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Newspaper Page TextTen The Copitol Journal, Salem, Oregon Saturday; January 21, 1939 Foreign News Makes Stocks Break Sharply New York, Jan. 21 UJD Stocks broke sharply today on uncertainties over the foreign situation. Losses extended to 3 points In the recently strong American telephone capital stock. Trading Increased to such propor tions that midway In the last hour tickers were behind the market sev eral minutes. The tape caught up In a short time. Steel and copper shares were hard hit. No group was spared as the selling spread. Recently strong util ities succumbed and were down more than a point in some instan ces. Some selling was attributed to be lated response to the Schacht dis charge yesterday and to the release of two of his aides in the relchs bank. Worry over outcome of the Spanish civil war Influenced some selling. Foreigners were sellers on balance, brokers said. German bonds, which lost only moderately yesterday, were under pressure. Losses extended to 3 points and several made new lows. Baltimore and Ohio stock lost a point to 6 on action of a bond holder in bringing a suit to force the road into receivership. Other rails were down. U. S. Steel touched 62 off SH: Bethlehem 70 off 2, and National Steel 76 off IK. Steel operations were expected to decline next week despite a 5H point rise scheduled for the Pittsburgh area. The Chicago and Youngstown districts were to start the new week substantially lower. American Telephone equaled Its high at 157 and then dropped to around 1S4 off 3'i points. West- inghouse Electric touched 109 off 4; Douglas 67 M, off 2; Philip Mor ris 06 off 2; Wright Aero 107 off 6; and U. S. Rubber 46tt off 2'i. Declines of a point or more were noted in Allls Chalmers, American Smelting, Anaconda, Cerro de Pas co. duPont, General Motors, Loft, Montgomery Ward, Texas Corpora tion, United Aircraft and Johns Manvllle. A few issues held gains for special reasons. Safeway Stores made a new high at 35 up IT on announce ment that Its 1038 earnings were equal to $4.02 a share, against $2.62 In 1037. Loew's gained more than a point on a court ruling upholding the company's profit-sharing plan. Dow Jones closing averages: In dustrial, 146.76, off 2.35; rail, 31.10, orf 0.87; Utility, 23.97, off 0.71. Stock sales approximated 660.000 shares against 470.00 shares In the short session a week ago. Curb sales were 143,000 shares compared with 89,000 last Saturday. County Agent Calls Meeting Lebanon Disease, cultivation and soil fertility in relation to small fruits will be the topics under dis cussion In a meeting called for next Tuesday afternoon In the I.O.O.F. hall, according to announcement of County Agent Floyd Mullen. Mullen urged all growers, partic ularly those of raspberries, straw berries, Yungberrles and gooseber ries, to attend the meeting, which will start at 1:15 o'clock. Two well known specialists from the extension department of Ore gon State college will make talks before the meeting, the county agent said. They are O. T, McWhor ter and W. D. Edwards. Mr. McWhorter will speak upon two subjects, namely "What's Ahead for Uie Small Fruit Orower Possibilities of New Plantings, Varieties and Competition." and "Soil Fertility, Its Importance to the Small Fruit Grower. Mr. Edward's topic is "A Discourse of Insect and Disease Pests." Salem Markets Compiled from reports of Sa lem dealers, for the guidance) of Capital Journal readers. (Revised dally.) Wheat per bushel: No. 1 whits and red. sacked. 70c. Perd oats. Gray $33 whit $26 ton. reu oar ley 9 J ton Pullet grower maah $3 33. Egg maah $2 20 cwt., aecond trad 2. cnicaon scratch $1 75 cwt Whole corn $1 65, cracked $1 75 cwt. Ken ciover seed 14c lb. Hog: Mtrtact Market ton ararta 140-lflO lbs. $7.fifl; lflO-200 lbs. $6.10; auu-aao ids. $7.hs; 2J0-3&0 lbs. $7.60. Veal 12';c lb. dresaed. Poultry: Heavy colored hens 14c lb- men 10c uesnorna. no i 12c, Leghorn light 10c Old romters Sc. Leu horn frys 13c lb., colored 1 4c. Leghorn broilers I3e lb Eggs Buying prices: Med extras iae, extra is rue whites 16c. standards, large 14c, pullets 12c doaen. Butter Print: A grade 29e lb. B grane an'-jC. But terra t : a grade 36c lb. B grade 24c delivered. C grade 20c. Won) and Mohair Wool: Med 22c coarse and fin 10. Mohair 23c