Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1932)
f Pw Eight ay. , , EX GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER; XX GRANDE, ORE, --i Friday, Octofer 7, 1932 38 .'13 4 7 7t; I ; ?5 . hi '19 ui VI IB si 'I IB I 111 A rye Wi di m i ol al In ct "i te or dt Storage Butter Movement Fartinr ! In Market Price PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 7 There wa quite mixture of butterfat prices at Portland today with a re ntwal of the scramble tot supplies. No. 1 fat churning cream was quot ed 18 20c a pound with sweet cream 3q,aac a pound. Late offerings hae shown a considerable decrease, i . A somewhat better situation was re lucted In the1 market for pullet eggs. Announcement was made by Manager plxon of the Paclfto co-ops of an ad vance of lo a docsen, effective Satur day morning. Other eggs remain un changed. PORTLAND Oct. 7 VP) Extensive withdrawals from cold storage In practically every leading marketing center of the country Is the chief factor In the market for butter at Mils porlod. Withdrawals everywhere aie reaching record volume with, an apparent desire on the part of specu lative Interests to get what little prof- It Is now In sight. Thls huge marketing of Ice house goods Is the real prlco maker In the witter market. . '! Noticeable In the local trade Is the tact that the late advance of lo on extra and o on prime first cubes. is' not being generally maintained, ojily In spots. STradltw In the egg market con tinues generally of firm character here with no changes suggested . In the price list. Receipts of fresh stock con tinue to decrease. : - ' f Attempt of big killers here to keop down the buying price on light weight hens to 7c lb. compared with 14 H If o ruling at Ban Francisco; has proven a failure and 8o Is now being freely offered with 10c for medium. There Is a call for all offerings, jMorket for dressed turkeys con, Unuee rather quiet with practically no change In values. The change in ireather Is expected to stlmulato the movement both to market and Into' consuming channels. V Sales of Yakima ' peaches . have reached the lowest level ever known 1ft Portland.' An entire carload was sold to one operator at 10c box with ojualtty good. Another lot was sola t6 a dealer at 6o box, the transporta tion charae. . With const growers still unlncllned to accept business on a competitive basis with reports of a shorter crop then expected; carloads of ' eastern cHnberrlcs are being received at prac tically allpsolflc coast markets. sales Into consuming channels are limited '(.Market for country killed lambs re flects Increased strength hsro with late price advance' generally main tained.' Veal and hogs are unchanged at late declines, Shipping business In Oregon wal nuts and filberts Is considered good and already report Indicate a short age of the latter, A very consider able movement Is reported to the east, i Notes of wholesale trading: . ,i Plotting cucumbers are lower. 7 Potato market Is weak with some jirice shading at the source. , Onion growers are less disposed to sell but some movement la still shown aowaso with sacks furnished! . Tomstoes are being sold 10&20C box with receipts the greatest on record, i Cooler weather is aiding the sale Of California artichokes, Catarrhal Deafness Can Be Relieved j Persons suffering from catarrhal deafness or hood noises duo to cat arrh will be glad to know that tills distressing affliction can usually bo aucccssfuly treated at home by an Internal medicine that In many In stances has effected relief after other treatments have failed, i Secure from Red Cross Drug Storo or your druggist one ounce of Par mlnto (double strength). Take tills home and add !4 pint hot water and a little sugar. A tablcspoonful lour times a day should stop dls tresslng catarrhal head noises, tm- 5- !;8U."'