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Page Four LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. LA GRANDE. ORE. Tuesday, August 1, 1933 ALCOHOL GROUP LEADS IN CLIMB NEW YORK, Aug. 1 VF Alter slumbering peacefully through tho greater part ot one or the dullest bob. elons In niohtlis, Uie Block market revived In the last taw minute of trading and staged a fairly prcaon table rally. The eicohol group led tho late upturn with gains of 2 to around 6 points and other categories followed with lessor advances. The close was firm. Transactions approxl mated 1,760,000 shares. Closing figures Included: Air neduc 04 Al. Chcm. and Dye - - 116'i American Don .- 84 ft American T. and T ...... 122 J. I. Case en -A Bothlohom Steol 3B Col. a. and E 20)4 Continental Can 00 Vt General Motors 20'A Johns Manvllle 44 Llbboy-O.-Ford M Liggett and Myers B 8034 Montgomery ward : 214 National Distill. J. C. Penney - Pub. Sor .of N. J Southern Pacific St. Oil of Col - - St. Oil of N. J Union Paclflo iia United Aircraft 32', U. S. Steel 62 ',4 V. S. Indus. Alcohol 00 80 40 40 20 1 i 34 34 SPUD GROWERS TO HOLD MEET AT REDMOND ' Potato growers In this count) will be Interested; in a meeting to be held Saturday, Aug. 5, at Bedmond and which will be attended by potato growers from all parts tit Oregon. The meeting will be a hearing on the united states standard for nil grades, and the question of adopting It or not for! Oregon will be determined. Federal Inspector Haskell Andrews, lias copies of the proposed standard on hands andi any who are Interested may secure Information and copies from him, he states. LONEYS HOME FROM JOURNEY TO MW, -WEST After an Interesting summer spent studying music at Northwestern uni versity at 1 E vans ton, ' 111., Andrew Loney Jr., accompanied by Mrs. Loney and their daughter, Mary, returned! to La Grande Monday night. ' Mr. , Loney, director, of music in tho Ia Ornndo public schools, specialized in A Oappella choir, studying under a group or fine musical lenders Noble Cain, a faihoui composer and direc tor of tho Chicago A Cappelln choir, said to be tho finest HI the world; LeRoy Wetzel, director or tho Patillst choir In Chicago; fiergstrasscr, 'leader of tho finest High school A Cappella choir in Chicago; Mrs. Carol Pitts, conductor of tho Omaha, Nebr. choir; and D. A. Cllppingcr, teacher of voice. They also saw the World's Fair during their two months stay there also. . "market news op'the day CIIICAOO WllfcAT Open IIIkIi Low Close Sept II.1Q.HT .07(6 .0.1 . ,7',(, nee, . l.oo 1.00(4 1.004 May 1.01 1.0174 0 Kept. Dec, May CIIICAOO (JOHN .oi!i My, .r,H M .III!', Sept, DIM!. PORTLAND W11KAT Open High Low Class Ml . MtiU .1 Mii " .Hl'i .81 .81 Vi .84 Jimmie Mattern Is Welcomed To N.Y. By O'Brien NEW yoilKj Aug. 1 Mayor John P. O'Brien told Jlmmlo Mattern Monday that his delayed flight around tho world wan an accomplish ment "of great glory and acclaim." The mayor extended tho city's of ficial welcome to the! filer In tlie ro- ceptlon room of the mayoralty olflcos. A crowd estimated at 6000 stood In City Hall park to hear the speeches through amplifiers. "One cannot but marvel at the youthful pluck and courage and de termination which enabled you to survive this memorable flight," the mayor said. ". . . You havo added another brilliant chapter to the story of itvlatlon In this country: you have brought fresh laurels to thoso which have already mode glorious the story of American aviation." ItAKKIf STANDINGS Coast Leugile W. L. Pet. Sacramento 72 48 .000 Portland 71 48 .697 Hollywood 00 60 .680 Los Angeles 08 60 .670 Oakland 64 03 .402 Mission 40 72 .406 San Francisco 47 72 Seattle 46 72 .385 Where They Open Today Mission at Portland.' Hollywood at Seattle. Sacramento at San Francisco. Oaklund at Los Angeles. SUGAR AND I I, OIK PORTLAND, Aug. 1 F) Sugar Cane granulated, $4.86; fruit or perry, 5; beet sugar, 4.75 100 lbs. Domestlo flour Selling price, mill delivery 23-bbl lots: patent, 49s, 97.89 .l8.00; do DBS, M OO 0 7.80; bakers' bluestem $0.75(3 $0.86; bakers' blended flour, $0.05 (i $0.40; soft white pastry patent, $0.76 fo $7.50; Montana nard wheat, $5.93; rye. $4.OO0$6.3O; whole wliont $5.16; graham, $5.90 & $0.JO bbl, . , National League W. L. New York 87 37 Pittsburgh 