Lamb 20c. (By the United Preut Stocks lower In active trading. Bonds Irregularly lower; U. 8. governments Irregular. Curb stocks Irregularly lower. Foreign exchange Irregularly low er. Cotton steady. Wheat and corn steady. Rubber lower. Hayeaville Mr. and Mrs. Charles Andresen returned Wednesday from a three weeks' motor trip to HoW redge. Nebr, I Markets Briefed New York Stocks Closing Quotations by Associated Press AL Chemical Dye 181 Izup Ct.per 15 Allied Stores 10 International Harvester American Can 97 Int. Nickel Can S2l Am. Foreign Power 3'i Int. Paper Si P Pf 46 'i Am Power St Light flJi Int. Te Si Tel. 87i Am Rad Std San 15 John ManvUle 09'-, American Rolling Mills 39 !a Kennecott 88 Am Smelting & He! 4S Ll0bey-O-Pord fio Am Tel At lei 154 Liggett S Myers B 102' American Tobacco B 89'4 Loew's 49 '4 American Water Works 13 Montgomery Ward 48'; Anaconda 8Hfc Nash-Kelvtnator , 84 Armour 111 National Btacult 24 Atchison 37 4 National Cash 33 Barnadall 17 '4 National Dairy Produ. 13 Baltimore St Ohio National Ulst. 36H Bendix Aviation 35 National Power St Lt Vi Bethlehem Steel 70 Northern Pacific 12 '4 Boeing Alrp 39 Packard Motor 4i BorK. Warner 19'A J C Penney 79' Budd Mfg 7 Phillips Petroleum 40 California Pack 16 Pressed Steel Car 124 Callahan 3-1 1 Public Service NJ S31 Calumet Hec 7' Pullman 8ft Canadian Pacino 5 Safeway Stores 84 J 1 Case .... Sears Roebuck 71 '4 Caterpillar Tractor 48 Shell Union 13 Celanese 31 Sou. Cat Edison 34 Certain-Teed 11 Southern Paclflo 18 Chesapeake At Ohio 34 Standard Brands 8 Chrysler 75 Standard Oil of Calif 37 Commercial Solvent 11 Standard Oil of N. J. 49 Commonwealth St Sou 1 St ude baker 7 Consolidated Edison 81 Sup OH 3 Consolidated Oil 8 Tlmken Roller Bearing g Corn Products 63 Trans-America 7 Curtlsa Wright 6 Union Carbide 87 Du Pont de N 149 United Aircraft 87 Douglas Aircraft 67 United Airlines 11 Electric Power At Lt 11 US Rubber 46 Erie RR 1 U. S Steel 62 General Electrlo 40 Walwoith 7 General Foods 39 Western Union 22 General Motors 46 White Motors 11 Goodyear Tire 83 Wool worth 49 Great North Ry Pf 36 New York Curb Hudson Motors 7 Cities Service . Illinois Centra 17 Electrlo Bond At Shara .... Market Quotations Portland Eastslde Market Trade waa seasonally light and pric es nominally ateady on the week's concluding session on tne farmers eastslde whole market today. Green onions in supply, fair de mand at 20c doz. bunches; turnips same price, choice stuff available. Cauliflower marked time, 6O-660 for best, some near No. 1 stuff as low as 40C. Apples unchanged. Cabbage alow with advance hardly maintained on poor demand; supplies liberal, good green in light supply, Local potatoes $1 cwt., onions un changed at 60c tor 50-lb. bags. Sprouts in only fair supply, moved generally around 70c for best. General Price Range Apples Delicious 75c -$1.35 box. Spitz face-rill 40-750, Jumble 40-85& Beets Doz. bunches, locals, No. 20-25c. hi KB 3S-30C. Broccoli Green, local No. 1 40c doE. Cabbage Round head, No. 1, crate SI. 10-25. Carrots Local bunches 38-30e doa. LUgS 35-40C. Cauliflower No. 1 70-75c, No. 3 40 50c crate. Celery Local, regular $1.40. Utah type Si. 40 crate. Heart, doz. bunch es Sl-Sl.io. celery root 60c dozen. uarnc found d-dc. Parsley Dot. bunches 30c. Leeks Doz. bunches 35c. Onions Green, doz. bunches 22 25c. Dry. Ore. No. 1 65c, No. 2 60c lor 00-10. bag. Potatoes -Local No. 1 S1-S1.10 cent. parsnips No. 1 lug 30c. Rad lobes Local, spring type 30c, winter 15c doz. bunches. Rhubarb Summer, ex. fey. 81.90. rcy. si.70, choice 1 00 10-10. box. Rutabagas No. 1 lugs 35c. Spinach Local, fey. 90c-l orange box, Walla walla and Dalles unquoted Bp routs Brussels 75c box. To ma tors Local hothouse, ex. fey. $3 10-lb. box. fey. $1.75. Turnips Local, bunches 23-30C, lugs 40o. Portland ftiirnr. rmtir Portland, Jan. 21 Sugar: Berry and fruit 100a $4.90, bales $5.05. Beet $4.B0 cental. Domestic flour, selling price, city delivery, l to 23 bbl lota, family pat ent 49a $5.S5-$6.15: bakers hard wheat, net S3 70-$a 18: bait err Blue- stem $4.05-$4.40; blended wheat flour $4.30-55: soft wheat $3 95-$4 03: Gra ham $4.30, whole wheat $4.75 bbl. Portland Dalrv Produce The following prices were named to be effective today: Butter Cube extras 36c. standards 34;c. prime firsts 24c, firsts 24c lb Cheese Oregon triplets 13c, loaf H'o lb. uronera pay 10. less, Eggs Produce exchange quotations between dealers: Extras, large 20c, med. isc, small 17c down, standards, large 19c, med. 16c. small 17c. Portland Wholesale These are the prices retailers pay wholesalers, except where otherwise stated: Butter Prints: A grade 9fl'tc lb In parchment. 