Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 05, 1940, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY S, 1940. PAGE FIVE Livestock Portland Portland. Jan. 5. (AP-USDA) Hogs: Salable 100, total 600: few sales steady with Thursday's best time; good-cholc IBS to 320-lb. drlve-lns C4.756.85: few sales late Thursday, Including carload late ar rivals S6.85; tew 875-lb. butchers 48.00; packing sows 4.50; extreme heavies S4.O0; good-choice 94-lb. feeder pigs 95.50. Cattle: Salable 35, total 5; calves salable 10, total 25; market active, steady: one lot strictly good 784-lb. ted steers 59.35: sorted at BA0; few common heifers 55.503 6.35; cutters down to $5.00; cutter-common cows 4.003 5.00; fat dairy type cows sal- 1940 CUT-RATE VALUES FOR SATURDAY AT MEDFORD'S ORIGINAL CUT-RATE COMBINATION WATER BOTTLE AND SYRINGE S quart site with attachments 49. CANDY BARS Baby Ruth. Jolly Jack, Bakers, Butterfingers 2 fob 5c CLEANSING TISSUES Soft, Absorbant 500 Sheets 15 BUCKLEY'S COUGH SYRUP 29c 45c sice of ihi effective mixture COUGH DROPS 5c packages ' Eucalyptui or Menthol flavor 3 for 5 CLOROX BLEACH Half Gallon Jugs 19 able around 65.60? 6.00; good beef cows salable 66.00 7 00; sausage bulls quotable 65 5036.50: beef bulls eligible to 17.00; choice vealers eligi ble 69.60; 1000. Sheep: Salable 300. total 600: fat lambs nominally steady; week's top fed. shorn lambs 6150; best Sl-lb. weights 68.35; fat ewea steady, load 138-lb. weights 64.00. per cent 86; 11 per eent 61; 16 per cent 05; 14 per eent 1.00. Hard white 13 per cent BSH: 16 per cent 9'j; 14 per cent 69H. Wall St. Report South San Francisco South San Francisco, Jan. 8. (AP) (U. 6. Dept. Agr.) HOGS 800. Butchers about steady to 6 lowar considering quality; bulk medium to good 175-230 lb. California 6.40-55; quotable top around 0 00; old pack- lng sows steady at 4.75-5 00. CATTLE 85, Steady; load largely good 1.103 lb. Nevada fed steers 8 85: medium 038 lb. Oregon 8 .35; good under 1.000 lb. fed steers absent, quoted to 0.60; few medium cows 0.00, good cows quoted to 0.50; off head fleshy dairy cows 5.50. few can tiers and cutters 4.00-3 00; odd me dium bulls 6.00. Calves: Salable none. Nominal : good to ohoioe vealers quoted 10.50-13.00. SHEEP 800. Light supply lambs sold strong to unevenly higher; 3 decks good 81 lb. medium-pelt Cali fornia fed lambs 8.76 with 1 deck sorted 10 per cent at 7:76; other lambs and classes absent. WHISK BROOMS Good ones our regular 19c grade 9 BOY'S H'DKERCHIEFS Fast color borders Regular 5e quality 3 FOR 5c A-B-D-G CAPSULES High Potency Box of fifty 79i SHAVING MIRRORS Double glass, one side magnifies 12 I GLYCERINE h Suppositories For Infanta 12 to bottle 14 OOAN'S PILLS Kidney Diuretic 75c site 47c TOBACCO h POUCHES Oiled silk in fold-over style MATCHES Made by the Diamond Match Co. Carton cf six boxes 14i SMITH'S COUGH SYRUP 60c sli. Close out 29c 30 North Central ESTERN Thrift Phone 274 Chlcugo Chicago, Jan. 8. (AP) (U. . Dept. Agr.) HOOS 23.500; bulk good and choice 160-220 lbs. 5.65-90; 220- 240 lbs. 6.60-79; 240270 lbs. butchers 6.2S65; 270 lbs. up 6.00-36; good and choice 130-160 lbs. underweights 6.80-80; most good medlumwelght and heavy packing sows 4.16-68. CATTLE 1,600; calves 300; good 1.667 lbs. steers sold at 0:16; bulk steer crop eligible from 8.26 to 9;60; canner cows 4.25-85; bulls stronger; weighty sausage selections to 7.75; vealers unevenly lower; 11.50 for seleots; most trades kinds 11.00; medium to good grades 8.60-10.80. SHEEP 5.500; good to choice wooled lambs 8.76-0.00; top 9.10 on fed natives to small killers; lambs scaling around 108 lbs. 8.35; double good yearlings 7.50; native slaughter ewes 4.00-50. Portland Produce New York, Jan. 5. (P) Sellers sniped at the stock mar ket today and scored more than