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The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon Saturday, August 15, 1942 Stocks Advance Irregularly in Dull Session New York, Aug. 15 U.R Selective demand for a few is sues today featured an otherwise dull, firm stock list. Rails led an irregular rise In bonds com modities were narrow movers in the short session. Stocks opened steady to firm on dull turnover and remained dull through the two-hour trad ing period. Borden led in volume and made a new high for the year at 21, up V. Steel shares were very dull with Bethlehem up nearly a point, and Inland up more than a point. Railroad issues, some utilities, and building shares gained. Oils held firm and mer cantlles, steady to firm. In the rails, new tops were made by Erie certificates at 6 up V and Texas & Pacific 16's ' up . . Monsanta Chemical preferred B gained a point to equal its high at 119, while Eastman Kodak lost l's to 127 before meeting support. Engineers Pub lic Service 5Vi per cent prefer red was up 214 points to 50 on one sale. Sales on the big board were 128,900 shares against 101,100 last Saturday. Curb stosk sales were 28,925 against 15,140 last Saturday. Dow-Jones preliminary clos ing averages were: Industrial, 106.39, up 0.24; rail, 25.88, up 0.01; utility, 11.45, up 0.02; 65 Stocks, 35.42, up 0.07. Wheat Market Firm Today Chicago, Aug. 15 !. Profit able spreading operations with selling of corn against purchase of wheat pressed corn futures to new seasonal lows and firmed the wheat market on the board of trade today. After hitting new lows, corn recovered partially to- close with net losses of to cent a bushel. Wheat closed to cent higher, oats unchanged to uu rye off Vi to , and soy beans unchanged to off 'A. ' Scattered long liquidation and local selling, particularly of the September contract, gave corn an exceptionally heavy tone. September corn yielded around 1M cents a bushed before pres sure subsided. The competi tion of other feed grains in the government's program to en courage livestock production and favorable crop conditions were factors. : A resting demand met minpr fractional declines in oats fu tures that were induced by the weakness of corn and expecta tions of an increasing crop movement in the northwest. Locals sold rye to commission houses, Rye followed more closely the trend of corn in to day's session, although some spreaders bought rye against sales of the yellow cereal. , Soybean futures eased In dull trading. Salem Markets Complied from reports of Sa lem dealers, for the guidance of Capital Journal readers, (Revised dally). Buying Prices Wheat, red or white, 95o per bu, Oray oats, No. 3, 36 lb.. $26 ton Barley, No. 2, bright, $25 ton. Hay Clover $14 per ton; oats and vetch $14 per ton; local second cut' ting alfalfa, $17 per ton, Retail Prices Egg Mash $3.09 owt., second grndo $2.05. Pullet Grower Mash $3.10. Chicken Scratch, $2.26 cwt. Whole Corn $2.40, cracked $2.45. Midget Market Reports ' Hogs 165-216 lbs $14.25; 219-260 lbs. $13.75; 250-300 lbs $13.25. Pack lng sows $10.50 Sheep Lambs $10. owes $4-$9. Cattle Top veal dressed 21c, veal alive 14c. Heifers $6-$8. Dairy cows $4-$6, beef cows $6-$7; bulls $7.60-18.50. Poultry Heavy colored hens. No 1, 30c; No. 2, 16c; frys 20c. White jjegnorn nens 16c, frys 18c lb. Eggs Buying prices: Large grade A white and brown 37o doz., med. 34c, Standards, B largo 34c. Pullets 21o dozen, cracks 22c dozen. Eggs Wholesale prices: Ex. large wnne ana orown ioc, med. 37c doz, Standard white and brown 37c doz Butter Prints: A grade 46.4o lb B grade 45Hc, quarters 47'4c lb. Butterfat: Premium 484c, No. 1 40 liC, MO. 2, Markets Briefed (By the Unllcit Prris) Stocks firm in quiet trading. Bonds Irregularly higher. Curb slocks irregular. Cotton firm. Wheat futures fractions of a cent higher; corn fractions low' cr. Market Quotations Portland Produce Exchange mi niinm4ni nrlpM mn named UO lUUwnwB " on the Portland exchange effective today: Butter Cube extras 43c, stand ards 42c, prime firsts 4114c, firsts 39o lb. . Cheese Oregon triplets zzo id loaf 23c. Jobbers