La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 31, 1931, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextI 1 ft LA' GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. SaluriTay, January 511931' 1 MARKET NEWS OF THE DAY V J t, i CHICAGO HIIKAT is i Open HIrIi I.mr elms J Mnft (olil).. ., .7IM4 .',,, ' (Ilftt) ............ .7ll,f'i .111(4 !., .7U(-, mi (old) M ' .HI'S, .HIM, .mid (new) .; Mfc .MAi .Hi? JKi Jjilj s uM .uai, .eaeii I. 1'OHTLA.ND WIIUAT ' : !' , Opn -t lllxli Low Clone ,!!, OHa .Mi-i .lUf4 Nftiy ., :. ,0H .(IN .BH .OH jnie ..,,1114 1 MM MM MM LA GRANDE RETAIL MARKETS Suear, 100-Ib. sock Vegetables ,N. Clem potntoco. lb 8nek .... jPnreley, bunch . I Cabbage, lb. Yellow ontoiiE, lb i vuuumoera . POKTI.AM) 1MIOMTB PORTLAND, Jim. ill tli Butter: butter exirnn, Uinclnrla and prime Uinta lo hlKlx'ri frets Slo hlnher. iPrlcea to rvtnllora) otibcei extra unci atandnrtta a Jo; prime flrats a Do; flrnti .80, Creamery prices: prints He oyer cubo atnndarda. Kk: mk; (prleea to retallera) frel extraa 18c: atnudarila 17e; freal'. medium 10c: pulleta loo. Price to Wlioleanlera !ta under prlco to retail era. . '4'MUk: butterfat 1-H40 hlulier. Raw milk (4 per cent) 3.00 per owt. De livered Portland leaa 1 per cent; grade O milk 1.60. material delivered In Portland M-35o. Poultry! Hunt hen and colored rR'klu ducka lo lower. (Uuylntr prlcra) niive heavy licna over 44 lbs. Itto: ijlrdlum hem 3li-S lbs. U-I5e; ijltlit hena lac; aprliiKa 30e; pekln ducka 4 lba. and over IMc: colored trucks Io; turkey No. 1, 33c. Country ineaia, onion, potatoea, Wool, nut, hay, caacara bark unit hop atettdy and unchaJiiied. S FLOl'K '? PORTLAND, Jan. ill Ml Flour: irtenclv; (city delivery price) family utumts, l. $4.00: whole wheat. Hf M 70: smlinm, 0n t 6i: bilker' hard whtat, D&i &.yi.i; bakers' blueatem pMents. Ulla 5.au; pastry (lour, 60 T"a' " .? llt'TTKHTAT flSAN FRANCISCO. Jan. SI lD Xtutterfat f. a b. ttu Francisco 9l)c. HTOrK MAItKr.T NOT NO NTHUNU AS MONTH KNDS , Cauliflower, lb. ""!." iveiery ncarta, ounoh j Turnips, bunch .: IParitnlpa, lb Lettuce, head llrusael aprouta, lb. . Oarlle. lb Spinach, lb. .... W.90 .. I!4c ... 1.90 6c 80 20 36c 18c ... aoc ... 10c 8c I NEW YORK, Jan. 31 Wl The atock market ended the flrat month of the I year today with n rather sallow, con. viuesccnt complexion, in comma, vo the Ilueh of euthualaam with which Januiu-y bcKiui, It was distinctly heavy, with lium eruua loaati of a point or two In prominent Issues, and wider drcllnea In some of tho more mercurial shares. Bhort covering Kave the list n little boost In the last, few ntlnutes. Tho elosInK price level, as measured by ; uio averanes, was in me main oniy A point or two abovo the levels I H,.hn,l It, thn nvu vmi-'i rnllU nf Jan, a. Further declines In the bond mar ket wclKhed heavily on aharcs. Males approximated 800,000 shares. 10a 16c ... aoc 360 ... 100 .. 36o 6c .. 10c 36c 86c 36c Xl'tl.tlt PORTLAND. Jan. ai Sugar: steady; sacked boats) cane, fruit or berry 16.00 per cwt. Ueel augur M.80 cwt. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK Children' 8 Wool Sweaters and Blazers Regular $1.49 89c SMtOrVYilRK lb TORE 3 CHICAGO. Jtai. 3t (U. S. D. A.) Oil tli? 300: oompnml wwk bro fwl fitwra atendy to yh cents htuhcr; tutvitly atemty; trurio very imovt't. and dnnlnK uiUortonp weiik duo to con tinue! stiiKKlAluutis in rtr.-jwwt bof; nhort ul iilut to nt B.aft $10,79 piwlumluutnl: pmotlcn) top ytmrllnRB ttroimrt 1'J'Jfl; extreme tup 1360: vmlers 60c1.00 lower. Wecp 6.000 InclndliiK 4.000 direct; todny'a mnrket U.AOO direct; coin pnred wk tifio fnt Inmba steady to motly aft cents lower: (at cxve Htendy; fevdlitK liunba JJS-60 cents hlRhor; cloahiK bulk Rood ivnd choice lamb, nvemjttn 04 lb. down $0.00 0.35; twenty W.50( 0,75: native ' bucks 7.76M H,3ft; tnrowoms 0.00? i7.lt5 1 fnt pwc 94.00 $. 00; wecc8 'bulk fed VJtrUuK8 $ti 60,i 8.00; feed ;lii and shearing tomb. !i00r;im 60, Hot 13.CKH) includlnK 13.000 direct: 'atttuty to 10 cents hihrr than Fri day' avernse; top 8.10: built iyO-UO lbs. 7.754 11 00; lbs. 7.00 7.00. Cil'IMn IMniii. It, j Squash, lb ..r7.'