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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1929)
--. r---js i You Wffl Save By Watching This Issue Pages of Buying Interest to Women - ' ', - Tfte Shoppers Guide The' OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Friday Morning June 28, 1929 .PAGE SEVEN PAGES ii i!!!! czk IS!?! Apricots, Prunes as Well As Cantaloupes Featured On Current Salem Market Local .Soft White Price is SliOIVi Thursday; ' Crop Outlook Good The, wheat market stood at '4Utt ob soft white and 98 cents on western red Thursday foVowiag more than a week marked, by a series of adrances and , declines, the sharpest of which was an Increase of four cent,., week ago today. The rale i was attributed to poor crop conditions In this country and portions of Canada, but advances weir practically offset by large offerings from the Argentine, Thursday market standing a halX-rC? nt higher than last Friday. Local grain dealers report further conditions of the market as .follows: Oklahoma estimate of 75,000,. 0 bushels will probably not Ktaad on account of great shrink age caused by dry weather. Two million acres will not pay (or harvesting. Six days of high wind in Kansas caused plants to open,, prematurely, causing loss of about two bushels to the acre, with the estimate running 150. OQ0.O06 bushels. The combined loss,. in Oklahoma and Kansas will run thirty million bushels. In Kansas the harvest will begin the first week in July, rather early for .that state. Xorth Dakota Crop Fair North Dakota will hare a fair era? if rain comes soon. Tenta tive estimate of the world's wheat cro indicates a five per cent re duction, suggesting a crop of S. B2S.oon.ooo bushels exclusive of Ruesia and China. The reduction will be more than offset by carry over trom the 1928-29 crop. The department of agriculture has made . forecast of 15 to 16 bush els pes acre for the Canadian wheat and on basis of 24.500,000 acres the estimate will reach 380.0,00,000 bushels, as compared with the official estimate of 534, 000.000 bushels for the 1928 crop. ..- ' Northwest conditions are good, but. immediate rainfall is needed. Locally, the wheat looks fine and a good crop should be cut if hot winds will hold off. Some whiter, oats were winter killed in the hills, but on the lowlands the crop , looks considerably better. Some varieties of sprins oats ap pear to be making a heavy, stand. Prospects are also tlvgjLtor a " good crop of barley. ' Clover Hay t Short Clover hay andj alfalfa prom ise to be short all over the coun try., which mean that lleyJ farmers will pull down around ti start of the season. Usually the price opens Sia a ton. Arrival of California apricots j and plums, a half .cent -raise on bananas and increase in canta loupe prices were the main f ea-' turea of the market trend. Both apricots and plums are good, con sidering they are the vanguard of the crop; the wholesale quotation Is $2.50 a crate. With weather conditions and demand both good on cantaloupes, shipments are short, which has brought a 75 cent wholesale raise in the large sir? cants, now at 15.50 a crate. These retail at be tween 15 and 20 cents each. The same increase holds for the stand ards, now quoted at 5.25; ponys are J3-75 and flats $1.90 whole sale. Present demand disposes of a carload here In four or five days, a good turnover tor this season. Watermelons 4c Pound Watermelons are quoted at four cents a pound now, with demand only fair and fruit good. Asparagus is down 25 cents to $1.25, the email demand account ing for the lower price. Green beans, locals, are offer ed, and some wax beans also. Thirteen cents is the , wholesale figure on the green ones. Old po tatoes are up 25 cents, to $3.25. They are scarce. Lettuce Beet in Weeks Local lettuce, the best that has been offered for weeks, continues to come in plentiful, but is selling at ridiculously low prices; as cheap as five cents for a good size head. The price condition Is due to the fact that other valley cen ters are raising enough lettuce to meet their own needs, which means that right now local con sumption is about the only de mand tor the Lablsh crop. Celery is little better than last week and continues at 15 cents a bunch. No other changes in fruit and vegetable prices were noted during the week. Lemons eon tinue at the highest price since last season. $8.50 per crate. IBOniTHL DRIVE HERE TODAY Ab Jenkins Crosses U. S. in 77 Hours and 44 Minutes around State Tax Group Organized With Wmk Apportioned !VfcBbers of the new state tax -commission," created under an act of the 1929 legislature, held an 'fcH Aay. conference in Salem on Thersday in connection with tax W Ear' Fisher will deal rMth lo cal assessments. John Carkin will coUit all tax revenue, and sPJ vice the secretarial duties of the commission. Today's conference had to do principally with a dis cussion of the tangibles and -i - laws enacted at the lazy legislative assembly. The state in ta-r law has been held up by referendum. "Y'S" Men to Ask " To Join Parent ; Group, Decision . - Members of the Y's men club of ' Kalem Y. M. C. A. will apply to the parent organization for of ficial connection with Internation al Y's Men. The group of young business men meets every Thurs dayjaornlng for breakfast an ex Thm committee chosen Thurs day jaorning to prepare the appli cation Is Ross Miles, Mike Panek aiid.Tinkham Gilbert. Gilbert cov ered several phases of speculation In his talk Thursday morning. Lewis, Bail Set . At $250; Charge ! In Court Denied Dr. M. P. Davis entered a plea of aot guilty in the justice court iun Thnrsdar on a charge of practicing medicine without a li cense' His bail was fixed at $250 The--complaint 'was signed by A 'Davis, -. investigator - for " the tale medical association.