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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-30
Mining stocks.
PRODUCE.

corn closed nine cents lower to-day on
the withdrawal of Phillips support. De-
cember closed &c down. Wheat closed
1s9Ac. oats sc and provisions 59711c to
121sc depressed.
Abandonment of the November corn
deal was by long Odds the feature on the
board. Phillips. who has controlled the
market, settled with the shorts yesterday,
giving them $4,000 bushels at an average
price of 491ac. To-day he closed out 25,-
00O, all that was left of his line. In order
to let some small holders out easy he held
the price up during the forenoon. This
being accomplished, he withdrew his sup
port and the market which opened at
49Ac to SOC and chung between those fig
ures. dropped sharply to Ale. at which il
closed, &c under yesterday. Lacking bull
support December ruled easy. selling be-
tween 561sMAc and 35s4e, and closing hc
down at SI7sc. Receipts 'ceTs, 2s4 cars, 10
OF contract grade. Private elevators de-
livered only 5000 bushels OF contract
corn.
December wheat touched the low price
for this crop. This was the only feature
the market had to offer. The market
opened shade up at 1AG1ssc and touch
ed IlSsc because Of unexpected steadiness
here yesterday. Tn advance was not
supported and a decline ensued to 691sc,
low price for this crop. 1t had been ex-
pected that stop loss orders would come
pointed, and on their covering a rally to
i9Ac followed. When this demand ceased
the market started downward again and
the close was easy, isn4e lower at
7O41sc; Trade throughout was dull and of
a holiday character Seaboard clear
ances in wheat and flour were equal to
10000 bushels. Primary receipts aggre-
gated 71l,gOO bushels, compared with 49,
600 bushels last year. Minneapolis and
Duluth reported 429 cars against 1853 last
week and $40 year ago. Local receipts
were 100 cars, none of contract grade
In oats the exchange of December for
May at NC premium for the latter form
ed the bulk of trade. Receipts were go
cars December sold between 21zoc and
Zl9s@ac, and closed iSc down at 2lR4c.
PROVISIONS were dull. The market
opened lower on heavy hog receipts and
LIBERAL stocks, fluctuated narrowly and
closed fairly steady. January pork sold
between Sl2 1714 and $l2 021l, aud closed
lz1ec under yesterday at $120712; January
lard between $6S21z and s6.771a. closing sc
and NC lower at $3.50 and $6S21s and
January ribs between Sc 30 and S. 221z,
with the close 71a6l10c down a. SSZ5
Estimated receipts Tomorrow: Wheat
100 cars; corn, $50 cars; oats, lis cars;
hogs, 10000 head.
-NOTE.-There will be n session of the
Board of Trade Tomorrow
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-30

