East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-04-10
OATS MAKE NEW
RECORD IN CITY
GO TO HIGHEST PRICE
KNOWN IN GENERATION
Sales of Oats In Portland Mark New
Figure at $40 a Ton-Said to be
the Highest Value Ever Reported
Wheat Continues TO Remain
High-very Probable That Price of
Flour VIII be Advanced Soon.

Portland, April again has the
Portland wheat market touched
new high mark, a sale Of a small lot
of bluestem being reported at $1.30
a bushel compared with $1.25, the
highest price before paid here. How
ever several small transactions are
reported at interior Oregon and
Washington points on the basis of
$3.50 tide-water delivery. The mar
ket here is the firmest ever seen and
with but little wheat OF any kind
remaining at interior points the price
may take a notion to advance to $3.50
a bushel without much delay. Some
interests are now predicting this fig
ure for the remaining supplies Of
bluestem.
Flour Market VIII Probably Advance
There is every prospect at this
time that local flour values will ad-
vance materially within the next
week or 10 days. There Is much
agitation among the smaller millers
TO do this because they claim they
are grinding wheat that costs them
more money than they are getting for
the flour. The largest millers are
trying TO hold the market down, but
say that If the small ones are deter
mined to put 1t higher they will have
no further objection.
oats Market Goes 10 $40 Ton.
A sale of No. | white oats has been
reported here at $40 ton, the high
est value ever reported here. Oats
SUPPLIES are very short, and it Is stated
that within a fraction OF this figure
has been offered for gray oats. al
though there is usually a difference
of from soc 10 81 a ton between the
white and gray in favor of the former.
While the barley market here is
unusually firm. no change in the spot
quotations Is noted.
Wool and Hides.
Wool-1909-Willam valley
1S019c; eastern oregon. Ia 19c.
Tallow-Prime, per h., 3@4c; No.
2 and grease. 2q2hc.
Sheepskins Shearing, 1O@l5o
each: short wool, 25@4Oc; medium
wool, 5Ocq$1 each; long wool, 75cQ
s125 each.
Hides-Dry hides, 14Q16c lb.;
green. SQ1Oc h.; bulls, green salt,
&c per ID; kips sc; calves, green, Ice
per ID.
air-19O9-Nominal 23c.
Grain and Flour.
Barley-Feed, s3O.50@31,0O rolled
$3Sd34; brewing. $31.
Wheat-Buying price, new-Track
Portland-Club, $1.1O; bluestem,
$3.50: red Russian. s1OS; Turkey red
s1.15; Willamette valley. $11V.
Misunderstanding price Bran,
$26.5O: middlings, $33; shorts, 500;
chop, $23G31; alfalfa meal $50 per
ton.
Flour-Selling price-Eastern Ore
gon patent; s5.65; straight, $4.65; ex-
port, $3.50; bakers, $5.40d $685. val
ley $50; graham, LAS, $50;
whole wheat, $40; rye, 5s, $3.50;
bales $500
Oats-Producers price-Track No,
i Wnlte, NfUi gray So''oV t w.
Potatoes.
Potatoes Selling. $500 1.75;
buying for shipment, per- cwt, coun-
try extra fancy, SIPS; ordinary ship
ping. buying, Sl.20; common, $1.10;
sweet, s2.50@3.O0
Livestock.
Hogs-Best east of the mountains,
$3.50; good, $1,000 7.25; blockers and
feeders, $5.75.
Cattle-Best steers, weighing 1900
pounds, $3.50; medium steers, S5.25;
poor steers, $4.75@5: best cows,
$3.50: medium cows, $4.25; bulls,
$25O93.00.
Sheep-Best grain fed wethers,
$5.5O@575 best hay fed wethers.
s5q5.25; spring lambs, $500 a 500;
yearling lambs, $3.50; straight ewes,
5000 5.25; mixed lots, $500; shear
ed sheep, 75c to 81 less.