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CITY EDITION rmll AMoctat Fiw mill f ., Wire acnte I 8 PAGES TODAY Only Newspaper PHnted In La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Countiea wvwv VOLUME 30 MKMHER AS8O0UTKD FBH AND A. U. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1932 BABTBRN OIUOGON'8 LEASING NHWSFAPBH NUMBER 235 enute e Revenue 1m Passes Mug Bill rvine To - mm will GIVE TALK AT GRADUATION Baccalaureate Service Will be Held June 5 With Portland Minister Here ABOUT SEVENTY TO GET DIPLOMAS Commencement Weekfs Will Begin at Wormal : School "With Formal Dance Friday Evening. Commencement week will open at the Eastern Oregon Normal school Friday- evening, June 3, and will cul minate In the commencement exor cises and president's reception next Wednesday afternoon, June 8, Presi dent H. E. Inlow announced today. The number of seniors in the grad uating class has not been determined, but it : Is believed that they will number about 70. B. F. Irvine, the editor r the Ore gon Journal and member of the Ore gon State Board of Higher Education will be the principal speaker A the commencement eyrcises at 2:30 Wed nesday afternoon, at the Normal school auditorium. Mr. Irvine is one of the state's most prominent Jour nalists and educational leaders, and IS well-known as the "blind editor." As a speaker lie' Is foreeful, dramatic and - has a - wide knowledge, from Which he selects his addresses. : (Continued on Page Eight) ISLAND CITY BIBLE SCHOOL OPENS JUNE 6 - The Island City Community church is the first church to announce ft Daily Vacation Bible school for this summer. The school will open next Monday morning, June 6, with ses sions each, morning at 9 o'clock and continuing until shortly before noon. Tho boys and girls of Island City and surrounding territory are not only invited but urged to attend this school, for which no fee is required. The school will continue for two weeks with the closing demonstration coming on Friday evening, June 17. Rev. Maud Cone, pastor of the church, will be in charge of the school and she will have as her as sistants in the several classes, Hungerford, Miss Beulah Prouty, Mrs. Homer T. Wilson and Mitss Mary Jane Chadwick. Miss Daphne Bowery prob ably will have charge of the music. County Grand Jury In Session Today The grand Jury session, preceding the opening of the June term of cir cuit count on June 6, began today at the court house. Judft J. W. Knowles, circuit judge, announced today. Af ter the grand Jury session closes, the court calander will be announced by the circuit Judge. Ontario Woman, 102, Passes On Sunday ONTARIO, Ore., June 1 P) Mra. Elizabeth A, Doty, 102, who had cele brated her la3t ten blFTiidays by run ning a footrace, is dead. 1 Rheumatism and an attack of grippe brought on her death Sunday. Each birthday she demonstrated her agility by racing around her house with gurats at her birthday celebra tln. frequently by winning the races and rarely suffering any 111 effects. She was born In New York but lived most of her life in Minnesota. At 80 gte came to Oregon to live hero with her son, E. P. Smiley, now 82 q 3 S WEATIIRK FOKKCAST $ Oregon: Somewhat unsettled S tonight and Thursday: oc- S $ caslonal rains in the north- $ west portion; moderate tern- 4 perature; moderate south to west winds offshore. g -$ WKATHKR TODAY $ 7 a. m. 49 above. 8 3 Minimum: 44 above. $ Condition! Cloudy. & $ 8 fc WEATHER YESTERDAY $ ? Maximum 63, minimum 46 4 above. Condition: Cloudy, rain .01 $ of Inch. Range 21 degrees. ? WEATHER JUNE 1, 1931 Maximum 83, minimum 55 J- above. Condition: Clear. Range 28 t degrees. Sneak At F 0. W r Excess Rainfall For Five Months 5.42 Inches Here June Comes in Cloudy Al though May Weather About Normal; March Wettest Month so Fai The month of June came In cloudy and not exactly warm, In La Grande today, with the temperature at 44 febove and only 49 above at 7 o'clock. This compares with a low of 55 and a high of 83 above for June 1. 