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. V i. J ' " , MIIIIIWE-IfflK(f,; Ml Soar, pas at fessS cs2 r t i K f r . : - ' X v f Y i i I i ) 1 1 y RECORD FDR WHEAT PRICES SHATTERED Market Yesterday Surpasses All Prices This Year; Buying Steady CHICAGO, Dec. 2C Besides crossing to above $1.S0 for the first time, the wheat market to-day shattered all prides this year. New buying was based largely on an estimate that tna exportable wheat surpius iooKect lor in ; Ar gentina would; amount to only 11-2,005,000 bushels. ; Rye as well as wheat went beyond previous top kvels. Wheat closed strong, 34 to 4 3-Sc net higher. May $1.80 -Trg to $1-81 14 and, July $1.54 3-8 to $1.54'. Corn fin ished 1 iito 2 ?-Se up. bats show ing X 3 S to. 2e gain, and provi sionsat a rise varying -frontal 2c in 40c: ' ' ;f- ; v ; -. , v--- ' Closing1 quotations on all - f u tureijeliyeries of Wheat here were the tip.jop both for the day and the season too. It. v-as pointed rtutj ciKo, that number; two red wrh.eat, the regular Chicago contract grade was "sold on track here today at "as high a?, $3.91, a fbjushel, ,14c pre mium joverV December delivery, a new peak for 1924... ; . At the same time- May delivery showed about 9c advance in the last three days. . . For the most part corn and oats derived their strength chiefly f rora wheat. i , The government report on prospective hog supplies proved ft .only a transient weakening ef fect on corp.. . . ,,r. ' Provisions, although weak ear ly, were later responsive to the upturn in grain. ' -' The old riewsless Monday Is a great day for newspapers " now, with their lists" of killed and in jured. " - ; ' ' ' ' ' "TIfr. CHILDREN i KEEP ME BUSY cutting Peerless bread. They like it letter than candy, cake, or cinnamon toast. Well, you have missed a treat if you don't eat this bread. You must try It.-J It is so wholesome and tasty mother's delight! "Always a Bit Better" ! Peerless Bakery 170 N. Commercial 1 Phone '308 PUR Now is the time for you are retailing our pure lard paying for it wholesale. ure juara . In bulk, our own make E Pork Sausage Pure no Mater, no cereal' Breakfast Bacon Light weight. aeon Backs Light McDowell Market Where a Dollar Does its Duty ' r V PHONE 1421. ' . . . 173 S. COM'L. Open Until 8 P. M. GENERAL MARKETS I , PQRTLAND, j Ore.. Dec. 26 Dairy produce exchange: Butter, extras 46 Vtc; standards 4 Dc;i prime firsts 43c; firsts 40c. Eggs, extras' 55c; firsts 51c; pullets 49c; peeweea 42c; current receipts 44c. I ; 1 NEW YORK,! Dec. 26. Evapor ated L apples dull; prunes quiet. Apricots and peaches firm; rais ins quiet but steady. BUENOS AIRES. Dec. 26.J Wheiit opened 1 VI to lf higher; February $1.B7 , 3-4; March $1".C$4. 1 1 PORTLAND. I Dec. 26. Grain ratures: Wheat, hard white, blue stem land Haart, December $1.81; January $1.82; February $1.J3; soft white. December $1.7C; Jan Hary;$1.77; February $1.S0; wost ent white, .hard winter. December ?1.75; January. $1.76J February $1.77; northern -spring, Decem ber,! January,') February $1.78; western red. December $1.70; January, February $1.72; BBB hard: white, December, January, February $2. . 1 Oats, No. 2 white feed, Decem ber, January i $40.50 ; February $41; No. 2 gray December $40; February $40.50. 1 Barley No, 4 4-pounds, De cember, January, February $43. Corn, No. 3, ; eastern yellow shipment, IK ceniber $50.50; Jan nsry"4S1.25; February $51.50. T Millrun, December $36.50; Jan uary's?; February $37.50. A PORTLAND, Dec. 26. Hay un changed. . , - SEATTLE, ! Dec. 26. Hay end grain unchanged. i , MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 25. Csh wheat: No. 1 northern $1.73 7-8 to $1.77 7-8; No. 1 dark northern spring, choice to fancy $1.90 7-S to $2.03 7-8; good to choice $1.S0 7-8 to $1.90 7-8; ordinary to good $1.74 7-8 to $1.80 7-8: No. 1 hard spring $1.75 7-8 to $2.03 7-8; No. 1 dark hard Montana on 'track $1.76 7-8 to $1.95 7-8; to arrive $1.76 7-8 to $1.95 7-8; December $1.73i; May $1.77 7-8. