THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORT LAND. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21. ,1918.
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ARMYAND NAVY CAPTURES ALL CANNED SALMON IN NORTHWEST
EG
MARKET
BEGINS
TO TREMBLE VITH A.
SMALLER CALL HERE
Shippers Practically Quit Because of
Recent Advance Locally and Lack
of Big Call From Outside Spring
Price Soon.
Market lot eggs ere beginning la show alias
t too blh price. While a Terr limited
astount of sale er shown b wholesalers to
retailer la single mm tou t 44 a dosea fot
eurrsat wlpU. litUo of the basin in Ucb
offering ta indicated abore 3c a dozen.
That the market U not quit aa eUons or
art ire aa d urine the prevloua feW day, ia indi
cated by the fact that qUe fair atoeka war
carried ofr by wholesalers who tried to secure
top quotation and failed.
Homo of the leading buyars who were ship
ping to outilde points haf quit operating be
cause of the eitreme price, sow in effect and
the lack of eaceraeea on the part of country in
terest, to take bold.
' With spring in sight and lower price Indi
cated for eggs, there to no incentire among
the trade to withhold aupptiea from the market
ami tlita ia naturally a weakening influence.
Few of the buyer, are expected to aend out
Mated quotation for the coming Weak. -
CHICK EX MARKET IS STRONGER
Aa a result of the scarcity of offering, the
market f oft, chicken ia abowlng a firmer tone
along the atraet with price indicating higher
position. Irucks, geese and lire turkey are
la demand.
FRESH RAI.MO PRICES HOLDING
Owing to the fact that the season for salman
clnee for two month along the Cofaoibie on
March 1, aold atorage interest of the lower
Columbia rirer ara grabbing all supplies, in
aight. Fishermen are obtaining 18c a pound
light out of the water, which mean a dressed
price much higher.
SMALL ORANGES TO BE SCARCER
Owing to the fact that shipping organiza
tion of the south are asking higher price ior
small slaed oranges thsn the local trade can
sell at, do additional shlrimen'a from the south
ar ei peeled during the remainder of tha
season.
DRESSED HOGS ARE DOWNWARD
Because of the recent drop in the price of
lira hogs in Ue stockyard, considerable weak
nae has been shown along the street and prices
ara at lea't a rent lower. Most of the sales of
light blocksrs now reported at 304 a pound.
SMELT SUPPLIES ARE SCARCER
Scarcity (ft offering of smelt was shown in
th wholesale trade for the day with a liberal
eastern demand. Tha catch was again prin
cipally by (UlnctUrs, few boxes arriving from
tha Cowlitx.
BRIEF NOTES OF PRODUCE TRADE
New offerings of beet from Lo Angeles at
7 He per doaen bunches.
Spinach Is abo coming from th South; aalea
at ttc per pound.
Hothouse rhubarb supplies more liberal; priced
at ( 11 He
Canned milk market indicate further weak
ness Cheese and butter trad ateady.
WEATHER NOTICE FOR SHIPPERS
Weather bureau advises: Protect shipments
during the next 36 hours against th following
temperatures: (Joint north. 28 degrees: north
east over the ftpokane, Portland A Seattle rail
way, 8 degrees; east to Bakar, 10 degrees, and
south to Ashlsnd. 22 degrees. Minimum tem
perature at Portland tomorrow about 80 degrees.
jobbing prices iy Portland
These prtcea ar those at which wholesaler
aeU to retailers, except aa otherwise stated:
Dairy Product
' BUTTER Crsamsry. print, in paraffin
wrappers, extras, 62e; prime first, 40 9 50c;
tints, 48 0 49a; cubes, io less; carton, lc ad
vance; dairy, 84 800 per lb.
BUTTEKFAT Portland delivery bails. No. 1
Scmr rream, 64e lb.
CllEKBE Selling price: Tillamook fresh Ore
gon fancy full cream triplets, 27 27 Ho lb.;
Young America. 28 g 28 Ha lb. Pric to jobbers:
Flat, 25c; Young America, 26c, f. o. b. ; brick,
83c; limburger, 85c; brick Hwtta. 40c per lb.
KOUS Selling price, case count, 4 Be per
doaen: buying price, 41c per doaen; telling price,
candled, 4445o dozen; (elected candled, in
cartons, 45c.
LIVE POULTRY Broiler. 80a; old rooster.
18 20c; (tags. 23 24c: turkey. 27 0 28c;
dreesed fancy, 82 0 36c; No. 2s, 27e; squabs,
8.00 down; geese, live. SOo; ducks, 6(40c;
pigeons, $1.26 dosan.
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable
FRE8H FRUITS Orange. $3.79 0 6.65 per
dox; rananaa, nwone; lemons, iT VUiaT 40;
California grape truit, $3.600 8.751 Florida.
$5.00 0 6.75.
APPLES Ortley, extra fancy. $2.00: Ortley,
fancy, $1.75; Winter Banana, extra fancy,
$2. $6; Winter Banana, fancy, $2.00; fancy
Hood River flpltsenbergs, $2 00; Hood River
extra fancy Spitsenberg, $2.25 per box; Bald
win, wrapped. $1.30: Newton ns,. 4 tiers. $1.25;
fancy table apples. 4 tier, $2.25; fancy table
amies, 4Va tier, $1.76; faney Spitxenberg. sot
wrapped. $1.50; cooking apples,4 tier, $1.25
160.
ONIONS Selling pries to retailer Oregon,
No 1. $1500 2.00; No. 2. $1.00; carload
price of association, $1.60 per cental, f. a. b. ;
garlle. So per lb.
POTATOES Selling price: Table stock. Bur
banks, 7500 $1.25; Oems, (1.23 0 1.3.1. Buying
price, U. S. No. 1, 8Oo0(l.OO oental, country
points; sweet potatoes, 60S lit per lb.
VEGETABLES Turnips, $1.86 per sack '
carrots. $1.00 01.25 sack: beets, $2.00 rack;
parsnips, $1.60 per sack; cabbage, local, $3 25
0 4.00 cwt.; green onions, $5o doxen bunches -peppers,
40o per lb.; head lettuce, 85c doxen;
7 , .ve.w uutrn . arucnoxen. ai.utl Mr
doaen; cucumbers, hothouse, $1.5001.75 per
wimvn, ivmawjfTs, Mexican, li.Qa per lUg; egg'
Plant. 17 Ho pr lb.; string beans. ( ) ; rhu-
usre, ivwi no id.; ravuiuower, local, $1.25
01.60 per doaen; pumpkins, 1 He per lb.;
Moat, Fish and Provision
DRKBSKU x 1 B Selling pric, country
killed bast bog. 90 0 20 He; ordinary. 19 0
19 He; beet veal, ilOo ordinary veal, 18 019
per id.; rouau inc per id.; goats, J 0 0
lie per lb ; lambs. 17020c lb.; mutton. 11 5
1 So per lb. ; beef. 7 H W 10 He per lb.
SMOKED UKATS llama. '2Tl't. . .
breakfast bacon, 88 0 48c per lb.; picnics 23c
per lb.: cottag roll, 28c per lb.; short clears
l9 0S$o per lb.; Oregon export, smoked. 38o
per lb.'
LARD Kettle rendered, tierces, 28o per lb.;
Itsndard. 27 He: lard compound. 24 44a.
