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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1931)
PAGE EIGHT THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1931 DAIRY PRODUCE STEADY; LIGHT BROILERS FIRM Portland (IP) Surplus of butter It appearing In the local trade at the week-end. mere was no change in the price list. The surplus Is comparatively small and confined morstly to plants that do both i wholesale And retail business. Ship ment are being made to California points. Local make has recently shown quite a fair Increase In of ferings but this has been more than counter-balanced by the ex treme snoriage or out or town man ufacture. Butter fat values are generally steady. Shading of wholesale milk prices Is reported. There remains a rather favorable trading trend In the market for eggs. While sales of storage goods are Increasing, and practically none of this kind Is being sold as out of coolers, the market for strictly fresn stock Is maintained, reports Man ager Dixon of the co-ops. Continued strong tone for live poultry is generally continued along the wholesay way. Scramble for lightweight broilers Is general with extreme values being offered for quality goods. With hogs very weak and In clined to move In a sluggish way, country killed calves of top qual ity are firm at the latest price ad Vance. Lambs are In good call al though prices are unchanged. While the trade is experiencing aiore or less difficulty in making prompt movement or Yakima stock because of the poor packs and non kceplntr quality, tomato trade In general Is very active and at main tained values. Very brisk movement of peaches Is reported with prices held some what steadier at Yakima. The trade Is complaining of considerable worms In arrivals from there, at least from some sections. Local stock Is moving well. Shortage of cabbage Is apparent everywhere. Prices continue to harden with a call from various sec tions west of the Rockies, only a small part of which can be filled here. More strength Is showing In the market for onions. With new crop locals due to be distributed in the local trade Monday, values are ad vancing slightly with recent pur chases at primary points around $1.25 central. VEGETABLE GARDEN STRIPPED, TOURISTS Charles Adams, who lives over In Klngwood park, prides himself on being some home gardener and his garden looked better than ever this year with the care given it. Charley even liked to have the neighbors come In and look at his garden and the way it was growing. So when he showed up at a local produce market this week to buy some carrots and other vegetables one of his friends who saw him wondered about It, "Say," sold Charley, "that garden of mine Is all gone. Hopplckers, tourists and what have you just come In and hel)ed themselves. The vegetables will all be eaten all right but somebody else than me Is doing the eating." Thero are other reports of veg etable gardens along the highways being pretty well stripped of their best vegetables. Salem Markets Compiled from reports of 6a lera dealers, for the gnidanoa r Capital Journal readeim. (KevUed dally 1. I1I VKHS' l'ltlCKH Wheat. No. 1 white 34c; red sacked t2c bushel. Feed onts 14 ton; milling oats and barley S15 ton. Mcntn. notes, top grades 130-160 lbs. 6 60; 160-200 lbs. 40; 300-260 lbs. 6.60: sows 43.60-44. Cattle. Top steers 14-8 'Ac- top sown 3-4c; culls and cutters 1-2C Sherp, lambs 4-4 Vic; yearling weth ers 2-3c; ewes 114 -2c. Calves, vcalers lop 6 -7c; heavy and thins 4 -6c. Dressed meats, top veal 12 cents; rotiKh, heavy o-ioc and tip: Top hogs lau-ltto ins. w4-iuc id. Diner grauea c up. Spring lambs Be. Poultry. UKht hens 10 cents: medl urn 12c lb., heavy hens 16c; stags 7c: old roomers ec id. Ekbs, meilium l&r; standard! 30c; fresh extras 20c dozen. Butterfat. 29c; prime butter 30-31; cube extras 29c; standards cubes 36c. Cheese, selling price: Marlon coun ty trlplria 16c- loaf 16c lb. WHOLESALE PRICKS Fresn fruit: Oranges, (sizes to case) 126a 46.60; 160a 46 26; 176s 46; 300s 4.76; 216a 44 60; 262s 44; 16Hs and mailer 43 76; 844s 43 50; Jumble 42.76. Lemons. Bunk 1st 300s 48.60; 850s 40; choice 48: Jumbles 46. Limes $3 25 2 75 carton. Orapefrult, Cal. 04s 44 25 80a 44 25; 100s 44; jumble 439 35. Ba nanas 6c lb. Apples, local Transpar ent 4125; Watermelons 2c lb. Can taloupes, DM lard 41 41 75; Grand Is land 4160; 8 pear 3c lb ; Yakima 41. Honeydew melons In crates 41.60. Ca sabas 3c. Apricots, Yakima 66c. Peach es, Yakima Elbert as 60 80c. J. H. Hale 41 10; local 4160 bushel, drapes white Malagas 41.76; red Malagaa 42-25. Ra plera 42.60; Mlnunakes 41 75; seedless 412ft: Ladyfltigtrs 42 50. Pears, Calif. Bartletts 42. Fresh figs 76c. Bulk dates 8c lb. Calavoa 46 35 a Case. Comb honey 1'2-ouuce 43.76 case; 10-ounce, 43 50 case. Fresh vegetables: Tomatoes, The Dalles 65c; Honeburg 76c; Lettuce, lo cal 41.60: Seattle 43 25; Vancouver 1 75. Celery 76c-4136. Cabbage 2-3 '4 c. Cauliflower 41.60; new peas 9-10c. Cu cumbers 40c box. Clrren beans 3o lb. Spinach 41 36 per crate. EKKPlant 8c lb. 41.25 crate. Green pep p res 8c lb., red 30C. Garlic 16c lb. Green corn. 6 dote, snrk 60-7&C, Summer squash 8 'AC lb. Mushrooms 66c lb. Pickling Onions 7c, Sweet potatoes 6c, Peanuts 12c lb. Bunches: Turnips 40c dor.., parsley, earrots. beets, onions, radishes 35c. Sacked vegetables: Potatoes, local $1 25 100 lbs. Carrots, bceta. turnips. 