Monday, January G, 1930
Page Eight
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
MARKET NEWS OF THE DAY
I
J. C. Penney Co.
1 0H Depot SI. Iji Ollllllc, Ore,
M $L M EVERY SUIT WITH
If kj jL 2 PAIRS. OF PANTS
lrai VALUES ... too big to be matched any- H. wi
I Wwj where else this season ! Burly, warm overcoats lis 1 j$Vi I'lcl
cj jevki 'a the style you want. Man-O-Fashion Suits, wfllM ' 5$i
. SatisFashion Suits tailored in styles ranging "vsli P1
I'V V from the popular two-button suigle breasted DJ 0 I
fWiif, J8 niodel to S1"art dol,blc feasted models. XlM Jfi W j
. , JSl Handsome woolen fabrics of the finer qualities . . $ fflgsS f&g
that STAY good looking after months of wear. A flLlr
SAVE'. Ajo I If !
ON MEN'S SUITS COVERCQATS 1 1 M
SjP You hanl-to-please follows .' . . Here's , Isl jljBhitl
the group for you ! The style, your good fpflf
V "y taste demands at savings your good &jm i Sj!& 11
jdmW sense won't let you pass up. Heavy, 1!
T'tA1 -ii weights, mid-weights, all warm, all gvl f.WT 11
K1.,u" Top coals in the styles and fab- pll K H
Iftlritl r w All(I Suits! Get this . . . Hand Tailored 11
r r Suits with the custom tailored look! W$M Mm I
r Jm? . . CL7 Man-O-F ashi o n Suits, SatisFashion Js$fa4i
yTOk Ly Suits. You'll say they're what you've dmgpr$
d''Snr j' " M waited for. Wait no longer! Come in
j Boys, Your Overcoats! fioft
S VH Fareilfe Your Price! f
vilr4 1 Hffl I J II Overcoats with the manlv smartness evcrvbov wants I
Overcoats with the manly smartness every boy wants
Chinchillas, Uouclcs, Fleeces, Worsteds. . .warm
as good woolens can be and with the stamina that
will easily stand two or three seasons of wear. And
at such low prices you parents can easily afford the
GOOD overcoat you want your boy to have.
Boys' Suits Coliegiate Styles
Long trouscr suits, knickcr suits and suits with one pair of long
trousers and one pair of knickers. The campus tailoring boys in
school prefer. Rich, all wool fabrics that will stand the strain of
school yard play. Now is an excellent time to buy. The styles
will be good next Spring and think of the savings you make!
CHINfiHI.I.AS
BOl'CLES
H. HECKS
WORSTEDS
Long Trouscr Suits
Knickcr Suits
Suit with Long
Trnu.scrs a:id
Knickers
MOWIGOMI
1101-3 Washington Ave.
RY'WARD a CO.
Phone 18 La Grande, Ore.
EKEE3
Year End
VALUES
AH Wool
Flannel Shirt
$2.97
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COLD WAVE
DESCENDS OX
EAST OREGON
(Continued from I'ajjo One)
bli.zaYd-like proportions swept
ov;r tilt; Cascade mountains idh:
tore down inilcn of it'lchontr ami
t(!lcffrtiph win-H, fntfrniptod rail ;
and highway truffh! and d:po!ilted ;
a heavy man (It: of snow In t hi; ;
hlKhliindH. Hc-purlH indk-nH-d t ho '
dlHlrlul hiMwi'i'it CU-iidalo ana 1
(irantH I'a.s.s. Ore, n-cuived tlic-'j
hrunt of ihu Htorin. Jtaiu f-.-U In '
I'ortland.