!.b"t.,,,nB catarrh sufferers need Parmlnt. r. Adv. DIC - A The Perfect Cleaner for till painted, varnished or enameled surfaces. Mixes in cold water The perfect and safe cleaner for any surface that soap and water will not injure. It cleans in less time and without effort. No ltubbiiiff No Scrubbing Just put it on and wipe it off. Comes in two sizes of boxes at 20c nnd 40c La Grande Book & Stationery Co. "Service Station for Home and Office" 1114 Adams Avo. Main 90 The Shake Switch Shop 220 Kir St. Crushed Pineapple and Fresh Strawberry Sherbet 20c Quart lluUcrscotch-Marshninllow, Peach, Strawberry, Chocolate and Vanilla Ice Cream 25c Quart Ma'ted Milks nnd Toasted Sandwiches Author May Be An Ex-Wife Again 'I Ursula Pnrrott, above, twice-wed author of the best-seller, "K Wlfe," will be an ex-wife ajpiln If her latest divorce action Is sue- -cesNful. Her suit,' filed 111 llrldfe port, Conn., charges her husband, . Charles T. tlrconwood, . a New York bunker, with cruelty, , IMBLER PERSONALS' lly Mrs. liny Wilson (Observer Correspondent) . . IMBLEB (Special) Miss Ethel Bar: gent, former high school teacher-of j Irhblcr. visited Mr. and Mrs. Ally Wat- son Saturday. Miss Sargent is now teaching at Adams. :.-.' Mrs. Sam Morris. Mrs. Rov Morris, Mrs.. Earl Morris and three children, leisure led hint to resign the presl Betty, Eurlcno. Crota and Mrs; Mllo ; 'dancjr In 1831 to become chairman. Pratt and Bobby visited Mrs. Mary I H" belleyed , there was poetry In Abbott at Elgin and from there vis-' trade.. '. Ited Virginia Witty at Cricket Plata ' In several Bpeechcs he declared an last week. ., ,' v sconomlo: andj Industrial league of Mr. and Mr. Malvin Weatenskow',' havo moved to the 'houso In. townt'ua wouW.'best make for world owned by Lute Strlngham. '. ' ; .! Miss Ruth Hale spent Saturday snd',. .., hvWAV T x.w vnitir Sunday visiting friends and relative; "J?""0?,0 wy T, Z4" in La Grande. ' ' ' ;.- .TROT N. y.. Oct.-7 m Four . .5 newspaperjnen found a allm-flgurcd, Qno J1 , tb "u'gtln""n? . f serlou, countenanced passenger n a Harry K. Larsen post No. Bfl of (the , .-., .,i. .'..-. '"fiTvTil' ''h'1 Qberly;put of . a rainswept In the McOoldrlck hall Monday, pct.(oar 'wnilow r 3. in addition to a large, number of.- . .,aoo(l jft,-- Coolldge." Its own members, the part . Mitor. XH!F?r. talned a group of distinguished mem-. posts, prominent in-leg.on activities Among the visiting guests were Hugh Brady, past state deputy . Command-', r: Jack Bines, nast state cornmahd, er, Harlcy Richardson, coinjnander of! Hi.,rt. n n of tho La Orande Lcrion' boat , and Henry Hess, otto Palmer and Louie , Evans of the La Grande post; George ! Rogers, commondor of tho Elgin poet. B. McCall editor of tho Elgin Re' corder, and Paul Sadler, past .conK, mander of the Elgin post. The moot- Ing was conducted by Commander Jack W. Pltagorald, tho evening being spont with the regular order of busl nw. sntrtnlnmnt and wrv lntjr. eating short talks by the visiting le-S glon officials. Refreshments, , wero served by tho members of tho Irrfbler post. Two-Hoaded Snake A two-headed fer-de-lahce. one of Pnnnmn's most dendly annkes, wa cnpturoil recently on the Island of rtenl de Snnln Mnrln, by Doctor Clnrk, director of tho Gorgns He morlnl Inhoratory. The snnko had two fully developed bends, two sets of cnrt'ly fnngs. Tho esoplingus