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;'! V Kti hi ii.. b-.it ..fi,, - Jts-SThf AUTOMOTIVE SECTION : I KUNPCO (A3 The OREGON STATESMAN. Salggu Oretory Sunday Morninr. AcTttst 2. 1931 PAGE NING LIARATHON RUN BRINGS 2 FAMOUS CARS TOGETHER I- AIRPlJIEVIEV'OF OIL FLEET BASS I -o PR &F1TADLE v?' -m""" 1 " PUTDOOR NEWS flffli! . LID IDl'JOOLLiOllE Ill s; Slight Increase Noted Over - 1930; Ranges now in Pocr Condition Oregon's total wool clip Of 22, -914,000: pounds .represents, ae- cordlng to the. division ot crop ad livestock estimates ' an t- rage,-CIeece welghfe-of 9.0 pounds from 2.54C.00O head of sheep shorn. Tils flecc weight Is the same as that pi last year whereas practically all of our reports in- Jicate a hearier fleece than a year go. The' current estimate which Is subject to revision Is 1,639,- 00 pounds more than the esti mate, of 21478,000 pounds shear ed In 1130 which was la.tarn over two and a half minion" pounds mors than the 1929 wool dtp. -, The total wool produced In the 13 states comprising the Western Rang; Area amounts to 214. SJS,- 009 pounds It Is estimated, which compares with the 1)39 estimate of 2477134,000 xtounds. The are- rage fleece weight for the entire 1 n t e r-moun tain . area Is '836 pounds compared to 8.20 pounds last year. Only tour states In this region, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Washington'.' report a higher average fleece weight '- this year than la Oregon. - . -" -.' Lamb Crop -In Oregon, this season 1,931, 900 lambs hare been decked rep resenting a 92 percent Increase from the 2.099.000 breeding ewes estimated on farms at the. begin ning of the year compared to 90 percent last year and 80 percent 1 in 1929. As result of the- larger ,, percent Increase,' as .'well-as .the larger number-of ewes, brjd, the lamb crop i 1931 exceedj.hy al- "most 200,090, the lamb1 crop in 1939 which was in turn 2 2S.00 0 larger than the 1929 crop. Simil ar increases hare occurred in all . of the western .range area with '. the single exception of Utah. The total western lamb crop amounts to 3.000,000 more than in 1930. . Losses between docking and mar ' keting usually run between four ; and fire percent, '. An unusually favorable, mild winter and . lambing season was experienced In Oregon -with the result that ewes were" generally r In good condition " tor lambing '- and Iamb losses were low. In some ' sections a, higher percentage tf dry ewes resulted from the larger proportion ot old ewe bred but : this was much more than, offset ' by the more faro r a trie lambing conditions. These unusually ' fa vorable factors- coupled with lar- r J ' - - - - ; ' ( ' v-: ! d . " - .v; - tit, : : t If.!!' v , 'I u 11 ! : HEW NASH slArmotmccci June 28tHl TheMS ilenc ed because it is' in Body and Chassis From $795 to $2025 , 2 ; s L D.4xJ Cictoxy v Unusffldly tow ch&rered piiccs, $1016 to $2350 ; TOT r pi r f . i f -v in ILL . . ;: ' '- ."- ' " '. ' v '-'-. - . ,-' - " 5 . . .", ' I ' - , ;".::;-'" t ' . . -S' -. ' '-v -:. - - ' r i V ' s ' ' ' ' ' ' " ' :i ' - ' -;"v ''f " "" . r Jr ' ' , ' ' "st .wj'V ' - ( '" . ,P I ' . 'K .(....-. " i - ' - v- i . I n'i-v-; "'.v; .; . " ... v:i i . . t :' ., "." '-' ' '''- . ...-,.' , .... , f . PtctaveJ tWra wilk the Dodge Mileage Maratkom car is the fine Dodge belongs to N. P. Giles, who pwrhascd It 1st 1914 from the Cumberland Motor Conpanr, rtasbTiXIe. It was' koih NoTember 11, 1914. .la tb sixteen years UmI have elspsedV this ear has rvsi snaVnewm thovuasuiU of miles ifr the speedometer is of the early type with reeordlg wp to omly 10,000 snllea. The Marathon ear, a 19JO predoct, has trareled snore thaa 53,000 miles sine Jnly 1. It took the 1914 sWdmort tham six years to register the same mileage that the Marathon ear has registered la leas thasi fiynieiiths. Cile, the owner, (right) is pUtared with the drfrer (eeeter) and Umy Priest (heft) edSeial hserrer'of the X. A. A." Contest Board. . Tho background ior the -picture is the m3j lacstssSe '"et the eld Parthesoa at Athens. ger numbers -of breeding ewes on hand a a result of market con ditions hare combined to produce a lamb crop which la 33 percent larger than the- 1929 crop. The early lamb crop has not Increased In the same ratio, although there wer 50 percent more early lambs this year compared