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PAGE rOUUTEEN Tnt OREGON STATESMAN, Salera, Oregon, Friday Mominff, August 12, 193$ Salem Market Quotations nvnu (Barlat riicai) - (Taa priraa alo aapplira' ky lml $rtKT ar t4irauv ( taa daily aiarkrt irrs paid ta crora by Salem aaycra a era not imrtntM hjr Tba Sfataimaa Applaa, Uratnatina, ha, . .50 Apricots, IS lb.. Yaaima... .55 Bininit, lb. tUlk ,. ..,.,. .0 Haada . -0H CaotaWap'a . - .. 1.40 Grapefruit. Calif., gaaaiat, erat 2.50 l uc k 1. tverri.a, fU iala. fraah. lb LaoMaa. ert Oranfta, (rata , 12 j ta VSOETABXXS (Baying Prtcaa) Baata, doa. ,. Cabbafa. lb Calif.. aw crop Carrot a. local, doa. Caallflawar, Sraltla Catary, Utah, crala , - String Baa a a. Calif., lb Calory, JJearta, doa. Itlara. lorl Oalaaa.- Na. 1. el. Boiling-.. 10 Iba. Ha. Grraa aaiona, dor. Kadiahaa, doa. , ... Papptra. fraa. Calif.. Parale . Graaa Pea a. lb. ......... ft mm Potatora. twoU ft Sqaaab, Summer, doa. , Daman, etata . . Zuerhini aqaaah, fit Turnip, dua. 2 .12 to 100 14 1X5 .55 .02 .40 1 0 t.75 .00 .95 1 15 1.50 .20 .25 .40 .15 .40 OS 1 50 .40 2 75 1.50 .60 HUT a Walaata. 1917. lb rilbcrta. 19J7 crop. lb. ' . . HOPS (Baying Frira) Claatera, nominal, 137, lb... 10 to laggtca. tf ... nwmmai WOOL AND laOHAJB (Baying Prtc Wool. medium, lb. Coana. lb. . I.amba, lb. Mosaic, . , - ElHiS ajtl) ruuuial - (BavtDg price of Aadreacni) Larro eauaa , ,. Medtam aatras . ,. - Large standard , , i .- Madiom ataadarda Colored fry a Colored BBadian. White Lag noma, White LegHorna, White Lag horn a. Heavy boas. lb. . Roosters lb. lb. No. frys lb . No. 10 to .10 12 to .15 .12 .22 .22 .18 .30 .? .24 .24 .17 .10 .15 .12 .13 .10 .15 .05 .15 4 LIVESTOCK (Baaed a coBdiUons and mIm reported if U i p.m.! fipriar laaabs -5.75 to 6.00 Lambs - 8 00 to S 50 Kea - 2.00 to 2 50 Uoca. tops, 150-210 lbs. 8.25 130 150 lbs. 7.75 to 8 00 210 300 'ts. : 7.50 to 7.75 Sow - 50 Dairy typo cow 3 00 to 2 50 Beef cows ... , , 4.00 to 4.50 . Bulls nft -50 ' Heifers 4 so to 5.50 top veal, lb. 7 50 . 3rad eeal, lb .12 MARIOS CBEAJe-tiEY Boylni Pnc BatterfaW A grade .25 V Satterfat. B grade - .24 ghora bena. btary - .12 Colored bryers i i -14 Selored boaa. aver 4V lbs. . .15 Leghorn be a. logbt .,.,. .10 tag, lb. .05 Did Roosters, lb. .05 ejects, market value. No. 2 grd Se less Grade D raw 4 per cent milk. Salem basic pool price 9I.0O. - h' ' Co-op. Grade A bntterfat price. rXB Salem. 23 He. (Milk baaed oo semi saoatblj butterf at average.) DUtribator price. $2.32. , A ftrade butterfat De li rered, 25ic; B grade, JMcj dtrade, 10 He. A ftrade print, SSHc; B crade, 27 He. .28 .24 .25 .18 .18 Largo extras Mediaas extras . Largo standard M u m atjBdarda Undergrade -i .tr .... . Oats, white, tea 20 00 to' 22.00 Wheat, white, bo. I .57 W hrat. westera red. bi. , , , ..' .55 Barley, feed, toa -22 00 Oats, gray, ton . 22 00 to 24.00 Alfalfa, valley, tea 12 50 Oat and vetch bay. tea .10.00 Gardeners and Ranchers' Mart PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 11. (AP) Apple iraenteina, loose, 45-60e; Calif erniii t Gravensteins, fancy, 43 lb., SI. 40-1.50 Red Aatrachaus. e5-ac r ATocado California, . Puerto, unquot ed ; other $193-2.85, accordiog size; choice lOe to 2oe . less. 1. Aprieoti Wsshi row packed. 43-50e. B?ana Ore, green, wax, &-6c; Blue Lakes. 3-4c; Kentucky 3V-4e. Berrie 24-baketa, strawberries, best $2.00 2.30; boyaeaberries, $1.60-1.75; raspberrie. ted, beat, $1.75-1.85; black berries, 7 5-85c; t youngberries, $1.50 1.70; huckleberries, lb. 1011c. Cabbage Ballhead, $1.50-2.00. . Cantaloope 'Wh, Wapato, -t 38-43. $1.23-1.50; So. Or., $1.33-1.50; Or. Spear $1.50-1.60, j Cauliflower Lower Columbia, $95e $1. Celeiy regon, i Milwaukia Utah type, $1.50 1.65 per crate; Labiah white $1.00 115; local bleached and bonehed, 3 and 5 dozen, $2 per crate; heart. 