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I Ihe OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning January 4, 1931
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GREAT HIKE
IDE
Scio Area Takes Place With
Others in State Where1
Berries Mean Cash . ''
SCIO, Jan. 2 Berry - growers
present and prospective, of-tho
Scio region will be interested and
encouraged to learn that Oregon
sow leads the nation in the out
put of canned berries. ith Wash
ington a close, second, and the
two states together are responsi
ble for 74 per cent of the berries
canned in the United States to
day. These facts hve been de
termined by a close study of the
situation by George Suierua ana
Dr. Milton N. Nelson of the agri
cultural economics department
of the Oregon experiment station,
who have just completed a com
prehensive i survey of the small
fruit Industry In this state.
' The 1930 crop of berries In the
Scio locality was a means of
bringing in many thousand dol
lars to this community which oth
erwise would have ; gone else-
where. These berries were pro
cessed elsewhere. Operation of a
cannery' or-a barreling plantain
Scio would have doubled the
amount; of money handled here.
It is believed by those who have
given serious thought to the sub
ject. - I
Money Circulated
Lebanon, Lacomb, Stayton and
other neighboring towns hate
concentrated their efforts; In es
tablishing and maintaining can
neries, wun toe resuii; mai muua
' ends of dollars are placed in cir
culation every season during
small-fruit and canning time.
With this idea In view, Scio bus
iness men and berry growers a
few years ago undertook to es
tablish a co-operative cannery in
this city, but owing to asserted
1 Initial handicaps the ! proposition
has" not attained the success de
sired. The matter is still under
consideration and the present
winter is to be devoted largely to
' resurrecting the moveemnt in the
hope of putting it on its feet
again 'and creating a market in
Scio for hundreds of acres of
berries.
i The B. P. Emery company of
Portland, through Its local field
man, W. J. Turnidge of Scio, an
nounces It will build a processing
plan here as soon as berry pro
duction in the immediate vicin
ity will -van-ant. Turnidge , is
stimulating berry growing by
means of contracts with the Em
ery company, .which is ' desirous
of securing pledges of at least
300 acres tn the Scio region.
Four-year contracts ; are being
solicited and Turnidge states the
prospective acreage for 1931 Is
gradually increasing. ;
Evergreens Make Money
While the Emery eompaay spe
cializes in cold-packing soft
strawberries,, other varieties are
said to have a splendid future, as
the recent state experiment sta
tion investigation seems to indi
cate. Raspberries and loganber
ries grow without cultivation or
other attention. The evergreen
crop in 1930 was the financial re
demption of many a family In the
Scio region. .Upwards of $10,000
was put In circulation here from
the evergreen crop alone -
Figures revealed In the recent
study by Oregon experiment sta
tion experts- show that in 1929
the acreage of raspberries, lo
ganberries, blackberries, straw
berries and gooseberries-totalled
19.300 acresj with an estimated
value of $3,800,000. The increase
since 1919 has been rapid, ana
. ,erry production now constitutes
one t of the most j important
branches of Oregon horticulture.
Linn county has j contributed
largely to these figures, and Scio
has had a share In the total. Eo-
cal berry growers are said to be
"pepped up to Increase produc
tion and financial returns.
Berry Quality High
The superior quality of the
berries grown in Oregon, togeth
er with the fact that -much of the
berry output of other districts is
consumed in the large population
centers as fresh fruit, are advan
ced as factors to account for the
leading position of Oregon In the
canned-berry Industry, A definite
and continued shift in the canned
berry: production from other
states to the Pacific : northwest
has been noted, andxnothing has
been: found to Indicate . that the
Industry will move elsewhere in
the near future. The asserted
stability of the Industry is a
strong point in favor of increas
ed production in the Scio local
ity and the establishment of a
processing plant In this city.
Foxes Multiply So
Fast Their Owners
I Make Goo& Return
MARSHFTELIV Jan.
