The Oregon daily journal., May 20, 1917, Page 27, Image 27

THE -i OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL," PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY -20-1917.
BETTER CU LTIVATION WOULD AIDTH E CEREALS
Edited by
Hyman H. CQhen
VIOLENT DECLINES IN
WHEAT ARE
FORCED
MARKET
UPROAR
Pendulum of Values Swings Sharp
to Other Side; In Fact, May G
, Too Far Various Factors At
tribtted as Reason.
Such violent declines were forced In
the price of wheat at all American
centers durlnsr the week that the mar
vi baatti n tn hnvn cnn ahout aa crazy
on the vbear elde as It has recently.
been on the bull side ox the traae.
There were various factors attrib
uted as the reason for the declining
wheat prices, but perhaps chief among
them was the fact that the average
trutcr. speculator and miller alike
ram a tn thft conclusion all &t once that
the May report of the department-of
agriculture was utterly out of line
with crop conditions throughout the
country.
Then a ra in there has been such
good planting of spring wheat that this
froved a bearish factor in price mak
ntr ullhnneh it is believed that the
declines are being carried somewhat
too far.
. The alleged "corner" of wheat by
the allied governments was responsl
hi In a mesuctirej for noma of the pre
vious sharp advances in the. price of
wheat ana the efforts or American in
terpHfs to induce the allies to resel
their purchases. has also proved
against the price in tnis country.
The aharn decline in the price o
flour during the week was naturally
exocctpd in view of the toboggan ac
tion of wheat values, but flour did
not go nearly aa low in proportion as
did wheat. Millers have shown much
more inclination to keep the price of
flour close to the basis of wheat when
tho latter cereal was ascending, ou
when wheat began to descend It wa
an entirelv different story. Thos
that were most anxious to boost flour
values when- wheat was advancing, I Mir
EARLY DECLINE FOR
WHEAT GIVES WAY TO
VERY-LIBERAL RISE
Chicago Pit Prices Are Sharply
Higher Aftr Early Weakness-
All Cereals Follow Cash Sales
Exceedingly Limited.
By Joseph F. Pritchard.
Chicago. May 19. (I. N. S.) There
were advances in all the board of trade
markets today, under continued -covef'
lng by shorts and smaller offerings.
These advances were 12 cents for
wheat. 344j)4,4c for corn. l"4lV4c
for oats, and 2025c for hog productsJ
with pork and pigs the strongest
There were no reDorted sales of cash
grain, with the exception of a car here
and there to tne various manufactur
lng industries.
With the smallest volume of bust
ness apparent for any days of the
week, tne grain markets at me open
ing today witnessed a drop of 5 cents
in the price of July wheat. September
was unchanged. Short covering ab
sorbed all offerings. Corn opened &
Vie nigner, ana oats (c nigner.
.provisions were sugntiy nigner.
Range of Chicago grain prices furnished
vj i ne initea ntii :
WHEAT.
July
September
July .....
September
July
September
lets' all boost for better corn
A field like this Is no accident. It is the result of simple but scien
tific methods of testing and grading combined with common sense
planting and cultivating. If every field in the country could be
made like this one it is estimated that it would add 1,059,040,000
bushels to the corn yield.
May
July-
May
July
September
scarcely cared to lower It when wheat
prices aropped.
Coarse grain prices were weaker and
lower during the six days' trading in
sympathy With the wheat declines.
FLO lilt Selling price: fatent. $lii.W; Wil
lamette Talley, $11.M; knl straight. $12,104$
12.80; bakers' local. S12.fcO12.!K): Montana
Spring. $13,70413.1); export, $10.40; whole
wheat. 113.10; graham. $12.00; rye flour. $9.25
per barrel.
HAY Buying price, new crop. Wlllsmetta
alley tlmothjs fane?. $23.00; eastern Oregon
Idalio fanrv tin-oihy. $2.OO(827.0O; alfalfa.
2tt.:.0; valley velrb. j-'O.OO; cheat. $20.00;
clorer, $2O.0f.
GRAIN SACKS Nominal. No. 4 Calentta
HViitfllc In car lots; lesa amounts higher.
M1U.STLKKS--Selling .price: Brsn, $44.00;
aborts. $4S.OO.
ROLLED OATS Per ton. H50.00.
IlOMiKD BAIU.EY Per ton. $57.00.
CORN Whole, $72.00; cracked, $73.00 per
ton.
Merchants Exchange cash bids:
WHEAT.
Sat 1'ri.5 Thu. Wed. Tue. Mon.
1017 11)16 1017
July
September
Open. Ulgh. Iow. Close.
223 24 22-H 240
205 220 Ui2 217
CORN.
152 157 151 1534
144 140V4 143 1484
OATS.
(ii ftSK 66 "4 B7H
WM, M 56 67 H
PORK.
3S60
8860 8835 8.S60 3SC
LARD.
220 2270 2260 2270
2270 22X5 2270 2282
220 22t5 2280 2202
RIBS.
2060
2075 15 2075
2AO 2112 2002 2107
Blucateni -
272
FcrtyfoM
267
Club
2fl
Russian
263
Feed
'5075
Feed-
101U 263 203 280 2S3 268
P4 '.MO 200 277 285 295
92
P2
2660
200 275 283 208
258 256
OATS.
273 2S3 203
5050 5100 C200 5200
BARLEY.
6250
5250
AQ.n n?nr rj s Kinn K9nn rVMi
Urooiuhall cabled from Liverpool:
Wheat dull and easier, American advance off
set by continued free urrlyala and Increasing
fixating quantities. Corn firm with moderate
offers.
Argentina advice unfavorable. Oats easy.
Increased arrival. reduced consumption.
American offers Increasing. Flour firm, ot
ters light compared with consumption.
India Weather? fine.
Argentina Weather cold and clear, favor
able for field work.
WaUa Walla Wheat
Crop Shows a Good
Color at Present
JOBBING PRICES IN PORTLAND
Walla Walla. Wash., May 19. More
than 600 acres ot summer fallow In
the wheat section of the Walla Walla
valley that otherwise would have, been
Idle throughout the present season,
have been planted to beans as a result
of the preparedness movement among
local farmers, and. according to esti
mates, nearly 200 acres of potatoes
have been planted ,ln excess of the
usual -acreacre.
