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Page Six CT GRANDE EVENING OBSERyER, EX GRANDE, PRE, Monday, February 29, 1932 i .-:-:t! HUSKIES TO PLAY BEARS FOR TITLE Washington Defeats 'Cougars Saturday, 44 to 1 ' J 38 Orangemen Win. Coast L'onrerenoe Standings Nortnera Division W. L. Washington ....12 4 Washington State U 6 Oregon State 8 8 Oregon 7 0 i-Jdaho : 2 14 '. v ' Southern Division - : W. L. California x 9 3 . Southern California x .... 8 3 U. O. L. A 4 7 Stanford .... - 2 9 Pet. .750 I .887 .500 .437 .125 Pet. .750 .067, J 64 .182 Lekang Winner Of Ski Jumping At Lake Tahoe TIGERS DEFEAT JOSEPH TEAM IN CLOSING CONTEST (Continued Prom Page One) and a field goal and Stoddard made a free tnrow before tne nau enaea 52 seconds of scoreless basketball. In the Becond game of the after noon round Cove eliminated Imbler 31 to 23, although Imbler made thlntzR Interesting in the third nerlod each contestant, the Judges awarded 'vvhon a determined rally brought the Lekang 213 points for distance and I score from 19 to 0 up to 22 to 19. form. I A lnroro rrnwri nt.nriptl hrtt.h t.ha The longest Jump In the A division Saturday afternoon and evening 1 Plles la apparent in the recent mark- wiu iiu uy uuiut games. In the evening, the Normal cw h-ioaohuu tu iuhhuk rBLnubions, LAKE TAHOE, Cal., Feb. 29 UP) On the Bturdy shouldens and sturdier legs of Anton Lekang, wingless filer oi tne snows, tociay rests tne jump ing championship of the National Ski association which he won at the twenty-eighth annual tournament here yesterday. Lekang, representing the Norway Ski club. New York, outpointed a field of aces whose polished ski Is uaanea in a orignt uaniornia sun ai they leaped from the trajectory over looking the sparkling blue waters of Lako Tahoe, Casper Olmon, Canton, 8. D., cham pionship winner In 1030 and 1931, was unable to compete because of broken ankle received In a practice jump Saturday. rr. nrltlfl1 tlimvia nllVHHut cnampionsmp. PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 29 Univer sity of Washington and University of California again will meet for the Pacific Coast conference basketball championship as a result of their victories Saturday In tho season's finale. The Huskies took the second and deciding game from the Wash lngton State college Cougars, 44 to 38, at Seattle, while the Bears squeezed through with a four-point victory over tho Southern California Trojans at Oakland, 26 to 22, In the play-off game. . The rise of both, the Huskies and Bears has been nothing short of spectacular. Washington won 11 games In a row to overcome the Cougars' great lead and to finally edge them out In the two deciding games at Seattle last weekend. The score of the first was 32 to 25 In favor of the Huskies. Hec Edmundson, Washington coach can thank his old friend, Bill Rein hart, Oregon mentor, for winning i hifl fifth consecutive championship. ! It was Oregon's two unexpected vie- I torles over Washington State two weeks ago that put the Huskies bock ! Into the running. Until the Cougars' ncB'. , the-B dlvlBloI, lunula,,, oie Totals: ' Tvorclal, of tho Seattle Ski club,' ocore ay quarters: camo second to Hvam In points, and i-a uranuo u a hin leap of 171 feet was the longest Joseph 4 1 In tills division. Corey Oustafsson I ' of the Cascade Ski club was third In r rii,it,i Wheat Markets Are Weakened by Heavy Receipts WARmunTnu D.I. on , ... In the third period the seconds'.,,,...,. "X 't. ",' " '. again went In. alter the Tiger seniors i th. ,,, ,.. v.h 6 '..