La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 11, 1932, City Edition, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextPage Eight Iff GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA' GRANDE. ORE. Monday, July 11, 1932 7J- 1 I TTT Wheat Markets Strengthened During Week FEED GRAINS ARE' FIRM WITH WHEAT; : NORTHWEST QUIET European Crop Conditions Continue Favorable , Foreign Grain Market J Trade Limited. 1 WASHINGTON, July 11 (Special) Domestic wheat market strengthened somewhat during the week ending July 8, d capita the malntalnence of favorable spring wheat prospects and Indications of appreciably better out turns than lost year In Western and Southern Europe, according to the weekly grain market review of the U. 8. bureau of agricultural economics. Foreign grain markets were quiet, with trading of limited volume and although prices were somewhat Irreg ular, the market tone held practically steady. Feed grains, with the exeep tlon of barley, were mostly firmer with wheat, although light offerings were also a strengthening factor and price trends were upward. Barley was independently weak, reflecting the slack demand, favorable prospects for new crops In middle western areas and the easy situation In California. Flax markets were dull, with trading ex tremely light and prices tending downward. Wheat ''harvesting and threshing of new domestic winter wheat has again been interrupted by rains and movement to market has been delayed. Early samples of new wheat have shown fairly good quality, although mois ture content Is high and of more significance as price factors than In other recent years. Protein is appar ently averaging somewhat above that of last year, although a definite check la not yet practicable because of this season's late movement. The protein content of 3,074 cars Inspected at ne Missouri-Kansas state laboratories during the week averaged 11.84 per cent, compared with 11.37 per cent on 5,396 cars for the same week ast year. Inspection at the Missouri Kansas state laboratories averaged 11.83 per cent protein for the orop j year ended June, 1933, as against 13.33 j MARKET NE OF A Y I July (old) (new) .... Sept. (old) (new) .... Dec .53 ft yt CHICAGO WHEAT Open . Hlf h .! . .47 .4714 .47 a ,50.304 JM't .50 M'i LOW .4 7 "4 .47M 4!H At .03 ClOM 47 .47 H .500.50!, J50 834Stt POBTLAND WHEAT Open Dlfh Low CIom July .48 " ' AH .48 .48 Kept. At Al .47 .47 ICC .50(4 Ma M't MY, CHICAOO COBN Open nifo Low eta July MM, .!BV4 .V Kept. 3IH J1H .31 .3114 Dec. '. - iH Hi', .31 San Francisco. California No. 1 hard white wheat wa quoted at Ban Fran cisco at 0092'jc and No. 1 soft white at SOc per 100. The Los Angeles market developed firmness with light er offerings. Trading was fairly ac tive during the week with demand well distributed through all classes of trade. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND. July II HI - CatUe 3300. calves 50; fed stuff strong. Steers. 600-900 lbs., good. 46.35 at 7.00; medium M.76a 6.35; common. a.76w4.75; 000-1100 lbs., good, 6.3S 7.00; medium, M.75a6.3S; com mon. 3.76(jy M.75; 1100-1300 its. good, 0 00 M 10.76; medium, M.26 6.00: heifers, 650-850 lbs., good, 5.60 3 6.50; medium, S3.750 94.50; common. 3.50fi 3.75; cows, good, 3-60(. M.50; common and medium, 12 00 $ $3.50; low cutter and cutter, 1.00 e S3. 00; bulls, yearlings excluded, good and choice, beef, sa.76trS3.25; cutter, com mon and medium, 1.75S2.76; veal- ers, milk fed, good and choice, $4.25 u 15.00: medium. 3.50 M.60; cull and common, 12.00ft $3.50; calves, 250' 500 lbs., good and choice, $3.50 3 4.60; common and medium, $2,003 3.50. Hogs. 2100, Including 174 through; generally SOc higher. Light lights. 140-160 lbs., good and choice, S5.00et6.00; lightweights. 160- 180 lbs., good and choice, $5.75 ig $6.00; 188-206 lbs. good and choice, $5.75 6.00; medium weight, 200-220 lbs. per cent for the previous season. Do-1 good and choice, $5.00. $8.00; 220-250 mestic spring wheat is developing I '". 1 ". 