."!7 I Carrots, bunch 1! ; Sweet nntiiiivu fl it.. TomaSoca, lb. '.."r'T ntlKhn-t. It. .. fw...wvu, V tUO. AOv ureen beans, lb 30c mm Florida grapefruit, s for 30co35o DIMIIUIOS, ID. w.......w.... IOC Ajiplea, box 60c a M OO Lemons, do. w. w.,w.. 4&0 Oraniroa, do 36 e 86c Dry prunes, 30 to 40 alu-, a lba. 25c Dairy P".!tcr, croamcry, lb. . 30c Cheese, lb. .....,..ao jt36o llonoy. comb Mw M aoc Cottage cheese, lb. aoc ; Ki: lUcocoa, doi asc Freeh extras, tkx 3c NfMlllttn ,1., .. . - Mixed, doz 33c I Standards, doa 36c Flour I Hard Federation. 48 lbs. i a Per barrel 4.75 80X6 wheat, bbl, 4.00 Butter Higher; Egg Market Is Still Very Weak I PORTLAND. Jan. 31 WP) Butter J OKnin opened at blither prices In the wnoicBiuo mantel today, auccenaive prlco (fains have occurred all alone tho Pacific coast during tho week as ro I lections of n period of unusually limited supplies. Quote: extras 38c; standards 37c; prime flrsta 26c; nil up lc, and flrsti 114c, up 2c. The butter advanco was followed by butterfat with announcements by creumerleA of 1 to 2 cent additions to bid prleea to producers. Quote: but terfat f. o. b. Portland. 24 35c. Wholesale, okk market continued wtdc from force, of liberal supplies. WnolcsaJe deulers sales were slow, bo ln cut Into by direct sales of stores by producers. Quotations were un changed. Country dressed meat prices were steiuly with about norma, demand In fcrco In all lines. In the poultry di vision Ilyht hens were down lc at 13 cenU n pound. White pekln ducks held steady at 24c while colored pek 1ns were quoted at a 15c top. POHTLANll MVKSTOCK PORTLAND. Jan. 31 iAt Hogs 100. all direct. Week's totals approxi mately: hogs 6010, cattle 1B0S, calves 140, sheep 1755. Hotts: compared week ago. slaughter cIoascs 35 cents lower, feeders steady. Top for bulk light butchers 411.35 Monday and Tuesday and 09.00 there after with bulk Friday at 98.85 i 0.00. mostly 8.85. Strong weights and heavies down to 8.00. Rough packing sows d.50t $7.00. smooth 7.50 and better. Pigs under 145 lbs. ! to killers 8.35&. eo.00. Choice light pigs In strong demand up to 910.00 ; with occasional outstanding lota at '10.35. 1 Cattle: compared week ego, mostly f steady with weakness In steer and j she-stock, and lower grade of calves , and veal era were steady to 60 cents lower. Several loads of fairly good steers $3.60a.68.75 with a part load at 'J .25. Others down to 7.00 and ; below. Top heifers 8.35, top cows ' 0.75. Bulk desirable she-stock 60.00 Up. Low cutter and cutters 2.50$r 5.00. Medium to good bulls 4-60c 5.50. odd head higher. Best vealers here 11.00, strictly choice quoted to j 11.60. off grades down to 95.00. Sheep: quotably steady with week ago. Bulk medium to near choice lambs 0.75 (it 7.00 with weights In j Instances OA to 100 pounds. Throw -outs 0.60 down but seldom below 0.00. Medium to choice yearlings 4.00;r5.50. Cull to choice ewes 41.50 4, 3.50. POHTl.AM) CASH PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 31 t-P) Cash wheat: Big Bend blucstem fi8q. Sort white 66c. Western white 06c. Hard winter 63c. . Northern spring 63c. Western red 63c. Oats: No. 2-38 lb. white 22.00. Today's car receipts: wheat 41; bar ley 1: corn 4; oats 2. Woman Bandit In China Rules BERTHS ARE "LUXURIES" j ROME JP) Sleeping car berths j are unnecessary luxuries for Italian I i college boys, says Carlo Scorza, head 1taM OA rrMr-.,of tne Fa16 university groups. He UVcF ZU X0WnSlcut down tne expense allowance of !students summoned to conventions ! Those Jealous Eyes 'If," Importunes u cross-eyed customer of the Arknnsns Oitretto, "only 10 por-cont of the people hnve perfect eyeslgM. wlml wmild ynu sny of the other iM) per cent?" 