Improving Prospects for the Town
of Bayard-Prospectiv Coal De-
yelopment.
Special to the Register
KEYSER. W. Va, Nov. 29.-The
town Of Bayard. on the West Virginia
Central railroad. forty miles from Key
ser, promises some extensive indus
trial developments in the very near
future. For many years large saw
mill and tannery have kept the town
up, making it very busy village. but
Of late years the working up of the
timber in the vicinity has caused Bay
ard people to fear that its future pros
poets were not at all bright. However,
the mill managers have purchased a
new tract of timber several miles from
the town, and extended tram road
to 1t; the tannery, which had closed
down almost year ago, has opened
up again, and bought all of the great
coal veins which underlay the Sec
ton are being tested by Senator S. B
Elkins, who has purchased large tracts
of coal lands on the Maryland side,
and by the Davis Coal & Coke Com
pany, on the West Virginia side. Mr..
Elkins owns $500 acres in a single
tract in Garrett county, Maryland, just
above Bayard Nine test holes have
been put down on this tract, and al
though nothing has been given out,
the result is believed to have been
entirely satisfactory A test hole is
at present being put down up Buffalo
Creek, one-half mile from Bayard on
the West Virginia side. Good author
ity on mining subjects are certain that
coal exists at Bayard in immense
quantities, as ten-foot vein has been
mined for years at what is known
as the Arnold mines, four and one
half miles from Bayard.
The Wilson Lumber Company, which
for twenty years has operated large
sawmill at Wilson, has moved its mill
to a point in Garrett county, Mary
land, two miles from Fairfax, station
on the West Virginia Central railroad.
A tram railway has been erected from
Fairfax into the heart of the tract.
his company owns tract of 1900
acres of finely timbered land, from
which not a stick has been taken.
They expect to begin cutting it at
once.
Thanksgiving services were con-
Quoted in the Presbyterian church this
morning by Rev. L. A. Thirlkeld, pas
tor of the Methodist church.
A young man named Hamrick, from
Point Mountain, in the southern end
of Randolph county, was before the
county court this week exhibiting the
hide of wolf which he had shot on
Back Fork river a few days ago. \
bounty of $50 is allowed by the county
court for killing wolf, and it was
for the purpose of securing this boun-
ty that young Hamrick brought the
hide before the court.
DR.. F. S. Holsberry, rising young
physician, and Miss Hattie Taylor
both of Kerens, were married at the
brides residence, Rev. c. S. Lingam-
felter officiating. DR.. Holsberry grad
uated at the University of the South,
Sewanee, Tenn, at it's last commence
ment, since which time he has been
located at Kerens.
Near Beverly, Dorsey Daniels and
Albert Hinzman were accidentally shot
by some small boys who were duck
hunting along the Tygarts Valley
river 1t is thought that neither is ser
iously hurt.
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DRY GOODS.

NEW YORK, November 2S-Spot mar
ket ruled quiet throughout the day, but
an average supply OF orders has come
forward for cotton goods. Bleached mus
Inns very firm and in demand, where
prices have not been advanced
Light weight brown sheetings, firm
with fair sales. Heavy browns continue
irregular. Denims and other coarse col
quiet but firmer in price. Prints and
ginghams unchanged. Wooden goods di-
vision inactive and irregular.
No market tomorrow.
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METAL.

NEW YORK, November 2S.-Although
tin in the local metal markets showed a
loss of IS points, it was a nominal one
due to the absence of buyers. The gem
closing precisely at last nights price, ex-
cept for the above mentioned loss. Pig
iron warrants were quiet at So. 5O0110.00
lake copper quiet at Sl5.75a1700: lead at
$371s and spelter quiet at $4,000. 35 The
brokers' price for lead was $500 and for
copper. ST. 90
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DETERMINED TO DIE.

Special to the Register.
TORONTO, o., November 29.-Me-
LISA Downward, aged 30, Of Irondale,
this county, shot herself with revolt
yer. below the heart, because her IA
vorite sister died. She is expected to
die hourly as she refuses all food and
wants TO die.
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held last Sunday at the u. T. church
on this account. These cases are be-
ing carefully watched that the disease
will not be allowed to spread. Rev.
Denton's children are growing better.
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Articles.

