1 ,, f '.," I f J s THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1915. - 1 ACTUAL BUYING MOMENTARILY STRENGTHENS WHEAT; STOCKS RECOVER AT GENERAL BUSINESS MEWS U ANTHER FIRE QUALITY IS LACKING 1 JN FRUIT RECEIVED ;;; AT MARKETS TODAY Season For High Class Cantaloupes and Peaches Seems Past; Hot Weather Drjs Up Tomatoes ire the Local Gardens. Lack of hlgb losltty frait was tbe feature of todsv's markeilog on Front street. Cantaloup! of sufficient flrmoewi to ship any tlHtauce Uave completely disspvarei. The cantaloupe market tfiffenad perceptibly two dars ago due to the eastern demand, but today wm again weaker tbe tack of the first class staff b$Jug resi'D6lble. Large, firm ptacbes were also scarce again twlay, Aa a result tbe irtce for ucb fruit advanced to 50c with Me being ild in a few instances. Smaller peucbes wee fairly plenti ful aud old at 33i40c. Ury vot continues to affect many of tUo specimen coining to tbe market. Tomatoes were scarce today, tne Dest ar rivals being from distant joints. Local gar dens suffered from tue beat of the iast week, tbe tomatoes drying ou tbe vines. BRIEF NOTES OF THE TRADE Receipts of eggs liave been llglit for tbe pat two days uud bigb class eggs were scarce as a result. The market for second grade eggs bas been dull. 'ibe lirst Cuban Queeu watermelons, a great favorite wltb I'ortiaiid buyers, are expected to reacb tbe market by featurday., S Tbis Is ibe first seaxon, say marketers, that sweet potatoes have been available all year aud Illustrate better than anyibing tue ad vance In farming conditions. Poultry aud meats were tirm today. SHIPPERS' WEATHER NOTICE frotect shipments during the neit 4S hours as far north as Seattle against maximum . temperatures of about Vj degrees; uortbeast t'j spokuue, W) degrees; soutneast to Boise, bO degrees; suuth to Asblaud, S5 degrees. Maximum temperature at I'ortland tomorrow about iS di-grees. JOBBING PRICES OF PORTLAND Tbese prices are those at which wholesa lers Ml. to retailers, except as otherwise stated. 1 bey are corrected up to noon each day: Dairy Produce. BUTTER City creamery, cubes, fancy, 27e; firsts. 25c; seconds, 24c; prints and cartons, extra; country creamery cubes, JMV4(B2Si4c; Uregon dairy, lSftilUc. UIJ XT E Hi' AT So. 1. Portland delivery, 28c; No. 2, 2ufttic. - EOUS belling price by dealers Candled Ore gon much. 24c; selects, 25c dozen; case count, 21c dozen. UVS POULTRY Hens, Plymouth Rock, 13V4lc; ordinary cbickens, 12M;c; broilers, IV-ttVi lbs., ITc; turkeys, l&WJVc; dressed. U2ic, pigeons. $1.U0(1.25; squabe -) deceit; geese, live, be; i'ekin ducks, old, 6a JV-c lb.; youug, 12iy)13c lb. CHEESE fresh Oregon Taney full cream twins and triplets. UtoliVic; Young America, 14VaU16c; storage flats. 14c. Fruits and Vegetables. FK1.S11 FRUIT Oranges. $4.50g5.00 box; tutuauas, 6c lb.; lemous, S2.5u;4.7S box; grape trull, $3.ot per cae; pineapples, 6uc ttoseu; pears. Sl.GO2$l-20; cantaloupes, $1,104$ ai.70; blackberries. Wc crate; watermelons, i .H((i per cat.; apricota, gl.uo crate: peacbes, 30(&i5oc box; huckleberries, 67c lb. APPLES Local new, 4tx(sil.23 per box, ac cordiug to quality; crab applea, 4uc per half box. ONIONS Walla Walla, S075c aack; garlic, lTie lb. POTATOES Selling price New crop, 60 66c; sweets, Otitic. VEGETABLES Turnlpa ); beets, 75c per sack; carrots, new, ioc sack; parsnip ( ) per aack; cabbage (local) Sl.Gu; green onions, lOtol-'c doseu bunches; peppers, bell, t4l&c; bead lettuce, local, 20c dozen; cel ery, doseu, 404175c; cauliflower. $1.15 per dosen; French artichokes, 85s per dozen; string Canning Season For Salmon Ends At Noon Today Packers Returning Report a Big Catch; Outfits Break Up at Once; Past Week Short. At soon today the salmon season ended In tbe Colombia river. For tbe past week or more conditions bave sot been tbe best. Tbe run bas. while steady, been light and the fisn headed straight for upper waters. Tbe catch . early in tbe season was sufficient to make all dealers satisfied, however, and to more than, come up to ex peotat ions. It has been estimated that tbe catch will total about &JO.ou0 cases. The return to the city of cannery oat fits and laborer will commence within, tbe week. SHORTS SEEK COVER AS WEATHER REPORTS E ADVERSE CONT u TRANSPORTATION San Francisco Los Angeles (Without Chang a Boat) The Big, Clean. Comfortable, Elegantly Appointed. Bea-Q-oinir Steamship Sails From Aloe worth Sock 9 A. M., AUG. 30 100 Qolden Miles on Columbia River. All Bates Include Berth and XealaC Tables and Service Unexcelled. The Baa Francisco tc Portland 8. B. Go Third and Washington Sta. (with O-W. B. 8s XT. Co.) Tel. Broad. ay 4500, A -6 131. SAN FRANCISCO THli HEW WAT An sKVruin nf Via a w w -lw.ei.a.k due to ttrwi populuritj of the Twla falacs S. S. GREAT NORTHERN S. S. NORTHERN PACIFIC Only 2U hoars at eea between San Francisco and Portland EABXY RESERVATIONS -are Imperative to avoid disappointment. Ballioa-s every Tuesday Thursday. Saturday. BUamer train from ilorth Bank depotTsTSO Cl.w i. "i"?" ne. orta ' freight and Paaaemgss XZAUi.Ua TO 1UI DAIXZ and Way Landings "BAILEY GATZERT" : Leaves Portland dally at 1 A. at. exeeot Rn. . nay and Uouday. Sunday excursions to CaZ , coua Locks leave 8 