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Farm Financial Markets Go ICS T OREGON STATESMAN, Ctalsst, Orogon, Sunday Morning, February 184 1942; Sao. 2 Poo 7 Stock Market Showing oor Smallest Turnover in Months Shown With Week Trade Down ; NEW YORK, Feb. 14 0P)-Stocka fenerally affain overrode the war lews in Saturday's market and selected tscues emerged for an unsatisfactory week with further recovery leanings. . The Associated Press average of 60 stocks Saturday was up .3 of a point However, an .8 loss was shown for the week. " Transfers of 187,370 shares 'compared with 223,140 last Sat tirday and were the smallest since August 23 last. The week's aggregate of 1,948,310 was the lowest ince early last July. Only 447 individual Issues were traded, also a new low figure since Au gust 23. Stocks on the climbing side In eluded Santa Fe, Chrysler, Wes tinghouse, Du Pont, Eastman Ko dak. Johns-M a n v i 1 1 e , Allied Chemical, Great Northern, Penn sylvania, Southern Railway, Gen eral Motors, Phelps Dodge, Good rich, Consolidated Aircraft, West ern .Union, Youngstown Sheet, Anaconda, Kennecott and Stan dard Oil (NJ). US Steel was up V and Beth lehem unchanged, off a trifle were Texas Co.. Sperry, J. C. Penney, Union Carbide and Am erican Can. "Strictly Private" By Quinn Hall CAMP Hi PEAR MOiAi I SlU CANT GET KOSSm T SB3U3 1& -ELDERS A&Lm-TVRSW-. OS AT TVS BV JW30nDWf.-ND i KEPT MAYBE TOT 093CNESEt ACRWE. Mm H0Z A 'A P.S..AKD1WTTV GOVERNOR VW041XED out ts. troops. AT Tmtm 2-14 CHICAGO. Feb. 14-VCon- tinuing to creep upward slowly, grain prices Saturday added frac- tiooa to the week's small net gains in a market strengthened more by lack of selling pressure than by any unusual Interest. ; Wheat closed - cent high er than Friday, May L2n-, July $L31-y. Prices in most pits finished fractions to about a cent higher than a week ago, with wheat and corn about 4 cents below the four-year highs established late in January. Closing Quotations Salem One of Top Gties in Buying 'Salem s effective buying in come for the 12 months ending March 31 will be 24 per cent higher than for the like period of last year," forecasts Sales Man agement in a retail progress chart, analyzed here by C. S. McElhin ny, local representative for the Oregon Mutual Life Insurance . company. "Salem is listed in the national tabulation as one of the high-spot cities, and its retail sales are mounting 2 per cent over the na . tion rate of gain," McElhinny . states further. "In the current year Salem's retail sales volume has upped $5,000,000 over the 12 months previous The, year's fig ures represent a high-mark in retail sales." t 1 ,W 1 1 Vi V Dr.T.T Town, N.D. Dr.G.Cha n, KD. DR. CHAN LAM : CMaese McSlcine Co. ' 241 North Irty Upstairs Portland General dec. Co. Office opoa ToesSajr and Saturday only it sjb. to l p.m.; to 7 p.m. Coatolunoa, Blood pressors -rtns tests art frco of chars. - 2S Tsars fa Business! NEW YORK, Feb. 1 -(-Today's closing quotations: Air Reduction ZVt Douglas Aircraft 60 J C Penney ... Al Chem At Dye.l35i Du Pont De N..422 Penn R R Allis Chalmers-. 