THE OREGON T3AILY- JOURNAL;--PORTLAND, THURSDAY, -APRIL -2d, 1917.
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ENORMOUS ADVANCES ARE TO- BE MADE IN CANNED SALMON
Edited by
. , Hyman H. Cobra
FRflNT STRFFT FA1I S
TO FIND POTATOES
ALBEE SEES
MAYOR
"Were It Not' for the Street Holding
IU Snppliee for the Local Trade
the Eaat Woald Have Taken AH
: -Real Holdings Small.
BLUESTEM WHEAT AT
$260 BUSHEL BASIS
DELIVERY 1E11ER
Millers Grab Anything Offered of
Small Remaining Supplies En
tire World Is Besieging Fanners
to Get Some .of Requirements. . .
Frost atreet trajWs ere. somewhat Surprised
t th public remarks made by Mayor Albee 4n
letter regarding tbe holding of supplies of
potatoes here for speculative purposes, because,
they- say, tbe mayor knows absolutely nothing
regarding conditions.
. Inveatigstlon wade during tbe day ahows
that less than 40 carload of potatoes are held
la tbl city's warehouses, and only 20 earloads
11 told are owned by Portland wholesalers or
peculator. The figures compiled as to -tbe
tout supply In tbe city do not Include 20 to
S3 esrloada benf snd owned by George Shims,
tbe Japaneao potato king of California. Tbeae
potatoea are being held . here by Mr. Shima
for the same reason that lie annually holds a
similar arflpdnp- here to" protect himself
asaiSst the tWw of the acreage already planted
wttlt Its consequent seed of additional seed.
These-..notatoes cannot be purchased rrom Mr.
shims at any price untn he ascertains whether
be will need there tor seed purposes on bis
California places.
Instead of Front street being a manipulator
of potato and withholding them from the
public, the facts are Just the reverse. This
statement is made In Justice to Portland bmi
nese men.
The fact of the matter Is that 38 carloads
of potatoes have been shipped within two days
ketsi At tbe rate these s'tpplies are going out.
total, holding ro tbe valley will be entirely
-h&uatri within m fpw riava. Portland stocks
ion band at this time stock owned by - the
trade here are ao nominal aa to be scarcely
considered.
Front street, lnstesd of being a booster of
potato prices, ha, actually been "selling sup-
piles In small lota to retailers up to a. week
ago at lea money than the wholesalers would
be able to. secure In carload lots from tbe east
and from California. Were it not for the
- fact tbst some of the Front street men hid
tbe Tiaton to see tbe real shortage and re
tained some -of their supplies Instead of selling
. m r in DruBin am iuiuiiu uio wuu.i. . . n . t
. would scarcely be a. sack remaining here, and
none would be obtainable for consumera dur
iflg tbe rest of the sessoo.
CHICKEN MARKET IS LOWER
Loss of lc a pound is generally showing In
tbe price of cliff-kens along the street, with sn
accwmilatton of supplies, due to the amaller
demand.: Sales of heavy bena at 21c a pound.
VEAIi; MARKET OFF FRACTION
Loss eW about V,c a )ound Is showing for
country killed calves slung the street, with
ssie now. no hll'.cr than 14Mc a ponrKl. Hogs
are steady, with best quality at llc a pound.
NORTHWEST GRAIN RECEIPTS.
-Csra.-
Portland, Tfcorey
Tear ago 6 ....
Pesaon to date., .ess! 208
leer ago .IT1 15o3
Tccnma, Wedu'y. 8 1
Tear ago 4 ....
iWnon to date... MOB 121
Year SCO ..ttttl U4
Fiattln. Wedn'y.. 9 ....
lew eso 12 1
Reason to ddte..'.4444 SOU
l'ear ago 7383 1257
Wheat. Barley. Fir. Oats. Ilay
5
1204
1007
4
1406
1905
1 6
7 8
2131 2332
00 227$
14
804 1S20
326 6163
5
1108
934
14
8.VW
3808
CANNED SALMON TO
OPEN WITH VERY BIG
RISE OVER YEAR AGO
Pound Tails' Expected to Open at
Either $2.65 or $2.75 for Chinook
Compared With $2 Year Ago
Raw Fish Prices Are Soaring.
Two dollars and slaty cents . basket was
paid for bluestem wheat In small lots in the
Interior by some of the millers these, this price
being based upon Portland delivery. This Is
S to 8c a .bushel above tbe extreme blgb record
previously reached, and lndicatea the great
shortage of this variety of milling, wbest.
Millers are keen after small remaining sap-
plies of bluestem, snd almost any price asked
is available, for those having these scant
stocks.
Chicago wheat also touched s new high rec
ord during the mornlitg, due to the foreign
crop damage and the buying by various foreign
interests. This also was an influence In tbe
Interior of the Pacific northwest, for not oaly
sre sil American milling Interests keen bid
ders, but practically all foreign countries are
in the market fur tbe remaining tots held by
growers.
Flour market rontinnea to show great
strength at advances, and mlllstuffs are also
hlglter. Bran la up $2 ton to a new blgb
record it W i ton. while short were ad
vanced $1 a ton at $13. Rolled barley was
up$2 a ton at $5S59 a ton, while rolled
oats advanced ft a ton at $59. All of these
prices are the highest on record.
FLOUR Selling price: Patent, $11.00; Wil
lamette valley, til. 10; local straight, $11.001
11.10; bakers' local. $1.1 .00 ($11.60; Montana
spring. $12.tj0; exports, $9.60; whole wheat.
$11.80; grabsm, $11.00; rye flour. $0.20 per
barrel. '
HAY Buying price, new crop, Willamette
valley timothy, fancy, $20.00-9 22. 00; eastern
Oregon-Idaho fancy timothy, $23.00024.00; al.
falls, $Z3.00; valley vetch. $10.00318.00;
Cheat, $16.0018.00; clover, $ia.0O18.0O.
GRAIN SACKS Nominal, No. 4 Calcutta,
11 6j. 11 in car lota; less amounts higher.
M I LU5TUF FS Selling price: Bran. $40.00;
short. $43.00.
ROL.LRD OATS Per ton, $68.00.
ROLLED BARLEY Per Son. $58 .00(859.00.
April wheat bids ware 6c to 8c up for tbe
day on the exchange here with, new high rec
ords. Oats bids advanced $1 snd barley 50c a ton.
kfarhcanU' Exchange April bids:
WHEAT.
SPRING LAMBS ARE "
LOWER VITH ONLY A
L
HANDFU
OFFERNG
Sale of Willamette Valley Stock
Shown at $134S0 at North Port.
. landGeneral livestock Trade
Is Stead., for the Day. .
By Hyman H. Cohen.
While no official price has as ret been
named by Columbia river packers for the com
ing output of canned Chinook, there is every
Indication of extreme advances to tbe high
est values on retrflrd.
Among the packing fraternity tne Idea pre
vails that the price of Chinook pound talis
wilt open around $2.834$2.75 per dose a, com
pared with $2 a year ago, wniie nair pound
Mate will open at $1.S31.5, compared with
$1.23 a year ago.
