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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (U.P.I Livestock: HOGS: Receipts 42,000 Including 12,000 direct. 15c lower: packing steady: 266 to 280 $5.50 top 160 to 190 $4.60 $5.35, pigs $4.25: packing sows Light lights, 140 to 160 good and choice $4-60 light 160 to 200 good and choice $4.90 medium 200 to 250 good' and choice heavy 250 to 350 good and choice packing sows, 275 to 500 medium. slaughter pigs. 100 to 130 good and choice $4.60. CATTLE: Receipts 26,000.

calves receipts largely steady market on fed steers and yearlings, demand being broad for all representative weights strictly and chcice: grading, kinds in broadest demand, bowever: erous loads selling. some held higher; largely fat steer run. Slaughter cattle and vealers: Steers, to 900 to good 1100, and choice 1100 $10.35: 1300. 900 1300 to 1500, 1300. common and medium.

heifers. 550 to 850 good choice $6.75: common and medium $3.00 cows. good and choice $4.50 common and medium low cutter and cutter $2.00 bulls (rearlings, excluded) good and cull and common $6.50. Stocker and feeder cattle: Steers, 500 to 1050 good and choice common medium SHEEP: Receipts market 15 to 25c lower: good and choice native lambs packers; few $7.00 to outsiders; good Montanas westerns unsold. Slaughter sheep and 71 to 100 all medium common choice $6.00 0 ewes 90 to 150 medium choice all cull and common Feeding lambs, 50 to 75 good and choice New York Stocks Close Today NEW YORK (UP.) A steady stream of liquidation brot prices to new low levels for many years in the stock exchange Monday.

All groups were forced down fractions to more than five points. Support was absent. Heavy pressure was exerted against Steel common stock which broke to new low since 1915 at off 3. Taking into account the 40 per cent stock dividend paid in 1928, the price of steel Monday would be the equivalent of about 91 in the stock before the dividend. This would be a new low since 1923 when steel hit From 1925 to 1931 the price of steel common never dropped below the 100 mark.

At Monday's low, steel was down IOWA ABNORMALLY WARM OVER SUNDAY DES MOINES (C.P) Abnormally warm weather prevailed in lowa over the weekend and Charles D. Reed, federal meteorolgist, predictMouday night Tuesday. The his best temperature Sunday was 88 at Omaha, while Charles City had the minimum earl. day with 48. No rain fell Sunday but Saturday night there were 'scattered showers.

Dubuque reported the maximum with .16 of an inch. Overcast Skies Threaten Rain AMES DAILY TRIBUNE TIMES. AMES IOWA. MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1831. "BUY BETTER IN AMBER Boy, 6, Builds Prize Ship Model Six-year-old Alex Mackay of San Francisco.

made the judges sit up and take notice at a recent exhibition of ship models in London. The sail-boat with which he's pictured here was entirely his own handiwork and it won for him a special prize. TWO CHILDREN DIE, 25 SICK AFTER PICNIC CRESCO, Neb. (U.P.) Authorities Monday began an investigation of the deaths of two small children and the illness of 25 other persons following a social at the Swedish mission church here. Phyllis Rudeen, 3 years old, and Ethel Mae Johnson, 16 months.

died in convulsions. everal others were in serious condition, altho it was believed none of them would die. Chicken sandwiches were suspected of causing, the mysterious poisoning, but authorities were uncertain whether the poison had been placed in the sandwiches or was due to bad meat. The investigation was made difficult. since all the food at the social was eaten before anyone took sick and there was nothing left for analysis.

$10,000 DAMAGE CASE IN COURT NEVADA--The Story county district court continued the hearing of arguments in the Anna Sesker vS. C. R. Hoff personal damage case when it reconvened here Monday at 10. a.

m. The case was started. Friday when the following jury was empaneled: M. C. Risdal, Story City; S.

