Fourteen
The Capital Journal, Salem,' Oregon
Thursday, September 24, 1942
Stocks Advance
Led by Railroads
In Active Trading
New York, Sept. 24 VP)
Stocks, led by rails and Indus.
trials, today added fractions to
more ( in a point to yesterday's
rally, with volume reaching the
econd best level o the year.
Transfers of around 800,000
shares were the largest since
July 9. Turnover of 844,000 on
that date was a peak since De
cember 31.
Among stocks Santa Fe bulg
ed to a new 5-year high and top
figures for the year or longer
were posted for Southern Paci
fic, Erie, Southern Railway pre
ferred, Western Union, Ameri
can Radiator, Goodrich and U.
S. Rubber.
Tilting forward were U. S
Steel, Bethlehem, Youngstown
Sheet, General Motors, Chrysler,
North American, J. I. Case,
Twentieth Century-Fox, Doug
las Aircraft, Anaconda, Kenne
cott, Du Font and National Gyp
sum. Corn Products backed away in
the wake of a dividend cut from
75 cents, paid since 1929, to 65
cents. Taxes were given as the
main reason for the excision.
Lagging the greater part of the
time were International Tele
phone, American Telephone and
Standard Oil (N. J.).
Bonds were selectively ii
proved.
Grain Futures
Fluctuate
Chicago, Sept. 24 (U.R) Grain
futures fluctuated nervously to
day with rye dropping 1 cents
a bushel the last hour of trade.
Oats and wheat both dipped be
low yesterday's levels and corn
and soybeans advanced.
Wheat finished the day with
net losses of V to cent a bu
shel; corn up Vs to ; oats off
to , rye -l, and soy
beans up Vz.
News from Washington on the
anti-inflation bill now pending
held early morning gains in
check. Senator Prentiss Brown
of Michigan today attacked farm
bloc demands for revision of the
parity formula to include labor
costs. President Roosevelt can
not accept an anti-inflation bill
with farm parity revised, Brown
warned.
Brown said the bill would be
vetoed and then the president
would act to check inflation.
Mills bought considerable
wheat, strengthening the mar
ket, but the heavy gain was
checked by profit-taking and by
local selling.'
- Corn trade became more brisk
than of late and the market's
undertone was firm. May corn
has been sold and December
bought in exchange at 4 M cents
difference.
Rye met with substantial com
mission house selling.
Secretary of Agriculture Wic
kard authorized the commodity
credit corporation to purchase
damaged wheat for feed pur
poses today.
The plan was inaugurated,
Wickard said, because of the
considerable damage reported to
Duram and other spring wheats
in the northwest. l
The agriculture department
urged wheat growers to divert
' as much wheat acreage as pos
sible next year to vital war
crops.
Rye at Minneapolis was inde
pendently weak; other outside
markets followed the Chicago
trend.
Dairy Co-op Trial .
Date Postponed
Portland, Sept. 24 (U. Feder
al court announced today the
trial of officials and members of
the Oregon Dairy Cooperative
association on charges of anti
trust law violations had been
taken off the calendar for Octo
ber 13 and would be heard at a
later date.
The hearing was set up be
cause of the inability of Federal
Judge Leon Yankwich, expected
to sit at the trial, to be in Port
land on the original date.
Markets Briefed
(Br th Unlttd Prm)
Stocks strong in active trad
ing. Bonds irregularly higher.
Curb stocks higher.
Chicago stocks higher.
London stocks closed at new
high since early 1938.
Cotton futures slightly higher,
Grains in Chicago: Wheat
closed Vt to cent lower; corn
up M to cent.
Silver quoted In New York at
44 cents an ounce for foreign
metal.
Market Quotations
Portland Eastslde Market
Corn and lettuce sold out, prices
held at the eastslde market today,
Scramble for cucumbers, pickling
at 80c for 2s, $1 box for Is; slicing
70-75c box.
Slight increase in grape offerings
from The Dalles, 8c lb. Concord type
(Wordens) 90c lug, bulk sold prior
to arrival.
Good Mulr peaches $1.10, Elbertas
$1.10. few Hales trifle Better.
Tomatoes 90c lug, for top, good
demand. Prunes 90c flat in rapid
sales. Green broccoli $1.10, few high
er. Corn $1 crate, some 15c, small lots
Golden Cross Bantam $1.25.
Cantaloupes scarce, $2.75, Canby
Spears $2.25-50.
Top cauliflower absent, few Is to
$2. Cabbage $3 orate, Local eggplant
$1.75 lug. Celery root 90c doz.
Celery, green $4 crate. Spinach 75c
orange box. Green peppers 50-75c
flat. Endive 75c doz. Best lettuce
$1.75-$2. China lettuce $2 crate.
Large King apples $1.75, others to
$1.50. Very ordinary Bartlett pears
$1.25-35 box.