In 1024 Mr. and Mrs. E. N.
Huntley, Coos county resi
dents, secured two pairs of
Alaskan bine fox from "Alas
ka. Today . the - Huntley
have' 73 pairs;
Many of the animals are
shipped to Europe. Huntley
says,' for breeding pnrpoees,
bringing about 300 pair
pward. Of recent, ship
meat of 84 shipped Jto . Eu
rope, together with 15 pairs
eat to other markets, more
than S60OO wae cleared
they report. The for bear
ers do well along the coast
of Oregon, the growers state,
the far being beavy doe to
the salt moisture ia the air,
along wUh m mild climate
DUIGKLY
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Results Prove Irrigation
Money-Maker for Farmer;
Yields Up
By M. It. LEWIS,
Agricultural Encrineerl O. S. C.
i Much interest in the irrigation jot farm crops is found
throughout i the Willamette valley at present, resulting part
ly from a series of dry summers. Many farmers who hive
had properly designed irrigation systems and have used
these systems on the right crops have expressed themselves
asi being very unwilling ever to go back to dry farming.! j
Those who plan on having" irrigation systems for the
first time next season will need to start soon, as it takes a
long time to make all the. plans. It may be necessary jto
drill a well, and equipment must be purchased and set up.
And with an irrigation system, new plans for farming oper
ations will be necessary. j jU ;
ExceDt for lawns and flower
gardens, irrigation, la the Wil
lamette valley or elsewhere, is
used only because it will increase
the production. of farm crops suf
ficiently to return a greater yield
than the cost of irrigation. The
two questions, to be considered
then, are how much irrigation
will increase the yields and what
the cost of irrigation will be.
Experiments on the state col-:
lege farm at Corvallls show that
yields of truck crops can be in
creased by about; one-half, ana
that the yield of (berries can be
approximately doubled. Other ex
periments have Bhown that irri
gated pastures may be used
throughout the season and that
by their use the flow of milk
from dairy cattle and the growth
of lambs or other young stocK
can be kept up throughout the
summer to the same high level
that is reached during spring and
early summer. In considering the
increased income to be expected
from Irrigation, it is evident that
an increase in yield of 50 or 100
per ; cent will mean an equal in
crease in gross return. Aside
from the cost of irrigation the
cost of , production will be only
slightly increased. Nearly all the
increased return, therefore, is
available to pay irrigation costs
and for profit. .
The cost of irrigation is made
up first, of the cost of installing
the irrigation system, whether it
be a gravity system or a pump-
Frozen berries are rapidly
coming Into demand, and It- is
stated that Oregon and Washing
ton pack 85 per cent of the na
tion's frozen strawberries. The
statement also is made that even
a higher per cent of other frozen
berries is handled by these two
states. A continued growth In the
cold-pack berry industry la con
fidently predicted, and Scio land
owners are said to be giving the
subject more serious thought
than ever before.
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MEET IS LARGE ONE
1000 People L at Annual
Gathering; Mickle Main
Speaker at Banquet
MT. ANGEL, Jan. 3. The
largest patrons meeting In the
history of the Mt. Angel Cooper
ative efeamery -was held Tuesday
at St. Mary's school. It la esti
mated that 1,000 patrons were
present at the annual banquet
Business men of Mt. Angel
were waiters and proved effi
cient ones. The long tables ! in
the basement were filled and
emptied five times before the
crowd was fed. j i
i An address of welcome was
given by R. J. Berning, president
of the creamery, at 10 a. m. In
his talk Mr. Berning stressed the
need of cooperation, and
thanked - the patrons tor their
support In the past. Frank Hett
wex, manager, gave a summary
of the year's business.
O. M. Plammer, manager I of
the Pacific International Live
stock j exposition, and a well
known radio speaker, gar a
very Interesting talk, In which
he stressed the need of keeping
the children on the farm and
bringing them up as good farm
ers. :
J. D. Mickle, state dairy And
food commissioner, gave his own
views on the financial depres
sion, its cause and cure. .
