THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1933
STEADY TRADE
REFLECTED IN
BUTTER, EGGS
Portland, Nov. 1 IP There was
Ao change In butter and butterfat
prices here today.
Market 'for fresh eggs continues
fteady and without price change.
Pressure remains In off-grade stuff
and especially offerings from out
fttate points.
Live chicken market Is now steady
here with all sorts quoted at un
changed prices. Buyers are once
more agreed upon the quotation to
be paid after the recent flare-up.
There Is a rather good buying
movement of country killed hogs,
even though there have been several
Jate price reductions on live stuff,
Lambs, however, are inclined to
ahow weakness.
While primary points continue to
talk of betterment in the potato
market, locally there Is no change
In the situation. Sufficient rollers
are arriving here to keep down val
ves at least on Yakimas.
Turkey market was only of nomi
nal volume and small demand, par
ticularly for small toms and hens.
Dressed turkeys were selling nomin
ally at 20-22c lb. for best toms, with
smaller birds and hens a cent or
more cheaper. Live turkeys were
quoted 13-14c lb. for 14 lbs. and ov
er, and down to 12 cents for 7 lbs.
or less.
Oregon onion deal Is still of nom
inal volume. Some late purchases
have continued for the Orient but
the business is said to be placed at
a very small margin of profit. Yak
imas continue very weak.
Tomato prices much mixed with
food quality scarce. Artichokes mov
ing better. Filbert nut grading has
tarted here. Cheese market steady
as a result of the eastern strike.
Cranberries are steady with price
maintained.
GRAIN PRICES
UNSETTLED
Chicago, Nov. 1 P) Uncertainty
over Washington developments liad
decidedly unsettling market in
fluence today, and at one stage
wheat fell to about 10 cents under
recent top figures.
Price changes in all grains were
extremely rapid. Houses with cast
em connections were persistent sell
ers. Wheat closed nervous, 194-3 cents
under yesterday's finish, corn 1-1
down, oats -l cent off, and provi
sions varying from 20 cents decline
to 5 cents gain.
Upturns In grain prices early to
day followed Washington reports of
treasury plans to buy gold from
federal reserve banks, and then cut
dollar's gold content. Notice was
also taken of a fresh rise In the
Washington quotation on domestic
gold. Opening unchanged to
higher, wheat afterward rose all
round. Corn started - up, and
subsequently held ncara the Initial
limits.
FARM PRICES AT 70
PER CENT PRE-WAR
The general level of prices receiv
ed by farmers for agricultural pro
ducts at local markets was 70 per
cent of pre-war on October 15, or
the same as a month earlier, says a
bulletin by the federal crop report
ing bureau in Portland. Mid -October
prices of grains, fruits, vegetables,
cattle, calves, sheep, jambs and chi
ckens all were lower than on Sep
tember 15 but these losses were en
tirely offset by the price advances
registered for cotton, cottonseed,
hay. hogs, dairy products and eggs.
The decline In local market prices
of com, cattle, and chickens were
due partly to seasonal influences but
this same factor also favored the
upturn in prices paid to farmers for
butter, milk and eggs. Sublndcxcs
for the several groups of products
fluctuated as follows: Fruit and veg
etables down 15 points, grains down
10, meat animals up 1 (due entirely
to the rise in hog prices), dairy pro
ducts and cotton and cottonseed up
3 each, and poultry products up 17.
At 70 percent of pre-war, the Oc
tober 15 farm price Index was M
points higher than a year ago. All
groups showed a considerable ad
vance over October, 1032 with the
exception of meat animals and poul
try products. Grain prices were up
32 points, fruit and vegetables 27,
cotton and cottonseed 20, dairy pro
ducts 10 points. Meat animal prices
averaged only 3 points higher, how
ever, while chicken and egg prices
were down 8 points.
The Index of prices farmers pay
for commodities at 118 percent of
pre-war, was also the same on Oc
tober 15 as a month earlier, but only
11 points higher than a year ago. As
a result the mid-October ratio of
prices received to prices paid, or the
exchange value of farm products in
terms of commodities farmers buy,
remained at 60 percent of Its 1010-14
average as compared with 63 in Oc
tober, 1932.
Coquille Driver
Faces Accusation
Marshfleld, Ore., Nov. 1 IP Vic
McAllister of Coquille today stood
charged with manslaughter as a re
mit of the death early Sunday of
Lewis Coombs, 48, of Delmar. Mc
Allister's car Is alleged to have
struck Coombs while the latter was
walking along the highway near his
home. Mrs. Coombs and tnree daugn
ters suffered minor injuries. McAl
lister Is in the county Jail at Co
quille.
BEANS NETTED $619
El Paso, Tex. U Nine tons of
beans seized by customs agents from
smuggler who attempted to bring
them acrsos the Rio Grande netted,
the federal government $610 when
the beans were sold at auction.
Smugglers have taken up beans ln
atoal of llmior itince the El Paso
price advance to six cents per pouad
NEW YORK STOCKS
Closing Quotations
Alaska Jun
Al. Chcm Sz Dye
American Can
American Commercial Alcohol
American & Foreign Power ...