Zucchinni 40c, few 50c box. Pota
toes scarce, firm. Green beans 9c lb.,
few 10c.
Fortlnwl Frnrtuce Exchange
Butter Cube ex. 47Vjc, standards
47c, prime firsts 45 lie, firsts 43 ,ia lb
Eggs Quotations between dealers:
Grade A large 47c, B large 42c. Grade
A mod. 42c, B 38c.
Cheese Oregon triplets 24c, loaf
25c lb. Jobbers pay c lb. less.
Portland Wholesale Market
Butter Prints: A grade 51c lb. in
parchment, 52c in cartons. B grade
50c In parchment, .cartons 51c.
Butter! at First quality, maxi
mum of .6 of 1 per cent acidity de
livered in Portland 51'.4-52c lb. pre
mium quality (maximum of .35 of
1 acidity) 524-53c lb., valley routes
and country points 50c; second qual
ity at Portland 4914-50O lb.
Choese Selling prices to Port
land retailers: Tillamook triplets,
30c lb., loaf 31c lb., triplets to whole
salers 28c, loaf 29c lb. f .o.b. Tillamook
Eggs Price to producers: A large,
45c, B large 40c. A med. 40c, B 36c
dozen. Resale to retailers 4c higher
for cases, 5c higher for cartons.
Live Poultry
Buying prices. No. 1 grade leg
horn broilers, lU-1'4 lbs, 26c; over
lbs. 27c; colored fryers under 2lt
lbs. 27c, 2!4-4 lbs. 29c, colored hens
22t$c; colored roosters over 4 lbs.
29c, Leghorn hens under 2 lbs. 10c,
over 3i4 lbs. 20c, No. 2 grade, hens,
5c less; No. 3 grade 10c less; roos
ters 10-12C lb.; light hens 20 lie
medium hens 21c. .
Dressed turkeys Selling price
New crop, 35-38C 10.
Selling price by receivers. Light
nens 21-21 lie, med. hens 2114c, col
ored hens. 23-23 Vic; colored spring
ers, 32c'; white broilers, 30c; stags,
13-14C; roosters. 14-I4c: rekin
ducks, youngs 25c lb; old, no quote
colored, no quote; guinea hens, 60-
75c each.
Rabbits Average country killed,
32c lb.
Fresh Fruits
Apples Gmvenstelns, local, $1
1.50 box; red Gravensteins. $2 box,
H.R. ortleys xf. $1.85, Yakima Jona
than, comb. $2.25 box; extra fancy
$2.B9-$3 bOX.
Avocados Green $1.45-82.40 box;
Bucno $1.25-$2.10, El Dorado $1.35
w DOX.
Bananas No. 1. hands 9 '.4c lb:
bunches 814 c lb.
Cantaloupes DUlard $4.00 crate
Yakima standards, $2-$2.25 crate;
tne Dalles, standard, $2.75-3 crate.
Grapefruit Riverside, $3.50-
case.
Oranges Valencies $4-$4.96 case,
case.
Poaches Valley Elbertas $1.15. ,
H. Hale $1-$1.25, Yakima Elbertas
$1.10, Hales $1.25 per box.
Pears Sartlette, $1.50-$1.90 box.
sikol $1.10 peach box.
Lemons Fancy. $5.40-6: choice.
$5.25-5.35 crate.
Melons Watermelons, Boardman
2'ic lb.
Fresh Vegetables
Beans Northwest green 10-12c lb.
Beets Oregon, 30-35o dozen
Duncnes.
Cauliflower Local, No. 1, $2.75
crate.
Carrots Oregon, 60-700 dozen
Duncnes,
Cabbage Oregon, $3.50 crate,
Celery Oregon green. $4 crate
Oregon hearts, $2-$2.50 doz. bunches,
corn No. 1 $1.25.
Cucumbers Field 80o-$t box, pick
ing aac-$l.
Garlic No. 1 (new crop), 10-12c
ID.
Lettuce No. 1 3s, local $2-$2.25 a
crate.
Musnrooms Hothouse, 40c lb; H
id, zac.
Onions Green 70c doz. bunches,
urcgon dry $1.40-50, Walla Walla
Yakima $1.35 50-lb. bag; pickling
1UV 1U.
Peas Oregon const, 25s, $3.50 box,
Peppers Local No. 1, $1-1. to box.
Potntoes New Ynklma $3.60-65,
Idaho $3.25-50 cental, local $4 cental,
itinmam 53.6&-70.
Radishes Oregon, 40-500 dozen
ouncnes.
Rhubarb No. 1 $1.
bquash Zucchini, 60-60c; white,
ycnow, GU-65C Dae.