While many of the Walla Walla
farmers are planting beans and pottt
toes, their principal concern is rela.
tiva to the cominar wheat crop, early
conditions for which were decidedly
unfavorable. The week just closing,
however, has been one which brought
plenty of moisture and several days of
sunshine, despite low temperatures,
and prospects are much 'brighter than
three or four weeks ago. Reseeded
grain Is growing well and fields
throughout the valley are a healthy
arreen. The erain is now from four to
seven inches in height and the stand
Is good, according to farmers who
have been inspecting their fields.
Already Walla Walla wheat farmers
are making an effort to line up crews
for the coming narvest, it Demg me
f;eneral opinion that here wllL be much
abor trouble this fall. No definite in
formation relative to reports of com
ing unrest can be secured, but, never
theless, they continue to circulate and
as a result, many grain dealers arc
lining up responsible men for their
crews at this early date. It Is ex
pected that wages will reach a record
point this fall.
In a few weeks the corn belt will be
a seething mass of corn planters, corn
drills, and listers. They will be trav
eling up-and-down the fields planting
the crops that mean so much, not only
to us. but to all the world.
This year of all years not a single
untested ear should be planted. Every
ear of corn intended for planting
should have been tested long before
this. Unfortunately, much corn will
go Into the ground on a grand, glorious
gamble that it may produce.
Aside from testing, there are a num.
ber of mechanical precautions which
should be taken before and after plant
ing the corn, says the Harvester
world.
Plant Early and Save.
One of the most serious losses each
year to the corn crop is due to lata
plantinsr. Experiments show that late
planted corn seldom yields as much as
corn that Is planted earlier and the
quality is usually inferior. Late in the
spring- the ground becomes hard and
out Of condition, weed have drawn
upon the moisture and available plant
Tooa and tne corn is hard pressed to
find ample nourishment. It reaches
the dry spell in August at a critical
stage, matures slowly and Is likely to
be caught by the frost.
Xont Plant Too Seep.
Deep planting is especially bad when
the seed is weak or when the spring
is cold and backward. When the ground
is not well prepared or Is very mellow.
there is danger of getting the seed-
aown four or rive inches when two
inches would be better. Especial care
should be taken in early planting when
the ground is still cold.
Make Sure of. Proper Plates.
Scarcely any two farmers have the
same grade and size of seed corn.
QUIET SESSION IN THE
CLOSING DAY TRADE
WITH CHANGES SMALL
Little Trading Is Shown in the New
York Market Yesterday Senti
ment of Wall Street Is Cheerful
Considering Conditions.
Therefore, especial ' care should be
taken to select seed plates witn in
proper sized chambers. A farmer who
is partial to edge drop should not at
tempt to plant anything Dut gTaaea
corn Where flat droo plates are usea
make sure that the chambers properly
fit thn seed. A little attention to se
lecting the proper seed plates before
planting will be more than repaid in
the coming crop.
Watch the Cultivation.
Corn must be cultivated In order to
produce the best results, but careless
cultivation is worse tnan none at an
As soon a corn is a foot high there
is a perfect network of roots traversing
the ground in every direction. These
roots lie very close to the surface and
unless care is exercised the cultivator
shovels will tear and break them, caus
ing distinct loss of nouorishment to
the growing plants. The surface roots
are the ones which absorb the warm
sunshine and carrv the food to the
plants, and are therefore the very ones
which should be saved from . injury.
The first cultivation may safely be
deeD. After that, however. It is essen
tial that the shovels be raised until
they merely scratch the ground suffi
ciently to keep It clean of weeds.
TTs Proper Baorala.
The new type of spearhead shovels
are coming Into popular use because
they conform to the modern idea of
cultivation. They do not plow o deep
ly as to injure the roots and yet they
mulch the soil thoroughly and destroy
the weeds.
Slight precautions based on the sug
gestions arlven above will do much to
increase the crop yield in all parts of
the country. Let us work together to
spread the propaganda of common
sense in .corn raising. .
New York. Mav 19. (U. P.) The
New Tork Evening Bun financial r
nort todav savat:
May's reversion to sanity in m
matter of weather was. perhaps, as
much, a factor aa anything In to
day's short session of the stock market-
Much of the normal week-end
settlement of accounts was accom
pllshed yesterday and It Is quits gen
erally agreed that the present techni
cal position of securities leaves little
to De aesirea lor tne eunaay recess,
Commission houses were largely de
serted and attendance on the floor of
the stock exchange was restricted. In
consequence trading was quiet and
narrow, with price changes among the
standard industrial and railroad Issues
lacking in significance. Firmness
underlay that market alike In stocks
and bonds.
Sentiment continues cheerful. Wall
street feels confident that the revenue
bill with Us retroactive provision and
other features generally regarded as
defective, will be radically altered be
fore it reaches the statute books. The
real business of the liberty loan flo
tation Is well under way. The Rus
sian duma pledges Its loyalty to the
allies and there Is promise of an early
orrensive on the Russian ironts.
Range of Mew York price tarnished by Over
beck Oook Oo., 216-217 board of Trade
building:
LIVESTOCK TONE NOW
GENERALL VERY GOOD
AT NORTH PORTLAND
FINANCE, TIMBER,
INDUSTRY REVIEWED
Kara Peed A wears Diverted. The
announcement that grains suitable for
human food will no longer be fed to
horses la Qreat Britain calls attention
to the possibilities of gradually en
larging the production of ths world s
food supplies by utilising ror mat
purpose the vast areas now devoted to
producing grain for horses, for which
the woald Is rapidly substituting pow
(er driven vehicles and cultivators. A
i compilation by the .National City bank
Hogs Sell at New High Record to J ""J thi r!
$10 for Top, While Good Cattle horse on highways and farms has al-
, ready made rapid progress in ine
united 8 tat. The number of horses
on farms In the United States la 1917
Are Steady to Firm Poor Stnff
Neglected and Ixmer.
PORTUJO LIVESTOCK RUN.
