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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04
New York Grain, Etc

NEW YORK. Aug. 3.-Flour-Reciptg,
16,300; exports, 1000; dull and lower for
top grades; Minnesota patents, s425@
4,50; Minnesota bakers, S346d3s0.
Wheat-Recelpts, 81 900; spot easy; No.
red 7S%c, elevator, No. 2 red, SOsS c.
I. o. b. anoat; No. 1 Northern Duluth
S6hc, [. o, b. afloat, No. . hard winter.
sic, (. o. b. anoat. With few exceptions
wheat was weak and lower today, touch
Ing low point of the session. The SELL
Ing motives were big receipts, favorable
Northwest news, less export demand and
the boarish modern miller report. If
closed II to&c net lower; May. SAX "a
S51ac, closed S5c; September. S06S0sz G
closed S0hc December. S2h@S2 l5-l6c
closed 82%c,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04

CHICAGO. Aug. 3.-Llkellhood OF a
large yield of wheat In the United States
caused weakness today in the local wheat
market, the September delivery closing
at net loss of nc. Corn was up sc.
Oats showed a gain of Nc. Provisions
were shade to 32Hc higher
Sentiment In the wheat pit was bear
ish all day. there being very little news
OF character TO encourage the bulls
The volume OF trading however. was
small, owing TO n scarcity OF offerings
The principal sellers were cash houses
who sold against purchases In the coun-
try.
The market was depressed at the start
by moderate decline at Liverpool Lib
eral receipts in the Northwest also ex-
erted bearish effect early In tho day.
Later st. Louis trade papers report
on the winter wheat crop of the United
States caused additional weakness. This
report claimed that returns Indicated
that the yield would be the largest
ever harvested In this country. 1t also
stated that farmers In Missouri are feed
Ing wheat TO the hogs.
The market closed easy September
opened b@Ac TO Ac lower at 73M 10
7SN N@73%c, sold between 73hc and 73A a.
737Sc and closed at 1880.
n, A ~
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04
METALS ALL ADVANCE
IN LONDON MARKET
Sensational Gain in Price of
Tin; Copper and Iron
Are Also Higher.
SILVER.

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-There was a
sensational advance in the London tin
market following the considerable gains
Of yesterday. Spot closed ut G179 los OF
s5 5s higher and futures advanced s5
TO s17s 15s. Locally the market was
firm and higher In consequence and spot
was quoted at s3e,5o@S9.s5.
The London copper market was also
much higher. with spot quoted at ss3
rs Cd and futures at $50 12s Cd. Lo-
cally the tone was firm. but no further
advance in prices was reported, with lake
quoted at $ls,62B91s.75; electrolytlc at
$1s.37h QlS50. casting $1SooG1s25.
Lead was unchanged at $5.76 in the
local market. but advanced Is Sd to
E16 lis Sd in London.
Spelter was unchanged at s26 l2s Cd
In London and at S6.00@6.10 locally.
Iron was higher In the English market
with standard foundry quoted at BIS 4d
and Cleveland warrants at 51s 71ad. Lo-
cally the market was unchanged. No.
foundry Northern is quoted at $4,000
1850: No. 2 foundry Northern, $1S50@
1900 No. l foundry Southern, s1S.25@
1880; No. Q foundry Southern. s17.759
1900. The London metal market will be
closed until next Tuesday.
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Dun's Trade Review.

NEW YORK. Aug, 3.-R G. Dun's
Weekly Review OF Trade tomorrow will
say;
aside from the seasonable dullness In
wholesale departments commercial ac-
tivity Is we'll maintained and early prep
nrations are made for autumn and winter
business. Scarcity of labor is the only
serious complaint. output of coke being
curtalled, and there Is delay In harvest
Ing crops, while strikes retard the re-
building OF San Francisco, but on the
other hand, slight modification of the
1903 scale has brought back 5000 moro
bituminous miners, and the threatened
struggle OF thlrty-three paper mills has
been averted, while advanced WAGES
brought full activity In the textile in
dustry, Commodity prices are fairly
steady. cheaper grain because OF large
crops being Offset by strength In the
leading materials OF manufacture. while
legislation In Brazil advanced coffee
sharply. Railway earnings in July were
80 per cent larger than year ago. and
foreign commerce at this port showed
gains OF $3.353,G69 In imports. and SiS3,-
006 in exports, as compared with the
same week last year,
Commercial failures this week In tho
United States are 1S0 against ZIG last
week, 1872 In the preceding week. and 232
the corresponding week last year
Failures in Canada number 10. against
15 last week, % the preceding week. and
26 last year"
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Bradstreet's Review.