"One fact -stands out in the
present situation." he declared,
"and that is that the dairy ) in
dustry is stable. While other! In
dustries are demoralized the per
capita consumption of dairy
products is increasing." j
A number of factors have
operated to bring about the pres
ent depression, Mr. Mickle be
lieves. One is that war-torn pu
rope could not bay 'America's
product because of the differ
ence in monetary values; the ex
odus to the city from the coun
try with the Increase in manu
facturing goods, until we, as a
nation, went into the luxury
business. ? Thirdly, he believes
"credit was too : doggone easy'",
to get. '"We have to get back to
a sensible basis again,' he de
clared. ' i ' - ' ii
Governor-elect Julius Meier,
who was to be present, was un
able to do so,' because of press
ing engagements. He sent his
regrets.-- . -J . l
STRAWBERRIES INCREASED !
GRANTS PASS, Jan. 3 Grow
ers of strawberries la Josephine
county expect to add approximate
ly $225,000 to their annual pro-
1 duction of berriet this year; It
was revealed at a meeting of the
growers association . here. Bar
reling contracts and increase j in
acreage will 1 represent the i in
crease, members of ; the associa
tion declare, ; A, k . -: j
Approximately ' 7M00 Indian
children are tn schools in the
JJalted States this year,
EL CREAM
emit
by 50 Per Gent
lng outfit with or without well:
and second the annual cost j of
keeping the system going and! of
applying the irrigation water. On
a "gravity system the annual cost
for maintaining the ditches will
ordinarily be very small. This; la
especially true of such small
ditch systems as are likely tojbfll
constructed in the Willamette
valley within the next few years.
In the case of some of the very
large irrigation systems in east
ern Oregon and other states, the
cost of maintenance j becomes
quite a factor. Where water mttst
be pumped for irrigation the the
cost of power must be consider
ed. In every case the water must
be applied to the land and this,
of course, costs something in time
or. money. j
The cost of irrigation Will vary
tremendously in different instances.-The
total may be as low! las
$3 or 1 4 per acre per year, and
may be as high as 10 times that
amount. Probably in the Willam
ette valley the average cost per
acre will vary from $10 to 1 15 a
year. These costs apply to sys
tems where all the water used for
Irrigation is pumped. j
The I extreme range in cost
shows the need of careful plan
ning. The pump, motor, and pipe
line must be of proper size and
design for the Job. Investigations
show that some systems will de
liver three times as much water
for the same power as will other
systems:, everywhere water ji is
lifted to the same height. If ghe
power piu is going to be, say
$100 a year for a good Outfit and
$200 a year for a poor outfitii it
will certainly pay to spend -sever
al hundred dollars more for the
good outfit. In addition to the
lower power cost of a good outfit
the greater reliability of such an
outnt is ,a big factor in the suc
cess of the project. j jj
The most common faults j in
poor Irrigation pumping systems,
too small pipe; the wrong speed
for thei pump;, (this is especially
true or centrifugal pumps, and
probably 95 per cent of, the Irri
gation systems are and should be
equipped with centrifugal
pumps), the water is lifted tun
necessarily high; there! are too
many short bends In the pipe
line; or the , wrong design II of
pump is used. All these are faults
which may be found In a pump
ing system and which may ac
count for its using three times
the power it should. j I j
Taking the irrigation system
as a whole a much more impor
tant cause of loss is Improper use
of the water itself. The land fray
not be properly leveled, or J the
water may be held on the land
for too long a time. A soil aufcer
may be used to find but when
the water has penetrated j far
enough; Into the sub-soil. Most
Irrigated soil will only hold
maximum of li or 2 inches
water per foot depth of soilj
general a 4 or 6 inch lrrigat
a
of
In
on
Is ample. A stream of 450 gallons
per minute or one cubic foot j per
second -win cover an acre toj a
depth of one inch in One hour.