OYHTERS Olympia. gallon, 84.60; canned
eastern, ooc per can, ev.ou per aosen case
eastern oystera, per gallon, solid pack:, $3.60.
FISH Dressed floundera, 60; ateelbead sal
mon. 2ug'c; cninooa, zao; percn, 7 0 8e;
aolee, 7c; salmon trout. 18c; halibut, 210 22e;
black, cod. llo; herring, 6c; amelt, 8e; clams,
hard shells, 4c per lb,, $2.78 per box; crabs.
$1.7802.60 per doaen; Columbia amelt 7c.
BlXiAK Cube. $8.70; powdered, $8.45; fruit
v ' . i' yeuow. 1.00 ; granulated.
f.7 T : t C. $T.65; .goldei
VI.-VW LJg "J WU
MONKT w. $4.25 0 4.50 par Case.
" airs-ay, o C.
HI T iu-u
ymiwv giavaA airouaa, I UUf. .1111 DO T4rr
ton: 60. $16.00; Ubl. dairy, ol $1 ft:
l?. e,ola,V.! .. 2 AL tat" aid
ri - iwi. ezu.uu per ton.
Hooa, Wool and Hloee
HOPS Nominal, 1917 crop. 15 01go nj
uuim biiiw, o ids. ana up. He un
bulla. 60 lb, and np, 12c: mltedlmd ankto
16 to 25 lbs., 16c; aalted and aiTXf un
te 16 ba.. 21a; green hide., 25 Ibv 2nd "p"
12e; green stags. 59 lb, and up, lOe: in ntW.'
2o; dry flint calf, up to 7 Ibt, 28c; di
21a; dry hone hides, each. 81.25 0 1.60; aalted
'bora hides, each. 83.00 04.00; horsehair. taiL
25e; hone hair, ansa. 16c; dry long wool neTu
88c( dry abort wool pelt. 25e; salted and grsen
relta (January takeoff). $2 50 0 3.60 eaeb"
dry sheep shearlings, each. 180 $0o
sal tea aheefi
ahearlinge. each. 25 0 50c; dry goats, long hair
96a dry goat ahearlinga. each, 16 0 30c; dry
mi ii. www .l.Utf,
WOOLe Coarse valley, 60c; medium vallev
68a; . valley lamb wool. 43 0 50a per lb.;- axtni
CU1TTIM OR CASCARA BARK Borina
price, per ear lota, 8 H 9 9o per lb. v '
. MOHA1H 1917. 40080c pat lb.
-if-, Row. Paint. Oil
ROPE SiseL-dark, 2$o j white, 22 Ha Bar
lb.1 etandard Manila. 82o. ?' "
.. UNSEED OIL Raw bbto.. $1,44 per gallon .
.UtU boiled, bbla.. $1.48; raw, caaia, luS';
FEEDER CATTLE IN
MUCH HEAVIER CALL
WITH FEW OFFERINGS
North Portland Gets Big Demand but
Supplies Available Are Very Lim
ited East Shows Weakness for
Swine With No Change Here.
HOW HOGS RULED
Too,
Kanaa City
Chicago . .
.917.0S
. 16.965
Omaha . . .
Dener . . ,
Portland
. 16.70
. 16. SB
. 16.60
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK RU
Hog Cattle Cairo Sheep
Thursday 200 8T
Wednesday 2TS 1 1
Tuesday 1287 8l 4 676
Monday 2686 878 IS 86
Saturday 130. 22 " 1
Friday (S8T 209 1402
Week ago 478 272 6
Yea ago 231 11 - 6
3 years ago 411 IA 276
8 year ago Sit IS 4 45
4 year ago 688 61 . , ...
A huge supply of feeder cattler Is now wanted
at North Portland but then ar few arriving.
Tha call is so much greater than the supply that
tha best price ever known for tola class of rtuff
la available.
More interest in feeder stuff has been shown
during recent month in th cattle division of
the North Portland market than ever before
known. Portland ba become headquarter for
the sale of this stock and this haa resulted In
the demand all oomlng to this city.
Killer cattle, market ia showing steadiness
for ordinary quality stock but there remain a
very (low ton for fancy stuff. ,
General cattle market range :
Medium to choice steers i f 10.35 $ 1 1.0ft
Good to medium steer tt.86 010.85
Ccmmon to good steen 6.00 0 0.40
Cbolc cows and heifers 8.00 10,00
Common to good cow and heifer 6.76 8. IS
i annsrs
llulla
Calve
Stockera f nd feeder steers .
4.25 m 6 28
6.00 8.00
7.B0& U.00
6.60 e 0.00
Swine Depressed In fast
Further depression in the price of rwlne was
shown in tha big markets east of the Rockies
during tha day but no chance was shown in
th North Portland situation b era us there was
so little stock available. In fact arrival cam
on guaranteed prices.
General hog market range:
Prime light f 16.45 1 6.60
Prime heavy 16.4016.6S
Pigs 14.00 0 15.00
Bulk of aalea 16.50
H6 Oall for Mutton
There 1 practically no call for mutton In
tha local yarda at this time and none have been-
received here for two day. Killers continue
In control of th general situation and are get
ting their requirement from their own feed lota.
Ueneral sheep and lamb range:
Western lamb $15.00 15 60
Valley lambs ... 14.50 15.00
Yearlings J.... 1 3.00 1 3.50
Wethers 12.60 13.00
Ewes 10.0o$ 11.00
Shorn sheep 2 hi to So under quotation.
Thursday Livestock Shipper
CatU J. Bosart. Woodland. Wash., 1 load.
Mixed stuff Cutford Bros.. liubbard and
Gervais. 2 load cattle and hoes.
United States bureau of markets report live
stock loaded February 20, (carloads reported
west of Allegheny mountains; doubled ecka count
ed aa two cars.)
Cattla Mixed
Calves Hog Sheep Stock Total
Total 1660 2223 887 847 4878
1 week ago 2154 1732 440 848 4088
4 weeks ago ....2209 2040 620 445 6068
State origin of livestock loaded February 20:
ror I'ortiana
California
24
1
1
3.
28
6
24
1
1
8
29
10
Idaho
Ohio
Oregon
Totals. Pqxtland .
week ago
2
-N'otje-
4 weeks ago
For Seattle
Oregon
3
a
5
7
1
8
7
10
17
S
Washington . ...
4
4
8
4
Totals, Seattle. .
1 week ago . . . .
4 weeks ago . . . .
Wednesday Afternoon Sales
COWS
Ko.
Ave. lbs. Price No.
. . 770 8 8.50 7.. .
.. 970 8.80 6...
.. 700 5.50
Ave. lbs. Price
. . 850 $ 6.50
. . 985 7.50
2.
2.
1 .
Thursday Morning Sale
BULLS
Ave. lor Price No.
, . . 870 $ 6.00 1.
COWS
. .. 870 $ 7.60 1.
HOGS
, . . 200 816.60
. . 820 16.60 I . 8.
. . 170 18.60 1 8.
. . 165 16.80 1
No.
Ave. lbs. Price
..111-0 $ 5.00
. . 900 $ 6.00
1.
1 .
4 .