80 5e. Cora 5 dos, $1.20-1 25; Wash, $1.40 1 50. ' i Cucumber Field grown. 35 45c ; No. 2. 8 0-3 5c. Pickling, sixa 1, 40-50c; 8, 30 35c. S ' Dill 10 lb. I Eggplant 7-8e per pound; 30 pound flat a. 83e $1.15. s : " Garlic local, best, 5-7 pec pound, poorer 4-5 per pound ; new crop. 6 8c cat. . t Grapefruit 48 100 Calif..' extra fancy $2.55-2.75; choice $2.25-2.75. Grapea California. Thompson seedless, $1.25-1.50; red Malaga, $1.70-1.80; clus ter, $1.63-1.75. ( Honeydew Calif.. $1.50 1.75. ; Lemons Fancy, sll sixes, $5.00-5.50, Lettuce Dry pack 3 and 4 doaen. beat $1.10-1.25; Seattle. $1.25-1.50. Onions Wash. Valencia. 50 lbs. No. 1, 65-75e; No. 2, Uo-60e par cent; 100 lbs. No. 1, $1.15 1,23; white pickl 6 8c. No Fighting Drops Wheat Argentine; Competition Is Factor in Collapse of Chicago Mart CHICAGO Aug. 11. --Col lapses to fresh 5-year low price records for jrheat today resulted f r o m stoppage of Jap-Ruasian fighting and from indicated ac 'tive Argentine export competi tion. "Bright prpspects for increased Argentine crops were reported, and Buenos Aires futures tumbled 3 cents a bushel in some cases. The Chicago market fell 2 cents. -;; : t- ' : 'Cease f iHng" orders on the Russia-Japan front led quickly to much expanded selling pres sure here that was empnasizea by a sharp) oyertght break in Lirerpool " values. The fact also attracted notice that the official estimate on United States spring crop production had been aug mented about 16,000,000 bushels. Futures off 2 K Cent ? At the" close Chicago ;wheat futures were 1 -2 cents low er compared with yesterday's fin ish. Sept, 62-, Dec. Oranrea Chclce Valenclas. fsaey $3 00; smaller, $2.75 3; choice, $2.00- 2.20; loos. $125-L75. ! Peas Uwcr Colombia, 25- lb. --box, (1.65-1.75; Wash.,, 80 lba., $1.35-1.50. Peaches Oregon esrly Elbertaa, 1 65 75 Crawford. 70-75: Rochester. 1 50- 65e: Red birds. Ismail sixes, 50-tiOe; Cal ifornia 1. H. Hales, boxes, 75-80c; lugs, $100-1.15e Wrar, $1.40-1.50. i J Pears Washj. loose, 75-85c ' Peppers- California, per lug, 40 50c; Tba Dalles, flats. 30-50e: red. $1.25-1.50. Potatoes New stock. California sacked SI. 40 1.50; W sab inrton Cobblers, US Ml. 1, $1.25: Bassets, $1,201.40; no a., ooc- 40c; white Rose, $1.30-1.40. : 1 . Plums Oregon Beauties. 13 pound box, 50-65c; peach plums, unquoted; Wash. Santa Rosa, logs, 85c $1.00; Damson, 3 SHe lb.; Calif J Sectsrines, 40-50 ; lug, 75-90c : : . r - i-" i Bquash Oregon. Washington: CrooK- neck, scallop, Zucchini, 30 40e pec fist; Danish, 75-S0c; flata, 40-45c; marble- head. l4-2c per lb. I . t . Tomatoes Owgon flat, fancy, $l.iw- 1.35; choice, 85 00c. i s Bunched Vee tables Oregon, per dos en bunches, beefs 25-30c; carrots 33-40e; creen omons. 25-80e; parsley HJ-4ae; radishes, 27 H SOcj turnips, DOc. ' i Boot ' Vegetables .Backed, rutanagas. $2.00-2.50; ewti; sseked carrots, $2.00- Watermelons h Califorsia, KlondiSeS and stripes. $LJ50-1 75 per ewt, 75-S5e; Persians. California, 11.85, crate. THE STOLEN GOD By Edison Marshall ' CHAPTER XXXII i "I win follow, but go slowly, lest I lose you in the darkness." At once the little feet pattered away. Ned followed their sound down the alley, along a cross-street, through a deserted courtyard, and into what seemed to be the garden of a fine native residence. "Take my hand," the guide whis pered. Ned groped ia the darkness, and something in the clutch of those little monkey-like fingers en his own removed the last of his doubts and fears. At least they were warm, liv ing, and Ned knew he had found a friend. Invisible as a black leopard, the guide led him through the garden, weaving around obstacles Ned could not see, and finally halted him be hind a shed built onto the rear of a native house.. Above him was the