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LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY; AUGUST 8, 1932
NUMBER 291 t !
Continue Search For Shorty
NO FURTHER
PROGRESS IN
MURDER CASE
Inquest Held Here Satur
day E. L. Smith's Body
Sent to Yakima, Wash.
TRANSIENTS HELD
IN COUNTY JAIL
Alleged Chum of "Shorty"
'is Prisoner; Questioning
of Man Not So Success
ful, However.
With the coroner's Inquest com
pleted, '.the body of Eldon L. Smith,
Union Pacific railroad detective, sent
to Yakima for burial today, and sev
eral transients held In the county
Jail here as material witnesses, offi
cers were still looking for a transient
known J only as "Shorty," who Is be
fleied to be the man who killed for.
Smith Thursday night near Hilgard.
Ore.
' ; Of ficers 'throughout the state were
-searching for "Shorty," who escaped
-from 'a group of transients near Pen
dleton Friday, later discarding a
blood-stained sweater and a visor. Un
til his apprehension, District Attorney
Carl Helm believes the. case Is just
'about at. a standstill.- -
- . Four of the transients probably will
be detained here for some time, In
cluding one who refused to give his
name . and who Is believed to be a
chum of "Shorty.".. Questioning of
this man was not so 'successful, al
though other transients said he was
seen with "Shorty" frequently. 8ome
of the .transients , held here heard the
shots and were very near the snoot
ing, 'although they could not see very
-well-becaitse -of the darKness. xney
heard two shots from a larger gun,
leading officials to believe that Mr.
Smith's .48 caliber automatic was fired
; at least twice, during the ,otal Dat"
:e. ; ; :,
I ' ' Inquest Not Lengthy
: The coroner's Inquest; held ati the
1
(Continued on Page Four
ASK JOBLESS
TO GATHER AT
TUESDAY MEET
' For .trie purpose of explaining the
. relief. movement ana securing u co
operation of the unemployed of La
-brands. and Union county, the board
of 'directors of the Union County La
bor Exchange has called a meeting of
the'unemployed't6"be held tomorrow
evening at 1: at-the city hall. Un
ion county's Jobless are urged to at
tend the meeting and to co-operate
with the plan which has already fur
nished labor for a great number.
Members of the board of directors
calling the meeting are Hiram T.
Smith, chairman, Harry McKlnlay,
Henry Warmholtz, Angus McAllister
"and Ernest De Long.
Arthur Hodge Wins
ht Ball Sweepstakes
" Arthur Hodge won the sweepstakes
at. the La Orande country ciud yes
terday, carding a net score of 67, Bob
:Dunoan. professional, announced to
day. W. L. Dolan was second with a
net of 68, while Ken Slegrlst placed
third with a 71 net.
.The driving and putting tourna
ment scheduled for yesterday was
-postponed awaiting cooler weather,
918 Auto Licenses
Issued By Sheriff
"Business Is picking up" according
to Sheriff Jesse Breshears, who an
nounced thiB morning that 918 auto
mobile licenses have been Issued here
for the coming-fiscal year. After the
tlrat rush, license Issuance suffered a
svere slump but during the last few
days It has been decidedly better.
.-. The number of licenses Issued for
July 1, 1833 to July 1, 1933, Is decided
ly lower than those Issued during the
same period for lost year, It Is stated.
...
WEATHER FORECAST
'- Oregon: Partly . cloudy to- 4
4 night and Tuesday; normal
temperature; gentle change-
able winds offshore. Q
- WEATHER TODAY
$ 7 a. m. 89 above.
Minimum: 60 above.
Condition: Clear. 4
-
WEATHER YESTERDAY
- Maximum 97, minimum 68
above.
Condition: .Clear, thunder,
lightning. Range 39 degrees.
.
WEATHER AUG. 8, 1931
i ' Maximum 89, minimum 56
above.
Condition: Partly cloudy.
, Range 33 degrees.
!
Libby Reynolds
Surrenders To
Of ficers Today
Will Answer Charge of
Murder Torch Singer
May Not Be Admitted
to Bail.