From this relation the area! j of
land which may be covered ach
day with any given size of stream
can be figured out.
CAiiG BIGGEST
in in m
The largest line of industry j In
Salem is the fruit canning indus
try. When one adds to this al
lied lines of barreling fruit,
shipping fresh fruit, and dried
prunes, the fruit business stands
out as i the largest single line of
enterprise for this immediate
community. I f
The ; Statesman Is able to re
port the figures for this produc
tion of the Salem canneries in
1930, The total for the canner
ies operating be-e for
as follows:
1930 lis
Total cases packed; lj,500.000.
Amount paid growers
000. i
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Payroll to workers lp canner
ies $900,000.
These are based on actua
ports, assembled from the
re-
ican-
neries.,1 The pack Includes dates
of fruits, berries and vegetables.
This shows the importance ! of
this line of Industry. KThel$2,-
000.000 paid to growers is all
expended locally in hiring i of
packers and for the growers
their families. The j nearly
and
$1.-
ooo.ooo more paid jto; cannery
workers ls another big item in
the Salem income and most i of
this goes back into lines of trade
in Salem. Thirty four thousand
acres in this district are devoted
to fruits and berries. j I
The continued development lot
the fruit industry' holds mujh jof
promise. Salem has ; demonstrat
ed that it. is a premier I producer
of quality berries, j tree fruits
and certain vegetables; land fwith
the great canneries noyr located
here the volume will j increase
just as fast as markets j open up..
More than. : 100,000 reindeer
are in Alaska now. as compared
.with about 1,300 40 years ago.
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LIB POOL IS
GOAL OF GO-OP
Douglas County Growers j In I
Roseburg Group; Early
Shipping Planned
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ROSEBURO, "Jan. J--Orgam!z-ation
of the Douglas Livestock
association; has been, completed
here witn ,' 1 B. Goodburn j of
Roseburg, president; L. E. Sulli
van, Myrtle Creek, vice-president;
Willard Smith, Glide; J. A.
Fenn, Canyonville; John R. Stan
dley, Tenmlle; Cecil Fealer,
Umpqua; and Alva j Manning,
Oakland, directors. County Agent
J. C. Leedy, is serving as tem
porary, ehalrman. ,
The association is formed pri
marily to arrange lamb pools for
the early market. - In the past
many of the smaller! growers
have found difficulty in securing
top prices for their early lambs,
due to their small flocks, and it
is believed that the pools will en
able more frequent shipments.
Can Ship Earlier
Lambing season la the Ump
qua valley starts as early as
Thanksgiving, and tinder normal
conditions rainy lambs are often
ready for market by the last of
March or first of April. The mar
ket at that time is high, but us
ually breaks the latter part of
May or first of June when ; the
supply becomes abundant. As It
takes about 200 lambs to make a
shipment that can be handled ec
onomically, the growers with
small flocks' have been forced to
hold their lambs until enough
were ready to make up a car. Un
der the proposed plan, it is be
lieved that shipments can be
started earlier and a larger per
centage of lambs placed on the
market while prices are high.
The association will also spoil-
sor protective legislation: and!
will conduct advertising projects, I
improve quality through proper I
breeding and engage in disease
and predatory animal control.
The association is already
planning to ask the coming ; leg
islature to appropriate a larger
sum for a state study of disease
control. At present the stater ap
propriates $1,000 anuually i for
that purpose. The sheep Indus
try, it is reported, amounts to
about twenty millions of dollars
annually in the state of Oregon,
and the lose from disease is about
10 percent. It is believed by the
growers that disease losses ; can
be reduced to four or five per
cent by proper study, and it is
thought that the size at the in
dustry warrants a larger fund for
this purpose.
