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THE OREGON DAILY. I JOURNAL,' PORTLAND. 'FRIDAY, JANUARY . 21, 1916.': :
WHEAT PRICES GO TO EXTREME RECORD IN THE INTERIOR
AUSTRALIAN ONIONS
: OFFERED TO COAST;
1 PRIGES ARE HIGHER
Cost of Delivery Higher Than Ei
cellent Quality Oregon Stock
: Trade ot Inclined to Take
Chance on Deliverlee.
- Onions from A ax trail ire being offered for
fa tar delivery to the trade of tbe Pcifie
coast with hlptnents from tbe eokwie daring
January. February and March.
The exact price Uiat these onion will coat
delivered at coast pointa la not definitely
known, but it la understood to be some whit
higher titan tbe present price asked by the
Confederate Onion Growers' ssoelatlaa.
Dalit tbe Anstxsllan stock Is nrw crop and
trill therefore Ukely be In rood condition upon
arrlrsl at coast points, still tbe errstlc condi
tion of shipping and tbe chances the trsde
grat take In securing these supplies for de
ferred delivery, will likely cause small baying
luilcss it later develops that there is not
LOagb onions here to supply the wants of the
bade.
In thst rase tbe price of tbe Australian
stork will be advanced st primary pointa to
conform with tbe advance in this country.
No shipments are yet oelng made by tbe
association, and none will likely be made until
all danger from the cold weather Is eliminated.
EGO MARKET IS DRAGGING
Increased supplies of eggs are coming for
ward to the local market, sod slight shading
of quotations Is shown, sltbough tb genersl
aiarket price is unchanged at 35c far candled.
of the trfde are for lower prices.
CHICKEN MAEXET IS DOWN
i Ss'es of chickens were made la tbe Front
street trade st lower prices daring tbe last 24
boors. Heavy hens sre down to 15c, with
mall chickens and mlied lots st 14c. The
market la really pot firm at these figures.
DRESSED HOGS HOLD FIRM
" Market for country killed bogs Is holding
! firm at 8Sc generally for top quality. Tbe
trade wants fancy, 1-3 to 150 pound stuff.
: While receipts are fair, demand is eicellent
Ob tbe other band, the veal market la slow
and weaker. Tops sre selling st 1212 4c
Poor stuff is bard to sell, with some sales
down to Tr.
CABBAGE MARKET IS EASIER
With more llbersl offerings of local cabbage
cf eicellent quality, the market Is slightly
easier, and general sales were reported . along
tbe street it IV i pound. California stock la
hard to sell.
POTATO BUYING IS WAITING
Buying of potatoes has ceased st country
points, owing to the fear of frosted stocks. It
will take a week before tbe extent of tbe
damage Is definitely known. In the meantime
th local trade la firm.
BRIEF NOTES OF THE TRADE
Artichokes are firm at $1.40 a dozen.
t Hotboose encumbers too scarce to quote.
. Hatter anj rbeese unchanged.
Turkeys sre not selling, sud holdovers are
shown .
Trade in apples !s slowly gaining.
SHIPPERS' - WEATHER NOTICE
- Weather bureau sends tbe following notice
to snippers:
. Protect shipments during tbe next 4S hours
as far north as Seattle sgalnat minimum tem
peratures of about 34 degrees; northesst to
Spokane, 10 degrees; southeast to Boise, 10
degrees; south to Ashland, 34 degrees.
JOBBING PRICES OF PORTLAND
These prices sre tho st which wholesslers
TRANSPORTATION
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Without Caang of ants)
The HI.
Clsaa.
Comfortabls,
Elegantly Appointed.
Sea-Qolsg Steamship
BEAR
8 all a rrom Alaaworth Sock
3 P. M., JAN. 22
too Go! dsn. miss oa Columbia, Blvr.
all Bats Iaclud Berth and Kens.
Tables aad Serriee Unexcellad.
Too Baa Francisco ft Portland 8. 8.
Co Third ana Waaolarton Bta,
Cwlta 0-W. B.k-. Co.) TeL Broad,
way 4500, a -131.
The Twin "Falacea of the Paciflc-
B. B.
a. a.
moiTBZBir ricincr
"QKXAI ROBTEajr
: PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO
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ajroEioia,
KOBOl.TJI.V.
"Northern Pacific" a&lls for 8an Fran
cisco ET3BT TTJESDAT. B. S. saila
from San Francisco XTEST BATUS
SAT tor Portland.
Gnat Borthrrn from Baa rraadaoo for
acoaolalo. Jan. 93. Pan. 14, Mar. 6, 24.
XXCXZsT orriCB. BT and Stark.
Btettoa, 10th aad Koyt.
"Phoaea Broadway $20. A-C671.
1 voitb JAcrno bteabsiui coj
D San Francisco
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AND f AN DIEGO.
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6 team thin Cs. Fraak Bollaat. Araat.
LM THIRD iTRIIT. A9! xlia M
Salmon Eun Shows
Improvement With
Moderate Weather
Shipments Are Now Coming in Fair
Supply From Varions Oregon
Fishing Center.
There Is a better run of salmon in Oregon
coast streama, aa well aa la tbe Colombia
river. Local receipts are showing a fair In
crease, and with farther moderation of weather
conditions greater supplies arc expected.
The market for fresh salmon is slightly
easier along the wholesale way, with fancy
eteerheada quoted still around 12"4e a poond.
Within a few days It is expected that prices
will show liberal sbsding.
There is sn entire lack of fresh halibut in
the local market, the only offerings now svsil
sble being frosen stock, which Is generally
quoted firm by wholesalers st Sc a pound.
With the moderating weather the trade ex
pects . a resumption of tbe run of Columbia
rlrer smelts, sod this movement will be gen
erally welcomed.
Csnned salmon market lemalns In a very
firm position generally for all offerings. Prices
are generally held taut at the extreme quotations.
sell to retailers, except aa otherwise stated:
Dairy Froduo.
BUTTER City creamery er.be. extraa.
S2c; firsts, 30c: seconds, 28c; prints and car
tons, extra; country creamery cat, 25329c;
storage, 24325c; Oregon dairy, IS Q 19c.
BUTTERr AT Portland delivery No. 1 sour
cream, 32e; No. 2, 30c.
EGGS Selling pries by deslers. delivery
extra Selected fresh, 34 35c dosen; case
connt. Oregon ranch, 33c.
LIVK POULTRY Hens. beavv Plymouth
Rock 15c; ordinary chickens. 14c; springs. 1VJ
2 lbs., 15c lb.; turkeys, 23c, dressed, fsncy,
2528c; culls. 20i21c; pigeons. $1.00
1 25; sqoabs. $1.29 dosen; geese, lire. 114jli!c
lb.; Pekin ducks, old. loo per lb.; young sod
heavy, ISc; Indian Runners. 16c per lb.
JACK RABBITS Fancy, $11.25 dosen.
CHEESE Selling price Fresh Oregon fsncy
full cream twins snd triplets, 1831ft4c;
Young America, 19620c. Price, to Jobbers,
flata, 17c; Young America, 18c f. o. b. ; cream
brick. 18Q2c, Umber ger. 20c lb.
Fruits and Tegetables,
FRESH FRUITS Orsnges. fsncy nsveL
$2.UOV3 25 ; bananas. 5c lb.; lemons. $3.00J
4.5o box; grapefruit. Florida. $4.5utf5.5 case,
pineapples. 74jSc lb.; pears, $1. 5(31.60;
grape. 7c per lb.; tangerines. $1.50 box.
APPLES Local. $1.25(22 per box. according
to quality.
