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1 k- t -1 . "he OREGON STATES3IAN. Salem, Oregon, Sunday Mornlnjr. September iy 193i pagh Tinnxr .i 4 f EEES1D1EHT UP0URI0G1EK General k Market Shows; Ad vance in hog Prices; , Cutter Unchanged . ; PORTLAND. Sept. 18 (AP) Ho? prices advanced whib cattU and sheep remained unchanged, and wheat responded to 'an up ward more on the general market here this week. The Increase In hog quotations was generally .about 25 cents. - . ;u : Heaviee. 250-290 lbs., closed at 4.50-5.25 while 0 0-2 In. medi ums were 5,25-3.40. Light hogs, 160-180 IbsV'were 6.7 5-6.0 0r and feeders and .stackers 5.25-6.00. ! 1 Good steers." ranging from 000 to 1100 lbs-, were unchanged at 4.50-T.OO. , Cows were 4.25-4.85, 'and good 'to choice vealers were '7.50-8.50. ! Wheat Goes 'Up - : -Fine lambs. 90 lbs. down were -going at about 5.00-5.50, ' with mediums at j 3.50-5.00. Common stock was z.50-3.50, au un changed; - j . -,-- v -- - - " t-s ' - Wheat improved two cents and a half, withi - Big Bend bluestem moving - st 0 . So fit white and western white were 46, and -hard winter,! northern spring and western red; 44 cents. There 'was no change in price of oats at S17.50 for. white and gray. ; - 5 Hay, too, eontfnued unchanged 'after a- downward revision in price last week. ;The f.o.b. . Portland ' buying prices are; alfajf a 14-1 4,--60; valley timothy 15-15.50; east era 1 Oregon! -timothy i 18-18.50; clover '11; oat hay 11; oats and vetch 10-10.50. Straw was 6-6.50 ton. - : -:: -, "' ; Efss Vp Two Cents Eggs were! hopped. up two cents a dozen, with fresh extras closing ax 26 cents.' Standards ; t were quoted at 25 as the market closed fresh mediums were 20 and 21. and fresh. pullets, 15 cents; - i . Butter was unchanged.. Extras were 29 -cents, standards 28, prime firsts 27, and firsts 26cl rtalian prunes were 6 and 7 cents, unchanged for miif weeks. Th 1931 Oregon hop crop was quoted this week, prices holding about 15. cents to 15 & cents. The 1930 crop moved up to 15 cents from last week's Quotation of 13 to 15. Wool continued to hold Its old prices. Eastern Oregon grade was 12 and 15 cents; valley coarse 12; and medium IS cents. - Apple Crop Drops Below1 Last Year's Oregon's apple production this year will, fall more-than a, million bushels under , last yearr if present-estimates prove correct.: v The crop was placed at 3,684,000 bu shels September 1, as compared. to the finals last year of 4.800.000. : Idaho shows a gain and Wash ington a decrease. In the. former state; the pick is now estimated at 4,740,000, or about 180,0 OO-bush-ela more -than was expeeted a month ago. i Last year Idaho apples- totaled 4,500,000 bushels. , ' , In Washington, the 1931 crop will tall about nine million bush els below last year, when 34,065,-. 0 bushels were pieked. , The Septem ber 1 estimate is '25.2 26.- 000 bushels a drop bvr the pre diction of August 1 or 26,380,000. F. L. Kent, reslonal statlstlan. has the following to say about the apple crop In Oregon: "The fruit is slxing well and earlier varieties are coloring. Worms are prevalent and much worse than usual In spit of care ful spraying. The worm infesta tion is attributed to the unusually email winteT mortality followtng- the mild open winter season -of 1920-31. Cold, unfavorable spring weather kept down the- damage from the first brood but the sec ond brood has occasioned above averaee damage ; which - appears more serious. because of the rel atively small crop as this is the off year f or. alternate bearing var ieties ' . . . Clover Hay Yield Said Lower Than First Estimates Aithnnrn the nr'eeent estimates " of alfalfa, clover and tlniothy hay ' production show decreases :ia i es timated yteia since puuiu v ranging from 100 poundsto a ' qaarter of a ton per! acre, the : total production of all tame hay which Includes also sweet clorer hay,' grain hay, annual - legumes and other miscellaneous varieties. 