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I-AK1VI FKOUUU ISCONTINl JFTOSHOWAnVANHF 111 , 1 . .- - - - in . - - , as , - w m . aaaaw w ... M SB a Saaaaa i . 1 i ... - . . ...... I . . ' VERY BU BUT STRENGTH SHOWN WHEAT MARKET HAS A VWEAT STARF EASIER ILLISH FEELING FUTURE BRIGHT LATER IN THE TRADING Chicago ; Initial QaotationsTAre lower. But Closing Is Somewhat Better Unsettled Weather : Fore cast Starts the Selling. . ; Prospects Never so Good for Ex- treme Values Winter Wheat Acreage of World Less and Se ; vere Damage Hos'Been inflicted. By Iljman H. Cohen. No matter whether the European war continues or not -only extremely high prices lor wheat ' and wheat products muy be expected in the. immnaiato fu ture. . While thefe will likely bo wide and startltpg flucations in the world's trade betore the next crop is available for ine marxet, tnere seem to be no dodg- PRODUCERS CLAIM PRfCES SOMETIMES BELOW COST Chicago. March 31.-i(U. P.) Wheat was easier at the start today and showed a substantial upturn on lates trades. Trades were waiting on con gress. Forecast of tinKt tlii w.o thcr over the wheat Kelt caused selling at the start. May opened down and later lost M. closing at 11.95 V. July ypenea up . later gaming and -ing the fact that the world was never , bo famished for wheat and if higher prices do not materallse. it will be sur i prising. -The ract of the matter Is that next . season's vaiues now promise to show greater average than those obtained Curing the present season. This can re attributed, directly to the fact that not only is there a very marked de ureas in the- world's winter wheat acreage and that prospects for tha spring planting are not favorable but that the winter planting in practically every cour.try has shown unusually oelow tne normal. Those having remaining stock of wheat are by no means worrying re garding the future. There has been but little selling in the Pacific north west territory recently definite th ftit that pre ailing values ace far the hisjb- i J est In tne tustory of the industry litre JSe- k l.tti.1 B ii n .. . ...... It k- j , 1 .. . D.i hi. i i lvLsr wiiii;n were all that could be purchased were ? made at the extreme values. While it is probably true that the damage to the American wheat crop ts much less than first reports would Indicate, still there Is no doubt that considerable winter killing was done Wheat market at Portland was fainy ; active- during the week with record . irice sales on the Merchants Exchange , . Oats market touched a new high record during the week and barley also went to the. high point. Millstulfs foi- jvnvu iuo miner advance in Iiuor a.na nay quotations are likewise lifted "vr those recently shown. PLOUR Helling price: Paten. 18.00; WU' lsmetts valley. ftlO; local etraight, 7.ua s.20; .baker1 local, $(i.40&S.0u; Montana spring, a.G0; exporca, $.6o; whole wheat. $a.80; graiiaiu, $a.G0; tje flour. $8.75 pej barrel. ' HAX Buying price, sew crop, Willamette valley timothy, tunc, 117; eastern Oregon Idaho fancy timothy, t ); alfalfa, Ijj.uhs 22.00; valley vetch. tl4.O0QiI6.0O; cheat lie .ooa 16.00; efower, $13.00. GRAIN SACK Nominal; No. I. Calcutta Ufelllke In caxktU; lew amount higher. MUrUKk'S Selling price: Bran, $31.00; Short, $:. 00. HoiA.HU OATS Per barrel, . $7.6008 00. -ROLLED UARLEK Per too. f42.OO043.On. - Hales on the exch-ingi included 2uO tuna of May ahorta at $32.50. , Merchants' Exchange April bide: WtLEAT. Saturday. ri. Thr. Wed. Tn. Moo. 1MT. 1U1. 1917- - BhieaUm ..17 tf 1T4 17 175 175 173 iVctyfoid ..lt!8 Hi 100 172 17a 171 170 ciub ......wa it 7 j:io i iaa -ia Uuwaiaa ...lOS it la 1C7 lcrti lti5 ltU t Closing at $1.614. September opened down 4 and closed tUlU. Corn was firm, withf Httle' trading. May opened unchanged, 'but later gainea v, closing at $1.18. July opened up and closed unchanged at J1.17H. September opened up U and closed unchanged at $1.15. - Flrrrmesa prevailed in oats. May Mu-iur-u cioains si Juiy opened up H, subsequently gaining H and closing at 68. September opened un changed, later losing and closing , Provisions reeistert'd slierht Inmua with-the weakening of the ho,g mar- Range of Chicago prlrea furniabed by TjBlted Presex . OATH.. ' Feed . SCCB 24GO 3a,1u ad50 3060 8900 3S30 BAULKS. liVed 4000 20OO aa 0XW 4000 4080 4000 futures were quoted: - . W OEAT. . ' Mar Joly September May July .. September May July September May ...... July May ..... July May July WHEAT. Open. Hlfch. 195t4 197 164 165 . 130 tt 1S2 COEN. imt inn MH 115 OATS. r, m I'OBK. 1 S40 34Q2 , S;U0 8300 t-AED. 203i 2023 S033 2040 RIBS. 1S4 1840 - 1857 1807 19'i 162 ISO 11H 116 114 62 B2 8460 8360 2002 2013 1830 1847 done. 1034 184H 131 118 U7 115 62 58 53 8462 8300 2012 2027 1832 I860 May pmeatem ., May forty toad ' alujr club ...... ' May Kiualaa May . ..... May FEEU OATS. BAlLLEY. Bid. ..$1.74 .. l.J .. 1.67 . .. 05 .$40.23 .$40.00 WaUa WaUa Wheat Crop Is Damaged Not Only Is Fall Sowing Hart, But Wind Takes Some of Spring' Planting. No. 2. $7,009 . Walla WaUa. Wash., March 31. An other week of unsettled, windy weath er nas delayed xarnung operations to a considerable exteiL When the wind was not raging in the valley, slight .ranches, and .as a result the situation Is little better than it was a week ago. Those wheat growerswho seeded their spring grain recentlv have discovered that winds of the past two weeks have blown much or the soil rrom the sprouting grain, and it is quite likely taatfjfauch of the acreage will have to be gone over again. ' tiome farmers, however, will try the experiment of recovering the seed by harrowing, end uius save tne cost or new seed wheat. ' Practically no wheat fields In -the valley at this time are Bhowlng any trace of the coming crop. In former years fall-sown wheat was from three to xour inches in height at this time, but a trip through the wheat belt now fails to show more than a few isolated neias wnexe any growth at all has been made. With a return of normal weauer conditions. However, xarmers feel that the wheat will come forward rapidly, and that the crop will be close to ' normal, Darrlng unexpected unfa vorable weather later in the year. In addition ,to blowing seed from "the ground, the winds of the past two weeks have materially dried the ground, ana tne precipitation recorded during the week has not been suffi cient 10 ue o oeneut. jtains are noped . for in the coming two weeks, in order that the fields may be In perfect con dition for what seeding Is done late la the season. DUtL TONE WITH STEADY TRADING IN COTTON MART ; New Tort, March SI. (I. N. S.) Btutneea was doll to- cotton at the opening today. The tone, however, was steady, with prices 1 to 7 points higher. ' Boom traders and uptown in- leresta porcnaseo. with commiasloa houses oper- atlng oa botlrldea, v ' - Attar -the can trading eontlnued dnll and quotatlona held at the ltUUal levels. -The market was ateedy at the close.. " Eancof Jfew Tork cotton prices . furnished by Overbeek & Oooke Co., 216-217 Board of Jeumarr . mr 178 1730 A(ttil ttMiiii. . . - . . -f. . May 1876 1SSS 1873 WT '- e . - . , . ' . , , July 1SS3 1873 Aoflist . . . - '- Srpteatbar 1767 1784 1764 October J.768 ... 