ONIONS Local. $2.25 per cental, as
sociation selling price carloada, $2.00 f. o, b.
country pointa; garlic, 15c lb.
POTATOES Selling price New crop, local.
$1.5oal.S3; baying price. $1.25 per cental;
sweets, $2.753.UU.
VEGETABLES Turnips. $1.00; beets. $1.00
per sack; carrots, $1."J prr sack; parsnips,
$1.00 sack; cabbage, $1.75 per cwt.; green
onlooa, 2Uc per dosen buuenes; pepprrs, bell,
12fec; head lettuce. California, $2.5o per
crate: celery, California, $5.50; cauliflower.
California, $2.25 per crate; French artichokes,
(l.ijttl.; string beau. 16c; boinouae cucum
bers. ( ) dosen; tomatoes. California.
$1.73; egg plant, 15c per lb.; prouts, tc per
lb.; cranberries, local, $10.50; eastern. $11.00
U 12.00 per barrel.
Beats, Fish and r revision.
DRESSLD MEATS Selling price Country
killed: Fsncy hogs S,c; poor. 74c; fancy
teals. 12Q124c; ordinary, llVjc; poor, 7i8c;
post. -nW-'. s,iriug lauioa, 10c; muitoa.
tysc lb.
HAMS. BACON. ETC. Hsrns, 15ai9Hc:
brrakfual bacuu. lSttc: boiled haibi, ;
picnic, 10Vc; ottage roll, 13ijc; Oregon ei
rort. lis u 13c lb.
OVSTEitS Olympla, per gallon. $3; canned
easteru. 55c csu. $t.50 dosen: essttra In sbell.
$1 85 per 100; rasur climi, 12V-C dosen; east
ern otters, per gallou. solid park, $3.0fi.
FISH Dressed fk)UDder. 7c; steelbead eal
moo, 12Vac; perch. Tcfc; lobsters. Zjc; sllrrr
smelt. 8c; salmon trtnjt. l-4c lb.; halibut,
lutdl'c; ( oluiubla smelt I ).
CRABS Large, $2.ou, uedluui, $1.50 dosea.
tandsxd, loHc.
LARI' Tierces, kettle rendered. 12e;
stantlerd. llc.
Orsosries.
SUGAR Cube. $7.00; powdered, $og3: fruit
or berry. $o.tK; beet i ; dry grsnulsted.
$d.eo; L) yellow $5.60. (AOvrs quotations are
mi Uaya net cash.)
RlCt; Japan atle No. 2, 41ie; New Or
leans, neaa, uov, oius roe. Sc.
SALT Coarse, haif grounds, lot. $1055
per too; bos, $11.30; Labie dairy, 50a, $16
lus, $17.50; bales, --j; lump rock, $20 pr
ion.
BEANS Smsll wblte. $7.25
large white.
$7.25; pink. $5.;i; liniaa, $6.uu; mjod. o.ii
tea. ,
Hops. Wool and Hides.
HOPS Nomin-1 buybig price. 1915 eron
choice. lOVittllc; prune. 10c; medium to
tnme. 7&c.
HONEY New. $3 25J3.50 Per case
WOOL Nominal. ls15 clip: Willamette val
ley. coarse Cotawold. io((i23c; meaiuni ShroD
atilre. iU26c; cboU laucy lou, ioc- eastern
Oregon. 1422c. "u
HIDES sailed bides (25 Uo. and up) 14UC
alted stsga Uo lbs. rod up), tic-' ,aifJ
kip (15 lb, lo 23 iba ). 15c; salted calf tun
to 15 Ua.). 18c; green hides (25 lb., and op,
ISc; green atags (5o lbs. and up), BW;
k (15 lbs. to 20 lb,. 15c; green cslf inn
to 15 lb..). 18c; dry fUnt hides. 25c- .1??
fliul calf (ifp to 7 lbs.), 7c; dry salt hlds
rOc. dry horsehldes, each. 50cQl.oo- lTi
borsehldes. each $2.'J033.w; horsehair' 25c
dry lung wool pelts, lot ; dry short wool' Deiu'
12c. dry sheep shearings, each, lofij lie- salt'
ed sbeep sbesrliigs, each, 15fc25c. '
TALLOW No. 1. 55V4c; No. 2 4aSe
greaI3'83Hc. '
CUlTTIkl OR CASCARA BARK Bnrlns
price, per car lots. 4c; less than car lots
MOHAIR 1915. 2fc. 'Q-
Paiixu and Oils.
UNSEED OIL Raw, bbla, 86c gallon- ket
tie boiled, bbls., 88c; raw, cases, ic- boiled,
esses, W3c gL; kits of 250 gallona lc lei.'
oil caka meal, $44 per too.
COAL OIL. Water whiu. la droiM and
Iron barrels, 10c. "
TURPENTINE Tsnks, 67c; esses, 74C gal
lon. WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 8He lb : 500 lb
lcUt 8c lb.; lea lots. c per lb.
OIL MEAI Carload lots. $34.
GASOLINE Bulk. 14c per gallon.
DAIRY PRODUCE ON THE COAST
Baa Francisco Market.
San Francisco. Col.. Jan. 21. (C.
Butter Extras, 2Sjc; prims first.
P.I
firsts 2ttc.
Eggs Extrss, 32c; pullets, 31c.
Cheese California fancy, 18c; firsts, 15V&C
Seattle Market.
Seattle. Jtn. 21. (C. P.) Butter Native
Washington creamery brick, ,34c; solid pack,
83c pound.
Ceee Oregon tripleta. ISUc: Wisconsin
twin. 23c; Wisconsin triplets. 21c: Washing
ton twins. 18c; Young America, 21c.
Egg Select ranch, 36c; April storage, 80c.
Lo Angela Market.
Lo Angeles. Csl.. Jan. 21. (P. 2. 3.)
Eggs Case count 33c.
Butter Fresh extras 2St4c
POTATOES ALONG THE COAST
aa Francisco Market.
San Francisco, Jan. 21. (C. P.) Potatoes
Delta. $1. 25 ft 1. BO Per cental, with some fancy
held higher; Idaho Rural. $1. 5031. 75; do.
Russets, $1.73ftl.0; Salinas, $1.6542; Ore
goo. $1.601.75: sweets. $1.752 for cellar.
Ohfods $1.7532 per cental for California,
from Icehouse; Lumpoc, $2JS; Oregon nomlaaL
Saattl Market.
Seattle, Jan. 21. (U. P.) Onions Oregon,
2c per poand.
1-otatoe Whit River, $25827; Ysklma
Eur banks, $33636; Yakima Uema, $30Q32.
No Damage at Drain.
Drain, Or., Jan. 21. The cold snap which
baa ran through tha greater part of tb past
two week waa broken yesterday afternoon,
when warmer wind began to blow np from
the south. Tbe greatest depth of anow dur
ing this spell wss three aad a half inches at
any one time, and this has now all disap
peared from the valley and lower hi I la. Tbe
lowest temperature reached her during th
cold snap waa 13 above. Stock has not suf
fered in this locality, at the farmer were
applied with hay. Feeding of the birds was
not overlooked during ta time the ground was
covered with snow.
Protest Icing Charge.
Washington. Jan. 21. U. P.) The
present $5 per car charga for refrle;
eratlon from Washington state to east
ern pointa was defended today In a
brief the Mtssiurt Pacific and other
defendant railroads filed with the In
terstate Commerce commission In the
Complaint of North Pacific Fruit Dis
tributors and the Northwestern Fruit
Exchange.