Gophers Are
Raiders; Way
To Kill Told
DALLAS, Jan. 3 Pocket
gophers have been making in
roads Into the clover and alfalfa
fields of the county, due to the
dry ran weather, in mixing bait
for these pests, J. R. Beck, county
agent, suggests that parsnips and
carrots be used as a substitute
for the fresh clover and alfalfa
which is not now available. The
direction for mixing may be se
cured by writing the office and
how best to put the baits in the
run ways will also be explained.
Poisoning is the most effective
way in which to get rid of this
pest, and records indicate that
105 farmers have been doing con
slstant work along these lines.
Present weather is still good for
doing this work.
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JUST A FEW OF OUR USUAL LOW
CASH PRICES
MILL RUN, 80 lb. bags, 80c. BRAN 60 lb. bags, 70c.
best Dairy feed, so n. bag $1.40
BEET PULP, 100 lbs. $1.65
WHEAT, 100 lbs. $1.35. OATS, 100 lbs. $1.30
CORN, i 100 lbs. $1.75. CRACKED CORN, $15
FREE DELIVERY IN THE CITY. PROMPT SERVICE.
D. A. White & Sons
Phone 160
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COUNTY QUOTA
AT D. S. C.
Variety of Activities En
gaged In by Students;
I Names Usted :T
Every district in Marlon coun
ty is liberally represented try
students at Oregon State college,
a check of registration ' list i at
OorvalDs reveals. The names of
the students and the extra-curricular
activities in which they ex
cel, follow: ' : L J
Silver ton: George Abel is a
freshman in engineering and
Raymond Ashburry a freshman
tn chemical engineering. Lowell
Brown is a Junior in engineer
ing. Mabel DIgeress, sopho
more In home economics, ' Is a.
member of Gamma Phi Beta son
ority, and Irene Goyette, sopho
more in home economics. Is a
member of Alpha Delta PI soror
ity. Orrle Hanson is a jnhior in
forestry and Edward Hynes is a
freshman in engineering. George
Lamb, freshman in agriculture, ts
a member of WInema club. Ches
ter Loe is a freshman in agricul
ture and Florence Merryman,
Junior in home economics, is a
member of the Cosmopolitan club.
Harold Merryman is a fresh
man in engineering and Rith
Minor, junior in vocational edu
cation, is treasurer of Wyoma
chee club. Rex Russell is a jun
ior in chemical t engineering and
Victor Sather, senior in phar
macy, is a member of Prokyon
club. Lucille Scaife, junior in
home economics, is a member of
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and Te
menlds. Eastern Star organization
on the campus. Jack Stranix,
sophomore in engineering, is a
member of Alpha Tan Omega fra
ternity, and Frances Thompson,
sophomore in commerce, is . a
member of Alpha Delta Pi soror
ity. - 1
Aurora Vernon Eilers, senior
tn agriculture. Is a member of
Kappa Sigma fraternity, and of
Sigma Alpha, west coast honor
fraternity for men in physical
education, and the Varsity "O"
association. Alvin Knorr is 4
freshman In engineering and
Elisabeth Kraus a freshman in
home economics. Robert Powers,
freshman in engineering, is a
pledge of Kappa Sigma fratern
ity. Roland Wurster la a sopho
more in vocational education. i
Jefferson Lorene Hart, sophc
omore in commerce, is a member
of Xantippe club. Marion Looney
is a freshman general; Verna Me
Kee, junior in home economies, is
a member of Kappa Delta soror
ity and Folrence Thomas if a
freshman In commerce. '
Woodburn Real Butterf leld,
sophomore in agriculture, la as
sistant manager of Phi Sigma
Kappa fraternity. . Helen Gulss is
a junior in vocational education
and Zoe Lowthian, freshman lit
commerce, is a member of Phil
lion club, Kenneth Rodgers, Jun
ior in pharmacy, is a member of
Delta Upsllon fraternity. !
Mt. Angel Dale Blair is a
freshman in commerce, Gordon
VanCleave and Howard Van
Cleave, seniors in electrical en
gineering, are members of Theta
XI fraternity.
