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May 13, 1940
THE NEWS AND THE HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, ORE.
PAGE SEVEN
i
nedford Edges
Local Tennists
Klamath high's netmen droo
ped 4 3 tennis decision to the
Medlord team on the Klumuth
Courts Seturdny to leave the
locili with only a mathematical
(hence to end the Southern Ore-
fon conference schedule In tie
or first place. The Klamath
leem hf held the chnmplunthlp
for the past two yean,
! The Pelicans will meet Grant
Pass on the local court! next
peturday. If they win and If
Medford loses to Ashland, Klnm
kth will land In tie for top
pot
Results:
4 BlngUi
Subject, Klnmiilh, defeated
tldrldge, Medford, (12. B O,
Crine, Klamath, Inst to Chan,
Medford, S I, 4 8, 8-8.
Moses, Klamath, lost to Coo
ley. Medford. 8-7. 6 8.
Stride, Klamath, lout to Morn
yarn, Medford, 0-3, 3 0, S fl.
Love. Klamath, lout to Smith,
Medford, 4, 0, 7 0, 810.
1 Doubles
: Subject-Crane, Klamath, de
feated Eldridgo-Chun, Medford,
6-4. 9-3.
Moeeo-Strlde, Klamath, defeat
ed Cooley-Maruynma, Medford,
e -4, 0-7.
Duck Gindermen
Bow to Beavers
CORVALLIS, May 13 UP)
Seven yean of truck fomlno
ended Saturday for Oregon
Bute collego a tho Beaver cln
dermen snapped their long los
ing streak to the University of
Oregon, 70 to 01 joints.
! The Beavers won by finish
Ing approximately 10 yards
ahead In the mtlo relay, final
vent Before that race Oregon
Bute led by one point
Thre meet records fell as
Btorlle of Oregon ran the 880
yards In 1:05.8, Volllancourt of
OSC the mile In 4:10.0 ami
Woodcock of OSC high Jumped
8 feet 4 Inches.
Yakima Pippins
Hold Undisputed
WIL Leadership
i Br The Associated Press
1 The Yakima Pippins were In
undisputed - possession of first
place In the western Interna'
tional league race after tho cir
cuit's weekend festivities.
i All six teams' got an even
break In Sunday doubleheaders.
! The Pippins, who defeated
the Spokane Indians Saturday
night 10-7. split their double-
header In Spokane Sunday:
They dropped the afternoon
game 8-4 but took tho night
cap 10-3, winning the series
three games to one.
I The Tacoma Tigers, battling
the Pippins for first ploco dur
ing the past week, were bounc
ed out of that favored spot
when they lost to tho VI en-
etchee Chiefs 7-0 In Tacoma
Saturday night and broke even
Sunday.
I The Tigers lost the opener
8-2 on Ken Jacobson's four-hit
bitching but won the eight In
ning evening contest 6-0. In
he nightcap the Tigers went
Into the seventh, tho final
echedulod Inning, on the low
nd of 0-1 score but pushed
across four runs to tie the
count, getting the winning
marker In the next irnme.
The Salem Senators split
laven In their first, Sunday
games on their homo lot, los
ing to the Vancouver lapiutnos
In the afternoon gamo 7-8 and
winning the nightcap 3-2. The
Caps shut the Senators out Sat
urday night 2-0. (,.
Mills Squads Win
Both Titles In
Softball Finals
I Mills school softball teams
I won both the "A" and "B" dlvl-
! ilon titles in the city elementary
chool championship play off
games held Saturday afternoon
it Mills school. This Is tho first
time any school has gained a
double win. As a result of the
'B" win, the Klwanls trophy be
comes the propery of the Mills
chool since they won It three
times In row.
The Mills victory in the Jun
ior division was won from the
Riverside team by n scoro of 10
to 6. It was Just a case of too
much pitching by Schortgen and
much power at bat by the entlro
Mills team.
In the consolation brackets,
Riverside "A" team won tho
division third place from Fair
view by score of 34 to 4. The
Roosevelt "B" team won the
junior league third place from
Fall-view 15 to 0 after a nip and
tuck battle which featured a B
run rally In each of tho Inst two
innings to put the winners
head after they had trailed the
first part of the game.
BASEBALL
SUNDAY'S RESULTS
By The Associated Press
American League
New York 4, Boston 0.
' Philadelphia 4, Washington 2.