A. U. ttetora 6:44 o. "DALLES CITY" ' it'sSo ATkT4 &uui' Thursday Sunday Caaoade Looks exoursion. ..... ai M isxTto in. Bail.. ai rVtnrir:::::::::!!:?? " 4T.T1TB STKIET DOCS. rOHTZASS Puooe Main 914. A-CHJ American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. Freight Serrlce ; Frequent rfSSfe. Portland Sailings MB New Low York Rates SBr Boston C. r. KSIfNEST, Afirenk, ' 870 Stark 8t Portland. Or. STEAMER GEORGIANA - Leave daily except Monday ASTORIA AND WAY LANDINGS LeaTi-T foot of . Washing-ton St. 7 a. m.. returning 9 p. m. STEMISp BREAKWATER ' Balls from Ainewarth Seek. PerUaaa, a. as. Xborsday. freickt and Ticket oifioe Atne worth JDeek. Choae 1-aoa SoOO. A-SUS. City Ticket offioe, M Sixth at. f boae Mnia M0. JLXUT rertlan Cees Bv STilae, beans 6cppeis, Zic per lb; radishes, 12Vc d ieu buuebes; coru, sack; cbcuui- L.ti, 5u4470c sack: tomatoes, Oregou, 2oa4w; kkii plaul, 3!Ui4c lb. Meats, Fish and Provisions. DRESbt-lj MtAIS Selllug price Country killed: Pancy nogs, W4HK;; rouKU and heavy, sc; taucy veaut, loHil'c; ordinary. Ilia iJitjc; poor, aitiloc; goau, spring lauiost lie; Ueav muttou, c. il AilS, liACOA, LX'L. Hams, 1SQ1BC; Ueitu.t Iwwu, lsiijjoc; boileu lutms, 29c; plcuics, JlVac, cotla roil. iOc; Ureou ei- iits, 13c lit . UiSltiU Olympic, per gallon, 3.a0; cuuued eusteru. ojc L-au: o.S0 Uozeu: easteru j in sueil, ai.jsj per lov; rasur cluwa. .6u box; itaiiaiu ujura per jjullcaj, solid pack. SJ.oo. M3U uresieu tiouuuers, steetneaa uti- Uiuu, wu.it:; liuful Culuouk, 8c; percn. 0i sc; lolien, ijt 10.; silver smelt, Sc; salniou trout, Iso lb.; buUuut, bac; snad, dressea, isc; stiad roe, ioc; roe sliau, lie lu. LAKu lierces, kelue ' rendered, llc; lanurd, lUac. cilAlio iit. medium, 91.50 dozen, irroceriea. SI (J Alt Cube, i.uo, powdered, $8.75; fruit or berry, Xo.o, beet, eu.a; dry tr anuJa led, eti.55; u yeuow, eo.lo. (Above iuutauoua ale M Uuys nt casii. UicL Jupau ij le, No. i'tiilZic; New Ur leau, bead, OiudsC'Ac; blue ruM, dic; Creole oc. hALT Coarse, half gruuuds, loos, f 10.55 per txii, ous, (li.oo; table Odiry, inus, io; lm, 1i.jj; bales, iZ.'; lump roca, iu.00 per ton, UtA.SS tiuiau, wbiu, so. 00; largo wbite, $0.oo; piuk, i.oo; ilium, .lo, bou, eo.ou; ieu, so. 10. Hops, Wool and Hides. HOPS Bujiug price, choice, 13(il3Hc; prime, l,-j44lc; medium to prime, iuuik; meuium, 10c; 1U15 cou tracts, IX foe. Iiu.vlY .New, e.2oa4J.oU per case. VVUUL Nominal, 11j clip; vv lliamelte val ley, coarse Cots wold, ia(u,Jic; meoium bbrop abire, 21c, ciiuice tancy iols, o(zoc; eastern Oregon, l-ia.KJ'3c. iiiiJiib oaiieu bides, 23 lbs. and up, 15',ic; salteu ug, oO lbs, and up, 11c; salted kip, Id lbs. to 2o lbs., 16c; sanea calf, up to 10 lbs., ISc; greeu bides, ZJ iba. aud up, 14c; glean stagb, 00 lbs. and up, 8c; green kip, 16 lbs. to 25 lbs., lcic, greeu calf, up to lo ibt-., loc; dry tiiut bides, Zic; dry fliut calf, up to 1 Iba., -ic; dry salt bides, 20c; dry borsebiues, eack, 000 to si.ou; cull Iiorsebldes, eucb, (ji 0.00; boiseuair, &c; dry long wool peiis, iVjc; dry sbort wooi pelts, IIVjc; dry sueep suearilugs, eacb, loloc; suited sueep sbearllugs, eacb, li42oC. 'lALLUVt iSo. 1. ouoi i.o. 2. 4VtUoCi grtuse, ViiSo. MOUA1U 31c. CHIXUIM Ort CAaCAHA BASK Bnylng price, car lots, 4c; less tban car lota, c Painta and Oils. LINSEED OIL -liaw bbla.. Doc gallon; ket tle boiled bbia., oisc; raw, cases, 71c; boiled, cases. lUc gaL ; lots of XiO gallous, lc ieas oll cake uieal. per ton. COAL OIL Water wbite In drums and Iron barrels, loc. XUiiPLN TIN'S Tasks, CSc; cases, 6 80 gaL loo. WHITE LEAD Ton lots, 8c lb.; BOO lb. lets, Sc lb.; less lots, b4c per lb. OIL kliiAL Carload lota, $o. STOCK NEWS SUMMARY New York. Aug. 25. Eastman Kodak com pany declared by United States district court to be a monopoly In restraint of trade and given until November 1 to present plan of readjustment. Brown Brothers tc Co. announce that ar rangements bave been completed for S20.000, 000 Frencb commercial export credit. United States government to take over Hayti and administer affairs of the republic for period of at least ten years. Private advices from Brazil intimate that coffee valorization plan may be announced soon. Crude oil higher. Independent wire manufacturers In Titta bure; district advance prices. Minority stockholders of International Mer chant Marine asked formally to ratify reor ganization plan today. United States district court grants New Haven directors amplified bill of particulars. Twelve industrials 96.SO op 2.16. Twenty rails 62.78 up .48. AT PACIFIC COAST MARKETS Seattle Produce. Seattle. TVash.. Aug. 25. (U. P.) Onions: Green, 25c; California (new), 154c; Walla Walla, 505c. Potatoes New red, l4c: white, l14c. Butter Native Washington creamery brick, 29c: soUd pack. 28c. Cheese Domestic wheel. 22c; Llmburger, Isc; Oregon triplets, 16c; Wisconsin twins, 17c; do. triplets, 17c; Washington twins, loc; Young America. 18c. Eggs Select ranch, 34c. Eggi Stiff In South. San Francisco, Aug. 25. (U. P.-) Eeirs Extrss. SOHc; pullets. 25 He. Butter Extras,- 28c; prime firsts, 26c firsts, 25c. Cheese California fancy, 12c; firsts, 10 He; seconds, 8c. Barley and Wheat Firm. San Francisco. Aug. 25. (U. P.) Wheat, club. $1.67i1.72Vi per cental: Russian red, $1.751.77H: Turkey red, $1. 