1931. Incidentally? a check of the weath er records for the current year re vealed that the rainfall for 1933 1b .42 Inches above normal . for the first five months of the year. So far 14.62 Inches of precipitation havo been recorded, compared with 9.20 as the normal as ot Kay 31. The records follow: - 1932 Average January 3.07 2.27 February 2.02 1.25 (Continued on Page Eight) Co-op Creamery, Grain Growers To Hold Picnic The , Grande Ronde Co-operative Creamery association and the Union County Grain Growers will hold their annual picnics together this year, meeting at Riverside park on Mon day, June 6 at 10:30. o'clock in the morning. A picnic dinner will be en- Joyed at noon and members of both groups are urged to bring a basket lunch. Ice cream and coffee will be furnished by the two associations. . In addition to the usual business meeting, a program of music and talks -is being arranged for. The prin cipal speaker, of the day will be "Farmer" Brown, representative of the federal farm board, who has national reputation as a speaker. His subject will be "Co-operative, Market- F. I. Ballard, of Cfervallis, leader of Oregon county agents, also will ad dress the group, taking as his sub Ject "On and Around Oregon Farms.' The Blue Mountain Wranglers wlJl furnish the music. Robert Ragsdale Elected Today As Student Head Robert Ragsdale, Grass Valley, was elected presl&nt of the student body of the Eastern Oregon Normal school for 1932-1933, at the recent elections. Mr. Ragsdale defeated Howard Hoyt. Gordon Fairca, Milton, defeated Jerry Mctcalf for the position of Vice presi dent. Marylou Piper, of La Grande, will act in the capacity of secretary treasurer, after winning the post over Elizabeth Ashbaugh. Two members were elected for the senior council, Ralph Eastrldge, Pen dleton, and Zenith Jlynn, Austin, from among four candidates for the office Beulah Sooter and Alyce Mil ne, of La Grande, were . the other candidates. , Members of the election board were Kermlt Estas, Alice Inlow, Floyd Bax ter, Katherlne White, Gerald Beau doin, Evawynne Jones. . E. Shelton Will Be Here Thursday J. E. Shelton, of Eugene, state manager and Charles 8. Gunther, of Portland, manager of the member ship department of the Oregon State Motor association, will meet with members of the association in La Grande tomorrow noon at a lunch eon meeting at the La Grande hotel to discuss tourist travel in Oregon. They stopped this morning for a short conference with Three-A offi cials hero en route to Baker where they will meet tonight with the Lions, Klwanifi and chamber of com merce organizations. The program of the association for the coming summer is of interest to everyone in the state, since it is at tempting to Interest tourists in spend ing molfc time in Oregon. To tnc meetings throughout the state the association is inviting all hotel, tour ist camp, service station and resort operators to assist in drawing up a program of advertising Oregon scenic attractions. Otto Hartwig Will Succeed Lawrence SALEM. June 1 (fit Governor Julius L. Meier announced today that while he had not yet made an offi cial appointment, Otto Hartwig. form er head of the State Federation of Labor, would be named to succeed Arthur W. Lawrence as a member of the state industrial accident commis sion. The governor said further that Iawrence had resigned as of June 15, and that the new appointment would bo made prior to that time. Will; COMBAT GRAIN PRICE TAKES SLUMP IN CHICAGO Crop Estimates Bullish But Sharp Setbacks Occur in Market. SENATE ACTION IS GIVEN BLAME Tax of Five Cents an Each $100 of Sales of Produce For Future Delivery Held Cause. CHIT AGO, June 1 W Notwith standing unofficial crop estimates the most bullish in years, grain primps today -underwent elurp setbacks, in terpreted by trade leaders as a na tural response to midnight action of the United States senate. The senate action was , to Impose a tax of five cents on each $100 of fe3 of pro duce for future delivery. - Wheat today closed 1 to 2 cents a buBhel lower than 'yesterday's finish and corn i&'.to 2 cents down. July wheat at the last was quoted at 65 6& cents and July corn at 20 $ 29 cents. i r ' . If the - tax . becomes law. It ''11 '. ' - :. . (Continued From Page Three) :. TO SELL STOCK -SHOW TICKETS Union Men Will Be Here Tomorrow -r- New, Ar rangement'Miide Today A group of five or six Union busi ness men will be In La Grande to morrow for tho purpose of selling tickets for the Eastern Oregon Live stock show, It was announce by Tony D. Smith, secretary of the stock show association. The tickets are being offend in blocks of three for $1.50, and It was announced today that a new provision has been made whereby if a couple purchased a block of three tickets, using