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PAGE TEN THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1030 DAIRY PRODUCE PRICES DISPLAY DRASTIC SLUMP Moderation of the weather and consequent gain In receipts as well as production of dairy produce are the main factors in drastic reduc tions in dairy produce buying prices elfective In Salem Thursday, ac cording to leading local dealers. Butterfat led the decline with a drop of three cents to 38 cents as the prices to the producer, and but ter dropped two cents per pound. Eggs receded 3 to 5 cents per dozen, making the new wholesale buying price to the producer 25' cents for pullets and 30 cents for fresh extras. Portland U) Cut of two cents a pound in top score buiter and lc for prime first cubes on the produce exchange, was recorded Thursday. On the exchange both extras and standard cubes were off 2c with prime firsts down lc. There was no change in firsts. Reduction in egg prices became effective Thursday. The drop was from 3 to 4c. Fresh extras and stan dards dropped 3c to 33c and 32c, re spectively while fresh mediums low ered 4c to 30c a dozen. Hothouse rhubarb Is In better supply at this time. Quotations to the trade are fairly steady at 12'i to lTic. Market on peas is some firmer at 14c pound or $5 a crate. According to talk in the trade, this price may be advanced within a short time. The first carload of Ouadaloupe lettuce of the season was received Thursday by Pacific Fruit company. Lettuce from other centers has been received earlier. The late arrival is of good quality and priced to the trade at 5.50. According to produce dealers, there Is a temporary shortage of Marble head squash being felt at this time. This commodity is going to the trade at 3'.ii cents. ML ANGEL PLANT PASSES GOOD YEAR Mt. Angel The annual report of , the Mt. Angel Co-operative cream- ery shows that during 1929 theyj manufactured 804.507 pounds of! butter, and since the creamery was organized they manufactured 6, 41,182 pounds of butter. During 1929 they did $412,619.38 volumne of business, compared to $104,040.80 In 1918. During the past year they built a large addition to their storage warehouse, purchased and Installed ft larger boiler, two milk coolers, a glass lined tank, and two new trucks. Prank Hcttwer Is manager of the creamery and the directors are R. J. Burning, president; Martin Rost vold, vice president; and Ed Over- lund, Joseph Bemt and Charles Bochsler, directors. MRS. SHEPHERD, 83 DIES AT SILYERTON Silver ton Mrs. Delilah Shepherd, 83, died at her home on North Sec ond street Wednesday afternoon, af ter an Illness of a month. She had never suffered a day s Illness in her life until about a month ago when she suffered a fainting attack while attewi.'hg church, members of the family said. Deiilih Pottorff was born in In diana In 1B46, and In 1862 crossed the plains by ox team with her parents, enroute to Oregon. They arrived here In the same year, and she had resided in or near Stiver ton ever since. In 1864 she was married to James Shepherd. Twelve children were born to this union, seven of whom servive. Mr. Shepherd died here bout 14 years a?o. The surviving relatives Include the following children: Benjamin P.. Sa lem; Mrs. Belle Simpson, Silverton; Lee and Clyde Shepherd. Portland: Mrs. Neal Wolf, Shaw; Mrs. Old King. Neskowtn, and Surl of Sil verton. and a sister. Miss Mary Pottorff of Silverton. Pending completion of funeral arrangements, remains are in charge of Jack and Ekman funeral parlors. Salem Markets Compiled from reports of JUIero dealers, for the guidance of Capit al Journal leaders. Ute vised datlyl Wheat. No. 1 white. 9107; red. fssckedl 91.05; feed oata 47c; mill ing outs 50c; baney per ton. steals; lings: Top grade. 