801. 85; blue btera, S1.00gl.95; fortyfold. $1.77H81.80. Barley Spot: Feed, 1.17fe1.20 per cen tal; shipping and brewing, $1.22 (itl.25. Bay City Potatoes. San Francisco, Aug. 25. (U. P.) Potatoes: Delta, 60c$1.00 per cental; Salinas, S1.00$ 1.16; sweet, $2-25 ex. car and 12.60 on the street. Seattle Citrus. Seattle, An. 25. (P. N. S.) Oranges California Valencies, 3.764.50, Lemons California, 2.754.50; receipts nominaL BANK STATEMENT OP COAST Clearings Balances Clearings Balances Cles rings . Balances .. Clearinga Balances Portland Banks. Today. Year Ajto. $1,573,133.60 $1,603,678.17 125,856.77 134,041.86 Seattle Banks. $1,727,103.00 168,280.00 Taooma Bank. ..-...$275,892.00 UJ,627.00 Los Angeles Banks. .$3,614,849.00 186,612.00 San Francisco Banks. Chicago Pit Has Heavy Day of Sales; Bearish Feeling Still Ex. ists as Foreign Demand Remains & a Small; Rumor Causes Break. Chicago, Aug. 25. (I. N. S.) Gram prices in tbe pit were slightly higher at the ocening of tbe market today. Wheat was to i up. Corn started unchanged to higher, and oats was unchanged. Buying in wheat at the outset was moder ate. Commission bouses bought and local shorts were also good buyers. Early in the trading a further advance ensued. Offerings became beaTy and northwest traders sold heavily. Grsin movement and the cash demand are dominating factors in the marKet. With a light foreign and export demand, the general belief in tbe trade is tbat the outcome of wheat is too great to carry the present level. Some frost was reported from the north west, but was not considered important. Liv erpool markets today were quiet. Prices were practically unchanged. Trading In corn was moderate and void of feature. Prices held steady, the wet weather being the influencing factor. There was very little action in oats. Armour sold. The buy ing was scattered. Provisions were slightly higher at tha start. Due to a rumor on the floor that the Dar danelles were open, there was a sharp break lu wheat values at midday. September sagged to 9Sc, a new low price for the option. De cember fell off to 96c. Selling was heavy on the rumor. Wheat clod unsettled. He up to sc be low initial figures, corn was c to Vie high er, while outs finished witbj an advance of Vc to He. Provisions were Irregular at the close. Range of Chicago prices beck & Cooke company, lrade building. WHEAT. Open. Hiirh. .$ .ftit'i $1.0O-, . .98V, .tS-S, . 1.01 Va l.o' i-2 CORN. . .74i .74S, . .(53 .4 . .04fs -OJ's OATS. . .8714 .37T-s . .23 Vi .39 PORK. 13.65 13.70 1H.77 13.90 16.40 16.45 LARD. 8.07 8.07 8.20 8. 20 8.32 8.0O RIBS. 8.52 8.55 . .8.67 8.67 Rfe7 8.87 Sept. Dec. May Sept. Dec. May Sept. Dec. May Sept. Oct. Jan. Sept. Oct. Jan. Sept. Oct. Jan. furnished 210-217 Low. $ .97 1 .9'a l.OOVa .73 .64 Vj .73 '4 .363 -oVs 13.55 13.75 16.30 8.02 8.12 8.82 8.47 8.61 8.82 by Over Board of Close. $ .99 V A .97 i .73H .04' .874 .36 .388 13.55 13.70 16.40 8.07 8.20 8.85 8.47 8.60 8.82 Buyers Wait While Wheat Goes Down FOREIGN STATUS. Liverpool. Aug. 25. (I. N. B.) Wheat Spot No. 2 Manitoba, lis 6d.; No. 1 North ern Duluth. lis. 3d. Corn Spot American mixed, new 8s lid. Clearings .7.794,08S-00 At Various Markets. Duluth Wheat closed. September, 8Tc: De cember 94c; May, 98c. Winnipeg Wheat closed, December 9341b: May 99a: October. 93?c. ". W iim.nil1 & W lk,t fldk. Ti ,uu, irccciUDer, 95!,c: May. 99 b. Kansas City Wheat closed. September 97c December. 84c; May. 98c St. Louis Cash wheat. 2 to 4 lower Buenos Aires Wheat unchanged. Corn. U& to d lower. Omaha Cash wheat, 1 to 2 lower. Corn un changed to lower. Oats. I to 1 lower. Horns Corner Grows Figs. rJ?-1 ,7fh" A.UJ?- 25 14 been proven that It is possible to grow fits in this section of the country and of a large siae and of good quality. Everett E. Edmonds, a ISS? fw.ar , n vCorner- bont three miles east of this plsce, has a tree which U besr ing a good crop of the luscious fruit. Foreign Exchange Rates. Merchants National bank quotes the follow ing rates on foreign exchange -London $4.70. Berlin 20.60. Paris 17.30. Vienna 15.37. Athens 15.15. Hongkong 42.45 NORTHWESTERN G Portland today.. Year ago .... Season to date.. Year ago Tacotna Tuesday Year ago Season to date . . Year ago Seattle Tuesday. Year ago Season to date . Year ago RAIN RECEIPTS. Cars Wheat Barley Flour Oats Hay . 42 . 98 .1317 .1728 49 . 98 . 906 .1242 . 52 . 34 . 726 . 706 113 1 3 4 4 9 115 146 130 811 195 391 155 249 4 ... 3 6 4 ... 7 10 34 ... 40 253 74 ... 59 448 5 11 5 19 1 7 ... 10 75 383 149 679 123 893 116 603 Wheat dropped again today at the noon session of the Merchants' Exchange but thi.-re were no sales. Coarse grains also sagged a little and as a result 2o0 tons of Septem ber oats changed hands at J25. Reports from the interior today were that the local buyers bad practically withdrawn from the field. No offers are being made for wheat and but few are expected till the situation clears more. FLOUR Selling prices: Old crop patent, $5.60; Willamette valley, $5.60; local straight, SU5.10; bakers' local, $5.70; Montana spring wheat, JS.00; exports. $4.50; whole wheat, $6.30; graham, $5.25 per barrel. HAY Buying price: Willamette valley timothy, fancy, $13.00; eastern Oregon-Idaho fancy timothy, $16.00; alfalfa, $13.0018.50; vetch and oats, $11.00; clover, $8.009.00 per t0?iRAIN RACKS 1915 nominal: No. 1 Cal cutta. 