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Newspaper Page TextPACE EIGHT EGGS MAINTAIN PRIME INTEREST IN DAIRY MART Portland IP) Eggs continue to .bold the spotlight of the dairy and poultry products trade. Through out the country the market for eggs lias a very healthy tone. The re cent jump of 2 cents a dozen on top quality here held without ap parent difficulty. Butter continued to show a steady tone as the week opened. There were no developments on either side of the market. Cauliflower market was slightly weaker Monday. Supplies were moving at $100-1.15. The first carlot shipment of co- coanuts of the season was received here Monday by Pacific Fruit & Produce company from Central America. They will go to the trade at 47.50 per sack of 100 cocoanuts. The company also received the first car of Texas grapefruit, 'ine qual ity la said to be very good. The market Is $6.50-7.00. A shipment of Imperial valley as paragus was received here as the week opened. It was a relatively email lot and will go to the trade at 40 cents a oound. Trading in all lines in the local nroduce markets took on a semi holiday character Monday becouse of the Columbus day holiday. This waa true regardless of the fact that most firms remained open. PROSPECTS FOR APPLES BETTER Portland UP) Reviewing the ap- nle and Dear situation In Oregon, the United States department ot HKTlculture bulletin, released Mon day, says indications are that apple prospects Improved slightly during September. From 1 acucany au au trlcts come reports of good size ar.d clean fruit, the report says. "In the Rogue River valley the ap ple crop seems far ahead of any for several years, considering rela tive acreage," the bulletin states. "Sizes are running rather small, which Is attributed chiefly to lack ot water and cold season. Recent Tains and cool night are putting a good color on red varieties." "In Umatilla county orchards the fruit is in good condition and is lzing well, although where there was a shortage of water sizes are running smaller. The Hood River crop In general Is excellent and un usually clean. The Willamette val ley has a heavy crop but in some orchards the fruit Is a little under size. Spray burn and sun-scald Is apparent In a few orchards." The Rogue river pear CTop Is above average In quantity and qual ity, the bulletin said. There is more small fruit that was expected due chiefly to the cold season, lack of water and unsufflclent thinning in some cases. The Willamette valley pear harvest Is completed and gen erally speaking, the crop w as heavy. A relatively larger part of the crop than usual went Into r.rade No. 2, due chiefly to scab and small size Salem Markets Compiled from reports of Sa lem dealers, for the fuldanee of Capital Journal readers. (Revised dally). v "Wheat: No. 1 white 60; red, sacked bo bushel. Feed oHts. (20 ton; milling outs $21; barley $20-(Ul ton. Meats: hogs, top grades 130-160 lbs. (9.75; 100-200 lbs. (10J5; 220 960 lbs. (0.7&; 2(10-3o0 lbs. fB.75; sows (7.75. Cattle, top steers 5i-6c; cows 3',i 4',U; culls and cutters 2-3c. Sheep, spring lambs 6-5'ic; year lings wethers 3',j-4c; old ewes 2-3C, Calves, veulcrs, top Qt cents; heavy and thins &-7c. Dressed meats. Top veal 15c; No. 2 grade 13c; rough and heavy 10-11 and tip. Top hogs 120-150 lbs. 15 cents, other grades 14c down. Poultry, light to metl., hrns 13-15c lb.; heavy hens 19c; broilers, all col ors 17-lBc; old roosters 7. Eggs, pullets 26c: fresh extras 30c. ButterfHt 37c; prime butter 39-40c; cube extras 37c; standards cubes 3flc. Cheese, Marlon county triplets 22; loaf 23. UIHU I SAI K M AKKKTS Fresh fruits: oi-bukci. navel (6.50 99.25 case; lemons (7.50; bu minus 7c lb.; Ornpcfrult, Calif. (75; Isle of Pine (H 50. Local apples, (1.25 box.. Limes (2.50 carton, lloneydew melors (2 crate; casabas 3c lb.; cantaloupes I i crate, an sizes, ice cream melons 2c lb. O rapes: Thompson seedless 91.25 lug; oirelct, (1.50; Concord 9125; Zlmfnndels !0c; Tokays (1.50; Lady fingers (2. Peaches, Yakima Elbert as 91; Hales 91; Tears 91 box. Fresh figs (1.75 bnx. around cherries 16c lb. Huckleberries 15c; cranberries 96.50 box Fresh vegetables: Toms toes 50c bot. potatoes, local lJ4c lb.; lettuce, local 91.50 crate; Seattle (2.2S. Cucumbers. Klictng 40c doz.; pickling 55-85c box. Celery, Lake Lablsh bunches and hearts 80c doz. Cabbage lc; green corn 90c snckt creen updimts 4c lb.. red 20c; Spinach (1.50; Ctultf lower (1.50 Eggplant (1.25 crate. Squnsh, Marblehrnd 3c lb.; Hubbard 3c; Dan ish 4c; peanut 2c. Bunched vegetnbles: (tfoz. bunch es) turnips 40-C0c; pnrsley 60c; car rola 40c; beets 40-(0c: onions 40c; radishes 40c; peas C'ic; green beans C. UJI1 1UG CMIHI1. Sacked vegetnbles: Onions, Wnlla Walla (150: locnl (1,25; local Ber mudas (2.25; carrots 2c; beets 3c: mtnbtigns 3c; turnips 3c; parsnips 3c; garlic 15c lb; sweet potatoes 4!ac lb HOLIDAY OBSERVED BY WALL STREET FOLK New York W Financial activities erc at a standstill Monday In Wall street In observance of Co lumbus day. All of the security and