3c lb. Rutabagas 2'-,c. Walla Walla onions So lb. WOOL, MOHAIR Market nominal. Wool coarse lie; medium 11c; mohair nominal. PICKLE FACTORY CIsOSES Mt. Anirfl The Libby, McNeil Ubby pickle factory here closed Tuesday after olckllnff only 160 bar rels of cucumbers. This year the season's run was unusually snort. Acreage was reduced and the crop was light. The company, because of market conditions, has not been accepting nub and crooks. TODAY'S PORTLAND MVlSTO K Portland (UP) No hoam BtturdaV Wtck's total 4658. Market for week: Siauirhtftr eliuii oucned 2fl-3fic lower. closed ai and mora lower than week aso. tod nunc Dutcneri Monday rcao, Bulk S7-S7.36; extreme top at close W M), closing bulk ae.26-ie.50; strong weights and neavies ao.ou oown to id and below, mostly Id down. Packing sows S3.so-m.do. mostly s4.zo aown. Pin to killers M-M.50: majority S0.3S down. A lair snowing cnoics jignt feeder pigs Monday 7-7.50. Feeders now auoted fully si lower at to. Bo te 60, ito eattia Baturnav. weens wt.ni 3876, calves 205. Market compared to a wek ago: am ciastea swaay. oome sales better grade steers strong to a snaae mgner. op steers vixo, next high 7. Bulk desirable slaughter steers 96.26 up. Feeders and low grade killers downward to M 60 and below. Falrlv tood car lot heifers I0.6O-S6.75. Cows M M 60; a few small lots 14.76. Low cutters down to M and below, mostly 12.60 or better. Cutter to fair ly good bulla a3.60-s4 60, odd head $6. Vealera and calves 18.60 down to 44.60 and below. Sheep Saturday soo; week s total 7386. Market quoted generally steady with week ago. but beer steady to aac lower. Best valley lambs S5. Btrlctly choice Mt. Adams lambs quoted un evenly higher. Throwouta t2.5OI3.60 with in-between grades 44-44.76. Me dium grade yearlings 43 -43.60. Strict ly choice under 110 lbs. quotable to 44. Cull to choice ewes 41-42. PORTLAND PROUt'CE The following Drlces were named to be effective Saturday. Butter quota tions for shipment from country creameries and Uo lb. Is deducted as commission: Butter: cube extras 29c- standards 28c; prime firsts 27c; firsts 26c. Esirs. Pacific ooultrv oroducers' sell ing prices: fresh extras 24c; standards 23c; mediums 20c. PORTLAND WHOLESALE PRICES These are Drlces dealers nay wnoie- salcrs except as otherwise noted: muter, prints vd snore or oencr 31 -32c; standards 29-30c carton. Butterrat. direct to snippers, tracs 23-2flc; stations. No. 1 2u-26c; Port- lnnd delivery prices: butterlat, sour 29-30C; sweet 82-33C Mi k. buying price: Grade B, h.itu Portland delivery and inspection. Cheese, selling price to Jobbers, Til lamook county triplets, 17c; lonf 18c lb. f.o.b. Tillamook. Belling price to Portland retailers: Triplets, 19c, loaf 20c. Live ooultrv. net buying price: Hea vy hens, colored 4 lbs. up 20-2lc; medium 16c; light 13c lb. Broilers under Vfa lbfl. 22-23c; over l'A lbs. 17-20C: colored 33 cents; No. 2 chick ens, 7-8c; old roosters 7c. Ducks, Pe king. 14-lGc; aeetw 13C. Dressed poultry, selling price to re tailers: Turkeys, poor to good 35-28C. FKLSII Htl IT Oranges. Cal. Valenclaa 43.25-46 60 flranefrult. Calif. 44-44. 50: Florida. 46.26. Limes, 6-doe. cartons 43 25. Ba nanas 6c lb. Lemons, Calif. 8.25-48.60. Raspberries, ioca isi.&o crate, huck- leberrles, Puget Sound 12-14c lb. mountain ll-12c lb. Raspberries. . w. KionaiKes 14 to 2c lb. nAntalonnes. Dlllard 41-4135: Yakima and The Dalles standards 75c- 1 crate. Honeydew melons. Lain., lame flats 1.36. Muskmelons, local 3 -4c lb. Casabas, Calif. 2'C lb. Ice cream melons, Calif. 2c lb. Persian melons 41.50 crate. Grapes, seedless 41.16-41.28 lug: red Malagas 42.25; white Malagas 4125; Rlblers 42. Peaches, Yakima Bmeriaa '-ooc; local 50-70C; J. H. Hales 65-90c; Craw fords 85C-41; Lovells 40c. FRESH VMIETAIU.KS Cabbage, local new S'j-Sc lb. Potatoes, local 1-1 'Ac lb- eastern Washnlgton tl.26-ai.35 cental. Onions, selling price to rvuci. Walla Walla Globes 42. CUCUmuers, nrin grown iu. Spinach, local OOc-Sl.lO. Celery, Lablsh 70c-41 dozen. Mushrooms, hothouso 66c lb. Bell peppers, green 35-40C box. Sweet potatoes, new Calif. 4V4-6c lb. Cauliflower, northwest 1.50-41. 65 per crate. Means, locm 0-0 s iw. rt The Danes lomaioea od-ijc u. Corn, local 40-86c. Lettuce, local 41.36-41.60. Summer squash, local lists &uc. Mf ATH AN1 PROVISIONS Pnimlrv monlJi! sellllltf Drlce to TC- tallers: country killed hogs, best hut- rh.n unrtr 100 lbs. 9-9UC: VPOlcrS. HO-120 lbs. 13-14c; yearling lambs 6-Hr; spring lambs O'-lOc; heavy ewes Hams, fancy 25-26c; picnics 16-29C lb. Hncon. fancy ai-sac id. wira, icuj, tierce basis, 12c lb NI TS. HOI'S. WOOL Nuts. Oregon walnuts 18 25c; pea nuts 12c; Brazils 18-20C; almonds 14 18c; fllberta 20-22c; pt'cans 20c lb. Hops, nominal, 1929 crop 10-llc; lain lit. 17c Wool. 1931 crop nominal: Willam ette valley 13-15c; eastern Oregon 11-15c lb. II1V l'M'4HI ItXHK Portland liny, buying price for producrra: Alfalfa 414-416: clover fiu- 12: oats and vetch 410-11 ton. Carrara bark, buying price 1931 peel 3c lb. daiiti 4VI1 FAhTHIIlK M AltHF.T Cantaloupes staged somewhat of a comeback uuring me onununy nn (lis nfltairl farmers' market. The Dalles stock sold up to 41.35 a o.irl )r atPllftV to StrOIlK at that. Willamette valley old fashioned muskmelons wrre 41 generally with ft few a dime better. Dniih (rati wna nenerallv falrlv ftC' tlve for Elbertos and Crawfords with Muirs a trifle dull. All, however, at the late price range. noFtltt noun were firmer With scant offering. Sales of Jumbles 1- 41.26 with wrapped ftna pacieu wi.ov 41 76 box. Tomatoes were In excellent call and fair supply. Sales showed ft spread of 60-75c for boxes well filled. Beans were firm around lc for green atock, ft few higher. Browamead peas 13.10 38-lb. box. Prunes sold steady, moatly 20-25c Oood lettuce was very firm at 1.60 crate, others 1-135. Celery and hearts were about steady at late pric- "potatoes moved fairly well, mostly 75c orange box. Cauliflower was firm around ! 