pay Ho lb. less. iatm oiintaMnnM Between deal ers: Grade A large 39c, premium 37c dozen, uraoe a large aiu, mcu. doz. Grade A small 27c, B small 26c, B small 26c. Pnrllanil Wholesale Market Butter Prints: A grade 4eo 10. in parchment, cartons 47c. a grade 45c in parenmem, ou j" cartons. niit.tjsrfafc First ouallty. max. of s nf 1 acidity, delivered Portland, 45-45WC lb. Premium quality, max. .35 of 1 acidity 4B-AC id. vai lov mutes and country points 2c less than firsts, 43V4c; 2nd quality Portland 2 less than 1st, 43140 lb. Cheese Selling prices to Portland retailers: Tillamook triplets 2Bo lb., loaf 29c. Triplets to wholesal ers 26V4C loaf 27ttc f.o.b. Tillamook. Bscs Prices to producers: Large A 37c, B 35c dozen. A med. 34c, B med. 32c dozen. Resale to retailers 4c higher for cases, 5c for cartons. Live Poultry Buying Prices No. 1 grade Leg horn broilers under VA lbs. 21c, over VA lbs. 23c, fryers under VA lbs. 23c. fryers 214-4 lbs. 28o lb., colored fryers 2-4 lbs. 24c, under 3V4 lbs. 21c; colored roasters under 2 lbs. 20c, roosters over 4 lbs, 28c, colored hens 22c lb., colored springers 26'A- 27c. Leghorns under 2 lbs. WAo lb., over 3'A lbs., 20c lb. Selling Prices to Retailers Light hens ,21c lb., medium 2114c lb. colored 20-21c lb., colored hens 23c Colored springs 28-29c, broilers 20 22c, white broilers 25c lb. Stags 12- 13c. young 21-23C. Roosters ioc id. Pckin ducks, 1942s, 18-20c lb., young 22c lb. Guinea hens 50c each. Ca pons over 7 lbs. 24-25c lb., hens 25c lb. Dressed Turkeys New crop 33-39c lb. Rabbits Average country killed 30c lb., city killed 28-30C. Fresh Fruits Apples Spitz, ex. fancy, box $2, fey, $1.65. Wlnesaps, ex. fey. $3.00, fey. $2.75. Delicious ex. fey. $2.65-$3. H.R. ex. fey. $1.75, fey. $1.75. Yellow Newtown, ex. fey. $3, fancy $2.75, Jumble $1.25 box. New crop Yellow Transparent."! $1.25 box. Local urav cnstclns $1.50-75 box. Apricots Yakima $1.19-25 a box, The Dalles $1.15-26 box. Avocados Green $1.75. Eldorad $1.35-80 box. Bananas No. 1 hands 9c, Wineri es 8',-ic lb. Blackberries $1.50. Boysenberrles $1.75 crate. Cherries Mid-Columbia Blngs, Lamberts, loose, 10-11c lb. Blngs 15-lb. packed oox $2.50. Early me stock, loose 7c lb. Royal Annes packed, 10-12c lb Cantaloupes Yuma 36s $5.50 per box, 458 $4.25, lumbo Bueno $1.45-50; jumbo 27s S5-25.25. Yakima stand ards $2-$2.50 crate. Southern, 36s, $5.50, Grapes California Emperor lidd ed $2.50 lug. Grapefruit Texas Marsh seedless pinks $3.75 case. Ariz. $2.25-$3.25. Cochclla $2-$2.25 case. Fla. $3.50, Lemons Fancy $5.75-$6, choice $5-$5.50 case. Loganberries $1.65 crate. Oranges Valencies, fancy $3.75- $9 case. Peaches Oregon Mayflowers $1- $1.10 box. Oregon Alexanders, $1.25- $1.35 box. Oregon Triumphs $1-$1.10. Oregon early varieties 90c-$1.10. Oregon Early Crawfords 90c-$l,25 box. Pears Medford Cornice $1.39 box Pineapple Mcx. 12s $6-$6.50 crate. Rnspberries Orate $2-$2.25. Strawberries Crate $2.25. Watermelons Calif. 5c lb, South ern 6c lb. Youngberrles Crate $1.60. Fresh Vegetables Artichokes Calif. $2.50-$3 box. Asparagus Oregon $3 pyramid. Yakima loo lb. sunnyslde svt-ioc. Beets Calif. 60-60O doz. bunches Oregon 25-30c. Beans Calif, green 12-19c, north west green 4-oc; wax o-ec. Broccoli Calif, 14o lb. Carrots Local 60-750 lug, Calif new $3.75 crate. Cal $2.10-25. Oregon 45-550 dozen bunches. Cabbage No. 1 local $1-$1.29 ete. Red $1.10-15 pony orate. California green $2.50-75 crate. Ore. $2.75-13 crate. Celery Calif. $3.70 crate. Oregon ncarts ja-sa.as dozen buncnes. Ore gon $4 crate. Cucumbers Hothse. local: stand ard $1.35, cholco 90o box, fey. $1.35, en. icy si.nu lowa j.aa, mia-coium-Wa field 75-800 box, Pigs Seedless 40-470 lb., clusters, seedless 38-46c, seeded clusters 40c, aarllc No. 1 15e lb. New crop, 12'i.c lb. Lettuce Local No. I 3s $2.50-13.25 crate. Local No. 2 $2.50-13.75 crate, Mushrooms Hothouse 45o lb., 25o for 'A pound. Onions Yakima $2.25 sack, Ore, $2-$2.50 so-ib. sack Idaho $2.25-40. Sets 25c lb. Green 76o doz. bunches. Texas sweet type $2. Calif, sweet typo $2. Calif, red 60s to $1.35. Dr. Mullen $1.85. Calif, newest type $2.75-$3 snck. Yellow $1.00. Walla Walla $1.10-16, Walla Walla green $1-$1.10. Red 60s $1. Peas Imperial $3.15-29 a bushel, Pugct Sound 3oe $3.80 per tub, Calif. $2.40-50. The Dalles 8-Bo lb. Oregon const 35s $2.75 box. Snake River 28s $2.50-75 tub. Peppers Texas green 16-18o lb. Mexican green 25o lb. Local No. 1 1.50-60 box. Old Potatoes White, local $3.25 60 cental. Deschutes Gems $3.35-60. Texas $2.60-75, Shatter, Cal., White Roso $1.60 50 lbs. Yakima No. 2 Gems $2 50-lb. bag. Klamath No 1 $3.50 cental. New Potatoes Calif, whites $1.50 60-lb. lug Texas $2.60-75. Florida red $3-$3.25 60-lb. lug. Shatter, Cal., White Rose $2,50 100-lb. bag, local 3-3.35 cental, Yakima $3.50-75 Rhubarb Hothouse ex. fey. $1.30, icy. si.zu, cnoice $1.05 for 15-lb. box. Wine variety 60 more. Local field grown SO.OOo apple box, No. 1 $1.2 orango dox. Turnips Local 8O0 lug. Cal. 80' 85o doz. bunches. Radishes CaL 45-500, Ore, M-S5c Squash Zucchlnnl 55-65C box, white and yellow $1.50-75 flat. Ore $1.60-60 flat crate. W. Walla $1 box. Danish $4.50 crate. Marblehead and Hubbard 2V4-3c !b No. 1 85c-$l. Spinach Blngen $1-$1.25 orange box. Local No, 1 $1.50 orange box. Sweet Potatoes Calif. $2.35-50 a 50-lb. bag. Southern Yams 10c lb. New 15o lb. Mllton-Preewater $1.7! $2.25 lug. Tomatoes Calif $2.20-60 a crate. Hothouse ex. fey 20c, fey. 22-25c ib. Calif field grown $3-$3.25. Texas $3.20-50 lug; Merced field $2.75 Mexico field $2. Texas $3-$3.25 lug. Milton-Freewater $1.30-75 lug. The Dalles 18s $1-$1.10 box. Meats Country Meats Selling prices to retailers: Hogs (celling prices) 17 11 'Ac lb. Country killed hogs, best butchers, 129-149 lbs., nominal Vealers, fancy, 23c; light, thin 15-lec, heavy 16c lb. Canner cows 14c, good cutters 13-14c lb. Bulls 164 -17c. Yearling lambs 18c lb. Springers, good 20-220 lb heavy 12-15C. Ewes 7-8c lb. Wool, Hops Wool 1942 contracts. Ore. ranch. nominal 34-37c lb., crossbreds 40-42c. Mohair 1941 12-mos. 45c lb. Hides Calves 19-22C, green beef 10c, kip 17c, green bulls 6e lb. Hops 1941 crop 40c; 1942 con tracts 10c lb., seed stock 1941 crop 44c; stock seed 1942 contracts 42-52c lb., 1942 crop, seeded 45-46C, seedless SO-Slc Ib. Fuggles, cluster seedless 47 Groceries Sugar Refinery basis: cane $5.45 beet $5.63 cwt. f.o.b. refinery. Port land prices to retailers: cane $5.90, beet $5.80 per 100 lbs. Nutmeats Walnuts, llgnt amber halves, broken lots 55c, pieces 50c, ambers 46c, standard ambers 38c lb Filberts. Barcelonns 6O-6O0 lb. Pe cans, light halves 55c lb. Portland Grain Portland, Ore., Aug. 15 (IP) Wheat open high low close Sept 94'-; 944 9VA 04 '5 Dec WA 98 14 0814 981, Cash grain: Oats, barley and corn unquoted. No. 1 flax $2.42',i. - Cash wheat (bid) : Soft white $1.07; soft white excluding Rex $1.10;' white club $1.10; western red $1.10. Hard red winter: Ordinary 97; 10 per cent $1.04; 11 per cent $1.07; 12 per cent $1.10. Hard white Baart: 10 per cent $1.14; 11 per cent $) 18; 12 per cen $1.22. Today's car receipts: wheat 23; barley 9; flour 5; corn 5; oats 0; hay 3; mlllfccd 5; flaxseed 0. Portland Livestock Portland. Ore., Aug. 15 (IP) (USDA) Cattle for week: Snlable 3585; cal ves salable 685; compared week ago, better grade cattle about steady, kinds grading common and below weak to 25 lower, bulls fully 25 off. general market slow late; some cat tle being carried, good fed steers $14.00-50; latter new high; best grassers $13.25, mostly $13 down to $11.50; common down to $9, cut ters down to $T, grassy beef heif ers $9-$11.50, one load $12.50; light dairy heifers down to $7; canner and cutter cows $5.25-$7.25, medium. good beef cows $8-$9.50, young cows early to $10 and $10.25; mecuum good bulls $9.25-$10.75, early to $11, few $11.25; good-choice vealers $14.50-$15.50. Hogs for week, salable 2375; com pared week ago, market 35-50 high er; good-choice lightweight $15.25 50, few $15 at mid-week; medium weights and light lights penalised 50c-$l; good sows $13.75-$14.25, few to $14.50; feeder pigs $15-$16.25, specialty 63 lbs. down $17. Sheep for week, salable 3380; mar ket steady-weak, good-choice spring ers $11.50-75, mixed string