74iC in car lots; less amount, higher, MILLS TUFFS Selling price: Bran, $26.50; shorts. $27.50. ROLLED BARLEY Selling price, $2S.50 29.50. CORN Whole, $37.00; cracked. $38.00. Merchants' Exchange spot prices: WHEAT. Bid. Ask. Bluestem Fortyfold 1 Club -2 Red Fife 86 .90 Red Russian 84 .87 OATS. Feed $24.00 $25.25 . BARLEY. Feed $23.50 $25.50 MILLSTUFFS. Bran $23.00 $23.75 Shorts -3,00 25.00 Futures were quoted at: WHEAT. Bid. Ask. September Bluestem $ -94 $ .96 October Bluestem 924 .9o September Fortyfold 1 .93 October Fortyfold .90 .92 September Club 89 .91 V October Clnb . t .87 .90 September Fife 86 .90 September Russian 84 .8 October Fife 8J M October Rusian 81 .86 OATS. September Feed $24.50 $25.25 October Feed 24.oO 25.00 BARLEY. September Feed $23.0O $25.50 October Feed 22.50 25.50 MILLSTUFFS. September Bran $23.00 $25.75 October Bran 22.W 24.00 September Shorts 23.00 25.O0 . October Shorts 22.O0 25 -0O Quality and Price Both Weak at Yards PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN. Hogs Cattle Calves Sheep Wednesday . 129 14 .. 849 Tuesday -105 36 1 144 Monday 2028 1096 2 1537 Saturday 58 11 .. 1613 Friday 231 17 2 8 Thursday 79 19 1 2207 Week ago 1S2 26 .. 2 Year ago 204 S3 - . 3 233 Two years ago... 479 1073 3 2165 Three years ago. ..... .... What . few sales were ' made .this morning and yesterday afternoon at the North Portland yards were of ordinary stuff an4 consequently brought only ordinary prices. Receipts to talled four cars. General hog market range: Best light ...$7.557.60 Medium light 7.20(ft7.35 Good to heavy 6.SOg$7.oo Rough to heavy 6.50&6.00 General cattle market range: Select steers -. $8.50(37.00 Eest hay fed steers 6.25&6.35 Good to choice 6.00B6.25 Ordinary to fair 5.00a5.75 Best cows -. 5.004i550 Good to prime 4.50&4.75 Select bulls 4.50(4.75 Fancy bulls 4-25 Ordinary bulls 2.503.50 Best calves 7.00(87.50 General shorn mutton market: Choice spring lambs 6.256.50 Common spring lambs ... 6.754j6.oO Choice yearling wethers 5.00t5.50 Good yearlings 4.75fi5.00 Old wethers 4.75(5.00 Choice light ewes 4.504.60 Good ewes 3.75&4.o0 Rough heavy ewes 3.5o(3.60 Livestock Receipts. Sheep Sam Sinclair, Roosevelt, Wash., two cars. , , Hogs J. B. Dens mo re, West Sclo, one car. Cattle, bogs and sheep C. B. Bur dick, Al bany, one car. Today's Livestock Sales. COWS. Section Number At. lbs. Price Oregon 1 1230 $550 Oregon 1 1070 4.60 HOGS. Oregon 9 170 $6.50 Oregon. 2 285 6.30 Oregon 1 5SO 6.00 Yesterday's Livestock Sales. HOGS. Section Number At. lbs. Price Oregon 32 200 $7.25 Oregon 3 245 6.75 Oregon 21 1U7 6.60 Oiegon 3 277 6.25 STEERS. Oregon 9 976 $5.00 COWS. 2 HOP YARDS DRAWING THOUSANDS OF THE UNEMPLOYED OF CITY Every Train and Boat Takes Fami lies to Valley Farms; Govern ment Aids in Placing Pickers Properly; Specials to Run. Hop pickers fairly exuded from Portland to day. The flow will continue up till Wednesday of next week when all should be at work. The free employment bureau of the govern ment has made arrangements for the placing of the bulk of the help. Special trains will leave over the west side lines for tome of the yards so heavy is the flow of labor. Agents of the railroads spent yesterday and today selling tickets to those registered aud assigned to yards. Reports from the yards were favorable to day though some are said to have had al most too much sunshine. The hops were said to be too dry. The word from New York was also better today, it , being stated that the crop there while necessarily (mall was going to be of better quality and that market conditions looked better. Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon HEIFERS, 1 1 CALVES. 1 EWES. 19 69 YEARLINGS. 189 845 810 900 600 230 82 10O 94 50 $4.25 8.00 $4.50 3.50 $7.50 $3.50 4.75 $550 5.50 AMERICAN LIVESTOCK PRICES Conditions Favor Harvest W orkers Following Is a summary of the crop condi tions In Oregon for the week ending Aug ust 24. 1915, as reported to the local office of the weather bureau, by special correspond ents throughout the stste: Fine harvesting weather continued all of the. week. Fall sown wheat hss nearly all been cut and the hsrvesting of spring sown grain is well advanced. Threshing returns for the most part are satisfactory and up to expectations. Fall plowing has begun by a few farmers In the Willamette valley, but the soli Is too dry for this work to become general. Summer fallowed land In the east ern counties la in good condition for fall seeding. Under the influence of the hot days and warm nights corn made excellent prog ress and potatoes matured rapidly. Grr on the sttmmer ranges in the hills is reported to be poor and cattle are slowly working down to the valleys. Creaks and springs are drying up and the rivers are at an unusually low tags for the season of the year. Early apples, peaches, pears and plums are plentiful In the markets. The hot weather ripened fruit too rapidly and some applea were injured by becoming" sun bnrned- E. A. BEALS, District Forecaster. Xew York Cotton Market. New Tork, Aug. 25. New York cot ton market: - Open. High. Low. Close January ...... 