35 crate for good stuff. cabbage was extremely firm up to 1 60 crate. . . Crabapples were scarce ftna In de mand around 40-45c peach box. No. 1 pickling cucumbers were soc moatly with 3s 36c and 3s at 30c box. Corn market steady around 60-6OC sack for best. Apples held mostly 80 85c box for best Jumbles. General prices ruled: Dos. bunches: Carrots, new 1B-I7c; turnips, new crop 60-60c; beet, new crop, 20c. Spinach, new crop 70-760 orange box. Potatoes, local, large, tood 76-BOc orange box, small 50-ttOc. Cabbage, new crop 90e-l large crate; red 41.10 41 25 small crate. Corn, fancy 50-6rc. Apples, new crop Gravensteln4 76c 1 box. Raspberries, fancy 43, Blackberries BO -85c crate. . Pens, local 6-7c lb. Squash, Th4 Dal les 35c flat crate. Peaches, Elbcrtas 80-75C box; J. H Hale BOc-41; Mulr 65-76r box. lettuce, local 4125-4160, northern 11.65 crate. lablsh celery. 60-9 5c dog., hearts. 1 25 do, bunches. Bartlett pears 41 box. k AN IR( I- ( nvrsTOi K Ran Francisro iUIM Hogs for week 3425. direct 830; 150-200 lbs. mostly 50 75c lower. Practical closing lop 7 50 Bulk 7 35-47 66; packing sows 25-50c lower at 44 44 MV Cattle for five days 1200. direct 945 Desirable steers steady. Medium weak. Two loads SCO-1045 lb. fed steers 47 top. A car 8H)-lb fed J7 with 4 per cent shrink. Mine loads 930-1080 lb. MARKET QUOTATIONS New York Stocks (Closing Quotations) New York (UP) The market closed hlnher: Air Reduction .. 80 Alleghany Corp 6 Aiua-unamDers Mig. co. American Can ComDanv American Car it Foundry American At Foreign Power. American Locomotive Am. Had. St stand. Sanitary . Am. Rolling Mill Am. Smelt 6i Refining American Bteel Foundries American Suzar Reflnlna.. 12 3a ... IS 173 112 .. 139 American Tel. tt Tel American Tobacco B Anaconda Copper Mln. Co. Atchison, Topeka 4k B. Fe. Atlantic Refining Auburn Automobile Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore ft Ohio Bendlx Aviation Bethlehem Steel ......... Brooklyn Union Gas ..... Byers (A. M.) 82 ft ... 88 :.?a Calumet As Arizona Canada Dry Canadian Pacific Case (J. I.) Co Cerro de Pasco Coppar Cheaapeake As Ohio . Chicago Great Western Chic. Mil., St. Paul dc Poo.. . Chicago at Northwestern Chrvsler Corn ... 2J4 .... 8Vi ... 95 ... 48'Z Colorado Fuel Ac Iron Columbia Gas Columbia Graphophone .... Commonwealth As Southern. Consolidated Gas Continental Can . Corn Products Curtlss-Wrlght 2 DuPont de Nemours 86 Electric Power Si Light 40 Erie Railroad 19 Fox Film A 14 General Asphalt 22 General Electric- 41 General Foods 61 General Motors 364 Gillette 19 Gold Dust 28 Goodrich (B. F.) 13'i Goodvenr Tlra At Rubtaar Houston OH 44 now sound 19' Hupp Motor Car Corp.'"!")!!!... h iiiumii iteuning .. 3'i Inspiration Cons. Copper 6 International Harveatat- . id International Nickel International Tel. As Tel.... Johna-Manvllle Kansas city Southern Kennecott Copper " Krengc S. 8.) Liggett Ac Myers B " Loew s Inc. . 131 . 38 62 17 , 38',, 7 nil 50i Mathleson Alkali 23 Mack Trucks """" v-uwet tt Mid-Continent Petroleum 10 10 11 2114 1RTL Montgomery Ward Nash Motors National Biscuit Co National Cash Register A. National Dairy Products.. National Power As I.leht. . . &8H . 28 . 34 K Nevada Cons. Copper ...-T 8i New York Central I .... -71 N. Y., N. H. and Hartford North American 70 Packard Motor UK Pacific Gas As Eel ec trio 46 Pan American B Paramount-Publlx 3514 Pennsylvania Railroad 40 Peoples Ous 19714 Phillips Petroleum 95? Pierce Petroleum Public Service of N. J rUa Pure Oil Company " 9J Radio Corporation 2osi Radio-Keith Orpheum A....',',' jsrL8 Reynolds Tobacco B 49 Bears Roebuck 87 Shell Union Oil , 6 oimmons company lfiii Sinclair Consolidated 114 RnntlisFn nmXfln mni? Southern Railway I'.!".!'."!!!!!. , 20 milium! trits ct E-ieciriC 641, Standard Oil of California 411, otanaaro oil of New JerBer. . Standard Oil of New York.. Stone A; Webster Studebakcr Corp Texas Corp Texas Guly ' Texas Pac. Unci Trust Tlmken Roller Bearing ..17 .. 27 35', . 10 1 IBlUbUUtlUVUlUI UU . Underwood Elliott Fisher...',.'.. " Union Carbide As Carbon 61 i United Corp ..!.!!"" -A United States Rubber mi uiii mines oieei Utihties Power As Light A. 90 . 23', , 28 'i Vanadium , Warner Bros. Pictures Western Union , Wentlinthouse Airbrakes , Wcstinnhouso Electric .., Wlllys-Ovcrlanu Woolwirih )b, W. Worthlngton Pump Yellow Truck At Coach . . 23 . 