Oregon-Idaho fancy .timothy, $15; alfalfa. $13.00 13.50; vetch and oats. $11; clover, $8.00(9.00 per ton. GRAIN SACKS 1915 nominal, No. 1 Calcutta, 6c. MILLSTUFFS Selling price: Bran, $26.60; shorts, $28.50. ROLLED BARLEY Selling price: $30.0031.00 per ton. CORN Whole, $35.50; cracked, $36.50 per ton. Spot wheat prices on the Portland Merchants' Exchange today showed fractional changes. Sales for the day included: 10,000 bushels May blue stem $1.30, 10,000 bushels May forty fold $1.29, 10,000 bushels May club $1.28. Oats and barley markets were each 25c a ton higher for spot bids today with no sales in either line. Merchants' Exchange spot prices: WHEAT Friday. Thnra. Wed. Tues. Moa. Bid. Ask. Bid Bluestem $1.29 $1.30 $1.29 $1.29 $1.28 $1.28 Fortyfold 1.27 1.28 1.27 1.27 1.27 1.28 Club 1.26 1.28 1.27 1.2 1.26 1.27 Red Rossi an 1.21 1.22 1.21 1.21 1.21 1.22 Red Fife 1.23 1.29 1.23 1.25 1.23 1.22 OATS 83.00 84.00 82.75 32.50 82.60 82.75 25.75 26.60 25.50 25.25 25.00 25.00 MILLS TUFFS Bran 23.25 25.00 23.23 23.00 23.00 23.00 Short! 24.00 25.00 23.S0 23.00 23.75 23.75 Futures were quoted: WHEAT Bid. Ask. May bluestem $1.30 $1.31 Mar fortyfold 1.28 1.29 May club 1.27 1.28 May Red Russian 1-22 1.23 May Red Fife 1.23 1.26 OATS May S3.50 84.00 , BARLEY May 25.73 27.00 BRAN May 23.50 23.00 SHORTS May 24.00 26.00 Chicago Wheat Pit Prices Close Higher After a Low Start Chicago, April 9. Wheat closed 2c higher. Wltn the volume of trad ing lieht. prices in the wheat pit at the opening today were down. May wheat opened with a loss of lMc and July was down c. September wheat was- c off. General rains over the winter wheat belt had a bearish effect at the outset. Later wheat values advanced on good buyinp. The market acted as if bears oversold themselves. The bearish in fluences appeared to be discounted. The Liverpool market was lower today. Spot and cargoes were heavy. Corn was lower at the start. May was c down and July opened with a loss of He. Later a good demand de veloped. Oats' were steady. Provisions were strong. Range of Chicago prices furnished by Overbeck & Cooke Co.. 216217 Board of Trade Bldg. WHEAT. Ann TTfli T sf-i May $1.511 $1.55 $1.51 $1.55 B Jnlr 1.21 1.23 1.21 1.23 Hept 1.08 1.10 1.08 1.10 Mit 724 .7.Tti 79 SI 1TL -a JulT 75 .76 .75 .76 B Sept 76 .77 .76 .77 OATS. V May . July . Sept. .57 .0731 .K7 .53 .54 , .46 .46 PORK. .r.:s .54 A .46 .46 B Mar .$17.22 $17.35 $17.22 $17.35 B . 17.72 17.87 17.72 . 17.87 A . 18.02 18.20 18.02 18.17 A LARD. i July . Sept. Mar 10.15 10.22 10.J5 : 10.22 July 10.45 10.45 10.42 10.50 Sept 10.75 . RIBS. May 10.00 10.10 1O.O0 IO 00 A July 10.42 10.42 10.40 10.42 B Sept. ..... 10.63 10.70 10.65' 10.67 B NORTHWEST BANK STATEMENT Portland Banks. This week. $2,188,177.67 1.80i-4t58.55 2,574,813.85 1,734.727.83 1,6,783.14 Clearings Monday ... Tear ago. $3,140,574.46 2.643,844.14 2,162,429.47 2.005.101.65 -2.505,614.18 Tuesday . . Wednesday Thursday . . Friday .... Imoa Banks. Cleerinire Balances 223.801.00 17.847.00 Seattle Banks. Clearing Balances .$1,513,427.00 . 129,478.00 Lee Ana-elea Baaka. Clearings .$6,000,044.53 Balances . . 2Z7.447.57 Baa Francisco Banks. Clearings .$7,389,203.94 FOREIGN Hi TOP HOGS FIRMER IN YARDS AT $7.55 WITH RATHER LIGHT SUPPLY Receipts at North Portland Avail able for Market Are Not lib eral and Quick Clean-Up of Tops Shown at Extreme Price. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN. HoKS.Cattle.Calres .Sheep. Friday C39 82 2 105 Thursday 224 115 .. HO Wedn.day 241 871 Tuesday 259 49 T 0 Mondsr 1521 658 8 923 Saturday ...98 14 16 44 Week ago 3 25 .. 1504 Year agn 278 174 .. 195 Two years aio 418 307 . . Three years ago .... 