lighted square of a second-story window and a faint murmur of talk. "Climb the roof, and then you can aee and hear," the presence whis pered. "1 must wait below." For he was only one of the Little People, after all. Ned slipped off his sandals, drew himself silently onto the low edge of the shed, and climbed to its Junc ture with the wall of the house. Standing erect, he could look full into the lighted window. It was like razing at an illumi nated stage, set and arranged to dis play the drama of the Emerald Bud dha, lie could aee every move of the actors, hear every word. It v ao easy and looked so safe that his first sensation was not wonder or delight, but alarm. He was not used to these favors. Instinctively he zeared a deadxalL But soon his fears and himself, too, were lost in the story unfolding before his eyes. For once, he bad caught his antagonists off guard. This was not a stage-set, but a view . behind the scenes. They sat at ease, their talk free, their window open to the night s cool. Ned was gazing into the upstairs lounging-room of a rich Laotian family. The walls were hung with tapestries; two pale blue Chinese lamps' gave a pleasant, soft light. On the big teakwood divans re clined the host, an olr mandarin Ned had seen at the Joss-house, and bis three guests, Chambon, Pu-Bow, and Nokka. And the Genii of the Black Smoke hovered over the room. Nokka was Just putting down her pipe. Pu-Bow lay with a look of trance. The old mandarin was at that moment preparing a pipe. toasting the opium into a ball over spunt-lamp, while Chambon looked on with dreamy eyes. "But after all," Chambon said in French, "none of us will live to see it. Perhaps we should have let the future generations fight their own battles. And who knows, it may be all a myth." No one answered, but the man darin continued to whirl the opium- ball over the Came. "It's all so vague, so shadowy,' Chambon went on. "Even now, I am half Inclined to give op the plan and keep the Emerald Buddha for myself." "Yon will be keeping it for your self, in the most deep and true sense, forever and ever," old Nokka an swered. "Bat not to touch to see to worship." "So speaks the white man, who believes nothinr, possesses nothing, he cannot see with his eyes and touch with his hinds. Remember the teaching: When the gold is srwnt and the maidens dance away ti!l remain the treasures of the soul.' " . Nokia's words flowed out in a low monotone, but even Ned, a white nan and an alien, felt their power. Chambon'a face looked very still ndwh'ts. "I said it mostly to test your faith." There was something in Chambon'a voice and manner Ned could not define, a quiet conscious ness of place and power such as might be expected in a high priest or an illustrious prince. "Now give me my pipe again. Otherwise I stay bound to the Wheel." And to bear this solemn Buddhist expression on the hps of a fellow white man filled Ned with wonder.- The old mandarin passed over a pipe of beautifully inlaid woods. Chambon placed the opium ball in thea aperture, lighted it, and con sumed it in a few rapid puffs. He smoked several times more in the next hour. With each pipe, the mysticism and aesthetiasm of his nature stood forth more and more, until his handsome manly face strik ingly suggested that of a Buddhist priest not far from the blissful. dreamy countenance of a Buddhist image. ; f . : . . "Are there any mora of . those cursed practical things to decide be fore we sleep!" he asked at last, as though with an effort of vrilL "What is to become of Virginia T Nokka asked. "She has my heart and I do not want her to grieve. "As soon as our work Is done and we can leave the Orient, everything will be as it was before between her and me." j ? "You will tell her the truth?" "In the end. yes. She