range lambs at outside, one lot $11.85 ear ly; common down to $8.50; feeders $0.25-75; yearlings $8.00-50; good ewes $4.00-25, common-medium $1.50-$3.50. Chicago Grain Chicago, Aug. 15 (IP) Cash grain: Wheat: 2 hard $1.18'4; 3 hard tough $1.16; 4 tough $1.13 ',4; 4 mix ed tough $1.14. Corn: 1 yellow 84-86; 2 yellow 83-85W; 3 yellow 83-83 W; 4 yel low 84; 5 yellow 80-83, Soybeans: No sales. Oats: 1 mixed 40V4-50; 3 mixed 494; 4 mixed 4614; 1 white 5014; 2 white 5014-51; 3 while 4814-50; 4 white 46-48: 2 white tough 49 H: 3 mixed heavy 49; 1 red specinl heavy 60; 3 red special heavy 49; 1 red special heavv 49 i. Barley: Molting 80-$lN; hard 73- 79N; feed 58-60N; 3 tough 96 No. 4 70. Cash provisions: Lord In store 12.85N; loose 11.90B; leaf 13.40N; bellies 1575B. Wheat: Sept: Open Mali-1; high 1.1874; low LIB1; close 1.18T4, Dec.: Open 1.2114-'i: high 1.2114; low 1.21'; close 1.41H-H. May: Open lSH-"; high 1.35-n low 1.25; close 1.25"4-, Chicago Livestock Chicago. Aug. 15 (P) (USDA) Salablo cattle 600; calves 100; com pared Friday last week: Strictly good and choice fed steers and year lings 25-50 higher, active at ad Vance, with eastern order buyers ond shippers unusually broad opcr a tors; other grades strong to 25 higher, mostly 25 up, both to fillers end feeder dealers; receipts grain fed steers largely but grassy and warmed-up kinds relatively scarce bulk fat steers and yearlings $14 $16. but demand broadest at $15 upward, very llverly supply $15-$10 with numerous loads $16.10-$16.50; over 1000 head steers Wednesday $10 upward: general average price that nay $15.15, highest since 192R. week's extreme top $16.65, paid for cnoice to prime 1383 lb. averages next highest price $16.50. light steers $16.39, long yearlings $16.13, light yearlings $18.15, light yearlings $16. ana ncuer yearlings $15.25: strict ly fed heifers strong to 25 higher, others weak to 25 lower; cows 15-25 down, but bulls fully 25 higher; veal ers strong; cutter cows closrd at $9 down, most rentiers $6.75 up; all light cows closed at discount: heavy sausage bulls reached $11.90 and choice vealers sold freely at $15.50. Salable sheep none: total 4000 compared Friday last week: native spring lambs closed around 29 high Isle of Rhodes Bombarded by British Warships (Continued from page 1) their visit. Motor torpedo boats were reported near us but they did not sec us. For an hour or more as we raced away, anti aircraft shells and bullets danc ed in the sky but we paid lit tle attention. Our part of the night's work was completed. We had been in enemy wa ters over two hours but the job went throughout without a hitch. The only incident came next morning when one or two enemy aircraft circled around and then headed for home with out attacking." Ask Treasury For Tax Data Washington, Aug. 15 (Pi- Chairman George (D., Ga.), said today the treasury had been ask ed to submit to the senate fi nance committee estimates of the effect on revenues of pro posed post-war tax rebates for corporations as well as debt re duction credits for individuals. Indicating that he would be guided largely by the net effect on the revenue of such propos als, George said it seemed im perative to soften the impact of high income levies written into the new tax bill before it passed the house. "I am convinced by responsi ble and trustworthy testimony before the committee that the rates of the house bill require the establishment of some form of debt deduction and post-war credit for both individuals and corporations," George told re porters. The house approved bill would add $6,271,000,000 to yearly federal revenues, a large portion of this amount being ob tained through substantially in creased income taxes on indi-' viduals and business firms. . Individual rates would range from 19 to 88 per cent on net in come, while corporations would pay a combined total of 45 per cent in normal and surtax levies, with excess profits taxed at 90 per cent. 238,000 Slot Machines Taxed Washington, Aug. 15 (IP) Al though pinball games and slot machines are illegal in a large part of the United States, the treasury disclosed