- ; NEW DEFIXmOX f prominent citizen: One who ' eouldn't make up bis mind and so at. tight while ethers ouiit a cuy around him Kiamain raus tier aid'.:..". Travel.' Traffic, and Automobile Insurance aU for $1 per year if tafeA through the Oregon states nan. Don't leave on your vaca . ttoq, without the Insurance or the Ab Jenkins, famous transconti nental driver who thrice broke the record for the fastest dash across the country, will be in this city this morning, Wallace Bonesteele learned Thursday. . Jenkins, who has been breaking road records for the past four or five yc, will be the guest of Marion ga rage, " local Studebaker-Ersklne dealers. He is driving a President Eight roadster which recently traveled 30,000 miles in 26,329 consecutive minutes on the Atlan tic City speedway; one of four Studebaker Presidents whijh cov erd the distance in less than 30, 000 minutes. These records have never been equaled in the history of transportation. Makes Transcontinental Mark Jenkins first sprang into na tional prominence back in 1926 when he drove a stock Studebaker Sheriff model from New York to Sau Francisco in 86 hours 20 min utes, beating the time of the fast est train by more than six hours. and the former, automobile recgrd by an even greater margin. This; feat, achieved under the most ad verse weather conditions, stamped Jenkins as an intrepid road pilot.' Later he crossed the country in 7 hours 40 minutes, breaking the tanding record by more than two hours. Uniontown Hill at Unlontown, Pennsylvania, has long been rec ognized as one -of the most sere re tests of a car's climbing ability. Last spring in a Studebaker Com- mander sedan with one passenger in addition to himself, Jenkins dashed over the summit at 60 miles an hour. The best previous record lor the climb under sim ilar conditions was 54 mile per hour. Mrs. Louie Bergman of San Fran cisco, Calif., are visiting at the J. H. Hoffman home In West Kel ler. Mr. Bergman is a salesman for Thriest Hat, cap and glove firm of San Francisco and makes regular trips from the Bay City to Seattle, Wash. IJrs. Arthur Holden and daugh ter Eileen drove to Albany Mon day to spend the day with Mrs. Ben Eiler. Mrs. Eiler and little daughter Jeanette accompanied them home and Mr. Eiler came for them Tues day evening. Mr. and Mrs. Eiler formerly lived near the Keiser school house. JEIIIIS TELLS OF CROSS- on Visitor of Wallace Bonesteele Has More Records Than Fingers and Toes What it means to the motoring public when an automobile trav els 30,000 miles in less than 27.- 000 minutes was explained to lo cal drivers whea Ab Jenkins, fa mous transcontinental road driver and holder of many hill climbing and endurance records, visited the showrooms qf Wallace Bonesteele, local Studebaker-Ersklne dealer. Jenkins holds more speed rec ords than he has fingers and toes He is now driving the Identical Studebaker President Eight sport roadster which covered 39,000 miles in 26,329 minutes elapsed time at the Atlantic City speed way between July 21 and August 9. Like three other President Eights which completed the run at average speeds ranging from 64 to 68 miles per hour, Jenkins' roadster is a strictly stock model. What Run Means "Many people are curious to know why the 30.000 mile run was made,- said Jenkins. "Others want to know what it means to the average owner driver. "Studebaker fully realizes that the automobile owner does not want to drive his car 30,000 miles in less than 30,000 minutes. In faet. the average speed during the lifetime of the average automobile is probably not greater than 20 or 25 miles an hour. But it stands to reason that an automobile capa ble of maintaining speeds rang ing from 64 to 68 miles an hour for 19 consecutive days ana zu consecutive nights will give more satisfaction under ordinary drlv ine conditions than a car not able to equal such tests as those Just completed by the President Eight" said Jenkins . "That is the real significance the 30,000 mile run has tor the automobile owner -Acquainted With Speed "Studebaker was fully ec quainted with the speed, power and stamina of The President, due to the experiments of Studebaker engineers in their research labor atories and on Studebaker' mil lion dollar proving ground. But Studebaker wanted to prove this performance in the most convin cing manner possible. It would have been quite simple to hire a corps of timers, rent a speedway and drive the President Eight to new records. But we wanted our test to have the authenticity of of- Uvea Keizer Has Its Share of Visits KEIZER. June 28. Mr. and 1 ficial sanction. We wanted to prove beyond all doubt and we wanted proof that everybody would believe.' "So we went to the highest court' of motordoin. the American Automobile association, and asked tor their official sanction ef our impending test. Our request was granted. Official representatives of this A. A. A. appeared ia our Detroit factories and selected four President Eight motors and four chassis at random from the assem bly lines. Studebaker had noth ing to do with the selection of the four cars that made the run it was a matter entirely in the hands of unbiased A. A. 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The Hayesvilie District Sunday school was organized in 1815 and with very few exceptions, there has been a convention on Review Sunday of each quarter. Uathew Holbert otcHayesvill and Silas Jones of Brooks were ' the committee to arrange the first , program and the first public pro---gram was at Parkersvirie in laV Sunday In December, 1S95. Activities of the. organisation have attracted Interest and in, creasing numbers of people have attended each quarterly meetings Read the Classified Ads. SPECIAL FRIDAY and SATURDAY Hunt, Half or Whole Salem's Popular Heal ITSffime HDaim Last Dances in Crystal Garden June 29, July 3 and 4 Opening Dance at Armory Saturday Night, July 6 Ladies' 25c Gentlemen 50c Chicken Rabbits Pork Beef Veal & Lamb Tune in on The Borden Dairy Program Every Friday Evening y:uu-3:3U p. m. Come and see the Electric Meat Slicer work while you wait. Gives real Service. PEOPLES I&ALmET 155 fr. 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