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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16
LIVE STOCK by TELEGRAPH.

South Omaha, Dec. 15.-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts. ESQ. Market steady. Beeves. S3.5e9
40: stockers and feeders. $a.'9ai1o: cows.
s2.Oea$.65.
HoGS-Receipts. 500. Market a shade
stronger. Top. $40: bulk of sales. SS.15I+2o.
SHEEP-Receipts, 1850. Market steady.
900. Natives inferior and higher. Texans
loc higher. Native beeves. s5..5a+.l5. Tex
as steers. top, $50
HOGS-Receipts. 100. Market opened
strong, closed lower. Top, s.45; bulk, $3.50
SHEEP-Receipts. $500. Market strong
$50.
Chicago. Dec. I5-CATTLE-Receipts. H.
COO. There was q good demand for cattle
from all classes of buyers. prices strong 10
10c higher for choice fat beeves and steady
for others. y few common lots sold around
&.0pG3-.5. while u few extra fine Christmas
cattle averaginE i,sa pounds brought
at S4.35n510. Feeders We're sold sparinsiy
at sS.S1li4.S5. and stOckers brought 5000
375. Choice to prime heiiers were in good
demand at s.. 1JH4 Calves We're weaker.
with sales of the best at S6.1j. few going
above $500. The late cattle market was
We're about 1oc lower. buyers holding back
in anticipation of larger receipts to-mor-
row.
HOGS-Receipts. Isl go. The supply was
mostly disposed of at an early hour. Prices
We're stronger from the start and sslles
showed an average advance of exc. Sales
We're at an extreme range OF S2.3DU3- II, the
greater par. of the hogs crossing the
scales at s.. 2ItaaQ33Iia. Pigs sold chiefly at
s. 25aS.aJ. The late market was called
weaker by sellers.
SHEEP-Receipts. 1000. With a good
demand prices ruled strong for fat handy
sheep and much higher for prime lambs.
Sheep We're in demand at s.. $4,000 for the
poorest consignments. up to S4.60d 10 for
choice to prime natives. Western fed lots
fetching s.. Lambs Were active at
Si"o0i50 for a few culls, up to $5.1aal.gO
for choice TO extra grade. Christmas lambs
sold at 6.ep06.2 70.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16

IItTe mas UGeN d DettCF lttlli!S III tie
market since our last review. The bad
markets last week caused quite a falling
Off in the receipts, and. with the lighter
supplies the market stiffened up. but the
first half. up to Saturday. the market ruled
much the same as at our last review. But
Monday. the run being light both here and
IN Chicago, prices We're jumped up sharp
ly. Dressed beef and export steers sold up
l5020c per cwt., and some few sales. 1t was
thought, reached &c advance. Cows We're
1Oc higher, and stockers and feeders steady,
but slow sale. as usual on the first day
of the week. Range cattle. in sympathy
with natives. sold higher early, but towards
the close most of the early improvement
was lost. Tuesday buyers Were less ur-
gent for fat cattle. and much OF Mondays
advance was lost under good offerings and
a light Eastern trade. Cows We're higher
again, and stockers and feeders showed
best: Range cattle. like native butcher
stuff, showed weakness. and most of Mon
days Improvement was lost. Yesterday
fat cattle had another mean day. of it.
to L little lower. values ruling much the
same as at the opening of our review
week, all of the advance of Monday being
los. Cows, however, We're uninfluenced by
2tu25c per cwt. better than a week ago.
Suckers and feeders slow and unchanged
and range cattle ruled much the same as
Tuesday. Demand fair, but little changed
from the opening prices Of the week:
Heavy, fat cattle suffering the most. and
rejecting the dullness in the general beef
ing for choice Christmas bullocks or nice
light stuff. Medium weights being unfavor-
ably influenced by the abundance of game,
poultry and other substitutes on the mar
cows in fair demand and steady. Com
mon, sl54lS: medium to fair, $2od2S, and
TIVE CAFES
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16
COHce and SuENr.