Ami,lrnn Rmfllt. At Rpf 4fU
A. T. & T 1101
American Tobacco B 7:
Anaconda 144
Atchison 40
Atlantic Ref 20
Bethlehem Steel ''!"!!'""' '.2&4
iiurrougn Adding juacmne ivy
uaniornia ocjc ltn
J. I. Case 63
Caterpillar Tractor 18
Chrysler 30
Commercial Solvent 32
Continental Can 62
Corn Protl 75
Curtlss Wright 3ft
Du Pont 75
Eastman 70
General Electric 18
General Foods 34
General Motors 27
Gold Dust 17
Homestnke Mining 340
Intcrnntlonnl Harvester 35
International Nick 194
I. T. ie T 11
Johns Man 48
Kennecott 20
Llbbey-O-Ford 2714
MARKET QUOTATIONS
I'OHTI..NI KASTSIDE MAHKKT
Portland. Nov. 1 IU.PJ Cauliflower
sold at what was practically a record
low price marK during me wcunesaay
session of the castsldc farmers' whole
sale market. The price of Is dropped
as low as ouc due general trading con
tinued around 40c crate. The 2s were
down to 20c generally with a few 16c
and others 25c crate.
Apple trading was lolriy steady, lit
tle chance- In price situation. Some
Romcs were offered out of the Walla
Walla valley.
Potatoes were Just about steady at
late prlceB. Only limited volume of
green beans was offered with sales 4
6c lb. Squash steady for all offerings.
Tomatoes, fairly good quality were
scarce with sales up to 32 '2c box, al
though most trading not above 20-25c.
Grape market well supplied con
sidering the small demand with local
Concords around 25-30c and Niagara
23 'a -26c lug. Calif Tokays around
75c-$1.10 lug according to quality.
wmcn was baaiy mixed, wine grapes
of the Zlnfnndel type sold at 65c for
a box and 60c lug for Carlgen.
peppers were m small supply, most
ly 60c orange box. Some rather good
everbearing strawberries offered (2 a
crate. Danes icttuce i wun a lew
SI. 10 crate. Brussels BDrouts sold 65c
box, few 6c-10c better.
General prices ruled:
Strawberries Local $1.75 crate.
Rnspbcrrles No. 1 $1.50-75.
Turnips Local white 25c. purple
top 25c doz. bunches.
Beets Liocai iuc doz. nuncnes.
Peas Devils Lake 4-6c lb.
Carrots Local 10c doz, bunches.
Potatoes Deschutes (1.30-45: Yak
ima No. 1. (1.20-25: No 2. 00c cental:
local No. 1 (1.10 cental; 60-75c box.
Cabbaire Local 45-60C crate, red au-
40c cantaloupe crate.
Lettuce The Danes auc-ai: local
60-fl5c crate.
Celerv Lab sh 40-500 doz.. nearts
70-75c doz. bunches.
Spinach Local 3S-40C orange dox.
Radishes Local G0-75c crate.
Corn Yellow 40-500 sack. j
Beans Green 4-5c, wax 4-6c lb.
("Incumbers Local dills 30c box.
slclng 2B-35C. plckllnf 30-35C box.
Cantaloupes nortnwesc sianaaraB 1
75c-(l crate.
Tomatoes no, 1, lo-auc.
Onions Oroon 15-20c doz.. dry loc
al (1-Bl.oa; YOKima ou-voc cental.
PRODUCE KX CHANGE
Portland. Nov. 1 OJ.R) The follow
ing prices were named to be effective
today:
Butter Cube extras 22c, standards
21c. prime firsts 200 firsts iu'ac id.
Cheese 02 score, Ore. triplets ll'c,
loaf 1216c lb., brokers pay 'c less.
Eggs Pac. Poultry Producers' sell
ing nrlrpn: Fresh extras SDCClal 310.
extras 20c, standards 24c, mediums
25c, pullets 18c dozen.
PORTLAND WHOLESALE
Portland. Nov 1 (U.PJ These are
prices retailers pay wholesalers, except
wnerc omcrwise eta tea:
Butter Prints, extras 34c, stand-
nrrlo Q3f lh
Butterfat Portland delivery, Grade
A 21c. Farmer's door delivery iuc id,
Mivwt. r.rrnm Re hicher.
Cheese selling price 10 poruana
retailers: Tillamook triplets 10c, load
17c lb. Tillamook selling prices to
wholesalers: Triplets lie, loai 10c id.
Eras BuvlnK or lecs bv wholesalers:
PVesh pxtrns 29c doz.. firsts 23c. me-
(limits 20c. undemrade 14c. pullets 14c,
Milk contract price, 4, rortiana
delivery (1,70 cwt., B grade cream
37AC lb. . .
Live poultry Port, delivery, ouying
nrices uoiorcn iowis. -o ms.
over 6 lbs. lie; spring pullets a-3',
lbs. lac; roasters over u1 ids, 11c
Leghorn fowls, over 3 lbs. 10c. un
der 3A lbs. 11c. broilers 114-2 lbs
14c. 2 lbs. and ud lie. stags 7(;. roos
ters Ec lb. Pckln ducks 10c. colored
ducks 8c, Gccse Be lb.
Dressed Turkeys Nominal selling
nrlros tn rpt fillers: Fresh arriving No.
1 toms 2U-2UC, nens iv-dic, oiu jieim
17-1 Re nlri toms 15-lflc lb.
Turkey buying prices Dressed dry
picked young toms: 12 lbs and up
lH-iec. nens 8 ids. and up 17-iuc oin
hens 8 lbs. and up 17c io.