975 9S0 .970 970 March 1001 1003 : 898 992 May .....1020 1022 1015 -1015 October - 935 ' 939 92S tX December ..... 863 68 86$ Sol Chicago, Aug. 25. (L N. S.) Hogs re ceipts. 19,000, 5c higher than yesterday's average; bulk. $6.537.45; light, $707.90; mixed. $6.45g7.85; heavy, $8JJ57.40; rough, $6.256.40; pigs, $7.008.00; cattle receipts. 177000; slow, steady: beeves, $6.00ai0.00; cows and heifers, $3.10(g8.75: Texas steers, $6.40g7.50; western ateers, $6.65(gS.85; calves. $8.50 12.25; sheep receipts, 18.0O0; steady; native, $5.656.25; western, $5.854i6.35r year lings, $6.S0(&7.35; lambs, native, $6.758.S0; western, $6.859.00. Kansas City Sheep Steady. Kansas City. Aug. 25. (I. N. S.) Hoas re ceipts, 5000, higher; bulk, $8.80(37.45; heavy, $6.50g7.10; packers and butchers', $6.80(8 7.45; light. 7.107.5O; pigs, $6.7507.40; cat tle receipts, 8000, steady; prime fed. steers, $9.50Q,9.S5; dressed beef steers, $S.009.40; western steers,-$7.008.75; stoekers and feed ers. $S.25(gS.50; bulls, $5.256.75; .ealvea, $6.0010.50: aheep receipts, 8000, steady; lambs, $8.25(38.70; yearlings, $6.256.75; wethers, $5.506.25; ewes, $5-255.75. St. Louis Cattle Weak. St. Louis. Mo., Aug. 25. (I. N. S.) Hogs receipts, ouuu, nigner; pigs and lights, $7.60tg 7.90; mixed and butchers', $7.65(sj7.90; good lieaiy, $6.S5'g7.35; cattle receipts. 5000. weak; native beef steers, $7.50(810.15: yearling steers and heifers, $8.50 10. 00; cows, $6.00 S.00; stoekers aud feeders, $6.008.25; south ern steers, S5.155J8.S5; cows and heifers, $4.00 (36.50; native calves, $6.00(811.00; sheep re ceipts, . 13,000, lower; lambs, $7.6010.00; sheep and ewes, $5.DO(sj7.00. Denver -Cattle Firm. "Denver, Aug. 25. Cattle, 400, firm; beef steers, $6.768.O0; cows and heifers, $5.5941 6.75; calves, $8.00310.50. Hogs 400, hiher; tops, $T.10; bulk. $8.75 g7.00. Sheep None. . Omana Sheep Higher. South Omaha, Neb., Aug. 25. Cattle. 8500, steady; steers, $9.25(.9-65; cowa and heifers, $8.50g8.50. Hogs 10,000. steady to 10c lower; bulk, $6.20(6.50; tops, $7.50. Sheep 22,000, strong to 10c higher; year llugs, $5.75t.75; wethers, $6-O06J0; lambs, $.608.80. Ewes, $5.005.40. Street Now Sure Of German Plan (Copyright, 1915, by the New Tork Evening Post.) New York. Oct 25. (U. P.) As In 7esterday's late market, the paramount influence on the stock exchange today was that Uermany ia laboring to avert a breach. Wall street discussion did not differ from that elsewhere, in that the actual text of the communication made pub lic yesterday was, in a measure, dis appointing. Beyond all else, however, t.ie MOCLIPS PRACTICALLY DESTROYS ENTIRE CITY Eight Summer Resort Busi ness Buildings, Including Hotel, Burn. This Morning. Aberdeen. Wash., Aug. 25. Moclips, a summer resort SO mlleg northwest of here, had Its second recent fire visita tion this morning, when eight store buildings burned. The town is prac tically wiped out.. Loss $10,000 with half that amount in insurance. The buildings burned were occupied or owned by Woolman's restaurant, Shelly's drug store, Forward Brothers lapidary. Drew's hotel, Hinton Broth ers' poolroom and Bauer's meat market. Morton, Wn., Also Suffers Big Loss Morton, Wash., Aug. 25.-rA $10,000 fire at 3:30 this morning destroyed Handel's pool hall and confectionery, Morton drug store and Delmonte bakery, and for a time threatened the entire business section end close In residence section. The fire started presumably from a cigarette stub in the pool hall. Mag gie Collins gave the alarm. The pool hall building was owned by C. O. Thompson of Randle, partly insured. The other buildings were owned by Postmaster Jones of Morton and were also partly insured. Insur ance on the bakery had Just lapsed. There was $5000 insurance cn the drug stock, bought within the month ey E. J. Venske and S. J. Olsen from George Nicclai. The office and home of City Attor ney Rutherford was in the path of the reasoning- of the financial com miinltv n I h a marlrat a, - . . t -i , 1 1 t- many was taking what would, in any j fire and Had lt caught the whole -city wt-ot3, uc me xusi bitp luwaiu dis avowal of the sinking of the Arabic. Range of prices furnished by the Overbeck & Cooke Co., 216-217 Board of Trade building: IQpen High I Low jClose DESCRIPTION New York Coffee and Sugar. New York, Aug. 25. Sugar, centrlfugaL $4.70. Coffee Spot. New York, Woe, No. T: San tos, No. 4, 94c CRATER MAD LAKE WILL BE E ONE OF THE NATION'S PLAY SPOTS Government Official in Charge of Parks Intends to Have Nature Wonder Exploited, Crater Lake, hidden away in the southern Oregon mountains. Is to be dragged from its seclusion and ex ploited before the world as one of America's gfeatest play-spots. Stephen Mather of California, assistant to Sec retary of Interior Lane, In charge of the bureau of national parks, has Just seen It. He was , impressed. . He will seek to have the wonders of this lake appreciated as much by all the, people. Mr. Mather flitted through Portland this morning on a tour of the national parks. From here he started for Rai nier National park, and afterward will visit Glacier National park. All of these hve received attention from the interior department, as well as