168
201
16.50
16.60
AMERICAN LIVESTOCK PRICES
Chicago Hog $16.96
Chicago. Feb. 21. (I. N. 8.) Hogs Re
ceipts 60.000. slow and lower. Mixed and botch
ers. $16.20 (? 16 95: good heavy, $16,25 0
16 85; rough heavy, $ 6.25 1 6.45 ; light.
$16.55016.95; pigs. $12.60 016.75; bulk.
$16.70016.90.
Cattle Receipt 15.000. steady to strnne.
Beeves. $8.65013.90; cow and heifers. $8.50
at 11.75: atockers and feeders. 87.40 0 10.80:
calves. $8.60018.75.
Sheep Receipts 16,000, steady. Native and
western, $10.85 013.25; lambs, 318.50 0
10.40.
Omaha Hog 816.70
Omaha, Feb. 21. tL N. 8.) Hog Re
ceipt. 11,300, steady. Top, $16.70; range.
$16,230 16.70: mixed. $16.40 a 6.60 : eood
choice, $16.65 016.70; rough. $1 6.30 16.93 ;
liaht. $16 85016 55: bulk. 316.45 (k 1 6 5 :
pigs. $10.00 012.00.
t attle Receipt 4300, steady. Beeves. $9.00
13.00: .stockera and feeders. 16.60 a 1 1 4(1
cow and heifers. $6,60 0 10.30: western, $9.00
011.75: calves, $9.00013.00.
Sheep Receipt 7000, alow. Wethers, $11.00
013.00; yearling. $11.60 014.60; lambs.
$14.25016 25: ewes. $11.00 012.00.
Kansas City Hog $17.06
Kansas City, Mo.. Feb. 21. (I. N. S.) Cat
tle Receipts duuu, aieaay to strong, steers
$11.00 0 1$. 50; cows and heifera. $7,00 0
12.75; atockera and feeders, $7.00 012.00;
veal calves. $6.00 012.50.
Hogs Aeceipts 9000, steady. Top, $17 05'
bulk. $16,80 0 17.00; heavies, $1 6.90 0 1 7.05 :
mediums. $16.90 017.05; lights, $16.65
17.00.
Sheep Receipt $000, alow, ateady. Heavy
miuds. aio.-o m xo.oo; ugnc tamos, mia.iaSi
16.10.
Denver Hog SIS. SB
Danver, Feb. 21. (U. P.) Cattle Re
ceipt, izuu; marxrt rugner. nteers, $8,00 0
12.25: cowa and heifers. $6.00 0 9.50: stockera
ana leeaere, T.uo li.ou; caivea. $1.00
18.75.
Hogs Receipt, 4200; strong to 10c higher.
Top, $16.85; bulk. $15.25 016.65.
Sheep Receipts. 4800; strong. Ewes, $11.00
011.75; lambs. $14.00 4 16.00.
Seattle Hog $17.00
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 21. (I. . S.) Hog
Receipts. 109: ateady.' Prime lights. $16.90
017.00: medium choice, $16.75 016.85;
smooth hearlca, $16.23 016.50; rough heavies
$16.75016.001 pigs, $15.75010.00.
Cattle Receipta. 28; steady. Best steers,
$11.25011.60; medium to choice, $9,500
10.60; common to medium, $6.56 0 9.00; best
cows, $9.00010.00; common to medium cowa
$6.50 0 8.50; bulla, $6.00 0 8.00; calves, $6.00
010.00.
Sheep Receipts, 26; ateady. Prime lambs.
$13.50 016.00; wethers, $8.50 011.50.
Kaw Tork UeUI Market
New York. Feb. 21. (L N. 8.) Lead
ateady. Spot. 7 H 0 7 H ; February TH ; March.
696 0 7.05.
Spelter easy. Spot and -February offered
74; March and April offered 7.80.
San Franelsro Grata Market
.San Francisco, Feb. 21. (U. P.) Cash
grain:
Barley Per cental, feed. $3.56 08.60; bar
ley haa aold up te $8.60 f. o. b. in the country.
Oata Per cental, red feed. 88.40 0 3.50.
Kew Tork 8 agar and Coffee x
Sew York. Feb. 21. fTJ. P.) Coffe. spot
Ko. 7 Rio. 8 He; No. 4 Santos, 10 He
Sugar Centrifugal. $6.05.
boiled, ease, $1.86 per gallon; lota of 260 gal
lons, lass, ..
COAL OIL Water white In drams and iron
barrels, lOe per gallon.
WIHTE LEAD Ton lota. 12o per lb.; 800
TU HP EN TIN E Tanks. $5; eases, 75: io
case lota, le less.
GOVERNMENT
TAKES
ALL CANNED SALMON
HELD BY PACKERS
Wires That All Stocks Exeept Chums
Are Needed for Army and Navy and
Beport Must Be Hade of Holdings
Price to Be Set Later.
Every ease, every aan of everr sixc and every
variety and quality of salmon except chum, la
the hand of Pacific North west Deckers la wanted
by the United State government immediately for
the army and navy.
Word to that effect earn la a message to
Robert 8. Farrell of Everding g Parrell. owners
ot the pillar Hock Packing Co.. and likewise ex
tensively interested la Alaakan eanaeries.
Th message to Mr. Parrell was algned by Zd
B. Denting, aalmon administrator, with headquar
ters at Balling bam. Tha first massage simply
aaid to report all canned aalmon stocks except
chum, to tha food administrator, while another
message coming soon after stated that tb gov
ernment did not want any further aalea of
salmon to be mad by packer because all sup
plies were needed for tha army and navy. Tha
pric will be set at a later data.
Tb Initial pric set by th government on
canned aalmon some time ago was $1.60 for
chum, although soma of the stock ia said to
Have cost packera 81.70, while pink war named
at $1.65, although aalea had been mad previous
to tba government order at $1.85.
Irregular Tone in
Stocks at Opening
Values Are Generally Up at Start
Liberty 4s Show Strength
With Advance.
IRRSQULAR TOWS ALL DAY
Nw York, Fb. 11. (I. N. S.) Price war
extremely Irregular in tha stock market today,
with after noon trading of a professional are-hol-Iday.
In final dealing Marina, after selling up to
SI , dropped 1 point, and th preferred loot
over a point.
U. 6. Steel common reacted from 66 4 to
99 ' points, and Baldwin rallied to 78 ' .
Saias, 686,600 shares; bona. $S,SS2,000.
New Tork. Feb. 21. (L N. S.) There waa
an irregular tone at tha opening of the stock
marke today, but before th end of the .first
15 fainutes many stock developed pronounced
strength and moved np over 1 point.
The marine issues were prominent, tha com
mon moving up over 1 point and th preferred
made the same gain to 100 "4. Atlantio Gulf
was also In demand, and rose 1 & to 118.
Steal common opened 1 point lower at 111,
and then moved up to 064. National Enamel
gained IK to 49, and Baldwin moved np 1
point from Its opening to 79 . Pressed Steel j
continued weaa, cropping ix io 02 v , ana ,
Brooklyn Rapid Transit was exceptionally heavy,
falling 1H to 39.
The rails were in supply, St Paul dropping
1H to 424.
Liberty 4a moved up to 96.90, compared with
a close yesterday of 98.1
During the forenoon the steel industrials were
under pressure, while the ahipping atoeka were ia
urgent' demand. The most interest waa attached
te the apparent accumulation of Marine common
and preferred. The common moved up 2 points
to 29H , and the preferred IK to 101. while At
lantio Gulf moved np 1 to 119.
