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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON ' DAILY - JOURNAL, PO RTLAND, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21,' 1917. 13 LOCAL POTATO MARKET VALUES BEGIN SEASONABLE DECLINES Edited by Hxbu H. Cobea PEACH MARKET HAS STRONG TONE; PRICE SOMETIMES ADVANCED Eartr, varieties of Pacific Xorth wert About Exhausted and Later Staff La Just I Winning to Roll ElbertM at PMrt market is ahowlng great s'rencth it this tin, with the roml tmxl of tbe Irnle ad prices upwud. It la between seasona fr Faeinr N.srthareat efferluga tb early varieties bUi g about ei hauated and tb later stuff la Ju.t begiuuUig to rill fomirj. California fanes- Elbertae are selling fre1v at f 1 .23 a oci fur ILr djioI fsvnrsnl, aiaea and to trad la mt getting uff!rtent u take iirr at IU demand at tbia gustation. What Inral sUx-k la ccrolr.g la bid r mixed aa to atse and I'saliry ljt prices ar some what better itian t!ij rre. Uultl'U d-n:and f.r j. 6f la reported so giod that deanite the fvn'd rl Sage of peaches In tle I'mif.: Nj-tasreet tola tnki fnvut iD'lliatioi.a are fur a vnj fav.jraMe f.rl-e. prices hav- held letter In toe peah trade to data this wiwu tiiau ' man; jesrs put. APPLE MARKET VERY GOOD, WITH PRICES FAVORABLE LOCALLY Aa High aa 92.50 Secured for No. 1 Quality Gravcntins From the South Atrchna and Dutches Come From Uie Northwest. POTATO PRICES ARE SHOWING A DECLINE WITH MORE OFFERED Farmera Are Digging and Offering More Freely Sale Along Street Ip to 92.60 for Large Sire California Shipment Cease. Apple market trade la slTlng vrooderful j Potato prices are showing a general HOG MARKET AGAIN MAKING NEW R ORD PRICES IN THE EAST Chicago Jumps to $20 Local Trade Firm but Unchanged Shelly Stuff in Cattle Division Neglected With Others Firm MILLERS EXPECTING LOWER FLOUR PRICE FOR THE NEW CROP BETIER GRAIN CROP THAN ESTIMATED, BUT SL UNDER NORMAL Finance : Tim ber : Industry North Yakima Laundry to Be Converted Into Creamery Cotton Exports Show General Increase Teutonic and Austrian Ex change Rates Take Further Drop Timber Near Union Sold. COUXTKY M CATS AUK liIGHF.lt Further advance In the icice of ccnintrj B.eats la alio o sksng the mtiuUaale wa M.tt sales of veeia up t. l.V-jC a j" un.l f-.r f.i.vr stuff, li'sra are quoted la a n.uiiual J ui to Ztc a puund. tr.ngrb at tbla time and pr,ces wblrh b a ve decline along the street wltli aofneuliat great er offering. During the day aelected stock being freel offered by Front street In tereata at $2. SO per rental, while aume aalea of anutller stuck wore made a to 2. Some very favorable alavo of local growth are now romln( forward, but nxt of the offrrln are attll of amall alie. These find aal oniy at lower figures. .. Beat atock la finding pnrcbaaerl'n fbe country around 12 a rental at tbe moment. No na-e eh I .oii-iita of California stock ar, Hki-ly to cine In tbia direction during the remainder of the season; due not -nly to tb, greater offering, of lu-al growth, but to the fart that tbe aesson la ao far advanced and Inspections ao rigid that routurrn lntereata are arrakl to ahlo In tula direction. Tri-re la much more diauoaltlou on the nart of grower to offer tlielr auppllea and a wealer undertone ln the trad la generally I HDg . ItD favjrable far aeverai iirrki. tioued firm. California Grarenatelna are aboerlng rather fair Quality at tbla lime and aalea J re reported fixiu Z to it .A) itr box. tb, latter fur tk uirger aiaea. I .oa 1 apple, are coming forward allghtly more freely at toe moment. Aatracbana and Dutcheae are lo aupi!y mu.I the beat a'.sea of tbeae are f around ll(Xtfl T5 er boa ' for fancy aiuff obile ordlikary jual ty la ruling at 11 ZV Cooking acpiea are aeli liig froui 1 aj to t) i"i i r li gi-:ierlly. XI irt favorable rev"'a "f the growing crop In Uir I'arlflr .vrthrt acil4na ar, oown: tl.c quality of tb- fruit being easecla:i gooa from prent ludlcuJlorj. Tne failure of the apple lntereata to ae cure niodiricatton -I the Brltlah embargo aga.rtat apples la at;i worrying the trade tut further attrmpta will be made to allow ablp uhIm to go forward. TODAY'S H00 BIC0KO R laa Top Chirago 0?7o WO.W PttUburg 10c Bt. U.uii 19. U Kansaa City 40c 1.0 Omaha tbo H.0 Dnrar 19 ti PortUnd It.ti Stocks of Old Flour Practically Cleaned Up in Pacific Northwest r Hoorer's Announcement I Awaited for Market Opening. Loaa. ONION MAKKET MICH FIRMER Mnrket t' ilrw Phoi a m-i' h f rnir tii. loiallj. Waiia : i-rn tiiiil! i r.e oui uuroc of Bu.-i'ij it liulsf l In:- nbtpmol frcin tlira are ina dtju t to fill i-rprrit ird lecjuirviufLt. FIRST MUSCAT (i RAPES ARE IN I irt ruu'it gri f tlt w.-isiiti fri;i 'nl forhl tr- rrporird la fcr the KjBn t r i t ciiij f r 7 The k'j k w titj weet nJ Id ui.tiftua 1 tjr fin- eim S lr m ua '! n t $2 UU r crate. li a( arc -li:o( Mrll at cu ir 1 Coarse Grain Drop In Chicago, Wheat Starts With Rise Ry Joseph F. I'ritchard O.lrago. Au(. 1! 1 . ' I . N. S. i S.-ptemher ihut clod at a gain of ,'c t.'T the day. wl, rfi'hj apot at the hlghevt loeel reached. t orn ri 5 low er to un- cl antl and It ruled uniM-tiled. The cloac waa 1k- above the bottom reached and tb, real lug apot wai 1c lower tban the top. Oats re '' L.giier to k.USf lower. l'rovlalona v i re mainly bU'her Itil.V for pork and 2S 1- higher to uut bunged for the other com-m-dJ'. lea. WEATHER IS RIG FACTOR IN C OTTON 'MARKET TRADE TOMATO MARKI.T IS GtK)D rlr fair and w 1 it- oiitil of tbf auction l r the jp gn w era. tbe trad.- la !..r.-d to x tip. ZA.K- lo 7.V a tf. x gi-n-lal!y. Salca at Cblcigo. Aug. 21 (C P.) Favorable grow- h.g weather with a routined weakwa, lo 'h cian waa rentaDav. ble totlar for frartloDallr lower orn futuree. iH-ceoil-er ru opened c lower and Bold d-.wn 4c at an ..i-nlr of 1 '.-),. May nj. ncd at fl l'7 ' lower and latr aa I106T,. tl'tfml r wbebt waa more active at an open. Ii.2 of t 07 which waa 2r hUt.er. Later ln htarpiy low.-r prl.-. a are fore.