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Pa LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Tuesday, June 17, 1930 HEADLIGHT (Union Made) OVERALLS oi GUARANTEED , NOT TO SHRINK A new pair FREE if they do. IC. O : Sugar Advances VAnd Flour Drops J In Oregon Today : I'OUTUND, Ort-., June 17 (Al) While Iho prices of augur ad vanced 20c loduy, the price of flour buhl need thtt scales by declining 70c in keeping with the lower wheat quolutions. With the best family patents at $G.K0 and huU .trs' flour ut J ft. 10, iho mule Ih oh: jjoylUtf the lowest prices experlonu-. Oil Hlnt'O 1924. ' 'The egg market was reported ijnchangcd as to price with tho Uiiiloilono ouHy and unsettled. ; ":. Uttttor piiofH were fairly steady Willi receipts light, hut sufficient for needs. Hevtowfng tin fruit and vego-fable-situation, iho Portland bur uuu of the U. S. department of ug. rleulturo auyH: y, "L'aiilftloupi'K ' an) firm, and prlqes much higher whn standard 45's moving to retailors ut $3.50ftf $4.00 per crulo, Thlu represents about l.oo advance .over lust week's Uvoruge. '. "Strawberries eontlmie In only WHAT COLOR ? . Powder do you use Let lis match your complexion in , DOROTHY GRAY MAX FACTOR ARMAND - The Best Powders The Newest Shades THEL.&L. DRUG CO Z53 The Need Pol' an uinbulaiu-u !s generally an emer gency n o e d, and therefore tjulck. 10 llable service such as wo render Is the kind to call upon. Wo do not charge fur our ambulance. WALKER'S FUNERAL SERVICE 5 AT SPRING ST. PHONE 42 AL-W-M-S AT VOLU SERVICK WITH THE LOWKST PRICES IN TOWN Men's Dress Trousers Specially Priced in Two Groups $2-95 and $3.95 MARKET NEWS OF THE DAY BASEBALL TRADES CniCAGO Odcd o o 0 g'.l"l.v O iN'l. 2! ixi'. ... .911 MM .U !i g i .oo l.oi "4 .o ...i.oajsigiy, i.u.v& i. my, rOIWIAMi WHEAT 0ini High Low .. .On un y, .11(1 ... .00 J4 .oo Ji .Villi July S-il. moderate supply; and prices rc o I main at tin; unusually high mld-Ojm-usOIl h Vet of $3.00 $3.50 pirr o crate. o ! "Tomatoes show strength, al ! though price-Increases uro fi-w tint: o to only fair (piallly generally, a few fancy repacked Texan loma- tOCK Sell aH high US $4.00 pel' I UK. Ordinary stock 'an is sell as low $1.2 5. o ' "Cherries, celery, asparagus, osplnuoh, and tint bunched Vogo. j tables are more plentiful, and prices- are lower. A few Oregon cherries were shipped to Honolulu last Saturday. "He vera) shippers are propuring green peas for shipment, In .straight and mixed cars. Tim out side market Is stCn.y ut X'n 'Jb per lb. of No. J pens," I'OUTI.A.ND LIVESTOCK 1'OltTLANH, Ore., June 17 (Al) , Cuttle 75, calves 15, extremely slow, calves and Voulers 5lc to $1.00 higher.' Hteei-H 1100 1300 lbs. $10.75 fin $11.25, good $1 LOOi $1 1.75, medium J.I0.0U $ 1 1.00, common $8.50 6p $10.00. Heifers, good $'.1,00 4 $'J.50, com mon to niediuin $7.00 $0.00. Cows, good $8.oo tf $8.50, common to mo fllum $(1.004 $S. 00, low culler to cutter fL'.&Ofy $.oo. Jlulls (yearl ings excluded) $7.50 5 $8.00, cutter to medium $C.oo fq $7.50, calves 18.001 $10.00. cull to medium sft.on 'r?S.oa.;Veaf..-H, milk: fori $ 10.50 at '! 1 "rTi $11.00. medium $s.5or'( $10.60, eolllAKII,r I5IL.L. to common u.fiu n 8.50. . Hogs; 550, Includfng IftO direct, slow, killing classes 50c lower. Heavy weight $0.60tfi $1 1.00, me dium weight $10.004 $ 1 1.50, light weight $11.25 41 $ 1 1.50, tight lights $ 1 1). 504 1.50. Packing sows $8.26 fit $!).50. Klauglller pigs $10.00 6i $11.00. Kcedor and Blocker pigs $1 1.504 $13,50. (Soft or oily hogs and roasting pigs excluded In above quotations). Sheep: (too, ifiiotuhly steady. (Quotations except on lambs on shorn basis) lambs good lo choice $7,754 $8.75, medium $U.75 Hi $7.75', all weights, common $5.00 4j $(1.75. Yearling wethers $1.00 fir $(i.(Mt, owed $:.754 $H.5n, I20-I5tt lbs. $2.50 fii $3.25, all W('lghts, cominon $l.004i $2.50. rOILTLAM) t'A.SM POItTI.AND. Ore., June 17 (AP) Big Bend blueslem, hard wlilte $1.11. Soft Willie l)So. Western white Utic. Hard winter !ilc ' Northern spring Hdc. Western red !Hlc. I Hits: 'No' 2-38 lb. While $2!.O0. Today's car receipts: wheat li I , barley 1, flour 4, oats 3. .poutla.Ni pitonrci-; POUTl.ANI), Ore., June 17 (AP) Butler: fairly steady, unchanged. I'Jggs: easy, unsettled; unirlunig ed. Milk (liullerfat), poultry, coun try men is, onions, potatoes, wool, nuts, hay. easeara bark and hops steady and unchanged. 