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PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS,' KLAMATH FALLS'. OREGON MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1956 MARKETS AND FINANCE STOCKS WALL STREET NEW YORK un Prices moved Irregularly Monday In the stock market with a somewhat higher awing In the late afternoon. Most changes either wsy were rather narrow with an outside lim it usually of i points. Trading was moderate at an estimated 1,000,000 shares (or the day as compared with 1.930,000 shares Friday when the market was down a shade. , NKW YORK STOCKS By THE ASSOCIATED TRESS Admiral Corporation Allied Chemical Allls Chalmers Aluminum Co. America American Airlines American Motors American Tel & Tel. American Tobacco Anaconda Copper ' Atchison Railroad Bethlehem Steel Boeing Airplane Co. Borg Warner - Burroughs Adding Mach. California Packing Canadian Pacific Caterpillar Tractor Cclanese Corporation Chrysler Coiporatlon Consolidated Edison Crown Zellerbach Curtlss Wright Douglas Aircraft Eastman Kodak Emerson Radio General Electric General Foods General Motors Georgia Pao Plywood Goodyear Tire Homestake Mining Co. International Harvester International Paper Johns Manvllle Kennecott Copper Llbby, McNeill ' Lockheed Aircraft Loew s Incorporated Long Bell A. Montgomery Ward New York Central Northern Pacific "V Pacific American Fl.sh '"Pacific Gas li Electlio Paclflo Tel tt Tel. Penney (J.O.) Co. Pennsylvania R.R. Pepsi Cola CO. Phllco Radio Puget Bound P k L Radio Corporation Rayonler Tncorp. Bayonler Incorp. Pfd. Cepunllc Steel Reynolds Melals Richfield Oil Safeway Stores Inc. Fcott Paper Co. Bears Roebuck li Co. Sinclair Oil Hocony Southern Pacific Standard Oil Calif. Standard Oil N.J. Studebaker Packard Sunshine Mining Swift & Company Transamerlca Corp. Twentieth Century Fox Union Oil Company Union Pacific United Airline United Aircraft United Corporation United States Plywood United States steel Warner Pictures Western Union Tel. Wesllnghouse Air Brake Westing-house Electric Woolworth Company 20 108 j 66 li 86 ( 23 1, 8 183 !i 81 'i 67 , 138 163 12 71 i,i 40 29 1 ', 31 U 58 '2 74 , 18 , 48 . 65 V, 20, 81 78 12 HI 54 85 43 38 61 Vt 36 36 3; 110 04 117 V, 16 47 18 36 34 86'', 40 Ti 71 , 49 V, 136 93 23 a. 20 i 32 n Si 43 a. 37 44 i 49 71 62 aj. 65 32 Vh 68 !', 66 52 , LIVESTOCK PORTLAND LIVESTOCK ' PORTLAND W ( USDA I Cattle salable 2.200; market uneven; fed steers very slow, early sales about steady-weak, but some bids 2540 lower; heifers active, fully steady; cows strong with some cutters 25- 50 higher; bulls steady; load choice around 1,050 lb led steers IB.txi; couple loads mostly choice 1.040- 1,137 lb fed steers 18.50; good steers mostly 16.50-17.50; commer- clal grades 15.00-16.00; two loads choice 865 lb fed heifers 16.50; several loads high good heifers 15.50-75; commercial grades 13.00- 14.00; Utility down to 10.00. Calves salable 100: market active, steady-strong; choice veal era mostly 24.00-26.00; one at 27.00; good grades mostly 21.00-23.00; commercial 16. 00-19. 00; culls down to 8.00. Hogs salable 1.000; market active, fully 1.00 higher than last week's close; sorted lots U.S. 1-2 butchers 180-235 lbs mostly lff.SO 75; with one lot down to 16.25; No. 3 lots down to 15.50; few lots No. 1 150 lb weights 14.50; bows weighing 340-400 lb 12.00-13.00; few 530-590 lb 10.25-11.00. Sheep salable 1.000; market active, strong-25 higher; several large lots full wooled slaughter lambs weighing 109-112 lb 19.20; with one lot choice 19.00; other good-choice wooled lambs 17.50 18.50; good-choice No. 1 pelt lambs 17.50-16.00 with one lot eood No. 3 pelt lambs 17.00; lew good feeders 15 00-60; choice Quotable to 16.00: good-choice ewes 4. 25-6.00; few lot utility ewes 3.25. 