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. A SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1924 V - til J . THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON " '! i j ' Bill Iff B: I i I pi v x "V V 1 V: 4 V I T V A A, i k. V 4 Jl y j x v 1 JL 4 V X U s I A X - K i . v STEADYBUYIWG BOOSTS PRICES New Advance in Wheat Va!. ues Is Recorded in. i Chicago Markets CHICAGO, Sept. 12. Persist ant buying on the part of houses with seaboard connections brought about a mew advance in wheat values today.! The market closed firnt at 1-4 to 1: 5-8 net gain. De-i cember $1.33 3- to $1.33 78 and May $1.40.1-4 to $1.40 3-8, with corn l-4c to l; j7-8c down, oats E-8c to ?-8c up, and provisions varying from 7c decline to a rise of 37c.- ! :, "... ; .-Iff Indications pointed to a liberal export business in wheat although of less amount than was the case yesterday. The fact that Liver pool quotations " were decidedly : higher helped also to strengthen values here, and so, likewise, did t stormy weather, over thjpj prairie provinces I of Canada. " .; ' Reports ' of a much- smaller .world's wheat crop than a-yenr ago and especially a general low i' ring of European estimates of yield: were an 'accepted.' explana tion of a big slare of the broad ening interest, j Selling-to realize ' prof its was , heavy at times', but 'was without much lasting effect, Warmer temperatures likely, to promote . the welfare of the corn crop eased down the corn market, ' notwithstanding , rallies due to wheat strength, i : Upturns in the price- of oats camet about chiefly as a result of better shipping demand from the southwest.'. - r Higher quotations on hogs lift ed the provision market. I GENERAL MARKETS i '. : j ! . I . "Wheat . i r " , j 111 . PORTLAND,! Sept. 12. Grain futures: j Wheat, hard white, blue stem and! Baart, September $1.45; October $1.46; soft white, Sep tember. October $1.37; western white, September. October $1.36; hard winter,- September. October $1.28; northern spring, September October $1.26; western red, Sep tember. October $1.27; BBB hard white,. September. $1.55 i -j ' " ; . Oats - ; No. 2 white feed, September $37; October $38.50; ditto, gray, September $36.50; October $37. , ' j Barley ' No. 2, 46 pounds, September $38; October $38.50; 44 pounds $37; October $38. ' r'"1 i rM '!:'". Corn IZo. 2 eastern yellow, shipment September, October $48.50; No 3 ditto,! September $48.50; OctO-t ber" $18.23. ' Millrun September $30.75; October $31. r 1 i Wheat ' ; MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 12., Cash: No. 1 northern $X.31 and $1.33; No. 1 hard epring $1.35U Mi45 1-8; No. 1 dark northern springchoice . to , fancy $14046 1.45 1-8; good to choice $1.36 ffl 139 j 1-8 ; ' ordinary to good $i.?3 1.33 is; X6'i dark hard Montana, on track $1.26H to.($1.36 1-8; to arrive $ 1.2 5 1-8 to-' $1.36, 1-8; old, September $129 i 1-4; . new September $1.29 General John J. Pershing, Who Retires H i From Service Today, and His Successor 1 i i f !! i t ' ' f I! After 42 .year's i active service John J. Pershing, general of all of the Armies of the United States and commander of; the AEF, be lieves that "service is the highest gift of the Individual to his coun try." -. aL He expressed this' belief In a signed statement addressed ' to soldiers' on th eve of his retire ment, published in1 the army's of ficial paper. Recruiting News, which made it public today. . Since the world war. General Pershing, .wrote to ! hi fellow sol I-S; old December $1.33 1-4; new December $ 1.3,3. 1-S; May $1.39 1-8. I ' -it-. SHay , i . PORTLAND, Sept. 12. Hay unchanged, f ' ! SEATTLE, f Sept. 1 2. Hay and grain unchanged.. , SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12. Receipts, Hay 72 tons;, unchanged. Fruits NEW YORK, Sept. 12 Evap orated apples steady, prunes quiet, apricots and beaches firm. Raisins 6teady. - f i' ' ' ' : LIVERPOOL, Sept. 12. Close wheat l4d higher; October lis, 5 7-Sd"; December lis 5-Sd March lis 4 fid. I . ' BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 12. Open: Wheat 1c higher: October SI. 4 3 1-4; February $1.32. Ill BIG YEAE) AH Students Begin Arriving Registration to Get Under Way Monday i l Registration at Willamette uni versity for ; the 1924-25 ; .school year will begin Monday morning and continue until Thursday when classwork will begin. The nnl verslty is embarking on its 83rd year since Lj. founding and this fall will mark the opening of the 81st year that the institution has been operated. - ; i Just what the registration will be this year, is a matter; of con jecture, Dean George H. Alden, chairman of the executive commu te which will guide the destinity of the institution during the ab sence of DH I Carl Gregg Doney, president, during the coming year, said yesterday. i ' ft i Students are beginning to ar rive and to get their courses In