Is Pt nt tho Juncture of tho two heads. Tho serpent had to be killed, and Is now bottled up In nlcohol. - D00 Carl H. Johnson 'Convicted Of ' . Embezzlement ! PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 7 W) Carl H. .Johnson, former president of the .Prudential' Saving Je Loan association and. the Prudential Bancorporatlon group ' here was Thursday convicted I of larceny by embezzlement. A circuit 'court jury returned the verdict on the j second ballot. Johnson will be sent enced Monday. The penalty Is from -one to ten years In the state prison, The defense was given .ten days In which to file for a new trial. Johnson was convicted of embezzle ment of at. 850 of the funds of the association. He received the ' verdict calmly. The Jury was out only 06 min utes. C. A. Dearace. former vice presi dent of the Prudential group, recently was convicted of a charge of devising a scheme to defraud in the sale of stock of the Bancorporatlon by In ducing savings depositors to switch their accounts to the purchase of stock In-the Bancorporatlon. He was sentenced to four years in prison but ha appealed. - . . KINGSLEY DIES; , COOLIDGE MAY HEAD N..Y. L. I. C. (Continued, from Page One) From' Ills father's farm at Alburg, Vt he went to Barre academy and the University of Vermont, where he earned part of His expenses by ring ing the college bell. - After a year as a school teacher In Denver, lie went to Grand Junc tion. Colo., center of the fruit belt on the western slope of, the Rockies, where he bought an interest In the ' I "Orand Junction News": got himself , six-shooter for, protection, and Jumped Into a political crusade. Later ho was elected state auditor and ln- surance' commissioner on the Repub lican ticket. ,:..'.. .. . When his term was up, he accept- ed a Job with New York Life at Its Boston of flees, and his progress car- irled him Into the presidency, of the concern in .107. Desire for more people, : rather : than ! the league of security. , .. i " ., ,,,'Aalvln CopUdge roused and smiled HotiLT thi Z?'j? ht not recognized the former presl- ,?,,( P-'.' '"' ' '' ' ' ''Wl ( you: tell us where you are ' Coolldge? , u'ew.York.", . t, ,. "wm V" "" ou inUini to , '': . . .'. ., ' ..' .. . fm oln to .ad meeting." ,HV S""1 ythn8 "y on the P,ollMoa' situation?".. . . .. 8orKe T., Morris, a former sheriff, Phed through the newspsper men. "Will you shake hands with a good Republican?" Morris asked, Oooltdgo Bhook- hands mutely, and Went on Stdrlhg . OUt of tho Window. The train pulled out of the station, tno rnln Btl" drumming on tho wln- .oow. Mexican War Society The Aatec club waa founded In 1847 ''y oflleers of the United Stntcs r tbt Pnnose of keeping live tho memories and traditions of the Mexican wnr. A member of Iho club nominates his first-born inn or sonio other mnlo blood rela tive to succeed him. ' ' ' Punctuatinc Numerals America and Great Britain uso commas to separate whole numbers nnd the period to deslgnnto tho deci mal. Europe tins the opposlto cus tom, A number written "0,874, 421.02" In the United Stntcs nnd Englnnd Is written "0.ST4.421.02" on the continent. Collier's Weekly. Colonial Traveling , The ronds In Colonlnl ilnys were very poor nnd speed of travel de pended grently upon the condition of the weather. When Mrs. Wash ington Joined her husband In New Knglnnd after he nssumed conininnd of the Ainerlenn nrmy It took four dnys for her to travel from Mount Vernon to Philadelphia.. Modern Shorthand In England modern shorthnnd originated during Queen Ellinhetli's rclgn. A system wns Invented by Timothy Wright. Other