149 V, li 47 39 21 'i 62 176 7 V. 67 V. 6i 88 J' 54 V, 18 3, 20 29 3i 57 , 48 . SAN FRANCISCO (UP-FSMNS) Livestock: Cattle salable 550. Early supply mainly slaughter classes, cows predominating. Opening rather slow, early sales cows strong to 50c higher, other classes not es tablished. Most ca liner and cutter cows 7.50-9.50. Calves salable 26. Market not established. Hogs salable 300. Early supply mainly butchers. Opening moder ately active, butchers 25c higher than last Thursday, sows 50c high er. Mixed lots U, S. No. 1 to 3 180-240 lb butchers 15.75. 300-360 lb sows 11. Sheep salable 700. Early supply mainly slaughter lambs. Opening moderately active, slaughter lambs strong to 50c higher. Few lots good and choice slaughter lambs with full wooled pelts 20, good and choice lambs with fall shorn pelts 19.60. MORE CONTRIBUTIONS to the March of Dimes livestock auction, to be held tomorrow after noon, ware this sheep and hog. The porker was donated by Dell Stapp, left, Livestock Trans portation, along with John O'Connor not shown. The wooly critter was donated by Vern How ard, right, of Klamath Livestosk Commission. The auction will begin at 2:30 p.m. at Klamath Stockmen's Commission Company's yard on the Midland Road. All proceeds go to the March of Dimes. GRAINS PORTLAND GRAIN PORTLAND I Coarse grains. 15 -day ablpment, bulk, coast delivery: Oats, No.2, 38 lb white 65.00 Barley, No.2. 45 lb B-W 47.60 Corn, No.2, E-Y shipment .... 61.60 Wheat (bid), to arrive market, basis No.i bulk, delivered coast: Soft White 3.18 Soft White texcludlng Rex) ... 2.18 White Club 3.18 Monday's car receipts: Wheat 8; barley 5; flour 11; corn 19; oats 5; mill feed 14. CHICAGO GRAIN CHICAGO Wl Oratns pushed their way higher on expanded vol umo on the Board of Trade Mon day. All cereals except oats Joined the Upswing. Wheat was purchased on the prospect of export business and the possibility of restoration of 90 per cent of parity price supports. Early easiness based on snows In Knnsas was quickly overcome Wheat closed 1 to S higher. March 2.11: corn H to 1 cent high er, March 1.29-,; oats ',, lower to i, higher, March 66; rye 't. 2V, higher. March 1.24i; soybeans 1 to 2', higher, March 2.V,.:i, and lard 15 to 20 cents a hundred pounds higher. March 12.00. WHEAT "pen High Low Close 2 09 , 2.11 2.09 i 2 11 2.05 2.07 ',i 2.05 J, 2.07 i 1.94 3 , 1.98 1.93 s, 1.07 1. 1.97 V,, 2.00 'i 1.97 2.00 i, 2 00 2.04 I, 2.00 a, 2.04 Mar May .lly Sep Deo CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO Wl Hog prices con tinued their advance Monday, both butchers and sows gaining around 25 cents. Most 190 to 220 pound butchers sold at (14.25 to 115.00. Several lots went at 115.10 and 815.25, the top. Tills top was up 25 cents from Friday and the highest since Oct. 14. Butchers scaling 230 to 250 pounds moved at (13.75 to (14.50. Sows sold from (10.25 to (11.75. One load of high prime steers topped at (25.25. Most choice and prime brought (18.50 to $34.26. Prime heifers topped at $22.25 while good to high choice wera taken at (16.00 to (21.00. Most sales of good to prime wooled lambs were it (19.50 to (31.25. Salable receipts Included 11.000 nogs, 19,000 cattle, 400 calves and a,DU0 sheep. . , Death Takes J. Applegafe Miss Jean Applegate, a native of Klamath County, youngest daugh ter of the lale Captain O. C. Ap plegate, Identified with Southern Oregon history, died in a Santa Barbara hospital following ah ac cident in her apartment home In that city. She was 60 years old. Word of her death was received hero over Ihe weekend by rela tives and friends. A niece, Mrs. Thomas R. (Elizabeth) Barry, lives at 2120 Applegate. Numerous other relatives live here and elsewhere on the West coast. Miss Applegate was an instruc tor in English and dramatics In the Santa Barbara High School, serving on the staff from 1930 until her fata) accident. She had been in ill health for some time. Information from relatives with her at the time of her death, stated she was warming milk during the night when a sleeve of her dress ing gown caught fire. She suffered first, second and third degree burns over most of her body. Cremation followed funeral service.