New. York. Dec. 15.-COFFEE-Options
opened steady at an advance OF 10n2O
points on cables reporting rumors of San
tos crop damage by drouth. and higher
European cables, which made sellers
scarce without increasing speculation: de-
mand almost entirely from shorts. buying
checked by big supplies and failure of Rio
and Santos markets to reflect crop dam
age. Closed steady at a net advance of 10
to 20 points: Sales, $3.50 bags. including
December. 5.75c; March, 5.95M6.00c. Spot cof-
fee-Rio, steady; No. :. invoice. 6.59c: No. I,
lobbinS. Isc; mild, market dull; Cordova,
Sl2al5c.
suGAR-Raw. strong: fair refining, Sl.c;
centrifugal. Sc test. 4c; refined, strong:
mold \, 5%15-l6c; standard A, 4 ~l5-16c: con-
fectioners' a, 4~15-lGc; cut loaf. 11-lGc;
crushed, 5 11-16c: cubes, sac. M~OLASSES-
Quiet.
New Orleans, La. Dec. 15.-SUGAR-
Quiet; open kettle. 29-l643 slice; centrifu-
gal graduated, 4 7-1GGi 11-1Gc: whites. $50
4asc: yellows, 3 11-1GQic: seconds. 21sI39-16c;
MOLASSES-Steady: open kettle. 12129c;
centrifugal. 44l2c. SYRUP-Steady at 16g
2lc. COFFEE-Firm; Rio. ordinary to fair,
IlaM9l4c.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH,

ST. Louis. Dec. l5.-WHEAT-Receipts.
$1,000 bushels: shipments. 37.N9 bushels.
Irregular, closing steady for December,
with May ssc above and July &c below
Yesterday. May, the active option. opened
about the same as 1t closed Yesterday. de-
c;ined &c. rallied sc, broke l2c. late re-
acting tsaAc, closing with sellers at the
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16
Cotton.

New Orleans. Dec. 15.-COTTON-Futures
Gull: sales. G.S0 bales: December. nominal:
January. 5.%2d5.33c: February. 5.5sGJ.3Sc:
March. 5.42n5 &c; April. ga! isc: May. so
gust, 5.s4a5.6sc; September. 5.6sa5.nc.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16
silver.

New York. Dec. l5.-Bar silver, sac; Mex
lean dollars. 45iac.
London. Dec. 15.-Bar silver, fiat. % sled
per ounce.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16
Provisions.

The tone of the market was a little firmer
yesterday. but trade only fair. and. as the
previous days of the week. most of the de-
n,and was of a jobbins character. But lit
tie investment buying.
We quote:
GREEN MEATS-Shoulders. A.3yT4M
per cwt.: hams. 81. 5au6.6j.
SWEET PICkLED MEATS-Hams, SSH
al. 00- shoulders. 81. $4,000.
DRY SALT MEATS-Shoulders, cash.
$.35M4.0 per cwt.; short ribs. sides, cash.
A.15a4.2o; long clear sides. si.15ai.2O; short
clear sides. $40.
LARD-Cash. A.0
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16

There has been hardly so much life. to the
market the past week. Yet there has been
something doing. both in horses and mules.
and prices continue steady; but. as for
some time. the demand was mainly on
Southern account and for plantation stock.
The East doing very little.
We quote:
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16
LOCAL GRAIN MARKET.
4 Better Week I'm Whcnt-Corn Little
Chnnged-Oats Dull and
LAWYER,

In storc-wheat. AZ. 500 bushels: corn.
hetI0o bushels; oats, 65,000 bushels. and
rye. SJ.lm bushels.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16

