PAGE TWELVE
THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
March 21. 1942
Mafiketi. Mtd tybuuuUal
NEW YORK. March 11 W)
Scattered stocks were successful
in attracting timid buyers today
but many market leaders re
mained in the wallflower divl
don.
. A few rails, motors and cop
pers acted fairly well after a
hesitant start but such gains as
appeared generally were in neg
ligible fractions. Dealings were
sluggish, transfers for the two
hours approximating 160,000
chares.
Among stocks Homestake min
ing posted another new year's
low, along with American Tele
phone, Fajardo sugar and Union
Carbide.
. On the improved side the
greater part of the session were
General Motors, Chrysler, N. Y.
Central, American Smelting and
Standard Oil (NJ). Lehigh Val
ley coal preferred and' Chicago
Great Western preferred edged
into new high ground for 1942.
Bonds were narrow and com'
modities irregular.
Air Reduction 311
Alaska Juneau . It
Allis-Chalmers 261
American Can SB t
Am Rad Sta San 48
Am Roll Mills Hi
Am Smelt & Ref '. 39 i
Am Tel & Tel 1171
Am Tob "B"
39
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31
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3)
37i
31
121
Am Water Works .
Am Zinc L & S
Anaconda
Armour 111
' Atchison
: Aviation Corp
Bald Loco
Beth Steel
Boeing Airp .
Borden
Borge-Warner .
116
17J
19s
23i
Callahan Z L .
Calumet Hec
Canada Dry
.Cat Tractor
Celanese
Ches & Ohio
61
11
34
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282
541
11
Chrysler
Col Gas & El .
Com'l Solvents
Comm'nw'Hh & Sou .
Consol Aircraft
Consol Edison
Consol Oil
. 81
732
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. 48i
. 101
. 7i
. 632
.110
. 1
. 231
Cont'l Can .
Corn Products
Crown Zellerbach .
Curtiss Wright
Doug Aircraft
Dupont De N
EJ Pow & Lt
General Electric
General Foods
General Motors
Goodrich
291
341
141
231
Gt Nor Ry pfd
Greyhound
Insp Copper'
Int Harvester '.
Int Tel & Tel
Kennecott .
Lib O Ford
Lockheed
111
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21
321
22
22
Loew's .
39)
Long-Bell "A"
Montgomery Ward
Nash-Kelv
11
251
41
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20
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81
121
71
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71
171
21
141
131
64
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281
341
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481
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Nat'l Biscuit .
Nat'l Dairy Prod
Nat'l Dist ..
National Lead
N Y Central
No Am Aviation
North Amer Co .
Northern Pacific
Ohio Oil
Pac Gas & El
Packard Motor
, Pan Amer Airways ,
Paramount Pic
Penney (J C)
Penna R R
Phelps Dodge
Phillips Pet
Proctor & Gamble .
Pullman
Radio
Richfield Oil
Safeway Stores ....ZZ
Sears Roebuck
Shell Union
Socony Vacuum
Sou Cal Edison
Southern Pacific
Sperry Corp
Standard Brands .
Stand Oil Calif
Stand Oil Ind -
Stand Oil N J .
Stone & Webster "
Studebaker .........""
Sunshine Mining L'.".'."
Texas Corp ,.!!
Union Carbide J "
Union Oil Calif
Union Pacific ......
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321
united Aircraft
united corporation 932
United Drug .. , 54
United Fruit . .. . 531
u a nuDDer
U S Rubber pfd .
U S Steel .
Warner Pictures ...........
Western Union .
Westinghouse .........
Woolworth ...................
141
601
601
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251
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241
LOAN WITH STRINGS . .
ALBUQUERQUE The tribe
Acoma are clean-living Indians.
Recently they Invested $4,000
In defense bonds. As an after
thought they sent , the govern
ment this wire:
"We are glad to let Uncle Sam
use our money, but please in
form him that we do not wish
the funds used to buy liquor for
the soldiers."
