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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1943)
Aujruiit 24, 1D43 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE NIKS ManJzeil and tyinancial Potatoes Have the Right-of-Way Fuehrer's Fire Girl "STOCKS HE SLOW-MOTION COMEBACK By VICTOR EUBANK NEW YORK, Aug. 24 Ot The loek mnrkot enjoyed sinw-inntlon comeback today but Iho shift w war from unani motiii. Bondi wore narrow. The ticker tnpe wan sluilglsh, ItlinuBli moderately higher ten rimclcs prevailed throuithoiit. 0 While declines were plentiful, frnetlminl advances ruled near Iho clniie. Transfers were around (11)0,000 shares against 719,000 Monday. nellef the list had undergone a healthy correction In it re. cent 4-polnt dip from the mid July peak Inspired most of the bidding. In front most of the lime were Snnta Fe. Southern Pacific, r.rent Northern. Du Pont, U. 8. Steel, Youngstown Sheet, Chrys " lar. General Motors, Goodrich, Mnnianmtrv Ward. Deore, Ana conda, Western Union, Texas Co., and J. C. Ponney. lntermlt- tent laggards were American Can, Eastman Kodak, American Telephone, Douglas Aircraft, Bears Roebuck, Johns-Munvllle and Oliver Farm. Closing quotations: American Can Uvm Car Fdy 841 Am Tel c Tel Anaconda - Calif Packing - " Cat Tractor - Comm'nWlth St Sou General Electrlo 8 General Motors ...-.-.... J J Gt Nor Ry pfd 7t Illinois Central ...... i" Int Harvester .- J Kenneeott " Lockheed "" ?! Long-Bell "A" Montgomery Ward Nash-Kelv J" N Y Central J" Northern Pacific ? Pac Gaa St El Packard Motor J C Penney ..... Penna R R " Wtepublle Steel Wtlchfleld OH a Safeway Stores Sears Roebuck ...- Southern Paclfle Standard Brands J Sunshine Mining Union Oil Call! Union Pacific ,.... J U S Steel J" Warner Pictures - LIVESTOCK MKTS LIVESTOCK SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 24 (AP-WFA) CATTLE: 80. Desirable stock absent. Few common cows $0.00; medium to good bulla $8.50-11.00, Calvea 8, steady; few medium to good slaughter calves $12.00-13.00. HOGS: 280. Around 10-18 cents lower; bulk good 220-240 lbs. barrows and gilts $18.28-40; add medium sows $13.28. SHEEP: 2200. About steady: four decks Oregon lambs elig ible $12.00-28; cull to good ewes $3.00-6.80, steady. lb. $14.60-88; 140-170 lb. $14.00 78; sows 16-28 cents lowor; good and choice 380-880 lb. $13.80 00; choice lighter weights up to $14.10. Salable cattle 7000; salable calves, 1000; fat steers and year lings strong, top $16.78 paid for strictly choice 1232 lb. averages; best yoarllngs $16.00, with choice to prime 1004 lb. heifer year lings at same price; bulk steers $14.28-16.00; common and me dium grades $10.80-13.80; bulk fed heifers $13.80-18.80; cows stoady to strong, cuttora $9,80 down; most feed cows $10.80 to $11.78; bulls weak to 28 conts lower, medium grades weighty kind at $11.00 12.80 showing most decline; extreme outside heavy sausage bulls $13.78; little above $13.00 however; vealers fully steady at $18.00-16.00; stock cattle very scarce with de mand broader than available supply. Salable sheep 2000; total 8000; fat soring lambs fairly active, mostly steady: medium to good native spring lambs sia.zo 10 $14.80: few good to outsiders $14.68: cull to common native throwouts around $8.80 to $11; as yet nothing done on fed clip ped California nem around $14.80: sheep about steady, good native slaughter ewes downward from $7.00. Potatoes CHICAGO. Aug. 24 (AP-WFA) Potatoes, arrivals 00; on track 233; total US shipments 863; supplies moderate, demand slow; for western stock market about steady, for Wisconsin stock slightly weaker; Idaho Bliss Tri umphs, US No. 1, $3.18-20; Idaho and Oregon Russet Burbanks US No. 1. $3.13-38; Long Whites $3.00-20; Nebraska Red Warbas US No. I, $3.10; Bliss Triumphs US No. 1, $3.00; Wisconsin Bliss Triumphs US No. 1, $2.23. Railway Spur to Tap Lumber Crop The Medford corporation at Medford is constructing a three- mile railroad spur to tap approx imately 400,000,000 feet of Doug' las fir, sugar and ponderosa pine. Bernard Nutting, resident manager of the Medford plant, said the supply of timber to be reached by the line will be suffl clent to keep the mill operating ror live years ai lis present 80, 000,000 feet capacity. By CLIFFORD BANDAHL WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 tP) Tho agriculture department estl motes that 180,000,000 bushels of domestic wheat will be con verted Into industrial alcohol for war purposes during the July 1, 1D43-Junc 30, 1044, marketing year. Noting that tho prospective supply of corn is small relative to livestock numbers, the depart ment said In a current official report that "wheat probably will continue to be used instead of corn" in the production of alco hol. It added, however, that the exact quantity of wheat required "in alcohol production for the manufacture of synthetic rubber and smokeless powder will do pond largely upon the possibility of Increasing the uso of molasses for this purpose." Nation Faces Beef Shortage CHICAGO, Aug. 24 (P) Un less tho confidence of livestock producers in the future is re stored the nation will face se rious