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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1918. 10 MILLIONS OF DOZENS OF EGGS MAY BE SAVED BY HEN ORDER" EGG TRADE STEADY; : NORTHWEST CALL IS STILL QUITE GOOD Sales of Current Receipts Made in Lots at 41e With Small Business at 42c Candled Trade at Low Ebb Montana Is Buying Here. , . Tndt In thm rtt nuriiet continue to how i k steady feeling along the whofcsal vaj with the selling prire of current receipt In lot at 41 a down wblle small sale are shown at 42c a dost-n. Littl business is shown in candled. Itrroand for rugs . alone the street at this time la keeping up well with the volume of of fprint. Trice here at the moment are at a point where California ia unable jto ahip in thia direction and thia ha tbe effect of steadying rendition generally all through the Pacific orthweet. Sain of rggs enntinne to eastern market but the lot are much nallr than formerly. Mon tana 1 r till a good hnyer along the roact but prartirally all that buines i controlled here bf interests that hate branch in that state. Little independent business from there ia ihown at the moment. Cold torag egg bare practlrally disappeared from the local trade and quotation in that line are on a l uminal baai. PRKSSF.D HOGS KlIMNO FIRMER Market for country killed hog la ruling firmer and mmewbit higher along the street, with sale a high a 1M Vic a pound during the last 24 ter. HEAVT OALVK8 HARDER TO 8KLL Halm of lieary calves are being made at lower prices generally, with quits a few of these offer ing recently along the street. Light stuff of quality la showing a good demand at former prices. RISK I RICE IS SOW FORECAST Owing to the purchase by the government of 1 ,000,000 pefketa of rice, a rise in 'values for that cereal may soon he expected by the trade. The government purchase waa Blue Itose and Japan varieties. HESS REM. AT RECORD FIGURES Sales ut hen in the loca.1 market were martti from 33 to 30c a pound for live birds during the last 24 hour along tha street. The are far the highest prices ever received here. TURKEY PRICES CLIMB HIGHER Dressed turkey advanced to 350 a pound for fancy stock bera during the day. with demand keen and offering limited. Bales of live birds were reported as high as L73 2Hc a pound. BRIEF SOTES OF PRODUCE TRADE Potato trade remains quiet at former prices. Onions are slow and rather weak. Kreih salmon supplies slightly increased; price firm. Wool trade quiet, but firm In the east; dull here. Bean prices in California are firm; likewise her. . AVEATHKR SOTICE FOR SHIPPERS Weather bureau advises: Protect sliipmeuts Muring the next 81 hours against the following temperatnre : Going north. 26 degrees; north east over B , P. It H. It. It., 18 degrees; east to Maker. 18 degrees, and nuth to Ashland. 20 drgree. Minimum temperature at Portland to morrow about 28 degrees. SMELT Itl'X IS SOW TERT SMALL Hun of m-lt in the Columbia river waa very until during the last 24 hours and the receipta " here were limited, totaling only about 30 boxes ei mparcd with an average of several hundred toxes during recent days. Th fth ar being caught from Meglcr to Eagle Cliff and are keeping out of th Cowlita. Price advanced to 7c a pound. JOBBISG PRICES IX PORTLAND These prices are those at which 'wholesaler ell to retailers, except a otherwise, stated : Dairy Product BUTTER Creamery, prints, in paraffins tapper", extras, 52c; prime firsts, 4960o; fiist. 484!r: cubes, le less; cartons, lc ad vance; dairy, 34ftR"c per lb. BUTTKKFAT Portland delivery bail. No. 1 cor fveatii, 8 4c per lb. CHKENE -Belling price: Tillamook fresh Ore gon fancti full cream triplets, 27027 Vie lb.; Vcung America, 28 (9 28 Ha lb. Price to Jobbers: Plata, 25c; Young America. 266. f. o b. ; brick. SOe; llmburger, 85c; brick Swiss. 4Qo per lb. EGGS Selling price, case count, 412M2o dnsen; buying price, 39c per dozen; selling price, esndled, 4 So per doxen; selected dandled. In cartons, 44c; atorag, 85o. LIVE POULTRY Spring cockerels. 30c: old moeters, 20a; stags. 24c; turkeys, 27 28c lb.; dressed fancy. 82 ft 35o per lb.; No. 2s. 27o per lb ; squab,. $3.00 per dosen; geese, live, Loc; ducks, 3540o per lb.; pigeons, $1.25 per dozen. Fresh Fruit and Vegetables PItF.SH FR1 ITS Orange. $3.900 0.60 per b.x; bananas, 6 ($5 He; lemon. $6.4 0W 7.40; California grapefruit. $3.50(0 8.75; Florida. $6.00 0 6 26. APPLES Ortley. extra fancy, $2.00; Ortley, fancy, $1.78; Winter Banana, extri fancy, $2.86; Winter Banana, fancy, $2 00"; fancy Hoed River Hpitsenberga, $2.00; Hood River extra fancy SpiUenbergs. $2.25 per box; Bald wins, wrapped. $1.60; Newton, 4 tier, $1.28; fancy table apple. 4 tier, $2.26; fancy table apples, 4 Vk tier. $1.76; fancy Spitzenbergs. not wiafrped, $1.60; Booking aTpplea, 4 tier, $1.10. ONIONS Selling pric to retailer Oregon. Kat 1. $1.50 2.00; No. 2. $1.00 1.50; car load price of association, $1.60 per cental, L o. b. ; garlic, 8e per lb. POTATOES Selling price: table stock. Bur bank. 75c$1.25; Gem. $1.25(91.35. Buying price, U. S: No. 1, $1.00 per cental country points;' sweet potatoes, RftSVie Per lb. VEGETABLES Turnips, $1.35 per sack carrot. $1.0001.25 sack; beets, $1.65 sack; psrsnip, $1.60 per sack; cabbagt, local, $3.00 3 4.00 cwt. ; green onions. 3Bo doxen bunches; peppers, 40e per lb.; head lettuce. 85o dozen; celery, 85&90o dozen; artichokes, $100 81.10 per dosen: cucumbers, hothouse, it kau 1.78 per dosen; tomatoes, Mexican, $2.85 per lug: eggplant, 17 Ho per lb.; string beans. ( ) thubarb, 1012Hc lb.; coulinower, local, $1.23 w l.ou per own; pumpaina, lyko per lh. prouta, 12 He per lh. Meat, Fish and Provision DRESSED MEATS Helling price, country killed best hogs, 21 He; ordinary, 2021c lb beat veal, 20c per lh. ; ordinary veal, 18' muv . '""""; it io. ; goats. 109 1 2e per lb. ; tsmb. 1 7 (a 20c lb. ; mutton 1 1 t 1 3c per lbj beef. 7 H 1 0 V c per 18. ' MUstu mwis nam. 27 83c p-r lb breakfast bacon. B.1W4KO per Jb. ; picnics, 28e per id. , cviiasv iw per io. ; snort clears. a & lS4o par lb. Oregon exports, smoked. 83c pet lb. LA RD Kettle rendered, tierces. 28e'nav ik . tandsrds, 27 He;' lard compound. 24 Vic OYSTERS Olympla, gallon. $4.60; canned eastern, m per can, eo.ou per aozen eana; FISH Dressed flounder. 