rye. SJ.lOh huShclS-
Wheat.
Receipts past - hours ...-.....-...... 500
Same time last year ...-..-..-...-.. j.. 400
Shipments ...-.....- -.-..--..-..... A.. 900
Receipts week ending Wedncsday.....45S. 400
Same time last year ...--.---.-..-..- -.l2a. 900
The market has assumed a stronger po-
sition since our last review. Receipts arc
growing lighter and the speculative squeeze
in December wheat in Chicago sending
that option up on Thursday to Sl.09 and on
Friday to Sl.0S caused a more confident and
bullish feeling throughout the market and
resulted in a general rise. May wheat on
Thursday sold up 10 S2asc and closed at
92Ssc. an advance of 1fsc, and cash wheat
here sold ln1izc higher. Friday the mar
ket was again strong under the influence
OF bullish speculative surroundings and
there was general buying. Saturday.
however, the market lost tone. and
a slight reaction set in. II being rumored
that the government special report. which
WAS announced for Monday. would make
the crop larger than expected. May deliv-
cries in Chicago sold down 1isc from
Thursdays close and cash wheat here
went off a little in sympathy. Monday
ushering in the new week with a general
snow storm. and the government making
public its final estimate OF the crop and
putting II at $50. 900. 900 bushels, there was a
further lowering of values. The visible
supply showed Il decrease of 11l. 600 hush
els. whereas an increase was expected, but
this had no influence in the face of the
his government figures. and in the North
west the receipts continue to hold up bet
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16
MONEY, STOCKS AND BONDS
LIVELY TILT BETWEEN THE BEARS
AND THE BULLS.
With Varying Fortunes. First One
and Then the Other Controlling
the MarI.et-But the Close
Was With the Bears.

Money is still plentiful and easy every
where. In the East funds continue 10 &C
cumulate at most money centerS ana proilt-
able employment is hard to ind. In New
York last week. it is said. not over 50 per
cent of the new loans We're made on COM
mercial paper and twice as much us was
offered could have been placed without
disturbing the discount rates. The banks
gained S2,Uup,OoD from the country during
the week. Many Western loans are heinS
paid off ana the money sent back East.
The government received another payment
on account of the Union Pacific purchase.
cial deposit. the payment was not felt in
the money world. The New York bank
statement last Saturday showed an IL
crease OF S9.9Sl, 800 in loans and $S,S9l.3OO IN
serve of $. 23l, 525. making it now SlS.sS1, 20
in excess of the % per cent rule The i'll
crease in loans is aScrihed largely to the
Union Pacific payment and amounts to ut
tie more than the swapping of bank ac-
counts. while the increase in deposits
means the accumulation of idle funds. In
Boston, Baltimore and Philadelphia the
situation is said to be one of extreme ease
and demand light. In Cincinnati money is
also said to be plentiful and quiet. Chica-
go reports its loan market much the same
as Il week ago. and at st. Louis money is
quiet and easy. Here at Kansas City Il
fair demand for funds is being had in
cattle paper and rediscOunts from the
country. but general business is still Dor
rowing very little and the grain men are
asking for fewer accommodations. Rates,
however. are held steady at 1uS per cent.
Bank clearings for the week ending
$l1 isl $50. Il decrease of $2.0.SI0, a loss of
. per cent.
Eastern exchange hardly so firm.
Houston, F'ible q Co. exchange brokers,
quote it as follows: New York, par; Chi
cago: 2'c discount: st; Louis. par.
Gold reserve yesterday was SIS, Si9, "a.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16
OR INTEREST TO STOCKMEA
CATTLE AND HOG EXPORTS FOB No.
MEMBER SHOW Up WELL
Mexican Cattle Importing season
About O~ver-Cuban Demand for
Mexican Cattle Affects Prices
stock Yards Gossip.

The exports of cattle and hogs and cattle
ard hog products for November make II
very good There Were more eat
tie sent abroad than the same month last
year. but less cattle products, but Il good
increase in hog products. The government
TpIIrpS ara
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16
Flour.