NEW YORK. Aug. 3.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow WILL say:
Sentiment in general seems to have
become decidedly more optimistic, prac-
tical assurances Of heavy crop yields the
growing buoyancy OF the iron and steel
industry and the relatively heavy
volume Of orders booked In general lines
for fall and winter requirements being
the principal stimulant The essential
soundncss of mercantile trade Is testi-
fed TO by the July and seven months
returns of failures to Bradstreets,
which point to fewer failures and smaller
liabilities than In any but the best Of
years.
Railway earnings are very heavy. Evil
dences multiply that the momentum
already impaired to trade and industry
the year as a whole Will surpass any
previous period in tho country's history
Business failures In the United States
for the week ending August number
ITO, against 40 last week, 1TS in tho
same week OF 1905. ia In 1904, 161 In
1903, and 169 in 1902
I'm Canada failures number 2S, against
"a last week, and rs in this week year
ago.
Wheat, including flour, exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending August 2 are 1886, ,020
bushels, against l,70S.705 last week.
] .401,6 $50 this week last year, 1.I3e. 1893
in 1904. and S,s3l ,190 In 1901.
For the past five weeks OF the fiscal
year the exports are 1887 30s bushels,
against 5,424.2S7 In 1905. $3.50, ,372 In 1904,
and 81, ,507.145 In 1901.
Corn exports for the week are 623,-
146 bushels, against 539,o73 last week,
1,ol3,675 a year ago. and 1865 in 1904.
For the fiscal wear 10 date the eY
ports are 3.286,7l9 bushels aaginst 4,747,-
763 In 1909 and esq a0a In lan4
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Chicago.

CHICAGO, Aug, 3-Cattle-Receipts
1900; best seady, others dull; common
to prime steers, s3.900625; cows, $2.750
45o; heifers. $2,50Q5.25; bulls. s2.009
$50; calves, $S.00@6.75, stockers and
feeders, S2.60Q425.
Hogs-Receipts, 10000; market stendy;
choice TO prime heavy, S6.3546.50; me-
dium to good heavy, $S.2o@6.S0; buyer
weights. S6.36G6 G6.G5; good to choice heavy
mixed. S6.6og6.5o; packing, $5.S6@6.06.
Sheep-Receipts, 5000; market steady;
sheep, S42695.60; yearlings. S5.00@6.00;
lambs. s600G7.76.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04
]P REACTION
IN WALL STREET
|g Is Spotty, With Only
W Isolated Instances
! of Strength.
SNG OF RAILROAD
.STOCKS PROVES FACTOR
.S0pening Is Attributed to
;pressing Influence of
Russian Situation.

Aug. S.-Today's stock
b, became even more spotty than
l>yesterday and the isolated IN
|S of strength were fewer. This
d told On speculative sentiment In
Use OF the day and the tone Of
n culation became less confident
Ptso a sharp reaction. This change
tved more from the action of the
itself than from any development
|-sondition of business or industry
she slightly flrmer tone >of the
/ the money market may have
|aftly responsible.
n Importance was attached, how
h the fact that St, Paul and Union
Showed clear evidence OF being
|1when attempts were made to bid
|I5, while Southern Pacific was
p ker TO positive depression.
|bening course of prices was quite
Nv downwards, but this was at
+ to the influence OF the earlier
in foreign markets. in which
fbled affairs of Russia were once
sfactor.
amated Copper was helped by
ward movement In the price Of
al In the London market, But
,Idences Of strength did not prove
|ponvincing in face OF manifest
that was going on in other
OF the market
'eek's stock market operations.
August settlements also point to
rther loan expansion, The i'm
of the profit taking tendency OF
> market was emphasized by the
TO the late two-point rise in ST.
4 tch was met by an outpouring Of
.hich carried a long list Of active
from one to two points below
hit. There was very little re-
|Land the closing was easy.
were Irregular. Total sales, par
l.007, 900,
States bonds were unchanged
=
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New York Money,