Owing to the extreme high price ruling for
canned BSfcnoo, it la understood that very few
eases of pound tails will be pat up along the
Columbia river this season. Most of the pack
is expected to be in half pound flats, that
being the popular size a luce valuea went so
high. s
while the proposed advances k canned sal
mon for tbe 1917 pack of tbe Columbia river
are rar neyona what anyone naa previously
believed possible, the higher cost will be Jus
tified according to packera, by the additional
cost of raw materials, labor, cans and labels.
Tbe price to be paid Columbia river fisher
men this season baa been set at 10c a pound
by both the fishermen and packera. This in
clude all sises of Chinook. A. year ago the
small. cannery fish were purchased 'by causers
at be a pound, with large sixes, above. 25
pounds, st 7 He a pound. Tbe price canners
will pay for bluebacks and ateelheads has been
Records Smashed
In Chicago Pit for
All Wheat Options m
By Joseph F. Prit chard.
Chicago, April 28. (I. N. 8.) A message I
waa received from St. Louis late in the ses
sion that the government had commandeered I
17 cars of flour there. I
The wheat market failed to bold the sensa-l
tlonsl advances of the morning, and the Maydt heavy
Hogs. Cattle. Calves. Sheep.
7il 43 a 18
ft - 14ft 1$ 607
670 - 90 0 ....
142 1116 7 10
10 172 27 ....
433 205 28 614
400 100 6 ....
270 100 88 2M
378 1 1 MO
333 ... 3SJ
..... 32 5 149
DOLLAR BERRIES TO. COME
Dryer, BoTUm ft Co. received a messsge
from Sacramento, ssying that the first crate
of Dollar berries from there this season would
reach . the Portland market Friday morning.
teoramenro- "Oregon plnraV berries selling a
$3 "p crate fur 20 pints, while Los Angeles
la; selling at $l.wl.(i3 for ia pmu.
POTATOES CLIMBING TO $5
Rslcs of fancy notstoes were made In a
; limited way alrnig Front street during the day
,S high km t'i. a new high record. Moot of tbe
baslnesa wltb retsiiers wss around $4.504.75
per cental.
.
AUSTRALIAN, v ONIONS DOWN
Rolf, of Australian onions are being mode
jflown to $10 per cental along the atreet during
the fy. The first carload of Texas onions
" has bent entirely cleaned up. and other ship
ments: will Soon come forward.
Thure.
1017. lfll.
Wed.
Blwstem .$2.88
Fortyfold . 2.60
Club 2.50
Uuealsn .. 2.43
Feed ....$52.00
Tuea.
J17.
$2.40
2.35
2.35
2.33
Mod.
81.03 82.52
' .02 2.45
.91 " 2.45
.90 2.43
OATS.
$25.50 $51XK $50.50
BARLEY.
$27.00 $54.00
$2.36
2.20
2.80
2.27
$50.50
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN.
Tbnrsdsy .........
Wednesday .......
Tuesday
Monday
Saturday
Friday
Week ago
Year ago -
Two years ego. ....
Three yeera ago...
Four years ago.....
Several serins lsnibs and a handful of ether
staff were offering In the mutton division of
the North Portland yards. Over night there
wss .a limited run from the Willamette vsl
ley. Spring bun be Just 4 of them sold st
$13.50. a loss of $1.50 from tbe Initial aale
mad soma time sgo. Bine then nothing
whatever hae been offering. Yearlinga sold
dnrlne; the morning st $11.25 and ewes at
$11.00. .
Nominal mutton and lamb market
Beat east of mountain yearlings.. $10XJ0 11.00
Beat valley yearUuaa 10.00&10.50
Wethers t 10.00
Bwee 8.60 low
Gosta '. 42oa 4.60
Esrliur lambs ".ou
Cattle Trad Firm.
While only one head waa sold In the cow
division of the Nortb Portland market at
8R.S5, or a dime above the previous top price
here, the market Indicated greet strengtni
set at 8c a pound, compared witb 4c a year lit wss the lack of suitable offerings tbst
sgo. I kept the trade from paying extreme valuea for
additional aqppllea.
Ornrral rat ! nirkH rsnee;
Prime light beef steers $10.00310.50
Prima heavy besf steer 9.659.73
Choice beef cows 8.60i8.86
Best heifers B.zna 0.00
Ordinarr to sood cows Wiuai.u
Prime hesvv butcher bulls 7.ot)B B.uu
ot bulls o.vuws i. no
Ives i.wwijiu.w
gtocker-feeder steers 6.00 7.00
Stocker-leeder cows o.uutf u.ao
Bwine Trade Is Steady,
Steadiness wss generally shown In the hog
market at North Portland. There was quite
a fair run over night and early buying was
of good character wltn sales around tne
cent range, quality considered.
General bog range:
m Hmtt H.WxaiS flO
future sold from. $2.80 down to $2.544. where I Best lisht 15.40&15.50
It closed. The Jnly sold off to $2.164. snd I Rouah hesvy 14.50ftiil5.00
closing tber after having touched $2.25;. Sep-lplgs 14.0txai4.25
tember sold from $16 to $1.87. where it Btocsers 12.00(313.50
closed at the knr est of the day. Resting spots I Thursday Livestock Shippers.
for last night were 82.50 for May. 82 .15 Mi for Hon a. Nelson. Bend. 1 load: H. Zlcgler.
July and $1.80 Wj for September. Tbe Increased J Grsss Valley, 1 load; Hout tc. Snodgrass, Le-
seumg late was on an ofncul report from the! oanon. i ioaa: j. w. ADergai, loiwowwo,
state department st Washington thst Gennsn w ef erl? 1. '
workmen bsve a great desire to end the war. , VT. "" .
Another report also from Washington said the 1 1 H,. w rw E,t Port-
Isnd. 1 load cattle and hags;' Wooster Bros.,
G
MARKET
DROPS
WITH WEAKER TONE .
ALONG THE STREET
Stock Market Gets,
Early Strength and
Rather Good Trade
ew Terk. April . CI. V. 0 The final
tone tn stacks was steady, t Marine isaues ware
freminsat, . the prefarrad advancing aver S
points to 114, fallowed Vy a raaetioa sear the
close te 90 peiata. Taltsd States Itaal eem-
mca was la supply. . selling tnra te
points. Reoessieas 'ef artmnd a pebit were
soada la maay ether Issues,
Nt Turk. Anrtl 9A. f I- N. 8.1 The stock
California Drop" Influences DnllneSs I market showed pronounced vigor throughout
i uie early traaug seaay, wita many fwu
Here and -Buyers Seek Supplies making nomeroua gains from fraction to a
point. .
at Lower Prices Outside . Busi
ness Less Keen. .