today that more than 238,000 are in oper ation and paying federal taxes. The count was made in total ing returns from new taxes im posed by congress last fall on pinball and other "coin operated amusement devices" at the rate of $10 a year and on slot ma chines and other "coin operated gaming devices" at the rate of $50 a year. As of June 30, the tax had been paid on 180,894 machines in the pinball class and 77,129 in the slot machine group. The treasury is not required to know the local laws involved in operating these machines. The officials, however, have been getting numerous requests from religious and reform organlza tions for lists of persons paying the taxes in allegedly forbidden territories. The treasury has replied in each case that the lists are open to the public in the offices of the various collectors of internal revenue "at the convenience of the collectors." Every state, the District of Columbia, Alaska and Hawaii are on the tabulation made pub lie by the treasury today. New York led in the pinball class with 22,143, Wisconsin in the slot machine group with 7,247 Oklahoma is at the bottom of the list, with 33 machines in the pinball class and 14 in the slot machine group. er; week's lamb top $19.20; late top $15.10, bulk good and choice na tives $14.50-$15, with lower grades downward from $14; westerns scarce, two loads lbs. Idahos $14.75 outstanding 80 lb. yearlings $13.25: week's bulk Sll.2S-tia.A0: with some In feeder flesh $10.76; choice wes tern ewes $6.75, bulk slaughter offer ing $5.50-$6.50, with low grade lots down from $5. Salable hogs 400; total 3900; nom inally steady; not enough good or choice hogs to make a market; quo table top $15.30: shippers took none: compared week ago: weights under 240 lbs. 20-25 higher; heavier weights 35-50 higher; sows 50 higher. Boston Wool Boston, Aug. IS (PI (USDA) The Boston wool market was quiet during the past week. Small sales of eight months Texas wools were made at $1.03 to $1.07. A few In qulrles were received on mohair as a result of government release of entire stocks for civilian purposes but little was reported In line of sales, ah types or medium wools continue very inactive. t it Supplies for Pacific Base cruiser watch the operation as a landing lighter is towed ashore with tools and supplies for a new U. S. base in the Southwest Pacific. (Associated Press Photo.) County Poor Farm To be Welfare Home The Marion county poor farm which was scheduled to pass out of existence December 31 as under the budget county support would be withdrawn by that time, will go into history September Freeze Wages, Advises Goss Washington, Aug. 15 (IP) Al bert S. Goss, master of the Na tional Grange, advised the na tion today that the first step to halt inflation should be to "freeze everything temporarily." Goss, in a prepared radio ad dress, said "some mistakes have been made which threaten to break down our whole price control program," and recom mended steps to halt inflation, including these: 1.-Freeze everything tempo rarily, including wages. 2. Recognize the fact that it will be necessary for all to ac cept somewhat lower standards of living. 3. Abandon the idea that all increased living costs must be accompanied by increased in come. 4. Permit necessary price ad justments, up or down, where profits are excessive. 5. Permit adjustments of sub standard wages or cases where injustices or inequities are shown, but not to exceed 2Vz per cent annually in the general wage level. The Grange master also ad vised a comprehensive research into the question "of a practical base for determining that por tion of the national income which should in justice go to in dustry, labor and agriculture." Brown Rot Control Urged by Agent Dallas W. C. Leth, Polk county agricultural agent rec ommends that fruit growers make immediate applications of finely ground sulphur dust or wettable spray to control brown rot on peaches and prunes. As the season progresses, other op plications should follow. In the event of rain, dusting should follow each rain in order to pre vent the spread and develop ment of brown