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Page Eight CA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, VX GRANDE, ORE. Thursday, August 17, 19H3 riprr STOCKS REBOUND SHARPLY; CLOSING IS STRONG TODAY NEW YORK, Aug. 17 W Stocks rebounded sharply today, following a . belated recovery In the grain and cot - ton market, and advances of 1 to 5 or more points were recorded over a ' wide front. The dose was strong. Although the activity was only mod erate, after a fast 20-mlnute morning rush, turnover approximated 2,20O, 000 shores, ' Closliur figures Included: M Air Heduc 100 Al. onem. and Dye - 131 'j American Can 88 American T. and! T. 127 Bethlehem Steel 40 J. I. Case 73 Col. O. and B 2014 Continental Con 02)4 General Motors 31 Johns Mnnvlllo 50 Llbbey-O.-Ford : 20 t Liggett and Myors B 03 ' Montgomery Ward ...... 26 t -MARKET NEWS OF THE DAY X Sept. IIM!. . .May . CHICAOO WIW4T Open lllgn Low Close , .i Mi MX', .m.m JWi .05 m MKOMH 80JA Ji!4 .8it j))4.07 CHICAGO CORN !. 4J'4.43'J Al M't .40 1'ie. 4H!6.1V ,M AK'j M Niy ... M'iQK my, M'A my Sept. PORTLAND WHEAT Open High Low Close . JO'i .loy4 .00 ,U0yA .74 .74 ,T3 ,74 East Oregon Job Printers to Meet Here August 19 All commercial printers engaged In the graphlo arts In Baker, Union and Wallowa counties will meet In La Grande on Saturday to discuss fair practices and establish a uniform process conforming to the NRA code. It was announced today. The meet ing will be held at the Sacajawea Inn, They also will lay plans for cllm. Inatlon of unfair competition, National Distill. J. C, Pennel Pub. Ser. on N. J Southern Paclflo St. OU of Osl Bt. Oil of N. J Union Paclflo United Aircraft . United Corporation U. 8. Indus. Alcohol. U. S. Stool ........ 06l4 44 (4 41 28 'A 37 38 122 38 8 74 51 maim ft vii vwm mum mm CHEESE AT NEW LOW PRICE TODAY PORTLAND, Aug. 17 (P) Cnecse reached a new low point during the late session of the produce exchange with triplets down lc to llo lb., the lowest mark, ever reached, locally. Market for butter showed a Blow tone with no change suggested. In the day's price either on the exchange or on the open market. There continu ed far greater tlian normal season able make. Most of tlio eggs being sold locally at this time were out of storage. Some that are talking of great strength In fresh eggs were unwilling to buy them, claiming they were using their own short hold storage. Serious scarcity of peaches con tlnued here. It was Impossible to have orders filled In Northern California and. prices on tlie small iota available have been advanced. Therefor higher prices wore shown here. There continued a shortage of watermelons and good cantaloupes, (California melons were hard to ob tain and Yakima was shipping few with only a few handsful from Ore gon points. All cantaloupe prices wore higher. Thero was llttlo really top quality head lettuce available and prices were ; firm to higher hero. Sales were being j made up to $1 cruto for the 'bcee available. PORTLAND I'KODUCK . PORTLAND, Aug. 17 Butter Prints, extras, Sic; standards, 2tc Butterfat Portland delivery: A grade, 18o lb.; farmer's door delivery, 16c per lb.; sweet cream, 6c higher. Eggs Pacific poultry producers' selling price: oversize, 24c; extras, 32c; standards, 20c; mediums, 20o; pullet, 10c dozen. Buying price by whole salers: fresh extras, iec dozen; me diums, 16o dozen; undergrade, llo dozen. Country meats Selling price to retailers: country killed hogs, best butchers, under 100 lbs., 7 'a & 8o; vealors, 70 to 100 lbs., 0 0c; spring lambs 10llo lb,; yearlings 46o lb.; heavy owes, 2( 3o lb.; medium cows, B6o lb.; canner cows, 2 3o lb.; bulls, 4'6 6c lb. Live poultry Portland delivery: buying prices; Heavy hens, coloreo 314 to 6 