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SATURDAY, MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1924 0 k THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON llpi" ; 'k Baa . ' afi toss. qs IM :lLLij i k 4 i 4 1 r i 1 a,- i. 4 ! I i : . V i fi i I. i ' WHEAT VALUES FID HIGHER Dry Weather in Argentina -and Firm Liverpool Mar i ? ket Cause Rise CHICAGO, Aug. i 29. Dry weather in the Argentine and firmness of the market in Liver pool were chiefly responsible for a higher average in wheat values here today. At the finish wheat was up 1.3-8c to 2c, wlthSep tember 1.24 1-8 to $1.24 1-4 and December $1.29 to $1.29 5-8. Corn underwent a setback of 1-2 cent to 1 3,-4 cents; oats declined 3-8c to 3-4c, and provisions were unchanged to 7c off. J Firmness in Liverpool reflecting yesterday's advance at Winnipeg and Buenos Aires was given addi- SALEM MARKETS Prieea quoted' ar wholesale and ara prices received by farmers. No retail yrieea ar riven. . v, 1 - , . . GBJ-UT A3TD BAT ' No. 2 wkeat V $1.20 C$ $1.28 Nu. 3 red wheat. maeke4-f 1.20 t$ $1.84 Oata . -, - 60e G 64c Cheat hay : $12 W $13- Oat hay $14 fed $15. Ciover hay, baled 1 $14 TOB.K. MUTTON AKD BEEF Hoft, top, 225-275, cwt .... $7.75 Hoga, top, 225-275, ewt $8.00 Hop, top, 150-225, ewt. Hough heavy r $8.00 2e (rd 4e 1 4i rot aows 2e- 4c Top veal, dreamed Oows ..i, Top Iamb - , , .7e e 4e 7e Q 9e Se Bpring Jamba Iteavy hena POUXTEY lft bena .lie EGGS. BTJTTTi- BUTTEEFAT Creamery bntter 41e Q 42e Rtitterfat. delivered 384 Milk, per ewt. .$1.85 Kick, aelmrts ' . , , ... 28o j Standarda - t gB" PnUeU QUALITY 175 S. Commercial r Between State and Ferry- To look ahead will often SAVE a man money. Bat by being' too cautious and afraid to venture has often LOST a man money. Many of our customers saw far enough ahead to buy their flour, before the raise came. Thereby saving real dollars. , WE have bought large quantities of flour .ahead of the raise and cheerfully pass on to you the benefit of our venture, by selling flour much under the present whole-sale prices. Try Js! What We Feature This Week PHONE 305. SPLENDID HARD WHEAT ' kf ?irM, Kerr's Best Patents, 49 E sk, $1.99 dUli Golden Loaf .selected, 49 lb. sk. $1.85 Q re Hi rgs! Settage Bolls w 25g aGCUr Ssiaares Lb. . Oril in cartons, gideMaeoii, U CilidlbS size, nSIFf Carnation, Borden, IQa LwdlluLi Country Club, can . . i . ; UKh How are 'we' able to sell at these low prices? Low over head; small expenses; quantity buying. . ' . tional firmness today because of heavy rains in England and re ports of deterioration in northern Argentine where it was said the country is urgently in need of rain. The market here was quick to respond to thej action, abroad and buyers rushed into the pit, making it easy to maintain higher levels. On the bulk, however, a . good class of selling was brought; which caused a moderate break. Ldter predictions of colder weather, in . the Canadian north west brought some good buying into the market and again sent tallies up. ;! Requests for wheat for shipment to Vladivostok were taken as confirming recent reports of crop failures over a wide terri tory in Russia. I -I' Corn showed independent weak ness for the ' first tinie in some days, free profit taking, being a factor. A fair character of buy ing appeared on the breaks. Oats eased with, corn and on profit taking sales. - ' Provisions were, unsettled with pressure from commission houses. New Business College Meeting With Success SILVERTON, Ore., Aug. 29. (Special to The Statesman.)' The Silverton Business college which opened here a few weeks ago is meeting with considerable success and is being given the approval of many of Silverton's business men. At present 40 students are enroll ed .and J. A.4 Button, president of the school, remarked thati about 150 had enrolled tor the fall term which begins September 15. It is expected that three new teachers will be added this fall. Those teaching now are : Mr. and Mrs. Button. Mr. Button wired his son, Frank, who is at present at Min neapolis," Minn., and he