New York, Dec. 15.-FLOUR-Receipts,
81, Gl3 barrels: exports. 4.2l3 barrels. Mar
ket continued very quiet at barely steady
prices: City mill patents. S5.G5a5.S5: city
Chicago. Dec. MISUNDERSTANDING. So
0W barrels: shipments. 10000 barrels. Easy.
Hard patents, Si.GoN4.SO: softs. S4.40ua 80:
soft bakers, $3.40G2.O: winter straights.
si50G4.7O.
St. Louis, Dec. observation-disclosures.
and unchanged. Patents. 81. 1Oa5.GC: clear.
Si.00ni.25; s~traights, 81. i0n4.G 60: medium. $3.50
a.. 10.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16
The California Limited

Takes you to Los Angeles in only Sc hours
over the santa Fe Route. Best route-best
train-best time. Meals always good.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16

L luz . wy l. "
MULES-Mules. IS to IA hands.
Mules. IA to 10 hands, 4 to
years. good flesh and hair. 40 oOI 45 q
Mules. Is to Isl. hands. 4 to Z
years. good flesh and hair. so OC1 60 OF
years, good flesh and hair. 20 oeD 80 Of
good flesh and hair....... 81 CGd11o Oh
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16
Money at Home and Abroad.

New York, Dec. 15.-Money or call firmer
at 2n4 per cent: last loan 81 per cent;
closed at 3I3la per cent; prime mercantile
paper 344 per cent; sterling exchange easy,
with actual business in bankers bills at
si.S5A for demand and at $4.S2ss44.S2as for
sixty days; posted rates $iSSl2ai.Si and
s~4.S6l494.S1: commercial bills. S4.S214.
London. Dec. 15.-Money 2l5a3 per cent
The rate of discount on the open market
for short and three months bills it 3 per
cent.
New York. Dec. 15.-Clearings. s151. 139. 1O6:
balances. 0,159,sS s
Boston, Dec. B.-Clearings. slS.5 $50;
balances. s. .2S2.9 35.
Philadelphia, Dec. b.-Clearings. s13, 45s,-
1893: balances, S2.SSl. go.
Baltimore. Dec. 15.-Clearings. 3,21G, 59S:
balances, $3.50. ia.
Cincinnati, Dec. B.-Money 2l4a6 per cent.
New York exchange, par. Clearings, S2,2IS.-
900.
Chicago; Dec. 15-Clearings. s1s.471 ,s7e:
New York exchange, Soc premium; posted
rates, $i.S3ia and S4.SGl..
st. Louis. Dec. 15.-Clearings, 81. 3.024:
balances. sd ,092; money, 5nS per cent: New
York exchange, DC discount bid. per asked.
New Orleans, Dec. 15.-Clearings. $751;
752: New York exchange. bank. par; COM
mercial. s1.25 per $1,00o discount.
Memphis, Tenn. Dec. 15.-ClearingS. S426.-
23S: balances. s109, 92S; New York exchange
selling at par.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16
I've md Seeds.

Chicago, Dec. 15.-RYE-Cash. 45lac: May.
4S1.c bid. FLAN-Cash. Sl.15; cash, North
west, s1.ls,a; May. sl.1sl2 bid.
ST. louis; Dec. 15.-RYE-Firm; 4sa45i:c.
FLAXsEED-Higher: SLIP. PRIME TIM
OTHY SEED-s2.6 SC.
Toledo. Dec. 15.-RYE-Dull; No. ., cash,
ACC. CLOVER SEED-Higher. firm: prime.
cash, $3.12ia.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16

New York. Dec. 15.-The market for dry
goods shows no improvement. Store trad
ing from appearances in the dry goods
district the market is a very uninterestins
one. Mail orders do not help out much in
any line. Spring buying has not set in
yet to any appreciable extent. Jobbers re-
port an intermittent call for actual ne
cessities and the only department which
shows anything like a fair degree of ac-
tivity is that of holiday goods. which are
bought with considerable freedom, although
it is a question whether they are selling as
actively as has been the case for several
years back. In staple cottons at first hands
the feature has been the reduction of Hill
AKA bleached cottons and half bleached
of the promised reductions in bleached
%cottons and is liable to be followed in va
rious quarters by further slumps in prices.
In print cloths there has been no movement
of extras at PIC.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16

CnIS mHrktI. INt TtJtITtS W'FF EVOu GVtfy-
where, and under free offerings prices
ruled low. But the decline was only a
tritie and general at all the Western mar
kets, a weakness influenced by the free
arrivals. Prices have been forced down 50
low already that it is hard to get them any
lower, and at present prices they seem to
offer n fair investment for packers, who
bought freely throughout the week. keep
ing the pens pretty we'll cleared: even dur
Wednesday the extreme range was $3.50
3.37ia, bulk of sales at s.. 25G332i2a
REPRESENTATIVE SALES
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16
Lead and Zinc.