Dorothy Rowe, Freshman
Stayton Dorothy Rowe is a
freshman in home economics and
Eugene SpanloL senior in indus
trial ' arts is a member of Lamb-
da Chi Alpha fraternity. . Beulaa
Weddle, freshman in home eco
nomics, is a member of Xantippe
club. i
Turner Elsie Crall, senior in
home economics,' is treasurer and
manager of Beta Phi Alpha sor
orlty and a member of the Mar
dzigal club. Thelma . Delxell 1
a freshman optional and Cecil
Miller a freshman in engineering;
Gervals Celia Bump is a sen
ior in vocational education and
Edwin Harper a senior in agrt-
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Wheat Reduction by Big
JTCrCClIUtliClS V UlUIlWlXiV: I
Undertaken by Farmers
Growers of Dayton, Wash., have undertaken a plan In
tended to reduce the production of wheat, by mutual agree
ment to hold 25 per cent off the market If or the next three
years. A temporary sign-up is beinr undertaken to test
out the proposal and if the results are highly favorable lo
cally, the plan will be advanced to all growers of the United
States, it is contemplated. i I I
; An association is being formed with an iron-clad con
tract to nermit nnlv 75 twr cent f ad i usted according to
need) of each farmer's average production to be marketed
commercially, it is suggested that the secretary oi agri
culture allot each state its proportionate! amount of wheat
that can ' be grown to make. . up the domestic needs of; the
country. County committees would then! be called. upon to
allot the production of each farm to fit the total production
requirements, with 5 per cent
- o
culture. j j
' Scotts Mills Arerltt Dunagan
is freshman la engineering and
John Oeren a sophomore in en
gineering. ,
, Msrlon Kenneth Gray and
Ernest Lafky, both graduates In
agriculture. . -,
Monitor Donald Glllanders,
senior In electrical engineering. Is
a member of Sigma Phi Epsllon
fraternity ahd Walyo is a fresh
man tn home economics.
Chemawa Mary : Llpps, fresh
man In commerce, is affiliated
with Alpha Chi Omega sorority.
Hubbard Charles Garland,
sophomore in commerce, is a
member of Sigma Alpha Epsllon
fraternity and is assistant mana
ger of the Bearer, t
St. Paul Lester Ernest is a
freshman In engineering.
West Stayton Charles Darley,
freshman in agriculture, is a
member of Pi Kappa Phi frater
nity.
Huge Acreage as ;
Yet in Need oi
Proper Drainage
The Willamette Valley has ap
proximately three-quarters of a
million acres of land that would
benefit greatly from proper drain
age, acocrding to soil surveys con
ducted by the Oregon experiment
station. The average cost of pro
Tiding outlets for the large wet
areas of the valley has been found
to be about $10 per acre, and the
estimated Increase in crop value
resulting from drainage Is from
$10 to $29 per acre.
Efficient methods of drainage
and Improving wet soils have been
developed by the experiment sta
tion, and during the past biennl
urn assistance has been given to a
number of districts. Including the
Coquille valley, i the Scappoose
drainage district and the Wapato
lake project, in designing satisfac
tory drainage systems. Station
records indicate that during the
past 16 years more than 33 S miles
of the tile lines have been design
ed according to plans worked out
by the station, largely as exten
sion work.
OUR LINE OF U. S ROYALS IS COMPLETE 1
ALSO THE NEW HEAT-RESISTING ROYAL AND
PUNCT UR&SEALING TUBES
THE
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DA Y and NIGHT
ChQvzotiQta and High
FREE SERVICE
clearance.