70 'I Si l l ( Tf l) CI Itll MTOCKS American Ltht Ai Traction American Himrruower 27 Associated Gas A 12K Brazilian Traction L As P 1714 cities Service 10 Cord Corp , "' Crocker-Wheeler "1...! ". F.Iectrlc Bond Ai Share 37 Ford Motor Ltd 10 Fox Theaters A 2'2 Goldman Sachs Trading 5',- I Ml Gulf oil of Pa 853, iiumoie uii Indian Ter. ilium Oil B Nowmont Mining Niagara Hudson Powt Ohio Oil Pennntad Sheaffer Pen Standard Oil of Indians united Gas Corporation United Llnht At Pnwor A 10 19 Utilities Power At Usht. . i.iH,.Mir,.i B1UI.RS Corporate Trust 4'i-4i Five year Trust , mediums 46 35-46 50: four cars 950 1015 lb. common 45 25-45.75; two Ids 840-945 lb. Mexicans 45-45.76; four loads 1130-1266 lb. medium to good 6 40-46 76: she stock weak. A car of 770-lb. fed heifers 95.60 with four per cent shrink. Three loads 950-1090 lb. low -good sows 44-44 35; car medium 3-43.75: low cutters down to 1, a few bulls 44 down. Not enouiih calves to teat market A smalt lot 205-lb. vealers 47.76; choice 350-500 lbs. quotable 47.60 down. Sheep for five days 9960. direct 600. Good lambs strong to 15c higher. Common to medium barely steady. Two decks 6V lb. shorn 96 65 top Pour decks 63-68 lb shorn 46 40 46 60. Six decks 66-75 lb. wooled 40-Sfl 40: 31 decks of 66-73 lb. mediums 45.25 5 75; two decks 64-lb. common 44 25; six decks 66-69 lb. feeder 43 60-44. Three decks 76-78 lb. wooled 13.76- 96 25: yearlings steady at 43 44. Two decks 110 lb Idaho ea-ei 42 25. Odd lot 41.50 42 10. i m itrooi diicit Liverpool UP Wheat range: Open nlgll low close 56 58 61 64 Oct December March . , . , May 66', 68', 62 56 68'i 62 64 ; 61 64 RONTON WOOL Boston The bulk of the rather quiet trade In wool during the last week was on 64a and finer territory wools In the original bags at about steady prices. Occasional sales on the lower grade mere closed at firm pric es. No weakening wns noted In the retatlvelv strong position of 66a. but the Reasonably dull buying Interrupt ed the rtilng trend In prices that had been under way for the laat week. MN FR IM'lM'fl POM TRY San Francisco tUP Leghorn hens, al ll res 19 20c: colored hens A lbs and over 24 26c; under lbs. 33-24C; Leghorn broilers 13-17 lbs. per dozen c; ids. per aoz. vo-vti; rry- era. colored up to lbs. 20-33: Lee- born 3-2 lbs. 33 cents; old colored roosters iuc old Legnora roosters se. Colored roasters 8-3 lbs. 33-23C; over ayi ids. to ids. a-aoc; over ids, 26-26c. Squabs 26c lb. Spring turkeys, young e ios. sua over od-av. DRIED FRUIT: HOP8 New York W) Evaporated apples siena y, cnoice e'-w; isncy Ht4iuc. Prunes steady. Calif. 8'. -10',;: Ore gon 64-9c, Apricots, barley steady, cnoice B'a: extra cnoice 10. Peaches steady, standard lOc; choice 8: extra choice 8U. RaJslns steady, loose Muscatels t- 7u: choice to fancy seeded fti-i-fl'i seedless 64. WINNIPEG WHEAT Winnipeg (UP) Wheat range: open high low close October .... oo oo'm m m December . . 65 S6J4 65Ji 59 3-8 604 58& 56 May SAN FRANCISCO BUTTER FAT San Francisco i Butterfat. I.o.b, Ban rrancisco suc. BAN FRANCIsrO DAIRY Cam nliiA i TTO Hntr score 26: 91 score 26: eo score 27. Eggs, extras, large 28c; medium tyjc; smans ic. i;neesc, inpieis, iiau io. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK Chicago 'V-UBDA.) Cattle 700: calves 400; compared to week ago, nracucauv an ereaes steers ana year strictly good and choice yearlings and light steers steady to 25c off; lower grades 20-ooc lower: veaiers ruuy stea dy, most western steers with weight on country account around 900. Sheen 1000. Market nominal: com pared to week aso. fat lambs and yearlings mostly 35c higher, fat ewes weak to 25c lower; closing bulk bet ter graae native ewe ana weiner iamos 97.60-98.16; week lop 98.40. Rangers 97. 60-98 as; native bucks 9O.50-97.26; jac ewes ei-w; westerns e-a.ao. Hogs ouuu. cnoice graaes scarce. market on Plainer xina unevenly stea dy to 15c or more lower. Market most ly ao-ouc tower: ngnt ugnt gooa-cnoice 14U-10U ids. vo.t10-9a.uo; ugnt weignt 160-200 lbs. 96.25-90.65. nominal. Slaughter pigs, good-choice 100-130 IDS. g4.0-0.tJ0. CHICAGO GRAIN Chlcano un Wheat futures: open high low close September .. 46 47 46 46 December ... 60 li 60 60 00 March 64 '4 64 64 63 May 66 &6 66 65 Cash grain: wheat No. 2 red 47i Mn h..l Ol. Hn 4 u.IIaiu h.rri Al No. 3 northern spring 60; No. 4 mixed 4&'a- corn, no. 2 mixed 44-44 vA no. 1 yeiiow 4-44i; no. 1 wnuo 40-74. Oats, No. 2 white 23-34; No. 9 white 20i,-223i. Barley 39-66. Tim othy seed 43 50-44. Clover seed 911- 14.00. Lard 87.45; ribs, bellies 46 78. PORTLAND SI GAB. FI.OI R Portland ) Sugar: Cane, granu lated 44.60 per loo ids. Beet 94.70. Domestic flour, selling price deliv ered: ratent 4hs S4 du-ao DSKers' bluestem 94.20-94.40; Montana patent 94.oo-94.90; soic wnite iiour v.ou 94.70: whole wheat 3.90-44.10; gra ham 43.60-43 80. PORTLAND WHEAT Portland iAi Wheat futures: open high low close Sept. old .... 44 14 44 K 44 44 Sept. new ... 46 'i 46 '4 46 46 December ... 48 48 47 47 Ctfeh wheat: Big Bend Bluestem 58; soft white, western white 44; hard winter, northern spring, wsetern red 42. Oats. No. 3 white 417.60. Saturday's car receipts, wheat 72, barley 1, flour 21. corn 3. oats 3, hay 3. PLAN INSPECTION OF PRUNE DRIERS About what conditions prune drier operators may expect to be called on to face In the campaign to clean up the prune crop are In dicated In blanks being sent out by the state department of sericulture to county inspectors and county agents who will have charge of local Inspectors of driers under the campaign plan. The blanks after usual formalities of name and address, require the inspector to show the sanitary con dition of tile drier, whether good, medium or poor; the light provid ed whether good, medium or poor: the water, whether from barrets or running water or none; condition of fruit received, showing percent ages of brown rot and other de fects: amount of fresh fruit on niat- form; capacity of drier of fresh prunes per dny; percentage of brown rot or mold in dried