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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1923)
4:, REPORTS ON CROPS INFLUENCE BUYING Firlure i Wheat f -Deliveries 7Drop With Bearish Effect: t lose 'Heavy i CHICAGO,' Jaljr U All future deliveries of wheat dropped today -te a-new low price record for the treason. Favorable prospects for me prlng crop and a decline In , ATerpooi quotations, ; together Mvwuu w week-end, .adjustment jof - trades here had a deeded bearish clfect. t The market closed heavr tQf-lH cents net lower. Bep- ulember, 98 to 98 Me and Ie- ;.cember, $1.01 to $1.01. Corn jJUnlshed unchanged to 'Ac down t pats Ik to M & cent off. and .SrovUIons at 2 to 15 cents decline i ! With , reports at hand indicat ;lng that spring , wheat is making an excellent race against black Vust . developments, the majorlty of1 traders showed a disposition to assume 1 that the domestic " Vpring wheat crop would mature 1 before there is any serious dam- "wge. Estimates that Canada would .raise - 500,000,000 bushels were - generally looked upon here as ex- - aggerated but it was conceded that the crop outlook la Canada ..J first, rate, with, acreage, about $ the same as last year. Under $ such. circumstances, weakness shown by the Liverpool market al was ! quickly reflected here, and Was further emphasized by hedg- lag sales and by Increased offer lags from commission houses. . 1 1 vr luo mini ymi i. vu;iug 3 er 111 me wneai msrtei seemeu w be confined! to' traders who pre- vfonsly had! been on the selling vide and who were in a position to collect profits. New export business was said "to aggregate only 220.000 bushels. Predictions of an enlarged movement of win ter wheat to ptimary centers on Monday wand thereafter counted further as a bearish influence Week-end adjustment of trades added to the selling pressure ait the last, and the finish was at the day's bottom figures. T Showers in Texas and Oklaho ma, eased the corn, market after an early advance, ascribed to dry hot1 weather southwest. Oats fol lowed corn. " . Downturns In bog values weak ened provisions. Prices Open Somewhat y High and Hold Up UnUl v : Close of Dealings : STOCK-MIES IMSiWH K EW YORK, July 14. Today's stock- market "was u unusually v..dull session with a continuation " of yesterday's upward movement There was evidence of ; an ' Im provement in speculative opinion . and bear traders who sought to -cvec . were . forced . to -' bid " up -prices. Absence of many traders .for the week-end contributed to .vthe extremely small volume of 'Jba transections. - Prices opened somewhat higher and held up fairly well until near the close when there was some reaction of profit-taking. Specu lative industrial issues were the I strongest and some relatively in- active stocks enjoyed a moderate 1 advance. - No interest : at all : was lisplayed in the rail group. Xtemand sterling moved up -briskly to 14. eo 3-8, a gain of 1 ' '1-8 cents. French .francs and German marks also improved I moderate!, i , i , -! o . The .weekly clearing house . state-rcM shofrert decreases of 57.08.000 In loans, discounts and investments and an increase J22.502.000 in the reserve of . member banks in the federal re- j I serve bank.1 Net demand depos its increased 49.506.008 but time sf deposits dec-.;ned $2,670,000. Ag grega e reserve totaled $530,765, . ftOO.t leaving, excess reserve of $2."?2.489, an increase of $20. v 998.25Q. . W e ' WHEAT V 14VERPOOU July 14. Close: Wbeat 3-4 to Id lower: July 9s. 1 t-4dV October 8s. 6 1-4 d; Dec ember S. 10 5-8d- BPSN03 "i AIRE3.V July U. 0peni3gt wheat 1-5 cent higher. t -s. DRIED FRUIT NEW YORK? July. 14. Evapo- rated: apples dnfl. Prunes ne glected. " Apricots unsettled, t Peaches , dull. - - 1 Durant, Establishing "V Many New Parts Depots f Already good reports are com ing in from Durant owners who 'are making transcontinental trips, .regarding the parts depot$ on the "biehways from " coast to coast, .whlch were established a- short ! time ago , by the Durant 4Motor company; according to the Salem -Automobile com pany Durant desl " rs- here. Service, represeutativef from the'; Pacific coast - factories ho are working with the dealers tfeli connection report that. the Jseefit both dealer and owner are THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON receiving from j these depots is very pleasing indeed, j This arrangement will be a tremendous-asset to all dealers, in asmuch as it will help stimplate their business. ) Prospective pur chasers of a car like to know that parts will be available in any com munity of any f sire which they might care to visit. t . The two factory men who are concentrating on this work at the present stime4are' E. W. Hobson and F. D. llahn. both