shape for the year's work, though as usual, the final 'days of the summer recess will mark an in flux of students almost overnight. It Is expected that there will be as many students in college this year as last, .though, no effort has been made to get an accurate line up on those who 'will return. The customary system of sending out notices was not observed this year, Dean Alden tald. Inquiries receiv ed at Willamette , university dur ing the summer "and early fall In dicated that there would be a large freshman class this year, - Lausanne ; hall, the womens dormitory. Is already filled,- as the building,: with a capacity of 100 girl students, has already ar ranged to care for 99 of these. A.California man and his daughr ter were in the city yesterday in quiring' about registration and' In dicated that the girl; would enter the university. ; The 100th place at the hall .was being held until the father made his decision." ( While many of the old faculty members will be on hand to greet the returning and new students, there- will be several new faces among the "Instructors this year. Some are 6n leave of absence for various causes and others 4 have entered new fields. ; Hut every In dication points to a record year for the Willamette university. Autoist in an Ohio. town drove over a' man' three times, but ex perts tell us once. Is usually enough. ' in. iHmrniW,: Til diers, the army has been brought closer to the people-and bas be come almost as vital a place as it was a war machine. s "The pop ular ' mind has become disabused of the idea ithat fighting alone is the occupation of the soldier,'? he wrote, "and the great contribu tion of the I army to the develop ment and4 progress of the United States recognized and appreciat ed." i In the photograph Pershing Is shown with Gen. J. L. Hines who assumes his office today. , . rn, hi NEWS TERSELY TOLD Industry Items by State Chamber of Commerce for Public Infirmation i Prune Kc1iuik Huyx Furniture The North Pacitic Co-operativfe Prune Exchange, : recently organ; ized to handle the , marketing of the prune crop for the various loi cal co-operajive units, has pur chased some office furniture from the Oregon Growers, , and will move It to the new office at 311 Worcester building, Portland. Thfe exchange will be. ready for" busi ness; at the new address on or about Septem'ber ; 5th. Rental for the new quarters, including light and heat, will be $25 per month. Canneries Join Co-operative -.i Hunks - Canneries at Canby and Carver hava been taken over by the pro ducers of their respective dis tricts,; thus providing co-operative features and conserving to the growers the- profits accruing to the ; enterprise.- Operation of the canneries will be in charge of R. L. Peake, Manager John Kid of Canby is president. The output t( thelcanneries consists of berries and all fruits, l I Two Oregon Grower Jrjers SoltI Two large prune dryers for merly owned by the Oregon Grow ers Co-operative association have been sold to private interests. The 40-tunnel dryer at Sheridan, the largest In the state, was sold to S. E- Cummins and sons of Me-: Minnville, the Dallas dryer with 32 tunnels going to Henry Voth and Fred Elliott. The original cost of the Sheridan dryer is said to have been $30,000, the pur chase price being reported as $15J, 000. The cost of the Dallas dryer is reported at over $20,000, the purchase price being in excessjeyf half of that amount. The new owners will operate the plants as commercial dryers, in addition to handling their own output. tg Agricultural Society Head Attends Conference Among those present at the fifth regional conference of the American Farm Bureau Federa tion now being held in California, is H. H. Chindgren, Muliuno, Ore., president of the Oregon Agricul tural society. The conference op ened at Berkeley, CaL, . on Sep tember 1 with a two day con ference, followed by an eight-day tour of the principal agricultural producing regions of the state; The purpose of the conference' Is to study first hand the methods of the various co-operative mar keting associations and to meet with a number of farm bureaus. President O- E. Bradfute of the federation is personally directing the tourJ . South Douglas Prune Grower Get Together With about 1,750,000 pounds of Petite prunes represented at the organization meeting in Myrtle- Creek recently, the new South Douglas Co-operative Prune Grow ers local unit tookt its place along with the nine J loctils already aS filiated with the North Pacific Prune Exchange. Election of di rectors and officers was held, the following being elected: Ed Weav er, president; Fred Weaver vice president; W. A. Caswell, secre tary; G: R. Bates, treasurer; Fred FOUND At LAST For the . particular house wife, the bread which has that 1 crisp brown , crust and which does not ; crumb to pieces when cutting it. Try our