RECORDS ARE
ESTABLISHED OFTEN
WHEAT TRADING
Early Morning Prices Are Lifted
Later in Day to $1.13 H Bid for
Blaestem and 91.16 Ask Coun
try Prices Moved Upward.
FTJRTHXS ADVAHCX TOR WBIAT
Durias; tha aeasioa at the Portlaad Mer
chants r.Tfbaage still another high racord was
stcblished for wheat with a rise of lSc
oesr Thursday. Tha pries thereby establiansd
a new high record with lueatam bida at
$1.13 and tha aoldina srioa at tl.ls par
bushel.
Not only did tha wheat market adTanos,
but oats mads a sheer gain of $1 a ton for
January delivery oa tha exchange.
NORTHWEST GRAIN RECEIPTS
Cars
HIGH
.Barley nr. Oats. Hay.
12 13 7 14
7 7 9 4
1292 1062 777 1430
1338 1500 1424 1340
1 8
1 18
4J4 23 1525
421 375 21tJ0
2 3 2 5
15 5 12
10R4 141 991 2798
805 141)5 866 3057
Portland. Frl... 34
Y'ear ago 37
Season to date. 8. HOB
Year ago 12.5(
Tacoma. Tburs.
Year ago 27
Season to date.. 5.611
Year ago 7,157
Seattle Thurs... 11
Year ago 21
Season to date.. 6.4.11
Year ago 5,822
Wheat market toucheo a new high point
In the Interior during the laat 24 hours wheel
heavy sales of bluestem were reported In tbe
Big Bend country at $1.03 per bushel, which
means fully $1.13 trsck basts tidewater.
Some of this wbest waa purchased for Pa
cific tidewater delivery, and some for eastern
shipment. Interior millers are reported as
anxious Inquirers for supplies of all varieties
of milling wheat.. The scarcity of bluestem Is
especially pronounced, and most of tha strength
has been forced In that variety.
Purchases of club wbest are confirmed in
the interior at higher prices. $1.05 tldewster
basis being freely offered snd psld whenever
stocks were available during tbe last 24 hours.
Oata market la also showing a further gain
in price for spot, with Interior aales of feed
confirmed at $28t)29 tidewater track basis, and
feed barley oalea shown on the basis of $2Q$
50 a ton, similar delivery. Some business In
brewing was confirmed at $30 a ton.
Floor market Is very firm at the recent ad
vance of 20c a barrel, and higher wheat price
will call for a still further gain.
Foreign markets are firmer and higher.
Broomliall cabled that Liverpool spots were
l'i to 3d higher than Thursday.
FLOLR Selling price: Patent. $5.60; Wil
lamette valley. $5.; local straight. $5.00tf
5.40; bakers' local. 5.20U.VH0; Montana spring
wheat, $6.30; exports. $4.90U5.00; wbola
wbest. $7.05; graham. $5.80; rye flour, $5.50
per barrel.
HAY Buying price: Willamette valley tim
othy, fancy. $14415: eastern Oregoo-Idabo
fancy timothy. $1718; alfalfa, $1718;
vetrh and oats. $14(8 IS; clover, $13.50.
CHAIN SACKS 1916. nominal: No. 1 Cal
cutta. Uc In car tots; lesa amounts higher.
U1LI.STI FFS Selling price, csrlosd lots:
Bran. $23 .Oo; aborts, $25.00.
KOI.LEK BARLEY Selling price. $30.00.
Comparative bid prices for wbest on the
Pi rtland Merchants exchange:
Friday. Year ago.
Fluetem 113" 144
Fort fold 108 14-'
tint W 1S
Ked fife 103 ::
Red Russian H2 134
On tbe Portland Merchant. Eichang bids
for January wbest were advanced to a new
high re-wrd at I1.131, for bluestem. the gener
al market being 143c a burbel above Thurs
day. No sale. v.. re made because holders
were ssklug .till further advances.
January oats bida on tbe exchange were ad
voiced $1 a ton wd barley 50c a ton over
Tl'ursday. Both oareals are now quoted at the
tome price.
There was beavy trading In oata on the
exrhange durlnx tbe day with the following
atles reported: 100 tons January $27.75: 100
tons Februsry $28.00; 1J0 tons January $28 00
SDd 100 totis February $28.25.
Bran bids on the exebsnge were advanced
75c a ton. A sale of loo tuns Februsry wss
I Bcllt ' -l '5 per ton
Merchants Exchange January prices:
WHEAT
-Friday Thurs Wed. Tues.
Mon
Bid
Aak.
-Bid-
Bluestem
113 118
Forty fuld
1( 112
Club
lo6 110
Ked fife
l'i 106
Red Russisn
112
107
104
100
100
112Vi
107
104
102
TOO
112
107
104
102
101
2750
109
106
102
99
09
2675
2700
lo2
108
FEED OATS
27SO 2775
FEED BARLEY
2S50
2?60
P.rsn
217.'. Shca-U
ZiOO
8O00
8000
2M 2SO0
MILLS TUFFS
2725
2175
'2300
2250
2500
2100 2150
2300 2300
2150
2250
Future were quoted:
WHEAT
February bluestem
March bliwstem
February forty fold
March forty f. void
February club
Mcrch club
February fife
March fife
February Russian
March Russian
Bid.
114
1HV4
109
19
107
107
101
103
103
103
Ask.
1164
nsv,
1 13
11.-.
1KH-4
112
106
108
18
110
225
2S75
FEED OATS
February 2750
Marcb
..2850
BARLEY
February feed .
March feed
February bran .
.2850
.2f75
.2173
.22IIO
.2i"i0
.2350
MJLLSTL'FTS
2000
200
25-0
2iOO
March bran
I ebruary shorts
March shorts ...
LiTestock Not Hart.
Pendleton, Or., Jan. 21. Livestock
1n Umatilla county have not suffered
from the cold spell JtiBt breaking, ac
cording to reports brought in from
the stock country. Plenty of feed, an.)
shelter have protected Doth sheep and
cattle from the sr.ow and low temper
atures. Big inroad have been made
upon the haystacks, but no more than
anticipated. A dtry summer and the
grasshoppers bared the ranges early
and the stock-rren prepared for heavy
feeding. Unless a cold spring shouM
ensue there will be plenty of feed.
One thing that bas redfJced the dan
gers f winter losses to a minimum is
the fact that most ou the stockmen
have abandoned the practice of kocp
Irg more stock than their land will
scpply.
Scarcity Ct Hay.
Kenncwick. Wash.. Jsn. 21. A great
scarcity of bay prevails here. There Is prac
tically no baled alfalfa for sale at $20 per ton.
Tbe record shipments from her last fsll. tbe
long snd sever cold weather and th scarcity
of hay in tbe upper valley becaoan of lack of
water last summer account for the shortage.
An increased amount of grain is being fed In
place of hay. There Is practically no hay to
be had from outside point at anything like
reasonable prices, dealers her say.
Chicago Produce Market
Chicago. Jan. 20. (I. Si. 8.) Butter was
firmer today. Egg easy.
Butter Receipts, 8129 tabs; eresmerv ex
tras, 30Hc; estra firsts. 2syG2e; firsts,
S27He: seconds. 23324Hc; dallies extraa,
20c: flrsta, 25&27c; second. 204122c: necklax
tork, 192oc; ladle. 21121Vie.
Egg Receipts. 8640 eases; flrnH, 30O
30Sc; ordinary firsts. 2Q20Se; saiseellan
ns lots, 24830c; extra. 35Q34c; storsge.
15tf21,c.
Iirerpool Cash Wheat.