27 Eastman Kodak132 Phelps Dodge- American Can 62 Elec Pow & t -i Phillips Fetiolr39 Amer Car & Fdy 31. General Electric 26 Proct & Gamble 44 Am Rd & Std stn 4 General Foods.- 34 Pub Serv NJ 13 Am Roll Mills.... 10 General Motors 32 Pullman 25 Am Smelt & Ref 39 Goodrich 14 Radio 2 Am Tel & Tel..125 Goodyear 12 Republic Steel. 17 Am Tobacco B.. 46 Great Northern- 23 Richfield Oil 8 Am Wat Wks... 2 Greyhound 11 Sears Roebuck,. 51 Am Zinc & Lead 4 Illinois Central.. 7 Socony Vacuum., 7 Anaconda 26 Internat Harvest 50 Sou. Pacific 12 Armour Illinois.. 3 Int. Nickel Can- 27 Sperry Corp 26 Atchison - 34 Int Pa & Pip Pfd 57 Stand Brands - 4 Aviation Corp - 3 Inter Tel & Tel 2 Stand Ofl Calif- 22 Bendix Aviation 33 Johns-Manville- Beth Steel 60 Kennecott 67 22 Agent to Spea 30lMAeiTEAY Miss Frances Clinton, Marion county home demonstration agent, will be the guest speaker at the Grange Home Economics club meeting to be held at the hall Tuesday afternoon. Boeing Airplane 17 Libbey-O-ForcL Borden 20 Lockheed Borg Warner 21 Lowe's California Pack.. 18 Long-Bell A Calumet Hec 11 Montgom Ward.. 27 56 Stand Oil Indian 23 33 Stand Oil NJ 40 21 Stone & Webster 4 20 Studebaker 5 37 Sunshine Mining 4 3 Texas Corp. 36 Union Carbide 65 Canadian Pacific 4 Nash Kelvinator 4 Union Oil Calif 13 Caterpillar Tract 36 Nat Dairy Prod 13 Union Pacific. 80 Celanese - 18 Nat Distillers 21 United Airlines- 11 Chesa & Ohio .... 34 National Lead 14 United Aircraft 29 Chrysler 48 Vi N. York Central 9 United Drugs 6 Col. Gas & Elect 1 N. Amer Av 11 United Foods 60 Coml Solvent ...... 8 Northern Am Co 9 U S Rubber- 15 ConsoUd Akcrf t 17 Northern Pacific 6 U S Rubber PXd 64 Consolid Edison.. 12 Otis Steel 5 U S Steel ... 51 Consnlifl Oil ST. Par f1a Ar Elort 1RV Warner Pictures M. Continental Can- 26 Pac Tel & Tel 95 Western Union- 24 Corn Products.... 52 Packard - 2 Westinghse Elect 76 Crown Zellerbch 11 Pan-Am Airwys 16 Woolworth 26 Curtiss Wright.. 7 Paramount Pict 14 Salem Market Quotations The prices below supplied by a lo cal grocer are indicative of the daily market prices paid to growers by Sa lem buyers but ara not guaranteed by The Statesman: VEGETABLES Cabbage Carrots, oraago box cauimower, crate Celery, green Garlic, lb. Onions, SO lbs. Onion, green Parsnips, oranco box Potatoes. 10 lbs.. No. 1 now Potatoes. No. I. 50 lb bag 4.00 1.78 ISO 3.25 as 1.00 M 1.7S 3.00 1.00 Cross Word Puzzle mm " """"" lo """ mmm" 7 77 777 IT" " ' 20 S77 zT" ti "" mmm mm 24 2S 26 17 yv mm M 11 55 5 sT60 "I 1 I M" I 1 HORIZONTAL 65 bombydd jtwo-wbeelod n vehiclt 57edactor. 5 overt 61 female of 9 small report the ruff 12 abovt 62 baking 13 trick . chamber 14 personality , 64 feminine 15 withdraw 17 behold 18 ancient 19 merriment 21 nostrils 23 eoldly ' 27 note in the scale . 