1786 1758 December 1763 1783 : 1763 Cloee. 1778 1800 laS4 1876 1865 174 1773 1774 1777 . -x - Hybrid Crop Good. - Pataha flat, according to. a num. P.er , Pron3 who have seen it. says the . Pdmeroy East WashlngtonianTls -eres- or. ny oria wneat on the aJohn Iattf,pm eededj In September by John Williams.- The crop look fereen trom a distance and la a good stand. Not until there ha been a fewj days r. warm weather can a report be made of the actual condition of corpi si lias been winterkilled. " ... -i--. v : y ' ' Wheat J Market Quiet, ' Walla Walla; Wash., March 3L -The wheat market has been a dead one during the week. - Farmers have been mora interested In securing crews to carry on spring' operations than in the ai'v quotations,- and are experiencing difficulty la securlnsr men at wages which they otf er. JOBBING PRICES IN . PORTLAND Theee price are those at wbtch wboleealer sell to retailer, except a otherwise stated: Dairy Produce. BCTTEE Creamery prints, I parafflne wrapper, extras, 42c; prime firsts, 40c; firsts, 39fec; cubes, le le; cartons, lc adranoe BUTTKRKAT 1'ortlaad delirery No.' 1 cream. 43c lb. EGGS Selling prlfe: Case eonut, 27V4e per dozen; buying price. 27c; aelling price, tandled, 28i3c. - LIVE IVULlaY rien. heavy Plymoe'h Rock. 21c per lb.; ordinarr chickens, 20c lb ataga, 18c lb. ;. brollc , MnUcr 2 loe.. S3c-' tnr' keyx, 20021c; dreac-id fancy, 25j2Sc- coll 2024c; aquaba, $2 doaen; geese, live. 12 18c; Pekin ducks, oons. 23c; mdian Rnn nera. young, 22c; old duck. 2021e per lb,: pigeon, $1.23 doseu. CHEE3E Selling price- Fresh Oregon fB.-y foil cream triple t. ic; onng America 20c Price to Jobbera: Flats, 23c; Young America' 24c f. o. b.; cream brick, 272Sc; Lioibarv! er. 25 26c; block Swisa. S4S5c. - Freah Fruits ana Vegetable. FBESH KULITS - Kranires, narcl $2,000 S.26 per box: bananas, 5c per lb.; lemona. $2.75j?4.2G; California grapefruit. 82.S0fcia.73 i'lorl.la, S5.00S.00; pears, 1.4O2.0O.T UtiltKlES liucklebcrtlc ( ); rranlx-rrle local ( ) per box; eastern $8.00 pei barreL APPLES Local, 80c$2.00, accordlna to quality. ONIONS No. 1. $0.5010.00 f.oo dot cental. TOfATOES- Skills price. Local. $354 8.50. Buying price: Ordinary shipping $2.75 4 8.0O; aweeU. No. 1, $4.60. ' VEGETABLES Turnips, $1.75Q2.00 Back carrots. $1.20: twrsnin. S2'- nkh.' 484e per lb.; green onions, 2025e doses bunch; peppers, 40c per lb.: bead Mtn $2.0D(rt3.30 crate; celery. $0.50 per crate; artl-cl-okea, $1.0oii 1.10; -ucunibr, 75ci$l 6 dixen; tomatoes. 14.00U4.25 lux: nm 2c lb.: string beana i ); rhubarb. $l.'5(a 2.W box: 'r-eaa, 10c; ' cauliflower, California spinacfa, $t.50 box. Meats, Fia and Provisions. r'nciu' Aid a x .5 noiiing price. cenatTT l 1 1 1 ,4 . w... tur. iei, ,! . Deer veais, iun v.c: oraiubry raala. istf7iair. heavy, 12Q12c; got, 4tic; lambs, 16Q17e lb.; Diuttou, 12(li10c; beef, 6Uc lb. SMUMiii u&Ax iiaaic, ZbtZ7c vn lb ' t.r,nkft&t baCOn SH-'OiSfH:. tilonlra 1"J tcge rou, lc; short clora, ZiU'-Hm 6rero vu.k-.u, mn 7Z- h IU. I.AK1) Kettle reulerrd. tierces, 23e lh.- visitK-uiympia, gi jipu, 3.00; canned wiHau, wmsu. cvtein is. shel1 per-iuu; rasor cianib ( ) ; eastern oys ters, per gallop, solid pack, $2.73. ' FISH Dressed flounders. 7c; Chinook sal mon, isc; percD, BW)C; lobsters ( ): sIItp i. ) . . . . . . . . ' ' HinciL, vv, Kiiuiuu w per id.; halibut. 1K814C-, sturgeon, ( ); Columbia smelt. 2c- razor cianw, ooxen. CRABS Large, $2Jtf; medium, $1.73 herring-, 6c; black cod. Oe lb. Qrooeries. SUGAR Cube. $9.00; powdered. $6.70- frnlt Dai, fo.wj; oeec, S7.90: ary graaoiaiea. eo.Jv; u yenow, S7.50. Abora HON Ex New, $3.0o3i. per BICE Japan style. Ac 2. 4c; New Or leans head. 6; blue lose, 6e. .Mt ovs, t.tw, (sswassj uau;, KFtm, wiO.OU lfWssa $10.50; bales, $2.26, fancy table and 'dalrv $2.00; lump rock, jooo ton. 7' BEANS j Small wuite, ISc; larce wait leplak, 10c; Uuiaa, 14c; bayoes. ioV; Heps, Wool scd Hides. HOPS Nominal: - Borlna nrfca iqi ordinary, ttooc; selected, be- Btracts ( ie pe lb. . ' WOOL Nominal:. Wir.amette valler eoanta vvwKwu, uww, -vmufuii onropapire 40a 42c. fine, lUji40c; eafcte-n Oregon uapie EKui 42e per lb. : coarse and zcedinm. 42c " HIDES Salted hides, 23 lbm ln,i n- j.. salted sues. CO las. and ut Tr- T. ..i kl',i.l.lb- l?L Te'n "Ited calf u u ii jv. gran ueea, xa lbs and up, 16c; green stays. 50 lbs. sod id 13c dry hides, 32c: dry salt akjt. 20c; dr horse hides. .$1.00l60; -alt- horse hldi $37oo 5.00; horse hair, 30c; dry long wool pelts. 24? dry short wool pelt. 17c; dry .heep .heir lings, each, 10 30c; s-ltea sheep shearllncs each, 10iS0c: calted long wool pelts, each' tl.tWS2.00; salted short wool pelti. eTcb, B Q$1.00. TALLOWNo. 1, lCc; No. 2, e; (Tease. 8e pl" IP. - CHITT1M OR CASCARA BARK Bavins prl W cir lets, 7c per lb. m . MOHAIR 191 J, eOe lb. , " SISAL Dark. 14; white. 13e Ih. , .. PalsU aad OUs. ; V COAL OIL Water white In drams sad troa barrels, 10c per gallon. " UNSEED OIL Raw bbla., $1.14 gaUoa. kettle boiled, bM.., -a.16; raw, cases. $1 2 boiled cases. $1.23 gaLt lots of :250 gsllonsl TURPENTINE Tanks. 7e; eases. T4e gal. WHITE LEAD Ton U,s, ; 12c ib.i IWnZ lets. 12c; less lots. 12c7 i GASOLINE Baals price, 21 gaL; dU tlllate, 10e galloa . . " ' .. , ; WHEAT RESEEDEXO FORCED i 'IN THE MILTON SECTION 1 Milton. Or.. March ' $0. On account of little rain and the around hoinc- so unprotected by snow , through the winier ninny t warmers in tnis section will have to reseed thrtr grain fields. The high cold winds have worked havoc with both grain fields and al falfa. Some varieties of wheat like the hybrid varieties have withstood the .winter weather, the club varieties suffering the most. ; : New York Metal Market, 'Kew York, if r SI 11 lc B r SS!?" StX1 May. SSe; Jtu, 835 ?3Hej.Jnly. e-. Aogost. 