270 S3 6 837 Hog market showed an increase in strength at North Portland today with several sales of tops at $7.65. There was only a small run reported in the yards and demand being better, stock moved out quicker than usual at the extreme values. At Chicago there was a firmer tone in the hog trade with values a nickel better at $7.05. Kansas City hog market was up 5 to 10c for the day with tops at $7.10. General hog market range: Best light $7.50 7.55 Medium light 7.35g)7.40 Good and heavy 7.26 7.30 Rough and heavy 7.004j7.15 Stockers 6.50 6.80 Cattle Situation Steady. Situation in the cattle trade at North Portland is steady with values practically unchanged. There was a small run in the yards over night and those available for the open market were quickly picked up,- At Chicago there was a steady tone today in the cattle trade. Kansas City cattle market was firm at an advance of a dime. General cattle market range: Select steers $7.55 7.75 Best hay fed steers 7.26 7.60 Good to choice 7.007.15 Ordinary to fair 6.606.75 Best cows 6.00 6.26 Good to prime 6.75 6.00 Ordinary 4.00 5.50 Select calves 7.508.00 Fancy bulls . 6.60 6.00 Ordinary 4.00 46.00 Sheep Market Is Holding. While no sales of yearling lambs were made above $8.75 in the North Portland yards today, the trend of the trade continues strong. There was a small supply available and demand be ing extremely good, stocks quickly cleaned up. At Chicago there was a steady tone in the sheep trade for the day. Kansas City sheep market was stronger, with an advance of a nickel. General mutton trade range: Old wethers $ 7.75 Best yearlings 7.85 8.00 Best ewes 6.757.00 Best east mountain lambs.. 9.25 Valley Ilpht lambs 8.50O8.75 Heavy lambs 8.00 8.25 ipiiiiK lambs 10.00 Today's Idvertock Shippers. Hogs Patton. Overton & Kalk. Hal sey, 1 load. Cattle Rugg Bros.. Echo. 2 loads; E. L. Kimball. Redmond. 1 load. Mixed stuff C. E. Lucke, Molalla, 1 load cattle, calves, hogs and sheep on contract to Union Meat Co.; C. H. Farmer. McCoy, 1 load hogs and sheep; J. C. Davis. Shedd, 1 load hogs and sheep; Cottonwood Milling Co., Cotton wood. Idaho. 3 loads cattle and hogs. Thursday Afternoon Sales, STKERS. Section No. Ar. lbs. Price. Nerada ...26 1150 $7.36 Oregon 6 1175 7.25 COWS. Oregon 1 1150 $8.75 Oregon 1 loOO 6.75 BULLS. Oregon 1 1900 "" $4.00 Friday Morning- Sale. STEERS. Section No. At. lbs. Price. Oregon 33 n3 $6.75 Oregon 17 1121 6.25 COWS. Idaho 1 1040 $5,00 LAMBS. Oregon 3 80 $8.75 Oregon 5 102 8.00 Oregon 2 40 8.00 Oregon 15 72 7.50 SPRING LAMBS. ' Oregon 11 70 $10.00 Oregon 19 61 10.00 WETHERS. Oregon 1 130 $6.00 MIXED SHEEP. Oregon 8 130 $6.75 EWES. Oregon 8 159 $6.50 Oregon 3 SO 6.50 Oregon 29 140 5.50 HOGS. Idaho 92 192 $7.55 Idulio -. 92 2(11 7.55 Idaho 92 201 7.55 Oregon 3 160 7.40 Oregon 13 172 7.40 Oregon 49 200 7.40 Oregon 3 127 6.63 Idaho 2 3TO 1.."3 Oregon 3 340 6.40 Oregon 1 D30 6.40 EASTERN LIVESTOCK MARKETS Kansas City Hogs Higher. Kansas City, Mo., April 9. Hogs, receipts, 4000; market higher; bulk, $6.85(6.95; hesTy, $0.83fitJ.iaV4 : packers' and batchers'. SU.boQ U.95: llKbt. 0.85ft7.10; pigs. $6.50(60. Cattle Receipts. 500: market steady; prime fed steers, $8.15438.65; dressed beef steers, S7.10&4S.OO: western steers. $6.758.15; storkers und feeders. $6.2541 7.85; bulls, $5.00 ($6.50: calves. $6.lKKrlo.oo. Sheep Receipts, 1000: market steady; lambs. $'. 75110.45: yearlings. $8.50(39.25; wethers, $7.75(8.00; ewes. $7.608.50. St. Louis Hogs Higher. St. Louis, Mo.. April 9. Hogs Receipts, 75t)U; market higher; pigs and lights, $6.00tt 7.35;' mixed and butchers, $7.10 7 .35; good heavy, $7.10ft7.20. Cattle Receipts. 400; market steady: na tive beef clears. $7.0GjM.fK: cows and heifers, $5.50(48JO; stockers and feeders, $5.75i 7.25; southern steers, $5.257.75; cows and heifers. $4,006x6.00: native calves, $6.00t9.00. Sueeii Keceibts. 