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Newspaper Page TextTHE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, l'2o EXTREME NERVOUSNESS SHOWN IN WHEAT MARKET PAGE TEN F WHILE BUYING fhlcairo. Jin. SI Extreme nerv Portland, Ore., Jan. 31. No de 0Utmes of trader on bolli aides oi"" in pum ouuer is cuniemplal- he market was the outstanding feature In the wheat pit today With fear evident In some quar- em that a new buying Mumpede jrait at hand and with npprehen- llon expressed from ot her that i disastrous break was Imninent. Ihe market changed with amazing utckncss from weaknme ftrcneth and vittj vera. Strong houses, nevertheless. Wok the wheat poured Into the pit lere as a result of such talk and totwlihsundinir profit-taking Hal n each upturn the market failed break to any such extent as tellers had locked for. Thre quar era of an hour before ti.e finish May whnat stood, at 12 )2 a Ibfihel, nb'iut cent off, com jarel with yejUorday'a finish. Ueith of export buying lei to Kime of the d3cli:ies later. May vouching $2 01 "A. but statement brom a lea ling exporter reiterating rlewa aa to the atmte ne?d of sup plies abroad helped to rally the narket afresh. BUTTER FIRM EGGS ARE STEADY After boing oTf the market for about 10 days tl.e Kobert C. 1'aulus lompany la wiring out Its brokers today the highest price offering ftt achieved in the present seas on'a markets setting; the following pace on dried prunes: IO-40a - 12 16-45 0-60 9 ft0-0 7 Prices at which prunes were of fered by I'aulua when he went off from the market were 11 cents on I On. f on 35s and 8 on 40s. 60s being 7. the same as now of fered. This inakefl a straight 1 tent advance on 80s, a half cent idvance on 35a and a half cent ad rance on 40s. allhoiiKh Drafter has been offering 40a at 9 cent fur I number of days. The price of 30s offering at 12 lent la the top so far aa a gener- II offering, although one dab If reported to have been enld for 12 tents. There In little question that 0s would move without difficulty it IS cen til Is offered In straight lota, but what will happen Jut now at thia price In assortment re mntns to be seen. There Is no great auantltv of 30s on the coast at the vest. According to advices frereived here It Is probable bothMhe Wash ington Growers and the North Pa cific Exchange .will fall In line arith these prices within the next Tew days. A letter received by Paulus from Ih Alexander Chrlchton firm of broker in Liverpool states that General Manager Newhouse of the Korth 1'aetflu Exchange was In tJverpool along about the first leaving for Northern Europe after a few days thero and that nothing bad been heard from Mm elnce. The letter was dated Januray 14. The broken stated they had ben ihdeavoring to locate him by wire ut without avail. IT d here over the wcek-und. The market i steady with -ltniund and supply well balanced. Loea cic.iiiicryinen say the Seattle lie dine was pi ernal in e. A half cent decline In cube firista to 38 cents is nlie only change on the Juiry ooaru today The e( mark?t was steady at tne close today after ahowin vcre louses during the pant week Kids were posted met Jy on the dairy exchange. jave poultry closed firm. es pecially on light henif and springs. Ueccipts were light and the de mand xuo.l, I'fiut'rf are unchanged. Country meat receipts were light lniav with (he strret cleaned up oy n'j.m. j'ri-c neirt firm at 1 4 to lit cents on top hogs and calves. livestock Portland, January. 31 Cattle kct steady; receipts none; steers good 17.ZI1 'U'7.7b; medium 16.25 v rztj; common can nery and cutter steera $4.00 Jft.25; heifera, good (850 pound up) $6.001)0. 50; common and ni ci M urn, all weights $4.00 jp 5ti.u;: cows, good $5.2r5.75 common and medium $4.00 it 5.25 ennners and cu Iters $1.50-54.00 bulla, good (beef yearlings exclud ed) $1.0014. SO; cofDmmon to mcd iuui (canner and bologna ) 13. 