WENTWORTII, N. C Aug. 8 VP)
l.lbby Holman Reynolds surrendered
to North Carolina officer at g:.10
p. m., today to answer a cliurge of
murder of her husband, Smith Rey
nolds. WINSTON SALEM, N. C, Aug. 8
VP) Benet Pollkoff, attorney for
Llbby Holman Reynolds, said today
Bhe would surrender to North Caro
lina authorities at Wentworth, N. C,
60 miles from here, at 3 p, m. today.
PollUoff said the former torch
singer would Immediately appear be
fore Judge A. M. Stack and seek her
release'on ball. 8he Is under Indict
ment In the fatal shooting of her
young millionaire husband. Smith
Reynolds, here a month ago,
Ab Walker, Indicted Jointly with
Mrs. Reynolds was released Saturday
under 126,000 bond. .
Pollkoff Is one of two Winston
Salem attorneys retained by Alfred
Holman, father of Mrs. Reynolds, to
. (Continued on Pag FourV
Oesterling And '
Miss McAllister
Win Net Titles
By defeating theii opponents In
the final matches In the city tennis
tournament, Robert Oesterling and
Margaret McAllister were yesterday
named as the La Grande tennis
champions. OesterHng defeated Dolph
Slegrlst 6-1, 0-1, and Miss McAllis
ter defeated Mary Frees, youthful
racquet wlelder, after three hard
fought tuts In which the scores were
0-4, 4-6 and 6-2.
George Anderson and R. Oester
ling defeated Slegrlst and Ben Oes
terling, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, to win (he
men's, doubles, while, In the mixed
doubles R, Oesterling and Bea Mc
Klnney defeated Everett. (Bynids.
and Margaret McAllister 6-3, 7-lj.
With the exception of a few pro
posed Intensity matches, the tourna
ment season for the summer Is over,
Blnce the Eastern Oregon tournament
has been abandoned.
Dempsey Stops
Here En Route
To Portland, Ore.
Jack Dempsey came to La Grande
late Sunday and left this morning
before he was seen by any except
the early risers, however, it was not
as Jack Dempsey, the former heavy
weight champion of the world, that
he was known In this city but as
Frank Jones, civilian, of Ogden, Utah.
Dempsey was accompanied by his
manager and Jerry the Greek, fighter,
both of whom also gave assumed
names, and they are travelling from
Utah to Portland where the most
popular of all former champions is
slated to swing into action attempt
ing a comeback, Friday evening, Aug.
12. :
While here he was registered at
the Sommer hotel at Depot and
Washington streets, and residents of
the establishment who were playing
cards In the lobby stated this morn
ing that, although Dempsey and his
companions went directly to their
rooms rapidly with downcast eyes,
they were able to recognize the for
mer champion.
Word from fight fans in Portland
(Continued on Page Four)
Harvey Swart Dies
In Spokane, Wash.
Harvey Swart, about 27, a former
La Grander and the son of the late
Harry Swart, one time dispatcher for
the railroad here, died Saturday
night at Spokane, and his body will
arrive here Tuesday morning for
burial. Funeral services will be held
at the Catholic church at 10 a. m.
tomororw, with 8nodgrass and ( Zim
merman In charge. "
Mi. Swart, who was a brother of
Walter Swart of this city, was ill
for about two weeks before his death.
He Is survived also by his mother,
of Spokane, and the following broth
ers and sisters, Roy. of Lostlne; Wil
liam, of Spokane; Mrs. H. R. Mere
dith, of Klamath Falls; Mrs. Frank
Woods, Gertrude and Ruth, all of
Spokane.
La Grande Radio
Program Aug. 11
La Orande will be featured by the
"Cacjlllac Scerllc Tours" program,
sponsored by the Clark Cadillac com-
nontf nf Orppnn and Washington.
over station KOIN. Portland, at 8
o'clock Thursdsy evening. Aug. 11,
according to word received here to
day by H. C. Boone, secretary of
the La Orande Chamber of Com
merce. The program will be largely de
scriptive of the scenic attractions In
this vicinity, It Is believed.
ROY CHAPIN
Itoy D. Chap In, above, soon Is to
become a new member of Presi
dent Hoover's cabinet. When (Sec
retary of Commerce Robert 1.