Fill- Nil t-'IiriT
Cranberries! Northwest early black
(2.35-0O, Mcrcnane a.uD-o doi
box. eastern rJ.no-ou.
Orancs Tokavs tl. seedless 81.1S-
25, Malaga 75c, Emperor (125, Lady
Finders H1.35. z nrandelc 7(ic. Mus
cat 65c lug. Concord type Hf-Sc lb.
Cantaloupes Diiiord stand. i.as.
Strawberries New Ore. (1.75 crate.
AddIcs New cron local 75c-(l.fl0 bx.
Grapefruit Imperial valley (3.50 A
case: Florida (4.60 case.
Oranges Cnl, Valcncias (a.B0-(3.75
case.
Limes Box or ion m art,
lemons Calif (5.B0-M.2S case,
Bananas fic. hands fiHr lb.
Huckleberries Coast 7-Hc lb.
FllKSII VMUVrAIll.KS
Potatoes Local white and rrd (1.05
to (1.15 rental. Yakima (1.25-35: Des
chutes (1 35-50.
peas const o-vc id.
Pennrrs Green 3c. red flc lb
Onions Yakima (l-tl.25. Oregon
cnuuiiower wormwesi an-nuc crave
RwppI notntoes Calif. SI. 50 crate.
Cucumbers Pickling, slicing 20 -25c
box. pickling 35-45e box.
Rn nneli Local 40-nuc orange dox
rviprv Loral 60-60C doz.. hearts
onr.t tin hiinrhs.
cnobage ltcti 40 ro.. local ou-wc n
crate.
Tomatoes Nortnwpse ao-soo m dox.
hot house 20s (1 25-50 crate.
IiCttuco The naues si-i.iu oraie.
local 60-76C. Calif. (2 15-25.
Eggplant no 1, 4-BC ID.
MI-ATS AND PnOVISlONfl
Country meats Selling prices to
retailers: Country killed hogs, best
mi tellers tinner ian ids. 7-7ic. veai-
ers 90-100 lbs. 7-7'ic lb., light And
thin RH-9c. heavv calves 4c lb. Lambs
8-Pe lb, yearlings 4-fir. henvy ewes
2-3C. Medium cows 2-Be lb . canner
Cows l-2c lb Bulls lb
I,enr larr' Tierce hisis B'.c in,
Bnco Fnnrv 10-2n'Ac lb Hnui
fancy 17'Ac nlcnlm ov.-10'c lb.
Hops Nominal, 1933 35-40C lb.
Wool 1033 rlln nominal- Willam
ette valley 23-25e. eastern Oregon 16-
lc, southern Idaho 16-200 lb.
new vonk iiopa
Kew York. Nov. I (A1) Hops easy.
Pacific coast 1933 prime to choice 39-
1. medium 10 prime o-;iw: ivm
nrlme tn choice 33-30. medium to
prims 31-33. Quiet, unchtuged.
by Associated Press
Ligffett & Meyers B BV;
Liquid Carb .2
Montgomery Ward 18V
Nnnh Mntnrg 1-7 4
National Biscuit 4o4
National Dairy Prod 14 U
National Distiller BOTi
Pacific Gas it Electric 17
Packard 3
J. C. Penney
renn, n. n no'i
Phillips Petroleum 14a
Public Service N. J 345,4
Pullman 42
Sears Roebuck 37
Shell Union 71
Southern Pacific 183
Standard Brands 23
Standard Oil California 30
Standard OH New Jersey 40
atuucDaKcr
Trans-America b
union (jam 3H-
Union Pacific 105
Unit Aircraft 271
Unit Corp 5
u. u. industrial Aiconoi vt-'
U. S. Rubber IS
U. S, Steel 37
wt-BLL-rn ratline 06 mm tWA
Woolworth 30
i;i,u.ti:M LLKii uuuivi iiuah
Cities Service 2li
Electric uona & snare it
Swift & Co 00
SAN FRANCISCO DAIRY
San Francisco, Nov. 1 (U.R) Butter,
02 score 21, 01 score 21c, 00 score 20c
lb. Eggs, extra large 20 c, med. 21'ac,
email ioy2c uuss. uneese izc 10.
SAN FHANCISCO BUTTKIt FAT
San Francisco, Nov, 1 W) Butter
fat f.o.b. San Francisco 20 lb. Pre
mium grade 2214c lb,
PORTLAND SUGAR, FLOUR
Portland, Nov. 1 (VP) Cane sugar.
granulated (4.85; fruit (5.05; beet
(4.75.
Domestic flour selling prices, mill
delivery, 25-bbl. lots: Patent 49s (0.70
(7.40, blended (6.16-88.70, soft whlto
pastry (5.77-(5.86, bakers' hard wheat
(5.75-16.80; rye (6.60-(6.20; whale
wneat $0.35-05; graham (5.60.
nosTov wnoi.