1.1 V KltPOOb Wlir.AT LI VKUPOOL, June 17 ( A P ) Wheat close: July $l.os: Oct. $1.10 ,H. Court Acts Upon Wemme Co. Suit SAl.KM. ore., June 17 ( A P) Because of their having sold slock of the 10. Henry Wemme company in .Multnomah counly lor what the eoiirl lioios u us lilt h more than half Us actual value. Kdward W. Wiekey, how V. Walker and Aug ust Wemme must pay $t;7. 545.80 ur: the term ina lion of a suit lu oimht against t hein by I Iowa i d Sutherland, alien properly custod ian. This was the decision of the supremo court today In affirming .Indue I. mils l Rewilt of the low er court for .Multnomah counly. The opinion was written by Chief .lltsliie Cn.tdiow. Justice Beau dis sented. J Helices Pa nd and Ale Bride did Hot pa rt lelpa I e. Liquor Shooting Is Fatal to Trio KAVKNNA. O.. June 17 (AP) Three men are dead and a fourth whs at the point of death here to day as Ihe result of n .shooting af fray In an alleged booi l.-g lend. All (he biilhls were fired by em ma n w ho tin ued I lie 1 1'Voiv r on himself when he feared capture by polte.-. QUICK PILE RELIEF no s.i. i:s 01; Cl 1 I im; Pile MifTi ft i.h e.m only m t o, itek. ;iife mid lasting v lief hy removing lie- reuse - bad blood em ulation 10 ihe low vr bow el. Culling ate! saBis tiin't do this an internal r- inedy inu.st be used. 1 1 KM KOI I . ihe pr.-.si ripliuii of Or. j. s, L. on hai dt, suce.-.-ds. In eaiise it reruox . s this blood congestion and slteiiKih 'ns the aftVct.il part-. 11 KM -IlOlO tablets as old by druggists everywhere, haw slit h a wonderful r, eord for .pitek and iiiyimtr i.'ii.r tit. 1 11... i...i H.Olug jtluiv ahviys tf II thetn with Kiuiriint e of money I. nek tf they do not end all pile MiCeOn,;. W1IEAT High Clow Close .00?', DECLINES IN STOCK PRICES ARE CHECKED NKW VOKK, June 17 (AP) -Tha drastic decline in stock prices was cheeked today by large-scale supporting orders. An enormous volume of selling was dropped up on the market In tho early trans actions, evidently representing the liquidation of impaired marginal account:'. i'ivolal shares generally worked higher after ttm first raw minutes of trading, but gains were moder ate and malmalned with difficulty, as many traders welcomed each ml vance as an opportunity to lighten holdings at diminished losses. Trading was in enormous volume. Tho days turnover was ubout (150,000 shares le than yes terdays, approximating 6,000,000 shuren. M'iiAlt AM FMM K rOHTLANU, Ore., Juno 17 (AP) Sugar: higher: (sacked basis) cano, fruit or berry $4.90 per cwt. Meet sugar $4.70 cwt. : Klour; lower; (city delivery prices) utility patents, 4'Ja $0.80; whole wheat, i'JH $5.'J0; graham, 4Hs $5.70; bakers' hard wheut, ItSs $(1.20; hakers' blucstem patents, yss $.0; pastry flour, 4Its $0.30. APPROVED. BY MR. HOOVER (Continued from Faga One) pers in timo lo benefit by the old rates. They also, arc ready lo adminis ter iho new rales and bureau offi cials hero expect little confusion. Six i w Ogden Mills, under secretary of the treasury, was notified immed iately after Iho signing no new i-egutallunM could be dispatched immediately to customs officials. Six pens were used In the signing one each being presented to the four conferees present, and the other two being held for preseji tallon lo Watson and Bacharach. President Hoover had, announc ed In advance of receipt of the hill ho would approve It In the interest of business stability. He believes the revised flexible provision, giving .,11m -tariff corn- mission power to recommend rates for approval or rejection by tho president, will afford an oppuriun-j II y lo correct any unfair rales, go u long way toward taking the HI out uT )o11Hcm and obviate Ihe necessity for another congression al revision "for many years to come." Tho bill was signed