commodity exchanges and the banks were closed, following the custom of ob serving the holiday on Monday when It falls on Sunday. nOPS ARE BALED Waconda Workmen have Just finished baling 425 bales of hops on the T. B. Jones farm In Mission Bottom baling 121 bales in one day. The hops are all first quality and Jones states he had a heavier yield per acre this year than he has bad for many fears, MARKET QUOTATIONS Poriljid cattle 2JOO; calve 150 rainy active, btetrfc strong tuiunu-i . Steers 000.900 lb, good 7.50-W; medium 6 50-7.60, common 5 W50; 900-1100 lbs. good S7.60 W; medium 6 50-$.60: common S 8 50: 1100-1300 lb, good 7.J5-7.75; medium 5.S0-t7 25. Heifer 560-860 lbs. ktood S6.75-S7; medium to 0.75; common 4 75-15.75. Cows, good 6 60-6 25; common and medium 4 550; low cutter Bulls, year- llmts excluded, t5.50-tti; cutter, com mon and medium 15.60. Vealera, milk fed, good and choice ilG-sl 1 : medium S8-$l0: cull and common SJ-f.8. Cahes 250-600 lbs. 8.5U-tlO: common and mrditiin 15-98-50. Hoes Ji'uu. nc ud in 412 tnrouen. Pew loads light butchers 50c lower. son or oily nous and rousting pins exciuuea , liimi iiitnis hu-iwj ids. SB 50-sU 75; light weight 160-180 lbs. Medium weight 200-220 lbs. M.76- (10 25: 220-250 lbs. 18 50-110: heavy weight 2i)0-2l0 lbs. W-9.75; 290-3. 10s. pac-King sous jia-MW lbs. medium and good 7.25-U 50. Feeder and stocker pits 70-130 lbs.. good-choice $10 111. oneep iou. laiaiug aienriy. Lambs WO lbs. down 5 50-16 50- medium (4.75-1550; all weight, com mon (4 (5. 75. Yearling wethers 90- 110 lbs. medium to choice (3.60 (5; ewes 00-120 lbs. medium to choice (2.25-2.75; 120-150 lbs. (2-(2 50; all weights, cull and coimnou (l-(2. poit ri and da 1 it v i:rii .R Portland (IJP Following prices are ellecilve Monday: Butter quota tions for shipment from country creameries and ',, lb. Ik deducted as com mission . Butter, cube extras 37c: standnrds 30c; prime firsts 34c; firsts 31c lb. Ekfits. poultry producers' Pi" U'f: fresh extras 35c; standards 31c; liesh mediums 28c; pullets, 190 doz. POKTLAM nilllll Ml.i: I'KH I'.H These a:e prices dealers pay whole salers except as otherwise noted: Butter; Debt extras jy-iuc 111 car- tout. Butterfat, direct shippers: track 34c; No. 2 guide 2c; stutiou No. 1 33c; No. 2, 28c. Portland delivery prices: No. 1 Outteilut. 37-38c; NO. 2, M-.iJC. Mint, buying price: grade is. (2.i5 per cental, 1'uitlanU delivery und In spection. cneese amine price 10 reinueis; Tlllamoot county triplets. 21c; loaf ocr lb. I.o.o. l liamooK: selling prices Portland; triplets 23c; loul 24c. i,ive poultry: ne.ny nens, coioreo, over 4', lbs. 2U22r; 3-4'! lbs. 17- 18c; under 3 lbs. 13-14c; broilers, tin der 1J4 lbs. 21-22c; rossters, 20-21c; old roosters, 10c lb. Ducks, 15c lb. Turkeys 23-25c. Dresseu poultry: iiikeys ya ids. up 33 -3 5c. Fresh fruit: oranges. Valencia 8 25 to CJ.50: grapefruit, Imperial (6 50- (7; I tic of Pines (7.50; limes 5-dozen cartons (2.50: bummus 6c lb. Lemons, California. (6.50-97. Cabbage, local l'-l'jC ID. Cucumbers, outdoor grown 60-75c per box. Tomatoes, local 25-30c, unions, beiiing iJtue iu leiaiicia, ts 5-6c; new crop (1-91.15 cental. Lettuce. Oregon. (l-(l.25 crate for 3s. Sptniich, local. 90c-(l orange box. cranberries, esriy macKs o.3-o.ou per box. Huckleberries, fancy 10-12C. watermelons, n.ionaiae, 1-1 uc id.; , casabas lJ4-2o lb. Cants loupes. Eugene 1 urn do ei.75- (2: standard (1.50: Ulllard Jumbo (2; standard (1.75 crate. Peaches, ssiways si.a-si.au Krum- mel 1-(1.10 box. Pears, Burtietis. extra iancy w fancy (1.75 for 180s and larger. Cirapes. cai inrnia seen ess. nie si- (1.10; Tuk:is (I.10-(1.25: Lady fingers (1.75-(2 lug; con corn, u'a-jc iu. lTesn ngs (i.a nats. Celery. Ore. 60-75c per doz. Peppers, bell, green, 4c; red 15c lb. Sweet potatoes. Cal. 41;-Vjc lb. Cauliflower, Oregon (1-91.25 crate. Beans, local, 6-Hc lb. Peas. Cal. 13c, Corn, local green (1-91.10. Garlic, new fl-lOc lh. country meats sening prices to retailers: country-killed hogs, best butchers under 150 lbs. 14-147c; Vea le rs 70-80 lbs. 16li-17e: lambs, 10-l2c: yearlings. B-iue neavy ewes 5-fls; Conner cows 6C 10. Nuts: Oregon wainuts az'5-;ic: California. 20-28c; peanuts, new. 10c Brazils, now crop, zz-xsc; pi- monds. 16:.-173c; filberts 10-20c; pecuns 14-25c. J030. 12-12'7c lb. Wool: 1930 crop, nominal: Willam ette valley 17-22c; eastern Ore. 10-18. roHTi.wn kstsiie iKKi:r The heavy frost that hit the tomato fields locally Sunday night firmed t radius on the eastslde farmers' mar. ket during Monday's session, but the full Influence of this frost marketwlse probably will not become evident un til later In the week. It was reported by some that the damage was so ex tensive here that a large percentage of the demand for tomatoes must Di me t In tho future by receipts from California. Trading generally waa but nominally active and price change were small in tne extreme. Cieneral prices ruled: Dozen bunches: carrots 20-22 ',2 c; turnips 30c; beets, fancy 20-25c. Spinach, fancy 65-70c orange bos. Blackberries, fancy (1.15-91.25. potatoes, local, 75c-9120 orange box; 91 60-91 60 sack. Cabbage, flat type. 80-85c crate. Green beans, Kentucky Wonders, 6-7c; others 5-6c lb. Oreen corn 90c-91 sack. Cantaloupes. Eugene 9150; others. 