will join his parents in the very near, fu ture. It la understood -that the young Mr. Button is an experienc ed business course:, instructor. DELIVERY. AT YOUR SERVICE lb. . . . I; .JG tiling lb, 20s Snowdrift, 4 lb. tins 98c s lb. tins $1.89 3 tins . V y ;tytlS Big Celery Shipments i To Go From Lake Labish Wholesale shipments amounting to nearly 200 carloads will be made this fall by celery growers of the Lake Labish district." "These figures do not include numerous small shipments made by express and ' motor truck. The season is Just opening now, and will con tinue until nearly the middle of November, according to Ronald Jones, secretary of the growers organization. Approximately 10 carloads have been shipped from Brooks so far and the shipments will continue almost daily. j The celery is said to be of good quality this year and so far the prices have been firm and on the basis of 55 cents and 75 cents a dozen. Though the major portion of the celery will be sent into the middle western district, some Is going to the, southwest this year. Not only the celery harvest but the onion crop will be larger than last year, it is estimated by the Lake Labish growers. Only 100 carloads of celery were shipped , last yeart.with the onion harvest getting under f way in about 10 Lflays. Some is already beginning to move. "TTla 'estimated 'that the total onion, crop will net close' to 300 carloads this year.. ' C00LIDGE PRAISES E FRATERNAL BODIES (Continued from page 1) - the White House, did not . men tion by name any fraternal order nor did he touch directly on poli tics or campaign issues. Outlining the "homely -virtues". industry, thrift, loyalty, com mon sense, 'faith and the golden rule the president said he en dorsed fraternalism because that spirit attempted "to , translate these ideals into daily life and action." . f . "The rituals of nearly all fra ternal organizations," he added, "are-based upon religion. No true fraternity can rest on any other conception. It .. is : for these rea sons that they are. the supporters of the true aims of society, strong reliances of ordered government. according to public law, able ad vocates of the cause of righteous ness and religion and active pro moters of peace and good will among the nations of the earth.'' 'Mr.' Cool id ge wrote most of the address during his stay at Ply mouth, Vt and it dealt at length with his flews " of the "homely virtue8"'as he described them, "'Going to his desk immediately after an early breakfast, the presi dent putin a busy day and to night the desk was clear. I ; r; The usual Friday cabinet meet ing was held, the various members who have been away during the summer, joining with the chief executive in picking up threads of business again. : Nothing special was considered, it was said. It was I said the president has no plans for a speaking trip and has not received any late reports of the political situation from William M. Butler, chairman of the republican national , commit tee. lie appeared much rested from his vacation. First Meeting Held By Silverton Lions Club : 'I V v :;- T - , : . SILVERTON, .Ore.. Aug. 29. (Special to The Statesman.) The Silverton Ions; "club held its first luncheon Wednesday noon at the Christian church parlors for the purpose, as the , president. Carl Benson, put ; it; tit "learning : our BtUff,"-, - ' ;,. ' ; : V The-charter , membership of the club includes CarliBengon, Reber Allen, J. A.' Button, Wallace Cool ey. Axel . Larson, Albert Webb, SAYS THE BAKER TO THE HOUSEWIFE 'Here's a generous-sized loaf of bread that's made as near perfect as bread can be bake3 that's Peerless bread. It's made from the best floa r is light, palatable, and di gestible. The excellence of onr bread is known to hun dreds, of customers." ; . "Always a bit better" I Peerless Bakery 170 X. Commercial , Phone 308 ' J IS Stopping in Salem to Cool Off and Pick Hops , "At last, I breathe once more! After being in the furnace of the southern part of Oregon, for sev eral days, it was a: big surprise, and a mighty fine one, too, to ar