would not understand it now, or appreciate it Remember she has the prejudices of her kind." f "And Tuan Griffin?" i "We will go on collecting treas ures for his collection." An earthy smile touched lightly Chambon'a rapt face, and Bitted away. "There is one ether matter. What is to be done with T'Fan?" Ned. Derchinz on the roof of the shed, pricked up his bewildered ears, There Is no harm in T'Fan,1 Pu- Bow broke in. "He is thick-headed as a buffalo, not to know what is go ing on, but he is a good workman. and I wish we had enlisted him in our cause." "I am not so sure," Chambon said. Remember, he came with us on the recommendation of the governor in Vinh. And If he is in French pay " Why take the risk?" Old Nok ka's black-bead eyes rolled quickly from side to side in their slanted pits. "What Is one little life, com pared . I i . -,,at "But would you want us to "Quickly I If he is a traitor to his people, he should than you to be freed from the WheeL If he Is loyal, he wiu be born again in better sta tion, with not so thick a head. So he profits either way." - i Ned wished that this might be a jest, grim though it was, but it was only sound Buddhist philosophy. Chambon finished his pipe and laid it down. "He is well-liked by Virginia and her father, and I am sorry we cannot trust him. Pu-Bow, I leave the matter In your bands. wow I must sleep. ; The old mandarin turned down the lights, and Ned stole away. He had not learned the whereabouts of the Emerald Buddha, but at least he had new evidence to support his theory of the mystery.' If a lost oueen of the Laotian people, inspired by an ancient prophecy and driven by re ligious fervor, had wished to enlist a French Buddhist la a bixxare cause, she could have found no more powerful ally than the Black Smoke. The Orient had known the power of hypnotic suggestion a thousand years before Mesmer ever" touched pen to paper. Ned knew now that Chambon'a strangest deeds were the fruit of ideas implanted in bis mind during an opium trance with Nokka, years before in Franca. - Still the light would not clear. There was a break in the story yet. If Ned had found the key to. the truth, ft still rattled loose in the lock, and the door remained closed. 1 Sundown of the next day again found Ned and Griffin closeted with the governor at the Residence, and Virginia sat beside them. They were waiting with suppressed ex citement for the arrival of the dep uty commissioner who would trans late the mysterious Pali inscription. He had been due two hours before, but the moon was out and swimming high through scattered clouds, be fore they heard his footfall on the porch.'- - : i ;' - . i- . He proved to be an engaging young Frenchman named DeFosse. He explained his lateness by the odd fact that a bridge had been blown up fifteen miles from Chieng khuang, closing the road to automo bile traffic., " f "And it - was only the greatest luck that I found both a horse and a ford, otherwise I could not have arrived until morning." i; Have you any idea who blew up the bridge, and for what purpose?? St. Pierre asked, after he had in troduced bis guests. Who can explain anything in this fantastic Icountrv? I would guess at wild Mois, up to their usual deviltry."-': " - f , "I think the bridge was destroyed solely to delay your arrival. Strange things are in the wind, but I must ask yon to wait for the story until yon have translated for us an in scription in Pali. It may be that every moment is precious." ? An experienced executive, De- Fosse took a chair by the table and ' began to study the inscription. He had only transcribed a few words when he glanced up with a glimmer of excitement Jn his eyes. ? "This is a very interesting thing. your Excellency." p It came from the Cave of the Million Buddhas." i "I think it is: going to clear up" Ned never heard the end of that sentence. I 'j A violent explosion rocked the house. The floor swayed, the win dow glass burst and flew out, echoes like giants feet ran from room to room. The oQ lamp whisked out, and darkness added its terror to the blast of air and sound. f Ned was thrown forward, half- stunned, but as sense came back, he found he had clasped Virginia in hia arms. . t : fe "What was it. Ned?" she wbis- pered, with a strange calm. , . i don't know. It was In this house" ... 