working di rectly out of the Durant Motor company of California. Ladd and Bush Employes Buy Coupes and Sedans From Local Concern ." The Used Car Corner, dealers in used Ford cars, report that bust ness is good exceedingly so in fact around the Ladd Sc. Bush bank building, as employes of that con cern during last week purchased three Ford coupes and one Ford sedan. " I This Is considered one of the largest used car sales to one group of persons that has "been "turned" in some time, and speaks well for. the service and quality given' by the local used car firm. I 1 ' Mr. Anderson, one of the mem bers of the Used Car Corner, says that "with the sale of these four cars to the various employes of the Ladd & Bush bank, our total number of cars sold within a dis tance of oner block of the shop now, reaches lltV : . , Bootlegger's; Machine Is r Offered on Local Marke People often' wonder what be comes of the automobiles conf Is- cated- by orohibltion men. One of these was recently ac quired' by the! Used Car Corner people through a sheriff's sale. The machine, appears as any self-respecting Ford should appear -from th outside. Throueh a clever arrangement, the car has been equipped with a false body. which can easily.be detected wheu the machine is given a close ex amination. At special compart ment beneath the drivers' seat en ables a quantity of liquor to be transported without any boxes. sacks, or clumsy artifices. . : , . ' i.- - .7- r,-. V; . American Relief Workers Cure Thousands of Disease ALEXANDROPOL, . Armenia, July 14. Three thousand at the American Near Bast Relief orph? ange center,- here, who 4 for "the past two years have been treat ed n for trachoma by Dr. R. T. Uhls, of Kansas City, Mo., have been discharged as cured. Practically all of the 20,000 children concentrated, at Alexan- dropol by. the Near East Relief are suffering from trachoma in various stages. : Ninety-two thou sand treatments have been admin istered in one ; week under Dr. Uhl's direction at the various or phanage eye clinics. ' . : In addition to treating patients already infected, American relief workers are carrying on an exten sive education j campaign to pre vent the further spread or the di sease. : - J j ' .V Gilliam County Sends in Report on Its Schools Thirty-one of the 60: teachers of dilliam county are .teaching their first year in iheir present position nd 14 their second year. . Only 15 teachers in - Gilliam county have taught more than two years in the school they are now teach- in?, according; to the report of, County School Superintendent Jean K. Por'er. which was filed MAKB ' GOOD SALE NEW VICTOR RELEASES rr k -ii DONT FAIL AN OCTETTE OF CAPITAL BATHING BEAUTIES. 1 ''.'V i '--A V. ' L'( ' .: -(- ' These are the Capital's bathing beauties, who are real swimmers and divers and; appeared at fashionable Wardman Park swimming pool to compete for the championship of Washington. They all hold some records to be proud of. the fourth 'young lady from the right. Miss E. Pettingill. now holding the District championship. in the office of J. A. Churchill, superintendent of public instruc tion. The report shows that the coun ty school superintendent spent an average of one and one-half hours visiting in each school in the COUnty. I " i The enrollment In the grades during the year was 703, and In the high school 156. The .total enrollment remains practically as it was In 1922. ? j Sixty-eight ; pupils were gradu ated from the eighth grade, and 27 from the high schools. e . The total income of the public schools of Gilliam county for., the past school year was $98,351, or a decrease of $Zj,650 irom the amount , received the..previous year. A total of $96,420 was ex pended for all school purposes. ' Sixty teachers were employed for an average of 165 school days during the year, i; How Hot Is Lightning? Question Asked Science BERLIN, July 14. The ques tion of the degree of heat gener ated by lightning has been agitat ed recently in German scientific circles because of the effect,5 ob served after electrical storms, of lightning on the tips of lightning rods. ... :.-: f It was found .that .a platinum tip melfed on being struck. Since the melting point of platinum is variously fixed, at 1,700 to 1,800 degrees centrigrade, it was clear that the lightning's heat exceeded that temperature. Later an in. stance developed in which- an ir idium tip was melted by a stroke. The melting-point of this metal is said to . be 2,000 degrees - centi grade. : i ; ... - t ; UNIFOR3I FARES IX MEXICO MEXICO -CITY. July 14. Mex- ica soon is to have standard "rates on railroad tares, applicable throughout the country. The cost of a first class ticket will be two and one quarter cents, Amer ican money,, a mile. Second class tickets will be one and one eighth cents a miles. - : For Millrtin, Dairy Feeds, Scratch Feeds, Egg Mashes, Half Ground Salt for salting the hay, Fly Sprays, Turnip Seeds, Black Leaf Torty for spraying Hops, and most anything, that you need m Pbultiy Suppliesl- r -! i GO TO ' -! D. A. WHITE 8c SONS THE LARGE DOWNTOWN STORE 1 A CONVENIENT PLACE TO TRADE Phone 160 . . 