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26. Receipts: Hay, 18 tons. .1 I SALEM MARKETS Prices quoted ar wholetal a ad mr prices receired by farmers. K rstsi) prises sre rivea. - OKAiar AITO BAT Ko. 1 toft white wheat $1.58 N.-k 1 soft r?d wheat..' . $1.58 Oats 58c Chest fasT 112rS)14 Oat hay $15 CloTer hay, baled ., Oat snd Veten hsy 15 3l 916 iB POUK. MUTTOJT A3STD BEEF Hojjs, , 1 VO-SOu rwt $9. in Hog. SOO-aSO nrl ..$8.85 Hoju. 200-50 cwt I f8.60 Itouga Heavy .A .. . 5ViC IJght sows - flc Top real . He Iresed Teal, top .. 11 11 Vie Oows ......i.. 2(?i 3c Lambs . J 11c POOT.TBT Ileary beta. . 18e 8prinrers ..i. . '. 1 6e Light bens , - 12a14- Docks i. 1518e Old roosters - r Turkeys, choice 3335 Live tarfcevs.. .U.. ; Slfct'SSe Ihickr. i-i . 1 5 a 1 8e In-k. dressed a022c Oeese '.. ... . 141 Be Ceeso. drpsaed : .'......: 20Q22c EGOS. BUTTE K, BtTTTEETAT Creamery intter..-j 49 50c Bntterfat. delivered 46e Milk, per rwt J, :....1.90 fti Standards .. 4143e - Pallets .. , . 35e to buy a supply of lard. We for less than your dealer is I . . . . . 10c bring your empty pails 18 c 25c Why, pay more? t 22c weight Saturday Evening. LARD ISSM BETTER THAN 1923 Satisfaction Expressed With v Present Outlook; - Con- ! trast Prevails NEW YORK, Dec. 2 C Dun's tomorrow will say: , "As the end of the year ap proaches there is much, satisfac tion regarding business results and in those lines which have not par ticipated to any great extent in the improvement recently witnessed, indications are unusually favorable for a material broadening, inactivi ty early New Year, early inven tories have been completed, j Un seasonable weather in many por tions, thel payment of large sums in the way of bonuses by hanking and trading concerns, and the re lease by banks of . Christmas sav ings funds have greatly stimulated retail trade during the past two weeks, and holiday sales at prac tically every - important center have exceeded previous records. In most wholesale departments due largely to the fact that traveling men are home for the holidays and business houses are devoting at tention to the preparation of in ventories, the customary quieting down ; of this period is noted but the confident feeling and op timism with which the future Us regarded presents quite a marked contrast to the situation which prevailed a year ago." S Weekly bank clearings $7,289, P19.000. STOCK PRICES IE Tradition otj Dull After-Holi-: day Market Is Broken; . Copper Stock High s Stock prices surged forward today under the leadership of the copper shares shattering the Wall street tradition of' a dull 'i and featureless post-holiday market. Forty-seven individual issues 18 of them coppers, smashed their previous 1924 highs, carrying the general industrial average to the highest level in five years. " Spirited buying of the coppers took place following the announce ment that sales of the red metal in the east were being made at 15c a pound for the first time this year. American Smelting was the leader in that group, jumping more than five points to 100 3-8, the highest quotation - recorded since 1917. The advance, which comprised practically all issues with the ex ception of the oils, took place de spite the maintenance of, the AVi per cent rate for call money. United States steel common touched 119 3-4, the highest price in seven years, on buying in fluenced by a further expansion In steel operations. Several of the minor steels also developed marked strength. , Trading in the rails was re stricted by the mixed nature of the. November earnings reports now being published. iCall money ruled unchanged at 44 per cent. The time money and commercial paper markets ware unchanged with business quiet. k, . Trading 'in the . foreign ex changes was restricted by the ob servance of a holiday in London but the rates held firm. ' Demand eterling again was quoted above $4.70 and French francs ruled around 5.39c. , .5 NEW YORK, Dec., 26. Stck market averages: Date 20 Industrials. 