Liverpool. Jan. 21. (L N. 8.) Wheat
No. X Manitoba, ao stock; No. 2, 14 Id; Ne.
3. 13s lid; No. 2 bard winter, sew, 13 24;
No. 1 Bortheni Dalata. 13s lid.
m lr
Oregon Apples in South.
San Francisco. Jaa. 20. Apple, per box,
Oregon and Washington flpltaesberg. l.S0s
2.SO; Ren Davis. $1.1521.40-, Roaaa Beaa
tlea. 1.40Jl.eS.
EXCITEMENT
SHOWN
TIS
AFTER A BIG BLOCK
California Dealer Reported Nego
tiating With Association for
Supplies; No Deal Closed as Yet;
11c Paid in the Country.
Things are popping In the bop market. A
number of confirmed salea are again reported
for best quality In the Willamette valley at
11c a pound.
Chief of Interest In tbe hop trade at tbla
time la the visit here of E. Clemens Horat
of Ssn Francisco. Mr. Horat hss been nego
tiating with the Oregon Hop Growers' asso
ciation for a big block of stockf bat accord
ing to association officials called by long
distance telephone at Salem, no deal had been
closed aa yet.
Mr. Horst refused sbsolntely to state
whether any deals hsd been made but minors
were cunent thst be hsd taken a big block
of stock. The movements of the Ssn Fran
cisco man are very erratic. He tald he would
renaln In tbe city several days.
George Yergen if Aurors sold 206 bale to
A. J. Ray of this city st 11c while Muecke of
tbe same city sold 128 bales to Brown of
Sslem st a similar price. Otto Knorr of
Aurora sold about 100 bsles at 11c. but the
name of the buyer could not be ascertslned.
Tbe Torgler lot of 100 bales at Laurel was
sold to Ray at 11c.
Other dealers were reported at 7 to 10c
pound. Tbe business is said to bare been for
the covering of former vales.
Wheat in Chicago
Hits New Records
For Both Options
Chicago. Jsn. 21. (I. N. S.I Wheat closed
2T634)C higher than Thursday.
lesterdsy's late price losses were recovered
in tbe opening of the pit trading today. Wheat
was up almost a point In both clasaes. Some
of the pit crowd and a few commission bouso
were free sellers of wbest, but sbsorptlon
wss of a good sort. May sold to 130 la tbe
opening.
General news wss bullish, but some tired
longs took sdvsntsge of a strong situation to
market their lines. Corn snd osts showed sn
Independent strength, although there was scat
tered selling by commission bouse. Both of
tl.ese grains opened sbont even with Thurs
day's close snd lster moved upward frac
tionally. May wheat opened at 130 and shortly went to
yfiurday's high. July opened at 12314i and
sold to 124.
May corn opened st 7S".i snd July st 7V4.
snd both sdvaoced. May oata opened at 52Vi
and eold to 53, wblla the July option opened
at 49.
The close saw wheat over 2 pointa above
the opening, and practically even with the
day's high leveL Com and osts were up
sbout 1 cent. Decided strength wss apparent
In tbe closing market.
Range of Chicago price furniahed by Over
beck A Cook Co.. 210-217 Board as Trsde
building:
HOPS
HORS
WHEAT
Open. Hlgb. Low. CVe.
Msy lVi i:2b 126- 1328
July 123H 125 122',
CORN
May 78Vi "'" 7 73 A
July 78, 7tt, 7S 79WB
OATS
Msy 52 5.1-S 52 B3i
Jrly 49L 4f 41 49t
TURK
Jan. yO0
May 1997 2100 1992 2O50
LARD
Jsn 1027 imj 1027 1 045
May 1000 l'2 1050 175 B
July 1072 ll'Xi 1070 1005 A
RIBS
Jan lOrJO 1075 1000 1072
May 10S7 1112 10b5 1107
Jul)- 1127
BANK
STATEMENT OP
Portland Banks.
COAST
Clearings
Monday ....
Tuesday . . .
Wednesday .
Thursday ..
Friday
Thia Week.
Tear Ago.
$ 2.034. 479. 7S
1.554.792 32
1.824.323.00
l.M1.42.48
1,703,717.77
. .$ 2.010. t-vi. 42
. . 1.S50,41M.44
. . 1.545.001. (O
. . 1.67U.361.4
... 1.4O0.648.93
Lot Angelas Banks.
Clearings todsy $ 3,902,753.00
San Francisco Banks.
Clearing! today
.$10,10o,099.00
Seattle Banks.
Clearings todsy
Balsnces today .
.$ 2.038,781.00
353, S61 .00
Tacoma Banks.
Clearings todsy
220,223.00
2J.50e.00
Bslances today
First 1916. Hop Contract.
Centralis. Wsh., Jan. 21. A con
tract was filed with the Iewls county
auditor Wednesday by J. E. Dunn, who
owns a hop yard In the vicinity of
Harmony, whenebry he agrees to deliver
15,000 pounds of hops to T. A. Llve
sley & Co. at 10 "c a pounaL This Is
the first business reported for the
1!16 crop.
It is expected that much hop acre
age will be plowed up this ytar and
that the industry will soon be a mat
ter of history as far as Lewis county
Is conoerned.
San Francisco Grain Market.
San Francisco, Cal.. Jan. 21. Barley
calls:
Jan. 21. Jan. 20.
Open. Close. Close.
May.. .
Spot
Walla,
. .. $1.38' $1.3sH I1.3SU
quotations Wheat: Walla
$1.724 4r 1.75: red Russian.
$i. i s& l. i ; lurney rea, ji.iiitf
I. 90; bluestem, Il.90fcf l.92
Feed Barley. $1.3001. 324; brew,
ins, $1.4001.42.
White oats. $1.451.60; bran, $23.60;
middlings, $30.0031.00; shorts, $25.00
HS 26.00.
Various Wheat Markets.
Liverpool Cash wheat, lHd to !d
hig-her.
lluenos Aires Cash wheat, IVic
higher.
Iruluth May. $1.82: July, $1.304
Winnipeg- May, $1.30 VB; July,
II. 30 Vs.
Minneapolis May, 1.31H1.S1:
July, I1.29S-
Kanaas City May, $1.:2T; July,
$1.18.
San Francisco Wool Market.
San Francisco, Jsn. 20. (I. N. 8.) Wool,
per pound. Humboldt snd Mendocino. 8 months'
growth. 21Q23c; do 12 month a. 2S32Sc; mid
dle counties, A months' growth, good, 17 CI
ltc: do fslr. 15Q17c; Red Bluff sod vicinity.
2023c; southern California fall and lamb'
wool, 12ai5c; Nevada stock. ls20c. accord
log to quality.
St. Louis, Mo.,
unchanged.
Jan. 20. (I. N. .8.) Wool
New York Cotton Market.
Open. Iiirh. Low. Close.
Jan 1210 lil 1207 12l
March 122S 1233 121 1231
May 1249 1257 1233 ' 1265
July 12S1 1269 1257 1268
Oct. . 1252 1269 122 12S7
Dec 1267- 1284 1267 1281
Eastern Barley Markets.
CWeago, Jan. 20. (I. N. B.1 Barley strong,
malting, 76Q7Sc; receipts, 61 car.
New Tork. Jan. 0. (I.
steady, malting, 815c.
N. S.) Barley
Kansas City, Mc,
Barley steady, 66c.
Jan. 20. (I. N, g. .
New York Sugar and Coffee.
New Tork, Jan. 21 . Bugar Centrifugal.
fs.TI.