The opening tone wss strong, refleetlag the
appearance of many octal de buying orders, and
there was evidence of pool manipulation la a
number of the Industrials. "
Raallalnz was- noted a snort time after the
Beal weakness was shown tn the local egg I opening, causing recessions from the Initial
trade during tbe last 24. boors. . Prices were) high prices-, but there waa renewed strength
by no. means uniform a lung tne street. Stocks 1 afterward, and again an upward movement
were offered by some of the small receivsrs I wss In order. A good deal ot attention seemed
in a -Cleanup, way as low ss 81tic a doaen, I to be devoted to Utah Copper, which sdvsnced
while the general selling price for case count I over a point to 115, and Anscunda followed
rnled around 82c. with occasional small bust-1 with a sain ef a oolnt to 78T4
neas st 82 Vie a dozen. I Bethlehem Steel "B' mad a gain f IV. to
Receipts of eggs slong the street continue to I izsh points, ana ureat is on arm ure movea
show a small Increase, .and with the lack ot a I up a point to szifc.
strong Psetfic nortnwest call, dus .to tba low-l -Kennecott Conper advaneed 1H polnu to
ering ot values in California, the trade hae 45 t and fractional gains were made to many
shown a - dragging tone during tbe last K4 1 otner stocks la the copper group.
tours. Some si-cumulations are therefore T Many of the minor ateel Industrials a4
shown sloug the street. . I vanced around a point. Industnsl Alcohol
Aa long as the msrket Is weak tbe trade is yielded 1 points in tba early trading to
very Ukelr to continue sluggish here, with 110. followed by a rally to 111H-
dally accumulations and every handler toslagl Pittsburg Coal sdvsnced 1 points to 44T4,.
money because ot tbe constant declines. Such I United States Steel common waa heavily
losses are usual every spring, although this I traded in. bat did not share In tba Improve-
season the market has held np better than I ment noted la many other lanes, and declined
ever before because of the contlnud nseasun- H ?olnt to 18.
able weather. I The railroad stocks fluctuated wlthla nar
row limits, except St. Psul, which opened
down 14 polnU st t3.
At tbe end of tbe first hour the stock mar
ket showed pronounced strength. A most vig
orous movement was. eJbllahed upward, car
rying prices of many stocks to new high rec
ords for the year.
Utah Copper, after selling down to 114, was
sgsin la urgent demand, advancing to 115,
Kennecott moved up to points sad Ana
conda advaneed to SOS. United States Steel
.common quickly advanced from 115 points
to lio-V4-
Genersl Motors,, sfter selling at 105 points,
sdvsnced to 100. and Studebaker advanced over
2 points to 80)4.
Great Northern Ore continued Its upward
33 point,. Cruelbla
Finance : Timber: Industry
California's Annual Lumber Cut In 1016, 200 Million Feet Greater
Than In 1013 U. 8.' Steel Corporation Taxes to Be $80,000,000
Says Gary Lumber Shipments 29 per; cent Behind jOrders.
Farm Work Badly
Held Up in Palouse,
Says Rail Report
W. C Wilkes, sssistast freight sad psssen
ger agent of the Hill lines, baa the following
reports of agents:
W. P. Powers, general freight snd passen
ger sgent of the Oregon Electric Railway com-
pany-Recent rwtier b. enabled farmer. UcTewnt sSud; at
; , . "r r ( i . . i i CJ,vi-.. Steel advanced over a- point to 68 points.
Union Pacific advanced 4 point to 138.
and Reading moved np point to 96 Cen
tral Ueatber advanced 2, points to 80.
lands too great to permit plowing, but Urn ,' fJZJJ .h wHh
days of warm weather will place land" In .hap. .fZFhiJ.1111
for cultivation. I t'.,.: .... ... ?.LT 7.
came prominent In the trading, with Beading
to plow, and all are actively engaged at thla
time. Fall grain, while small In acreage, looking
fine.
crops expected, ot iwunes, pesvebea and cberries.
Approximately 150O acres bop land in the vi
cinity of Orville snd Independence are being
planted with sugar beets. Moisture In flat
BRIEF NOIES OF THE TRADE
-'Carlosd of seedlres grapefruit from Florida
Is due here tn atmut a week. This Is a new
flrspenots are up 15e eaae f or th day.
Aaparagas la now .arriving from practically
- all northwest sections. Kanry Hood River at
$2.00(il2.2.1 per dozen buncliea.
Rhubarb cuntlnnes slugglsb st 2c a pound.
California cablmse weak at 4c, account poor
quality.
SlriPrERS' WEATHER NOTICE
Weather bureau advises: Protect shipments
during 'the next 48 hour ss far north as Se
: attl against minimum temperaturea of about
SO degrees; northeast to Slokane, 34 degrees;
sonttieaat to Boise, 32 degrees; south to Ash
land. 82 degrees. Minimum temperature st
Portland tonight about 48 degrees.
JOBBING PRICES IN PORTLAND
Feed ....$54.50
Futures-vrere quoted:
WHEAT.
May bluestem
June hiueetem
Msy Forty foldi
June fortyfold
Msy chib
June club
Msy KuMttan
June uiuBian
Msy ,
June ,
May
June
I-
FEED OATS.
FEED BARLEY.
$54.25 $54.50
Bid.
$2.67
2.58
2.52
Z53
2.52
2.53
2.60
.o
.$52.00
62.50
$54.50
62.60
UMATILLA CLUB WHEAT
SELLS AT $2.40 THERE
official advices state that a committee hsdl
been formed for the props gatloa of plans in Aurora. I load hoga and sheep.
ravor or establishing a republican, form of I Comparative statement of North
fuiuuucut ui uaiusa, i run:
Pendleton, Or., April 26. The lest crop of
1916 wheat in Umatilla county of any else
was purchased last evening by Roland Oliver,
Independent buyer, when be paid County Com
mit loner B. II. Anderson $2.40 per bushel f. o.
b. fur buOO buithers of club. This seta a new
record wheat price In this county.
COTTON MARKET DULL;
EARLY PRICES HIGHER
PMim ln41 OA IT D TH.
kt. lllnilMil h. 4nlnnl tn.- , I Month tO data.
ord figures for" Mar. At noon, that month.
row pracncaiiy caan, nsa reacnea sz-nu, a I (;ain 1017.
at J.i a tmsnet, up 8c over last night's clos- I year to date.
tug. iMMtr it increased wiu every sate. At I game 1910.
one nma i.eu was paid.
The high price of cash wbest waa apparent- I Gain 1017.
ly the lnsptratloni of the advanea. Teaterdsy I Loss 1917
no. a nam wneat reanced 3.oo per bushel at
St. Louis. .Th other markets sold at ap
proximately inat nan re.
At noon today No, 2 red sold In Tbicago st
$2.96. At the same time, flour jumped 50
per barrel to . $13.70. July wheat opened up
lc and advanced 7c, going to $2.24. while
September, opening with a gain of e, ad
vanced 6e to $1.96 later.
The bullish wheat feeling bad a marked
Influence on tbe corn market. May opened
np c, later advancing 2e to $1X2. Jnly
opened up c. subsequently gaining le to
$l.w. September opened up e and ad
vanced lc to $1.36.
Oats established now blgb levels of the sea-
n. May opened np c. later advancing
c to 71c per burtiel. July opened np lc
and gained e to OSc. September opened
np c and advanced c to &7c on the
MMge.
Provisions exhibited firmness. Strength In
grama and nogs prompted a good demand.
May pork sold at 138. a gain of 75c over last
sight close.
Cattle Calves, Hogs.
. 6.684 S43 13..VA
Same 1916 4.017 885
. 1,067
!26,76
.19,733
.. 6052
9S
961
907
19,767
4.228
80.043
109,071
Portland
Sheep.
3.6&
4.548
862
32.914
36,551
- Portland delivery - No. 1
Theaa prices are those st which wholesaler,
sell te retailers, except as otherwise stated:
Dairy Product.