00 4 4.00; calves medium to choice (190 lbs. down) $7.00f 10.50! cull and common ( 1 90 lbs. down) $5.00 til j.uw; medium to choice (190 2K0 lbs.) $0.759.60; medium to cnoico (260 llm. up) $5.50 7.25 ; cull and common (190 lbs. up) Hoks sleadv: receinls nnnc heavyweight (250 to 350 pound) medium, good and choice $9.75 tl 11.25; medium weight (200 to 300 lbs.) medium, good and enmee $ 1 1.25 u 1 1.65; lightweight (IfiO to 200 ibs.l common, medium good and choice $1 1.25 tip 1 1.60 nkiii ngius to iuu ids,) com mon, medium, good and choice ia.76 i 11.26: packing hoiri mnooth $9.50IO.oy; packing hog rougnt ay vuwv 60: slaughter n lm )1J0 lbs. down) medium, irood and choice $9.50AiM0.50; feeder and stocker pig (70 to 130 lbs.) com mon, medium, good and nhnlnn $8.00 f 9.50. Soft or ollv hairs aim roasting pigs excluded in above quotations. Sheep stea ly: receliil nnnr Iambs, light and hamlvwelirht. nieuium in cnoice $15. 0017. 00 heavyweight 92 pounds up) medium to prime $1 3.60 15.00; all weights, cull - and com mon $11.5015.00; yearling weth ers, medium to prime $ 10.50 (id $13 00; wethers (1 years old end over) medium to prime $9.00 11.00; ewen. common to choice $H 00$U.OO; canncr and cull $5.00 W8.00. (Above quotations except lam be on shorn baKis. POTATOES Porlland. Ore. Jnn. 31 PotatoeH steady with $ 1.65 fi 1.85 for Oregon stock; onion steady, $3.76 paid In country. nUTTl.Tl AND iiurrioitFAi Portland, Ore., Jan. 31 Ilutter steady; extra cubea, city. 43c; standards 41c; prime firata 40c; firsts 3Kc; undergrade nominal; prints 45c; enrtons 40c. ltutterfat steady, best churning cream 4Jc not shippers' track lone one; 45c delivered Portland. win: AT Portland, Jan. 31. Wheat bids; I'fiart hard white $2.00; aoft while $2.00- western white $1.95; hard winter $2.00; northern sirlng car receipts; wheat 18, four 7, $2.05; western red tl.96. Todavs corn 6, hay 12, oats 2. POUIl'ItY AND b'AiC.H More "Murder" Hints in McCIintock Case JUSTIGC HARfW OlSOK Investlntlon Into th death ot William Nelson McCIintock, youth ful Chicago millionaire, took a sen- satlonal tun In tha Windy Clt; when Chief JusUce Ham Olaon, of tho Municipal Court, demanded that the uroba he extended Into the deatha of Mrs. Emma Nelson McCIintock, Billy' mother, and Dr Oscar Olson, Olson's brother, ohy sician to the McCIintock and Shep- herd ramlllea. Judge Olson reported that his brother, long-time friend of the McCIintock family, had been socn with William D. Shepherd foster father and heir of Hilly shortly before his death. GIVES LIST OF RATE CUTS BY COMMISSION (Continued from Page One) Electric lighting and power rates in twenty-one cities and towns In the Willamette Tatley were reduced, aggregating $18, 000 annually. A reduction In water and elec tric power rates in Bend, Oregon. Denied an Increase In gas rates in the city of Salem. "Ordered redduction In ratea on farm products throughout the male removed branch line differ en Hale allowing farmers residing on branch lines equal ratea to thoa0 enjoyed by farmers residing at an eo.ii.al distance on the mtiii I i ilea. This will luvolving aav ing to the shippers of Oregon esti mated at approximately $300, QUO annually, 'Secured reparation to the ship pers In this state on over-charges amount to approximately $34,00" during the past two years. 'Ordered reduction on Intra state rate on fuel wood, logs, hog tuei, lumber, poles and piling, ce ment, sand and gravel, fruits, cull apples, canned fruit, dried fruit, making a saving to the shippers of tne state of many thousands of dollars annually, "Prosecuted cases on behalf of the shippers before the Interstate commerce commission on thia coin mission's own motion, securing a reuueuen in express rates through out the state which becomes effec tive March 1. 