--Coffee i Spot New Tork. No. 7 Rio. Sc;
Ne, Santos. 9c
Edit
mm mm m m
CLIMB TO.NEW
MARK FOR THE
SEASON IN PORTLAND
Tops Go at $7.40 at North Port
land or 30c Above Thursday's
High Point Sheep Situation
Strong at Advanced Prices.
H00 MARKET ZXPLaXirED.
The sal of extra sslect quality bogs at
$7.40 in th North Portlaad yards during tha
morning was for quality stuff that waa cea
aHered worth a oramiana af about a dime, ex
15c above th regular staff commonly called
- " w" ufll V-
uro Wl sold to a Tacoma nackar. aad carried
. - ,
w v4U VfcSS l 9 Wat 1UB
jeneral market for top u 7.t6, or 15c alwTO
U iireTiout msvrket.
PORTLAND LI V ESTOCK RCN
Hogi. Cattle. Calves.
Sheep.
647
253
459
255 i
11
Friday
Ttnrsdsy
Wednesday ....
Tuesday
M-nday
Saturday
Wi ek ago
Year ago
1 w years ago. .
Three years ago
1.0i7
tffl
83
162
5.21U
:W4
P21
l.(l
1,326
6y
44
13
24
31
1228
176
20
71
50
440
231
With the exception of csttle, tbe entire
11-ettock market at North Portland waa firmer
and higher for the day.
There waa an excellent run of swine In the
yurds overnight. Market opened with a very
firrr trend with values higher all around.
Killers showed disposition to take hold at
tbe better figures.
Ssles of tops were made during th morn
ing as high aa $7.40. Tbla is the highest
point resched tbls season' to data and la 30c
above the high mark of Thursday.
General bog market range:
Choice light weights
Good light weights
7 1AT Wi
Medium weights 6 T5tt7.oo
uugn and beavy 6 00 a 6 .60
Shlle there was a smsll run of cattle In
the North Portlsnd yard overnight, no lm
prrvement waa Indicated by the early day's
trsdlng. The market In general for cattle
aa consiuereo siesay sronua tse asm ever-
h r. UB uuiaiora si ine wees s opening.
tenerai cattle market raoge:
Choice pulp fed steers
.$7.80(37.7$
Choice grain fed steers
Ordinary grsln fed steer....
Choice hay fed steers
Oood stetrs
Ordinary to common fleers.
Choice cows
Ordinary to common cows...
Choice heifers
Ordinary to good heifers
Choice bulls
Good to tsir bulls
Ordinary to common bulls...
Best Ugbt calves
Good calves
7.4047.5e
. 7.404x7.50
. 7.23i7.33
. 6. 75 O 7. 00
. 5 004(5 .56
. 6 75418 23
. 8.505.00
6 24
. 4 005.75
. 3'.75i4.5u
. 3 003.50
. 2.0UU2.75
8 00
7.00S7.&O I
Mutton and Lamb Higher.
In Hoe with tbe record price obtained for
yetrllng wetbers In the North Portland yards
TLumday, tbe market wss sgaln strong with
general valuea lifted to conform with tbe
aales of yearllDgs at $7.75.
There waa only a small run reported In tb
mutton and lamb dlvjalon of tbe local market
overnight and buying started early st tbe
bl&her rlcea.
General mutton snd lamb range:
Choice weight lambs. $S.25(f(8-50
(od to common lambs 7.5Kff7.7B
Poor to fslr lambs 7.00(7.25
Choice yearling wethers 7.507.76
Oood to common yearlings S.7547 00
Old wetbers 6.25U6 AV,
Choice light ewes 6.55(6.75
Good to common ewe 6.O0U6.25
Friday Livestock Bhlppsrs.
Hogs T. C. Msnsfleld. Wlnooa. Wssh.. 2
Intds; W. Jeff. Csldwell, Idaho, 1 load; Grover
Bios., Letha, Idaho, 1 load; New Plymouth,
ldi.no, 1 load: W. II. Ross, I'arma. Idaho, 1
lo.d; C. E. Lucke. Molalla. 1 load; E.
Morgan. Goldendal. WaAtu, 2 loads; J. W.
Willis, Gauon, J load.
Mixed stuff John A'wortb, Raines, 8 loads
cattle snd sheep; M. M. Hoctor, Ooldendale,
Vtatb.. 1 load rattle and hogs; Smith Bros.,
Dci.ald. 1 load cattl and bogs.
Comparative statement of North P rtland
nn: CattSt Calve. Hogs. Kbeep.
3nontn to date s.tva 33 2S.o-3
Snie, 1915 4. 115 60 28,927
U.403
10,129
370 27 2.242
Friday Horning Bale.
HOGS
Ave. lbs.
a3
2us
x 20s
aio
203
4m
son
447
315
455
1.426
No.
2: bogl .
t7 bogs .
2S hogs .
92 botra
7 hogs
07 hogs .
3f hogs .
53 bogs .
3 hogs .
4 bogs
2 bogs .
1 hog .
8 hog .
8 hoes .
1 hog
1 bog
r.:: hoys
bogs
2. bogs
2 tvv .
2 hog .
2 steers
1 steer
10 steer
1 teer
1 steer
11 steer
1 cow .
3 cows
1 cow .
Price.
7.40
7.40
7.25
7.23
7.10
.10
8. tO
6.75
6.40
6.25
6.10
7.25
7.25
210
200
420
670
200
17o
14T
14M
315
465
6.26
6.00
8 00
7 jo
7 10
7 10
8 10
65
....
STEERS
..1111
. .1210
. . 1033
. . NO0
. .
. . 943
. .lino
. . M5
. . sso
7.00 '
6 .S5 I
6.50 I
8.00 I
6.00 I
COWS
4.25
HEIFERS
1 heifer
810
14 .50
BILLS
1 bull
- 1280 $4.00
LIASTOCK PRICES
AMERICAN
HOGS
HIGH
i
Chicago Slit 17.60.
Chicago. Jan. 21. ' N. 8.) Hogs R
etlpte 50.0O0. higher. alk of sales. $7(37.40;
light. 6.H0tt7.25: mi I. I6.954J7.46; heavy.
f(.957.SO; rough, fa. S7.10; pigs, S5.50Q
6.60.
Cattle Receipts 2000, weak; native beef
steers, g8.85Q9.75: western steers, tfl.WS 25 :
cows and heifer S3. 20 '4:8. 25; calvrs. 7.75?tll.
Fheep Receipt 8000, weak. Wethers, 17.60
68.20; lambs, $8.50tll.
Omaha Hogs S7.1S.
Omaha. Jsn. 21. I. N. 8.) Hogs Receipt
18.500. steady. Heavy, ge.90ifl7.13: light.
r.7.0o; pigs, f5Q6.50; bulk of sales, 6.80
7.10.
Csttle Receipts 2O0Trjower. Native steers.
S6-5O(?8.50: own and belters. 5.ro37:
western steers, go 417 76, Texas steers, S5.60a
0.80; stocker snd feeders, g5.50Q7.85.
bbeep Receipt 8&O. cdy ; yearlings. 17.75
CP. 25; wether. $76' 70; lamb, 110.25(3
10.65.
8t. Louis Hogs 7. M.
St. Louis. Jan. 21. M. N. 8.) Hogs Re
ceipts 18.500, lower. Pigs and lights. 1637.40;
mixed and butchers, t7.25Q7.50; good heavy,
17.4517.55.
Cattle Receipts 1100. steady. Native beef
teers, $7.W6t9.50: yearling steer and belt
er. 3:5039.35: cow. t5.5037: stackers and
feeders. $517.25; southern a teers, $5.2538.50;
cow and heifer, $412(6.50; native calve, $6
11.