-jll started the half and then gave waythe Influence of heavy receipts, most lnf 't.ql?,C.!re',oh K ehlPPet Prt advance In witwn three Sota te The WgerV r.Lf..T,T,i.w ono time m tne last quarter, neveri ,mprovcd European demand how "lT'wSZMJ'-- " rMult of diminishing "i SSS.Sr."JSS& ?TL!tiuJ ". restriction,, gave v,i u,iV r vne mantes a steaay unaertone. Feed JiJS-u markets continued dull. Corn period came after five minutes ami iand . dGC,.ner, 1(ffl2c n h.,ht under very limited demand, but bar ley held about unchanged. Rye re mained featureless and closed prac tlcally the same as a week ago. Flax was steady with receipts very light. The increasing dependence of Euro pean countries on foreign wheat sup- Cascade Ski club of Portland, Ore, who leaped 108 feet. Ho placed sec ond to Lekang in standing with 208.1 points. But one-tenth of a point behind him was Glenn Armstrong, of the Rocky Mountain Ski club, Eh tea Park, Colo., whoso score was 208. Other contestants Included Olav Toliefson, Viking Ski club, Los An geles, 181.0. xoaay a ai-mne uaueriaui cross- school tumblers staged a clever ex hibition and the La OrAnde High school band played during Intermis sions, Summaries of the four games Sat urday follow La Orande; Baxter, f .... Workman, f Andrews, c Munsell, g FG FT PF TP t.hn Rlflrrn. rront will h tho flnn.1 .POJt event of the four-day tournament, tho first ever held west ox the Rocky mountains. The championship In the B divi sion Jumping contest yesterday went to Hiaimar Hvam, or tne uascaae hki club of Portland, Ore,, who Friday pack 0f jjBuerhelm, g 0 Stoddard, f 2 Corey, c . 1 Burnett, g .. I Torrence, Totals; Joseph : g won tho 18-kllometer croes country fLucH' 1 - V nlHn unm awnrrled thft "-uuey, j i race. Hvam also was awarded tho ip'u'w'' combined champfonslup honors in 1 4uo.f points. FG FT PF TP 2 3 2 I R. Lozler, g , Second place in the combined 'sprague. g 1 1 also by Oregon. - The rise of tho Bears was almost as ' spectacular. After a poor start they won four straight games, not count- ln the nlav-off. weekend. The Orangemen defeated I the Webfoots, 37 to 31, and 20 to 20. 1 Oregon won the first two games. Idaho closed Its season last Tues- ( day after losing a pair to Washing ton, oi to 97 ana. 44 to dais won only two games this season. -.-if Tne piay-oir Between wasmngton and California will be In Oakland. , honors went to Magnus Satre. Sails- 1 Gray, I bury, Conn., and John Elvrum, of'Alcson, f 0 xj. Liuzier, k i. i 5 : uregon otivve evonea its series wun i " ,f " Oregon with a pair of victories last j P0,1" tests, tournament feminine con- saw the three-mile cross- Cove: D. Weimer, t country honors go to Mrs. Sigrid RieharriB 0 Strofnstad Laming, former Norway QirL' nhnmnlnn. who rnrotunlrI f.h An. omitn, g U ThA van. ! burn- Cal., 8kl club. She covered the r"; ,g " i DeBordo, f Spake Her Mind ; '' A wo mn ii In I'eimsytvimln, after " being mute for twenty years, recent ly recovered licr speech when stung by a bumble bee, but wlint speech she recovered Isn't of record prob- nbly been u bo of the censorship luws. New York Evening Post. FIND IT HERE Copy for this Column ami be In br I a. ul . onds. Flvo minutes behind her camo I-alrd, Rclna Cnldcr, also of Auburn, and ,e;,man' " another Auburn woman star, Dolly, .wlm Du"!:f0'p.1"'L0i1.,.thl:d- . 'North Powder: Won tho class O Jumping champion- ' " ' ship, for youtlis not more than 15 S it' " i years of ago. Edwin Aro, of Auburn, ?,K , r took second place and Wayne Paul- "??nlB' s r son of Reno, Nov., took third. ,Hobbs, g ... 0 The championship In the D dlvl- Henderson, f 0 slon Jumping contest, limited to Totals: 14 youtlis from 15 to 18 years of nge, was won by Karl Klllhofor, of tho Lako Tahoo Ski club. Maxwell Mc Qwimi, of Truckeo, placed second and Junior Henry, of Lake Tahoo, was third. . 'CLEAN,. 