NEW YORK, Aug. S.-Money on call
steady. 2M031h per cent; ruling rate.
~ per cent; closing bid. 2 per cent;
offered at 21s per cent.
Time loans firm; sixty days. 3h@4 per
cent. ninety days, 4h@4% per cent, six
months, 5k per cent
Prime mercantile paper. 5M95% per
cent,
Sterling exchange firm, then easier at
d,o520 for demand and at $4s2S5 for
sixty-day bills. Posted rates. s4s2h@
4.SS and S4s31k@4,S6. Commercial bills,
S4S1M94.S2.
Bar silver, 641sc
Mexican dollars, 50bc.
Government bonds steady, railroad
bonds Irregular.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04
Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Aug, 3.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts. 1000. steady; native steers. $4,000
SIS: native COWS and heifers, S2,0065.25;
S2.15Q3.5O; calves, s2.50@5.75; Western
fed steers. SO, 100000; Western-fed COWS,
S2.50G425.
Hogs-Receipts 6O00 to loc higher;
bulk OF sales. $622h @6.30; heavy, Sc 2O9
6.25; packers. s6.22h @6.32h; lights, S6.25
@6.35; pigs, s5.0005.75.
sheep-Recelpts. 1000; strong; NUT
tons. S4,0095;l5; lambs, $6.55@7.50. range
wethers. S4.25Q6eO; fed ewes, s4.O0a5. 90
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04
$5OO,OOO
Salt Lake g. Ogden
Railway Company
First Mortgage Improvement
Five 5M) Per Cent
Twenty Year Gold Bonds.
United States Mortgage e. Trust Company
of New York, Trustee.

Bold subject the option of the SALT LAKE OGDEN
premium the first day Of June December in any year
upon giving sixty days notice
Interest payable annually the first day Of june
and December
The payment of the interest covering the Arst
years the of the bonds person
ally by Mr. Simon Bamberser President of the Salt Lake
Ogden Railway Company It estimated that all
ton and elecfying will be completed and the line here
matter described complete operation within years
The principal and interest Of the bonds payable with
America of tho State of Utah,
The bonds Of the denomination OF One Thousand
Dollars and Five Hundred Dollars.
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars of the bonds offered
90 of the value and accrued interest per
in stock of the company as bonus.
These bonds the first lien and mortgage a. the
property of the company, including
A fifty year franchise in Salt Lake City Utah.
fifty years franchise in Ogden City, Utah
hundred year franchise through Bountfu city Utah
hundred years franchise through Pennington city
Utah
one hundred year franchise through Kaysvie city Utah
fifty franchise through the county of Davis Utah
fifty franchise through the county Weber Utah
Also including all of the cOmpanys property depots ter
ings and switches engines and and all personal
realty thereto belonging
The company all of tho stock of the LAGOON RE
SORT COMPANY, which company is FREQ of any indebted
mess.
money received sale these bonds is to be
used complete the double tracking Of the road between Salt
Lake and Ogden and for eotrfyns and equppns the entire
The Company has been operating railroad between
salt Lake and LAGOON for the past ten year"
The track now lad TO Layton, distance of
two and a half miles from Salt Lake.
Grading s coRnlete nearly the city limits of Ogden
and from Ogden 20 the mouth of Ogden the latter
distance of two and half miles.
Material is at hand and being laid graded portion
The length of the main line from Salt Lake CITY to Ogden
is thirty and half miles which is proposed double
track,
The mortgage guaranteeing the payment these bonds is
made the United States Mortgage Trust Company Of
New York and for S0o000 and the following disposition
is to be made of the bonds
$6oOOo0-For all the property franchises etc. of the
company, free of any membranes obligations to
August 1st 1906
$5ooo0o-he bonds offered for sale subject public
subscription.
S4o0oo0o remain unsold and the property of the COM
pany, the to be used for extensions and other
purposes s may hereafter be decided.
Subscription books will close o'clock noon Mon
day August 6th 1906 and each subscription accom-
panied by 10 per cent of the total asked for
If the herein offered oversubscribed alotments
will be made proportionate to the subscription.
Subscriptions received at the following places
Office of Mr.. Simon Bamberger Salt Lake CITY, Utah
The National Bank of Republic Salt Lake City Utah
Pngree National Bank Ogden, Utah.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04
In Great Demand,

The demand for Chamberlain q Collie
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy hero
has been so great that / have scarcely
been able to keep 1t in stock. It has
cured cases Of dysentery here when all
other remedies failed,-FRANK
JONES, Pikeville, Ind. This remedy is
for sale by all leading druggists
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04
CASH QUOTATIONS.
Cash qnotntionk werc as follows

NI'H puuthUonh Wcro as tOIIOWb'
Flour easy. No. . spriug wheat 76@
76i@c; No. 7oG roc; 30. red. il& a
72%c, No ? corn, SOL a 5ol9c; No 2 vel.
low, 81 i q 81 isc. No. ? oats a2 &c: No. .
white, 81 u q 30 lsc; No, 3 white. 80 a a 32c.
SOC; fair TO choice mailing, 42G IGc No.
! fax seed Sl.oG; No. / Northwestern.
81 90. Glover, contract grades, SIP. Short
per barrel, S17@l7l2is; lard, per 100
pounds, SS.s2 u short clear sides (boxed)
$9.5o@ 9.62Is Whskey, on the basis OF
high wines, per gallon. Sl.a9.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04
New York Sugar,

NEW YORK. Aug, 9-sugar-Raw
firm; fair refining. SIC; centrifugal. .96
test. 9A@3 13-1ec. molasses sugar. &c.
Refined steady; crushed. $3.50; powdered,
$3.50; granulated $3.50
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04
Minneapolis Wheat.

MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 3,-Wheat-Sep-
tember: 7214972so; December, lac: May
7sA 97sSc; No, l hard. 75%c: No. l
northern, 74%c; No. northern, 73Ibc;
No. 3 northern, 7l1aN72c,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04
Bank Clearin Rs.

NEW YORK, Aug e.--The following "a.
BILE, compiled by Bradstrcet, shows the bank
clenrings ut the principal cities for the weck
ended August 2, with the percentage of in
crease and decrease. as compared with the
corresponding week last year
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04
Treasury Statement

WASHINGTON. Aug. 3.-Today's state
ment OF the treasury balances in the
general fund shows: Available cash bal
ance. $l78.i7S.l73; gold coin and bullion.
500 .924 .lSS: gold certINcates 81 Ia1 Aa0
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04
Liverpool Wheat,

LIVERPOOL, Aug. 3.-Wheat-Openinc
quotations; September, 6s AID: Docem-
Der and March no quotations The
weather Ia England today was lno.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04
RECEIPTS AMI SHIPMENTS.


On the produce exchange TODAY the butter
market was firm crcamerics l602lc: dai-
rios, II q l9c Eggs firm at mark, cases
included, l21a a Is l2c; hrSts, Is &c; prime
hrsts, lie; extras, Ice. Cheese strong at
IL Gl2L Nc.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04
st, Louis Wool.

ST, LOUIS. Aug 3.-Wool steady: me-
dunn grades combing and clothing, 23@
2Sc; light flne, 1S422c; heavy fne, 14d
lSc; tub washed. 32@3shc.
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Omaha,

OMAHA, Aug. 3.-Cattle-Receipts 300;
steady; native steers. S4.00d6.00: COWS
and heifers. s275@40O; Western steers,
S3.25d4.76. Gamers, s1.50q2. so; stockers
and feeders, S2,75Q4.25; calves, $2759
$50; bulls and stags. S225@4O0
Hogs-Receipts, 6000 market &c high
er; heavy. s6,0096.25; mixed, s6.l50G.2o;
light. S6.2096.35; pigs. S3.5006.00; bulk
OF sales. $6.1506.25.
sheeP-Receipts. 3200; strong; year
lingss S4o09476; lambs. s6.2597.50.
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st. Joseph.

ST. JOSEPH. Mo-. Aug. 3.-Cnttle-Re-
ceipts, 500; steady. natives, s4.0006 90
cows and heifers. sl.50q425: stockers
and feeders. s3O093.75.
Hogs-Receipts. 1000; market, 56lOc
lower; lights. $6.2OQ6.a5; medium heavy.
se.O6@6.26; bulk OF sales, Ss.17hQ6.30.
Sheep-Receipts, $500; steady; strong.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-04

Dark Circles under Eyes, Bash a 9
sul, Hslanoholin, Youthful Fell IN
". Weak. Trembles, Varicocela. HIM
Excessive Drinking. Loss IN n ~
Urine, Exposure, OverworE azI1 ~ n
Worry. EXhaustlag Dreams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-23
The Waste Paper Nuisance.

The citizen who throws bit of waste
paper into the public streets is contribut-
ing his mite to the general slovenliness of
the city. He is helping to make Washing
ton unlovely. unkempt and possibly UNI
healthy. He is violating police regulation
and rendering himself liable to prosecution
and fine. Possibly he does not realize this
fact. but It Is nevertheless true that every
man who throws waste paper into the
streets Is an offender against the law.
The superintendent of street cleaning re-
ports to the Commissioners that his men
are compelled every day to collect more
than 200 bags Of waste paper from the
streets. thus adding heavily to their work
and rendering the whole street cleaning
service less efficient. Last year no less
than 11.O00 bags OF waste paper were gath
cred from the streets and alleys All this
might have been burned in stoves or placed
in the receptacles provided by the District
on certain street corners. None of 1t need
to have been tossed out carelessly, to litter
the streets. possibly to brighten horses. to
add to the work of the cleaners and to con-
tribute to the unwholesome conditions gen.
orally.
1t is stated by the superintendent of this
department that very few prosecutions
have resulted from such police assistance
as has been rendered his service in this re-
spect. It would seem to be easy for
a vigilant policeman to make a case every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-23