91-9125 crate. Tomatoes, No. 1 30-35c; No. 2. 35c box. Celerv. local 6.rj-75c doz.: hearts 80-BOc doz. bunches. Prunes. Italian, one pram oox. Cucumbers. No. 1 Dlcl:llnK 50c: NO. 3, 40c; No. 3, 36c; slicing, 40c box. S.N I HANrilSCO APP1 X9 ! San Francisco tl-'ed. State mkt. I news service) Apples: Calif, Belle- f lowers. pucKPd fancy ii.ZJ-si.3U uox; 76c-(l lug. Jonathans, packed, fancy (1-91.25 lug. Spltzenburg, packed, fancy 91 .50-91.75: 91-91.25 per lug. Oregon Whiter Bananas AF (l.75-(2; fancy 91.50-91.75. Ncwtowni, loose yuc to si.iu box pained, iancy a 1 SU' 91 65; Washington Delicious XF 92.75 to 93. RAN' I'll tM'ISCO IH'TT I'll PAT San Francisco 1 Butterlat f.o.b. San Francisco 42'ac, HAN I'KAM'Isio POIJ.TRV San FTiuiclsco 'VP' Hens, U-ghorn 3' lbs. and over 20-22: under 3' lbs 17-lB; colored hens & lbs. and over 26-27C; under 5 lbs. 26: brollrrs. Leg horn 12-16 'bs. per dozen 3fl-40c: 17 21 lb. per (Uv.'.en 38-40; Leghorn fryers 2-2' lbs. 25-27; colored fryers up to 3 lbs. 25-270; colored roasters 3 lbs. and ud 25-27: colored roosters 12-15: old Leghorn roosters 12c. Turkeys, per ID. young jo; old s mwrisco iiky San Francisco U'P Butter, 02 score 38',; 91 score 36;2; 90 score 35 U. FTggs, extra, large 40'i; mediums 20' ; small lHr. Cheese; Calif, fancy flats lC'a; trip lets 16' 2. POHI1WH SI iR. M.Ol I ft Portland "' Sugar, steady. Sacked bnsls: Cane, fruit or berry (4.75 cwt. Beet sugar (4 55 cwt. Flour: steady. City delivery prices: family patents. 4i 96.20; whole wheat 95 30: graham 95.10; pastry 95.70. Bakers' hard wheat 9m. 95.65; bakers' bluestem patents, 98s 95.50. B IN 1HXMIMO LIVESTOCK 6an Francisco itipt Moms 1800, di rect 94. Opening 26c lower on lour cars of 175-190 lb. Idaho, 911.75; close 60c lower. Seven cars 910.50 910 79. Packing sows (8 75. Cattle 1300. about steady, Largely metl turn to good steers. Seven cars medium 815-915 lb. (7 25-97 50. Four can of fed 880-lb. Mexlrana (7. About six loads feeders displayed. She stock steady. Load 950 lb. Oregon cows a 95 60. Calves 100. weak. Load medium to good 300 lb. calves displayed. Sheep 4100. direct 800. Steady Choice absent, quoted to 97.73. Two decks medium Oregons 97. WtlF.D FRI'IT: HOPS New York Kvnpormted applet tf1y: rhoto 11-11; fnncy ?ruuet steady. Calll. 4V W: Uiegon, fl-7J. Apricot ttead, standard D'i; choice 11-11',; extra choice 13',-14. Peaches quiet; standard tt'j-8; choice -9'a; extra choice 10-10',. Hops steady. Slate, 1126, 10-31C, 1028. nominal: Pacific coast, 1920 10 19; 1928, 14-16. iiay. 11 a hk. HOH4 Portland Hay steady. Wholesale buying prlceu, delivered Portland: eastern Oregon timothy 22 50 (23; valley (19 (1960: alia II a (19 (19.60; clover (16; oat hay (18; straw 7-(8 ton. Selling prices (l-(2 more. Cascaru bark, steudy, 6c. Hops Stead v: 1U2U crua nnmltifil 8-7c; 1930, 11-12C. CHICAGO l lI STO( K Chicago ift (U. H. D. A I Hobs 39.000, fairly active. Mostly 10-15c higher. Bulk 180-300 lbs. (& 5o u 7fi- top (9 85; good-choice light lights and lightweight 140-200 lbs. (0 15-99.75-medium and heavyweight 250-350 lbs. 99 50-99.65. Cattle 21.000; calves 2500; general market very slow. Best weight steers early 912.15; yearlings held around 913. Steers, good-choice 6O0-1I00 lbs. (1025 (13.25; 1000-1500 lbs. (0.25 (12 50. Vealers, milk fed, good-choice 910 50-913. Sheep 45 000; 25-50C lower. Natives mostly (7.50-96; few 9U.26; bucks 96.50-97 25; range lambs 97.50 (6; choice feeders held above (7; lambs 90 lbs. clown, good-choice (7 50 8 50; ewes 90-150 lbs. medium to choice 2 (3. 75; feeding lambs 60-75 lbs. good 1 to Choice (6 50 -(7. 25. I REPEAL OF BOND GUARANTEE ASKED ( Continued from page 1) that the state should guaruntee the interest on irrigation bonds for 1 period of five years from their ts suance. Ostensibly it was advanced as a means of permitting the strug gling irrigation di-stricts to get un der production and on their finan cial feet before being required to levy assessments to meet interest requirements of their out-standing bonds. Actually It was a maneuver to enhance the saleabllity of several millions or dollars worth of irriga tion securities, mostly underwrit ten by California banking and bond nouses. Actual and threatened de- faults by the irrigation districts in meeting Interest payments were making the bonds a drug 011 the market even then and the under writers and their agents had huge blocks of the securities on their hands for which there was no mar ket and previous purchasers of the bonds were beseiging them with complaints over the apparently worthless Investments they had been led to make. From the settlers on the irrigation districts, unable to meet the bond Interest and other exhorbltant as sessments due to cost-plus con struction methods and promotion expenses, also came an insistent clamor for state