shortage of beef this com ing winter and spring, the live stock and meat council predicts. "Of mojor importance," the council said yesterday, "Is the threat to the supply of beef which will be needed urgently perhaps even desperately by Amorlcan fighting forces this winter and spring." WHEAT CHICAGO, Aug. 24 UP Grain prices averaging higher to day in trading that was fairly brisk at times. Buying by commission houses and some covering by previous short sellers imparted a touch of firmness to the market. Profit- taking caused a mild reaction! about mid-session. ' There was little news to affect the market. wneat dosed l-sc above yes terday's finish, September $1,441 to $1,441, oats i-ic up, Septem ber 72i-72c, and rye unchanged to Ic higher, September $100l-i. A pair of sled runners con tain the equivalent of two U. S. army bayonets. Telegrapher and leverman M. C. Murphy spends off-duty hours in his right-of-way potato patch one of hundreds of garden plots set aside by railway for employes to operate. Murphy has already, taken 130 quarts of strawberries from part of bis garden. Harvest will be in full swing in the sweeping Tulelake grain fields by the end of this week. Combines are, already plying ponderously through the fields of barley and oats on several leases . and ranches. If the weather holds good, It is expect ed all operations will be under way by the weekend. Harvesting had started Tues day on fields of Henzel bro- hers, the Kandras, Cox Bro'. hers, Stronghold Farms and Schuck Brothers. . ' Another 139 Mexican farm hands will arrive Wednesday to help In the grain' harvest. Copco Tells Gross Revenues, Profits . SAN FRANCISCO.'Aug. 24. UP) California Oregon Power com pany reports' $9,686,824 gross revenues and $1,268,841 net in come for the 12 months to June 30, compar. 1 with $9,637,109 and $1,064,068 respectively in the preceding 12 months. - THE CANADIAN WAY LOS ANGELES. UPi Council man Harold Harby's campaign to do somehinff about crowing roosters is international now. A letter from R. H. Mortimer, Kitchener. Ontario, Canada, de scribes this sure-fire gadget: Mayrii Chsney, left, dancer and protege of Mrs. Roosevelt, spd Showgirl Elaine Brewer, wed In a double ceremony In Ban Francisco, feed wedding auce to their new husbands. Orchestra Leader Herahey Martin 8urkin, leit, ana Eddie Fox, Miss Chaney? lormec dancing partner. SEED GROWERS! Get the HIGHEST MARKET- PRICES For Your Hitler, who once said the duty of women of the Reich wss solely to bear children to grow up and become Nazis, has evidently changed his mind. Here a German girl' helps a fireman with a hose as manpower shortage forces Nazis to recruit more and more women for heavy jobs. A false roof is lowered inside the pen until it rests upon the back of the birds' necks, or .al most so. Result: Absolute silence.".' Classified Ads Bring Results. ' Tires with cuts, leaks, breaks and bruises need quick first aid to prevent pormanent damage. Nevada gets its name from Spanish word meaning "snow clad." . . . ALSIKE CLOVER SEED Before Selling, Contact Our Agent, A. H. Bussman, at Murphey'e Seed Store, 9th- and Klamath Courteen Seed Co., Milwaukee, Wise. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 24 (AP-USDA) CATTLE: Salable and total 100; calves 60; quality mostly common; market slow; about steady with Monday's close; canner and cutter cows 28-80 cents lower for 2 days; few good short fed steers held above $14.00; but grassers Monday $14; few common steors today $10.00 80; stockers $9.00-10.80; cutters down to $7.00; cutters-common heifers $7.00-8.80; beet heifers up to $12.00; canner and cutter cows $4.00-6.00; common beet cows $8.28-80; medium cows to $0.80; common-medium bulls $7.30-9.90; good bulls quotable to $11.00; good vealers $13.00-80. D common-medium grades $8.00 k2.00. ' HOGS: Salable 400; total 880; general market 38-80 cents low er; few early sales steady; good choice 180-230 lb. mostly $18.80 to $19.68; few early sales $13.75 to $16.00; 240-280 lbs. $14.78 to $18.00; choice 80 lb. feeders $17.00; lighter weights to $17.80; good sows $11.29-12.00; light weights to $12.80. SHEEP: Salable and total 800; market slow; few sales steady; load good-choice eastern Oregon lambs late Monday $12.28, odd trucking today $12.00; common-medium grades $8.00-10.60; few feeders $9.80 to $10.80; good ewes held around $4.80-8.00; two loads eweg un sold. CHICAGO. Aug. 24 (AP-WFA) Salable hogs 18,000; total 20, JiOO; slow 10-18 cents lower; Rood and choice 180-250 lb. $14.78-18.00, to $13.08; 280-330 When In Medford - Stay at HOTEL HOLLAND Thoroughly Modern Jet and Ann Barley ' Proprietors . ' ' '- IBiniyflimg W'sau IBapimdIs . like getting up in the morning ' ' , . . . or seeing your barberor your dentist - - H BETWEEN A MM Am MIS D)WN C N II IE MCE - V - Nobody else knows the answer to how many or how often . - We Haven't Any Kraut or Skibbey Planes Laying Eggs On Us to Spur Us On BUJTT We Have The Example Of Over 4,000 Good Klamath County ; Men In The Armed Forces To Live Up To !."r - A 3 Let's Think and Act Soon! 'M. L. 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