20 Railroads Friday ...117.30 102.06 Wednesday 115.75 ' 101.39 Week ago. 115.12 102.42 High 1924 117.30 102.90 5 Ixw 1924 . 90.27 81.00 ; . Total stock sales 1,486,000 shares. Seattle Weather Slightly? Moderating, Reports Say SEATTLE, wave, which Dec. 26. A cold has gripped j the Puget Sound district, lifted slight ly today and reached above . the freezing point for the first time in ten days, the temperature being 36 degrees above zero. The cold est temperature recorded here to day was 24 above. i Power was being supplied! to night by the tag Roosevelt to 1,000 homes on Vashon island, south- iwest of Seattle in Puget Sound, dueuJo.aa xclectric able;.: being SUB FORWARD taken up for repairs after it was damaged in recent gales. ; Island residents have been with out electric lights for five days. . Power company officials, said the tug would generate power for two weeks when the cable Is to be reiaid. SLEET BREAKS PRESENT COLD SPELL IN CITY (Con tinned from page j) ported prospects of more, snow with slightly higher temperatures, i The Willamette river at Port land today was frozen over suf ficiently for persons to cross on the ice and only those harbor craft which were protected by metal sheathing dared to plough their way through the floes. . The Columbia river also was heavily encumbered with ice, mak ing traffic, except for large steel sheathed vessels, dangerous. SPOKAXK WARMER ! SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 2C With cloudy weather general in eastern Washington tonight slightly warmer temperatures for thej night were predicted by the weather office here. The ther mometer remained at 14 in Spo kane tonight and temperatures within a few degress of that Uiark were reported from other eastern Washington ctyiesj c IDAHO STILL COLD BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 26. Gov ernment thermometers here regis tered 18 degrees below zero at 8 o'clock this morning. AH south western Idaho is in the grip of, a cold wave. : Temperatures reported at some other places are Hailey 22 below; Nampa, 32 below; Caldwell 34 be low, and Pocatello 1,5 below. COLD HITS EAST NEW YORK, Dec 26 The cold wave which inflicted the most frigid Christmas in many years upon the middle and. far west, reached New York today. The rise in temperature to 23 degrees this afternoon, following a drop to 11 above at 7:30 this morning, the lowest point to which the mer cury j had sunk on December 26 since; 1872, will be only tempor ary, the weather bureau announc ed. Tonight the thermometer again began to drop gradually and the weather bureau predicted that this morning's' cold breezes prob ably would be duplicated, by. to morrow morning. The death of an unidentified man in Scotch Plains, N. J., today, resulted from the cold. Canby Teacher Sues Board For Damages of $25,000 ' OREGON CITY, Or.. Dec. 26. Mrs. Rosamund Lee Shaw Sam pelson, ex-teacher In the Canby high school and bride Of seven weeks, today filed suit for $25, 000 damages in circuit court here against J. R. Vinyard, F. E. Dodge and II. A. Dedman, members of the Canby school board. I The filing of the complaint by Mrs. Samuelson grew out of her dismissal from the Canby high school teaching staff following her marriage November 10, 1924. in Vancouver, Wash., to one cf her pupils, Clifford Leroy Samuel son. I . . f The complaint Is based on al leged libel. The plaintiff charges that the defendants falsely, with intent to injure the plaintiff, pub lished in writing words that were defamatory and malicious. Cold Weather Causes Much Damage to Citrus Crops LOS ANGELES. Dec. 26. Dam age caused in the southern Cali fornia, citrus belt by frost and high winds during the past few days is estimated at "somewhere between five and ten per cent of