Spinach No. 1 75c-$l orange box.
owcci f olatocs No. 1 3!4-Uo lb
$3.85 50-lb.
lomatoes The Dalles, 18s ripe,
mrners, si.40-1.50: Ya
kima 80-95C box, No. 1 local 90c-$l
Yakima 75-80c.
Meats-
Country Meals Selling prlco to
retailer: Country-killed hogs best
uicncrs, izu-i4 ids, 20-21C; veal
ers, fancy, 23c lb; good heavy, 16-
iw id; rougn neavy, 18c lb; canner
cows, 12!j-13c lb. cutters 13-14c lb.
uuiu,, jo-nc id; spring iambs, 20
22c; yearling lambs, onnrf is h-
do heavy. $12-15o lb; ewes, 8-9c lb
Wool, Hides, Hods
wool 1942 contracts, Oregon
inm-ii. numinai. 44-370 in ci-nt.
breds, 40-42c lb.
Mohair 1942, 12 month, 45- lb.
I11UL-3 UHiVeS. lU-'JL'n lh- Dnun
u, ii"p, ice id; green bulls,
6c lb.
Hods Seed stock. 1042 os-
$1 lb., seedless $1, fuggles 74c lb.
Porlland Grain
Portland. Kent 24 rpi wk.F
turcs: Dec. 1.12.
Cash grain: Nn. 1 fin Ms- -,.
(bid): soft white 1.17, excluding Rex
M8U; white club, west, red 1.19
hard red winter: ordinary 1.12, 10
pet. 1.17, 11 pet. 1.19, 12 pet. 1.21;
hard white baart: 10 pet. 1.19, 11 pet.
1.21, 12 pet. 1.23.
Car receipts: wheat 28, flour 14
mlllfeed 6, barley 5, corn 4, flaxseed
2, hay 3, oats 1.
Portland Livestock
Portland, Sept. 24 VP) (USDA)
Cattle 200, salable 150; calves
Market very slow, partial clearance
steady but undertone weak to lower
on others; one lot grass-fat steers,
1111 lbs. $12.50, odd cutter-common
$8-$10.10 including few light stack
ers at $9. Com.-med. beef heifers
$9.40-$ll, odd head to $12, common
.light down to $8. Canner-cutter cows
mostly $4.75-$6, fat dairy type to
$6.50, heavy Holstelns $7; med. beels
$7.50-$9. Med.-good bulls $9.50-$10.50,
odd head $11, fed med. vealers $11
$12, good-choice quotable $14-$15,
few lots med.-good calves 350-375
lbs. $11-$13.
Hogs 500, salable 400. Few calrly
sales strong to 10c higher, later
generally steady. Good-choice 170
215 lbs. largely $14.65-75, early sales
to $14.85, one choice lot $15; 230-270
lbs, largely $14.65-75, early sales to
$14.85; one choice lot $15. 230-270
lbs. $14, few $14.25; light lights at
S13.75-S14. Good sows 475-650 lbs.
$12.75-$13, llghtter wts. $13.50; choice
feeder pigs quotable to $15.
Sheep 400. salable 300. Few good
spring lambs steady at $11.50. cull
and common very slow, several lots
unsold, few eood feeders $9.50. Onod
ewes to $4.50. com. down to $2.
Chicago Grain
Chicago. Sept. 24 (U.R Cash grain:
wneat No. 3 dark northern 1.25.
Corn No. 1 yellow 84U-85'K. No,
2 84-85 '.4, No. 3 84-84 -V.. No. 4 8.1H
84, No. 5 82.-83',i. No. 2 white
1.09',, No. 4 1.05, No. 5 1.0814.
Oats No. 1 mixed heavy 53 H, No.
3 white heavy 52, No. 1 red special
heavy 53H-14. No. 4 white heavy 49,
NO. 1 white 53 J4, No. 2 53, No. 3 40,
No. 4 48-49.
Barley Malting 82-1.00, nom. hard
67-75n, feed 57-69n, No. 2 malting
tough 1.00.
Wheat open high low close
Dec. 1.28T4, 1.29 1.2BK 1.2R'i-
May 1.32-i 1.32T6 1.31U 1.31
July 1.32 1,33 1.32 1.32 ,
Chicago Livestock
Chicago. Sept. 24 (P) (USDA)
Hogs 20,000, salable 10,000; wts. 200
lbs. up steady to weak with Wednes
day's average, 200 lbs. down slow,
10c lower. Sows 10-15c off, bulk good
and choice 220-300 lbs. $15-$15.15,
top $15.20; 150-100 lbs. occasionally
$14.15-85; good-choice sows 380 lbs.
down $14.90-$15; 400-500 lbs. $14.65-35
Sheep 8000, salable 3000. Wednes
day, spring lambs and yearlings
mostly 25-35c higher, sheep steady.