Boston, Nov. 1 flJ.PJ The wool mar-
net is stead; and firm as the new
month starts. Business continues slow
but It Is significant that every snle
made , Is at prices fully as strong as
any recent business. A little wool Is
selling nut iar under normal quanti
ties for this time of year. Territory
wuuib nre tne mvorue ai me moment,
Strictly staole fine combine In nra.
inal bags brings 81 -82c, clean, and a
couple of cents more If graded; 'A-
blood 79-81; -blood 76-78, '4 -blood
70-72. Virtually no Interest wns shown
In Ohio wools, whclh were quoted at
oz-jic, grease, ior uciaine line comb'
ing. 34-3Gc for -blood, 40-42c for
-blood and 48-51 for -blood. Pull-
L-u wuujh una lexns woo s nnvp nnon
soia in smau lots at steady, unchang-
PORTLAND GRAIN
Portland, Nov. 1 on Wheat fu
tures: open high low close
may 70 75 73 73
Dec 69 69 67 67
Cash: Big Bend Bluestem 75; dark
hard winter 12 77. 11 " GR: snfft
wnite, western wnite. nartl winter,
northern soring, western red f!7.
uats. NO. 2 wn te 822 Corn. No. 3
yi-uuw oii.nu, Miwrun Btnnciara Bij.ou,
Car receipts, wheat 68, flour 12,
corn 3, barley 2, bay 1.
CHICAGO GRAIN
Chicago. Nov. 1 (Pt Wheat, No.
hard 07; No. 3 mixed 8314.
Corn, No. 2 mixed 38W-40: No.
mixed 38-39'; No. 2 yellow 40'-
xa. nu, o yenow no. J wnite
41-J4: No. 3 white 40-41: New corn,
No. 3 yellow 37-39: No. 4 yellow
34V,-36; No 6 white
Oats. No.' 2 white as-U; No. 8
wnite 3-33. Barlev 45-72.
Timothy seed (5.50-(6, Clover socd
911-911 cwt.
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK
Portland, Nov. 1 m Cattle 100,
calves 20. Steady, unchanged, slow.
Steers, common ana medium (2.50
(5; heifers, common-medium (2.50
(4.26; cows, common-medium (2,25
(3, low cutter and cutter (1.25-(2.25;
bulls, cutters and medium. (1.75-:t:
vealers, good-choice (6-(7, cull, com
mon, medium (3-(6. Calves, good and
choice (4-(6.60; common-medium
Hogs 200. Steady, unchanged.
Lightweight, good and choice (3.75-
(4.60. medium weight, good-choice
(4.16-(4.60; heavyweight, good-choice
(4-(4.25; packing bows, medium and
good (3.10-M.10; slaughter pigs, good
choice (3-O.50; feeder and stocker
pigs good-cnoico (3.50-(4.
Sheep 200, Steady, unchanged.
Lambs, good-choice (5-(5.50, common-medium
(3.50-(5; yearling we
thers (2.60-M.50; ewes 75c-(3.
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK
ChlCairo. Nov 1 W! (U. S D A
Hogs 21,000; rather slow, steady to 10c
uigncr. Detter urn tie aoo-270 ins nis.
30, extreme top (4.35, sows (3.25-60.
Cattle 8500 meagre supply light wt.
steers and light heifers and mixed
yearimgs steany, iew loads or neiiers
(5.75-(6, few early sales and bids 10
15c lower on Practically all tirades of
sieers scaling over lusu-los. strictly
choice 1000-11). yearling steers (6.25,
very well finished 1350-lb. Averages
(5.60. All cows easy with undertone
weax to lower, vealers 25c lower, most
ly down.
Sheep 12,000; fat lambs slow, steady
to lower, some cnrlv bids 2Eo nff rtn-
slrablo natives (6.60 down, best lots
held around (0.75, native throwouts
around $4.505. sheen and feedlns
lambs steady, common-choice native
ewes (1.50-(2.50. and above. Feeding
lamoo arouna ?o.7S-?u.ao.
Salem Markets
Compiled from reports ol Sa
lem dealers, for the guidance
of Capital Journal reader.
(Revised llrlly).
Wheat. No. 3 white 63. red sacked
62c bushel.
Feed oats (10 ton, milling oats (18
ton, feed barley (15 ton,
Clovii. i:i tints ami vetch IIS: vnl
ley alfalfa (15 ton. Malting barley No.
1. B1U.
Hugs Valley Packing Co.: top grades
HU-1UU IDS. P4.UU. ItiU-yUU IDS. B4.DU,
200-225 lbs. (4.25. 325-260 lbs. (4.00.
Sows (3-(3.50.
Hotrs Midget Market: ton grades.
140-160 lbs. (4.00. 160-200 lbs. (4.25.
iUU-O IDS, M, -WO-iOU IDS.
veai o'-c 10. oresseu.
Top hogs. 120 lbs. 6'o Jb. dressed.
Piultrv i,1oht hens 7c medium bc
lb. heavy hens 11c, colored fryers 12c.
Leghorn broilers 12c lb. Colored broil
ers 12c. Stags 4c, old roosters 4c lb,
Eggs Mediums 23c, standards 23c,
extras 20c dozen.
uutter uuues zoq id., prints aac
Butterfat 30c lb.
Cheese Selling price Marlon coun
' triplets 11-12Q loaf 19c lb.
IVOIII,. Moll A IK
Wool Course 23c lb medium 3fle
SKUNK DIDN'T THANK HIM
Montour Falls, N. Y. (IP) An In
fected finger whs the reward Melvln
Smith received after he attempted
to aid a skunk. Smith dropped a
rope around the pole cat and hauled
It to safety when It was discovered
trapped in a deep hole. While re
moving the rope the skunk bit his
finger. J
STOCKS CLOSE
HIGHER AFTER
EARLY SLUMP
New York, Nov. 1 (LP) The stock
market etched a curious price pat
tern today In one of the dullest
trading sessions ol recent weeks.