'It will soon bo time to start that ', spring house cleaning and you will .wlBh to savo yourself as muoh work 'And expense as possible while doing lti If you will go to Richardson's Art and Gift Shop and get . a con of Sport Slants. Imbler Eliminated Covo: D. Weimer, f L. Weimer, f Richards, c Smith, g .... Clark, g DeBordo, f . Laird, e ................. Totals: France has successively Increased her mining quota irom 3 per cent per mitted at the first of January to 25 per cent, by decree published Feb. 25. Italy has again Increased the percen tage oi bread wheat to 40 per cent in northern and western provinces and 60 per cent In the southern prov inces, effective March 1, with rumors or a further Increase In the Durum quota, for which details are lacking. The German trade- is reported antici pating further Government Interven tion in tne near future, including possible reduction in the German duty to around 1.20 "4 per bushel for a spccitled quality of Wheat. The British minister of agriculture has Introduced a bill to become effective Aug. 1 to secure n standard price, equivalent In U. S. currency at the present rate of exchange to around d. 03 vie per bushel, for English wheat of 0 mlllable quality and to make gener- 2 ally effective a government wheat quota plan. European importing countries are becoming more liberal purchasers of foreign wheat. The bulk of the tali-. lngs is still of southern hemisphere wneat aitnougn export sales of u. 8. winter wheat were reported during the week. The estimate of the Aus tralian crop has been revised upward to 177,000,000 bushels, and together 2 ,witn tne Argentine crop, gives a com 2 blned outturn of 396,000,000 bushels. 0' Australian shipments during the week 2 totaled 4,000,000 bushels, but the 2 rapid disappearance of the surplus Is 2 causing a holding tendency on the 0 part of growers, according to trade re ft ports. Argentine shipments total 5, 10 174,000 bushels. Black sea shipments (were small, totaling only' 344,000 FG FT PF TP bushels, of which 112,000 bushels was. 0 4 4 'new wheat. At, the close of the mar- 0.1 4,ket Feb. 26, Argentine wheat afloat1 0 0 10 was quoted , at Liverpool at 69c, Aus-j 0 3 10 trallan wheat from New South Wales 0 3 0 nt 03c per bushel. No. 2 Mani- 0 , toba afloat from Vancouver sold at London at 70tc and Western Aus tralian wheat at 63 c. No quota tions were available on U. S. wheat, but exporters were bidding 01 14c for No. 1 hard winter at Galveston. Prices of native wheats in Europe were slightly higher, with good milling quality at Hamburg quoted at 91.63 at Paris at ft 1.72 and at Milan at 1.71 . American Duram was quot ed CIF Marseilles at 85c, and at FG FT PF TP 0 2 4 28 $$$$$$&$$4;$$ ,'wagner, f .. Itv . a In n .1. nnniA Conklln, f (Associated Press Sports Editor) wooden, Th HwiiRlnn nt t.h TJw VM-lr MCKUinlS, g , Yankees to go into tho Ivory business J1"80", g on an expanded, chain-store basis, Grouser, c msulnllnrl nl-A. !.. 1 1 Totll' system, moans that policy of both major leagues has been definitely al- FG FT PF TP 4 3 3 11 2 0 14! 3 12 7, 0 0 10 113 3i 3 0 16! 0 0 0 0, 13 6 11 31 1 FG FT PF TP 2 116' 2 2 1 0 3 J 8 7 1 li 2 4. o i o i! oooo 8 7 7 23 Enterprise Eliminated j i Cash Wheat Declines . I Domestic cash wheat markets de cllncd let 3c bushel, largely as a re- suit of the sharp Increase in receipts-, reflecting the heavy shipments prior to the Increase In freight rates Feb. 20. Receipts for the week, at the principal central western markets were the heaviest since last August land totaled 5,583 cars. Receipts at (Kansas City alone totaled 2,527 cars. MARKET NEWS OF THE DAY Mar. .. May July sept. CHICAGO. WHEAT Open High Low Close J!T4 .5734 .87 .570.57J4 .1T4 .B174 .O74.01 .01.01Vi - B .03K. .62 M9H 04fi .64 .644 .May July Sept. PORTLAND WHEAT Open High Low - Close . .614 .61J4 -60?4 .6174 .61 .6114 .6114 . .61 .61 .6114 .6114 CHICAGO CORN Open men Low Close - Mar. ... ,3514 .3514 ..35 .3514 May MiOL Jiua ja .ai.sa.v. July 42 .4214 .41J4.42 Sept 43H14 -4314 .43 .4314 CLOSING TONE IS HEAVY IN WALL STREET NEW YORK. Feb. 29 UPl Inability oi tne block maricet to extend a morning rally today brought