130 100 lh. 910 25: 160-220 lbs. 910 00; 320-260 lbs. 910 25; Ztk)-350 lbs. 99.75; sows. 97 50 to 97 75: Cattle, top ateers steady 910 to 910 50; cows 95 50 to $7 50; culls and cutters 9:1 to 94 50; Bheep. kpring Iambs 910 50; bucks $a to 9ft 50; old ewes 4 to 95. Calves: Vealers. live weight 140-180 lbs. 912; heavy and thins 97-98. Drraned meats; Top vral IB cents; No. a grade 15c; rough and heavy 13c and up; top hogs 12L 150 lbs. 16c. Other grades 13c down. Poultry Light to medium hens 10-18c lb.; heavy hens 22 cents par pound; broilers, aprings lS-2uc; stags 25-17c lb.; old romters 7-10c lb. Eggs: pullets 25c; fresh extras 30c : Butterfat 3ttc; prime butter 40-4 lc, ub extras 35c; standard cubes 34c. UHOI.MII. rHICMH Fresh fruit: oranges, navels 94 25 $8 00 case; lemons 910; bananas He; apples, XP Jonathans 92.75; face-fill 91 50; Spltreiibergs, Baldwins 91 50 pox; Yellow New towns 9175. Cran berries 95 box. Grapefruit. Texas 95 50 tranltes 92 25; graNfruit, Texas 9 J Hl 9 97; Florida. 97 50 case. Fresh vegetables: Tomatoes, hot house 94.50 to 95 25: California 95 25 crate; cucumbers, hotliouse $1.S5 doren. Potatoes, Yakima 92 50 to 93: lettuce, Sacramento 94 50; Im perial valley $5 to 96. Celery $7 50 L-aooag c; grrvn yryri aw iu , Dinner. 94 crate: cauliflower 92 25; Artichokes, $1.50 do. Brussel sprout lie ID. Bunched vegetables: Doren bunch : turnips SOc; parsley eoc: carrots 40 to voc; Dee is vw; ouiona radishes 40C. StrkMi Mtables: Onions local 93 M; car rota 93; rutabagas 94; garlic 15c lh iniiuh. alarblehead 4c: Hubbard 4c: banana 4c; turnips $c; parsnips MARKET QUOTATIONS Portland livestock Portland i Cattle ana calves: 5 ttlking around :tetly. Receipts, ct e ICS; calves 25. 8 iters, 1100-1300 lbf. $11 to $11.50; rood ail-tll.75: medium S9.S0 to U: common $7.50 to 10.50. Heller, yood 110 to 1 10.50; common to medium 7.50 tO 910. COWa. good S8.50 to SU.3&; common to medium S8.50 to IS 60; low cutter S3 50 to SOW. Bulls, year- llnsff excluded, S to e.50; cutter to medium S7 to (8. Calves, medium to choice tWbO to 912.50; cull to com mon as to 10 50. Vealers. milk fed, good to choice S12.50 to $14.50; med ium S10 50 to 912.50; cull to common 98 50 to 910 50. Hogs, opening slow, light butchers look 15c lower. Receipts imkhj, inc.ua lug 965 direct or on contract. Turn weight 99-75 to ftlO.85: light weight 910.75 to flood; mini ugius. aa 75 to 110 85. Packing sows. Slaughter pigs 99 50 to 910 50. Feeder and stocker pigs 90-130 lbs. medium to choice 99 50 to 910 50. (Soft or oily hogs and roasting pigs excluded in above Quotations. bheep and lambs, Quotably steady. Receipts 100. Lambs, 84 lbs. down, rood to choice 911.50 to 912; yj lbs. down, medium 910 to 911.50: all weights, common 9B-50 to 910.50. Yearling wethera. 110 lbs., down medium to choice 97.50 to 99 50. Ewes, 120 lbs. down, medium to choice 9 to 97.50; 120-125 lbs. med ium to choice 95 to 97; all weights, cull an dcommon 93 to $5. PORTI.IM) PROMTR Portland lUFl The following pric es effective Thursday: Butter quo tations are for shipment from coun try creameries and '-,c a pound It deducted as commission. Butter, cube extras jhc; stanaaras 37c; prime firsts 36c; firsts 34c. Etffis. uouitry producers prices fresh extras 33c; standards 3'2r; fresh medium 31c; medium firsts 30C. Butterfat: direct to snippers, trace 39c; No. 2 grade, 36c; stations No. 1. 38c; No. 2, 33c; Portland delivery prices No. 1 butterfat 41c; No. 2. 36c. Milk, buying price: 4 percent $2.30 per cental. rhww uiiinir nrlce to retailers: Tillamook county triplets 27c; lonf 28c; Tillamook r.o.D. selling prices: triplets 25c: loaf 20c. Live poultry, heavy hens, over 4' lbs 25-27C; heavy Leghorn hens 25c; 21c; blotters, light 30-33c; colored 22c; old roosters izc: stags, iviot, uu- 24-25C Dressed poultry: lurseys, iuulj toms 34-35c; fancy hens 30-S2C Capons 30c lu. Frc.h fruits: oranges, navel 94-97; grapefruit, Texas 95.75-96.50; Florida 11D1C8, o-uuz. curiou wm- nanas 51? to uc lb. Cranberries, late tiowe a,au; fimc Cod S3 to 93.25 bUShcl box: eastern, 915 barrel. Lemons. California fii.su to n. riicinnuiM'H. hothouse. Colorado 93 50 to 93.75. Brussels sprouts. CaU 17-lBc lb-; local 9150 peacn dox. Tomntors. locul hothouse 23-30C lb. Mexican 94 50 lug repacked. Onions, M-lliliK prices to maurm: sets 8-tc; Ynkima Rlobe Sl.