Show I GOVERNMENT WOOL SOLD IN PORTLAND By Associated Press PORTLAND Ore March 7 The government took the first steps toward disposing of the immense stock or of wool it Is holding In Portland by conducting I an auction sale at which pounds were offered by Charles II H. Green United States wool administrator tor and distributor The Tho amount sold was more than than pounds the remainder remainder re- re not bringing the minimum price The Tho total proceeds were about The sale Included all varieties of wools from the Pacific Northwest together together to- to gether with a number of lots of California California Cali- Cali fornia scoured wools The demand was heaviest for the lower grades Prices ranged from 26 to 49 cents for fine and fine medium 33 to 62 52 cents for three eighths clothing 26 to 51 cents for the half blood clothing 39 to 42 cents for common and braid and 17 I to 28 cents cent for inferior wools |