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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1932)
Friday, July 1 1932 PageElgffl "-Trrrff LA' GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, Oi GRANDE, ORE. Here's News! 90 the smashing low price for Ccsnlt OOLAQO Ultra mart I Cuthion faint pro vidn wcloom head Black or fancy band I Cool and airy! J. C. Penney Co. 1307-1809 Adam Ave. La Grande, Ore. Butterf at Price '' Spread As High As 2c In Spots f PORTLAND, July 1 W) Spread In butterfat prices at this period, while generally only lo to as high is So In spots. - Blight renewal of the fight for con trol at country points has created an abnormal situation In the trade; Portland churners paying as mucn. if not more, In spotu, at country points for fat than for delivery at their plants here. It Is a situation that Continues to wreck not only the need ed profits of churners but Is creating more or, less dewontlon among pro ducers. There was ho further ehsnge In tne putter market for the day. , t Trading Jn tho egg market 'con tinues more or less of ' unchanged character and even of prtco. Under? felling by1 unattached producers con tinues a dominating factor. K Trading in the Uvo chicken market continues of slightly bettered charac ter with prices -held Intact. Demand includes all .lines, with broilers and light hens in pest call, i? Very quiet trading tone continues for HVe ducks around llc&uao lb.; the former being net buying price. V Apricot on Market f First home grown apricots ol the season, from Millers, Ore. were re ported in today. Fifteen fcoxea of ripe fruit arrived and sold at 60 KOc lb. The stock was too ripe to jhold. The boxes avers Red 14 lbs. Sliding prices are continued In the trwrket for tomatoes with further re- euctlons In California-Texas stock nd some moderate roadjuitmonta In local hothouse. Dalles stock In not in supply sufficient to generally es tablish a price. t Irrlgoit Apples Heeelved i First Oregon grown apples from Irrlgon sold at 90c a $1 per half ap ple box. Quality Is fair. ; There Is a shortage of watermelons jn the local trade, due to the lack Of profitable handling on previous jbhlpmeuts. The shortage occurs Just when the demand should be greatly Increased. j Notes of wholesalo trading: Country killed cnlf markot active with prices well held. Dressed lambs are trifle easier; fow iops above 7 Vic lb. Dressed hog markst Is ntendy. y Beans are weak for both green and Wax. Green corn offerings are Increas ing: worms In plenty. ; Cantaloupes are about steady for Quality. Old potatoes continue to move fnlrly well; mostly 85c to 11 to ro ta tiers. I New potatoes and new onions ore steady.. i Mrs. F.J. Lottes Is Winner of Contest l Mrs. P. J. Lottes, with 32B7, was awarded the community silvor set for itnvlng mnrto the Invest number of -words from the sloKsn, "Wbnr Enna ilottlck Simon, ' In the nntlonal con test which wns conducted by Fitlks 1j Gran do store, Although the con gest wns a national enterprise for the shoe company the awurds were made by the local stores conducting the ovont. Mrs. Lynn Wright, with aaort words, received the silver plnttrr swarded for second prize; and bcn. Clnra W. Blunt, with 3140 words, won third prize, a pslr of Knns Jettlck shoes. A total of 180 entered. Judges were Earl Hooker, of Folks store: Miss Amanda Znhcl, head of tho English department of the East ern Oregon Normal school; nnd Har old M. Flnlny, of the Evening Ob server. Tho contest was restricted by a set of a down rules, one of which statrd that all words submitted must be found In Wrbster's international dic tionary. No obsolete wordo, proper names, Latin phrases or forrign word, could be lined. Also, all words had to be singular. Ralph D. Floberg In Boxing Tourney OAMP HTOLDURT, Wish., July 1 (Special) Balph D. Plobcrn. student from Ln Ornnde at tho Citizens' Mili tary Training comp hero, Ih In tho running for one of tho 10 mcduls that will go to tho champion leatli erpushers among tho SOU youths hore. Fighting In tho Junior lightweight division, ho took a decision over his opponent In tho first smoker lioro this week. There will ho four more cards beforo tho camp titles aro all decided. Signs along highways leading to TlshomJr.30, Oltlo., have been oroct cd by friends of the governor: 'Tis homingo Homo of Our Next President." PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND, Ore, July 1 (!) Cattle 36, calves 15; steady. Steers (100 000 lbs., common a.76(.i 4.60; 1)00 1100 lbs. common 2.76(. 4.60. Heif ers 668-860 lbs., medium 3.75n 5.60. common 2.60s 3.76. Cows, good 3.50 4 4.50. common and medium 2.00(.f $3.60, low cutter and cutter 1.00 r. 2.00. Bulls (yearlings excluded) good and choice (beof) W.0O 3.25. Hogs 600 steady. Unlit lights 140 to 100 pouiuli good and choice 4.00 5.00; lightweights 100 to 1H0 lbs. good and cholco 4.75w5.00, 180-200 lhs. good and cholco $1.75 (.? 6.00; medium weight 200-220 lbs. good and cholco 4.00w6.00, 220-250 lbs. good and cholco 3.85 if $4.70; heavywclghls 200-300 lbs. good and cholco 3.754.26, 21)0-350 IhB. good and cho:co e3.40;i 4.25; packing sows 276-600 Iba. medium and good 2.75 iu 13.76. Feeders and stockcrs 70-130 lbs. good and cholco la.OOi;! $4.00. Bhocp and lambs 400, steady. Lambs 00 lbs. down, good and cholco 3.50w W.75, medium 2.J6. 3.50. a!l weights, common 2.00s. 2.75. Yearl ing wethers 00-110 lbs. medium to cholco tl.OOc, $2.00. Ewes 120 lbs. medium to choice $1.00r$1.25, 120- 150 lbs. medium to cholco 75cw$1.26, all weights cull to common tt)rn 76c. 4 MARKET NEWS OF T HE DAY : July Kept. Dee. (old) (new) ("Ill) (new) Open J 79.47 !4 , .47's .roy, .50 CHICAGO WHEAT . 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