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JfEDFOTtD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGOX, TH UK SPAT, .TUNE 15, 1933.
Housekeepers Dig Deeper
As Commodity Prices Go
Forward to New Levels
Food, Clothing, Shoes and Other Items
Show Value Increase as Inflation
Of Dollar Is Continued
By MAX BUCKINGHAM.
United pre Financial Writer.
(Copyright, 1933, by United Press)
NEW YORK, June 15. (UP) Eastern housekeeper! dug deeper Into their
pocketbooks today to purchase food and clothing necessities aa the lniia
tlon trend carried price upward.
Moat gradea of meat, some vege
table.. .Ilk gooda and some gradea nri -iri I Slip. pinniM
of ahoea had lncreaaed In price over JlLl.LLL rillU UnDmLL
win miguie vi wiaj ,hu ivui wu-
aldcrably over the flrat of April. In
ether parti of the country there came
report of Increasing valuea for pro
ducts, although email town scattered
over the nation ehowed price quite
considerably under those quoted In
New York today.
A New York chain atore system to
day ahowed the following price ranges
on atsndard table ataples.
Today May 24 Apr. 1
Lb. Lb. Lb.
Round ateak 33c 31o 22c
Sirloin steak 36c 33e 20c
Pork Chops lc 19c IBe
Rib Roast 35c 33c 260
Sliced bacon 20c 26c 33c
Lamb chops .!.. 24c 33c 28c
Potstoes (8 lbs.) .... 14e 10c . 10c
String beans (21ba.) 17c 15c 22c
Eggs (dor.) .......... 30c 250 20c
Cream (qt.) 0c 680 40c
A trade publication aald that retail
silk prices are firming steady and
added:
"Manufacturers' are ahowlng In
creasing reluctance to quote prlcee
ahead on men'a and women'! cloth
ing and a ahorttge of raw materials
I feared In some sections. Unfilled
clothing orders an the highest In
many oltlea."
A leading shoe dealer reported that
an advance In prloee t rumored and
expected before fall. Already some
seasonal grades have lncreaaed.
SPECIAL SERVICES AT
Special services are being held this
week at the Pilgrim Holiness church,
833 Hsven street. Special workers to
b- heard are Rev. W. R. Miner, re
turned missionary from the West In
dies Islands. Mrs. Myron Raun of
Pasadena, Cel., will tilrect the music.
Special feature will Include bari
tone horna and Hawaiian steel guitar
solos,
The public Is Invited to all the
meetings. There will be one each
night.
W. A. Delzell and E. B. Gabriel r
rived this morning from Salem to
sddress the meeting here tonight of
small truck owners, called for 8 :00
o'clock at the court house auditorium.
An Invitation Is extended all truck
ownera and dealer with promise of
valuable Information regarding the
new truck license law.
Under the recently passed law, now
In effect, from 10.000 to 12,000 amall
trucks will be forced out of operation,
opponenta of the law claim. It Is too
late to employ the referendum to
bring relief from the measure, so the
progrsm adopted will be to test the
law through the courts.
At tonight's meeting It Is hoped to
give all present a thorough under
standing of the situation and to
crystallze sentiment In opposition to
the meaaure for a workable campaign.
Llvettork
PORTLAND, June 16. (P) Cattle:
125. calves 10; about steady.
HOGS: 600: weak to 16c lower:
good, 200-250 lbs. 85.00-635: over 350
lbs. (4 35-6.15.
SHEEP: 1000; weaker tendency.
Portland Produce
ferlnga In the last hour. Earlier, the
market had been narrow and dull,
but report from London that an
agreement wss near on de facto sta
blllrstlon of the dollar precipitated
liquidation of speculative account.
Approximately 4,000.000 share chang.
ed hands.
Today, closing price for 33 select
ed stock follow:
Al. Cham. At Dye "
Am. Can . 87H
Am. & Fgn. Pow 14H
A. T. T. . 121
Anaconda i-K
PORTLAND, June 16 (P) Butter
Prints, extra, 24c; standards 23c.