lbs., 12c; do 6 lbs. up, 12c; hens, over 3 lbs., 6c; under 3' lbs., 7c; springs 2 lbs. up 11c; broilers, ) !4-2 lbs., 13c; colored springs, 4 . lbs. up, 13c; roasters, over 4 lbs., 14c ; roosters, 6c lb.; ducks, pekins, broilers, 810o lb.; old ducks, peklns, ( ); do colored, ( ). - Cantaloupes Yakima Standards, $1.00 ft 1,10 crate; Dalles (1.100 (1,10 crate. . Cheese, milk, mohair, cascara ark, hops, onions, now onions, new pota toes, wool and hay, unchanged. OMAHA MIRKI OMAHA, Aug. 17 P (U. 8. D. K.) Sheep: 4,600; steady; range iambs $6.00(3 $7.00; native lambs $7.20 ewes up to 2.7 range feeding lambs $6,40 (S$6.50. Every member of the varsity and scrub football squads at Davidson College will be eligible, scholastics! ly, for the team this fall. - FOUR ENLIST IN U.S. NAVY; FIFTH READY Four enlistments in the United States navy from this district was re ported today by Recruiting Officer C. B. Yongue, stationed In. La Grande. One of the four was from La Orande, Ellidge Cross. He enlisted In Port land and Is now en route to San Diego. The others were from Baker, Ontario and walla walla. Another La Orande young man, Donald Hannefleld, has been, accepted and will go to Portland as soon as authorization Is received hero. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND, Aug. 17 iV) Cofttle: 38; calves 16; steady. Steers, best, $5.25 $5.75; common and medium, $3.25 $4.60; heifers, best, $4.00$4.26; medium, $3.25 $3.60; cows, best, $3.00 $3.25; com mon and medium, $1.75$2.50; can ners, $1.00$2.00; bulls, best, $3.00(7 $3.25; medium, $2.76 $3.00; calves, best, $6.00$8.26; good, $5.OO$6.50; ordinary, $4.00$4.50. . Hogs: 406; steady. Top light! butch ers, $5.00 $5.60; heavy ibutchers, $4.76 $5.00; sows, $2.71 93J0O; slaughter pigs, $4.00 $4.60; feeder pigs, $4 00(?$4.50. Sheep: none, fairly active. Return Front Count O. C. P. Lloyd and family have re turned from a visit with friends and relatives at Portland, Seaside and other coast point. They report a pleasant trip, s.n6 say that every thing In the business world Is doing better, N, R. A. being observed every where. ToiwIIk Removed Aaron Lines, nine-year-old son of S. O, Lines, of Enterprise returned to bis home yesterday after undergo ing a tonsllectomy at the Bouvy hos pital recently. La Gnmde Visitor D. L. Cowan, of Pendleton, was a La Orande visitor earlier In the week. Mr. Cowan Is employed by the city there. From Hulnw Julius Mink, who works for the railroad at Haines, was a business vis itor In La Orande this week. Toii.vIIh Removed Colleen McKelvey, Mertha Weaten- skow and Carl Westenskow, oil of Imbler, had their tonsils removed at the Bouvy hospital recently. Return to Yiikhna . After about a week's visit In La Orande with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Wight, Mrs. H. E. Wight and son, Robert, have returned to their home In Yakima, MRS. DOWNING DIES IN BAKER Mrs. A. J. Downing, former post mistress of McEwon, died In Baker Tuesday from the effects of a para lytic stroke suffered Saturday eve ning, It was learned here today. She was a resident of Wallowa councy for 16 years, and come to Eastern Oregon In 1002. Her survivors Include a foster-daughter, Mrs. Weldon Vedder, of La Grando, and a granddaughter, Mrs. Ernest Hudspeth, of Cove. Funeral services were held this of. ternoon at Baker. A 1,11 ANY MAN MIHK1NO PORTLAND, Aug. 17 VP) Police were today asked to search for Ar thur B. Blanchard, 48, for years an employ of the Mountain States Power company at Albany. His wife said he had been missing since 7:15 p. m. Saturday. I Red Cross Drug; Store MAN FINED IN , LICENSE CASE From Pendleton Mrs. O. L. Babcock, of Pendleton, was a visitor In La Orande yesterday. Mrs. Babcock Is Indian agent at