6e; steelhead sal mon, 23e: chinook, 25e; perch, 7 8c; pje 7c; salmon trout, 18c; halibut, 21 23a lb black ood, 11c; herring, 6c; smelts, 8c; clams, hard shell. 4c per lb., $2.75 per box; rraba, $1.76 2.50 per dosen; Columbia smelt, 7c per lb. , SUGAR Cube, $8.70; powdered, $8.48; fruit or berry. $7.96;' Ii yellow. $7.36; granulated. $7.95; beet. $7.95; extra C, $7.65; golden C. $7.45 per cwt. T HONEY New. $4.25 4.50 par ansa. RICE Jspan style No, i. 7 Vic; New Orleans, bead, 9c ; blue rose. 8 He, SALT Coarse, half ground, 100. $18 0O nar ton: 60. $16.00; table dairy" 60a. $19 fj' 100a. 819.25: bales. 1AA- I dairy. $25.75; lump rock, $20.00 per ton. owji.' o .'""1.11111. nmiu wnu. IS Ha' lmree Hops. Wood and Hide HOPS Nominal, 1817 crop, isail lh. HIDES Sailed. 25 lbs. and up, 14o- aaRad bulls. 60 lbs. and up. 12e; salted and green kin 16 to 28 lb . 15c; aalted and green S"f up to 16 lb... 21e; green hides, 25 lr. and' n SKa: horsehair, man. 16e: drv lone v.i'!ir S8a; dry ahort wool pelts. 25e; aalted and areek peHa (Jsnnary takeoff). $2.K08.60 each dry sheep shearlings, each, 15 80c: salted sheen shearlings, each,. 26 60e; dry goat, long hair 26; dry goat shearlings, each, 1680e; dry abort' hair goat, each. 90c $1.00. WOOI Coarse . valley SOe; xaedinm valley . Efe: valley lamb won), 4550c par lb.; extra Oregon fleece, &065c CHITTIM OR CASCARA RARE Buying price, per rsr lets. 8 H fto par lb. TALLOW No, 1. 14e; No. 2. 12c; grease. 1 Oe per lb. MOHAIR 1917. 4050e per lb, Hope, Paints, Oils ' ROPE Sisal, dark, 23c; white. 22 Ho pet ii 1 " -'- " - - -"v, iwc arv r lint 26a; dry flint calf, up to 7 lbs.. 28e; dry salt! 21a; dry Iwrs bides each. $1.25 W 1.60; salted boraa hides, each. $8.00 4.00: hr h.i. .ITT General Situation In Livestock Here Has Steady Feeling Packers Control Mutton With Hold ings of About 23,000 Head in Feed Lots. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RUN Bogs. Cattle. Calve. Sheep. Thursday 478 272 6 Wednesday 277 807 . . 1 Tuesday 899 612 1 I Monday 1371 7S7 6 80S Saturday 220 138 82 Friday 5l 62 87 200 Week ago., 990 148 80 Year ago. , f 174 68 7 43 Two year ago. ... 890 4 . . Three year ago. . . 262 18 8 226 Four year ago. . . . 228 145 . . In general there continue a firm tone in tha cattle division of the North Portland yards. Rome rather arood stuff came from Burley, Idaho. during the day, but as the supplies were brought In by interest closely allied with packers here, it was hard to distinguish tha exact trend of the trade for such offerings. Mof t trader consider the market on the same baaia as Monday. General cattle market range Medium to choice steers Good to medium steer . . . . .810.85 11 50 9 3n g lu.an 800 9.40 8.00 10 00 6.7SS 8.15 Common to good steers Choice cows and beifirs Common to good cows and heifers i Cannerj - . . 4.25 .VJ5 6.00 8.00 7.601100 6.50 9 r-o Hulla . Calve blocker and feeder steer 8wln Situation ateady Steadlnesa continues In the swine" trade at North Portland. . with little change indicated in values. Run overnight in the yards waa only fair, while demand was equal to it. General hog market rang. Prime light $16 85 1 7.25 Prime heavy 16.60 16.90 Pig, 14.50(ft ltLSO l:lk -...... 16.80 17.00 Mutton Still Nominal That packet here now have 23.000 head of sheep, besides 400 cattle and a similar number of hog, was the assertion recently made by an employe. This give packer about all the mutton and lambs they need, and their control of the market 1 absolute for the rest of the present season. General sheep and lamb range. Western lamb to.00 015.50 Valley lamb 14.50 15.00 Yesrlings 13.00 1 18.50 Wethers 1 2.50 13.00 F.we 10 oo a u. uu (Shorn sheep. 2 H to 8e under quotations. Thursday Livestock Shipper Hog Walter Given. Ertacada. 1 load; A. Zinc. Swan Island. 82 head by boat. Cattle Portland Feeder Co.. Burley. Idaho. 4 loads direct; Goodnight It Preston, Milton, 1 load; Fred Welch, Condon, 1 load. Mixed stuff J. C. Clark. Independence. 1 load cattle and hogs; Tillamook Farmers' Ware house Co., Tillamook, 1 load cattla and bogs; Kijward Bros.y Monroe, 1 load cattle, calves and hogs; M. L. Forrester, Tangent. 1 load cattle, calve and hogs; C. Mosae, Quincy. 1 load cattle, calves and hogs; W. A. Ayre, Lawsos, 1 load cattle and hogx. United tatea bureau of marketa report live stock loaded February 13 (carloads reported west of Allegheny mountains; double decks counted as two cars) : Cattle and Mixed Calvei. Hog. Sheep. Stock. Tot Total 2154 17S2 440 348 4988 One week ago... 1740 2250 476 857 4919 Four weeks ago. . 1656 1534 443 212 4013 Stale origins of livestock loaded February 1 3 : For Portland- California 2 2 Oregon 8 1 ... 2 6 Washington 2 ... 2 Totals Portland 5 1 2 2 10 One week ago ... 18 7 ... 2 27 Four weeks ago . . 2 3 2 7 For Seattle Idaho 4 1 ... ... 5 Washington .... 3.2 6 1 12 Total Seattle. 7 3 8 - 1 17 One week ago 1 12 ... 13 Four weeks ago. . 1 4v 6 Wadnasday Afternoon Sale STEERS No. Ave. lbs. Price I No. -Ave. lbs. Price ..1290 $10.00 I 1 850 $ 9.00 CALVES .. 120 $12.00 COWS 949 $ 8.50 1 1. 880 $ 7.50 890 6.50 8S0 6.60 2. .1070 . 710 . . 840 , . 897 , . 860 7.75 0.50 7.75 7.25 7.50 1 800 7.75 1 900 6.00 1 1170 7.25 1 790 6.00 1 810 7.75 . HEIFERS 680 $ 7.00 1 640 $ 8.00 HOGS 260 $16.75 I 12..... 260 $17.50 Thursday Morning Sale STEERS 10. No. Ave, lbs. Price. I No. Ave. lbs. Price. 1 920 $ 7.60 I 6.... 111.". 10.40 t COWS 1 930 $ 8.50 I 1 900 $ 8.00 10.... 106)1 9.50 9.... 1043 9.00 1 1240 8.60 2.... 840 5 50 1 900 7.50 1 810 7.50 8.... 777 8.50 6 730 4.12 11 735 6.25 1 840 6.50 1.... 880 7.00 2....V895 4.00 2 780 8.50 1 900 7.0O 4 735 4.00 2 805 6.00 HEIFERS 4. . . . 470 8 ( 0 HOGS 10 216 $16.75 I 12 260 $16.75 10...'. 194 16.75 I 1 240 19.75 2 680 0 7.76 8.... 190 16.75 I 1 870 15.75 4.... 167 16.75 I 8 190 10.65 2 240 15.65 1 290 16.75 2 280 16.75 I 1 540 15.75 1 870 15.75 J BULLS 1 1150 s 7.00 I 1 1240 7.50 1 750 i 6.50 CALVES S 290 $11.00 AMERICA?? LIVESTOCK PRICES Chicago Hogs $16.28 Chicago. Feb. 14. (1. N. S ) Hoes Re ceipts. 88,000; slow and steady. Mixed and butchers, $15.60 16.20; good heavy, $15.50 16.25; rough heavy. $15.60 16.65; light, $16.50 16.20; pigs, $12 50 14.80: bulk, $16.86 18.15. Cattle Receipts, 1400; steady to weak. Beeves, $8.40 13.80; cows and heifers. $6.80 11.60: stockers sxd feeders. $7.26 11. 