2fli,c in cartons. B grade 37c lb. In parchment, cartons 28c lb. Butterfat Portland delivery buying prices: A grade 36-270 lb. B grade 2c lb, less, C grado 6c less. Country delivery uoc lor A grade. Cheese Belling prices to Portland retailers: Tlllsmook triplets 19c, loaf aoc in. p.o.B. prices to wholesalers: it 1 pie u i7c, loar 1 8c lb. Engs Wholesalers' buying prices 8pec)als 19c, extras 17c, atandards, large 17c down. Extras, med. 16c. small 15c. Selling prices to retailers generally 3c do7n higher. Turkeys Selling prices- Dressed new hens 35-26c. toma -4-3Sc lb. Buy ing price: hens 35c, toma 35-26c lb. Live Poultry Buying prices Leghorn broilers 1 ti to 1 lbs. 14c lb., 2'i lbs., 15c. Col ored springs 2-314 lbs. 15o lb . over 34 Iba. Ific. Leghorn hens over SK. Ihs. 14-lftc lb., under 3'fc lbs. 14c. Colored nens to 0 lb. 19c in., over S lbs. 18c No. 3 grade 5c lb. less. Belling prices to retailers Maht hens 14c lb., med. 15c, colored 19c. springs s lbs. and under. 14c lb. over S't lbs.. 15c. Durks, Pekln. 20c lb., old 16-I7c. Guinea hens 60c each. rmn Fruit Avrrados Box $1.60. Apples Delicious: Ex. fcv. II Ofl fey. $1.60 box. Ortleys. comb, box $1. nomes. rsce-nu 70c. opitf. ex. fcv $) 60 fey. $1 35. fey. face-fill $1. choice r-r. 7.V box. Wlneaapa. ex fey. $1 75. fcv. $1 60 box. Jumble Dark 314 .4c lb nnn a naav-nuncnea 'fa-oe id. Hands 3-6HC. Cranberries Nominal: McParlln $3 $3 50. Ornpefnilt Arlrona Marsh, seed. leas pinks $2 50. regular SI 00-S3 ess Florida Ru-set $3 50; Texas Marsh pinas as S3, regular $3. Cornelia $1.90. $2.10 ease. Lemons Calif, fey. $3 .50-$5 50 cue Oranars Navels, narked, ner ease $3 25-75; Place pack $t.73-$3, choice $2-2 50; .Tap. $1 bundle. rineappie Hawaiian $325 crate. FrrMh Vegetables ana Florida 1 1 -1 3e lb Cabbage No. 1 local ai 4a Oswego 2e lb Re1 $1 ponv crate Cauliflower Loral No. 1 75c craU. 174e lb. Calif. $l-$l 10 reierr Utah tvn as.as ts rtm M. utar atork $2 73. Hearts, local $1.10 doe hunches Cal. TJtab trne ai 9S ttnm Calif. New $3 25: red Sc lb. vinirmnrrt noinouv, icy. $3, SX I frr $2 10. I Eggplant No. 1 $2 13. Gaxlio Pound 7-Bo 1 Lettuce Delano 6a $1.50 crate. Im perial $2.50-75. Mushrooms Hothse. 35c lb.; 18c A. Onions Ore. No. 1 $1.60-60 cental; Yakima 30-40c for 50 lbs. Peas Calif. 28-lb. hamper $2.25-60. Peppers Florida 16c lb. Potatoes Yakima Oems $1.30 cent al, local $1-$1.10. Deschutes $1.25-30, Klamath Palls No. 1 SI. 30-35. Calif. sweets $1.40-60 for 50-lb. crate, new Calif. Triumphs $3 per 50-lb. box. Spinach Local ' 1-$1.10 orange box, Texas $1.40-50 bushel. Squash Danish 85c-$l crate. Mar blehead, Hubbard 2i-c lb. Calif. $1.50 lug. Tomatoes Hothouse $1.50-$3.25 per id-id. box. Mex. $3 lug, as la. Nuts Almonds 1938 crop 30-lb. bag 17 173c lb., 23-lb. bag 16-160 lb. Brazils Large and washed 20c lb. Filberts Nominal to retailers: Bar celona 18c lb., Duchllly 20c. Pecans Arizona 15-30C lb. Walnuts 1938; price to retailers: Oregon Franquettes. No. 1 15-lBc lb. No. 3 14'i-15c. Soft shell. No. 1 14-1B'-,C. No. 3 13-16c. Unbleached Franquettes 13-14c lb. Ments Country Meats Selling prices to re tailers: Country killed hogs, best but chers under 160 lbs. 10-1 lc lb. Veal- ers 14-M'jc lb., light and thin 9-12c, heavy loc ID. barrios lac. ewes d-hc id. Cutter cows 8-8Vic, canners 7-8c lb. Bulls 10-10':,c lb. lopt and Wool Hops 1938 clusters 20e, fuggles 23c Wool Willamette valley, nominal : Med. 22-23c. coarse and braids 22-23C, larmbs and fall 20c. E. Ore. 18-22o lb. Port land flrnln Portland. Jan. 21 W Wheat fu tures: open high low close May 68 68 68 68 Cash grain: Outs No. 3-38 lb. White. $27.50. Barley. No. 2-45 lb. b.w.. $23. Corn. No 3 E.Y. shipment. $26.50. Cash wheat (bid): Soft white 67'i.c western white 67,ic, western red 66c. Mnro re a winter ordinary ll'T, 12 64 64 i 67 Hard white Baart ordinary 11 12 13 70 14 73!'. 