-aal for sweet J waa up 3-. poialoea with tUe arrlia. of the urn iarl.d I Oala waa down ln ajoipnthr wlih com. at the rluae of tc ek. 1'ieeut i rice I Kei tenjter opei.eil at 371;. Iing lower. hr but the nul hipui.nt la rpectetj to aril I ar.'l n-in.ti:iel incbaDged. lc-mleT opened S.VEKT I"OTATOES TO DROP New York. Aug 2111. N, B.) More atten llon wan paid to weather oondlt lotm on the cotton exchange tbao to bullish foreign polit ical new a, whlr-b accimnted for the oieiilna: urup of froru 12 to 17 polnta. With the rx- i-ipiioo oi aoutuern leiaa where It la atlll dry, tte weatbwx outlook waa regarded favorably. After the owning ruor, pr-a-ure developed, carrytng I trrv m l off to 2:i..'.t. or 1W polnta beUjw laat night a . loe. After tbe .-all the market rallied on covering and at tbe end of the first IS minutes was firm at a Let ad vance of 2u points. There was an absence of selling pressure late ln the day and pricea ruled generally firm In tone and comparatively quiet. The clof, waa atcajy at a net advance of 10 to 10 polnHa Rang, of New York cotton quotation a furnlahed br the Overbck a Cooke U, l"lo 217 Board of .Trade building Boga. Cattle. Calvea. 6bei l.-tt 113 2 1W7 125 14V) S3 1 8' 272 44U 14 1019 low 1S 4 45 211 12 41 41 112 2.1 i 143 148 2 oa 100 M 1 144 KOI 17U 84 100 24 63 8 23J vvefal t-ecta lower. li' 0-! ier ill M'-i and eold d.mu ,.". Maf uich waa L4C ikvn and BRIKF NOTES OK THF. TRADU l ottli $l l" j-r ' I wf r. 1 ami it- are K t" Jc a i-"u:.-l higher. Kajg j'lant lljCl.t.v l--e. at lyv a jx-Uii. t )rt irfti clvia t mfi- u jctrj iu I y I-rfj st Slrajl. f"lrt arrila f p.nes pp't-i t-tt iu p i ti-iiclrj Fc cMt a re l u Sa I ml 'J ..-' a ;p:.d. SIIIPPEKS WEATHKR NOTICE slow and U't-r n a T.7r rni'IPH:: were Irregular on tlghcr hg market. Kante of Chicago pri -ea aa f'irn:bed by the I clti-d I'm. V UK AT September le..-;n.er Maj WeaiUrr J .re-au b(1(- duYica; the next .it I.Hir a, iu uiaiicuuin tcui'M raturra n ,;re- . i.-rthnt -m r tr . lk .nle rtla'. li-Tf. h', Jeree. ai.d n-.jth i A-i afiikiaiuai leiu-era tur m.-t !nr f...l-w- I KiTiLtr t on; iTtn. T" j May - t j .e. I' 1 1 a ihJ i rts; to Ituker. ! SptenibFT laud, irs; r . I K IwLmt . . . I Ult I !i JOHRINC. PRIt KS IN I'OKTIA.M) These irlca are tho-e at u;.'-:( nbolealera elj to let....--. il,ivt .tl.c. wiev a'.a.iu. Iany PrcMlucia 1;; ill.il - . ,:..! in p.r.'ffin, wr.,.,e.. , k-. , ,,, (i.r.. f, 4iS . tll C' . vi.. it' o. t.ur.oua lo ad S I1- 3 ler (ctotr . J.ua.-j a ptcmber . Ck looer . . IHSKASI IN 0:n. High. lw. CI e. Jrt LMo '7 210 c OKN 1 !, Hi" 1'7S 1.-7 l.e liMt 10T OATS .'.2' S2i 52 H 62, .v ; 14 3-i S 3-1 T 37 . 3t 60 67V IOItK 4.Vp 4XV) 4.15 4S45 4 ,0 4 .13 4J13 l.AUD 2.:i '.'t:2 23 21o i::i.1 ao22 'UM 217 10 Ullii 2.173 1' :S0 2327 2T172 iJ7i 177 J7 i7u tpen. High. Iw. rme Jan i:.7 i':an 21M 'J.tM Marcb k:7l 2414 2-';7l 2.'S Mir 2.'. Ml 215 I'-ill Joly 2-120 Aug 04.KS "cpt -43, Oct 23W) 24 1.4 2.!7' 24ai 1 N 2iS I 1- 2.'".'.s 240:i 2233 I I AMERICAN LIVESTOCK PRICES HITS PRUNES NYILLAMETTE VALLEY 1. I 1 r. 1( r A 1 rail. H- L 1 1 1 . 1 - . . -.,rt.a:i 1 :, lit 1 I fllo I r. :o t : 1 1' 6 1-rice. Kfb Oregon faticy . A :i.. r.a. -c Z . ...- An:- r n. t .i::i t.ri k. r-M J , L.mi'U. ( .cva::i. Or . Aug. 21 The bore of the 1 pr 1 : n- tr.mrn near icva:iia mat ir.eir crop h4il wn.iatcHal rhe long dry apll adnvtrably ! -ret:. t . I.v,- r- .nr g.lmtneiiug. A new ai ti. '- t. ti. grime cro; has Juat be-n dla L.i, ir l' llotart Jo4ma n. known aa tbe I I rn.e p.-r j si 'h ..-.t- on ih turn I-.- Kltg in thia section. Mr Jobneam t t.e re rliacovered ar""t appearing nir.e and t:at the fruit o affected 1: tii-.-ith tne hide, makmg iheui 1.'. ..-lO.ig . ' e I a loJIit. c!.'r. , .. :: g 'r,i.-. j;'.((...-if per uos u log 1 - i . ..oir.. ..7c. l.It. liiLl..i lieu, ucavy Plym-nt. a: loca. 1 .. .. -i 1 rv il. . .11 Hi. at y cblcketm 1 4 -j ' I 1 ' B per 10 . 1 - t r J:. ; urv. I r. nc : ij. . e . l-er lb . t.iraej . H' ijJJ. pr 1! , dreae.l I It seen. a to b an entirely new devel.ifmnt lancj. xTaj.ric it r . i.IN. .ln:ir. t.iji:, ti e 1 rune men do rot utxlerataryl. and VlXi pet ikien. c.e. ,lte. lc; l'ekli Uuc'a. I proanr J.araa. pmne eKTt of the Oregon .; . 11 ..r woitlil--e lo all alara.li.g Ma dlaaae H devek- .:Hrllou tn CI. la fruit 12 . ; u.-,.t 1.73. rurranta. tl.iv p, r arcorilrg to j'oing. hy.ie H. . Iiid.an Cui.ners. old du. k. l.i IJe per ib . pigeon.. $ I Jf, r d aru. t ra Fru.ta and Vegetablea FKK5I1 l(l li o.aug-e. ; ...,J.73 bog ; hauauaa, pei' lb ; lem.-n.. eu."auoi, (al l.oruia graja-lrml. .l mj', ...m. i a.. ,..a y .al H7.t.i, i-.otai.upes. alau...ir.l. ' Hi J i , lata. Xall uj .raw, w al.-r3ie-ua 1 .a; l-r if nt;. cerriei. iyi;c per iar!ice.. ireg. n. i!iik , j ill. aia. u 1 23. plums, f I lo crair. UkKlllla) - Sirax l-cr. laca. niaraierriea. . m, i.iji,im gooaeberrm. omoc I:. iaie; raaptn-rriea. 1 73 Al'1'La.S- Ua., i jiiJ 23 uualltr. OMUN5 Wa..a Walla, fl 30. POTATOES Selling price. rjh.. atnrk local, $-.30. Iluylog puce ,.r,l:i,,. , ai.ipping' l.T3y2: sweet i-'tat-. 7 -. . p. r lb. VEO t TAi;Lk.S - '1'u. u.n. ; per aark rarrola. g2.J3M2rH) luck, peeta. 1 73iu.- ck. par.nlp. 1S3 M.k. utit-.e eal 2e lb., green oiikma. I3 di a baiKbea peppers. 10c In ; bead l.-fuce. . per down; elery. iCJc dosen. artlcrnke-. '. -ri 1 1 . lj; cu' 1 iiBibera, wytvt (loir:.. luoia . ling. in. 3"-T3c per box; gg plant, n,- 4,er lb.. :nug lrin. 7c per lb , ihu.iarb. ac !':.; piaa. 7c per lb.; caui. flower. loal. (-1 per do sen. Keats, Tish ar.d Provisions DKE5Sa.i klKAlS .-n-llmg jn,-e. country kill,d beat liiga. 2,C p.f Jp. ; ord.ua.-J. ltlfcj - lcr Ib ; U.t veai.. I.". .jC per lb , ordinary ia!a. 14c i-cr lb . be-jn. loilli: goat Ut lb lauii.. 1 1 aa( ' c w-f lb.. liiu.toO,' l.a'3c, beef, lee per lb. AilOKkU UL.UV-H.M, iTli.Tiic per lb. bieakraat oa.ou. pi.nu.. (t; eot- tg ra,i, 7c; abort clears. 7 tf 3uc : Ore a-oo e portaw .in. 1-4. Lv jer lb. 1-iKll Kett.e r. .ideicd. I.er.-ea 24 Uc per Ib.; ataudar.'.. Jlc. lard cr.n:p..u:;d 4i,r oVtriEK-S Oljiupia, g-ilWu. J3; canne.d eaalern. 43c per in. l in per doa.n; eavrrru. Iu abell. 