product; also a line on operator's effort to pro duce good dried product by answer ing as to good, inciutereiu or none. The blank also contains a space for the Inspector to fill In with any general remarks he may have to make. ICE CREAM MAKERS TO STABILIZE PRICES In line vlth general stabilization of milk price, growing out of the recent milk war, announcement was made from the office of the co operative association Saturday that local Ice cream manufacturers are making an effort to get together on a price itabillaation plan for sweet cream for ice cream purposes which la expected to more fully standardize the situation for the producers. The association which now has charge of the milk situation re ports that there are 131 shippers signed up at the present time with an average production of from 20.000 to 27.000 pounds a day as against a whole milk consumption in the city of a little over 25.000 pounds a day. The pool price from June 6 to IS Immediately after set tlement of the milk war has aver aged II 95 a hundred with all as sociation and other charges taken out. The Salem surplus has been han dled locally with the Marion cream ery handling the bulk of It although some has gone to the Capitol and Hazel Dell dairies, tt waa rejxwtcd. Manager Clark of the association said that skimming plant Is be ing put In in Portland and will prob- aoiy oe in operanon nem wees aim it Is expected this will take care of the last remaining surplus there. THIRD PICKING RKADT Oervala Evergreen blackberry picking is still In full swing on Senator 8. H. Brown's farm. The patch has been picked twice and the third picking wtll start Mon day. The berries are free from blight as they were sprayed at the blossom stage. LABISH ONION GROWERS PLAN COOPERATION Plans lor organizing an onion growers' cooperative association among the growers on the Lablsh meadows are n earing a head with A. F. Hayes, C. Bishop and Ronald Jones a committee working on the preliminary plans and constitution and by-laws. Members of the com mittee during the past week have been at Corvallls and conferred with cooperative experts there and In Portland where one of the leading cooperative association attorneys was given the backbone of the plan and agreed to have the constitution, by laws and other preliminary legal steps In shape for the first of the week. The committee then plans to call a general meeting or onion growers In the Lablsh section and put up the proposition to them. White tt will not be known until alter the situation has been can vassed how general the signup will be, from the number of those who have expressed themselves as favor able to a cooperative organization, It Is likely there will be a heavy signup. Sentiment m favor of a cooper ative has been growing. It is stated, during the past two vears during which the onion market has sagged and at times broken and It Is be lieved by organization of the grow ers some sort of a stabilization of market conditions can be secured which will work beneficially for the men in the growing end of the in dustry. Members of the committee state that the matter of getting the pro per form of contract prepared has been a difficult one to meet all the requirements for the cooperative and be agreeable to all interested, but they have competent legal help which they believe will work out these conflicting details. RECORD CROPS OF NUTS TO BE HARVESTED With the biggest crop of walnuts and filberts In history hanging on the trees In the Pacific northwest. shipments of nuts to the east this year will be m excess of 60 car loads as compared to 30 carloads in the biggest preceding year, ac cording to w. H. Bentley, man. ager of the nut growers association who was here from association headquarters at Dundee Saturday. He states the walnut crop will run from 1500 to 2000 tons and the fil bert crop from 250 to 300 tons. While the walnut crop Is the larg est per acre In history and as a re sult will show a stiff percentage of small nuto, the filbert tonnage Is not so large per acre but the total tonnage Is materially Increased by the vast amount or new bearing acreage just coming in. "We expect to start up our four packing houses at Salem, Leban on, Dundee and Amity about Oc tober 1 for filberts and about Oc tober loth for walnuU and will probably run all four of them both night and day shifts In order to get out the heavy tonnage to the east In time for the houda season. AU growers will have to make deliver ies In advance of November 10 to get In on the first pool or their product will be relegated to the second pool at all packing houses because of the necessity of hitting the eastern markets In time for the holiday trade, especially for Thanksgiving. The importance of getting ready for the eastern trade Is evident when I state that three-fourths of our tonnage will go east of the Rocky Mountains this year. "Prices on both walnuts and til berts will be less than last year owing to general marketing con ditions. A very good grade of Euro pean fllberta Is being oiicrea in an coast porta at 12 cents a pound, duty paid, the crop In California of walnuts is 25 per cent greater than last year and It is evident what we are up against. Opening prices on walnuts will be several cents below last year and will be out In October we opened on m berts at 20 to 15 H for Du Chllles and 15',i to 14 on Barcelojas. This Is an average of two cents less than last