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour, dull and unchanged
Corn, No 2, 4lQ47c; No. yellow, 40
47c.
oats. No. ?. 22A@2sc; No. 2 white, 26A
CSC; No. white 241RG261zc.
Barley, fair to choice mailing. 47@5sc.
Flaxseed, No. l, s1.63; No Northwest
ern, S1631h
Timothy Seed. prime. s4.25a425.
Mess Pork, per bbls, s1L125sGl1.25.
Lard, per 100 lbs, S6S506.95.
Short Ribs Sides, qoosel, s6.6oQ6,75.
Dry Sailed Shoulders, boxed. 5R661sc.
Short Clear SIDES (boxed), $6.7O46.SO.
Cloverseed. contract grade. $1,000
On the Produce Exchange to-day the
butter market was dull; creameries, 15@
23c; diaries, 13Q20e.
Cheese, steady at f01s@l11sc.
Eggs, steady; fresh, PC.
NEW YORK, November 2S.-Flour-Re-
ceipts, 24,203 bbls; exports. 7.102 bbls;
steady, with business checked by the
holiday and irregularity of wheat
Buckwheat -four, quiet.
Buckwheat, steady.
Wheat Receipts, S4,425 bu; no exports.
Spot. easy; No. red, Use (. O. b.
afioat 761sc elevator. Options closed
steady at unchanged prices to &c net de-
November. 76lsc; December 76ssc.
Corn-Rece.pts, 2l6,925 bu; exports. 2,9S2
bu. Spot, weaker; No. ?, acc elevator and
at partial PC net decline Close: May,
42lsc; December. 4S7sc
oats-Receipts, 1o6,6oo bu; exports, S25
No. spV White H5eaa ayd No No $G wh Me sse
track mixed western. 26@27lhc; track
white, 2S314QS4c. Options slow. and rather
easy with corn.
Feed, steady.
Hay, steady.
Hops, quiet.
Hides, firm.
Leather, steady.
Wool, quiet.
Coal, steady.
Beef, firm.
Cutmeats. easy.
Lard, weak; western steamed, s7.s71k;
refined, quiet
Pork. dull.
.Tallow, nominal; city. 4zsc; country.
cottonseed OIL. weak.
Petroleum dull.
Resin, quiet.
Turpentine, quiet.
Rice, firm.
Molasses. steady
Coffee. spot Rio, easy; No S invoice.
lures closed steady at unchanged prices
to 10 points decline. Total sales. 24,75O
bags.
Sugar. steady; fair refining. sac; CEN
trifugal 90 test, 4ssc; molasses sugar, 35sc
Refined, steady; No. g. 1900; No. Z, 4.S0c;
No. s. 4.S0c; No. 9, i6Oc: No. TO- 455c: No.
II, 4.55c; No. Il, 45Oc; No. 10. 45oc; No. II.
45Oc; standard A, 5.4oc; confectioners' A,
soc; mould A, 5s5c; cutloaf. 60ec; crush
ed. 6o0c; powdered. soc; granulated,
5e0c; cubes, 5.75c.
BALTIMORE, November 2S-Flour.
quiet; receipts. 400 bbls: exports, sos
bbls.
Wheat. DUH and easy; spot and month.
72ssG1sc; May, 761G77lsc; steamer No. .
red. 661s@i%c. Receipts. 14sss bu.
Corn, weak. No. mixed spot old emo
43c, new. 42&c; the month. old. 42AQ4Sc:
new, 42SQ1xc;. .NoyembeS. .or. December.
old or new. A5S9Ec. JaTiuary, M d1zc;
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Dull DAY IN STOCK MARKET.
ING ELECTION HAS THERE
BEEN AS LITTLE BUSINESS.
WERE NO LARGE DEALINGS
AND THE MOVEMENTS OF PRICES
WE'RE SLUGGISH, IRREGULAR
AND UNIMPORTANT.

NEW YORK. November 2s.-Commercial
Advertisers London financial cahiegram:
A fair amount of business was done in
the markets here to-day, but the tone
was dull on the rumors of a spreading of
disaffection in South AFRICA and expecta-
lions that money win be tight until the
new year.
Americans were moderately active in
the narrow limits.
London was inclined to sell before your
Thanksgiving Day holiday,
Money and discounts were steady, the
bank monopoliz.ng the latter ana again
lending at Az per cent. 1t is suspected
that it is depicting the market by bor-
rowing on consols.
NEW YORK, November 2S.-At the
close money on call was steady at SA@S1a
per cent; last loan 31s per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, 41a15 per cent
Sterling exchange steady with actual
business in bankers bills at 4S5AQas for
demand and at 4S1ta for 50 days; posted
rates. 4S21kQ4Ss15; commercial bills, 4So@4Q
48114.
Silver certificates, 64Q65c.
Bar silver, 64Ac.
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Baltimore Live stock.