50 43 St. Louis : 62 46 Chicago 63 40 Boston - 48 48 Philadelphia 41 64 Brooklyn 30 64 Cincinnati 41 50 No games scheduled. Pet. .000 .800 .630 .636 .405 .432 .410 .410 OHHHTKIt LORD I) IKS GARDEN CITY, N. Y., Aug. 1 (A") Chester S. Lord, former managing editor of the New York Sun and chancollor of the .board of regents of tlie University of tho Stato of Now York, died early today at his homo, 105 Plan streot. Ho was 83 years old. Authorized SERVICE on Studobakcr Bulck and Pontlso Automobiles All Types of Repairing By Expert Mechanics M. J. Goss Automobiles Main 8: AtnerleAii League . W. L. Pet Washington - 61 35 .035 New York 60 36 .825 Philadelphia 47 40 .400 Cleveland 49 62 .486 Detroit : .....47 61 .480 Chicago 45 62 .404 Boston ). 44 61 .403 St. Louis" 38 05 i Yesterday's Results At Washington 0, New York 13. At St. Louis 12, Cleveland 8. Only games scheduled. - - New Opening j DEPOT I CAFE ! 219 Depot St. Today S American and ! Chinese Dishes ! Meals - 25c & Up j Former Cools at S the La Grande Hotel mbmmsmSi Due to Ire increase in the price o ?oa( at the mines, we are forced to raise the local retail prieai follows: Price Per Grade Ton LUMP $13.75 STOVE S13.25 NUT.-'- ....$11.50 PEA $10.00 SLACK-- ...... ..$8.25 Slack -$7.75 in 5-Ton Lots These Prices Effective Today La Grande Retail Coal Dealers Kt'FKCTIVK MONDAY, AUG. 7 We will Ik; open 8 A. M. to 5 P. 11. daily except Sunday. Local Merchants Are Inf ormed Of Taxes oji Cotton Local merchants havo been, recently Informed that the federal processing and compensating tax on cotton, authorized by the agricultural adjust ment act, will become effectivo today, Tuesday, August 1. ' According to' the act the secretary of agriculture 1b empowered to levy a processing tax on certain basic Agri cultural commodities, and' ho has fixed the tax on raw cotton at 4.2 cents por pound for the present, j Simultaneously with the assessment of tho processing tax, a floor" tax will be imposed upon all finished cotton goods in warehouse August 1, wheth er1 owneU'by manufacturers, whole salers, or retailers. " Stocks on the shelves of retail merchants will be exempt for a period of thirty days, but after that time the tax will be imposed there also. Merchants ' ard therefore advising their customers' that prices on cotton goods will bo corespohdlngljr higher after Sept. I, and that they will save' money on such purchases by making them before that date, Itrttirn Home Mr, and Mrs. J. S. Larlson, who spent the weekend! at Wallowa Lak?, have returned to their home in La Grande: A. OMAHA HIIKKI OMAHA, Aug. I P) (U. S. D. A.) Sheep: '8,500; -lambs trade not estab lished, bids steady, asking stronger; sheep steady, feeders weak to 25 cents lower; bids native $7.50; fed clipped lambs $7.50; no range lambs sold; owes up to W.75; range feeding lambs $0.60?. 10.60. POIt'JXAM)' LIVESTOCK PORTLAND, Aug. 1 Cattle: 63; calves 6; weak. Steers, best, $5.0Ov $5.50; common and medium $3.00 f $4.60; heifers, best, $3.75 ei $4.00; medium, $3.25 $ $3.50; cows, best, $3.00 ( $3.25; com mon and medium, $1.75(f $2.75; can- ners, $1.00r. $2.00; bulls, best, $3.00i.l $3.25; medium, $2.76 $3.00; calves, best, $0.0080.25; good. 5.0Ow$5.50; ordinary, $4.00 $4.60. Hrgs: '05; steady. Top light butchers, $5.50 " to . $5.76; heavy butchers, $6.00$5.25; sows, $3.00 i $3.50; slaughter pigs, $4.76 & $5.00; feeder pigs, $4.76$5.00. . . Sheep: 438; steady. Mt. Adams lambs $6.40; lambs, best $6.00(ij $5.75; yearling wethers, $2.00$ $3.00; owcj, $1.00 $1.50. JESTER'S SHOE SHOP High tirade Shoe Hppalrln At Bock Hot torn Prices . 'w. Shoes Dyed 25or 3flo We pick out the old stitches 1st Class or No Pay I '. ' - ' 1212 Adams Next to Dlrole's GLtJAidr ' IBeadspreactfl and ( elllc, rayon, or celanese tfeialil their 'oHglfaal tut (re, nhape and emartnesa '' w Ire n dry-cleaned Bf the .1 .'.: (,u I t'. ' ODORLESS CLEANERS U07 Washington Main 701 mm Jjlow E$6ViG3!0i T0B5 out Proof I They're built to prevent cord separationthe cause of bloivouts! When you drive your car at high speed, the heat inside your tire is terrific! In many tires this heat causes cords to separate makes1 Misters weakens your tire. When you hit a bump or rock . . . BANG! a blowout! 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