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Newspaper Page Text10 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1933 DEMANDS FOR CUBE BUTTER RAISE PRICES Portland, Dec. 21 (IP) Latest ad- fance of one half to one oent pound In the price on cube butter here follows an actual shortage of fresh churning, so great was the In creased demand from the public when the price dropped several cents early In the week that most outributors were unable to fill ord era. There was a general scramble for cubes and for butterfat which nn ally resulted In price betterment. Butterfat advanced lo pound, Trading In the fresh egg market Is somewhat better as a result of the low prices and the better quality of offerings. Consumers are buy ing more eggs now that they can get fresh goods. Owing to accumulations of non- Keeping quality stuff, market cranberries is weaker. The trade has been hurt much by the poor stuff while quality offerings are held fairly steady. Market 'is well supplied with oys ters for the holiday and especially the large Pacifies which are moving at very low prices. Natives are in good supply with a small demand on account of the relatively higher price. Lettuce market deal is not so firm and prices are off perhaps 25-50c crate for Californian, including the Imperial. Dalles stock is in small supply and selling well. Tomatoes of quality scarce with hothouse higher. California quality peas are selling lainy steady at late prices. Quality local cauliflower is scarce with market firm; Roseburg broccoli moving better. Potato market is weak with onions . firm and few growers selling, Cheese market is weak. Lemons arc up again, OREGON HOPS 97,800 BALES ' Pacific coast hop markets were rather quiet during the week end ing December 14, with trading and movement of considerably less vol ume than during the past few weeks according to the weekly hop mar ket review of the United States bureau of agricultural economics. Blackening of foreign demand, par tlcularly from English buyers, was regarded as the principal factor in the quiet market situation this week but a continued dull domes tic inquiry was an additional in fluence. The less active inquiry from England was attributed to the needs of buyers in that market be ing supplied for the present from the heavy recent purchases, and also from the further drop in the pound sterling, which feu to s&.03Mi on December 13, compared with $5.12 on December 6. Despite the dull demand from both foreign and domestic buyers, the moderate to light offerings by growers, particu larly for the butter quality hops, lenaca to main lain a steady under tone to the market. In Oregon markets, trading and movement was moderate to light as ompared with recent weeks. Around 500 bales of new crop hops, fciostly of medium quality, sold at 15c per pound, net to growers for late clusters. Other sales included SO bales of better quality at 30c, nd 40 bales at 33c per pound net rowers. Practically all of these tales were for English account, with fcuyers from that market continu ing to manifest Interest In Oregon fcops throughout the period, al though less actively than during recent weeks. While the definite and complete check on the 1033 Oregon production and remaining stocks, has not yet been completed by the Oregon dealers who cooper ate in assembling those figures, preliminary trade estimates Indicate the Oregon crop this year totaled around 97,800 bales, of which about 22,000 to 2&.000 bales remained in growers' hands on December 13. The Washington 1033 hop production was placed according to trade esti mates at around 31,000 bales, but figures as to unsold stocks remain ing in first hands were not yet available. MANAGER MAKES STUDY OF MARKET The walnut harvest and market ing situation is reported as follows by Carlyle Thorpe, general man ager, California Walnut Growers' association as quoted in the Cali fornia Fruit News: "The walnut harvest is now com pleted and the latest estimate of the crop on a field run basis is 29, 500 tons, of which 4S00 tons are culls and will be diverted to the by product plants for shelling and 25, 000 tons will represent the mer-j chantable unshclled pack. This Is 32.4 per cent less than the 37,000 tons producer the previous season. "The initial orders from the trade were placed on a very con