East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-01-29
WOOL SALES SHOW /.
F|RMNESS ABROAD
SIN MILLION POUNDS SOLD IN
BOSTON LAST,4
WEEK.
Eastern Prices as Viewed by Local
Growers Show About Same Figures
That Prevailed Here Last Spring
World Supply All Important,

WOOL sales at Boston in the past
week increased to 100000 pounds.
The market reflected the firmness
abroad.
Among the sales of territory wool
were 100000 pounds fine Montana
staple and clothing at Is cents. 25..
coo pounds fine Utah at Is ceres. So.
600 pounds Montana half blood cloth.
ing at is IL cents, 100000 pounds
fine medium Soda Springs at 1s cents,
100000 pounds Montana fine and fine
mediums at IL cents $4,000 pounds
Montana quarter blood at 10 10
cents: 125,00O pounds fine and fine
medium Montana at II cents. 125.OO0
pounds fine and fine medium Soda
springs at II cents, 10000 pounds
fine and fine medium Utah Is l-2 to
l6 cents. 100000 pounds Montana fine
at II 1-2 to is cents 100000 pounds
Montana half blood at 10 cents. lOO.-
200 pounds Idaho quarter blood at
Is 1-2 cents to 19 cents, 100. 900
pounds three -eights- blood Idaho at
Is 1-2 to 10 cents.
Besides these sales of graded lots
considerable business in wool in the
original bags has been accomplished
The individual transactions reported
are few in number. but the quantities
involved make a fairly substantial ag.
gregate. One lot 100000 pounds,
mostly containing Wyoming and Mon
tana clips, has been sold on the
secured basis of 4S to so cents. An
other lot of the same amount is re-
ported to have been distributed at Is
to II cents. Also 250,0O0 pounds at
13 1-2 to 16 cents are involved
Portland Oregonian.
The Boston sales as interpreted by
j. y. Burgess, manager of the Gun.
ningham Sheep & Land Co mean that
the market is now at practically the
same stage as when most of the Una
tilla county wool was sold last spring,
AT this time a year ago at which time
the tariff had not been removed wool
prices We're stronger than at present.
Mr.. Burgess figures three cent diff
ferential between the Boston and the
local prices. In the view OF Mr.. Bur-
CESS the world supply will dictate the
foreign market is firm he is of the
belief the world shortage is not as
great as sheep;nen have believed. In
his opinion medium wool is ruling
lower than last year but fine wool
about the same.
Wheat Rate Reduced-Announce,
ment was made today by the Trans.
Pacific steamship lines operating in
the Oriental trade out of North Pa.
cific ports. that effective March 1. a
reduction of 81 a ton will be made
in rates on shipments of wheat and
flour to the Orient.
Rates to ports in Japan win be re-
duced from "a to SO ton: fr m Sc
attle to Hongkong and Manila. from
50 to s4 ton; from Seattle to Shang-
hal $3.50 to $3.50 a ton
All of the trans Pacific steamship
lines participate in the reduction.
which 1t is explained is being made in
an effort to stimulate offerings for
ports in the far east during the dull
season in Oriental shipping.
WallOwa Stock ShipmentS-Several
shipments of stock were made from
Wallowa county last Saturday. ]. w.
Chandler shipped three cars of hogs.
one from Enterprise. one from Lostine
and one from Wallowa. Ell. Wiley
sent out two loads of hogs from Los
tine. F. A. Gaylord shipped car of
cattle from Joseph. H. B. .Davidhizar
sent out two mixed loads of cattle
and hogs from Joseph from which
station w. f. Bonner shipped one load
and McCully & Rumble, two, OF sheep
Could Not Use Parcels Post-W. H
Baker, the Wallowa county man who
| sought to ship two carloads of tim
| Othy seed by parcels post has found
himself unable to do so. owing to the
| fact the postal rules do not permit the
shipment of seeds as Mr. Baker in.
| by freight.
Flour to South America-The floul
mill at Mabton, Wash. Is filling ar
| order for 40 barrels of flour from
South America In preparing tn,
flour for shipment the flour is frs
placed in small sacks and three o
these sacks then sewed in heav,
burlap sack.
Like This In '78-J. NJ. Kennedy.
| pioneer resident at Washtucna, Wash.
declares that the mild weather thu
far this winter in the northwest ha
been similar to the weather in 1878
That year the entire winter was yer,
mild. grass and other vegetation
scarcely ceased growing.
Winter Iambing SOOn-At the Gun
ningham Sheep & Land Co.'S rancl
near Pilot Rock winter lambing will
shortly be in progress. The Hamp
shire ewes will begin lambing Febru
airy 10 and the fine ewes February q
Il Want Road Supervisor-Umatill
people are making an effort to hay
A. E. McFarlan appointed road super
visor for their district. They believ
that with his appointment there woul
be an improvement OF the roads int
: CmatIlla.
) Propose New ROad-A propositio
, Is on foot for a road from Heppner I
IrrigOn SO as to provide good travel
ing fOrs autos between the two place
The road may be laid out from Her
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