Lamont, or Illinois, resigned to
look after his own business af
fairs, Cliaptn, a Detroit business
man and automobile company
executive, was Immediately ap
pointed. 34 VISIT BOYS
CAMP AT RESORT
Watei1 Carnival , Feature
of Sunday Afternoon
At Wallowa Lake. J
Thirty-four parents took advant
age of visitors day at the Boys'- camp
at Wallowa Lake yesterday and spent
the day attending the events spon
sored by the .boys who are. enjoying
a two weeks outing there, T Rev, W.
H, , Hertzog, i pastor, of the First
Methodist church of La Grande,; pre.-,
stded- t-the sacred ,serios. -a t.l-X
o'clock in the -morning,, after -which
the boys and their visitors enjoyed
a Joint lunch.
A water carnival was the event, of
the afternoon.
The boys left this morning for a
two-day trip to Mirror lake at the
foot of Eiigle Cap.
Among the visitors were Dr. and
Mrs. R. F. Murphy,, Mr. and Mrs.
David Meldrum, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram
T. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Frees,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray A. ' Cooke, Mrs.
Frank Rechlln, Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
NelBon, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Fitzger-
(Continued on Page Four)
Mrs. Alma Rohrig
Dies at Tacoma
By Mrs. L. Z. Terralt
(Observer Correspondent)
UNION, Ore., Aug. 8 (Special)
Mrs. Alma Rohrig, who died Friday
night in. Tacoma, will be burled In
the Union cemetery Tuesday after
noon following funeral services at the
Methodist church at Union, commenc
ing at 2:30 o'clock. The Order of
Eastern Star will conduct the funeral.
Mrs. Rohrig was a pioneer resident
of Union. Her husband; R. H. Roh
rig. died about three years ago.
A son, Frank Chase, arrived last
night from Oakland, Cal. Another
son, H. F. Rohrig, his wife and daugh
ter, Wythel, arrived last night from
Tacoma. -
Mrs. Roh rig's death was not un
expected. . .
STUDENT PILOT KILLED
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 8
(P) William E. Klrsch, 20, a student
pilot, died In a hospital here early
today of injuries he received yester
day In the crash of a plane piloted
by E. O. Excell, of Provo, Utah. Excell
escaped with minor Injuries.
U.S. Divers Make Sweep
. j
Search For Suspected Slayer Of
San Francisco School Girl, 14
8 AN FRANCISCO, . Aug. 8 W)
Search for the suspected slayer of
Dlna Slderes, 14-year-old school girl,
whose battered body was found on a
vacant lot here yesterday, hours af
ter she had ridden away from home
on her blue-wheeled bicycle, was ex
tended over the. state by authorities
today.
Chief of Police William J. Qulnn,
who took personal charge of the
search, announced descriptions of
John Santts, ft, employe of a lubri
cating company, had been broadcast,
with requests for his arrest.
The girl's body was found partially
covered with sacks. Physicians said
she had been suffocated or strangled
and then beaten with an Iron pipe
or hammer. .
Mrs. Lola Slderes, widowed mother
of the girl, said her daughter left
home on her bicycle late Saturday
FOREST FIRE
REPORTED IN
BAKER AREA
Blaze in Whitman Nation
al Forest in Anthony
Creek District.
HOT WAVE SHOWS
NO LET-UP HERE
Sunday's M alx i m u m 97.
Above in La (irande
Fires Burning in West
ern Oregon.
With temperatures still soaring over
the state today, the forest (Ire situa
tion was growing worse. Several big
fires developed In Western Oregon
over the weekend and reports re
ceived here said fire was burning over
about a 100-acre tract In the Whit
man national forest In Baker coun
ty. This fire Is on Anthouy. creek,
near North- Powder. No fires, of any
consequence have occurred in Un
ion county this season, although the
fire hazard Is growing worse.
(Continued on Page Four)
Camp Fire Girls
End Cove Outing
Saturday, Aug. 6
The La Orande Camp Fire camp,
held' at the Ascension grounds-of the
Episcopal church at Oove came to an
Impressive close on Saturday with a
roundup and council fire, at 7:30 In
the evening. Assisting with the cook
ing on Saturday, the final day, were
Mrs. Frederick Oehrlng, Mrs. L. L.