Several of the specialties were prominent. To
bacco Products advancing 1H to 664, while
national tnamei, aiiis Chalmers and Central
Leather on small transaction moved ub about 1
point
Steel common held within a narrow ran ire
around 96, while there were frequent fluctua
tions in Baldwin, which, after selling around 78.
rallied to 79 14. and then yielded aaain. Beth
lehem Steel moved up 1 point to 8 OH, but later
reacted to 1 u i .
The trading in Liberty bonds was heavy, tha
second 4s moving up to 97.26.
Range of New York price furnished bv rr-
beck & Cook Co.. 216-217 Board of Trade
building:
Open. Close-
2H 2
27 s 26 H
79 78 H
41H 41
. 74 73 H
82 32
82 82 H
C6H 65 H
84 H 834
108H 107
107 H 197
654 57 H
64 64 H
85 H 84
794
624 62
80 79
40H 41
20 194
17 16H
147 1434
704 70 H
634 54
74
43 414
3 98
44H 434
40 Te 40
-. 90
84 ;84H
63 H 64 H
f 8H
40 H 89
15 H 1i
141 141
129 129
45
28 28
41 41
13
94
121 121
47 46H
27 80
17 17
88 88
68
112
29 29
924 98
81 81
46 45
4 44
22 22 H
55 63
19 19
28 28
186 135
71 70
10 19
104 104
85 84
27
46 44
45 45
52
62 62
24 24
54 68
78 76
79 . 78
20 20
161
16
62 62 -
86 85
23 23
16 18
155 164
55 65
118 119
68 67
85
84 82
41 41
8 8
90 89
2 41
10 19
Alaska Gold ,
Allis-Chalmers, c
American Beet Sugar
American Can, e.
American Car Foundry c. . .
American Cotton Oil, c
American Linseed, c
American Locomotive, c
American Smelter, c
American Sngar. o
American Tel. & Tel.
American Woolen, e
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchison, e
Baldwin Locomotive, e
Baltimore dt Ohio, c .
Bethlehem Ste IB
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Butts & Superior
California Petroleum, c
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather, c
Chesapeake Ac Ohio
Chicago Gt. Western, c...
Chicago. M. & St P
Chicago Ac N. W., C
Chino Copper
Colo. F. dt I., c
Consolidated Gas
Corn Products, c
Crucible Steel, c
Denver at Rio Grande, c
Distillers
Erie, c
General Electric
General Motors
Goodrich Rubber
Gt North. Or Lands. ......
Greene-Cananea
Ice Securities
IUinoi Central
Industrial Alcohol
Inspiration
International Mer. Marin . . ,
Kansas City Southern, c. . .
Kennecott Cofper
Lehigh Valley
Louisville Nashville
Maxwell Motor, c
Mexican Petroleum
Miami Copper . . .
Midrale Steel
Miaaoari, Kansas St Texas, c.
Missouri Pacific
National Lead
Nevada Consolidated
New Haven
New York Air Brake
New York Central
New York Ont 4 W
Norfolk It Western, c
Northern Pacific
Pacific Mail
Pennsylvania Railway ......
People'a Gas
Pittsburg Coal, c.
Pressed Steel Car, c.
Bay Consolidated Copper . .
Railway Steel Spring)
Reading, e.
Republic Iron tt Steel, e. . . .
Rook Island
Sears. Roebuck a C& ....
Bhattuck
Studebaker, e.
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway, c
Tennessee Copper
Texas Oil
Tobacco ProducU
Union Pacific, c.
United Statee Rubber, a. ..
United States Steel, c
Utah Copper
Virginia Chemical, a. .....
Wabash
Western Union Telegraph . .
Westinghouse Electric ....
Willys Overland
Forelra Bond Xavket
Bid
Anglo-French 6s, Oct 1920... 89
United Kingdom 5s, Sept 1918 98
United Kingdom 5s, Nov. 1919 97
United Kingdom 5 He, Feb. 1919 99
United Kingdom 6 Ha. Nor. 1921 94
Anglo-French 2d 5s, Aug. 1919 96
Republic of France Os. 1931.. ISO
A4r.
90
99
97
99
w4
6
185
87
88
41
' 88
96
96
98
94
96
97
92
'Pari 6s. Oct 1921 86
Marseilles 6s. Nov. 1919 88
Raasia Extension $e. 1921.. 39
Roman International 6s. 1926 84
Dominion v 6s, Aug. 1917..... 95
Dominion 6s, April 1921.... 94
Dominion 6a, April 1931.... 92
Dominion 5a. April 1926.... 92
Argentine 6a, May 1920.. . 94
French 6a, 1919 ....... . 97
Dominion of Canada 6s, 1937. 91
Liverpool Cotton Neglected
Liverpool, Feb. 21. U S. 8.) Spot cotton
continued neglected today with prices : ateady.
Sale 1000 balsa.
Swift CoV Shares
Boston, Pea. 31. Swift A Co. shares 128.
OATS SPECULATION
IS NOT ELIMINATED;
' PROFITS IE GOOD
Advance of 2e Bushel Allowed by
Chicago Board of Trade Daily Is
Very Good One Local Coarse
Grains Held Very Strong.
RECORDS ARE SMASHED
Former arlea rasaraa far aat and barley
war smashed on tha Portland market during th
day, with oats bids up $1 and barley $2.00 O
8.60 a ton. Faad oats blda on tha Exehanaa
want to $70, but open market sale were shown
at $71.00 0 72.00.
rawing barley want to S73.E0 bid en tha
Exchange, while tha open market was quoted
nominal at $76.60 a ten. all new high records ,f
NORTHWEST GRAIN RECEIPTS
-Cars-
Wheat Barley. Flour. Oats. Hay.
Portland. Thurs . .
6
8
Year ago
Season to date. ..8642
Year ago 8968
Tacoma. . Wed ...
Year ago. '
Season to date.. .8967
Year ago. $015
Brattle. Wed IS
Year ago
Season to data... 8723
Year ago.. .4043
-holiday
236 705 1018 1504
164 1082 1326 169M
1 4
-holiday
74
Z1B 1ST
265 1689
1 18
108 ...
2 8
-holiday-
241 70S 1019 2560
282 1183 1062 2996
Perhaps tha most important announcement
that haa been made for some time Is tha action
taken by the directors of the Chicago Beard
of Trade in refusing to allow during tha fu
ture any sensational advances to be made in the
price of oats. Th limit for any one day has
been placed at 2c a bushel.
On the surface this order would Indicate that
peculation waa to be eliminated bat this is
scarcely so for 2o daily advance 1 In itself
a rather spirited one and speculators would be
mightly glad to obtain it and hold for a few
weeks or so.
locally tha entire coarse grain market Is a
mass of strength. Prices for oats and barley
are on a nominal basis, there being scarcely
enough trading in any cereal at tha moment
U base quotation.
Mill. tuffs continue to show a steady tone
with the demand still far In excess of offerings.
While there is a greater supply of clover hay
offering, according to Harry Spurlock, in charge
of that department for Everding at Farrell, no
change ia indicated in th price. There is
practically ao alfalfa being offered at the mo
ment. Small volume of valley timothy la avail
able at strong price asked by the country and
practically no east of the mountain atuff is in
sight. Grain hays are firm and scasce with
cheat bida around $25 a ton.