Hnr. Cattle. Cairns. Sbt.
this weet 4JM inn
Laa week 4.VM) 2KX
ITeTioca week 4AOS 1067 49
fontb ago 1"0 104
Year ago 72SX5 110 l.V
Two year ago 4421 122D 40
Three years age.... 4400 1054 .f
roar yeera ag- - - - S432 1008 178
Is no greater than in 1910, while pop
Lulatlon has meantime Increased 13 per
cent, and these changes ao not inciuae
the horses in cities, where the substl
i3 I9ii tution of power driven vehicles for
im sao those drawn by horses Is even greater
ilVl than on the farm. The total number
irta of horses In the entire United States
43o in 1917, Including farms and cities, is
""probably less than in 1910, while pop-
7347
ulatlon to- be fed has increased IS per
There was a slightly greater run of i cent.
nogs, cauvew and a rair one in sheep. Meantime, the transfer of production
j from oats, chiefly used as food for
but a loss of cattle In the North Port
Hogs touched a new high rerord ear- horses, to that of wheat as food for
ly In the week at $1 at North Port- man, seems to have made even more
land, although there were strenuous ef- rapid progress. Tllb number of acres
forts among buyers to force a decline , devoted to the production of oats In
from last week's values. laia showed an Increase of less than
Demand for swlns. retained a strong ! n nwr that of 1910. wnU-
DtSCKlHIlON.
Alaska Gold
jUn-n) High! low
GRADING OF WOOL IS
ESSENTIAL TO PRICES
These prieea are those at which wholesalers
sell to retailers, except aa otherwise stated.
Dairy Produot.
BUTTER Creamery, prints In Dararflne
wraDuara. extraa, 89c: prime firsts. S7Uc:
firsts. WiHc; cubes, lc leas; cartons, lc ad-T
Yance.
BUTTERFAT fortiand drlirery No. 1
cream, 40c.
EUOS Selling price: Cas count. 83e:
per doaen; burin price, 82nf32Vic; selling
price, caoniru,
LIVB roUI.TRV lhan. beary PlTmontb
Rocks, 17e per lb.; ordinary chickens, lftVic;
stags, 14c lb.; broilers, under 1 lb.. 17c
per ID.: tnrKejs, wiiic per ID.; dressed.
Tsncy. 2S&2Sc; cull. Ma2i:; squab. 2.00
per uarn; grcse. lire, v ); renin ducks,
young, 25c per lb. ; Indian runners, old ducks,
naTSc per lb.; pigeons, $1.25 per doaen.
t HKKSK Selling price : Kresh Oregon
fancy full cream triplets, 5if20e; Young
America 2S2c. Price to jobbers, flats, 24c;
ouna- America. 26c. t. o. b. : cream brirk
a82Uc; Llmburgex, 31 32c; block bwls. o4
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables.
F&ESU KUIT3 Orange. narW, g2.Na
(k.754.25; California grapefruit. a2.502.76;
HHRR1&S Htrawbaxrtea. ItolWra XI ftjc
SI. 75 per crate of 20 ptnta; cranberries, local!
2.00 box: eastern, So.00 per barrel. , '
Ari'LiES uocai, i.oua.ou, according to
quality.
ONIONS California. 1.602.60 per crate.
I'OiAiTjtas selling price. laDie stock, lo
cal, 3.75tf4.0. Buying price, ordinary shlp-
ROGUE FISHERMEN GET
HIGHER SAIiMON PRICE
ping $3 00: new potatoes, 79c per lb,
VUClADblws turnips, Si.io per SI
prrois. ibuiw per uuzeu uoocnea; Darsnlrja.
$2.60 aack; cabbage, California, tic per lb.;
green onions, soc uosen Duncnes; peppers, 30c
id.; ueaa i.w4.w crate; celery.
$7.00 crate; artichokes, 0ca$1.10: cucumber
$1.00(3 1.60 per dos. ; tomatoes, $2.50g2.73 lug;
mb olant. tie Per lb.; string beans. Sitae- rhu
barb, l&ie per lb-; peas, BViiJ-oc lb.; cauli
flower, ui, i.wi. per aozen; aapara-
gus, eoinoo per uuxen Duncnes; spinach
Si.w per wa.
Xaata, Ha ana Provisions.
ukeskku MiAin selling price, country
killed beat hoga. lB19V4c lb.: ordlnar is. A
18Hc lb.; beat reala, 14,0 lb.; ordinary veals.
1813fce: beaTj 12sl24c; goat, eac;
tfriOKKD M BATS Hams, 2783&c per lb.
tircsatssi imwi, vxaovc; picnics, Z3c; cot
tage roll, 27c; abort clears, 2Sj27c; Oregon
exports - smoked, 27 "Ac per lb.
LARD Kettle rendered, tierces. 25 Ue lb.
Undsrd, 24V4e; lard compound.- 18c.
OYSTllRH Olrmpla, gallon, $3.50; canned.
eastern, ooc; aotu per ooaan; eaatarn la
shell, Sl.bO per luo; easteru oysters, per gai-
nnu, wuit e--FISH
l)resd flounders. 7c; Chinook sal
hm. lOe; perch, 10c; soles, 6c: flonndera,
6c; salmon trout, 22c per lb.; halibut, 10e?l4c
jo. ; oiaca cou, w; iuuiiris. smett, l7sd2e
CRABS Large, $2.SO: medium. $1.75 doa.
Groceries.
SUGAR Cube. $.4o; powdered. B in
fruit or berrr. S8.SO: Honoluln. 1H i.i k
S8.80: dry grannlated. SS.60; D yellow. tJM
-HONE i New, $3.00i;3.2o per case.
BJCB Japan atyle. No. 1. 7Hc; Mew Or
Imm bead. 9c: blua rosa. HUc.
SALT Coarse, half grounds: lOoT 111
ton; BOs, S13-O0: table dairy, OOs. $18.00; lOue
jo.oo; oaies, r, mncj laDJO ana uaiTT
$22.00: lamp rock. $20.00 per ton.
BEANS Small white 17c; large white. lUe
per lb.; pink, He; llmaa, 17V4c; .bayous.
I3c; reu, ic.
Hope, Wool and Hides.
nor noniins j oujiDg price. 191 crop.
ordinary, osjoc; aeiected. oo; contraeta. lOe
per lb.
WOOL Nominal; Willamette valley eoarse
Cotswold. asm 47c: medium Shrooahlre. 4a
00c; fine. 4rdi4ttc: eastern Oregon staple. 40
ajgaoc pel u. ; rasrn uu meui
tier lb. . ?