from the railroads. Now Mr. Mather has seen Crater lake, and has declared open admiration for it and wondered why it has not been so extensively ex ploited and developed as the oihers. Mr. Mather was escorted through the park by Superintendent Will G. Steel and by E. O. McCormick, vice president of the Southern . Pacifio company in charge of traffic Mr. McCormick ac companied him north and went with him to Tacoma. DrlTers Held Responsible. Salem. Or., Aug. 25. That the acci dent Sunday night in which Mrs. Cas per Anderegg was killed was due to the carelessness of both the driver of the buggy, Casper Anderegg. and Mo torman G. W. Church of the Center street car and lack of air brakes on the car. was the verdict of a. coroner's Jury last evening. The Southern Pa cific board of inquiry found that the streetcar crew was not responsible. Alaska Copper Co American Car & F c. . American Can. c do pfd American Cotton Oil. c'. American I-oco., c... American Sugar, c American Smelt, c... do pfd Am. Tel. tc. Tel Anaconda Mining Co.. Baldwin Loco Atchison, c do pfd Baltimore & Ohio, c . . Beet Sugar Bethlehem Steel, e... Brooklyn R. T Canadian Pacific, c. . . Central Leather, c... do pfd c. & a. w., c do pfd C. M. & St. Paul ... C. Si N.. c Cbino Copper Chesapeake & Ohio Colo. Fuel & Iron, c. Colo. Southern, c.... Consolidated Gas - Corn Product, c do pfd Crucible Steel Den. & Rio Grande, c. do pfd Erie, c do 2d pfd K do 1st pfd Seneral Electric . . . , G. N., ore lands G. N.. pfd Ice Securities Illinois Central Inter. Met., e do pfd. Lehigh Valley K. C. Southern Goodrich Ixmisville Nashville M., K. & T., c Miami Copper Missouri Pacific National Lead Nevada Consolidated. New Haven New York Central .. N. Y., O. & W. ..... Norfolk Western North American N'nrthern Pacific, c. Pacific Mail Steam. Co Pennsylvania Railway. P. G., L. & C. Co Pressed Steel Car, c. . do preferred Ray Cons. Copper Reading, c. do 1st preferred Railway Springs Rep. I. & S., c do preferred Rock Island, c fir, nref erred new. . . St. U & S. F.. 2d pfd; do first preferred . . . Studebaker, c do preferred Southern Pacific, c... Southern Railway, c. .. do preferred Tenn. Copper Texas & Pacific Union Pacific, c do preferred , TJ. S. Rubber, e do preferred TJ. S'. Steel Co., c do preferred Vtah Copper Virginia Chemical Wabash, preferred ... W. TJ. Telegraph Westingbouse Electric. Wisconsin Central, e. 32 69 61 H 106 50 H 54 V HO 79 i 33 69 62 106 51 5514 111 t0 122Vall22 32 68 .i 60 165 50 54 110 79 32 it, 68 61 103 50 54 70 4 7914 lOlji 82 64 iiSO 85 150 44 29 126 45 451-i 40 i2" 17 'fa" io" 27 35 44 173 42 118 23 20 143 26 61 "g" 26 3 63 14 64 89 26 107 108 63" 22 148 40 44 101 22 TS 111 104 89 16 47 63 9 129 52 104 75 111S 60 S5 71 7!i 102 98 82 66 285 85 152 44 30 105 122 1221J 78 101 98 61 t4 280 84 150 43 29 126 1 126 45 40 42 i27" 1T '78 11 28 85 44 178 43 118 24 20 143 63 "8 25 3 3 14 64 91 26 107 ioo 63" 70 115 22 150 '46 44 101 24 "s" 117 104 00 16 48 64 10 131 '62 105 76 111 66 35 45 45 40 126 16 '74 "id" 27 34 42 173 42 117 23 '"20 142 2 60 "s" 25 3 62 14 64 89 25 107 i08 60 78 101 98 81 64 283 84 151 43 105 11 29 82 126 45 45 41 27 128 16 82 75 6. IO 28 34 43 174 42 118 23 102 20 7U 141 27 02 W 113 7 25 4 62 would have gone. But 15 feet sepa rated lt from the . bakery. The two largest business houses across the street were Just saved. Extraordinary good work was done by the volunteer fire department. The owners will replace the drug store at once. School District Will Do the Work National Chemical Exposition, For the first time In the history of America therjKM-in be given at Grand Central PalaNew York, beginning beptember raSTMiblle exposition of the work antfSfSTgaJTeTM of the chemical industries of thfTjnlted States. This country leads the world in essential raw materials, such as coal, petroleum, sulphur and iron and manufacturers and the public are becoming convinced that they are absolutely independent of foreign countries. This exposition will throw great light on the subject. Among the interesting things that everyone can see and learn about at Grand Central Palace are the manu facture of aniline dyes, beads, hard rubber, pyrometers, phenolic condensa tion and chlorine substitution products, vacuum drying, seamless one-piece pro ducts, bakelite, sulphur burners, quartz thermometers, filters, enameled iron ware, acetphenetedin, caffeine, chloral hydrate, saccharin, distilling, centrif ugals, zinc. South American possibil ities. X-rays, the manufacture of choc olate, dynamite farming, potash, as phalt, explosives .and gases. America Zieada in Talo ana Soapitone. The United States produces more talc and eoapstone than all of the rest of the world combined. The domestic output has nearlv doubled in the last decade, and the comparatively uniform development of the industry Indicates Its stability and' gives promise for con tinued increasing demand. The geo logical, survey gives the output last year as 172.296 short tons, valued at 1,865,087. one half of it being from New Yorl the balance chiefly from Vermont and Virginia, Soapstone finds extensive use in commerce aa slabs for hearthstones, mantel, alnks, etc., and when powdered aa a pigment in paper making, as a