Carload Potato Shipments
Day of
Month Season 1941-42 Season 1940-41
Mar. to Season Mar. to Season
March Daily Date to Date Daily Data to Date
" 17 I I 5747 32 32 7066
jf" 6 7 5753 7 39 7073
3 ' 31 38 5784 27 66 7100
4 " 20 58 S804 31 97 7131
8 17 85 5831 37 134 7168
6 29 U4 5860 55 189 7223
" T 38 152 5898 SO 239 7273
8 0 is! 5898 41 280 7314
9 H 163 5909 7 287 7321
10 35 198 5944 33 320 7354
TT- 28 226 5972 57 377 7411
12 30 256 6002 40 417 7451
13 33 289 6035 32 449 7483
14 47 336 6082 61 500 7534
1S 0 336 6082 43 543 7577
16 TT" 350 6096 6 549 7583
TT" 32 38! 6128 17 566 7600
18 21 403 6149 23 589 7623
19 31 434 6180 20 609 7643
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CHICAGO, March 21 UP)
Grain prices took an upward
course today, rallying moderate
ly from the 1942 lows posted in
most futures pits yesterday.
Halting the week s decline,
which was most drastic in the
rye and soybeans pits where
prices had slumped S to 7 cents,
the market displayed a better
undertone of strength than in
any recent session. Buying was
attributed to dealers covering
previous short sales or reinstat
ing lines sold out earlier in the
week.
Wheat closed 1-1 cent higher
than yesterday, May $1.26 1-1
July $1.28 1-1; corn 1-1 higher,
May 87 I, July 89 I; oats 1-1 up;
rye 1-t higher; soybeans 1-H
higher.
POTATOES
CHICAGO POTATOES
CHICAGO, March 21 (AP
USDA) Potatoes: arrivals 92;
on -track 289; total U. S. ship
ments 690; supplies moderate;
demand very light; for Idaho
Russets market barely steady;
offering other sections market
dull; Idaho Russet Burbanks U.
S. No. 1, $2.65; Colorado Red
McClures U. S. No. 1, $2.80;
Wyoming Bliss Triumphs U. S
No. 1, $2.75; Minnesota and
North Dakota Bliss Triumphs
$1.90-2.35; Cobblers commerci
als $1.95; Wisconsin Chippewas
U. S. No. 1, $2.10; Katahdins
$2.00; new stock supplies mod
erate; demand very light; mar
ket barely steady; Florida Bliss
Triumphs U. S. No. 1, $2.20-35
per bushel crate.
PORTLAND LIVESTOCK
PORTLAND, March 21 (AP
USDA) Cattle: for week, sal
able 3310; calves 250; medium
good grade steers, heifers and
cows 25-50c lower, lower grades
steers to 25c lower, vealers 50c
and more lower; bulk medium
good fed steers $11.00-12.25, few
nead to $12.75, common steers
$9.00-10.00; medium grade fed
heifers $10.50-11.25, odd head
$11.50 and $11.75, common
grades $7.75-9.50; canner and
cutter cows $6.00-7.00, few
early down to $5.50; fat dairy
type cows to $7.50; medium-
good beef cows $8.00-9.50; me
dium-good bulls $8.50-10.25;
good-choice vealers $14.00-15.50,
common down to $9.00, cull
calves down to $6.50
Hogs: for week, salable 3560:
compared week ago market BOc
nlgher but mid-week market
only 25c up; feeders closed slow;
gooa-cnoice 170-215 lb. early
and late $13.75-14.00, mid-week
sales S13.75 down: medium
weights $12.75-13.50, light lights
Jl-.79-13.Z5; good 350-550 lb.
sows $10.25-11.25, lighter
weights to $11.75: good-choice
feeder pigs $12.00-13.00, early
top $13.25.
Sheep: for week, salable
2725; fat lambs around BOc low
er, ewes steady; good-choice
trucked-ln lambs late $11.00,
WHAT STOCKS DO
YOU FOLLOW?
'The Herald and News art
revising their stock list, and
ara anxious to hear from sub
scribers as to which stocks
they want to sea quoted daily.