only two to enter the show, the third may be traded, for a grand stand seat. It. was believed this would assure buyers of receiving their full money's worth, i the event they did not Intend to attend more than one day of the show, and It will make It easy for persons with uneven num bers of tickets to dispose of them to the best advantage. LIONS TO BE HERE JUNE 4 FOR MEETING Delegates from Lions clubs In the Eastern Oregon district and their ladles will be entertained in La Grande on June 4, at tho Sacajawea Inn, with the La Grande club and auxiliary acting as host and hostess. W. P. Walker, district governor;. O, P. Tate, district secretary; and Arthur Berrldge, Portland attorney, are ex pected to attend the meeting, and Mr. Berrldge will be the principal speaker of the evening. A banquet at 7 o'clock will open tho meeting, and will be followed by a program of talks and stunts, fur nished by the clubs of the district; .dancing and bridge. Invitations have been sent to all the Lions In La Grande urging them to attend the affair. Public Market Opens June 4 : : : , : . . Most of Grade School Teachers To Spend Vacation in La CrandeJ Summer addresses of the grade school teachers of La Grande, which havo been compiled by J, T. Long fellow, city school sujerlnUdcnt, Indicate that the majority of the teachers will spend1 their vacations lgv La Grand Teachers who expressed their In tention of staying in La Grande are Bess Cook, Susanna Deal, Bessie Gel bel, Mary Heassler, Stella Ingle, Edna L. Klncald, Lulu McNees, Nell Ma- haffey. Effle M. Snider, Bl&iche Sneers, Marie Tlggelbeck, of Central school; R. A. Wllkerson, Hulda An derson, Eleanor Gable, Mildred Hoyt, Myrtle Hoyt, Lola Hutchens, Sadie Lambert, Greenwood school: Herbert Evans, Nina Rome, Norma Mayger, LANE COUNTY SCHOOL BILL Five Thousand at Mass Meeting Held at Eugene Tuesday Night.. CONSOLIDATION WOULD JUMP TAX Homer D. Angell, of Port land, Predicts Deprecia tion in Value of Much State Property. LA CJHANDK HOLDS MEETING A (roup, members of which believe that cAisolrdatlon of the state institutions of high er learning would prove un sound financially and bring disaster to tie state school system at this time, met yes terday at noon at the- La . Grande hotel for a luncheon and outline a program by which they hope to be able to cope .with the consolidation threat. , J. H. Peare and Y. E. Coolldge, who returned recent ly from a meeting of repre sentatives of the normal schools- and the University of Oregon at Eugene, reported n the progress of the meeting held there. Representatives of Ashland,1 La Grande and Monmouth . Normal schools and the Unl-1 versity will rrteet In Eugene this weekend and H. E. Brady, , an alumnus of both the State college and, the : University, was appointed, to represent thoeo who are interested in the Eastern Oregon Normal school and its progress. . Mr. Brady loft here last night for : Western Oregon. The consoli dation plan would make a Junior college put of the E. O. I and , the .ojcniontg of : tho--plan declare this would provo ruinous to the institution and Its progress. , : ' $ EUGENE, June 1 (Opposition to a proposal to consllldate the Uni versity of Oregon and Oregon State college into one vast educational in stitution at Corvallls, was expressed by more than flvo thousand . Lane county residents at a mass meeting (Continued on Page Eight) WORLD COURT PLAN FAVORED BY COMMITTEE . WASHINGTON, Juno 1 (P) A favorable report on the Root pnf-ocol for American adherence to the world court was laid before the senate to day by its foreign relations commit tee. Tho report was submitted by Sen ators Walsh (D., Mont. and Fobs (R.. Ohio) but no effort was made to reach an agrcient for Its con sideration. "Let's take It up now,," oiuggcsted Senator Johnson (R., Cal.) an oppon ent of tho treaty. High Court Acts On Wallowa Cam WASHINGTON, une 1 P) Re views passed upon by the supremo court Tuesday Included: Granted the decision that the Sevlei1 Commission company, doing business at North Portland, Ore stockyards, was liable to the Wallowa Rational bank of Enterprise, Ore., for the sale of livestock in 1926 shipped bya dealer named Hansen. Imogen HuascH, Beatrice '-Warden, Lorine Williamson, Rlvcrla; and I$e lyn Bennett, Ruth Brown, . Berenice McKlnney, Sarah Williams, Willow. Other teachers at Central school are Mrs. E. A. McEachrau, who