Tuesday, June 3, 1930
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE.
Page Nine
LITTLE CHANGE
IN PRICE TREND
Federal Bureau Issues Re
port on Farm Situa-
tion for May. .
POUTI,AND, Ore., (AP) Al
though the- trend of farm nnd com
modity prices n well na general
liusineKH comlitionR wu dawnwurd
or unchanged between April 15
and- Muy lfi, there Is muse for
cheerfulness if a normal reaction
follows nn ease in the New York
money mart, the bureau of agri
cultural economics. United States
department of" agriculture, report
ed in an analysis of the national
price situation for .May.
Cheaper money in the New York
market, the -bureau said, is influ
encing other sections of the conn
try nnd this usually leads to n
cheapening of commercial credit
nnd facilities nn improvement In
business.
There is little prospect to Indi
cate that the buying power of con
sumers during the next month or
two will -ho materially different
from that nt present, the analysis
showed. Improvement, however,
will take place as business grad
ually reacts to low interest rates
nnd to other factors that help
Btltntllato business generally.
Tho bureau's report on the form
nnd commodity price situation for
May was as follows:
Kiu-m Price The general level
of farm prices advanced slightly
between March 15 and April 15 as
a result of higher prices for most
items- except wool and livestock.
Sinco then both crop and livestock
prices have again declined, except
cotton, nnd tho general average of
farm prices during the first half
of Hay was lower than on April
1 5. The present low level of farm
prices may be compared with the
low levels reached In the preceding j
declines, namely In June, 1921,
May, 1924 and April, 1927.
flenernl Commodity Price Level
Tho trend in commodity prices
in genernl was downward during;
April nnd the first half of liny.
Prices on liny C were. at the lowest j
level since 19111. Six of tho eight
groups of commodity prices cov
ered by the report averaged lower
in the first week of Hay than dur
ing March and April, the excep
tions being building materials prices
which have remained unchanged
for several weeks.
AVI MOAT The foreign demand
for wheat continues poor but some
improvement is probable ' in . the
next few months. Crop conditions
to date do not Indicate any material
reductions In production as occur
red in Canada last year. The car
ryover In the United States will be
largo but stocks on hand July 1
in foreign countries aid likely to be
smaller, . especially t in ...ArserUlna.
With- small stocks In Argentina,
conditions will probably result' In
exportntlons of United Ktntcs
wheat early in the season being
larger thnn last year. May con
ditions indicated that tho hard
winter wheat crop may be about
five nnd one half per cent less
than a year ago, and stock of old
wheat remaining In the southwest
are only moderate. The average
price during the first week of May
was 99 cents.
Potatoes The average farm
price of potatoes for the country
as a whole nt 14(1.1 cents per
bushel was 9 cents higher on April
15 than nn March 15 and 91 cents
higher than In April last year. The
ndvance Was general but was great
in tho North Atlantic and the east
north centrnl states than In the
western mnrkets.
Hoks Hc-K prices in April fluc
ti, filed over a narrow range and
wero considerably, below tho levels
of April. 1929. ' notwithstanding
that slaughter supplies were nuoui
7.5 per cent' smaller. The lower
level of prices this spring Is a re
flection of the weaker demand for
meats and lard that nas nevempeu
1n domestic nnd foreign mnrkets
in tho past two months. Ijtrger
supplies are in prospect during the
next few weeks. The monthly av
erage price nt Chicago for April
was or 17 cents per 100
pounds lower than that of April
last yenr. The weekly average for
tho first full week of May was
$10.03.
CATTIjK Prices of nil kinds nnd
grades of cattle declined during
prll. -Decreasing consumer u
nnnd rnther than increasing sup-
tlles was responsible for tne weaK
icss In the cnttle market.' Both re
elnts at seven leading markets
mil inspected slaughter of cattle
n April were four per cent smaller
ban in April, 199, and slaughter
!ias ten per cent below the 5 year
April average.
nuTTKB -May cn-Hiueij ..i......
roduetlon will probably be below
hat of a. year ago. Trade output
Anrll appears to have been
dightly larger than a year ago hut
at prices averaging about 12 per
cent lower nnd there is no Indica
tion of nn immediate increase In
demand. Recently the foreign sit
uation has weakened so much that
Imports would follow any material
advance in the domestic market.