1 w (rr l.o. e.., iu . ; aters. per gallon, solid pak. 4.13. KUsH lrea-d fiouu i. .. Tc; ( hlno.k aa). SL-on. 13o: pearch. K, soiea. (k., aaimon trout 1 par lh.; aalil-at. J Static per lb.; bjick o.d. c; hwrlog. ; raxcr ciama. ( 1 per doaen. bard abell. c r lb., 73 per bvx. craba. 2.3V per doaen. Grecerlae fl'uAR Cube. io.,,,. pow d-red go ) fruit or berry. ,.13. Il..ooluiu. ;.iai; l?eti S w. dry granulated. : 13, D yelk w. 3 Jo. HONEY' New. gJ'OJi". per caee. UKi Japan style. No. 1. 70; New Or le.ns head. tV: blue row. ,c. NavLT Coarse, balf g mid.1, lyn, $u 0O per ton; 30. $14. So, table dairy, .aia. Usui; li.-, HT.3V; balaa. 23. fancy table asd dairy, 124 ou; lump rocs. :V iw per tou. BEAN'S Small white. 17c; larg, wh.te. liljc, pink. 14; II ma a. 17'jir. bsjuua, U'.c led. He. Bens. Wool and Hide, HOI'S Nominal, buying wUe. 111 crop, e r Ib. ; conirarta, JUe. WteuL Willamette valley cnare Cotawold. 3-4-- lb.; medlura. rbTxri-kaire, t'UU3; taalera Oreg"n. 32Jlc 1 111 I'tH Salted htdea. 23 Itx. and up. le: salted ataga. 60 lbs. and up. IAc. aaiteal and I rren kip, 13 lb, to 20 lua.. Juc; aaiiled and green clf. up to 13 lbs.. :i"c, gr-cn hiiles. 2i lbs. snd up. 17c. greeu ataga. ot lbs. aud up. 14c; dry flint bklea. 53c-. dry flint calf, ud to 7 lbs. 40c, dry salt bides. :soc, dry hraai hides, lacn. $l..V)4i2 3"; salted' leorx, hide, et ch, f4.ie)r6.iej; horsehair, tall. :to ; h-a-e-hair, matte. IV; dry tone w,.l pelts. Hf42r; dry abort wool pelta. iiit.KJc; salted aneep wits. .ng w.M. each. St ''W"- ". salt-d La ah pelta. each, tl.f'it I ..'"; aited short cool pelta. each, 73c4ifl.23. dry abeep ahear lings, ea-h l'.(Ji-. aalte-1 . rep ahearltnga. racli. 23U30r; roars, valley wool. .Vraic: tDrdlum valley wool, oi4ei3c; dry gnate. Ion; kalr, 33c: dry goat abearlicga. each. 13fJuc; rr abort hair guata. each. WarJ$l 0. YALLOW No. 1. 11c; No. 2. luc. greaae. 7fV l-er lb. IHITTIM OR CAJV-AUA BAKE Buying prtew. par car lota. TSc per Ib. WOHAIH 19IT. 3A3tc. Kopar.. Fninta, Oils ROPE Slaal. dark. 22c; wbltr. 22 4, per lb.: standard Manila. 3tc. LINSEED OH, Kaw. bbls., $1.23 p gsl kssi; kcttl boiled. bbU. $1.34; raw. casta. Ar.iuln.rai col leg", csn offer only epeculs i), ;, All wei.i u agre fiat tile difficulty aeni5 i- .e a !r.-ak.i.g down of the prone rlroie. the 1-jii.f lhig attributed to tin e.'-rn.e'r ilrv -'i In floiuf intanew'a whol tr.-e. ii, nffected. while at other places there :a v aly small deimage so far. WHEAT CROP HARVEST SHOWS RETTER RETURNS Condon. Or.. Aug. 21. Ed. lavwellen snd I rink Slisw of r-ectier Fist, sre LbraahLng IHucnteiu whawt. which Is golg a bushels to tl.c s-re. ar.d aoins fortrtold that Is going L0 t'ualir.a i-r rcre. Crop oundiUons ln that ten a: c g.jod Foreign Iiond Market nnge of fore.gn dothI prices aa furnlahed by the Ovorbaxk 4k Cjcke Co.. 210-217 Board of Trad, building. V I tm Oct inio -., Set. v.ns. . ' K. 5SS 1 'b. 1 0 1 "1 f K Sis Nov. 1 C K. '-S Pet.. lrl r K. 3Si Nov. l!Cl A 1 . !. 3a Aua lstlu . Hep Kranea 3t Tarla 0a X-t 1U21 Maraelllea 6s Nov. 1119... ltuwia i:itn. :.'-t 1m21 .. Euaslan Intl. 3 a 192ti .. rv.m. 3s Aug. 111 7 rvii. 5 Apr. 1U21 Ismij. 3s Apr li3i lom. Bs Apr l2rl argentine o Is lP'J" . Clilna us 11 Ik-m ( influ Irt .T . . . . 1-rench .'"-i 11. Rid. :Aak. MS VIS V V4 K MS S 3S 143 130 M v W UW 4 72S T3 2ift 2H S3Va Mt 14 M 4, V UA IK) (M SrT 7T tWlai Chicago Bogs $20 00 Chicago Aug. 21 -H.-ga -He.elpts 7OO0 Sk,w. 2f"83.V higher. Mixed and butchers. $1 2'.'u!2 no; grx heavy. $ I s rref 1 i f-i ; rough ler?y. $ 1 H m Ojx Is 23 , Ight. $ 1 1. 1 1tj IS 00' plga. 13.U'17.73: bulk. la i3ail.o3. tattle Recelpia. 4'o Weak rteevca. 17 l"i 13 00; rxswa and beifer (4 4ot 12 40. rio aera a nu leeMera. ,.00 0 10. calves $1" fkXK 14 7S. Sbeep - Receipts, 3O00. Strong srxl 10c high er Nstive snd western. $7 7311 00, lambs $10 0'al6J0. St. Louis Hogs $19.13 St. I-ouls. Aug. 21 d. N 8 Hoen, ,4. vanced to a new high record of $19 83 ier 1X pounds at the National tock Y'arda today. Pittsburg Hogs $18.50 Plttabarg, Aug. 21 (I. N. S.)--TT), aenaa tloual advance la tbe price of hogs was bslted h.re today when the better gradea sold st $10 30 s hundred pounds, a drop of 1jc from resterday's figures. Omaha Hogs $lt.M Omaha. Neb.. Aug 21 - Cs 1 1 le Receipts, lO.iam. K.wer. I'.eee tjAjitn J. oowa and belters. $..V)tg (); atockers snd feeder. ' oi9.30, westerns. $lo 2S4J12.30; poor and luedinru. $7 .Viin 10 iKi. calvea, $..uOat 1K.50 Hiara Receipts. 6.'i. 23c hither. Mlied. $1H X.itj ll.ti. good and choice heavy. $19 ii, in eai; rougu neavr . sin l.tMi ; light $1 ! Oir.idO; pigs. $14,50418.60; bulk. $1S.S3'oJ .sheep Receipts 10,,i; weak Wethers. I!" ""if 1 l.M; yesrllnga. 10 sou 12.23 . feed era. $10 0U II.60: lmb. $13 V,'.t I6.0O. Kanaai City Hers $19. $0 Kansas I 1'y, Mo. Ang 21. (I. N. S 1 Cattle Itecelpia. in rwai. alow, ateadr to low er. Steers. $io.uvU 14 30; ows and heifers $4 OOCil.l si; stokera sud feeders, $G.uvK(i ioej; csives. , u.iajiQ 14 00 Hogs Receipts, 7Caai. ;Kva0)c higher. Top. $19 SO; bulk. $1" .'-Oit VJ 70, beavl.s. 9.X,'(t Ikt.HO: mediums. $ia..Hotl.73, llghu. $18.oii(( Sheep Recelpta. 4fV: 13(2T-- higher; all but.ve iamba lop. $1 3 1 3VT 1 4 1 "X Denver Hogs $19.26 rUTrr. Aug 12 (I. I'., Cattle -Re celpta. 7'"3; attad . Steers. IMm'ulu.ilO cowa ami hetfera. $0.00). nu; stockern aad feeilera. Ji).l(u7.(l. 1 slves. $10.004 1 1 5o. Ug Receipt,. 70"'. higher. Top, $1U 23; bulk. $1 001 I'.i mi Sheep -If , -elpta. j:400; steady. Ewes, $a.25 ((10.50, lsuibs. $15 rJ13 3o. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK ItlS Ttieedsy Mooday Pattirdaj frlday Tturwdsy Wednesday Week ago Year ago 1 wo jf lis ago... ( Tli re, yeara ago.. Pour years ago. . . Eliminating tb, wagon arrivals there were only threw loads of livestock reported ln tb. North Portland yards over nlgbt. Trend of the hog market continues firm with only a few wagon supplies ln for tbe dsy. Prices were unchanged here although tn the e-at with tb, .exceptkm of Plttaburg. new high records were again eatabllabetl with Chicago hitting $20.00. Pittsburg dropped 10c. iieneraIbog market rang: Prime light $H lOftl 23 Prime heavy 17.0618.00 Plga la.OOajlT.OO Cattle Market Stationary Conditions In tbe csttle market continue fa vorable for good quality stuff but a dragging dipeltton I, Indicated for worujout dairy atuff. Practically sll the offerings during tb, day were of this class. General csttle msrket rsnge Peat beef steers Wood beef steera Beet beef cows Ordlnsry to good cows best uelfera , Hulls Calves btocktrs sud feeder steers Sheep and Lamas Stsady Just two lone head strayed Into tbe mutton and lamb market at North Portland over night Iiemand continues good 1 all Unea and In general valuea are aatlsfactorily maintained. (si nera) abeep market rang,: We-terti lambs $12 0012.75 11.30(8 12.0 .9. 