B. Sheldahl, Huxley; Pearl Busenburg, Maxwell; J. K. Peterson, Nevada; S. K.

Tweedt, Huxley; Earl Thompson, McCallsburg; Earl Zearing; Berthe Jobnson, Collins; Mrs. C. J. Ristvedt, Story City; Mrs. Osmund Holland, Story City; Roy Bell, Maxwell; J.

Knudson, Nevada. The case has grown out of an automobile accident on the Dayton park road northeast of Ames in which Miss Sesker, a Cambridge girl, asserts she received permanent injuries for which she seeks to collect $10,000. The accident curred August 22. 1931. The car in which the plaintiff was riding crashed with the car driven by C.

R. Hoff, owner of the Ames Bottling company. Henderson has filed an order in district court here approving the decision of the industrial commission in allowing Edgar Brown continued compensation for heart trouble which he alleges is due to injuries received while he was employed by the Guy Longerbone company in Story county. The Longerbone company reopened the case in district court here early this term after the commission had ruled in the matter. The company wanted to discontinue liability payment.

alleging that Brown's present. disability was not caused by injuries received while in their employ. Three Pay Fines for Stop Sign Violations Three motorists paid fines of $2 each in municipal court, Monday. after they were given summons hy police officers for failing to stop when entering thru thorofares. They are: J.

T. Van Scoy. at Gray avenue and Lincoln way: R. Ererett. at Hyland avenue and LiDcoln way: G.

H. at Grand avenue and Twelfth street. NEVADA Paul Burson of Manchester took up his duties as farm burea: agent for Story with headquarters at Norada, Monday morning. Rurson sucroeds 1 P. Hanson who resigned to take post gradnato work in agricultural economics at the U'niversity of Minnosota Mr.

Burson and his wifa will oc. eupy the house here vacat-1 by the Hansons. The 1. A2 r.I hero has sorted as agent in v. are ly the pael three years.

Burson Takes Up Duties A8 as Agent ing with future ones. was presented to the nation Monday by I the United States Chamber of Commerce. The report was submitted by the chamber's committee on tinuity of business and employ- ment. Its recommendations will be sent to all chambers of merce for a referenduw vote. The committee urged ment of the anti-trust laws to permit equalization of production and consumption by manufactur- ers.

It also recommended establishment at a permanent national economic council of three or fire members, under non-governmental auspices, to study economic problems of all kinds and try to rationalize business methods. points from its record high made in 1929. Bass on stock outstanding, this represented a shrinkage of $1.706.000.000 (billion) for all the shares. NEW YORK. Oct.

5. Following are today's closing bids the New York Stock American Can American Car and Foundry American Locomotive American Swelting American T. and T. American Tobacco B. 76 Anaconda Copper Atchison.

T. S. F. 100 Baldwin Locomotive Bethlehem Steel Canadian Pacific C. M.

St. P. C. N. W.

Com. Chrysler Motor Cities Service Consolidated (as Corn Products Dupont Erie. General Electric ..251 General Motors International Harvester Mortgomery Ward ...10 New York Central Pennsylvania R. R. .30 People's Gas ..133 R.

C. A. Sears-Roebuck Sinclair Oil 6 Southern Pacific Standard Oil of N. J. .29 Standard Oil of Cal.

Standard Oil of Ind. Studebaker Texas Oil 16 Union Carbide Carbon U. S. Rubber 6 U. S.

Steel Westinghouse Electric -2 Today's Markets 1 Prices bid by local dealers No. 2 yellow corn. 25c Oats Hogs $4.60 Cream, sweet Cream, sour Heavy hens Leghorn hens 6c Old Cox Leghorn Cox Springs, up 12c Springs, under lbs. Leghorn springs Eggs, No. 1.

Eggs, No. 2 16c Eggs, No. 3 10c PRODUCE 7 NEW YORK -Produce market: Sugar, raw quiet; spot 96 test duty paid refined quiet; granulated $4.50. LAKEWOOD, (U.P.) ---No artificial raakeup for John Daly Murphy, who act the role of Polonius in the Norman Bel Geddes production of Shakespeare's Hamlet in New York this fall. All summer here Murphy has been growing the beard necessary for part.