Moreover the seasonal increase in
domestic production is Just begin
ning to exceed current consumption
requirement. The price of 92 score
butter nt New York was higher in
April than in March, averaging 38-5
cents. This was 1.2 cents above the
March average price and 6. cents
below the average price ot April,
1929. The price of May 12 was
-ir. cents. Creamery butter produc
tion during March was estimated at
about three, per cent helour .Marcn,
1929, and trade reports indicate
that it hs continued at a lower rate
during April and May. The weak
ness of foreign markets is much
more serious than at any time since
1 yti. There is no immediate proa
pect for the strengthening of the
foreien markets.
KCJfiS Kgg prices usually ad--ance
in May and June hut the ad
vance this year may not be very
material. Receipts will probably
continue ns heavy as last year: stor
age mocks are high; the season de
mand for hntehlns and breaking i
near nn end; nnd apparently con- i
sumption which increased during '
the first three weeks of April, has '
dropped off since Easter, h'resh !
extras averaged 27.S cents com-
pared to 30 cents a year before. I
following n decline of one cent at
the end of April the price has been
close to 26 cents during the fjrst
ten days of May. Ijtst year the av
erage for this grade was 32.8 cents
In May and June.
POULTRY The farm price of
chickens is maklnpr its seasonal ad-A-nnco
which usually continues un
til it reaches n seasonal peak dur
ing May or June, .hut It (s on a low
er level than last year. Storage
stocks of frozen poultry are lnrire:
hatchery reports Indicate plentiful j
-.t.i.i..-i, who nummvi unu prices o
- i'-"-1-0 tin-ma i-viiwuue iuw ana
,,tuj "ctinrii me ufnmiiu igr poul
try. The farm price for chickens
on April 15 was Sl.l cents, an ad
vance of .5 cents of the month be
fore. The April price was 2.7 cents
below that of April 1929. -
AVOOIj Domestic wool prices
held steady ' for the first three
weeks of April then declined again
but trade at ltoston improved con
siderably In the second week of
May and prices for that week held
firm. Prices of foreign wools in
bond nt Roston . have, held un
changed however, except .for de
clines on some medium grndes.-of
Australian and .Argentine wools.
The London wool sales opened May
13 with sales verybrisk and prices
unchanged to ten per Cent .higher
than at the close of previous-series.
Stocks of w-ooi'ln foreign prirnury
markets in April were larger than
n year ago and .there is'a.desire to
dispose of them before the coming
of the new. clip. '
THEPLOWSHARE TAKES FORM AT LAST
KAMELA
PERSONALS
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French Channel
Ports Protest
Tunnel Scheme
h rid Re over the clinnnel, A third
wax tlip laying or n -steel nnd ce
ment tuWt on the channel bed.
The lii4dK nnd dikes were dis
carded het'tiutie a in out; other rea
Kontf. they would block channel
Hlllj.pllltf.
Approximately; 1,174, 9S3 pounds
of turkey .wero oateii'.ln .Cullfor- ,
nlu last. yenr. according to the
Htate Turkoy Growers' asocIa-
thin. It lis was an itvernga of 2.3
puuniln for every num. woman
and child In the ntAto.
Mrs. O. Ij. Hudson spent Tlmrn-
tlny in l.a Grande.
Mr. und Mrs. M. Broms and on,
Nnrton. drove to l'endleton on
Sunday. !