503 Id. 25 9.25410.00 S.OOfct 8.50 NOBTUWEOT GRAIN RECEIPTS Cars. Portland. Tries Year ago &eason to dste. Year ago Tnroma. Mou. . Year sgo fceason to data. Year ago Seattle. Mou Y'ear ago heaaon to da te. Year ago Wheat. Barky. Kir. Oata. Hay 18 13 181 bio H 21 133 44 ' 37 110 UrK 19 23 J ' 5 11 18 24 2 4 MM U3 3 5 181 324 2 10 IM 158 "i 24 ' i:i 08 213 13 To Cam Xllk ia X4ry. Plana are under way by th Cucad Creamery company of North Yakima, Wsush.. to convert a bis laundry of that city Into 8. P. '& S. Railway Agents Report . Vlnt to houae a condenaery and . creamery. mi viiai o a o rvum Impro.Ted lields Over What Had an outlay of about 2$,000. It ia x- Been Expected Prune Output p-cted to bav Ox new plant running- I In t Kai ar-4nss TtaM TUnb4T nought. The Western White Pine Lumber company has pur chased 260 acres of pine timber 10 to Show a Decrease. Better reimrts of thw era I n cmn twit a nonree prune output Is Indicated by the latest report . miles from Union, Or., on Catherine of the Spokane. Portland at Seattle railway. I creek. The CUttinjr, hauling, planing " " " ' - wiiaea. aaaiatant general freight . and load Ins; ha been contracted, and and psaxnger agent, made public during the - thft work wm be rushed at the rate Walla Walla, W.ah.-Tbreshlnr la general f boUl J0-000 'eet a i" I about 70 per cent of normal. Grain Is sll par CPnY. recently organlel. Is 198 1 "we- or lews shrunken, but not ao bsdlj as "unaing a mm at bt. jonna ror me HI. 1 st first Indicated. Columbia roanty harvest manufacture of ship masts and booms. 10 : baa begun and on tb, heavier lands, the yield The new mill is to have a capacity if? i If J?1""?' tr cnt r normal crop. The of two masts and 12 cargo booms a Wi i estTte onT.i. . Grge Broughton is president of -toi, will giv. a two third cron of ood the company, and W, D. Wiggins. aTi utteiity. , treasurer, Waverly, Waah . . .$ 8.73 . .. 7.23( 8.21 .. 25' 7.2.". . .. 4.00J 8.00 . . 6-5M4J 7.50 , . . 4 ..VX1J 0 .00 b.0013 9.50 4.50'd T.W Storks of old crop whea t flour are about eleaed up, leading millers of tb. Pacific Nortbwt-at reporting storks down to tb, mini mum. Practically little buaiueaa la Indies tad ln tbe u arket at thia time, all buyer, and Mllrra awaiting definite announcement of t price to be established by Pood Dictator liocver. It la believed by millers that this an nouncement will be made within ib, next few diya wbeu tbe new crop market will be for mualy opeued. Generally speaking tbe Ideaa of tbe flonr trsde art.- fiar luwer prices tbsn now ln effect Irtit tbe exact quotation will not be known until Mr. MuuYtT fcpeaks. Tbe namlnc of flour pricea will also call for the geo-ral reupeuiug of the flour mills of the Pacific Northwest, most of which are now dialed on account of the lack of supplies to grind and the uncertainty of tbe price. Tbe reopening of the mills will also replenlah tbe a lock a of milUiuffa ln tb. Pacific North west; tbia being a direct aid to dairy Interests who bsve suffered all through the season from shortened supplies and extreme record values. Hay market la showing a firm ton, ln all varieties, demand being exceedingly good. " - - . . , a 1 1 ... 11I1C.1UIIK IM III 1IJ11 BW1UK I . . and some very f.ir yields of winter wheat are VTWn "ports ICMMea.--The VS1- reported. Horn, field of peas threshed yleldr i ua of cotton manufactures exported ed better tban expected. i from the United States ln the three Garfield. Waah Pall wheat now being years of war is one half aa much as "T1,ied ' ru,m"n 20 t"',1- I n the twenty years before the war. .beat and oat. not gult. ripe. WiH be Ilgh, , A cornpJUtIon by th NatlonaI City Moacow. Idaho Recent cool weather helping' "L r,ew lorK nows mat ine vai. "v ui cotton ciotns aione ezportea in the fiscal year 1917 la nearly three times as much, knit goods seven times as much, and cotton yarn eight times as much as in the fiscal year 19U. grain to some extent, but best estimate now pwcea at 00 per cent of normal. Kom, field ar, almost entire failure. This is true of all grain. Boss 11a. Waah. All grains, excepting corn now practically made. Pall wheat running as ",," TT . " . j low aa 17 buahelw, lu other instances) 30 to R5. "j118 Quantity Of cotton cloths export weight snd quality up to tbe average. Spring ( e in the fiscal year 1917 exceeds thai grain Is holding up well. Early sown spring 1 o " any earlier year except the fisca grain now being harvested. Estimates 12 to 13 bushels. Oats running 30 to 40 boabals. Tvtsl yield will be about half of normal. Thornton, Wash. Will secure JJ per cent of normal grain crop. Colfax, Wasb. Wheat la little better than expected. Is runnlnar 20 to 23 bushels per acre and ln aome instant-eat as high as St. .No that fiscal year 1906, when the demand of China at the close of the Russo-Japanese war Mas exceptionally heavy. Even In cot ton laces, of which the export value has been extremely small, the total for 1917 exceeds $1,000,000, against less than 1360,000 ln 1914. Cotton wearing Vancouver" h"-Weatn,r coition, bar. !0oatr'$ 1 OOO oV? ' r," W?n affected crop, in tbla locality to a great ex- fou' 10,000.000 per annum, was in tent this aeaaon. Prune cr. wilt ha verr tn fiscal year 1917 over $J0. 000.000. Alfalfa I, allowing strength with buyers freely 1 light. Understand tb, pack will not exceed This increase in value of cotton goods offering $24.00 a ton here. Oat and vetch 8.000.000 pounds, which Is leas tban half of exported is not merely due to higher normal crop. uenerai run or prunes is very prices. Of Cotton cloths alone, for.ex- Yearlings Wethers Ewes Tuesday Livestock Shippers Cattle; A. Couuell. (irantu Paaa, 1 load; Jack Sandell, Wlllttnlna. 