192b, and which will result In another saving of sevar.il hundred thousand dollars annual y to the shi oners. "Secured reduction In the rats on wool and mohair, a 10 per cent Chicago, Jan. 31. The wheat apentng, which ranged from to Itt lower, with May $2.03H a 12.03 and July $1.6 it "4 to $1.70 was followed by a mo I orate ad Ittlonal gain and then by rapid ihangoe In whU-h upturns predom inated. After opening unchanged to tent off. May $1.&4S to $135. lorn sagged a little further and '.lien scored gains all around. Oat started nt H to cent off. May 43 to 43 H. but ao.tn showed I nearly genera) advance. Provlsiona wero easy. Corn doped firm, M to H net higher. May $1.3:4 to $1.35. Wh"Ht cloned unsettled, to 1 cnl net lower, May $2 02 '4 to 2.l)2 and July $1 JOS a $1.70. BRITISH DISAPPROVE U. S. SKYSCRAPERS London. Euifland will never adopt the iik)M':rapvr because It is being rcallzd In Amnion that New Yrk Is too high and that the tall buildings convi-rt the street tno veritable canyons, in the opin Ion of Toph.un Kjrrest, architect to tho Ijomlon County Council, who baa J 'J t returned from an official visit to the lintud Statea. Mr. Forrest nays that In plumb ing and sanitation arramtcmentn. be found the United Htatrs far ahead of Oreat Tlritain. and that the educational buildings are far better cipit ped and finished than those In Knglnml. In regaid to hotels Mr. Koi tw! ays that the best hotel in the mm paratlvely email city of tiuffatn w.'d. If ditmpel down In Picca dilly, put the bent l,.in Ion hotels to shame. American hotels excel In tha mailt'! of servlro and In de aign, and th, Irtltuj hotel arvht tecta of (Irent Mr it, tin arc Vlsltlni; tha l'r.it?d iUnt to aicdy methoils Of hotc) cot.structlon. PrftiiKt spinl Knihargn Wa-hin-Uon. Jan. 31 Protest ftgiiimt til' lliitlsh embargo on Am rirnn potntoe hn bcon" renewed by the stato ileurinient. All eggs offered for aale In Ore iron would have to be graded and labelled under house bill 240 In troduced by the food and dairy com mitt" todiv. Rtnnanls for grid- liif and labelling are provided. Poitiand. Jan. 31 Kggs un- reduction on fruits, berrie. Tege changed; current recelple 36c: pul- lahlca butter rhM nnlfri- let 35354c; firsts 36 ii 36 Uc- if k . ' .K. . ' J. henneries 3j37S delivered Vo?t fl"h' etc; reduction In commol- iana. Portland, Or., Jan. 21 Poultry firm; heavy hens 226p2Ac; llglit 16 41 17.:; Bpiingn 21i23c; old rooaters 10c; ducks white Pekin 20 W 21c; live turkeys 23c: dreraed turkeys S2r$34c- geese 16c. Portland, Jan. 31 Hops firm: new cliuuera l17o; fugglei l&tflSc; old crop nominal. Salem Markets Compiled) fntni nKirts ol 8a loin dealers lor the guidance of iupltul Journal roudora, (Itvvlsod dally.) Grain: No. 1 white wheat $1 83; No. 1 reJ wheit $1.84 fwcked. WlHifKnii tnota Mat: Top hogs 10 Sic: aows V4(lc; drtws'.nl hogs lie; top steera 6tf7c; cowi 4 0&c; can ner cowe 1H up; bulls SSr; spring lambs up to 90 lba 14c; veal ttc; drefel veal 14c. Poultry: Springers 16o; light hens 15 & 17c; heavy hens 20c; old rooatere 8c; ducks 16 ft lScj turkeyi 3'Je d reused; alive 23tf25c; geee ISii'SOc dressed; live 12rf14c wliite Pekin ducks, alive 16ilSc; India Hunner ducks alive 144fl6o ltutterfat 44c; creamery butter 4-f4Ac; eKgs 30c; atandarda 83c; selects 35c: milk $1.80 owl, Vegetables: Pot aloe $l.752 2! cvtt. head lettuce $4Mtr4.7a orate Oallfornl.t enlitiago -HMlic; celery neaita 0ci $l 75 doa.; crate $6 7.00 cwt.; onions $5. No. 1; boiler ?2.50 per cwt.; sweet ptdntoes. f.'tn'V 8 (f 1 0c; spinach greens ; 1 ppt'ers 3.ic; Rreeti llihbard Muash $3 60 per cwt; rnt.ilagait 2 i-ntf; parttnlp. - 1 cents uncked cauliflower $2 25 crate; racked cirrots $2.50; hrusels sprouts 16o. loc il turnips 2 He lh.; 1'alUoritla bunch vegetables: ear rot, beets anil mini