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PAGE SIX MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1932. REMAINS ACTIVE F PORTLAND, April II. AP) D spite the many attempt to torce reductions In the buying price on live chickens, the general trend 01 the trade here remslns not only of active character, but with values luted around the normal at least. The only pending weakness ap pear! for very light weight brollera those weighing lees than li ids. each. These are In rather liberal supply with demand apparently In sufficient to take caro of them. Heavy broilers and hens of all sorts art showing maintained values. Trade conditions In the butter market are of nearly steady char acter. although here and there some pressure against the price Is sug gested with the Increasing output of the Portland territory. Only the maintenance of extreme volume of storage operations Is hold ing the price of eggs from showing further downward swing. Local co ops are storing a very liberal supply for this reason. Some slight Improvement In the market for country killed calves Is suggested In the late trading. Late business has been at an advance of perhaps fto lb. Receipts not so liberal. Llvefttock PORTLAND. Ore., April 8-(AP) Cattle 75, calveg 10; .steady. Hoga 1300, Including 492 direct, 208 through; weak. Bheep and lamba, 136; ateadf. Portland Produce PORTLAND, April 8 (AP) Live poultry net buying price! Heavy hens, colored, 4Vi lbs. up, ISalec; do mediums, 13c; light, 10c; broilers, 3$13c; colored roasters over 3 lbs., 30 23c; old roosters, 8c; ducks, Pe kln, 15c: geese, 12c; capons, ,18u 300. COUNTRY MEATS Belling price to retailers: Country killed hogs, best butchers, under 100 lbs., eaa'ic Others unchanged. ONIONS Selling price to retailers: Oregon, 8,607.00 cental; boilers, 8O05.S0. Butter, butterfat, eggs, potatoes, new and seed potatoes, wool and bay quotations unchanged. Portland Wheat PORTLAND, Ore., April 1, (API Wheat: , Open High Low Close May .. 58 .68 .87 .57 July .67 .574 57H .57 Sept. J7K .57 .87 .57 Cash wheat: Big Bend bluestem .88 Soft white ,......... ........... .88V4 Western white ........ .56 Hard winter . .B4V4 Northern spring .64 Vi Western red -6414 Oats: No. 3 white. 833.60. . Today's car receipts. Whoat, 33; flour, 8: corn, 3; hay, 1. RUINS OF AIR LINER IN WHICH SEVEN WERE KILLED r ,; yr , 'I 1 A sioct stfld Press Paw e The smouldering ruins of e trlmotor passenger airplane In which seven men were killed when It struck I high tension wire near San Bernardino, Cal, are shown above. The plane was traveling from Phoenix. Viz, to Los Angeles. Medford Pear Sales, New York Auction From New York Daily Fruit Reporter, furnished to The Mail Tribune by . the Fruitgrowers' League Three cars and 1 part car MEDFORD ANJOUs, ket strong and higher on account of light receipts. ANJOUS Bxs. 70s Olen Rosa Extra 607 235 Bear Creek Extra . 388 SOS Beacon Fancy 388 SOS Beacon Fancy .. .. ....... 331 320 WINTER NEL18 Olen Rosa Extra Jumbles 432 Olen Ivy Fancy Jumbles H 100 90S Transport Extra 730 ANJOUS Blue Diamond Extra .. Sear Creek Extra ........ 3 cars WINTER NELIS sold here April 4. On best AnJouB mar Nells unchanged. Weather clear. 80s )0s 100S 110s 120W 136s 150s 166s 180s 196s 310s Avge. 265 !36 235 235 230 230 235 230 235 956 390 410 410 430 445 455 446 425 425 419 )70 386 416 435 440 465 455 ..... .. . 397 345 . 430 435 450 470 470 460 435 . 380 230 130 230 220 230 225 225 230 , Bxs . 