In Ht-altl, xiiuw started falliiiK 1
lat- yesterday but rea.se d late ar '
niKlit afior t'uatintc the streets with
a two ineli blanket. Automobiles
: had difficulty hut there was no lh
; terferenee with street railway
travel. '
A trace of snow fell in Tacoina. I
whllo cunimuiiities norih and
( northeast of there reported he-
; tweeti three and lour inehes. Spok- j
a ne and vleinily reeeiv. tl a iracu
uf snow while the mountains east-.
ward received an abundant share. '
! t'nmiuiihteatJtms Disrupted !
i Telegraphic roiuiminiealiun be- '
I ween Kastem i 'anada and Van--,
eouver, It. I., was disrupted by ;i
sbel, snow and rainstorm in Kias-
er valley, eitst of Vnncoiivr.
i l-;xeept in the extreme north pur
Mion and in the Sierra Xev.nl i.
! California was jinmiised Kern-rally
! fair and colder weather. t,ur;.l
' frosts In the Sun Joaquin, !.icra
mentu and .Santa t 'lai a alleys
were predicted but il was not be
lieved sinudfre puts uoild be Iiee
lessary to protect oichards. The
, Weather bureau expected unsettled
conditions to prevail in et n-ni.-.Northern
(alifornia and ironiised
more snow for the Sh-rra Xt'vadx
here temperatures went falling.
.Southern 'a lifornia, which receiv
ed Its first Yottiiitf in lour jimnllis
recorded precipilat inn raiiKin:
'from one half to l.:si inches. Tin;
i-ainslorm inuved eastward tluriu
the night, however, ami sunny
skies again were promised by the
weather bureau. The rain extend
ed as far south as the mountain
summits west of tre Imperial val
ley, giving Kan Idego one half Inch
of precipitation.
Snow I Mows hi I'm
At Tntckee, i'al., snuw plows
w ere put inlo use as t he bli,;;ai d
which deposited inore than a foot
of snnw, continued unnhaled.
In the Yos'-inlte valley, the first
snow of the season
roads but marking th
winter sports.
All roads in the vicinity of
hoe City, I'al., were blocked
heavy snows. Sixteen inihe.'
snow fell overnight. !
Weather cd.servers said today the
state would bo treated to a taste of ,
real winter with the mercury
plunging lower and a clear cold :
day tomorrow. j
taker reported it clear and cold
today, biit no snow, j
At Pendleton the mercury look '
a sudden drop during ihe nkht ami .
went down t 3 !' degrees above :
zero. About three quarters of an
inch of snow fell yesterday but did i
not remain m the ground. Today j
it was clear ami cold.
A light flurry of snow covered
the grmiml at Imgene loday. Snow'
fell throughout. Sundny on Me-
roUTLAMJ, Ore., Jan. C (Al)
Cattle and calves: early sale
steeis and sho-slock look steady:
i-eceiptH tattle J.lTdi, calves IGit.
.Steers 1 ll(-i:i00 JbH. 9 1 0.75 (t(.
?ll.fj(i, good Jlti.Tr.fti $11.50. iMc
tlUiui i'.tMU'n $10.75, common $7.5')
'a u,Uit. Jleifers, good $:.75 fn
?Hi.2fj, common to mediiiin $7.(MK(
$J.7 5. Cows, good $X.SG4i $8.75,
common to medium $t.0ai!i $S.li5,
low cutter :.hti'i $G.oo. Hulls, good
to choice $.7.50i $S.U. Cutter to
medium $(;.5i ft $7.50. Calves, me
dium to choice $7.oo tff $y,50, cull to
com inon Sti.oo (a $7.50. Vcalers,
jmiil; fed, good to choice $10.00 (t
Uct.no, medium $ S.00 'a $ 1 u.00. Cull
to common $0.ou (ti- $.S.0O. '
! Hogs: opening active; killing
' classes L'5c lower than Kriday or
I r.'ic to 75c lower than last .Monday:
! feeders steady; receipts 3,300. in
t eluding 411 through or on contract.