In New York several Englishmen took their
pens in hand and contributed articles to the
local press which left Mr.. Bryan's criticism
not leg to stand on.
This Is something more than amusing at
home here, for 1t was while on this jour
ney that Mr.. Bryan absorbed the informa-
ton which made him q convert to govern
ment ownership Of railroads. Can It be that
that was as hastily and inaccurately gath
cred and digested as the other? Did he
wear the same glasses all through the trip?
Is 1t possible that he paid in all the mat
ters he took up on his travels the penalty Of
haste? Is the democratic party the victim
of delusion on the part of the peerless
leader on a subject which many OF it's oldest
members regard as of the highest impor-
tance-reachtns indeed. to the foundation
stones Of the government
Haste IL very often waste II Mr.. Bryan
had remained longer in Austria and In In
dia he might have written differently about
them. Governments are not organised, or
picked to pieces. intelligently while you
wait. A visitor needs more than look at
things and an hours chat with local
kicker to get at the root of situation.
Likewise he should be cautious upon re-
turning home about trying to recast home
institutions by foreign models hurriedly in
spected Mr.. Bryan's syndicate letters were
probably profitable pot-boiers. but quite as
probably poor history and poor wisdom.
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MI. Bryan's Foreign Observations.

Some observations about Austria con-
tanned IN Mr. Bryan's newspaper cor
respondence while he was swinging around
the foreign circle are resented In that coun-
try. and pronounced inaccurate and unjust.
The reply made points to the fact that the
gentleman got his information on the fly.
and holds that it did not qualify him to
speak. We can all sympathize with this
view of the matter. because the United
States has suffered in the same way at the
hands of travellers writing after only a hotel
lobby and palace-car acquaintance with It,
There is nobody so cock-sure. or as likely
TO be wrong. as the man of hasty g,ance
and fluent tongue or facile pen He knows
1t all in minute, and can explain It In the
same length of time
Great Britain got taste OF this medicine
Mr. Bryan visited India. and hurried from
one travellers quest to another. But he
emerged fully informed about everything
and prepared to prove that British rule in
India had been an indescribable curse. In
England his solemnities were smiled at. hut
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-23

Mr. Bryan has the courage OF his associa-
lions and necessities. He met Mr.. Tasgart
in Indiana yesterday. and a long conference
resulted. Well. why not7 It Is true Mr..
Hearst regards Mr.. Taggart as unworthy
OF recognition and thinks he should be
forced out OF the democratic national COM
mittee. But as Mr. Bryan was a friend of
the late William Goebel Of Kentucky. and
Endorsed him In the theft OF q state cleo
ton, and Is friend OF Richard Croker. and
breaks bread with him when he visits Ire
land, what should deter the peerless leader
from holding cordial relations with the
genial proprietor Of the French Lick
Springs? The Roger Sullivan episode is
not precedent. There are features in that
which make 1t case apart. Mr.. Bryan.
while sincere in his dislike of the Illinois
man. Is not against bosses per Sc. There
are number of bosses in his train, and
he is very happy to have them there.
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Move On!

Ordinarily a high on the weather map
is a good sign, token of good weather, of
clear airs. Of sunshine. The thigh" Is the
friend of the city dweller, the man who
does not need rain in his business It is
also usually welcomed by the farmer. The
low is the chap that does the damage.
1t Is the low that brings the rains and
winds. that devastates cities and smashes
shipping and ruins crops. When you see a
low" headed your way, particularly a
compact, well-deflned, tight little 'low,"
break for shelter, for there is trouble COM
ing.
Just now. however, we are suffering from
too much high" We are having a sur
plus of the good thing-not right here, to
be sure. but In the vicinity. great self
ish, sluggish high has settled down over
the northland and Is simply hogging the
map. II will not move and 1t Will not let
anything else move. Two or three brisk
lows have come up out OF the warm
southern waters, bent upon smashing
things and then going on. Nobody has
wanted them. but inasmuch as they have
come everybody has wished them speedy
passage. And that miserable "high" I'D in
Canada and northern United States has
buffed them back and refused to allow them
room to move.
That is the secret Of this prolonged gray
ness of atmosphere. these insistent rains,
this doleful absence of sum- this ruthless
shortening of the autumn days of delight.
If 1t had not been for the obstinacy of the
northern high" we should have had a
clearing sky several days ago. and the
birds would have been singing their fare
wells. and the leaves would have been
turning red and golden in the snappy air
of late October.