St. Louis 0, Cleveland 2.
Chicago 4, Detroit 3.
National League
Cincinnati 7-13, St. Louis 1-4.
Brooklyn S, Philadelphia 3.
New York 3, Boston 2.
Chicago 7, Pittsburgh t.
Paelfle Coast League
Seattle 6-8, Los Angeles 8-8.
Ran Francisco ' 3-4, Sacra
mento 2-3.
Portland 7-0, Ssn Diego (!.
Oakland 0-1, Hollywood 3-3,
Eugeneans Split
State Loop Tilts
By The Associated Press
Two baseball games that
seemed to be In reverse marked
competition In the Oregon State
league over the weekend.
Saturday night Eugene drub
bed Pitcher B. Krlsey of Hills
Creek for fine, round 18 hits
but lost the game, 7-0, to Hill
billy batters who hit only seven
times.
Sunday It was the other way
around only worse. Hills Creek
hit 18 times usually with the
buses empty and lost to a Eu
gene team that got only seven.
The score was 10-8.
' Sllverton held top perch in
the standings by taking a couple
from Jack St Jill of Portland,
12-0 and 0-3. The Red Sox
got seven runs In the first In
ning Sunday to decide the issue,
Saturday JubllU held Jack St
Jill to five hits.
' Albany put a severe dent in
Bend hopes by defeating the
Central Oregonians twice, 0-2
and ' 8-9, ' largely through air
tight fielding. Albany turned in
tlu-ee double plays.
PHILADELPHIA Columbia
varsity crow whips , Pennsyl
vania and Princeton to win
Ckllda cup.
Sport Briefs
By EDDIE BRIETZ
VTEW YORK, May 13 UP)
Bobby Feller asked Oscar
Vltt "Why don't you let me
work more? . . . Gosh, I used to
pitch every day back In Iowa
Who In the congregation knew
that Joe DIMagglo began his
professional career as a short
stop? ; , . Jack Dempsey and Joe
Engel have been huddling
here . . . Nobody knowa why,
but everybody knows that Engel
has ambitions to crash the big
time as a promoter . . . Dempsey
has been going around the coun-
try blasting the toe hold Mike
Jacobs has on boxing hero and
It is not Impossible he has been
discussing teaming up with En
gel in some sort of a promo
tion ... If you ask us. the
Giants have the wrong team
playing In Jersey City.
Cecil Isbell, Clark Htnkle and
Don Itutson of the Green Bay
Packers are being schooled by a
big Menasha, Wis., paper con
cern for executive positions .
Estelle Lawson Page, the Dixie
golfing ace, will skip the worn'
en's national on the coast this
year too much of trip for one
week of golf.
J TODAY'S TALL STORY
' Max Macon of the Brooks re
members day in the Three-I
league when he struck out and
scored' before another pitch
could be made ... He got to
first when the catcher missed
the third strike, to second when
the,' throw was over the first
baseman's head, and all the way
home when the pitcher, trying
to pick him off second, heaved
into center field.
,
' Greg. .Rice goes back to the
old home town Missoula, Mon
tana today to run as an added
attraction to the state high
school track meet . . . Inclden
tally, George M. Varnell of the
Seattle Times,-will referee the
meet for the 28th consecutive
year.
MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BATTINO Dannlng, New
York, .414; Medwlck, St, Louis,
.383.
. RUNS Lelber, Chicago,
and Mlze, St. Louis, 17.
HITS Lelber, Chicago, 31;
Slaughter. St. Louis, 30.
HOME RUNS Mlze, St.
Louis, 0; S. Martin, St. Louis,
4,
STOLEN BASES Prey.
Cincinnati, 6; Dannlng, New
York, and Werber, Cincinnati,
3.
PITCHING Walters, Cin
cinnati, , 0-0; Thompson, Cincin
nati, 4-1. . .
DERBY, Conn, r- Yale crew
beats out Massachusetts Tech
In final sprint to win derby
day regatta and remain unde
feated. Syracuse third in var
sity race.
HOUSTON, Tex. Fred Wol-
cott betters American record
for 120-yard high hurdles with
13.9 porformance in final South
west conference race.
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STOCK MARKET
CRUMBLES AS
A new safety marking for dangerous dips and crests on the Oregon state highway system
will soon appear In the form of a white stripe alongside th normal center line, as shown above.
