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h 14 it 1 V.J rv AUSTRALIAN DAVIS CUP TEAM The Australian Davit Cup team wai all smiles at (ha Long wood Country club, Brooklina, Matt., after tha winners and tha losars of the mtn't national dou blet tannii match had bean presented thair trophiai. La ft to right: Capt. Jack Bromwich, Billy Sidwall, new men's national doubles champs: Frank Sedgman and Ceorge Worthington, tha runner upt. They will compete in the Challenge Round Trophy competition that opens Aug. 26 at Forest mils, N. T. IAP Wirephotol Four Teams Ready For Softball Stmf-Finals EUGENE. Aug. 31. (JP) It will be Albany vs. Pendleton and Salem vs. Eugene In tonight's semi-finals of the 16th annual Oregon Softball tournament. Salem and Eugene moved up last night in the last quarter finals game by blanking West Linn, 3 to 0, while Eugene thumped McMinnvllle, 8 to 0, to line up with Monday night's win ners. Salem's Jim Rawlings fanned 12 West Linn batsmen and scat tered the five hits he allowed. White fir lumber Is non-resinous, fine textured and odorlees when dry- A man deserves some of the better things of life. And one of the best is a can of the new, cool refreshing Acme Beer I 1 x. sijmS'' y AC I ItCWinf I So FraMhM TOO LATE, TOO SOON Farm Prices Skid Lower In August. Government Reports Woman Lands 52-Lb. Chinook, Misses Prize PORTLAND, Aug. 31.-4.TV-Mary Ellis caught a 52-pound salmon the first time she ever went fishing but her luck could have been better. The 110 pound Portlander caught the big Chinook near the Columbia's mouth just after a $500 prize derhv ended and just before the $2000 prize Astoria derby opened. , The 30-minute battle will be her last, she said. She figured she used up all her luck the first time. WASHINGTON, Aug. 31-lJP) Farrr prices skidded lower In Au gust, the Agriculture Department reports. The general level of prlcet re ceived by farmers In mid-August was 245 percent of the 1909-14 av erage, down four points from mid-July. The record high was 307 percent in January. 1948. The department said the drop brought the prices closer to par ity level than at any tfme since this country entered world war II. Parity is a figure calculated to give the farmer fair return in terms of what he has to buy. Most commodities were lower than a month earlier with most important declines being in fruits, meat animals and cotton. Apples, oranges and peaches were among the fruits that dropped- Lambs, sheep and beef cat tle showed the greatest declines among meat animals. Cotton seed, soy beans and eggs were leaders for commod Itiej that went up in price during the month. , Prices paid by farmers for items used in farm production and family living also eased off slightly. The level of nrices paid in mid-August was 243 percent of the 1909-14 base compared with 244 percent a month earlier and a record of 251 percent set in August 194K. Retail prices paid by farmers for clothing, food, furniture and building materials showed some decline. Prices of farm produc tion goods stayed about the same. The department said prices re- ASTORIA, Ore., Aug 31. 1P Clarence Helman of Thompson Falls, Mont., won $100 here and $50 at Chinook, Wash., yester day with his catch of a 47-pound IS 3 d.m I n ..Imnn ntt Gowan Church point. His fish was ine largest caugnt on tne first of the four-day derby. VITAL STATISTICS Marriage ..icensev HARNER-WRIGHT Ivan W. Harner and Kathleen Frances St. Cuthbert Wright, both of Rose burg. CLOSE DeCOSTA Ora Close. Oakland, and Gertrude Thelma De Costa, Sutherlin. GROSSASPLUND Herbert J. Gross. Canyonvllle, and Myrtle M. Asplund, Long Beach, Calif. KEMMERER PERKINS Warren Earl Kemmerer and Ro- melda Perkins, both of Poseburg. EAGAN-MAYHEW