gives Portland as her summer address; iss Vina Con ley, Cove; Miss Henri Hcrlng, Ana tone, WaAh.; Miss Vclna Rogers, Portland; Robert Wakefield, Union. Floyd McLln, of Greenwood school, will aj&nd his vacation in Cottage Grove; while those teachers at Rl veria who gave their summer ad dresses other than La Grande are Ruth Oarrlck, Salem; Beryl Jones, Bend: Cllvo Moore. Fairfield, Wash., and Florence Smith, Ashland. MAY BE CUBA'S PRESIDENT Well-informed polltUi circles in Havana assert (hut appointment of Dr. Orestes Ferniru un Cuba's secretary of state portend the i rcslRiinttlou soon of President tlcntrilo Maehudo. Under Cuban i law the secretory of state sucw-'eds to tho presidency when that f office becomes vacant. Observers believe President Miicluulo will ., step aside by July 1, when n payment of $7,000,000 on Culm's foreign : indebtedness Is due. It Is suld that Dr. Pcrrani Is considered mi acceptable ad Interim president, although his Itullnu Dirt It burs 'him from candidacy lit- the regular election scheduled for Jan. 1. ; ji : . . i . Plcturo shows Dr. and. Mrc Forruru, . . .. . Prohi Plank On !G.0.P. Platform , L To Be "Liberal" WASHINGTON, June 1 W) Postmaster-General Brown, a high coun sellor In theHoover ranks, expressed the opinion today the Republican platform pithlbition plank wuld be ono -"to which we all can subscribe." Brown has been classed as among those cabinet membeifs who want other .than a' strictly dry plank. He did not elaborate his view today on - the iexacf nature of the planko expected to be had, but again re ported progress being fade on the platform as a whole and indicated an expectation that both those who (Continued on Page Throo) Army Ballo&n Wins Litchfield Trophy OMAHA, Juno 1 (! Officials of the Omaha Air Race association re ceived at noon today from Lieut. Wilfred J. Paul, pilot of the No. 2, army balloon in tho national b(0oon race, notifying them tho bag landed at ono a. m., today 13 miles north of Hattc. Saskatchewan, Canada, to win the race and the LU-chfield tro phy. . Safecrackers Get $78.69 At Dallas DALLAS, June 1 '!) Expert safe crackers visited Dallas last night and dynamited the safe at the Farmers' warehouse, taking $78.61) In cash and Mng all checks behind. Clnrcac Curry, manager, wa.at the warehouse until 10 p. m. and the robbery oc curred betweeiPtit time and when employes arrived this morning. State pglco are Investigating and searching for finger prints, : 50 Growers Are Signed Alrea4y By Association The La Grande Public Market oclatlo$ has occurcd Ha Incorpora tion papers and Is preparing to open for business on Saturday, Juno 4. The market will not lie run to full ca pacity until about the middle of the month when tho berries and early cherries and mot of tho bunching vegetables are ready, Tho association Is incorporated not only to awslst with the local marketing of tho produce of Its membership but also In looking up & market in out-of-town points as well bs wholesale to stores who wish to specialize In local grown pro ducts. Stalls will be rented at 25c and 35c (Continued on Page Three) LEADERSHIP RACE WAGED IN SALEM Campaigns UnficrTVay in Both House -and Senate , in Oregon Legislature. SALEM, . Juno 1 (m Campaigns for tho spoakcrsmp of uio house of representatives and for senate presi dency of the 1033 legislative session were already under way in the capital city, Although many of tho seats In both houwes aro yet to be decided In tho general election. Friends of tho varioun candidates havo already sought support of the Marlon county sepresontatlves who arc unopposed in tho general election. Three-way fights loom In each house, and re-election of thclcadera of both houses at tho last session wore botng sought. While tho maice up of tho house of representatives is more than 00 per cent now It was be lieved by campaigners they can bo lined up early for various candidates for speaker. (Continued 9n l'ajjo Eight) CROWD HANGS PRISONER AT PRINCETON, KY. t PRINCETON, Ky., Juno 1 'm Walter MerrOx, 48, was removed from the county Jail by a mob lato last night, and 1h body was round hang ing from a tree three miles from here today. Tho lynching party entered Jailer Curt Jones' room, bound him, took hi. keys and departed with tho prisoner without arousing any citi zens. Merrick was to havo been tried Juno Hi on a charge fi dynamiting the Btoro