14 W3 71 72 Car receipts: Wheat 72, flour 11, corn 3, oata 1, mlllfeed 4. Portland l.hestoek Portland. Jan. 31 (PiiV. S. D. A Hogs for week 3100. Compiled to we"k ago market 10-15c lower after losing early I5-25e advance, late bulk light wt. truck-Ins $8-$8.10, early top $8.35 with canosd lots to sa.oo Monday. Over and under wt. penalized 50c or more. Packing sows $6-$6.50: feeder pigs $7.25-75, early top $8. odd head down to $7. Cattle for week 3200. calves 183, Compared to week ago steers and bet ter grade she stock steady, lower grades she stork weak to 25c lower, many sales fully 50c under recent high early last week. Bulla 2 5 -50c lower, vealera steady, buk fed steers $8-$9, common down to $6 50. feeders $7. med .-good heifers $7-8. common down to $5.25, cutters down to $4.25, low cutters and cutter cows $3-$4. eom.-med. $4.25-$5 60, very few dairy type cows sDove in so: good Deer cows SH.20-S7, Bulls $5 25-75. good beef bulls to $6.25. early top $8.75; cutters down to $4.50: cholre vealera to $9.50; com. med. grades $5-$8. Sheep for week 2315. Compared to week ago. market stesdv. week s bulk aood-eholce carload lots fed wooled lambs $fl-$8 50: beat truck-Ins around an; shorn lambs $7.75 down, odd vesr. Itnff $6-$0.25, med. -choice ewes $3 50- $4.25. Btnn Wool Boston. Jan. 3t Fair weight of domestic wools sold In the Boston market, during the past. week, the u.hd.a reported today, sizable quan tities of fine territory In original bags moved at firm to rising prices. Sllaht advance In prices reallred In several grade or graded territory wools. Com blng bright fleeces moderately active t Meadv prices on fine TVIaine at 3"-31r m th grease. 2fl-31e for '4 blood and 31 -32c for a- b'-vd. slightly rirmer on blood at 31 -32c. Chicago I.UeMnek Chlcngo. Jan. 31 4V-U. 0. D. A ) Hogs 500, stesd trade on amsll supply available, demsnd fairly broad on shipper, amsll killer and live packer accounts. Top $7.80 for sorted s round mu-iD. averages, several lots good and choice 180-240 lbs. $7.36-75; some 290- lb. Uutchers $7.15; shippers took 150; holdover 600. Compsred to week ago, good and choice barrows and gilts io-zoc nwner. Cattle 200. Compared to Friday of last week, fed steers 3S-40C higher. med. -good grade heavies, after de clining early, closed 75c over week's low time, short fed steers and heifers agsln predominated, making market relatively higher than prices Indicate. Hence, quality considered, steers and heifers at new high on winter fed crop. Cutter cows and heifers 25c up. Boef cows strong to 25c up. Bulls fully 25c higher and vealera 50-75e higher Top light as well as heavy steers si3P3; next nignest price sis on. Yearlings $13.40; not manv yearlings above $12 50: few heaw steers above $13' bulk ateera $8 75-$12. best llaht heifers $10.75: heavy kosher heifers $12: fed cows to $fl: sausage bulls to $7 33 and selected vealera $1130. few $13: narrow selection stork cattle. Sheep 1000. Late Friday fst Ismha 3-40e lo-ver. top $9: bulk $6 65-85: sever ai loads asjOj top swims J Steady Tone Continues in Hop Market Pacific coast hop markets contin ued to display a steady tone during the week ended January 18, states the Weekly Hop Market Review ol the bureau of agricultural econom ics. Although trading was of some what less volume than during the preceding week, fair to good amounts were sold by Oregon and Washing ton growers at prices around the same levels which prevailed during the preceding period. Demand from domestic dealers and Industries was sufficient to absorb quite readily the current offerings of spot hops from the 1938 crop. Available sup plies of unpledged 1938 hops were diminishing rapidly since a large proportion of growers In the three coast states have made applications for government loans on their 1938 holdings. It is hoped that accurate figures showing the amount of hops for which applications for loans have been made in Oregon, Wash ington and California, will be avail able for publication In the Hop Mar ket Review next week. Oregon markets again showed the principal marketing activity among the three coast states. Demand was reported fairly good from domestic buyers while offerings of spot hops by growers In this state were only moderate. Trade reports indicated that Oregon producers sold around 450 bales of 1938 crop Clusters at 21c per pound net. Other scattered sales of smaller lots of less attrac tive quality of the same growth were reported sold at 19c