31 e: Kentam- see. sine; ronrtb eaarter. 30g31a . Speltnr Quiet. Prime weetern ano. mil.. priL Vci May, 10e; June. I0c; third quarter, 6e. . Tfew York Sugar and Coffee. Mew Tort. March !lm Plivf.. o fo. T Rio 9Hc; No. 4 Pantos, lOJie. That It takes extremely good prices some years to -pull the producer out of the hole," is the concensus of opin ion among leading farmers, whether irMsy arrow grains, vegetables or Zruits. ins nign Drices tnat have miMi fnr many products during the last year or i ww nave .causeu tna puoiio to OeUeve that the farmer's litfe Is one of peaches and cream, but the producers say nay. George Shima, sometimes alred- the potato king of the United States, and a leading Japanese grower of Cali fornia, says the business Is all ups and downs -there being no smooth sailing. Early in the month Mtv ouima uaa mis to say: By George Shima. "Last year I lost $80,000 in onions. I had 40,000 sacks stored In Stockto,. 20,900 in San Francisco and 26,000 la Los Angeles. Onions were cheap and nobody wanted to buy. I shipped onions east and could not get the freight out of them.- I lost $90,000 last year, when two late frosts killed my potatoes after they were planted and up. - It was my loss, and the pub lic didn't complain. The first frost came May IS and the second May 31. I had to go to Oregon for seed for re planting. It coat me $90,000 for seed alone, to say nothing of the cost of labor and other expenses. This year I protect myself by carrying over enough seed to replant In case of late frosts, because I would not be able to buy seed In Oregon this year. "There are, accord! rug to best figures I have been able to obtain, between 400 and 600 cars of potatoes In Cali fornia at the present time early in March. Oregon has about 200 and Washington about 200; in Hdaho there sts between 600 and 800 cars. The Minnesota, and Wisconsin crops are reported exhausted. The United States must depend largely upon the Pacific Coast for its potato supply until the new crop comes in. If Californiane do not buy th potatoes, they can oe shipped elsewhere at hligher prices. New York people are glad to have them at $1.25 more per sack; Chicago 75 cents additional, Eastern markets with additional freight rate, cost of handling, will buy every car of pota toes I have on hand if I would sell them. At the iresent time" potatoes are cheaper in California than elsj wfiere. I have never withheld pota toes from the public at any time, I have been selling , right along. Pota toes are high, it is true, but when potatoes are nigh the supply is short, demand great, and the market natural ly goes up. If you had something t.nat many people wanted and one man offered you more for it than other peopio were wiuing to, pay, to whom would you sell? , "The people did not complain In 1912-13-14-15 when potatoes were cheap as dir and the growers lost money. The farmers' life is not all peaches and cream. TRADING UGHT AND PRICE CHANGES VERY SMALL FOR SESSION New York Market Extremely Quiet With .Drifting 'Tone In Most Shares-i-Pew of Specialties Show Small Fluctuations for .Day. SWEET TOOTH OB NATION HAS AN ERRATIC TASTE - beet sugar factories established J teally foliows. and the benefits over or about to be established In the Pa- flow to the advantage of livestock tV th"requiremenUf aar" by "the ! ,eT? AT ?f the Pa- . i V. . .u lAiiu ! . Willi IT , ni sn I u rw,- VJa American consumer. Statistics compiled show that the de mands of the public fluctuate badly when it comes to the use of sweet stuff, this being due sometimes to the higher cost of sugar and at other pe riods to the small fruits crops and ex treme cost which make cannine too ex. (-pensive for the average housewife. Lrunng a period or 11 years, it has been found that the per capita consump tion of sugar in the United States was greatest at 89.14 pounds. This was in 1914, while the lowest average was In 75.74 pounds per person in 1906. In 1916 it reached 78.03 pounds per capita The total consumption of sugar tn the United States for the H year pe riod -was in 1914, when the amount reached 8,793,794,928 pounds. The amount of beet sugar produced in the country Is showing an Increase. It shows for the 11 year period: Production Beet Sugar pounds. 967.224,000 827.256,000 851.768.000 1,024,938.000 1,020.344,000 1.199.000,000 1,385,112,000 1,466,802,000 1.444,108.09 1.726.600,000 1.746.653.440 Wire Co. of Acreage. .... 376.074 , .. . 370,984 364.913 .... 420,262 .... 398,029 .... 473.877 .... 655,300 ... 680,006 483.400 .... C24.000 . . . 680.000 1 ne American Steel Chicago, in an interestinr r.vl aair Producing sugar in Cuba, the Philip pines, the Hawaiian Islands, does not help the' American farmer in a positive way; the same is tne of growing beets with alien labor. TJhe sugar beet is one of the pillars of rational agricul ture. Br Its introduction into the sys tem of farm management increase in the yields of the other crops automat- 1908... 1907... 1908... 1909... 1910. . . 1911,. 1912.... 1918... 1914... 19151.. 1916. . nut iH-eterrea Dy tne pioneer sugar manufacturers, the system grew out of the unwillingness of the American farmer to follow rational agriculture. There has always been a pronounced difference of opinion between the su gar manufacturer and the beet grower as to price per ton; to grow beets out side a rational system means they are produced at treat disadvantage, and must be sold for correspondingly high er prices to make the business of grow ing attractive. To grow beets and in crease the yields of all other crops, -to have the benefits extend to the live stock. Is to cut down the cost of pro duction and be In the position to sell for less -and at the same time make mora-money. . At this writing farmers and beef ?ugar manufacturers are apart $1.60 to 2 a ton on offered and fold prices for this year's contracts. Th nrAvnlltnu. Lprlce pf sugar is very attractive to the manuiacturers, ana sbould result in the building of more factories, and thus make possible the Introduction of the rational system of. agriculture ia more communities. A