Adron Ce cil Eagan and Barbara Elaine Mayhew, both of Sand Point, Ida ho. JONES-DOGGETT Francis First Public Announcement Our Purchase of a $2,000 Stock of MODEL SUPPLIES We have just purchased entire model supply stock of Carl Fair. -All items art now on display and plainly marked for your inspection 1111' I 1 (J 'A Assembly kits of: Model Planes Model Trains Boats Ships Cars ASSEMBLY KITS PRICED FROM 10c 7.50 Model supplies including our jet taveni Wood, Motors, Repair Parts, racing cars. Fuel, Glue Complete stock of tools and equip ment for making your own models. Authentic mode! trains for assem bly to scale. The most complete stock of model kits and supplies in the Umpqua Basin ceived by farmers In mid-August were one percent above the par ity level, a montn ago tney were two percent above parity, a year ago 17 percent. Farm price reached a record of 33 percent above parity in October 1946. Averages Listed Average prices received by farmers and parity prices, re spectively, for major products on Aug. 19 included: Wheat, $1.79 and $2.1 5 a bushel; rye $1.20 and $1.75 a bushel; oats $0,582 and $0,970 per bushel; bar ley u.MbS and 1.50 per Dusnei. Sov beans $2.60 and $2.33 a bushel; flaxseed 3.56 and $4.11 a bushel; potatoes $1.54 and $1.78 a bushel; dry edible leans $7.85 and $8.19 for 100 pounds; apples $1.94 and $2.33 a bushel. Hogs 19.40 and $17.70 for 100 pounds; beef cattle $19.40 and $13.20 for 100 pounds. Veal Calves $22.10 and $16.40 for 100 pounds; lambs $21.20 .and $14.30 for 100 pounds. Butter fat 60.5 cents and 63.9 cents a pound; milk, wholesale 5J.8Y and J.8 per 100 pounds; live chickens 25.1 cents and 27.7 cents a pound, live turkeys 33.8 cents and 35 cents a pound; eggs 48.8 cents and 52.2 cents a doz en; wool 46.4 cents and 44.5 cents a pound. Anglers' Paradise Topic At Kiwanis Of Col. Crawford Fishing as he "har never seen it before" was described briefly by Col. Medorem Crawford at an impromptu program, at Tues day's Kiwanis club meeting In me noiei umpqua. Col. Crawford has Just return ed from a trip 750 miles north of Roseburg into the wilds of British Columbia, where the lakes abound in fish. He said he caught an estimated 100 fish day, ranging in length from 13 to 18 inches. He threw practically all of them back in, he said. The colonel doesn't like fish for food, he admitted. He said he has fish ed over many parts of the world in this country, Canada, Eu rope, Panama and other places tut he never -found the likes of that in the British Columbia area. Dr. B. R. Shoemaker, in charge of the program, introduced N. D. Johnson, who discussed the com ing district Kiwanis convention Sept. 4, 5, 6 and 7 at Portland. President Earl Plummer, Mau rice Newland and Irv Brunn will be the official delegates, and sev eral others are planning to attend. A letter from Rev. W. A. Mae Arthur to Secretary Harry Black was read. Rev. Mr. MacArthur, now visiting in southern Califor nia, told of attending three Long Dale Jones and Rachel 'Coraline Doggett. both of Eagle Point. KECK-MOKRISUN George Stanley Reck and Walda Dean Morrison, both of Oakland. Oivorce Suit Filed SANDERS Virgil L., vs. Arda E. Sanders. Married February 22. 1946, at Roseburg. Cruel and inhuman treatment charged. Soctos' Holcombt Top Coast League Pitchers SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 31. UP) Sacramento's Ken Holcombe tops Pacific Coast league pitchers with 18 wins and 6 defeats, for an average of .750. Next is Guy Fletcher of Seattle, the first coast leaguer to win 20 games this season. Fletcher's 20 wins and 9 losses put him at .690. .Con Dempey, San Francisco, heads the pitching roster in strikeouts with 142. 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