dis couraged selling into the list in the last nour, eariy gains or l to 2 points In leading issues were mostly lost. and fractional net declines predom- iiiatea at tne iinisn, witn some issues wr l to 3. The closing tone was heavy, transfers approximated onlv 900,000 shares. Bullish efforts to generate a rallv In various parts of the list, notably in snares oi companies serving the automobile Industry. presumably based on the announcement last week of the Ford plans failed to attract a xouowing. Butter Market Active; Eggs Are Stronger Today PORTLAND, Feb. 29 UP) Activity Is generally quite pronounced in the! market for butter locally and along the Pacific slope prices are well held and undergrades continue to reflect best sentiment. I Strength Is generally continued in the market for eggs. No change was noted In local values for tho week's offering. There was some talk of need of an advance here. General trend of the cheese market continues to reflect more or less Designed for Style! Cut for Comfort! i Boys' "True Blue" SHIRTS 4 In plain colors and stripes. The marvelous wear-giving quality of these shirts will surprise yox j. C. Penney Co. D E P A R T M 1307-1309 Adams Ave. N T lac STORE La Grande, Ore. Live poultry Net buying price: neavy nens colored 42 10s. up l4f?t) 15c: do mediums lltfUZc; light 802 9c: broilers 17$18c; colored roasters steadiness with practically no change. old roosters 8c; ducks pekln 15c: reported In the price list at any lead lng marketing point. Primary markets of the country, as a rule, report steadiness for all offer ings. The make is seasonable In spots although Wisconsin reported tnat the make was not showing tho normal gain. Tillamook continued to report steaainess in lis price position wltn PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND. Feb. 29 (PI Cattle 2125, 100 calves; 25c lower for steers and she-stuff. Steers 60O-90O lbs. good 5.6O6.0O, medium (4.76 $5.50, common V3.60(64.7S: 900-1100 lfn1 WOeW-po. medium 4.76 the movement somewhat better for irnES7TSS ' """".recent weeks. Coos Bay reported a 1300 lbs. good $5.00$5.60. medium 111 nrtiiinn 3.6Oa5.O0. Heifers 550-860 lbs. eood i..,v.. .. . 5.O0$5.oO , medium 4.25 5.00.jof iTve TmckenT herein iace Itae common 3.004.25. Ctows, gooi J,iXX , creasing stocks due to the laying sea e460 common and medium 3XK m making llttlB headway The Xn i ? cutter,!md Ut 'i;60 ohlef bearish operators ore buying for Jn'iSf ,(leIV?forc? d California account but prtcra here and choice (beef) 3.263.76, cutter appear firm common and medium 2.00 3.26. Turkey Demand Good Vealers milk fed good and choice There continues a verv erood de 7.60e8.60, medium 6.007.00. cull ' mand tor dresscaf turke with late and common S4.00.aaB.00. Calves 250- L r? ...:r'lr?J Z. enn it. j ... i;iis nwiiuum. xums are ' jn i ... i- 500 lbs. good ond choice 6.00a7.60, ' not. finrtw mimh w ducer: Alfalfa 14.O0ffl15.O0- clover common and medium M.006.00. 'of lack of aualltv. 110.00 12..00: Willamette valley Hogs 2760, Including 496 direct and I n,i th. ii.i I tlmothv 15.00: Eastern Orecon tlmo- . . oc. nigner in spots; Cowlitz, onlv scant suoDlles of o- ian ,LP P I00JOWe5- "h,!.11Bnta .lumbla river smelfare reaching Port-140-100 lbs. good and choice 83.75iu ; Tnnn eniD nnn,nI1. Mnti- , MA and choice 4.50fl4.a5, 180-200 lbs. but are about steady. good and choice $4.50 & $4.65: me- ....... .. .. 1 , dlum weight 200-220 lbn inort unrl 1 ""e reports irom tne country m-' 7"? "t' """s - AXwnwio that spring iambs ore ready for and choice $3.65$4.50; heavyweight. I t???!