Heavily overcast skies prevailed early Monday afternoon in Ames, appearing to contradict the official from Des Moines of continued clear skies and higher temperatures. The mercury crossed the S0-degree mark in Ames both on Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures readings at the municipal light plant over the week end were: Saturday. 11 a. 78: 12 1S: 1 p.

80; 2 p. S1: 3 p. S2; 4 p. 79: 5 p. S0; 6 P.

78: 7 p. 75: p. 75: 9 p. 74: 10 p. 75: 11 p.

75: 12 p. 75. Sunday, 1 a. 73: 2 a. 70: 3 a.

67: 4 a. 66; 5 a. 66: 6 a. 62: 7 a. 62: a.

64: 9 a. 67: 10 a. 69: 11 a. 11., 72: 12 74: 1 p. 76: 2 p.

m-, SO: 3 p. SO: 4 p. 81; 5 p.m., SO: 6 p. 76; 7 p. 72: 8 p.

70: 9 p. 70: 10 p. 67: 11 p. 65; 12 p. 63.

Monday. a. 62: 2 a. 60: 3 a. 59; 4 a.

58; 5 a. 56: 6 a. 54; 7 a 55: a. 58; 9 a. 62: 10 a.

64: 11 a. 6S: 12 71; 1 p. 73: 2 p. 13. Minimum temperature, Saturday.

56 degrees, 6 to maximum, Saturday, 83 degrees, about 3:15 p. minimum. Sunday, 62 degrees, 6 to 7:45 a. maximum. Sunday, 81 degrees.

3:15 to 4:30 p. minimum. Mouday, 54 degrees, 6 to 6:45 a. m. Atwater Kent Radio Audition to Be Held Tuesday Young singers of Story county will have an opportunity Tuesday to compete in the county contest of the fifth annual Atwater Kent national radio audition for young singers between the ages of 18 and 25.

'The Story county audition will be held at 4 p. m. Tuesday in Music hall at Iowa State college, under the direction of Prof. Tolbert MacRae, head of the college music department. One man and one woman will be selected from the county to go to the district contest in which sing.

ers from 12 counties will compete. TINY GOLD RING FOUND HILL CITY, S. (U.P.)-A tiny gold ring of perfect proportions was found by Carl Bloom and Lawrence Tinsley while they were panning for gold. Not much larger than a small bead, it is being exhibited as a rare curiosity. J.

C. PENNEY Co. INC. 24-326 Main Ames, Tow. We've adopted a new name for our famous line of women's full fashioned hosiery--and, at the same time, made many improvements for added beaury and service So now you'll ask for Gaymode FULL FASHIONED SILK HOSIERY Therc's a Gaymode Silk Hess for every purse and purpose! No.

447 Semi-Service Try this for long wear and style. combined! -plated sole and toe; silk Newest French shades. heel; picot top. $1.29 No. 449 Service Weight You'll be grateful for the elasticity of the mer.

cerized top! Mercerized sole and toe; silk- plated heel. 98c ON DAY INSTALL NOW nace Value. Never since 1911 (possibly never your present heating plant, investigate this unusual Before you spend good money this fall to fix up opportunity of sharing in America's Greatest Fur. again) could you buy a Green Colonial Furnace for 50 low a price--yet never has Colonial been 80 high in quality, in fuel saving, and in all around furnace value. The Colonial is the only furnace combining all eight points of design and construction essential to complete heating efficiency, long life and fuel economg.

That's why the Colonial is quicker heating, requires less attention, and saves op to 40 per cent of gas, oil, coal or wood. Install your Colonial now. Pay for it, later, in convenient amounts as you enjoy its dependable flow of clean, healthful, warmth, whatever the weather outside. To make certain that you get the exact Colonial for 100 per cent efficiency and omy, ask for the free services of the Colonial Heating Engineer. He will check your home without obligation.