the orange crop," in a statement Is sued tonight by Dana C. King, manager of the orange sales de partment of the California fruit growers exchange. ' King's summary of "the situa tion, as telegraphed to an associate in the east, lays the damage to "cold weather preceded by strong winds." The minimum tempera tures in citrus districts ranged from 24 to 28 degrees above zero Wednesday and .Thursday nights, he says, 1 but efficient orchard heating prevented damage in most groves. ; "The condition of humidity pre ceding the cold was. quite favor able, and we anticipate the mini mum of damage under prevailing conditions," he goes on to explain, adding that "the disposition of shippers is to " move only good fruit now," pending an accurate estimate of damage to fruit' still unpicked. . ' Prince of Wales' trip to this country will make men's styles English. Wish a naked African prince had plaited, us la the jsjrins. SCHEDULE IS ARRANGED FOR WU DEBATERS (Contained from pag 1) is the most pretentious one ever arranged for the varsity debaters, and marks another step toward establishing Willamette university in a high place fn forensic circles. The trip taken two years ago by Willamette men as 1 far I back as Wisconsin advertised the univers ity and Salem so successfully that institutions welcomed the oppor tunity this year to meet the Wil lamette debaters. High praise for the quality of Willamette contests has been received from many sources. During the past three years only three contests hav'e been lost by the local university and these three have been by s:iit decisions. ; In order to help defray the ex pense of the extensive tour, It is planned to have-the local chapter of Theta Alpha Phi, national dra matic fraternity, put on a series of three one-act plays for the ben efit of the debate trip. The plays will be coached by Prof. Horace G Rahskopf who was largely "re sponsible for the very successful staging of the De Molay showand will be a distinct contribution to Salem dramatics. , Business men of Salem will be asked to support the play In view of the tremendous advertising which the city will gain from the debate trip".''.' The debate squad has now been reduced to six men, from whom the three men to make the trip will be chosen. Ward Southworth of Salem, junior and two-year' let terman; Victor Carlson of Toppe nich. Wash., Junior and one-year letter man; James McCHntock of Roseburg, sophomore; Joels Berre man of Corvallis, sophomore; Charles Redding of Fort Dodge, Iowa freshman, and Rawson Cha pin of Salem, senior, are the men competing for places. A two-man team to meet West Virginia will be chosen by Coach Rahskopf with in a week. Albanian Cabinet Flee From Rebellious Forces i :3jROME. Dec. 26. The members o the Albanian cabinet headed by Premier Fan Noli, fled the night before the capital was occupied by the rebellious forces ' of Ahmed Zogu, former premier, according tar the special correspondent of the Gtornale d'ltalia at Riana. The Fan Noll cabinet embarked at Dur azzo for Avlona. The correspondent learns that Aljmed Zogu's government will in stall itself at Scutari. ' Describing the entry into Tirana of the Zogu forces, the correspond ent says: "The first detachment, strong sturdy mountaineers, from the Dibra region, arrived at 10 o'clock in the morning, commanded by a lieutenant. Their ragged uniforms showed the hardships they had ex perienced. The population o.f Ti rana sent special delegates im ploring the commander of the re bellious troops to enter the city without causing bloodshed. "f As the contingent of troops ar rivedthe city which Only a few months ago was beflagged for the arrival of Fan Noli, was 'decorated for the entry of the Zogu troops. The communication between Ti rana and Durazzo had been inter rupted by both the disbanded gov ernment troops and by the rebels pursuing them." Y & lOMLE : PRE-IN VENT OR Y SALE The eople of Salem have come to know that our every day prices are more than ordinary values. These : special pre-inventory values will last till January 1. FLOUR VALUES , The price of Flour, as everyone knows, is rising rapidly. Crow a Flour, per bag . . $2.23 t j . j . i . pretana Best Montana ; hard wheat, per bag . . T $2.29 - ; : LARD i ' So. 5 Cascade. Lard... .... .84c jNo. 10 Cascade Lard. ... .