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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Friday Bioming December 18, 1931 PAGE NINE I ss III BUTJER HD Lower Grades Preferred at Same Price as Extras On the Exchange PORTLAND, Dec. 17 (AP) Further general depression in the market for batter was l-eflected In most leading markets for the day. Locally the situation has been extremely dull with a liberal tings of weakness for about 10 days. On the produce exchange the late session reflected this condi tion with extras the sole target for the bear forces. Once again tho exchange membership shows Its lack of appreciation of real Quality; preferring even at the same time, the off grade stuff. Butterfat market weaker, in fact even more so than the late changes In the butter market In dicated. Fight between the chain stores and some of the specialty butter stores for control Is, hurting the producer. The former premiums available occasionally for butter fat, have disappeared. Jhe pre mium is going to the consumer In the shape of lower prices during the fight. Local price is mixed with No. 2 bids as low as 28c lb. Egg Mart Undertone Is Generally Easy While there was no open mar ket change for eggs during the day nndertone of the market ap peared generally easy with Indi cations of an early cut In Quota tions. Talk of strength Is attri buted' to efforts of some private parties to wreck the co-ops. With only a nominal demand, market for live chickens appears a trifle weak and especially so for roasters and for small springers. No change Is reflected in the gen eral price. With only limited offerings in reserve, the market for Oregon Washington cranberries is very firm and sales are heavy. Carload of real quality lettuce, what la said to be the only car load of No. 1 stock available in any Pacific northwest market, is reported in from Twin Buttes, near Los Angeles. There remains a rather active tone In the market for Oregon filberts and walnuts with former prices continued. Some rather good Ohio sweet chestnuts are of fering, also some fancy Italians from local places and the imported Japanese stock. The latter are said to be unusually sweet. SEHIN6 IS 1 P NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (AP) Securities were pressed for sale In larger volume today. .Stocks dropped 1 to 5 points under a steady stream of selling, but managed to reduce their losses in the final hour. In stocks many of the old tandbys sold down to the lowest Quotation In years before the late advance brought support. United States Steel common, for example, hit 36, the lowest since 1108 if the stock dividend Of 1927 was not taken Into ac count. It firmed to 37 5-8, making the net loss exactly 2 points. American Telephone's low of 11 5 had not been duplicated Since 1922, although there was a recovery to 117. The average net decline for 90 stocks was 1.7 points, whll the turnover of 2, 992,221 shares was the largest of the current decline. ROOT VEGETABLES II) BETTER SUPPLY PORTLAND, Dec. 17 (AP) There was quite a fair supply of root vegetables on the East Side farmers' wholesale market today. Prices showed little material change. A small supply of good cauli flower was offering around 0e 11 crate. ' Carrots, parsnips, rutabages old mostly 4 0-4 5c lug. Some bunches carrots were of fered at 3 0-3 5c with beets at 30c mostly. Some yellow turnips were also 30c doz. bunches. Apples continued fair sale at 80c box for best jumble red varie- russel sprouts held 21 and $1.10' box. Potatoes of good quality were generally lacking. In Portage county, Wisconsin, school children were given a week's' holiday in October so they eould kelp harvest the late potato crop. Radio : Pjogtqus STOCK SLUMP HITS GRAINS ALSO 9 1 4 V H sji J J BUTTERFAT DOWN ANOTHER CENT 'Eggs Also Cent Down; Turkey Ordering Is Active Cold weather may be shooting the price of vegetables out of sight, but two drops In butterfat have come with, the last spasm of freeze. Yesterday butterfat dropped another cent, down to 28 cents on sour and 30 cents on