Sbeep Receipt 400. higher. Yearling weth
er. (8Q9.25; Unit, $910.75; ewe. $6.23
7.50.
Ksssaa City Hogs $7.$$.
Kansas City. Jan. 21. (I. N. 8.) Hogs
Receipts 600O, lower. Bulk of sale. $7Q7.80:
heavy, $7.259735; packers and butchers.
$7.1037.30; light, $.75&7.2Q; pigs, $3,250
6.60.
Cattle Receipt lOOO. steady. Prim fed
steers. $8.50.2&; dr. seed beef steers. $6 78
stS.40; western. $6.25'a 8.40; stocker and
feeders, $68; balls, $5.50(260; calves, $4J
10M. 1
Sheep Receipts 30fVl strong. Lamb. $10.23
E 10.83: yearlings. &,509.23; wstbers, $7
8; ewes, $6.75iS7JW.
DSTr Rags $7.
Denver, Jan. 21. Cattle Receipts 2OO0.
stesdy. Beef steer. $8.M37.75. Cows and
bet fees. $5436.30: Calves. $S10.
Bog Receipt 500, lower. Top, $7; balk
of . M.S5Q7.
Sheep Receipt none.
Seattle Ihi 7-M.
Seattle. Jss. 21. P. N. 8.) Hogs Re
ceipts 87. higher. Prime lights. $7.60; Be
dlam to choice. $7.3517.46: smooth heavies,
19 M ft 7; rough heavies, $8.85426-60; pigs.
$8.1507.
Cattl RscelpU aone, steady. Beat stsers,
- :'.' ':. . ' ' - .1
Nt.nr.lr Mart. Waits
wv . A v MAW
For Steel Meeting;
Trade Sympathetic
New Tork. Jan. 21. I- X. S.) A stronger
too was apparent in the opening of the stork
market today. The rails were heavily traded
pad price held steady to yesterday's aver
age. Ther 1 little doubt that traders are
adopting a waiting policy, incited by tbe ap
proaching dividend actios of United State
Steel next Tuesday.
It is thought that th futur trend f tbe
stocks sympathetic to steel will depend largely
en whether a S per cent dividend la declared
or whether the directors decide thst conserva
tion against exigencies should be observed.
V. S. Steel showed tendency to strengthen
in the early trading today. Th metal storks
vere up somewhat and trading was of good
volume.
Some of tbe epeclaltte continue to attract
attention. Any definite news of a favorable
nature regarding Uie foreign situation is pre
dicted to start an upward movement, aa gen
eral sentiment has It that th reaction has
run it course.
In Ion I'srlflc waa active from an opening at
136V. Westing hour continued to advance
from an opening at 67. Crucible Steel opened
at 65 and went up 2 points. Steel rsnged
around
Anaconda opened at MH and was active to
f , . a7 a
- 1 1 at Lit-U4aa siu in. vrs. diuci ir i n irri as v ' '
and Lead at 71. Both of these issues wer
active. American Can opened at 61 and ad
vanced. Industrial Alcohol wss Mill higher
todsy at 151 V4. Mexican Petroleum strength
ened over yesterday's market to sales st 112i.
Range of New York prices fnmlbed by
Oterberk & Cooke Co., 210-217 Board of Trade
building:
DESCRIPTION
I Oprm High 1-owClos
Alaska
A Ills Chalmers, c
A 1 11a rhiltrur. t.f
24
27 Vi
7tf
7V
tCt
2.-1-S
20 Vi
7
62
24
27 v;
78V
66
62 S
112V
68 V,
65 V
2dW
78
67 Vi
02 1,
! American Beet Sugar.
American Can. c
American Can, pf
American Car Fdy., c
American t)ot. Oil, c.
American Unseed, c.
American Loco., c...
An erlcan Smelter, c.
08 : Vs 67
i
64 Vi; 5W 63
'W1 t
64 V,
108
113
113
127
54
87
106
914
100
108 v:
104 iltHVlUB
American Smelter, nf . . I !
American 3ugar. c J 1 13 V 14 "h ;1 13
Am. Tel. Tel 127 V 127 127 Vi
American Woolen, c.i I
Anafbnda Mining Co.1 sVj' 87'! V4
Atchison,
. . 106
1U6V1004
Atchison, pf
Baldwin Ixco., c. .
Baldwin Loco., v
iobvi'iii lioivi
T.o:g- c.......
3's: W Wf-A l4
i will it-ucuu cirri
4SO 45 1470 ,474
ISO
! 86
31 i 32 V; 30 33V
60 6(Vi A 66
Betblebrm Steel,
Brooklyn R. T.
Pf...
Cal. Petroleum, c. . . .
Calif. Petroleum, pf.
Canadian Pacific
i;5S176 175 175
Central Leather.
54
I tntral U-atber,' pf. .".!
110
3 63
chesapeske a Ohio... 64
64 y4
chi. a g. w..
14 I 14
I as I 3H
! wviHoo
14 14
cbi. a g. w., pf
C. M. St. P
88
90
38
"
! t'hl. Il N. W., c
;i;iv,
! tllno Copper
! Cclorsdo K. 4 I., c
' Consolidated Gas
I Corn Products, c
Corn Products, pf...
; Crucible Steel, r
! Crucible Steel, pf
I Denver a U. G., c...
I lenver II R. G.. pr. . .
1 Ulstlllers
! trie, c
02
14IH
21V
64
52 I 5:i
6Hi 45! 48
23V. 21 22
IW 7
65 6U 65 67
, lloVi
12 I 12 11; 11
: i a-"
46 48 45 I 471
: 40 3Vsl
M . .Vl 55l 66i
17Z1174V 172 j 17-4
472 :475 :468 I4HO
71 71 71 71
46 ! 46 i 46; 4l
l2:t l23Vjli2:n 123V
23 23 I 22 22
11 11 1 K'
54 54 54 1 54
25Vi 2:.'.,; 27. t! 2T.V.
lisiS lo7 Its loo
15 1 ',14i 1 i'.V,
45 45-4 44. 4:.
i i 1 1 ft
20 1 20 i 13', 1 1
75 ' 75: 74i 75S
2 28 "2H , 2hV
MO 81 1,1 SO
79 79HI 7H 78
128 126, 11M ia
110 113 lOHVj 111
87: 3SV.I 37; iS
::::::::::f::::: iU
trie, ist pr
General Elix-trlc
General Motors
tioodrlrb Ruhbr
G. North.. Ore Lands
G. Northern, pf
Goggenbeiin fexp
Hide a Iemtljcr, c. . . .
Hide A leather, pf . . .
Ice SH-uritte
llllnou (cutrHl
Industrial Alcibol....
Ineniration
International Harvester
Intert"on, c
InlertMico. pfd
Kanmis City South., c.
Isrkawanna Steel. .. .
Lebigb Valley
lyoiilsville k Nashville
Mexican Petroleum...
Miami Copper
MlKsuurl, K. a T, c. .
MIsMmrl, K. a T., pfd
Missouri Pacific
National Biscuit
National Iad
6, 8l S! 6
120
71
15
73
13
74
71 72',
l',.1 INS.
Nevada Consolidated..
B.ivu ' ml?! ;:i 731.
73 r
1 v.w York Ai'r Brske. . . 150W,.151 ;1M l.V)
In York (Vntr.l UOUV lloU'lODSi'l''.
s. v.. Ont. a West.. J ! ! 24
Norfolk a West., C
Northern Pacific
Psciflc Mall
Pennsylvania Railway.