Heavy weight $8.75 fa $ 10.50. Me
'dium weight $ Il.L'f it $ 1 0.75. Light
; weight $Hi.2fti $10.75. MghL lights'
75.-$iii.75. J'acklllg sows, $7.75
!Ai$s.75. Slaughter pigs $U.OO 96
,'$10.5. Kceder and stocker pigH
i $!i.oiif(i $10,00. (Soft o;- oily hogs
j iiinl roasting pigs excluded in above
quotation.) 1
j Sheep and lambs: quotably
.sflady; receipts roo, Including 301-
, on contract. Lambs,
; $1 UJoi $ i.5o. Medium $10.00
'$3 1.oot ail weights, common $i.oo
'ft $10.00. Yearling wethers, $7.00
$n.oo. i;wes, medium .to choice
" $3.75 '- $5.oo, i 21-1 50 lbs, medium
lu choice $3,001 $..rdi, all weights,
ctill and common $1.00'!' $3.00.
WHEAT MARKETS
ARE UNSETTLED
Both Domestic and Export
Demand for AVheat in
Moderate Volume.
WAKIMN'OTON. Jan. 0 'I'll
wheat market was rallii r iin.si ttUil I
dinillB tin- first week of Ihu new i
year, w ith coin and other feed j
Brains barely steady, according to :
the. Weekly drain Market Uevlcw :
of the United .States bureau of
Ah'ricullural economics, lioth do
mestic and export demand for
wheat continued of only moderate
volume allhu'JKh export NileS were
reported lalBer than lor some
time. The movement or curn in
creased Hlifrhlly but the moisture
content Is still unusually heavy and
practically none of Ihe arrivals in
lirading higher than No. a. Ois
cuunts on lower grades Jnive
widened. The market for both oals
and barley held barely sleady. In
fluenced by lib! weakness in corn.
The. limited offerings of rye were
being readily taken by domestic
mills while some increases in
crusher demand for flax strength-
Nightshirts
Of Amoskeag
Warm flannelette nightshirti
that are cut extra full. 54
inches long. Come in assorted
stripe patterns. Excellent val
ves at
98c
gocu to cnoieei ,t,.u..i f.,r l h:i I eomuiod
ity.
There were no new develnpim-nts
of importance in the general wheat
i'(i:it,am) pitoni'ci-:
rtUt'I'LAN'D, Ore, Jan. 6 (Al')
ltutlr-r: weak; colics; extras, Sac;
standards, 3 1c; prime firsts. 3Sc;
firsts. Sic, Creamery prices: prints
Sc over cuhe .standards.
Kggs: weak; priceM lo retailers
fresh extras, SSe; standards, S7c;
fn-sh mediums, "S7e: medium firsts,
S;e. J'rii-es to wholesalers 2 cents
I unJer jtrice to retaih-rs.
1 .Milk: steady: raw milk (( per
jcenl) ,lA(ii $-'.50 cwt.; deliverefl
Portland, less 1 percent. Itutter
fat, .stations. Sue; track, 82c; de
liveries at i'ortland, S5c.
Poultry: steady; (haying prices)
alive, heavy hens over 4 Vis Ihs. "1 '
iT.c; medium linns, S to 4 i Ihs.
2'i.;ie: light. umlerS-i Hh. 1 K
lite: hroilei.s, undt r 1 Vi H'. -10c;
springs, over 2 lbs. I'-lc; pekia
ducks, 1 Ihs, and over. -S n- -3c;
colored ducks, ISc; turkeys. No. 1,
2 'ti Sue: No. 2, 25c; ctdls , L'fic;
live, IIS 20c.
I Ctiuntry meats sleady: (Inly
ing prices) choice veal, l!l'i2iic;
pork, 15'-ln"c; choice lamhs, 20
(i 22c; unit tun iif JOc.
! (inions: steady; Yakima, fancy.
? 1. 5a (i $1.75 per cwt.; Oregon,
j l.r.n $-;.mo.
I'otaloes; steady: gems. No. 1
grade. SJ.Sa''! $S.25 jter cwt.
Wotd: steady; Kasteril Uregon.
; f'i '2iv; lh. valley, SO'm SSc
May: steady; huying prices; Kast-
ern Oregon timothy ?2ii.f)0rt; J21.00,
!do valley, J m.oo f $l!t.50; alfalfa,
! SlS.niKj $l!i.oo; clover, $ 1 15.00: oat
hay, SIC. 00; straw, ?7'i $S ton, sell
I ing prices $2 more.
f.-ll, closin;r
opening of !