with 1929. Sheep losses, principally ewes. the first half of the year are es timated considerably higher than for the same Period last year but It Is extremely doubtful If this Is true. However, with the excep tion of three states, Arizona,' Ne vada, and Texas, all of the IS western range states show In creased losses of sheep during the period January to July, 1931, as against he. similar period last year. i .. : Range Se Dry la the srestern states the sum mer range situation Is now much different than; It was a year ago. LlSTEM TO THB lACH PxaAost or Pskmkzss and Abx Tkn&x, Official Xmima$$tt of tie Chicago 9JJ ftatUtt Fair, and Sis Band Cmst-toGaatt, Tug day Eyaaingi over NBC Nrtwvtir p;oo Eastern Daylight Sarimg- Time n- n 9 &fwwMWtiu ars uuuwt Tclepbona 050 0 Drouth conditions prevail , In much of the territory west of. the. Continental divide. In most of Montana . .while water and feed shortages are beginning to show up through Wyoming, South Da kota, and in the southern Rocky Mountain sections. In Texas. New Mexico, and Arlsona. grating con ditions are very good. Subnormal rainfall and . hot weather : are causing rapid deterioration of range feed on much of the high mountain ranges, while acute conditions ' are reported in many localities of the Great Basra area. It is quite probable that these conditions will result In early and rapid movement of many of the range lambs, and this Is already partially noted In the heary movement already r takfng place from some intermediate area. The fall movement apparently will be hastened all through tho season, and. reports from stock men indicate that .the total more-ment-wlll be fairly heavy and will contain more feeder lambs lhan usual. Losses of sheep" up to June were generally light threnrhout the western area this year. Water and feed shortages will likely re sult in heavier than normal lamb losses la numerous localities so that the Iambs available for mar ket will be somewhat reduced by this ' situation. : The same 'situation prevails now as a year, ago with very few lambs 'under -contract f or late rummer and fall deliveries, and the activities ot lamb buyers at this time are very limited. ., Rebels Stopped As Manchurians . Augment Troops v ; : - SHANGHAI. Aug. 1. (AP) Heavily reinforced Manchurlan troops ot tho nationalist govern ment turned the tide of battle Fri day and halted the march ot rebel troops northward toward Pelplng and Tientsin. -Troops which arrived by train from Pelplng stopped Thursday's retreat of 5P,0 00. comrades and charged forward, recovering po sitions lost north of Paoting, eMa il province, - f General Shlh ' Tu-San, rebel commander,-however, -rushed more troops into Paoting. and the battle may rage several days. before de cided. 1 r,. '.;i-',"? " '- ' 1 " : f ? " ' All barge Fires : Controlled Now ,' SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. ll (AP) Major Evan ' Kelly, re gional forester, said Friday that all Important forest fires were un der control. ; . The Deer' creek conflagration, largest single tire in the . north west since 1910. was ringed round with trenches on an 80 mile front and foresters were "mopping up" scattered biases.. " . . . Farmers Pleased With New Market , WEST STATTON, August Growers who are in the Salem Farmers Market report making better profits as they have more home products now. String beans hare been ready for some time and tomatoes will soon be ready as they are ripen lng now. . 7 ULDIXO 18 TRIED 1 . INDEPENDENCE, August The Oregon Milling ' and Ware house company, have 1 'acres la Ledlne clover, on Its dairy ranch, one mile . northwest of Indepen dence, and plana are mads for the Irrigation of It. The -ranch baa been operated under , lease by the Maplsmead dairy. It will be tales orer bf the company- thl tall, and operated as a dairy project. BroUiers snotor ear erer sold. It Hi S GAIfl IIMNIK ; The net profits ot The Stude baker Corporation and subsidiary companies, after reserve for Pierce-Arrow minority stockhold ers' Interest, for. the quarter end ing June SO, 1931, were 91,219. COS.SO as compared' with $911, 274.99 last year, a gain of 304 230.24. or 33 per cent. The amounts remaining for Stndeba ker Common, after preferred divi dends,' were SCe 'per share this year as against 41e last year. : Net profits for the first half, were $ 2.0 2 9.3 S 4. 