relief. Article Xl-b was the answer. Insisted on by legislators representing the bank rupt districts, lobbied for by special representatives the underwriters and logged-rolled through both houses with the assistance of the Roosevelt highway delegation the guarantee amendment was approv ed by the legislature and sent on to the voters. Students of Oregon's political history will recall how the forces of Irrigation sections of the state were united with those of the Roosevelt highway organization, then battling for an appropriation and designation of the coast road as a state hlghwy, combined forces to campaign, for both measures. It was an out-and-out "you vote for our scheme and w? will vote for yours"' alliance, and was successful. Almost Immediately the Irriga tion bond market was temorarily re established and the underwriters and their agents unloaded more of the securities, representing them to be backed by the state's credit with interest guaranteed. As for the irrigation districts, they continued to slip further and further into insolvency. As interest dates approached they called upon the state to dig up the money, which was raised by the sale of state bonds, although it was even ap parent that the districts would nev er be able to repay the obligation. To date the amendment has cost the state $2,100,031.13 in interest lunduig bonds and interest noon them, the deficiencies being divided as follows among the districts: Crook county improvement dis trict, $31,200; Deschutes county Municipal Improvement district. $169,500; Eagle Point irrigation dis trict, $120,000; Grants Pass Irriga tion district. $412,150; Jordan Valley irrigation district. $124500: Mcdford Irrigation district, $105,000; Ochoco Irrigation district, $408,545; Oregon- Payette Slope Irrigation district. $16,500: Shasta Viey Irrigation dis trict. $4500; Silver Lake Irrigation $16,500: Shasta View Irrigation dis trict, $12,000; Summer Lake Irriga tion district $16,971.13; Talent Irri gation district, $201,165; Warm springs Irrigation district. $414,000. How much greater would have been the raid on the state had not the irrigation and reclamation com mission at the instigation of state Treasurer Tom Kay and Walter M. Pierce, former governor, adopted a policy of extending no further guar antees to the districts, there Is no means of determining. While the commission may continue this pol icy the only guarantee against fur ther squandering of state funds, should the personnel of the commis sion be changed, lies in repeal of article Xl-b. So long as it remains in the constitution a possible wav is open to the Irrigation districts and the bondholders to unload some of their losses upon the taxpayers in: general. Under the authority of this article the authority exists for the gover- nor, state treasurer and secretary of ; state to incur a general state In-1 riebtedness of $22,000,000 to relieve 1 the holders of Irrigation bonds. At motiipttw lh. Akh..M. stste on lntereeta guarantee bonds 1 already issued and sold may reach total of $4,500,000. and find the districts repudiating their obliga tion by reason of inability to pay Editor's note This b the flrt of a aertri of article analyifng the 13 ! measures on the Rtate ballot for the ; November eleetion. j Mt. Angel N. O. Mickel has re- turnrd from a week's busim s trip : to Shelby. Mont. ' TUB CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON LETTER TELLS OF WALNUTS . IN BALKANS Interesting data as to walnut or- clwid conditions in Europe as well ! as general conditions especially in tne 13a 1 kans are told in a letter irom Clarence W. Noble, owner of the Skyline orchard near Salem, who is traveling through Europe. The letter was sent to W. H. Bent ley, manager 01 the nut growers cooperative, and especially because ot interest in the nut conditions In Europe, Mr. Bent ley has periiniu-d publication of the letter. Interesting slants on labor conditions in the Balkan states also are given. The letter follows Here is some data to put In that new filing system of yours, to be dug out again in case that the mat ter of tariff on 6helled walnuts ever comes up again. I have Just returned to Venice af ter two months poking around in the Balkan states during which I kept my eyes open to learn what I could about their chances In com peting with us In walnuts. In many places in Rumania, es pecially in Transylvania, I saw wal nuts planted along the roadside for miles, with scattered plantings throughout the farm land, but no orchards. All were seedlings and generally of a round type. Trees dif fered widely In their type, their foliage and the size of their crop, many of them having no crop at all. I found trees infected with the identical aphis which has been wor rying us so much for. the past three yenrs, and which we call the mid rib aphis. There is no doubt of the identity of this aphis with ours, as I found them in all stages from little ones to double rows of large ones, and also in the stage when they r&ibe up their tails and prepare to leave