Pleas not your stocks on a
penny postcard and mail it
to the MARKET EDITOR.
Herald and News.
Due to heavy pressure on
the wires from war news, it
will ba necessary to reduce
tha number of stocks carried.
Soma papers in cities larger
than Klamath Falls have eli
minated tha stock list. Th
only way w can find out
whether it is worth continu
ing is a showing of reader in
terest as suggested above.
carload lots early $11.25-75;
common lambs $8.00-9.00; good-
choice shorn lambs with No. 3
pelts $10.00 late, medium down
to $8.50; good ewes $6.00-50.
S. F. LIVESTOCK
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO,
March 21 (P) - (Federal - State
Market News) Cattle: for five
days, 1000; compared Friday
last week: steers mostly 15-25c
lower, others unchanged; week's
top $13.25; late bulk good steers
$12.50-75, medium $11.00-12.00;
few medium heifers $9.50-10.50;
good cows $9.25-35; fleshy dairy
bred cows $8.00-50; medium
sausage bulls $9.50-10.25; today:
none. Calves for five days 50,
strong; few vealers $12.50
13.50, medium calves $11.00.
Hogs: for five days, , 1900;
compared Friday last week:
mostly 35c lower; week's late
bulk $14.35 for good 185-235
lb. barrows and gilts; most good
sows late $11.60; today; none.
Sheep: for five days, 2300;
compared Friday last week:
around 15-25c higher, week's
bulk good wooled lambs $12.00
15; spring lambs expected In
volume next week: ewes firm,
six decks medium to choice
$7.25-75; today: none.
Production Prize
These twins won $1000 for their
mother. A St. Paul firm em
ploying the father, John T.
Baron, offered the reward for
the first employe family to have
twins. The factory makes double-barreled
cannon for the
, 4 Navy.
'
Telling
The Editor
LaMar printed two mutt not rji mora
lhn MS wortta In larutth, RHMt b writ.
tan unwr on ONI not 01 tha pw
only, and muot bo all-tad. Contribution
following thaao nilto, art warmly
STOP THAT SOOTI
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (To
the Editor) That anyone could
possibly be so near sighted as to
argue violently and at great
length in favor of the actual
tons upon tons of plain old
black, sticky, smeary soot that
are thoughtlessly, needlessly and
carelessly poured out upon the
mildly protesting citizenry of
Klamath Falls is fantastically
unthinkable. Yet inasmuch as
some persons have seen fit to do
so I can not pass up the urge to
let their inane championing of
one of the greatest major nuis
ances of Klamath Falls go un
protested.
There has been a time in the
life of every largo city in the
United States, as well as most
other civilized countries, when
the bulk of the people have pro
tested about their various soot
and smoke hazards. In those
cases where some able leader
has stepped out in front and
called a spade a spade they
usually have won out witness
Portland. Oregon: St. Louis,
Mo., and even New York City
itself, to name a few. In all of
these cities the fight was bitter,
often involving suits that ran in
to millions of dollars. But In the
end, without exception, as re
cent surveys have shown (sec
the Reader's Digest, Oct. 1941).
all of the leading companies
that rebelled so violently have
admitted that being forced to
eliminate smoke and soot actual
ly saved them money in the long
run, as they now use ALL their
fuel instead of throwing part of
it away through their smoke
stacks.
Savings in fuel bills occasion
ally ran as high as one third,
while they averaged about ten
per cent. Ten per cent on a fuel
bill will pay for a powerful lot
of remodeling in one or two
years' time. And in the case of
the local plants in question (in
cluding, admittedly, the heating
plant and one or two of the
mills, as well as the court house
where a bulk of the county
officials already and early have
affixed their names to the peti
tion banning this nuisance) the
cost of eliminating soot is not
very great. I believe that a little
questioning would disclose that
the sore spot is the soot, not the
smoke thanks to our regular
winds. And the soot can be elim
inated by more careful draft
regulation and some such com
paratively simple mechanism as
a baffle chamber or returns that
would cost only a few hundred
dollars even for the largest
burners In town.