Early firmness gave way to com
paratively sharp losses In the aft
ernoonafter wheat had cracked on
reports, later denied, that specula
tive trading was to be banned then
started climbing hack towards the
close, in late dealings losses were
erased and gains of fractions to 4
points were substituted.
Leaders in firmness today were
metal and repeal stocks. The form
er profited by reports that some sort
of administration statement was to
be made which would be of benefit
to silver. These reports could not
be traced but metal shares held
gains throufhout the session, even
when the selling wave struck the
market in the mid-afternoon.
There was little In the business or
monetary situation to offer market
incentive. The only burst of ac
tivity was on the down-side when
tickers got one minute behind floor
transactions. Then trading dried
up ana near tne close tickers again
were Dareiy moving.
Tne dollar continued easier In
foreign exchange trading while the
government gold price was advanced
to 5-J2.26; reliectine a further reces
sion in the gold value of the dollar.
uotton trading was steady and ral
lied to around previous closing lev
els after a decline of 50 cents a bale.
wneat finished with a loss of
around 2 cents a bushel, un from
earner lows or more than 3 cents
a busnel.
The late strength came Into the
market suddenly. It was accompan
ied by no particular flurry.
utock sales todav weri 1.140 (win
snares as against 1.130.000 yester
day. Curb sales were 173,000 shares
as against 157,000 shares yesterday.
uow-jones preliminary avernres
snowea, inaustrial ba.60, up 1.44;
railroad 36.16, up 0.22; utilities 22.91,
off 0.17.
DIVIDENDS CHEER
FINANCIAL CENTER
New York. Nov. 1 VP) Favornhlp
dividend changes In October were
nearly double the unfavorable ac
tions, according to a compilation by
Standard Statistics company show
ing oo cases ol increased, resumed.
extra and initial disbursements, as
against n decreases and omissions.
The record is in sharp contrast to
mac or October, 1932, when unfav
orable revisions totaled 88 com
pared with 35 unfavorable changes.
PWA LOAN FOR
MAPLEWOOD WATER
Washington, Nov. 1 R Secre
tary Ickes today allotted $4,179,283
for 38 non-federal projects in 22
states wnicn It was said would pro
vide 63,278 man-months of employ
ment. The projects Included Portland,
Oregon, lonn and grant, water
mains, $15,435.
The Portland loan and grant was
to the Maplewood water district
for construction of new water mains
with pressure regulation. Thirty per
cent of , the labor and material cost,
approximately $13,000. Is a grant.
The balance Is a loan secured by
4 per cent general obligation bonds.
Kork can start In 30 days and is
estimated to give 16 men employ
ment for two months.
O, Watta Life, Watta
Life for Husbands!
St. Louis, Nov. 1 MV-Greenland's
Just the place for men with ambi
tions to be "boss" in their own
home.
The women there, Rockwell Kent,
artist and author, told the Wash
ington University here, do most of
the work and don't grumble about
It. They start the fires and warm
each article of clothing before the:
man puts It on. '
EXPORT WHEAT PRICE I
Portland. Nov. 1 P The North
Pacific Emergency Export corpora
tion today posted a country price ol
70 cents a bushel for soft white;
export wheat.
LINDY TO LEAVE
Paris, Nov. 1 IP Colonel Charles
A. Lindbergh today Informed the air
ministry he intended to leave Prance
with Mrs. Lindbergh within the next
48 hours.
IN PUERTO RICO
A fence situation wai created tn Sao Juan, Puerto Rico, by bomb
plots directed at Gov. Robert H. Gore (left). Additional police protec
tion wai ordered following the finding of a bomb in the garden of his
San Juan residence and an explosion on the roof of hit summer home.
The calm of the Island was further disturbed by striking students who
protested the appointment of Rafael Alonzo Torres (right) as a trustee
of Puerto Rico university. (Associated Press Photos)
Local Cannery Pack
Totals 1,250,000 Cases
30,000 Barrels Cherries
With the main canning season rapidly drawing to a close
and some of the canneries already shut down for the season,
a rough checkup indicates that
high as a million and a quarter
cases for fruits and vegetables in
the Salem district. Added to this
the fact that the biggest barreled
cherry pack in the history of the
district, between 30,000 and 35,000
barrels, was put up this season,
the year will stand out as one of
the big years In the fruit industry
regardless of the depression. The
biggest year here probably never
exceeded a million and a half cases.
There are some other interesting
features In connection with the
pack which give it a distinction all
its own. For instance the fact that
strawberries and loganberries were
ALL SHIPPERS
Portland. Nov. 1 LP) The blanket
license for all handlers of fresh de
ciduous tree fruits grown In Wash
ington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana
which became effective Saturday,
was received by G. A. Nahstoll, field
representative. Copies have been
mailed out to all handlers of tree
fruits in the four states.
Under the provisions of the license
every person, firm, corporation and
association sniping from these states,
fresh deciduous tree fruits grown in
these states is permitted to engage
in tlie handling of these fruits in
the current of Interstate or foreign
commerce only so long as they com
ply with the regulations set forth in
the license terms.