-.. Hor ashes will be interred in the Junction City cemetery, near her youngest sister, Mrs. Rachel Applegate Swan. WOOL MARKET NEW YORK (UP) Wool top imures on tne New York Cotton Exchange today opened up 3 to off 12 potms. Opening prices follow: March 159.50: July 161.00; Oct. 161.00; Dec. 160.50; March (1057) 159.80; May 159.00. Wool futures opened 2-7 points lower; March 131.50; Mav 132.10; July 132.00; Oct. 131.80: Dec. 131.50 March (1957) 130.30 129.30. May POTATOES CHICAGO POTATOES CHICAOO i.fi Potatoes: Arri vals old stock 238; on track 291; tolal U.S. shipments Friday 728, Saturday 507 and Sunday 7; mar ket about steady for Russets, firm for Reds. Carlot track sales, old stock: Idaho Russets (4.10-4 25; Utilities (2.85: Minnesota-North Dakota Pontiacs (3.40-3.50; washed and waxed) Colorado Red Mc Clures (4.10 washed and waxed. Gordon Trial Jury Picked A Jury of five women and seven men was selected shortly before noon Monday to hear a charge of statutory rape against Jack Gord on, 34-ycar-old construction worker in Circuit Judge David R. Van denberg's court. Oordon was arrested last Sep tember and subsequently indicted by the county grand Jury. Ho has since been held In the county Jail in lieu of (7.500 bail. Defense Attorney U. S. Balen tlne, while Interrogating prospec tive Jurors, said he will present evidence to show that the mother of an 8-ycar-old girl Involved In the case unlawfuly co-habitated with Gordon over a long period of time. The case is being prosecuted by District Attorney Richard Beesley and Deputy District Attorney P. K. Puckett. Members of the Jury are Ella Rogers, Graco Hajicek, Harold Gclgcr, John M. Owens, Virgil E. Davis, Albert M. Lvnch. Vern C. Clifford. Bruce Wirth, Isabel Lem ler, James Barnes. Phyllis P. Rut ledge and Emma Morclock. Funeral Held For Caldwell Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. today from Ward's Klamath Eastern Oregon Generally fair I vomeral Home for Chines F Oregon Weather Western Oregon Partly cloudy In north, Increasing cloudiness with occasional rain In south Tues day; clearing and cold Monday night with patches of valley fog. Highs 32-42; low Monday night 20-30. Coastal winds Tuesday southeasterly, 8-15 m.p.h. through Tuesday. Highs 20-30; low Monday mgnt o-io except locally down to -lo in some high valleys. Northern California C 1 o u d y through Tuesday; rain beginning Monday night In Ukiah-Marysvllle area, snow In mountains; warmer Monday night. Variable winds near coast, becoming southeast erly, 12-25 m.p.h., Monday night. Grants Pass and vicinity In. creasing cloudiness Monday night with occasional rain lnte Tuesday. low Monday night 28; high Tues dav 42. Baker and vicinity Clear Mon, day night with patchy valley fog. Low Monday night 0-5 below: high Tuesday 20-25. Accused Rapist Waives Hearing Ralph Edward Bennett. 