- 53?" SSf"S i'i ie.?i8; Soch the sooner stod v'eetablesVbe: M 35 29350 gooa1 Sd choice despite tho excellence of the demand. ' !B w8heBt Th. same was true of geese 12c; capons 18c. Country meats -r- Selling price to retailers: country killed hogs best butchers under-100 lbs. 5V,atGc: veal ers 80 to 130 "lbs. 10 jT 11c; spring iamDs loiJEiao;' lamos yearungs lzc; heavy ewes 6c; canner cows 4c; bulls 6tfi62c lb. ' Mohair - ''Nominal, buying price, 1931 clip long hair 10c; kid 16c lb. Onions Selling price to retailers: Oregon $4.7695.00. New potatoes Florida 12 & 14c lb., California 1012c lb. Potatoes Local 90cc? $1.15; Park dale, '$1.25; Deschutes $1.25 0 $1.35; Eastern Washington 76c ifi $1.16. Beed potatoes (certified) Earliest of All l!c; Early Rose l&o lb. wool 1931 ciop nominal: Willam ette valley 13i?f)15Jc; Eastern Oregon ni6c pound. nay Buying price irom pro- thy $18.50; oats and vetch. $12.00 EAST SIDE MARKET PORTLAND, Feb. 29 (P) Carrots were in extreme demand during to- nenlrlnn- lbs. medium and good $3.00 $3.75.1 "u, WeaJC WllX1 ntg8 Just noia' Feeders-stockers 7U-130 lbs. good and I I,. lei,r choice $3.26 $ $3.65. L Slttjhtly better potato call is shown Sheep and lambs 1200; BteBAfJ1 Lambs 90 lbs. down good and choice ?.int' S11?.0 th? con- $5.50$6,00, medium $4.60 $6.50, aU;JifJ?IL1?01 hert T shipments are demand at 25c doz. bunches and SO: for lugs. Turnips sold $1 orange box. -Brussels sprouts sold 85c box gen erally. Potatoes were slow but at late prices. Apples moved at late prices; all of them very low. Much Yakima Junk offered. Cabbage was in demand at $1.00 $1.26 crate. Dalles spinach of quality was held $2 crate for 40 lbs. Rudabages were in fair call around 35c lug. Parsnips sold generally 60c lug. Green onions were mostly 30c doz. bunches. Eekay IS QUALITY weights, common $3.60$4.50. Yearl ing wethers 90-110 lbs. medium to choice $3.50c? $4.50. Ewes 120 lbs. me dium to Choice $2.00fi(1$6.60, 120-160 lbs. medium to choice $1.50 $ $2.00, air. welghta cull to common $1.00 & V, DenSlVe. lUUl nlnnmirnhln tjinlr Antr fnr a demonstration nf thiR nlnnnnr nh '. Richardson's Art and CWt Shop. 0':. 2-20-3 t. !,V Tainting, Papcnng, Knlsomlnlng i- A. C, Neumann, Phone 811-W. ivv a-3-l m. PIANO TUNER IIKRE Sidney Lvlo .at Sacajawoa Inn. Phono 830. "3 ,' .. 2-20-1 tp ! OAKDKN RKEDS They aro hero. Beloct them now at Clark's Florists. 9-37-2 t. nemiUtchlng, pieaung, bntton : holes, etc. Norton's Kiddy Shop. Aflr. mlwilonor not long ago soiiKht united i wniir action against tho expansion of tho simonls g Cardinal fonns, on tho theory that It Hobbs e miUlllh "unrllrnn,, hnnnhnll nntl nma .. .' ? " ' " . " ..u i-niiov. I meant not for tho best Interests of guuw. iut suueens, ns wen as its Qorhom t')0 Honderson, g 1 0 g n:. Bagles special relief dance, Wednes day, March 2 at tho Eagles hall, r Everybody Invited, Admission will bo Col. Jacob Rupport of the Yankees hoe picked ono of tho smartest, bust Known minor loaguo men in uoorgo canned goods, or food stuffs, valuing i Wolss to act as genoral manager of lnueotl. ntrri.n. Not only has tho farm system ben- porsytiie f 0 oflttcd tho minor league clubs con- white f 1 corned, especially In such dlfricult BuB " 2 times as these, but it has paid big Hockott "a ' 1 dividends to tho parent outfit, In tho .Lonslnir' a 0 conspicuous caso of tho Cardinals. I justice f " 2 Of courso major league clubs for Unog '. i years have had varied minor lcaguo gteel ' g 0 Cardinals under Branch Rlckoy's i 10MUB ' 0 14 1B management to devise a Byntom of Officials: Polgote and Croxdale. of graded, controlled "chain-stores" and I Whitman college, nlternato as referee to regulato tho Dlaver nroduotlon. and umpire: William Peare, La 0 closo of tho week. Prices declined 1 3c por bushel, with about half of i:S5o or more. 2-29-1 t. LAIIIKSI 5 Monday Is the last chonro you'll i have for four years LEAP YEAR MONTH will be GONE Here Is your : opportunity! Each lady bringing two ' men to tho Liberty Thoatre any tlmo Monday may bring the extra gontlo '! man FREE as our guest to soo Buddy Rogers In "This Rockloss Ago." 2-27-2 