Feed! Some Wheat
j Certificates would be Issued
giving the grower the right to
market his j allotted amount of
wheat for commercial use, The
rest could be used for feed or be
disposed! of; on the farm the
purpose! being that eventually
this surplus land would be
used for other crops or for pas
ture, thereby cutting production
down to . the; amount needed in
this country and eliminate an ex
portable surplus, r
"Under this circumstance it is
assumed that? the price would
rise to 'the world level plus) the
tariff of 42 cents, giving ! the
grower more net income from
three-fourths of a crop than he
now gets foif the whole. ( '
P. J. "WBmer, president of the
North Pacific Grain Growers,
inc., is supporting the plan in an
experimental way to test' out the
willingness f farmers to signup
for the restriction of production.
"In ordinary favorable times the
plan would jbe utterly impossible
to put into ! force," he declared,
lut with 6j0-ent; wheat driving
us to, extreme measures of self
preservation; farmers may sign
up out of a spirit of desperation.
We all realize that our foreign
market for wheat Is gone. Col
lective action to reduce our pro
duction to our own requirements
seems the only certain way of
restoring wheat prices, perman
ently to profitable leveE"
Home jflfter 8
j Years in Navy
' WACONDA, Jan. 3 Clarence
Keene who has been In the navy
the past eight years, has returned
home with his wife and small
daughter, and are the house
guests of Mr. Keene's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Keene. Eight
years ago the 22 of December,
Mr. Keene enlisted in the navy,
and on that! date this year he re
ceived his discharge. He la a ba
ker by trade. Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Keene were overjoyed at having
their son and hie family : home
Uft the holidays. .
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TRIPS TO ANY PART OF THE CITY
STEADY PR GES
HOLD FOR WEEIC
Eggs up Cent; Livestock Is
; Strong; Wheat Still at ;
1 Its low Mark !
PORTLAND1, Jan. 3 (AP
There were few significant Taovt
ments AOS 'the general markets
here this week. Cattle advanced a
trifle, eggs Improved one cent
butter was off two cents., and
hops and prunes fell fractionally.
Good steers advanced about 25
cents to 8.75-9.16 for top grade
0 0-9 00 pound stock. Cows im
proved In price the same amount
to e.25-6.75 and vealers were un
changed at .10.00-11.00.1 !
The hog market prices held the
same as last week at these quo
tations: heavies, 250-290 pounds;
7.50-9.00 ; mediums, M 200-220
pounds, 8.25-9.50; lightweight.
160-190 pounds, 9.25-9.50; feed
ers and stockers, 8.50-9.60.
Sheep prices were unchanged
at C.5 0-7.00 for good lambs.
Big Bluestem 70c
There was no change in grain
prices over last week's close. Bif?
Bend bluestem was 70c, aoft
white and western white, 6c,
and hard winter, northern spring
and western red, ; 3 cents. Oats
was unchanged at 24.50 for 'o.
2, 38 pounld white, and 25.00 for
No.1 2 gray, -n - v ,
Hay prices, too, were un
changed at these quotations, biiy i
ing price f. o. b. Portland: alfal
fa 17.50-18; valley timothy 17.- .
50; eastern Oregon timothy $9
20: clover 14: i oat hay 14; ofits
and vetch, 13.50-14. "
Eggs were up one cent to j
cents for fresh extras. Butter Ex
tras were-30c, down twb cents.
Hops, 1930 Oregon Trop, were
18 cents, narrowed down from i
18-17 cents. -
Prune prices were 5H-8 fcr
Italians,, and 5-6 for petites. !
:'lf. '.v: 'I i
Date Prune Mart
Opened in Florida
By Roseburg Man
ROSEBURG, Jan. 3 - Fike J.
hundred pounds of Umpqua Val
ley date prunes have been tent
from Roseburg to St. retersmirg,
Florida, to be served In one p?
the restaurants catering tor tie
high class trade of that city. j
Ted Post, adjutant of the Ore
gon Soldier's home, recently spent
some weeks In Florida and while
there he .- obtained permission ,
from the ' restaurant manager to j
send a sample of Oregon prunee.
He received a return order for
500 additional pounds following
his sample of 100 pounds, with
information that if such quality
can be assured, a new prune mar
ket has- been established..
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