'j; rapidly, with an early harvest In pros- I heavyweights. 260-280 lbs., good and pect. Heading U mostly general and I choice. $4.75p$S.S0; 290-350 lbs., good cool weather and adequate moisture has favored filling In the southern sections of the Belt. Spring wheat In Southeastern South Dakota to ap parently out of danger of rust dam age. Elsewhere 1(1 the spring wheat region there Is still only a trace of stem rust In general although there has been some Increase recently and occasional fields have appreciable rust. Western Canadian crops enter ed the critical month of July with prospect approaching average but with an Increasing number of dls ' trlcto reporting Inadequate moisture supplies. Although, crop development throughout the prairie provinces was fairly uniform at the first of June, regional differences In moisture re serves, summer ralnfsll and Insect damage have caused the usual In creased variability at the first of July. Prospects now range from poor to Ideal but with most districts much better than In 1931. European crop conditions continue generally favorable, particularly In Western and Southern Europe. The combined outturn In German y Prance, 8paln, Belgium and Holland, Is now placed at 657,000.000 bushels, as com- psred with official estimates of 580.' 000.000 bushels for the some countries a yesr ago. The Italian crop Is re ported to be below earlier expecta tions, but has been equal to the har vest of 248.000,000 bushels In 1931. Test weights of early samples of Ital ian wheat are somewhat lower than last season. Production In the Danu blan basin Is plsced at 370.431.000 bushels, against 282.924.000 bushels produced last year. Stocks of old wheat In the Lower Danublan coun tries July 1 wore considerably under those of a year ago, amounting to only 3.600.000 bushels, compared with 7.716.000 bushels a year ago. Con ditions In Russia continue somewhat variable but better than lost year. Palrly good rains have partially re lieved dryness and heat In the upper and middle Volga. Harvesting of the new winter srheat crop of Russia Is now In progress snd parcels of new wheat for August-September ship ment from Southern Russian ports were sold to the United Kingdom at 61S2c per bushel. These quota tions were sbout the same as for No. 3 Csnsdlan Manitoba for July ship ment from the Atlantic seaboard. A shorter crop In China Is In prospect, as a result of Inadequate moisture and a reduced acreage. The quality of the Chinese crop Is lower than last year, particularly In the Shanghai area. The movement to market Is j unusually early, reflecting pressing fi nancial needs, although prices of both wheat and flour are the lowest In a number of years. Northcjt Markets Pacific northwestern markets were quiet with slack export demand and mll'.s generally operating only part time. Exporters were offering i9c per bushel, sacked, at Portland tor oft white wheat. Autust-Srptember delivery and 47c (or red wheal. Cash wheat prices strengthened with light offerings and soft white wheat sacked was quoted at Sl'ic Crop prospects have been lowered eomenrhat by re cent hot dry winds and some prema ture ripening of grains has occurred At Seattle western red wheat was quoted at 61c. western white at 50c and early Baart hard white at 63c per bu. sacked. 16 per cent protein dark northern spring from Montana In bulk was quoted at B3c per bushel California markets were quiet with lightly Increased offerings of the new crop a weakening factor. Trad ing continued light with mills bid ding around 85c per 100 San Fran cisco for No. I hard white or No. 1 oott white wheat, or around 6 10c under asking prices of growers. In tennountaln offerings were light and were quoted at around $1.10 for No. I hard winter, ordinary protein, at and choice. 44,25 t( 05.25; packing sows, 375-500 lbs., medium and good 3.500 4.50; feeder and stocker pigs. 70-180 lbs., good and choice 4.50 5.00. 8heep. 3000; 600 higher. Lambs 90 lbs. down, good and choice M OO ft 4.60. medium $3.25s$4; all weights. common, $2.50ti 63.50; yearling weth ers. 90-1 10 lbs., medium .to choice. 