1 - f Meanwhile confused cries rose in the darkness, i t "Is any one hurt?" mDieu avee touaf" j "Strike a match, some one." ti And then Griffin's voice, drawling pleasantly from a corner: "Gover nor, I think one of your little friends must have let go bomb!" ; g By now Ned had got out his flash light and swept it through the room. It lighted up lone white face after another, but bo one was hurt, no visible damage done save to the window. His routed faculties began to , rally to bis need. The light trembling from bis hand : slowly . grew steady. J ; .! "St. Pierre j was that an Infernal machine set for DeFosse ?" I f "I do not know. It seemed to come from my face" "Your strong-box is in there, and' the sacred diamond" i And now Ned knew the answer. -His pistol out; his light flashing, be darted through the ball into the office. 'One sweep of the beam told the story. Just inside the door lay a native watchman, stunned, with a bleeding wound In hia head. The windows had; been burst out clean and the furniture knocked over and broken by the force of the explosion. The safe gaped open, its heavy door broken off, the bundles of official papera were strewn on the floor. . (To be continued.) i Cnrrtft4 s IMlm ManaalL! ' -atstrtbated as alas f aatatea Sraaws ia. bas ; Quotations at Portland rxOOUCB EXCHAHQB PORTLAND, Ora., Aug. 1L (AP) Produce exchange: Butter fztraa, 25; large standards, 24 Mr; prima firsts 24; firsts 23 ft; but terfat. 20-26. ' Eggs Lai ge extras, 26; largo stand ards, 24; medium extras, 25e; large standards, z ; mediant extras, 25e; med ism standards 23. Cheeae-Triplets, 1S; loaf, 14. Portland Grain PORTLAKD, Ore., Aug. XI. ( AP)- "eat: Open Higa Low Close Hept. .-5 59 58 ft 58 ft Iee. t..2ft SSft 61 61 Cash Grain: Oats o, 2, 38-lb. white 23.50; Xo. 2. 38-lb. gray 23.50. Barley No. 2, 45-lb. BW 20.00. Cora No. 2, x smpraent Z7.25. Cask Wheat Bid : Soft white 58 : west- era white 57; westers red 55. Hard winter ordinary 54ft; 11 per cent 56; 12 per cent 60; 13 per cent 63; 14 per cent 65. Hard white-Baart ordinary 58; It per cent 53; 12 per cent 58; 13 per cent ou; x per cent ox. Car receipts: Wheat 298; barley 6 ; floor 9; corn 1; hay 3; millfeed 5. Portland Livestock PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. U. .(AP) (U.SIM) Hogs : Receipts 400 including 184 direct; market about steady; good choice 185-215 lb. drireina mostly 8.75; few- lota -op 8 85; carload lots salable around 8.85; 225-70 lb. butchers 8.00-25; light lights 8.00-25; packing sows 6.50 7.00: few 81-86 lb. feeder pigs 7.50. Cattle: Receipts 3O0 including 24 di rect; calres 50 including 22 direct; mar ket moderately active mostly steady; common-medium grass steers 5.75-8.00; strictly good light steers salable up 8.75; few common medium heifers 5.50-6.50 ; good lights up 7.50- low cutter and cut ter : cows - 3.23-4.00 ; common - medium 4.25-5.25; good beef, 5.50-6.25; bulls mostly 5.00-75 ; cutters down 4.25 ; choice Teaiers up 8.50; few selects 8.00. Sheep: Receipts 2300 including 1857 through and direct; market steady ; good trucked ia spring lambs 6.25-50; com mon medium 5.00-6.00; . medium-good slaughter ewes 2.00-3.00; common dowa 1.00. Portland Produce PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 