Burnett, Mrs. Florence .Smith,- Mrs.
Minnie Hodgln and Mrs. Fred Hen
nlng, : while Mrs. Oehrlng'B troop and
the Normal 'school group formed the
kitchen police. . -., ,, ,
"JJlje; council Ire opened tyhen tile'
girie were nnea.m irom 01 meir cot
tages, those In ceremonial -' gowns
heading the procession and followed
by others la middles and skirts and
middles and gymnasium bloomers.
MIsb Madeline Larson, at the, un-
llghted council fire gave "Wohelo,:; to
which the glrla responded with the
chant. A big circle was formed around
tbe fire and the fire lighting cere
mony followed with three camp craft.
girls, Winifred Scott, Adelaide zwei
fel and Jane Williams, -representing
work, health and Jove, officiating.
The Camp Fire -girls responded to
roll call with their Indian names af
ter which they sang "Burn, Fire,
(Continued on Page Four)
SWIM WEEK IS
SCHEDULED TO
OPEN AUG. 14
' Nephl Combs and Elmo Stevenson
gave a Bed Cross exhibition at to
day's . Lions club luncheon at the
Sacajawea Inn, In announcing the
coming swim week to begin Sunday,
Aug. -14, at Crystal plunge. It will
be sponsored Jointly by the Red Cross
and the Lions.
Hiram Smith gave an Interesting
talk,' explaining the Union County
Labor exchange plan. - .
Principal Gralapp
Returns to City
Completing arrangements for the
opening of school In the fall, will be
the major activity of Arnold L. Gra
lapp, principal of the La . Orande
High school, for the remainder of the
summer. Mr. Oralapp returned yes
terday from Berkeley, Cal., where he
spent the past six weeks working
toward his master of arts degree.
afternoon. .The body was discovered
yesterday morning by a women who
was out exercising her two Oerman
shepherd dogs. .
It was the mother who brought
Santis' name Into the Investigation.
She said she went to the lubricat
ing company shop, near her home, In
search of her daughter after the girl
had failed to return from her ride.
Santis, who had living quarters In
the shop, denied her daughter was
there, Mrs. Slderes told police. He
told her, she added, he had fixed the
child's bicycle and she went home.
PLENTY HOT IN PENDLETON
PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 8 This
district experienced two of the hot
test days of the year Saturday and
Sunday when the temperature rose to
104 degrees each day,
U; S. SPRINT
STARS SCORE
RELAY SWEEP
Century and Quarter-Mile
iuinners unaiK up record-Breaking
Firsts.
-i
MARATHON IS WON
BY JUAN ZABALA
Americans Win Track and
Field Events of Olympic
; (James With 218 Points;
Finns Count 72.
- i By Alan Gould ' '
(Associated Press Sports Editor)
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 JP To the
swarthy black-haired son of the Ar
gentine, Juan Carlos Zabala, winner
of the claeslo Olympic marathon with
a record-breaking performance, and
to tbe sweeping triumphs of Amer
ica's fast-stepping, high-flying boys
and girls, go the chief honors of the
Olymplo track and field champion
ships today.
While the forces of the United
States were crowning their team triumph-yesterday
with amazing flashes
of relay speed, adding four new world
records to the dizzy whirl In the
Olymplo stadium, Zabala waa plod
ding the city streets, wearing down
his . rivals with machine-like strides
that carried him. strongly to the
finish In the new Olymplo record
time of a hours 31 minutes 38 aeo
onds for the route of as miles, 388
ysrda. :
. , Sensational Victory
The sensational victory of the, 30
yearrold Argentine, whose swift pace
broke the hearts of - a half-dozen
favorites , carrying - him home 300
yards . ahead of Sanil Ferris, British
veteran.' -with a Flnlander, . another
Briton,' two. Japanese and an Ameri
can next at the line of finish) capped
the olunax of eight daya of -athletic
competition unparalleled1. In world
history, , .....