4. nA osttmatnd at 2.010. OOe tons compared to 1.904,000 tons " last month and the frre,: year ' .nn nf 1.928.000 tons. Sweet clover hay yield per acre Is esumatea ai ions tn 2.45 tons last year The wild hay crop shows the damag- i Ing effect or .aeiicieni mommo in ti farther . reduction during n.nat nf 11.000 tons to 211,000 tons which compares with the five year average of 282.000 tons. A drop of seven points in the " average , condition of pastures ' hrlnea the SeDtember 1 figure down to 63. . Farmhand Gets Acquittal Upon Murder Charge , . - ; KV. A TTT .T5 Sent 12 CAP) - " a rt-m. niiwiitinp hnt an hour and a half a superior court Jury Friday aeinitted James Ander son, 19, farmhand on second de--gree murder charges, resulting from the killing of Alex Helsler, hi employer, last. May. ;. Anderson pleaded -self defense. ...in ti trutfk the rancher with a stick of wood when Heisler ad AT 73? SHE'S CROSS-COUNTRY i - In spite "of hex 73 years, Mrs. Arminta Stewart of San Pedro, California, thinks nothing of crossing ther continent at the wheel of her Chevrolet coach. Mrs. Stewart recently left Detroit, where she spent the winter visiting her son, for her California home.!! She expects to cover the 2.800-mile run in about 12 days. This is her sixth California tripJalone. . ZEWA SCHOOL OPENS iFTER STATE FAIR ZlLVA, Sept. 12 .The Zena school will begin Monday, Octo ber '5 ! Immediately 'after closing of the -state fair at Salem. This will allow the children to attend the talc without being counted ab sent from school as a number generally attend even" though school is in session. : Miss Lillian key nails has been retained as teacher! tor her fourth year. Joseph Bixby is critically 111 at bis home at Newberg. Mr. Bixby is an uncle by marriage of Mrs. W. Frank Crawford.. Mrs. W. Kenneth Henry and small daughter Corinne of Salem who areJiving at "Maple Mounay Zena home of - Mr. and - Mrs. Wayne D. Henry for several weeks; accompanied a party ot Springl Valley folk to Dallas Fri day afternoon. f They visited at the home of Mr. ana sirs, jsimer Ray, Others In the group were Mrs. Belle SImpkinS. Miss Fau Hne Isimpklns; Arlie Simpkins all of Spring Valley and Miss jenny Simpkins, Seattle. : . I . ; . J 3 Fiinrue Hop Yard Win Begin Pick "Monday -Morning ? ? . - i i . EVANS VALXET, Sept. ' 12. HoTtrtckie Is well underway In th Evans valley district and in the edge of the sarerton mils strict. Ben Funme wm start a crew at work In his yard Monday. Thirty-five pickers nave Jeen working in the William -Arthur and Merie Feet yards tnte past week. Mr. Arthur, has four and one half acres and Mr. Foote has ten acres.;-' " ; , ' ' Former Jefferson v Teacliers Employed U ' 1 Tillamook Sdiool 1. JEFFERSON, Sept, 12 Four former Jefferson teachers are em ployed In , the Tillamook schools this year. They are Miss f La Verne- Seek ale. Miss Frances By- ram, Mas. Mary Lamb and Wayne, Overholser.- . . Mrs. U. - H. Lroeney. entertained at her country home north ot town: Thursday afternoon in hon or of Mrs. W. W. AUea ef Mill City,: who is visiting relatives In this community'. " The time , was ITH the ! " """ I i ' " i t I i i v I the smoothness of an Eight, who' cares now about counting cylinders? ' Results count. Facts talk. A five minute ride will tell you more than. all the words iu;-v-Hr- O.V - -i.-- j-k ; i in the world. Dont buy any motor car until you '-iH-r :::ki " - - ;:!; iil-tvj':; drive the New Plyrnouth. i 1 M.YriMlC())lL Who Knows What This Animal Was? Not Rat For Its Tail Too Bushy ' BRUSH CREEK, Sept. 13 A small animal, unknown ; to this section, was killed , this week at the Benson Pheasant farm. The animal is described as being Mme what the size of, a rat, per haps trifle larger. The far on ita back is the same color as that of a rat. while underneath; It is white. The hair on the body la short but ita tail, while long and rather . flat. Is . bushy. - Its ears are large and round and it hae as enormons whisker spread for so small an anf- Tbe animal ran. out from beneath birdcrates that were being moved and was at .once pounced . upon by the dog. The little animal pat up a great fight for its life. - spent in visiting! and at the- tea honr light refreshments were served ' to the guests.