Native and western springers topped
at $15, with bulk good-choice na
tives $14.50-75, throwouts $11 down;
choice fed yearlings $13; double mod.
wt. feeding lambs $12. Todny: spring
lambs barely steady, other slaugh
ter classes steady. Few lots choice
native springers $14.00; bulk good
choice $14.50-75, throwouts largely
$11.50 down. Choice light wt. year
lings $13, med.-good lots $11.25-75,
few throwouts $10.50 down, two decks
handy wt. western ewes $5.60; most
small lots natives $5.50-$6.
Salable cattle 550O, calves 800.
Strictly choice steers and yearlings
steaoy, an otners slow, weak to 25c.
mostly 10-15c lower; excepting strict
ly top cattle, general! market fully
zoo uncier week's h eh. Ton .tisnn
for choice to prime 1200 lbs. Best
yearnngs S16.50, bulk fed steers and
yearlings $13.50-$16.25; heifers stea
dy, top $15.60. Cows moderotely ac
tive, strong with weighty cutters to
i.zd ana good range cows $11.50.
Boston Wool
Boston, Sept. 24 MP) (USDA) The
Boston wool market continued ac
tive todny with a demand for both
combing and woolen wools. Sales of
grnaeo Ohio nnd Michigan and 'i
bloods made at 54c crease basis, s.
American wools suitable for naval
blankets 95c clean bnsls for grease
woois, nna $1.03-05 for scoured.
Salem Markets
Compiled from reports of Sa
lem dealers, for the guidance
of Capital Journal readers.
(Revised daily).
Buying Prices
Wheat, red or white, 95o per bu.
Gray oats, No. 2. 36 lb., $26 ton
Barley, No. 2, bright. $25 ton.
Hay Clover $14 per ton; oats and
vetch $14 per ton; locnl second cut
ting nlfnlfa. $17 per ton.
Retail Prices
Egg Mash $3.05 cwt.. second erode
$2.95. Pullet Grower Mash $3.10.
Chicken Scratch. $2.25 cwt.
Whole Corn $2.40, cracked $2.45.
Midget Market Reports
Hogs 165-215 lbs. $14.00; 215-250
lbs. $13.50; 250-300 lbs. $13: packing
sows $12.
Sheep Lambs $10, ewes $4-$5.
Cattle Top veal dressed 21c. veal
alive 14c. Heifers $6-$8 Dairy
cows $4-$6, beef cows $6-$7; bulls
I7.50-S8.50.
Poultry Heavy colored hens. No
21c; No. 2 16c: frvs 2ta whim
ijcgnorn nens nc, Irys 21o lb.
Eggs Buying nrlces: Larue Grade
wnne ana orown 44c do., med. 39.
Standards. B laree 39c. Pullets
tic dozen, cracks 24c dozen.
fcggs Wholesale ortces- Ex laree
wnne ana Drown 48c, med. 43!sc doz.
Standards, white and brown 41c doz
Pullets 27c doz.
Butter Prints: A erode 50Jc. B
wsc, quarters 51!ic lb. Butterfat
premium 63'mc, No. 1 62!ic, No. 2
w:c id.
Slip covers out of your bud
get's reach? Unbleached muslin
can be used for inexpensive slip
covers if you will use your im
agination about finishing them
off with colored fringe, or cords.
Make your curtains or drapes to
match.
Polk Farmers
Told About
Food Proaram
All-out production for every
small and part-time farm in Polk
county is the goal of a six-point
wartime program assigned the
farm security administration by
Secretary of Agriculture Wick
ard, announces George S. Mc-
Cracken, county FSA super
visor, city hall building, Dallas,
who returned last week from a
two-day staff meeting at Red
mond where the new food for
freedom orders were received,
'Farm labor and equipment
shortages are handicapping food
production of many larger op
erators in this area at a time
when food rationing is already
a possibility and food needs of
our armed forces, factory work
ers and lend-lease are increas
ing," McCracken said. "Only
the farmer with enough family
labor, land and experience to
add several cows to his herd,
expand his hog enterprise or in
crease his poultry flock, can
help meet unprecedented 1943
war food demands."
Secretary Wickard's six direc
tives ask FSA to: '
1. Put every small farm op
erator with idle labor and re
sources on the nation's food pro
duction line through necessary
operating credit, health protec
tion and secure tenure.
2. Establish planned food pro
duction goals for present FSA
borrowers to meet local short
ages. 3. Aid and develop food pro-;
cessing, storage, marketing and
transportation facilities for small
farmer production.
4. Provide housing and trans
portation for farm labor mob
ilization. S. Secure best and fullest use
of available farm land in as
sisting farmers to secure leases,
and supplement present inade
quate units.