one year, live months and ten days from the day the house ways and means com m It tee began public Ilea lings on the subject In Ihe latter days of t he Ceolldgo administration. II provides 1,122 changes In j present duties, including 887 in- cii'UNeH 11 11 11 m rniiiruiMiH. .ourr than 260 of the advances are on agricultural products. including sugar, dairy products, grains, cat l le, meals, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. I ndust rial products given ra te boosts Include textiles In the raw ami selilt-prot-essed slate, clothing of all kinds, manganese and '.inc ores, uitd scores of other commodi ties. Plato glass aluminum, a ml automobiles a re the major pro ducts given lower rales. . Among 4S articles taken from Ihe free HhI are softwood lumber, cement, brick, long staple cotton, hides, leathers and shoes. Logs, now dutiable at $ I per thousand board feel, li'-ad the list nf 75 items placed on the free list. m:n i'i;nci:i to piuso.n PORTLANO. Ore., Juno 17 (A P) A. M Ha radon, former president, of tho defunct Guaranty and Loan company, arrested in San Praiirlsco on u charge of us ing the ma lis to defraud more tann 2J northwest ban Us. today was Mnl eneed to I w o yen is at .McNeil Island penitentiary alter be ehanged his (ilea fiyiu not guilty to guilty. ELECT IUXGO, EHER1IARI) TO DIRECTORATE (Continued from Page One) eieneles may easily bo eliminated. 1 Let's all look at iho fine things in our schools, and unit preaching that things are wrong." Ill ItltOK START INM'LATIOX ON WAV T M'AIIK Pl.l tiS I. OS ANGP.I.KS (AP Prom far up In the I u o mountains of Catiletnia. pack burros start a little known mineral on Its way to automobile and nviallon fac tories It is Hiidalusite, used as Insula!- ing material in spark plugs at - 1 cording lo the I'nited States Bur- I call uf Mines. The largest known deposit of Ihe mineral is In Iho White Mouu- . lains of the Inyo range. 10,100 (eel above scrt level, hence the use of the burro. Tlu y bring the mineral dow n p .rait tour unit a mni nines . loiii to the Vii lie 6, 0011 feet below. J Low and outside Is Ihe best place lo Ihrow to 11 bailer facing a pitchvr iho first lime, says Ted '. '!!-.- .tar 7 "!!. i iv'e-. ARE ENGINEERED Art Shires Goes to Wash ington for Braxton, Hur ler, Tate, Catcher. NEW YOltIC, June 17 (AP) Two big baseball t rides have been swung as frantic club owners and managers seek to strengthen their UnetipK for the crucial engage ments just ahead. In the National league, Burleigh Grimes, veteran spitbull ace, haa been traded by the Boston Braves to tho SI. Louis Cardinals for "Weo Wiilio" Sherdel and I'Yed l-Yankhouse In u deal involving nothing but pitchers. In lht American league, the Chicago White. Sox have ex changed Art Shires, onto UKnii - uiuun Mini 'M iii.iii, mi wai M...u Jlraxton, pitcher, and Henny Tate, m nit rh or nml ltnniiv 'Ph1p'.. catcher, of tho Washington Sena tors. Deal No Surprise The Hraves-Cardlnals deal came as no surprise to baseball men who have known the clubs have been trying to. get together on the trade- for some time. Grimes, one of tho highest salaried pitchers In tho league," camo to . the Brakes from flttsburgh this spring in x chango for Percy ice Jnes. south paw. and an' unnamed amount of cash. The "Lord ' of Hurlelgh." a hold out at Pitts burgh, has failed to. round into winning form for the Braves, lie has dropped five, games and won three and only yesterday was pounded out of the box by Uio Cincinnati Hods. K mil Fuehs, ovner of the Braves, hopes to bolster his pitch ing staff with the addition of Sher det and l-Yankhouse. , The for- chlefly u slow-bull . pitcher, ha been considered oue of Ihe steadiest or the Cardinals' pilch crsand J-'rankhousc 1ms been used chiefly in relief roles. SI 1 1 res Trailo I'ncxiM'cted . . The trade by which Shires goes to Washington was' entirely un expected. Manager Donle Bush made It clear that lie was Mting Shire; go, not because of any tin rullness on the part of baseball's one-tlmo "bad boy" but solely be causo ho thought the trado would strengthen the