servativein fact, one might say, a hand-to-mouth basis but most buyers have already run out of their first purchases and replenishment orders are being received in un expectedly large volume, which in dicates that consumers are going to use a lot of walnuts for the holi days. "Export fin lea to Europe since the first of September have amounted to more than 110,000 bags, mostly from the 1932 crop carry-over. Old crop stocks have now been reduced to 2,400 bags, and all of this remainder will be converted into shelled walnuts through the association's by-products plants. "The demand for shelled walnuts is exceptionally strong and active and as a result of these operations there seems no doubt but what this season's comparatively short crop, plus last year's carry-over, will be completely disposed of in advance of the 1934 harvest In fact, al ready the association is completely sold out of several of Its most popular packs," NEW YORK STOCKS Closing Quotations by ' Associated Press Alaska Juneau 19 Al Chem. ie Dye 142 L American Can 93 JA American Commercial Alcohol ..452 American & Foreign Power 7 American Smelt. At Ref 39 A. T. & T. 109 J, American Tobacco B 71 Anaconda 13 Atchison 53'4 Atlantic Ref 28 'A Bendix Aviation 15a Bethlehem Steel 34 Burroughs Adding Machine 15 California Pack 10 I. Case 64 Caterpillar Tractor 23 Chrysler 49 Commercial Solvent 30 Vi Continental Can 7334 Corn Prod 73"4 Curtlss Wright 2 Du Pont 88 Eastman 78 General Electric 17 General Foods 33 General Motors 32 Gold Dust 16 . Homestake Mining 295 International Hnrvester 38 'A i International Nick 21 'i ! I. T. & T. 12 ! Johns Man 55 Kennccott 19 Llbbey-o-Ford 33 A MARKET QUOTATIONS PORTLAND FASTS IDE MARKET Portland. Dec. 21 (U.PJ Lettuce and SDlnach were the scarce offerings to day on the farmers' eastslde market, Dalles lettuce eoiu to bug crate, very rapidly. Bpinacn irom ine Danes sola mostly 7oc orange dox. celery was quite active ann steady prices. Brussels sprouts held well witnin tne recent price range. All root vegetables sola steaay. Cabbage was In good call at main tained prices for white, red and curly, uenerai prices ruica: Beets Local 10c doz. bunches. Carrots Local 10c doz. bunches. Turnips Local white 20c. purple top 25-2uc uoz, Duncnes, Rutabagas No. 1. 30c. ordinary 25c lug. potatoes ucscnutes l.as: xaitima No. 1 1.26-30; No. 2 00c cental; local o. l Bl cental. wiic orange dox, Cnbbafie Local 45-COc crntc: red 35-40c cant, crate; Chinese 40-SOc Lettuce The Dalles 80c. local 60 60c crate. Celery Local 40-BOc doz.. hearts 05- 70c doz. bunches. Radishes Local 10c doz. bunches. Onions Green 10c doz, bunches; dry local $1.25, Yakima 05c-l cental. cau ni lower jocai no. i vo-uuc: no. 2 35-ioc crate. Brussels sprouts No. I 45c box; basket crates 60c. PRODUCE EXCHANGE Portland. Dec. 21 (U.R) The follow ing prices were named to be effective today: Butter Cube extras 17c, standords ice. nrlme firsts 10c. II rata 15c lb. Cheese 92 score. Orciton triplets Oc, loaf 10c lb. Brokers poy y2c less. kubs tac. fouury rrooucers- scii lnn urlces: Fresh extra specials 25c. extras 23c, standards 20c, mediums !0c doz. PORTLAND WHOLESALE Portland. Dec. 21 (U.PJ These are prices retailers pay wholesalers, except. whcio otherwise statca: Butterfat Port, delivery: Grade 5c. farmers' door delivery 12-13c lb. Sweet cream 6c higher. (jnccoe Belling price 10 roru&na retailers: Tillamook triplets 16c, loaf 17c lb. Tillamook selling prices to wholesalers; Triplets 14c, loai 10c id Ekks BuyIuk urlco by wholesalers: Fresh extras 21c, firsts 17c, mediums 10c, unucrgraucs inn, puucis aoz. Milk contract price. 4. Portland delivery, $1.70 cwt. B grado cream 37 J ccntB a pound. Livo poultry Portland aenvery buy ing prices: Colored IowIb 4-0 lbs. 10c, over 6 lbs. 10c, spring pullets 2-2 lbs. lie. roasters over 3 lbs; lie. Leghorn fowls, over 3 lbs. 9c, under A lbs. uc. broilers l'A-a ids. 12c. z lbs. and up 10c, stags 0c, roosters 5c lb. Pekln ducks 10c, colored ducks 7c. Geese 8c lb .Turkeys, No. 1 10-12c lb. TurKcys miying prices. uressca. dry picked young toms 12 lbs. and up io-i7c iu., nens b ids. up n-juc, oiu hens 12c lb. FKKSH FRUIT Cranberries Northwest. Blacks. Mc- Barlane and Howes $2.50-05 per bbl. dox ; easier n American ueauiy i.uu 82: late Howes S2.40-65 V bbl. Grapes Malaga 65-86c, Emperor 