1.00 $2.25: ewes, 120 Sbs., medium to choice, 1.00e1.25; 120-150 lbs. medium to choice, 76c ff 61.25; all weights, cull 'to common, 50c $1.25, PORTLAND PRODUCE. PORTLAND. July 11 W Butter: Prints, 92 score or better, 192uc; standards, I89IOC. Eggs: Pacific poultry producers' sell lng price: fresh extras, 16c; standavds. 15c; mediums, 15c. Country meats: Selling price to re tailers: country-killed hogs, beat butchers under 100 lbs., 614 f 7c; veslers, 80 to 100 lbs.. Be lb.; lambs, 6e8c lb.; yearlings, 4$6c lb.; heavy ewes. 2tfr3c lb.; canner cows, 3c 10.; bulls, 5, 5 lb. Mohair: Nominal, buying price 1932 clip ( ). Butterfat: Direct to shippers: sta tion. llr 13c: Portland delivery prices, 14 m 15o pound. Llvo poultry: Net buying price: heavy hens, colored, 4V4 lbs., up. 11 13c; do mediums. 10c; lights, 8c; light broilers. 10c; colored roasters, over 2 lbs., ISC; old roosters. 5c; ducks. pekln. 11 13c; geese. ( ). Onions: Selling price to retailers: new Cochclla wax. 61; yellow, 90c tf 1 crate: new red. $1.75 cental; new yellow. 11.75 cental. Walla Walla, 1.25 cental. Potatoes: Local. 85c$1.00; Park- dale. 1.25: Deschutes, 61.35; Eastern Washington. tl.001.25. New potatoes; Northwest, (Ms 1.85 cental. Strawberries: Oregon 24s, 1.00 a 135 crate. Wool: 1932 clip, nominal; Willam ette valley, 6c lb.; Eastern Oreson, 08c lb. Hay: Buying price from producer: alfalfa. $13 $13.50; clover, at) 00 9 50; Willamette valley timothy. ( 1: Eastern Oregon timothy. 17.50; oats and vetch. UlOCMSO. riur.Mio livestock CHICAOO. July I1W - (U. S. D. A.) Hogs: 30 000: 510c higher. good to choice 180-240 Its. $5.40 w 5 50: top $5 55. Cattle 12.000: fed steers and all yearlings fully 25c hlsher. grassy and short-fed kinds and butcher she stock strong to 25c higher: vealers 25 SOc higher: stockers and feeders strong to 25c up: medium weight beeves topped at 49 40; best light yearling steers as 80; mixed $8 .50; heifers aa.25; most vealers 06,00 7 00. few 07 35. Sheep 20.000: market not fully es tablished, steady to weak: good na tive lambs $6.5016 75: best native snd range lambs held around $7.50: throwouta 04.50. OMMI I .SHEEP OMAHA. July It lTV (U. S D. A.) -ShecD 7.00O: kllltlur claxamt ceiwr)- ly steady; feeders strong; sorted na tive lambs 06 00 ,146 35. WINMI'Etl WHEAT WINNIPEG. July 11,41 Wheat lose: July 5353l: Oct. S6m56i: Dec. 571, i v,. Cajh whrat: No. I northern 53: No 2, 50; No. 3. 47S. I.MKKPOOI, WHEAT LIVERPOOL. July 11 W"i Wheat clcje: July 5!H: Oct. 52 Dec 53 i; exchange 03 58. IU TTERFAT SAN FRANCISOO. Julv II l-But. terfat t. o. b. Sao Francisco 18c PORTLAND CAHH grain: Big Bend bluestem 59c. Soft white 50c. Western white 49c. Hard winter 48c. Northern spring 48c. Western red 4714c. Oats: No. 2 white 021.50. Today's car receipts: wheat flour 23. FATHER AND SON DROWNED BEFORE HELPLESS WOMEN (Continued Prom Fig One); rent swept them downstream and out of reach of a life line that was thrown out. Brother In Narrow Escape Charles Weeks. Mrs. Greensteln's brother, was nearly drowned In a fu tile attempt to save the father and son. He was pulled to safety by an occupant of a nearby houseboat af ter he had gone down for the second time. The body of Mr. Oreensteln was re covered by Portland harbor patrol men, who said search for the body of the boy would be resumed this morning. 43; YOITNO MAN ELECTROCUTED DAYTON Or. Jtitw 11 tPi miti PORTLAND. Ore., July It WV-Caah Dhton, 2o. of he Webfoot neighbor- hood near here, was killed Instantly uuiuiuy wueu a pump on wnicn lie was working came In contact with a high-power electric wire. . The pump was being lifted a by Dixon, his grandfather and four other men from a well when It touched the wire. j Dixon and two other men 'Were 'holding the pump and were unable to let loose. The other workmen seized 100 tnelr nelPlefi companions, and though nicy wu,u uuii orcu (.iieix nuiOS, II- nally pulled the pump away from the wire. , . Dixon was dead when the contact was