80; calves, $8.60 18.78. - Sheep Receipta, 8000: slow, tteady. Na tive and western, $19.00 18.25 ; lambs. $13.75 18.90. Omaha Hog $15.80 Omaha, Feb. 14. (L N. S) Hogs Re ceipta, 14,000; steady. - Top, $15.80: range, $15.00 15.80; mixed, $15.60 16.70 ; good choice. $15.70 15.80; rough, $ 1 5.2,1 15.50 : light, $15.15 15.30; bulk. $16.40 15.70 ; pigs. $10.00 12.00. Cattle Receipts, 4500; steady. Beeves, $8.00 15.76; stockers and feeders, $6.50 11; cow and heifers, $6.25 10; western, $10 11.50; calves. $9.00 18.00. Sheep Receipt. 7800; steady. Wethers, $110 18; yearlings. $11.50 15.00; lambs. 810.60 10.20; ewes,. glliz.20. Seattle Hog $17.26 Seattle. Feb. 14. (L N. 8.) Hogs Re ceipts 247. 25c higher. Prim lights. $17.00 17.25; medium to choice, $16.75 16.85 ; smooth heavies, $1 6.23 16.50 ; rough heavies, $15.75 16.00: pigs. $16.75 16.00. CattleReceipts 130, ateady. Best steers, $11.23 11.60; medium to choice, $9.50 10.50; common to medium. $9.50(3 9 00; best cows, $9.00 10.00; common to medium cows. $6.60 8.50; bulls, $6.00 8.00; calves. $6.00 10.00. Sheep Receipts none. Denver Hogs $10.00 Denver. Feb. 14. (TJ. P.) Cattle Re ceipts, 700; strong and higher. Steers, $8 00 13.00; cows and heifers, $6.00 9.25; stock ers and feeders, $8 10.76; calves, $12.00 18.75. . Hog Receipts, 2100; 610 higher. Ton $16.00; bulk. $15.6515.85. 8 beep Receipta. 2200: steady. Ewes, $11.75 12.60; lambs, $5.00 16.50. San Francisco Grain Market San Francisco, Feb. 14. (TJ. P.) Cash train: Barley, per cental Feedt $4.434 60: bar ley sold up to s.au r. e. p. in tne country. Oats, par cental Red leea. $3.40 8.60. Sw York Sagar and Coffee New York. Feb. 14. (U. P.) Coffee, spot Ko. 7 xuo. oho; mo, oanioa, luxe Sugar Centrifugal. $6,605. lb.: standard Manila, 82c. ' LINSEED OIL Raw bbls.. $1.41 per gallon; kettle boiled, bbl.. $1.43; raw. eases, $1.61; boiled, cases, $1.68 par gallon; lota of 260 gal- W, less. COAL OIL Water white, in drums and Iron barrels, 10c per gallon, i WHITE LEAD Ton lots. 1 2c per lb.; E00 Iba, 12 He. v TURPENTINE Tanks. 65e; cases. 75c; 10 se lota, le leas. HEN EMBARGO ORDER IS CAUSE OF DEBATES Various Interests Feel Differently Re garding How the Order Will Work Packer-Cold Storage People Will Have Control of the Trade. Hvman M. Cohan There Is a wide difference of opinion among poultry and egg interest and the trade generally a to the effects that tha recent embargo against the sale of hens by licensed merchants will have upon tha Industry and tha public -The change in tha regulations which allows farmers to sell their non-laying hens direct to the consumer or through small dealers who ars not licensed, is believed by some to really de stroy whatever good tha order would have other wise had upon tha industry. Other contend that the abenc of hens and pulleta from the regular marketa will fgrco greater supplies of old roosters upon the trad, thereby increasing the aupply of infertile eggs later in the season and saving the losa of mil lions of dozen throughout the country. Ona . affect the order of the government will bate win be to eliminate the small dealer as a factor in the .sale of poultry, thereby in creasing the power and profits of the big firms, which are controlled principally by tha packers. This will be accomplished by reason of tha lat ter' holdings of hen in storage, which they will be able to supply tha trade during the em bargo period. The fact that the government doe not pro- poee to allow the storage people to increase their profits by the sale of cold storage hens during the embargo period, mean little to the trade. They claim that even though the storage Inter ests do not make a single extra dollar on the handling of hen during the prohibited period, still the fact that they hare supplies will give them control of the entire trade, a control which they will maintain in after years. Indicating that the cold storage plants mad a special effort during the last month or so to increase their holdings, is the report of cold storage stocks of poultry as given by the United States bureau of Markets, through O. E. Gib bons. Portland representative. Tha report say that stocks of poultry in the 188 houses that reported for January of this year and last year, increased 1.1 per cent for January although stocks decreased 4.8 per cent aa compared with holdings February 1 a year ago. Merchants' Exchange February bids: I OATS Week Thursday Wed Mon. Frt Ago 1918 1917- 1 91 ft Feed ...6400 3600 6300 6300 6250 6250 BARLEY Feed ....6400 8950 6300 6300 6100 6100 Brewing .6800 4100 6600 6600 6500 00 Thirty day delivery was quoted: r OATS No. 2 feed 64.0 BARLEY Feed ' . ,. . . $fit 00 I.rewing 68.00 Eastern oats and corn iu bulk: Oats. No. 3 white 88 lb. clipped white Corn, No. 3 yellow Com No. 3 mixed Oat. No. 8 Oats, clipped 65 50 64.00 69.50 61.00 Com. yellow . 65.50 Corn, mixed 64.00 Irregular Trend in i Early Stock Trading New York Market Is Weak at the Opening With Some Losses Among Promlnertf Shares. RAIL8 ADVANCE LATE Haw York, Feb. 14. (I. N. 8.) Sharp ad vance In railroad stock thl afternoon featured trading In tha stock market. Union Pacific selling up 4 points to lis, following announcement of tha placing of tha stock on a 10 par cent bail. Blight reaction occurred during tha final trad ing. Steel common dropping to 94. Other Issue alio lost about 1 point. Atlantlo Qulf was strong, moving up to 11 BH. The market at times showed a heavy tone dur ing the morning. Nearly all the issues traded in were established at a lower range. Steel common and Manns preferred were down 1 point. General Motors dropped from 137 to 132 H. Money loaning at 6 per cent. New York, Feb. 14. (L N. 8. ) Prices xroved in an irregular manner at the opening of the stock market today, with the tendency generally to lower levels. Steel common declined to 98 while Crucible continued its upward movement, selling 4 higher at 60 H . Distillers' opened 1 Vi higher at 414 but quickly declined to 40. Texas Co. fell 1 4 to 1534 while American Sumatra rose 1 H to 70. Marine fell to 25 H and, tha preferred de clined to 95 H. ' Canadian Pacific fell 1H to 1454 while fractional losses wer sustained in Reading and Inion Pacific. ilange of New York prices furnished by Over beck & Cooke Co., 216-217 Board of Trad building : POWER FOR GOOD DK8CF1FT1QN Open! Hish I T-nw Btd Allis Chalmers, c... 28 Hi 24 H 23HI 23H Am. Beet Sugar . . 