35s 30s 35s 40s 618 116 116 126 135 604 136 180 185 235 45s 145 205 320 60s 150 305 316 56s 443 100 90 237 Avge. 124 203 VALLEY STUDENTS E Arbor day waa the theme of the program at the Valley school thlt morning at the regular weekly awm- bly, presented by the atudenti of the second group. After the elnglng of two aprlng songs, "The Origin of Arbor Day" was explained by Nancy Day, and "What Trees Do For Us" was the subject of Susan VI Us talk. . Alicia, Ruhl pre sented "What We Plant When We Plant a Tree." Tree products and forest preserva tion were explained to the students by Wlllard orlmm, forest rangor. Two sonns by the smaller children, "The Poplar Tree" and "Tommy Tucker's Dog" were followed by a talk by Charity Hart, telling of trees after they leave the forest, and go through the mill. Nancy Clark explained the care of orchards. Irrigation, and various phases of raising fruit trees. Miss El low Mae Wilson waa a guest of the group, and sang Joyce Kilmer's Trees," and whistled "The World U Waiting for the Sunrise." Barbara Sheldon recited the poem. "Woodman, Spare That Tree," after telling of the origin. A little play. "Which Tree la Best." was presented, with Polly Scherer, Julie Carpenter. David Rosenberg, Nancy Day, Patricia Parrell and David Williams .taking part. Nanette Rosen berg waa the Wood Fairy. CONTEST PLAY AT E El San Francisco ntittrrrat SAN FRANOI8CO. Cel.. April 8. (AP) Butterfat f. o. b. San Fran elsco, 30o. , Wall St. Report Mock Hale Average. (Copyright, 1932, Standard Statistics Co.) April 8: 30 Ufa 60 20 Ind'ls Rr's Today 48.U 33.4x 75.1X Prev day . 60.5 33.6 78,7 Week ago.... 66.8 26.8 Year ago,...120.1 91.5 90 Total 48 Ox 618 90.0 87.0 184.4 131.0 nnnit Hale Averages (Copyright, 1932, Standard Statistics Co.) prll 8 1 90 20 30 80 Ind'ls Rr's Ufa Total Today . 61. 9x 83.7X 77.7X 87.8X Prev day... 69 8 84 3 78.6 68.6 Week ago.,.. 68.8 68 8 S1.6 71.9 Year ago... 86.9 99.6 100.7 95.7 NEW YORK, April 8. (AP) The shrinkage of share values persisted for the 8th successive session In the stock market today. The list was given only momentary respite by a ripple of short covering In the after noon, and closed with widespread losses of 1 to more than 8 points. Sates again approximated ' 2.000.000 shares, the list closed with feeble tone. The list as a whoto dipped further Into new low ground for more than a decade. Utilities were again depressed. Today'a closing prices for 15 select ed stocks follow: American Csn M.WM.M. 60Vi Amerlrsn T. T, 10'i Anaconda .J"I.. . 4H Curtla Wright 1 Oeneral Motors Int. T. & T Montgomery Ward ... Paramount Pub. . Radio I.',,..".. Southern Pao. .... 8. O. of Cal. . S. O, of N. J. Trans Am .... 13 4V. , H 8 141, . 31 , . 38 3H United Aircraft .. lou U. 8. Steel .... ... 83 H - . Richfield Reporter ichfield Reporter The Richfield reporter of the air will Include the city of Medford In the prosperity program for tonight, which will be broadcast at 10 o'clock. It was announced by the ehamher ot commerce toldsy. Reopening ot the Tomlln Box factory, as reirted In the Msll Tribune, will be featured. ValeMore than 500 men directly employed on Owyste project. SACRAMENTO, Co,., April 8. (AP) Mrs. Ruth O. Christen, 44, was shot and killed shortly before 1 o'clock this morning by her husband, Charles W. Christen, a railroad brtkeman, who declares he mistook his wife for b prowler when he awakened from a sound sleep and saw her standing In front of a window In their apartment here. While Chrlaten Is being detained at the oily Jail for further questioning, Chief Deputy District Attorney Chris Johnson And police officers who In vestigated, said they are practtcAlly satisfied the shooting was accidental. Jacksonville JACKSONVILLE, Ore., April 8. (Spl.) A number of ladles from here will attend the Medford Do mestic Laundry theater party this week, Home Economics club met with Mi's. Emma Conger Wednesday, Afwr business, a pleasant afternoon waa spent, and refreshment were served. ,R. L, Wilson and family called on friends In Jacksonville Wednesdny. Chester Moore went to Grants Pass Friday, returning Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, Floyd Hart of Grif fin Creek stopped here en route to Medford to get their daughter, Al berta, a high eohon student at the local school. Miss Hart waa taken to Medford for dental work. Fred Butcher was a Medford visitor Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. Edward Callon of Napa, Calif., returned home after visiting the Oivtn home. Mlna Janet Oftadah! returned to Napa also. Alfred Norrla haa been notified that he haa a homestead In Tula lake. Tills land Is open nly to ex -service men. George Little has