1 .70-00 lug. Apples New crop local 7c-n oo ox. Grapefruit Imperial valley 93 case. Florida $4.25 case. oranges uaiu. navcis ea.ao: vaien- clas $2.75-t3 case. umcs box or iuu, 91. id-. Lemons California 5.50-8.76 ca. Bananas 5c lb., hands 5o lb. FKES1I VK(1ETAIII,E9 Potatoes Local white and red $1- 1.05 cental: Yakima 91.25-35; 'Des chutes 1.30-40 cental. peppers ua nr. auc id. Onions Yakima 61.10-26: Oregon 91.00-75 cental. uauimower worinwest u-ua crnie Sweet potatoes Calif, ft 1.76-86 per crato; southern yams 92.15-25 bushel. cucumbers Slicing, noinouse uuc- 1.10 do. spinach Local bo-obc orange dox. Celery Local 60-GOo doz.. hearts OOc-91 doz. bunches. Cnbbnge lieu 4c id., local bd-70c crntc. Tomatoes Hothouse 10s 81-81.50 n box. Calif. 92.16-75 lug repacked. Lettuce The unnoe uuc-i crate local 00 -65c crate. Imperial 93.50-94. California 92.60-75. Broccoli 85 -00c crate. MEATS AND PROVISIONS Country meats Selling prices to retailers: Country killed hogs, best butchers under 150 lbs. 6-7c. lb. Vcalcrs 90-100 lbs 7c lb, light and thin 6-Bc: heavy calves 4c lb. Lambs 10-llc. yearlings 4-oc, heavy ewes 3c lb. Medium cows 3-5c, canncr cows 3c lb. Bulls 4c lb. Leaf lnrd Tierce basis 8V4c lb. Bacon Fancy 20-20 'Ac lb. Hams- fancy 17c lb., picnics 12'c lb. Hops 1B33 clusters 25-330 lb Wool 1933 clip nominal: Willam ette valley 22-25c lb., eastern Oregon 16-21C. southern idano m-vue id. POHTI.ANO LIVESTOCK Portland. Dec. 21 W Cattle 50. calves 75 Stendy. meers. common ana medium sa.ou- 95.50; heifers comnion-mrcUum 92.25 94.60; cows, common-medium 92.25 93.26; low cutter and cutter 91-92.25. Hulls, cutter, medium 91 75-92.75. VcHlrrs, good and choice 95-90, cull, common and medium 93.50-95. Calves, good and choice 94-95, common and medium 92-94. Hogs 300. Steady. Lightweight, good and choice 93.36 94.00, medium weight, good-choice 93.80-94.00; heavyweight, good-choice 93.25-93.75; packing sows, medium and good 92.35-93.25; feeder and sto ck cr pigs, good-choice 92.75-93.25. Sheep 150. About steady. thumbs, good and choice 95 25-90 00; medium 92.75-95.25; yearling wethers 93.75-94.50; ewes 91-92, HUSTON WOOL Boston. Dec. 21 lUR A little of ev erything but not very much of any one grnde of wool is being sold today In the Boston mnrkct. One of the most active Is the scoured pulled wool division Sales during the past few dayR in this division nggrrgate several thosunnd bens of "B" supers which bc-ought 67-Cttc. The fine A's moved in kss volume than B's at 90-95c. A fair business Is being done In fine and flnc-mrdhtm wool. The usual wools of this type are quotrd 8fl-R8c. Ohio Delaine brings 30c In the grense with, out difficulty nnd otten others asked more. Drmnnd In half bloods brought prices to 30 -37c lb. In the grease for Liggett it Myers B 82 luijuju suru 2534 Montgomery Ward 20 Nash Motors 22 National Biscuit 4014 National Dairy Prod 12'A National Distillers 23 Pacific Gas 4c Electric 15 Packard '. 3 J. C. Penney 61 Penn. R R 20 Phillips Petroleum 14 Public Service N. J 33 Pullman 43 Sears Roebuck , 40 Shell Union 714 Southern Pacific a Standard Brands .... ..20 Standard Oil California ....39 Studebaker !!!!!"! iTans -America 6 union carb 43H. unucu Aircraic 30 Union Pacific 110 unitea uorporauon ...4'', U. S, Industrial Alcohol 49 U. S. Rubber 14 is u, s. Steel 4514 West Electric dc Mfg. , . . ; 35 Woolworth 39 CLOSING CUItn QUOTATIONS Cities Service . ....1 Electric Bond dc Share 10 Swift & Co 98 Ohio Delaine and 83-85c for territory cleaned. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK Chicago, Doc. 21 ) (U. S D. A.) Hogs 28.000; fairly active, 6-10c high er; 190-G50 lbs. 93.25-35; sows 92.35-60 Cattle 4000; medium wt. and weigh ty steers 25c higher, active, 1277-lb, offerings up to 90; 1131-lba. 96.25; bullocks 95.36; light heifer and mixed yearlings 25c lower; cows strong, veal crs strong, largely 94.50-95. ShceD 10.000: fat lamhn nrt.lvfl ntrn- dy to strong, around 97.25-60; nothing uune on cuppcu iamos; undertone is firm on aged sheep. PORTLAND (1HAIN Portland, Dec. 21 (A1) Wheat fu tures : open hieh low close May 71J4 71 6 1VA 71'i Dec 6ltt 67(5 67 67 Cash: Bis Bend Blues turn flQ- ttarir hard winter 12 71, 11 68; soft White. WCBtern white, hard winter northern spring, western red 66. Oats, No. 2 white 922.50. Corn No. 2 yellow 