lubricator for dressing skins and leather, etc. The fine granular or cryptocryetalline va rieties are used for marking purpose under the name of French chalk. Committee Xs Warned. A. P. Bateham. chairman of the land products committee of the Manufac turers and Land Products exposition, has appointed John S. Beall, A L. Fish. Jacob Kanzler and C. W. Hodson to arrange events for this division of the forthcoming show. The committee held Ha first meeting yesterday at. the Chamber of Commerce. "DoUar Day" Headquarter. Official headquarter for "Dollar Day" were opened yesterday at the Chamber of Commerce. This event. which is now neing wonted up by the Chamber of Commerce as a further stimulus to retail trade, will tilt place September 25. on which day every merchant in town Is to display in his windows and on his counters all the bargains that may be bought for $1. The participation committee hsa placed w. E. -Conkltng in charge of the headquarters. The committee is riving the merchants carte blanche on heir displays of bargains, the only restriction being that all goods dis played must be worth more than $1, Appraisal of wares must not show that 50 cent stuff is being worked off for double price, and though such practices are not looked for, steps will be taken to see that they are not employed. 22 147 si" 43 100 zi 110 103 89 15 47 63 9V, 129 51 103 75 111 65 34 71 116 70 115 "lotal sales l,O9,o00 shares. BOSTON COPPER QUOTATIONS Boston, Aug. Adventure Ahmeek Alloues . Arcadian 25 Bid. .. 2 . . 95 .. 53 10 Alaska Baltic Bohemia Boston Ely ... Butte Bal Butte Sup Cal. & Aris Cal. & Hecla.. Centennial Chief Cons. . . Chi no Cous. Cop 3 J '. 25 . 4 . 64 . 61 .555 . IS . 90 . 46 Copper Range Daly wesi Mines 1 . 64 . 2 1 3-16 . 12 Davis-Daly . V f- RnttA First National... 2 Franklin Goldfield Cons... 1 Greene-Cananea . 37 Granby 80 Hancock lo Helvetia SO Houghton 2 Indiana 4 New Inspiration 234 Isle Royale 26 Keeweenaw 1 La Salle 6 Lake Copper 14 Majestic 16 Mason Valley.... 2 Mass. Mining ... 10 Mayflower 8 Mexico Cons. ... 24 Miami 26 I Bid. Michigan 2 Mohawk 71 Nevada Cons. .... 14 Nlpissing 5 North Butte .... 23 iNorth Lake 1 Ohio Copper .... 12 Old Colony 3 Old Diminlon ... 52 Osceola 80 Quincy 85 Raven 10 SRay Cons 22 Santa Fe 2 jSliannon 7 iShattuck 25 Superior 26 Sup. & Boston 2 Swift Packing ..119 Tamarack .......64 Trinity 4 Tnolumne .. .... 45 United Fruit 132 United Shoe Machy 48 I do pd 29 1 United Zinc ....52 0. S. Smelters... 41 i do pfd. 46 Utah Apex 3 Utah Cons. " 12 Victoria 2 Winona 8 Wolverine 60 - Wyandot 1 Yukon Gold .... 2 Crown 85 Verde Exn 5 9- 16 Kerr Lake. 3 McKinley ....... 25, Algomah ........ 24 Inspection Trip Taken. President L. C. Gilman and General Manager C O. Jenks of the North Bank road left this morning on an In spection trip over the line between Portland and Spokane. Assistant Traffic Manager. M. J. Costello, assistant traffic man ager of the Great Northern railway. Is here on freight business from Saattla. Building and Q rounds Committee Con cludes to Wot X,et Electrical Work la Franklin Kigh School on Contract. The building and grounds committee ef the school board will recommend that the electrical work on the new Franklin High school building be done by the school district Instead of let ting the Job on contract. The matter will come before the school board at ita regular meeting Thursday after noon of next week. Recommendation that the district do the electrical work on the Franklin school was made by D. J. Phillips, school electrician, at a meeting of the committee last night. He said the actual cst of the work would be $3708.76, with an overhead expense of $291.24.. making a total cost of $4000. Five blda have been received for the job, the lowest being $3990, by Miller & Halls. Mr. Phillips stated that if the work Is let out by contract it will be necessary for the district to main tain an inspector on the job, while if the district does it an inspector will not be necessary. In this way, he fig ured that the Job would be a little cheaper if performed by the district. The building and grounds committee 14V .1.1, H11 wi'nmmnnfl that th contract ooii j for the heating and ventilating of the Shea for izz.bzb, wnicn was ine low bid. - Taft Scores Sunday . Type of Evangelist "Doesn't Deny They Do Good, but Zta Met Irasting," Says Former Presi dent. . San Francisco, Aug. 25. (TJ. P.) Evangelists of the "Billy" Sunday type were scored by former President Wil- 15 nam H. Taft at the opening session fait ot the conference of the Unitarian and other Christian churches here today. 