sweet. . Eggs are down a cent, too, to 24 cents, buying price, on extras, and 21 cents on mediums. The big turkey movement Is not on here, but most buyers are ordering, with agreement to pay on basis of the Portland price the day of delivery. Yesterday the local buying price, based on the Portland mar ket, was from 24 to 25 cents on fancy birds. Few birds will be de livered here until the first of the week. Local grain and hay markets are still unchanged, with the lo cal wheat price still above the general market. Dressed hogs dropped .a half cent, to $7.50 a hundred. General Markets PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 17 (AP) -Prodneo exchange, set price. Batter: ex tras, 28; standards, 28; prime firsts. 28; firsts, 27. Egs: fresh extras. SO; fresh mediums, 26. Portland Grain PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 10 (AP) Wheat futures: Open Hijrh Low Close Hay 63 63i 62 62A July 62 62 H VX 62 Dee. 62 Vi 62 H 62 62 Cash (rain: Bis; Bend bluest em 75 H, soft white, western white, hard winter northern spring;, western red .60 Mi. Oats: No. 2 white S24.50. Corn: No. 1 E, t. $25.25. Millron standard 126.00. Portland Livestock PORTLAND. Ore., Deo. 17 UP) Cattle 35, calves 10, about steady. Steers 606-900 lbs., good 5.75-6.25; medium, 4.50 5.75; common, 3.00-4.50; 900-1100 lbs., good, 6.76-6.25; medium. 4.50-5.75; common, 3.00 4.50; 1100-1POO lbs., rood, 5.50-6.25; medium, 3.50-5.50; heifers, 550-850 lbs., good, 5.00-6.00; medium, 4.00-5.00: common. 2.75-4.00: cows, good, 4.00-4.50; common and me dium, z.7a-.oo; low cutter and cotter. 1.00-2.75; balls, yearlings excluded, good and choice, beef. 3.00-3.50; cutter, com mon and medium, 2.00-3.00; Testers, milk fed, good and choice, 7.00-7.50; medium, 5.50-7.00; euH and common, 8.50-5.50; calrea, 250-500 lbs., good and choice, 5.50-7.00: common and medium, 3.50 5.50. Hogs, about steady. Light lights, 140-160 lbs., good and choice, 4.50 5.15; light weights, 160 180 lbs., good and choice, 5.00-5.15; 180 200 lbs., good and choice, 5.00-5.15; medium weight, 200-220 lbs., good and choice, 4.50-5.15; 220-250 lbs., good and choice, 4.25-5.00; heavy weights, 250-290 lbs, good and choice, 4.15-4.85- 290-350 lbs., good and choice, 4.00-4.75; pack ing sows, 275-5.00 lbs., medium and good, 8.75-4.50; feeder and stocker pigs, 70-130 lbs, good and choice, 3.50-4.25. Bheep, 100; about steady. Lambs, 90 lbs, down, good and choice. 4.00-4.50; medium 3.00 - 4.00; all weights, common, 2.00 5.00 ; yearling wethers, 90-110 lbs., medium to choice, 2.75-3.50; ewes, 120 lbs, medium to choice. 1.75-2.00; 120-150 lbs, medium to choice, 1.50-1.75; all weights, coll to common, 1.00-1.50. Portland Produce PORTLAND, Ore, Dee, 17 (AP) Butter: prists, 92 score or better, Sl-33e; standards 29-le carton. ggs: Paeifla poultry producers' sell ing prices: fresh extras, 29e; standards, 27c; mediums, 25c. Country meats: selling prices to re tailers: conatry killed hogs, best butch ers ender 100 lbs.. 7-7He; Tealers, SO to 120 lbs, 9-10e; lamb, 9-10c; hear ewes, 4-5e; canner cows, Se; balls, 5e. Mohair: nominal, baying price, 19S1 clip, long hair, 10c; kid, 15c lb. Nuts: Oregon walnuts. 15-29e; pea nats, 12c lb.; Brasils. 1214c; Almonds, 15-16e; filberts. 20-22c; pecans, 20e lb. Csseara bark: baying prices, 1981 peel, 8e lb. Hops: nominal, 1929 crop. 8-10c; 1930. ( ); 1931, 13-13H. Butterfat: direct to shippers, track, 38c; station No. 1, 28c; No. 2, 26e; Port land delivery prices; No. 1, 29-30c; No. 2, 28-29e. Live poultry: net baying price: heavy hens, colored, 4 lbs, up, 16o lb.; do mediums. 14e; light, 12e4 broilers, under 1 lbs, 1416c; over 1'4 lbs, 14c; col ored roasters, over 3 lbs, 14c; old roos ters, 8c; docks, Fekin. 15c; geese, 12c lb. Onions: selling price to retailers: Ya kima Globes, $3.25; Oregon 83.25-3.50.' Potatoes: local, 80c $1; Deschutes, $1.25-1.35; eastern Washington, 75c $1.25. Wool: 1931 erops nominal. Willam ette valley. 