successful beet sugar unit is 600 tons' capacity a day. The average number of working- days in a year may be taken as 100. A 600 ton unit will work the beets from 6000 acres and will produce, by good technical work, 15,000,000 pounds granulated sugar. One man can care for five acres or su gar beets, besides caring for other farm work. The average yield of beets per acre, over a period 1906-1915 wif 10.18 tons. A ton of beets containing 18 per cent sugar will produce 300-310 pounds sugar. There are 74 beet sugar lactones in tne unitea states. New York, March 31. CU. P, The New York Evening Sun financial re view today said: There was little In today's short session of the stock market that was fundamentally different from what had gone before this week. Interest in the trading was only nominal and business was- light. Price changes were narrow, with an easier tendency. The market did little moca than drift throughout the session, with a tendency to ease off. A few orvthe specialties showed strength or weak ness, as the case mav be. Ohio Cities Gas was again in active demand at advances of 8 to 6 points or so. Texas Oil and American Hide and Leather were weak. , The steel and copper Issues, were narrowly irregular and quiet. The raMroad list was likewise neglected ana- under some pressure, - The ship ping shares were depressed by re ports of more sinkings. - . . Range of New York prices furnished Sy Over beck r Cooke Co.. 218-217 Board ot Trad DUUiMng: Edited by Hyman H. Cohen HOG MARKET LITTLE LOWER AT CLOSE OF WEEK IN THE YARDS - -- - First Sales of . period Were Up to $14.50 for Tops, But 913.35 la Extreme Mark at Closing Sharp Advance for the Month. PORTLAND LIT ESTOCK RUN. Hon- Cartas. CaWes. Sheen. 4121 1161 SO 2X--.-S JESCmfflOS. lOpeni High" In the great world changes of onr 1 Illinois Central time is the opportunity to establish tho beet sugar industry in the United oiates. Alaska Gold Allss-Chaliners, c do pfd, American , Beet Sugar.. American 'Caa, a do pfd American Car Fdy.. e.. American Cotton Oil, c. American Unseed, c... do pfd A men can Loco., c American Bmelfer, e... - do pf d-. American Sugar, c... American Tel.- Tel,. American Woolen, c . . . Aaaconda Mlniug Co... Atchison, c do pfd Baldwin Loco., e do pfd,.....: Baltimore it Ohio, e Bethlehem steel, c... do pfd Brooklj-e R. Transit. . . . Butte & Superior Calif. Petroleum, e.... do pfd Canadian Pacific Central Leather, e do pfd Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago II GL W.. pfd. Chicago, 1. St. P... Chicago ac N. W., c... Cbioo Copper Colorado V..A I., c Cons. Gas - Corn Products, c do pfd Crucible Steel, e do pfd ..i D. It. e Distillers Erie, e ... do 1st pf General Electric ...... Goodrich Rubber ...... Gt North., Ore Lands. Gti FTorth pfd. Greene-Can .'. Hide & Leetbcr, c. . .-. . do pfd Ice Securities COLD WEATHER CURTAILS . ALL WORLD'S PRODUCTION All over the world damage has been done the growing pTain crops durins the winter. The full ejttPnt of tho loss is yet to be determined. The In ternational . institute of Agriculture saya: Cold Weather Damage. The cold wave which set in during January throughout Europe, bringing the temperature down to exceptionally low levels in many places, has done damage to autumn sown crops and ha considerably interfered with field work in that month. This Is the chief feature-in the reports published in the bebruary number of the Bulletin of Agricultural and Commercial Statistics of the International institute of Ac liculture. . In France plowing and sowing were perforce stopped, and nothing but cart inff of fertilizers was accelerated by the abnormal temperature. In that country a noticeable decline in the area placed under cereals dur ing the autumn of 1916 is reported. The yneat area of January, 1917. was only 4.277 thousands of hectares or 85 pe cent of that sown at the same date in 1916; the area under rye was 828 thou sands of hectares (90 per cent) and that under, oats was 651 thousands (96 per cent). The only increase is in tlie area under barley, amounting to 10 per cent over that of 1916; this year's re turn Is for 109 thousand hectares. The condition of autumn sown crops on January, 1917, was lower than that of the same date last year, for wheat, barley and oats while for rye It was parctically similar. In Great Britain and Ireland heavy snowfalls with icy winds prevailed during the greater pait cf the month, and caused much retard ation in field work. Still the crops that are above ground look well in places where the snow is not lying, hut are not sufficiently advanced fo the time of year. Ikss In Italy. In Italy the weather was almost as inclement as In the other two countries mentioned. The condition of crops is an average one, but the preparations for spring sowing in North Italy havt been inaugurated only in a few prov inces. In the peninsula plentiful rains have been generally favorable- to these ' preparations. . 7 In British India, ths sowing season ror wheat has been favorable on the whole, in spite of too much rain in cer fain provinces, which, however, do no account for more than 25 per cent of the whole area under this crop. Ob I trie other hand the Important rlce- Krowmg regions of Bengal. Bihar and Orissa, (where about one-half the yield of British India is produced as a rule have suffered from heavv rains and floods, causing injury which carmot oe disregarded, in Japan, the sowing of wheat and barley has been slightly re tarded by rains. - Australia Saa rail Crop. Passing to the countries of the south ern hemisphere where the cereal har vest of 1916-17 is now completed it may be noted that Australia has modi fied previous estimates and now pub 'Atf 1? lowing figures; whett, 49.048 thousands of Quintals, or 10c ier cent of the crop of 1915-16; rVe, a thousands of quintalsV barley, 91" thousands of quintals; oats, 3.012 thou sands; maize, 2.159 thousands of quint als. - The result Is that the crops for 1916 17 of the two principal countries in the bouthern hemisphere (Argentina and Australia) reach only 60.111 thousand ?f &u.lnUs oC wneat as compared win b5.907 thousands in 1916-16. or 70 pei cent of the last mentioned yield -By comparison with the averane e five years 1909-10 to 19U- -ithl8 rer' crop is only 92 percenu There are no prut hnnre, k.. f Ahe resuIts of the narvest