78 78 78 78 Am. Can. c 89 H 89 H 88 89 Vi Am. F. V.. c. 78 H 78 H 724 78 H Am. Cotton Oil, c . 81 H 82 H 81 H 82 Am. Linseed, c... 83 H 88 H 33 834 Am. Loco., c. 614 614 60 H 61 H Am. Smelter, c 82 82 H 81 82 V4 Am. Sugar, c 104 H 105 104 H 105 Am. Tel. & Tel 105 1054 104 '4 1054 Am. Woolen, c. ... 52 52 H 614 62 Va Anaconda M. Co... 614 02 81 H 62 Atchison, c 834 844 83 .84 H Baldwin Ixxo., c. . . 68 H 68 67 H 68 Baltimore & Ohio, o. 604 51 H 50 4 51 Bethlehem. Steel, B. 76 H 764 76 H 764 Brooklyn Rap. Tr. . 43 H 43 H 424 42 Calif. Petroleum, c. 16 H 16 H 16 16 do pfd. 444 45 444 46 Canadian Pacific .. 1454 147 H 144 H 146H Central Leather, c 69 H 69 S 68 69 Ches. 4 Ohio 624 634 624 534 Chi., M. & St. Paul. 41 48 H 41 43 Chi. N. W-, c. . . 93 4 93 93 93 ii Chino Copper 43 H 43 H 43 H 43 H Colo. BV L. c 87 H 37 H 87 H 37 H Consolidated Gas . . 90 H 90 Si 90 H 90 4 Coin Products, c. . . 84 35 V 34 H 344 Crucible Steel, c. . . 69 4 60 H 59 69 H IXttilijrs 41 VI 414 40 40 H Erie, c 144 144 144 14 General Electrio .. 137 H 139 Vi 1364 139 H General Motors ... 137 187 181 134 H Goodrich Rubber ..47 47 46 46 O. N. Ore Lauds. .27 27 27 27 Great Northern, pfd. 91 92 H 91 92 H Greene Can 41 H 41 H 41 41 H HUnoia Central . . 94 94 94 94 Industrial Alcohol . 124 125 H 124 1244 Inspiration 45 45 44 H 44 H Int. Mer. Marine . . 25 25 24 4 25 Kan. City South., c 17 17 17 17 Kennecott Copper.. 32 H 824 82 V4 32 H Lackawanna Steel., 70 H 76 H 76 76 Lehigh Valley 68 68. 68 68 Louisville & Nash.. Ill 111 111 111 Maxwell Motors, c . 2T 28 27 28 Mexican Petroleum. 00 80 H 884 90 Vi Miami Copper 304 804 804 804 1 id vale Steel 45 46 44 H 44 H Missouri Pacific... 214 22 H 214 224 National Lead 62 62 H 52 62 New Haven 29 29 H 29 29 N. Y. Central 69 71 69 704 N Y.. Ont. -W.. 19 1H 19 19 Norfolk os W.. c. .. 108 105 103 108 Northern Pacific. 88 .85 88 84 : Penn. Ry 45 464 44 45 People's Gas 40 46 44 44 Pittsburg Cosl. e. . . 48 49 48 49. Ray Cons. Copper.. 234 24 23 24 Ry. Steel Springs.. 53 H 68 62 62 Reading, c. ..... . 74 76 74 75 4 Rock Island 20 20 194 204- Studebaker. c 51 61 60 60 Southern Pacific... 834 84 83 84 Southern Ry.. c... 28 24 23 28 Tnn. Copper. 16 16 15 16 Texas Oil 1684 164 153 164 Tcbacco Products.. 64 64 53 54 tnion Pacific, a... 1 118 114 117 r. S. Rubber, o... 67 67 86 67 IT. 8. Steel, e.... 94 94 98 94 TJtah Copper ..... 80 81 80 81 Virginia Chem.. e. . 40 40 40 40 Weetinghouse Elec. 40 404 404 40 Wfllys-Orerland ... 18 18 18 18 . Chicago Dairy Prod nee Chicago. Feb. 14. L I. 8.) Butter Re ceipt, 6,761 tubs. Creamery estra, 49c; extra firsts, 48 48c: firsts. 46 4 Be; packing stock. 4 42c. Egr Receipta. 989 eases. Current receipta. 49 6?c; ordinary firsts, 60 6 le: firsts, 63c-; extra, 61 58c; check. 40 42; dirties, 4$ 44c, ' - - Package Goods of Oats Expected to Show Stiff Rises ;i Cereal Millers Claim That Raw Goods Cost More Than. They Are Now Getting. ! NORTHWEST GRAIN RECEIPTS -Cars Wheat. Barley. Flour. Oat. Hay. Portland. Thur 2 1 Year ago. 19 Season to date. ..8631 Year ago. 3908 Tacoma. Wed. . . A Year ago. 6 Reason to date. ..8910 Year ago. 4963 Seattle, Wew Year ago. 1 Season to date. ..8449 Year ago. 3986 2 10 9 282 665 979 1474 156 1063 1784 1649 s 73 ... 206 1823 108, ... 257 1521 7 1 4 3 ... 260 1806 978 2501 282 1161 1053 8024 A stiff advance In the price of package goods In tha oats trade may ba expo d almost any Cay according to local cereal interusta. Claiming that the present price of package goods is not high enough to pay for the cost of tha raw ma terial, oats people say that unless there ia a complete chango in the situation they cannot continue the present values on the manufactured stock. Barley market Is good and strong at S 7 0 a ton for brewing so far as actual businesa is roll cerned. While dealers who resell to mille.'s aie not offering above S6S a ton as a rule (till the call for millers is so keen that the limited stock new available could easily ba cleaned up at that record quotation. Naturally thia Is stiffening tha pric on bar ley floor but no further pric changes are indi cated. WHEAT Bluestem. $2.05; fortyfold. $2.03: club. $2.01: Russian. $1.98, tidewater track basis. FLOTJR Selling price: Patent, $10.00: bar ley flour. $10.50; Willamette valley, $9.60: local straight. $9.60; bakers' local. $9.80 J 0.00; Montana spring wheat, patent. $10,609 10.80; whole wheat. $9.60; graham, $9.40; rye flour, $10.75 per barrel; oat flour. $12.25 per barrel. HAY Buying price, new crop: Willametta timothy, fancy, $26.00 27.00 per ton; Eastern Oiegon-Washington fancy timothy, $30.00; al falfa. $25.00; valley vetch. ( ); cheat, ( ); clover, $20.60 per ton; grain. $25 O 26.00 per ton. GRAIN SACKS Nominal. No. 1 Calcutta, 24 25c In car lot',; leas amount higher. MILLSTUFFS Bran, $30 30.00; short. $32 32 0; middlings, $39 89.50 per ton. ROLLED OATS Per ton. $69.00. POLLED BARLEY Per ton. $68.00. CORN Whole. $72.00; cracked, $73.00 ton. Early Trading Has -Firm Oats Market Chicago Has Excellent Call and Initial Values Are Up Corn Holds Rather Firm. Y JOSEPH F. PRITCHARD V'ftA'net gain of lilHe for tha day. and new larger communion houses in tne trade iea in tne buying, and those takings were credited to the government and to the export trade. Cora was irregular, closing Vi c lower to 'H H o higher. Provisions, while showing but little change for the day, were: 10c higher for pork, 2 H S 5c lower for lard and unchanged to 12 He for ribs. Chicago. Feb. 14. (L N. 8.) Strong buy ing prsssure at th opening of the markets here today gave oats a firmer undertone. Local traders and commission houses bought freely. Opening prices were V4 4 higher. Despite continued heavy .arrivals of corn the market held firm today, opening fractionally above yesterday's close. Activity was not noticeable in the provisions markets and prices showed a slight decline under the previous coae. Chicago range by United Press i CORN . Open High Low Close Maroh .127 127 127' 127 Jiayi .1254 120 125 120 ! OATS February .... 