enough hits to offset quiet strength in an assortment of preferred and specialty issues. The list held to narrow price changes cither way until late afternoon when steels and air- crafts were subjected to a mild barrage of offerings. Losses of fractions to a point or so were well distributed at the close. Transfers approximated 800,- 000 shares for the full session. Today's closing prices for 32 select ed stocks follow: Al. Chem. ds Dye.... Am. Can - Am. 6e Pgn. Pow A. T. & T. Anaconda Atch. T. ft S. r. Bendlx Avla. Beth. Steel Caterpillar Tract. Chrysler Coml. Solv. ... Curtlss-Wrlgh 10ii DuPont .183H Den. Elec. 40 Gen. Foods .. , 48 Oen. Mot 54 TAKE NEW SPURT; FIVE RECORDED t Continued from race One.) 646 extra fancy 61-60AS06, averse. 61.88, 201 fancy 61661.90, average 6177. New York, Jan. Pears: 9 arrived, 4 Hilton unloaded, 10 Medford Anjous. 1 6 1.75 ft 2. 45. average 61654 2 30, average extra fancy 61.65 319 1.450 fancy 61.5092 5. (AP-USDA) Oregon, 2 Wash- on track; Oregon ,100 extra fancy 81 97, 1.600 fancy 61; BMC. 210 20, average 81.89, .00. average 61-76, 460 No. 1. 61 90e)l SO, wrerag H I Oomle, 166 extra fan ay (l.KS)i.l GLASSES Dr. R. M. Hood Optometriit Sparta Bldg. Main and Riverside, Medfore, Ore Skillful Service Beesonsble Prises 177 114 ay, 172 so 56 88 14 Int. Harvest. I. T. & T. ... Johns-Man. Monty Ward .... North Amer. -Penney J. 0.) Phillips Pet 41 Radio S Sou. Pao. - 14 Std. Brands 6 St. Oil Cal. 26 60 4 . 76 , 64 . 28 , 94 46 6 87 48 66 San Francisco Butter San Francisco, Jan. 5. (P) Butter unchanged. St. oil N. J Trans. Amer. ... Union Carb Unit. Aircraft .. U. S. Steel Portland, Ore., Jan. 6. (AP) Butter, butterfat, eggs, cheese i changed. COUNTRY MEATS Selling price to retailers: country-killed hogs, best butchers 125 to 150 lbs. 9-9 lb.; vealers fancy 14-15 lb.: llght-thln 10-12 lb.; heavy 10 lb.; spring lambs 14-16 lb.: ewes 3-7 lb.; good cutter cows 8-8 lb.: canner cows 7-7 lb.; bulla 10 lb. Live poultry unchanged. TURKEYS Selling price: Hens No. 1, 18-19 lb.; toms 16-18 lb. Buying prices nominal: No. 1 hens 16 lb.; toms 14-14 lb. Onions, potatoes, bay, unchanged. Chicago Wheat Chicago, Jan. 6. (AP) Wheat. - Open - High Low Close May 1.04 1.05 1.03 1.04 July 1.02 1.03 1.01 1.01 Sept. 1.02 1.02 1.01 1.01 Portland Wheat Portland. Jan. tV (AP) Wheat: Cash grata: Open High Low Close May 87 87 H 87 81 Cash grain: OatB No. 3, 38-lb. white 26.60. Barley No. 3, 45-lb. b. w. 37.00. Corn No. 3, B. T. shipment 28.00. Flax No. 1, 3.09. Cash wheat bid: Soft white 86; western white 86; western red 85. , Hard red winter ordinary 85; 11 Sacramento. Jan. 5. (IP) Churning cream butterfat, first grade 35Vc; second grade 33c T Edgar Epperson, 18, Paul Swearinger, 31, and T. J. Mor ris, 29, who plead guilty to passing spurious checks in this city, were each sentenced today to serve three years in the state penitentiary, bj Circuit Judge H. D. Norton. The trio were accused of pass ing in the neighborhood of $200 in bogus checks here several weeks ago on local stores in cluding J. C. Penney company and the Lewis super service sta tion. They also passed spurious paper in the Talent district and at Bend and Burns. They were arrested at Good ing, Idaho, and returned here a week ago. however, was broken. The boy stepped into the path of the car from the front of a parked auto, the report showed. According to a report on file today, Val J. Fischer, 46, of 53 Summit avenue, operated a car that struck Steve Felski, 40, a watchman at the Medford Fuel i inpany yard, as he was at tempting to cross the street at Main and Front streets Wednes day night. The report said Fel-1 ski stepped back to let the car pass and then walked into the side of it. Fischer took him to the police station and then to his home, the report stated. Po