Pen dleton. Returns Home- Mrs. A. C. McLaran, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Albert Currey, hos returned to her home at Wallowa. Marvin Clark was fined $25 and costs of $5 In Justice court today on a charge of switching licenses. The arrest was made by the state police. JESTER'S SHOE SHOP High Grade Shoe Repairing At Rock Bottom Prices ... Shoes Dyed 25c, 36o We pick out the old stitches 1st Class or No Pay I 1212 Adams Next to Blrnle'i CIRCULATING LIBRARY 3c Per Day We have several hundred volumes in our circulat ing library including; many late books of fiction and non-fiction by popular authors. Black Bagdad Experiment .. Three Indelicate Ladies .. Sex Technique In Marriage Burn, Witch, Bum .'. God's Little Acre - The White Cockatoo ,. - The Last Adam The Bishop's Jaegers ; Female - Werewolf of Paris . Forgive Us Our Trespasses Second Hand Wife Alien Com, a play My Life - - Craig Wyllard - Hunt -- ----! Hutton -- Merritt . :.. Caldwell ................. Eberhart - - Cozzens Smith Clark Endore - Douglas - Norris Howard Isadore Duncan La Grande Book & Stationery Co. ; . La Grande. Oregon Joe Blanton of the Chllllcothe, O., country club set a new record for his homo course with six birdies and one eagle for a score of 00, eight under par. QUIVERING NERVES When you are Just on edge when you can't stand the children's noise . . . when everything you do is a burden . . . when you are irri table and blue ... try Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. 98 out of 100 women report benefit; It will give you just the extra en ergy you need. Life will seem worth living again. Don't endure another day without (he help this medicine can give. Gel a bottle from your druggist today. VEGETABLE COMPOUNt Alen and women are buying more Pontincs than any other car in Pontiac's price range! Why? Because they have found that this big, modern Straight Eight excels on all counts ... as you will find when you see and drive it. Vou get power in a Pontiac more power than you'll find in any other automobile at or near its brice delivered far more smoothly by Pontfac's 77-horsc-powcr Straight Eight engine. Vou get more speed, too 78 actual miles per hour. Your Pontiac holds the road better rides more comfortably because it's a big car, with 115-inch (vheelbasc and well-distributed weight (3265 pounds, curb weight, for the 4-door Sedan). And it's the only car in its price range with the Fisher Ventila tion System greatest comfort factor since the development of j the closed body. There just isn't anything to com pare with Pontine at its price. In Fisher Body beauty in com fortin Straight Fight perform ance. That's why America is buying Pontiacs. That's why fou'U prefer Pontiac, too. Visit the General Motors ValUing, Century oj Progress M. J. G0SS .1115 Adams Ave. XTFT CAM Oppoalte Tno Post Office Is on actual photograph of a man who XlcF5 was offered a substitute for Meadow Harvest Butter. He knew that no substitute even at give-away prices . could be as good a value ps Mcudow Harvest. A -Pf-m, yu nnvo onco usert Meadow Harvest xi LcF Butter and Ucoco Eggs, you will also refuse to accept substitutes, because their flavor and freshness are unsurpassed. GRANDE RONDE CO-OP CREAMERY ASS N. MEAD0Wu HARVEST BUTTER UCOCO EGOS. the better Cream Ilia I make it teller ' i 'i ' "" i ' ' i f I? ) August I ... mmmmmtBjsm sv wjjw mmmrn A PALATIAL YACHT FOUND DRIFTING IN THE SOUTH SEAS Without a sign of life aboard! A man was hanging by his neck in a closet the radio operator had been shot dead the crew missing the body of a woman kohl. . n vmj i. sii . in 1 Vv- -x I 14 ii,. A 6 JK$M HOW DID IT HAPPEN? You'll Get a Keal Thrill in ( hnrlic Hugglcs Ins I'sual Funny Solf! " with