rive in a place, such as Selem with it's coolness." - ".' Hiker Chas. L. Green loaf, mak ing himself "perfectly at home in the editor's office with the ease 6f o"ne accustomed to big things, voc iferated this with' a gesture or re laxation. "Why, 1; don't even have to use, my handkerchief as a face mop any more here. ; Down in northern California one needed a bucket hung under his chin to keep from taking a bath from hte own perspiration. I know because I have tested every cli mate of the United States and jliave taken more than one shower bath." ' . : y Creenleaf, who has walked two and a half times across the con tinent, viz: from Los Angeles, New York, Florida- , (Daytona-, Chicago, and return to Los Angeles,-and now on way to Seattle, possibly Portland, Maine seemed to like the job. ; I ;His objects are several. One to study human nature. He claims to i have discovered ; among "a thousand and one other things," the desire control in advertising. This, he said came to him while in t'he middle of the desert. t 'l have gone so far as to decim ate people's business in their dull est season over their busiest. Just what will happen when I get this new system perfected, will be diffi cult to say Suffice it to say that it WORKS. Had Ilroom here to tell more about it I would, it v. ill be a reversal of the old make op stuff." i .Another Is a book, "A Hiker," which he says is toibe interestfng to all classes. ; - V i Greenleaf carries -a tenVbundle and knap-sack weighing about &5 pounds.- He has worn out 15 pairs of shoes,- mostly, second handed, because of comfort and economy. "When i J. get flush, I swell out in a brand new pair," he puffed. "Just look at the pair I have on, though.'- I wonder if they sell them any longer. Still, these were "given me by a kindly old bachelor way back in Corning, and I have managed to wear them with several insoles? in them to fill the vacuum. I am glad they were not too small." ! J' 1 ! Greenleaf is an optimist, a wri ter, philosopher, a movie actor, etc.," etc., etc., "etcs." Coming in handy on an extended hike. He intends to stay in Salem for several days, during which time he Intends to visit Governor Pierce, the penitentiary, and incidentally to pick hops. "We all have to have money even, hikers," he de clared. - ; - if '' Elmer Olsen, Jphn Moe, J. D. Drake, O. M. Hillard. Clay Allen, Ben Desart, Louis ' Bock, Alfred Jensen, Merle Shotswell, James Dorton. Melvin Rtviness, Harvey jB. Wells and Pearl McCIeary. - f f - r BRIGHT Wk PUw VAGABOND iviicooweiiiis Quality, , -Meats ;;. : -" ii:;:; - ' '-' - : ' ? - :- I ' -r "''." We are now using the best lot of beef that has been 'in our market for a long choice steak ,20 less than Choice Baby Beef to Roast if.: : ........!..: Freshly ground "'"'' Hamburger .. Pure Pork Sausage, No' Water, ; . No Cereal :.. - . . - - Picnic Smoked Shoulders .. Cottage i ; . ; Roiis : McDowell Market Where a Dollar Does its Duty. I ' Open Until 8 P;M; Saturday Evening. PHONE 1421. 173 S. COMMERCIAL Radio Program for South - Seas Goes From Oakland Governor Pierce yesterday sent a telegraphic message to Ml I. Millholland, studio manager of, the Pacific coast broadcasting station at Oakland. Cal., that, with the messages of other governors was to be sent by radio to the people of the South Seas at 1 o'clock a. m. today. I S ; A special program was arrang ed for listeners Jn JCew Zealand, Tasmania. Australia, Peru. Ecu ador, chile, Hawaiian islands. Savaii. Fiji and other islands! of Polynesia. : I ? It is said this is the first time that the people of the South Seas have had-the opportunity to jeo Joy o continuous broadcast from Governor Pierce's message lows : i "Oregon extends greetings fol- to mends beyond thA km a' w. - i v ua el at the achievements of Wn in conquering the forces of nature and bending thm to his will. Through storms, over the moun tains, across the ocean-wide go these words; confirming our be lief in a God that guides and shapes the destinies of man. Hap py are we that we live at this time when we have eo much to see and enjoy." ( LIVERPOOL, Aug. 29. Close: Wheat, September 10s. lod; up 2: December 10s, 10 3-8d; up 2d. March 10s, 11 d: up 2d. 4 IS BEING ADDED 1 " The Salem ; Wood Manufac ! turing Co. 