La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 03, 1932, City Edition, Image 8

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Newspaper Page TextWednesday, August 3, 1932" : Page Eight LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, OREL " 1111 11 ' mi SOCIETY NOTES Miu Bcm Duke, Society Editor Telephote ftUla 600 Until 9:30 . m. Birthday Party Given Tuesday ; Afternoon In Honor of the Fifth " Anniversary of Darcia Lee Skiff Honoring her daughter, Darcia Ixo, on her fifth birthday aiuilventary, Mrs. Nolan Skiff entertained 14 of her daughter's little frlenda yesterday afternoon. Mro. Skfff was oBHlsted by her mother, Mrs. Harry Sandoz, and by Mra. Everett Keown and Mrs. Roy Cameron. Features of tho dellghtrul afternoon were games and a peanut hunt. Fol lowing these the small guests found their places at a long table, decorated with streamers which radiated from balloons overhead to favors at each place. A large birthday cake, with lighted candles, woo the centerpiece. The honor Kuet was prefcented with many lovely gift. Those who enjoyed the afternoon were Murcia Miller, Dickie Bettlg, Barbara K. urray. Hazel and Chris tina Hurley, Patty, Jerry and Junior Keown, Bobble and Malcolm Cam eron, James Klein, Dale Anderson, David Mortlmore and the honoree, Darcia Lee Skiff. Mrs. Hiatt Visits N. 0. W. Lodge Here Tho Neighbors of Woodcraft con vened hurt night at the Z. O. O. P. temple for a regular business meet ing. There u no social program following the business session. Mra. Hlatt, of the Service Circle lodge, in Portland, was a visiting member. The lodge will have Its next meeting two weeks from last night. x social calendar; Wednesday, Aug. 3 8t. Peter's Oulld will meet at Hon&n hall. 2:00 Perkdale club to meet at the park. A potluck luncheon wlU be served at the close of the afternoon. ' 3:00 The Baptist Women's so ciety to meet with Mrs. 8. E. " Starr. '.. 3:30 Missionary society of the Christian church will meet at the home of Mrs. .Joe Snod grata on Birch street.- Mrs. William Bnod grass and Mrs. Henry Wlnburo will be hostesses. , , 8:00 Crystal meeting. ' Friday, Aug. 6 : 4 :00 Lawn festival by Methodist Episcopal church Ladles .Aid on church lawn. To be heldduring the evening. i Rebekah ' lodge - i Eggs Up a Cent; Peaches Are In Better Supply PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 3 OP) as generally, anticipated, eggs moved up a cent on extras and standards on the exchange here for today's trad ing. , Extras were quoted at 10 cents and standards at 18 cents while mediums war unehanrad at 17 cents. XJshter ... Clasalficatloa of Souls (receipts and a general tightening of ' Art thou happy - or onbappy T , the market brought on the advance. What wilt thou, what seekeat llioa Due to heavy holdings at Petal urns. In life? Accordlne to these rales I total egg .storage for the coast Is botanlie among human souls and classify them. Itlcliter. . The Sense of Honor . Do not consider' what you may do, but what It will become you to have done, and let . the sense of honor subdue your mind. Claudl snus. ' er the Cigarette that VI VV-'vi' 1 V.,W,?t ; S-X v5 I . y,..rt - T.V ' v var J B M k ,v( IT, IB, astes uuettev : All that's ever been said about ciga rettes couldn't mean more . . . Here's the greater' mildness of pure, sun-ripened, milder tobaccos Domestic and Turkish cured right and aged right. Then Chesterfield blends and CROSS -BLENDS these finer better tasting tobaccos . till no cigarette could be milder or TASTE BETTER than a Chesterfield. about 20.000 cases over last year as of July 30 but slightly less than Ine previous week. Portland holdings also were somewhat larger. Butter and cheese markets appeared virtually unchanged for the day fol lowing the advance of lc on top score butter Monday. . Corn Is a little more plentiful In the wholesale trade and today was slightly lower at 11.36. Quality of some Is very good but there continues to be a considerable amount of poor grade stuff. Fresh dill Is now offered at a dime a pound. First offerings are about sufficient to meet the demand. Peaches are in better supply. Cali fornia Elbertas were bringing 65 to 85 cents and Hales SI. 15 to 11.25. There was little change on tne street In poultry with most lines only In moderate call. Light broilers were somewhat scarce but others plentiful. Prices for the day were unchanged. . Blackberries down a little at 70c. Raspberries are about done and scarce at 11.36. Cants down 15 cents. Supplies good from Yakima and The Dalles. Mer chant would do well to encourage sales for the quality la unexcelled. Country killed meats rule about steady, . Violent Advance In Wall Street Closing Buoyant , NEW YORK, Aug.