JOHN HALLIDAY CHARLIE RUGCiLE NEIL HAMILTON SHIRLEY CREY JACK LARUE VERREE TEA5DALE "F.U.1.HN lu AitniKs" Charlie Chase "AliPINK KCHOKS" Magic Carpet "Leningrad, Heart of Russia" 3 D mMM w5NHfce . . . There never has been an August so im portant to you from the standpoint of savings . . . Never a time with such a clear-cut mess age of "Buy Now!" . Stock Up J V All Vou S VCan . Everilhodtl knnms thfit nriote nn fnttnn ail I- i-rtiinti mmnl rnhhpr and hid PS. as well as countless other raw materials are already up And Headed Higher! . . . Higher prices are a definite part of the Gov ernments NATIONAL RECOVERY JPROGRAM calling for higher wages and shorter working hours and providing definitely for increased prices for farm products under the Agricultural Allotment Plan. . .' . Prices must go up for the general good and we should all be encouraged that they are doing so, for higher prices mean, inevitably, a return of better times for all of us ! ... At the present moment, however, we own hundreds of thousands of dollars" worth of brand now merchandise which was purchased at levels which now no longer exist. When we ; re-order this merchandise we will pay substantially more for it and you will too ... so, if savings mean anything at all to you you'll stock up at Penney's during August before the further advances which are sure to become effective this fall. . .. . List your own and your family's needs for months to come rush down to Penney's buy all you can , save all you can ! Later on you'll rejoice at your profits! You'll thank us for giving you the facts of the market as it exists today! You'll thank us for urging you to save to buy now! , Gffiao o cause war qqcd qqbo . wH-.iim nmnm flnfflrara AVENUE PRINTS for fall sowing. Ynrd wlcto ' tubfast colors, yd BELLE ISLE MUSLIN Blenched and brown. Buy now and save. Yd TERRY TOWELS Double thread terry mans 8lze 24x46. Ench LUX TOILET SOAP You can save on this quality soap now. 3 Bars COTTON UNION SUITS for women, wanted styles sizes to 48. Each GIRLS' PALL SWEATERS A new assortment In fall colors pure wool sizes 8 to 16 CHILDREN'S ANKLETS Not many left at this price. Buy now. Pair 121c 8c 15c 19c 49c 98c 10c SILK PLAT CREPE In the now colors, plan your fall sewing now and save. Yd..:..... 89c . NEW FALL MILLINERY You can buy better An. hats for less money now than later JoC NEW FALL DRESSES Outstanding values for the new season. Rayon crepes TENNIS SHOES for men women and children, still priced at their all-tlmc low MEN'S WORK SOCKS good durable cotton In blue and brown. 3 pairs ....,. $2.77 49c 25c "BIO MAC" WORK SHIRTS full cut and longer SQ.n wearing. They wll cost more noxt week dtC DRESS SHIRTS for men, pro-shrunk, fast colors plain and fancy patterns MISSES RAYON UNDIES nro going higher OQ. but you can save now at this price jSt$C WOMEN'S RAYON HOSE A great value today. A Sn They will be more soon. Buy now .AVV MISSES' SCHOOL HOSE Ribbed cotton hose with double knees, wanted colors. Pair WOMEN'S RAYON UNDIES They may never be so low again. Vests - Bloomers - Panties PENCO SHEETS 81x09 size. Cottons arc jolng higher. You can save now SCHOOL DRESSES for girls, slKCS 8 to 16. Fast color prints, and attractively styled 19c 39c $1.10 59c MEN'S WORK SHOES Heavy rctan uppers durable composition soles MEN'S SUITS Just twenty of these left, then never again so low BOYS SHIRTS for school going up? Yes. but you can save now MEN'S OXFORDS buy for now andi later these are an Investment at 79c $1.59 $11.90 69c $2.29 MEN'S FALL HATS line fur felts In the flJ rQ fall colors. More value for your money tX.tlO WOMEN'S FALL SHOES of suede, kid and fljf QQ calfskin In brown and black. You savo at $J..fO 1307-09 Adams Ave. La Grande, Oregon r