2 loads. Monday Afternoon Sals, SlLLliS DAIRY PRODUCE OX THE COAST Seattle Market Seattle. Ang 1 . 1 1 " . P i Butter Native Waablxtou cramcry cube. 43c; do. brick, 44c; atorage California rube, 41c; do. brick. 42c. Kegs Select ranch. 4Sc; storsge. 42c. Leeee tiregon triplets. 24k4Xc, Wah!ug too triplets. Zlkj24-, Young America. 2tl427c. San Francisoo Markst San rancvUco. Aug. 21 (I. P.) Dutter Ultra a. 41 Sc: prime firsts. 4u'-,c. Kgg Kltraa. 4.1VjC; extra firsts, 42Vc; extra puIlaHa. 40Hc extra ftrata, pullets 2l.Sc. neeew California flats, fancy, 21 Sc; firsts 2c. Lea Anrelas Market IaT Araei.-a. Aug. 12 -(1 N. S ) Butter 4.1c. 1 ( 2c. IOTATOES ALOXO THE COAST San Francisco Grain Market SaT Franviavo. Aug. 21. (f P) Caah j: a ' .1 Vi Lcat. per ren'al New, Sociea-a. $."-T5l 4 0u. Calllornls bluestem, $3 754 ("j. ac coriilr.c to jnallty; do. ntTtbern bluastein. $4 3ot,4 40. Rarlev New feed nominally around $2 33 per cental. Oata. per cental rw red feed. $$.903 do seed grade around $$ 20. Barley calls . Aug. 21 Aag. 20 Open. Clcasa. lose Iec-emher $2 37 $2.'4t4 May 2.41l t-l $2.Z4 ' 2.344 Money and Exchange New York. Aur. 21 (I. N. S Call money on ta floor pf tbe New York Stock Eichangw today ruled at 2 per cent: high. 3 per cent: b w. 2 It cent. Tim, money waa easy. Rttca were !lity daia. 4tJ4ka pee cwtrt: 00 daya, 4Vt)4V1 per cerrt; for nxMiths. 4W,a 4 per cent; flv, mouths. I4i5 per cent, six months. 4 dO per real. Tb, Bar kei for prime mercantile paper was steady. Call moriey in lxmdon today waa 3 e cent. Sterllnc exchange waa ateady with bos lor as Ln banker a bills st $4 73 9-141 for de mand: $4.T2 for 90 day bllaa. ard $4 70 for 90 dav bills. bar silver. New l'ort. "tac; Londrm. 44d. Soattl, Markst Sesttle. Aug 21. it. P. 1 Onions Wax. in',, $1 75: California yellow, aark, $1,301 1.75. Potatoea Locala. new, $30ttG0; Callforula, $70. Saa Fraaclaoo Market 8an PrsocUK-o. Aug. 21 C. Pi On ions a New red. 33 'a 7 ' c per sack ou tbe wbarf; do. ye I low. 73ss3c; do. brown, 83tJW6c per ccutsl. New Potatoes Pel U. $2 4022 73 per cental frr No 1. d .Salinas. $2 732 90, awceu. H14' l"er i-ouuj. Los Angsles Markst Ioa Angrles. A a, . 21. (I N. Si Pota toes New. $3.10U3 4U. $1.10vjl.lS lug, aw revs. 4 H 4J3C. No Av,. lbs. Price 2 steers 1123 $ 8 73 24 ateera 1 1 43 7 10 f atrvra 732 60 4 steers 8l0 0.25 23 a'eers 1035 7.40 26 steers 1010 7.40 24 steers lis 7.4i) 20 stwrs 1145 7.(16 1 steer 1150 7 66 24 t. terra 11&3 7 C5 1 steer 1200 7.00 5 steers 990 7.00 COWS 1 cow 40 1 j 00 1 c-ow 1O00 . 1 cow S00 6.28 1 cow 1100 8 50 8 cow 1 IH0 7.1 1 cow 840 6 00 1 cow 1210 7 00 J cow 94 5 00 2 cows 1070 6 30 1 cow V0 e.uo 1 cow 7iO 4.30 17 cow, 1004 7.00 UEIPLnS 5 heifers 06 $ fl 00 BLU.S 1 bull 1750 $ ft .00 2 bulls iS0 5.00 hogs 13 hogs 221 $18.00 11 logs 107 1H00 2i hogs . M 15. 30 43 hoga 94 13. 50 1 bog ISO 18 00 11 hnjl llfl 13 73 33 boga 2 15 30 14 le it 19c) 17, 7 10 h 'gs 249 18.00 bay, according to Harry rtpurlock of Everdlng A Farrell, ia firm and blgbar with buyers ot tering up to $23.00 a ton. Clover la lu good 0 uia.id at $2o.0O. Wheat market abowed a stiff advance in Chicago early but no activity waa Indicated bere. WHEAT New crop, nominal. Bluest,, $:,1; forty fold. $2 13; club, $2.13; pussiaa. $2.13, tidewater track basis. PLOI K Selling price: Patent. $11 CO; Wit smau. crop lat, in maturing. Potato acre- : mr.i. v.- e .v. - , drouth baa nearly rutwd crop. Tt.nnag, prob. ! 1 91 re, bout 700.000,000 yards, ably will not be more" -than 50 per cent of ' against 397,000,000 ,"n 1915, and in the that anticipated. Wasbougal Prune crep la estimated to be abrrut one bslf of last year's yield. t ahlotua. Waah. Wheat crop Is much bet ter tban first anticipated, and expected to av other classes of cotton manufactures there has been a gain in quantity as well as ln value. In May of 1917. the latent month for which details are lsmetle valley, $11.20; local straight, $10.l02 1 not aa gonat aa 191A. Expect to have about $11.20; bakers' local, xil. sowau.eu; aaomata ; three Tourtha it 1910 crop. spring, $12.40gl2 ov; exports. $jj.90, wtest, $ll.bo; graham, $11.00; ry. $:i.75 per barrel. rt,d to av-1 , . . ,.7C ersge 13 to 20 bushels per acre. Quality Is ie lusmity 01 cuiun cioina v 1 ivru ib oo.vuv.uvu varus, imnsi I 41,000,000 ln 1918. Cotton yarn also wbr.l, j Washtncna. Waah.' Prevailing weather I, shows a large increase in exportation since the beginning of the war, having amounted in 1917 to over $5,000,000 flour, causing grain to ripen prematurely, thereby cutting down tbe yield considerably. Estl- HAY Buying price, new crop, Willamette mated 5 per cent of acreage will yield 10 ; ......' r acre. About 40 per cent, ia ousn- " ' " timothy, fsncy. $20. 00 per ton; Eastern Or,- , bnsbels per gon Washington fancy timotny. -o.uu; auai fa.$23.002. O0; valley vetch, t ; cheat, t ; clover. $1S.OO. GRAIN SACKit Nominal. No. ! Calcutta. K ,c In car lots; less amounts higher. MILL.STUFPS .Sclliug price: Brau. $33.00; iborts, $3S.0o; middlings. $43.00 per ton. KOLI.KK OAT 8 Per ton, $3.00. KOl.I.tU BAULKY Per ton, $33.00. ran la4-Ten ton Exchange, Oermaa and Austrian xchang in Switzerland, and other neutral markets, have suf fered a rapid and continued decline since the beginning of the war. After two years and seven months of war.: 100 German marks, with par at 123.4? francs, had sunk March 1 on the Oen" tva market to 83.20 francs. Geneva and Zurich represent as extensive deal ings as now exist anywhere in German marks. On May 1. the rate had con to 79.35 francs. By June 1, it wag 75.30; and now, two weeks' later. 