921.75. MUlrun standard 914. Car receipts: Wheat 61, flour 21, corn 6. barley 1. CHICAGO Git A IN Chicago. Dec. 21 (JPt Whnat? Kn 9 hard 79 -80 "A; No. 5 northern spring Corn: No. 2 mixed 43: No. 2 vol low 44"4-: No. 3 44; No. 2 white 46-45ft; new. No. 3 mixed 4iy2-42'A.; No 2 yellow 43t&-44&: No. 2 white 44''. unis, no. wnite uj; no. 3 Barley 43-73. Timothv seed 95.50-88 cwt. Clover seed 911-913.85. cwt. San Francisco. Dec. 21 fd Butter fat f.o.b San Francisco 16c lb. Pre mium grade 17c lb. NEW VOIMt HOPS New York. Dec. 21 (IP) Hons steady. Pacific coast 1933 prime to choice 41 43c, medium to prime 39-41c lb. 1032 primo to choice 37-3BC lb., medium to prime 35-3Cc lb. SAN I ItANCISCO DAIRY San Francisco. Doc. 21 (U.R) Butter. 92 score 17c, 91 score 16c, 90 score iuc id. uggs tsxtra large wc, meu. IQVnC small 16c doz Cheese, fancy flats 10c, triplets 10c lb. PORTLAND SOGAK, FLOUR Portland. Dec. 21 (!') Cane sugar. granulated $4.46, fruit or berry 94.60, beet sugar 94.30 cwt. Domestic nour selling prices, mm delivery 15-libl. lots: Patent 49s 96.40- 97.10; blended 95.75-96.50; soft white pastry 95.40-95.55; bakers' hard whaet pastry si.4U-st.oa: DaKers' nard wneat wheat 95.40-95.60; graham 95.30-95.50. Salem Markets Compiled from reports of Sa lem dealers, for the guidance of Capital Journal readers. (It vised Urll;;. Wheat. No. 2 white 68c. red sacked 57c bushel. Feed oats 815 ton. mill n oats 818 malting barley. No. 1 918 ton Clover bis. oats and vetch 813. val ley alfalfa 914 ton. Hogs vaney pacKins uo.: top grimes 140-160 lbs. 93.50: 160-200 lbs. 93.75: 200-225 lbs. 93-50; 225-250 lbs 93.25. Sows 92.75, lambs 95.25, Hogs Midget MarKCt: top graaes. 140-160 lbs. 93.60, 160-200 lbs. 93.75, 200-226 lbs. 93.50, 225-250 lbs. 83.25. Veal 5UjC lb. dressed. Top hogs 120 lbs 7c lb. dressed. Poultry LlRht hens 6c. medium 7c lb. Heavy hens 10c, colored fryers 10c. Lctihorn broilers lOo lb Colored broil ers 10c. stags 6c, old roosters 4c lb ekks Medium inc. standards 12c. oxtras 16c, pullets 0c dozen. Butter uuues mo id., prints 17c, Butterfat 14c lb. WOOL MOMAIIt Wool Course 21c lb., mcdltun 23c. lambs 2lc lb. THE COOPERS HAPPY NEWLYWEDS Here are the happy newly weds Shaw, society girl who made her debut in the movies last year. They were married at the Park avenue, New York, home of the bride't mother. Mn, Paul -Shields. They left after the ceremony for a wedding Jrip to Phoenix, Arifc .(Axociated Press Photo) PUGET SOUND LOSES MOVE TO LOWER FREIGHTS Portland, Ore., Dec. 31 (a1) Re ceipt of a copy of an order from the Interstate commerce commis sion denying the petition of Puget Sound interests for modification of the ten per cent Columbia river basin freight rate differential in favor of Portland, was announ ced here today by William C. Mc culloch, attorney for Oregon in terests. The formal order denying the petition to vacate the differential was not accompanied by a deci sion or statement of reason, Mc culloch said. The attorney explained that the consideration given the Columbia differential by the Interstate com merce commission, and the action taken on this matter, Is indepen dent of the general grain rate dif ferential case Involving the west ern territory from Chicago to the pacific coast. A decision on the lat ter case Is still pending. A rehearing on the general grain rate case, Mcculloch explain ed, was ordered after the railroads of the west protested the I. c. C. decision under the Hoke-Smith provisions and brought the case to the United States supreme court, wnicn eventually Issued restrain ing order in favor of the railroads after the I. C. C. had ordered low er rates. The interstate commerce commission then vacated its order and the old, higher rates were re stored. The Columbia river differential case was raised by Puget Sound interests prior to the supreme court ruiing, ana me x. c. c. decided then in favor of Portland. The supreme court decision on the gen eral case made a new Columbia ruling necessary, and this has been issued. SPENDING COIN Los Angeles, Dec. 21 P Testi mony that the late Margaret A. Keith, wealthy and eccentric spin ster, once wanted to pay $285,000 for the Beverly Hills mansion which was finally purchased for her for $110,000 less was given a Jury in superior court at the trial of contests brought by relatives to Invalidate