251-261 State Street "Barney Google" Fox Trot "I Cried for You" Fox Trot .Carolina Mammy"--Fox Trot 19087 "Stella" Fox Trot j 7Scr "Down Hearted Blues" Fox Trot 19094 "Gulf Coast Blues" Fox Trot J 75c TO HEAR THESE RECORDS . .v.--.- . . A-. v British Find Chinese Opium Traffic Active j LONDON. July 14. China is producing hundreds of tons of opium, says Sir John Jordan, Brit ish Minister in Peking, and it looks as though she were going back to the old, bad state of af fairs before the - suppression of opium by agreement with India was brought about.' India, the British Minister, -adds, - used to export about 100.000 chests ol opium a year, mostly to China; now her exports are only 80,000 chests, almost exclusively to the East ' Indies. She is ' prepared to reduce this it there is a reduced consumption. ' lie says India Is loyally and scrupulously observing every pro vision of the Hague Convention, Turkey and Persia, he adds, must be brought within the Hague Con vention, or the attempt to control the supply of raw opium must in evitably fail. Similarity it Is es sential that. Switzerland join the Convention, since that country is one of the most important centers In the world of the drug traffic. fit." Sir John, declared, "the Hague Convention is honestly and efficiently enforced today, the opium problem "will be solved to morrow." I f There is a lack of physicians in the country. What has become of the old-fashioned doctor who offi elated at the births and deaths of the little community, who never sent a bill to collect, but was the holdo of all the secrets of the neighborhood He carried hie med Icine with him and his side-bar buggy or carryall could be Identi fied as far as It could be seen. Willamette Valley Transfer Co. Fast Through Freight to All Valley Polnte Dally. Kpeed-fcfflclenry-Servlce SMlem-Portland-Woodborn Dorvallls Eugene - Jeffww Dallas - Albany-Monmouth Independence - Monroe Springfield SHIP BY TRUCK 19093 75c- tj BIS FROM 16U ALTITUDES Keels Being Laid ; in Great ; Britain for Craft to Hov . er Above Clouds LONDON, July 14. Keels are now being laid in Great Britain for huge rigid airships which will hover above : the clouds with, a number of small fighting ma chines on board ready to launch at a foe, says an aeronautical ex pert in the London Daily Chroni cle. The task of these new ma chines In war, he says, will be to carry aloft to immense heights and to transport, if necessary, thousands of miles, squadrons- of swift, deadly, steel-built 'attack planes." These will be launched from high above the clouds, and will rush at 200 miles an hour and more earthward to harry aircraft and raid the commerce of the seas. 1 "The airships will have the power, lacking in a small machine' the writer says, "of long-distance flight's at great altitude, while, on the other : hand, the small planes they carry will be able to outfly and out-fight any machine laden for a long journey. - "In the case of specially-organized attacks by these formidable air-borne fighters on 'planes car ried at sea by mother-ships, the tactics of the craft sent darting down from airships win be to dive pell-mell on their surface-launched opponents, and strike them deadly blows before they can gain the vantage?point of altitude. "Height in air-warfare ia the key: to victory, and these airship carrier fighters will have the ad vantage of being In a position to choose their own moment for a swoop upon enemy craft climbing from the earth." ' The Chronicle's contributor says that Prance. Italy and the United States all -show a grow ing recognition of the importance of mobile 'aerial 'harbors" for swarms of 1 fighting-planes. The United States already has laid the keel of an airship which will launch single-seater fighters and pick them up again while the mother-craft is traveling at full KAFOURY'S JULY CLEARANCE SALE CONTINUES A GIuT ALE ON SUMMER r..;:;':v--;wiSse;fiooDS' Every Yard Must Go; former prices have been disregarded, Voiles, Lawns, Ginghams, Crepes and others at very marked reductions. ; a,:;.;--..v,:.,; f.r.;H- : r-' You will not be disappoiifted. We list just a few. You Won't Need to Compare These Stylish lawns, tis lawns, tis- nd voiles, to 59c .. .1.0- sues and J values Good assortment to choose from -They are sure to satisfy. Guaranteed fast color, (Everfast materials, 38 inches wide. 49C and 89c Absolutely