to 20c per pound, net growers. While there were no new transactions reported In 1937 crop hops In Oregon during the past week, trade reports Indi cated that nominal values on those supplies were unchanged at 7c to 8c per pound, net to growers. No quo tations were available on hops old er than 1937. At the close of the week, unpledged 1938 crop hops were being held by Oregon growers for at least 21c per pound and higher for top qualities, while stocks on which loans have been obtained were mostly held at around 24c per pound, net grower, carrying charges accounting for the high asking prices. Washington markets were also fully steady and fairly active. In the Yakima area, sales by growers Included around 300 bales, consist ing of one fairly large lot and sev eral smaller lots, which netted growers about 20c per pound, for 1938 good quality Clusters, accord ing to trade reports. Only about 500 bales of 1938 hops eligible for loans remained unpledged In the Yakima valley, at the close of the period. No sales and no offers were reported in the Puyallup valley of western Washington during the week. Grow ers tli ere were mostly applying for federal loans and were not pressing remaining supplies for sale at this time. No sales have been made In the Puyallup valley area since around the middle of December. Trading in California continued at a standstill during the week end ed January 17, reflecting light of ferings from growers and slow de mand from the trade. No sales by growers were reported in the three main producing areas. California growers had applied for federal loans on practically all remaining 1938 supplies with the exception of those held by dealers. There stocks were largely being held at 24c per pound and higher to take care of loans and carrying charges. Lyons Union Meets Lyons A special meeting of the Lyons local union was held in the Rebekah hall Wednesday night. Hartung of Portland was the speaker. $7.75. Choice 90-lb. recently shorn lambs also $7.75; compared to Friday last week, fat lambs 15-35c lower, yearlings weak to 'i&c off, sheep mostly steady. Week's top slaughter lambs 9.50, paid Monday. Closing top to all interests $9; late bulk fed western lambs 98.65-85. week's bulk (8.63. 9.35; choice 100-103 lb. lambs late 8.65-75; week's top yrarlinns 8. clos ing top 7.73, bulk 7.50-$8. bulk fed western slaunhter ewes 4.60 to kill ers. 4.80 paid by yard traders for mixed fst snd breeding stock. Native ewes mostly S3.75-M.25; feeding lambs 8-S8.40. Twin, Sim ldrntil Eiirn Mareh, YmhlU state rrprwnto tivft km vlsltfd l Sulrm Thiimdny by hl twin brotlwr. Fnincl. of McMinnvtllp. They rat th me kind of clothtn. same type of (Isasra and look so much alike members of the house could not tell which was which. The doorkeepers wera completely baffled Courtesy Oreaon Journal BOXING IS IN A 'REPRESSION says Mushky Jackson (above). Promoter Mike Jacobs No. 1 handyman who's been KO-lnjr the English language for years. The trouble is, thinks Mushky: "Joe Louis Is too good; he can moider an ybody." Of Max Baer, he says: "Better we give the business back to the Indians than to have Baer around; he's a clown, sometimes he's a killer.' Soil Meetings ForStayton And Silverton How the 1939 agricultural con servation program can best be used by the farmers in the Silverton and Stayton districts will be the topics of discussion at two meetings to be held for all agricultural conserva tion signers In the two districts as follows: Wednesday afternoon. January 25. at 1:15 p.m. at the Silverton ar mory, and Wednesday evening, Jan uary 25. 7:30 p.m., In the city hall at Stayton. These meetings are being held at the request of the Marion county land use committee. This group, composed of farmers of this coun ty, has recommended that a large acreage of the hill land in the eas tern part of Marion county be di verted to perennial grasses and le gume crops. The following program will be pre sented, both at Silverton and Stay- ton: "The Oeneral Provisions of the 1939 Agricultural Conservation Proarsm." by Willis O. Boesll of the stats ssrlcultursl conservation orilce. Grasses, Grass Mixtures and Tjesumes for Marlon Count? Hill Soils," br 11. A. Schoth, federal SBronomlst. "The Value of Lime and Phosphates on Hill Soils." by Dr. R. E. Stephenson, soils sciemm si urecon state college. County Agent Harry Riches, who is arranging these meetings, states that all agricultural conservation signers in the Silverton and Stay ton districts arc invited to attend. Receipts of Fish Smaller Last Year Astoria. Ore., Jan. 20 (TV-Pish re ceived at stations on both sides of the Columbia river In 1938 were about 6.800.000 pounds less than the total for 1937. state fish commission figures, released last night, indicat ed. Tne total 1937 receipts came to 19.005.700 pounds of which 555.000 pounds were ocean-caught. The 1938 catch including only that through the summer reached 9.836. 