Peoples Gas
Pittsburg Osl. c
Pressed Steel Car, c...
Pressed Steel Car. pfd.
119 11911H11W
115 115V114,.,114'I
' HVs
58U,! M, 5Sl4 5b S
1074,10H
33, 34
58 .V
ioa
24N! 24
SSL,! 40
1 MVj
46
i Ray Cona. Copier
j Railway Steel Springe.
I Reading, c
Reading, 1st p'd
Reading. 2d pfd
Republic 1. AS., c
Republic 1. a S , pfd. .
Hock Island
Rock Island, pfd
Sear. Roebuck a Co. . .
43
;
1
43
51
107
16'
17"s
Itli,
8Uidehaker. c
t-tudebaker. pfd
Sk Hheffled
I Soorhcm Pacific
152
155. 151 ilVI"-.
I IHOVs
I 5S
101 ' 100 101 V4
22 i 22! 22
;$ i 63 I oT,
60' r.s! .-
211 12116 ,20S 1-,
101
22
63
59
206
Southern Railway.
; Southern Railway.
; Tennessee Copper.
c. . .
pfd.
1 Texas Oil
! Teiss PsrlHr
I Colon Psciflc, c
Union Pacific, pfd
V. - Rubber,
j V. 8. Rubber, pfd
I I'- ! Pleel Co., c
1 I'- P. Steel Co., pfd...
j Vtsb Copper
Virginia Ctiemlcsl, c. .
: i 7
136 130 135 136
I t
.V, .V. 54i 55
lir7 Hr7,lf7', l'7
K' S5; 83 1 K4
117 117!117 117
7
r9-vi 77
79
4 4hV
91 I 90
08! 67.
48i
9J
67
W. i;. Telegrspli
Westlngbouse Electric.
Wisconsin Central
7
Total sales, 679,600 share.
Ex. -dir. IVi.
i BOSTON COPTER QUOTATION'S
Boston. Jan. 21. Copper bids:
Adventure .. 2!Moriawk 91
Ahmeek
97 l.Nev. Cona 1514
68 IXtplssdng ... 7
4 North Butte.. 2'JVi
24lNorth Laike.. 2
Allouez ...
A read lan . .
Alaska . . .
Belmont . .
Bingham
Bohemia . .
Butte Bal.
Butte Sup.
Cal. & Arts
svsrunio cop. 20
8Vpid Colony... 24
2V4
75
10
Old Dominion 64
rOsceola. 84
wulncy 8 8
uay cone 2 4i
Cal. & Hecla.655
LSanta Fe .... 3Vi
Centennial .. 17 4
Shannon 9
cnier cons.
lVsKhattiUck 83
Chlno
B3 'Superior 25'4
C. Cop. Mln 1 15-16WOD. & Boston 2
Copper Range 63 Vt8wlft Pack..l2fi'i
Dalv West .. 3 'Tarrmreck ... 62
Davis-Daly . lPTrlnlty 10
East Butte.. 16 (Tuolumne .... 1
First Nat'L.. 7V4!Uted uit..l39
Franklin .... lOH'TJ. Khoe Mch.. 341i
Odfield Con 1 l-lol Do pfd 29
Oranby 84'TnIted ZItjc. . !
Indiana 5ViU. H. Smelters SS'L
N. Inspiratn 4 5 I Do pfd S
Isle Royale.. 28Vi Uta.h Apex .. 3'
Keeweenaw . S Utah Cone... 14
La Salle 5 Victoria 3
L. Ofper ... 18WJnona 4
Majestic . . . 1 $-16A'olverlne ... $1
Mason Valley 3 fWyandot 2
Mass. Gas. . . 24 ICrown 6i
Mass. Mining 12 Kprr Lke ... 4 Vi
Mayflower .. 3u,ces $2
Miami J8 iRIker-Hag. .. S
Michigan ... lTiiProflt Sliarlg 12
No -Damago to Fruit.
The Dallas. Or., Jan. 21. Edward
Kurtz, chief of police of The Dalle,
and former well known cannery owner
and fruit man. scoffs at the idea that
the severe frosts hsve injured the
fruit trees In this section.
"The long dry summer sweated most
of the sap from the peach trees and
left they, dry and unsusceptible to
frosts," states Mr. Kurts. "Conditions
are such at the present time that It
is not likely the peach trees have been
Injured by the heavy frost of the pant
few nights. The fruit Is not developed
like tt waa In 10 When the cold
killed much of It, and it is my beli-f
none of It has been Injured. There Is
no need for alarm over the probable
destruction of pesches In this locality
unless the severe weather continues
for an extended period.'"
$7.75Q7.SS: medium to ehojee. $7..V.17.50:
common to medium. $808.75; best cows. $5.75
46.20: common to medlam eows. $3.BO(3;
bolls. iJUtiti.V; calves, $5.5038.50.
Sheep Receipts bob, steady. Latsbe. $7.23
C: yearling. tHMtQIJiO; ewes, $.&$.
- Today" skippers:
Bogs C. & Hunt, Kimlah, Idaho, ST.
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Financial, Industrial Development
Investment Conditions Show Gain; Credit Methods to Be Discussed'
in Course of Lectures by the UnlTerslty School of Commerce. -
l
Improved Investment Conditions.
The Improvement in Investment condi
tions In 1915 can be shown In the rec
ord of resumed and increased dividend
payments. This is said to augur well
for investments generally in 191. it
it reported that 38 large corporations
resumed dividends, 36 declared initial
dividend payments, 14 corporations
paid off dividends in arrears and $1
increased their rates. Extra dividend
dibbursements were made 78 corpora
tions. Increased dividend disburse
ments last year amounted to $184,024,
000. Dividend resumed totaled $13,
409,000; Initial dividend payments ware
$1S,790.000, accumulated dividends paid
off were $5,923,000; increased divi
dends, $14,217,000; stork dividends,
$61,366,000, and extra disbursements.
$69,316,000.
Coarse of Iictrxs on Credits. For
the benefit of the Portland Association
of Credit Hen the extension depart
ment cf the school of commerce of the
University of Oregon will give a
course of lectures on "Credit Giving
and Credit Methods." The course will
te in charge of D. Walter Morton, dean
of the department and Don C. Sow
ers, professor of municipalities. The
lectures will be given on alternate
Thursday evenings from 8 to 9 o'clock
In one of the lecture rooms of the pub
lic; library and the first lecture Is an
nounced for next week.
The subjects of the lectures will be:
1 History, Theory, Principles and
Uses of Credit.
2 Credit instruments and Kinds of
Credit.
3 The Credit Man His Duties and
Qualifications; Tho Credit Department.
4 Sources of Credit Information
The Mercantile Agency.
b Sources of Credit Information
Salesmen; Attorneys, Bank Reports,
Credit Exchange.
6 The Analysis of Credit Informa
llon; Methods of Safeguarding Credits.
Throws a Kiss at Journalists About to.
Set Sail at Risk of Submarine Attacks
Italian Boatman Fears for Safety of Travelers, But Business Is
Business; Ruins of Messina Present Terrifying Sight.
Messina, Italy (U. P., by Mall.)
"I'll help you catch your boat," says a
huge Italian, with an American hat,
'American shoes, big blue spectacles,
j and a tendency to New York slang.
("You're going to KalonlkL huh?"
I "We've got half a day to catch the
boat. We don't need a guide."
"Well, half a day ain't enough with
out me. You've got to go to the police,
to the customs office, to the military
police, and then to the harbor police,
all In two hours, before you will be
permitted to sail."
What's the use? We hire him.