Ta- I
Ity j
of
rmcAt.o IjIvixiock
rilH'Atio, Jan. (I l S. D. A.)
lings; .s.aoa, iiieluding 2S.000 di
rect: mostly lac to 1 5c lower than
Saturday; top $!.XS. Weighty
hutcliers- moslly $'i.oti $ .fi 5.
Cattle: receipts 2 1,000; calves S.-
r.nii; lir.ished yearllngH toppl at J ,
S 1 fi.50; slaughter classes
good and ciioicu $ 12.011 to
ied yearlings good and choice $1S.
25 (" $10,511, vealers (milk-fed)
gt.otl and choice $ l l.ao m ? iti.oo.
Slie- p: U2.OU0; active 25c to 50c
hiirher: hulk fat lamhs $i:i.5( lo
SIS. 75; fat ewes held ahove $fi.25;
lamhs. good and choice $13.M
JM.M; feeder lamhs, good and
choice SI 1.50 y $ I !..
market situation. Itidatively large
offt:rings or native wheats continu
ed to restrict Kuropean demand
for foreign grains, l-'rauce is re
ported to have sold some wheat to
Kiigliiml during the week, while
shipments of ahout 20,ooo husheis
were reported sold to Italy from
IJesserahia, n former Hussian prov
ince. Oanuhian wheat Is also being
offered to other Kuropean coun
tries for shipment up into the
spring months. Argentine offci-
ings, on the other hand, have
slackened although A r g e u t i n e
wheat i.s still underselling rnitetl
.States wheat In Knglisli markets.
India is expected to he in the mar
ket for wheal before th"ir new
crop is available and less wheat
remains for export in Australia
than at this time last season. Nort:i
American market stocks, however,
are about in.rind.OOn bushels larget
than the large supply in store a
ear ago. so that the amount or
wheat available for export in the
principal surplus producing coun
tries between January 1 and July
I is ahout as large as exports from
these countries during the corren
ponding periods of oilier recent
years, wit h the exception of last
season w hen I hi: world exports
wero unusually large because of
relatively low wheat prices and the
short Kuropean crop of feed grains.
With this relationship existing be
tween prospective demand and ap
parent supplies attention is being
drawn to the new winter wheal
crop prospects. The condition of
I lie crop in the United .States al
the first of January remains gen
erally good, particularly in the
Soul hern f.ireal plains. Condition!)
in Kansas arc reported the best
since JIMS. The most critical per
iod of the winter, however, is dur
ing the next GO to So days, when
alternate freezing and thawing
frequently causes serious damage
j Domestic cash wheat markets
held generally steady during the
j week although demand was only
moderately active. Receipts of win-
wheat at Kansas City were
reported to be relatively small utul
til is is expected to cause some in-,
: crease hi me demand lor miinig
J wheal shortly, .Some Washington'
and Oregon wheat is being Hhlppe U
I in for mixing purposes, but (iaotu-
tions on ihis wheal, arc loo high to
compete tu any great extent wit II
local wheats. No. 1 hard whit.1
and 2 soft while were quoted at
Wan Francisco Jan. S at $i.25-J2.S5
per loo, while heavier doekagt.
wheat was selling at 52.20-$2.25.
flood milling wheal was quoted at
l.os Angeles at ?2.S0-$2.35 with
feed whoal Selling al $2.25-$2.3X.
Itccclpts in that market totaled
only about 40 cars but were ainpl
lo meet the light trade demand. Aj
large percentage of the, arrivals ti
i.os Angeles were from Utah ainj!
Idaho and these sold in competli'
ion with the local wheat. No.
sift white wheal from Utah and
Idaho was being offered f. o. h'.'
I.os Angeles at $2. 22' per 100. :i
Pacific northwestern wheat inai;
kets were firm, particularly on
soft and western w hi to and red
wheats, for which tjiere was ah
improved export iiupiiry. Kxport
sales at Portland during the weel't
were reported at approximately 1,
r.oti.ooo bushels, principally to tin'
United Kingdom and tin; continent.