&O-Sl.bo; Orciron 92.15-925 cwt. Fresh vegetables, selling price: let tuce. Impcriul valley. 94,25 to-95; Sac ramento 92 to 92.25 crate; peas 15c. Celery. Calif.. 9165 to 9175 doz.; 97 crate: rhubarb, hothouse 12';-17c. Bell peppers 35-40c lb. Cauliflower, locul 91.25 to 91-50; California $1.60 to 9175. Table potatoes, Deschutes gems 93 to 93.50; Yakima 92.75 to 93 cwt.; western Oreiroii 92.25 to 92.50. Sweet potatoes, cunr. o'. to ic 10. Southern yams 93 crate. Country meats: Selling price to re tailers: counrty killed hogs, best but chers, under loo ins. la-ioc; vem, 75 to 90 lbs., 2021c; lambs, 22-25c; heavy mutton 15c. PORTLAND FASTSIDE MAHKF.T Nominal prices ruled. Carrots 50c loz. bunches, 75c lug; beets tioc doz. bunches, 75c lug; tur nips 60c loz. bunches, 70c lug. Pota t. nrmiufl hnx. S2. anckrd 92.60. Onions, dry. large 91.50 to $1.65 crate: green 35c loz. Duucnes. ci-ierv. doz. bunches: Jumbo 75- flOc; No. 1. 65-70c; No. 2, 65c; hearts 91-91.25. Cauliflower, no. 1, si-si.aa; No. 2, G5-70C Spinnch, fancy 91.50; ordinary $1.25 orange box. Brussels sprouts, fancy $1.25: or dinary 91.10-91.15 peach box. Apples, Jumble pack 75c to 91. IUV ItKF.T Portland in Hay. steady. Buying prices: eastern Urcnon timothy. 9-HJ--r,n tn S'Jl tin . vnllcv 919 to 919.50 Alfalfa, 918 to 919: clover 910: oat hay 910; straw $7 to 90 ton; selling price-9J more. CASCARA nARK Pnrtlnml ufll (ntscura bark. Steadv. 7 to 7',io. liuirn i-it 1 t mna New York Evaporated apples, steady. Choice 13 to 14'4c; fancy 1 . n'A...... ill' n 1 1m Aiirtrnta klpn. rv. 'standard 13 to i5c; choice 17 18c; extra choice lS'-lCc. 1.. o,n. ion ia.ov 1928 nominal. Pacific coast 1929 15 18c; 1928. 12-14c. SV FHAM IMO POri.TRY San Francisco 1) F. 8. M. N. B.I Hins Leirhorns. all sires. 25c lb. Colored 4 lbs. and up 30c; broilers and Leghorns, under 1 f 10s. noz. w 1 7-1!! iir doz. 25c. Frvent. Col ored, under 3 lbs. 25c; Leghorns. 2 to 3 lbs. 25c; roasters, old Leghorns, 13c: colored 17c. Turkeys, young tonta 15 lbs. and up. live, nominal, dressed 34 to 35c; hens, young and old. 10 lbs. and up. live, nominal: dressed 32 to AW, OIQ wms aim uiuirrgiNuca, live, nominal, oressea 2u-?tic. M TS. HOI". WOOL Portland 1UP1 Nuts, Oregon wal nuts 22'j-2c; Calif. 20-211c; peanita raw. 10; Urn? lis. new crop 22-24c; almonds 34-35c; filberts 19-20c; pe cans Z4-23C. Hons, nominal. 1929 crops B-11'4C. Wool. 1928 crop nominal: Willam ette valley 28-33c; easlers Oregon 18-27'jC. y San Francisco . 1 Fed -State Market News service) : Apples, boxes, California: Newtown Pippins 92 50 to 92.75; loose. 9165 to 92: Northwest ern Rome Beauty, facny $2-9225: Wis and larger $2 50 to 92 75; C grade 9175 to 92; SpitTenbergs, XP 93 25 to 93 35: fancy 92 50 to 93; Delicious XP 93 50; fancy 92 50 to $3; Wine asps. XF 92 75 to 93. fancy $2.50 to vi is- Newtnwns. extra fancy 93 to 93.25; Jancy 92.fa 10 9J. RAN FRANCISCO HI TTF.KrAT San Francisco Butterfat. f.o.b. San Francisco, 42,c. PORTLAND SI I. AH. FLOl'R Portland Cane sugar, sacked basis, steady. Cane, fruit or berry 95 45 per cwt. Beet sugar 95.30 cwt. Floor, cltv delivery or Ices: steady. Family patents, 4Us 97.80: whole wh, 96t0; graham 96.70. Bakera hard Wheat DHs, f f 30: DAXers niuesirm Mr. Cream Producer:- We earnestly solicit your personal delivery it croam at our plant. You will receive. Portland delivered prices. Your check while you wait. Courteous and efficient treatment. Also, Duller, cheese and skim-milk powder at special patron prices. Today's Butterfat Price 38c Marion Creamery 260 S. Commercial St. Salem psttr.U 05s, $70. p&strr flour 49s. V i .0V, WINMPMI WHEAT Winnipeg (UP) Wheat range. May, open, Jiigh $1.28'; low 9125; close 9125. July. open, high 91. 