Mr. and Mrs. G. Tameris have
gone to Klein to spend the sum
mer. Mrs. Tameris will return to; j tiit jTIt tj S
,pMrshprt,rana .dugw. Jungle to Yield Lost Maya Rites--
Helen Mae. of I.O. Orande, Jlave j , . . . . ,.
now moved to Kamela u spend the ft HI I llnPSt. I fllf'510'O hflir iVKnlnlt
summer with Mr. Lane, who had
been working here for some time. I .pwa 'wvnn
H. Hood, engine foreman here, Is ' ,r",,? iJ ,.,,..?","
tem
ple will rise on on Island of Lake
Michigan on Chicago's waterfront
wick at present.
-.. ..i ii-- XT llnndtmnn nntl
-til. unu "in- - . 193
son, .Tnck. spent Saturday evening .
in La Grande. I 'in . , A 1 ,
Mr. and Mrs. T. Burton nnd son, nounced by the nnthropoloKy sec
Karlee. accompanied by Mrs. H. of the N'atUma Research
Horstman. drove to Walla. Walla, Council, as part of tho coming
Wash, on Sunday to visit Mr. Bur- ; W Worlds i-Vir.
ton's brother. 1 The M.nyanK are a vanished peo-
Miss Alta Smith, who has been pie. who built in Yucatan, Mexico,
convalcsiug in La Gnuulo after & a clvilizntlon of fairly high order,
serious operation, spent a shore the beginnings of which are esu-
time on Wednesday in Kumeta. matea by some tcienusiH n ionB
1-Vorn here she went to tho home ns 7,000 years ago. It was over tho
of her parents in 1'ilot Rock. AN Jungles now obliterating tM civ
ter a few weeks rest there she lUzation that Lindbergh demon
hopes to return to her duties in the trtd use of the airplane for
Kamela grocery store, ller many archaeolpgy.
rlemls .hore are glad to know she t Dr. FranK Blom of Tulane mil
ls making a good recovery und verslty is in 1 ucntan collecting
will be glad to see her at work
jiKln.
3C rierson, of Perry, was a Ka
mehi visitor on Wednesday at the
home of his sister, Mrs. H. Iforsl
man. Mr. Ptirson is now working
in Halfway with Mr. Kelley.
It. L. Casteel of Wasco, Ore.,who
has been spending a few days In
Kamela with his brother, Herbert
and his sister, Miss Nancy f'as
teol. left Kriday morning for Walla
WaJla Wash.
J, K. Charlton, of La Grande,
who ban been working in Kamela
(or some time went to I -a Grande
on Thursday.
New residents in Kamela are Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Kills, They huvn
rented the He Kalb house here.
Mr. Kills is. employed by tho high
way.
Mrs. A. Konnlson and daughter,
lotm Maud HrooTts, of Meacham,
returned on Saturday from CaHile
Rock, Wash., whero they spent a
week visiting relatives. Mrs. Ken-
nison's son, Krnest Brooks, nnd
her mother, Mrs. I. Cook, accom
panied them home. Mrs. Cook win
remain for a short time visiting In
Mencham.
Galo ITanlen attended the
Meacham dance, on Saturday, and
had the misfortune 10 have Jifs
overcoat stolen from his car while
there.
A. Kennison drove to Telocnset
on business on Thdrsday.
Wralter Hoeft, of Pilot Rock, was
a Kamela visitor on Thursday.
Gale llanlen spent Thursday,
with his parents In La Grande.
Mrs. C. Thornhurg and son, Ian.
returned on Wednesday from i
Itrownlee, Ore,, where they spent
several lays visiting at the home
of Mrs. Thornhurg's father, KinJay
Gordon. Both rei-imed blistred
by the sun and were surprised to
find It had been so cold in Ka
mela in their absence. Mr. Gordon
had his first crop of alfalfa liay
cut, us had other farmers n. that
vicinity. Snake River peaches do
not seem to be so plentiful this
year. Several . peach trees died on
account of the dry season last year.
Mr. Gordon, who had several fine,
peach trees, lost them all.
Mr. and Mrs. K. I. Itrooks and
grandson, rtanris, ' drove to La
Grande on Thursday to decorate
the grave of their on, CharU-s,
who died two years ago.