fast colors: arc these good-looking basket weaves and plain yes. suitable for dresses; middies and blouses. You will find this a weav very reliable satisfactory cloth. Wonderful Values in Dress Ginghams 19c, 24c, 39c, 49cYd. These are tremendous' values seldom offered. You will find them serviceable ' and fast color. The widts are, 27 and "32 inches. The patterns and colorings are de sirable in the season's latest shades. - ' , : j Hundreds of Your Mail Orders , receive careful atten tion. We pay post age or express within a radius of a hundred' miles. , SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 15; 1923 speeq. The .first American "fly ing-aerodrome, he , adds, will be ready to take ' the air this sum mer. It will carry as a normal load 12 fighters of the latest type. Great Britain . has. , completed the first . seagoing vessel in the world designed specially for the transport of aircraft. She has a displacement of 10,050 tons and carries seven 6-inch suns, four 4 inch.l and a number t of smaller guns Besides torpedo armament, the new vessel is fitted with two hangers, enabling her to carry 20 airplanes, which will, be raised to the taking-off decks by means of electric elevators. Another advance in aerial ef ficiency is the construction, for the British air ministry, of huge seaplanes .with a , speed of 125 miles an hour. , One of the latest types has a wingj span of 112 feet and carries nearly two tons of gasoline. It is fitted ' with twin Condor , en gines of 1,300 horsepower each, driving twin propellors. Swedish Riksdag Acts Jo End Liquor Running STOCKHOLM. July 14. A se vere: blow has been dealt the rum- running fraternity of Sweden through the adoption by the Rik sdag of two bills which aim to curtail the activity of smuggling. One! bill xalls for the establishing of a special -police force against liquor smuggling in the, city and archipelago of Stockholm, and the other involves Increased severity of punishment for violation of the liquor Import laws. The creation of a special patrol for Stockholm, and the appropria tion of about $35,000 thereto was passed only after considerable debate. The amendment , to the smuggling law provides a maxi OREGON PULP & PAPER CO. Salem, Oregon . MANUFACTURERS Sulphite, and Manila Wrappings, also Butchers Wrap pings, Adding Machine Paper, Greaseproof, Glassine, prug Bond, Tissue, Screenings and Specialties. Low Prices J q Exceptionally at tractive patterns on 10- quality cotton cloth. ..i yard Exceptionally High Quality Cotton Crepes 29c and 34c a-yard ? The very best crepes ever of fered, plain and fancy suitable for gowns, pajamas and children's wear. Very desirable and practi-, cal. This is a very low price for such good nerchandise. Throughout the Store Bargains Salem Store. 400 State SU mum penalty of one year's Im prisonment at hard labor for of fenders found guilty of extensive smuggling of unlawful Import for commercial gain. In certain cat es also the master of a ship upon which smuggling has been at tempted can be held legally re sponsible. "; ', These restrictive measures by the Riksdag have been necessitat ed because of the persistent smug- Kline which has been carried on across the sea coast of Sweden. Large quantities have been brought in illegally, the principal purveyors being Esthonia and Germany. Although Sweden la not a prohibition fcountfy the illgeal distribution of liquor has become profitable because, under the "Bratt system" of liquor ra tioning, Swedish, subjects: are not legally entitled, to more than a prescribed quantity of alcoholic beverages s month. - LIFE SENTENCE Marshal Foch told the follow ing anecdote while in this country: A French, mayor who at one time held the office of magistrate was about to perform the civil rite of, marriage, ( "Mile. X,J he said, "do you agree to take this man for your wedded husband?" After the woman had 'replied in the affirmative the mayor turn ing to the bridegroom, delivered himself as follows: "Prisoner at fne bar, what have you to say in your defense? Jm. ' Vfm C ul-Tfi. .!rpra bu?mH BRAR0 riLLS. tor 8 Mlw.'t1t.AHpyaMrtO Portland BUk Shop - 883 Alder fit. ItsVrY I ' BUSTS!? mmm sum Features for This Week's Selling : i f . ! ''-. . :- ,,.. .... - Lot No. 1 i -Babies' Soft Sols SI:? pers and Shoes, per pair, 29c Lot No. 2 Ladies' Oxfords and Pomps, black and brown, genuine bargains, $3.85 Lot No. 3 Sandals in white, blsc!; and patent, while they last, $4.85 rL6tN6:4 White Canvas Pumps, medium heels; sale, $2.85 Lot No. S - i - -.... .. ... ... Women's Black Kid Strap Pumps, robber tor iin, Cuban heels; sale, $3.95 Lot No. 6 -Splendid assortment oi Men's Oxfords,, attracts iveiy priced trcm $3.85 " BUSTS!! if STOR ' mm shoe; STOEffi I. r. M ' r,