84 84 84 84 March .84 85 84 85 U May 81 82 81 82 PORK May 4787 4740 4780 4735 LARD Msy 254 2557 2542 250 July 2570 2570 2557 2560 RIBS February . . .. 2440 2440 May I 2485 2487 2475 2430 PACIFIC COAST BASK STATEMENT Portland Banks Clearings ' This Week. Tear Ago. Monday .$ 3,83,54.91 Holiday . 4.662,772.81 8.197.704.35 4,698.281.83 2.771.764.79 Wednesday Thursday , Tacoma Banks $ 950,723.00 107.780.00 Seattle Banks , $ 5,469,464.00 726.102.00 8pokan Bank $ 1.634.820 00 137.837.00 San Francisco Banks .$21,992,881.00 Lot Angela Bank $ 6.785.424.00 Clearing Balance Clearings Balances Clearings .Balances Clearings Clearings DAIRY PRODUCE Olf THE COAST San Francisco Market San Francisco, Feb. 14. (U. P.) Butter Extras, 60 He; firsts, 48c. Eggs Extras, 42 He; .firsts. 41c; pullets, 41e par dozen. Cheese California firsts, fancy, 2 S o. Seattle Market Seattle, Feb. 14. (U. P.) Butter Native Washington creamery, cubes. 52c; do brick. 53c; storage California, cube, 45c; do brick, 46c. Eggs Select ranch,- 48c; pulleta, 44c. Los Angela Market Los Angeles, Feb. 14. (I. N. 8.) Butter California creamery, extras, 48e. Eggs Extras, 41c; case count, 40c; pul lets, 40c per dozen. Eastern Grain Market Chicago Cash barley, $1.85 1.88; No. 1 mixed corn. $1.43; No. 8 mixed, $1.30 1 40; No. 6 mixed. $1.231.87; No. 4 yellow, 1 50 1.82; No. 5 yellow, $1.851.65;. No. 6 yellow, $1.26 1.40: No. 4 white, $1.88 1.76: No. 6 white, $1 28 1.65; No. 6 white $1.86 1.63. Oats, No. 2 white. 88 88 -No. 8 white. 85 86 ; No. 4 whits 84 85: standard. 8587. Omaha Cash com No. 4 white, $1.76 1.85; No. 6 white, $1.64 1.74; No. 6 white $1.37 1.60; No. 5 yellow, $1.42 1.45; No.' 6 yellow. $1.33 g 1 87 ; No. 4 mixed, $1.49 1.50. Oats. No, 2 white, 85 He. St. Louis Cash corn No. 8, $1.68: No. 4 $1.5801.59; No. 6. $1.471.48: Nv a yellow. $1.58 1.60: No. 5 yellow. $160 1.60; no. 9 wuiie, ai.ow gi x.o; xoo. wnite, S1.83 1 86. Oats No. 1 white. 88 88 He; No. 2 mixed. 87c; No. 8 mixed, 86a) c; No. 4 mixed, 86e. Ksnsas City Cash corn. No. 2 white, $2 00; No. . 3 white, $1.85 1.90; No, 4 white, $182 1.85; No. 5 white. $1.75 1.81; No. 2 yel low, $1.821. 83; No. 8 yellow, $1.691 72; -o. yeuow, . ai.fto g i.sb; tie 6 yellow. 81.48: No. 6 yellow, 81.36; No. 2 white. $1.73 1.76; No. 8 white. $1 62 1.84: No. i mixed, $1.47 1.72: No. 6 mixed, $1.83 1.47.1 tatK, No 6 white, 8787c; No. 4 white, 86 87c; standard. 87 He; No. 2 mixed. 84 He; No. 2 red. 85 85 He Foreign Bond Market ' I Bid Analo-French 6s. Oct. 1920... 89 H Ask 89 98 97 99 94 97 140 ( 86 87 43 89 93 95 94 S 96 3 . 96 TJnited Kingdom 6s, Sept. 1918. . 98 United Kingdom 5s, Nov. 1919 97 United Kingdom 5s. Feb. 1019 98 United Kingdom 5 He, Nov. 1921 94 H AnglcfFrench 2d 5s Aug. 1919 96 Republic of France 6s 1931... 125 Paris !6s Oct. 1921 84 Msr.wjilles 6a Nov. 1919 87 Russia Extension 6s 1921.. 41 Russian International 6s 1926 86 Dominion 5s. Aug. 1917 95 Dominion be. April 1821 4 Dominion 6s, April 1981 Dominion 5s. April 1926..... Argentina 6s. kfay 1920 Dominion of Canada 6a 1937. French 9, 1919 93 92 94 $1 96 I, Money and Exchange New York. Feb. 14.- (L N. 8.) Call mane on tha floor f th New York stock exchange to day ruled at 6 per cent; high, 8 per cent: low, 4- per cent. -. Time money waa quiet, ' Bates were. 80 day to 6 months. 6 per cent. . Tha market for prime mercantile paper was dull. Call money ia London today was 8 per cent. Sterling- exchange was steady, with business in hankers' bills at $4.75 6-16 for demand, $4.71 for 60 day bills, and $4.70 for 90 day bills.'"- - - , Silver JJrw York, $3 e; London, 42 d. Edited by man IL Cohen APPLE MARKET NOT FAVORABLE IN EAST BUT IS ACTIVE HERE Trade Other Side of the Rockies Is Really Dull With Prices Inclined I xr n n ii j I " a,wWT-v,ouuiry vnarges r.n.suu Iliaher Ountatinne. la What the covarnment human of- marketa I calls a moderate movement, but what ia classed I by the trade aa a very slow one. is -ruling fori appiea in ut eastern markets at this time. I Here and there alicht fmnrnvement la noted In I movement, out ttus is not liberal enouga to i - tumuiMtiatui. I IvOcally tha trade ia eerv rlbevml. An classes I ... "Z 10 f00 JoD hT rT, ..T'.! ur-,I!r.".,S,. " - - !. .-ui. I inspire- tne fact that Portland is the best I market in the country today for anolea. leading Northwest shipping points dsmand mora money ior supplies to oe sent tier than what they are I viuauj securing in any otner market in tne country. Apple trade of the nation Kansas City Washington extra fancy DeW- riou. meaium to large. S3.23 s 3.50; small 2.J5 6 3.00; extra fancy SpiUenbergs. $2.60 choice. $1.60(91.85. Cleveland Sale from ttorag. extra fancy Canoe, medium to large, $2.00; extra fancy I y!!i-m to,.re. $2.402.60; extra j iTiiuuus, mrjuium to large, s.uv. Columbus Kit rat fanrv J ZOO; Jumble, $1.65 w 1.75; extra fancy iiiirr-.m. smau to meaium, (2.20 9 2.35. Baltimore Sales from storage, fancy Homes, Omaha Extra fancy Jonathans. $2.00 2.25 extra fancy Delicious. $2.75 0 3.00; extra fancy Homes. $2.00 2.15; extra fancy SDitsenbergs, $2 25 2.50; extra fancy W mesa pa, $2.26 .uu; jumoie, l.DU(g 1 .73. Denver Extra fancy Jonathans, $2.00 2.25 ; isncy. n.aoni.gv; extra fancy Spitzenbergs, 2.252.50, mostly $2.50; fancy. $1.75 Cincinnati Extra fancy Wineaap. .mall to medium. $2.50 2.60; Jonathans, jumble, small $2.25 2.50. St. Paul Extra" fancv Jonathan medium n large. X2.2&2.30; extra fancy Winesaps. me aium u large, mostly z.20 ; extra fancy SpiU enbergs. medium to large, $2.25 2.75; fancy. monuy t-.-o; extra lancy Delicious, S2.T5 8.00. . Dallas Extra fancy Arkansas Blacks. Rnits. enberc, Winesaps, medium $2.60 2.75. Minneapolis Extra fancy Jonathans, medium to large, 62.50; small. $2.10: extra fancv ot'iu&ruuergB. medium to large, S2.70; fancy az.ou: extra lancy lellcious, medium to large 1.85 winesaps. .man, i.7o Washina-ton Extra fsnrv TieUci,. itnna 8.25; extra fancy Soitxenbern. 12 76 a 'a jtn I extra fancy SUymans $2.25 2.75; extra fan- cjr ."wuwra, -o; extra tancy wtnesan. Chicago Extra fancy Spiteenberffs. Rome. medium to large. $2.00 2.85; fancy, medium I io large, i.