200: market stead v: native muttons. $7.O0a'8.5; lambs, $9.5O0!1O.5O: yearlings, $7.508.90; sheared yearlings, $6.50 tfT.OO. Omaha Sheep Strong. South Omaha, Neb., April 9. Hops Re ceipts, ojuu; inuricet nigner; neavv, so.tjttf 6.75; light. $6.756r6.85: piga, $5X06.50; bulk of sales, $6.70a6.80. Cattle Receipts, 140O; market steady; na tive steers, $6.508.25: cows and heifers, $5.006117.00: western steers. $0.00(7.63: Tezss steers. $5.80t7.20: cows and heifers, $4.804s .0; calves. $7.00B 10.00. Mheep Receipts, 3000; market strong; year nings. $8.50(0.15; wethers, $7.00(8.50; Iambs, $a.0 10.50. Chicago Hogs Advance. Chicago. April 8. Hogs Receipts. 19.O0O: market strong. 5c above yesterday's average; Bo Ik of miles, $6.57.O0; light, $6.75&7.U5; mixed. $('.. 75417. 10; heavy. $.55Q7.05; rough, $0.55(tj6.7O; pigs. $5.0(6.o5. Cattle Receipt. 1000; market Blow; native beet steers. $6.0048.90: western streets, $5.60 ftJ7.50: cows and heifers, $3.0028.UO; calves, $U.25r(r8.75. Sheep Receipt. 600; market alow; sheep, $7.4O&8.40; lambs. $7.804l0.5O. . Foreign Exchange Kates. Merchants National bank quotes for eign exchange: London Sterling, $4.83. Berlin Marts, 21.41. Parian Francs, 19.40. Hongkong Currency, 44.65. Vienna 16.10. New Yorlc Cotton Market. Open. High. Ixw. Close. Jan. $10.48 $10.72 $10.42 $10.64 Mar. .... 10.72 10.75 10.6O 10.75 Mar 9.48 9.77 9.46 9.74 July ...... 9.78 JO.OS 97 10.08 Oct. 10.18 . 10.48 , lO.lU ... 10.44 Dec lO.ai 10.65 10.34 10.6$ jCELILO CE LEBRA1N COMMITTEE NAMED BY PRESIDENT COLT Mayor Albee May Declare a ! Half Holiday May 6 When i Festal Fleet Will Arrive, NIGHT GAIETY PLANNED Bells, Whistles, Farads and Red Firs, With Chamber of Commerce Recep tion, Will Bs Part of Program. i C. C. Colt, acting- president of the New Chamber of Commerce, today an nounced the following committee to have charge of local arangements and program at Portland In connection with The Dalles-Celilo canal celebTa tlon here, Thursday, May 6 : Dr. An drew C. Smith, chairman; Fred A. BaUln. C. S. Samuel. William McMur ray, R. H. Crozler, John T. Dougall, Jacob Kanzler. This committee will cooperate with the general celebration committee, consisting of Joseph N. Teal, chair man; Wallace R. Struble, secretary; E. C. Giltner. treasurer; L. A. Lewis, A. H. Devers, Joseph Peters. H. L. Corbett, Henry Hahn and Thomas Hon eyman. The finance committee of the general committee consists of Guy W. Talbot, chairman; R. T. Cox, C. S. Jackson, Edward Ehrman, treasurer; Leo Frlede. Before the New Chamber of Commerce had assumed financial responsibility for Portland participa tion in the celebration, this committee had secured about $1000. When the Celllo celebration fleet ar rives. In Portland harbor there will be blowing of whistles, ringing of bells and firing of cannon; a reception at the waterfront and a street parade of commercial and civic organizations, marching clubs, school children an.l bands. Special decorations, and Illu mination will be planned, with a re ception in the evening, under the au spices of the New Chamber of Com merce, aided by other business or ganizations. Mayor Albee has signified his will ingness to declare a half holiday for the afternoon of May 6. Committees which have been ap pointed to represent business organ lzatlons in cooperation with the New Chamber of Commerce are: Progress sive Business Men's club, J. C. Stev ens, Fred A. Ballin, C. A. Croft, James D. Mackie. S. - G. Macklin, Ralph P. Meyer, C. S. Samuel, A. L. Stephens, N. F. Titus, C. E. Yenger. Transportation club, William McMurray, John M. ! Scott. R. H. Crozler, H. Dickson; Ad ! club, John T. Dougall, L. P. Byrne, E. W. Mosher, D. C. Freeman, D. M. Botsford; Rose Festival association, S. C. Pier, J. Fred Larson, O. M. Plum- mer, H. L. Corbett. Jacob Kanzler I Realty Board. Dr. H. W. Coe. E. N, Wheeler, W. H. Mall. Frank McFar ianu; si. jonns commercial ciuo. J. r. Edlefsen, II. W. Bonham, A. W. Mar- kle. In a letter announcing committee ap pointments. Acting President Colt said "It is desirable that the New Portland Chamber of Commerce take an active part In