100 marks were sold for 68 franca .That is, German money is exchanged la Switierland with 44.90 per cent loss on its par value. The fall of the Aus trian krone has proceeded with a like increasing apeec. On March 1 100 kroner, worth 105 fiancs at par. wer sold in Geneva for 61.25 francs; May 1, for 49. SO francs; June 1, for 48.3S francs; and now for 42 f ran. that is, with a loss of 10 per cent on par value. laUmber Kill Sold. The Oerwiler mill near Bend lia.i been uld to Ray Wilkinson 'of the Tine Tree Lumber company. Mr. Wilkinson haa also taken over the management of the Curtis-Seat mill in the same belt uf timber. aTew Cannery Working. Th- new cannery built at Lebanon is now In operation, putting up string beans. Farmers of the district are promised a market for their produce by the man ager of the cannery, and urged to put in winter crora as coon as the summer crops are out of the ground. Weakly Dry goods Latter. "The. gov ernment's, report li.dlcatlng excellent crops gives bright aspect to the busi ness sttuat jn." says the weekly trade review of the J. V. Harwell company, "Merchants realise .that with over $5. 600.00-0, 000 In circulation (including money In Lnited States treasury, Au gust 1), and with record crops in sight, conditions for business will be excel lent in all agricultural sections, Aa unusual demands will be made upon all business institutions to meet Increased expenses, merchants will be called Up- on to use greater foresight ln buying, to exercise more care In eliminating ncn-cssentlal expense and to develop ing greater labor efficiency. The situ ation in wool dress and coating fabrics is becoming more serious every day and we see nothing ahead but firm market in wool fabrics. Further ad vances are made by the mills on cotton blankets, shakers and outings. Raw ' silks continue to advance in price. Fancy silks are the best sellers of the season. Hed sheets, pillow cases and white bedspreads have taken another advance, " eaa; about 43 per cent, 20 to Zl buabels; 10 per cent, 30 to 33 bushels. Total yield, about 300.000 bnahela. ; Lsmont. Wash Rest estlmateyla for 75 per : cent of overage yield of barley with acreage I about average. Wheat averaging 6 to 40 bushels, vi hlcb Is big spread, but it Is really expected the district average jvlll show 12 to I 14 bushela with average grarttf. Weather Ideal COKN Whole. $40. OO; cracked. $f7.O0 ton. 1 for harvesting, which will continue longer Merchants Exchange Auguat bids: j tbsn usual. Total yield will be about 60 per OATS Feed BARLEY Feed brewing MliaUSTCPFB Bran feborts Putures were quoted! ht.HL OATS cent of 1918 $19.50 , Uoldendale, Wash. Wheat harvest Under ! full headway. Will average about 20 buh- $17.50, els per acre. Yield will be about 20 per cent .1.. 48.00 : larger than last yesr. Large acreage of po- tatoea planted, but yield vlll be light. aiimii, v 1 . rail iuiiu i .in ui mini a .mi . . . $3fl.60 1 September October September feed BARLEY I September brewing October wewiug M1LLSTLPP3 September bran October bran September shorts tfl-t.ihar ahorfa (tales 100 ton, of October bran at$:w.uo; loo tana of September shorts at $3ti.3o. New York Bond Market Ranee of New York bond pricea as rurnisneu of Trade building; No. 4 steera 1 ateer 1 iti-er 1 ateer 1 niv 8 cow s 4 cow, 1 cow 2 heifers 8 he if era 2 heifers 1 beifer 1 beifer 1 calf .. , Ia calve, 3 bogs ... 4 h'.-s . . . 1 bog 4 hogs . . . 10 boga . . . 449 bogs . . . 1 hog 2.1 boga .. . Tuesday Morning Bales STEERS COWS IIEIFKRS CALVES HOGS Av. lbs. S2 4MI 7J . . 530 . 1010 tV.'l . 1107 oOO 40 TO.t 4tiO 00" I 470 . 416 . . -Tl . 173 . 11 . 180 . -2 . 137 9S . M0 . 101 MarVeta Price. $ 6 23 J.VJ 5.30 4.3o $ 5 00 4 30 :.i 3-oO $ 5 .5 5.30 0 i. 6.00 3.30 1 $ S .00 7.30 $18 00 IS ) IS. 00 IX ou 1S.00 K.Ou 17 00 17.00 report . .. St. to nnw h.jna IhrMhad. Soma Yields volnr 25 to SO boshela of superior quality. Spring sown h.ln. mil mnA I .ul i.-a I ..a nna f h I erf mm with lis vi ' increased acreage. ' Beans promise one third 4 is! TOP- I'nable to estimate the potato crop at . this time. Hay exceedingly short and pastures ... no ar, dried -lip. 43 00 I Corvallis, Or Prunes and gpplea are drop 47.50 P-PsT off tbe trees. Hops about 80 per cent 4650 I of crop. Some rancher turning stock Into the wheat and oat fields. Wheat averaging about 33.00 1 1 buehela and oata about 30. S2 5o j Madras, Or. Crop prospects sre very poor. 3d aj Farmers ar cuttln and getting about 5 34. 2 1 buabels. Metolim. Or. Harvest lust started. Small amount of threshing done, Jo bushels per acre. Culver, Or. Harvesting Is under wsy snd v. hi at Is yielding sllgbllr better than antiut Marine Issues Are Strong in New York In Opening Trade STOCKS CLOSE BTROsTO New York. aag. SI. (X. If, S.) The stack market closed strong today. The Xalesa is sues ware prominent la the late deal logs, American malting advancing front 101 Vi t 104 Vt while Kaxioaa Petrolsam rose $ petaita to 101. Tobacoo Products waa strong, ad vancing from a low of T$V4 to M.H- Steel common moved up te 124, sad Vow York Cen tral te S3. MILLIONS NEDED IF UNITED STATES GETS FLOTILLA DESTROYER Tne market developed a better tons In tbo rfternoon and recoveries were generally In order. Some of the early se liars of Bethle hem cTteel "H" turned to the During side, cMislng a moderate rally In that atock after It had soul down to lOTVi, when it showed a loss of 6 points In all for the day. There was aome beavy aeiimg in tit eel common which Averaging about 1 dropped to 123, but a fractional rail followed. Mexican Petroleum nan in good demand rising 3i to ew Haven rallied Vt to 30. Range of New lor ina P"" 1 patel. Running 4 to 15 busheU per acre, br the Overbe. k Si Cooke Co., 216-217 Board ( entJr rrop wU ,Ter,f, 7 or Atchison Oenl. 4s Bal. A Ohio old 4s . . . Beth. Steel. Kf. ' Out. Pacific 1st 4s .. . C. B. W Cl- 4 St. Paul Genl. 4'is ... (lilcsgo N. N . trenl- 4s L. A N. I'nJ. 4e New York Rv. 3e Northern Psc. P. L. 4s . Heeding (lenl. 4s l uloo Pac. lat 4s r. 8. Steel 6 In Ion Pac. 1st Rf- Southern Psc. Conv. Tm Southern Psc. Conv. 4s ., Penns. Conv., 4Vs Penna. 1st 4a-s C'bes. Ohio 3s Bid. . f7 1 . Wa, lHiVa, . t3 9.".'j ; . XT t 2-1 . hoi a 911 . ), . 104 . MM . M !("- . 