9 T this year as compared with $2,251,702.17 last year. -These provided 91c, and $1.02 respectively, tor the com mon stock. . . Salsa in units were larger la the second quarter than they were last year, but the amount of sales was 15. per cent . Has. This means of course, that our ratio of net profits to sales was consider ably better In the current quarter, the result of economies effected In the meantime." la addition, larger reserves ' and absorptions were deducted from earnings this ' ' - A tobaeco grading school was held at North Carolina state col lege ' this spring - for buyers, graders and farmers. A Wisconsin farmer has been offered $500 for an 1822. half dollar he found while plowing. . - . ! SPrUNGS HOTEL V .V--V-;''" EVEsw tried aldcttde on a sea IcrU ftiojrkution? It's a corVraJ where 70a need k most, sad a whole course of beearr tresc- mcnts .... Coif hat i pae, it's to. cpk-a lIIhjh, 1350,009 coarse, bent grus rrceni, blue rsss turwr -and a ilOOXX) club . house sc the lech hole. . . . Two championship swimming pools- fine red tennis courts saddle hones Swiss guides foe Alpinists motor trips eo Chacesa Lake Jxulse-crchescru that tnaia a hsrd eaed kadicloc p tomtr.tle . litre's a .n r exnsust in fehv tummw! vdag' jour ssnwy-scty the seas Low Summer lau Psrcs make jour trip ccoecnicaB . CANADIAN PACIFIC W. 1L DXACON. CUCL ACXHT PAXTX CCTT. - . . leva German Fitch are - Latest - Additions to Stacey StOCfc ; y PEARL SCOTT " - "Fox raising is a good side 11ns for the general farmer, according to C.jW. Stacey of the Stacey Fox Farm, located-la the Liberty dls- In telling of his . experience along this. line Mr. Stacey says he began raising .foxes in .Vale, in 1923. He began with a 11500 par of Silver Foxes, and for five years he kept fox raising as an Interest ing side line for his stock' ranch. Each year his foxes increased atnd keeping , the' best he . moved. In 1929, to Liberty, where he built a modern home.- --- w - . - - Speaking bC the general habits and care of foxes the Staceys say that 9 St Is an average price for pelts. They generally, pelt in No vember and December. For a one year old female a litter of six is considered excellent. The. food . for- foxes generally consists of 49 to per cent meat. 20 to 40 per cent cereal and bread; They also eat vegetables. fruit; egga and milk. The Stacey fox pens -rare in' a prune orchard and thlrtruit is a part of the fox diet . . The Stacey farm has produced some very fine pelts, a picture of one having been published in the American Fur - Breedjrs Maga- tlne. a St, Paul, Minnesota, pub- lication.;-' : , One .:ef . the most. Interesting sights at the farm is Mrs.- Stacey with a - handful of raisins going through' the pens and rewarding each fox with a few of thee much prised bits. . . - Fox make great, pets, and "Frltx one of the rulers of the Stacey pens will beg for raisins in a most convincing manner.'. - Fitch Are Admired Visitors to the farm this sum mer are interested in a group ot fitch, a fur bearing animal new to this territory. There are five adult German fitch and 17 kit tens. The Staceys -became inter ested in these at the Pacific In ternational - Stock show and se cured some for breeding stock. The fitch. like the ermine, mar tin and sable, belong to the weas el family. It has a lent; cylindri cal body and produces a pelt of exceptional beauty. The orange under far of the pelt is a pleas ing contrast for the black guard fur and file h fur ranks' very high in durabnitn -. - The fitch originated in the Mediterranean region, was put la pens fa Germany about 19 years ago. and from there waa brought to the . United Statea only - two years ago. The Stacey adult fitch came from las Aageies last De cember and the first ot June one female gave birth' to 10 young; and the other to nine. Two ot the kittens died while still very smalL The others seem husky and lively and evidently like the Oregon cli mate. ' Is Gentle Creature " The natural disposition of the fitch, oallke the mink, . makes it one of the gentlest of pets and they like to be handled so that very little attention will make a real pet of one. . On the Stacey farm the fitch receive the same food as do . the foxes,, only .in WANT TO FEEU YOUNG? 