ol ' " me nortnern nemisphere. Smaller Potato Crops. As regards the potato crops, the Bul letin of the Rome Institute, now under review sums up the yields of France, Great Britain and Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada, the United States xnd Japan with a total of 286.634 thou sands of quintals, against 331.701 in f'1.,?'1 364.578 the average of 190 to representing respectively 66 and 79 per cent of these two figures This is an unsatisfactory crop, espe cially considering that the cereal har vesa Jiave been by no means brilliant, and that potatoes are consequentls more In reouest than nnrm.iin t JF11 agricultural portion of the Bui letln also includes estimates of the number of larm animals in some coun tries. In Great Britain and Irelaui between June, 1915. and a twelvemonth aVef- !h.n,u.mberA0 horses increased ?. . ,s pis decreases & per cent. In the United state tT ry 1, 1917, only cattle and mules 4 97 00 '26' 11W 112 12 104 68 Vs 2314 i4 914 eoj S3 63 117 H 107 OSVa is" 20 30 41 e 65 33 Vt m . 2S 105 123 68 61 7i bo" nvi 104 ii2 1201 OO Vj S3 2 104 eoJ '79 Industrial Alcohol Inspiration Interboro. e. ' . . . ; . Kennecett Copper .... 43 Kan. City Sunthera, e Keily Springfield I-rckawanna Steel .... Se Ijehlgh Vail j 08 Ijails. A Nashville .... 131 Main ell Motors, e M. b2t aiexicaa reiroieura .. . . wt mi inmi ixpper 41 IJidrale Steel 60 BiiBsouTi i-acine w. .". .. National Lead 1 56 Nevada Consolidsted ..i 28 sew naven , o New- York Air Brake.. 1H New Vork Central ;t Wl K Y.. Out. So Westorn-i.. Nor. & Western, c...:133 ortnern i'acmc Pacific Mail J . Pt-nnsjlTanla Ry. i 53H 1'ituburg CoaL. c ( 40 do pfd ; . Pressed Steel Oar, e...t T;4 do pfd . ... Bar Cods. Copper .... 30 Railway Steel Springs. 68 23 164 91 113 01 S3 63 117 07 60 25 107 w 18; 20 80 41! M' 33 114 8 2S 10 123 43 Reading, c do 1st pfd do 2d' pfd Rep. Iron tc .Steel, c Scars. Roebuck 4c Co.. Sbattuck .. Stodebaker, ' e . Sicca Sheffield Southern Paclfle Socthern Railway, a. do pfd Tennessee Copper .... Texas Oil Texas Pacific ......... Union Pacific, e do pfd TJ. S. " Rubber, c. C 8. Steel, e do pfd .- Utah Copper Virginia Chemical, ft.. W. V. Telegraph Westing bouse Klectxc . Willys Overland Wool worth 90 83 1101 60 29 225 i40 8fl 08. 13t &3 03 41 00. 68 3S 44 . 344 8 i33 63 77 30 83; Low IClose 81 8 40 68 'i " 103 112 120 60 82 104 79 S 23" 163 90 113 eon, 84 82 , 117 60 24 107 7 is"" 20 29 41 53 83 V 114 42 7 27 i 106 121 o 86 68 83 W 49 68 42 1 63 60 103 113 111 125 50 82 104 98 50 1O0 79 142 120 as 4v 23 63 164 U0 113 HtW. as 116 60 118 io 111 18 20 29 41 166 63 83 114 43 15 67 27 106 oa flO 12 02 85 68 This week I.aet week....... I-rerloos week... Month ajro. Year ago........ Two years age. . . Three years ago.. Four years sgo. . FINANCETIMBER, INDUSTRY REVIEWED 1- rortland Bankers Leare Today to Argue in San Francisco for E tAbllshment of Federal Reserra Branch Ht-re Portland Lum ber Oompany Ships Bi t)rur to Jiklon, IU. '' ' .''j ''. 4323 6342 6844 48bO 20&4 1403 3620 172S 1865 1189 1262 2O40 1253 2554 78 1GH3 Z4 684 74 186 68 763 80 4247 8 S661 4.7 7013 130130 102 f 71 25 i 16 223 62 82 40 ov 58 23 45V 147 97 133 63 4tt 77 'T gj" 14 100 7W 854-4 2a i224 i46" n4iai4 xa rxis 110 112 62 &i! 83 ) 118 117 110 62 62 33 63 4 82 C 402 00 6 1147 97 24 W la. 106 23 68 46 115 77 103 61 87 41 41 82 197 27 Mi 100 70 95a 28 a r.9 -i 22 15 14a 81 6SH 118 42 87 - 61 83 140 Total sales for day 2S2.000 shares. POTATOES ALOXQ THE COAST OREGON POTATOES VERY, , VERY GOOD, SAYS TITTJS Potato -growers of Springfield. Or., are much elated over a letter recently received from H. J. Titus, superin tendent of the Northern Pacifio rail way dining car department, by E. B. Morrison, a potato dealer. .vMli, T!t,!s.,8fltte tTiat they want all the Springfield potatoes or a given grade they can secure, and adds that the city may -depend on the Northern Pacific s hearty cooperation in any thing pertaining to the potato indus try. "w have had some experience with the Oregon potato and find it is very, very good," he writs, -and can not see why we cannot give the state of Oregon worldwide publicity." .-..'- - New York Bank Statement. - New ' Tork.'- Uarrh ; sii. k a n.-v. Statements ; . 3. .. ' Average: f Leans, decreased. 830.70LO0O: de mand deposits. Increased. $5,108,000; time de- .c.i" 417,000: r"-. Actnal: tans,-Increased, m.937.000; "fcet demsml deposlta, increased. 81,257,000; tune deposits, lBcresed. $2,017,000; reserve, de eraased. S2S.8o9.000. u American Wheat Options. Dvhtth . '. .'. '. ai d .. si Kr.ac Winnipeg ..i.,.,......, J.81 V, 1J18 MtsBsaporlav 1.83 ; r. 1.85 t Kansas City 13 . 1.62W St. Leuis we??Mmorevn,umrou than on January JLrJuS J?ores. sheep and pigs par at tne two were very much dates. GRANT COUNTY STOCK XOSS IS TJNUSUAliLY HEAVY - iU5?- March 31. The stock industry of Grant county is suffering the heaviest loss experienced in the r.0.17 r.ti' county, according to es timates of forest officers and others who are in a position to know Thurs day a heavy snow fell in the valley. 22il fupi,y of roughage is efhausted and stockmen are now feeding grain! potatoes and any other feed obtaln iTritrf S??i ha.y kaa been shipped into f,1!..011!. 0081 25-per ton. Sutt?1 ?urc f .supply is very limited, and does little god. New-York Bond Market. Tarnished by Overbeek A Cooke Co 21 ft-217 Board of Trade euikUng: 7 Atehisno 4a ...... . . fa Raltimnre Ohio Gold 4s . Bethlehem Steel Ref. Cs 0H Central Pacific 1st 4s ftl2 C. B. A Q. Ool. 4s , 94 St. Pan! Gcnl. 4s 101 Cblcage N. W. GenL 4s , s L. A N. Unl. 4a S4 S?"11--.6"- i 39 Ncrtbers Paclfle P. I, da ...... 82 Reading Oenl. 4s ........... 93 :" Union Paciftc 1st 4a ........... 87 U. S. Stael 5s ,s.. -...105 TJnkm Paeifle 1st Ref. 6s ...... 91 Southern Pacific Conv. 6s .,-.J0l Sooth ern Pacific Conv. 4s 85 Peanxyleaaia Conv. 4a ......104 V Pennerlvania 1st 4s ...i.s,M. as Chesapeake St Ohio Conv. 6s ... 91 - Seattle Market. ' Seattle; March 31. (U. P.) Onion) Oregon, 9&10c; Yakitaa. Sc. Potatoes Yakima Gems, I6OQ70; seed, SSS: locale, IGOe5. , -' Saa Francisco Market. f San Francisco, March 31. Oj. P.) Potatoes ler cental ueitas, sj.w3.s. with S3. 00 asoeo ror one Taney or ana; uregoa Burbanka, 83.2&Q3.90; "plow lot- simda brine t2Jl& 3.00. Onions Browns, $7.008.00 per sack, ex-lce-kouse; do Anatxailao. (8.00 per crate. DAIRY PRODUCE N THECOAST Seattle Market. Seattle. March 31. (U. P.) Batter Native Washington creabiery cube, .42c; do brick. 