. HIDES Salted hides. 25 lbs. and np. SOe
- aaltaa stags, CO tba. and np. e; green and
salted kip, 15 lbs., 20c; green and salted calf
a kins up to 10 toa., sute; green nidea, 28 lba
and od. 18c: areen ataga. 50 lba. and nn. lHo
dry hides, 84c; dry salt hides. 20c; dry borae
ruoes, i.iwuau; aaii none UHies. j.owa
5.00; horse hair. SOc; day long wool pelts. 30c:
Ory snort wool peiu, jrjc; ary sneep shesr-
so
A plea for the atorinaj and pradlng
of wool is made by John G. Hoke, the
prominent livestock man. He says:
"T would like to Impress on wool
growers what is necessary at this time
to pet hisrher market values for their
wool. The usual custom has ben to
sell wool in the original bags under
sealed bids. In no way can nny wool
buyer place an honest estimate of
shrinkage or can he arrive at any safe
conclusion as to the amount of differ
ent grades in any particular clip of
wool. He simply places an estimate
and always figures on the safe side.
In most all bands of sheep in eastern
Oregon thev will grade to five or six
different kinds of wool, as follows:
Fine, fine medium, halfblood. three-
eiprhths, quarter and low-quarter, and
some braid wools.
"You will note that recently wool
sold by Portland Wool Warehouse com
pany, three-eighths blood wool brought
Msrshfield, Or., May 19. The fishermen on
tbe lower Rogue rirer sre making good money
this season. The Macleay Eatate company,
operating the cannery at Wedderburn, at first
offered last year s price, so cents per flsa
when the company furnished tbe boats and
nets and $1.15 where tba men furnished their
own gear. Tba fishermen struck for a payment
of $l.ii0 and: $1.20. 'in la waa refused by the
company and the men quit work for a time,
but later started fishing. The price of canned
salmon went op and the Macleay company vol
untarily offered the payment formerly re
quested, and tbe men are now getting $1.00
and $1.25 pec fish. This la tbe highest ever
paid on Rogue river. Tne season is now on,
but it la not expected that there will be a bit
run ox salmon mis year.
MINNEAPOLIS CEREALS
IN AVIATION STUNTS
MlnneapoUs, Minn.. May 18. (U. P)
Wheat and flour skyrocketed In tbe Minne
apolis market today, responsive to strong buy
lng demand in other markets. Flour jumped
from $15.25 to $10.25 a barrel wholesale. Joly
wheat opened 2 cent up at 5&AO, went to
S2.7S and closed at S2.G8U. Bentambar
oened at ai.w ana cioaea at x.io.
POTATOES ALONG THE COAST
-Aw
seed.
Seattle Market.
Seattle. May l U. P.) OhIods-
tralta. 6c; war, $2.60.
Potatoes Yakima uema, ass.uo;
175.00; locals. $75.OOS0.O0.
Lob Ancalee Market.
Los Angeles. Cal.. May ll. (P. N. B.)
Potatoes Northern. $4.60(24.75; Oregon. $4.50
4.75; rueaeta $4.50(34.75; new, $15(l.flS
lug; aweet potatoea. so per pound.
Ban Fraaoiaoe Market.
Ban Francisco, May 10. (U. P.) Potatoes
far cenou wnari prices : iuver, a.0041
S.Vk for c&oica ana S3.uuwa.zr ror on grades;
Orea-on Bar banks. S3.O06S4.OO: new Do ta tees.
per pouna lor white ana sy&tBttc ror
garnets.
udoos ureen. swwgiu.w -per doz; new
crop Bermuda and crystal wax, S-t.5OQ6.04
per crate.
DAIRY PRODUCE ON THE COAST
Seattle Market.
Seattle. May 18. (U. P.) Butter Native
Waahlncton creamery, cube. 86c: do brick,
S&c; fresh California cube, 88c; do brick, 38c.
Km Select ranrh. Jt7c
Cheese Oregon triplets, 27c; Wisconsin trip
lets, 2Sc; do twins. 28c; Xoung America, 2Sc.
Ban Francisco Market.
San Francisco. Cal.. May 19. (U. P.) But
tet Extras, iWMjc; prime Ilrat. oc.
Kirsra Rxtraa. 33V.c: extra flrsta. S3c: ex
tra bullets. SOc: extra firsts, pullets. 2QMc,
tJUetHS taurornia xancy. -c; iirata. sic
Los Anrelaa Market.
Loa Angelea. Cal.. May 18. (P. N. S.)
Butter, 36c; eggs, 82c.
m r
San Francisco Grain Market.
San Francisco, May 18. C. P.) Wheat
Per cental, bluestem, $5.00eJ6.2.'i; Turkey red,
S5.0O&5.25: red Russian. $5.00(35.10.
Barley Per cental, feed, nominal, with sell
ers asking $2.652.7S.
Oats Per cental, whits feed, S2.S3H02.S5.
BJ cents tier tound. Portland. Very
few wool growers know the different
grades of wool in his band or sheen
Wool growers now hare the best op
portunity to get true market values by
consigning their wool to an honest
commission firm at home, who grades
and sells direct to manufacturers. The
receiving of the price above mentioned
wa due very largely in fact that
this company had a graded lot of wool
to offer which met the manufactur
er's requirementvand did not necessi
tate his buying anything but what ho
actually wanted.
"This Is the point I want to convey
to sheepmen that by having their wool
graded the manufacturer can well af
ford to pay a better price when he can
secure the class of wool that he wants.
"I have been advised that wool now
arriving in Portland is selling as quick
as it can be graded out at extreme
high values.
WAR DISARRANGES THE
FOREIGN PRUNE MARKET
An lnterestlne review of the foreign
prune crop and market situation is
given by Ralph C. Busser, U. 8. con
sul at Trieste. Ausvria. under date
of March 30.
By Ralph C. Busser.
Before the war the prune trade of
Bosnia was flourishing, the production
being exceeded only by Serbia. During
the past two years, however, the trade
has suffered? on account of the war.
The plum crop of 1918 is estimated at
izoo carloads ot 10 metric tons each.
660 carloads of which were produced
In the Brcka district. This crop waa
small compared with previous years,
especially for 1908 and 1S09, when the
annual production amounted to about
4000 carloads.
In normal times the transportation
of prunes from Bosnia to Trieste and
other points of distribution is by sea
aa well' as by rail. Part of the crop
is packed and shipped in baskets im
mediately after being picked, but tho
greater pan is Kim-iried and- then
packed In sacks- and boxes for ship
ping. The plums of inferior quality
are made Into marmalade, for which
there is a great demand in Austria and
Germany. On account of the scarcity
of field labor during the war the
prunes are not sorted or selected as
in normal times, so that those now
offered for sale are often mixed In
sire and quality. After being dried
the prunes are examined by experts
and those not thoroughly dried or oth
erwise unfit for table use as "compota"
are sold to the brandy distilleries.