30 4; low. 91 J7 3-8; close $l,27Tl. Oct., open high 91 .29 '4: low 916".,: close 91.- 27 U. LIVERPOOL WHEAT Liverpool (UP) Wheat range. Ma. ooen. hlifh 9128: low. close I1J01;. Msy. open, high $1.32; low. close ai.ji'.4. Jiuv. ocen, oign vi-iovs, ow cioe $13. CHH A(iO 4.KAIV Chicago WTieat futures: Mar. open 91.10 to 6-8: high 91.10'i; low 91.15; close 9115. May, open 91- Jt't w . niB eutoft. iuw o-w, close 91 20 3-8 to lt. July, open 91--a- tn ii i.v l.ifrii a) 25': low 91.22: close $1.22 a to 3-8 Sept.. open 91 26 U to : high 4 1-27, low $1J4U; dor $1.24'4. uasn grain: wmm, no. mm IB1 to 9120. Corn, No. 3 yellow 82c; Nn A vhiui 77c. Oats. No. 2 White 443i to 45'iC; No. 3 white 43 to 44c. Hje. no sales. Barley, quotable range 00 to ABC. Timothy seed 95 60 to $6.55. Clover seed 9U to 9 IB 50. Lard $1057; ribs 912.50; bellies 13.C2. PORTLAND WHEAT Pnrtinnri i Wheat futures: Mar. open, high 91 20; low, close 91. 19. May open, high 91 22: low. close 91. 19 3-8. r.nmn hurh si 2:i: low. close 9121. Sept! open, high 9123; low. Clot 91.21. Caan wneai ; msim cu i hard white 9127; soft white, western white 91.16; hard winter, northern spring, western rad 91. 14. TIui.v'i rar recelDts: Wheat 128, DST 2, barley 3, flour 16, corn I. BLY VIOLATORS OF DRY LAWS IN COURT Portland fTt An effort to check alleged extensive bootlegging activ ities in the railroad camp of Bly, east of Klamath Palls, opened In federal court here Thursday with four proprietors of alleged oiy sneakeasics being given an oppor tunity to plead guilty before Judge McNary. State and Klamath county author ities have Invaded Bly on several occasions, but not until January 7 did the federal officers sweep into the town and make a wholesale raid. Manv of those arrested by state and county authorities have been taken to Klamath Falls where they were fined. When the federal grand Jury re ported last week, It was found that secret Indictments had been voted, against seven persons now In' cus tody of the united states govern ment. Bench warrants were Issued and Cal C. Wells, deputy United States federal marshal at Medtord, return ed to Bly, arrested five of the of fenders and took them to luamam Palls where bonds of $2500 each were set. Only one of C.ie prisoners, Jack O'Nell, proprietor of Jacks Place, was released wnen ne raised uie bond. The others are: John Stolts, pro prietor of the Highway Inn; Tony Bens and Jack Russell, operators of the Bly Pool Hall, and May Hanold, proprietor of Julia s Lunch. They were lodged In the Multnomah coun ty Jail Wednesday. In addition to these, two otHers are being held at Klamath Palls under Indictments. James Jamison, proprietor of Shorty's Lunch and Job Robinson, operator of Blackie's Place are both held by the federal government. APPLE GROWERS PLANGANNERY Hood River. Ore. (IP) Extensive expansion of the canning Industry by the Hood River ar;le growers' association was Indicated here Thureday when the announcement of construction of fruit washing and packing plant. With construction of the new plant, operations of the a&soclation in pla-.us will be centralized. The association has announced Its In tention of operating the vinegar plant again this season. BANKER SHOOTS AT ROSBER, HITS CHILD Detroit (IPV-Georgia Eldrige, 5. was wounded slightly by a cashier's bullet Thursday in a holdup of the Highland Park branch of the Peo ple's Wayne County bank. A bandit shoved note under the cashier's window and ran through the crowded bank lobby with (700 the cashier turned over. As he reached the door the cashier opened fire, one bullet striking the child. The bandit rseapfd. Watch Tomorrow's Papers for Answer to ASSERT FREEZE DAMAGE SLIGHT TO FRUIT CROPS Roland Jorv. well known Rose- dale loganberry grower and dryer Is of the