There, la many an Olymplo battle
still . to be fought along a rapldly
wldenlng front, with California's crew
engaged In the defense -of .American
(Continued From Page Four)
PEAR CROP IN
ROGUE VALLEY
IS DAMAGED
MEDPORD. Aug. SOT Damage
to the Bartlett' pear crops of the
Rogue River valley, estimated at
from eight to 30 per cent was caused
late Saturday when a sudden wind
and sand storm broke over the valley,
stripping fruit from the trees. The
wind .reached a velocity of 84 miles
an hour.-- ' '
Orchardlats spent Sunday gather
ing up fruit from beneath their trees.
The highest' estimates of losses were
from the southwest part of ths valley
where It was said about a third of
the crop was damaged. About 600
lug boxes of pears were' picked up
from one ten-acre -tract of the fed
eral experiment station, with dam
age estimated at eight per cent. -
George Alford, orchardlst In the
southeast section of the valley, pick
ed up 390 D'AnJous from under one
tree, and las pears from under a
Bartlett tree.
KOTARJANS IN CONVENTION
8ALEM, Aug. 8 VP) About 130
presidents and secretaries of Rotary
clubs In the northwest, known as
district 1, were In attendance at the
district assembly here today, the ses
sion, mostly Instructive, Is being held
In the house of representatives and
presided over by William Mcailchrlet
Jr., Salem,, district governor.
Virtually all of the 71 clubs In the
district are represented by one or two
of Its chief officials, registration books
show.
FOIIK8T KlltKS IN IDAHO
SANDPOINT, Ida., Aug. 8 VP) A
portable sawmill was destroyed and
hundreds of cords of wood burned by
a 300-acre forest fire on Baldy moun
tain, four miles west of here last
night and today. The blaze was con
trolled. Galitzen Wins
Olympic Games
Championship
OLYMPIC SWIMMING STADIUM,
Los Angeles, Aug. 8 W) Mickey Riley
Oalttzen, who placed third In the
1938 games for United States, today
won the spring board diving cham
pionship of the tenth Olympiad.
The United States took the first
three places as H&rold Smith, Mickey's
team mate from the Los Angeles A
C, finished second, and Richard De-
gener, from the University of Mlchl
gan, was third.
Oallteen, a former national cham
pion scored 101.38 points almost three
more than Brrdth, who had 168.64.
Degeners' total was 161.83.
Both Degner and Oallteen col
lected 18.48 point on their final
. (Continued on Page Four)
Wheat Stocks, Cotton
FINISH OP 5000
s. - ,t'M - .
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- For tlie.flnt time In the Xth Olymplo run a victorious athlete -f
was greeted with boo liwtaiil of oheen by the thoueaiuu of pec
lators who dally hure wltneMed, the .trick and field contest. , ,
, - Lanrl Lehtatnen, Finnish distance champion,, drew a tremendous
chorus of boos a he crossed the finish line In the 6000 meter run. '
1 - Lehtalnen fouled Ralph Mil, (lmath Falls, on . the two raced down :
the straightaway almost neck" and neck. However, Chief Judge . ,
, Iloltz decided that Lentalnen did not willfully Interfere with 1IUI
- and' adjudged taint', the winner of the race,, second place going U
. Hill, Photo shows the close finish of the gruelling contest, : Both '
.... ..- men share alike In the new' 6000-meter record, ?.'?.'
BOLIVIAN PLANE
Paraguayans Capture Two
Aviatore inures rut
Peace Are Setback.
ASUNCION; Paraguay, Aug. 8 VP)
Report rrom the (Iran Chaco front
today said Uovlan troops had re
occupled the Paraguayan fort Carlos
Antonio Lopez, about 100-mllea west
of where the Apa river empties Into
the Paraguay. Tills fort was first
taken by the Bolivians on Jnne 18
and Was recaptured a month later by
the Paraguayans.
ASUNCION, Paraguay, Aug. 8 VP)
Prospects for- peaoa In the duipute
between Paraguay and Bolivia over
the Gran Chaco appeared more re
mote today following the shooting
down of a Bolivian airplane over the
Paraguayan lines on the frontier.