BUTTER.rAT Portlsnd delivery: A
grsde 31 -22c lb.; farmers' door de
livery, 21-22C lb.; sweet cresm 5c higher.
EOGfl Pacific Poultry Producers'
selling price: Overslxe. 20c; extrss 18c;
mixed colors, 17c; medium 17c doz
en. Buying price or wholesalera: Fresh
current receipts, 56 lbs. and up, 12c
dozen.
COUNTRY MEATS Selling price to
retailers: Country killed hogs, best
butchers, under 150 lbs. 7-7V4c; vesl
ere 70 to 100 lbs. 7-7 o; spring Ismos
11c; yearlings 2-4c; heavy ewes, 2V4
3c; medium cows, 6c lb.; canner cows
2Vi-3c;; bulls, 3-5 c. lb.
STRAWBERRIES Oregon dollsrs.
81.60-1.7'; new Oregon, 81.76-2.26:
Clark seedling 82.26.
CHEESE, milk, mohair, caicara
bark, hops, live poultry, onions, new
onions, potatoes, new potitoes, wool
and hay unchanged.
Wall St. Report
Stork Bale Averages.
(Copyright, 1033, Standard Statistics
Co.)
June 16:
50 20 20 00
Ind'la Rr's Ufa Total
today 70.7 41.6
Prev. day 85.6
Week ago .. 85.8
Year ago 40.6
00.9
44.0 108.3
43.3 102.6
18.3 63.4
77.3
83.1
81 8
40.6
3 yrs. sgo ....168.3 124.0 235.3 173.1
DAZES LOCAL
T. M. Parrett of the Parrett Auto
Work on Riverside, who was found
In dare In .bis shop night before
last, with a large gaah through his
face, inflicted by a falling bar or an
Intentional blow from an unknown
source, was reported In a much Im
proved condition today,
Mr. Parrctt had no recollection of
what happened. othw than that he
waa knocked out by a terrific blow
on the head.
The attending phyatclan found It
neoeaaary to take several stitches In
Vie. wound in his face, which was
healing satisfactorily today.
f :
Real estate or urn aianoe- Leave U
to Jones, Phone 096
Bond Fale Averages.
(Copyright, 1933, Standard Statistics
Co.)
June 15:
30 30 30 60
Ind'la Rr's Ufa Total
Today 71.9 76.3 88.8 77 0
Prev. day . 72.0 78.6 84 1 77.0
Week ago .... 733 76.3 84.6 715.0
Year ago .... 65.1 B3.7 749 61.3
3 yrs. ago .... 93 7 107.1 99.9 100.3
NEW YORK. June 16 (AP) Lead
lng sharps tumbled 8 to more than $6
a share under a large volume of of-
K
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ASTLE DANCING
CLUB
KxoluMrriy for young people
not wishing to attend publlo
dances.
Get your membership card now
at
KAY DANCE
KASTLB STUDIO
Phone 1313
You can
BANK
Atch. T. & 8. F.
Bendlx Avis.
Beth. Steel
California Pack'g..
Cataplllar Tract. -
Chrysler
H
jl gengHBun JjJI
aja..9s
on its
savings
AH Investigation of home. served by Eleotrio Refrigeration shows
" that $10 or more a month can be aved on food cost
alone. There it a saving of from 20 to 40 per cent in the fact that
perishable foods can be bought in largor quantities. All left-overs
can be .afely saved and served again, And you save on fresh milk,
cream, meats and vegetables that are usually lost by spoiUga.
Yes, you can BANK on the savings that will come from an Elcctrio
Refrigerator. And you can BANK on the health protection that it
will bring your family. Each day it cuts down th food bill saves
you something and eventually pays for itself by its economies. Now
U the time to install an Electrio Refrigerator. Prices will never be
lower. Terms cannot be more convenient. Come in and ask for a
demonstration.
THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY
vout egrncn in noon.
Check this figure with your grocery and electrie rates in your
territory.
Coml. 8olv. ....