'Makes Tent s ., Toggles adn Dowels t 7 - ... , - The Salem Wood Manufacturing company, on River street between Front and Commercial,; has been putting in some hew machinery. including a dowel machine and. a toggle machine, to make dowels for furniture and toggles for tents. . The men who own and operate this concern are partly! those who were connected with the Oregon Wood ' Products ; company, whose plant in West Salem was destroyed by fire a year ago or so." t The plant of the Salem Wood Manufacturing company, out In the north .part or Salem, consists Of a small sawmill and machinery for making various wood products needed by manufacturing con cerns. They make the wood cores for adding machine paper, and wrapping paper for the Salem pa per mill. These-'are needed In large quantities. ; , " : Do Oustom Sawing ; They use up a lot of ash, maple, oak and alder logs, and they.-serfd a lot of this lumber to the furni ture manufacturers of Portland and. elsewhere, -when their supply exceeds their own needs. They al so do custom sawing of both soft and hard woods. sj ' They find the supplies of oak, ash, maple and alder In, the Sa- Iem district abundant, especially he first. three. This makes one wonder why Salem does not secure a furniture factory. . ' ' 5 The two machines will begin op erating today. - time. We are seeing -this- otfr former price. 15c 12,c 15c 17c 22c FNcnr IDENTITY OF I. P'S KS i, CHAMBERS Ml I : I t, ! I. 16IN QUESTION Governor Pierce Declares He Is W, J. Herwig and Not Wineberg That Secret Operator No. 16 was W. J. Herwig, superintendent, of the Oregon anti-Saloon league, and not -Abraham Wineberg, the New York detective, was the as sertion made yesterday by Gover nor Pierce, who denied that he had contradicted himself in aQ in terview for a Portland newspaper by first stating that Wineberg was No. IC, and then saying that Her wig was No. 16. Wineberg is ac cused in the Portland report with having gotten $1500 from the state prohibition fund and about $6500 more from Oregon reform organizations through clever man ipulation, and then skipped the state from a hotel where he lived under an alias. Wineberg, Jt Is reported, is wanted In New York for "slicker" work done there in connection with the prohibition organization. Governor Pierce said yesterday that he bad reliable information that Wineberg had returned to New York to answer the charges made against him there and that he would return to Oregon. . The governor stated that Wine berg' had secured considerable val uable information during his op erations in Oregon, but that cer tain affidavits he is said to have gotten would be of questionable value without Wineberg here to substantiate them. . One of the accusations being made against Wineberg is that'his operations here -were not so much for the prohibition cause as di rected against certain federal re publican office holders. SEATTLE, Aug. 29. grain" unchanged. : . -Hay and SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 29 Receipts, hay 143 tons; unchang- ed. : ' ' " ' '- . NEW YORK, Aug. 29. Hops unchanged. , Minced Clams New pack, 7 oz. r"r flat tins, 3 for DDC - . . Canned Vegetables Lily of the Valley, early sifted June Peas, No. 2 tins, 3 for DuQ Fame Corn -! Fancy de Lux Country .Gentleman, No. 2 CQ. tins, 3 for ....OOC Royal Red' " Tomatoes Solid Pack in No. 2i2 tins, 3 55c Snowdrift 4-lb.- tins . .. ..,. ...98c 8-lb. tins ... ......$1.89 Pineapple Broken slice, No. 2V5 size tins, 2 tins fff for ; :.DoC No. 2 size broken CJ slices; 3 for .......... 