43c; fresh California rubs, 40c; do brick. 41c Eggs Select ranch 80c Cheese -Oregon triplets, 25c; Wisconsht trip lets. 25c; do twins, 25c; Yoesg Anaerica. 2fie Baa Fraaeisee Market. San Francisco., March 81. (U. P.V Batter Kxuas, 38c; prime firsts. 87c. Eggs Eitras, 2Ue; extra firsts, 27e; ex tra pullets. 2Uc; extra first pallets, 26c. Cheese California fancy, lc; fUsts. 18c: Oregon triplets, fancy, 24c San Francisco Grain .Market, San rranciseo, March 31. (U- P.) Wheat Per .cental. CalUornla clnav $2. 8633.00; So nora, S3.0OV$3.05; uiorthern dob, 3j06; do bluestem. J.10y:3.15; do Tarkey red. 13.1041 3J5; do red Russian, $3.0O3.O2. Barley I'ec cental, feed. 12.232.a0 for fair to guod;' do ebjotce, 82.32; . brewing, 2.40. - Oats Per rental, N0..I nortbera, 82.loa2.15 for fair to good. 1 1 BANK "STATEIENT. OP- COAST Ask. M 82 100 92 84 102 . 88 85 38 93 84 98 f 106 - 92 ' 102 f!S 106 92 Very scant arrivals were shown in ths North Portland livestock market for the week. Trade in hogs was steady to a fraction weaker. On Monday sales of tops were made up to $14.60. but this s-i3 ut iiui uuni. At me closing 01 mo n-tit.jj was tne extreme top of fering for swine in the yards. The month has been a good one from the standpoint of the seller. At the start of March the top for swine ruled at II? 7 li 1 2 St. . m, OT-tttA.. sales were mads during ths month as sSU rUP fil.ifU. . Best beary ..$ I4.gs Be light 14.006114 .25 Rough heary 13.004J 13.60 MM , 11.0011.60 Dtocsers t '2.75Q18u Cattle Trade Erratic At the start of ths week there was a oiotiuy w iirni ions in tne cattle trade at North Portland.- Then the entire m Q 1 If A f rlaVAlftnarl nraslrnaas Kn 1. In tho week the feeling was somewhat wcot.T unuuiu iur ngnt stuix ox quality was best, but there was a good shipping call for the heavies at ths j TTls rrhk r4 tflaa. t4ia 4skJ as, A - .ws.m'w ss, a.x.w aw aAs IOU BL V 47 . V ror top 8tMss. but some sales wsrs TYqA a rlv In Kaa nawlul . s. hl.h . 1 A w m tuviiw ivu ssj0 i4t(U sn IT f iv. Then the market began to sag and ruico. oetween .ou4f y.vo, although there was little stuff sold at the hi-her HMl raw v kieneral eattl market range: Prime heavy beef steers Prime light beef steers Choice beef cow...., Beef belters Ordlnsry4 to good cows Prime beayj butcher balls .... UEDI onus CsTvee Stocker-feoder steers Btocker-feeder cows.. Mutton Onlsk bnt Wm. Durinsr th wmIc tfi.m. -m,. m . advance of 25c in mutton, and lambs at VaI, T3n . 1 1 . . . "r"" vwu. iup is. in us moved to 813.50 at Ohe start of the week, and have held a t 1Jnt nrt. .t.. period. of mutton and lambs during March, al though the trade was flrnv General ad vances of 5 50o "over February were shown. General mutton and Iamb market: Best esst of mountain "lambs 813.00313.50 best Talley lambs 12.5013.00 Wethers 11.60J 12.00 lO-OOllx) Oots 4J6U 4.50 hhora sheep lQe below wool tarings. Boston Wool Trade Quiet for the Week Developments Abroad and Pro posed Army Goods Orders Hal But Little Effect. B4 ..88.40(9 0.60 .. 8.504J 9.75 .. B.00 8J2J S.25A S AO .. 6.O04J 7 78 .. .7S4 7.2) .. B.OlXf a&4 .. 7.oottio.r .. 6.004 7.7$ o.oou a.00 Baakara Will " Argas-Laden with facts and figures to prove that Port land is the logical placs for ths est tabllshment of a branch federal' re serve bank in the northwest. A. I Mills, president of the First National bank of this city; J. C Ainsworth, Trice president of the United States Na tional, and IS. Cl rmwfnrii TvrIAn of the Lumbermen National, will leave ioaay xor toan rTancisco to attend a hearinjr before A. n. of the federal reserve -board from this district, and the officers of the Fed eral reserve bank 'of San Francises. The federal reserve board In Washing ton has decided to put a branch bank somewnere in one nortnwest. Port land. Spokane and Seattle are candidates- for the honor. The location of the branch will be decided at a meet ing Tuesday afternoon. Bis X,Oad at tmiilin Th. n.ril..4 1 , W A .W J. V. l Lumber company has just completed fa carload of lumber which it believes nas estaniished a new record for quan tity. The load consisted of 08.000 feet of insulation stock.- It was shipped to Madison. 111., for the account of the Duncan Lumber company. Federal Bee errs Statements Con siderable increases in note circulation, together with reductions in reserve de posits, mainly at the New York and Chicago Federal Reserve banks, and continued : liquidation of acceptance are indicated by the federal reserve board's weekly statement as at clos of business March !, 1917. Aggregate gold reserves of the banks show an increase for the week of I J, 2 00,000. while total cash reserves decreased 12.300,000. The banks also transferred tlO.900,000 of gold to the federal re serve agents, increasing thereby the latter's gold holdings to t34,619,000. The total amount of gold held by the system is now t91J.055.00O, an amount In excess of the present gold reserve of any of the European central banks of issue. The reserve position, of the banks shows a further improvement, the cash reserve percentage of 80.5 per cent being larger than at any time since February II, 1916. Oood Znerease B4rporUdFederal re serve agents report a total issue to the banks of 372;244.000, net, of notes ef i!? ror. th wk f -boit 19.000 000 Against the total issued. 1849,619.000 of gold and $24.- 886,000 of paper. The banks show a total actual federal reserve note cir- r -1 . . Portland Psaks. Clearings. 1 This week. Mccday ...... .....f 2.429. 406.57 TnesdsT ............ 2.015.731.80 Wednesday ........ 2.6X1.838-18 Thursday 2,61 5.010.83 rirdaT" 1.812.24.7 Saturday j....... 2.267.0816 Wee 1313.087.403.03 March $02,724.839 XX Tear are. 8l.KM.920 0(1 L876.2uS.40 t.156.175.14 1. 7S0.035.es 1.784.264:50 1,8&5.81S87 Clearings ... Balsaces ' . . Taeoma Banks. : 8H.3SS.4ie. 73 S52,432,6e.58 S7S.43S.o0 -' " oeatus sMaka. Oesrings 3;T53.S8o".00 Balances , . ... ................. ... ' . S&5, 621.00 . Bpekaae Baaka. dearmrs . . . .... ... ... 721.863.00 Balances ........ ........ . ' 8L176.00 Baa, rancUco Banka. Cleartags .. .