Wholesale ana Batail Pries of Prunea
The marketing: of Drune. and rlum
marmalade has for a long time beonj
i-unirouea Dy a Danmng organization,
at the head of which is the Landes
baak for Bosnia and Hersegovina. Erur
lng the war the sale and distribution
has been regulated by government
measures and the purchasing commis
sion fixes the wholesale and retail sell
ing prices. At present tho official
wholesale price of prunes is about i5
oents (calculated at the normal rate
of exchange), per Austrian pound of
1.1 pounds avoirdupois, and fife retail
firice 30 to 86 cents per pound. The
attef price is paid for the ration
quantities which consumers are al
lotted rrom time to time in each com
mnnity by the provisioning commit
Bicm tnereor. t or tne prunes pur
chased in shops, however, one must
pay about twice the commission price,
namely, 84 to 6 cents per pound at
present in Aneste.
AlUa-Cn aimers, c
do pfd
American Beet Sugar...
America a Can, c
American Car Kdy ,
American Cotton Oil. c.
American Linseed, c. . . .
00 pru
American Loco., c
American Smelter, c...
ao pru
Amerlcaa Sugar, c
American Tel. A Tel...
American Woolen, c...
Anacooda Mining Co. . .
Atchison, e
Baldwin Loco., c
Baltimore A Ohio. e...
Brooklyn R. Transit
Butte ft Superior
California I'erroleum, e.
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather, c
Cteapeak It Ohio
UUlcago a Ot. W., c...
do pfd
Chicago. M. A St. P...
Cblcago ft N. W., c
Cblno Copper
Colorado ft I., c...
Cona. Qaa
Corn Products, c.. .v.
do pfd
Crucible Steel, c
dO pfd. . . . y
D. ft B. U., A
do pfd
Distillers
Efrie, c
do 1st pfd
Ganersl Electric . .
Goodrich Rubber
Ot. North., Ore Lands.
Ot. North., pfd
Greene-Can
Hide ft Leather, c...
do pfd
Ice Securities ,
Illinois Central
Industrial Alcohol
Inspiration
Interboso. c.
Keunecott Copper ....
Ksn. City Southern, c.
Kelly Springfield ....
Lackawanna Steel ...
Lehigh Valley
Maxwell Motors, c...
Mexican Petroleum ..
Miami Corner
Midrale Steel
Mo.. Kan. a IVim r
Missouri Pacific W. I.
National Lead
Kcvada Consolidated .
New Haven
New York Air Brake.
New York Central . . .
N. X., Ont. Western
Nor. ft Western, c...
Pacific Mail
Penn. Railway
Peoples Gs
Pittsburg Coal c
Pressed Steel Car, c.
ao old
Ray Cons. Copper
Hallway steal
Heading, c
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Rep. Iron ft Steel, c.
do pfd
Rock Island W. I. ....
Bhattuck
Brudebaker, c
Slosa Sheffield
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway, e...
do pfd
Tennessee Oopoer ....
Texas Oil
Texas Pacific
Tfclrd Avenue
Union Pacific ,
do pfd
U. S. Rubber, c
do Dfd
U. S. 8teeL c
do Pid
Utah Copper '
Virginia Chemical, c.
W. U. Tefegraph
WeatinghouM Electric
Willya Overland ......
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tone all through the week, and all of
the top quality stuff brought extreme
values. i
Oem-ral beg tange:
Best heavy $15.78318.00
the acreage devoted to wheat la 1918
showed an increase of 27 per cent over
that of 1910. corn also showing an In
crease, though not as great aa that of
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pigs i4.no4i4.2 i growth in the number of power driven
Stockera ...r.., 15. oo 14.20 j road and farm vehicles and tractors,
Oood Cattle Steady. the census of 1815 showing over 8(00,-
Steady too wu gemrsUly shown for' 000,000 worth of automobiles produced
good quality cattle at North Portland in 1914 against a production of less
during the) week. The decreased run , lhn $200,000,000 worth shown by the
tf,rfnnlnA?J,VH fhunfft ot 1910- A reccnt ttement
trend of Uie trade for this class of of- ... ,, , -h....
ferings was not good, and values were bY the department Of agriculture shows
about 60c lower, while tops held practl- . " a partial census of tractors in the
cally unchanged. I United States 34,171 actually In corn-
Reports from the Interior Indicate mission, and reDresentlne every state
that the bl runs of fed cattle are over of the Union. Very recent reports In-
RECORD PRICE REFUSED
FOR WOOL IN INTERIOR
Boston. Mass., May 1$. Another ac
tive week is noted in wool with total
sales 6.000,000 pounds, largely South
American. Mills having government
contracts have been the principal
buyers.
Not only are importations in a fair
way to be exhausted but many con
tracts for territory wool have been
transferred to manufacturers and it
looks as though the amount of wool
coming to this market for sale would
be the smallest in years.
In Montana 6O0 to 62c is still being
paid for rood medium clina- K1 ho
been refused for at least one choice
cup. come growers are asking up to
60c. In Idaho 45c to 47c Is being paid
for fine clips and 48c to 50n for me
dium. One buyer claims to have paid
51c for a choice medium clip. New
territory wools are arriving slowly.
bmau transfers are reported on the
basis of $1.40 to $1.50 clean for Arizona
and Nevada clips. Old territory wools
re nearly aone.
Receipts for the week were: Do.
mestic, 3.39J.288 pounds; foreign.
CANNED GOODS DEMAND
CAUSE OF EXPANSION
price, per ear lots, ViQ7e per lb.
MOHAIR 1917. 604le per lb.
Rope, Paints, Oils.
ROPE Sisal, oark. 20c; white, 20e per
lb.; atandard Manila, Tic.
UNSEED Raw. boh., 81.83 per gallon,
kettle boiled, bbia., $1.34; raw, cases, $1.89;
boiled, caaea, $1,41 per gallon; lot of 250
gallons.
lual uti water wmis in arums ana iron
barrels. 10c oer a a lion.
WHITE IJLAV on lots, 13c in.; S00 lbs.,
Inara. eacb. laaiBc: aalted ebeeo abeartnn
each 26460c: aalted long wool Delta, each.
ai.MKaa.Du: aaitea saorc woo Delta, escn. hoc- 1 isur.