BUTTER Creamery, prints In paraffins
wrsppers, axtrss, 39c; prima firsts, 87c;
firsts, 37c; cubes, lc less; cartons, lc ad
vance. .J
'BUTTRRrAT
' cream. 89c. -
KGOS SeJHne; price: Case count, 82c
per doscn: buying price, 31 c; selling price,
candled, 33c.
UVB POULTRY Bens, heavy Plymouth
Rocks, 21c per lb.; ordinary chickens, 20
121e; stsgs. 18c; broilers, under 2 lbs., $4.00
8.00 per doxen; turkeys. 20hQ21c; droned
fancy. 25g2Sc; cuUs, 20Q24c; squabs, $2.00
down; geese, live, 12(3 13c; Pekin docks,
yeusg, iic; Indian Runners, young, 22c; old
dnrks. .20(321c per lb.; pigeons, $1.25 dosen
CUEB8h)-8elllng price: Iresb Oregon fancy
full cream triplets. 26(S27c; Young America,
tS(32!)e. Price to" Jobbers, flats, 25c: Young
America,' jroc, i. o. o. ; cream onca, 3azvc;
Llmburger, 31832ct block Swiss, 34(3 35c.
Fresh Fruits ana Vegetables.
TRESH FRUITS oranges, navel. $2.50(9
t.M) per box-, basanea, 5c per lb.: lemons,
. $2.75&4.25; California grapefruit. $2.50(22.75;
lionaa, so.wmsi.ou; -pesrs,, si.svn;z.w.
BKRBIKS Strawberries, Los Angeles. $1.50
Q1.&0 per crate; Sacramento, $3.00; cranber
. riea, local, $2.00 per box; eastern, $8.00 .per
barrel.
APPLES Local, $1,600X60. according to
quality. -
ONIONS Auatraliaan, $10.00 par centals
Texas. 8Hc per lb.
POTATOE-Sellng ; price, table stock, lo
cal, $4.5Otfl50O: Buying price, ordinary ship
ping. $400?4.26; new potatoes. 10 11c lb.
VEOBTABLBR Tnrnipa, $l.75rtJ0 sack;
carrots, $1.26iH1.60; psianips, $2.60; cabbage,
. California. 45c lb.; green onions. 25c dosen
bunches; peppers, 45c lb. hesd lettuce, $3.00
tt 3. 75 crate: celery. $7.00 per crate; arti
" cbokea, eOcQl.10; encumbers, T3ci$1.50 per
doaen; tomatoes, $3.00 per lug; egg plant,
20c per lb.; string beans, . (-); rhu
barb, 2e per lb.; peas, 7 10c per lb.; cauli
flower, local, $1.25 per dosen; asparagua, &&
10c, per lb.; ntloach, $1.26 per boxjs
Meau, FUh and Previslens.
DKESSKU MEA'IS Selling price, country
killed best bogs, 18Ql9c; ordinary. 1718e
per lb.: beat veals, 14c;- ordlnsry veals,
Jai3c: heavyTl2l2c; goat, 4Q6C;
lambs, 16317c lb.; Biatton, 12al5c; beef.
iiuik ui
New York. April 28. (I. N. 8.) Business
was small at the opening of the cotton market
today, there being but one sale of May, and
no transactions lq January or March. The
tone was steady, in response to better cables
than due. and prices were 6 to 10 points
higher. Liverpool wss s moderate buyer, and
covering In July by shorts wss noted. There
wss no other feature to tbe trade, the supply
being scattered. After tbe call there was a
slight increase. la activity, but tba demand and
supply held shout even and prices continued at
near the initial levels. .Liverpool wss 13 to
10 points net higher at the time of the start
here. Prices were due to coma 7 points np
to i Vj points lower.
Lster the market became mora active, ad
vancing to tbe day'a highest prices on further
trade buying, room covering and report, of
Oerinaa strikes. Tne close was very steady
st a net savance or to 13 points.
New York cotton prices furnished by Over
beck a Cooke, Co., 216-217 Board of Trad
vuuuiug.
Open. High. Low. Close.
January 1858 1872 1858 1874
May 1S85 1990 198 198T
July 191 1970 1947 1966
October ........ 1858 1805 1838 1863
December 1858 1871 1848 1868
New York Metal Market.
New, York. April 26. (1. N. S.) Lead firm.
Spot. c bid; April 9c bid; May, c bid.
iin nuaur. spot, owawc.
Spelter weak. April, 8c; May, 8e; June,
Copper Steady. April. i)90c: May.
29 c; June. 29c: July, 2828c; August
ana eepiemoer, iic.
Money and Exchange. "
New York. April 28. U. P.) Moner on
call. 2 per cent; six months, 4 per cent;
mercantile paper, 44c; bar silver. Lon
don. 37 5-1 art; bar silver. New York, 78 e
demand sterling, . $4.75 9-16.
Seattle Grain Market.
Seattle. Wash.. April 26. (P. N. S.) Wheat
-rMtneetem z.do: Turkey uea, ; lorry
fold, $2.48; Chib, $2.48; Fife, $148; Red B
aian,
Barley, $54.00.
Receipts Wheat, 9 cars.
Ran re of Cblcaro nrlaea aa furnished trr tlu I
unuea rreas:
WHEAT.
May
July
September
May
July
May .....
July
bev ue ruber
May
July
May
July
May
July
Hams, 2729c ' per lb. ;
picnics, xtc: cot-
8M0KCD MEAT
.taa 27c; abort clean, Safgiac; Oregon
: LARD Kettle rendered. tJercea, 25c lb. :
Standard. 24c;. lard coan pound, 18 c.
OXBTER3 Olympta, gallon, $3.50; . canned
eastern. 66c; $6.60 per doaen; eastern in
shell, $1.80 per 100; eastern oyatsrs, per gaU
W solid peek. $2.75. - v a
. ' FISH Dressed flounders, Te; Chinook aat
. mon, 20c; - perch. 10c;, soles, 6c; fkranders.
or; salmon trout, 22c ' per lb.; haUbat, 16c
lb.; black cod, Pc: Columbia smelt. lUC2c:
kening. 60 rasor dams, 20c doaen.
. CRABS Largs. $2.60; medium, $1.78 dosen.
SU3AS Cuba, $10.00; powdered. $7.70;
. fruit or berry, $900: Honolulu, $9.05; beet
$8.90; drw granulated, $9.10; D yellow, $8.60.
1 Aoove quotationai'.re ov usys, net caan.
ordlnsry, 6 6c; selected, 6c; contracts, 10c
per lb.
WOOL Nominal: Willamette valley coarse
Cotswold. 42$40c: medium Shronsuirs. 40a
42c: ' fine, 38Q0e; eastern Oregon staple, 38
(a-i-'C per in.; coarse sua meaium. Vie par lb.
HIDK8 Salted hides. 25 lbs. and up, 20c;
salted stags, 50 lbs. and np, 14c; green and
sslted kip, 15 lbs., 20c; green and salted calf
ssins up ro xo ids., oc; green nines, zo lbs,
and no. 18c: creen stags. 60 lbs. and no.
dry hides, 84c; dry salt hides, 28e; dry horse
Hides, si.wirz.ou; sail aors. niaes, KJ.OOy
b.w: uorse nair, owe; ury ivng wom pelts, sue;
drv abort wool pelt. S&c; Unr stieeo shear
lings, each, 13 15c; salted sbsep shearlings,
each. 2560c salted tone wool Delta ..A,
$l.oej3JkO; salted snort woot pelts, each, 50c
U$1.00.