her will. The contestants claim the woman, who ended her own life, was of unsound mind. Paul M. Woods, brother-in-law of Miss Keith, stated that Miss Keith wrote a check for $285,000 after seeing pictures of the home. Woods said he destroyed the check and negotiated for the purchase of the residence at a price of $175,000. In appreciation of his act, Woods stated Miss Keith offered him $30,- 000, which he refused. Later, he said, she gave him a check and told him to buy an expensive auto mobile. He stated he got the car and drove it to Miss Keith's home for her to see, whereupon she drew a revolver and ordered him to get out and leave the car. He said he took the pistol away from her, threw it on the floor and left, leaving the car In front of the house. Trial of the suit will continue today. FALL PIG CROP 3 PERCENT LESS Washington, Dec. 21 (Pi The total fall pig crop for 1933 was estimated today by the bureau of agricultural economics at 3 per cent below that of 1932, with a d crease of 8 per cent in the number of sows to farrow next spring. The total pig crop for the entire year was estimated at 80,086,000 head, about 200,000 larger than in 1932. The crop in the corn belt states for the entire year was esti mated at 61,758,000 head, an In crease of 1,600,000 or Vh per cent over 1932. The number of pigs saved in the fall season of 1933 for the entire country was estimated at 28,758,000 head, a decrease of 1,021,000 or 3 per cent from the number saved in the fall of 1932. Gary Coooer. film hero, and Sandra LARGEST VINE This giant grapevine, spreading over more than an acre, Is believed to be the oldest in the country. It was brought from Spain by Mission priestB in 1771 and planted In San Gabriel, Cal. The vine produces a ton of grapes annually, enough, it Is said, to make about 150 gallons of wine. Lita Cortez stands In the shade of the large trunk. (Assocl ated Press Photo) Body of Girl Floor by Knife Found in Bakery at Boston Boston, Dec. 21 (U.R) The body of a beautiful 18 year old girl was found pinned to the floor of a bakery by a bread knife through her throat today. A second knife had been used to carve a cross in her lore-- head. The victim was Ethel Zuckerman, 18, who recently graduated from high school and went to work in the bakery of Benjamin Bickofsky, which is near Boston's Chinatown. The body was discovered by two of her friends. Today police broadcast a request for the arrest for questioning of a 31-year-old musician, described as GERMAN DEMAND FOR NUTS IS HEAVY Since the development of sales machinery in Germany for Califor nia walnuts, advanced last summer by the California Walnut Growers' association, a better than expected volume of business has been done says the California Fruit News. We are Informed from Germany that approximately 4,000 tons of Amer ican walnuts have been soli in Germany so far this year, which amounts to about one-third of the total German annual walnut im ports. This is not at all a bad start, of course, considering the fact that the German markets are so close to the Mediterranean basin walnut production areas. This bus iness, so far as California is con cerned however, has been done at no profit, because of the very low prices at which our walnuts were sold there, the advantage being the Indirect one of assistance in main tenance of our domestic prices." ; TURKEY SUPPLY GROWS PLENTIFUL Portland. Dec. 21 iff) It was in dlcated in the trade here today that offerings of turkeys have greatly increased in the past 24 hours, and that following an extreme lack or offerings in the country, producers now arc phoning and wiring buyers to take hold of ntctr. output. A carload of Albany was reported overnight and local interests were trying to place them. The shortage of hen turkeys and ver ysmall toms continued, with the chief supply consisting of large toms. The largest are not moving well and there was suggestion some of these birds will be forced into coolers. The demand for hens is not being supplied and buyers are still offer ing 17 to is cents for tne best stocK, although tome were inclined to.be weak at 16 to 17 cents. Mackinack Island to Honor Jean Nicolet St, Ignace, Mich. (IP) A celebra tion declared one of the greatest of its kind in the country is plan ned on Mackinack island in July, 1934, in honor