opinion that the freeze has done scarcely any, If any damage to loganberries in his section at least. He reports that he went out to his patch, spotted out a bunch of canes here and there, cut them off and carried them Into the house and planted them behind a hot stove where they took a quick thaw, the surest way of revealing dam age. He states to all appearances the canes thawed out without any apparent damage and that he failed to find a black cane. "It Is my belief that the damage to logans is very slight if any is done," said Jory. "And the thaw is coming on in an ideal way to pre serve the canes from any further damage." H. R. Jones, well known prune man who handl?d Rosenberg's big buys here last fall, says he is con fident that there has been no dam age done to the fruit crop generally and he says there is no reason now to say that conditions have been anything else but ideal for prune trees. If the loganberries come through without damage it is generally felt there should be an extremely big crop here the coming year and that is just what is wanted. The con ditions are all set for the handling of a heavy crop. Reports from Washington have been to the effect there has been quite a bit of dam age to raspberries, considered the most susceptible of cane fruits to a severe freeze, and if that proves true it will mean another boost for loganberry stock in the fruit mar ket. GRAIN GROWERS PERFECT PLANS Des Moines, Iowa LP) American grain growers hurried Thursday to complete organization of a nation wide marketing structure after they had received assurance from a mem ber of the federal farm board that their efforts probably will bring new prosperity to the farmers. The farm board member wa6 Sam uel R. McKelvie, who stood before the Iowa farmers grain dealers as sociation, Wednesday night, and condemned speculation in agricul tural products; favored increased economy and further organization by farmers, and outlined plans of the board for preventing and con troling crop surplusses. McKelvie was optimistic over the prospects for rapid development of a nationwide cooperative grain mar keting structure and predicted this year 400,000.000 bushels of grain will be handled by the farmers' national grain corporation. PRUNES ON HAND It Is estimated that around 200 tons of dried prunes are still linger ing in growers' hands m the vicin ity tributary to Salem and that these are in a very few hands at that. Prunes are said to be moving out qu:t3 liberally now under the quarter of a cent stiffening of the market experienced a few days ago and holders are still optimistic that there will be no trouble in moving out the remains of last year's crop in plenty of time not to be in the way on next year's market. HOPS LOADED Donald Messrs. Stutesman. Set- tlemier and Chartele were in the city Wednesday making up a car load of hop3 for the Livesly com pany. Hops taken were products of the Ernst yards at St. Paul and of Kucnstlng at Wpst Wood burn. Don t Be Misled OnPoultryFeeds Remember we manufacture the best quality of poul try feeds that you can buy, regardless of price. ' Manufactured from the best grade of ground and whole grains mixed with the proper proportion of con centrates to obtain the best results. Most all the feeds shipped in contain more or less of mill screen ings and by-products, usually more. With 40 years experience in the business, we know that you will get results with our feeds. When you can buy the best feeds at the following prices, why take chances ? m Whole Corn, $2.2 per 100 lbs., Cracked or Ground $2.35 per 100 lbs., Egg Mash $2.00 for 80 lb. sack. Standard Scratch Feed, $2.40 per 100 lbs., Molasses Dried Beet Pulp, $2.35 per .1 00 lbs. . 