11. (AP) Lira poultry Buying prices Leghorn broilers, 1ft to 1 lbs., 18-17e lb.; 2ft lbs., 15-16e; lb.; colored springs 2 to 3ft lbs.. 16ft-18e lb ; otcb 3ft lbs., 18ft-le lb.; Leghorn hens over 3ft lbs., 15c lb.; under 3ft lbs., 14-15e lb.; colored hens ta ,5 lbs. 18c lb.; Orer 5 lbs., 18-118fte Ib.g No. 2 grsde 5c lb. less. Conntry Meats Selling price to re tailers: Country-killed hogs, best butch er under 160 lbs., llft-12fte lb.; Test ers 13 13ft e lb.; light and thin 8-12e lb.; heavy 9-1.0e lb; bulls 10c lb. ; , canngT cows 7c; cutter cows 7-Hc lb.; spring lambs 12-1 3e lb.; old Iambs 7-8o lb,; awes 4-7e lb. Turkeys Selling urice dressed new roD hens 28-29c: toms 28-29c lb. buy ing price; new hens and toms 27c lb.; old hens 20c: toms 1718c lb. Potatoes Yakima Gems, Sl.30-1.40; Rose, $1.15-1.2; 100 lb. bag; local f 1.30-1.35 per 100 Ibbag. . - Onions California White Glove SI. 65; Oregon $2.00; Walls Walls 65 67c per 50-lb. bag. v Bay. Selling Pries t Retailers Alfal fa No. 1. $16 toa; sat, vetch, $14 ton; clover $10-11.50 ton: timothy, eastern Oregon (); do valley $15 ton, Port land. ; , Wool Willamette valley nominal me dium, 23e lb.; coarse and. braids, 23c lb.; lambs and ball, 20s lb.; esstern Oregon, 1 ft -26 ft lb. , Hops Nominal; 193T, 1012c lb. Mohair Nominal; 1938, 82c lb.; 6 mm., 30c lb. Cascars bark buying pries 1938 peel 5 lb. ' ' ' Domestic Flonr Selling price, city de livery. I to 25 bbt lots; family patents, 49, 5.45-6.25; bakers' hard wheat.net, $4.10-5.55; bakers' blueatem. $4.10-4.45; blended hard wheat $4.25-4.55 ; soft wheat flour, $4.00-4.10; graham, 49s, $4.55; whole wheat, 49s, $5 35 bbl. Sugar Berry : or fruit, 100s, $4.90; bales $5.10; best $4.80 cental. . Wool in Boston BOSTON, Aug. 11 (AP) (USDA7 A very moderate demand was being re ceived for domestic wools in tba Boston market today. Ia s few houses buyers were able to get small concessions: from asking prices. A largo number of hold ers of large quantities of wool, however, were showing no disposition to meet cur rent bids of buyers Bids-on good French combing lengths fine territory wools in original bags ranged mostly 60 to 63 cents, scoured basis, but only limited quantities were available at prices under 65 cents. Average to short French comb ing fine territory wools in original bags were mostly firm at 62 to 63 cents, scoured basis, despite s comparatively limited demand. . Stocks & Bonds August 11 STOCK AVERAGES Compiled By The Associated Preas Net. Chg Thursdsy Previous day Month ago-.. Year ago high low high 80 Indua 1938 1938 1937 1937 D2.0 70.2 72.3 69.0 98.7 74.0 4.2 101.6 lot .... 67.7 IS Rails D1.0 19.5 20.5 18.6 S9. 21.6 12.1 49.5 19.0 IS Otil D.5 S3.2 33.7 33.6 43.3 35.1 24.9 54.0 31.6 60 Storks D1.3 48.1 49.4 47.3 69.8 50.8 33.7 75.3 41.7 "BOND AVERAGES Net Chg. Thursday Previous day Month ago Year ago high low . high low . low 1938 1938 1937 1937 1932 1928 on -"Rails D.5 59.9 60.4 67.1 91.3 70.5 46.2 99.0 70.3 45.8 high 101.1 10 Indus D. 1 100.1 100.2 98.4 103.2 100.3 93.0 104.4 95.5 40.0 98.0 10 Otil TJnch 93.9 93.9 93.1 ' 98.4 94.3 85.8 102.8 90.3 64.6 102.9 10 forgo A.3 63.1 62.8 62.9 73.2 67.0 ' 61.2 74.7 64.2 42.2 100.5 Feedstuff a Easier PORTLAND, Aug. ll.