(3p;.u; extra fancy Delicious, I large, . a s .i.uu; lancy. medium to lane. I $2.502.80: extra fancv Jon.th.n. Sf.vm.. medium to larae. i sow 2 2D: rhnir. f.,. I nedium, $1.50 1.75. ' I ;ewtTor 5.' from storage, extra fancy I cuiuenoem. vineansi. larpe . xl tkius nn- few. $3.23 medium. 2.502 75: small" $2.25: extra fancv Homes, larae. 15 T.lfl 3 nil -I small, $2.25 2.50. .' , . T. oi "?rT Delicious, medium I :"tV'"L"'V' small to "medium. $2.00 2.25.' ' uoston Eitra fancy winesaps, urge. $3.00 . mcumm. iu: extra liner HntTan. BuffaioExtrV f.ncv" "LZZl.Z'Jlf large. $2.002.60: smaU. l. 90 2 00; extra fancy Delicious, medium. to large, $2.25(42.50; exira isncy nomea, meaium to large, 2.20 AtJsints WlnH.n. 11 I $2.60. . COTTOX MAKES FRACTIONAL A n V A vrrs at npp-viTf: New Tork F.h ia rv v si m VP 2 to S points on the cotton market today. Th tone was ateady. There was a larae supply from Wall street and southern interests in earlv dealings. The market was finally stesdv at a net decline oi o point to an advance of 6 points. Open. 8005 2952 2900 2798 2770 lligh. Low. 1991 2940 1886 2786 2769 Close, 1991 March . . May July . . . October . December 8005 2960 1910 2807 2770 2950 1899 2798 2769 POTATOES ALL ALONG THE COAST Seattle Market Seattle, Feb. 14. (C. P.) Onion Cali fornia yellow, per pound, 22c; Yakima, per pouna, sc. Potatoes Local, $27.00 28.00; Gems. $30.00 82 00 per ton. San rnnrlmi B.Bka Yakima San FranciBCo. Feb. 14. (U. P.) Onions Per cental, brown or yellow, $1.75 1.85 for goou sioca. r'uiatoes Per cental. Delta, $1.10 1.40: do Oregon Burbanks. $1.50 1.00; Nevada, $1.65 1.80; sweets, per 100 pounds, $3.75. ex. ear. I.O Angeles Mark at Los Angeles, Feb. 14. (I. N. S.) Potatoes :oniiern uurbanks. $1.752.15; Russets $1.90; Salinas. $2.60; sweets, $4.50 ( 4.75. Cotton Growing Report Washington. Feb. 14 cr v ai report shows cotton, exclusive of linters, eon- i 8 January. 024.083 running bales . . cominrea wim uui.ool in 1917, of ano nog k.i , , growing states in 1918 and 849.959 in 1917J Crtton held in consnmina establishment n, I January 31. 1.697.445 bale in 118 nH f . 806,038 in 1917, and In public storage and at compresses, 3.616.078 bales in 1918, and 3. - no.ivu in lwii. imports, 30,733 ejuiva - lent 500-pound bales in 1918 and 38-463 in , , txpoi is, including linters, 461.667 run- Lit AO AO aaliU UUW.OOO LU a V 1 i . 'i.-Ot- tnn fmind.es vctlTe dnrirur Jinturr S3 Kft? 79? in 1918 and 33,016,893 in 1917. I .In term - rvni rlnrine lamioww T fita i v a is and 81.654 in 1917. Pw," eainwi jr s ,vili UaUBB AAA lain Llremool Cotton O.l.t Liremooi. Feb. i. ii. n ai r a mall demand for spot cotton today,, prices lower, naies iuuu Daies. American mtddlina L"Ir- goon miaaiing. s.oo; midding. 23.03; low middling. 2 50- ,n nnlin.-. 21.50; ordinary. 20.98. Jfew York Metal Market New York. Feb. 14. (L N. 8.) Lead Easier. Spot, 77c; February and March, O ' (9 C. Spelter' Dull. Spot, 7 ; February and saarcn oiiereo, i jc. Seattle Barley Market Seattle. Feb. 14.- (L N. 8.) Barley ton, $66.00. No receipt. P., Swift A Co. Shares Boston, Feb. 14. Swift It Co. (harea, 130. Bishop Prefidergast Believed Near Death Philadelphia, Feb. 14 (U. P.) Arch - bishop Prendergast, Catholic prelate for . 7.1 " at tne point of death here today. Xr. Peter F. Moylan announced his condition is Te' ... . ... . The archbishop was stricken during the second week of December, but no ,r,tJn iiST1, JT wv.c . odi. "'e" - Illness is attributed to old age. Dividend Declared By SouthernPacif ic San Francisco, Feb. 14. L N. S.) The hoard "f 'rectors of the Southern Southern Pacific company Wednesday Uec.arej use uMual quarterly divi dend of $1.50 a sliare, payable April 1. Tha Truth About BsStjg Tha first ciupm. . . ... ..of the dev astation in Belgium by Brand WhiUcck. United States minister to Belgium, will be published aerlany In Tha Sunday Journal, beginning Bun day, February 17. - , WDMENhELL of LIVES OF POVERTY Packing House Workers Describe Hard Work, No Play, , Little Pay. Chicago. Fab. 14. (I. X. S.) The tragedy of the commonplace, of poverty and debt and struggle to keep even with the cost of living, ran through the testi .. today of M Ev- Mac.a1ftwflk, widow from the district "back of the aras, wno appeared Deiore juage sam- uel Alschuler, arbitrator of the wag dispute between middle western packers and their employes. With a baby in her arms and two email children clinsrinsr to her skirt Mrs Maclniawskl tonic thA Btonit anrl answered, without emotion, the queries nf sttornevs T w. n ... Kn mlnw fnw it she said. "My huaband worked for Swift & Co-. Hie Job waa In the tripe n it. . ee . . vw L" ." vctiv w -.. i. uvi the moat he made waa $13." "What do you do now that he Is dead T" she was asked. "I scrub floors at.d take in washing," was her reply. "We were $300 in debt when he died. I buried him in the only suit of clothes he owned." Mrs. Belbina Skupin said she had never seen the lake and did not know there was one. She has never been to a park, she said. Mr a. Skupin declared she got a job herself, cleaning intestines for sausages, that required her to stand in ice cold water 10 hours a day. She declared her husband paid in 15 cents a week to a benefit fund but when he was sick he got no benefits. She declared she never had eaten a steak or a chop. Katie Lieogorska, a 27-year-old widow. said she worked 10 hours a day for 1-25 and ""PPorted herself and three children. She. too, declared she had never seen the lake or been to a park. A score of other wives and widows. with their ragged, restless children wKh them, were waiting in the courtroom to be called. Seizure Decision Expected Chicago, Feb. 14. (I. N. S.) H-w Chicago packers "kept tab" on men and events In all parts of the world and In all Unas of activity will be revealed, it ' Deiievea nere toaay, lr uie circuit court of appeals upholds the decision -f Judge K. . M. Landls that files of the nuKirtm lr. vv nrrin. r it, v.