13-15 4e; eastern Oregon, ll-15e pound. Hay: baying price from producer: al falfa, $14-15; clover. $10-12; Willamette valley timothy, $15; eastern Oregon Timothy, $18.60; oats and vetch, $13 12.50. Dressed poultry: selling price to re tailers : turkeys: hens, 27-28e; young toms, 25-28e; old toms, 20 25c lb. Friday. Doc. It sr. aw 620 So. Portland 7:15 Morals Appetisers. 1 :4 Tan and Don, NBC :80 Cooking school, :4$ Sunshine Melodies, ET. l$:S0 Woman's Magttlao, KBO. 11:45 laehooa eoneert. 12:15 farm and Bono Hour, NBO, S:00 Org. S:18 La Vide. :30 Theater of the Air. KBO. , Sloo Aoe 'a Andy, NBO. 9:00 House Color, KBO. 10:35 Jimmy BJeaardsoa. 10:45 11:00 Hoot OwU. SOA0 MO Eev CorrsIIls T-.00 - Oood Morning Meditations. t:19 fotttaf U Exercise. : 00 With Uncle Sam's Nature 11 its. 0 :oo Home' Economies Otaorvor, oo Noon ) Fame Hour. :00 4 :00 Homemaker Hone t:S5 Market Reports. :30-yana Hour. T:80 Business IniUtate of the Air. ;S0 9:00 Great Composers and , , . Their .Works. , Fruits, Vegetables PORTLAND. Ore, Dec 17 (AP) uranges: California, $4; navels, wrapped, $2.40-4; place pack, $2.10-2.65. Grape fruit: California, $2 2.75; Florida. $4 ease. Lemons: California, $4.50-5.25. Limes: 5-dosen cartons, $3.25. Bananas: 5-5 Ho lb. Grapes: emperor, 7c lb. Fears: anjol, 60e-$l box. cranberries: $3.75-4 box. Cabbage: local, new, li-2c lb. Pota toes: local, 90c-$l; Deschutes $1.25 1.35; eastern Washington, 75e-$1.25. Onions: soiling prioe to retailers: Yaki ma Globes. $3; Oregon, $3.23. Cucumbers : hothouse, $1-1.35 dosen. Spinach: local, $1.25 orange box. Celery: local, 70-900 dosen; hearts, $1.50 doses bunches. Mushrooms: hothouse, 65-60e lb. Peppers: Bell, California, 10-12e lb.; red, 15e lb. Sweet potatoes: new Cali fornia, tVi-Stte. Cauliflower: northwest, SOe-ll crate. Tomatoes: California, $2,25 2.50 luc re packed ; hothouse, fancy and extra fancy, $2 per 10-lb. box. Lettuce: local. $1-1.75; Sacramento, $3-8.75 crate. Danish squash: 14-Ie. Artichokes: California. $1.50-1.75 dozen. Salem Markets rade B. raw 4 milk, co-op pool price 91.80 per hundred. Factor milk, $1.40. Butterfat, sweet, 80a. Butterfat, sour, 28c FBUTT AND VEGETABLES Price paid to grower br Salem buyers. December XT Radishes, dos. Unions, dos. so. Onions, sack. No. la Carrots . Beets Cabbsge Cauliflower, crate Potatoes, ewt, in nil pa, dos. Hubbard aoussn Green Peppers, lb. -Dsnish squats Spinach, crste Apples, bu Hothouse cucumbers. Hothouse cucumbers. Celery hearts, dos. H,1an ... t. Lettuee, Cslif". -8.00 to $.25 87 H 27 01 on 70 85 0014 20 .00 dos. -8.00 Extras . Standards Mediums . EQO Baying price 1.00 SO 1.85 to 4.00 70 2.75 8.60 ..24 J24 -21 Roosters, o'd Broilers Colored Leghorn Mrht hens Heavies, hens Medium hens Baying Prices OS GEAIN AND RA1 Baying Price Wheat, western red White, bu. Bsrley, ton. top , Oats, ton, top i . Hay- buying pri Oats and vetch, ton Clover .1$ .18 .10 .18 .18 60 60 .22.00 .23.00 Alfalfa, valley. lad cutting Eastern Oregon . common Top grsdo HOPS .12.00 .12.00 .14.00 ia.oo .1850 Turkey Lambs Hogs, top Hogs, first eat Steers Cows Heifers MEAT Buying Prioes .18 Dressed Teal Dressed hogs 24 to 38 4.00 5.00 4.75 .05 to OS to 08 04 to .05 OS 07 .01 Coarse -Medium WOOL MOHAIB Old Eld MINT Peppermint Oil. lb . 15 , .18 ..nominal .nominal Larger Shipment From Russia is Another Bear Influence CHICAGO, Dee. 17. (AP) Stop-loss selling that was largely associated with lameness of the New York stock market pitched grain value downgrade today. Larger Russian shipment of wheat than had been looked for counted a an additional bearish Influence. Corn tumbled with wheat, making only a transient upturn responsive to announce ment of 117,000,000 bushel de crease in official estimate of the country's 1031 corn crop. Wheat closed shaky, at about the day' bottom level. 