New York. Dec. 15.-Lead-Firmer. :. 72is
ms.7715; brokers'. $500. Spelter-Dull, s3.S5
Mi00.
SO. Spelter-Nominal, 81 .15G3. III.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16

1t is announced from Texas that Mexican
cattle importing season is about over. It
Is said Mexican cattle have been selling S3.rJ
TO sea per head higher than II year ago.
Including duty. Besides, the demand from
Texas ranchmen. there is nov. Il good lie
Mand for Mexican cattle for Cuban >hii
nlcnt- y good many cattle being bought III
Mexico now for account of the Spanish
this trade will take from 5000 TO 6.o'U cattle
per month, which will doubtless affect the
importations into the States.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16

New York. Dec. 15.-BUTTER-Receipts,
creamery. 15123c. CHEESE-Receipts. 1855
packages; market quiet; large. quiet; large
white. September, SA@S12c: } small. Sep
tember. 9N9l4c; large. late made, 1ia17Ic:
small. late made, SAMS14c; light skins. Ga
6l2c: part Skins. 4l205l2c; full skins. 3d4c.
EGGS-Receipts. 9I23 packages: market
steady: Western. 2OsI2ic.
Chicago. Dec. 15.-BUTTER Steady:
creameries. l5a22c: diaries, 12G19c. EGGS
Steady; fresh. 20c. DRESSED POULTRY
Easy; turkeys. 11Il11ac: chickens, 4Ia0
size: ducks, 64Sc.
St. Louis, Dec. Observation-Disclosures.
SAFE: ducks and geese. SLATE: turkeys. SO
SEC. BUTTER-Dull: creamery lS423c;
dairy. 9alSc. EGGS-Steady: lac.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16

The announcement of the death of Colo
mel w. l.. Tamblyn yesterday was Il great
surprise to the trade. both in Chicago a.
we'll as here. He was one of the hest
known commission men in the West. He
was the head Of the firm of Tam.lyu &
Tamblyn. with offices in Kansas CITY. chi
cago and St. Louis. Mr.. Tamhlyn was for
many years of the firm of Scaling \ Tam
blyn. Besides his commission business he
possessed large ranch interests. He died
at West Baden Springs, Ind. where he had
been for several weeks for his health The
interment will be in St. Louis FRIDAY. his
old home. His son. George s Tamhlyu;
left last evening for St. Louis to attend
his fathers last sad rites.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16

Quotations below are for job lots. ON
small lots higher prices are asked and oh
tanned, enough being asked to cover extra
cost of caring for and filling them.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
A LITTLE BETTER L UNSETTLED
WEEK WITH CATTLE.
Hogs in Good Demand on Packing Ac-
count and Prices Little Changed
sheep Selling Very Well
and Best Firm.

New York. Dec. lo.-CabloS quote Amer
can steers at Haze; refrigerator beef, 81.
4Si4c: exports, 4.56S quarters OF beef.
acknowledgements the past "a hours.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16
Kansas CITY Local Securities.

Following are the prices of local stocks
and bonds, as reported by II. I. Wright IL
Co. 726 Delaware street:
Annual InSf
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16

Wheat.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16

Press Walker. accompanied by DIR. Ed
wards. of Bunceton. Mo. left yesterday Tor
a three weeks hunt in the Choctaw nation.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16

past Il hours ..........-....... G.. lp
Same time last year. ....-..-......... a. W
ShinrnCnfe 40 Mn
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-16

II. NJ. Baker left last evening for Al
toona, Pa, his old home. to spend the
HOLIDAYS.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-02-12