pit 80c di7.cn; P.ii'hIcv 7Sc; radlrhe). utecn onliots ti(c; giaoe fruit $4 H-'4.;& c.He. fiuit $4i)0r4.75 crate; rhubarb rhiibatb 17Vte; tomatoes $5 30 lb. ;uvr. I'nilts- Apples $ I 50 box, face nnd fill; fancy $:,.0042iO, extra fancy $ j , 0 tr 5 50 ItoWe. ld.ihi a.ln 81 Pnder trnns of a sale agreement made public here todiy Jolin Ai cha'a il has agreed to turn over to H. V. Ilicknell hut flitch of approxho ite ly 70,000 sheep. The money In volved la said to be around $,00V 000 and delivery of the sheep will be made early this summer. Hoth the seller and the buye art prom inent in Idaho wool circles. ity rates between Portland. O.-e gon. Grays Harbor and W 1 11a pa Harbor. "Hcductfon In refrigerator car charges. ' "Ordered many extenelona of service to patrons who had been denied service by the utilities. In one inst.ince requiring the exten sion of electric service fur a dis tance of eight miles to serve the city of lianke and Intermediate territory. 'Telephone rates have Increased in every etate in the union. Th Mo rn our neighboring states of Washington, California and Idaho are now higher than those In Ore gon for exchangee of comparable Hize. "There have been no Increases in the rates mentioned by hlia during the past four and one-half years with the very minor excep tions of small untlltles which were utterly unable to serve the small localities without an Increase In rates," TO SACRIFICE CLEAVER TO KEEP BUREAU (Continued from Page One) administration of the department has not been satisfactory, even to the avowed friends of prohibition They aleo cannot have failed to note that Mr. Cleaver has more or lee been made the goat of all of the mistakee made by the governor, the Anti-Saloon league forces and various otheT pensone and agencies that hav sought to utte hie office as a mask for their own activities, and that the governor hae allowed Mr Cleaver and hie office to be tbu usea. for this reason It le noi anticipated by those who have been In clone touch with the sit uation that the prohibition com minsioner will be called upon tr snouuier an 01 the censure, aiir iuti tnere ar good reasons to he ie report will pave the way for the graceful retire ment or r. Cleaver and contlnu ation of the department under i new head. , Chanees to B eUrtred uniet it is contained in a mi nority report there le little pros pect that the committee will ommend abolition of the prohibi- nuu uupanmeni, out it le coneid ered certain that several ehanr. will be urged. Including Hit- ferent division of prohibition en orcein en i lunds between tha state department, the sheriffs and iue oisirici attorneys. Questions propounded of witnesses during the hearing suggest that some meiuwers or tne committer win seek a three way enllt. irivino- each of these agencies one third of the fine money collected from pronioition law violators. some recommendation looking toward keepine the denrtmint irum neing used Tor political pur poses le also anticipated. Whatever the outcome, there Is a certainty that the committer 111 find Its greatest trouble in agreeing upon a repor, and it Is not unlikely that the legislature will Itself be called upon to de cide which le to be accented. Cleaver Witnesses Several Cleaver witnesses were heard yesterday, mainly giving testimony to show that the de partment hae been willing to co operate with local officers. T. B. Buffington. deDutv sher iff of Umatilla county, claimed that he had worked with Cleav er's men both as a deputy sheriff and as a federal agent. L.. it. McBride, one of Cleaver'e agents, said that he had been In structed by Cleaver to cooperate witn local officers wherever pos- LEGALS NOTICK of Intention to Improve K Street from uroailwny to Fifth Street Notice Is hereby ariven that the' Common Council of the City of alem, Oregon, deems