The plane waa shot down as is re-
connoltorcd the Paraguayan forts, 30
miles east of Fort Chanar, In the
middle of the swamps of Bsterno Pat-
ino. The two Bolivian aviators were
captured.
As a result of the incident, ine
Associated Press was Informed, Para
guay was preparing to send a new
note to the neutral central ana soutn
American nations, and to the United
States. -
Military leaders rushed preparations
for possible further clashes and ther0
were reports both nations were in
creasing their forces In the cnaco.
General Ayala, chief of staff of
the army, resigned and was replaced
provisionally by Major Arturo Bray.
TAKER 1200 PKIHONKItfl
RIO IJB JANEIRO, Aug. 8 VP) .
General Waldomira Lima, command
ing federal troops against tho rebels
of Sao Paulo, reported today by radio
that he had taken 1300 prisoners who
(Continued on Page Pour;
AGED BANKER
BEATEN, LEFT
IN WEED PATCH
' 8PRINOPIELD, III., Aug. 8 VP)
Near death from, loss of blood and
exposure, tils' body bruised and lac
erated, John B. Colegrove, aged presi
dent of a defunct Taylorvllle, 111.,
bank, lay In a hospital here today
and related how he had been attacked
In- bis home, kidnaped, bound and
gagged, and then, after being carted
miles In an auto, tossed In the weed
patch where he was left to die.
Colegrove, under penitentiary sen
tence resulting from his bank's fail
ure, remained In the wsed patch
from late Friday night until early
Sunday when he managed to loosen
the ropes with which he waa bound
and made his way Into Springfield
to the home of a friend.
Meanwhile Christian county offi
cials, where the kidnaping took place,
were questioning two suspects, one
of them James Oammaltonl,, a de
positor In colegrove's bank who lost
0000 when It closed,
- METER ACE
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fT
Home Loan Bank
Board Will Hold
Meeting Tuesday
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 VP) The
two-day old home loan bank board
already is shaping - the ' machinery
necessary to get flnanolal aid to home
owners; -- ... .;
Preliminary conferences among
those of the five board members now
in the capital continued today with
Franklin W. ' Fort, New Jersey Re
publican, - chairman, ' planning the
first . -. formal . ;meeting - tomorrow.
Meanwhile, he talked with Nathan
Adams, Dallas Democrat arid -prom
inent banker In the southwest, and
Dr. John Orles, Rosewood, Ohio, Re
publican, economist, about the prob
lem of picking sites for the eight to
twelve banks they will establish.
(Continued from Page all)
24 Stocks That
Cost $96 June 7
Now Worth $169
By Victor Eubank
(Associated Press Flnanolal- Writer)
KBW YORK, Aug. fl W) A pronv
lnent banker a student of charts,
trends and Indices has captured
the depression, photographed and
framed It, and hung It on the walls
of his office as an "historical lesson
In the depreciation of values." -
Oh June 7 the banker sat at his
desk and watched stock prices dribble
from the ticker. To his analytical
mind, It looked aa though they were
scraping bottom. The Idea for an
experiment occurred to him. He
called In his secretary.
''Go out and buy me one share of
stock In each of 34 corporations
whose Ibsuob are listed on the New
York stock exchange and are quoted
under $10 a share," he directed.
"Don't try to select these shares on
the basis of earnings, book values or
current assets. Just pick out the
ones that have been most active In
the past two or three years."
The secretary had no trouble In
picking up the two dozen shares,
And the total expense waa exactly
(Continued on Page Six)
White-Collar Man
To Receive Help
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 8 W The
"white-collared" man Is coming In
for help.
Borne 50,000 of them have been or
gonleed under a vast creative' self-
help plan In which barter money Is
to replace United States currency as
a medium of exchange.
Becking to aid these unemployed
who have not yet asked for direct re
lief and who are trying to avoid char'
Ity If possible, Dr. Oeorge Mecklen
burg, pastor of the Wesley Methodist
Episcopal church here, has launched
an enterprise known as the organized
unemployed, to be operated and di
rected by the idle themselves for
ther own benefit.