This was principally soft and west
ter while wheat with a small
amount of western red. Ltids from
the Orient were till below cur
rent quotations and no sales were
reporting. lining demand was
ratehr dull at both I'ortland and
Seattle, hut prices held steady and
growers were reported to have dis
posed of around 1,000,000 bushels
during the last fyw days of Decem
ber. At the close of the market
Jan. S No. 1 llig Itend blueslem
iiard while was quoted at I'ortland
and .Seattle at $t.SS. No. 1 soft and
western wiiiie was quoted at Port
land at $!.2S and al Heatlle uz
?1.27'L'. No. 1 hard winter, north
ern spring and western red with
'quoted at Portland at $1.2R per
bushel. No. i dark northern spring
from Montana with 1-1 per cent
protein was quoted at. .Seattle in
bulk at $1.37, while No. 1 dark
hard winle.r of 14 per cent protein
from Washinglon was quoted sack
ed at $.3U per bushel.
EGG, BUTTER
MARKET WEAK;
STOCKS LARGE
Tfis'v !liinrrr ,,,,in ,itrii1 ,h'
J'OUTI.AXh, Ore.. Jan. (I (AP)'
The old taw of suimlv n ml de-
previous imand. Willi supply dominant
Keii'.io Pass. About two
snow lay on the summit.
feet Of
uvuKpnoi, m;r
1,1 vi;i;i'tHi .hut. ; t ap --
Wheat close: March I's ,n VI
M-42 V
May; '.'s t d $1.41 i.
July: i's 1 Id ?!. I I l, .
Fnte D!ipojcs
"A .man ore-o bolwd la- doois
nml windows" said III llo, Ihe
sjigo of Chinatown, "and vowid ho
would dwell in secluded emit cut.
Then canto n hurricane that lore
oft his roof." Wa-hiniiion Star,
The Thrill Quest
flderu life e.msMs of cei,i!r
more dangers than we moid, Shoe
and Leather IlepoTicr,
Know When lo "No'
What ymt ilon'r Know may not
hurt ou, hut what von don't, "im"
frequently docs. Arkansas lia
ret to.
roim.ANn cash
POUTl,ANI, Ore., Jan. G (Al')
cash wheat: l.tig IJend blucstem,
hard white $l.:i".
Sett while ?I.2G.
esiel il white $ l.2ti.
Hard winter $1.24.
j Northern spring $1.21.
Western reil $1.21.
! fiats: No. 2-SS lh. white $S5.50.
i Today's car receipts: wheat
i flour I 7 corn 11, hay S.
and on some days a few
samples had lo be carried over.
.Soft winter wheal prices held
steady at most markets although
j milling demand was only tuoder
taley active. Country oiYorings in
; creased slightly at St. I.ouis but
t the cxp'clcd increase in mill de
1 niiiiul did not materialize.
Spring wheat markets had a
linn tone with receipts Very light
and mill demand fairly active.
Pacific coast markets held
steady and prices remained prac
tically unchanged. Holiday dullness
continued to prevail at Sail Cran-
cisco and trade in both milling and j iod for some Urn
"out in tied drought in the wheat -growing
areas of the San Joaquin
valley is restricting country offer
ings and giving the market a firm
tone in that area. Ulour stocks are
In!
M:V YOUK FIU IT
j XKW VOltK, Jan. G (AP)
I'Aaporated apples, quiet : choice
j 1 2 "i fancy I 1 '-j 'n 15; prunes
U'e;nty California J i 1 5 !j : Ore.
1 gun 'n 1 7.
j Apr icots steady; standard 1 4 '.j
15; choice 17 Va IS1,-; extra
'- choice 1 It ''i 22.
j' P. ael.es steady; standard 1 f 1 i '
.15; ehoiee 15 'f 151 extra, choice
In; m i ; ...
i
tins instance. Is raising havoc with.
egg and butter prices. !