WHEAT Blue tern, $2.08; fortyfold. $2.03;
club, $2.01; Russian. $1.98; tidewater track
basis.
FLOUR Selling price: Patent, $10.00: bar
ley flour, $12.00; Willamette valley. $9.60;
local straight, $9.60; bakers' local. $9,80 0
10.00; Montana spring wheat, patent. $10,60 0
10.80: whole wheat, $9.60 ; -graham. $9.40; rye
flour. $12.00 per barrel; oat flour. $13.00 per
oarrej.
HAY Buying price, new crop: Willamette
timothy, fancy, $26.00 per ton; Eastern Oregon
Washington fancy timothy. $30.00; alfalfa,
$28.00; valley vetch, ( ); cheat, e00;
clover. $20.06 021.00 per ton; grain. $25 0
26.00 per ton.
GRAIN SACKS Nominal No. 1 Calcutta. 24
0 25c in car lots; lees amounts higher.
MILL8TUFFS Bran, $30030.60; shorts,
$32 0 82 50; middlings. $39 0 39 60 per ton.
ROLLED OATS Per ton. $70.00.
ROLLED BARLEY Ton, $69.00.
CORN Whole. $72.90: cracked. $73.00.
Merchants' Exchange February bids:
OATS v
Thursday Wed. Tuea. Mon. Sat Frt
1918 1917 1018
Feed 7000 3525 6900 6760 6500 6450 6400
BARLEY
Feed 7050 8950 6760 6700 6600 6450 6450
Br g 7850 4100 7150 7100 7000 8950 6900
Thirty day delivery waa quoted:
OATS
No. 2 feed $70.00
BARLEY
reed .70.50
Brewing 78.60
Eastern oats and com ia bulk:
Oata, No. 3 white $66.00
88 lb. clipped white 67.00
Corn, No. 3 yellow 68.50
Corn, No. 3 mixed 67.50
Oata, No. 8 66.00
Oata, clipped 67.00
Corn, yellow 68.50
Corn, mixed 67.50
Oats Lose Price
. In Early Trading
Chicago Market Affected at Start by
New Order Provisions
Suffer Decline.
r
' BY JOSEPH F. PRITCHARD
Chicago, Feb. 81. (L N. S.) The highest
price ever recorded for mess pork was made on
the board of trade today, when aalea were re
ported at 850.55 for the May future. Fat back
pork sold at $55. and this wss the highest price
ever reported. In the pit pork closed $1 higher,
lard 85 0 50c higher, and ribs were up 50c.
Packers say, while they are carrying fair sized
stocks of hog products, the majority of the sup
plies hsve already been sold, and It will be some
time before there Is another accumulation. Gen
erally speaking, packera are friendly to all hog
proaucts.
Chicago, Feb. 21. (L N. B.) The action of
the directors of th Chicago board of trade 'in
forbidding an advance of more than 2o a day in
oats had a marked affect on oata at the opening
today. Trade fell offAuid opening prices ranged
0 e lower. There was general selling, early
followed by buying on resting orders that acnt
prices back to above the previous close.
Provisions, influenced by heavy reoetDta of
hogs and a slow market at the yards, suffered a
decline from the closing prices of yesterday.
Trade in corn. waa vary light, and buying waa
scattered. Opening quotations were about un
changed from the previous close.
Rang of Chicago price furnished by United
Press:
CORN
February
March . .
. . 128 128
. 127 127
... 127 127 126 127
OATS
stay ....
February
March . .
May
. .. 91 93
. .. 90 98
. .. 88 90
PORK 1
... 4985 5055
LARD
, .. 2640 2660
. .. 2637 2097
RIBS
. .. 2530 2560
, .. 2565 2620
. .. 2642 2655
91
90
88
93
93
90
May
February
May
February
May
July
4975 6055
2630
2637
2660
2697
2525
2865
2620
2560
2660
2658
KEARBT COTTOIf LOWER
BUT DISTANT IS HIGHER
New Tork, Feb. 21. (L N. S.) There was
a firm tone at th opening of th cotton market
today and although March was down 12 points
due to selling pressor other months were 8
to 21 points net higher. Southern interests
were sellers and there was a supply from some
of the commission houses and Liverpool.
The market was finally steady at a net ad-
Open High Lew Close
8070 8105 8062 8089
8066
8040 3078 8040 1 8056
802
8004 8020 2994 8009
aeee a 20S0
i 2916
2890 2905 ' 2879 2890
2873 2873 2882 2867
March ...
April . . .
May ....
June . . . .
July
August
September
October .
December
Chicago Dairy Produce
Chicago, Feb. 21. L N. S3.) Butter Re
ceipts 6527 tuba. Creamery, extra, 48 He; extra
urst, sc: mst, 40947 He; packing stock,
41 9 42c -
Eggs Receipt 1463 case. Current receipta.
48960c; ordinary firsts. 499$0s; first.
61 He; extra, 65 9 66 c
All Exchanges to
Close on Friday
All arala and ether exchanges of the
country wlH be eleeatf Friday to celebrate
Wlr9tev Mrthday.
Edited by
Hymaa EL Cohen
PUGET SOUND GETS
LTRY OF VALLEY
HIGH PRICES
Food Administration Order Setting
Value of Roosters Here Below
What Other States Were Paying
Is Rescinded Too Late.
Hug supplies of chicken hare been shipped
out of the state from Willamette valley points
since the price order was first issued by W. B.
Ayer. food administrator. Express shipments of
Poultry to Paget Sound points have been unusu
ally heavy from the valley for this period of tba
season, and this ia causing much complaint from
local consumers aa well aa handlers.
Although the order naming th price at 24c
for roosters haa sine been rescinded bv Mr.
Aver, siui me utter fact baa not yet become
generally known in the country, and tha Willam
ette valley shipper hare been securing much more
money in the north than they were able to get
here under the price order. With the price order
eliminated, conditions will soon again adjust
themaelvea here because higher values will be
forced for supplies, with the added competition
for offerings.
In the meantime loud eonmlaints are mahl
from the country rewardimr thai inahim tn
hens through the regular trade that no longer
lay sufficient egg to make them profitable.
'
HESS PORK HITS XEW
RECORD IX CHICAGO TRADE
Chicago. Feb. 21. (T. N. ft 1 ra
for May delivery sold here today at ISO. BB w
barrel, the highest figure in many years. Lard
aold at $26.85 and ribs at $26.05. a new high
level for these products, fk February corn aold
at $1.28. tha maximum price on contracts
for tutor delivery.
PACIFIC COAST BA5K STATEMENT
Portland Bank
This Week.
Clearings
Tesr Ago.
2.918.293.73
2.108.543.78
2.081,027.40
Holiday
4.510.739.64
761.105.00
648.641.00
Monday . .
.$ 3.660,191.69
. 8,369.183.95
2.779,473.09
. 2.844.646.50
Tuesday . .
Wednerasy
Thursday
Seattle Banks
Clearings
Balances
Tacoma Banks
Clearings
Clearing
Clearings
83.924.00
Spokane Banks
3 1,082.203.00
235.067.00
San Francisco Bank
$16,972,813 00
La Aneetee Bank
$ 4.226.893.00
Balance
Clearings
Clearings
DAIRY PRODUCE OX THE COAST
San Francisco Market
San Francisco, Cel., Feb. 21.