severed. The other five suffered severe shock, but physician. said they will recover. Bl'GAR AND FLOt'R PORTLAND. Ore., July 11 (ffi) Sugar: Cane, granulated, M-30 lbs., beet, M.05 100 lbs. Domestic flour: Belling price, de livered: patent 49s, $5.60; do 08a, 95.30; bakers' bluestem. $4.10; soft white, pastry patent, $3.40 $3.60; Montana hard wheat patent, $5.00 $5.20; rye, $4.50$4-60. DICKEY SUSPENSION UPHELD ,TW0 MEN ESCAPE CLEVELAND. July 11 WV-Buopen-j ppAif.p, TITTXTT slon ot Bill Dickey, star catcher of T IvUiX rIN ; xlUiN 1 the New York Yanks, was sustained j ON AT LEWIST0N wuay uy uimwis 01 nie American league after they listened to the pro test of Colonel Jacob Ruppert, owner from Asotin, Wash.,' where the aban doned automobile was found, to Lewlston, Idaho, last night. Two ment reported surprised - trying to steal an automobile from a garage In the residential district of Lewis ton, were believed to be Woodward and Moxley. KKPOKTEO AT LKWIHTON LEWISTON, Idaho. July 11 m Believing Ellis Woodward and W. D. Moxley, escaped convicts, were the twto men surprised attempting to steal an automobile from a garage In the residential district of Lewis toa last night, officers of three counties shifted their attention to Lewlston in the manhunt which more than 25 officers were pursuing. TWO TAI'dHT IN WEST OKEfiON ROSEBURO, Ore., July 11 m John W. Harve. 33. Providence, R. I., and Gale Ivan Andrews, 22, of North Bend, the latter reported to be an ex-convlct on parole, were arrested late yesterday near Reeds port at the conclusion of a thrilling manhunt, which followed the robbery early Sun day morning of the R. O. Thomas store at Blkton. A third fugitive, un identified, escaped. Thomas, who was sleeping In the store, heard the burglars about 3 a. m., but refrained, from starting a bat tle with three to one odds and waited until after the trio departed with their booty before spreading an alarm. Deputy Sheriff J. L. Dodson at Reedsport attempted to stop three men as they fled In an automobile but the driver swerved the car and endeavored to knock the officer down. Dodson opened fire at the fleeing au to, without effect. The car was found GARNER LOAN PLAN TARGET OF MESSAGE (Continued Prom Page One) meant the committee ' Intended to bring out a measure that Mr. Hoover would approve. Speaker Garner had already indi cated he would not press further his attempt to have the relief bill in clude a provision for loans to In dividuals. The chief executive Is adamant against this and he ham mered at the proposal again today In his veto. "This proposal," the president as serted, "violates every sound princi ple of public finance and govern ment. Never before has so danger ous a suggestion been seriously made to our country. Never before has so much power for evil been placed at rhe unlimited discretion of seven In dividuals." -Wagner Preparing Hill On the senate side Senator Wagner D.. N. Y.) was preparing a bill which 1-e felt would be welcomed at the Wh.te House. The New York senator is a co-author of the bill disapproved trdny. Predictions came today from leaders on both sides that congress would quit soon with the outlook that I the presidential veto would be dis- I cussed pro and con many times In the coming campaign. in addition to bis cast iga tlon of the Oarner proposals, Mr. Hoover i outlined his ideas on relief, most of ! them already contained In the bill j he sent back to congress. He suggested: ' Provisions for loans to states up to! 8300,000.000 for the care of distress on the basis of need: A public works program, with a provision that such works shall not be initiated except on certificate of the secretary of the treasury that the of the Yankees. Of the People "What Is meant by the Kailyard school ?" a correspondent asks. Those novelists who describe com tu on life Id Scotland. The phrase comes from an old Jacobite song; "There grows a bonnle brier-bush In our knll-ynrd." selves Into the main prison yard and placed a rope over the wall . and climbed