BALTIMORE, Md, November &c.
[All stock sold gross weight
Hogs-Receipts for week ended noon
to-day. i2,7s4 head, against 1858 head last
Far westerns s. i to 80: far na western
pigs. $3.50 to $. 10; from other points. $50
800 to s4,75: stays, 1915 to $3.50.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts for the
week ended noon to-day, 2.lz1 head,
at $3.50 to $3.50 for fair to good. and $50
to SIS for common. Lambs slow at s.. 90
to $525 for good to prime heavy, s4.25 to
Consignees of Sheep and Lambs-Peters
& McNeer, III head, E. w. Brown, II; j..
M er c1 IS e. Duncan Mesa f. s j. ens
2; P: H. Smith, Is; Bernheimer Bros. 146;
s. W. Anderson, 1872; John Plumley. e.;
Ja hnI;s s; Fisher. 49,; J. A. Hicks ~
E. Ham, 9; J; D. Fletcher. 6; NJ; H. .Copp,
@; J. Q: TayIor. 8; R. Lowe. las; II H.
E Myers, 10; c. w Taylor, ' ass; j. L. Murs
ray. 49,; E. P. Funkhauser, "a; W. E.
Pence & Bro, 80; and J. A. Hicks, 50
head.
Calves-Receipts for week ended noon
to-day, 399 head, against 1894 head last
week. Light supply for to-day; good to
choice in fair demand others dull Quote
common to choice. $500 to $3.50.
STOCK ON THE WHARF.
Calves-The arrivals were fairly liberal
and the demand was slow at the easy
prices ruling, the quotations being as
follows: Per pound. choice veals. SAG
Size fair to good, 41ad15c, and rough TO
good, S400Q6.G0 per head.
Sheep and Lambs-Choice Lambs and
Sheep were in light receipt, and the de-
mand was fair at the quota tions as fol-
lows: Per pound, choice lambs, SC; or
binary. 4s44l2c. Sheep, good to choice.
choice and 81 .09lr1 so per head for inferior.
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.Daily fDally except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping or Parlor cars on al
through trains. - y, nFNft,
City Passenger and Ticket Agent,
Wheeling. West Va.
AGENT FOR ALL STEAMSHIP LINES.
+. ID. UNDERWOOD. y. y. MARTIN,
General Manager Mgr. Pass Traffic.
Baltimore.
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DIED OF SMALLPOX.
Clarksbnrg Foregocs Thanksgiving
Services Because of the Disease.

Special to the Register.
CLARKSBURG, w. Va, November
29-Thanksgiving was quiet here to-
day. No services were held owing to
order Of the health board. Only morn
ing services will be held Sunday Puck
Deison died to-day of smallpox at the
CITY Hospital.
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@4eo: light. us5a4 sa3k; bulk Of sales

H.75.
sheep Receipts, 5000 head. sheep,
steady. Lambs. strong to 10G15c higher
CAS-: fair to cheice mixed. $360d3 s.:
western sheep. s4-0G45; Texas sheep.
81 501350: native lambs, S350Q525; west
ern lambs, 81 5095 90
EAST LIBERTY, Pa, November 2S.-
Cattle, slow; extra, S. 40G5 90: prime, $500
Q5.25; common. 50 o0d3.50.
Hogs, active; prime mediums and heavy
hogs, S. l5@5.20 best Workers, S.o545-1o;
pigs. s5.00d51G; roughs. $3.5004.ao
Sheep, steady choice wethers, $500
400; common, 81 5eG250; choice lambs.
IS .00G5.2 common TO good, 81. 5t04S5.
Veal calves. s6.50a7. 90
CINCINNATI. o., November 2S.-Hogs,
lower at. S3.75SI4 o.
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LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO, November 29-Cattle-Re-
ceipts. 5,000 head. Steers, strong to l9c
higher; butchers stock steady. Natives:
Best on sale to-day, two carloads at S. S.;
good to prime steers, s5.35d5.9o; poor to
medium, 81. e0a525: selected feeders, choice
firm. others slow at s. 4eG42 5; mixed
stockers. weak at 81 25d3 50; cows steady
at $26aG4.l5; heifers. s.. 6oa450; Gamers
slow at s.. o0f72 30; bulls. slow at 81 5od4 Is:
calves. steady at s.. 5965.5o.
Hogs-Receipts -. Opened stronger
and closed about steady Top. A95:
mixed and butchers * sasaa 81. good 10
choice heGvy. sz65G4s5; rough heavy,
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NORTHWEST SYSTEM CLEVELAND
4 PTTTSBURG DIVISION.