rot on the fruit. Fruit thus treated not only will stand longer without spoil ing but will also ship better in the fresh state. Prune growers who find difficulty in getting driers to accept the prunes as soon as they are picked may find a previous dusting of sulphur to be of a great deal of help in preventing brown rot losses after prunes are picked and be fore they are started through the drying process in the drier. New Ceiling Prices For Paving Asphalt Washington, Aug. 15 (IP) New ceiling prices for pavement asphalt, cut-back asphalt and road oils at ocean terminals in Washington and Oregon and at California refineries were estab lished yesterday by the office of price administration, OPA said the effect of the ceiling, which becomes operative August 20, was to establish the posted prices between October 1 and October 15, 1941, as the maximums. Heretofore, the ceiling has been based on prices on deliveries between July 1 and Oct. 15, 1941. This basis, offi cials said, did not adequately re flect Increased prices posted dur ing the October 1-15 period. Crewmen of a United States 1 instead, under a deal approv ed by the county court today which will convert the proper ties on the north river road into a care home for inmates -sent there by the Marion county pub lic welfare commission. Under the new plan Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hill who have been operating the poor farm for a number of years for the county, will lease the home and a part of the land from the county from September 1 this year to September 1, 1943, at the rate of $50 a month, the lease to cover the buildings and enough land for garden purposes. The re mainder of the approximate 30 acres on the place will be held out by the county and put up for sale. Court members stated today that the Hills have arranged with the county welfare com mission to operate the place as a care home for beneficiaries from that commission on a basis to be worked out between them. Thus the place passes out as a county poor farm and will become care home under some designa tion probably to be determined by the commission. They stated that homes available for the care of these, types of cases are be coming very scarce in the vicin ity and that the commission will be able to provide enough in mates to warrant the operation of the place, There are now 11 inmates at the farm, all men, the buildings not being equipped for the care of women. It has a top capacity of 25 inmates but court members said that the Hills do not con template handling more than 16 due to the help situation. While court members are un certain as to just how long the county farm has been in opera tion, Commissioner Smith guess ed for probably 60 years, any way. The court already had decided on its abandonment at the end of the year and turning all of the cases there over to the wel fare commission. It was stated today that all of the present in mates are eligible for relief from the commission so it will make no material change as to their home status. Court members complimented the care which - the Hills have given of the county farm prop erty and said they have kept both buildings and grounds in excellent condition. Prune Growers To Meet Tuesday Reiterating the urgency of a meeting to consider steps to forestall threatened seizure of dried prunes in Oregon, J. D. Mlckle, state director of agri culture, issued his second call today for all prune growers, packers and drier operators to attend the conference here next Tuesday. Unless sanitary conditions are Improved immediately, Mickle warned, the industry will suffer the loss of most of the finished product through seizure by fed eral agencies. Representatives of the federal food and drug ad ministration and the state plan ning committee will attend Mickle said. A new method of freezing beef which requires only six hours instead of the usual eight days was recently demonstrat ed In Argentina, according to the department of commerce. Firmer Hold on Islands Taken By Marines (Continued from page 1) and that so far they had been successful because it was appar