In general the terms prescribed
are Identical with the articles and
provisions in the marketing agree
ment approved by the secretary of
agriculture October 13.
In issuing this license It Is stated
that the secretary has determined
that this step Is necessary in order to
eliminate unfair practices that pre
vent or tend to prevent the effectu
ation of the declared policy of the
agricultural adjustment act, with re
spect to this fruit and the restora
tion of normal economic conditions
in the marketing and financing of
such commodities.
"The secretary finds that the
handling of fresh deciduous tree
fruits grown in these states," the
text of the license said, "is in the
current of foreign commerce and
the current of interstate and intra
state commerce which are inextric
ably intermingled and that the pres
ent acute economic emergency in
agriculture has effected transactions
in these fruits with a national public
interest and has burdened and ob
structed the normal currents of
commerce in such commodities.
"We are very gratified to have the
industry placed under a blanket li
cense," Paul A. Schcrer, president
or the control committee, said today.
"This marks the culmination of
many years of continuous work and
concerted thought of the leaders of
the industry towards a united pro
gram. With this board power we
are bending our every effort to es
tablish prosperous conditions for the
fruit growers of the northwest."
Witness Missing
In Burdick Case
Portland, Nov. 1 (LP) Mrs. Sarah
E. Scollard Smith failed to appear
to prosecute her suit against Den
ton G. Burdick and others to re
cover $43,000 allegedly obtained
from her by fraud.
An attorney for the eccentric
millionairess said he had not heard
from her for two years. The suit
was tried, however, on Burdlck's
cross complaint asking Judgment of
(30,000 as the balance due on a con
tract for legal services.
Judge W. A. Ekwall took the suit
under advisement.
Chest Drive Stands
At $4000 in Check-Up
Marshfleld, Nov. 1 (IP) Marsh-
field's community chest drive stood
at approximately $4000 today. The
minimum quota was set at $5000.
Members of the 20-30 club which is
sponsoring the campaign declare
they will raise the entire amount "If
it takes from now until Christmas."
CONTROVERSY
this season's pack may run as
pretty well out of the picture, when
in fat years for those two items
strawberries alone have run as high
as a quarter of a million cases and
loganberries probably as high
half a million cases at the peak. The
pack of both this year was pitiably
small when put into comparison
with the figures for the big years.
Last year from a million to
million and one hundred thousand
cases would probably cover the pack.
This year prunes went as the
biggest item packed, with pears
second and cherries probably in the
third place. Scattered along after
these were logans, strawberries,
blackberries, blackcaps, red rasp
berries and gooseberries. In addi
tion there were added the vege
table packs of tomatoes, beans, car
rots and pumpkins, the pumpkins
being on now and the carrots ex
pected to start shortly.
Of course, one of the outstanding
features of the year was the enor
mous barreled cherry pack, the
like of which has never been seen
here before, but which it is hoped
will be eclipsed in many of the
years to come. The big demand for
the barreled cherries came along
after the Italian cherry was pretty
well shut out. So good has the
cherry crop from the valley proved
to be it is hoped that it can be de
veloped to a point where it will
furnish a good share of the nation's
demands regardless of whether or
not the cherry continues to be pro
tected by a tariff wall. The 30,000
or 35,000 barrels of cherries used
also is an eye opener as to the vast
amount of trade there is in these
barreled cherries for maraschino
and other purposes, such as in
candy making. Candy is responsible
ior a good share of this demand.
Some canneries will still be In
operation for awhile. Hunt Brothers
expects to be operating on pears
the rest of the week and will then
shut down for overhauling. Reld,
Murdock will pack some time on
preserves, Paulus Brothers have
their carrot pack ahead and the
Oregon Packing company is still
putting up pumpkins. Producers,
West Salem and Starr canneries
are reported down for the season.
The strawberry barreled mck
wnicn generally cuts such a big fig
ure was comparatively small, in fact
very small, when the large packs
01 past years are taken into con
sideration. The virtual elimination
of the canned and barreled packs
of strawberries this year was due
in the main to the freezing weather
or last winter.
CHARITIES SEEK TO
WIN $1000 PRIZE
Which charity In Oregon has the
best chance of winning the (1000
offered by the Gilmore Oil com
pany, through Earl B. Gilmore, pres
ident? That Is the question which
most of Salem is trying to answer.
Interest in the contest has proved
more intense here than even Guy V.
Smith, local Gilmore manager, ex
pected. '
Cy H. Pruner, assistant northwest
manager of the company, recently
made a trip through the state to see
how things are coming along, and he
reports that general reception of the
idea is as strong as it Is in Salem.
November 17 Is the last call for
votes, and up until then any man,
woman or child may receive one bal
lot card each.
Charities in this district eligible
for votes are: Associated Charities,
Salvation Army, Marion County Red
Cross, Spinsters club of Salem, West
Salem Community club, Community
Service, Salem.
Comment Made On .
Moisture Question
The California Prune and Apricot
Growers association, in a statement
quoted in the California Fruit News
referring to the moisture tolerance
in dried fruits established last
spring by the federal government in
food and drugs act regulations, says
that it feels it was probably unfor
tunate that the association was not
represented at that hearing and
that it did not suggest 30 per cent
moisture content rather than the
smaller amount prescribed. The
Prune Association says it feels
that an excellent case in support
of such a recommendation could
have been made.