1-JH cent lower than yesterday's fin ish, corn Ti-1 down; oats off. Today's dosing quotations: Wheat: Dec Mar. .55; May ,6-; July .54- .55. Corn: Dec. .35tf-; Mar. .SOU; May .40-; July .42. Oats: Deo. .24;May .25; July .25. Parents Invited Attend Program STATTON, Dec 17 Prof, Nor by of the Stayton grade schools 1 extending a cordial invitation to all parents and friends to attend the Christmas programs in the various rooms on Wednesday aft ernoon, December 22. Teachers and pupils have gone to a good bit of work in preparing the pro grams, which are always enjoyed. .80 to 1.00 Holiday Buying Is Heavier now Despite the heavy rains of yes terday, a large number of shop pers scurried about the downtown section yesterday, making selec tions for Christmas trees and boxes. Several stores reported a good business throughout the day. gets ini Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Toting. Sill Center street, havereceived word that their son, Elmer M. Tonne, ha been honored with selection of his painting, Landscape", for the 1912 annual traveling Rotary exhibit of the American federa tion of Art. Washington. D. C. The painting was selected at the 65 th exhibition of the American Water Color society. s Elmer Young, a former Salem boy, is art instructor at the Uni versity of Minnesota, Minneapolis, where he Is now in his ninth year on the job. He was on of The Statesman carrier boy here in 1912 and 1911. Young's painting, with other chosen for the exhibit, will be on the Rotary tour beginning this month and ending in a year. The paintings are at the Harrisburg, Penn., Art association this month; and in January will be at the Me chanics Institute, Rochester, N. Y., and in February will be at the Currier Gallery of Art, Manchest er, N. H. Dental Test oi Pupils Made at Stayton School STAYTON, Dec 17 Dr. EstU Brunk and his assistant from the Marlon county health center ex amined the t'jeth of 140 pur 11 In the) grade school here Thursday. Of this humber 22 were found to have perfect teeth and as a result, proudly wore home buttons stat ing this fact Slips will be sent out to parents of children having teeth that need attention, and after this Is cor rected and they bring a report to this effect from their dentist, they too, will be given buttons. CRITICALLY ILL STAYTON, Dee. 17 Mr. George Boedighelmer has been critically ill at her home here the past week. Her condition was so serious that the attending physi cian, called a Salem doctor in consultation. Society News S'Llanda Club Gives Banquet The S'Llanda club enjoyed a de lightful Christmas banquet at the Y. M. C A. Thursday night. The social room were beautifully ar ranged with holly and mistletoe and a large, decorated Christmas tree. The centerpiece for the ta ble carried out the Christmas Idea a well a the room decoration. Mi Carmellta Barquut acted a toastmistress for the banquet hour. Responses were made by Mrs. Elisabeth Gallaher, Miss Ha iti MeElroy. Mis Helen Breit- haupt, and -Miss Margaret Nana. The toasts were built about the poem, "Christmas Fires", a read ing by Miss Betty Martin and a trio number sung by Miss Agnes Moore, Mlse Gwen Gallaher, and Miss Marie Llppold added pleas ure to the program. Covers were placed for 27 guests at the banquet table. Early in the evening Santa Claus visited the girls and much fun was had from this call. O O O Word has been received by William McGilchrlst Sr. that Miss Ethel McGilchrlst who ha been teaching in California schools for the past several years, and who ha been taking special work in the University of California this year, ha been presented her mas ter's degree from the University. Miss McGilchrlst will be one of the Christmas guests together with Mr. and Mrs. McGilchrlst. Sr. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Douglas in Berkeley. Short Measure Charges Denied Arrested on charr of anil Irti sh ort measure of wood to A. L. Elwen, H. T. Hoke pleaded not guilty when brought before Mil ler Harden, justice of the neace. yesterday. Charges against Hoke were brought by the state weights and measure department. The case, was set for trial De cember 24. Gervai Election of officer for the coming year was the main order of business at the meeting of the St, Rita's Altar society held at the parish hall Tuesday after noon: Mr. W. G. Snyder, presi dent; Mrs. C. W. Cutsforth, rice president and Mis Marl Mangold secretary-treasurer, were all re elected. After