$1.62 . APPLES VALUES .Large fancy Spitz, solid pack; this value you will soon be 1 paying $1.5 to $1.3, as - many are charging now; per f box .... ....... .$1.28 Family size packed I ( , Spitzenberg, per box . . . ?08c Every family In 3a1em should have one or more of these. lOO lb. sack of Sugar Six Deliveries Daily Including one to West Salem, - We have our own delivery, hence no extra charge. H211 NI CommerclaL VICTIMS OF FIRE iWllTTOM More May. Die; Christmas Eve Tragedy Casts Pall Oyer Whole City IIORART, Okla., Dec. 26. (Dy the AP) Death stood menacingly outside the doors of three local hospitals as the first victims of the Babb's Switch school firq on Christmas eve were buried In the Ilobart cemetery today. The Hat of dead, which rose to 34 this morning, with the death of John Coforth, waa expected..? to mount higher before dawn comes to sig nal a renewal of the interments. At the hysicians' and Surgeons hospital . Mrs.' J P. Noah grew weaker as darkness set in, and hospital attendants held little hope she would survive the nights - Mrs. Joe McNutt was reported showljr sinking at her rural home, while Leads F. Eden battled with death at an improvised hospital in a' physician's residence. irs. Walter C. Biggers, in the Miles sanitarium, is not expected to recover. 'Night cloaked the Hobart ceme tery as' the last of the eight bodies burled today was laid to rest. In one grave sleeps the three Cle ments sisters. Gladys, Mary Lois, Mrs. Juanita Clements Stephenson and the year old daughter of Mrs. Stephenson, Volunteer workmen were unable to complete today the huge trench in which 20 bodies will be buried. They will be fnrerred tomorrow as will the remaining six. A wreath of pink and white flowers, a lover's last mark of de votion to the earthly being o& his sweetheart, went into the grave ! with the body of Gladys Clements. Claude : Bolding, fiancee of the dead girl, dangerously burned, is in a hospital. They were to have been married yesterday. The others buried today were 5the Revelle - children, Lee and L e 1 i 1 a, Mrs. Glenn Terryhill, teacher of the school, and Vesta Jackson. No. ceremonies were held at the graves. Hobart and Kiowa counties joined in a memorial earlier in the afternoon, ministers of all the city churches taking part. Following the reading of 'the list of dead, the Rev. C. B. Kline, pastor ot the Christian church, read from the 19th Psalm. Sobs at times rising above the minister's intonations broke the rythm of the Psalm to the dead: " Thou carriest them away as with a flood,' " he read. " 'They are as asleep; in the morning they are like the grass which groweth; in the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and wlthereth.'" A piercing shriek from a sister of Vesta Jackson sent a shudder through the 2000 or more per sons in the city auditorium as the minister finished. In that shriek the suppressed grief of a commun ity was voiced. , Tears coursed down the cheeks of many who had known those who so gaily went to the yuletide ctlebration which terminated in one of the state's greatest fire PEARSON H. O. OATS Quick Oats, 3 for .50c SOAP White Wonder Soap, 26 bars .......... ; . . 08c MATCHES 8 for .29c, WAITS HAMS Half or whole, lb.. .... ... .25c Light Bacon Back, lb.. .24c 1,000 Sheet Tissue Toilet Paper, 3 for .25c Large Rolls Crepe Paper, 4 for ........ . 25c POTATOES Netted Gem Potatoes, 10O lb. bags ....