Presumably, the coming session
of the national Congress will be
considering an entirely new food
and drugs law and there will bo fur
ther opportunity to discuss these
matters. But If the bureaucrats and
theorists have anything like their
way in the matter, we may have a
pure food law and Its subsequent
regulatons tending to increase the
hazards, embarrassments and costs
of foods rather than otherwise,
from what has been comina out of
Washington for some time on these
matters.
Pastor's Blood Aids
Woman Parishoner
New Britain. Conn. tP When the
Rev. George R. LaPlash, pastor of
Emanuel Gospel church called on
Mrs. Lucy Juliano, a parishioner. In
a Hartford hospital, he was told her
condition had suddenly become crit
ical and that a blood transfusion
was necessary.
"Perhaps my blood would do,"
suggested the minister.
A blood test was made, the blood
found satisfactory, and the trans
fusion followed.
VERMOUTH S1I1ITED
8an Francisco (IP) Now San Fran
ciscans know how close "repeal" Is.
The Italian steamer California dock
ed the other day. In her hold were
600 cases of Italian vermouth the
first shipment to be brought here
since pre-war days.
JAPANESE BUY
1000 TONS OF
Portland, Nov. 1 (P) The first
sales of wheat and flour to go
from the north Pacific coast Into
export channels through govern
ment aid, were confirmed here to
day. The first parcel of 1,000 tons of
wheat was sold through a Portland
exporter to Japan and there were
reports of offers that probably will
result In considerable business In
the near future, dealers said.
The initial sale of flour to the
Orient, financed through the emer
gency export corporation, was ship
ped by a Portland mill. Although
confirmation of the deal was had,
details were kept secret.
Douglas Mclntyre, personal rep
resentative of the secretary of ag
riculture, admitted that both wheat
and flour business has passed, but
he refused to state the amount, or
name the dealers or the price or
actual destination.
The Journal said today that
heavy sales of both wheat and
flour to China are likely to be
confirmed within the next few
hours. The Chinese government
has signed all necessary papers and
tne only thing awaiting settlement
is the actual destination as
well as the amount in which each
mill will participate."
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them, and after scanning the com
mittee's report the executive, seem
ingly, Is no better satisfied with
their findings than was the public
at large. He Is also cognizant of the
fact that the legislature, with its
predominating upstate majority, is
just about as apt to sanction
special state tax program of from
$5,000,000 to $12,000,000 as sugges
ted as It is to refuse to pay for
its labors.
In organizing the committee of
32 the governor requested it to work
out a tax program for relief that
could be justified and sold to the
people. In meeting that qualifica
tion the committee's report was a
dud, and the job of doing what the
committee failed to do now comes
back to roost with the executive.
Just what 'solution of the relief
tax problem Governor Meier will
offer has not been divulged. Nei
ther he nor any of his close ad
visers are talking for publication.
But it Is known that he intends
to approach the problem through
an attempt to reduce the need for
direct relief to a minimum by
stimulating employment to its
maximum through the use of fed
eral PWA loan and grant money on
public works. For weeks he has
been assembling data regarding
possblle state construction projects
that might be utilized to provide
Jobs for the unemployed. Included
in tne program he has assembled
are the proposal to apply for a loan
and grant of $15,000,000 for high
way work, and tne plan or financ
ing improvements in state institu
tional plants to the amount of $1.-
300.000 out of federal money.
xnac tnis part of the program
has been whipped into definite
shape Is Indicated by the announce
ment of a conference in Portland
Saturday mornlne of the eovernor
ana memoers oi tne mghway com
mission with the public works ad
visory Board for Oregon. No one
needs to be told what the confer
ence will be about.
Evidently Governor Meier hns
taken serlouslv to heart the chal
lenge to leadership In the present
euuiiumic crisis rung at nim repeat
edly by the press of the state anrf
by such of his political opponents
as tscrt b. naney, a member of the
committee of 32. who at the outset
of the committee's deliberations be
rated the executive In no uncertain
words.
Governor Meier. SDanrentlv. In
tends to do something about It.
whether for political reasons or for
tne good of the state.
Speaking of gubernatorial politics.
and political reasons and reasoning,
there are a lot of boys on tho side
lines these days who have their
eyes glued on the maneuvers of
Charles M. Thomas, public utilities
commissioner and close political as
sociate of Governor Meier and King-
Maker Henry Hanzen. For months
there has been more or less talk
that Thomas would be the selection
of the bull-frog generals as the
candidate to succeed Meier.
During the legislature Thomas
blossomed forth as a crusader in the
interest of the dear people with his
famous seven point utility control
bill. The emasculation to which
that bill was subjected by the legis
lature served but to add to the
political ammunition of Thomas
and establish him as an arch-enemy
of tho hated power trust.
To maintain h s status before
the voters and kesp himself In lime
light, the utilities commissioner
again donned the togs of the glad
iator later in the spring and an
nounced in speeches at Klamath
Falls and Tillamook, both hotbeds
of anti-utility sentiment, that he
proposed to carry his fight for the
seven-point control bill in Its orig
inal form to the people through the
Initiative.
The result was more cheers and
columns of publicity.