This applies especially to ImllerJ
slorage stocks of which are so
large that the "prevailing ((nota
tions are tin- lowest experienced at !
this lime uf the year for a decade
The egg market slightly hotter: '
off than the butter market, hut is'
still unusually weak. Two niord r
cents were cat off egg prices to-,
day bringing the price of fresh ex-;
tras to retailers to JISc and the me- :
dium grades to S7c. I
The hop market Is reported lo be;
demoialixed more than at mv ner-:
With 05,000 orifi
n.t'tHi bags of tin- old product stlil
unsold, prices ranging froui 5c for
the poorest lo II K for the best ;
were quided in most quarters. The'
hop outlook was declared, lo be ;
anything hut bright. 5 .
Always ihe Lowest
Prices in Town
Cninf,. Pra-ucI
'I'ln- hmi'iI "UiKiliii" Is CIiImixp.
Tills llnpiii-liiiil i-lny wjis fnitl
i croup uf l,t 1 1 m imIIi'iI K.h. I. In;.
Wooden Wirry Emily StiifnJ
I'oit'l worry lr t'tn' joh i sittiitl Anv ntaii who comiw up to his
and our rewanii arc few. I'eineuf ,.n idea of j;re:iltn' inut !ilwaJi
her lhat ihe ndjhly oak was once have had a wvy low sUunJai'U of
d uJt W- . ; -11.-K;.!'. u T;.u:-: ;j-t. 1. !!.! .!::,
Not A 'knowledJ
News that tin- fHieii Is a tnem
her nf the lih fani'ly ci-rtaiulv
didn'l come Iroin U:c liitvS. Arkiili
Si ti.Ut AM) IU1 tl
l uK'I'UANIi. the.. Jan. G (AP)
t 'nne sugar (sacked basis)
steady: cane, fruit or berry, $5.40
per i-wt.; beet sugar, $5.25 cwt.
Utowr: (city delivery price-) 1
ntf.idy; l.iinily patents. 4.'s, $n.h;
w dob- heat. 4 It's. $7.10; graham, :
ls. :to: bakers' hard wheat. ?Ss.
ST.t'.'i; hakers' blucstem patents. 1
5Ss, $T.ie; pastry flour 4'.'s, $7.50.
I
SNOW I'M liHY AT s.M.i;r ;
SAI.KM. Ore.. Jan. 6 AP A '
light sktft of Miow fell in S,ilcm
around midnight but hud disap-
m-.i red bv morn inc. S irrouinlim:
voi-sy is trie one iuot liKCiy to oc j htIN are thinly covered wMn show
in Ihe wrens;. TitloiMm. , td.iy. T uipei-aitire wc.s 3-.
Action Reveal Thoughtt
T h.ivo nhvays thought Hi" ac
tions of men Hie best inierpietct'S
of their thoutip-. Kxcl.unge.
Aneor Show Weaknc
The nnjrv person in a contro-
compoiiiun side-
:on flannel, double slecvt
Work slioes, heavy slock, Munsou 1,
strong and durable
Mag Shirts, heavy all Wool Or
back "i;,it-s of the I'oud" .
.Men's heavy all won! bla.ers of" the well known
make. In attractive ftripes and ptaids
Men's heavy cotton ribbed union Miits, wel made and
yood fitting, regular Jl.5u value
Heioy all wool ox In grey ;
s and
..55.U5
Xeustadter
9:1.05
Ivuhher
Men's dros rubbers
Women's storm rubbers ...
Hoys' A.- Children's rubbers
Women's ialoylu'S, rubber
Men's 4-biicklo oveishoe.
ml while, special 3 pair for.
ooUmir for the Whole lainlly
. .91.00
or cloth ....
Dakota B.rd Liie I'atuni
I'.ird life ii il ; tie ni -htug on the
railing prairies (lf tin lisskota1. onco '
III ITI IU'AT
SAN I'KA.NClSi t. Jan. S (AP)
llilUeiial f. u. u. San I raiKlSLo,
-j 0.H1
6BO
(130 to 70C
...91.70 $1.80
.$2.05
TORE
V. fg-.1t.il -Ml 'T.'.'Si