And this Is only a small frac
tion of what it costs the citizens
of Klamath Falls to clean up the
mess made by soot each and ev
ery year. If a careful survey
were made it would run into the
thousands each year. Figure it
out for yourself. Especially if
you live close to Main street or
work down town and know that
almost daily chore of brushing lt
off your suit, car, desk, side
walk, roof or almost everything
else that is, brushing for two
or three days, when it is neces
sary to send it to the cleaners
or have it washed.
On the other hand, in those
other cities where certain inter
ests have throttled efforts to
clean out the smoke and soot
they have continued to become
dirtier and dirtier. As the cities
grew, health, civic pride, civic
morale flagged more and more
No one of any education needs
to be told that this can soon run
into hard dollars and cents; It
might be well to point out here
that one of the major points of
consideration that caused the
army to locate its new huge
bomber base at Walla Walla in
stead of here was because the
report definitely stated that
Klamath Falls was a "dirty,
dreary town." I doubt If our soot
helped out much that day.
One stout and profuse defend
er of the right to besmear our
town pointed out that Klamath
owed much of its growth to the
mills, therefore they ought to be
allowed to get the town as dirty
as they wanted to. I would like
to point out that on the other
hand these same mills owe ALL
of their growth to the people
who work in them, the people
who live in this town. These
mills could surely afford to
make the small gesture of thanks
and appreciation to the people
by helping them clean up the
town, especially when the pro
portionate cost of doing so
would bo but a drop in the
bucket as compared to the total
cost of building and running a
mill. And this same goes for the
Heating company.
BUT. if the peoD e n this
town who are agin' this soot
nuisance do not come to life and
start fighting back even more
strongly than they have In the
past, 1 spite of the admirable
leadership that they now have
and in spite of the progress they
have made so far, we will drop
back in the hole once more, the
mills and heating companies
and so on will save their few
measly hundreds of dollars, and
Klamath Falls will be as dirty as
before perhaps dirtier. How
about a letter writing campaign
NEWS OF THE THEATRES
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lif.s:-- , u-;tsrit
"My Kingdom (or a horse," quoth Lou Coatollo to ti:o Merry
Macs end his Ude-KicK Bud Abbott In their nawett hllorlmu pic
ture. "Ride 'Em Cowboy" now playing at the Eiaulr theatre.
This la the most prettntioua
box-office hits.
James Stephenson. Ronald
-' , f. AA' . ,'- - t ' VW' '
threa buddies of the air. In "International Squadron." a screen
story of tha present war, opening
ft. fi
K9 I
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mull ii.ai.iii' --'n-iiii.ili.iiiiiiitfn , n.'y -- i-i mffhiftfiii1!
Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy In "Woman of the
Year." the gay romance of a "hard-to-got" girl and a "treat-'em-rough"
guy. starting Sunday at the Pelican.
right here in Klamath Falls?
Letters ' aimed at your council
men, who havo expressed them
selves unanimously in favor of
cleaning up the town if they
have any backing from the peo
ple; letters to the mayor, who
has ranted against the soot both
loud and long; and letters to the
editor to help stir up the bile of
the rest of the passive people of
town.
I'm mad in case you hadn't
guessed.
Sincerely,
Royal T. Frank.
1991 Addison Street.
BATTERY C OKEH
FORT STEVENS, Ore. (To the
Editor) Since tho war started
on Dec. 7, 1942, and since our
battery, Battery C, 249 C. A.,
has had a change of station, I
have heard numerous rumors
from Klamath in regards to this
unit going overseas. No doubt
these rumors havo caused many
a mother undue worry and anx
iety. I feel that it is my duty as
a member of this organization to
clarify our present situation. We
are to the last man in the best
of health, getting the finest food
the army has to offer. Our liv
ing conditions are comfortable
and warm in spite of the fact
that we are living in tents. We
have received numerous packag
es from tho people of K. Falls
and wo wish to thank them for
all they have done In the past.
I think I can personally assure
each mother that her son is be
ing well taken caro of. .
There is one thing I would
like to say ior all the mothers,
and all the .population of K.