t. COUGHS ! Don't let them get a strangle hold. t Fight germs quickly. Creomulsion com bines the 7 beat helps known to mod- ' ern science. Powerful but barmloss. Pleasant to take. No narcotics. Money :f refunded if any cough no matter of how long standing Is not relieved. Ask your druggist for Creomulsioo, (adv.), tho Now York "chain-store" organl ration. Weiss, like Rickey, Is a col lege man, experienced and energetic. He rebuilt tho Bnltlmore Orioles after tho death of Jack Dunn and has shown himself a keen Judge of player talent, as well as a good organizer. Tho New York Giants, tho Chicago Cubs and tho Philadelphia Athletics have connections which roadlly can be tloveloped Into more extensive farm systems, Clovelaiul has taken a stop toward tho "chain-store" Idea by obtaining control of tho defunct To ledo club of tho American associa tion. Non-Run Panties and Bloomers New York Store llltOTllKlt RTl'FF "If Brig hom Young and Wyoming meet, as they most likely will, in tho rtocky Mountain conferonco bns kotball playoff sorles," writes Prank Prawley, our Denver scout, "Couch Ott Itomney of B. Y. U. will be de pending considerably on his young brother. El wood, ono of tho best for wards In col I ego basketball. "It was Ott Itomney who gathered and turned out that great Montana State outfit of a few years uko. it i won the H. M. C. title and then Ott moved to nrlgham Young at Provo, ! Utah, to beeomo athletic director. "At Wyoming, to make tho situ ation doubly unique. Coach Wlllard (Dutch) Wltto Is going to bo bank ing a grout share of his hope on his brother Lea. Tho Wlfctes are from Nebraska. Los wis an all-Nobrnskn high school star and Dutch was a stur at the University of Nebraska." WIT ItKI'OItTK "Wo had a wonderful response nt first spring practice, at least In spirit, if not In nmn-powor," writes tho old gunrdttman. Captain "biff" Jones, the new nthlctlo director at Louisiana SUite. "We have had 104 boys out and will keep at It until April 1, by which time wo should ha to a good lino on what's what." SfCIAK AND FLOI'R POUTLAND. Feb. 29 m Sugar Cane, granulated 4.40 100 lbs., beet 84.30. Domestic flour Selling price de livered; patent 49s 6 C0; do 98sS 40; bakers bluestom $5.30: soft white Hour M50(.r4 80; ryo 5.765.90. HIIjVKK 8TKADY NEW YORK. Feb. 119 At Bar 8tl- barely steady and Wo higher nt Grande, timer; Nolan Skiff, La Grande, scorer. Scores of all games played follow: La Grande 23. Imbler 20. Wallowa 12, Enterprise 31. North Powder 35, Elgin 15. Covo 35, Joseph 42. Wallowa 24, Imbler 41. La Orande 34. Enterprise 20. Cove 33, Imbler 15. Joseph 34, North Powder 29. North Powder 27, Entorprlso 10. Covo 31, Imbler 23. North Powder 20, Cove 10. La Qrnndo 20, Joseph 15. Benny Leonard, Jack DelaneyTo Try Comebacks FO FT PF TP The protein of the cars tested averr ongea n.tjf per cenc. a large propor 8tlon of tho arrivals at Kansas City 0 was applied on previous sales or was 7 1 shipped In for storage, so that cash 0, offerings were not burdensome. Mill 0 ; demand slackened however, since moat 0 mills had replenished stocks prior to 0 tho ndvanco In freight rates. Elevator 27 interests were active buyers and ele Evator stocks Increased sharolv and FG FT PF TP totaled over 35.000,000 bushels at tho 0 4 113 5 tho reduction accounted for In tho 2 higher freight costs. No. 2 hard wlrtf Oiter. ordinary nrotoln. was auoted Feb. 6 26 at 62 V4 f 63c. 12 per cent protein a at 64jB7c, and 13 per cent protein u at 57i 57'Ac oer bushel Pacific coast markets held fairly steady, although receipts at North western Columbia river terminals to taled 1,003 cars for the week, com pared with 433 cars during the cor- i espondlng week last year. Tne in creased arrivals were tho result of tho heavy shipments prior to the Increase in freight rates. With Australian, Canadian and Argentine wheat being