2 . Free delivery In the city. Terms, Cash. . D. A. White & Sons Phone 160 261 State St. Salem, Ore. t 6UY THE BEST FEEDS AT A FAIR PRICE long Skirts cause women to get hurt Chicago A Without seeking in any way whatsoever to express his personal views on the merits of long and short skirts, Frederick Rex, city librarian and statistician, re vealed Thursday that in 1913, when skirts were long? 1323 women were injured boarding street cars, and that in 1928, when skirts were short, only 328 were similarly hurt. MARKET TURNS HEAVY TOWARD CLOSE OF DAY New York (F) The stock market turned heavy early Thursday after noon losing most of the ground gained in a general advance dur ing the morning hours. Bear pressure and liquidation In International Telephone, Simmons and United Aircraft, which fell 3 to 4b . points bslow Wednesday close, was extended to leading shares throughout the list. United States steel, after touching 183 V its highest for the year, sold off to 180' against yesterdays final quoation of 181 "i. International Telephone made a new low for the year at 62 ?i, rep resenting a net loss of 3'. Te weakness of the shares was attri buted in part to the lmmence of a bond offering by ths company, while selling in Simmons was bas ed on reports that the company also was planning some new financing. Supporting orders caused par tial recoveries in the late dealings. The closing tone was irregular. Sales approximated 2.600,000 shares. New York (LP) The market was Irregular at the close following a period of buying beyond that of any day this year. Before the sell ing set in, in the afternoon, the leaders had all made new highs for the year and the whole list with three notable exceptions was strong. The weak spots were Interna tional Telephone, Radio corporation and United Aircraft. International declined sharply, unsettled the gen eral utility list and helped turn the whole market irregular. Radio was being sold in large blocks and United Aricraft broke to a new low on the reaction of liquidation said to be traceable to the breaking up of a pool operating in the issue. Notwithstanding the effects of heavy pressure on the best gainers, a substantial rally took place in the late afternoon. Just before the close, however, prices slid off fur ther but did not get below then lows of the day. Substantial gains ranging to more than 3 points were made by West ing house Electric, Sears Roebuck, Montgomery Ward, May Depart ment Stores, Goodyear Tire and Hudson Motors. General Motors had the best ad vance In wteks, rising above 42 in neavy volume. Near the close the stock met further buying. Auburn Auto at one time ran up 10 points and held more t than half of this gain. Most active Issues in the utility section were American and Foreign Power and Commonwealth and Southern, both of which sold off. Other losers Included Radio-Keith- Orpheum, Case, toose Wiles and Simmons company. Toronto, Canada, plans to spend $8,800.000 In civic improvements. I Ej e s CURED WITHOUT OPERA TION OR LOSS OF TIME DR. MARSHALL 329 OREGON BLDG. WHEAT PRICES FORCED TO NEW SEASONAL LOW Chicago (LP) Wheat broke sharp ly in the lata period on the board of trade and established another new low lor the present movement. The decline in foreign markets is mainly .responsible for the depres sion here. Corn improved late, and closed around steady. Oat was slightly oil. At the close wheat was l to 3U cent lower, corn was cent higher to 4 cent lower, and oats was unchanged to U cent off. Provisions were weak. Chicago OP) Influenced by a new curtailment of the official estimate of wheat production in Argentina, wheat values here tended upward early Thursday. On the other hand. price advances here haa to coniena with reports that Russia is offering wheat abroad cheaper than is a.sked for wheat from North America. Opening unchanged to s cent higher. Chicago wheat afterward hesitatingly scored moderate gains all around. Corn and oats were easy, with corn starting U cent off to i to H cent up, and subsequent ly keeping near to the initial range. Provisions