z:ss D. m and $40 D. m trains Central
time fOae hour slower THAI Wheeling
tIme1 J g. TOAfsf%sDS.
Passenger AMI Ticsset agent.
Agent for all 3teamEsiip L.nez.
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DOMESTIC MARKETS.
Register Office,

WHEELING, November 2S
The wholesale markets all reported
steady prices in but very few instances.
Sugars are decidedly cheaper and some
tiours are down 10 cents. Live stock
quotations are the same as last week.
In produce cranberries are up % cents
on the crate. California oranges for the
holiday ira ,e came on yesterday for the
first time. In hay, grain and feed heavier
demand has lifted the price of straw ST.
to the ton. Corn and middlings are
slightly higher.
The fOIIawiYU r1ripoc
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Depart Ohio River r y Arrivn
$50 am Park and Nav pnin,s isfe "a -,
s:is miCharleston and Cincin i :S6 pm
liz am .kenoVa Express 2.g5 pm
S:45 pm Park. and N'av Paints +. S.ssl ~,
$50 pm Park. and Wav POINTS -
Sistersville Accom-. III 9:05 am
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-30

Improving Prospects for the Town
of Bayard-Prospective Coal De-
yelopment.
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RAILWAY TIME CARD.

Is. d &C. o. Div Westi
40 am, Columbus and Chicago.g u 100 ara
.!ssle am, Columbus and Cincln. i SIS pm
II = PM Columbus and Cinein.e $40 am
Ile:lo am st ClairSville Accom-. I'll AS am
NV PM .Colum. and Chic Exs. lt11:ss am
SEQ PM st. Clairsville Accom- IL 5.2a pm
si0.l1 am -. .Sanduskv Mail i 5.sil or,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-11
Ny Ladder,


Ny ladder stood upon the ground.
My feet upon the lowest round.
[ slowly mounted on my way,
Gained just little every day,
Until I'd reached wOndrOus height,
And still it's top was out of sight.
[ looked below, if [ might see
Something of what life should be.
| gazed far down my deep. deep stair,
The perfect life | saw not there.
My fairy dreams and fancieS rare,
Had burst like bubbles on the air.
And meath the ashes OF regret,
Ambitions fires were SmOuldering yet,
While noble deeds, so few were they,
[ scarcely saw where one might lay.
And yet a soft light seemed to throw
Ger all my past, tender glow,
Until the rainbow tintS appear
To shine through each diSSOlving tear.
And hope was with me still today.
For hope had led me all the way,
Aye, always pointing by its light.
To things most beautiful and bright.
Now having left the steps below.
Forever onward must | go,
New duties ever muSt'I find,
To reach the hand. to fill the mind.
Some loftier mission waiting still.
Some nObler duties to fulfil,
Until. oh who may tell the end,
Till heaven with earth doth seem to
blend.
FRANCES J. EDWARDS.
1925 Grand Ave, Milwaukee. Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-11
KILLED IN NEKOOSA MILL,
Employe on Paper Machine Has Head Drawn
Between Paper Reels and Crushed.