Bntter Extras. 52c.
-TJ. P.)
Eggs Extras. 46 c; firsts. 44 e
extra
yuiieu, tjf ft c.
Cheese California flats, fancy, 23 a
Seattle Market
Seattle, Feb. 21. (C. P.) Butter Native
Washington creamery cube. 52c; ditto brick,
53c; atorage California Cube, 45c; ditto brick,
46c.
Eggs Select ranch, 45c: pullet. 42 048a.
Lo Angela Market
Los Angeles, Feb. "SI. (I. N. S.) Butter
California creamery extras, 48c
Eggs Extra, 40c; case count 89e; pullets.
89c
POTATOES ALL ALOXO THE COAST
San Francisco Market
San Francisco. Feb. 21. 111. P
Per cental, brown or yellow. $1.50 91.75 for
gcod stork.
Potatoes Par cental. Delta. IMDAl M
with one or two brands higher; do Oregon Bur-
uenxs, ii.iavi.Bu; Nevada, $1.66 91.80.
Seattle Market -
Seattle, Fab. 21. (U. P.) Onion CaM-
lorma yeuow. 2s((i; Yakima, Be pound.
Potatoes Local $27.00 928.00; Yakima
wema, aau.wvasB2.oo per ton.
Leo Angeles Market
Los Angeles, Feb. 21. ( L K. g.) Pota
toes, Northern Burbank, $1.7591.85; rus
set $1.90; Salinas, $2.60; eweeta, $4.50 9 4.75
sack; Oregon, Early Ucee, $2.76.
Eaatera Cash Grata
Chicago Cash oats. No. 2 white. 95 He; No.
S white. 9494c; standard, 95 95.
Yesterday, cash corn. No. 4 mixed, $1,70 9 1.75"
No. 6 mixed, $1.6091.65; No. 6 mixed, $1.48
91.57; No. 4 yellow, $1.7191.85: No. 5 yel
low. $1.58 91 .66; No. 6 yellow. $143 1.60;
mine, ei. 00; no. o wmu, el.7U91.7B
WinnipM Cash oata. No. 2 white. 98 a; No.
s white, 91; extra feed. 89c; No. 1 feed.
QW "7 C
Kansas City Cash com. No. 3 white. 82.02 9
2.05; No. 8 yellow. 61. 82; No. 4 yellow. $1.70
91.72; No. 8 mixed. $1.75: No. 4 mixed,
$1.68 91 70; No. 4 mixed. 81.68 91.70;
eats. No. 3 white. 94c; No. 2 mixed, 609 91c
St. Louis Cash corn, No. $, 81.81; No. $.
31.02 91.75; No. 3 yellow. $1.82; No. 6
mixed, $1.5791-58; No. 4 yellow. $1.70; No
5 yellow. $1.65 1.70; No. 6 yellow. $1.58:
No. 8 white, $2.08 9 2.06; No. 4 white. $1.96
vz.uu; oata, no. white, Boo: standard
95c
Duluth Cash oata, 93 9 95c; arrive
arrive. $2.25; barlay. $1.62 91,45;
83.76 98.88.
93c
flax.
Xew Tork Bond Market
Bid.
Atchison General 4s 83
Baltimore & Ohio Ookt 4a.... 77
Bethlehem Steel Ref. 6s 89
Central Pacifio 1st 4a anu
83
77
89
81
93
83
85
86
18
83
88
89
i
79
88
90
79
85
LC. B. A Q Col 4t 98
St. Paul General 4g 88
Chicago N. W. General 4 84
L. A N. Uni. 4s 85
New York Ry. 6a 17
Northern Pacifio P. L. 4s 82
Reading General 4s.. 85
Union Pacifio 1st 4a 87
O. S. Steel 5s 99
Union Pacifio 1st Ref. 5s 81
Sout hern I'acillc Con. 5s. . . . -. 91
Southern Pacific Conv. 4a 77
Ponn, Conv. 4s 87
Perm. 1st 4 He 90
Chesapeake tt Ohio Conv. 6a 78
Oregon Short Line 4s. 84
Money and Excttaage
New Tork. Feb. 21. (L N. S I Can
money on th floor of the New Tork Stock Ex
change today ruled at 3 per cent; high 6 per
ceni; low a per cent.
Tune, money was dull
Ratea were 8 per cent.
The market for prime mercantile oaDer waa
aieaay.
Call money in London today waa 3 aer cent.
Sterling exchange waa ateady with buatneaa
in osnxers puis at 34.75 for demand; 84.72
tor ou oay mils, and $4.70 for 90 day bills.
Oliver new xon, 86 e; London, 44 L
4S V
Seattle Barley Market
Seattle. Wash.. Feb. 21. (L N. S.) Bar
ley. $70 per ton. Car receipts: Wheat 13
barley 2.
Change in Poultry
' Sale Ruling Is Made
1 v
Supplies, if Placed la Cold Storage Be
fore February 1, Mast Be Pat oa Mar
ket oa or Before March 1, Is Order.
Washington, Feb. 2L L N. S.)-
Poultry placed In cold storage prior tb
February? 1917, must be put on the
market on or before March 1, Food Ad
ministrator Hoover ordered today.
Xo action will be instituted against
holders of poultry If sold before March
1 direct to distributors to the trade and
held in the names of the distributors,
providing more than SO days elapse
from March 1 before actual consunrp-;
tion.
Where lack of transportation for the
movement of poultry from storage pre
vents compliance with the order, dealers
may apply to the enforcement division,
food department, for a limited extension
beyond March 1. Dealers must furnUh
vviuciivw suiiivruii( umr request. ,
Major Turnbull Is Dead
Philadelphia. Feb. .2L (I. N. 8.)
POU
WITH
Major Charles Smith Turnbull, who was I eral men employed as stevedores vol
wldely known In military and medical I ontarlly placed . themselves under or
circles, died today at his horn her. - ders of federal agents for investigation.
FOOD
SITUATION
- 1
IS VERY CRITICAL
j
Threatened Shortage of Food Is
Menace to Allies; Pinch Will
. Be Felt Shortly.
Washington, Fb. 21. (X. N. S.) Th)
food situation in th United States la
"critical but not hopeless." Chairman
Lever, of th house agricultural com
mittee admitted today.
Two factorg are responsible for the
present serious situation. Lever said.
They are transportation and under
production. The commodities In which
the most serious shortages are apt to
occur are wheat, meats, fata and auger.
Lever secured j hia .information from
Herbert C. Hoover in confidential hear
ings before the agricultural committee.
The most alarming statements made
by the food administrator were not re
vealed by Mr. Lever.
The threatened shortage of food in
this country Is a distinct menace t the
success or the allies in the war. Lord
Rhondda, the British food controller, haa
notified Hoover that the demands of the
entente would ba far greater than at
first estimated.
Allies' Xeeds Are Immediate
He cabled that the allies cannot hold
out beyond March IS unless 'there Is a
vast increase In the food shipments
promised by the United States.
The transportation situation Is clear
ing somewhat. Lever said, but the situa
tion created by under-production of
food crop can be met only by con
servation. The shortage will begin to
be felt within a month. Quick passage
of the Hoover conservation bill, giving
the food administrator drastic powers in
regulating the use of foodstuffs. Is
necessary to meet the situation. Lever
believes.