year. The association has great many more eastern markets than last year but even at that we anticipate a lot more hard work to sell the crop. There's no use In kidding ourselves that It la easy year to sell any agricultural product at ft high price. Bales of futures are hard to get on account of the nervous attitude of buyers and the hand to mouth policy of buying. "Our membership is Increasing In all units, particularly cu account of the many new filbert orchards coming Into bearing." At ft recent meeting orticers and board of the association were named as follows: E. B. Edes, Le banon, president; E. W. Mat thews. Amity. Tlee-president; E. . Stnither. Newberg, secretary treasurer; directors. A. L. Page. Jefferson; M. P. Adams. Salem; P. W. Meyer, Dundee; W. O. Brown. Portland; Dr. R. P. Nixon, Forest Orove; Ira, Powell. Monmouth; C. O. Ott, Oaston; W. R. Osborne. Amity. George caaweu. Vancou ver, wash. A new unn nas jusv been opened at Vancouver with 70 new growers. Boys Given Tarty nih Collece Mrs. William atnririard entertained members of her Sunday school class of boys of 11 and 12 years of age at ner nome on the Wallace road. The boys call their class the "Knights of Mys tery." They spent the time in tne woods adjacent to the 8toddard home and refreshments were serv ed at the close of the afternoons playing. In the group were Mrs. Stoddard. Thomas Roen. Robert Ross. Harry Tucker. Roy OsUln. Robert Smith of Portland a guest. Chester Howe. William Foster, and Oren McDowell. Surpluses Wiped Out By Reduced Yields In Nearly All Fruit Crops With prunes the only uncertain fruit crop left as to the quantity In the state, an analysis or tne situation ior tms year indicates that while the price to producers generally ww low there is a suver lining in that it appears now as a year where surpluses will virtually be wiped out. With anything like an upturn In general conditions next year the local fruit situation should snow ft much brighter side, Even prune packers are now guessing that the 25,000 ton eetl mate for the northwest may be cut down the tame as all other fruit crop estimates have been cut down by seasonal development and some say that the 29,000 ton estimate may be reduced to as low as 20,000 before the season Is over. South ern Oregon and Clarke county al ready are reported to be cut down below prior estimates and while the crop In this section Is said to Just HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BUY OWN TEXTBOOKS High school students will con tinue to purchase their own text books, Charles A. Howard, state superintendent of schools said Sat urday In a statement In which he Is urging the organization of book exchanges and rental system to reduce expenses. The new law pro viding for district ownership of textbooks applies to elementary schools only. The book exchange and rental system Howard said, Is suggested as a means of holding down high school costs to parents. His plan has been forwarded to all high schools in the state, many of which open their fall terms next Mon day. In his statement Howard said: "I am confident, that textbook expense for high school students can be greatly reduced by a Rental Plan and I earnestly suggest that the organization of such a system to be Inaugurated at the earliest opportune time be given careful consideration. In the beginning, such a system need not cover all the books in use in high school. If it were to Include only one book for each grade, such as mathema tics, civics and American history. It would save a considerable sum to the parents of your high school students.' Copies of the book exchange system In use at Woodburn and the rental plan now operated In the Newberg school have been sent to the principals as sample or ganizations. NO SHAKE-UP IN BONUS BOARD (Continued from page 1) Roseburg, had Indicated his Inten tion of resigning and was coasider lng this step because he could not agree to assume responsibility for the manner In which the affairs of the commission are being ad ministered. Investigation reveals that while Fisher Is said to be con sidering retirement he is doing so because of the press of personal business and because he does not feel justified In continuing the financial losses which membership on the commission Imposes upon him, especially In the face of the recent administration order re ducing the milage allowed state of ficials nd employees from 10 to 6 cents a mile. Minutes of the commission ses sions disclose that Fisher has been exceptionally conscientious in his attendance at meetings, ana re ports that he is In disagreement with prevailing policies are dis puted by the record of his general accord with the Ideas of the other members of the commission and recommendations of the executive secretary. As to changes In the personnel of the office and field staff the Capi tal Journal is authoratively ad vised that "the commission has no intention of discharging or re placing any of the office staff or field force oi county agenu ana attorneys as long as they continue to function in tne eiticient man ner they have In the past" Re placements wUl be made only where regular vacancies occur, or where the commission finds that the duties of the lob are not being efficiently performed. Reports that Robert Kveason. of Dallas, la to be replaced as bonus attorney for Polk county are specifically denied In the In formation given to uie vapiuu Journal, and