showed firmness. COLD WEATHER OVER AS SNOW GOES SLOWLY The cold wave has been defin itely broken with the highest tem perature, 51, since December. The gradual thaw, aided by occasional light showers and mist is slowly taking off the snow without dan ger of flood. Weather predictions continue "unsettled" with no change in temperture. Portland fLP) General modera tion of weather conditions contin ued in Oregon Thursday, although the mid-Columbia area was gripped in a sleet storm. Light rain and sleet fell from Trout dale cast to Arlington, men acing traffic conditions. Transpor tation and communication lines, however, had not suffered from the new conditions. 1 Temperatures were higher in the Columbia gorge. The Dalles, had a minimum of 19 Wednesday night; Hood River. 24, and Crown Point. 30. A light rain was falling at the latter point, and freezing. unsettled and cloudy weather was forecast for Thursday night and Friday with rain booked for the west portion of the state. In the last 24 hours, .04 inch of rain fell in Portland. Roseburg had .24 of an inch and Marshfied .10. Rain in northern districts of the Willamette valley was melting snow and pushing the mercury up. Cloudy weather prevailed at Albany, Eu gene and other upper Willamette valley regions. Weather bureau officials said ME F ull line of Quality Farm Machines Thursday that conditions existing Thursday In western regions were billed to continue, with occasional showers, and temperatures ranging above freezing. No return of the cold weather was forecast. Temperature! in southern Oregon were well' above freezing. Roseburg reported ft minimum of 44, with Wednesday's maximum 60; Medford had a minimum of 40 and Marsh field 40. Portland's minimum Wed nesday night was 37, with 40 fore cast for Friday morning. BLASTSPRlADS GASOLINE OVER REFINING PLANT Freno, Calif. (flV-Four blasts showering 25,000 gallons of gasoline starting from a battery of boilers, converted the Kettleman Hills ab. sorption plant of the Petroleum Securities company into a miniature inferno early Thursday, leaving in its wake the wreckage of a half million dollar plant and one dead and three Injured human victims. The exact cause of the explosion was unknown. Charles L. Phillips, a Los Angeles oil worker, whose badly burned body was placed in the morgue this morning, went to his death a hero, according to fellow workers; He was attempting to shut' off the flow of gasoline from the huge stills when he fell. But a moment before, warned by the initial blast that other tanks would probably explode, Phillips had shouted a warning to Max Givens, an engineer, to shut off his fires and prevent fire sweeping through the plant, the largest of its kind on the Pacific coast. It was believed the loss to the plant would reach $500,000. Only two men were trappe v the flames and blasts. These were Phillips, whose life was lost in the blazing plant and an unidentified man who operated a tent restaurant in a barren gully south of the plant. He was burned by blazing oil which flowed into the gully. The name of the fourth man in jured in the blast had not been se cured up to a late hour Thursday morning. He was burned by the falling rain and flaming oil. FUNERAL SERVICES FOB RALPH F Falls City Funeral services for Ralph Finn, 31, former logger and railroad employe of Falls City, who was accidentally shot and killed while hunting deer near Goldson Monday, were held'from the Hen kle funeral chapel at Dallas Thurs day afternoon. Interment was in the I. O. O. F. cemetery at Dallas. Finn moved with his family from Falls City last September. He is survived by his wife and two small daughters. Rlckreall S. C. Brown, son of M. L. Brown, was chosen to represent this district at the caterpillar school in Portland. This school holds ft three day session each year and Is to be held tills year at 345 E. Madi son street. in iMQ com HERE