Farmers of the country are aggravat
ing the situation by holding up approx
imately 200,000,000 bushels of wheat.
They are .being encouraged to continue
withholding their product by the agita
tion in congress for Increasing the set
price for wheat from $2.20 to $2.75 a
buflheL
Trath to Be Told
Proposals for selling feed and seed to
farmers on credit would not meet the
crisis. In the opinion ot members of the
agricultural committee, for it is already
upon the country. They recognize, how
ever, that, 'due to the poor quality of
the last corn crop, it may be desirable
for the government to furnish farmers
good corn seed, and that many cattle
might be saved by sending feed into the
drouth-stricken areas of the Southwest.
The truth of the whole situation now
before the nation will be laid before con
gress by Lever when debate on the con
servation . measure begins in the house
next week.
Eugene Red Cross
Makes Big Shipment
Eugene, Or., Feb. 21. The Eusrene
Red Cross maile the biggest ehlnrrtent
In Its history Wednesday. It consisted of
ci.390 articles, , of which 65,656 were
surgical dressings, 2240 were hospital
garments, 146b were hospital supplies,
raid 2039 were knitted articles. The
supplies were the work) of the Eugene
chapter and the auxiliaries in Lane
county for the month from January 20
to February 20. Owing to the freight
congestion and consequent Inability to
get gauze it naa been found necessary
to discontinue work at headquarters
t ntll more gauze Is received. What !
gauze IS on hand will be worked up at
once and by that time It Is hoped more
will arrive.
Camp Kearney-
Review Tomorrow
8an Diego, Cal., Feb. 21 tt. N. 8.)
Major General Frederick S. Strong.
commanding the Fortieth division at
Camp Kearney, announced today that
everything Is In readiness for the
grand review Friday afternoon.
Forty thousand soldiers will be In
the parade, which will begin at 2:80
o'clock. The review will ba in bat
talion form fully equipped and It is
estimated that it will take. two hours
for the troops to pass th reviewing
stand.
Irish Republic to
Send Ambassador
New York. Feb. 21, fTT. Pi rt,
Irlshssrepubllc" is rolnr to orjem an em
bassy In Washington with an amhss.
sador and will fly the flag of the republic
mat was qown arter a few days' battle
by the British two years ago. The em
bassy was made possible as a result of
a meeting held at which $2000 was sub
scribed to maintain it. The New York
Bolshevlkl subscribed $10.
The Irish ambassador will be Dr. Pat
rick McCarten. i It Is stated he would
pay an official visit to President Wilson
upon his arrival in Washington to es
tablish the embassy.
Rivers and Harbors
Of Oregon Included
Washington. ! Feb. 21. (TJ. P.) In
cluded In the list of appropriations car
ried by the rivers and harbors bill rec
ommended by army engineers and intro
duced In the house Wednesday are 1100.-
000 for Los Angeles harbor. $250,000 for
the Willamette river, near Portland, Or. ;
$40,000 for Coo Bay, Or.; $13,500 for
Ciatskanle river. Or. '
Only $U0,J50 of the Improvement fund
Is for new projects, this having been set
aside for the construction of a connect
ing waterway between Long Beach and
Los Angeles, CaL. harbor. The rest of
the appropriation is for continuing
projects already started.
Including maintenance and surveys.
we oi total 1,ZZ7.900.
Fire Endangers
Army Transport
An Atlantio Port, Feb. 21. (L N. S.)
a. large array transport which had
juwi reiarnea urom irance and wu
being; loaded with steel work and shell
part for transport abroad, waa threat
ened with destruction by fire today.
Her oil tanks had been filled .and for
a time It was feared they would ex
plode, but steam was turned into the
boiler rooms, where the blaze originat
es, ana in tbe englneroom. and th fire
Iwas flnallv a-ntten nndstr vti-nt
Finance: Timber: Industry
Bankers Are Beomlna Aetlva la the
Other, Afrieultaral Cubs; Increase)
Is noticeable Keiult of Their Efforts.
Twe State Baaks Jo la Federal Ea
ger r a Manager Ambrose of the Portland
branch of the federal reserve bank re
ports the accession of two sew .member
banks during the week. They are the
Bank of Southwestern Oregon at Marsh
field and the Farmers State Bank of
Filer. Idaho. Mr. Ambrose announces
that another Oregon bank will probably
be admitted to membership with la the
next few days.
Paclfle Power Light Ceapaay Asks
laerease Hearings were held in North
Yakima and Walla Walla this week be
fore th Washington public service com
mission on the application : of tha Pa
Paclfto Power at Light company for an
increase in gas ratea in those cities.
The company asks for an increase of 10
cents per 1000 feet in Walla Walla and
an Increase of IS oenta per 1000 feet up
to $000 and 10 oenta per 1000 over that
amount In North Yakima. Officials of
the company state "We are now paying
over $1 per ton more for gas coat than
we were one year ago. The cost of other
materials and labor have also Increased
steadily and we find it necessary to
apply for an increase in- rates.
Portlaad Gas at Coke Company
Electa At a meeting of the stockholders
of the Portland Oas A Coke company
held Monday all officers and directors
were reelected and two new directors
were elected. There have been nine di
rector in the past, three of whom live In
New Tork. and It has frequently been
difficult to secure a quoroum attendance
at meetings of the directorate; for this
reason two additional Portland men
were elected. . The officers of the com
pany are: President. Ouy W. Talbott;
secretary-treasurer, Oeorge F. Nevins;
general attorney, John A. Laing. . The
directors are : C. K. Adams. D. T. Honey
man. II. L. Corbet t, W. W. Cotton, R. I
Sabln. Guy W. Talbott, all of Portland ;
E. W. Hill. a. Z. Mitchell and F. O.
Sykes of New York, and the two new di
rectors, George F. Nevins and- John A.
Laing.
Grant Pass Baaker Boosts Cora Cal'
tare Down at Grants Pass there ls a
bank that Is outstanding; in its agricul
tural promotion, and the man behind ther
bank is Sam Baker, the energetic and
tireless cashier. So reports R. A.
Blanchard. agriculturist of the Live
Stock State bank. Last year the mer
chants held a corn show. Over 1400
pounds of seed corn was distributed to
the farmers of Josephine county. Bach
man received 12 pounds, about enough
to plant an acre. About 75 exhibits were
brought In which did credit to any Iowa
community. The next thing was to en
courage Bllos to put the corn in. A cam
paign was carried on and Josephine
county now boasts of over 10 silos. The
presiding genius and energy behind all
this Is Cashier Baker. Now the Jose
phine County bank haa organised a Pig
club and it is fair to believe it will be
come a factor in the hog industry of
Southern Oregon. The work is being
conducted In cooperation with the agri
cultural department of the Live Stock
State bank.
Bank Eseosrages Sheep oa the Perm
At a meeting 01 tne boara 01 directors
Allegheny River
Passes High Stage
Crest at FltUbarg Flv Feet Above
Flood Stag 1 Damage at Bradford
Worst In Its History 1 Los I Heavy.
Pittsburg, Feb. 21. (L N. S- After
reaching a crest of 27 feet, five feet more
than the flood stage here, the Allegheny
river was falling today. Reports of the
damage coming In from the cities and
towns along the river, indicate that the
loss will run close to $1,000,000.