It necessarv- aand expedient and hereby de clares lta purpose and Intention to Improve E street from th nr line of Broadway street to the west line of Fifth etreet at the ex pense of the abutting and adja cent property by bringing said portion of said street to the es tablished grade, constructing ce me.it concrete curbs, and navinir said portion of said street with a six Inch cement concrete pave-; ment thirty feet wide in accord ance with the plans, specifications ana estimates the.rcfor which were adopted by the said coumcil January 19th, 1925, and which are hereby referred to and made part of this notice. The Common Council herehv further declares its purpose and mention to make the above de scribed improvement by and through the Street Improvement Department of the City of Salem. By order of the Common Coun cil the 19th day of January. 1925 m. fuULSiiN, City Recorder. Date of first publication hereof w January zist, 1925. 28 sihle. but he claimed that sheriff in some counties could not be told that the state agents were work jng In their counties because the bootleggers would be tipped off. $4800 in Clatsop Sheriff SUmher of Clatsop coun ty, was the only witness heard yesterday to criticlie Cleaver and his men. Slusher told about the activities of Abe Weinberg and Victor Hur.o, etate agents. In As toria. pointing out that for the $4800 of county money paid to them by the district attorney not a single conviction was secured. Thirty arrests were made on the strength of the investigations of these two agents, he said, but on ly three of these went to trial and these three wrre found not guilty. Weinberg and Hugo spent mon ey lavishly for liquor and on pros titutes while In Aetoria. Slusher said he had been Informed, and explained that the manner In which Weinberg peeled $50 bills off a "big roll" was the talk of the town. LEGALfc o PICOI'ONl-.S FOH WOOD Stale Institutions nt Salem, Oregon The Oregon State Board of Control will receive sealed bids on 4 foot fir wood for the following Institutions at Salem: Oregon State Hospital 600 cords, main building; 400 cords. Cottage farm. Oregon State Penitentiary, 364 cords. State Institution for Feeble Minded, 500 cords. Oregon State Training School. 700 cords. Oregon State Tuberculosis Hos pital, 1000 cords. Oregon State School for the Blind. 325 cords. Oregon State School for the Deaf, 750 cord Oregon State Industrial Sc.hnnt for Ciirft. 250 cords. Bidders may quote on first growth fir, second growth fir, or round slab wood. Prices to be t. c. b. Institution, also quote f. o. b. main building for the wood re quired for the cottage farm. De livery to be made between Febru ary 15th and November 1, 1925. specifications and blanks for bidding will be furnished uoon application to the secretary at Sa- lem. Bids will be opened at 2 n. m February 3rd, 1925, and must be accompanied by certified check In the sum of 10 per cent of total amount bid, made payable to the Oregon State Board of Control, hlch sum will be held by Hhe board as a guarantee that the bidder will enter Into a contract furnish the amount awarded. All bids shall be enclosed in seal ed envelope marked "Bids for wood" and mailed to the under signed. The board reserves the rieht tn reject any or all bids, or to accept any part of a bid. - Dated at Salem. Oregon. Janu ary 19. 1925. CARLE ABRAMS, Secretary, Oregon State Board of Control. ADMINlSTIt ATOII'S FINAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned administrator of the estate of Benjamin Davis, deceas ed, has flted Its final account In said estate, and that the county court of Marion county, Oregon, has fixed and appointed the 14th day of February, 1925, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, at tne county court house In aald oounty and state as the time ami place of hearing Any objections to such final account, and for the settlement and allowance thereof. Dated thia 10th day of January. 