6. To help meet local shortages
of equipment, machinery and
services by organizing coopera
tive groups of small farmers for
joint purchase and use of ma
chines, tires, transportation
equipment, repair centers and
other services.
rood lor Freedom loans, up
to $2500, are now available to
every eligible small and part-
time farmer in this area who
can increase production of fight
ing foods for home use or mar
ket and is unable to secure ade
quate credit from local banks
the W.P.C.A.," McCracken
said.
Coupon Meat
Rationing
Chicago, Sept. 24 (U.R) Claude
R. Wickard, secretary of agri
culture, said today that the of
fice of price administration has
been asked to prepare a plan for
nationwide coupon meat ration
ing and that the plan "is expect
ed to be ready within two or
three months."
Wickard said at a press con
ference that a reduction of 21
per cent in deliveries of meat for
civilian consumption during the
last three months of this year,
which was announced today by
the food requirements committee
of the war production ' board
was "only a temporary measure"
to take care of the time requir
ed for preparation of the coupon
rationing plan. "The food
quirements committee already
has asked the OPA to prepare
for coupon rationing, and this is
expected to be ready within two
or three months," Wickard said.
Wickard reiterated an appeal
made earlier at Washington that
civilians restrict their meat con
sumption to 2 Mi pounds per week
per persons until rationing be
gins. He said heavy consumption of
meat during the large livestock
marketing season just starting
must be discouraged to prevent
severe meat shortages next sum
mer. Milk Control
Board in Session
Portland, Sept. 24 U.R)The
Oregon milk control board open
ed a two-day session here today
to discuss three proposals that
may increase the price of milk
and cream in the Portland area.
The board proposed to raise
the price of fluid milk from 80
to 87 cents a pound butterfat to
producers, to return to March
ceiling prices for fluid milk and
cream and to amend the existing
order to allow the board power
to meet emergency conditions in
the Portland stiles area by creat
ing a secondary sales area.
Hoard members are C E.
Grelle of Portland, A. E. Eng
bretson of Astoria and Glenn B.
Marsh of Hood River. I
Alderman's Sugar
Beets Thriving
Unionvale, Sept. 24 About
300 acres of sugar beets in the
various fields of U. S. Alderman
in various districts are up and
thriving.
Sweet corn picking at the
same farm is in progress. Many
of the pickers are coming by
bus from Amity and McMinn
ville. Security Tax
Levies Frozen
Washington, Sept. 24 (U.B
The senate finance committee to
day voted 7 to 3 to freeze social,
security levies during 1943 at
the present rate of one per cent
each on employes and employ
ers. Under present law the rates
were scheduled to increase Janu
ary 1 to two per cent on each.
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg,
R., Mich., author of the freezing
amendment, said that the 1943
step-up in levies for the old-age
benefits was "totally unneces
sary" because the social security
reserve fund now totals between
$3,000,000,000 and $4,000,000,-
000.
mis amount, he said, was
more than six times" the an
ticipated benefit payments dur
ing the next five years.
The increase in rate would
have yielded an additional $900.
000,000 in social security taxes
next year. Last year about
$900,000,000 was taken in, while
$141,000,000 was paid ouf in
benefits.
Vandenberg's amendment
would be tacked on to the sen
ate version of the pending tax
bill.
The treasury proposed that
this social security levy be boost
ed to a total of five per cent next
year as a means of curbing pur
chasing power and thereby help
ing to head off inflation.
The social security old-age
levies are collected on the first
$3,000 of a person's pay from
any one employer.
Priorities for
Fat Tank Cars
Washington, Sept. 24 VP)
The war production board to
day directed the office of de
fense transportation to set up
priorities governing all ship
ments by tank car in order to
assure the movement of seasonal
and essential vegetable oils, fats
and other products.
WPB Chairman Donald M.
Nelson directed Joseph B. East
man, ODT director, to "make all
such diversions, as far as prac
ticable," at the expense of trans
portation of automotive gaso
line into and within unrationed
sections of the country.
In order to make the most ef
ficient use of all facilities and
to compensate for any further
tank car diversions for petrol
eum hauungs, Nelson authoriz
ed Eastman to order petroleum
producers, refiners and distri
butors to make purchases, sales,
exchanges, or loans of petroleum
and petroleum products and to
arrange for the common use of
terminals and distribution faci
lities.
General Election
Notices Posted
County Clerk Lee Ohmart has
prepared the general election
notice covering offices to be
voted on at the election No
vember 3. Under the law two
copies of this notice must be
posted by each of the members
of each election board, which
will call for 480 notices to be
posted over the county and these
must be mailed to the board
members by October 3.
The notice shows the follow
ing offices to be voted on: State:
United States senator, represen
tative in congress, first district,
governor, secretary of state,
judges of the supreme court
for positions 1, 2 and 6, super
intendent of public instruction,
commissioner of the bureau f
labor, two judges of the circuit
court, two state senators, four
state representatives. County
offices: County judge, countv
commissioner, county recorder,
live justices of the peace and
six constables. City offices:
Salem, city recorder, and alder
men from fourth, sixth and sev
enth wards. Silverton, four
councilmen.