the celebration In this city, an J i as mat you enter into It with spirit as this is. an important occasion and proper recognition should t shown." Shall Stores Be Open on Sunday? The city council recently submitted to referendum vote an ordinance pro- hiblting the Sunday opening of shops and stores. Whether the ordinance should be enacted or defeated will be debated be fote the Oregon Civic league tomorrow by R. G. Duncan, assistant secretary of the Portland Grocers' and Mer chants' association, who will speak for the ordinance, and Loyal H. McCarthy, who prepared the referendum petition. who will speak against it San Francisco Grain Market. Ban Francisco, April 9. Barley calls: April 9. April 8. Open. Close. Close. May $1.2CB $1.2naA $1.25 B Ikwrnlvr . 1 lt. H 1 HI L- A t XI U. k ! 8 pot quotations nominal Wheat. Walla Vval la, s.i Vj0.i iJ; Red Russian, $z.zo(UiZ.Z7 y, Turkey red, $2.U0u2.2's ; bluesteiu, $2.35(0 Feed Barley $1.25&1.274. White uati i. i iH J Uraii $26.U0(ft.vo; middlings, $32.00tf 2U.0O; shorts, fzi.wxaia.w. Various Wheat Markets. Liverpool Cash wheat, tJilV&d lower. Paris Cash wheat unchanged. Bueuos Aires Cath wheat 'Ac lower. St. Louis Wheat closed: May $1.49 A; juiy. ai.iafttuii.Joyt. i t Kansas City Wheat closed: May, $1.454; July. tl.Jju. Minneapolis Wheat closed: May $1.47-)s; 4uiy mi. Winnipeg Wheat closed: May $1.52Vi; July ilMiWa.: oats. May tU4a: Julv 63 We. Dululh Wheat closed: May $l.u2y; July, l.4oie. , Denver Hogs, $6.80. Denver, Colo., April 9. Cattle 300. Market strong. Beef steers, e6.75fdi7.50; cows and belfeis, $5.oujCU.5o; stockers And feeders, $6.00 (S.'.oO; calves, U.IXK ll.Zo. . Hogs 300. Market strong with a few sales at $tt.606.80. tiueep TOO. Market steady. Yearlings $7.50 8.25; wetuers, $f .UKdi.u; lamus, s.jqji tt.zo; ewes, ao.toioifu. San Francisco Dairy Produce. l!nitd 1'reaa Leaned Wire. I Ban Francisco. April 9. Eggs: Extras. 22c; puUets, lc. Butter: Extras, 23c; prime firsts. VJ.yc; firsts, 22c. Cheese: California, fancy. 12; firsts. 104c; seconds, 8c. Log Angeles Grain Market. Los Angeles. April 9. drain quotations on local board today: . . . ... Utah white milling wheat, $2.60 ewU; Utah Turkey muunjj wheat, -ix: io. i ?'"" wheat. $2.25; Portland standard oata. $1J0; No. i 1 barley, $t.22Ki bid at $lVi asiod. Ixw Angeles Dairy Produce, w . - i . nPll O Kirva. mint. n wr ,i,.rn- butter fresh, extra, 2ic per IKrtind. Jobbers' prices. ; San Francisco Potato Market. M.n Frnci-o Aurll 9. Potatoes Per cen tal, Salinas $1.50tf.75; Wver. $1.0O1.25. Overbeck & Cooke Co. - Stocks, Bonds. Cotton, Grain. Ste. 816-817 Board ot Trade Builolng. DIRECT PRIVATE WIRES TO ALL EXCHANGES Members Chicago Board of Trad, Correspondents of Logan 4s Bryan, Chicago. New York. . .. i . GENERAL BUSINESS ISIEWS New? Fruit Canning Plant of Libby, McNeil S Libby, at The Dalles, to Be Completed in Time to Handle Season's Cherry Crop. COFFEE MEN PLAN nXodern Eq.alpnint TJsed. work Is being rushed on th new cannery of Libby, McNeil & Ubby, at The Dalles. Rapid progress on trwt plant is necessary In order that the) cannery can' be completed In time to handle this season's cherry crop. Closely following the cherry crop. will come the apricots and latr pears. The, capacity of the; plant for the employment of people will be more than '500 men, women and children. This year between SOU and 400 will be employed because It will not be pos sible to work at full capacity. The building will be modern and sanitary in every particular and the employes will work where there is plenty of light 'and fresh air. The main building will be 14 feet from the floor to the ceiling and the peak of the roof will be 32 feet above the floor. The main building will be 132 feet wide and 536 -feet long, covering two blocks lrom Madison to Taylor streets, the long way of the building being from east to west. Two separate