to freedom. Auto Found Near Asotin - An abandoned automobile found near Asotin, about 100 miles north east of here, was believed to have been used by the convicts after they were on the outside. The escapes yesterday brought the total for the year to 12, of which eight have been recaptured. The search for the fugitives shifted a lew minutes later abandoned near ; lunds necessary are available and the Reedsport railway depot. The j can be obtained without nterference robbers were then trailed to a brushy with the current financing operations I hillside back of the town. A blood- ! of the government. 'hound obtained from Eugene led thej A provision for loans, substituted pursuit until late In the afternoon, for the disputed Individual loan see when Harve and Andrews were over- tlon, proving "not only loans for con taken cowering in a thicket. The structlon work of projects of self third fugitive escaped into the brush J liquidating character but also cssen through a hail of bullets, the hound : tial aids to agriculture." being unable to continue the search because of cross trails. Gaining Merit He who sows the ground with care and diligence acquires a greater stock of religious merit than he could gain by the repetition of ten thousand prayers. Znrnaster. Authorization for the Reconstruc tion Finance corporation to Increase its capital by si.80o.000.000 for the purposes suggested. "With the utmost seriousness," Mr. Hoover said, "I urge the congress to enact a relief measure, but I cannot approve the measure before me frfllioht. gc It. It: with nfiealhtlltiee nt I misfeasance and special privileges, so Penney's July Clearance One Hundred SUMMER FROCKS Drastically Repriced $1.49 Figured shantungs of SftrL H3b crepes in beautiful pas- j3ti ' r jff. lP7 tcl colorfnKs- Attractive VviJyby .t'fWA I styles and sizes from 14 I gJf J. C Penney Co. DEPARTS! 1307-1309 Adams Ave. S T OR La Grande, Ore. impraotlcable of administration, so dangerous to public credit and so damaging to our whole conception of government relations to the people as to bring far more distress than it wlil cure." , Autocrat's Contempt Vespasian, the Koiuun emperor, Is said to have made tlie renin rb, "1 will not kill a dog that barks at ine," In expressing tils attitude to ward a group of republican conspirators. Pairs of Peiti Nothing raises the bristles oa sales resistance more than two go getters working together. 'l'oledo Blade. Deliberate Snail A snail fastened to a enrd three years ago In a glass case In a Lon- ; ilon museum, awoke recently tai i started to explore lis surroundings, Uncle Eben "One difficulty," said Uncle Eben, "is dm while conscience speaks wit a still, small voice, temptation uses a megaphone." Washington Stat, Reynard's Menu A fox prefers rabbits to all other food, though It will cat mice, beetles, rats, birds, game, poultry and frogs if rabbits are not avail able. . '.' -Hthisjigli i 1 pressure smokers want rE LIVE in a fast-moving age. We work harder. . . play harder. . . travel quicker. And we smoke more cigarettes. But there's this about it: They have got to he milder today. In this high pressure age, smokers don't like strong cifyircttes. About four miles of warehouses are filled with mild, ripe, Domestic tobac cos, stored away to age for two years to make them mild and mellow for CHESTERFIELD Cigarettes. To make sure that CHESTERFIELD is a milder cigarette, the greater part of 90 million dollars is invested in the to baccos used in CHESTERFIELD. These tobaccos are "Cross-Blended." This"Welding,'Togethcr or' 'Cross Blending" permits every kind of to bacco used in the CHESTERFIELD blend to partake of the best qualities of every other type. It's the same princi ple that Burbank used in crossing dif ferent fruits to make a still better fruit. CHESTERFIELDS are milder. . . never harsh . . . and that's why, in this high-pressure age, more smokers, men and women, are changing to CHESTER-, FIELDS every day. Age it 1 m v ,-fcj vak Vr 1SJ. Itcctrr Mywj Tosacco Co.