Falls, "Don't believe, In Idle
rumors about your boys in Bat
tery C. If anything drastic hap
pens you will bo notified so
don't take any stock In idle chat
ter. Nine times out of ten there
is no basis for the rumors that
are ever prevalent in time of
war."
It might Interest tho people of
Klamath county to know that
many of her sons are applying
for officers training courses and
many of them will make it. We,
m always, are doing a good Job
fifty
'm 'mi
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r ti. MtllH
vehicle in a onuitionnl aorln oi
Reagan and William Lundlgan as
Sunday at tha Pine Tree.
and will continue to do so. Don't
worry too much about us. Just
give us your blessing and when
this Battle of Belligerents la all
over, you will be proud of us.
Sincerely,
Sgt. Leo Beck, Jr.
Battery C 249, C.A.
Fort Stevens, Ore.
H SCHOOL in
DORRIS William Huse has
been appointed to tho Dorrls
elementary school board to fin
ish tho unexpired term of Clif
ford Scvits.
The apointmcnt, which ex
plres in July, 1944, was made
by Superintendent of County
Schools Mildred Grant, upon
recommendation of Board Mem
bers Enoch Israelson and Mrs.
Ethel Spannaus.
Huse Is a member of the
Dorris city council and Is chair
man of tho Butte Valley chap
ter of tho American Red Cross.
Ho Is employed by the stato of
California at the Dorris agri
cultural inspection station, ,
Skunk in Can
Disrupts Traffic
BERKELEY, Calif., March
21 '(A1) A skunk with a tin
can damped on his hoad dis
rupted traffic on University
of California's fraternity row
Friday.
The skunk apparently stuck
his muzzle into the can dur
ing a foraging raid and
couldn't got it off.
Blinded by the can, the
skunk charged back and forth
across the street,. He crashed
into a curb time after time
and halted student traffic
with a defonslve barrage.
The skunk, tired and out
of barrage, finally surrend
ered alive.
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35-MiU Limit Set
In Army Camp Area
PORTLAND, March 21 (lO
Tlilrty-fivo-mlloaii-lionr speed
limits were iiMubl lulled yester
day In the Mudford and Cor-
vallls army government arena.
Chairman Henry F. Cubell of
the state highway commission
nil Id tho limits, effective linino-
dlutely, wero necessary because
of traffic congestion.
Ho added that the commis
sion did not havo authority to
Impose a gtutuwldo restriction
of 40 miles an hour lis request
ed by l'rt-sldent Roosevelt.
"We only havo Jurisdiction
In case a certain stretch of
highway Is tinsiifo from an en
gineering standpoint," he ex
plained. The commloslun uwui'tled a
$312,887.50 contract to llerko
Bros., Portland, for improve
ment of tho Crater Luke high
way In the cantonment area
near Medford.
S P R A O U E RIVKR The
Spraiiuo River teacher's eottucv
narrowly esriied destruction by
firo Wednesday night, when
quick action stopped a bliue
which started an the tur per
roof from a faulty stove pipe.
Tho fire started about ft p, m.,
Just as tho teauhers were retir
ing. It was discovered as the
smoke and flames came down
through the stove pipe hole.
A crowd at a basketball game
In the gymnasium re.ipnmlnd to
a call for help and the blaze
was put out by water and fire
extinguishers before It could
spread
The only damuge done was a
flooding of part of tho cottage
and a hole chopped through the
roof by a volunteer fireman's
axe. Had the blaze gotten an
other few minutes start. It Is
doubtful if It could have been
controlled.
Weekly Market Trends
(Editor's Note: The following
market information Is supplied
from material obtained over the
government leosed wire In the
office of the extension economist
at Oregon Stato college. The
material, in the form of a week
ly summary of tronds In the live
stock market, is not intended to
replace spot day by day market
reports).