-- - ? : The families of Mr. ' and Mrs. Clarence LJbby and W. D. Barnes have returned from Elkton, where Messrs. LJbby, and j Barnes have been engaged in road construction work. They expect to remain here for the winter and send the children to school; if they can find suitable living quarters. Mrs. LJbby and Mrs. . Barnes are. sis- Lters of Mrs. Klnksley ThnTstbn.,. Mink Are Raised By Two Ranchers iVear Hayesville HAYESVILLE, Sept. 12 A new Industry recently started in this neighborhood, la that of . rais ing mink for commercial use. O. K. ; Campbell, who recently leased the Simon's place on the Ciaxtar road, haa 11, and Dri Ellis on the Pacific highway: has five. ': 1 Mr. Campbell ; also ' 1 has five fitch,: queer little grayish animals- which run around au numpea up. FARGO. N. D. (AP)-Inv a study of the relation ot legumes to farm income, 'reports from ' 1 5 North Dakota farmers showed that the three farms? having the highest net incomes raised 195 aeres of alfalfa and sweet clover, against a total ot 371 acres grown on all 15 farms, i The average net Income on those three was 91,887,' compared with 8410 for the en tire; group of farms. -1 . ; ; New Plymouth 'giving Airs up. r.ai factoit FLOATING POWER FREE WHEELING : HYDRAULIC BRAKES SAFETY-STEEL BODY DOUBLE-DROP FRAME t . EASY-SHIFT TRANSMISSION -'k " - "" 3k4 7 DRIVER EILER ORCHARD IS AURORA. Sept. 12 The peach season In this '' section is closed j About half a crop was,' reported from the ' Charles Eiler orchard which is the largest orchard near Aurora. The yields in other or chards were in the same propor tion. The quality was excellent, there was no trouble in disposing of the ctod and the growers ex- press themselves as satisfied. ; Hop picking, in i many of the yards Is a closed incident and the end of the week: will find most of the hops in . the larger yards picked. All through this section th crop is much, heavier than at first anticipated. If the present price prevails the grower should maae some money. -- - ; Picking conditions were not as good as usuaL The hops did not strrp, well, the price for. picking was lower, and the pickers could make little money compared to other years. ' 5 Potato Crop May Be Under Average The August drought was most damaging to potato prospects. causing a decrease in estimated yield per acre ot 10 bushels dur ing-the month or -almost 10; per ceat. -'The present estimate of 4,- 945,000 'bushels is a Uttle below the average. The Klamath Falls crop is around three-fourths of a normal yield per acre. Last-year the. potato crop In. that section was about as much above normal as it is, below normal this year.: MM half crop mm tJJL a) V k 'Tires - , l : v. " Appeal. . . To the Man Who WanU the Best k Money Can Buy to the man ofj discretion. f Millions of dollars are spent annually In the advertising of low priced, and doubtful quality tires with:-hardly a thought to the best money can buy.l. Lee of Consaoheeken doea not advertise itself as the largest manufacturer of tires and rub ber goods; but it does advertise Itself as the manutacurer of , QUALITY rather than QUANTITY goods. ; ; 1 Below we present to the man who purchases . s QUALITY tires, the best jnone?- can- buy, our finest . SUPER DELUXE, EXfRA HEAVY. DUTY TIRE" ;i' - ; i. : 1 T " -'k ' 3De Luxe " HMV Slse I ""; Ply Casings Tubes 4.60-29 (29x4.59) k $12.59 t.9 4.50-21 I (30x4.59) f t; ; l?.Ttf ; ; : l.tt 4.75-19 (28x4.75) I , 1'gB 5.00-19 ! (29x5.00 ! ; 31C.09 r.l.t9. 6.00-29 'J (30x5.00) , ; . 1.S - . 1.99 5.25-21 (3U5.25); , 118.76 , , tl. 5.50-19 (28x5.6) g 18.7fc 2.25 5.50-19 (29x5.50) ; t 19.25 2.26 5.59-20 (80x5.50) - 19.75 3.49 6. 00-13 (30x3.00) 122.26 $2.26 9.00-19 (31x.00) ; 22.75 . 3.25 6. 00-29 , (32.6.00) ; - 23.25 ,2.40 5.00-21 (33x3.00) ; . ; 24.00 2.40 3.50-18 ,(30x0.50) : a $23.00 , $3.09 9.50-19 (31x9.60) I : 27.99 2 2 9.50-29 , (32x3.60) ; , 28.00 3.30 7.00-19 ' : (33x7.00) T 8; . ,$30.80 $3.30 7.00-20 (34x7.00) J 8 - ' s ; ; 11.88 ;; ; . 