the leaf. The marks they left after they had left the leaves were also characteristic. According ly, on reaching Belgrade I went to the consulate and with the assist ance of Mr. Hlrsh, the commercial assistant there, tried to ascertain what the Rumanian agricultural authorities know about this bug. We were unsuccessful, as all the men who could be supposed to know were out of the city, but Mr. Hirsh has promised to inquire further as soon as any of them come back, and to send the Information to Prof. Schuster, with a copy to me. Mr. Hearst told me that Rumania exports from 8000 to 15,000 metric tons i2206 lbs.) of walnuts annually. The export does not depend so much on the domestic crop as on the for eign crop, especially the American. The poverty among the Rumanian people Is such that they will eat no nuts that they can export, and only when there is "a surplus of nuts; abroad are any of them eaten by , the peasants. Formerly Rumanian nuts were mostly exported to France I from whence they were re-exported , to America, but now American buy ers In increasing quantities are buying direct and saving the Inter mediate profit. It is always a buy er's market as the peasants cannot figure any cost of production and are in no position to refuse any price they can get. The only han dicap they have is that they cannot deliver In America in time for the holiday trade, but they command the after-holiday market. Rumanian statistics as to the ex tent of the Rumanian crop or as to the number of trees in bearing are so unreliable that even the Ruman ian officials themselves place no confidence in them. But it seems to be sure that no considerable number of trees are being set out, and the annual crop is not progres sively increasing, The export of shelled walnuts to the United States, which are not so generally a holiday commodity, is increasing rapidly, and the Ruman ians consider the prices they receive to be excellent and are doing all they can to saturate our market. Mr. Hirsh could tell me nothing of shell ing nuts in Rumania, so I have ga thered what data I could from other sources. I found In Transylvania, now a part .of Rumania, a man and his wife who had worked in the United State's and spoke English. They had a team and wagon, whim thoy own ed, and were hauling cord wood. They received for the services of these two people, the team and wa gon a wage of 170 lei per day, which is $1.02. and from this had to pay for their horse feed themselves. They worked from bedtime to bed time, except the time they had to take off to feed the team and them selves. They arose at 2.30 a.m. and went to bed at 7 p.m. They had no shoes and were dressed in home made clothes made from unbleached cotton sheeting, and very raggtd. In Bucharest, where the hiehest wages prevail, bricklayers rtceive the equivalent of 50c per day for eleven hours work. In Sofia, Bulgaria, where similar conditions prevail, I met an Amer ican of Bulgarian birth who had just returned from a visit to his na tive village. Ho told me farm labor ers there receive the equivalent of 15c per day, more or less. Tne wags Is fixed by agreement and is not a standard one, but there is always a surplus of workers ai d the wage dep?nds on the hunger of the em ploye. T he friends with whom we went to Rumania are a Rumanian born American and his American born wife, formerly a Detroit social ser vice worker. They write that alter they left us they went with an old family servant to a remote village where the servant was born. Farm labor there on large landed esiates was receiving as low as 10 lei per day 6c U. S.. Currency was so scarce that they were trading in the market by barter. The walnut crop was not being harvested when I was there, but In "' wh lmliar " prpvaU', and1 wnert a!llt l grow, almonds were tvMni; harvested. Cracking was beinn done every where. The workers were women 1 and children who sat in rows on the ground on the sunny ;de of their cottages and worked In ;he dirt. Of course it is decidedly unsanitary but m a country wheie win is trod out by the peasants" bare feet and heat is threshed by driving horses over It on a dirt floor, wot much else can ce expected, t Seek To Stabilize Hop Market With Cooperation of Banks la order to stabilize the often taken advantage of by of the year a movement is with favor by tome or the valley banks, to secure a general backing of the banks against forced sales which often have resulted in a de moralizing effect on the hop mar ket. Growers In the main finance their picking by loans from the banks. Those ordinarily are taken on the basis of 60 or 90 days and the east em buyers to whose advantage it Is to bear the market are perfectly familiar with the situation out here. As a result when the 60 and 90 days loans for advances come due, if the bankers do any forcing to bring in their money, it In turn forces out the growers' hops into the market to take what they can get for them. It is generally at this time that eastern buyers begin to get into action to force sales ot