TA
HONEY Sew. $3.0O38.2 per casa.
BIC14 Jaoan style. No. 1. 67c; New
ins head, he: blue rose. 7V.C
leana bead.
SALT-
Or.
rse. half grounds. 100a. til. OA nev
na: 50s. S11.75: table dalrv. Sua. llflnn-
JOOs. $10.50; bales, $2.25;- fsncy table and
airy; $22.00; lump rock. $20.00 per ton.
BEANS Small white, 15c; large white, 14c;
pink. Uej limaa, 15e; bayous, lie; red. lie.
, "!.-. i . Seps, Wsel and Hides. :"-?. -,-.
BOPS Jiomlasl;. Buying price, 191.arop,
ALLOW No. 1. Ue; No. 2. e: grease.
8c- per lb.
CH1TTIM OR CASCARA BARK Buying
price, jw car wa, nwv
MOHAIR 1917. 66c per lb. x
Ropa-Painta, Oils.
ROPB SisaL dark, 20c; white, 20 e per
lb. ; standard Manila, 25e.
COAL OIL Water white la drama and Iron
Barrels, loe per gallon. . -
LINSEKD Raw, bbla. $1.28 per gallon
kettle boiled, bbls.. $1.80; raw, cases, $1.35
boiled, caaea, $1-37 per gallon! lota of 250
gallons. -
. WHITS LEAD Ton lota, 12a la. 600 lbs.
12Uc. ' .
TU RPEN12NE Tanks, 67c; Vases, Tc; gal
lon lots. 2c:.iese lots, 12 c.
GASOLINE Baal price, 21e'gnen; dis
tillate, Avse per gauon. . . ; is
No.
1 cow . .
1 cow .
1 cow .
1 cow .
1 cow .
1 cow .
1 heifer
1 heifer
1 bull .
10 hogs
3 nogs
20 bogs
18 bofrs
2 bogs
2 bogs
10 hogs
7 nogs
1 hog .
113 bogs
.
No.
1
Open. High. Low. Close.
254 200 262 254
217 225 216 216
190 1U 187 187
CORN.
149 152 146 146
144 146 141 143
136 138 134 134
OATS.
70 72 68T4 69
67 6 66 . 65
67 58 65 ' 66
PORK.
8765 3805 8675 8776
3n 2 8825 3772 876
LAUD.
2137 2158 21 30 2145
2066 2176 2160 2170
RIBS.
20nr 2035 2000 2022
2036 206O 1030 2046
POTATOES ALONG THE COAST
Seattle Harket.
Seattle. Wash.. April 26. (IT. P.V Ontona
Australia, loc.
Potatoes Yakima - uema. 95: seed. SSDQ
wj; tocais, $36.
San Francisco Kaikat.
Ssn rraneisco. April 26. (U. P.) Potatoes
Per cental Delta, good, $3.50:36.00 aitar.1
for ice bouse atock; Oregon iturbauaa, so.ixHoo
5.26; new potatoes, 62ttc. per pound; do Gar-
Crntoui Austrauen, 7 per cental; do im
perial and Texas, $3.25 per CO lb. crate. .
PORTLAND DAIRY EXCHANGE!
1 cow ...
1 cow ...
1 cow ...
1 cow
1 cow ...
1 cow . ...
3 cows ..
1 cow ...
1 cow
1 cow ...
1 cow
1 cow ...
1 cow ..
2 cowa . .
2 cows ...
4 cows . .
1 cow ...
1 cow .. .
3 COWS ..
1 COW . i
1 cow
1 calf ...
2 beifera
1 heifer
2 hogs ...
1 hogs ..
2 hoga ..
72 bogs . .
4 hogs ..
3 hogs ..
6 bogs ..
4 bogs ..
3 hogs ..
2 hogs . .
1 bog ..
2 hogs ..
1 hog ..
73 bogs ..
10 hogs ..
iz nogs ..
36 28,428
Wednesday Afternoon Bales.
COWS.
.Ave. lbs.
980
9SO
830
910
850
880
HEIFERS.
730
570
BULLS.
1090
HOGS.
, 1S9
, 207
... 191
.... 171
310
290
135
142
120
113
Thursday Horning Sales.
COWS.
Av. lbs.
880
870
S40 .
980 1
800
700
920
, 1037
1020
800
740
790
820
850
775
945
982 -
870
1440
.... 933
lOlO
600
3,637
Price.
$7.60
7.75
7.W)
8.00
6.0Q
7.00
$7.60
7.00
$7.00
$15.50
16.60
15.00
15.50
14.60
14 50
14.50
16.30
14.00
14.00
Waldo G. Paine, traffic manager S. I. B.
R. R., Spokane Continued rains In the Palouae I o.,r .7
w, nwJ. W,r ,n th Msrlnereferred su showed pro-
J, iH'JJT'e. nounced strength, moving up over 2 points to
this territory. Estimated "per cent of fall to. Delaware a Hudson made the beat gain
grain winter klUed; must be "sown. Late of fhe railroad group, with an advance of 8
, , , T1""V, points. United Statee Steel common reacted
will result in spring acreage be big below nor- from 117 points to 116. and Utsb from
niSl. I llJli mints tn 11 .IV.
' . - - rm -
Stock market closed steady. Government
AMERICAN . LIVESTOCK PRICES unchanged, railroad and other bonds Ir
regular.
CAllfornla lanvlar Cnt -Tha aatl-1
mated lumber cut In California for 1$1
was 1.420.000.000 feet.' board fneeusura.
according to a report given oat by the
lowest servico-today. This is tlxrugat
to bo the laj-gest cut for any ana year
In the history of the state, and Is 290
million feet mora than the estimated
cut ln"1915. One hundred elehty-two
mills reported a cut tor 191$ -of 1.
415,541,000 feet, . board measure, and
the output of the S3 largest mills wss
l.S28.13(,eOO fees- On the national for
est, which comprise about 19.000.060
acres In California snd contains . a
stand of about 109.000,000.000 feet Of
timber, 80.292,000 feet, -valued st $127.-
749, wss cut in 191$ In commercial
sales, which does not include timber
given away or sold to settlers at cost.
Zrfan Bonds Hot Beady. Federal
farm lean bonds, which were to have
been offered April 1, will not be ready
for sale until, about June 1. accotJlng
to latest reports.' If the government
bureau: of engraving and printing ts
unable to have .the. bends ready on
that date, the loan board probably will
lssifte Interim certificates. Land banks
at Wichita, Kaa., and Columbia, 3. C,
nave already began making loans; Ef
forts being made to Increase crops this
year, according to the loan board, are
resulting In many new applications
from farmers for loans. The bostd
believes that $125,000,000 In loans will
be required before, tbe end ef the year.
Sixty Million la Taxes. Elbert II.
Gary, chairman . of . the United Slates
Steel corporation, has informed stock
holders that the estimated taxes this
year on corporate holdings would riin
between $60,000,000 and $65,000,000. an
Increase at the minimum of $43,000,003
over laat year. Tbeae figures, it was
explained, were received from the ap
plication of present law a Including the
income tax and the excess profits tax
and did not refer to the possible re
sults of taxation being considered at
w.ashington among the war measures.