28 assisted 29 deface ' 11 entire amount S4 that thing 85 steep 87 chart 19 three-toed " sloth 40 primary color 43 decaliter - '(abbr.) 44 dutch . 46 indefinite . article 48 meddled 80 boose of an estate . S3 dock 14 cult of work name . 65 auditory organ 66 berets 67 hollow horned ruininant' TEHTICAL 1 the heart 2 freetLns; ; 2 residence (abbr.) 4 revolver part 5 possessed 6 jumbled . typo 1 7 house 1 addition 8 jraseous element city in ! Illinois 10 eye 11 seed containers 16-slid 20 shade tree 22 near 23 honest 24 religions ceremony 25 eyprinoid fish 26 sweet potato 80 grated 32 waste time 52 prevari cated 86 make a kind z f lace -edgissT SS gtaiag f attentively 41 peril pUJ 45 symbol for lndiam J 47 negative 49 appearances 60 simple 51 space 62 tnnralt 56 ergs 58 also i 59 Anglo-SaioB money ox accoant 60 rodent., Avormeo ttmm f ostathsU IT aiiaalss. 63 type Ptotrft-uoft-as fss-aei ps n fiu,b. measnrt Answer to yesterday's pa-ale. ' 1 1 11 1 1 -M--TT r ORiE Hi I. .(. I lQhT omgj HEMP i!LNi-jDQ?l' 0 m A t? wTc; tTTTF s tI PARA UiTiptpis iing Hfibipj WE tMm mm urn wtHH 'mm Irrliniw.-f i-tit 1 m Radishes, doz. , ,, . Rutabagas, orange box HnuDarb .80 ISO .00 as Tomatoes, fancy hot bouse, lb. BAT MD IE.CUS (Buying F rices) Oats. No. 1 ' SO .00 to 35.00 32jM to 35i 12.00 Feed barley, ton Clover hay. ton Alfalfa bay. ton Dairy feed, 00-lb. bag Hen scratch feed Cracked corn Wheat lM to tJ 1SS US J.50 . JO to ISO EGOS AND rOULTBT (Buyltts Prices ot AaSrosea'D (Subject to Change Without Notice) BUIItKrAT Premium .41 No. 1 .41 No. 3 M BTJTTEK PKINTS (Baymg Prices) A - B Quarters EGGS Extra largo white Extra large brown Medium Standard Pullets Cracks Colored hens Colored frys White Leghorn iM roosters j40! J30 Jtl, J3 J23 J3 JJ as js .is J3 AS f Baytnt Prtce r Marias creajnerr) (Subject to Change Without Notice) BTJTTERFAT Premium ' .42 No. 2 J EGGS Largo A Large B Medium A Medium B Pullets Checks and under grades Colored hens Colored fryers tatMra fryers XX Xi ja J5 J9 J.7 47 J Ji as si Stass Old roosters -Na 3 poultry JU Urn. UVBSTOC ; (Buytnc prices for No. 1 atodc-nasod on conditions and sales reported up to pjn.1 . . -. Top lambs .. :- ' 11JS Ewes ; , am to see Hogs. top. 160-225 lbs. 12JO Sows S.00 to 50 Veal, top - - ' 13 SO Dairy type cows Beef cows Bulls Heifers Dressed veal HOPS (Baying Prices) ; 4 Seeded mi Crop - - ' 43 contract ceo to Tat TOW to S.50 see to 9M . SJO to S.B0 JI WANTED Walnst meats sad Filbert soeata. Cash en delrrery. Hlga est price. - - - - - 510IUUS KLORFEIN - Pack tag 47ew ttt N. Frwai Tel. 2881 " Try se of C-Imw iea-. ' aiim - success - roe years lav CHINA, No matter wit , -what alfanent ymm are AFFLICT- -EB disorders, saaxitta, heart, rnag, Urer, . kidneys, stomach, gas, eotuttpatlon, -Jeers,- dia betk. fever, skin, female cm ChorIi3 Char Chi lues Herb C-v OfOee Hrs Only Tves. and , gat . t . ajn. to s p.m. and ' Sam. and Wed- S ah to lM pan. 122 N. Com St, Salem, Or. n Market ains Small Grain 1 Alarketing Meet i Set for Monday An important meeting to dis cuss marketing problems nas been called for Monday at 10 em. In the hearing room of the state capitol building. The meeting, called by the state AAA office, will be attended by Roy Hendrickson of the sur-J plus marketing administration and N. E. Dodd, director of the western division of the AAA, and some other representatives, who will discuss with those present the marketing problems in con nection with prunes, nuts, dairy production, poultry, production, hops, small fruits and other' of our commodities. All interested producers are In vited to attend the meeting. Quotations at Portland Prod-ice Exchange PORTLAND. Ore. Teh. 14 API Butter prints: grade 40e in parch- men wrappers, xe m cartons; B grade 39ft in parchment wrappers, 40fte In carton. . . Puiteyfat Siist tutBty, nuilfiiws JB of 1 par cent acidity, delivered Port land. : 40-40V.C U.; premium quail tv (maximum of 33 of 1 per cent acuity). 41-41l.e lb- valley routes and country rim xe less or 38',ic; second quality cento under first or STft-SSe. Eggs Prices to i.waucrs' A largo 37c; B large 25c; A medium 25c; med ium u 24c Kesaie to reuuers ee nigner cneese senint price to poniana re tailers: TUlamook triplets 2Stte lb.; loaf 29.e lb. Triplets to wholesalers 26i lb; kmz zittc 10. x, e d. xiiiamooa. Portland Lirestock PORTLAND, Ore, Tab. 14 AP) (USD A) Hogs: Salable for week 3190. Barrows and guts u-cn, 140-iw ids. - ,, lija do 160-180 lbs. do 180-200 lbs. do 220-240 lbs. o 240-270 lbs. do 270-300 lbs. 12.13 ( 13.001 11.75 11.50 12J5 12.75 12.75 12.50 1225 12.00 12.00 Feeder pigs, gd-ch. 70-120- 11X0 Cattle: Salable for week 2000; calves 169. Steers, gd. 900-1100 lbs. 12.00013.18 do com 750-1100 lbs. 1.00 0 10.50 do med. 750-1100 lbs. 10.50 f 12.00 Heifers. do med. 800-000 lbs. do com. 800-000 lbs. Cows, good, all wts. do med, all wts do cut-corn, all wts. do cannert, ail wts. . Bulls lycarlln gs excluded). beef, good al Iwts. do sausage, good, all wts. do saus. med. all wts. do cut-corn, all wts. Vealers. gd-ch, all wts do commed all wts. do cul. all wts. -Calves, gd-ch, 400 lbs. dn au wts. 9.5011.15 7.503 eo 8.750 9.00 7.780 8.78 8.00 d 7.75 8.000 9M do cull 40 lbs. da. Sheep: Salable f ot week 2200. 9.50010.00 9JS0 010.00 8250 9.50 9M& 3S 13.50015.00 9.50 013.50 1JS9Q 9.50 11.00S1330 a.ooanxw ,6.50 5 8.00 Ewes (shorn) gd-ch do, com-med Lambs gd-ch do med-gd -do common 5 JO 0 6.00 2.500 8.50 11.50012.00 100 1U5 8.5O01O5 Portland Grain 14(AP) PORTLAND. Ore., Feb Wheat: Open High Low May 1.02i 1.02 1.02. Cash grain: Oats No. 2 M-lb. white. ISo lb. Close 1.02 40J0. Barley No. 2. 