opened a real estate office In the .building for merly occupied by Judge Roe. Be side repnperlng. other Improvement have been made In the building. Alvln Welch haa returned to Jack sonville after two weeks with his parents at Klamath Falls. , Harold Reed made a business trip to Klamath Falls Thursday. Mr, Marsh haa been quite 111 for for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Moore had aa guests Easier their mother, Mrs, Laney Stevenson and Mr, and Mra. Robert Stevenson of Salem, their father, F. V. Stevenson of Grant Pasa and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Steven' son of Jacksonville. Friends of Malcolm Stein were pleased to welcome him back Bun- day. He haa been In California and Arizona for the past year. April 10 thore will be a practice game between the Phoenix baseball team and the Jacksonville league baseball team on the local diamond Library report for the month of March follows: Books loaned, 1373; largest dally circulation, 183; aver age dally loan, 163; new readers, S. " SALEM, April 8. (AP) Rail car rters in Oregon" have petitioned for emergency rates Increasing the tariff on grain and grain product in the state, pending the outcome of the Interstate commerce commission hearing on the reopened grain rate controversy, the public utilities com missioner announced here today. The rates In Oregon on Intra-state tariffs were reduced by a commission order April 1, 1031, to conform with the proponed Interstate commerce commission's schedule. However, Ore gon was the only state to put the 15 per cent reduction Into effect, the supreme court holding the federal commission's order Invalid. hort Sales Probe i ""C Senator fi jif'.rlc C. Wulcoct, who haa led the drive for an Investiga tion of bear operations In the stook market, was named ahalrman of a senate subcommittee appointed to draft a resolution authorising com plete Investigation of the stock exchange. iWL Baking I SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 8, (AP) Pr-sons he described as "vi cious, premeditated liars" were con demned by President Heber J. Grant ot the Later Day Saints' church at the opening of Is 102nd annual con ference today for their attacks upon the general authorities of the organ ization. Mentioning the circulators of local publications of that nature, he said, he is "not sure but what we ought to nsk the government to $ prosecute these Hare for using the malls to distribute such lies." The second play in the Jackson County Recreation club's dramatic contest, "Squaring It With the Boss." Is scheduled for tomorrow evening at Eagle Point Orange hall, to be pre sented by Roxy Ann Orange, at eight o'clock. Members of the cast are Frank Hansen, Ila Evans. Orln Hawksworth, Ulala Redpath, Edna Volutins and Roscoe Roberts. Judges will be Mrs. Mabel Mack, vice-president of the organization, Rev. R. Balrd, Doro thy Mitchell, Paye Woolsey and Mar garet Hensley. The first play In the contest, was presented by the Rogue River Civic Improvement club, with Mrs. Effle Birdseye, Mrs. Esther Brashear, Mrs. Thelma Thomas, Mrs. Elsie Phelps, Mrs. Carlos Moegeuls, Mrs. Baker, Mrs Nellie Cook and Mrs. Lela Shepherd. Special Communication of Medford Lodge No. 103, A. P. Is A. M., Friday, April 8. at 7130 p. m. Work In F. C. degree, visitors Invited. By order of E. L. LENOX, W. M. OEO. ALDEN, Secretary. BRIBERY CHARGED TO OFFICIALS urnrseni gal sjyyMgSS l2iES2 Amnalid Pitn Phot City Commissioners R. Earl Riley, John M. Mann and Mayor George L. Baker (left to right) of Portland, Ore, were indicted by a grand ury accused of malfeasance In office and advocating the com mission of a felony, namely bribery. erlng hauling of logs In motor truck! over the roads of the state was an nounced as a policy today by the state highway commission at the con clusion of a hearing on the question of damage done to highways pj ex cessive loading and speeding of log trucks. The commission will study the mat ter further and In cooperation with Its engineer, R. H. 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