Orval Casteel, of Waaco. Ore.,
and Illaine Casteel. of Pilot Rock,
cousins and nephews of Herbert
and Miss Nancy Casteel ,of Ka
mela, are spending a few days vis
iting here.
Mr. and Mrs. If. florstnian drove
to La Grande on Tn4ay evening.
Mrs. Klixubeth Chelf returned to
Kamela several days ago aftr a
short visit with friends n-mr Pilot
Hock.
In spite of the heavy rain which
fell on Thursday night and most of
Kriday the highway is not very
slick or muddy. Grading is now
practically finished as fur up as
Bodie, where the rock crusher Is
situated. The steam shovel is now
being used near there. The high
way Is very wide now and s-vral
of the new fills, where curves have
been eliminated, are being used.
data for erection of the relics which
are planned as the oldCFt'of nil the
Americana at the fair.. It 'is 'pro
posud to reconstruct the four fa
mous buildings known as the Mon
jas of ITxmal, untd to be the great
est achievement of tho American
Indian.
Actors will impersonate the Ma
yans, nnd their dress and ceremo
ninl dnnnes will be renvoduced
faithfully from carvings now found
in the Vuentun wilderness. Wor
ship of the feathered tmuke, Kul
kulcan, will be included. .
The artificial island, of 20 to 25
acres, will contuin altto faithful re
productions of native habitats f.i
Mound Builders, Kskim hunters, j
1 . 1 ...... 1. .. A 1.. l '
11 in l mr witter kiiuiwi inn ivi In
dian tril)es.
l.AI'MRX-MCX ;i MF.IZV
fALKM, Ore., June- S (AP)
Oregon- Inundrymen will, meet
here for their annual convention
Kriday of this week. Several
speakers will, be .present from
outside the state. A bauiUet Sat
urday night wilt end the convention.
By John Kvnns
! C Associated . Press Staff Writer)
I CALAIS (AP) Calais and oth
; er northern Wench ports are
fighting plans to build a tunnel 1
under tho Kngllsh channel lie- J
I'ausii they feel - certain subma-
rlne train travel would kill their I
Water traffic. j
CalniK, ltoulogne, Havre, OI-
oppe, Dunkirk, Cherbotirg nnd j
Saint Malo nil are interewied In i
iMith passinger und freight traffic
with Kngland. J
If the proposed $150,000,000 I
tunnel is built from near Calais '
to Dover, opponents of the Idea j
assert, the channel shipping busl- j
ness will all but cense and much
of the trans-Atlantic truffle will
be diverted. Jt is contended that
ma ny A mericatm wou Id go first
to Ktigland nnd cross to France
on last tunnel trains that would
run on a schedule, of less than ,
three hours from London to Pur- I
Although the French end of the
channel subway would bo near
t here it is not expected many ieo-
plo would Interrupt their trip to
Paris or to London simply to see
the town. ' The. freight loss would
:bu inore .: serious because trains
would mil ritfht through the out
skirts of Calais on their way to
and from iWis..
- Tills opposition ivcalls tho dif
ficulties, tho it bin has encountered
since MVMuthieu proposed U In
1 KO0. Napoleon III first got bo
bind the plan in a nerious man
ner, n 1807.
A score of times the plan has
been before- the. British jtarlla
meut. Thousands of Bombings
have been taken in tho- cSn Icel
and tho ntost eminent engineers
of Krace and Kngland have de
claivd tho timet feasible. Mili
tary rentioim often affected tlio
idea but leis ' Is heard of that :
aspect year by year.
In nn elaborate report made by
a British official commission last
year there were mentioned 'sever
al other plans, all rejected. One
was for two parallel dikes across
the channel, tralif- running on
the dikes while the water between
would be a canal hooked up with
the - waterways of northern Km
roje. Another " lden. wns nn- 11 relied
3 m
of a kind
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