White, Sox. Clark Griffith, owner of the Senators, said that Shires would bo used regularly at first Vpuse un til Joe Judge, veteran first-sucker, recovers from a bad "charley horse.! but that Judgefivvoiild get back to his station as soon as' pos sible. Afler thnttho ndlledi Shires would bo used chiefly 'in 'utility rules ami. as a pinch hitter. . The most important other devel opment In tho baseball situation yesterday was ihn decision by the National league to 1ake. no action on the lively ball. Pigures' were i Pni eu io snow mat ine Muy tho barrago of bae hits and "' ''l"11 magnales decided to let well enough alone, " i f 71 j Iiri. OFCSt WaiSOIl Best Scorer In Qualifying Play VANCOrVKU, B. C., June 17 (AP) With I heir toughest op ponent Old Alpn Par out of the way, the :t2 men anil 1(2 women iiualfffers In Hie Pacific Northwest atnaleur tournament settled down today to play each id her In the first rounds of match competition. Competing on two courses 20 miles apart yesterday, the men i(tialilied over ytl holes at the Van couver goir club and the women over IS holes at Shnuglutossy links. Tho women had planned lo shift to Vancouver tomorrow for I lie remainder of their tournament but some talk was hear I tlay of the letuinlno golfers c-mlinuiug ut Shaughnessy until Priday. Bag ging an ama.ing OS on the morn ing is and a 74 on the afternoon round, l-'orest Walson, of Seattle, topped tho field of lay men Hum ors In Iho qualifying play yester day to win medal honors with a total of . 142. Watson won the amateur championship in 1D2I and Is considered as one of .the boys to beat for tho title tills year. Oolp Tlcss for Second The defending tltleliolder. Prank t olp, of Port land, and Predillc Wood, Vancouver's pride, tied for second honors with 144 each. .Mal colm McNaughton and George Wilt, both .of Port hind, finished third and fourth, respectively, the former v itli I HI and Will Ith 1 P,. ' Airs. 1. S. Peed, of Poi'lland, and .Mrs. K. McAllstcr, of Vancou ver, tied ror medal honors in the women's qualifying round with 85 each and they worn ached tiled to meet in a special nine hole mutch today to decide who should take the medal prize. Airs. Vera Hutehtngs. of Van comer, defending champion, look one more stroke to finish in sec ond place with an Sil. Aiupi.ANi; sc.vn i:i-i si:i:i: ooon ci.ovmt ciiop ;uovs HI :. P.MONT, Tex. ( AP) Seed scattered from an airplane has produced u .good stand of clovetj on a farm near Beaumont. .On .March 22. some I .. acres of the pasture on the farm of Kd Hu bert were planted in Icpedexa. or Japanese clover, bv air ihinc. Now Hehert has vhiit he terms a near perfect stand of the clover from the five bushels of seed scattered. The planting of the clover from the air was a feature of a program arranged to Interest fitrim rs In the permanent pasture campaign In east Texas being sponsored by the 1 ;,i-t Ten and Beaumont cham- tiers ot commerce. ; I Pi rev Williams uf Vaneonver, B. ! C nlvmpLi Ga lies sprint cham- piolt, has lolnetl again with bin old 1 b'noeh Pugshaw. former I'nivnr-j Compston Leads Hoylake Field; Favorites' 0. K. IIOYLAKK. Eng., June 17 (AT) AVIth Arch l Compston, British pro. leading the field and 1 .00 Diegol heading the American Inva sion, tha second and last qualifying uut.u utiiirw ui'UIl Hllll (.IKIJII- ptonshlp seemed to present no great round of British open golf cham menace to tho players from the United States. Uiegel, with 75 to day, had a 6-holo total of 145, four strokes behind Oompston's 141. MacDonald Smith, with a bril liant 71 today, was well to the front with 148 for tho two day's play. Hobby Jones flipped back to 77 In tho second and stood at 150 with Horton Smith Just behind at tCl. V. C Stevens Jr., Los Angeles amateur, with a 3(J-hote count of 57 Wua along the border linn but , Wiin an oxcononi cnanco to ouaii fy. Cyril Tolley. former British amateur champion, hud a total of 147, giving him a temporary lead over the amateurs with George Von Elm Btlll out. $20,000 GAi.Aoi; putt: LEBANON, Ore.. June 17 (A.P) Smoking 'ruins here today re