- 3 VF Bears I who had been playing for a reaction I In the stock market were trapped m the meet violent advance of the year today.- Prices of many leaders shot .up -2 to about 7 points, and the clos ing tone was buoyant. Transiers were close to 2.500.000 shares. The sell-off of the previous session completely petered out In the first . half hour, today, but some snort seu llng in expectation of a Blzeable re covery continued until after midday, when bears nervously began to cover. .! and found the market devoid of near ,'by offerings In the leaders. The pan icky effort to cover sent prices winn ing. Sympathetic advances appeared In wheat and In the bond market. LA GRANDE J '.BETAIL MARKETS. Sugar', 100-lb. sack - Vegetables ' Parsley, bunch the Cigarette thafs Cabbage, lb. New wax onions, lb. .. . .- Turnips, 3 bunches Carrots, 3 bunches . .'. Potatoes. 15 lbs Potatoes, sack Onions, lb Tomatoes, 6 lbs - Eggplant, lb, . Beets, 3 bunches - Lettuce, Imperial Oarllc, lb, : Beans, 3 .lbs Re as, 3' lbs. i. ,.. . Celery, bunch . . . . Cauliflower, Cucumbers, lb. .. 1 85.18 -. 60 3c 3c 100 10c 25c 81.25 2c 25c 15c 10c 6010c 35d 5c 5c 10c 12c . 15c Fruit peaches, basket .. Cantaloupes, 4 for Bananas, ib. .....;: Apples, box ;.. ,,, Lemons, doz. Oranges, doz. Dry prunes, 30 to 40 size, 4 lbs. Apricots, 15 lbs. .: Cherries, 3 lbs. . ... Raspberries, .3 boxes Loganberries, 4 boxes ........ Currants, 3 boxes Black caps, 3 boxes - Oreen apples, lb. . . : Watermelons, lb. 25c 19o 8C ..60c 83 . ii i i r i IS k OT TIME TO BUY BLANKETS' pea IH -VA -101 o-l- ALL VIRGIN WOOL in range of beautiful block plaid patterns A fine fluffy double blanket, oversize (72x84) d? ETA PUtUU PART iirrvflT A S,eat va,ue' flout,le 72x84, satine bound, tYULMj vveighs over five pounds, (Jrt A A wanted color plaids. Each tUtHLHk AMERICAN COITON size 70x80. You save now at this price .. A four pound wool finish plaid blanket, A( tPX..4 ALL VIRGIN WOOL greatest blanket value obtainable at this price ..... A double 70x80 plaid blanket, satine bound. The fl A AO P A 1?T WnriT A foul" Pun(l blanket, 66x80 size, satine l-f-Iwl WUVlJ bound, featured for blanket n( week at tpi.Ot7 ATT WfiifiT Single blankets in pastel colorings, satine IMjLi TT UULi bound, size 66x80, also part wool Jn A Q pattern blankei-s at this price.... )LilU PAPT WnflT Single blankets in a beautiful range of I W W.L Indian and novelty patterns, A A large 66x80 size. A real value P JLerlr PART WOOT Sin'e blankets, plaids and plain colors, I -filvl liUUL satine bound, generous size QQ (72x80). A saving for you...- 70L ALL C0T10N Sheet blankets in block plaids and beau tiful colors, a fine soft blanket, A n 70x80 size. Priced each 4t I C ALL COITON Imagine a fine 70x80 double cotton blanket in plaids that sold last QQ year at f 1.49. Now ...: UOL La Grande, Oregon " PORTLAND LIVESTOCK Honeydew-' melons . 25o 250 25c 25c 25c 6c 2Wc 25c Dairy Butter, "creamery, lb. '. Cheese, lb.- Honey, comb Cottage cheese, lb. 26c ..16 26o 200 20c Eggs Fresh extras, doz. ..... J Mediums, doz. Mixed,' doz. '. - - lour Hard Pederatton, 48 lbs. . - Per barrel Soft wheat, bbl. , , 23o 18c 15c 1.25 4.75 4.00 Beef boll. lb. Pot roast, lb. Chops and steaks, lb. Hamburger, lb. . Ham, lb, . 80 -iatt-i6o i6eaoo 150 170 Salmon, lb. (fresh) .. Halibut, lb. (fresh) Light hens. Spring, lb. Poultry Eagles Playing Old-Timers At L.ILS. Today The Eagles and Old-limers base ball teams will meet at 6:30 o'clock today at the High school field In a return game. The Eagles won last Sunday 22 to 12. Due to an ' error, the heeding In yesterday's Observer said the game would be played - Thursday evening, although the story carried the correct date.. Tho Eagles have played 21 games so far thlB season . winning 10 and losing .11 for a percentage of .476. Evans, Posey- and H. Cochran have been-the mainstays', of the team throughout the year In both offensive and defensive work. The former two $4.00 85.00; lightweights 100-lBu lbs. good and choice 84.75 a 85.00, ltju-vo lbs. good and choice 84.75 85.00, 180-200 lbs. good and choice 84.75 85.00; medium weight 200-220 lbs. good and choice 84.003 85.00, 220-251, lbs. good and choice 83.85 84.75; heavyweights 250-290 lbs. good and choice 83.75 ffi- 84.65, 290-350 lbs. good and choice 83.75 s 84 .65: packing sows 276-500 lbs. medium and good 53.00m 83.75. Feeders-stockers 70-130 lbs. good and choice S3.50 84.00. Sheep and lambs 500; quotably steady. Lambs 90 lbs. down, good ond choice 64.00i 84.25. medium 83.25 ill 84.00, oil weight, common 82.50er 83.25: yearling wethers 00-110 lta. medium to choice 81.25 82.75. Ewes 120 lbs. medium to choice 81.UO w 81.50. 