hops on a low market basis and meet with suc cess when growers trot out their hops to finance obligations. It Is Just such a situation as this, state those familiar with the hop market, that often results In 6 and 1 cent hops due to the Inability of the grower to meet his obligations on advance money and he sells at a loss to pay 01 f the loans. The movement to stabilize the market already has met with favor, it is declared, by banking interests at Independence, some at Salem and other valley points and the move ment is spreading to secure, if pos sible, a united stand on the part of the banks not to press the growers to repay their advance money loans at this time. In a great many cases the only way the grower can meet the loans is to sell his hops on a bottom market and take his lass. The backing of the banks, it Is pointed out by those Interested In the movement, would work both ways. It would not only save the grower from being forced out with his hops to meet his 60-day obliga tions now coming due and his 90 day obligations coming due in an other month, but would serve to stabilize the situation as far as the eastern buyer is concerned. It Is shown, if the eastern buyer could , buy good sized lots at a certain price ; with assurance that the price would 1 not be cut under him before he re ceived the hops and got them into circulation in the east, he would feel in a position to buy on a higner market. But with conditions as they I have been, It Is stated, the eastern buyer realizes that sales are apt to be forced at this time so growers can finance their advance money ob ligations, and he plays to buy on that market, feeling if he doesn't he is apt to get caught witn some high priced hops on his hands he'll have to move himself at a loss. The movement on foot now will be extended in an effort to Interest banks not only at Salem and Inde pciidence but at Mt. Angel, Silver ton and Aurora so the valley hop section will be pretty well covered and growers can hold their hops for a better price without fear of an im mediate call on their notes. Those who have been pushing the deal are optimistic as a result of talks they have already had with a few bank ers and believe the valley banks generally will fall in line on a rea sonable deal to protect the growers. They state that already the Bank of Italy in California has adopted this policy, especially with its branches in Sonoma county, where a heavy share of the hops is grown, and growers there are resting easy as a result. HIGH SCORE GIVEN PORTLAND STUDENT Monmouth Miss Zuna Linn of Portland received the high score in the .preliminary English examina tion given Juniors of the Oregon normal school. Miss Linn scored 169, which was but 16 points below perfect. One hundred and sixty stu dents took the test. In the Intelligence test given to 215 students high score was 131. The former average was raised from IU to 115. Auburn Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Par ker of Brewster, Kansas, have been house guests at the home of his sister, Mrs. Henry Dohse. Mr. an1 Mrs, Parker visited here earlier in the month and since then they have been visiting relatives In Seattle and friends in Oregon City. and are now on their way to their winter home In Long Beach, Cali fornia, going by way of Crater Lake nnd the red wood forest. Mr. Farmer AND YOUR CITY hop market airainst forced Rales eastern bears at about this time on foot which already has met GANG WARFARE INDICATED BY BRUTAL MURDER Martinez, Calif. (LP) A possible outbreak of gang warfare between rival racketeers was feared follow ing the discovery Sunday of the bul let riddled body of Michael Pollara, 37, of Oakland, on the highway near here. Although friends of the slain man denied that he had any connection with underworld characters, police declared every indication substan tiated the theory that he "had been taken for a ride." Officials learned that Pollara had been earning only $40 a week from a fruit commission house for the past two years but was living in a $40,000 home and driving a $4000 automobile. The car was believed to have been stolen by the murderers, after the body had been dumped on the road. Other valuables on Pollara, Includ ing money and papers were un touched. Pollara left his wife, Mrs. Mamie Pollara, Saturday afternoon, saying he had "important business to at tend to." His body was found early Sunday morning by Vern Trowne, truck driver, vith seven bullets in it, three in the back and others in the neck, shoulder and hand. The brutality of the slaying elim inated a robbery motive, olficials taid. ! CUBAN SUGAR MARKET PLAN Wavana. Cuba. IW The sugar marketing plan of Thomas L. Chad bourne was estimated Monday to have been approved by 92 per cent nf th best known Cuban ana American sugar manufacturers and cane planters in Cuba. President Gerardo Machado, lm- meidatelv after hearing Chad- bourne's plan, dispatched telegrams to prominent sugar men on me is land, asking their opinion of the Dlan to form a large holding com