$100. - .... . I TURPENTINE Tanks, C2c; cases, 8cj 10
TAIXOW Ko. 1, 13e; No. S. 12Ql3c; ease lota, le leaa.
-8rea?i258e per lb. I OASOXJNK Baals price, 21 e gallon; dla
, CUITTIil OR CASCASA BARK Buying miate, 10c per gallon. ;
Eugene, Or.. May 19. So great Is tbe de
mand this year for canned fruits and veg
tables that the Eugene Fruit Growers 'asso
ciation haa leaded tbe cannery at Creswell and
will operate it as au auxiliary to the large
plant in Kngene and the smaller one at
Junction City tbia year, according to announce
ment of J. O. Holt, manager of the associa
tion. The local association takes the Creswell
plant at a rental of $500 for a term of one
to three years.
Already there has been aa unprecedented de
mand for canned goods, sufficient orders hav
ing come in to keep an three at the plants
In operation almost the entire ssasuo without
accepting any furtbet orders, and every . ran
ot laat year a immense output haa been sold.
Southern Wool Production.
The total production of wool in Chile
durinar 1916. says the South Pacific
Mail, amounted to 20,000,000 pounds,
and tho production in Peru for the
same per toa was .zu,7(u pounds.
American Gash Wheat.
Wlnnioea- Ch hM e- v. 1 .v.
I272' N' 2 nortbern- 2-T7; !s'- 3 northeriC
.MlLDeSDOlia fash No 1 hue M nua
o.iov,-, ao. 3 nortbern, f2jSHfti3.03tt: No.
2 hard Montana. $3.13V3.18V J No.
uurum, jo. durum. ..SO2.S6
Duluth Cash No. 1 hard. $3.20: No.
northern. $3.10: No, a nortbern. $.14; No.
American Wheat Option.
Dnmrh
Winnipeg ...
Mlnaeapolla .
Kansas City
St. Louis ...
May.
... $3.13
3.00
July.
$2.74
a -30
2-68
3.40
2.33
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$2.00
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present $15,000,000, with prospects of
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for the season. The local trade seems
to realize this, for it is making an ef
fort to line up sufficient supplies of
grassers from the south.
eueral cattle market range:
Prime llaht beef slsers 110 302 1 1.26
Prime heaey beef steers lu r 10.75
Beat heiSi":.:::::::::".::::: i.onrrioiaj.'so.ooo.ooo dunng the year
ordinary to good coi 8 25 8.T5 1 chartanr Amendmeat roaghtPort-
Prlme hesry bntcber bulls h.OOni 8.S0 u.j K..i,. , K,, , w,-.. .
Light bulU 6onrt7 5o 'and DanKs and bond houses ars pre-
CalTes 7.00a 10.00 1 paring to wage a fight against the
Btocker-feeder ste.ra 7.00i H.00 proposed charter amendment, to be
Blocser-feeuer covs ... e.OUg 750 , voted upon at the june eectl0n. which
"'7 7 v, . 1 . . " 7 is designed to shorten the term Of mu
l.imh at Nnrth ir.rirv.i ..rir, t h nlcipal improvement bonds. The banks
week, would irullcato a wwk.r t. una are heavily Interested In Portland mu
lower price here, actual conditions are nlcipals, several million dollars of
lust the reverse. There was really ! them being held as Investments. This
nothing of tiptop quality available for 1 amendment, the financial men of the
the trade during the week. 4 city eayt m materially shorten the
i.ii?f!lnefrtr?KT?ih'2 of present outstanding bond U-
mnmiwriK tmir Sr.,' tby deprive Investor, of
terior. From 10.000 to 12.000 head are : thtt profits they expected when the
expected to move east within a abort subscriptions were made. The bonds
time.
Nominal wool mutton and lamb market
Best eaat of mountain yearlings. . .$12.SOXtS.50
in every case were purchased on large
premium offerings, a recent lot paying
the city $800 on every $10,000 worth
Best valley jearllnga.. 12.253.2 ! V .w worm
Ewee 11.0012.00 of bonds. In the past it has been un-
imti rut icuu u i in spring iimH u vi n .im? ucrviuuu inai x'urviavuu municipals
(ioata 4.2014 4.50 would have a. lifA of at ljuiat alrht np
nine years before the option privilege
was exercised and the bonds redeemed.
The charter amendment wgl give the
city permission to issue redemption
bonds covering ether issues at any
Best valley Iambs lS.OtH44lS.SO
Shorn stock l2c per pound leas.
Eecord Fruit Crops
About Walla Walla
time. It is asserted by those Inter
ested that this ! win amount to
species of repudiation by the city. One
telegram recently sent to Mayor Albee
by a Seattle bank investor in Portland
municipals said the charter amend
ment would prove a breach of faith an
the part of the city and that lts eredJt
would be materially affected. City
officials claim for the measure that
it will result In a saving of hundreds
of thousands of dollars for the city
treasury by shortening Interest pay
ments, v y
Koratorlasa. reared- War and the
state legislature have combined, to
make some Portland financiers ateer
clear of mortgage investments this
spring. A concern that has always
made large Investments In first class
mortgages has been Informing pros
pective borrowers that, on account of
the "moratorium" created by legisla
tive act at the last session,-in which,
mortgage holders cannot foreclose on
properties owned by soldiers and aall
ors In the service of the nation, no
more money will be loaned on that
class of security. This Is done, not
out of any unpatriotic motive, but be
cause ot the fear that unscrupulous
property owners, hard pressed for
funds to meet their obligations, will
deed their holdings to some members
of the military establishment. In fact
it is said, this has been dons in sev
eral instances. Sooner or later, of
course, these obligations have to be
met in some fashion by the original or
transferred owner of the property, but
the duration of the war is uncertain,
and investors will want their profit.
Too aenca Zoonomy Paagsrans.'
There is danger of pressing the "eco
nomy campaign" too far, says the
weekly letter of the First National
bank of Philadelphia It is highly nec
essary that the public, should cut out
waste and make better uae of its rood.
supply. But the situation will not be
helped by forcing undue economies tn
clothing, merchandising and other
forms of household and various
branches of personal expenditure. In
cases where Income has been reduced,
such economies are railed for as ' a
matter of common sense. But It stands
to reason that general trad and the
country's manufacturing machinery
can ba badly upset by a sudden decline
in the demand for such merchandise as
has been in request for a year or mora.