Curtlss-Wrlght ,
DuPont
Oen. Poods
Oen. Mot. .
Int. Harvest ,
I. T. & T.
Johns-Man. .
Monty Ward
North Amer.
Penney J. c.) ,
Phillips Pet
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Std. Brands ....
St. Oil Cal.
St. Oil N. J.
Trans. Amer.
Union Carb. .,
Unit. Aircraft
U. S. Steel
13
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21
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32
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3014
6114
San Francisco Butter Fat
SAN FRANCISCO. June 111
Butterfat 23; prem. grade 24VJ.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mra. H. C. Coon o
430 South Fir afreet, a acn, weighing
eight pounds, 14V4 ounces, at the
Sacred Heart hospital, June 14. Mo
ther and baby were reported getting
along nicely today.
FIRESTONE IE
F
IS
A. J. Stephens, district manager
for the Firestone Tire fe Rubber Co.,
with headquarters In Portland, was
in Med ford today conferring with
Curt Hopkins, manager of the Fire
stone Service Stores in this city. Mr.
Stephens was accompanied by his
family and will continue to San Fran
cisco and Oakland.
In commenting upon the press dis
patch in newspapers throughout the
United States yesterday concerning
Harvey Firestone's announcement of
a 10 per cent increase for employes
of the Firestone organization, Mr.
Stephens said:
"Mr. Firestone has Juat completed
a 7000-mile trip through the United
States and the Increase In wages of
Firestone employes is due to the
widespread optimism which Is now
existing In every section of the Unit
ed States. Based upon this general
belief that better times are definitely
in sight and. In an effort to stimulate
Increased buying by making It pos
sible financially for 33,000 Firestone
employes to extend their purchasing,
the Firestone company Is taking the
Initiative In a concerted action on
the part of large corporations to
boost the buying power of the work
lng man.
"Our company Is launching an ag
gressive campaign to .encourage
spending," Mr. Stephens further stat
ed. ''Our program will cr.U .for an
extensive advertising campaign which
Includes the use of.hundretis of west
ern newspapers and periodicals and
other activities which Involve the
purchase by the Firestone Tire &
Rubber Company recently of several
carloads of newsprint. This particu
lar purchase wss made In the north
west.
E TO
Next week will be busy days for
the C. C. C. headquarters In Med
ford, for today word was received
that two cadres will leave Jefferson
Barracks, Mo., tomorrow, and seven
cadres are being dispatched here Sun
day from Chicago.
The Missouri cadres will each be
composed of two officers, four en
listed men and 30 C. C. C. men. They
will be stationed at Camp Kerby,
F-47 and Elk. Creek camp, F-37.
Each of the seven units out of
Chicago will Include one officer, four
enlisted men and 25 C. C. C. recruits.
One cadre will be placed at each of
the following camps: Mt. Reuben,
F-43, Upper Rogue River, F-38, Lake
o' the Woods, F-40, Government
camp, P-l, Wineglass F-3, Bly, P-203,
and Ingram, F-49.
Five days after' the seven cadres
are sent west, the rear detachment
of 135 men for each camp will ar
rive here, and will be given their
clothing and other Issues upon ar
rival at the Medford headquarters.'
No rear detachments will be sent for
the two special camps, but will be
filled by local forestry men.
Moon Prairie Is designated as a
special camp, and will only have 30
men from the fifth corps area, Ohio.
Pistol river camp and Diamond Lake
camp have been designated as the
two veterans' camps In southern
Oregon.
Thirteen men were dispatched to
the Upper Rogue river camp today
by enlistment through the Rogue
River national forest offices.
Three new trucks for use in the
C. C. C. work arrived for the Crater
Lake national park groups today,
seven having arrived last week,
Samuel Miller
) Hurt At Ranch
Samuel Miller, employe at the Ned
Vilas orchard, sustained severe in
juries to his left hand yesterday and
possible loss of two fingers In a minor
accident at the farm.
His hand was caught in a pully
wheel, which chewed, seriously, two
fingers.