ent that no big enemy force had arrived in the southern Solo mons. 1 Convoys Attacked Flying fortresses made the at tack on the convoy bound, for the Solomons from Rabaul a small convoy, MacArthur re ported. Two of six Japanese Zero fighter planes which tried to protect the convoy were shot down and three were damaged. In three heavy attacks on a convoy off New Guinea the day before, three enemy Zeros had been downed and three damaged out of a total of 13. This brought a three-day soire in this New Guinea-New Britain area to six enemy fight ers damaged and between nine and 12 damaged by allied heavy and medium bomber planes out of a total of 27 challenging en emy planes. Not a single allied bomber was lost in the three days, though some returned to base damaged and with casual ties. United Press dispatches from Pearl Harbor indicated that- no more doubt was held there that the Marines were in the Solo mons to stay. Seek Pickers For Tomatoes Lebanon Although the bean picking situation is being gener ally taken care of, a few more pickers can be used in two of the yards, according to informa tion from the local employment office. The crop is reported very good. However, states Cal Ed wards, employment manager, there will be a big demand for tomato pickers within a week or so, and persons interested are urged to register now. The to mato crop this year is the larg est in history. The Snow Peak Logging com pany, it is reported, has been forced to consolidate its oper ations east of Lebanon because of a shortage of labor. Since there is quite a supply of loge on hand the two local operations were made into one and a sur plus of 15 men under the new set-up was transferred to the Black Rock logging works near Dallas. Both are owned by the Gerlinger interests with sawmills at Dallas. There are now 75 women be ing employed at the local ply wood plant on three shifts. None has had to be let out because of inability to do the work, it is announced. First pay checks were paid the women Monday, Producers to Erect Addition Plans for construction of a dehydrating plant immediately adjoining the present cannery have been announced by the Blue Lake Producers cannery in West(Salem. The addition will be erected on what is known as the Wells property at Patterson and Second streets and will re quire the removal of a residence, tenants being notified to vacate within a week. Preliminary plans for the plant have been completed. Plans for dehydrating plants have been discussed here for some time in the canning indus try with the curtailment of tin cans and also for the necessity of eliminating bulk in transporta tion of foods as much as possible, especially in war orders both for this country and for lend lease shipments. It is expected there will be large expansion in dehy dration of both fruits and vege tables as time goes on. The Blue Lake Producers Is expected to add another shift to its cannery workers tonight at 11 o'clock. It has been working two shifts of 75 workers each. The cannery handles great quan tities of beans from the West Stayton section, as well as can ning other fruits and vegetables in season. All Hallerts Slated Silvcrton All members of the Harvey Hallett family plan to be at the Gelser addition home over the week-end. These include Mr. and Mrs. Preston L. Young (Florence Hallett) and two small daughters, Willetta and Loretta, of Marshtield, Mr. and Mrs. An dy Totland (Janet Hallett) of Sllverton, the Misses Bonnie and Shirley Hallett and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hallett. Mrs. Hallett has recently left the Sllverton hos pltal following major opera tion. Berry Receiving Station Is Closed Scio, Aug. 15 Approxi mately 158 tons of berries, gross ing growers $26,324.30, were de livered at the receiving station during the season recently clos- ed, according to figures reveal- ed by Ed Rubesh, secretary of the local fruit growers' asso ciation. First strawberries were re ceived June 1, consisting of Mar shall and Red Heart varieties, total of 218,523 pounds having been handled, 'bringing $17, 841.84, or 8 cents per