Passing will be forbidden for drivers in whose lane the new stripe appears, but the highway
commission points out that absence of the stripe will not necessarily mean passing is always
safe. Blind curves and obvious obstructions will not be marked in this manner.
Husky Trackmen
Brop Dual Meet
SEATTLE. May 13 UP) The
Washington Huskies won eight
events to Washington State's
seven in the weekend dual meet
at Pullman so Husky followers
are optimistic enough to think
the west side aggregation might
emerge the winner in the north
ern division track meet here
next Saturday.
The Cougars, however, won
the dual meet 68 23 to 61 13.
The Cougars' supporters be
lieve their margin of victory
should be greater this Saturday
because of the wider field of
competition.
These dopesters believe that
several events In which Coach
Hoc Edmundson's men sparkled
in the dual meet may be won by
entries from Oregon or Oregon
State. The events Include the
high Jump, Javelin and broad
Jump.
Lee Orr and Capt Dixon
Garner led the Cougar assault
last Saturday with record break
ing performances.
Klamath Gunner
Ties High Score
SACRAMENTO, May 13 W)
By breaking 100 straight targets
in the final day of the state trap
shoot Don Traynham, Wood
land, scored total of 197 to win
the California 16-yard champion
ship. Frank Troeh, Portland, Ore.,
went one better for a total of
198 in the three day meet which
ended yesterday, but, being from
outside the state, he was not eli
gible to win.
The most spectacular perform
ance was by Cal Ray, Coquille,
Ore., who broke 100 straight tar
gets Saturday and broke 82
more yesterday before he
missed.
In the 100-target California
handicap, E. K. Corbctt, Carson
City, Nov., Frank Troch, Port
land, Ore., and Paul Hilton,
Klamath Falls, Ore., scored 93's.
In the California state doubles
championship Troeh was first
with 92 but the trophy went to
R. W. Derby, Jr., LaGrange,
with 91, a California resident.
MOTORIST FINED
FOR GOING 12 MPH
SALEM. Ore., May 13 (UP)
Earl Snell has received another
present. This time it is a col
lection of early Oregon auto
license plates, presented by Wal
ter M. Cook of Portland.
Cook once used the plates on
his own automobiles in the Plels'
toccne period of Oregon automo-
biling from 1906 to 1910.
His first plate was Oregon
No. 246. It was issued for a large
one-cylinder Cadillac. The plates
consisted of white letters and
numerals on a red background
In connection with this car
Cook told Snell he received his
first traffic ticket.
"A policeman appeared at my
house one day," Cook explained,
"with a warrant for my arrest.
It seems they had set a speed
trap on Holladay avenue and I
was accused of traveling twelve
miles per hour. The speed limit
was ten miles so I was fined $3."
LIGHT AND DARK CLOUDS
A white cloud is one formed
of water particles so small that
they reflect light. As the par
ticles become larger and near
the size of raindrops, they ab
sorb light, and the clouds ap
pear dark. '
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Portland WHEAT PRICES SKID
Produce THREE GENTS BUSHEL
PORTLAND, Ore., May 13 UP)
BUTTER Prints, A grade, 20c
lb. In parchment wrappers, 30c
In cartons; B grade, 28sc in
parchment wrappers, 20c in car
tons.
BUTTERF AT First quality,
maximum of .6 of 1 per cent
acidity, delivered in Portland,
28-20ic lb.; valley routes and
country points, 2c less, or 24 ic
lb.; second quality, 2c under
first or 24 ic lb.
CHEESE Selling price to
Portland retailers: Tillamook
triplets, 19c lb.; loaf, 20c lb.
FOB. Price to wholesalers. Trip
lets, 17c lb.; loaf, 18c FOB Tilla
mook.
EGGS Buying prices: Extras.
large, 15-lc; standards, large.
lie, extras, medium, 12c; do
standards, 12c dozen.
COUNTRY MEATS Selling
price to retailers: Country-killed
hogs, best butchers, 125-130 lbs.,
8i-9c lb.; vealers, fancy, 13s-14c
lb.; light thin, 10-llc; heavy, 10
11c lb.; lambs, spring 1516c lb.;
yearlings, 12-13c lb.; ewes, 8-7c
lb.-, good cutter cows, 9i-10c lb.;
cannor cows, 8i-0ic lb.; bulls,
12-1ZSC lo.