-tl2,8S3,TS5.00 Boston,' Moca. March SI. Leading topics of discussion in tne local wool market the past week have been the developments In London and the pro Pvsed additional orders for army goods to be placed by the war depart ment. Neither has had more than a sentimental effect yet, however, and the trade generally is still quiet. Very little is being done in the west, the severe weather of late having made contracting a much more doubtful problem than it was a month ago. The situation ia London and Australia en courages ' the hope that Americans eventually will be allowed to buy In the colonies direct Choice fine staple 'n quoted nomin ally on the scoured basks of S1.30 to IL3S, hall' blood staple at 11.15 to 11.26, three eighths, blood staple at $1 to $1.05 and quarter blood staple at 90 cents to 95 cents. Territory scour ed, when to be had. iff quoted at $1.25 for choice fine 'white lots Jown to $1 for ordinary fine medium. B supers are very strong, western B e being quoted at 88 to 12 cents. Combing pulled wools, fine T1.20; $1.05 to $1.10 for medium and 90 to 95 cents for coarse. , Receipts for the week were: Do roeetic. 2,46$,670 pounds.- foreign, 1.615,595. AMERICAN IJVESTOCK PRICES Chicago, March SI. I. ' Jf. 8.) A steady to 5c higher bog market pa: the bulk at $15.25 616.50. A speculator was bid $15.60 foe a choice load but refused. The market was 40 to 85c higher thsa a week ago and $4 higher ttaa-on the corresponding day last year tattle bad a strong finish. In the sheep house a .new Maourd was mad oa spring lasaba at $30 rr hundred weight. Chleego Sags $15,00, " Chicago. March ffl- 11. If. S.) Hogs R. eeipts 12,000. 60 higher. Mixed and butchers. $14.iU315.56: good heavy. $15.25 15.80; rough heavy, $14.90QlS.2Oj light, $14.4531&&o; pigs. $12.0OKil4.a5; balk. $15.20013.60. - Cattle Receipts 400, steady. Beeves, $8.00 a 12.85: eowa aad heifers. UMXiilljDa- .t.k. ers and feedars. $7.7590; lexaas, $9MQ 1186; ealees. Il2.50ejl4.00. saeep tteceipta auuo. steady. Nafire aod wtstera, $9 .0O4J12.75; Unibe$12i0 15.70. Xaaaaa City Hog $l.l$. Kansas City, Mo., lurch 81. 41,- N. S.) Cattle Receipts 1300. No trade. - Hoca Ueeeinth'DOO. Market atsailv. Knfh. Ins good. Tap. $16.10. Ko sheep. Ssaver Hogs 114.8$. . ava.su gu a- . XT. JJT.U&' tH9 rMalnfai .HAT stMrf MtaaM Vtkafuaii isrv. b r w ywwgy AA.AV. 'fBVWfl snd betfera, $7.OOe9-0O; stoefcers aad feeders. $7.C09.&5; calTea, $U.OOlS.0a Hoqa Receipts 300. lOi 15c bixber. Too. $14.b5; bulk, $14.60Q14.857 ' Sheep Receipts 100. steady, aras, $11,000 U.65; lambs. $13.OQ14,76. , " '' Seattle Hogs $14.7$. ' V. Seattle, Wash., March 81. (P. if. 8.) Hogs Receipts, son. Strong. Prime lights, $U.C614A5; medium to choice, $14 sofi 14.00: smooth -hesvy. $14.00014.75; touch besvr! $13.5o13.5; pigs. K(.OOttli.7C. CatUe Recelpu. uune. Strong. ePrt steers, $9.7568.80; asedioni to cbolee $0.25 9.50; MDnm to mediant, $6.60(8.00; best cows, $7.504js.7T: common to medium eows $4.0009.25; holla. $3.50417.00: calves. Sasoa 10.O0. - Sheep Receipts, none. '.Strang. -Lambs.! mA-ww w.Miri - ,.v.w Li.. ewes, $U.5O4100. . . . . -v 1 t -V-' - Seattle Grain Market. ' Seattle. Wash, March ' 31. P. H. S.) Wbest Bloestesa. $1.34: Turkey Bed. $L73: forty fold. $.; das. $L6sl ilfe,. $LS; Bed Rasslaa..$1.6S.. , , , Barley. 4of. Receipts Wh est, 10 cam. . i i m i ' ' V - Elgin Butter Higher " Elgin. IIL March 31 (1. N. 8. Batter was qaoted en the batter board, today at 43c, an sdvsace of $c over Jest week.-- , ' ... Turkish Students to Germany. Berlin. March X, The "Osmantcher Lloyd" reports that the German-Turkish" society, nhich ; was organised a little over a year ago in Constantinople,- has already sent lit young Turkish students to German. "Among them. are two women. .-; -:. ' ..- - - - :,t, -. eulstlqn of $346,804,000 and aggrerats UabiUties thereon of tl$,72S.010. . Oajrmaay rxports Kaeh. . Uowsver much Germany has made .herself nec essary to the .world by organisation and enterprise, the United States can get alonw btlu wlldnnt a ltn rm r. Germany without the Unitsd Btates. The year before the war Germany im ported from this country? f 181.211,35 T and sold tn Hki igotn .- . . Bank Baoxs Boad Boads-'cr. L. Thompson, president of the American National bank of Pendleton and a member of the state highway rommls- that institution, prepare' m-statement which shows that the retenues de rived from automobile lidenses - and road tax will amply take core of, tfoo payments of Interest and principle on the t6.000.000 bond issue.- - . - - o fMm ZKaas Trtfdl eTnly "VT. "Jl McGee, United States subtreasurer at San Francisco, announces that no Fed eral Farm bank loans will be Issued until after July 1. He has sent out a to xarmers to Deware or men falsely representing themselves to.ba government officers connected with the new Farm Loan bank. Ther are - " -w. - ,.B,UWe LU I Ul fti Ui- tricts and offering to lend the farm- r. IVfinn Wm.rn.mmm m m. m 1,.,.... t . - v v Avn nvia ms t? wtmi x-avrm Loan bank, with the, proviso that B0 Interest be paid to them in. advance. -Organisation of the farm loan sys' tem has been completed with- the ap pointment of officers- and - directors, for the bank at nerkeiev T'n.K. svry steps ror providing capital t.urougn oona suoacription have beeu taken by the treasury department. The officers of the Berkeley bank, select ed by the farm loan board, are: Presi dent, Burrell G. White, San Francisco; vice president, R. L. Douglas, Fallon, Nev.; secretary. S. A. Reed.' Los Ange les; treasurer. Dr. George W. Thomas, Logan, Utah. The officers and Dr. EUwood Meed of Berkeley will consti tute the directorate. - Lyaander Casldy Of Phoenix. Arls was aDmlntM rmr. istrar and attorney.!- . - .. .- Blectrle Ooatrao AwardedVA large contract for electrical equipment to be Installed at ths Ores-on fltv WaaIm mills has been awarded t. the Port land Liectrio . Maintenance company. Filling the contract will necessitate tiie manuiacture or switchboards, pan el boxes and othee elctrlGSLi nrva n Wm. m, m ., . n mm II, L m . . -- uik w.t ve sou in runuuia, RPIFA rC Dnnni i-m- mAKKETS FOR THE, WEEK BUTTER MARKET FIRM AT FURTHER ADVANCE HERE ei fket for butter showed a very nrm tone, not onlv in Portland, but all n,-1Lt,00a,st dn "ie week, in all centers values were higher; the ad vance hers reaching So I pound. A similar advance was made In butter Great t shortage of the present m which Is now said to be the smallest of the season, isthe direct "" naing in tne butter .line w- eerly snapped tip by the trade t'risMsm lisaf ii lisaisMi sa. . .. Dairy aehaaT " " BOTTBR. Week. SN-4 n... IT . mm. . . , -z. " 1W MOO, Sfl, Kxtras .. . . 