CATTLE MARKETS
Cattle prices reacted adverse
ly to a supply of 2230 head last
Monday with tho week s trad
ing starting slow and with early
sales at prices 25 cents under
last week's close. Fairly good
grades of steers sold at $11.73
to $12.23, although practically
no carloads of fed steers changed
hands. Both San Francisco and
Chicago cattle markets were
fully steady with top prices of
$13 and $13.23, respectively.
Receipts of all classes at prin
cipal mid-western markets have
been fairly largo recently, tend
ing to hold down further gains.
Meat consumption in the United
States increased sharply In 1041,
showing a 6 per cent gain over
1040 and 20 per cent above the
avcrago of tho previous five
years.
SHEEP AND LAMB
A lower undertone prevailed
In the market last Monday when
200 head were offered. Some
bids were SO cents lower than
last week on carload lots al
though best fed wooled lambs
were held above $11.75. Higher
prices prevailed at San Fran
cisco but at Chicago and Omaha
bids were around 23 cents under
last week.
Both direct and contract buy
ing of lambs in California have
Hold Everything!
MUSEUM
caps, mi v utk iitvict; me. T. m. ma.
"Don't you have anything by
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GARDEN IN
By ROBERT MoCAMBRIDQB
Assistant County Agent
Flowers, shrubs mill luwns are
essential today In our Victory
Uiirden drlvo of which the farm
vegetable garden plays a big
part. No, you can't got food from
either flowers, shrulM or lawns,
but lit th present time thero Is
nti reason for unyomr to get ex
cited and dig up their luwiut or
sacrifice their flowers or shrubs
or ornamental gardening for
vegetables.
Ornamental gardening is en
couraged at this time as any
thing that the American people
can do to rollove the tension
cauaod by tho war will help to
maintain their morale The grow
ing of flowers and shrubs is a
wholesome and healthy hobby.
Not only does It aid in building
morale fur those who are occu
pied at it, but It makes our
homos and cities look much
brighter and gayer.
However, It U advisable for
all farm families to raise a gar
den this year. Not only should
farm families raise a garden, but
all people who have tha proper
facilities for garde ilng should
make an effort to produce
enough for their own use. A
well planned garden, which will
furnish the family fresh vege
tables through the growing sea
son and others tn be stored or
preserved for fall and winter
use, Is a big asset to any family
budget.
The time of planting the gar
den will soon be at hand and any
advanced planning for the gar
den will no doubt be of value.
A suggested planting plan and
ready reference tablo for vege
table growing in Klamath
county Is available at tha county
agent's office, as well as other
gardening bulletins and Insect
pest control bulletins.
been small In the last few weeks.
Fed lambs from the San Joaquin
volley for March and April de,
liveries are now quoted at $11
to $1100 f.o.b. country weigh
ing points, whereas pre-Eastet
delivery Is on a basis of $12.
Cool, frosty nights hate re
larded California pastures, re
sulting in less favorable develop
ment of lamb than a year ago.
Condition of sheep throughout
the western range states Is about
avrrago for this time of year.
HOG MARKETS "
Tho hog market was SO cents
abovo last week at North Port,
land on Monday when 2100 head
wero offered for sale. Top prices
of $,13.73 to $14 were paid for
good to choice drive-Ins. Tha
market was 13 cents highor in
San Francisco and 10 to IB cents
up in Chicago. Wholesale price
of pork products will soon be
regulated and held to a celling
established by tho OPA at the
highest prices that prevailed
from March 3 to 7, 1942. Tha
ruling goes Into effoct March 23.
WOOL MARKETS
Fairly largo quantities of fine
and half blood territory wools
were bought by manufacturers
on the Boston market last week
at $1.13 to $1.18 a pound, scour
ed basis, for the fine wools and
$1.10 to $1.13 for the half blood
wools. Original bag adult mo
hair sold at 00 to 83 conts.
Although total production of
wool In the United States In
creased last year by 30 million
pounds, Oregon's 1941 wbol crop
being the smallest production In
21 years and amounted to only
about 14 million pounds. The
reduced numbers of sheep caused
tho smaller clip.
u. . t, otr.
Rembrandt or Michelangelo 1
ORNAMENTA
VICTORY PLAN