is another new Case Tractor the Model "C", a 2-3 plow size. This tractor, which is a smaller brother to the Model "L", offers so'me-' thing entirely new in power output and all-around useful ness. New Power for Size and eight. The tractor is tow and compact. . .only 48 inches high. . .weighs but a trifle more than two draft horses. . . yet it pulls 2-3 plow bottoms, a small to medium size thresh er with all attachments, or other machines of comparable capacities. Less power is re quired to move the tractor. . ." more is available for profitable Work. ' " ; New Speed for Farm Work. Three forward speeds, . 3i and 4$ miles an J. I. CASE COMPANY 322 East Clay St., Portland Phone East 0049 CREAMERY MEN STUDY BETTER BUTTER MAKING -Corvallis, Ore, (VP) A cash con tribution of $200 from the Oregon Creamery Operators' association to ward continued research by the Oregon experiment station in Im proved butter quality was announced here at the annual convention of the Oregon buttermakers association Thursday by P. M. Brpndt, presi dent of the creamery operators group. This fund will be used to follow up refrigeration work in which It has been shown that cream may be kept sweet on the farm for 90 hours with new equipment developed. Study will now be started to find the relationship of age of sweet cream to butter quality. Don McKenzle, Salem, president of the buttermakers, advocated car rying out a proposed campaign of local advertising of butter as super ior health food and said it should be extended statewide. He also urged education of the public to the value of dairy products through enclosures in creamery packages. Increased attendance was shown with more expected for the final session and banquet Friday. Corvallis OP Methods of im proving the quality of Oregon's but ter output starting from the feeding of the cows to packing the product for shipment, were placed before buttermakers of Oregon, holding their ennual convention here Thursday. Delegates from practically every section of the state were present when the 19th annual convention opened on the campus of Oregon Agricultural college Wednesday. That high quality is frequently the difference between profit or loss and bewtcen outside markets and lack of them was brought out when reports were heard at the Wednesday session' that 92 score butter in California has been bringing a four cent premium over DO scon and that there was actu ally no market at all there for Ore gon butter of a lower grade. Election of officers will e held Thursday night. Don B. McKenzie, Salem. pr?sident of Buttermakers' Association of Oregon, is presiding at business sessions. SWIFT BUYS Scio The Armour cream station has closed in Scio and the busi ness has been taken over by Swift & Co. H. R. Hurst, who has been conducting the business for the Armour concern, will be retained by Swift. The Mumper station Is closed. Mr. and Mrs. Mumper, who have been in the cream arid poul try business in Scio for several years, have not announced their plans for the future. Radio Repairing EXPERT MAJESTIC SEHVICB Tubes and Batteries VIBRERT A TOFD Majestic Dealers 143 N. High Phone 2111 hour, provide the proper speed for highly efficient per formance of every kind of field job. This enables you to do more work in a day. New Range of Useful ness, v The tractor is adapted to a wide range of drawbar,' belt and power take-off opera tions. Because of its com pactness and light Weight, it can be used for more different kinds of jobs-more days in the year. It turns in short space and is easy to handle in close quarters. We consider it a privilege to show this new tractor, be cause we know that its many advantages mean new oppor tunities in profitable tractor farming. There is a new illus trated folder waiting for you. Come in and get it. M yams c id MfHil M fill A IK Wool: medium Soc; coarse 27c per ubs wool 35c;' XaJi clip $70.