7.00-21 !T--;H (35x7.00) 1 Ij j 32.99 i .'3.76 "THE WORLD'S FINEST TJRES", says Cannon Ball Bakery after making 11 world's open road recorda on these tires.' His last New York to Los Angeles, 3220 miles In, 80 hours,;; ' 61 minutes total elapsed time, driving the entire distance himself at an average speed ;ot 53.9 miles per hour is a per formance not likely to-ew equalled soon. . , In addition to the above extremely low price on this Master Craftsman Tire, we are in a position to aUow you a rery at tractive allowance on your present set of used tires. ; , ; Attention Used Tire Buyers- i , . ' I We have in stock a nearly complete assortment of tfaed tires., and tubes taken in recently that offer an extremely attrac tive proposition, some as good as-90 new. . , - DIAL S400 -Hollywood Super Service StaUom. .'.! Fairgrounds Road, .. Capitol; " CAR DESSERTS IB US VJATGII IS FIXi Daniel Catlov, Turner, Resi dent CO Years ago.1 is 1 Visitor There k k TURNER. Sent. 12 ' When Albert Given, traveling along the Marion road south at a . geod speed, attempted t adjnst.' his watch, his ear left - (he road, taming bottom side up ' la --- the ditch lust north of the new cul vert by t. th;s. 'A. Riches place. Given was daied and shocked, but no injuries resulted .except a tew scratches. The top of the car was damaged; -'z v i.? Daniel Catlow of Portland who lived with - his family some 30 years ago on the large farm which is on .the east side of the road south of Cloverdale school house. was renewing old acquaintances daring the week and was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. R Davis. Mrs. Callow has' been dead - several years..,c-:iUi- v-A I-'?: - - Miss Irma Riches of Portland is a guest of her sister. Miss Alice Riches at the old Riches, home. KMlss Riches has held a position at the .Portland postofflce for 'a number ot years. She - Will also visit her; brothers, W, T., and C. H. Riches and a sister, Mrs.' Alma Knight, and a number of nephews and nieces. v- 1 - - : Mr, and Mrs. f Clifford Ensley andAroune dauehter Gaylia Flori- ene hare moved to Sunnyslde on the highway where Mr. Ensley . will , have : charge : of a service station. F - - 1 ' - . ' vt Miss Mabel Tucker, isr enjoying a Tacatlon with friends at Tah kenitch Lake. ; She was the win ner In the recent Tribune sub scription contest with Helena Wit sell winning second prize. They both accented as prizes, scholar shins to a Portland business schooL "T Mr.' and Mrs. X W. Robertson are returning to their home in Turner. . Mr. Robertson' is a arx penter and has been busy at his trade at John Day for oxer a year. Mrs. Robertson has a son in Tur ner, Joe McKinny of the Riches confectionery store. 'The C2tfinaV Bubies" -o , Continued from page 4) ; about all I do know." . r" "Tes. I suppose: It must be Uttle paizling." .she said sympa thetically, f -You-are in my step father's house at Staines- Dr. Marteil."; 1 It was a name quite strange to Wvnter. - "SUlnea! But I was in Rich mond the last I remember. How on earth did I come here?" Almost as the feverish question broke, from him" another figure appeared in the .doorway behind her.' '' v-v.'" 'Here la my stepfather, the girl said. nr. Martell was a" middle-aged man with-a short pointed beard, whb looked more like a foreign er than an Englishman, and m .earn, indefinable way the tinted glasses- he wore, behind ; which one nskohockzii had the hint of a pair of keenly penetrating r eyes, strengthened that Impression. But aa he bent to speak to the man la the, he a his English was perfect, r k I i-. "So you are awake at last. Mr. .Wynter and not ' "feeling 1 too grand, I expect t -. Vastly puzzled. too,' no doubt, to find yourself in strange surroundings r li a pleasant, ..friendly . voice, 'accom panied by, a smile that seemed to radiate good humor'Or perhaps my daughter Helen, has . explain ed?. No? Weil, you were brought here between the. hours ot l and rthu -morning. . Way to mer Oh. because I happen to be a med ical -man. 1 suppose; " I can, think; of no -other reason.' Ton had sus tained an -Injury ite Jrour head apparenUy only slight, I am glad to say nd oa top fof .that yoa had been drugged--? ; "kr .