rooms will be built on the north aide of the main building, one for the -boilers, machine shop, etc., the other for the employes' lavatories. Outside the building, con crete receiving platforms will be erected on which will be unloaded the fruit brought in by the growers.' The entire ground floor will be of rein forced - concrete to Insure absolute cleanliness and the entire inside of the building will be finished In white enamel,, for the same reason. AH por tions of the building will be protected by fly-proof wire screen so that there will be none of these pests in the fac tory. The machinery will be' the latest in every particular. BaUroad. Ken Interested. . A number of Portland railroad men have subscribed to the stock of the Wallace Egg Carrier company, a Cali fornia concern promoted by McKee B. Wallace, brother of Thomas E. Wal lace, traveling freight agent of the Kock Island, , and himself a former Portland man. Mr. Wallace Is the in- SILOS SPRING UP IN WAKE OF CAMPAIGN C. L. Smith, 0-W, R. & N, Farm Expert, Back -From Lecture Trip. Since C. U Smith. O-W. R. & N. ag ricultural expert, delivered his lecture two weeks ago. at Cowlitz, In Lewis county, Washington, four big 100 ton silos have been' built in the immediate vicinity. They are a direct result of the campaign for more corn, Mr. Smith Is convinced. He returned this morn ing from a campaign that took him into every village and upon dozens of farms from Portland to Seattle. Fifty meetings were attended, and probably more than 8000 people heard the message of corn, hogs and . cash. Tons upon tons of free seed corn are to be distributed in the wake of this corn itinerary. When Mr. Smith un covered his desk today he found appli cations tf.at far exceed the . railroad appropriation for seed. School children, commercial clubs and lumber dealers were the ones the corn man sought to interest chiefly. But he visited also the Federal prison at McNeil Island, where he taught the inmates how. to. plant corn on the prison farm, that they may be better equipped for dignified labor when they are released. " "This Is the greatest campaign ever conducted in the northwest," said Mr. Smith today. "It is already bearing fruit, and the influence will be felt in increasing proportion." The corn crusade started March 18, and was concluded Wst night at Kent, Wash., where Mr. Smith addressed th high school. Value of Feeding Salmon Fry Seen Steel Head Fish la tne Trask Xlrer largest Brer Found la That Section, Zt Is Reported. The system of feeding salmon fry until they are sufficiently old to care for themselves tn safety is showing its effect by a largely increased run of salmon in the Trask river, declares R. K. Clanton, master fish warden, who returned last night from an inspection trip of the Tillamook district. "The fishermen at the Trask hatchery tell me that the steel head salmon now coming In are the largest . i ... ,, In rVi jt rivr and the quantity is largely increased as well," said Clanton touay. -we are uskhis salmon eggs at the old hatchery which is three miles above the new plant on the Trask river. At present we have 2,000,000 steel head eggs on hand. have 3.000.000 recently hatched Chinook which will be released in the stream during June and juiy. Bound Over to Grand Jury. m i.tiiAitnn "allaM At a nel 1 1. Wll bound over to the grand' Jury this morning by Municipal Juage eteven ann n r-Yiartrn tf tiasslna a worthless check for lg.75 on Frank Gross. It is alleged, that he tried to pass a similar check on A. Ij. Goldstein. To Dhotographically measure and re cord the vibrations of a machine or building is the purpose of simple ap paratus Invented in Kngland. FOR CORN PLANTING llfSII The OMest Bank iri the Pacific Northwest cordially invites your account subject to Check or. in its . Savings Department, with the assurance of courteous treatment. ESTABmaja CORNER