pound; red raspberries, 35,237 pounds at 12 cents, $4,228.44; black raspberries, 17,796 pounds at 9 cents, $1,601.64; boysenberries, 24,939 pounds at 7 cents, $1, 745.73; youngberries, 12,329 pounds at 7 cents, $863.03; lo ganberries, 138 pounds at M cents, $9,66; gooseberries, 6,50T . pounds at 6 cents, $393.96. Approximately 200 acres of berries are tributary to Scio, but acreage this season was some what smaller, and the yield was estimated by Rubesh as 50 per cent. Unfavorable weather ac counted for the decline, he stated. Births, Deaths Births Sllverton To Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Pitman of Molalla, August 13, at Sllverton hospital, a son, Jefferson To Mr. and Mrs. Jam es Hague a son, Robert Wayne, Aug. 7; to Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lee, Rt. 2, Jefferson, a daughter, Annan Elaine, July 28. Deaths gift Kampfer In this city. Augu 14, Charles Kampfer, at the age cf 42 years. Late resident of Marsh field, Ore. Announcement of ser vices later by Rose Lawn Funeral home. Ackerman At the residence on route 4, Salem, August 14, Fred A. Ackerman, aged 52 years. Hus band of Zella B. Ackerman; brother of Clyde Ackerman of Los Angeles, Carrie of Los Angeles and Bertha of Oakland. Services will be held Monday at 1 :30 p.m. from the W. T. Rlgdon chapel with Interment in City View cemetery. Rev. Robert A. Hutchinson will officiate. Crump Lois Jean Crump, at a local hospital, August 15, late resi dent of Route 4, Salem. Survived by parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Crump of Salem. Announcements -later by Clough-Barrick company. White Lowell Ellsworth White, near Detroit, August 15, late resi dent of 1865 South Church street, Salem. Survived by wife, Mrs. Mon lta White of Salem; son. Gordon White; parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. White and grandmother, Mrs. D.ff White, all of Salem; aunt, mW Blanch Doam of Los Angeles, and uncle, Floyd White of Salem. An nouncements later by Clough-Barrick company. Booth Mrs. Bertha Mabel Booth, at her home. Route 2, Turner. Sur vived by husband, George F. Booth of Turner; two sons, Carl V. Booth of Turner and Herbert S. Booth, in England. Also survived by three' grandchildren, Herbert Kenneth Booth, Brent Lewis Booth and Anita Gayle Booth, all of Turner. Ser vices will be held Monday at 2 p.m. from the Clough-Barrick Chanel with Interment in Belcrest Memorial park. ... Haines Charles W. Haines, late resident of 2480 West Nob Hill street,. Salem, at the Veterans' hospital, Portland, Wednesday, August 12, at the age of 58 years. Husband of Mrs. Nora Haines, of Salem: fa ther of Mrs. Norman McCalllster, of The Dalles, Miss Alice Haines of Salem, Forrest and Hubert Haines of Colorado, Lester Haines of Camp Davis, N.C., and Chester Haines of Fort Stevens. Ore.; brother of Frank Haines, In Idaho, and Mrs. ClesA Gates of Seattle; survived also (?J 13 grandchildren. Services will be held Monday, August 17, at 10 a.m. from Clough-Barrick chapel. Rit ualistic services by Spanish-American War Veterans. William Ruby Scio J. s. Ruby this week receiv ed word of the death of his broth er, William,, at Hill City, Ida., Au gust 8. Deceased is remembered In Scio as he attended high school here nine years ago. The widow and a son, two years old, survive. The family visited here lost winter. Homer Virgil Link Dallas Funeral services were held Friday at the Masonic hall in If dependence for Homer Virgil LlrW 63, of the Pedee district, who died Wednesday. Rev. L. F. Vlckers offi ciated. Interment was at Fir Crest cemetery near Monmonth. Mr. Link was born April 21, 1870, near Inde pendence. He had resided In Polk county all his life. Survived by his widow and two daughters, Shlela and Virginia, and three sisters, Miss Nell Link of Pedee, Miss Mary Link and Mrs. Nellie Taylor of Salem. u. 1. 1. Laa, s.u ur. u v&aa. DRS. CHAN-LAM Chinese HerbnIUts Ml Nrtb Ubtrtr Coitiiri Poruind Central nctn 09 wine op a Tuasaaj ana Bktardty only. 10 in to 1 p.m., I to 1 p.m. Consult i Man. Blood Ptmhum and Orln tMU art frti of ehirta rrattleti alnea 1111 Obituary