55-year- old mill worker, charged with rape, waived preliminary hearing Monday when arraigned before Dis trict Judge D. E. Van Vactor. He was ordered hold for the grand Jury. Bail was set at $20,000. Bennett Is alleged to have as saulted an 11-year-old girl. He was arrested by state police. The de fendant was represented at the ar raignment by Attorney L. Orth Sisemore. Twenty-Seven Attend VFW Meet MERRILL Twenty-seven mem bers were present at the regular VFW Auxiliary meeting held re cently In the recreation hall, at 8 p.m. The members voted to donate $10 to Uie Flood Relief In the Med ford and Grants Pass area. Glen na Walker gave a financial re port on the kindergarten sponsored by the auxiliary. The annual crab feed dinner was discussed but no date was set. June Oren. Margie Waldrip. Mary Francis Hammond and Dean Marks have been appointed to the entertainment committee for the dinner. Refreshments were served by Marlon Knox and Joan Trotman. STRICKEN MALIN Earl McVey. well known rancher of the Malin dis trict, was taken to Hillside Hos pital about 1:30 a.m. this morning by the Tulelake ambulance. McVey has been In 111 health for some time. Potato Shipments SEASONS M-5 S5-S Dally Truck Ore. g "Dally Rail Ore. 3 Dally Truck Calif. 3 1 Dally Ball Calif. u 17 Dally Total ORE. CALIF. 30 JJ Monthly Total eao 1084 Season's Total 3660-4047 Caldwell, former resident of this city, who died January 24 a: Parma, Idaho. His unexpected death followed a brief Illness from pneumonia. Services were read by the Rev. Marshall A. McKlnnle, pastor oi the Congregational Church. Final rites and Interment were in Klam ath Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include h I s widow. Mrs. Ethel Caldwell, - Parma, Ida ho: a stepson, Ronald Provancha. Harlln, Iowa; two- sisters. Mrs. Agnace Lowe, Klamath Falls and Mrs. Katurah Ray, Tekameh, Ne braska; also five brothers, Clyde Caldwell, of this city, Earl Cald well, Blair, Nebraska. Chester Caldwell, Torrlngton. Wyoming. Edward Caldwell. Atlanta, Georgia and Kenneth Caldwell, Denver, Colorado. MARTYRS DAY NEW DELHI, India IIP) India Monday observed Martyrs Day, in honor of those who died In this country's struggle for freedom. Tile observance fell on the anni versary of the death of Mohanda3 K. Gandhi who was assassinated in New Delhi eight years ago. For two minutes almost all activity In India came to a halt as Indians observed a silent memorial to Gandhi and others. Schweigert Funeral Set TULELAKE -Carl Fred Schwei gert, 59. native of Krem. North Dakota and resident of Tulelake for. 13 years, died January 29 at a local hospital. Ha had been In III health for the last several months. Mr. Schweigert followed the car. penter trade most of bis adult life. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Katherlne Schweigert, Tule lake: three sons. Hllmer, of Cush- Ing, Minnesota, Walter of Klamath Falls, and Dennis Schweigert of Etna, California: three daughters, Esther DeMartinl of Concord, Call fornia, Eleanor Ewlng of Redding, California and Janet senweigen, Tulelake; brothers, Ed of Monta eue. California. John of Elalaka, Montana and Joe of Moses Lake, Washington; sisters, Reglna Krause of Portland, Oregon, An tonia Grumn of Boise, Idaho. Au gusta Schweigert of Des Moines, Iowa. Marie Smith of . Dallas, Texas. Maggie Wallander of Beu lah. North Dakota, Anna Schwei gert of Arthur, North Dakota and Ida Schweigert of Los Angeles. Funeral services will be held from the chapel of Ward's Klam ath Funeral Home on Wednesday, Pebruary 1 at 2 p.m. with the Rev. H. M. Warnke of the Zion Luther an Church officiating. Commit ment service and interment will be in Klamath Memorial Park. LMorty Meekle Weather Table By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 24 hours to 4:30 a.m. Monday Max. Mb). Prep. Baker 27 7 .09 Bend 32-4 Boise 28 14 .18 Eugene 45 26 .02 Klamath Falls .... 25 5 - Lakeview 28 12 - Medford 45 27 Newport 42 29 .05 North Bend 40 32 .26 Pendleton 23 14 .10 Portland (Airport) 37 22 .01 Roseburg 44 25 .01 Salem 45 22 .01 Spokane . 