mained from the $20,000 garage fire-which struck tho Lebanon ga rage . yesterday. . K. ")'. Taylor, oftner of ihe building, said the loss to- tho building was $10,000 and lo contents between $lo,00U and $12,000. C 1910. R. I. Revr.uM Tot-.cro ' "A ' . ' M!sI' S , '?JT ' ' ' ' , ill i&S 4 8 ' Robins Out In j Front; Athletics I Remain In Lead Ity O1I0 Kobc-rtMiii ( Associated i'ress Spurts Writer) The Brooklyn itobin.s are out in front of the National league pack by only three and one-half games but tho cut-throat uctions of tho j OlunU und Cuba makes that ad vantage look mountainous ut this stage of the pennant race. With the Uobins bowling over their rivals consistently, the Giants ami Cubs have come to the aid of the league leaders during tho past three days in their battle for runner-up honors. Threo days ago the Uobins were, three 'and one half games out in front. Today they still hold that, lead although tho Cubs have gained one full game on tho Giants by hiking two of their first three contests. They hieet again today. Grimm the Big Gun Churlio Grimm, tho league champion;' field captain, proved the big gun. in the Cubs second victory yesterday. His home run with the bases full in tho ninth gave Chicago an 8 to 5 decision over New York. All of the Giants' rutin were made on homo runs by Terry, Jackson, Allen, V.each and Kogan, Iho first four hitting their circuit drives in tho first three innings and llugun adding his more or less us un uftermuth In the ninth. ' Tho. Pirates and Phillies staged it. typical Pittsburgh-Philadelphia ball game, tho latter winning o made to smoke All the pleasure that tobacco can give is found in Camels! Mild! Fragrant! Soothing! Refreshing as the dawn of a holiday! Camels are made for this one reason: To give you the utmost smoking pleasure. And this can be assured only by the use of the choicest cigarette tobaccos blended to an inimitable smoothness, and prepared by the most modern and scientific methods of manufacture. When you light a Camel you have the happy knowledge that money can't buy a better cigarette. Don't deny yourself the luxury of Camels slug feat lS't'o 14. At one time ( tho game resembled a track meet, i Chuck Klein hit in his twenty fifth consecutive game und took Ihe Nationul league home run leadership with his nineteenth circuit drive. The Cincinnati Beds had little, mercy on Burleigh Grimes and Bruce Cunningham, pounding out nn 11 to 1 decision over the Braves. ' Bay Phelps turned in a neat j pitching assignment to enable the 1 Uobins to defeat t'4: Cardinals S to. 3. ! Athletics Stay Ahead By a margin of three k ila the I Athletics clung to their American I league leadership, as they lost to the Tigers. 0 to 8. The A's got : away to an early lead hut Klon I llogsctt pitched fine relief ball j while Dale Alexander and Boy Johnson drove in seven runs. I Johnson hit two homo runs-while j Alexander got one with two men ; 0:1 base in the fifth. t Ted Lyons again failed to win! hi;; tenth game of the season w hen j tile Boston Hod Sox made it livo straight over the Whito Sox, w in- ' ning l to 3. t 'I he Senators unloosened a ; heavy offensive In the last three innings to take tho measure of the St. Louis Browns J to 7. The de feat stopped a four-game winning streak for the Browns. The Indians and New York Yan kees wero rained out at Cleveland. Portland Washington. O. O., denied that Y. B. Schacrfer. own er of radio station K.VKP, had ap plied for a new license since his denial of his. license applfcatlon by the radio commission. J.C.PENNEYC0. 108 Depot St. La Grande, Ore. 11 EJBAVS Special Wor( Suspender One of our splendid, sturdy suspenders . . . cross - back style . . .. rein forced . . . double-stitched. Reg ular and extra, length. Pair 49c MAX ClUNLNi; UAILKOAl) WILL COST $18,87;t,00Q SHANGHAI (AP) Construc tion is Hchedule,i to start soon ori u new 317-mile railroad line from Hangshow to Kiangsi. Orders for construction mater ials will bo placed with foreign companies, it is reported.' Tho total cost of I he line is expected to reach $ 1 S.K73.0Mi.