East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-04-12

Is not even the largest dealers are
able to say. Some are offering one
price. and some another. The mar
ket has dwindled down to a nominal
affair so far as volume of business Is
concerned.
Flour market Is showing strength
for patent as we'll as for export How
ever, only small amount of business
IL offering in the latter line.
Potatoes Higher.
Potato market is up another dime
locally as well as elsewhere in the Pa
cific northwest
AS high as $1.75 is being offered
and paid at country shipping points
for best offerings of Oregon stock
while ordinary local growth is finding
I an excellent demand at $1.60 or with
in fraction of that price.
! Additional supplies Of Idaho pota-
/ toes are being purchased for south
ern account by local brokers' Trad
! ing is principally in the vicinity of
/ Idaho Falls and Boise. The stock
in that section consist principally Of
rurals and pearls and latest ship
ments are said to show quite good
quality. In fact one local broker re-
ceived a telegraphic advice from the
south this morning stating that the
last shipment from Idaho was so good
that a further lot was ordered.
Idaho potatoes cost from $3.50 to
$1.65 per GENITAL to land here and
therefore with supplies quite fair the
trade is going in that direction. Pur-
chases are hard to make at local coun-
try points at any price Potatoes are
higher in San Francisco and Seattle.
Prices along the coast per GENITAL to-
day: Portland, 50; Seattle. s2.25;
San Francisco, $2.25.
Hops on the Advance.
An advance of a half cent a pound
il being offered for hop contracts in
California and the market for futures
is firmer everywhere. At Sonoma
1000 bales have been contracted for
the past two days, most of these be-
ing three-year signups at 15c a pounl
For one year terms as high as IT 1-2c
Is being offered at Sonoma.
Dealers for foreign accounts are
making desperate attempts to clear
up all good goods in this market a..d
there is q report that zoe has beer
offered and refused for 19l0s.
Foreigners are seeking contract:
both here and in California but with
little success locally.
In eastern Washington the views oi
growers are especially strong. But few
contracts have been written there be-
, cause growers are not disposed tC
gi ha 1f
, contract was made at 16c and a few
weeks ago a small lot of about 5000
pounds was tied up at the same fig.
: ure. Outside of these there has beer
practically no contracts in the north
Cattle Market Quiet.
/, Only two loads of cattle came into
= the pens at North Portland today anC
neither of these were of top quality
5 therefore yesterdays best prices were
= not tested today.
[ The market for cattle usually stands
r at 1915 for good stuff, while Sc 81
e was obtained only for a small lot o
. extra select steers.
= No hogs put in appearance thi
e morning and none have been Offered
= at North Portland since Saturday
u
= With additional weakness and lowe
I prices for hogs at central west prim
e AIRY points, 1t begins to look as If tn
n local market will show a further los
g before long. Hogs dropped a dim
e. at South omaha this morning, making
e the top price there 500 or the landing
/ price at Pacific northwest center
= $7.2O. This is still zoe below the las
sales made in this market
v There was good run of sheep an
It lambs in the yards during the past 2
: hours. While no sales were mad
2 this morning the trade felt convince
that the price of spring lambs woul
not range quite so high.
Eggs Not Firm.
Egg market is holding generally a
is cents a dozen along Front street
Supplies can be readily purchased a
this figure by any one who reall
wants to buy and the offerings ar
candled, too. Parties that sent ou
| higher {. o. b. last week for thi
weeks delivery are making every at
tempt to boost the market, but with
out avail. The receipts to date re
Gently have been the greatest for
similar period ever seen by the loca
| trade.
Chicken Market Firm.
The beginning of Jewish Easter ha
created heavy demand for fowls an
all lines of live poultry are shown
excessive strength along Front stree
today. Supplies are light and to
prices are safely maintained.