Box raotory Flans, -George & Hart
and associates of Los Angeles have
closed the deal for extensivo proper
ties of the Ashland Manufacturing,
company mills and timber in the
southeastern district ef the valley and
a crew of 100 men Is now engaged to
begin operations, both in tho mill and
in the box factory. Tho sawmill has
a dally capacity of 60,000 feet and tho
box factory will be able to consume
that amount of lumber. The sawmill
is in the heavy timber on tho north,
slope of the Slsklyous. Tho purchase
Includes 4000 acres of timber, tba moat
of which Is white pine. Tho bos fac
tory plans turning out 2,000,009 fruit
boxes this season. - ; ,
tiotfiag Tadsr "Way. Tho Seaiido
lagging company is now actively , at
work in the timber near Seaside with
Its first crew. Tho first logs waro'
relied 10 days ago. A new truck is
being used to haul tho logs out to tho
Prouty mill. The present crow con
sists of about 25 men. but probably
will be increased in a short tlfne. , .
Walla Walla, Wash.. May 19. That
the orchards of Walla Walla valley
will yield record crops this season. Is
the present ' indication, according to
growers throughout the section.
Cherries, prunes, peaches and other
soft fruits which come Into early
bearing will yield heavily unless some
unforseen condition arises. Cold nights
during the week Just closing brougnt
some concern among growers, but late
reports are that little or no damage
was done.
. i fVL.VCT uav ,-.., v., .ii . ' J . ib jo r
said, and the yield of the valley should
far exceed that or anv urevlous vear. i w
REVIEW OF PRODUCE '
MARKETS FOR THE WEEK
BRITISH PROHIBIT TRADE
IN MOHAIR, CA&miERE
Total sale for the day were 24O.70O shares.
AMERICAN LIVESTOCK PRICES
Omaha Hoga $l$.lt.
Omaha. Neb., May 19. I. K. S.) Cattle
Berelpta 1O0. nominal.
Hoara lie ce lots. oaoo. market oe higher
Mixed and butcher s, tl3.7O4jld.0O; good and
choice heavy. S10.O3U10.lo: rougb heavy.
$13.8018.00; light. $13.4O((tl6.00; piga. $14.21
Sheep Receipts none.
Chicago Hoga1 $18. B0.
Chicago, May 18. (I. N. S.) Hogs Beeelnts
Ouu, strong to ulOc blgber Mixed and
butcher's. $15.70l.4Vt food heavy. $15.7o$J
10.50: roiirt beavy, 15. 70415. 8..; light
$15.15310.30; plga, $10,9015.00;, balk. $13.0o
tiG.ao.
Cattle Receipts 8000. ateady. Beevea. $(190
013.70; cows and heifers. . 10.00; stock
era and isasrs. t,.ouaiv.-io; c-aives, fio.uu
14.70.
Sheep Receipts 100. steady. Native, $1Z75
0!15.a; western, $13. WKa 15.73; lambs, $13.00
421.00.
Xaasaa City Hoga $19.0.
Kansas Clr- Mo., May ll. (1. N. 8.)
Cattle Kecelpta WW, no market.
Uogs Receipts fx JO. steady, quality plain.
all sold around $10.00(8 lO.ao.
No aheep.
Denver Hosa $!.).
Denver. May 1. (U. P.) Cattle Receipts
18O0. steady. Steer. $0.0041 12.60; cows and
heifer. 7.S7 1U.SM; storkxrs and feeders.
S7.OMttlO.00: calves. I1Z.0I143.
Hoga Receipts 300, Strong. Top, $10.30
balk. 115.5541 15.80.
Sheep Receipts 400. blgber. Ewee, $13.0043
13.00: lambs. ju.(Mf.D.a.
Seattle Kcsa $18.40.
Seattle. Wash., May ii. (P. X. .) Hoga
Receipts ttO. Steady, Prime lights. $l.2o
(218.40: medium to ctvolie. I1O.0OU1O.1D
smooth beaviea. $15.90ctl5.f; rough heavies,
B15.0OUlO.40: Digs. lt.0Ufrfla.4O.
Cattle Receipt 631. Steady. Beat steers.
I10-&OO11.00: medium to choice. S9.73Q10.2s
common to medium. S7.OtKirtf.56: beot cows!
rk.2r&9.25; eommon to medium cows. $3.O0i$
00; bulla. $4.O048.; calvea. $.&0Jll.oi.
Sheep Receipts, Done. Steady. Lambs,
$13.0013.90; yearliaga, izjmji2.79; ewea,
BUTTERFAT PRICE TO
DROP CENT ON BfONDAY
Comparison of Yrlceai
A cablegram from the United State?
consul general at London eays: Th"
British war department aannoiinccs
that no person shall from April 13.
buy, sell, or offer alpaca, mohair, I
cam'el hair, cashmere, goat's hair, ex-J
cept unaer permit irom airector or
army contracts.
The restrictions upon the exportation
of raw sheep skins to Norway have
been withdrawn. Under certain cir
cumstances facilities for shipment will
be granted, provided the skins are coi-
signea to tne .Norwegian lanners asso
ciation for members of that association.
PRESSURE IN JULY COTTON
GOODS TRICES LOWER
New Tork. May !. (L N. 8.) Preasnra
waa exerted against July at the opening of tbe
cotton market today, and that option wsa down
points, with otbvr montha recording ad-
vancea of S to S points.
The tone waa steady. Commission houses
were the principal sellers of July, but par
tt4MMlf
EGG MARKET IS FIRM
AFTER EARLY WEAKNESS
Satur- Year,
day. Ago.
Rutter $ .39 $ .28"
Eggs 33 .23
Cheese 27 .1$V4
Potatoes 4.00 1.76
Onions COO 2.00
Hops 04 .11
Chickens 17 .17
L,ive hogs 16.00 $.00
Steers 11.25 9.00
Lambs 11.00 10.00
Sugar 8.S0 $.4S
Flour 12.90 6.20
BEAN MARKET HOLDING
AT STRONGER PRICES
Bean market showed much, strength
during the week with aometallereels
quoting a- further advance la prict..
While the cpming bean crop Is pect
ed to break all records, still the visible
ruppljr now in sight la small, o a-
i gaaa hi -i M
HOP MARKET STAGNANT ?
WiTII MUCH PLOWING UP
Market for eggs showed a firmer
tone late In the week after being weak
and slightly lower at - the start.
Strength in the later trad waa caused
by tho advanced prices in both north
ern and southern markets; this trade
being directly affected.