of Jean Nicolet, first white man to enter the great north west. All states, and particularly those that made up the old Northwest territory, have been invited to take j part in the festivities commemor ating the 300th anniversary of Nicolet 8 arrival at Mackinack is land. All ceremonies will be held In i virgin timber sites on Mackinack island,-which have changed little in appearance since the French explorer landed there. I SI' ED FOR BACKING I San Jose, Calif. (IP) Because Or lando Friendiana allegedly barked her automobile over them while they were sleeping on the ground at a picnic last summer, Mrs. Ona Rittrr, wife of a San Jose florist. and Miss Elsie Korra', school teach er, recently filed suit for $31,277 against the driver for injuries su stained. STILL PRODUCES Pinned To Dick Brown. They said they un derstood that he was the sweetheart or a former sweetheart cf the slain girl. Detectives said they were com pletely mystified. The girl had been alone in the bakery during the evening. Bickofsky said $8 wa". missing from the cash register, but police did not believe robbery was the motive. A former taxi driver who visited the bakery nightly to buy stale bread for his dog was sought for question ing, although detectives said there was nothing to connect him with the crime except that he had made his usual visit. Earlier the girl had telephoned her employer that he was there but there was no stale bread. She was told to give him fresh. Four bakers were at work on the floor below, but they told police their bread machines prevented them from hearing any screams which might have come from above. A heavy rain was falling and the street outside was deserted when Bessie Stern, 15, and Alexander Polihronls, 16, arrived at the shop. They saw no one there. Bessie moved farther into the store, and found the body. The victim lay on her back. Near by was the second knife the one which had been used to slash the cross on her forehead. Police said the cross resembled that slashed on gangland victims to designate a "double-crosser." At the same time, they expressed doubt that it was an underworld killing. Continuation of Salem Police From page One Violators of these provisions of the act are subject to a fine of up to $500, a sentence of not to exceed six months in the county Jail, or both, upon conviction. But the chief proposes to go beyond that in punishing offenders. The law also provides that licens es to sell light wines and beer can be refused by the commission upon almost any grounds; that it may re quire the applicant for a license to secure a written recommendation from the city council, and Chief Minto proposed to protest the granting of a license to anyone who violates the law in these respects prior to the time licenses are is sued. We will oppose with every re source at our command tne issu ance of a license to anyone caught selling beer, wine or liquor to min ors or drunken persons, or anyone who attempts to sell liquor by the glass," Minto said. The chief also pointed out that under the law It is up to the deal er to determine for himself whether the purchaser is of age or not. Until such time as state liquoi stores are opened for business Salem will follow the indicated attitude of the liquor commission and other cities in permitting the sale of hard liquors by the bottle by druggists and other legitimate dealers li censed by the federal government. EXPORT WHEAT Portland, Dec. 21 p The Em ergency export corporation today bid 71 cents for soft white wheat for foreign shipment. Choice Bcsc and Clargeau Box 35C 3 for SI Fancy Gravenstein Apples 50c 3 for $1.35 BRING BOXES Box Puritan Cider Works West Salem BEER TO HELP TURK GROWERS STATES BEYERS Roseburg. Ore., Dec. 21 (ff) Legal Izatlon of beer In the United States promises to be of great benefit to turkey growers 01 me racinc const, Herbert Beyers of Salt Lake City, manaeer of the Northwestern Tur key Growers' association, centra marketing agency for coast cooper atives, stated here today. Retailers of beer, particularly in the larger cities, he reports, have found turkey sandwiches to be extremely popular as complements to the foamy bever age, and the city markets are dis posing of an unusually large num ber of birds for this purpose, As this trade .instead of being seasonal, continues throughout