TOMATOES
(40 pounds)
MINTO ISLAND
FARMS
S41 Saginaw Street
Call 6182 '
For Reservations
Buyer mast furnish containers
Dairy Industry
Faces Problem
Dallas, Ore., Sept. 24 Ap
pearing before the city council
at the Monday night meeting
were delegates representing the
dairy industry in Dallas and vi
cinity, who presented problems
now confronting dairymen in this
area.
Faced with continuing to sell
milk at 12 cents a quart, OPA
ceiling price for this county,
dairymen here, unable to secure
price adjustment, have declared
their intnetions of finding more
lucrative milk markets, or of dis
posing of their herds. In June a
petition, signed by Polk county
dairymen, stating this declara
tion, sent to the office of price
administration, was ignored. In
neighboring vicinities, Corvallis
and Salem, 13 cents is the estab
lished ceiling price.
After the hearing and attend
ant council discussion, Mayor
Leif Finseth instructed Secretary
William Blackley to write. a let
ter to Richard Montgomery, state
OPA director, informing ' him
that the Dallas council went on
record favoring immediate price
adjustment for Polk county's
dairy industry. .
First Killing
Frosts Hit Crops
Portland, Sept. 24 VP) First
killing frosts hit Oregon crops
last week as harvesting of late
fruits, at peak levels, was retard
ed by labor shortages in some
sections, the department of com
merce reported today. t
The weekly weather-crop bul
letin said some damage to corn,
beans, squash pumpkins and to
matoes was reported in scattered
areas of western and eastern
Oregon but most of the crops al
ready were in.
Hardest Wt by scarcity of lab
or was Jackson county's pear
harvest.
Douglas county's prune har
vest was at the peak but picking
of hops and prunes in Marion
county was on the downgrade.
Threshing of grain continues in
only a few localities. The third
cutting of alfalfa was complete
in most sections.
Pastures were dry and move
ment of stock from summer rang
es was increasing. In the Tilla
mook district milk production
was falling rapidly with the out
put down to about last year's le
vel at this time.
Medford with 94 degrees re
corded the maximum tempera
ture of the week while 26 de
grees at Bend and Madras was
the lowest. The only trace of
precipitation during the week
was at Baker.
Continuation of
Demand Second Front
--from page 1
To date Willkie has talked to
the highest officials of the gov
ernment and to workers in fac
tories.
They all expressed apprecia
tion for aid from the United
States and Britain, but Willkie
said it was apparent that what
they really want is a second
front.
Unless one is created, they are
going to feel terribly let down, he
asserted.
It was assumed here that Will
kie will report to President
Roosevelt this growing coolness.
After seeing Stalin he said
nothing that would indicate he
did not discover a feeling of dis
appointment there, too.
American newspaper corres
pondents in Moscow have be
gun to hear more and more out
right criticism bf the United
States and Britain recently.
Persons the Americans meet
casually in the street bring up
the question of the second front
and ask in plain language why
none has been established.
Moscow, Sept. 24 (U.R) A large
photograph of Wendell Willkie
and Josef Stalin, standing to
gether and smiling, dominated
the front pages of Moscow's
newspapers today, but official
comment regarding their two-
hour conference yesterday was
still unavailable.
The Willkie-Stalin photograph
was spread over eight columns
in the newspapers, and was ac
companied by another showing
them with Soviet Foreign Com
missar V. M. Molotov and two
WANTED
FILBERTS & WALNUTS
Highest price cash on delivery for orchard run.
See us before you sell.
Morris Klorfein
460 N. Front Street. Salem
members of Wlllkles' party, Jo
seph Barnes and Gardner Cow
les. The newspapers also publish
ed the text of yesterday's com
munique announcing that Stalin
and President Roosevelt's repre
sentative had conferred.
Despite the absence of official
details concerning Willkie's visit
here, the Moscow public, like the
Kuibyshevites, expressed appre
ciation of the American's friend
liness and frankness as they dis
cussed his visit in private con
versations. illion Dollars
Paid Hop Hands
With the closing down of the
Wigrich ranch today, hop pick
ing for the season is being
brought to a close. W. H. Baillie,
manager of the Salem office of
the U. S. employment servive,
believes that virtually all of the
hops in the valley have been
harvested with approximately a
million dollars in wages being
distributed to the pickers, yard
men and others employed. ,
The prune crop is coming out
of the orchards in a steady
stream and it is probable all will
be off the trees by the middle of
next week, except in some of the
higher elevations. Excellent
weather has speeded up the har
vest of prunes, most of which are
going into cans.
Other than cherries, which
were badly cracked by rains,
practically all of the field and
orchard crops have been har
vested without much loss, Baillie
states.