130 i While he did not mention Sunday's l!name. his description of Sunday's 5- t 1 a .w-VinTM Vi a rifl1 ref - erence. "I am not prepared to deny that this evangelist has not done good, but I decry his attack on Christian minis ters, his vituperation and slangy phrases. His irreverence and manner of speech can have no permanent ef fect. "We live in an age when the vogue seems to be to denounce something or somebody. Evangelical efforts cannot do a great deal of good. They ace j to be considered ephemeral and the bogles of a passing period. Judge Taft declared he could see a change in religious thought toward greater liberality and a different at titude toward superstitions. Marines to Sail Away for Haiti Cruiser Tennessee Take on Bnppliea at Philadelphia, Preparatory to De parture South Bound. Philadelphia, Aug. 25. (X. N. S.) Carrying 350 marines, the cruiser Ten nessee will -arrive here this afternoon and after taking on a supply of pro visions will sail for Haiti. The supply ship Culgoa, loaded with stores, also will leave for Haiti Fri day. LOVER MURDERS WOMAN Philadelphia, Aug. 25. (I. N. S.) Because she refused to get a divorce and marry him, W. E. Rltter, aged 23, early today shot and killed Mrs. Ruth Hamblin, 24, aa she slept. Rltter then ended bia own life. . 100 7Z 107 31 108 115 00 100 2 148V4 81 39 43 IOI 22 6 8 111 103 89 104 76 111 63 34 70 116 Raymond Change Blasters. San Francisco, Aug, ,25. Half den Hansen has replaced Jacob Klttlesen aa master of .the steamer Raymond. . Fast Time Made at Centralia Races Centralia, Aug. 25. Fast time and a perfect track marked the opening of the southwest Washington fair races yesterday afternoon. The crowd was unsatisfactory, but it is expected to improve today. The only accident -occurred in the third heat of the first race, when the sulkey wheel of Driver Archer, of Hal Edo collapsed. Follow ing are the results: 2:15 pace; purse, $500 Glen Rose, b m .......7 Hal Edo. b. m . . 1 .3 2 Prince Zolock. b. g 2 1 1 Park Wood, b. g 8 Scarlet Trent, b. g 1 3 2 Indian Hal. b. s 4 4 6 St. Elmo. b. g 5 6 3 Nigger Boy, b. tr 8 6 4 Time, 2:09Vi. 2:10. 2:15. 2:25 trot: purse. $600 Beauty B. b. m .....a 8 2 Perrieo, b. g. 1 3 S Hallle B, b. m 3 11 Amy McKlnney, b. m ......5 6 4 Mary W. b. m 4 6 6 Floradora Z, b. m 3 4 6 Time. 2:16. 2:16; 2:18. Three quarter mile running race: purse $75 Ducal Crown, first; Ada. second; Veloska, third; Susan F, fourth; Baas, fifth; Grasshopper, sixth; Miss Ev erett, seventh, and Miss Beulah, eighth Time. 1:16. B A MINOR BASEBALL j Ha Beaverton easily defeated the Ben Hur team Sunday, 18 to 8.. Hank Akin made two triples with the bases full. Burnett, Sweetland and Watklns formed the Ben Hur battery, and How ell and Decker were in tbe points for the winners. DOC AYERS CAN'T FINISH Chicago. Aug. 25. (I. N. S.) Some day Dr. Wyatt Yancy Ayers, who prac tices medicine at HullsviUe, Va., dur ing the winter and pitches Tor the Senators in the summer, will have a chance to finish what he starts, for. about every time Boehllng starts now I and can't finish, they sentence "Doc" to the task. He always loses. When the Sox beat the Senators yesterday, it was the fifth time this season that Ayers has been beaten after relieving Boehling. ' City League Games Set. The West Side Monarchs and the East Side Redmen of the City Baseball league will battle next Sunday morn ing at 10:30 o'clock on the Vaughn Street grounds. Should the Redmen be defeated they will practically be out of the running for the league title. The Sellwood and Piedmont Maroons teams will play at 2:30 o'clock on the Peninsula Park grounds. New Club Meets Tonight. There will be a meeting of the board of directors of the Rose City Athletic club tonight in the club rooms on East Morrison street: Plans for the fall and winter will be discussed. Giants Land Benton. -. Rube Benton, the former Cincinnati southpaw, was declared to be the prop erty of the New York Giants by the board of directors of the National league yesterday. Capitol Hill was defeated Sunday by Beaverton, 5 to 6. The Garden Home team is claiming the championship of ine Willamette valley, having won 17 out of 21 games. Erlckson and Reh berg formed the battery for the win ners, and Loser and Greer for the losers. The Harriman baseball team won from the Med ford team Sunday, 7 to 5. The batterieac Harriman. Tagge- sell, Drlscoll and Madden; Medford, Caster and Hill. The Royal "Purple ladies baseball team, of toe Kirkpatrick council of the Knights and Ladles of Security, for feited to the Evergreen team of tbe same council Sunday. The Golden Rods were defeated by the Vancouver soldiers Sunday. S to 2. The week before the Golden Rods de feated the Maccabees. 13 to 1. (1 FACTS Forty acres of land on Base Line road offered for sale for two years for $8000 with no takers owing to in accessibility. This tract was sold Aug. 19 for $12,000. The Increase in value and sale was due to hard surfacing the road with BITOLITHIC Overbeck & Cooke Co. Stocks. Bonds. Cotton. Orala. Eta. SlS-217 Board of Trade Boildtag. DIRECT PRIVATE WIRES TO ALL EXCHANGES Member Chicago Boara of .Trade, Cerrespondanta of Loges at Bryaa -, Chicaao. Hfwlarlb : A JOINT ACCOUNT la a splendid convenience for hus band and wife, or for any two mem bers of a family. Either may draw checks and in case of the death offne the sur vivor may use the account without the expense and delay ot having an administrator appointed. Call at this bank regarding such an account. The United States National Bank Third and Oak Sts., Portland. Or. Capital and Surplus - - - - $2,000,000 t Those Who Save do not wonder where they can borrow. Individual efficiency is increased by individual saving. - Make it your rule to save some - thing each payday, no matter how small the amount : OPEN AN ACCOUNT l.umdermens National Bank Fifth and Stark i