the year, It provides an excellent outlet for stor age stocks, Mr. Beyers states. He is confident that the turkey market is on the up grade, and be lieves that birds delivered for stor age after the first of the year will bring a higher price than those sold on the holiday markets. The Oregon Turkey Growers, through McKlnley Huntington, pres ident, today announced that checks, totalling approximately $12,000 are being mailed out this week to west ern Oregon growers, representing the second payment for tne wovem ber pools, the first payment having been made In form of advances at the time of delivery. Douglas county growers are receiving approximately $7000 from the checks going out this week, while about $5000 will be dis tributed in Linn and Lane counties. The principal portion of this sum Is going Into the Eugene section. WHEAT PRICES Chicago. Dec. 21 (JF) For the fifth day in succession, wheat today reached lower prica levels, May wheat going under 80 cents for the first time since Oct. 20. The trade was somewhat confused over a material change in the of ficial estimate of the seeded acre age of winter wheat for the 1834 crop: Liquidation developed, and with the stop loss orders caught the market dropped temporarily about 2 cents. Wheat closed unsettled, -V under yesterday's finish, corn -l cent advanced, oats up, and provisions unchanged to 5 cents lower. Wheat prices rallied quickly to day after downturns at the start. With the government winter wheat crop report variously construed, selling orders predominated at the outset in wheat, but commission house buying increased later. Open ing tt-lft off, wheat scored gates. Corn started unchanged to high er, and rose all around. Continuation of . River Dikes From Page One stage at noon, the highest for years, Traffic between Kelso and Van couver was cut off by the Wood land flood and was being routed across the Longview bridge and down the Oregon side of the Col umbia. When the Lewis river rose above the top of the dike this morning it soon took out 1,000 feet of the structure and mountains of water rushed through the gap. Residents of the area inside the dike fled for their lives. The water shortly be fore noon was in some places four feet deep inside the houses. Two blocks of the main business district of the town, slightly higher,' was still above water but was expected to be inundated before nightfall. Portland, Dec. 21 (JP) An unpre cedented succession of storms, each bursting upon the other, continued to rake the northern coastline today. A new southeast gale had reached a velocity of 63 miles an hour at the Columbia river lightship at 8 a.m. Tne federal weatner bureau here this morning ordered southeast storm warnings displayed at all Ore gon and Washington coast stations. Without opportunity for harried, flood-stricken districts and the wind battered coast communities to recu perate from the series of destructive gales, another terrific wind and rain storm was roaring in from the Pa cific, the weather bureau said. The Willamette river rose 2.2 feet at Portland in the past 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. today, reaching a stage of 17.7 feet. It was expected the flood stage of 18 feet would be passed before nightfall. Seattle, Dec. 21 (ff) Rivers rising again at an alarming rate brought new floods today to western Wash ington, the fifth day of a series of winter storms, accompanied by tor rential rains and high gales, which have brought losses in hundreds of thousands of dollars. Everett reported that the "worst flood crest in the history of Sno homish county" was being borne down by the Snohomish river and its tributaries, all of which were near record heights. From all other western parte of the state came similar reports, with the Chehalis river valley again in the grip of record flood waters, Ska git county farmers taking to row boats as a means of travel, South Aberdeen again flooded, and the Cowlitz and Columbia rivers rising On Snooualmic pa.ss yesterday, a FARMERS' GRAIN WAREHOUSE Liberty at Trade Sts. ' Grain Dealers 100 lbs. Cracked Corn. . . .91.10 100 lbs 21". Ejg Producer 51.75 80 lbs. lSo Dairy Feed... $1.00 60 lbs. Bran 40c huge tree toppled onto an automo bile crushing it and killing O. 3. Aschcnbrenner, 46, a Portland sales man. Many other trees were