Will quote you the present surprisingly low cost price of the finished job. See ns at once. Or write, without delay, to Green Foundry free Furnace Works, booklet, Des "The Moines, Air of lowa, Home." for EIGHT FEATURES MERIT 253 new, interesting traps Deme all Heat Intensifer for com- 5 abendant GREEN plete, rapid combustion. healthfal 2 forces Radiator smoke Down downward. draft 6 No Jointions Saves fuel.

Clean fring. draft control. CHARLES TAYLOR FUNERAL MONDAY Aged Here Ames Saturday Man Dies The last rites for Charles Edson Taylor, 87 years old, a resident of Ames for 55 years, were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Adams chapel. The Rev. H.

S. Wilkinson of the First Methodist church conducted services at the chapel, and members of Masonic order, who attended the services in a body, held services at the grave in the Ames cemetery. Members of the order and of the Sons of the American Revolution served as pallbearers. Mr. Taylor died at 6:20 p.

m. Saturday his home at 206 Welch avenue." 'He had been in failing health for some time, and had been confined to his home for about a year. In 1868 Mr. Taylor first came to Ames, and lived here for a short time. The town then numbered less than 100 people.

In 1876 he returned here to make his permanent home, and for a number of years was engaged in the grocery business in the firm of Stickney and Taylor, and later with the late K. W. Brown. In later years he met with success in the carpenter trade. From the age of 21, Mr.

Taylor had been a Master Mason and was one of the organizers of Arcadia Masonic lodge here, and of the San Antonio, lodge, now one of the largest in that state. The building in which the Ames lodge was organized formerly stood at 216 Duff avenue, where the U. S. Griffith carpenter shop is now located. In the local lodge Mr.

Taylor served. as 'secretary for a. number of years. Mrs. W.

C. Heintz Rites Conducted At State Center STATE CENTER Funeral services for Mrs. W. C. Heintz, a Story City girl, who died at her home in State Center early Friday morning, were conducted at the Presbyterian church Monday afternoon by Rev.

Fred A. Smith, pastor of the Federated churches. Interment followed in Hillside cemetery, Mrs. Heintz had been sick more than a year with tuberculosis, being bedfast since May. She was born Gertrude -Flaltebo at Story City Sept.

2, 1899, and was married to W. C. Heintz. in Marshalltown, Aug. 26, 1919.

Since that time they have lived in State Center. where two children were born, a son and daughter, the latter. Maxine. surviving with Mr. Heintz.

Others surviving are her father, Andrew Flattebo and three brothers, Martin, Severine and Sherman, of Story City, and a sister, Mrs. Koontz, of South Bend, Ind. Fred. Heintz is a son of Mr. and Mrs.

W. C. Heintz of Collins. bers of the State Center American Legion auxiliary, of which Mrs. Heintz had been an active her.

attended the funeral service in a. body. Iowa Postmasters Meet in D. Moines DES MOINES (U.P.) More than 500 postmasters of Towa arrived here Monday for the fifth annual convention of the Iowa association of postmasters, which will continue Tuesday. A business meeting headed the program Monday.

Later the masters heard A. J. Mitchener. St Louis postmaster. At a banquet tonight, Dickinson of Al.

gona and Arch Coleman. first a8. sistant. postmaster general, will be speakers. tion, with proposals for meeting the present depressiou aud deal- I AMERICAN LABOR OPENS CONVENTION (Continued from Page One) FORCED AIR SYSTEM COOLS IN SUMMER WARMS IN WINTER 3 type, Fire burns Bowl Air hotter.

blast 7 Big bigger Doable chunks gases, is ribbed and reinforced. wood. Visible Base Ring Tight, 8 Grate Bars 4 rugged, pig iron. Cast sides. in one piece.

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