Bradford today is recovering from the
w)rst flood in its history. The financial
damage there will reach $500,000. War
ren estimates Its loss about $200,000.
Other places report the worst flood In'
years.
The Baltimore ft Ohio railroad station
and tracks on the north side here were
under several feet of water today and
the lowlands inundated. Families In
the flooded sections removed their house
hold goods to second stories. A number
of manufacturing plants close to th
river front suspended operations.
The flood will reach Wheeling, W. Va.,
by tonight and warnings have been sent
ahead to all th Ohio river towns.
Bank Robber Shot
As He Quits Building
Reddest of Oklahoma Town, TJamasked
aad Alone, Hold Up Sight Proa
Passerby Give Alarm, Battle Follows.
Wister. Okla.. Fb. 21(L N. S.)
After robbing th Bank of Wister today
of $1500, J. N. Huff of this city was prob
ably fatally shot by a posse while trying
to escape. D. G. Smith, a railroad de
tective, was shot and slightly wounded
by Huff in the battle that took place In
the main street.
Huff, unmasked and alone, entered the
bank with a drawn revolver, while eight
persons were in the place. He put them
in a corner and made President Harris
fill his grip with money. , After the grip
had been filled the bandit drove all those
In the bank into a. vault and locked It.
A passerby, having discovered the rob
bery, spread the alarm and when Huff
emerged from the bank he was met by a
volley of shots.
Check Put on Oats
Futures Advancing
Chicago. Feb. 2L (I. NV a) Direct
ors of the Chicago Board of Trade to
day are confident they have cheeked
wild speculation in oats and unreason
able advances of oats prices. A resolu
tion forbidding an advance of more
than two cents per bushel In prices of
oats future in one day's session has
been - adopted. '
The action of the board was taken
after a conference with representatives
of the United States food administra
tion who ar said to have warned the
directors that some method must be de
vised to check the advance of grain
prices.
Under heavy buying oats prices In the
Chicago market have advanced t to
64 cents.
Marriage Licenses
Vancouver. Wash-. Feb.- 2L Marrlag
licenses were Issued to th following:
tSsouple Wednesday : Roy H. Smith. 20;
1 rmniia. Or . and iiariha u 11
peianii- trvnir tv v-.,.ir. ..-
land, and. France Marsh, Cornelius, Or. ;
Abraham R- Hepler, 29, and Amelia M.
White ia, 21, Aurora, Or.: Charles L.
Reed. 22, Madras, Or and Bessie D,
- fBrunoe, ao. Warm Springs, Or.; Robert
F. Seayert, 21. Vancouver Barracks, and
Iva M. Nolan. 19, Vancouver; Charlie
F. Halt, 23. and Ida Petersen. 24. Port
land ; Abram Alexander Inkola. 24, and
Julia H. Pelto. 21, Portland : toward j.
Oakes. 42. and Zelma Smith, M; Port
Jno
Establishment of Pig, Calf and
In the Production of Livestock ;
?i
of the Farmers Bank of Weston on Feb -
rtiary 14 it waa decided to adopt a
"Sheep on Every Farm" plan by the ,
bank. "Whether because It was Sr,
Valentine's day, and the directors were
prompted, by a magnanlmoua spirit or
not, the officers intended to have the
bank live up to Its adopted name and
increase the livestock In tha country," '
said R. A. Blanchard. agriculturist of the
Live Stock State bank, who was present ,
and helped the bank outline their plena.
Cashier H M. Smith Is rewponslbie
largely for the decision anT"lntends to -.
make the bank take the lead and offer
real assistance tn stocking the country
with sheep on the farms and Jn this way
take care of the waste and clean up th .
summer fallow and stubble fields. The '
bank will organise a Sheep club t as
slat the boys in getting started into a
livestock career. -
Calve aad Pigs Ktlmalated by Baak-4
Another bank to enter the field of, live
stock encouragement. Is the Vancouver
National bank, reports R. A. Blanchard,
, agriculturist of th .Live Stock Stat r
bank, who recently returned from Van
oouver, where he assisted th lnstttu '
tlon In organising the work. "President
Hesseltlne," says Mr. Blanchard, is th
first banker in th country to actively
offer assistance and stimulation on th e
raising of calves tn addition to th Pig '
club. There will be two club presented
the Vancouver National Bank Boys' Pig
and Calf clubs. Clarke county has tin-
usual agricultural possibilities. Along
with dairying 00 roes the raising of hogs,
and the attention and assistance this
bank is lending toward the development
of the country's future is worthy of wide
support." ,-
California's R It Crop In flv years
rice growing In California has Increased '
from a $75,000 per annum industry to a
$12,000,000 one. Over 9$ per cent of th
rice grown in California ia raised in th
Sacramento valley. Eighty-four thou ,:
sand acres were harvested In 117 an4
the indications are good for a 40 per
cent greater planting this year. With
$12,000,000 worth of rice already on, th
way to the mills from the 1917 harvest, -rice
culture has advanced another long
step as one of the principal Industries of -California.
Field for Trade la Siberia With t he
disruption and reorganization of th
Russian empire many new fields of trad
ar being opened to progressiva manu
facture. Japanesewmerchants are. e-
peclally keen in th quest of advantages
in this area. That Eastern Siberia la
practically Independent of the' govern
ment In Petrograd and is entirely antl
Bolshevik is the general impression in
Japanese official circles. All Siberia
east of Irkutsk and as far north as Nik-,
olaevsk and south to Vladivostok Is In
the sphere of -Influence of those opposed
to the Maximalist .cabinet and favoring
the prosecution of the war. Contrary
to the situation in Eastern Siberia, th
western part, which Includes the cities
of Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk and Nomsk, Is
entirely under Bolshevik-Influence. But
in the mountain regions of European
Russia there Is again found -the antl-(
Bolshevik feeling. r
Wealthy Pendleton
Sheepman Passes
Pendleton, Feb. 21. Donald Ross, a,
wealthy and prominent sheepman of this
city, died suddenly at his Butter Creole,
ranch last evening. He-.had gen out;
to th ranch in th morning In usual.
rflealth. He was 67 years old and a na-j
ttve. of Scotland, coming to this county;
S4 years ago and starting life her as a'
sheepherder. He Is survived by hi
widow and seven children. His, oldest
son, John, ia In the aviation service at,
Waco. Texas. One daughter. Rose, lo
studying music in New York, and an-;
other. Myrtle, Is at the University of
Oregon. The four younger children
are at home.
Morris
Brothers
INCORPORATED
Established 25 Year
201 Railway Exchange
Buildings
Portland, Or.
OREGON
MUNICIPAL
BONDS
To Net 6
Telephone Main 3409
FACTS NO. 244
Justifying a
Selection
After t b r c years
continuous wear the Co
lumbia River Highway
is In. if anything, better
condition .than when
first improved. Th sur
face of th road has not
Cost th county on cent
for maintenance, while
it ha been serviceable
very day since lu com
pletion. This fin record
Is due to the fact that
th highway is paved
with
BITTJLITHIC
VTarrea Bros.
Jearsal BMg.
Pertiaad, Or.
tacks. Beads, Cfemav erate. Sta
-aii
Overbeck&CookeCo.
DIRECT PRIVATE WIRES
TO ,LL EXCHANGES
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