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in ' ' .a PAGE TEN DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24,-1821. TEN PAGES DAILY MARKET NEWS, LOCAL AND GENERAL Including Pendleton Prices and Asiociated Pre Reports auto Arrivals . Mow In rmnland ( From the Orwron Journal.) rORTtAND, Or- Krb. 24. There (' 12 loads of livestock reported In lit North Portland alleys Wednesday, but only thre mere available for the market, other bring direct shipment to a packina company. All lines Indi cated unchanged price. South Pnkota again contributed nine carlnada of hoin or a total of J1S8 - head to the Portland market Wednes day. These went direct to a packing plant here. . Generally speaking there appeared a steady Inn for the few hogs availasle for the market with tops unchanged around lll.lt generally. Oenernl hof market range: Prime light $11.00rll.3o Smooth heavy 10. SO ell. 0 llourh heavy I. SO ft 9.50 Fat pigs 1 0.00 11.00 Feeder pltrs . 10.00 011.00 It waa the aernnd day this week that no cattle arrived at North Portland. Wednesday's market vu nominal and only Monday's carryovers were avail able. These were slow to weak and steady In spots with no general price change. However It was the general opinion of the trade that top prices would not be available In the cattle alleys at this time unless quality was something tietter than recently avail able, in effect this really means a from extreme 5.00(9 4.00 2.009 liws of probably 2&C prices printed. General cattle market range: Choice steers $ 7.60 fli Medium to good steers , , t.T&O Fair to good steers (.00 0 Common to fair steers .. 5.00 0 Choice cows and heifers COO ft Medium to food cows and heifers,..,.,... 5.60 Fair to medium cows and heifers Common cows, heifers . , Canners Hulls 3.500 Choice feeders .. ; 5.50 M Kslr to good feeders .... 5.00 Choice dairy calves ...... 1 3.00 IS. 25 Prime light calves ...... 11.009 12.00 Medium light calves .... 1.00 6 10.00 Poor calves (.00 0 T-50 With a merely nominal run for the Wednesday trade, market for sheep fcnd lambs appeared steady at North Portland. Prices were unchanged gen crally. General sheep market range: Fast of mountain lambs f 7.50 0 Willamette valley lambs Heavy lambs 8.15 7.50 (.75 (.00 5.50 5.00 4.00 5.00 (.00 5.60 Feeder lambs . . Light yearlings , Heavy yearlings . Wethers Cull lambs Ewes .60Jj (.50(0 5.500 (.500 5.500 5.000 4.000 1.000 RcartMi Talk About ItcNervea Weakened Wheat CHICAGO, Feb, 24. (A. P.) tiearlsh predictions as to farm reserves March 1 tended to weaken grain yes terday and upturns failed to last. The I 0.l close was eaay. H net lower, with ... March l.ilH to 1.71 4. Corn lost 1-S to i-stt'u. ana oata 1-8 to 2-8 pro visions finished unchanged to 7 higher. At first the wheat market displayed considerable strength owing chiefly to word that 1.300.000 bushels of wheat had been sold for export to Greece. Besides, gossip was current that de liveries from farms would show a falling off after March 1. on the ad vance, however, support became slack, and talk centered on a trade forecast indicating that as a result of decreas ed consumption farm reserves when officially announced would be larger than looked for. Corn and oata also sagged after an early bulge. It was said the farm stock of corn March 1 would prove the heaviest on record. Liberal export sales of corn helped to check the de cline. Higher quotations on hogs gave firmness to provisions. 1.00 7.0J 7.00 (.50 7.00 (.50 (.00 5.00 4.00 Gassaway Miles Motorist By Stanley L 1 ABOUT AS Mud SPOOK I " I LIFT IH THIS tfEROSEMe -. ( - Jiu sT3v I Bound tmns rTaavfrY-a-saarr u.zi am hour x a ftouut street " svkssawmys n-YM6 Bout n a steapt as a MOUNTAIN GOAT VKfTH ST VITUS tMNCE HC tCVtR (ttTS THE SAME BuMP TVg - THtf 13. HOT IH THg 3AMg V4SV M ant Ship Why is It that those young men and those young women who had to work and skimp tliru their M-bool years, are so often nH-e successful than those who dhlnt? They were not nwssarily any better or brighter.. It is this: " When young they learned the Lesson of Thrift! and - Economy, they learned How to Work and while do ing so, kept Uieir minds concentrated on their studies and occnpatioii, not having time nor money for fri- voltles.' " ; Thrift and economy will be helpful to you. Prac tice it, save something out of your .allowance or. earnings. .. ' ' . . ... "i ' i"T The AmeromTElIoiia! Bak . Pendleton, Oregon. 