-'-i: ,..-. . w ' ' ' 5 -.-.:;-.,,'.. - .. U T V... : .t:j; -i , ! V ,' '''' kv ! . , lViiOTODISTS str fintUst tli Grttmtemt Vaiuem In Flre slrae Gnm-Dlpped Tires ; Ever since Firestone and Firestone Dealers began advertising te true facts about tre quality amd. con struction and actually demon. .. atrating tho Extra Value ia. Firestone Gum-Dipped Tires, distributors of special-brand - mail-order - tires have grown bolder and bolder with mislead ; ing claims and comparisons) .in the desperate effort to interst v ear-owners. - -' .. . Car owners bought more Firestone Tires' In May, June and July, than In any like period in historjr. This clearly shows that car owners ore interested In Firestone Extra Values and arm not interested in comparisons based on an almost obsolete tire size eonfaaing laboratory analyses rneaningless definitions Impractical challenges with imfair claims of twenty-five per-cent savings and deceiving price comparisons." Why risfc tire of nnlmown inannfacture when yon can get the Extra Quality. Extra Strength, and Extra Safety ot tho 'special patented construction feature ot Firestone Tta47um-& . - ' You get these Extra Fo lues pins our 5errf ce sind the DOUBLE GUARANTEE of .Firestone suourseIvesrf.nb .1-1:-: j- . Drive in today- Ve have sections cut from Firestone Tires, special -brand man order tires and others. See the eruience. Take nothing for grunted. Judge for Yourself MAKX OT CAM TWS szs ! I KMhPriwI 0M TW - 40-21 U9 ;use :e.Tt1 84.93 SjM SM ' .7S 40.201 4PXlI Ci.wtH VUWM J i.75-191 4.75-20 - if :' 5.SO-Zlj OMa 55.21 8U1T at CAM S2)lS-lb7sJ 87.90 ItftVAO Km Jjjjs.ja-18 - - riTo-t. - - 4 run " 1 a 1 rim i m mri m vdw.a' Ui 1 vaSmm .ji$.99-iexajM llcba.Tei FVnkV H H6.08-19 rt)r5--2d ll.47ftxej 1 Stop Service y I . 1 'k-r.:,',-Jr- i'Vrf kif! k ii-''Vk- h - ' Drnggedt ichoed WTnter," in surprise, ''Good. Lord! I do seem to hav made a night of iti ;r Oh. t the symptoms were .un mistakable." Dr. Martell laid with a smiling shrugi ? A pretty stiff dose too, it. must hav beSn. You've slept, more 'than 12 hours well, that's alt to tho good. You've probably . slept off - the worst effects.' ." - V i h .; fWlsh this 'SpUtting head -of mine knew that retorted Wya ter with a smile. But the smile was a difficult achievement. Ham mers pounding in his brain, more relentlessly than erer with tho et tort to exchange 'polite conversa tion with-his host.. - 1 ?. Dr.. Martell nodded sympathetl-eatly.5v.:-,.';i'.v - , i r: - ; "Oh, I think we might manage to! d somethiBg j for thst.' Don't t ft V: C-'0;-:-E3,i:.P-!-1;A'-;in E QUAllTT, TONSTRtJCTIOri awf PIUC2 OMIaM SMttMlj cJTritM tut l In 0m Km rw Pair rw PHr SfueO iJf4isV aWi$ I 4.7S I4 IMS) If-? ax.xe xnjsfo agwa4 3.T3 ssae Ilk. iilmO U ': i Is - i tuoa II -v k Hloo pi - : 4.ft .99 axoa- 8.9 1 : "oad 7.13 TOS S7 rjuta C449a ia.70 U9 S3S 13H fS3 17JT7 ni. Fir. OM. SM Tc3 Mm r- OS CAM trM CmS Ike -.5-2qXl-4r,U.4:3-4S X7.Yl sskcj t.7 stesu sa.es xtasi CmdOUtH lit I k HTIIUCSatslCSJ3TCIg3 Ms tJciaTaH ( 1 rv. I I rwT" I Ism' ota I ewMbij c- 29.7$ I 7. S2.9S I aa.7 iSf UstoM tm tho VoUo ol Flrostomio tlvew-g Bloodaa T Nimh peer X.B.C, Kmitommlsio Jfotseorm IC" FZrestcs Ccrricc Dcclrrs enj Ccrvlca Ctzrzi Cave T5ii ; tlcsey icrJ Ccrvb Yea Dettcr' ; 'THE STATIOU IITO ACtOCK". talk or worry, hut just li quietly till I come back. k - . Jim Wynter was glad" t I at his throbbing head tall back the pillows and close his eyes. Dr. Martell went from "the room, t return In a few mlnntes with a glass full of sometti-i dark-col orcd and hardly lnTiting-lootir-. . Wynter raised himself in 11 with a painful effort, helped 1 7 the glrl'a supporting arra, a&l drank the contents. ; ' Something with more thaa h kick In It, whatever it was." li seemed as fiery aa fed pejper C3 -his palate aa he gulped it dwrv its potency making him gasp t.r t breath.' s : ' "Now jast lie quiet for a cia ute or two." ; . 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