CHICKENS RULE DULL;
PRICES ARE LOWERED
Stagnant . ton rontlnuoa In ttt finn
trade, there) not btng Hufficlent busi
ness reported during the six days to
mention. Meavy plowing up or yards
Is again reported from various Wil
lamette valley centers. '
MOHAIR MARKET HAS A
DULL BUT STEADY TONE
Trading -In mohair waa nular a TClt
lament e valley points during the weK.
vuwi wcie: in u wa-iiina; mooa ma
there was Iittl . selling. In general,
buyers were offering 60 361c a pound
lor supplies. , - .
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WOOL MARKETS ACTIVE . "
AT ADVANCE FIGURES
Trade in chickens ruled very dull
along the wholesale way for the week.
Reoelpts were quite liberal and as re
tailers filled un with stock with a slow
ebased the other positions. There waa a good demand from consumers lower prices
demand, while tbe supply appeared acattered. I wer. 'orced for all poultry offerings
and aa soon aa the early offerings were ab
sorbed the market advsnced sharply, July mov
ing np 17 points in a few minutes. October
selling 8 points above the initial prlc.
In tne late forenoon realizing sales canaed
a reaction of a doaen points, but no new buy
ing ordara checked tbe setback. The rkx
waa ateady at a net advance of 84 to 40
points.
by Overieck a Cooke Co., 21tt-217 Board of
Trade imnaing
on the street.
BUTTER MARKET MAKES
A FURTHER ADVANCE
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Owing to tho great competition for
milK and cream supplies rrom dairy
and creamery interests, butter market
prlcev here were forced lc a pound
higher during the week, values being
within 4c a iound of the extreme rec
ord for the season. Higher prices In
CALIFORNIA CATTLE TO
FEED AROUND KLAMATH
Klamath Falls, Or., May 17. D. M.
McLemore, a California stockman, his
Just shipped in 1300 head of eatti.)
from southern California points ro
feed an the Klamath ranges. The cattie
were unloaded here today and will be
driven to the Wood River valley near
r on juamain.
WITH PRICES QUIET
Easier ton was forced for cheese
at Pacific coast points during the
week, but the trade was by no means
weak. The easier feeling wa not gen
erally felt and prices showed only
fractional reduction.
COUNTRY CALVES ARE
SOLD AT LOWER PRICE
Sharply lower prices were forced for
country killed calves in th Front
treet trade of the week. Receipts
were at the record point wniie demand
Although In Door con- wa lust about normal. Crnintrr killed
ditlon at his time the cattle will be ' hoars held firm at full prices with re-
brought off the range in the fall in
the best of condition for tbe market.
BANK STATEMENT OF COAST
Seattle Grain Market.
Seattle May 19. (P. K. 8. Wheat Btae
atem, . $2.72; Turkey red. $2.72; tortyfold.
$2.09-, club, $X08; Fife. $Z00: Red RaseianT
barley, $ ear. .
There will be a drop of lc a poun-1
in the price of botterfat In the local
market Monday morning. This will
erase half of the recent advance for
fat. Tbe new price will be Jc a pound.
No change Is announced Tor butter.
Clearings
Monday .. .
Tuesday ..
Wednesday
Thursday ..
Friday
fcaturday ..
Week
CTegrbigs .
Halaates ..
rVsringa ..
Balances . .
Clearincs .
11a la aces
Clearings
Clearings
ceipts only moderate.
POTATO MARKET GOES
TO RECORD IN EAST
Vw4t. a. A -B..V.
This week. T. a.. I Whil slightly lower prices were
1 w??u.t a 9 a o 1 forced for potatoes in tha local whole
8.o.57.4i 1 arai'ota'ov sale .market, there was a firmer ton-
2.864.071. J 2W.027O3 , in the east. At Kansas City sales cf
Z.720.67O.OS l.Tia.ta is 1 canoad lots of oregons were mown
.... S.2a.Me.2 holiday at $3 per bushel, the highest price on
.... 2.46i.2ua.62 2.3ao,Ki.3 record. Only about 10 or 11 cars re
main unsold in the state.
$l8.24o.497.3 $10,007,060.34
Spokane Baafca.
$ t.iafl.oo
- 121.023.0a.
Tacoma Basks,
$ Soafts.OP
78,313.00
- fteettle Banks.
$ 3.2O.0ftI.OO
- 437.073.00
8a Traaciaee Banks.
...... ...... .I13.211.29A.O0
lea Aagalae Baaka.
. 30B,MB.OO
Mors activity was shown in the wool
market at Inland empire centers dur
ing me weea. Trading in eastern Ore
gon was shown at 4 9 Q 60 lie for best
fleeces. Little activity was shown In
met niuunsus valley Drcaass ouycr
were not paying tne run limits there
In comparison with what they were
offering elsewhere. I . :
HIDE TRADE RULING '
8TEADY; BARK FIRMER
oiraainrss waus areneraiiw nown in
the hide trade during the weak.-, aa
change in prices being noted.
Cascara, or chltlim bark, demand J
better and prices are firmly held.
1 at iow maraet very iirm, especially
for No. 1 auaJltv.
aionrj in nook s
Settlers in western Canada nr'ho went
In for sheep raising a few years ago
are now reaping the reward of their
foresight. Wool has gone to tha high'
est prices on record and is, still oln?
up, rsamuei urumneuer or urum
heller. Alberta, sold his 1914 clip a
few days ago to a Boston firm at 45c
a pound without tbe usual dockagn.
Mr. Drumh'iller's cud amounted to
New York Snjrar and Coffee.". V
Kw Tork. May !. (V. PV Coffee Snot
Ko. 1 RWk. lOVlr' K. A Bantnai lOXte . .
Engar certruaai. aq.oz. . . . ;. ,
CANNED SALMON FIRM
WITII CATCHES SMALL
Market for canned salmon continues
to reflect great strength and further
aalew of the spring pack Columbia riv
er Chinook are ahown at $175 f r
halves and $2.76 fbr pound talis. The
catch at Columbia and Willamette riv
er points during tha week was very
small on account of moddy water.
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Overbeck4
& Cooke Co.
Stocks. Bonds, ;
Cotton, Grain, Etc. J
DIRECT PRIVATE ;
WIRES TO ALL
EXCHANGES M
Members Chicago Board af Tra do
Correspondents of Losran A Bryaa
, Chicago, New York, . ,
81S-X17 Board -f .Traas Bandlar.
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