other items of bus iness were transacted Mrs. J. A. Ferschweller, Mis Mangold and Miss Gertrude Weiss served re freshment. Members present were Mrs. Otto Berning, Mrs. Cutsforth, Mrs. A. DeJardin, Mrs. L. H. and Mrs. Agnes Grassman, Mrs. J. V. Keppinger, and Miss Sophie Nib ler. Guests for the refreshment hour were Rev. Wm. S. Walsh, Mrs. Helena Estudillo and Miss Helen Hiller. o o Woodburn The Federated women of the Woodburn Metho dist Episcopal church met at the home of Mrs. Nancy E. Carpen ter Tuesday afternoon. A special program of Christmas music was presented with Mrs. James Live say, president of Foreign Mission ary society, in charge. - Lunch was served late in the afternoon. Hostesses assisting Mrs. Carpenter were Mrs. Joyce Engle, Mrs. Herman Otjen, Mrs. Emma Otjen and Miss Nona Ot jen. o o o Dallas Mr. and Mrs O. G. Hlnamon entertained with dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Fern on the letter's first wedding anniversary. Mrs. Fern is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hlnamon. Those entertained were Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Bartell. Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Burke, Donald Burke. Herman Burke. Mrs. W. C. Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fern, Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Hlna mon, and Wilfred, Warren and Iva Hlnamon. O 0 Additional guests for the after noon at which Mrs. C. Mundlnger as hostess Monday were Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Bones, Mrs. C. A. Bones, Mrs. V. N. Bones, Mrs. J. M. Bones all of Turner. Mrs. A. L. Boneg assisted Mrs. Mundlnger at the tea hour. Woman's Club Holds Jolly Yule Party Hubbard The Women's club had a Jolly Christmas party at their regular meeting Wednesday at the home of Louise Grim pa. The room were resplendent with Christmas tree and decorations. Mrs. Pearl Bates' nam was sub mitted to membership. Kathleen Beckman who ha moved to Sa lem was voted a life membership in view of the fact that she was Instrumental In organixir j the elub and its first president. For the program Mrs. Neva Me Kenzle read a Christmas story, Virginia Carl gave a reading: and Tresa MeManus and Beuna Stew art sang two duets accompanied by Margaret MeManus. Mrs. Ida Garland as Santa distributed the gifts. Refreshm3nt3 carrying out the Christmas motif were served by the assistant hostesses. Merle Stewart and Neva McKensle. to Margaret Anderson, Vera Boje Eunice Braden. Effa Bell, Ellen Carl, Rebecca Cleaver, MattI Crocker, Coble de Leeplnasse, Mina tie Wolf, Elizabeth Fobert, Ida Garland, Louise Grlmps. Laura Jackson, Ethel Johnson, Margaret MeManus, Lwcille Moomaw, Sadie Rich, Sadie Scholl, Cora Smith, Anna Stauffer, Audry Wells, Nora Ward, and Blanche 3rown. The next meeting will be at the home of Mary Cole, '.an January . e o o Mrs. Ralph Curtis entertained with an informal afternoon party Thursday In compliment to the third birthday of her young; daughter Phyllfs Jean. After am afternoon of games a pretty birth day tea was served. Pink was the color note of the tea table. A beautiful birthday cake with can dles was the feature attraction for the young guests tea hour. Present were Mrs. Collett Rust and Gwendolyn, Mrs. Alfred Youngblood-and Arlene and Ger ald, Mrs. Harmon Garrett and Peter and Glenn, Mrs. Curtis and Phyllis Jean and Carolyn. MICKEY MOUSE "Beggars Can't b Choosers" By WALT DISNEY IF PEOPLE "WftOW POTS AMD PAWS AT A CAT, THEY OU6UT TO TUROVJ 'EM AT ME AND CIA3ABEUP SUJ?B MEEDS ALL SHtr CAN GET S THIMBLE THEATRE Starring Popeye Now Showing "An Impartial guy" By SEGAR EOIV 90 Ko. Portland 0:ooo, ss. KOIN'8 Klock. T:O0 Finsaeisl report. j:00 9:00 Hanotajaa hour, DLBS. 10:45 Fsshloa Bonio. 11:00 ll:J0 IstsrastioBsl KHeboa. 11:30 11:00 ss. Assoricaa Saool of too Air, CBS. IS :30 1 :45 Jlmsar Dunn's Blcrar. 11:45 1:00 AmAf and Vrrrinia. 1 ;00 S K0 Tho Book ot LUo. S :00 :80 Femlnino Faacioa. fiLBI. g :to 8 :00 Hrsrspspor ( the Air. 1:804:00 Too March of Tlma, CBS. 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