'We"tI sjiy," RurKletl the editor, "that llioy const Itutotl the 'cock ovpi! world ' SHANGHAI W) China's female ' "Robin Hood" now Is a full-fledged ' brigade commander In the Nanking f armies. , f The- "Widow Chang" is famous throughout Honan province as a ; bandit leader of the , story-book j school, merciless in her extraction 1 of riches from the wealthy but gen-', crous to the extreme with the poor. ) After conspicuous success at the i head of her own independent force of 3000 picked men, she has now made these forces a part of the Fourth Route army under Gen. Fan Too-yuan. They have been stationed west of Hankow. She ranks as a colonel. from 4 to 3 a day. Where To Throw Huge Dam's Dirt . Puzzles Bidders The widow fought several battles cavated material LAS VEGAS, Nev. W Wanted: some place to put 3,700.000 cubic yards of rock and dirt. Notify en gineers for Hoover dam project. With waste land surrounding the dam site on every side, the engi neers are still finding a baffling problem in planning removal of ex- ! r ntal material with Marshal Feng Yu-Hslang's iiwpo m mat, summers civil war. and was so successful that when Feng had fled into Shchsi the na tionalists offered her a Job to battle on their side on all future wars. Since then she has established a "protectorate" over a score of vil lages and towns which she has cap tured in Honan province using her commanding position to levy heav ily upon the rich in order to provide lood and clothing for the poor. Some vears aoo the 'Widow ! Chang" was the wife of a well-to-do- Sheer cliffs tower hundreds of feet above the Colorado river bed, and loom as forbidding barriers to the removal of material to higher ground, where it will not interfere with fu ture work, nor hamper normal flow . of water below the dam slte J More than 75 prospective bidders have been in Las Vegas to study topographical conditions at the dam site, preparatory to making bids which will be opened in Denver March 4. The ruggedness of surrounding territory and the confined area of'. J.CePENNEYCO 1307-1309 Adams Ave. La Grande, Ore. Improved Quality! Women' Rayon Underwear Vests, panties and bloomers of n tlnor quality than ever before at .this price. merchant. According in t, et i the dam Bite, engineers say, pre- ; that has been woven about her past sents enormous problems. ; "Mr. Chang" and her children were i Tw0 cofrer dams must be built ! killed by bandits, and the family flrst- Otherwise some of the 1.800, fortune was wiped out. She swore 000 CUDlc 'ttrcl9 of dlrt ""d rock 10 revenue on her husband's slavers, i De gouged from the river bed and A few months later she enlisted ' canyon Beef boll. It, . 16c Pot roaat, lb. 1517c Chops and steaks, bl. .ao30a Mincemeat, a lbs, .... 35c eansage, lb .,. , 3jc Haniberirer, lb a.c ..." Flab Clams, lb. ,,.,..,..., I0o Salmon, lb. aoc Halibut, lb aoc Smelt, 3 lbs ,., sac WINNERS OF SLED DOG DERBY Snrlnir Ih Heavy hens, lb. . Light hens, lb. . Poultry ..aoasoc aoc 25c WOOL MAHKl:r i BOSTON, Jan. 31 Ml Wool prices eased on a few early nalea of the past week; but toward the cloae. prleea be Ran to allow a firmer tendency. The chanire In feeling toward wool valviea enmo largely as a result of a fair amount of buying on a few pradea domestic wool, and the receipts of cables from foreign markets lndlcat lig firmer to slightly hIKher prices. I WINMI'KO IV1IKAT - WINN1PEO, Man.. Jan. 31 ( Wheat close: May 58; July 59; Oc i tober 61. I Cash; No. I hard Mj; No. 1 north em Mti; No. a northern. Ml.,; No. 3 noruiern ,e LIVERPOOL WHEAT LtVKRPOOL. Jan. 31 () Wheat close: March 60(,: May 81; July 6J(i. Benighted Race, Culture Is wlilosprc.nl, but In re mote, melons there am mees still so benlKhleil tltey Imvvnt even hcnnl of n hole In one. Snn Kmuclsco Chronicle. German Pronunciation In Oormmiy there is no siundnrd of pmniiiu-inllnn Hint Is ncknnwl edceil anil alimluielr followed br t Ilia it:nss tf Intelligent iwtiple. Tm 60-enlled stnmlunl of some people a me iironuiH'Inllou or the aluse. which nitaln Is iIUUKhI Into ihe irinunriullon of irngetly ami com edy. In the, hitter, of course. Is henrd the more natural pronuncia tion of everyday life. The section ill iliflcrences are very marked, hut lu Kvnemi thetx Is a Norlh German ntiu a bouth Oenvtnn proiiunclatlou. aft -i'SB-frV - j r Se: $ tl i WL v,.& rj r "a .'