lice said he was not hurt. Collide on Sixth Mrs. Terisa Weiss of Central Point and J. J. Murphy were! drivers of cars that collided this morning in the Sixth street and Central avenue intersection. Mrs. Weiss said she did not see the other car. Murphy's address was not given. Cars operated by Vernon M. Evans, 25, of the Eads Transfer 1 company, and C. G. Congle of Grants Pass collided on the Paci fic highway at Beall Lane Wed nesday night. Evans reported that he slowed down to lot on coming cars pass him before making a left turn off the high way into the lane and was struck from the rear by the Congle auto. A couple of pas sengers were shaken up by the impact, police said. A dozen accidents occurred in the Medford area during the Christmas holidays and though none was serious there were lucky escapes in two of them. Police patrols were increased during the New Year's holidays and the number of accidents di minished substantially, though two were serious and one ended fatally. Richard L. Shelton, 23, Camp South Fork CCC enrollee from Aberdeen, Ohio, died Tuesday night as a result of injuries suf fered last Sunday night in a col lision of two CCC trucks on the Butte Falls road. Five other CCC men were hurt, none ser iously. A CCC Investigating board was to file a report on the ac cident and death tomorrow. CCC headquarters stated today that the investigation thus far indicated both truck drivers were at fault for being over the center line of the highway. It was indicated at first that a coroner's hearing or inquest would be held but the district attorney's office decided there was no need of one. "PAY LESS and PARK EASIER" at the Portland, Ore., Jan. 5. (P) Victor Hugo Johnson, former superlntendent-at-large of Ore gon and Idaho Indian schools, was returned here today for trial on eight charges of present ing false vouchers and forging government checks. Pear Markets Yesterday Chicago, Jan. 6. (AP-USDA) Pears: 1 Oregon, 2 Wsahlngton ar rived, t on track; Oregon Anjous, una FIEL re READY TO USE r PER LOAD-HEAPING FULL 300 Cubic Ft. DELIVERED IN THE CITY LIMITS Stock Up Now at These Extremely Low Winter Prices! Full 200 cu. (t. Load $3.65 - Full 1 50 . ft. Load $3.00 - Full 1 00 . ft. Load $2.35 ORDER NOW ALSO NEW LOW PRICES ON TRUCK AND TRAILER LOADS AT OUR YARD PHONE TIMBER PRODUCTS COMPANY End of North Central RSI HOME OF BATTLE CREEK HEALTH FOODS Open Till 10 P. M. Every Day Including Sunday 313-315 North RW.rsld. Phene tit DE E T k. .i n maf ma m v -m Bp And for 1940 We Resolve TO KEEP AWAKE TO YOUR EVERY FOOD NEED! Matches 13 Pancake Flour, Sperry, No. 10 bag 49c COFFEE RIVERSIDE HIGHWAY Ground fresh for all types of makers, 3 lbs. 39c RAISINS Royal .Club fey. Cal. Stadias 4 lb. pkg. 19c m ' FINE I: GKaNULaTED , 1 SUGAR m . '.mm. . f-. X, .1 ii-'r"tM'''n"n ' iJ SUGAR 10 lb. bag 53c BORENE Large package ... .29c Giant package. . ... ,49c BAR SOAP, giant 4 or 19e MILK, Oregon brand ........................4 cans 25 PABLUM, ready cooked Infant cereal. . can 43) MACARONI and SPAGHETTI 3 lb.l5e BROWN SUGAR, C and H 3 lb. 17 WE FEATURE THE BEST MEATS OBTAINABLE " Meat prices for Sat. and Sun. Onljmmmmmm Choice Steer Beef Chuck Roast . . lb. 15c Hi vary moaiy ana juicy lJwN.ll Cross Rib Roast . lb. 20c fm frr. Lots of meat on ihesa tasty roasts I t Sirloin Steak ... lb. 24c J W Thick, Juicy st.aks Boiling Beef . . lb. 11$c Serro with noodlM for a tree Young, Tender Pork Ml 1J s a IL 111. y anouiaer noasi id. ihc a i i i Orw CiXira nic ina tmmn unops .... id. io$c T sty loin or rib cut. Choice Milk Fed VEAL Shoulder Roast Ah. 14Jc T.nd.r, Juicy roast. Vary economical, loo Breast of Veal. .lb. He Fine for m.at pot pi. or stuffed mock duck LARD, pure open kettle rend. 4 Ibt. 35c ORANGES POTATOES box SI .59 SO lb. 43c U. S. No. 1