The ruins of Messina, which was rat
tled to pieces In 47 seconds one June
morning Beven .years ago, line the coast
and run back up the slopes of the low
Sicilian mountains.
Very few citizens are rebuilding.
New skeletons are coming to light
every day, for over 40,000 human be
ings were shaken Into eternity that
morning. Most of the new building
are of wood and one story, roughly
built in Klondyke style.
Messina might be a '47 mining camp
In California.
We get Into a rickety carriage and
go to a frame shack for our steamer
tickets. Then we ride another mile
through the ruins that 11ns the beach
to the local police station to have our
passports signed. Then it's a third
mile to the military police. Two or
three Italian officials must sign our
passports at every place; strange as
sortment of letters and numbers are
put on our papers with rubber stamps.
All this Is because we are going to
French Class of 1917
Is Called to Colors
Toutes Kespoad to the Call of Their
Country With All Eartraesa aad
Enthusiasm.
Paris. Jan. 21. (I. N. 8.) Ten days
ago the young men of France who,
under ordinary circumstances, would
not have been called upon to ser
tVioie military term until next year.
jwere called to the colors, and they
nave now a luauy uriuu men
ing.
It must not be Imagined that these
boys are looking upon the war a
kind of glorified picnic, an easy chance
to win laurels snd honor. In nearly
all cases, the writer found, they were
fully aware of what life In the
trenches mean; they knew Its dread
ful monotony, its dangers and Its hard
ships. Whenever it had been possible to do
so, six days' furlough had been grant
ed to the fathers of these young boys,
now actually at the front. In order
that thev might say gooa-bye to their
sons before the country took poRiefi
sion of them for the duration of the
war; and these fathers, while con
gratulating their sons that they, Vo.
were to be given a chance to fight for
France, had not hidden from them th
grim realities of modem trencn war
fare, with Its constsnt call on pat ence
and never faltering endurance and tha
sufferings inseparable from a life at
the front, of which a
spent in muddy trenchee h .wt
reaching your knee. Interrupted on y
bv short spells of rest and sleep In
damp dugouts, very little better than
the trenches themselves
The boys of the class of 1J17, whom
Frenchmen will see in a few days
drilling in barrack yard and open
places in' or near Parta are laboring
under no illusions, but have a very ac
curate lJa of what they will be called
v. .. TVie-v look fsrvarA va
upon 10 - - "
It with the wonderful enthusiasm of
healthy youlli.
San Francisco Hop Market.
5,n Franclaco, CaL, Jaa. 21. (P. K. .)
1015 crop (basis per poand). Sacramento
vollev t10V4c; other section 10Q12e. Ore-B-on
12c: Wsarilegtoa 1042U&. These price
am for choice bop.
Market Your Stock Through
Seattle Union Stock Yards
Best Market fa Northwest
Prices on Well-Finished Stock 15c to 25c
Higher Than .ANY OTHER POINT j i
-s.
7Ih . CoI1eclon Department !
Qualifications of a Collector and His -
Methods.
8 Adjustment Bureaus- Retail -
Credit Associations.
9 Credit Men's Associations; Cred
its and Crises..
10 Hitory of Bankruptcy Lerls
latton and the Present Law.
While the course Is arranged primar
ily for credit men the lectures will be
open to the public.
Surbaak's tfysr la Finance it is
reported that the experience 'of l.-.ither
Burbank, the plant wisard, in the ways
of stock companies snd finance hss
been disastrous to his pocke'tbook snd
peace of mind. The financial exploita
tion of bis spineless cactus bas come
to grief- It la reported that the pro
moters of the company who sought to
Introduce the spineless cactus all over
the world as an animal food agreed
t j pay him $300,000 for the use of his
name and the right to market all of
his products. He is now suing for
$!975, which be claims Is due him from
the Burbank company and he also
seek an injunction against the fur
ther use of his name as a trade mark.
An effort to market spineless cactus
slock was ma Jo in Portland several
months ago.
Successor to Susssll XowTy. The
successor of Ruesell Lowrfr, deputy
governor of the federal reserve bank
at San Francisco, who retire January
1 to assume the presidency of the First
National bank or Oakland. Cal., is Wal
ton N. Moore, of San Francisco. le
has been connected with the Twelfth
district reserve bank since Its incep
tion, he being one of the tlires mem
bers of the board of nine directors who
wtrt appointed directly by he presi
dent. So far as learned Mr. Moor Is
not known to Portland banker per
sonally. leave Italy; because we are journalists
going to Greece; because well. Just
U-cause. Kurope is full of little of
fices, where little officers alt, doing
uKt such things.
At last we get Into a rowlxiat with
our baggage and stsrt with our guld
for the Italian liner that lies In th
bay
"That man you bought your tickets
of is my father," says the guide.
"Ves?"
"M- represents the Italian steamship
lir.e in Messina."
"Ves?"
"I wouldn't rid on thai boat to
GtKt fur a bag full dT gold .'
"Why not; aexMc kne8?"
"Seasickness nothing. Subniari ns !
Two ships of this rompanv ia e l)pn
blown up on the way to f,nf from
Mennlna. Honest, you rouldd'l K't me
on thst boat."
We're at the ship's ladder flow.
"By golly, you fellow . gi n-re."
says the guide whos- father fold us
the tickets. "i;eme:nln r, I tolj you.
God bless you I l.h I ktx-i how you
come through it .My f.it'.r couldn't
refuse to sell th tickets. He s tho
agent. He couldn't til you. Hut I
can. By golly, not for me on that
boat!"
You pay him twice as inach as he
asks. Just to get him to shut up. It's
sundown by now. As he rows toward
shore; he waves h!s arms, shouts good
bye, and even throws a k'.b at us, t
If he fully expects never to see 'is
sgaln.
He won't, either. If we, sc-e Jiim first.
Women Experience
Gross Indignities
Berne, Jan. 21 The Milan corres
pondent of the "Bund" reports that'
three French women reicntlv became
victims of th Italian fp"' hunters.
The women had traveler through Switz
erland snd wanted to go to Genoa.
When they rr'iNfc.l the frontier they
went held up by Itnllnn officers, al
though they pos sc.I iiafsriort and
their excellent Fr.ri'h left no doubt as
to thdr natl"ti.tlity. Their baggage
was ransa' ked and they vefe forced
to disrobe Hti'l l" Mjbinlt to a humiliat
ing examination.
Nothing s'ipi' ions was found in
their pose.siin, hut the Italian offi
cers were ri -1 h.itified. The women hal
to go to J.i.I and were only permitted
after a -) to communicate with the
FreiM-!i .wiilaesador at Home, who
riul kiy brought about their release and
oht.'itnr.I an apology for them; One of
tho women 1 the wife of a high
I-renrh government official.
Thursday.
8:42 a.
structlon
m. GelbUch & Joplrn Con
Co., cook house, til Sandy
boulevard.
wooa pued near stove,
nv Pacific Waste Co., lE2i
street, overheated . stove.
loss $280.
10:1$ a.
Matcadarn
losa. $700
1:47 p.
ney fire.
m. 274 Baker street, chlm-
no damage.
T:15
treet.
4 k Vnetk vi t 4K
bu
rnlnj flue, no damage.
Overbeck & Cooke Co.
toe as, Somas. Cotton. Orala. Ste.
lS-aiT Board of Trade BuUdla:.
DIRECT PRIVATE WIRES
TO ALL EXCHANGES
Membera Chicago Board of Trada
CorrTondenra of Logan at Bryan.
Chicago. New Tork.
PORTLAND FIRE RECORD!
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