.tm-.'t... 31 ! V jln rS T'AH t eKV 4 f! walls could be utilized for leader died took command. She has long since avenged herself for the death of her husband and children, and. In a public proclamation a few years ago announced that she would devote the rest of her life to help ing the poor. joivs miseuy 1i:cori is tied uy australian' i Another 1,900,000 cubic yards must come out of the rock walls themselves for the four diversion : tunnels, each 50 feet in diameter and approximately 4000 feet long. Through these the turbulent waters of the Colorado1 will flow around the dam sito while construction goes forward. fi-SJOCt.HtJ i lCJJ J'.f.'O Walter Chinning, Boston, winner of the Lake Placid, N. Y., sled dog derby, with his lead dog, Boris, arid tyrs. E. P. Ricker, Poland Springs. Me., who took second in )he .race,. with her lead dog, Bonzo. They are shown rewarding their dogs with food from the prize cups. SYDNEY ff The miseries of Job., as recounted in the Old Testament, have been at least tied by an Aus tralian youth who has spent 23 of his 25 years in hospitals. Ho has offered his disease -rid den body to the medical department of Sidney university "for what you think it is worth.' His clinical rec ord shows: Five attacks of pneumonia, three of measles, seven nose and throat operations, typhoid, epileptic fits, chicken pox. aural abscesses, a fractured skull, bronchitis, sleeping sickness. appendicitis. fractured ribs and leg. rheumatism and four tumors. His latest affliction is a growth near the brain that may drive him mad. t SHEItltT Mt'ST FISH TO LIVE ON HEMSOE i ISLE OF HEMSOE. Sweden Only one officer of the law super- vises this crimeless and virtually tax- j less community of 450 persons, and j ho makes his living by fishing. With a head tax of but 50 cents I annually, the sheriff, sole reprcsenta- ! ttve of the Swedish crown, has noth-: lng to do but meet the inhabitants ! when ther line up before his office! on tax day to pay their mites. me isiana s oniv murder in a cen tury was committed 50 years ago by I in in 1 m y "n i A Moment of Sadness That Becomes a Comforting Memory What is more com forting at a time of extreme sad ness than the realization that every detail has been assumed by us, and will be attended to with a quiet, un assuming confidence that Is truly comforting. Other physical disadvantages to be. overcome, prospective bidders point out, are problems of transportation across the river, delivery of material on the canyon walls, and location of machinery and equipment in the rough terrain. While prospective bidders survey tho situation, a 20-mile railroad spur from Boulder Junction to the government town site nears comple tion. A power line is being built from San Bernardino, Cal., to the --: dam site. WALKER'S FUNERAL SERVICE 5T- AT SPRING ST. PHONE m42 hr i 9 Unbleached MUSLIN 8c YARD Montgomery Ward & Co. 1101-3 Washington Ave. La Grande FAIL ED--- Sold for B ene WES TENH A T1 fit of Creditors 4 I LP 9 5 TT TV-? sTs "Finest Men's Wear Store In Eastern Oregon"-, Forced S Market t Fraction i?4Va 0 NO RESERVE EVERYTHING MUST BE SOLD AT ONCE While this stock contains thousands of dol lars worth of highest grade lines, it is neces ary to add some sizes and some lines in order to meet the demands of the buying public and make this the most outstanding bargain event in fine men's wear ever offered in La Grande. QUICK ACTION DEMANDED Let nothing keep you from coining to this sale. Sale of this fine Stock Opens nnir rm SDAY Febraary 3 At 900 ae in MEN!! Never before in the history of La Grande, have you had an opportunity like this to make such drastic savings on such well known quality lines as: Society Brand Suits - Stetson Hats - Capps 100co pure wool Suits - Hardeman Hats -Greenhood Dress Shirts - Allen-A Hosiery -Manhattan Dress Shirts - Grayco Neckwear - Wilson Bros. Underwear - Allen-A Under wear - Pendleton and Greenhood Flannel Shirts - Arrow Shirts, Collars and Handker chiefs - Bostonian Footwear - Napa Tan Work Shoes. BUY QUALITY LINES NOW AT PRICES FAR BELOW LOWER GRADES. TERMS OF SALE STRICTLY CASH - please note, in order to give everyone an equal opportunity to TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SALE, A REAS 0XABLE DEPOSIT WILL HOLD ANY ITEM FOR TEN DAYS.