further denial Is made that such action has even been considered. Rumors from Dallas had said that Kreason was not satisfactory to certain politic .1 leaders In Polk county wno were friendly to the administration and that they were exerting their In fluence to secure his dismissal. dCHlNDI.F.R HOPS PICKED Brush College A good crop of hops was taken from the John Schlndler hop yard where picking was completed Thursday. Schlnd ler Is doing his own drying with Robert Shuck working as fireman. Another hop yard owned by joe Teals and located near Schlndler't and whtrh Is operated and man aged by Ed Loose, grows hops of a later variety and picking In this yard will not start until about Sep tember 12. HAY CROP FINE Grand Island The third crop of alfalfa for this season In the 10 acre field on the Jake Tompkins farm has been put In the barn with out any rain on any of It after It was cut. Alfalfa haa done splen-1 did this season, growers report. at present look possibly a little ahead of the earlier estimates at the same time this may show I falling off before It Is over. A re port from canneries of some de liveries running as high as 20 per cent brown rot because ot mixing In the early drop prunes with the early picked ones show how here and there the estimates may be shaved down by the actual deliv eries. The prune crop Isn't out of the woods by ft long way yet and rains might do some very material damage, but even with good weath er some well Informed fruit men are beginning to guess the crop may run smaller than has been talked. At any rate virtually every other fruit crop this year has been cut down below estimates when actual stock taking has been done and It doesn't take any very hard figur ing to see that cannery' shelves will be pretty well cleaned out when next year's harvests start In. Strawberries both Marshalis and Etterbergs roughfc went anyway 60 per cent below estimates and they were pretty well cleaned up. While there hasn't been much buying of barreled berries since the packing season closed there Is not a large surplus on hand and this can move out readily. The pear crop, according to a report from Yakima, has been re. duced to 35,000 tons in that district from an estimated 45.000 tons and for the same reasons the Rogue crop went down to 10.000 actual tons from 18,000 estimated by heavy drop of immature and de fectlve fruits. The blackberry crop will prob. ably be quite materially off when finished up and It now looks as though It will be quite a way be low the estimates. Loganberries, while not short of estimates, nevertheless were grown on such a decreased acreage that there will be no overproduction for the year In the canned product from the Information at hand. Down In California the peach crop, one of the most Important In Its reaction on the general trade up and down the coast, was figured at 17,000,000 cases and It was de elded to put on a control for 8.. 000,000 cases but when the pack was made It was found that no con trol was needed. Cherries In the valley were smashed up by the rain so the crop was cut down to a fraction of the estimates and some were saved only by heroic measures thru the barreling route. The loss In both blacks and Royal Annes was extremely heavy and no surplus need be looked for there. Down In California again the prune crop has already been cut oeiow estimates by extremenly hot weather. Canners here are back in the field for green prunes and dried fruit growers because of the conditions are reported to have stiffening backbones against al lowing their prunes to go on the basis of early quotations reported by cable from England. And so Indications are even If fruit prices were not the best this year there are apt to be some fa. vorable reactions for a no-surplus year wnicn Drigntcns up the out look somewhat for another season. GROWERS DEMAND BUYING PRIVILEGE (Continued from psge 1) considerable merit Senator Charles McNary, republican, Oregon, author o Ithe bill that created the now unpopular farm board, believed a large sale to China was advisable. As for the farmers masters of a vast wheat empire reaching from horizon to horizon over parts of three states they were milltantly In revolt against all farm board moves to date and demanded that their plan be adopted. The crop that once meant wealth to the Industrious la now a liabil ity. In Walla Walla county, Wash ington, scores of farmers are on a "tax strike." They will pay not a cent of taxes until levies are reduced 25 per cent, they declare. in many portions of the Inland Empire, preparations are being made to burn wheat for fuel this winter. Farmers, In some cases so fin ancially desperate that they were unable to buy fuel for their trac tors and were forced to turn again to horses to haul their combines, declare they cannot reduce wheat acreage unless some means Is found to finance them. Even selling wheat below the cost of production, they declare, brings ft certain amount of ready cash. "The Walla Walla plan Is essen tially to curtaU acreage," 8enator Stelwer told the United Press. "The purchase of farm board wheat Is Incidentally Involved to provide an Inducement to curtail. Curtailment has been recommended by the farm board from the beginning. "In my opinion the plan Is work able If producers throughout the country will support the plan as fully as Is done In Walla Walla. It will remove the surplus from the market and reduce production