18 0 'Vendor' Demands Pre-Hearing Eugene James Wltherspoon, 31- year-old accused "hot steak" ven dor, demanded a preliminary hear ing Monday when he appeared be fore District Judge D. E. Van Vac- tor on a charge of burglary. The defendant, operator of the Chartreuse Room, an eating estab lishment on Atamont Drive, was arrested by state police after he was alleged to have stolen half a beef from the Super Packing Com pany plant. Officers say the purpose of the alleged burglary was to replenish the supply of steaks at his rest aurant. Wltherspoon, who Is represented by Attorney Edwin E. Driscoll, was remanded to the county Jail pending the hearing. KIN PRETTY, ) I V WELL.WHAtWA KNOW. THrp STUFF V5&J3r AIM by Ntt ImIm tM. UALU Moral: Don't Pass 'Patrol Car Carl Bert Malotte, 5206 Worden, was cited by State Police late Sun day afternoon when he attempted to pass a police patrol car and went into the path of an oncoming auto driven by Richard Leroy Thompson, 4300 Anderson Avenue. Malotte was cited by the officer he attempted to pass for failure to yield right of way to a vehicle. The incident occurred on South Sixth Street in the vicinity of the Little Sweden nightclub. There were no injuries. In another weekend accident. city police reported that autos driven by Leslie Paul Arnett, 2135 Radcllffe, and Nina Keffcr, 4344 Avalon, collided shortly after noon Saturday at Seventh and Main streets. Amett was cited for fail ure to yield right of way to a vehicle. Accident Brings Suit Against KF The city of Klamath Falls Is being sued for $9,231 by one of Its residents as the result of a fall on January 29, 1954. Mrs. Thelma H. Morris, 2061 Eb- erleln Street, alleges in a com plaint filed in circuit court Friday that she tripped and fell on a rough sidewalk in front of 2232 Wantland Street. She charges that the sidewalk was rough due to negligence on the pari of the city. She Is asking (9.000 general damages and $231 special dam ages. Her attorney is Donald A. W. Piper. Safe Stolen From Tavern A "safenaping" at the Drum stick Tavern, 1038 East Main Street, was reported today by Klamath Falls police. The theft of the safe, loaded with a large amount of small change, occurred sometime be tween 1:10-7:10 a.m. Sunday. Po lice did not disclose the amount of money in the safe, but said that it was substantial. Mostly, it consist ed of nickels, dimes and quarters. The theft was discovered when Officer Walter Conrady, on routine patrol, noticed that a window had been broken out of the front door of the tavern. After radioing head quarters to request the owner, Lloyd Ryser, 2224 Main Street, to come to the scene, he entered the tavern. Conrady said he and the owner discovered that the safe, weighing approximately 250-300 pounds, had been dragged across the inside of the building, lifted through the broken window, dragged across the sidewalk and lifted into an auto. Some other money, and a hand gun had been left at the tavern. The double-locked front door had not been opened, Conrady said. PARKS RETURN FORT ROCK Mr. and Mrs. Bud Parks and sons Bill and Alan returned Sunday from a trip to tire Midwest where Parks attended the National Rural Electric Coop erative Association meeting at St. Louis. The family visited with her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. A. E. Barrow, at Liscomb, Iowa. I YOUR rERFECT jERVANT, DANGER! It U D qf j to Nf l t Coaxjh from Comm i CoJel Chronic bronchitis may develop if your cough, cheat cold, or acute bron chitis is not treated and you cannot afford to take a chance with any medi cine leu potent thin Creomuliion. It Itoe, into Ihe bronchial system to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, Under.uiflartMdbronchialmeinhnnes. Creomulsion blends beech wood creoaole by special proem with other time-tested medicines for coughs. It contains no narcotici. Get a large bottle of Creomulsion at vonr drug store. For children get milder, faster Creonmlsion for Chd drea in the pinl ami blue package. Adv. 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