systems wero Invented hy .Thomas Shelton shout 10.10, and John llyron In 1707. Most of the early systems wero or thographic or alphabetic. Tho first published system using phonetic base wns thnt of William Tiffin In 1760. Comparative Importance Demanding tho right to sell his commitments nnd his country short, a Bear balls the Vlrglnlnii-Pllot with tho question: "What'i more Important than a rising market!" I "It Is less Important," rebukes the editor, "for the stock mnrket to be I on the upgrade thnn on tho level." i ninnniier aingniine. Lord Mayor's Baton Iindon's most treasured civic Jewel, as It la the oldest. Is prob ably the baton, IS Inches long, cut from pure cr.vflal and Inlaid with gold, which each lord mayor holds In his hands for a few minute once year nt a symbol of hli authority. I There Is no record showing how old It really la, but the workmanship la of the Anglo-Saxon period. Edison's Widow at Mrs. Thomas A. fedlson, widow of the late Inventor, here Is shown ; as she attended a dinner In New York of leaders of the women's division of the Engineers' Nation-' al Hoover committee. . l'OHTLANI) LIVESTOCK PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 7 W) Cattle 36, calves 20; slow. Steers 600 to 900 lbs. medium s4.25jfS5.60. com mon e2.50cra4.26; 900-1100 lbs. me dium $4.255.60, common 12.60 q S4.25; 1100-1300 lbs. medium 14.00 S5.26; heifers 650-850 lbs. medium 3.25.4.60, common S2.26 a (3.25. Cows, common and medium 2.00 , Q S3 23, low cutter and cutter S1.35 2.00. Bulls (yearlings excluded) good and choice (beef) 2.60ig$3.00, cutter, common and medium 1.50 2.60. Vealers milk fed, good and choice 5.5O(S6.50, medium t4.008 S5.60, cull and common 2.504,oo. Calves 260- 600 lbs. good and choice $4.006.00, common and medium $2.604.00. . Hogs 650; steady. - Light lights, 140-160 lbs., good and choice, 3.754.50; lightweights, 160- 180 lbs., good and choice, 4.36 a 4.60; 180-200 lbs., good and choice, 4.35fr4.50; medium weight, 200-220 lbs., good and choice, S3. 75 (4.50; 220-250 lbs., good and choice S3 .65 4.35; heavywclgbtB, 250-290 lb... good and choice, 3.60(S S4.35; 200-350 lbs.; good and choice, 3.25 a 4.ob;, packing sows, 275-600 lbs,, . medium' and good, ,$3.00. & 3.50: feeder and stocker pigs, 70-130 lbs., good and choice, 3.76(?4.26. Sheep and lambs 400; quotably steady. Lambs 00 .lbs. down,' good and' choice S4.25-S4.50. medium S3.60-S4.25. all weights, common $2.60 . $3.50; yearling wethers 90-110 lbs.' medium' to choice $1.26e2:85; ewes 120 lbs; medium to choice 751.00, 120-150 lbs. medium to choice 76c $1.00, all wcightB) cull to common 6076c. ; ' HI.MBKK KEPOIIT ' " PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 7 m ' A" 12.5 per cent decreosc'ln current neil business and a falling away in uii filled orders was reported today by the Western Pine association for the week ending Oct. 1, as compared wltft the previous week. Of tho 117 re porting mills In tho western pine ter ritory, 66 were In operation. Current new business decreased 6, 778,000 feet; unfilled orders were off 3.299,000 feet, and production wa3 1.1 107,000 foot Jcsj than the previous week. Shipments, on tho other hand. Increased 1.471,000 feet. ' ' ", Production for the week was 30i- 820,000 feet; shipments 43,601,000, and orders 40,302,000 feet. IIONTON WOOL BOSTON. Oct. 7 UP) Business In the wool market Is very slow. An occasional call for fair quantities gives the market a opotty appearance bu values remain fairly firm in spite of the dullness. Clothing 68's and Ohio and similar bright fleeces show a slight strengthening tendency on a very moderate turnover as recent transactions have been clcued at 1714 ft 18 in the grease, a small gain over prices realized on tho recent move ment made pcaslblo by the relatively small volume of current offerings. rllirAdO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, Oct. 7 UP) (U. 8. D. A.) Hogs 10,000; actlvo. 