"inen came tiie rumpus over the
truck bill, carefully nursed along
by the studied reticence of the
utility commissioner to take sides
In the matter of enforcemsnt of
the obnoxious act until the psycho
logical moment arrived. When the
Independent truckmen had orgon-
lzed a force of some 20,000 truckers
and hnd whipped their indignation
to fighting heat, and after the su
preme court had declared the truck
bill constitutional and enforceable
then Thomas stepped In In the
role of savior of the downtrodden
independents.
In an ultunatum timed and stag
ed to perfection he announced a
moratorium on the features of the
truck bill to which the Indepen
dents objected until after the legis
lature had been given an opportun
ity to correct them. All hail our
friend, the truckers acclaimed, as'
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county he saw 29 carcasses of bull
elk, elk calves, buck deer and deer
faun. From four of the bull elk tho
heads had been taken, and from onev
or two of the deer one back quar
ter had been taken. All other car
casses were left as they had been
shot down.
P. J. Stffcn swore to an affidavlt
that on the Hoo Doo trail he Eaw
carcasses of eight bull elk with noth
ing taken from any of them but
the teeth, and the heads of two.
"There was no way to get them
out without cutting a trail for
nearly a mile, he said.
ERMA THE CAT GETS
HER FAVORITE DISH
Byron, Calif., Nov. 1 P) Erma la
distinctly a creature of habit. She'i
the official mouse-catcher for Olan
Long, until recently a resident of
Byron.
Erma's favorite food is milk. For
many a month it was served to hor
in a dish under an oak tree in the
long back-yard at Byron. Several
weeks ago the Longs moved to Tracy
and left the dish behind.
Erma stayed in Tracy Just two
days. She disappeared and wa
later found beside her dish in By
ron. Long returned her to Tracy.
Two days later she was back beside
her empty milk dish in Byron. Back
to Tracy went Erma. This time
Long watched her. She hiked down
to the railroad station, waited for
.the Byron freight and climbed
aboard the caboose.
Now Erma has her dish in Tracy.
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also thought there would be dis
cussions as to what might possibly
be of interest to these organizations
in the special session of -the legis
lature now only three weeks away.
It is expected that by tomorrow
morning the tentative budget for
the court and budget commission to
pass on will be in shape. This will
show the estimated costs of county
government as figured out by var
ious officials for their respective of
fices and also as to estimated re
ceipts from sources other than tax
ation, as well as estimated costs for
other activities other than those
reported in by the officials. With
this tentative budget In hand the
officials will go over It and prune
or approve as they deem best. The
latter part of the month a final
budget meeting will be held witli
taxpayers present to pass on the
budget In its completed form.
ISLAND FLOATS
San Francisco (IP) The local
branch of the government hydro
graphic service Is checking a new
freak of the ocean. The Mexican
steamship Korigan m reported
passing a floating island about 20
miles south of Cape Corrientes .
Thomas thumbed his nose at the
courts and defied them.
Now come the big, bad corpora
tions; oppressors of the oppressed
the big common carrier truck lines
with a mandamus action in the
courts to compel Thomas to do his
duty and enforce the law as writ
ten; to lay the lash across the bend
ed backs of the Independents who
contend that they cannot raise the
fees Imposed upon them by the act.
What a break for Thomas; and
what a blunder by the big truckers,
with a special session of the legis
lature which is bound to change the
law only three weeks away.
It is safe to say that the man
damus action will never be tried;
that Thomas will voluntarily comply
with the demands of the common
carriers and start enforcing the law,
but he will do so with well empha
sized reluctancy.
Today the Associated Press Is au
thority for a report that Thomas Is
already preparing a statement to be
Issued within the next few hours, In
which he will admit that there Is
nothing left for him to do but en
force the law. What a statement
that promises to be; what a de
nunciation the greedy truck trust
has let itself in for; what a tongue
lashing the heartless courts will get,
and
What a hero Candidate Thomas
will emerge.
Likewise the observers are getting
something of a kick out of the de
velopments which have followed
press announcements that Senator
W. E. Burke of Yamhill county, has
been selected to carry the banner ol
the remnants of the Joseph "free
power" group in the republican
gubernatorial primary of next May.
Burke's unofficial announcement,
made in Portland last week through
members of his professed campaign
organization, credited him with a
substantial war chest provided by
an unnamed angel; a platform de
manding public power development
and further tax relief for farmers,
and the support of such recognized
hydrophobic leaders as state ttm.
surer Rufus Holman, Senator Sam
orown oi Marion, George Joseph.
Jr., and others.
Scarcely had the ink dried on the
newspapers carrying the news ot
Burke's coup than It became ap
parent that he had beat the gun
that all was not as he and his
friends would have It.
A prominent Marion county
spokesman and strategist for the
Joseph-Holman forces tat .-
sion to ride rough-shod over the an
nouncement of Burke s candidacy.
-vo .i hu,, ijruciHimeo tnis
spokesman. "Pure hlnnit.io.Mi-
bunkl Why, we would support Jul
ius Meier in preference to Burke."
iimi seems to be linitl; emphat
ically final. But the spokesman am
plifies with the guess that If th
story of Eurke's candidacy and his
vilest is autnentic, the candi
dacy is intended to split the antl
Meicr forces, and the war rhest
ccme from utility sources. We also
question tne public ownership con
vlctlons of one J. U. Smith, one time
republican central committee chair,
man, who Is reported to b manag
ing the Burke campaign.