00 C .a m a k mm a a k- - v AT OLfR MARKET Large assortment of Luncheon f Meat for your'week-end vacation Remember Sept. 64-Year-OId Mermaid Takes All Night Swim VENICE, Cal Aug. 29. An all night swimming party celebrating the 64h birthday of Mrs. Anna E. Van Skike was launched off -the end of Venice pier at 8:15 tonight. ' The festivities began when Mrs. Van SfJke, a life long devotee of swimming, dived off the: crowded pier and struck out for the more roomy I ' reaches of the Pacific oeean. j 1 1 " " ' Two; life guards trailed the el derly mermaid in a rowboat, with instructions : to remain awake all night and remind her when to put about jori. the homeward voyage, for sb0 promised folks ashore to be back at the per in lime for breakfast at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. " i NEW YORK, Aug. 29. Evap orated; apples nominal; prunes quiet ; apricots and peaches quiet and steady; raisins firm. IN CAPITAL CITY i 1 A Washing Fluid, Deodorant and Disinfectant That Is : Very Fine Snow White 13 the trade name of a washing fluid, deodorant and disinfectant that. Is being manu factured (in Salem,' and which is attracting favorable attention and getting a considerable sale. Benjie S. Clarke, 590 North Capitol street, is the manufactur er of this new fluid, and it Is be ing tried out by some - of the laundries here and by many of the housewives of Salem. ' . If this new Salem product keeps on going as it gives indications of doing, before very long it will be spreading the good name of the capital city far and wide. ( Workers in the shops and-fac-tories who get their hands grimy with dirt have tried the new fluid kv-many tiwg,jin4 tt cleans them up in a way to make them con elude that the name of it is en tirely appropriate. SNOW WHITE MADE n n njwymji ES!Me2d stores l 1 9 TH) Peaches . For canning Elbertas, bushel boxest d9lQ per box LtrnXJ Gem Nut Margarine 3 lbs.: for . . .i 69c Butter Skaggs Clover Queen best creamery, Q7 2 lbs. OlC Milk Federal, large size, 10 cans ... 89 c Carnation or Borden's Milk, large size, - AO 10 cans UO C Graham Crackers 5-Ib. pkg., each 79c patches Large boxes; good grade, 12 box CQn carton JOC 11 1 is Labor Day. Store will be closed all day Phone 478 INSTITUTE SUIT Stockholders in Kings Prod ucts Company May Try . to Recover . ' Suit to recover $1050, paid out for stock in the King's Food pro ducts company is 'being prepared by Rev. H. D. Chambers, chair man of the committee of stock holders which recently investigat ed the condition of the company, and the necessary legal papers will probably be filed today. It will be alleged In the com plaint that the stock was sold when the officers of the company knew it to be insolvent and after auditors had informed the offic ials of Ihis fact, and while the license of the company to sell stock was under suspension by the state corporation com mission." ; Still another step In develop ments elnce the recent expose of the activities of the King's Food -Products eompany was taken Fri day when Governor Pierce author ized the so-called West investigat ing committee to conduct a full investigation Into the affairV of, the company to determine wheth er the stock sales were conducted in a manner that make them crim inally liable. It Is understood : here that an other probe has been ordered In California, where stock was also Bold. This investigation is being conducted under the direction of the corporation department of that state. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 29. Wheat: No. 1 northern $1.27 to $1.31; No. 1 hard spring $1.31 to $1.41; No. 1 dark northern spring choice to fancy $1.35 to $1.41; good to choice $1.30 to $1.34; or dinary to good $1.29 to $1.31; old September $1.26; new Sep tember $1.26; old December $1.30; new December $1.30; old May $1.34 7-8; new May $1.34 7"8.-$f - ... v . " . PORTLAND, Aug. 29. Hay unchanged. ' - ', n n n n " : ' fa. i ' ' i). Sweet Potatoes I Nice stock just in from ( California, 23c 21bs...... 1 1 Vreen Jreppers Pound .:.., ..:...............10c 1 ; Bananas Firm fruit, 3 lbs. .;......:. 35c J U Ripe Olives ( Van Camp's Endorsed I brand, extra large fruit, full pint tins, . M CQn 2 for Oi?C ) .Shrimp ',: v S, f, American Beauty, fancy 3 tins :.:.:.. .....;.. UuC ' .: ; ,u Plug Tobacco ; ( Star, Climax or ?; (10 n f Horseshoe, plug .. U C k ' i r - f ; - ' " " ' . ! -i - ,. ! ' ' ' ' ' T