Employe on Paper Machine Has Head Drawn
Between Paper Reels and Crushed.
Thomas Torsney, young man about
% years Of age, an emplOyC in the
paper mill at NekOOSa met a sudden
death Monday evening at I O'Clock.
He was employed as helper on machine
No B. The paper broke on the lower
reel of this machine and he stood
between the paper machine and the
reels helping the back tender to con-
meet the paper that had broken. The
paper had been connected and he.
(TOrSney) had both hands resting upon
the lower reel to retard the speed at
which it was running. In doing this
he was in d STOPPING position with his
head near the point of contact between
the rollers. His associates could not
tell just how it happened for it occurred
SO suddenly, but his head was drawn
in between the rolls and crushed and
the body fell back upon the floor. 1t
is supposed he slipped and fell in or
became dizzy and was caught. Any
way he was killed instantly. An
inquest was held before H. A. Morgan,
Justice of Peace, who had the follow
ing jury summoned: MessrS A. E.
Lapham. A. E. Gurdy, Gus Buhlgreen.
G. P. Thompson, Herbert Lapham
and Alfred Brooks. They repaired to
the mill where the accident happened
the same evening, viewed the remains
and adjourned until the next morning.
Tuesday morning when they convened,
witnesses were sworn and testified to
the facts of the accident as noted
above. The jurors verdict was in
substance as follows: That Thomas
TOrSney came to his death by having
his head crushed between the two
reels on machine number three in the
NekooSa Paper Co.'S plant. They
further found that the cause of death
was purely accidental, no blame being
attat he'd to anyone. This young man
had been at work just two weeks when
the accident happened. He was
single man and his home was in York
state where his remains were for
warded on Tuesday, January 9Th. He
was member of the Independent
Order of FOreSters in which society
he carried a life insurance policy of
$4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-11

Paper company offices and at the last
of the year the company was filing
contracts for print at 2:2o Il hundred.
with paper which cost from two and a
half to two and three-quarter cents a
..Ound. The mills cannot fill orders
promptly, says Secretary Moss of the
Standard Paper company and orders
led in Sentemher and October are
still not filed. The burning out Of
the j. W. Butler Paper company's
house at Chicago has drawn heavily
upon the reserve stock OF the STANDARD
company, which is barely able to keep
up with the orders.
News was brought to the city yeSter-
day of the partial closing of three
big mills on the Wisconsin river. the
mills affected by lack of pulp wood
tralia and Grand Rapids. The mills.
it was said. are not able to run all of
their machines on account of the
also that unless there is heavy fall
of snow within week or ten days
still more machines will have to be
stopped. One machine has shut
down at Combined Locks, in the Fox
River valley, according to the state
nent Of d manufacturer. who was in
Milwaukee yesterday. Some of the
mills are still receiving Il few cords Of
wood each day, but barely enough to
keep the machines in operation. Bare
roads have prevented the hauling of
the cut wood.
\ representative of the Manufac-
turers Paper company of Chicago
was in the city yesterday in conference
with mill owners and dealers and the
visit had partially to do with the
trouble among the mills. The Manu-
facturers' company is practically a
selling agency for the Wisconsin print
paper mills and places large portion
of the news print made in the mills
of the Wisconsin and Fox River
valleys.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-11
Maenner ror Officers

The annual election Of the Maenner-
chOr Singing society of Grand RAPIDS
was held at Maennerchor hall. 321
North Front street, last Sunday after
noon and officers were chosen as
follows:
President-EmtI Preissler
Vice Pres.-Fred Bunge, Sr.
Secretary-B. G. Toepel
Treasurer-Carl Anthofer
Librarian-Chr. BOeschenstein
Collector-Carl Anth0fer
Trustee-GeC Ninuehan
The society begins another year of
its existence in the same old healthy,
happy mood, #irha progressive sing
ing membershlp and a prosperous
treasury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-11
FAMINE IN PULP WOOD.
Some Paper Mills Already Short of Suppl y
and Price of Product Advances.
Milwaukee Sentinel

Milwaukee Sentinel
Reports of a probable famine in the
paper making district of the state are
revived owing to the lack of the usual
winter supply of snow in the pulp
wood forest. Already some of the paper
mills are said to be shutting down in
part from lack of the wood and the
supply to be counted upon ordinarily
from the mills in the Wisconsin river
valley has been cut nearly IN half. The
recent reduction in the supply
amounts. it is said, to a cutting off of
from 80 to 75 tons of news print day.
The fact that the mills in WiScOn-
sin and other states have been flooded
with orders while they have not been
able to secure a Sutficiency Of pulp
wood has resulted in the most pro-
nounced shortage in paper that the
local dealers have ever known. Print
has now advanced to s2.15 and s.
hundred. while the higher grades of
paper are also increasing. The total
increase in the price of writing and
book paper during the last two months
has been 20 per cent. at the Standard