A tax of $65,00,009 would be equivalent
to more than $12 per share of the
common, stock now. outstanding. It
would be spproximstely three times
the tax paid by the corporation in 1916
The company can apparently stand
this, however, for net earnings so far
this year nave been runnlne in ex
cess of $50 annually for each share of
common stock.
Car Shortage Grows "Worse. Reports
to the offices of the National Lumber
Manufacturers' association duiinsj four
weeks -by more than 800 southern and
western lumber manufacturing firms
snow production of approximately 670,
Chicago, April 26. (I. N. S.) A return en
gagement waa promised by the $16 bog, consid
erable $13.80(5,15.95 business being done on a
6 to 10c advance, due to moderate receipts.
Cattle trade was firm st Wednesday's advance.
The boom in tbe sheep boose wss arrested by a
liberal run from nearby feeding stations.
Chicago Hogs $16.96.
Chicago, April 26. (1. N. 8.) Hogs Re-
Range of NW York nricee furnished bv Over-
beck & Cooke Co., 216-217 Board of Trade
building:
DESCRIPTION.
Opcnl Hlghl Low Close
Alaska Gold
Allis-Cbalmers, c
do pf d
American Beet Sugar.
American Can. c
eeinta 1T2000 atronr tn SlSloe hirher. UIthI I do pfd.
and butchers, $15.25915.90; good -hesvy, $15.75 American Car Fdy., c. 67 68
(15.96; rougto heavy. 15.2O15.S0: lirnt.
$14.515.SO; pigs, $9.85S13.65; bulk, $15.60
H 15.85.
Oattle Receipts 4000. ateady. Beeves, $9j00
613.40; cows and heifers. $o. 70(311.20; stock
erg and feeders, $7.13(310.00; Texan,, $0.80(3
11.20; calves, $8.0012.00.
Sbeep Receipts 13,000, slow sad steady.
Native and western, $10.76Q13.10; lambs.
$12.25 16.0XX
Omaha Hogs $19.55.
Omsha, Neb. April afl. (I. N. .) Cattle
Receipts 6000. Slow. Beeves, $9.50(313.00;
cows and heifers. $3.5010.85; stacker, snd
feeders, $6.759.73: calves, $9.O0Q12.5O.
Hoga Recelpui 10,000. &c higher. Good snd
choice heavy. $15.40155; rough heavy.
$15.1015.35; light, $14. 7515.30; pigs,
$12.75(7414 -TO; bulk, $15.008 15.36.
rilieep Receipts oouo, strong. Wethers,
$12.00M13.26; yearlings, $12.5014.0O; lambs,
$18.25 Q16. 40.
Xsnsas City Hogs $15.90,
Kansas City. Mo.. April 26. (I. N. S.) Cat
tle Receipt, 2000, steady to 10c higher. Steers,
$10.0012.40; cows and heifers, $6.0031O.3O;
efbrkers and feeders, $5.0O(glO.25; cslves,
$6-0012.50.
Hogs Keeeipts 7w. steady, luc nigner. Top,
American Cotton Oil. c
American Linseed, c.
do pd
American Loco., c...
American Smelter, c.
do pfd..
e.
American Sugar.
American TeL a Tel.
American Woolen, c. .
Anaconda Mining Co..
Aicnisun, c
do pfd
Baldwin Loco., e
Baltimore ft Ohio, c.
Bethlebera Steel, c...
do pfd
Brooklyn R. Transit..
Butte i Superior.
Calif. Petroleum, c. . .
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather, c. , . .
do pfd
Chesapeake It Ohio....
Cailcago ft Gt, W e. .
do pfd
CTilcago, M. St. P..
Chicago N. W., e...
Chi no Copper
Colorado P. ft I., e....
cons, use
loi H
heavies, $13.60 Com Products, c.
Price.
$ 8.85
8.04
7.73
7.2J
6.21
6.04
4.00
6.00
4.50
6.00
6.60
6.75
7.00
7.60
8.25
6.60
8.75
8.25
8.60
4.60
CALVES.
HEIFERS.
HOGS.
119 $10.00
SPRING LAMBS.
835
700
220
610
185
240
195
200
an
150
215
100
180
40O
195
822
136
S15.90: bulk. $15.0O15.75
id.oj, ui'in, i.,iciu.f. i cmcibie steel, c
puerp nnxipi WW, ij jtooc nigner. tjamns, I Co pfd
$15.00 m.oo; ewes, iZAjl3.oo; clipped n. ft K G.. pfd
kmbs, $12.0013.10. Distillers
Seattle Hogs $10.00. Erie, c.
Seattle, April 20. tP. N. 8.) Hogs Re- do 1st pfd
celpts 185, steady. Prime lights, $15J(J General Electric ......
16.00; medium to choice, $15.60(Vsl5.76; amoth Goodrich Rubber ....
heavies, $15.0013.50: rough, heavies, $14.50 Ot. North., Ore Lends
15.00: pigs, $13.50 13.00. Gt. North., pfd
Cattle Receipt 2, steady. Best steers. Greene-Can. . '.
10.25((lO.50; medium to choice, $9.75 Hide ft Leather, c...
1O.O0: common to medium. $6.50&9.25: beat da nfd
8.23 cows. $8.75 Vt.00; common to medium cowa, I Ice Securitiea
7.50 1 $5.00i8.6O; bulla, $4.X&S.0U; calves, $6.50 Illinois Central
ajii.oo. industnsl Alcohol
seep ueceipts none, steaay. isniDS, gis.oo insptrauoB
$13.50; yesrlings. $12.5Ji 12.73; ewes, $10.00 I Interhoro, c.
fctll.OO: wether. $11.00I12.5o. I Kennecott' copper
Denver Hogs $15.40. Ksa. City Sourbern, e.
Denver, Colo., April 20 (U. P. Cattle f-"f. 2fl " : " "
Receipts 700, strong to lOe higher. Steers, rtZ7:n '
$lJiOV!jll.85: cows and heifers, $8.00 10.25;" iShv'l'lw'
"r? fede"- 7-S09-86; 12.00 M; Motors, c.
.: .... nM k,Kl- wv. Mealcan Petroleum
K..i"T:SS,T;', " Wlsml Copper
Sheep Receipts 600, steady for sheen, 13(3
25c higher for lambs. Ewes, $11. &0& 12.00;
lambs, J15.0Owl5.T0.
84
14'
27 Vi
41 W
$ 8.75
8.75
$15 60
14.60
14.00
15.65
15.60
15.50
15.50
14.55
15.00
15.50
15.25
15.50
14.60
13.45
14.45
14.25
Brother of Portland
Man Shot in Battle
Mldvsie Steel
Mo.. Kan. ft Texan, c
oo p;a
Uiseourt Pacific W. I.
National Lead
Nevada Consolidated ..
New Haven
'New York Air BraAe.
New York Central ...
Nor. ft Western, c. .
Northern Pacific
Pacific Mail
Pennsylvania By
feorM Uas
I'lttisjurg cosl, e
Bntter lost lc. eggs and cheese wera . m
changed. I 4 asmbs
Prices between dealers: I xEARLINGa.
B utter. Week 12 yearlings . . . -
Tbu. Wed. Tue. Mon. Fri. age. I EWES.