of M. P'Poolo at Hopon rir hero Iiihi feuruary. rrooie was seriously Injured. A boy near tho building suffered a broken arm, Intense feeling had been aroused by tho explosion. Tho explosion, officers Qhargcd, was set orr by Merrick as a result or Merrick's sou being whipped by a school teacher, A'errlck carried the case to court, where P'Poole, an chairman of tho county school bmrd, Bided with the teacher,, Amelia Dancing Partner of Princ LONDON. Juno 1 M") Mrs. ATfiella Eurhnrt Putnam, the first woman to fly tho Atlantic, proved her prowess on a ballroom dance floor lost night. She wan one of tho mog popular guests at a honpltal charity bail. Mrs, Putnam agreed today she "had a great time." She was escorted to the tablo of tho Prince of Wales, and after talk ing pleanantly for a few moments, the couple swung away on the danco !i : floor. Bo pleased with tho fller'a dancing' wiw the prlneo that twice again he asked Mrs. Putnam for dances. Tho blonde avlatrlx wns attired In a most becornlnf? evening dress of green. Stocks Rebound Hopefully Today In Wall Street Bullish Movement Result of Senate Passing Tax Bill Advance $1 to $5 a bhare. Si;iJ,IN(l THMPKKS HI HE ' NEW ArORK, June 1 UP) Stock market enthusiasm over passage of the tax bill by tho senate was tempered by fresh selling today and the close was heavy.1 . . Reports that a large cor poration with broad powei-B , for stublllzatloni was to be formed under auspices of Young credit committee were circulated In Wall street dur ing tho afternoon. It was said that an announcement of definite plans to this end might be made in a few days. Shores ran up $1 to 45 at the opening, but quickly ran into fresh liquidation which continued, with minor Inter ruptions throughout the sea son. Brokers reported that some of tho selling came from Impaired collateral loan ac counts at banks. Transactions -approximated 1,600,000 shares. v NEW YORK, June 1 (fl) Security markets rebounded hopefully today on nowB tho nun to had passed Its tax bill. Stock advanced 91 to $5 a share In the year's strongest opening while bonds made a general recovery. Ini tial galiiB for shares wore roughly half lost as the session wore on, but tho market turned dull and steady toward midday. American securities rallied briskly on foreign markets, especially at Lon don. Response of foreign currencies was not especially marked,' but on tho wholo dollars maintained yester day's gains and in some cases ex tended thorn. ' In addition to the senate's approval of the tax measure and the favorable report on. an omnibus economy bill, Wall Streot saw further reason for encouragomcht In pitvttoly expressed .statements by bankers that tho Young credit, expansions committee believed it was time to consider prac tical methods for facilitating the task (Continued on Page Sovon) Colorado River On Rampage; 3 Reported Dead BLYTHE, Cal., Juno l (p) The mighty Colorado, on what may bo Its last great rampage, swept through the desert today threatening tho lands It has mado possible to farm. At least threo persons, all negroes, have bcon drowned and seven other negroes were missing near Yuma. Every available man from Blythc, a forco of more than 200, workod fran tically last night, some of them nock deep In water, and early today suc ceeded In filling a break In the loveo at Brown's Heading, six miles north of hern. For a time tho river, which soon will bo brought under control by Hoover ,dam, threatened to sweep over 20,000 acres of low farm land near hero upon which 2500 porsons live. Tho water broko tho 12-foot high loveo at 7 o'clock last night and within threo hours had made a gap approximately 20 fect wldo. Firo whistles were blown arousing tho townspeople and farmers. Just as the break was repaired word came from Palo Verdo that the Colo rado was flowing over tho top of the leveo near there and 25 miles south west of horj flooding several hun drccPacreH of farm lands. Provincial Troops Crush Communists IIANOKOW, China, Ju,- 1 UV) Military authorities announced today that provincial troops defending the Wuhan district had administered a crushing defeat to the Chlneso com munists who havo mciAccd tho area for many weeks. Three thousand of tho enemy were killed and another thousand were driven Into the Han river where they (frowned, tho bulletin said- Scores of bodies were floating down tho YauKtzo toward this