$1.79 Vou will be paying $2.50 per sack before you are aware of it. ................. .;. $7.79 Phone 52 for C. O. D. Orders tragedies, as a choir sang softly the comforting strains of "Asleep in Jesus." Radio Amateurs Accomplish Two-Way Communication ATLANTIC, Mass., Dec. 26. What is believed to be the first two way, wireless telephone com munication between amateurs in England and the United States oc curred Christmas eve between 7 and 8:15, eastern standard time, when Sheldon S. Heap, amateur radio operator here, communicated with and heard B. B. Clapp, War wick road, Coulsdon, county Sur rey, England, it became known to day. The work was done on com paratively low wave lengths in the neighborhood of 100 meters, Mr. Heap said. The English station used more power than the Ameri can, sending on .1,000 watts as compared with slightly more than 450 employed here. The signals were received with such strength that the phones could be placed on the table and copied perfectly, Mr. Heap said. Coolidge Will Call for nvestigation of Mining . j - - i WASHINGTON. Dec. 2 C.Pres ideht Coolidge expects in the near future to call a conference of gov ernors of the coal producing states to' consider promotion of .mine safety. ' The program for the conference, to which about 10 states having extensive coal mines will be invit ed to send delegates has been pro vided by the department of the interior and its bureau of mines. It is the intention of the presi dent to hold the conference at an early date so that governors de siring to seek legislation along lines agreed upon by the confer ence can do so at the forthcoming sessions of the various state legis latures, i . The department of the Interior today reported that accidents at coal mines in the United States during November caused the death of 155 men, a fatality rate for the entire industry of 3.26 per million tons of coal produced. Committee Elected A committee to work out plans for the publication of a Willam ette university alumni magazine has' feeen"' elected by the student body executive conlmittee. Those who will have charge of the work are Jnanita Henry, editor of the Collegian, chairman; Mary Gilbert, Victor Carlson, Cornelius Bateson, John Heltzel, William McAlister and Wayne Crow. FATHER IS KILLED PITTSBURGH, Kan., Dec. 25. John C. Tomlinson. 36, a Pitts burgh contractor, was accidentally shot and killed by his nine: year We Haver dn Elite - 3 Lfl off For this Week at Our Originators of Low Pried a 35t State Street SMITTI COLLEGfe CltEWS ARE TAUGHT HOW TO ROW j BY ONLY WOMAN COACH ::::C::r:::-v:-:: Am,"i,.V"V,y-A-:v:'. . . a: - ""i r V A i ? 1 II -y t '. ' ' $" .. f, ' s ''' ' ' Miss Eleanor Clifton. btaO, coach of the Smith. College crewa. la the only woma.ivln .the. world to hold such a position. She la cred ited1 with having , developed somo of the fineit crews la the. country from tht glr student athlete at Northampton. Mass. - old son near here today while the two were hunting. ' According to the boy, his shot gun, a Christmas present, was ac cidentally discharged Just as he was about to fire at a rabbit. Tie full force of the shot struck Tom linson in the groin, severing an artery. He bled to death while his gon was summoning assistance. Budget Board Will Make Estimate for Battleships WASHINGTON, Dec. 2G. Th budget bureau, at the direction, ot President' Coolidge, has beraa preparation of estimates for appro priation for the eight battle cruis ers recently authorized by con gress."'?' "''''iSt'5,4t1 '' ' '. 'S:- .. MONTANA IS COLD L HELENA." Mont.. Dec. 26-A return of sub-zero weather was re corded In many. points in Montana tonight. Havre reported 4 belo , Kallspell 2 below. Miles City 6 t -low and Helena zero. Phophesy was for a cold snap tomorrow wi.'.i possibly moderation by Sunday. v W. S. FULTON pEES i SEATTLE, 'Dec. 26. Walter S. Fulton, 51 well known lawyer ii the Pacific northwest and former prosecuting attorney died here to day after an Illness of six months. 6:cb3 ' odd JUL U UK7 i m w w Q