down, and the Sunset highway and Isolat ing the town of Snoqualmie. ' The town of Oakvllle was again flooded, and thousands of acres of lowlands between Elma and the ocean were under water. From nearly all cities came re ports of slides, highways under mined or washed out, basements flooded and buildings settling. New rainfall records for the month were in sight in nearly all communities. Twenty-eight lnche of rain had fallen at Aberdeen dur ing the month up to last night. To the north, British Columbia was suffering from smlilar high waters, with heavy snows in the in terior. STOCK MARKET SETTLES FOR HOLIDAYS New York, Dec. 21 (LP) The stock market settled down to its recent routine today and volume shrank to around a million share pace. Aside from a half dozen or so is sues changes from the previous close were less than a point with gains and losses about equally dis tributed. Weak spots of yesterday's sell-off were dull and moved more narrowly. Among them Union Bag and Paper gained more than a point, white Atlas Tack lost a point and In dustrial Rayon was down a frac tion. A few issues made declines rang ing to 3 points. U. S. Industrial Alcohol, one of these, touched 49 off 4 before meeting meager sup port. Other wet stocks were stead ier. Independent Steel company shares were firm, but U. S, Steel failed to gain. Automobile Issues were firmer with Chrysler the most active stock' on the board. Mercantile issues wera ijiixed in a narrow range. Rails were about steady. Chemicals held gains with Du Pont at 89 up 1. Util ities eased off, but communications were steadier. Mining Issues moved irregularly in a narrow range. As in recent sessions, some of the inactive preferred issues were sharply lower. One of these today was Freeport Texas preferred which dropped more than 14 points. Tnere was nothing Jn the news to affect the market. . The dollar" firmed up moderately on retention of the R. F. C. gold price at $34.06 but this was not considered a mar ket factor. Bonds were aided by the higher dollar and United States government issues advanced Stock sales todav totaled 1.020.000 shares as against 2,160,000 shares yesterday. Curb sales totaled 252, 000 shares as against 389,000 shares yesterday. Dow-Jones preliminary averages showed industrial 95.50, up 0.22j mllroad 39.13, off 0.20; utility 21.87, 6ff 0.28. DR. RASJUSSEN Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec. 21 () -Dr. Knud Rasmusscn. Danish Arc tic explorer, died here today after a long Illness brought on by blood poisoning contracted on his last expedition to Greenland. He was 54 years old. Dr. Rasmussen was bora at Jak- obshavn, Greenland, June 7. 1879. His ancestors on the maternal slda were Eskimos. After makinir his first exoedition to Greenland in 1903, he visited all of the known Eskimo tribes between 1905 and 1924, studying their cus toms. Later, he announced he had ascer tained that the Eskimos originally were Indians who had wandered east and west from the coast. Last year, the explorer was at the head of an expedition which surveyed 12,500 miles of Green land's southeast coast. He was awarded one of the few life memberships of the American Geographical society In 1920. The immediate cause of the fam ous explorer's death was a blood clot which stopped his heart after, he had appeared well on the road to recovery from an attack of botul ims. Only four days aso Rasmussen. lying in a hospital bed, had chatted happily with friends over the prom ise of his doctors to let him spend his Christmas at home. wheaTes RAISED UPWARD Washington. TW )1 tm Tn estimating sowing this fall of win ter wjieat, ine crop reporting board of the department of agri culture madp marVeri nullnM In its estimates of sowlnes for the period from 1928 to 1933, the re visions averaging 3.2 per cent in crease over previous estimates. Explaining this revision, ths board said: "The estimates of acreage seed ed for the nerloH 1Q9fl in ia h.M been revised in line with data on smpmenw and otner utilization of wheat collected for use in the check-up of farmers' applications for benefits In connection with the wheat reduction campaign. As a result of this check-up the esti mates for these Vpnro hnv. Wn revised upward an average of 32 urr ran. OPEN EVSHIHGS Until 9 OTIock 'Til Christmas Hogg Bros. Appliance Store