city, It was re poiTed. The battle centered at a ijolnt about sixty miles northwest oficre. T! milltory minorities said the vic tory definitely removed the commun ist threat. pescSidants Honor Memory of Young HAW LAKE CITY, Utull, June 1 (!) DmcciicIuiiU of BrlKliam Youhr, Bccond nrcBldunt of the Latter Day 8Mnt church who led the Mormon trek to Halt Lako City, honored his memory today on tho 13Ut annlvor- sary of his birth, In tho Lion and Beehlvo houses, two of tho residences of tho colonizer, a, display of many of his personal be- loniflnKS was arranged, VOTE OCCURS AFTER LONG, WEARY HOURS Senators, at 20 Minutes' Past Midnight, Approve i Bill 72 to 11, . ij HOOVER'S SALES TAX IS REJECTED Tariff on Lumber Remains in Measure Bill De signed to Raise $1,115, 000,000 in Taxes, WASHINGTON. Juno 1 W) Con-. grcsB sped to conclusion of lta great est peace time task today that of balancing off a gaping treasury de ficit. : .i : ' Tho billion dollar . revenue bill, archstone of the bridge over1 the treasury gap was returned to the house again and directed to a con ference tomorrow between the two branches to get final agreement on the legislation. : The house acted unanimously, not Instructing Its conferees to stand by this or that provision of the original house blH. This will expedlate ac tion by the conference, , - Speaker Garner named Representa tives Collier, of Mississippi; Crisp, of Georgia; Ralney, of Illinois, Demo crats; and Hawley, of Oregon, and (Continued on Pae Eight) COLUMBIA DAM PROFITS WOULD HELP IN COST, WASHINGTON. June 1 (P) The, belief that the government will never1 be called upon to expend more than $204,000,000 on' the Columbia basin irrigation -power : project, wna i e t pressed before, the' house Irrigation ' commiue(,toyay-uy -ivn, Mctueuan of Denver,- chief electrical . engineer of the 'bureau -of reclamation , , McClelian said the completed pro . Ject would cost $304,15u,000 Including i , $185,890,000 for the power project and . -$208,20S,O0O for irrigation and reclam- I atlon, but that since the latter could h not be developed within 16 years un- - dor the pending bill, power . receipts ,' wouia ouar a netivy Knnre 01 uie uubv. - He suggested a special fund similar v to that for the Boulder canyon pro-' i Ject might be created to finance th . Columbia bosin project which events i ually would be capable of reclaiming . and irrigating 1,200,000 acres and de .; veloplng about seven billion kilowatt i hours of power annually. It would take about 60 years to develop completely both projects, Mc j Clcllan testified. : , 4 - Veteran of Modoc War Dead Today'i KLAMATH PALLS, Ore., June 1 Major Watson Overton, courier tot tho United States army at tho time of the Modoo Indian war, died hero last night, , i When ho waa 74 years old, Major Overton became n courier for tha ormy in the west and carried the news of the massacre of settlers in the Tule lake country at the start of the Mo doc war. Following the wars the ma jor drove the stage between Klamath Falls, thon Llnkvllle, and Ager, Cal, Ho was instrumental in having a post- office located at Topsy in the Klam ath canyon south west of here. Wheat Today CHICAOO, Juno. I VP) Buying power gave out In grain markets to day, and wheat fell to the lowest levels In some time, with corn touch ing bottoms unequaled since 1897, Senate adoption of proposal to In crease taxes on produce exchange tranaactiona 400 per cent from one cent to five cents, tended to make buyers scarce, and led to much oltter comment on the part of traders, Price downturns were in the face of unofficial crop reports Indicating that 1032 domestic wheat yields would total only 083,000,000 bushels com pared with 602,000,000 In 1031. v Wheat cloned unstable, 1 to 2 cents under yesterday's finish, corn lao down, oats olt and provisions unchanged to 10c lower influenced lato by breaks In cereals and securl tics. PORTLAND, June 1 (P Thore was no doubt of the intent of the bears today on tha local grain ex changes, Dcsplto bullish crop re ports, the trade took sevcro toll from the already low price, hitting both the cash and futures In an artificial way. On the Portland futures market July lost lc as did the September but December was hit to the tune of 2c bu, On the merchants ex change cash wheat lost lc bu. sales of futures were but 2000 bu., these being utilized to wreck values,