743 pounds of which 247.970 were ocean-caught. The fall catch was expected to raise this figure between three and four million, bringing the annual total to about 12,800.000. Total food-fish receipts In the Columbia during 1038 was 13.063.518 pounds, exclusive of tuna, a severe drop from the 1937 figure. Farm Union to Install Aumsville The Farmers Union will hold its regular meeting at the city hall Tuesday evening at 8 o' clock. The new officers will be in stalled. ties. Fruit and Vegetable Programs Scheduled Meetings have been arranged for Marion county fruit and vegetable growers by the county agent's office for Jan uary 25. 1 :30 p.m., at the Woodburn city hall, and January 26th, at 9:30 a.m., at the Silverton Hills grange hall. Another meeting Is also scheduled for the afternoon of January 26, at 1:30 p.m., at For resters' hall. Sublimity. Small fruits will come up for careful consideration at these meet ings and vegetables and tree fruits will also be discussed at separate meetings. Robert E. Rieder, as sistant county agent and county hor ticultural inspector, has made the arrangements for these meetings. Extension specialists have been secured to lead many of the discus sions dealing with small fruits cul ture, disease and pest control, as Mickle Dates Fruit Hearings J. D. Mickle, director of the de partment of agriculture, has an nounced dates for hearings on the fresh and dried prune industries as result of petitions filed with the de partment of 262 prune growers. The hearings are to be held In the office of the county agricultural agent at each point listed or at some convenient place nearby except where noted, the hearings being call ed as follows: .Wednesday, Feb. 1, Roseburg, 2 p. m. Thursday, Feb. 2. Eugene 2 p. m. Friday, Feb. 3, Corvallis, 10 a. m. Friday, Feb. 3, Albany, 2 p. m. Saturday, Feb. 4, Dallas. 10 a. m. Monday, Feb. 8, McMinnville, 2 p. m. Tuesday, Feb. 7. Forest Grove, 10 a. m.. Chamber of Commerce. Wednesday, Feb. 8, Oregon City, 10 a. m. Thursday, Feb. 9. Salem. 10 a. m. Department of Agriculture. Monday, Feb. 13. Milton, 2 p.m. Ramage Re-elected By Fruit Growers Woodburn Directors of the Wood burn Fruitgrowers' Cooperative as sociation met Friday night and elec ted the following officers: Presi dent, John Ramage, (re-elected) ; vice president. Charles Sweaney; secretary-treasurer, Oladys Miller, (re-elected): general manager, Tim BJelland (re-elected). Other mem bers of the board are Charles Dean, O. L. Davis, Fred J. Kinns and R. L. Freeberg. Mink Breeders Unite Against Bill Astoria, Ore., Jan. 21 OW-Mlnk breeders of Clatsop and Columbia counties, describing theirs as a $500,000 Industry, organized Friday to fight a legislative bill that would prohibit use of certain fish for mink food. The measure seeks to classify flounders and other scrap fish as lood fish, which could not be used by mink raisers. Presbyterian Women Hear Foreign Talks woodburn Tne presoyrerian Mis sionary society met at the church Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. H. F. Butterfleld. vice-president, in the chair in the absence of the president. Mrs. Olive Smith. The topic for the afternoon was "China" and "Work Among the Italians." Readings were given by Mrs. Bert Byers and Mrs. Butterfleld. who also led the devo tional service. The meeting closed with prayer by the pastor, Rev. Oeorge R. Cromley. "Liquidate Prone Orchards Jefferson Joseph Boyer Is cut ting down and pulling the stumps of about three acres of his prune orchard in the Greens bridge dis trict. Mis son. Leon Boyer, is as sisting him. W. J. Looney has also cut down his prune orchard at the south city limits. Mls Oenieve Hfcllin returned to her home here Wednesday