Name Son Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Watson have named their young son.
.. hArn t thA rommunltr hoi.
pita! Tuesday. Ralph. Mrs. Watson and
son are reported cvwug -wij uiwij,
FRANK CURTIS RITES
AT H0RNBR00K FRIDAY
Funeral services for Frank Curtis
of this city, will be. held in Horn-
brook tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at
two o'clock at the church there, it
was announced today. Those wishing
to send flowers may take them to
the Curtis residence at 712 Fine
street, this city. Burial services will-
be held at the cemetery In Horn-
brook.
Pain m Backanc Sides
Salem, Oregon. -"I
whs very delicate
and nunv when I
wan a yoiiDg girl,
sintered montDiy
from pains in my
back and sides, bad
nervous headaches,
iharo nains in the
back of my head and
was unable to sleen,
I would be in bed from three to five
days each month, wrote Mrs. K. T.
Brown of 457 S. Commercial St,
"Mother had me take Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. I had no more
of this misery after fnking the 'Pre
scription' for awhile. There is onthintr
like it tor gins at that time ot me
Write to Dr. Pierce's Clinic, Buffalo.
N. ! for frea medical sdvlco.
ORTLAND
offers'
NOTHING FINER
IN HOTEL
ACCOMMODATIONS
mWm
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r i tj u n T r I
MULTNOMAH
is Portland s largest Hotel,
located only 3 blocks from
, the leading banks and
i stores, yet out of the noisy M
I traffic. New modem furni
' ture, new equipment, new
decorations. . . Excellent
dining room, cafeteria and
coffeeshop. Popular prices.
Garage across the street;
attendants at the door . . .
Lobby pipe organ concert
every evening.
RATES FROM
M.J0 DETACHED BATH
II. 00 WITH BATH .
HOTEL.
HULTNCAiAH
(ORTLAND. OIIOO
Cotton i
is u
BEFORE-
starting out on hot roads
it will give you a lot of
satisfaction and may save
you from trouble if you
have us check your tires
for weaknesses as well as
air pressure No charge
for this service 0, 0.
Furnas,
A Better
Grease Job
is but one evidence of our
better all arouud service.
We find it so impresses
customers.
An Uneven
Rolling Wheel
is sometimes due to im
proper tightening of rim
bolts. We'll gladly true
up your bolts if they need .
itno charge.
P. S. Our men tlihten bolts
correctly when mounting tire.
Phone 14
For Road Service
When you have a flat, call
us and we'll change tires
for you anywhere.
p 100
rubber is up 100
ALL-WEATHER
Supertwist Cord Tire
Tht world's standard of sins bscanss h ootssHs
any othtr tirs In th world. Fall ovsrsUe. Liis
tlms giitxintssd. & bw much loss too pay at
today's 'prices:
1929 PRICES TODAY'S PRICES
4.40-21 6.40
4.50-21 7.10
4.75-19 7.60
5.00-19 8.15
5.25-18 9.1 5
5.50-19 10.45
6.00-19 11.85
6.50-19 14.60
S8.25P
l 94E0'
4.75 10520
5.oo."im..oo
5.25-182.35
5.5QjOO
J&19 18
O A lot of far-sighted people are taking ad
vantage of present low prices to buy that
world standard of tire value, the Goodyear
All - Weather, for every wheel on their cars.
They know that tire prices have dropped
so low that the only way they can reason
ably move is up.
They know that the prices of raw ma-"
terials are climbing they know that the
demand for tires has increased so rapidly
that Goodyear factories are running night
and day.
And in case you don't know it Goodyear
is now building the famous All -Weather
Tread Tire most popular tire in the world
better in mileage, better in safety, better in
rugged good looks than it has ever been.
Isn't it smart for you to get the safety of
new Goodyears all around? Just read the.
prices published here and form your own
conclusions.
RsledlffoE Sei?viie Stetlioim
"YOUR TIRE SHOP" C. C. FURNAS, Prop.
Corner Main and Pacific Highway Phone 14
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