bread and you will be, convinced that it is all e claim for It a most super- lor loaf indeed: "Always a bit better" Peerless Bakery Phone SOS -5 r lJUL- ... I ' A.S It i'-- s ' ft Weaver,- S. S. Johns, Ed Weaver, John Fenn, Rem. vFate, E. Bond and. C. D. Buick, directors. Grape Growers Form Co-operative The grape growers of Fontana, Cal., and vicinity, have just organ ized a co-operative marketing as sociation known as the Fontana Grape Growers exchange, with a sign-up of 5,500 acres, represent ing 70 per cent I ot the acreage in that locality. It, is expected that by next season the sign-up will be practically 100 per cent. Sixty ears will be shipped this season. Wool Association Grows Encouraging-reports of healthy growth in the lopefations of the Pacific Co-operative Wool Grow- ers are seen In a recent report of J that association! which shows an increase of -19 d per cent in the volume of wool handled in 1924 over 1922, while (he membership shows an increase- of 49 per cent since 1921. That the growth of the association has j been steady is in dicated by the pearly gains which in 1922 -amounted to 14 per cent and In 1923 to 37 per cent of the 1921 membership;1 C-p"ratives Get Itelucecl Inter i est Kate ' The Intermediate Credit bank of Spokane, Wash., has announc ed a reduction of one-half per cent in interest charged co-operative marketing associations, the new rate being 5 pr pent. For the first time, according to W.' M. Buckles, manager, through the medium of the Intermediate Credit- bank, the farmer borrowers are able to get quick action on an in terest rate reducljon. The first to profit from the lowered. rates will be the Montana Wheat . Growers association and; the, Pacific Co-operatic Wool Growers, it is report ed. f:3;i - Expert tlew Predicts G PRICES C0I1 UP SAYS BRADSTR EET'S York" PublSaoMg UUUUI Vl r ( - .1 for Better NEW YORK, Sept. ,12. Brad-' street's tomorrow will say: , f "Despite some evidence that early fall buying: has in some in stances been; satisfied : and that purchases for the most distant po sitions are closely restricted, the general trend Js toward a contiu' uance of the jmoderate Jmproe: ment heretofore 'noted. Better than this moderate trend is ap parently not expected just at pres ent, the tendency is to go forward cautiously. j "It has been too cool for most crops but especially for -corn which, needs continued warm wea ther, while it for cotton in has been too dry most states. Cool weather howeverVhas had a stim ulating effect jobbing trade. on both - retail and more especially in states j favored, by. good crops of small grains or cotton as, for in stance, the bid spring wheat north west, the old Bouthwest and Tox a3." r j - . : Week clearances $7,8 05 ,156, 000. We have a choice lot of babyJbeef. We will sell this choice meat today in roasts for45c per lb. Pork-to Roasfc . i . 16c mbtirStyak . ) 12 l-2c Pure Porfc Sausage 15c Xo water, no cereal.- This is 5 to lO cents per pound less ' 1 - - " v than this kind of sausage -is offered" for anywhere else-in Salem. Heavy Back-and Side Bacon . . McDowdltlfe&et wUTIfOP A ,nAT T Phone 1421- " Open Until 8 o'Clock i ..... ' 1 -'3 GEORGE J. JUDO REPLIES TO WEST Former Vice President of ; : King's Company De I fends Deal in Prunes , f George J. Judd of Portland, for mer vice president Of the King's Food Products company, has writ ten a letter to Govenor Pierce in reply to certain statements In the latest report of Oswald West and George Black concerning the King company's dealing with the fruit growers. ; The letter deals mainly with the transaction mentioned in the West-Black report wherein Isaac D. Hunt, was ..said to ;have. received $40 a ton for his prunes, while other growers received only $25! J ! 'The; letter follows: ' 1 "I notice in the evening papers that- ex-Governor Wesi has filed a report with you covering, among other things, the purchase of fresh prunes by the King's Food Prod ucts company.! Inasmuch as the report" 1 does not disclose all the facts in the company's records and creates the impression that Isaac p. Hurt received an unfair -ad-Vantage in the price paid ; him for his prunes, and inasmuch as, at the time these purchases were made, I y was a vice-president of the ' King's Food Products com pany and In direct charge of their buying, is seemed -to me that I might, presume to make a-statement to you covering some of the actual facts connected with the buying; of the company's . fresh prunes.' ; 5 "In the first place there was no fixed price agreed j to or set by the King . company for the prunes. The f price varied from $20 to $40 per ton, depending on the size, quality and time of pur chase. Some of the early : pur chases were at a higher price be cause the company desired to be assured 1 of a f certain number of good quality prunes and early In the season the average price