LIVE POULTRY Buying
price: No. 1 grade: Leghorn
broilers. Is to 2 lbs., 13c; fry
ers, under 3 lbs., 17c; fryers, 3
to 4 lbs., 17c; roasters, over 4
lbs., 18c; Leghorn hens, over 3s
lbs., 11c; Leghorn hens, under
3 J lbs., 10c; colored hens, over
9 lbs., 13c; colored hens, 4 lbs.
to 5 lbs., 13c; old roosters, 4c.
DRESSED TURKEYS Sell
ing prices: Hens, No. 1, 1415c
lb.; toms, 9-10c lb.
ONIONS Oregon No. 1, $2.00
to $2.10 per 30-lb. bag; sets,
white, 61c; brown, Bsc lb.; new
Texas wax, $3.50-4.00 per 50-lb.
bag.
NEW POTATOES Califor
nia, whites, 80s, $1.20; 100s, $2.
23. POTATOES Deschutes $1.90
$2.00; Klamath (Tulelake), $1.80
to $1.85 cwt; local whites, 90c
box; do sacks, $1.50-1.60 cental;
Malin, $2.00 cental, Southern
Yams, $2.45-2.50 crate.
HAY Selling price to retail
ers: Alfalfa, No. 1, $15.50 ton;
oat-vetch, $13.00 ton; clover, $11
ton; Timothy, eastern Oregon,
$18.00 ton; valley Timothy,' $14
ton, Portland.
WOOL 1940, eastern Oregon,
fine, medium, 23s-27c; cross
bred, 30-301c; Willamette valley.
12 months, nominal, 32c lb.;
lamb, 25c lb.
AUTO PIONEER DIES
WILLITS, Calif., Moy 13 (U.R)
The death of Charles Y. Knight,
inventor of the Knight type
motor and a prominent figure
in the early day automobile in
dustry, was disclosed today.
Knight, a native of Indiana,
died May 4 in the state hospital
at Ukiah of a heart ailment
Jitter-bugging may b a fad
Wleland s Beer always popu
larl
CHICAGO, May 13 CP) A
wave of selling that broke out
In the wheat pit during the final
hour today pushed prices down
to net losses of around three
cents a bushel.
Prices of other grains also
were lower.
.The liquidation accompanied
grain trade pessimism over war
developments and was Induced
partly by extreme weakness of
securities prices. Talk of im
proving crop conditions and fa'
vorable weather, with showers
forecast for the next 24 hours,
also influenced the selling.
Wheat closed 2!-3 cents lower
than Saturday, May $1,051-1.
July $1.05!-l: corn li-llc down.
oiay oo I c, duly B7s-ic; oats l ie
lower.
MEAT ADVERTISING
PROGRAM PLANNED
The healthful qualities of meat
and its place in a balanced diet
will be featured In a nation
wide, long range advertising and
merchandising program, accord
ing to an announcement made
today by the Institute of Ameri
can Meat Packers at its head
quarters in Chicago.,
The program will be one of
the most extensive ever under
taken by an Industry. A sub
stantial part of the advertising
will appear in newspapers and
magazines.
The decision is in line with
suggestions made by a large
number of livestock producers
and producer organizations. The
campaign will work for an in
creased consumer demand for
meat of all varieties fresh
pork, beef, veal, mutton and
lamb. Demand for meat prod
ucts, such as ham and bacon,
lard, and sausage, also will be
stimulated.
S. F. LIVESTOCK
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO,
May 13 (AP-USDA) HOGS,
salable 230; very uneven; 2
cars 208 lb. Califomias $7.15
to small killer, around 30c
higher than Thursday, larger
Interests bidding 5c higher or
up to $6.90; packing sows 15c
higher, package 446 lbs., $4.90.
CATTLE, salable 500; steers
strong, 15-25c higher; half car
906 lb. fed yearling steers $10;
40 head short-fed 800 lb. cen
tral Califomias $9.15; around
4 loads grass steers $9.00, plain
1200 lbs., $8.00. She-stock ful
ly steady, good young cows
scarce, quoted $7.00; numerous
loads medium 1040 lb. grass
range cows $6.40; dairy cows
active, largely $5.25-85, canners
and cutters mostly $4.00-5.00;
bulls scarce, firm, medium
grassy $6.25-50. Calves, salable
23; around 80c higher; package
180 lb. vealers $11.00, few head
calves $9.00.