Births, Deaths
Births
. Sclo To Mr. and Mrs. Bennle
Roner of Sclo at a Corvallis hospital
Sept, 21, a daughter, Carol Jane.
Deaths
Matteson James Pearl Matteson,
near Mehama, September 21, late
resident of 1265 Rural avenue. Sur
vived by mother, Mrs. Jennie Wea
thers of Salem; father, George Mr.t
teson of Stayton; four sisters, Mrs.
Frances Toycen, Mrs. Rose LaLonde
and Mrs. Bertha Dickenson, all of
Salem, and Mrs. Verna Pennington
of Castle Rock, Wash.; three broth
ers, Clarence, Clyde and Stanley
Matteson of Salem; grandmother,
Mrs. Ella Matteson of stayton. Ser
vices will be held Friday, September
25, at 2 p.m., from the Clough-Bar-rick
chapel, with interment in IOOF
cemetery.
Otto R. Krausse
Otto R. Krausse. died in Portland
September 23. Survived by a daugh
ter, Mrs. Helen Slgel; sisters, Mrs.
Willis Moore of Salem, Mrs. Oscar
Stephenson of Chickasha, Okla., and
Mrs. Howard R. Moore of Mendota,
111. Services will be held In Port
land from the Finley Funeral home
with concluding services .in City
View cemetery, Salem.
John Harrington
Woodburn John Harrington, 83,
died las tnight at the Veterans' hos
pital, Portland. Veteran of the Spanish-American
war and resided at 293
Bradley street. Survived by a niece,
Erma St. Thomas, who had lived
with him for a number of years.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30
p.m. Friday at the Ringo chapel
with Rev. D. Lester Fields of the
Methodist church presiding. Inter
ment in Belle Pass! cemetery.
Emma Henrietta Olson -
Silverton Mrs. Emma Henrietta
Olson died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Lester Oeer, on South
Water street, Wednesday. She was
born in Whitewater, Wis., Aug. 26,
1875, and had lived in Oregon for
many years. Surviving are her hus
band, Ole G. Olson, and children,
Norma Erickson of Marshall, Minn.,
Frances Tinker of Helena, Mont.,
Pearl Stenger and Essie Reynolds of
Berkeley, Calif., Evelyn Geer of Sil
verton, Silas Olson of Portland, Rus
sell of Tylon, N. Y., and Lester of
Salem; also 14 grandchildren and
two great grandchildren. Funeral
announcements later from Larson
4s Son mortuary.
Commodore Perry Welts
Independence Services were held
at the Clough-Barrlck mortuary In
Salem "last Saturday for Commo
dore Perry Wells, 81, who passed
away in Salem Wednesday, Septem
ber 16. Rev. Chapman officiated
at the services and interment was
in the Buena Vista cemetery. Com
modore Perry Wells was a native
son of Oregon and was born May
2, 1861 one mile east of Hubbard
station. He was the son of George
A. and Henrietta L. Wells, who
crossed the plains by ox-team in
1853, At the age of six years he,
with his family, moved near Buena
Vista to the farm which is still
known as the old Wells home or
now the Perry Wells farm. He was
united in marriage on November
1, 1685 to Jennie M. Lacey, and
to this union eight children were
bom, seven of whom survive him.
Packing Co.
Tel. 7633
Obituary
He is survived by three daughters,
Mrs. Edna South, Mrs. Burnlce
Strawn ol Salem and Mrs. Clara
Elklns of Portland; four sons, Wal
ter and Marvin of Salem, Perry
Wells of Buena Vista and Amos
Wells of Albany; three brothers,
William L. Wells of Halsey, George
A. Wells of Buena Vista and John
E. Wells of Portland and 16 grand
children and two great grandchil
dren. Wells retired from the farm
In January 1918, and moved to Sa
lem where he has resided since
that time. Mrs. Wells passed away
15 years ago. Mr. Wells was a
life-long active member of the
Methodist church.
Mrs. Minnie Hosiah Hogan
Independence Services were held
Tuesday afternoon from the Smith
Baun mortuary for Mrs. Minnie Ho
zlah Hogan, who passed away In
Salem September 16, at the age of
62 years. Rev. V. A. Ballantyne of
ficiated at the services and inter
ment was in the Fir Crest ceme
tery south of Monmouth. Mrs. Ho
gan was born in Iowa July 21, 1880.
In 1914 she went to Montana and
there was united in marriage to
Ralph Mathias Hogan a year later.
To this union there were five chil
dren born. hSe is survived by her
husband, Ralph Mathias Hogan,
two sons, Ralph and Jack; three
daughters, Meriam, Dorothy and Al
verta; two brothers and three sis
ters. Howard Clarey of Springfield,
William Christenson of Three
Forks, Mont., Mrs. Tlllie Jensen of
Clarkgrove, Minn., Lydla and Dor
ous Hofius of Plummer, Minn.; 11
grandchildren and many neices and
nephews. She was a' member of the
Methodist church for many years.