orrcred at several cents per uusiicl below domestic grain In foreign mar kets, no export business in either wheat or flour was effected, but a steady although limited demand pre vailed from domestic mills. Premiums on milling grades have been gradualf- ly lowered from about 16 cents abovo prices of soft white wheat at tho first of February to 10c at the close or the current week. At tne close oi tho market Feb. 26 B. B. bluestem or early Paart hard white was quoted nt Portland at 73ftf7ac, sort ana west ern white at 01 (if 62c nnd hard win ter, northern spring and western red nt 60c per bushel, sacked, basis No. 1 whe.it. Western white wheat was quoted nt. Seattle nt 62c, western red and hard winter nt 6o nnd bluo Rtem hard while at 72c Backed, basis No. 1. No. I dark northern spring from Montana, with 16 per cent pro tein, was cuoUo. In bulk at 95o per bushel. Tho condition of winter wheat continued quite favorable with neavy snow over most, oi .Eastern BUTTERFAT SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 29 (IP) Butterfat f. o. b. San Francisco 25c. ONION PRICE ADVANCES PORTLAND, Feb. 29 m A fresh advance In price of Oregon onions now being made from Yakima mostly , t Wholesale Notes Notes of wholesale trading: More Florida potatoes of the new crop arriving and price Is lower at 10 12c lb. Same for new Calif ornlan, which . are better,. Lettuce market supplies Increasing from the Boiith with prices showing slight declines.. Celery Is again advanced here with higher costs in the south. Oranges, lemons and grapefruit un changed. ; spinach market Is well supplied was announced here today. A new with prices unchanged, mgn mark tor the current season has Another shipment of Mexican peas been reached with sales at a maxl- is due Tuesday and the price will be mum around $4.25 cental, with sacks o n in uuti bwine xurnmnca oy Buyers oi car- NEW YORK, Feb. 29 (P) Two great fighters of n few years ago. Jack Dclanoy and Benny Leonard, hit tho comeback trail this week. Leonard, retired undefeated light weight champion, meets Billy Mc Mahon, tough New York welter weight. In a ten-round match at the Washington and Owgon. Trading at St. Nicholas arena hero tonight. Vancouver continued quite active. Delaney, once light - heavyweight ,th b t 6i0oo.000 bushels reported champion, comes ; back arter a long w to mow out (urlng March, most absenco to fight PhU Johnson, Jersey t t, united Kliudom No 1 TiLT.ISWhf '-,5 t?lob?nStKSi ?q at the dono Ilttla fightliut since Jack Shar key knocked him out in a little more than a minute of fighting in April, 1928. From a competitive standpoint tho fight centers this week will bo Bos ton, Hollywood and San Francisco. At Boston. Jackie Fields, welter weight champion, meets Johnny In in Canadian currency. California wheat markets were rather quiet, with prices unchanged to slightly higher. Demand for feed wheat has slackened under the Influ ence of lower barley prices nnd the poor purchasing power of the poultry industry. Mill demand was fairly ac drlsano, of Boston. In a non-tit lo tlvo but buyers generally were pur match at tho Boston Garden Friday chasing only sufficient wheat to night. On the same night at Holly-.cover current flour sales and to wood, Stanley Porcdn, Jersey City .round out milling mixtures. Offer heavyweight, faces Jimmy FUnker, lings of local wheat remain of small of Vallejo. Cal., and at San Fran, volume and sales of California grown Cisco. Young Corbett, Fresno welter- grain were confined largely to in welght, takes on David Velasco, of terlor centers where wheat from out- Mexlca City. PORTLAND CASH PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 29 (An Cash wheat: Big Bend bluestem 69c. soft white 69V4c. Western white 59 c. Hard winter 67c. Northern spring 67&c. Western red 67 c. Oats: No. 2 white $23.00. Today's car