WASHINGTON AND THI&D Mil EST; A BIG EXPANSION Iventor of a package for shipping egK Ifrom the farm to the home. He re ceived his patents only two weeks ago but baa already established a factor jat San Francisco. Tiie package in cludes an outHide pasteboard box, in which are packed the eggs, each en closed in a cardboard carton with twa bardboaid rings holding the egg in place without danger of breakage. Unl railroad men were invited Xp subscribe to the stock because of the peculiar interest they have in increasing tin mall pacKage business from the farm to the city. Only enough shares, at 25, were sold to InstuU the original plant. I toffee Jtoasters Entertained. Ross W. -Weir, a New York coffee mporter and president of the National Association of Coffee Itoastors, enter talned 16 Portland coffee roasters hi a banquet in-the Multnomah hotel last night for the purpose of perfecting un )regon branch of the nutloiial associa tion. A. 11. Devers. of Closset & De fers, was elected president of the new branch. From Portland Mr. Weir goes to b'eattle where he will entertain Washington and Hrltiuh Columbia cof fee roasters at a banquet in the New Washington hotel, postage Stamp Contract Xt. iA representative of . an American ompany has secured an order lrom the government of Venezuela for, 11, 000,000 postage and revenue stamps. This contract also includes a new lsuua 9f 14,300 government 3 per cent bonds, n 10 series, ranging in vnlue from blank to 25.000 boll vars - ($1825), the purpose being to cliunge -the text ol yenezuelan bonds to provide for their redemption out of the .general revenue und. These orders were secured in Spite of the fact that such work nad been done. almost invariably in Krancn, Germany or Kngland, the last Issue ot Stamps having been printed in France. Another interesting feature is that the order calls for twice as many stamps Qf all varieties as the government had Contemplated purchasing. r HUSBAND ALLEGES HE WAS VICTIM OF HIS WIFE AND HER PARENTS Peter felton Files Suit at St. Helens in Which He Asks $15,000. (Sperliil to Tlif Journal. t St Helens, April 9. Suit has ben filed in the circuit court here by Peter Helton against his father-ln-luw and mother-in-law. Air. and Mrs. L. C. Hal-I stead, wherein hp asks for $15,000 ages for the alienation of the affec tions of his wife, who left honm with her parents about-February 1 and who has since then, he alleges, been living apart from her husband and with tier parents. , It Is charged In the complaints and affidavits that the parents-lived with Mr. and Mrs. Felton for more than a year and that during that time a con spiracy was framed whrreby the old fblks and the wife attempted to g"t hbld of all the property of Mr. l'elton, apd make lfe so miserable ' for- lilm that he would leave. Considerable Interest 1 b-intr taken in the case as well as in the divorce case between Mr. and Mrs; Kelton, wihich will be tried the next term of ctjurt. . ' Eastern Oregon Is Eepresented at Fair iC. K. Cranston, secretary of the Ten- dlcton Commercial asMorlatlon, Is in Portland today enroute to San Fran clfcco where he will take charge of he combined exhibit in the Oregon bulM lrg at the Panama-Pacific exposition placed there by Umattlla. Baker. ..Un ion, Malheur and Wallowa counties. He is relieving W. K. Meacham, seof rejary of the Baker Commercial club, who has been on duty since the fair opened. Mr. Cranston will in turn be relieved June 16 by a representative frtom another of the counties inter ested. The exhibit, he said, represents sn expenditure of approximately IC000, and Includes a comprehensive display of! eastern Oregon products, including grains, grasses, fruits an.l wool. Agriculture, com merce and indus tries thrive with dependable streets and highways. Bitulithic streets andhighways solve the problem of easy, clean and durable transportation.