pany to market Cuba's 1.500.000 ton sugar surplus within the next five years. The Cuban government would Issue gold bonds to finance the company. Tne sugar woum De taken in at $4.00 per bag F. O. B. and those contributing would share in the profits when the sugar has finally been disposed of and prin cipal and Interest on the bonds re paid. The telegrams and cables receiv ed by President Machado would in dicate that the majority of the sucar men in the island approve the plan, and President Machado will shortly start arauing ma mes sage to congress, asking that the necessary laws be passed to make the plan effective. CHINESE BANDITS POSE AS PASSENGERS Hongkong UP) Chinese pirates posing as passengers Monday held up the steamer Sunnamhoi on the West river, killed two of the ship guards, seized four guards and 30 passengers, and escaped with $9,000 loot. Bandits ashore cooperated by fir ing on the ship while the holdup was taking place. . MRS. CARLSON LEAVES Aumsville Mrs. C. Carlson has returned to California where she Li making her home for the pres ent. She has been here visiting, also transacting business. LEAVE TOR CALIFORNIA Mill City Mrs. Sam Alderette and daughter, Laurelle left Friday eve ning by stage for Eureka, cam., where they will spend a few weeks visiting Mrs. Alderette s parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. A. O. Johnson. BROTHER 0ft times, if the expense were not too great, people who build garages, chic ken houses and dwellings would insu late them against the cold of winter. In the making of your evening paper, the Capital Journal, a bi-product is pro duced known as "mats." These measure seventeen inches by twenty-four inches and are composed of heavy mating pa per faced with tissue and tightly press ed. Each month the CAPITAL JOURNAL will have a limited number of these mats available, at one cent each. CHURCH REPORT EXCUSES I.W.W. PART IN RIOTS New York tX In a report issued by the federal council of churches here Sunday, three national church bodies reported after an extensive investigation, six Industrial Workers of the World, serving Ions sentences for ttie Armistice day killings at Centra 11a, Wash., in 1919, were pay ing the penalty for a tragedy in which they were by no means alone guilty. The report made no rec ommendations. The study was issued by the Fed eral Council of Churches, the Na tional Catholic Welfare conference and the Central Conference of Am erican Rabbis. It covered 53 type written pages. Blame was attached to the ef forts of Centralia business men to oust the I. W. W.'s which led to the clash, to 'leaders of the Ameri can Legion for allowing Legionnaires to become involved "probably by design," and to the Judge, whose imposition of long sentences was said to "thwart"' the attempts of the Jurors at "rouah Justice." The I. W. W.s, in turn, were severely criticized for a course of action which made 'bloodshed and even lass of life likely." Investigation of the killing of the four parading ex-soldiers, the lynch ing of one I. W. W. after their hall had been wrecked, and the subse quent trial and the conviction of seven men of second decree murder was made at the request of church bodies in Washington. i Portland, fTT. Th? dried prune situation is discouraging," in the words of F. L. Kent, regional sta- tistican for the U. S. department 01 agriculture. Reviewing the crop, the bureau has this to say: Most of the dryer men tin the Willamette valley) report a time run of half-normal or less. One operator with a five-day run and a total of 228,000 pounds of fresh Iruit reports a dry-out of 1 to 3.53, or 28.3 per cent. "The mid-September rains ap pear to have caused an unusually rapid ripening of the fruit, and later ranis caused much cracking and brown rot resulting in much fruit not being harvested. "In the Rosenburg district wea ther conditions were less unfav orable and it is estimated that 60 to 75 per cent of the fruit was saved. "Trade estimates of the total northwest crop vary from twenty to thirty million pounds, with an average of around 25.000.000 pounds. California state-federal marketing service reports the California dried prune crop at 468.000,000 pound:.." MEXICO STRUCK BY SEVERE HURRICANE Mexico City (JP) Dispatches to Excelsior from Acapulco, resort town in Guerrero, Monday said the worst hurricane in years struck Friday night causing collapse of a number of buildings and wrecking roads and telegraphic communications. Considerable property damage Is reported from alon? a long section of the coast although there were no casualties so far as known. Re ports to Excelsior from the state of Sinaloa said hundreds of famil ies were homeless in the southern part of the state. ONE KILLED Dallas, Tex. (IP) R. A. Short, fireman, was crushed to death ano T. B. Petty, engineer, and a woman passenger were injured when the engine and three baggage cars of a Texas & Pacific passenger train left the tracks lute Sunday and overturned. TO BUILD DAM Washington W) Secretary Wilbur announced Monday Comptroller General McCarl had declined the request of Arizona that approval be withheld on use of funds for the construction of Hoover dam. LIGHT FKOST IN OREGON Portland (LP) A light frost cov ered Portland and the surrounding country Monday with the thermom eter down to 43 degrees at 5 a.m. The weather bureau said "Indian summer" weather would continue at least until Wednesday. 