10 15c higher; 180-220 lbs. $3.90(1 $4.00. Cattle 1.00O: fed steers and yearlr Inea strong, strictly good and choice offerings absent, most sales $5.50 'g? $7.25; all cows at new low prices for season; vealers $5.50 y $6.50. Sheep 8.000; active steady; native lambs $5.00( $5.25; native throwouts 3.50t.t $3.75; slaughter ewes $1.00 $2.00. OMAHA .SHEEP OMAHA, Oct. 7 UP) (U. S. D. A.) Sheep 4.000: lambs strong to 25c htKlier; other classes steady; tvd woolcd lambs $5.00 $5.15; native lambs 4 U0 (.,(5.00. WINNIPEG WHEAT WINNIPEG. Oct. 7 UP) Wheat close: Dec. 504tH; May 55S- ' Cash wheat No. 1 northern 48: No. 2 northern 46; No. 3, 35 14. PORTLAND CAHII PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct. 7 VPl Cash wheat: Big Bend bluestem 87c. 80ft white 48c. Western white 47c. Hard winter 4714c. Northern spring 47c. Western red 46c, Oats: No. 2 whlt. $17.00. Today's car receipts: wheat 54;bar- Icy 8; flour 8; corn 2; hay 3. Tree in Hittory Tho Indians used to hold thcli tribal rttos under the Liberty elm at Clinton, l'a., and under It later In Its history, on July 4, 1770, Declaration of Independence was signed by tho "Fair I'lny Men," who aent two messages to the Con tinental congress at Philadelphia. Also, under this treo tho first treaty was made between the white men and the Indians, but no esnct date can be set for this. Tho tree Is still standing ind Is about W0 years old. OREGONDAIRY ' , HERDS SCORE IN THE EAST PORTLAND.1 Oct. 7 VP) Oreson butter and Oregon dairy herds, prlzk winners In many competitions, con tinue to check In the winning col umns In eastern shows. Word wo received here today that the Raven dairy of Portland, with an extreme score of Hli, won the high est award of any Paclf lo coast buttor at the national dairy cattle exhibition at Waterloo, Iowa. This Is considered an exceptional score. In consideration of the distance the exhibit was sent, The award .was the fourth highest or any received in the country, the higher ones being but fractionally in creased over the Portland product. The Mount Angel college stock farm at Mount Angel, Ore., won second place In the Iowa show In the one year bull class In the Holsteln divis ion. .. . WOOL REPORT ' BOSTON. Oct. 7 VP) The Com mercial Bulletin will say tomorrow: The wool market has continued dull and prices are slightly favoring the buyer In some Instances. Scoured wools for the woolen mills keep fair ly firm, however. :- "The piece goods market is less ac tive but fairly steady and deliveries against old . contracts go : forward steadily, not only In the finished goods but also In yams and tops. "Foreign markets are hardly changed for the week. Prices In London and In Australia are fairly firm on tho basis of about 80 cents, clean landed Boston, in bond, for good combing 64- 70'e. ""In the west there Is little new this week, aside from the sale ot about six million pounds of mohair In Texas to A. W. Hllllard & Son oi Boston at 6 cents for adult and 25 : MARKET NEWS OF THE DAY 6944 i v : CHICAGO WHEAT Open . High , Low Close Dec ..'.':....' ,50H94 .iSU'K .4914,. ,40.B0 May WiK' . July .56 .': CBICAUO CORN , Open H'fh Low I nee m9 . May ........'..;t........'. .3l : , July ,.32!