120-150 lbs. medium to choice, PORTLAND. Aug. 3 () Cattle 35, calves 10; quotably steady. Steers 600 900 lbs. medium 84 .50s 80.00. Com mon 82.50i984.50: 900-1100 lbs. me dium 84.50f 86.00. common 82.50 (. 84.50; 1100-1300 lbs. medium 84.26 85.75: heifers 558-850 lbs. medium 83.50(a 85.00, common 82.25 83.50. Cows, common and medium 82.00 83.50, low cutter and cutter 81.00 ft 82.00. Bulls (yearlings excluded) good and choice (beef) 82.75 T 83.25. cutter, common and medium 81.75 e 82.75. Vealers. milk fed, good and choice-84.50(3 $5.00, medium 83.50 ff 84.50. cull and common $2.0083.50. Calves 250-500 lte. good and choice 83.50 84.60, common and medium 82.00. 83.50. ' Hogs. 300; steady. Light lights 140 to 160 pounds good and choice 1 75c is 81.25, all mon 50 75c. weights, cull to com- PORTLAN1) I'KOUUCE PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 3 VP) Eggs Pacific poultry producers' sell ing prices: fresh extras 19c; standard 18c; mediums 17c. Butter, butterfat, live poultry and country meats unchanged. . Mohair, nuts, cascara bark,- hops, onions, potatoes, new potatoes, straw berries, wool and hay quotations un changed. ... SUGAR AND FLOUR players have made a real race all season for hitting honors, Evans lead ing Posey by a. margin of but .013 45c per cent as shown In the tabulation ,10Q60o below..' Harold Cochran has proven 26c the surest hlttor In the pinches of 39c ths three leaders.- ,- Batting averages:-..' AB Wicklander, rf ,. 17 Evans, 3 79 Posey, .2 .... i 79 Nelson, If , ........14 Courtney,' p. ......... 45 Fans. If . 6 Nichols, c ......,...'.:..... ..53 H. Cochran, cf 69 Hall, If .; .43 Braden, 'lb 58 Hartman, s '.:........,- 24 Parker. If ; 36 Case, p 11 3 Pet. .411 .405 .392 354 .333 .333 .320 .318 .302 .258 .250 .222 .272 CIIU'AOO LIVESTOCK CHICAQO, Aug. 3 P) (U. S. D. A.) Hogs 18.900; Bteody; 180-220 lbs. 84.8585.00; sows $3.35flf $3.76. Cattle 6.000; fed. steers and' yearl ings steady to strong-. 1015c higher; light heifers and yearlings strong to 25c up: Blockers and feeders active; early top medium weight steere $9.50; cows uneven, steady: vealers 86.00 87.00. - Sheep 14.000; not fully established: few sales unevenly weak to 25 cents lower: good natives averaging 62-69 lbs. 86.75 66.00; native throwouts $3.30tt$4.00; fat ewes 81-500 82.25. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 3 V Sugar Cane, granulated $4.46 100 lbs.; beet sugar $4.20 100 lbs. Domestic flour Selling price de livered: patent 49s 85.60; do 98s 85.30; bakere' bluestem 84.10; soft wheat pastry patent 83.40c? $5.20; Montana hard wheat patent 86.00 $6.20; ry 84.60 $4.60. BUTTERFAT SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3 W Butterfat f. o. b. San Francisco 22c.' Old European City Syracuse, the little Island and mainland city of Sicily, was forme by Corlntlilnn adventurers In 734 B. a It has a population of 60.000, the ruins of castles, the old Greek theater, ' ancient alturs and $ surrounding countryside of great benuty. 20C OMAHA MIKM' lec OMAHA, Aug. 3 ( (U. S. U. A.) sneep 11,000: iambs 25c lower; range iambs $5.25 ' fi 85.75: . native and fed wooled lambs 85.75; ewes 26c 1 down from 81 75. AGAIN! Another Large Shipment of Steelhead Salmon Fresh From the Ocean Qrt Excellent for Half 01 Whole Fish Lb. Canning Mohr's Market Next to Sacajawea Hotel Phone M899 "' t MARKET NEWS OF THE DAY Liberty Thursday - Friday Liberty '.,''', r CHICAGO WHEAT - . . . Open Hlrh Low Close Sept. (old) A9H .51 . , A - . .50i54 (new) Ai .SOU Dec. it4.2 .!M4 JiltJ J13'i,e.lM May .Me-Mtfc -Vti, . .56 . ' JISHVH PORTLAND WHEAT Open Hl(b Low Close Sept. .v. .50 Jo ' . M -' JM4 He. - K " -. .511. ' '. . .53-S . ' CUiCAOO CORN Opea Hih Low rinse fcepi. 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