Mrs. Delia McPherren
Albany Mrs. Delia McPherren, 53,
wife of M. L. McPherren, Albany Rt.
4, died at the Albany General hos
pital Tuesday. Funeral services will
be held from the Fisher Funeral
home Friday at 3 p.m. Burial will be
in Willamette Memorial park. Born
at Geneva, Neb., July 7, 1889, and
lived there until 1915, moving from
there to Poplar, Mont., coming to
Albany 22 years ago, Married at
Glasgow, Mont., to M. K. McPherr
en, Dec. 22, 1915, who survives. Also
survived by four children, Pvt. Ed
ward McPherren of Denver, Colo.,
Mrs. Glenn Smith of Memphis,
Tcnn., Mrs. Jay W. Slater and Nola
McPherren of Albany; mother and
several sisters and brothers.
Allan Durfee
Pedee Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Bur.
bank, Mrs. Thera Womer and Mr.
and Mrs. O. N. Burbank attended
the funeral of Allan Durfee, 6-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dur
fee, at Lebanon Monday, who was
killed Saturday morning when struck
by a car as he was crossing the high
way in front of his home. Besides
his parents he leaves two brothers,
Elbert and Elmer, and a sister, Don
na. The Durfees recently moved to
Lebanon from this community.
Mrs. Frances Stepanek
Scic Ritualistic Czech rites were
held at ZCBJ hall In Sclo Tuesday
at 10:30 a.m. for Mrs. Frances Step
anek. 83. who died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Charles Chrz near
here Saturday afternoon. The Rev.
V. L. Loucks officiated. The remains
were token to the Portland mausol
eum for commitment. The Lows
mortuary of Sclo and Lebanon di
rected. Mrs. Stepanek was born in
Caslav, Czechoslovakia, in 1858 and
had resided in the United States 64
years. Member of the ZCBJ lodge,
a local Czech organization. Surviv
ors Include two sons and two daugh
ters, Henry Stepanek of Marshfield,
Ed Stepanek, Mrs. Joe Bartu and
Mrs. Charles Chrz, living near Sclo;
six grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
William H. Hlckam
Sclo Funeral services for William
H. Hlckam, 65, were held at the
Christian church In Sclo Monday
afternoon, the Rev. V. L. Loucks of
ficiating. Burial was in Miller ceme
tery near Sclo. Hickman died at an
Albany hospital following major sur
gery August 6, pneumonia reported
ly being the immediate cause of
death. The Hickams came to Ore
gon from Missouri a few years ego,
making their home in this vicinity
since that time. Surviving are the
widow, five sons and one daughter.
Mrs. Hlckam will make her home
for the present with her son, H. E.
Hlckam, at Camas, Wash. He was a
member of the Christian church.
Darrell Ancel Burton
Sclo Funeral services for Darrell
Ancel Burton, 30, were held at Al
bany Saturday afternoon, Rev. Or
vllle Mick officiating. Interment was
In Bilyeu Den cemetery near the
scene of his birth and early life. He
was born May 26, 1912, and lived in
the vicinity until a few years ago.
He attended Sclo high school. Bur
ton died in Seattle September 10
after a brief Illness. He had been
employed at the Boeing airplane
Olant for snmp Mmo nrin- tA hi-
death. In Albany some years ago he
was on me sian oi the Stiff Furni
ture company, and was married In
that CltV in 1Q.15 in T.ennra Tlnt.
ards, who survives. Also surviving
o.c iua (jaiEHia, nis orotner, Eidred,
in the army in Australia, and his
brother, R. K. Burton of Portland;
sisters, Mrs. Lois Fitzgerald of Sclo
and Mrs. nnrls Mnffni-. nt Tn-finnj
He was a member of the Maccabee"
and Eagle lodges.
Infant Byram
Sclo Funeral arrangements are
under way for the 20-months old
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Byram
who accidentally fell into a cesspool .
on a farm a short distance east of
Sclo Tuesday afternoon and could
not be resuscitated. The Byrams are
newcomers here, making their home
on the second floor of the former
Morrison building in south Scio. By
ram Is employed b ythe Roaring rlv
er timber company.
Dr. U lint, N.D. Dr. G. Chin, N.D.
UKS. CHAN - - LAM
CHINESE atrbillati
241 Nerlh Liberty
OmUIra Portland Central Eleetrit C.
twit, apes Taisday and Bataria?
oaty in t I .m.i 9 fe 7 a m.
Caaiaiisiloa. BlMd sreMara aoi iriM
tta art Oft of charae.
Practiced Sine 1911
Of)