after a three weeks' visit wtUi relatives in Portland. well as market outlook for the com ing season. Fertilizers and irrlga tion for vegetable production will ai so "be discussed. The complete detailed program for the series of meetings Is as fol lows: Woodburn City Rail. January M. l:.tfl p.m. 1:30 W. D. Edwards, Entomologist. Ore- run State College "Spittle Bus: Life History and Control": "Strawberry Fruit Worm: Life History and Habits": "Straw, berry Root Weevils and Their Control" "Bramble Insect PesU and Control Re commrndaliuns." Borne of these questions will be lllua- trate n and questions will be answered 2: O. T. McWhorter. Extension Hortl- riilturlst, O SC. "Cultural Practices for Small Fruits"; "The Use of Fertilizers on Small Fruits", "Strawberry Plant Improvements. Time will be then for questions by the growers following each of these dis cussions. 4:00 B. E. Fielder. Assistant County Sc ent "Insects and Dlseafes of Tree Fruits and Nuts tn Marlon County, with Sug gestions for Their Control in 1939. Silverton Hills Grange Hall, January 5C, 0:30 a.m. 8:30 O. T. McWhorter. Extension Horti culturist, O.8.C. "Small Fruits Cul tural Practices and Diseases": "Fertili zers for Small Fruits"; "Strawberry Plant Improvement. 10:45 R. E. Rieder. Assistant County At ent "Spittle Bug Control for 1M9" "Strawberry Root Weeils and Their Control": "Strawberry Fruit Worm life History and Habits". "Bramble Fruit Insect Pests." These discussions will be followed by questions and answers for grow ers who attend. Sublimity, Forresters Halt, January 24, 1:3 a.m. 1:30 Arthur King. Extension Boll Con servationist. O.S.C "Maintaining Boll Fertility with Reference to Vegetable Growing"; "Irrigation In Producing Vegetables for Canning." 2:300. T. McWhorter, Extension Hortt- culturlst, O.S.C "Cultural Practices for Small Fruits"; "Small Fruit Diseases and Btrawberrr P'ant Improvement." 9:30 R. E. Rieder. Assistant County Ag ents "Insect PesU of VegeUole an4 Small Fruits and Their Control." Discussions will follow each of these parts of the meeting, when the questions of growers will also be answered. These meetings will be open to all fruit and vegetable growers of Mar ion county, and all are urged to attend the meetings and avail them selves of the valuable Information which will be presented for their convenience. Mr. Rieder urges all those who at tend to take advantage of the op portunity for discussion of their individual problems. CHrar TlttiH Dallas Funeral aervlcea for Orar Tltua who died In the Veterans' hos pital In Portland Thursday after an Illness ol aeveral years, will take place Sunday at 2 p.m. from the H inkle and Bollman Funeral home. Interment wUl be in l.O.CXF. cemetery. Mm. Narah 4ohnon On mm Albany Mrs. Sarah Johnson Outnm. 83. died at the home of her daughter. mn. j?.vi iteeDier, oi near AlDanv Friday. Funeral service are to be held In Lebanon Monday from the N. C. Lowe Funeral home. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery here. Mrs. Oiimm waa born In Lincolnshire. England. March 0. 1850. and came to the United States when a young woman. Survived by aix daughters and one son. Mrs. Daisy Douglas and Mrs. Hazel Oeome of Eugene. Mrs. Emma Pugh of Shedd, Mrs. Clara Burkhart of Lebanon. Mrs. Dell Tudder of Oakland. Cal.. Mrs. Jessie Keebler and Roy Johnson of Albany. Mr. Rhft Maria Fnt Albany Mrs. Elva Maria Fox. 68, died at her home here Friday. Fun eral arrangements not completed. She a native of Ohio and had lived in Oregon for 81 years. Married to J. A. Fox tn 1911. Besides her widower she Is survived by the following chil dren: Earl Odell of Portland, Mrs. N. A. Muller of Halsey and Mrs. O. Meaman of Albany. Herman fl. Roe Woodburn Herman 8. Rose. 81, In Salem January 30. Was born July 7, 1887. In Tennessee and was married Aprtl 10. 