10-Acre Farm and Equipment Goes at PUBLIC AUCTION Tluirs., Oct. 16, 1:30 p.m. Located 1 mile east and mile north of Chcmawa and Pacific Highway cross roads, near Hazel Green, better known as the Ralph Van Cleave place. Conlllng of 1 horsp. 1 jonnR pnir. nl.ou 7 lonn of rut. .nd Trlrh hny In hnrn, doul.Io art nork hnriiivM and other hw nod, 1 t. spring tooth hnriw. unall plow, 2 cnltlr.ton, other union tools, large kettle, feinlng !., .bout S doirn whit. leghorn hen nnd pnllet., fl New .eolond Ited rabbit., nearly new eook atove, heater, u. board, dining labia ud ehalra. New Homo tewing ninehlne, organ, roeklng rhair, drraser, 2 beda and aprlng., wringer and wah tub., kltrbea rahlnet, rnpboanl, mimed finlt. Mrninnl honey, dl.hea mad kitchen utensils and other mUeellaneona articles. Terms of Personal Property, cash. The farm, fASO.OO CMhl balance arranged. NOTE: If farm Is not xdd It will he for rent. FRED GRENQVIST, Owner F.N.WOODRY, Auctioneer For your farm and city aalea, see P. Jf. Woodry, IS Mil Salem a leading aoctkmeer. Hes. Alon Market, lata M. Bummer. Phone an. MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1930 6000 WALNUT TREES UPROOTED IN STORM Grenoble, France lADamage ot many millions of francs were in flicted Sunday and Sunday night by a wind of tornado force which sweps through the rich walnut growing district bot ween Vinay and Tuliins in the River Isere district. Mure than 0,000 trees were destroy ed and It is estimated it will take 25 years to replace them. Many persons were made homeless. STUDENTSPACK AUDITORIUM TO HEAR MARINES An exceptional opportunity to hear one of the preeminent mili tary bands of the world was taken advantage of by numberless stu dents from Salt in and near-by il lcy schools and by a large throng of adults Monday afternoon, when the United States Marine band gave the first of two concerts at the hone show pavillion on the state fairgrounds. The Marine band will give a second concert Monday night at 8 o'clock at the stadium, and seuts for 6.000 will be available for the concert. The Lions club, which is sponsor ing the appearance of the band hrre at the lowest prices on the tour, was hast to all students at the "state school for the biind and a gro:ip of about 25 or 30 under nourihed children who are being, cared for at the state tuberculosis hospital. Special sections were re sent d for the Lions' guests. Spe cial sections were reserved also for a group of 160 students from the Monmouth Normal school, 100 Sacrtd Heart academy students and a large crowd from the Orpgon state Agricultural college and Hub bard and Silverton schools. Seats tD accommodate the crowd wrre arranged in the tan-bark ring In addition to the regular pavillioik seats. The pavillion was decorated with patriotic colors and the Lions' banners. Frosty Olson being in charge of the seating arrangements and decorations. The concert program Monday night includes solo numbers by Ar thur S. Whitcomb, cornetist, and Robert E. Clark, trombone artist, and a group of overtures, nocturnes and descriptive numbers. From Sa lem the band will go to Eugene. SOLDIER MISSING ALONG WITH $920 Vancouver, Wash. W) Discovery that $920 in government funds ts mising from Vancouver Barracks, resulted Monday in renewed effort to find Sergeant Henry C. Owens who disappeared from the barracks last Tuesday. Owens was given a day's leave to transact business at Fort Lewis. He didn't return. Port land detectives have been assigned to the case. IMPORTANT SCHOOL DATES NOW LISTED Molalla Principal Glenn Kirk wocd made the announcements of the following important dates for tile school year: Junior class plav December 12; girls' activity week, November 17 to 21; operetta by the glee clubs February 20; senior class play April 10: graduation May 27; class night May 25; baccalaureate services May 24. WHEAT BETTER THAN CORN FOR SHOATS Lexington, Ky., fyp) Wheat Is superior to corn as feed for young hogs, tests at the University of Kentucky show. One hundred-pound shoats were fed a slop made of 14 parts ground wheat, soaked 24 hours, and one part of tankage, and gained 1.78 pounds dally, according to Prof. E. S. Good, head of the animal hus bandry department, who conducted the experiments. These tests show, he pointed out, that 60 pounds of wheat produced! 16.09 pounds of pork. Pigs also did well on whole soaked wheat, he said, where fed in a small lot and kept a little hungry so they ate un digested kernals. Tankage should be added, however, whether tho .heat is fed ground or whole. Amity Mrs. W. J. Townley of Silverton is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Thom aon North Trade street.