Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-20
NORTHWEST MARKET
REPORTS.

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one of the most important financial
men in the world and the greatest cap
italist of South America, is in this
country as the representative of the
Argentine Republic at the Interna.
tional Congress of Finance, which is
being held at Washington.
Mr.. Pearson gained an extensive
commercial experience in his travels
and in 1890 he Joined the banking firm
of Samuel B. Hale & Co., Buenos
Ayres, which was founded by his
grandfather in 1882. He has taken a
leading part in the industrial develop
ment of his country and has earned an
enviable reputation and inspired the
confidence of all of his countrymen, as
we'll as the leading business men
throughout the world by his dealings
and business ability.
Mr.. Pearson has direct control over
billions of dollars invested in South
America and has recently been ap-
pointed director of the Bank of the
Argentine Republic, by the President
and Senate.
Mr.. Pearson is related by marriage
to some of the wealthiest and most in
telligent families of South America.
When Elihu Root, as secretary of
state, visited Argentina in 1908, Mr..
Pearson was one of the principal Or
ganizers of his reception and enter
tainment.
Mr.. Pearson will visit some of the
principal cities of the United States
and will attend the Panama-Pacific ex-
position. He has let it be known that
he is also here in the interest of
closer commercial relation between his
country and helUnited States.
Portland Wheat: Bluestem, $1.18;
forty-fold, $1.12; club, SLIP; red
Fife, Sill; red Russian, 81.
Millfeed-Spot prices: Bran, S25. so
@26 ton; shorts, $27. 50@28; rolled
barley, S27. 50@2S.50.
Corn-Whole, $35 ton; cracked, $36.
Hay-Eastern Oregon timothy, $14
a Is; valley timothy, $12 q 1850;
grain hay, $10@12; alfalfa, $12.5O@
1880.
Vegetables-Cucumbers, Oregon, 75c
@$1.25 dozen; artichokes, 75c dozen;
tomatoes, SIS crate; cabbage, 24@34c
pound; celery, $S.50@4 crate; head
lettuce, $2.25; spinach, Sc pound; rhu-
barb, 1@1ac pound; asparagus, 75c@
SIPS; eggplant, 25c pound; peas, To
Sc; beans, 10@12c; carrots, $1.50
az sack; beets, s2@2.25; turnips,
$1.50@2.
Green Fruits - Strawberries, Ore
gon, $1@2 crate; California, 75c@
SIPS; apples, $1@1.75 box; cranber-
ries, $11@12 barrel; cherries, $1.75@
2 box; gooseberries, 4@5c pound.
Potatoes-Old, $1.75@2 sack; new,
6@64c pound.
Onions - California, yellow, $1.50;
white, crate, So.
Eggs - Fresh Oregon ranch, case
count, 1Sa@19c; candled, 193@20c.
Poultry - Hens, 12a q 13c pound;
broilers, 22a@25c; turkeys, dressed,
22@24c; live, 1S@20c; ducks, old, 90
12c; young, 1S@30c; geese, 8@9c.
Butter - Creamery prints, extras,
25c pound in case lots; &c more in less
than case lots; cubes, 21@22c.
Veal-Fancy, 10@10&c pound.
Pork-Block, 10@10ac pound.
Hops = 1914 crop, nominal; con-
tracts, nominal.
Wool-Eastern Oregon, medium, 25
@26c pound; Eastern Oregon, fine, 18
@20c; valley, 23@28c; mohair, new
clip, S2a@39c.
Cascara bark-Old and new, 4@4ac
pound.
Cattle - Best steers, $3.50 q 8;
choice, 81 a 7.50; medium, $6.75@7;
choice cows, s6.25@6.s0; medium, SIS
@5.75; heifers, $5@6.75; bulls, $3.50
@5.75; stays, $5@6.75.
Hogs - Light, $7.50@S.15; heavy,
Sc. 50@7.35.
Sheep = Sheared wethers, Sc a z;
sheared ewes, $4@5. rs; sheared lambs,
$6@7.50. Full woods 81 higher.