1925. First National Bank of Salem, Administrator of the estate of Benjamin Davie, deceased. Notice Is hereby given, that the undersigned executor of the es tate of Mary L. Waller, deceased, haa filed his final account In said estate, and that the county court T Marion county, Oregon, has fixed and appointed the 3rd day f March. 1925, ' at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. of an id day, at the county court house In said county and atate aa the time and place of hearing any objections to auch fin al account, and for the settlement and allowance thereof. Dated this 24th day of January, 1925. ALBRRT F. WALLER. Executor of the estate of Mary a Waller, deceased. IN T1IK CIIU TIT COl'IlT of the State; of Oregon for the County of Marlon The State of Oregon, plaintiff, vs one Ford automobile, defendant. Notice. S;ate of Oregon, county of Ma rion, ss. To Carl Harlan and to whom ever It may concern : In the name of the State of Oregon: Tou, and each of you, are here by notified, and will take notice, that the following described per sonal property, towlt: Ford road ster, license number for the. year of 1925 33825, was seized on the ninth day of January, 1925, by L. L. McBride, special prohibition of ficer of the state of Oregon; that said personal property above de scribed ever since has been and now Is In the possession of the sheriff of Marlon county, Oregon, and Is being proceeded against1n the above entitled court for the forfeiture of the same for a vio lation of chapter 29 of the Gener al Laws of Oregon for 1923. the same being an act relating to the rorreKure -and aale of boats, ve hicles and other conveyances used in the unlawful transportation or possession of Intoxicating liquor within the state of Oregon, and that all persons having or claim ing any Interest In said personal property are hereby required to appear before the above entitled court In the county court house of Marlon county, Oregon, at Sa lem. Oregon, by Tuesday. the twenty fourth day of February, 1925, which said day has hereto fore been duly aet by the above entitled court as an answer day herein, and to defend against said proceedings, and that upon their failure so to do a judgment Of for feiture of said personal property will be entered. This notice is Issued and given to you. and each of you, pursuant to an order duly tnadv by Honor able L. H. McMahan, Judge of the above entitled court, on the twen ty third day of January. 1925. itness my hand and seal of said court affixed at Salem. Ma rion county, Oregon, this 23rd day of January, 1925. (SEAL) U. O. BOYER, County Clerk. By C. F. Eschwlg, deputy. For more than two weeks now the committee haa been delving Into details of the tangle In which they found the department Involved, and In listening to the testimony of "friends and critics of the department. They have unquestionably found the latter most prevalent, and It Is no se cret that they have been Impress ed with one fact that Cleaver's A Trial Will Convince That Our Service Satisfies Automobile Electrical Work of All Kinds JOE WILLIAMS 531 Court Street "The Battery Man . Phone 198 !j Jt. -.. . . .. " You Can Find Them in The Capital Journal Classified Ads Capital Journal classified ads will save you unlimited trouble should you be seek ing a maid, a cook, a chauf feur, a bookkeeper, or any other experienced or unex perienced help, or h you have anything to sell or trade or something you want to buy at a bargain. Into the great majority of the homes of Salem and environs, your advertise ment will go. And when a you see the number and character s of the replies, you will realize the advan tages of advertising in The Capital Journal