WHEAT PPIPE
i muni t itiuii v
CONTINUES TO;
GAIN TODAY
Jump Worth $25,000' to
Wheat . Growers of-,
Grande Ronde Valley L
COTTON SOARS $5 '
IJN MEW ORLEANS
Stock Market Surges Vif
lently Higher, -Retaining
Half of Gains; Clos-:
ing Tone Steady. v
Wheat In the Orande Ronde vsA
ley, worth approximately 8360,000
Saturday due to a Jump in price, waa
even more valuable today. Looo
wheat prices are based on the Port-,
land cash price, which was 5114 Sat-'
urday and M cents today, a gain e
two and a half, cento, representing
approximately aas.ooo more to Union
county grain growers. -W1
On the futures market Portland
prices quoted September . at 88 and
December at 80, In Chicago futures,
September was 65 066 and Decem
ber at S9MH oents.,,: .. i , : . wV
Buyers of wheat In Chicago found
Incentive In pronounced strength of
the cotton market and" . securities.
Supplies of wheat afloat "were re
duced, to less than, one month's need
for Europe, whereas the TJnltext
States visible supply Increase for to
week was less than 1,000,000 bushes,
against more than 8,000,000 bushel
Increase a year ago; .- . . -'--.liv..-.
cotton up H :-'!,r!jl?'
NEW ORLEANS, AUK. MV-OottOB
prices on the local exchange soared
fully 85 a bale over Saturday's cle,
today when the government' report
Indicating a yield of 11,808,000 bales
(Continued on Page Four) ; i
Ginseng GroweK8 -
' BLUE RIDGE, Qa., Aug.' 8 Wl ' '
Guards, armed with the rifle their
fathers once used to stand off "rev- .
enooersi" ' guard today the isolated
ginseng farms scattered through tba- ;
backlanda of, the Georgia and Caro
lina mountains. , -,
They are making sure, these daya.
that no interlopers molest their
precious root crop for which export- ;
era are paying 87 a pound and ss high
as 8600 a bushel for the seed. ', ,' -
For ginseng, called colloquially
sang," is under cultivation, for tba '
first time, and Its growers are taking
no chances oi losing their monopoly on
the product. The Chinese, who fur
nish a steady (market for the herb, ,
consider It of ;th highest medicinal
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Two Questioned n-.
Murder Mystery
NATCHEZ, KIM., Aug. 8 W Rich- V
ard H. Dana and his aged housekeep- -er,
Octavla Doc leery, eccentric- neigh
bora of tbe slain Jane Surget Mer- , '
rill, 68-year-old recluse, were brought ,
Into the center of the Investigation
of the Strang killing today by a
tentative - report -of- fingerprint -ex- .
perts. ..'-..' ' ' '
Sheriff Roberts said he had been
Informed that fingerprint bearing
"marked resemblance" to those of
Dana had been found on article la
the Merrill home.
The shsrlff planned to question
Dana and his housekeeper again to-
day. They have Insisted they knew
nothing of the killing. Sheriff Rob- .
erts said 111 feelings existed between 1
Miss Merrill and Miss Dockery. , ' '
Wheat Today
OKIOAOO, Aug. 8 VP) Sweeping
upward with the largest general
speculative demand witnessed - In
months, wheat mode substantial prtc
gains today, especially late.
Buyers of wheat found Incentive In
pronounced strength of the -cotton
market and securities. Supplies of
wheat afloat were reduced to less than
one month's needs for Europe, where
as the United States visible supply In
crease for the week was leas than
1,000,000 bushels against more than
8,000,000 bushels Increase a year ago.
HITTER AND EOGS HOAR
CHICAGO, Aug. 8 VP) Butter and
egg futures again soared on the Chi
cago mercantile exchange today.
Prices for the third consecutive trad
ing session shot to new highs for th
year. November butter reached 31
cents, August 21 cents, and October
eggs 19!4. Closing prices of butter
were up cent and egg wen
up '4 cent.
Total sales were butter 3,48,000
pounds; eggs 4,300,000 doeen, a block
of 08 cars of eggs changed hand In
one sale, the largest single block In
recent years. This represented a total
of 700,000 dozen with a value of
8100,000. : .