92 Hoi Aak. 90S h.l v, 93 !2i-, -, SS-, 24 h7 91 HI K'4 8 bushels. Weather continues extremely dry. I Present Indications ire thst the potato crop : will be sn entire failure without rain. I South Cheney, Waah. Weather for tbe past month waa somewhat cooler tban the previous months, which was great benefit to crops, and v.111 probably bavo 75 par cent of normal In stead of 50 tcr cent as per former estimate. Khould sversge 15 to 25 bushels. Ilajlng is J 1 complete! ana mtriiii mu tummoive m 1 eight or ten days. The i." S. a Bureau of stale nrlclns of livestock loaded, Augtstt IX). il: carloLa: Cattle and Mixed Calvea Hoara. Sheep atock. Ttl. For Portland California 4 (an gon 9 1 V aanmgtou .... Totala Portland 9 fi 1 eak ego 17 1 For Seattle Orugon 10 8 aablngtuu .11 Totsla Seattle. -1 3 Week ago 9 2 4 14 21 20 13 IS 31 12 New York. Ang 21. fl. N. S.) Prices held ateady In the Initial dealing, on the stock market today, bnt after tbe first few sales the steel (hare sold off fractionally I'nlted Sate, Steel opened hi op at 1244 and then reacted to 124. Bethlehem Steel "11," Crucible Steel snd Baldwin Locomotive also showed fractional decline. Tbe Marine Issues were strong, Atlantic, Oulf and West Indies rising lJ, to 104 Mexican retrolenm advanced 14 to 9774. Tbe market was weak during tbe late fore. noon and nearly all tbe Important stocks were under bear pressure, wltb some substantia! losres sustained. There was a combined at tack .made on Bethlehem Steel "B," which broke over four polnta to below lUGr' Tbe other steel industrial were also weak. Called States Steel declining a point to 12354. The railroad Issue were also subjected to vigorous bear attack, Nw 1 ork C-eotral falling to 82 and New Haven was forced was broken into this morning by rob- Reading waa without .upport rter u opeu- . ... lag and lot ooe point, bers, who escaped with some money .. ,tock, aUo joined to a. down orders and money. The exact amount I ward movement. General Motor lelUng at . .a ai....r.f.in ot Two of the theft is not known, but la being 111 nn Willy overiana at JWrk. Ccurt Bets -sld mclTrshlp Of Two J J 1 j Uoat, Joauiug at 24 pet seat. Compa.nl a Becans of Devtlopmiat robbers were apparently ama- . t. , . Work oa Claim. Do. Prior to 1S07. ; t,ur8 familiar with the neighbor- ! J cJwi Ran Francisco, Aug. 21. (U. i:) t.ooa. ior i-" a..u m t tmiamg: OSII A . n..ll. a.n.- aViAi.a. a. . , I .... . . . ... HKWHIKI ion iwpeniniani mw n loyar iSS 1 Yeggs Blow Safe in sl! VITH1 11 API1? YYiiiametre uince ii l'24 87 Government Loses Appeal in Oil Cases Willamette, Or., Aug. 21. The post- cf fice safe ln the II. Lelsman store here ! jWI1 t0 31H the lowest price la lu hlatory. BANK STATEMENT OP COAST vr York Sugar and Coffee New Yor. Aug. 21. 1 f. P. 1 Coffee Spot No. 7 Rio. yaC. No. 4 ftarrtoa, IV c. Sugar C'eutrif iigal. fl.'jO. Seat He Grain Market Seattle. Wh.. Ang. 21. tl. N". ) Wleat. blnesteu. 2 in Turkev red 1.1. f.-tTf"ld '.'. clnb $2 0T. r.fe S2.07. red Kasaian. f23: barley. (47.50. No receipts. tl.3: boiled, caaas. $141 pee gslloo; lota of 250 gallons. COAL OIL Water whit, is dm ma and Iron barrel loc per gallon. WHITE LEAD Toa Iota. 14c per Ib.; BOO lbs.. 14Vac per lb. TURPENTINE Tanks. 62c; esse. 69e: 10 case lots le less, GASOLINE ji price. 30fe par gallon : diatlllate, 10e per galloa Estimate ol Potato Crop Is Discounted North Yakima. Aug. II. The potato growers of Yakima county are dipo-i to discount the claims made by E. K. Benson, state, agricultural commis sioner, that the potato crop of the state will show a 3 ield beyond all prec edent. Iten.on In a recent statement declared that the state of WastilnKton would produce 195.000 tons of potatoes this year and credited Yakima valley with a yield of 110.000 tons. At a meet ing of the Yakima Valley Potato Grow ers' association at Toppertlsh, Satur day, a resolution was passed rebuking Benson for his statement and saying the crop would not be within JO per cent of his estimates. The association also went on record as saying that $20 a ton was cot enough for a minimum (.rice if the government sought to fix one. Clearings. Moi-alaj Tuesday Clearing . . Clearing .. Clearlsgs . L'alair-ve . . Clearing llrlain-ca Clearings .. Ilslsoce Portland Bank This week. Tear ago. t 2.378.CS1.P3 $ 12tO 723 0r) 2.196.78SJ0 1.833.370.60 Los Ad eeles Banks S 3. 92.552.00 Saa Francisco Basks $16.92.e33 00 Taeocna Banks I 611, 467. no ' 53.354.00 4.360 211 00 770.UJ7.OO . R84..vrr.io 120.Wl.OV Victory for California oil men was Southern Paciflo storehouse to use as seen today in the decision or the Unit- jimmies, ana snowea lamuiaruy wun 1 AUgk, u.ild ed States circuit court of appeals in thu arrangement of the storehouse, j aiiIs CbJilmecs, coin... setting aside the receiverships of the Sacks of sugar were used to deaden the ; Anssrlcss Beet Sugar.. North American and Consolidated Oil sound Gf the explosion when tbe safe , A";,B car'S-dy, "c '. companies. The oil men have been , was blown open Kn trance was gained I Am. Locomotive, c fighting for relief since the Taft with- i through a w indow in the warehouse ! Anierlran .Smelter, c. drawai order of September. 1807. back of the store. The safe was blown ! A? ef Tei" The court ruled that the government betwen midnight and 3 a. m. Tho j ArW-in Woolen. e'. cannot regain possession of lands on same postoffice was robbed July 22 of which private neierapratiu v. uono between $lo0 and J200 worth or stamps, prior to 1907, and that operations on ; , a quarter section form prooi 01 aevei opmeni 01 an emwc .in.iiii. It was declared that if this ru is sustained by the supreme court, the government's cases to get possession of valuable California oil lands cov ered by the Taft withdrawal w.lj cancelled. llng ! German Hospitals Taxed Beyond Limit Be at Us Bank 6pokan Bank Negro Dentist Will Fight Rioting Charge New York Metal Market New York. Aug. 21 (I. N S.) Cxspper Quirt. 8p. 27c; September. aWVic; last quar ter. 25Sg2HU,c. Spelter Weak. All wwltlon. 8,eSla,c. Tin Steady. Spot. fllSif'2Vc. Lend Quiet. August, lOVjc; , September, 10.4"l 10.S7 Sc. Chicago Dairy Produce Cfclesgo. Aug. 21. (I. N. R. ) Butter Re. ceipts. 17.1 tubs. Creauiery eitra. 40a,3 41e; eitra firrt. 4c: firsts. 3S'a3H": pack ing stock. 33t3C4c. Egg Receipts. 