The intervention of the inhablt'
ant OF the planet Mars, from
whom Du. Maurier's serial story
"The Martian' takes lis name, will
b. the feature of the installment
to be published in the March mum
Der of Harper's Magazine.
Either with design or by a happy
accident, the publishers announce
ment shows that a naper immekl'
atty preceding these chapters Of
."The Marian in the same mum brr
will bear he title "Astoronomlcal
Prog ess of the century" and will
''tracc the development OF the lat
est theory of the universe, un'
folding a scientific actually more
stupendous in its reaches Of i'm
imagination than the cosmography
Of the Divine Com, dy or Paradise
Lost. ~
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-02-12
dangerously III.

Brninerd Dispatch: The Rev.
Canon Pentr"nih and his estima bic
daught.r. Miss Gw"ndulin, are both
lying dangerously iii at their home
in this city, the canon being afflicted
with Internal abcpsses, Will" the
young lady il suffering with u
malignant attack ri typhoid fever.
The reverend gentleman was very
bad the latter part TT last week. but
gained nOticenblv the first III this
week. but new abcesscs forming, he
il again in a very dangerous cO.Ihi-
ton. Miss Pentreath's condition IL
even more serious. Her tsmpera ure
js very high and she IN uncOnscfO us,
and heart complications ars feared.
That the LORD ~ his mercy may
spare their lives Is the prayer of their
many friends.
H. A. Gray In now controller Of
the Northern Pacific .railrOad.. So,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-02-12
A BUREAU IMMIGRATION.

Pioneer Press: A bill has been
introduced in the legislature,
framed under the auspices of the
state immigration association,
which provides for the establish
ment of a state board of immlgra.
ton, consisting of seven members,
one from each congressional dis
trict, to perform the work Of
ind cling immigration to this
state, which has been undertaken
by the voluntary efforts of the
state immigration association. A
great deal has been done by this
association in stimulating and
organizing thro nghout the state a
sentiment in favor of aggressive
and systematic effort to secure the
settlement of our vast area of va
cant lands by newcomers from
other states and countries. But it
has been found that all voluntary
effort in this direction is too
de,ultory and unsystematic to
secure the best results. Therefore
the call upon the legislature to
take UP the work inaugural. d by
tho state immigration ASSOCIATION
and to carry it on under the direc.
ton Of the state. The bill. calls
for an appropriation of.$12,5Q0 per
year, for two years., and provides
for a salaried secretary WIG is to
perform the work under, the direc.
ton Of the board, The state has
too long neglected TO-, enter, the
field of competition with more
enterprising states in their en-.
deayors to attract immigrants to
their borders. We have millions
Of acres of unoccupied land stored
with all the elements of fertility.
which are awaiting settlement and
cultivation. But immigration has
been largely diverted to other
states because no active'or adequate
efforts have been made to make
known the abundent attractions
and res ouyces of Minnesota. It is
time the legislature took hold of
the matter. and erected a state
bureau Of immigration to look
after interests in this too long neg:
lected field.
w. 3 .g.r,.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-02-12
General shelby Worse.

&, ADRIAN. ;. Mo. j. Feb. +, +. - General
Shelby is gradually growing worse: He
scarcely recognizes any person and
, fails to respond to any questions. His
temperature aud respiration are raj"
idly rising.
The manager Of large gas company
in London said the other day that peo-
pie make q great fuss over the increase
or decrease in the price Of gas, when, if
they would only take little care, they
might reduce their gas bills by so or 60
per cent. The economical burning If
gas depends chiefly upon the proper ud-
justmcnt Of the supply Of air to the sup
ply Of gas, and this is true no matter
what burner may be used.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-02-12

Brainprl Disprtch: rhe annual
statement Of the Brainerh & North
ern Minnesota Railway, filed with
the railroad commission, show the
earnings Df the road lust year to
have been 1920. ~O4 p. az compared
with 1852. 496 y tor the previous
year, an increase Of $2S.3GS Ii. They
maid taxes Of -. 2OS ~. as compared
with 81, O24 SO the previous year. an
increase Of $3.50 OS.