THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, l'2o
EXTREME NERVOUSNESS SHOWN IN WHEAT MARKET
PAGE TEN
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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
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