'Strongtst Sank in Gastern Oregon' i viiiiuiimiiiiiiiiitiiuriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiHiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig The Store That Makes Shopping Easy g . Our large space enables you to see the goods on display as they would appear in your own home. Steers Are Higher At Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Feb. 14. (A. P.) Cattle Receipts 5,000; beel steers fully 25c higher; top heavies (9.(5.... best 1,200 pound offerings, $9.46; yearlings (9.25; she stock steady to 25c higher; best cows (7.00; no choice heifers offered; most bulls (4.251? (2.76; calves steady to strong good and choice vealers $10.00 jf 11.00; bulk heavy calves (7.008.60; stock- ers and feeders 25c higher. Sheep Receipts 4,600; active Kill ing classes strong; ewes (5.75; weth ers (6.25; 91 pound yearlings (7.50;! 84 pound lambs (9.50. OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE 1 Ht-R.ej TAKcr THIS SACK UiHCM I PAY 2.0 C A COfY FOR. SOUP X SOMSt4tMG. mORfS THAI S.cor3.CHSl UATCSR (J Fur Prices Drop At St. Louis Sale. ST. LOI IS, Feb. 24. (A. P.) Sharp declines from prices prevailing here last May continued today to mark the winter auction at the Internation al fur exchange, but the offerings went at an advance of approximately 25 per cent over the January sales at Montreal and New York. Otter averaged about 10 per cent under May, with the top price at (41. Raccoon was 35 per cent lower with the top (6.30. Mink fell off about 30 per cent, 70,000 selling for (298,000. Prime Hogs $10.75 In Seattle Yards SEATTLE, Feb. 24. (A. P.) Hogs Receipts 61: steady. Prime 10.7511.25; medium heavies 9.750 10.75; rough heavies (.7607.25; plg 9.000 11.50. Cattle none. Steady. Prime steer9 (.25 08.75; medium to choice 6.25 0 7.25; common to good (.00; best cows and heifers (.5007.00; medium to choice (.00 06.00; common to good 3.5004.60; bulls 5.0006.00; calves light 11.00 12.00; heavy (.007.50. 'ant iiJr''. POOR MAN CAN NOW . nmnmr rum mrvn nrm Activities In San Francisco Market SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24. (A. P.) Kecelia Flour 4,892 qrs.; wheat 1600 centals; barley 10,230 centals; beans 3,878 sacks; corn 1,373 sucks; potatoes 8,068 sacks; onions 370 sacks; hay 207 tons; lemons and oranges 2,400 fcoxes; hides 121 rolls; livestock 185 head. Barley, spot feed 1.27 V, 0 1.37 '.4. Oranges navel 2.00 4.75. Seattle Prices On Grain and Feed SEATTLE, Feb. 24. (A. P.) City delivery Feed Scratch feed (57; baby scratch feed (55; feed wheat (60; all grain chop (47; oats (46; rolled oats (48: sprouting oats (51; rolled barley (45; clipped barley (49; milled feed (34; bran (34; whole corn (40; cracked corn (42. ' ' Hay Alfalfa (27; double compress- od alfalfa (33; ditto timothy. (38; cast, cm Washington mixed (34; straw (20; Puget Sound (31. Veteran Miller Made 1:IH Million Barrels MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 24. (A. P.) Joiui Kraft, miller, who retires after 46 years active service March 1, claims to have made more flour than any ether person in the world. In that time he has made 138,000,000 barrels of flour, according to a weekly publi cation Issued at the milling plant. He is 69 years old. Stock Market Is Still null NEW YORK Feb. 24. (A. P.) Resumption of business cm the stock exchange yesterday was characteriz ed by a continence of the recent dull ness and reactionary price changes. A few Investment shares were steady to firm, but many speculative issues ex perienced renewed depression. Xo Change In Wool At London Auction. LONDON, Feb. 24. :(A. P.) At the wool auction sales today 11,881 bales of governmjnt wool were offer ed. There was better competition but no material change in prices and few er withdrawals. American wools were cutei. Deposits Increasing In Canada Banks OTTAWA, Ont., Feb. 24. (A. P.) Savings bank deposits in Canada at tained a new record In January, reach- In (1.313.093,870, it was announced yesterday by the finance department. The deposits Increased about (20,000,- 000 over December. Krrs Arc 30 Cents , In Seattle Markets SEATTLE, Feb. 24. (A. P.) Eggs Puget Sound select ranch 30c; mixed colors 28; pullets 25; eastern Wash ington, Oregon and Idaho, nominal. Butterfat F. O. B. stations, 66c: raw milk (2.25 per hundred. BATTLE IN UNDERWORLD XEW YORK, Feb. 24. (U. P.) More than a million dollars worth of narcotics were seized here In a bat tle which Is being fought In the un derworld of this and other large cities for the suppression of the drug traffic. Dr. Carlton Simon, special police com missioner, informed the I'nited Press. The health and perhaps the lives of 500,000 men and women are at stake In this war the government officials j estimated. LONDON, Feb. 24. (IT. P.) Brit ain's prime ministers have at last an official place of residence. Premier Lloyd George being the first occupant of the beautiful estate, known as the Chequers, in Buckinghamshire, which was presented to the nation by Lord Lee of Fareham "as a thanksgiving for her deliverance In the great war" and as "A place of rest and recreation for her prime ministers forever." - It Is generally assumed that No. 10 Downing street, London, Is the offi cial residence of the premier, but this is not so, as the office of price minis ter is not recognized by the constitu tion. "No. 10" is the official residence of the First Lord of the treasury. Just as No. 11 Downing Btreet Is the resi dence of the chancellor of the exche quer. Usually the premier takes the office of first lord of the treasury., but ne cannot occupy 10 Downing street unless he does or except by the grace oi me proper occupant. ine cnequers, which Is within oanuy reaon or iondnn, however Is specifically designed for the prime minister, wnatever other office he may hold. Premiers like the late marquis or Salisbury, the Earl of noseoery, the late Sir Henry Camp-bell-Bannerman, and Arthur Balfour had huge estates, but Premier Lloyd ucwiise is a comparatively poor man, as was ex-Premier Asquith. Lord Lee was convinced that at no very distant date England may get a labor premier, who In ordinary cir cumstances will certainly not be able to keep up proper state. On January o ivoru iee invited tne premier and a select party down to the Chequers and after dinner he and Lady Lee quietly drove awny. saying, "It Is yours from now onwards." Ample funds have (been invested to ensure tne proper upkeep of this fine estate. . . XO MORE SEARCH WARRANTS. iva.-VOAH CITY. Feo. 24 f IT r u. b. commissioner O. D. Beardsley announced today that no more search warrants would be issued against homes where a mere showlna- nf no.. session of Intoxicating liquor Is made. THE MODERN NOAH. , For those who haven't been in recently there is quite surprise in store as to our new goods and new prices. Cruikshank & Hampton 1 "QUALITY COUNTS" i 124-128 E. Webb Pendleton, Ore. H Tswr Old Faraltare takra In ex dm age as part payment oa new. Wm l t LTTfay Garden Seeds Etc. We Have a Very Complete Stock of D M. FERRY'S GARDEN SEEDS MANDEVILLE AND KING FLOWER SEEDS Make your selection now while the assortment is complete. . . ; Extra Fine Onion Sets, pound 15c. Fresh Country Sausage,1:, Read Our Ad Tomorrow Evening: for Saturday ;. Specials. The Sanitary Grocery ' 221 East Court St The Most in Value The Best in Quality , Phone 871 V- A Nev, '., .Paige will solve all your 'troubles i i i . r Ask an Owner 0. i ill AUTO CO. Alta and Cottonwood Sts. Phone 46 . Rebuilt Second Hand Cars" Sold on Easy Terms Automobile Show. Lets Go! - March 10-11-12. ; ' .. .N - t I ftyJWltBIHIMnaMtr aaWlMIM4.MMaillWM "WalM"M it4fcasVW4c9 I .. Golden West A Butter Without a Peer Better Grocers Will Send no other brand on your order. of 1 JCktJhMJE.BX wa3iyuiaia1s1uta1iSatuii "SUghtly Used Cars" If you ar6 going- to buy a used . car Jt will mean money in your pocket to look over our ex cellent stock. We have Fords, Chevrolets, Buicks, Cadillacs, and other standard make cars which have been overhauled in our shop and are in Al condition. We invite your inspection of these super values. ' . , Oregon Motor Garage , Diatrflmton DUICK, CADILLAC AND CHEVROLET Phona 468 S3 iiuutuiuuuuuuwuiiiniii,uuiuwiuuiiuiiiiiiiiuiijiiiuiijwiuuu r iLLiiiii ilTl al a if