receipts: wheat 46! bar ley 1; flour IB; corn 2; oats 2; hay 7. side areas was at a freight disadvan tage, Emperor's Perquisite Under the oldest Jnpnncse law, when the emperor was the real ns well ns tho nominal head of the country, nil land was divided Into nine squares, the central one which was cultivated by tho holders of tho other eight, for tho use of the emperor. lots. j . I The exact number of carloads pur chased at the new record mark was undetermined today. The general idea of the trade is that not more than 60 carloads of Western Oregon onions aro unsold. Of these, perhaps 20 car loads are held In cold storage. PORTLAND PRODUCE PORTLAND, Feb, 29 () Butter Prints 92 score or better 24 27c; standards 24 26c carton. - Butterfat Direct to shippers: station 20c. Portland delivery prices 21c lb. Eggs Pacific noultrv producers' selling prices: fresh extras 17c; Btandf- LIVERPOOL WHEAT iSSSt 5 ?JJ, .ff ardsTo? mediums He. 61; Oct. 64. Exchange $3.48. 100,000 RUSSIAN TROOPS STATIONED AT VLADIVOSTOK (Continued From Page One) under way for several months nnd ho cited the wreck of one troops train near Omsk early In December. The war office Issued a categorical denial today that Japanese troops wero concentrating neafl the Korean Siberian border. An official spokes man said that although the Japanese authorities were anxious over dis turbances In the Chlentao region of southeastern Klran, any Japanese troops which might ' be sent there would come from General Honjo's conunand, and not from the Korean garrison. A Ren go news agency dispatch from Harbin said General Ting Chao met Hsi Hsla's representatives at Wukumlpo and offered to submit to tho new Klrln regime, agreeing to withdraw his troops from the Chi neso eastern railway zone immedi ately and then to proceed to Harbin personally to give proof of his sincerity. RUSSIA GIVES CONSENT MOSCOW, Feb. 29 (JPH-L. M. Kar akhan, acting Soviet commissar for foreign affairs, has Riven Russia's consent for limited Japanese troop , transportation on tho Chinese east- era rauway in wortn wincnuria on i condition the Japanese promised to ' respect Soviet rights and Interests in tho aroa. He also called again on Japan for an explanation of a report that Japanese troops were mossing along the Russian frontier. He raised the point that use of the railway "for strategical objects would violate the ! Portsmouth treaty of 1905 that ended ' the Russo-Japanese war and asked Japan to state whether It Intended , to preserve the railroad's neutrality. , Tho Chlncso eastern railway is Jointly owned by Russia. The Japa- i neso military conunand at Harbin, ' Manchuria, had requested 17 troop trains to movo soldiers from Imienpo to Pograntchni. I M. Karakhan charged lust week ' that the troops were expected to bo sent to the Soviet border. M. Hirota dented this and reiterated that the ( troops were necessary for the pro-1 tectlon of Japanese subjects in the ' eastern part of Manchuria, owing to 1 a "changing situation" there. I M, Karakhan consented to the movement of troops only from Har- j bin eastward to Imienpo or Halltn, ; at the utmost. His statement followed an assur ance by Ambassador Kokt Hirota, ' Japanese ambassador that Soviet rights and Interests would not be j violated by Japanese activities In Northern Manchuria. ' You Can't Help But Want Them! And You Can Own Them For Very, Very Little All Because a Big Manufacturer Miscalculated Incomparable Pre-Easter Eveiy type and figure can be fitted . . . large, small, plump, trim, and average of course. An overly optimistic opinion of what spring business would be, ac counts for this mis calculation on the part of a big dress manufac turer. He was overload ed; his money tied up. He had to pay for his mistake by making us a staggering concession. 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