1900. in Oklahoma. Survivors include Ms children. Bemlce. Charles. Burford and Harold, all sons, at home, and Olen Rose of Bakersfleld. Calif.: two daughters, Mildred of Bakers field and Helen at home: five broth ers. VerMn of Waaco. Calif.. E. T. of Bskersfleld. Alvln of Hollywood. New Mexico. Luther of Dallas. Texas. Ven ire of Wasco. Calif.: sister. Lulu Mae Hudson of Bnkersf!e!d. Funeral servic es wi'' be held Monday at 9 pm. from Beechler A O'Hsir mortuary In Wootv-rn. Doub'e bur'sl aervlcea with his wife. Ota Pearl Rose, in Belle Pass! cemetery. Obituary Seek Changes In Hop Market Agreement C. W. Pauliu, manager of the bop control board, and It attorney. Robert Keer of Portland, left yes terday for Washington. D. C, whera they are expected to take up with the Oregon delegation and other officials the matter of proposed amendment to the hop marketing agreement passed by the last con gress. The bill as passed carried a clause that the law would be effective for only two years as an experiment. One of the main amendments asked will be removal of this clause to make the law permanent In Its na ture. Functioning of the act so far, with the Interest shown by growers, la cause for the move to remove the clause limiting the life of the con trol. The men from here are also ex pected to ask that the loans which have been granted against 1938 crop hops be extended to hops of the 1937 crop on a basis to be worked out. The 1938 crop loan deadline Is due January 31 and while applications for loans are still coming In, the greater share of the loans have al ready been completed. Some time is taken for working out the details on loans and with the limited time left applicants will have to hurry, it Is stated, If they still wish to en Joy the benefits. John Throne, manager for this district, has been In Yakima the past week working on the loan situ ation there and Is still in that sec tion. Farm Benefits Show Increase Washington. Jan. 21 (U.R) Benefit payments to farmers in the last half of 1938 totaled $233,259,306, compar ed with $37,076515 for the same per iod of 1937, the agricultural adjust ment administration reported today. Most of the Increase was account ed for by cotton price adjustment payments totaling $114,151,196 and sugar benefit payments aggregating $23,996,798. Items not included in 1937 payments. The bulk of the payments $140. 150.000 went to 10 southern states, North and South Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas. Mississippi. Louisiana, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma and Ten nessee. Texas farmers received $38,000,000. more than double the amount for any other state. Iowa headed the list outside the south with $13,923,000, and California was second with $6,- 156.000. Farm Income In principal agricul tural states included: Washington $134,303,000 from mar ketings, $1,878,000 from government payments. Oregon $97,935,000 from market ings. $2,499,000 from government payments. Business On Stationary Level Portland, Jan. 21 (JPt Wholesale and retail business In the Portland district was about the same dur ing the first three weeks of this month as during the same period last year, Duns review said today. Most types of business reported lit tle acceleration in business, but no decline. Births, Deaths, Marriages Births Scotta Mills Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pal mer are announcing the arrival of a aon. Thursday, at the Silverton hos pital, mis is tne palmers tnira child. Silverton To Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Predeek. January 14. at Silverton hoe- . pltal, a boy, weight 6 pounds, 8 oun ces. SUvarton To Mr. and Mrs. Rot Palmer, January 18. a boy at Sil verton hospital, weight 7 pounds, 1 ounces. Silverton To Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Blelmelr, January 19, girl, weight 7 ' pounds, 6 ounces, at Silverton hos pital. Woodburn To Mr. and Mrs. John Hershberger. a 7i -pound eon, Jan. 20 at the Woodburn hospital. First child. Mrs. Herahberger waa formerly Etta Kropf. Woodburn To Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hughes, a 6-pound son. Darrell Wil liam. Jan. 18 at Woodburn hospital. Second child. Dunn To Mr. and Mrs. Ray F, Dunn. Rt. 2, silverton, a son, Lawr ence Mathlas, Jan. 19. Wallace To Mr. and Mrs. Dace D. Wallace. Rt. 7, a daughter, Venlta Louise, Jan. 18. Deaths Babeock Mrs. Ida Maria Baboock, at the residence, 749 North Commer cial street, January 21, at the age of 88 years. Survived by daughters. Miss Orace Babeock of Salem. Mrs. C. A. Mauldlng of Ocean Lake: granddaugh ters. Miss Bertha Babeock of Salem, Mrs. Oliver Jesaup of Portland; niece, Mrs. Carrie Beechler of Salem. Fun eral announcement later from the CJmihBrrlchaoel Mausoleum Entombment (Indoor Burial and Cremation (The Two Better Ways)