-)-The feedstuff markets of the. Pacific rtnrthwpst vers Rllehtlv Meier than last week' with prices as much as 1.10 per ton lower here. ' 1 " Interest Grows, Valley Irrigation 225 Farmers Attend Tour; Group Will See More Projects Today Increasing: Interest in Irriga tion In this section of the val ley was evident in the ninth annual Willamette valley irriga tion tour, which started yester day and will be concluded to day.: The first drew 225 valley farmers, chiefly from Marion, Yamhill and Polk counties. The group tarried In Salem yesterday for luncheon at . the Marion hotel, when an informal discussion of Irrigation, its pos sibilities and growth, was pre sented. Speaking Xriefly w ere Douglas McKay, chairman of the Willamette valley project com mittee, who encouraged irriga tion projects; It ootid Jones, manager of the Labish celery growers, who said bulk of that association's celery is under ir rigation ; and George W. Potts, president of the Oregon Farmers Union, who sketched irrigation growth in the . valley. Ed K. Humphreys, assistant state engineer, discussed water rights, emphasized the 1 import ance of obtaining these and out lined the procedure. Harry L. Riches, Marlon county agent, presided at the luncheon. Arthur King, state .college ex tension specialist who ' arranged the tour, said 'that in the nine years the tours have been held, irrigated lands in the valley have been boosted from 2000 to 25, 000 acres. Any interested farmer may join the tour, which starts today at 9 o'clock at the cottage farm five miles southeast of Salem. Closing Quotations Pear Purchases Declared at End MEDFORD, Aug. 1 l.-6ip)-Port-land and Willamette valley can neries said through representa tives here today that the buying of cannery Bartlett pears was over, pending receipt of new or ders. It was estimated that 1000 tons of Bartletts, at $17.50 and 15 per ton for No. 1 grades and sizes, had been purchased. . Picking and packing will start next Monday. NEW YORK, Aug Al Chem & Dye. 173 Allied Stores . . 10 Am Can ..v.." 98 Am For Pow... 4 Am Pow & Lt. . 5H Am Rad Std San 14 Am Roll Mills.. 19 Am Smelt it Rf. 47 Am Tel Tel. .141 4 Am Tob B 87 Am Wat Wks 10 Anaconda 34 Armour 111 -. 5 Atchison 36 Barnsdall ..... 18 Bait & Ohio ... 8 Bendix Avia ... 21 Beth Steel .... 57 Boeing Air p . . . 26 Borge-Warner 31 Budd Mfg 5 Calif Pack .... 20 Callahan Z-L . . 1 Calumet Hec ". ." 1.8 ' Canadian Fac . . 6 Case (JI) . .... 88 Cat .Tractor . . . 52 Celanese ...... 22 Certain-Teed . . 8 Cbes & Ohio. .'. 30 Chrysler 70 Comi: Solv '.. : . . 10 ll-(P)-Today's closing quotations: Comwlth & Sou Consol Edison . Consol Oil . . . Corn Products . Curtlss Wright. DuPont de N. .126 Doug Aircraft.. 48 El Pow & Lt... Erie BR ...... General Electric General Foods . General Motors, 45 Goodyear Tire . 27 Gt Nor Ry Pf.V 21 Hudson Motors. 84 Illinois Central. 11 Insp Copper .". . 15 Int Harvest ... 57 Int Nick Can.. 48 Int Pap & P Pf . 40 Int Tel & Tel.-," Johns Mannville Kennecott .... Lib-O-Ford Ligg Myers Lbew's . . v.... Monty Ward . . Nash-Kelr . . V. Natl Biscuit . . . Natl Cash . Natl Dairy- Prod Natl Dist 1 Natl Pow & Lt. 26 Northern Pacific 10 Packard Motor. 9 Penney (JC) .. 6 Phillips Pet ... Pressed StI Car. Pub Serv NJ 10 Pullman 2 Safeway ' Stores . 40 Sears Roebuck . 35 Shell Union ... Sou Cal Edison. Southern Pacific Stand Brands . . Stand Oil Calif. Stand Oil NJ . . Studebaker . . . Sup Oil Timk Roll Bear Trans-America . 6 12 6 83 40 8 29 31 19 71 16 22 18 f"8 32 55 8 ; 3 48 10 80 8 Vm Tin Ion Carbidw 92 United Aircraft. 27 ... a uoueu Airiiuen . o . . . 6 US Rubber 43 B.. 102 US Steel ...... 58 48 Walworth .... . S 4 6 Western Union .29 10 White Motor . . 13 23 Wool worth .... 4 6 2 (New York Curb) 15. Cities Service . 8 24 Elec Bond & Sh 7 Leading Stocks Skid Fractions NEW YORK. , Aug. 11.