In 1932." Senator McNary was reluctant to express an opinion of the plan with out giving It additional study. "mere are thousands of legal and technical questions to be work ed out to put such ft plan Into op eration," McNary declared. "It Is unique and has certain merits, but I cannot now venture an opinion on Its practicability. I am especially In favor of sell ing surplus wheat abroad without quibble over terms. The surfeited market now Is what keeps the farm ers from getting a fair price on tneir product A sale on liberal terms, especially to China, would prove to the advantage of both American farmers and the Chin ese." WHEAT MARKET DULL SATURDAY CASH GRAIN OFF Chicago (IP) Little activity and Interest was shown on the board of trade Saturday. With com the only grain showing fractional gains over Friday's close, wheat was down in the fractions and oats was un changed. Business in all grains was mainly of a local character, and persistent selling of wheat m small lots accounted for the fractional decline. Corn was stronger at the opening, but declined slightly on the week end evening up and pres sure from locals. Oats were some what unsettled within relatively narrow ranges throughout the ses sion. At the close wheat was to cent lower, corn was tt to cent up, and oats were unchanged. Pro visions were unchanged. Cash prices were wheat tt to t cent lower: corn unchanged to 1 cent lower, and oat unchanged to 'A cent lower. Chicago W Wheat showed little change In price at the opening Sat urday, despite the official announce ment Friday that farmers Intended to plant 12 per cent less wheat than a year ago. Some selling appeared, but pressure was lacking. Cora was steady on scattered buying. Wheat opened unchanged to cent lower and later receded fraction ally. Corn was steady to tt higher, but later lost the gain on commis sion house selling. Portland (IP) December wheat reached a new low mark for the session during the week end session at Portland while September was down to the previous extreme low. Snlcs totaled 15,000 bushels. On the merchants exchange cash wheat was unchanged. EFFECT SMALL New York, (IP) The stock mar ket made only small response to overnight announcement of the completion of terms for extension of $400,000,000 In short term cre dits to Great Britain by New York and Paris bankers. According to preliminary cal culations the Dow, Jones and com pany Industrial average advanced 1.30 points to 152.08, rail average advanced 067 points to 69.02 and utility average was up 0.37 ponlts at 58.01. Sales for the session totaled 473, 290 shares, compared with 424,050 shares last Saturday. Although the credit move waa hailed in Wall Street as one of the most constructive moves yet made to promote economic recovery, the stock market's only Immediate re action was a moderate mark-up of price. The apathy existing in specula tive quarters was Indicated by the small volume and narrowness of the price movements which re sembled earlier session of the week. Gains were numerous however, and a few Important shares were able to penetrate recent reslstcnce le vels. Among these were Steel Com mon, J. I. Case, American Tele phone and Westlnghouse Electric, a development which made for greatly improved sentiment. Nevertheless, the general market was reluctant to follow up the ad vances of some of the leaders. Amusements showed Independent strength for ft time but gains else where were held to relatively nar row limits. International Issues In general, participated more fully In the recovery than did domestic Is sues. Firmer copper prices resulted in considerable support In Ameri can Smelting, the leader of the group. Several attempts were made by bull leaders to stir up enthusiasm in the market by heavy buying to ft few Issues. These met with some success, and the shares affected moved sharply higher. A wldery advertlsed "short squeeze" In Wes tlnghouse Electric was responsible for a point advance In this stock but few shorts were caught. Similar conditions existed In the market for J. I. Case, United States Steel and General Electric, all of which scored gains of one to nearly two points, to new highs for the recovery. American Telephone was ft feft ture of special strength, rising more than 2 points. Other utilities firmed up proportionately. KAHN'S REMEDY FOR DEPRESSION (Continued from pat I) perous and has hardly any unem ployment." In list of remedial measures which he considered might help out the "existing situation" In this country, Mr. Kahn placed first modification of the anti-trust laws, especially the Clayton act, and sec ond modification of the Volstead act and eventual abolishment of prohibition. We believe in competition," ne said. "But we do not want laws which result in destructive, waste ful competition, detrimental to legitimate trade and enterprise and the economic welfare of the coun try." Concerning prohibition he said. The formidable moral and eco nomic evils of the existing stats of affairs seem to me proven beyond further question. By repealing an experiment which, however rightly lntentkmed haa failed with lamentable conse quences, we should raise vast reve nues for the government, we should greatly help agriculture, we should substantially decrease unemploy ment, not to speak of the hideout brood of bootleggers, gangsters, etc. and of other grlevlous Items In the long register of prohlbHIoa and Volstead Ills."