43-lb. BW. 34.00. Cora Now 2, EY shipment, unquoted. No. i flax. S28i4. Cash wheat (Bid): Soft white, 1.02; oft white excluding .Rex, 1.04; white wuo, in',t, western rea, i04lX. Hard: red winter ordinary 1.01; 19 Pf cent U04; 11 per cent. 1-12; 12 per cent. .Ulft. Hard white Baart 10 per cent, ltt; mx, 127. Wheat.. 28: millfeed. 9. 11 Per cent, 123; 12 per cent. Today's car receiptir Wh flour, 3; com, 2; hay. 3; milll Portland Produce PORTLAND.. Ore- TH i-at Country meats Selling price to totaU fi!:,?oOU?.tf7 U' h- bt butchers. 120-148, 16li-17e lb.; light thin. 12-lSc; vei farncy 211c; heavy, 14-16c: lambs 19ttG20c; ewes 8 to 10c: good cutter cows, 13-14c; canner cows, 13- ic; nuns, io-iTC in. Lambs, 19-20c lb awes. B-lOc lb. -.P" taraeys-werung price: Hens 28-Sc;jtoms, 28-29e lb. Buying prices: Toms. 7-271ie lb.; hens. 27-27',ie lb. Livo ooultrr Burtna nrkwa; n 1 Sade Leghorn broilers, under 1U ibs k over Hi lbs. 18c; fryers wc: rwmeri, over ids- 10c; colored hens, 20c; Leghorns, under 2V. jm-ibc; over ik lb. 18c; old roosters, Rabbits Averags country kiBed. 25c: dty killed. SS-SOc. ' Onions Oregon 2.85-2.78 per 50-Tb. sack Yama 2.30-2.35; sets 10-12c lb. Potetoesy Old white locals, 24(0 cen tal: Deschutes Gems J. 00 cental: Klam ath rails, 3.00-3.15. Yakima No. 2 gems. per bv id. oag; laano uems. 2 85-3.25. New Calif, white. 1.75-1.90 per 28-lb. bag. Florida red. 2.60-2.75 per wio. sag .exas -.9U--.00. Hay SelUng price on tracks: Alfalfa no. ai.vw; oai-veica. fi ton; Willam ette valley clover, 812. ton; tim othy, eastern Oregon. $J0 ton. " Mohair 1941. lS-month. 45c lb. Nuts Price to wholesaler: nibrt Barcelona. Jumbo 21c large lBUe. fancy 17ic. baby 18140 .; DuchlUy. )umbo soc rge ic xancy Joa 10. Walnut a Prices to wholesalers first grade Franquette. turn bo, 22c; large 20c; medium 18c; baby 15Jic; soft shell. Jumbo .none: Urrt 13c: medium 17c; baby l4!4c lb. Mayette, Jumbo none; largo 20e tt4 second grade Pranquette. large 18c: medium l ie; DaDy lsc id.; sort snail, largo 17c; medium 16c: baby 14c in. Woot-1941 dip, Oregon ranch nom inal 32-330 lb.; n-ossored. 34-37o lb. Domestie flour Selling price, dty delivery. 1 to 22 bbL lots: family pat- tents. c. t-7S5: sec. 1J0-7.70 bbl.: Daxerr nara wneat net, s.73-o; blended hard wheat 8.85-830; soft wheat S-Kfc bluestem IW4. Hope 1941. 40c; 1942 contracts, 23c Cascara bark 1940 peal, lOe lb, 1941 Lions Plan Zone Session SILVERTONAll lions clubs of central Wniamette valley win bold a zone meeting at Silverton according to ons chairman, Dr. A. I W jBadth of saroton, Teb ruary.i7 at George's cafe at T P jI ' Stayton Uons and auxUiaxy members were guest! of the SU verton elube Wednesday night at the armory. A St Valentine motif was used in decoration and the tables were arranged In a V design. Dr. Smith presided as program chairrnan. Introduced by Byron Royce, : Silverton club president; who with Mrs. C. H. Dickerson, auxiliary president, was in charge. A representative of FBI head quarters at Portland and Lindsay Wright district governor of Uons, were present. Special musical numbers included a vocal solo by Mrs. Al Scbjxeder accompanied by Mrs. George Imboden; and. baton txhibition bjr Vadis Dick- moo. Members also gavt a num ber of skits for the entertainment of their guests. ' Stocks and Bonds ' Xebruary 14 CompOed by The Associated Press STOCK ATX AGES- 4 - : , - as-- 'is- IB .,- ; ' ' Indns Kails Util Stks Ket change A J A J A J A J Saturday -. 