could rnunea. , . true that most of the growers were paid at the rate of $25 per ton. ' There were some purchases made for $20 some fori $26.50 some for $30, $33 and $35,' Mr. Hunt's prunes were purchased early in the season at from $20 to $40 a ton, according to varietyj size and quality, the larger por-j tion of his orchard being Italian; prunes of'-exceptionally fine qual ity and size Iwere purchased a $40 a ton; the balance brought only $20. Mr statements are based on a personal inspection of his orchard before the. prunes were picked, f Furthemore, I believe that 6(1 per cont of the amounts due growers i selling green prunes tb the King company-were paid in full, and with a few minor ex-i ceptions, all of them were paid a substantial part of the purchase price. Mr. Hunt, however, was never paid by the King company either wholly or In part, and finally sold his claim against the King company for 25 cents on the dollar in conduction with a 'num ber of other creditors who operat ed through a creditors committee, as set forth in the report. "I thing It 'encumbent upon me . . . . : 18c i AW TkfWCl .tTK! TtlTTV" 173 South Commercial Saturday Evening : , . ...I- .. i ; . 'tl . to state these additional facts which .were omitted from Govern or : West's report, in order that you may be ' fully advised " as to what actually happened, before reaching any decision on "this point." . V JOHN MT0URT PASSES AWAY (Continued from pag 1) . . ' jMr. McCourt was married in 1898 to Miss Vera Boothby. daughter of-Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Boothby. The Boothby family was one of the prominent Salem families. Air. Boothby having done notable work in the construction of public and business buildings. Mr. McCourt was elected in 1898 as one of the Marion county repre sentatives in the legislature, serv ing in the special session of that year and in the regular session of 1899. He practiced law in Salem until 1900 when he; moved to Pen dleton and practiced his profes sion. " He served as deputy district attorney at Pendleton from 1905 to 1908. In March, 1908, he was appointed by 'President Roosevelt, as United States attorney for Ore gon and moved to Portland. , He resigned this position in 1913 and entered upon private practice in Portland as a member of the law firm of Veazie, McCourt & Vea zie. f Governor Olcott appointed Mr. McCourt to a circuit judgeship ' in Multnomah county in November, 1918, to suceeed the late Judge C. IT. Gantenbein, and he was sub ode IWashbum Crosby 11 1 fH 11 - i49 Lb .Of ;-GoW Medal I WrWwi&uL Bag. . . Bd 1 SG!ilIIIiV31? Cans . . i ' 0w3 '100 Per Censure 0Ubli!3lli2 l!!llWM i No. 5 Tin ....... 82c LNaptha-. ite vyinlU ; . Bars aaaHHMirHMMMHMHMiMHHMMMMMMMMHMHMMMMMMM " 'pigglyWiggly ((Tlf5f5?? I -;PT' . -CX Special ' . ! 9UyfTrB - Pound . . . Lo J A -very, high grade Lakeview Brand Van ' Camps j Hinz Crystal .White Pickling 456 State St; sequently elected. to succeed him self in that office. When a vacan cy on the supreme bench resulted by the resignation of ' Justice Charles A. Johns, " Governorl Ol cott appointed Judge McCourt as a justice of the supreme court October 8,; 1921. He was then elected to the office in November, 1922.- ; In politics Justice McCourt was a Republican. He was a member of the Presbyterian . church,. ' but had no fraternal affiliations. I 1 SALEM MARKETS 1 t u. . i Prices quoted are 'wbolenale and are price received: by farmer. No retail prices are Wen. . OBA1H AND HAT i No, 2 wheat SI. 20 Git $1"2 No. S red wheat, acked ..f 1.20 b$ S1.24 Oata . ,.....Cft (3 64e Cheat hay ,.$12 Q) S13 Oat hay ..! 14 dp fl5 Clover hay. baled . 1... ... 12 $14 PORK. MUTTON AND BEEF nozs. 150-200 ewt........ . :. &S9.50 HOS, 20O-25O: ewt ... . ..2S Hogs. 250-300 wt,. i$8.00 Koash heavyM - -Se" 7e IJeht aow....iJ.; ,4..9e Top veal, dressed.. ..8e Cow .J.;. .... , : le. ia 3e Umbi .... 4.9 Vie FODXTBT ITeaTy hena ....I:......i,..17e Light hena s. .. ...::i....lle EGOS. BUTTER, BUTTERT AT Creamery butter 45e (i 40 Butterfat, delivered .".. .42c Milk, per1 ewt... . i2.05 Eges, aeleet .... 3fie - Standards ; -..il..34 Pulleta ..w. :-. -ii -30 it Gibbons May Fight i . j , Tunney for "Title NEW YORK,' Sept. 12.-4-Tom Gibbons may battle Gene ,T4nney BIOD IBflflDO n CO D D : J7m-in)bnnoi7o; Per Pound : coffee specially packed No. Tin Per Gallon re for the latter V light heavyweight title at Boyle's Thirty; Acres be fore the close of the outdoor sea son, if Tex RIckard goes through with plans he has under consid eration. , A date around the middle of October after the world's series Is being considered - for the prospec tive match. - t r Still, many normal and sensible people don't ' understand words, that begin "psy."' IS JustRWm UH ODD D C DC CTJ , J .i 4 r-T Nr 1 ' a V T i i:i for. Piggly Wigrfy. 2. . r" - n 11:0 t PI;crrc 1C- t . ' '! )t - . , - r e