-;P)-Selling was a bit more insistent in today's stock market and lead ing issues hacked away fractions to around 2 points. A few vola tile performers were off as much as 7, A' break in wheat futures to new 5-year lows helped chill speculative sentiment ' and indif ference of the market to the Russo-Japanese truce in the far east tended to cloud recovery sentiment. The' Associated Press average of 60 stocks was off 1.3 points at 48.1, the largest drop in this composite since July 27. Trans fers expanded to 1,094.310 from S09.8S0 the day before. Rubbers, mail orders, farm implements and . a wide assort ment of specialties were the prin cipal victims of the day's set back. Rails, coppers and utilities were under pressure. A few steels and motors acted fairly" well for a while but these skidded at the last. Handkerchief Shower Honors Bessie Fisher At Home in Fruitland FRUITLAND A handkerchief shower was given as a surprise for Mrs. Bessie Fisher; who" is moving to town. vOthers present were:. Mrs. C. C. Runner, Mrs. R. G. Lively, Mrs. F. E. Lively, Mrs. P. J. Egglar, Mrs. Orsa Fagg, Mrs. Anna Girod, Mrs. C. Cernick, . Mrs. Roscoe Woolley, Mrs. Stanley Fagg, Mrs. Harvey Armstrong, Mrs. A. H. Brassier, Mrs. Fred Gerig, Mrs. T. Seguin, Mrs. Elmer Coward, and Mrs. Ed Meyers. Dayton-Salem Shortcut Is Nearly Completed UNIONVALE The Dayton Salem short cut across the late Charles K. Spaulding farm to eliminate two corners 13 nearing completion. The top coyering of tar and approved highway rock is bein supplied on the new stretch of road built by contract with heavy equipment during .the last few months. POLLY AND HER PALS Every Boost Is a Knock By CLIFF STERRETT ,;2SUFeBASVVEUtqgi ) TEE3 M I W&W'tfA&h ( EECUZ WITHOUT IT 1 1 Uew chapemj, ir-N 4 voti look ten V UCT WS Iop.course M&i ( oT at last) r- rp ) MICKEY MOUSE Oil ca Trcub!cd Waters By WALT DISNEY JUST SWITCHING A FEW HAVE VOU GOT. IT V YOUR TROUBLE! JT1 7 OMIGOSH lg'r ALWAYS. SAID) NMLtf CONNECTIONS DID THE TRICK I) 1 FIXED, SO I CAN f IS OVER, L I J ikWC T25Ilc1,v. J ?VL THERE'LL BE PLENTY xk--- DO MY , MA'AM 1 J ! 7 OIL'' iMXU? SYSTEMS AIM Ty J " p'a ' LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY The Reaper Sharpens His Scythe Bv BRANDON WALSII I DOKTT LIKE THE LOOK OF THESKV- ottWo LIKE WE AAJGHT HAVE A RAINSTORM BEFORE the: DAY IS OVER-WITH good WEATHER. WE CAN HMJSHTHE. nARVEaT BEFORE. J5UNOOWM j : -j . .. a m . 'ra J" at I. o WOW OOKTT GO A-WORRVlW'THEM,S CTEST HEAT CLOUDS - TEST GIT V?UR CREW AUSTtlN AND V0U1L FIND THE ONLY AAOSTURE THAT'S 60MMA BOTHER "EA. TODAY KlW BE, WIPED OFF-WITH A HANOKERCHIEP' I, - -n GEE, 2ERO-.T5IO YOU HEAR WHAT AAR. GRANGE SAlO ? IF IT IKJWT R AIM THE HARVEST WILL BE ENDED TODAY-. AN WHEW THE HARVEST EMDS-MYTOBCMDS , - J - AT THE ,:.' . . CAUSE MRS. GRANGE, SAlO SHE ONLY NEEDED ME TO HELP HER FtR THE HARVEST RUSH LI STEM - THERE'S THE BELL Si O'CLOCK" ' WE GOTTA HURRY UP AM' GET BREAKFAST BEFORE WE START I'M TERRIBLE HUHGRT TOWORK -r TOOTS AND CASPER The Family Pet By 'JIMMY MURPHY - CASPER,! ZrUESS IVE BITTEN OFF MORE THAN 1 CAM CHEW, I CAN'T AFFORD TO HIRE- A TRAINER FOR 'SCRAMMY, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW ,TO TRAIN A JiA-t RACE HOSS . I WISH X KNEW A l?OOD TRAINER WHOO TAKE A PERSONAL. INTEREST. IN SCRAMMV, AND WHO'D LET ME PAY HIM OUT OF THE KIBw t "V V" I k. -114. mt roiws In I in. hm. WW ncta J HiWA. PAL? X JUST LANDED BACK IN TOWN ! "TINY FELLA", THE MIDGT-WELCOME , HONlts! 5AT.TINT, v DIDNT YOU USED TO BE A JOCKEY? V SURE; AND LATER I WAS, A TRAINER! I'D LIKE TO BE BACK JN THE 4 AME i UO ACIN BLOOD! TINV YOU'RE! HE ANSWER TO MV . PRAYERS' YOU'RE JUST THE ,UY M LOOKING FOR I "V v-fl. I 1 T1IDIBLE THEATRE Starring Popeyc 'Olive's Feet Are Hot Dawgs" BY SEGAR WE NOT ONLY HAVE VJ utrouro iu vvukky ABOUT. BUT ALSO KING CABOOSO- Ht ra OUR LNitrAY Ti. I I'LL GIVE YA A REST. SWEEPEA VER TOO YOUN6 AM TENDER TO WORRY SO MUCH sir: H -7 THERE LIKE J f but, srri THERE)V i -4 HERE I'M BEING AND YOU STAND XT- r MISS OYL. ' ARE NO SUCH i THINGS AS rC,fiA"VM 1 4uf f DO something: !5V ( QUICK! PUT YOUR f .?L COAT OVER THE v - XSTOVE-PIPE!" S SAYi WHO (NOT ONE WHISP OF SMOKE. PLLKavatD UV V ' onru-i- OtlR TCAE-PPE? SMOKE'S GETT1N" I rMlSS IN OUR EYES- WE CANT BREATHE! J - rl COUGH-COUGH VAll.U a. J : ' " c JhO ESCAPE, 2