14,001 case. Current re cetpia. UShilHc; ordlnsry firsts. Vtc; firsts. 36 il ."tc ; extrs. 37c; checks, 1322r; dirtle. 21 IXC. Hay Crop fthort Blckletwn. Wh.. Ang. 21. Ormnty Agrlcnl Iwtl Agent B. W. Cooney for Klickitat coun ty haa made a snrvey of bay and forage crops and finds that eondiUona ar, BKSraaal la aoass atctions. bat on the who la taaaw aoeoa te be a hnrtge la seras faoda, especially wbeat key. Anaconda Mining Co. Atdilson. r Bsldv.-ln L-iCo. c.... liiiltlmoie a Ohio e. Belhleciem Meel B". fail. PeUoleuoi, e Csnfdlsn Pacific ... Central leather, e.... Chcsafieake as Ohio... C. M. A Sc. I'nl C. S- W c ii I (Tilno t'epper Zurich. Aug. 21. fl. N. 8.) A trav- Colo. l"nl a Iron, c. eler arriving Iiere today from Germany ! Corn Prodsct, r said the condition and number of Oer- j 1b1l! t1 e man wounded Is apralling. All of the J eJT,; c " '. rr.llitarv hospitals behind the lines and General Electric the Ked Cross hospfals in the various I Great Nor. Ore Lands. cities of the empire are overflowing. I "J Public buildings and even dwellings are i mj, a Leawer, c... being converted into hospital and Industrial Alcoboi ... Colurnbus. Ohio, Aug. ... U. Is. 8) '. and old men are being pressed lustration Counsel for Leroy Bundy. negro den- , ,ervlce a. nurses. There i. a lack j firg" tlst. under arrest in Cleveland in- j ;7medicln. dressing materials and 1 i&XXJrktoX:. formed Governor Cox today that testl- urlcaj supplies and the doctors and 1 Lehigh Vslley 'oTc overworked, owing to,--" petroleum " '. '. public mind rend ers -fair to return j fZln .re pouring into at-CS& Bundy to Illinois. Bundy is charged nnw ,n -.v stream from Bnls-Um Uo.. K.o. Taxes, t 1 104R01 12t 11S)4 1UU11I 7H i M 66 a4 107 V, m1 13tV 67 Vi 09 74 ft with murder in connection with the I East St. Louis race riots. It also will be argued Bundy is not a fugitive from Justice, an alibi having bcjn prepared to show ha wa not involved , ln the rioting. I P'lance and Gallcia. North Carolina Man Succeeds Justice Washington. Aug. 21. fl. N. S.) J. C. Biggs of Raleigh. N. C., was today selected by the department of justice to conduct the government's prosecu tion of land and oil suits of the Pacific coast. He succeeds E. J. Justice, who died recently. Wbew writing to or calling oa advertisers, leas anrntion Ttat Journal. Queen Muriel May Be "War Widow" i iSias?? Missouri Pacific National Laad I Nevada Consolidated ' New Haven Now York Air Brake. New York Central .. N Y.. Out. a Western c. lone. Or., Aug. 11. Among those chosen by the selective draft from Morrow county is Frank K. Cronan, assistant cashier of the Bank of Ions. It is understood that Mrs. Cronan will take her husband's place while he is at the front Mrs. Cronan was formerly Miss Muriel Saling of Pendleton, and was Queen Muriel of the 1916 Rose Festival. Joe Mason.. lone postmaater. was also drawn and although entitled to exemption because of being a govern ment employe, has decided to make no claim. Penns rlvsnis By. Pittsburg Coal, Pressed Uteel Car. c. .. Bar Cons, Orjpper Hallway Steel Springs-. baadlng. e Bap. I ma Steel, e.. Bock IsUnd Btudebaker. e Southern Pacific Kouthora Kail war. Tvanoate Cupper ..... Texas Oil Texas . Pacific L'aloai Pacific, e Cnlted State Rubber, e t'nitasj atatos Ota!, 0 - Utah Copper Virginia Chemical, e... Westlughouae Klectrle WlHys Overtaad ...... Over $400,000,000 Must Be Advanced to Shipbuilders; Officials Favor Offer, Washington. Aug. 21. fl. N. S.) The United States will have to advance upward of $400,000,000 if it In to get the great flotilla of latest type de stroyers which the naval board de clares Is necessary for the navy to cope with the submarine menace. This money will be advanced to own ers of private shipyards adapted to de stroyer construction, it will be needed for machinery, buildings and additions to plants. Secretary of the Navy Daniels, Rear Admiral Taylor, chief of construction. and Rear Admiral Griffin, chief of en gineering and yards, today began con sideration of the offer made by the shipping representatives. - It is ex pected that the offer will be accepted. All of the reports of the officers en gaged in the work of hunting subma rines and ln convoying transports and supply ships agree that the real remedy for the submarine menace is a mod ern destroyer of the latest type. While the navy department Is con sldering thi general proposition of ths other shipbuilders, ft has accepted tbo renewed plan of tho Bethlehem Hteel company to construct standardized de stroyers at a certain yard. The first two of these destroyers will be ready, it is understood, shortly., after the Tirst of the yenr, and .there after two additional will be turned over to be manned and commissioned each week. These craft will be standardized in every particular, that construction time can be reduced to the lowest possible minimum. Germans Plan Air . Raid From Mexico San Antonio. Texas, Aug. 21. (I. N. 8.) That the Germans are preparing for some destructive move "with air planes against the United States with, Mexico as their baso of operations Is the report which A. L. Hartmann brings from that country. He ways representatives of the German imper ial government unquestionably are or ganising an air fleet in Mexico and that he saw parts of at least six ma- . chines being assembled at Vera Crus and knows of a rendezvous' about 40 miles from Tampico where he beligve alrplartaare bejng assembled. Magazine Case Set For Final Argument Mount Airy, Oa. Aug. 21. fl, N. 8.) Federal Judge Emory Bpeer will next Saturday hear the final arguments ln -the case of Thomas K. Watson, who ia seeking an injunction to prevent his magazine from being debarred from the mail. The government was cited by Judge Speer to show why and in what issue the magazine- was objec- tlonable. Watson is head of the antl- ' draft movement ln the southeast. Stocks, Bonrla, Cotton, Craia, Eta. 21S-217 Board of Trad. Building Overbeck&CookeCo. DWX&T PRIVATE WIRES TO ALL EXCHANGES Mannbm Chicago Board of Traslo, , CcmspoBjnta of Logan St BryaaT, I Ckieago, Now .ork Jj ...!.