-.:.. --'y owut wu., were iisii)r seised by agents of the federal trade commission. im.,.. r n ....v. .. " """ uit- ,lc m a list attached to the warrant on which they were seized, are declared by government agents to indicate the rea- , . , . . . . . . ior.l" Dl"r "Sni Deing wagCC Dy pacKers to Keep tnem 8ecret. Listed in the file titles are the names of Theodore Roosevelt. Joseph P. Tumulty, Congressman James R. Mann Kenesaw M. Land is, Frank O. Lowden ana xTeaericic Albrecht, Hamburg. Oer- rnanv am wall am mnrir -K Other files are marked. "Contract Government " ; "Embalmed Beer ; "BusI ness In Italy ; Business In Russia' "Fort Worth. Texas Political." and umbiouuw, i cinin ji a.in. aiaie I Files also are set aside for "Investiga tion at Washington High Prices of Food." and "Investigation at Chicago 1 -iiieTn r rices oi rooa i ueiuer uiej sues arej to do maae PUD- win De aeciaea at a neanng nere I on Marcb 1. GRAFT TALES IN SHIP YARDS INVESTIGATED (Continued from Page One) all ships built In the yard. This fee it has been estimated, would yield the corporation $6,000,000. The corporation Is furnishing none of the capital for building the yard, for buying material or for paying salaries or wages. The Emergency Fleet corporation Is paying for everything. Admiral Bowles told the committee that . the corporation Is furnishing the technical knowledge and the organization. Contracts Let on Fee Baslt The senate committee also developed from several sources that the American International Shipbuilding corporation had sublet 75 per cent of the construc tion work on a 5 per cent fee basis. The government Is paying this fee. At least one of the subcontractors, it was shown, is an officer of the Amerl can-Internsttional corporation. Several I witnesses told the committee that the I work on the yard was four months be I hind ncherluln I nitiu Bcneuuio, George J. Baldwin, chairman of the American-International ShlDbulldinsr rsir- I nnrntlnn itcnlil KAfr.ro ihn nwut. thla week that the STnenittliira 1 , , , expendtlures were I ' -" su.ciuniciii I order for speed. He also denied that there was any delay in the work 44 Rank Nonsense," Says Vanderlip I " r T a 1 a i w w m I 1Ma A. tx. r. a.) ranx a, vanaernp, chairman or the iniernauonai corporauon. aeciarea nere toaay uauM allegations or profiteer I lnsT In the 'building of the Hog Island shlnvard. I'hlladeltihln. urn "ranlr ' ltft W n o. I " kym iimuc on the construction of the yard, he said, but the fee of each ship delivered three and one third per cent on the money expended Is so far as he knows the smallest margin of profit on any big contract. He denied a nervous breakdown had brought him to Southern California, stating his presence was for a short I rest after two years of strenuous work. Cause Unknown of Irrionda Sinking Buenos Aires, Feb. 14. (I. N. S.) The Argentine ministerat Madrid to- rlftV h 1 awl t Vt j irAvarnmant tHtr tK v- 1 t.in r tv, IT VZ rlonda bad made a declaration In which he asserted it waa impossible for him t . s.t .v,n v. w . rx.Prnan v.,. on,.. Iment was to some extent corroborated by crew of a French destroyer which I ,i .v v The F-nch sailor, said they did not see I anv submarine Tne irrionda was sunk on her way from Buenos Aires to a Spanish port. The first reports on the sinking at tributed the ship's loss to a German U-boat. Draft Contingent . Called Out March 4 Washington, Feb. 14. (IiT. P.) An other movement of draft registrants to training camps was announced by. the war department today. On March 600 men of the first draft trill com mence moving to camp from 11 atatea. Finance: Timber: Industry Portland Basks Set Aside 1 Per Cent of Their Gross Resources Each Week for the Purchase or United States Treasury Certificates of In debtedness in Compliance With HcAdoo's Request Portias Baaks Bay Treatary CerUf testes Portland banks and trust com panies are very generally complying with the request of Secretary of the Treasury William McAdoo in purchasing United States treasury certificates of Indebted ness. Nearly all the banks la-tbe city have set aside 1 per cent of their gross resources each week for tha purchase of these certificates. Individuals and cor porations are also urged to buy these certificates, and thus build op a fund for the purchase of bonds of the Third Liberty loan. Among tbe larger banks making allowance for the purchase of certificates are the First National, with a weekly purchase of $500,000; the United States National with a weekly appropriation for this purpose amount ing to $200,000. and the Northwestern National, whose purchases of certificates average $120,000 per week. TJ. 8. National Baak Look After Com fort ef Employ Officials of the United States National bank have installed a complete gymnasium In the basement of the bank building for the use of em ployes. The equipment Is complete and modern and Is being put to dally use by the men employed in the bank. Another important Innovation Is the tea room for the use of young women employes. This is furnished with every modern conven ience and Is a source of economy aa well as of comfort- to the women employed by this Institution. Shipment of Horsas to Canada The war trade board announces that unttll further notice no individual licenses are required for the exportation of horses to Canada "and Newfoundland. Shippers will be given due and timely notice through the daily press if at any future date there should be a change in this ruling. The war trade board announced in its Journal of January 21, and also in a statement released for the press on January 25, that after that date ship ment of horses to Canada and New foundland could be effected only By first securing an individual export license for each shipment. This order is now an nulled. Condition of Serarlty Market -The stock markets remained practically sta tionary during January. The payments MAKES REPORT OE E Herbert Nunn, State Highway way Engineer, Submits Figures for Year to Commission. Salem, Or., Feb. 14. Estimated total cost of construction of highway and bridge work pending before the state highway department at tha close of the fiscal year on November 80, 1917, was $7,930,150, of which amount $685.- 613.24 had been spent, according to yearly report of Herbert Nunn. state highway engineer. The report was com pleted today for submission to the state highway commission. - Of the amount expended $541,974.33 was for construction work and $143. 