SHEEP, salable 125; fully
steady; deck good 71 lb. spring
lambs $9.00; about 33 head cull
to medium 109 lb. wooled ewes
$3.29, steady.
GLOOM RISES
NEW YORK, May 18 CAP)
Leading stocks hit the skids
for losses of two to more than
seven points In today's market.
the , worst slide since last .Sep
tember, as trading forces saw
fresh gloom in shifting Europ
ean war currents.
The list got off to a fairly
steady start, but prices soon
began to tumble. In the prin
cipal selling wave of the fore
noon the ticker tap was four
minutes behind floor dealings.
There were subsequent slow
downs and speed-ups. Recovery
moves failed to follow through
and closing quotations were not
far from the lows of the ses
sion. Transfers were In the
neighborhood of 2,900,000 shares
largest in about eight months.
Helping touch off the relapse,
it was said, was the closing out
of a sizable assortment of Dutch
margin account by brokers who
were unable to get In touch
with customers In the Nether
lands.
Prominent on the down swing
were u. S. Steel, Bethlehem,
Chrysler, General Motors, U
S. Rubber, Douglas . Aircraft,
American Telephone, Allied
Chemical, American Can, Dow
Chemical, International Paper
preferred and Great Northern.
Favorable Items on the do
mestic front such as a more
than expected Jump in this
week's steel mill operations esti
mate, were virtually ignored.
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CORVALLIS. May 13 P
OSC experiment station report
ed today that Oregon wheat
not only fattened steers satis
factorily in winter trials but re
turned a price of from 90 cent
to $1.90 per bushel. ,
Prima fat baby beeves that
were grade Hereford feed art last
fall gained enough on wheat
and hay to return $10 per ton '
for all hay used and more than
$30 per ton or $1.90 per bushel
for wheat, figured on feed cost
alone, B. W. Rodenwold, as
sistant animal husbandman in
charge of the feeding, said.
With labor and overhead cost
deducted, the steers still "paid"
$30 per ton for the wheat or
90 cents per bushel on the farm.
Grain used in th tests was
surplus Oregon wheat supplied
to the experiment station by th
agricultural adjustment admin
istration. Feeding surplus Oregon wheat
to surplus Oregon feeder cattle,
offers good possibilities for prof
it under present conditions, said
P. M. Brandt head of th di
vision of animal industries. Both
Washington and California must
Import beef that can be supplied
by Oregon, he said.
WOOL MARKET
BOSTON, May 13 (AP-USDA)
Quotations on domestic wools
tended to strengthen on th
Boston market today and soma
sales were closed at firm to
slightly advanced prices. Good
French combing length fine ter
ritory wools in original . hags
were quoted at 82 to 89 cents,
scoured basis, with sales having .
been closed at prices on th low
sido of the range. Sales of
country-packed three-eighths and
quarter blood bright fleece
wools have been closed at 37
to 38 cents in the grease, de
livered to mills.
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Into almost every discussion of the railroads
whether in the village store or in national forums
there comes, almost inevitably, the matter of "land
grants,". .
And you hear amazing things about these land
grants even from persons who should know better.
Did you know that out of the 240,000 miles of
railroad in the United States, only 17,627 mile were
built with the aid of land grants? In other words,
less than 8 per cent.
It b this so-called "subsidy" (which helped to
make possible the building of less than 8 per cent of
the railroad mileage) that is urged today as an
excuse for confinuousy subsidizing highway and
water and air transportation in competition with
a7 of the railroad mileage.
' Did yon know that the Land Grant were not '
"4ttia" at all? That the government has been
repaid for them many times over?
For under the terms of the land grant contracts,
the government has received a reduction of one-halt
of the regular freight charges and passenger fares on
11 government business moved over land-grant rail
road, excepting mail, and on mail the reduction hat
been one-fifth.
Did you know that tha Great Northern Rail
way extended its lines from Minnesota to tha
Pacific Coast without any land tfranfs what'
soever? ' ' :
f Ar it any j'uiMcatioft at all tor requtr
Ing other forma of transportation to be only
PARTIALLY self-supporting whila tha raiU
roads must be WHOLLY self-supporting, tha
justification is NOT to be found in the grants
of land to a few of the early railroads which
contributed so magnificently to the building
of the West.
Great Northern Railway
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