1 GO UP! Unique alrttlane pheie shows water terminal of General Petretetim at San Pedro, operating base tor dtandard Transportation Company (Soepny) -fleet. Storage tanka receive eil frfped frees fletds and in turn. pipe it to boats In minimum time and with minimum effort. Fear Seconr boats are shown at the terminal. smaller . Quantities but in . other places' they hare been success ful ly, fed on table scraps. It has been estimated that a female and her Utter cA be fed oa three-dollars per jear. r ' .. . ; , The . fitch is a sturdy animal and is free, from many animal diseases. If properly cared . for they will live to be 19 or 15 years ot age. In habits the fitch is very clean and orderly.. These Queer animals make won derful mothers. "When the kittens are about two weeks old the mother will carry bread and milk In her mouth to her young. Mr. Stacey tells of an interesting ex perience with his fitch. It seems that the pens were quite close to gether and one day he heard a great commotion and rushed out to discover that ' two baby fitch had disappeared from one pen but upon Investigation he found them In the other pen. One moth er Titch had coaxed them- away from their own mother. .' The fitch -fitter ranges from six to IS and there -are two litters a year, usually. At birth the young are white. Their eyes do notepen for five weeks but alter this they grow rapidly and are generally full grown la 10 ; week. " Vrem this time on the fur develops and Think of faxnoos quality SeibcrUngs at mail-order, chain-store prices. Joining hands with 5,000 other independent merchants Uirougrwut America we hare 4-n.T 29x4.49 (4.40-21) -e.(4.-10) SSXS.TS C4.7S-t 9 4JS SSXLTI 4.TS.X 8 e.ra $9X4.79 . 2xS.t9 SfrrS.se sixs.ee sixs.se 1xS.lS tliJ.it SOxf.tS SlxLtS .zixs.se stxs.se SvxS-S 4-H-ni s.eo-m TJS v-se , e.ie CS.SS-tl ! .-! 5.15-11) S.21-19) (ft-tS) t.ss-sO ear S.SS-1S S.SS-lt U-20S and Center Streets v.. - :. USES Gfl'Jl.!. JT A Graham special eight has won the distinction ot being chosen by the engineers ot the Six Compan ies. Inc.. for exacting and arduous work on the extremely hot des ert country-surrounding Las Ve gas, New Mexico, where the com pany will build the Hoover dam on the Colorado River.' The $49,- they are often ready for market at seven months. The pelts bring from seven to .13. dollars. The breeding stock costs about $69 per pair. The Staceys are raising fitch for breeding purposes and not tor pelts but believe that there is promising future for thel fith fur market. . There are 9 foxes on the Sta cey -'ranch. 'of them being spring; paps. Silver fox predomin ate but there are a few blue and cross left, in the rrpup. Visitors are- weieesne - at all seasons al though the fur la not at Its best until November. : boncht 100 carloads of Stand ard .Seiberling tires at Ire- ; mendons jTags, Wt Yon taxe.. RceHnbiwtAeso jwtiiarittl : -lniarnnteed for life. Come in now. See. Compare. Conriace yocrsel ihat Kert Ls the Teatest tire ynlsj erer offered. ! Nh 1 near net . OienwM t3. Vr Spaei afesiaM 909,090 ; contract 'recently award ed by the Six) Companies covert the largest private' construction Job in all history. - H. J. Lawler, chairman of the construction committee, who made the purchase, was guided' by three features of Graham con struction not to be found in any other single make ot ear. They are the complete - equipment of safety plate glass, the 'Graham' synchronised four-speed transmis sion, and the cooling system, the latter of special importance in the broiling desert region where the . Graham must work. The water jacketing of all Gra ham engines completely surrounds the cylinder barrels over their entire . length, all the way from top to bottom. - The whole piston, from its head to the lower edge of the skirt, is always surrounded by water-cooled cylinder walls, even at the bottom ot its stroke. This desiga not only assures adequate cooling of the cylinder walls and the piston, but permits of a closer running fit between pistons and cylinder walla and." even more Im portant, gives uniform cooling and expansion of the entire cylin der block, preventing distortion of the Meek: and misalignment of the beeps. -.-.- e-rir 2SX4.S0 (4.S9-2S) 2x4.S.4.fr-tl Jx4.TS 4.7t-lt Tx.TS 4-TS-si ttxs.se s.e-i fxiJ9 is. 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