& ., ' ' " PORTLAND WUBAT ' ','.; Open filch , Low . Close ' Dec. .5IV4 . '.5114 ". .51 ... JSl , 1 ! May 6414 .6.114 - .54' .54 9 MlltttHYf'l "1MOCO C Xl ChtttUrjield Radio Program Every night except Sunday, Columbia -. Coast-to-Coast Network. 0 W3. tiflfifTT Ik Myfm ToMrco Co. cents for kid. This clears substan tially all of the fall clip." Tho Bulletin will publish the fol lowing quotations: scoured basis: Oregon Pine and f. m. staple 45 48: flno and f. m. Pr. combing 43-44: fine and f. m. clothing 37-38: valley No. 1, 40-43. Mohair: Oregon 13-14: domestic graded, first combing 34-35; second combing 33-23; third combing 17-18; fourth combing 15-10; good carding 34-35; first kid 45-50; second kid 36- 40. l'OHTLANI) PRODUCE PORTLAND, Oct. 7 Wl Butterfat Direct to shippers: station 16c; Port land delivery price 18 20c lb. Live poultry Net buying price: heavy hens colored lbs. 14c; do mediums 10c; lights 6c; springs col ored 10c; all weights white 13016c; old roosters 7c; ducks pekln 10 Ho lb. Potatoes Local 76c orange box; Yakima Gems 80-$1.00 cental. Butter, eggs and country meats un changed. Onions, wool, hay, mohair, nuts. coscora bark and hops quotations un changed. KlKSAIl AND FLOUR PORTLAND. Oct. 7 VP) Sugar Cane, granulated $4.50 100 lbs.; beet sugar $4.30 100 lbs. Domestic flour Selling price de livered: patent 49s $5.50; do 98s5.30; bakers' bluestem $4.10; soft wheat pastry patent 3.40fi S5.20; Montana hard wheat patent $5.00 $5.20; rye $4.50(a $4.60. , LIVERPOOL WHEAT LIVERPOOL, Oct. 7 UP) Whear, closed: Qcfc 65!4; Dec. 65;- March 55!(,. Exchange $3.45. RUTTERKAT ' SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7 OP) But terfat f. o. b. San Francisco 23c. .55-54 fi .B4.55J6 ,5(i '".55 3 . MH CIOM am . m . .31 .noy, Mii .32 .31 Turkish tohacco is to cigarettes what seasoning is to food. You don't want too much seasoning in food. Or in a cigarette. But you do want enough! Chesterfield uses just the right amount of Turkish tohacco. Not too much, but just enough to give to Chesterfield a better taste and aroma. Smoke a Chesterfield ... and taste the difference! hesterfield r- 1 Warmthl Servicet Smfagil t Part-Wool Oversize DLANKBTO Ah AU-Time High Value at PAIR Soft . . . fluffy ... and large enough so they'll stay tucked in (72x84in.). At tractive block plaids! J. C. Penney Co.. DEPARTMENT 1307-1309 Adams Ave. LA GRANDE RETAIL MARKETS Sugar, 100-lb. sack Vegetables Parsley, bunch Cabbage, lb New wax onions, lb. ........ Turnips, 3 bunches Carrots, 3 bunches ... Potatoes, sack Potatoes, sack $5.19 60 3c 3c 10c 10c ' 98c . $1.25 2c 26c 10c BgilOc 350 6c 10c 12c 6'c 30c 100 10c 8c 15c Onions, lb. ..... Tomatoes, 8 lbs M Beets, 3 bunches . Lttuce. Imperial uaruc, id. . Beans, 3 lbs Celery, bunch Cauliflower, lb. Cucumbers. 2 ; . Red peppers, lb. . Green peppers, lb. .. gg plant, id Spinach, lb Sweet potatoes, 4 lbs Frurc Peaches, basket 10c . 80 ..600 $3 60c .10 50a Bananas, lb. Apples, box . Lemons, doz. Oranges, doz, ; Dry prunes. 30 to 40 size, 4 lbs. 26c Tiirkisli, hut too mvitliatd STORK La Grande, Ore. Green apples, 6 lbs. ...... Grapes, lb. . Dairy Butter, creamery, lb, . Cheese, lb. ate ..1834o 16o 80 Honey, comb Cottage cheese, lb. Egg Fresh extras, doz. Mediums, doz. . Mixed, doz, ....... now Bard Federation, 49 lbs. . Per barrel '1 ,, .- Soft wheat, bbl. Meat Beef boll, lb. ' ; 8c -1214-180 15 a 20o I60 170 Pot roost, lb. Chops and steaks, lb. , Hamburger, lb. Ham, lb. Flsn Salmon, If. (fresh) Halibut, lb. (fresh) Crabs, lb Clams, lb FInnen Handle, lb. 16o 15o ..35 400 100 ... 800 Poultry I Hens, lb Springers, lb. ..15c20o ....2022o not Wuf! 2So 10o 28o 26o 2o