.,86 37 88 38- 40 40
..354 36H 87 87v 39 40
Mi oo o SSI n a wnr mr a v'i7xn?'rnn rvra -w-vaam
30 80V4 31 14 82 82 a2-iv. va- w.iai
Cubes
Extra,
Prime first.
rirst
Dalrv
Current receipts.. .31 V, 81 H 32ft 23ft 83 V4 33
Oregon trips. 25 25 25 23
68
99
170
$1X60
$11.23
$11.00
Clearings
San Francisco Grain Market.
Tweday
Wednesday
I Thursday ..
San Franclsc. April 26. Barter calls:
April 26. April 25.
t " r" Open. Ckoe. Olose.
Msy ....$3.10 A $3.16A $3.024A nIneZ. !.
Barley sales: 200 tons July and 600 tons r-.-w
rwmrXr. Clear lugs
Soot Quotations Wheat Walls Walla. I Ba
$4-004.05; Red Rusatsasv, $405434.10; Turkey I
red, $4.4O4.60; bluestem. $4.40A&0. I Clearings
MlUatnM Bran. $43.00(844.00; middlings, j Clearings ..
Portland Basks,
This Week.
....$ 8.231,080.1$
.... 8.801,835.93
.... 8,283.924.01
.... 2.607.534.04
Spokane Banks.
Tsar Ago.
9 1,930,920.51
1.694,636.00
1.907.258.10
1,394,978.08
Refuse Mohair Bid
At Extreme Prices
Clearings.
870,624.00
76.85Z00
Seattle Banks.
$ 3.426.218.00
652,676.00
sa srancisos Basks.
$13,410,916-00
Taooma Banks.
$ 440,461 .00
64,132.00
Los Angeles Basks.
o,63T,lS5.TO
arA 1,.. Lot V,n rulvi hv .T
r. 1'lttiSjurg
H. Clifton, 84 Maiiory avenue, or tne pressed Eteel Car, c.
inlurv of his brother at tne Ftencn do pfd
front. His brother, Enoch Clifton, en
listed in the Canadian forces a year
ago last January and was sent to
England the following August. Ac
cording to letters from him he had
served at the front since last October.
-The telegram, sent from Ottawa, Sears, Roebuck it Co.
Ontario, reads as follows: I Shattuck
... ...I C . .1 ...... I- .
- "Sincerely regret to inrorm you that Xo,fd "
Private Enoch Clifton, Infantry, off l- gloso Sheffield !J!
cially reported admitted seven general Southern Pacific ....
hospital . Etsples April 10, gunshot .Southern Railway, e
wnunrl rie-ht jthnnlif r: will aeni flip- I 00 P
ther particulars later."
67
looi iioi
11Z
123
DO
79 H
103
21
67 V
COW
102 1
1124
123
81
103
66
77 1
135
127
65H
4414
162
60V4 61 60H
8414
15"S
27
411s
000.900 feet " of lumber, orders for .
S19.009.000 feat, and shipments of but
62M00.000 feet. In other words, the
demand was 21 per cent, In excess of
production, while actual Shipment, ow
ing to car shortage, was 29 per cent
less than the orders received. The car
shortage continues to be the most dis
tressing phase of the lumber Industry.
The lnlsnd empire section, about Spo
kane, Is oald to be 10.000 cars behind
In shipments. ( ... .
Steel 2lIlsioasoUats Independent .
steel mills of tbe Paxkfle coast, includ
ing those located at Seattle, Ssn Fran
cisco and Loa Angeles.-are being or
ganised into a cooperatives rriarkaUng
organisation. In connection with the
Vulcan Steel Products company of New
York, a rival of the United States Steel ;
corporation. The pool is being mad .
for the purpose of marketing the pro-'
ducts of the Independent companies en"
a large scsle after tbe war. Max V,
Oreyspool is now on the Pad Tic coast
perlectlng the combination.
ZsTUwaukee Seeks Cars The Chaearo,
Milwaukee ez at. Paul railway has -
sued inquiries preparatory to ordering
$0 refrigerator cars, which will requlro
half a million feet of lumber. The cars
will be used for the fish traffic from t
the Paclfio coast east, and are to be
ao constructed that they can be used
in passenger trains.
Tips Cost Troubles. A hundred per
cent increase in the cost of Iron pipe?
was noted Wednesday when the city
council awarded a contract to the Ore'-
gon Iron & Steel company for 1$ tons
of 3 inch and four tons of smaller pipe
ror $ss.60 per ton. The total cost will
be $1130. The pipe is to be used by
the water bureau.
Ess-tarn. Banket Xspcted- George I'
Wlderver, prominent in Philadelphia
banking snd socisl circle, will spend
Friday in Portland. With Mrs. WIrtener
he is traveling in the private car Newi
port. They will arrive from California'
over the Southern Pacific early in the
morning and leave for Seattle over th
O-W. R. &. N. in the evening. . "
Airplane Timber Wanted. The Pros
per Mill company of the Coos bsy dlu-'
trict has received a large order to cut
spruce for aeroplanes. A part of the
Frank Boutin timber on Coijullle river
is said to have been purchased espe-t
dally to fill this order. Other mill
about Bandon have received orders for
airplane stock. .
Joaa Day Toea Bonds By unanU
mous vote of 86 the residents of John
Day last week voted $10,000 in bonds
ior a new gravity water system.
10314
ill
50
1WU
o
86
06
8HK
4214
62
28
23
1
9414 9614
8t
61lJ 6214
6514
41
Bay Coos. Cower
Railway Steel springs..
Keadlns, c
do 1st pfd ,
do 2d ofd
Rep. Iron ft Steel, c ..
do pfd
Rock Island 2d paid..
10314 ion
6314
641,
47
7614
Bids of 65 cents a pound are $
being freely made by eastern
mills through local represents-
.tives for mohair, although 72
cents was oirerea ana refused
by the Almlra pool during the
last 24 bouts. On Saturday tha
Dallas pool refused art- offer of
76H cent a pouna ror its hair -
and later was willing- to accept
jjt but the bidder then refused to 4t
take hold. . Texas six months'
hair la selling at 63Q55 cents a .
pound. . - .v- -
9. - -- - : -- ' . - - . ' ' -as
DAIRY PRODTJCE ON TH COAST
Seattle Market.
Seattle, April JO. (U. P.) Butter Nattve
creamery, 30c; do brick, 40c; CaUfornla fresh
cube, 3738c; do brick. 86c.
Egs Select raneb, 7c.
Cheese Oreron triuteta. 27c: Wisconsin trln-
lets. 2Sc; do twins. 28c; Young America, 28c
Baa Fraaeisoe Jgarkat. -Saa
Prsncisco. CaL. Anril 26. fTJ. P.l
Bntter Extras, S3e; prime firsts, 824c.
Eggs Estras, ac; eitra mats, 31c; extra
pulle4, 30c; extra firsts, pullets, 2914c.
Ubeeso CaMfajmla fancy, 20c; firsts, 19c;
Oregon triplets, fancy. 2uc.
Los Angeles. Cat. AorU 26. fP. X. 8.1
Butter, 83c; eggs, 90c.
New York Sugar and Coffee.