34 CO 89 M ZH 87, Primsi firm . Ml s a t-7 t2 . - V' V m9 OV PllWt ..... M &M BA . . mA ' mm W mj fmy fairy .....) 30 30 SO 80 $0 BG1S. Onrrent reeafpts.27 2e 20 2 20 2C Tillamook trtpa..28 83 28 S3 SS 23 vresoa Pipe.. ..22 22 23.2 23 22 EGGS ARE FIRMER WITH v STORAGE DEMAND KEENER P!rmr Iaiia . nl . e,. m J m. m m. m m th local mu rlr.t 1ni-(n. y,m. L a similar condition was shown along the mi.ij.iu woys generally. tteceipts or eggs in the local trade were rather HhATAl ff-m, 1 . hi,, V. m... . -1 .1 - . - - -- " y--mm- vu UIO VUUIIUV call for both consumptive and storage ucuwiuu, tooit everytning in signt. ggs went . into ice bouw-a during ti- week at he highest prices ever known to the local trade.-' CHEESE SCARCITY GIVES MARKET FAMISHED LOOK Practically no improvement In offer ings of cheese were shown during the week. Neither Tillamook nor Coos Bay were able to fill more than a email per cent of the requirements of the trade even at prevailing extreme values. If values were not quite so high the demand would have been much heavier. POULTRY PRICES LIFTED WITH OFFERINGS SCARCE Poultry prices were lifted to a new high mark for the local market during the week. Sales of heavy hens were made during the latter part of the week at lie a pound, while even ordi nary chickens sold quickly at 20c .a pound. While there continued a very good call for ducks and geese during the week, there was little of this stock available. - Turkeys dull. ' DRESSED HOGS HIGHER PC FRONT , STREET FOR WEEK Dressed hogs were higher again Jtpr country killed stock along the whole sale way during the week. Sales of be - blockers were made at 18e a pound, the highest price on record in the trade here. Receipts of bogs were only fair. At the same time there was a very erratic tone in the market for veals; sales being generally of a drag ging nature with lower values quoted. i a POTATOES ARE IN BETTER CALL FROM OUTSLDB . - r Potatoes showed a-' better demand from outside points and a fractional advance in country buying; prices was forced. Offerings la the country are badly scattered and dealers say it is hard to buy, Eastern markets inquire for supplies during the week, and some sales and shipments were made in that direction. California - markets, alu acted better with advances In values. MOHAIR MARKET EXPECTED . . TOiOPEN WITH AN ADVANCE Market . for mohair " Is expected to formally open within a very short time. The condition of the market is In wonderful shape to absorO offerings without having any effect Upon the price; yix fact,- the outlookfor valoea Is now the most hopeful ot the season to. date. . j .;.,. . ... APPLE TRADE IS BETTER -. THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ' Trade 4n the apnle market Is showing a material improvement -arut prices are well maintained la tk trtwXa hers Demand-is also better rn f et- In a recent Interview. Kan' J. filacklanV the well known fruit man of Cove, who nas just returned from the east. re ported 1 he sale of five carloads In Nebraska lie reports the market veiy rood in the east-and believes that a shortage of supplies will be shown there within s short time. WOOL SraTJATION STRONG - ' WITH GREATER 5IOVESIENT Trade In the' wool markets of the Pacifio Northwest naturally showed an increase durinsr the week. Some business passed at practically every Point, tha rrulMt ..ti.ti. k .1 H the Takima section, and tn Idaho, 1 noes In the inaJn w.p. ,n . r...l m. I l. - J . .. m . .-r ; niKiier. isjt ot tne pig del-, lows of prices belne- too hi ah la eon. Jldered bosh by the growers because , these same buyers are anxiously seek Ing supplies-at full .values. . . 1 ONIONS . CLIMB TO $10 IN -A VERY FAMISHED MARKET , SSSBsBBBBB Onion prices climbed again to the HOI 'J!1 4n .th !ong trade aJonar Frpnt street during the week, -Country, offerings are of extremely smeJl lots. - m, .wu wuva. Mm uracc.ira.iiv h hausted, Outsid markets i are also showing- a firmer tone. . - . -. : ' . 7 - , 1 1 f n .-t.m.1 rmm. . mmm. , , n m m m m - ' TITI-I, TtlTT 6TP4T1V fva-xs - " -. . -. av.YCj . Hop contracts are showing- a steady tone, but little activity is noted for the week, either here or in the Takima section. Spot hops Were showing a small movement at former extremely low valuea A late New . York mall advice says of the -general Used: Receipts for week .,., - J 086 Receipts since September 1...., 23,126 I Exports for week. ....(Not obtaf&able) - Kx ports from September 1..,.. 5,695 Imports for week.... (Not obtainable) Imports from September. ....... 311 'Upward of 1100 bales arrived this week from the Pacifio Coast, includible several ars that have been on the way since December and January. The larger part of this stock Is going direct to brewers on early purchases, hence only a small supply Is available tor the market. Demand, however, is Of the most meagre character, and aa easy feeling prevails in consequence. Occa sional sales ara renortjw at iasi9 for medium to choice Pacifies, and some lower grades can be bought for less. A few state hops are la dealers' hands and held around too for the bests -but they are seldom inquired for. New York hop priOM Mr bound t State, 1916, choice .......... 34) elate, ltiB, medium to prime 14s State. 1916, common to prime ,1i m uoaa. 19lf, choice .... 11 Paa Coast, 1916. mod. to nri. 9 Pac. Coast, 1916. common .. 8 7 4 DRIED FRUIT OUTLOOK IS . " ', AIDED BY CANNED GOODS Ptso. Coast. 1915, com, to pti. State and Pac. Coast, old. olds 32S 1 10 12 -910 J ' With extremely high prices : pel ns quoted on canned fruit futures, and with can nera no. longer willing to ac cept order even at these record-values, the outlook for the dried frntt-tr3e is therefore much more hopefnir This is especially trueef prunes. While no contracting of moment Is - reported here, it is stated that much Interest Is teing shown by eastern interests in the condition of the trees over the winter. - - ' -r . Overbeek & Cooke Co. Stocks; Bonds,-" . Cotton, Grain,' Etri. " a N - r ' . : DIlCTPRWATC .WIRESTOaAlX ; EXCHANGES Members Chicago Board of Trade Correspondents of Txraa sC Bryan Chicago, New Yerk. 818.31T Board of Trade BaS.'.'ar.