52S 1S 25 S . ST.l Previous day S2.0 1 S 25.T Ss.i Month ago 54.1 7 IS J M . Year ago 542 IS J 22.9 48.1 1941-U high 619 IS O 25 S j.9 1841-41 low 8t.7 114 24J 29.4 BOND AVE AGES '? S 18 - 19 IS . Balls Indus Util rrgn Net change A. t Unch XJnch D l Saturday 3.7 1032 W l 44.4 Prerlous day 63S 103 2 ; SOS 44.S Month ago 63.9 103.0 IM S 44.2 Year ago 60 J 104 M 99.1 40.1 1941-42 high , 68J 103.4 102J 514 1941-42 low C8J 103.8 98 J 28.6 Unionvale Stays I In 5-Day School S UNIONVALE Unless all of the rural schools go on a six-day week basis Unionvale will re main in theIve days of school, a week class, It was decided Mon day night, i 8. C. Dixon of McMinnvUle was a guest of relatives and friends here Wednesday. i Someone took the tax stanip from the Victor Geiger family car recently. H frt at "If """-a.r 1 jpwat 1 mj ' "';-v j i i, J The money you need is available to you here and now Inquire today at our con venient address about our personal loan H service! r For Money la a Hurry Sat I State Finance Co. Ui State St. Uc.S-213,M-222 Phone 9261 g s-, ,. THE LONE RANGER Not Fodr Weather Friends By FRAN STRIKER - ' (arr'tHJ ' rm.1!"101 rqrofiqjRivTpGEirg (77W DQtt irJft WW T ,111 POLLY AND HER PALS Kindness to Dumb Animals By CUFF STERRET I JESS COULXfT STAND TUT WAV ThY BOVS USEO r' itto il4C tT PEANUTS l -A, 11 " 1 -v I f 9 ' . -.. I I S- lCT ' l XVC iMVlT-D ON8 Ol-TUB vl USOVUH USED TE A SERS-ANT , TL W BCTVSW-OMTHBARMY CSURBI AN7 NCW VR A PRIVATE. EH, SON? I V 1 Mfe7 CAMP TO TPS CUjSr-JsCETT I hX S'MATTtR - DIDN'T" UKB TH' c-S I L I TON1SKT ENTERTAIN i I I JSrt rTfTL RSPONSlBlrTV?7 T I fi, V . -m ,1,1m.. - MICKEY MOUSE A Lyric Soprano! By WALT DISNEY HTml nvt ThE UGHTSONJ ) EXCEPT THAT THE J iL 1 1 IV-WW 0P m UEAD-IN WIRES r-C SZi-friai U THE BEST OF THE BOYS ARE OUT NOW, -SEABCHfN' THE GROUNDS . p- -i i eel ' 1 rjK. v.i,ijr j ; j aNl -OfU Tli M Hi. CARRY THROUGH INSPE HERE i 1 1 M WQW, MRS. SM SWiWC. IF YUH . "1 IXJNCMJP THE. 5Ubfc.CTS... CVtfcTY BOOY THW WAS HERE TONIGHT... T'l I iPf "! lAilTVl If OH. DEAR! H THIS IS VERY" THE wveshsmton! AVVWkSD! r DONT EYEN KNOW HALF OF THEM! ' - - rvjcr k-j : - ' C: ! m IJTTI--ANNrSROOI-Y Tha Salt of the Earth By BRANDON WALSH I ri.i- -tDfrwrvrif 11 S X. DfiTTH-MK I ICHtt.D-.IFW"- tOVE XUfXXie U HAVE. .VtKT-ar-.i HAlATV4 UTTU HEtEOF . . . """'- ' ' ' - - - . . ..... . . THTMSLg TATE--Etcrlg Popyt SIi-Srvlco t,THE iORM CU-TJ LIKE TO UUEAR 1 CJi A ' C UAfSMTS CUsMPW'S J tic uijMrVs h so. shou) good Jwy. Hwaiy.. (jvou meam tr ???J : y '