New York. Anril 26. (0. P. ) Oof fee firx
No. T Rio. 10c; No. 4 Santos, 10e. . -
Bugar-caamragai, s. i. , . , .,: - -.
Medal to Be. Given
Joseph C. Poeschl
A gold medal awarded Joseph C.
Poeschl by the legislature for bravery
in saving lives will be presented to
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Texss Oil
Texas Pacific .'
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Union Pacific, e
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Virginia Chemical, c. .
V. a. Rubber, c
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TJ. S.. Steel, c
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rtah Copper
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Westiughonse Electric.
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him V v vfavnr Alt nn hehalf of ti I Woorworth
state of Oregon at 10 o clock Friday
morning In the city hall
Mr. Poeschl, at the risk of his life
removed a big wrench from a trestle
on the Southern Pacific railroad on
January 4, 1910, Just in time to pre
vent a train wreck. .'Because of his
action he lost a leg and sustained oth
er permanent Injuries. An effort Is
being made to secure for him a Car
negie medal and a pension.
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Government Accuses
Southern Pacific Co.
Violation of Tederal law Oovarlag
Transports tl on of ZJvestock Alleged
500 Penalty Xs Demanded,
Charged with a violation of the fed
eral law restricting the confining of
livestock on cars, the Southern Pa
cific company has been made defend
ant In a complaint in federal court
brought by Assistant United States
Attorney Robert Rankin on behalf of
the government.
Two carloads of swine were shipped
from Weed. Cal.. to Portland, accord
ing to the complaint, the swine being
in transit more than 62 hours, and
were unloaded at Ashland Into pena
containing mud several Inches deep, so
that the pigs would not lie down. The
pigs became shrunken on that acoount.
It is alleged.
A sura of $600 as penalty la asked
for from the defendant.
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Forest Rangers
Putting Up Signs
Rangers of the Portland district
forest office are erecting trail signs
on the Larch Mountain and Eagle
Creek trails, according to A. O. Jack
son, of the educational department ot
the office.
The signs, indicating the name and
distances of points along the trails,
were made last winter, and as soon as
fair weather made itself evident for
esters started out to nail them up.
Although a great part of the Larch
Mountain trail is not on Oregon na
tional forest land, the forest office has
undertaken to establish ths same con
veniences aa on trails under Its super
vision.
Total sales for tbe day were l;Ou.i00 snares.
; Michigan Has Snow;
Traffic Interrupted
Butter Decline Is
In Effect Today
There was a drop of 24
4r cents a pound In the price of
butter in Portland, today. This ' m
puts best creamery butter via i4t
- parchment wrappers at 29 cents
3$ and In cartons 40 cents a pound. t
Calumet, Mich.. April 2$. (I. N. 8.)
Snow, two o four Inches deep covers
the upper peninsula of Michigan today
and traffic Is Interrupted as result of a
blizzard which struck this region yes
terday, j.
- Two Miner Buried Alive.
- Staunton, 111.. April 2$, (I. N. 8.)
Two miners were killed and another
seriously Injured, whan 80 tons of
slate fell upon them In mine No. 14 of
the Consolidated Coal company here
today. The dead are: - John McQulrk.
20, mine manager; John Crowder. 25,
miner. . it . . .
Speeder Fights Fine;
Another Is Imposed
T. V T. Buechell's effort to avoid
a $& fine by fighting a charge of speed
ing made against him by Motorcycle
Patrolman Ervln, when he arrested him
Sunday on the Sandy road, resulted
this morning in an additional $5 being
tacked on.
Buechell, according to the motor
cycle patrolman, was going 30 miles
an hour through heavy traffic on the
Sandy road. Wbert he was arrested
Buechell went to Captsln Circle and
complained that the arresting officer
was unjust. He ap&eared in court this
morning with a lawyer and a witness.
Man Is Shot After
Attack on Sentry
New York. April 2$. (I. N. S.) A
soldier on sentry duty was attacked
near Manhattan bridge, one of the big
gest structures spanning tha East
river, today and In tha scuffle which
followed the attacker waa shot and
probably fatally wounded. The man.
taken to police headquarters, gave the
name of John Smith and admitted be
tried to ktab the sentry.
Six-Year-Old Girl;
Drowns in River
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Chehalis, Wash., April 21. Mildred
Pay-ton, daughter of Mr, and Mrs,
Andy Psyton of wild wood,, was
drowsed In the Chehalls river. 9 1111
dred was six years of age. Funeral
services will be held tomorrow from
the Curtis church at Curtis, with In
termeat at tha I. O. O. F. cemetery.
Engineer Corps to
Work at Presidia
2daJor Jewett of the Second Oregon!
District Ztotlfled of Grades to Be
Accepted at Itamir School. -'
Training companies for engineer of- -fleers
will form an important part of
the officers reserve camp to be held 1
at the Presidio, fan Francisco, begin-'
ning May 8. Each company will num
ber 150 men.
Details regarding theae camps for
engineer reserve officers hsve been re-
celved by Major Henry C. Jewett. TJ.
S. A.. 821 custom house, in chirrs of.
the Second Oregon engineer district,
ag follows: ,
"Engineer reserve officers, ezcent
majors of class B service, will bo,
ordered to active duty with the pay of
their respective grades snd to camps
on recommendation of the chief ot
engineers.
Those recommended bv the chief of '
engineers for commission, but who
have not yet been commissioned and-'
those recommended bv examining
boards whose papers have not yet bew!
received in Washington will be furv,
nished a certificate of suitability by"
the chief of engineers They will be
requested to attend a deslgnsted camp"
and transportation and siirntatne
will be paid until receipt of their com
mission. Such men must enlist for'
the period of the camp under section
t4 or the act of June 8. 19U. Upon'
receipt of their commissions they wllC.
bo discharged snd placed on duty'
status with the psy of their respective
grades. " 1
The department will be furnished
by wire the names of applicants whd
cave been recommended favorably.
also the names of those who are ex
amined between now and May 1. It be
ing the Intention of the department to
make selection from the list of com
missioned officers or those who have"
been examined, and issue instructions'
or certificate of suitability that will
CelebrtUon Will Be Patriotic.
State Capitol, Becramenta, Cal.
April 26. (P. N. S.) By a unanlmovs
vote the assembly has passed the
resolution of "Senator W. S. Scott of
San Francisco calling for a strictly
patriotic observation of Memorial day.
The resolution has already been adopt
ed unanimously by th senate.
Comparisons of weather records mad
for more than a quarter of a century
indicate that the atmosphere of Lon
don Is becoming less foggy. ;
admit them to the camos for training.5
New York Observes ;
"France Day' Today
New Tork.. April 26. (t.N. S r
The French tri-color and the Stars and '
Stripes wrere waving from thousands''
of buildings in this ty today. For
this Is "France day, appointed as
such by Governor Whitman, because
140 years sgo the Marquis de Laay
ette left Bordeaux to offer his aid Iik
the cause of American liberty. a..
" Sr
WTses wrltlns to or eslHne n - ' .
please mention Tha Jaerssl. (Adv.)
KNILWORTH AYEKUE
TACTS
In 1911 Kenllworth
avenue from Division
street to Clinton waa
improved and today is
one of ths most popu
lar thoroughfares 1a
the city. Those who
reside here point with
pride to its condition
and are enthusiastic in
praiae pf the material
with which It la paved
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