638.91 was for engineering. Following is a summary of the total estimated costs, as segregated In the report, and amounts expended : Construction Jobs, estimated cost. $2,367,300; expended for construction. $475,417.70;. for engineering, $36,311.9$; total expended, $511,729.66. Surveys requested by - counties, esti mated cost, $3,832,040; expended for en gineering, $53,643.80. State location surveys. estimated cost, $1.151.000 ; expended for engineer ing. $6796.91. Reconnaisance surveys, expended for engineering, $2495.37. Administrative, engineering, super vision, etc., expended, $34,130.80. Accounts left from 1916, estimated cost, $11,310 ; expended for construc tion. $8743.76 ; for engineering, $2573.37 ; total expended, $11,317.13. Bridges estimated cost, $588,500 ; ex pended for construction, $9171.81 ; for engineering, $7681.70; total expended, $16,853.61. Equipment, amount expended, $48,- 641.06. Seven More Survive Transport Tuscania War Department Bedaees 3Timar jot Fatalities Still Farther by Pablleatloa, of 'amg of Other Soldisri Alive. Washington, Feb. 14. (I. N. S.) Seven additional names were added on Wednesday by tbe war department to the list of survivors of the transport Tuscania. They are aa follows: Joseph A, Allen, Shaxope, Minn. ; Ev erett la. Hamilton, Scran ton. Pa. ; Herb ert C. Jenson, Barron, Wis. ; Albert V. Moyer, Lewlston, Pa. ; -Eugene Tumlin son. Bishop, Texas; Hugo Welrich, Fredericksburg, Texas, and Jacob Zal ktnd. Fore River. Mass. Alleh and Zalkind are privates of tbe One Hundred Fifty-eighth aero squadV ron, Jenson is a corporal of Company E, One Hundred Seventh supply train, Moyer is a private of the First sanitary squad. Thirty-second division, national guard, and Tumllnson and Welrich are . . . 1 . a. privates ox oeuuuneoi w. 'uxip Travis, overseas casuals. Tea unit to which Hamilton la as signed has not been fixed by the bureau of public information. Salem Graduate Victim Salem. Ont Feb. 14. Curtis Wlllson, whose name is among the Tuscania dead now buried on the Irish coast, waa a son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wlllson of this city. He was 24 years old and a popular graduate of the Salem high school. He had lived In Salem a num ber of years, but just prior to bis en listment he was living near Boise. Idaho, where he bad proved up on a homestead. He enlisted at Boise. He also had a sister- and two brothers living In Salem. 4 Paul C, H. Hennig f Secures Acquittal New York, Feb. 14 L N. 8.) Paul C H. Hennig. who has been on trial here on a charge of treason against tbe United States, was acquitted by a Jury in United States Judge Cnatfleld's court thl afternoon. The- specific charge against Hennig was that while foreman at tha Bliss Torpedo works he tampered with torpe does intended lor use in the American navy so that they would act as sea boomerangs and destroy tha veaaels dia- charglnr them. , - HIGHWAY NAN of dividends and Interest at tha first t . of tha month amounted to about t09. : AIM AAA V..a . fc. l m . . . - vuv.vw, euiu ibis aeipsra invanors psy r - their installment on the Liberty Ixan I oa January IS. Since that Ubma, the public has accumulated savings to some extent, and made considerable . purohaaea of securities. The marketa , closed the month with a firm , onder 1 tone. ' So long as the government borrows "' from the banks by celling treasury cer tificates. Investment funds will - accu- . mulate in private hands and odd lot -buying will maintain a firm undertone. -Whenever a new Uberty Loan te U- , sued, however. Investors will "ear- mark" funds for the purchase of Lib- . erty Loan, and there will be some hear lnesa In prices. Declines In prices of . corporation securities which attend of- ' ferlngs tt Liberty Loans, however, do . not come so much from heavy selling -as from lack of buying. Forelga Trade ef the railed States. Rx ports for the past U months were over six billion dollars. Imports were slightly less than half -this amount.', leaving a balance due the United States of three billion dollars, nearly five tunes our peace trade balance. 1917 191 S , Exports ....$,2fl.00,004 $2,600,000,000 Imports 2.900.000,000 Loo,eoo.ooo-V Balance. . $3,300,000,000 $ 700.000,004 Tbe United States loaned foreign countries enough to pay all of thia three billion dollar balance and also aa -extra billion to pay debts contracted while buying war supplies In 11S-1$, . The loans of our government to the allies stand aproxlmately as follows: ; England $2,100,000,000 France 1,200,000,000 Italy 600.OO0.000 i Russia 825,000,000 . Belgium 60,000,000 , Others 6,000.000 ' I Total $4,180,000,000 During tne coming year an lucma lng proportion of our exports will be paid for bjr our government and In ad dition we shall buy large supplies In France and England for oar troops In France. Charged Wilh Embezzlement Los Angeles. Cil.. Feb. 14. (I. N. S.) Charged with having embexxled $4870 from the First National bank of Comp ton, near Los Angeles, while employed at the bank as bookkeeper, C. O. Ilar bell waa arrested today. ' ' MORRIS BROTHERS (Inc.) ErUbllihad 25 Year 201 Railway Exchange Budding PORTLAND, OREGON Oregon Municipal Bonds It, 500 Klamath Falls, Ore., Im rrovement 6$ M. & S. I9t9 to net 5.50. . , . .... 2t,$00 Tillamook, Ore., Im provement 6'$ M. & N. 1918 21 to net 5.40. i,070 Marshfield, Ore., Im provement 6'$ F. & A. 1919 28 to net 5.25. 6,000 Canby, Ore., Water 6's F. & A. 1926-36 to net 5.25. i 14,000 We$t Linn, Ore., Water 5-s a. at o. 1942-43 to net 5.10. Short Term Gold Note Dominion of Canada 5V Dated August 1, 1917 Due August 1, 1919 "at the market" yield about 8A These short term notes. re sa -cured by all the wealth and re- . sources of t.e great Canadian -nation. Details oa Be.sc(t Lumber mens trust Company capitsl tasnet iimsm Lnmb.rs.en.Blrj,. rsHlssd.n.a rift ens tterft FACTS NO. 242 BENEFIT BEYOND COMPUTATION At thia time when transportation facili ties are supremely Im portant It is essential that every road and highway should be In the very best possible state to sustain tha traffic that will pass over them. The road to be the most serviceable should be paved wiLa BITULITHIC Warren Bros. Co. Journal Bid., PortlaacI, Or. . fteeka. Beads, Cfeftaa. Srata. Kta, tie-ail a-) mt isatae auuiau Overbeck&CookeCo. direct private wires to all Exchanges - ears Cfehmge Beard ef Trade tarresaeaeeate ef legea Ba7avta -. CaYsa, Bear lack