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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-17
CANDY ROADS
BEING TRIED

Uniquely intcj esting are number
of the experiments now being con-
Quoted by the office of public roads
of the United States Department of
Agriculture; one being the effort
TO build dustproof road by combip-
ing the heretofore little used blast
furnace slsg, with ssplslt or tar.
This endeavor is of the utmost
economic Importance, because if the
hoped for success is attained,
unsightly mounains of Stag will soon
disappear from the vicinity of scores
of cities and already markets will
have been established for vast
quantities of this material.
For several years the scientists in
the office of Public Roads, as well
Us in many of the more progressive
states, have been working to
achieve to great objects, viz, the
utilization OF by-products in road
building and the developing of dust
less roads. Experiments already
conducted indicate that crushed rock
combined with tar or asphalt pre-
paraions bid ia TO solve in a
measure the dustless road problem.
Exhaustive laboratory tests have
indicated that Stag in combination
with preparations of tar or asphalt
may be made OF serve as substitute
for crus ed rock. Sections of ex.
detrimental roads are now being con.
structed which will subject the ma.
terials to actual servi test. Il
the results are as satisfactory a:
the preliminary conditions in
dictate, the Stag asphalt or Stag tai
roads will realize the hope of the
scientists for both the utilization
of by-prodcuts and the attainment
of dustless road. One of these ex.
perimental stretches OF road is now
in course of cons tr action at Chicago
under the supervision of Chic
Engineer Vernon M. Peirce, of the
Federal Bureau, and one at Birm
ingham, Alabama, under the direc
tion of Mr.. B. F. Heidel, First As
sistant Engineer.
The road at Chicago will be o
Stag and asphalt; that at Birm
inghsm Of Stag and tar. the great
est skill and care will be used il
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-17

Grace Margaret Gould, the Fash
ion Editor of Woman's Home Com
panion. tells in the September
number some of the ways the Paris
ian dressmaking establishments sci.
their goods to American women.
Here is Que ruse that she saw
worked in one of the biggest estab-
lishments imp aris:
There was a sudden and evident
commotion among the employees.
The Princess The Princess !
She has arrived they cried
American eyes began to bulge
"Out of magnificent equipage
stepped a regally gowned grand
lady, attended by footmen and
maid, and received ny the whole
bowling establishment, to the ne
glect of all other customers. She
was in a gracious mood this day,
and easy to De pleased, praising
their past efforts and selecting
several of their ne " creations with
out REGARD to cost. After she had
made her departure amid like
ceremc MES, there was no need of
the saleswomen bothering her head
over suggestions. Every American
women present wanted gown
copied from the one the Princess
had bought, and she got it after
much pleading and at a price far
beyond the limit she had set.
''Aud the point of this fable is
this: The princess was no princess,
but an employee of the house.
EVERY French gown has two
prices-an American price and E
French price. 1t is needless to say
which is the greater price.
''Along about April the cry goes
up, The Americans are coming,
and then the prices go up, too.
'Along about November, wher
the Americans have left, you
might almost say they are giving
away gowns, only the Frenchmar
never does give away anything.
Then it is that the Frenct
women in general and the French
actress in particular selects hei
wardrobe
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-17

Stag as the useless by-product of
the blast furnaces and ''molasses'
as the useless by-product OF the sug-
ar refineries may in few years
revolutionize country road building |;
create a demand for more extended
roads in the States where those
products are most easily to be mad,
and add millions to the wealth of
the country by putting cash value
on hitherto waste material.
While experts are laboring wi tn
these unique material experiments
in East, South aud Middle West, an
other scientist, also from the office
of Public Roads, is engaged at indie :
pendence, Kansas, in trying TO de-
wise a method of constructing oiled
roads analogous to the methods
which have produced the famous
oiled roads of Southern California
He is mixing heavy oils, possess
ing pronounced asphaltic bases with
natural soil and sand and compact
ing the preparation so formed with
a tamping roller. One streto h OF
this peculiar class of highway will
be under construction within few
days. The ciled roads of Cali
fornia have saved millions of dollars
to the farmers and fruit growers OF
that fertile state in the last few
years by suppressing the dust thai
formerly arose in binding clouds
with the passing of every vehicle.
Those dust clouds, floating to ad.
jacent fields and orchards depre-
ciated the price of farm produce anc
lowered the values of real estate tC
a startling degree. The sprinklins
of oil was tried and the dust wa:
held in check. Then some of the
roads were plowed and the OF
mixed with the earth and the mas:
firmly rolled to properly crowned
surface. Splendid results followed
in most instances.
Kansas has long been dust-ridder
and the oiled roads now to b,
built there will, it is hoped, prove
as beneficial to the people of thai
commonwealth as the California
roads have to that state.
There is now in course OF prep.
aration a comprehensive treatise OF
dust rIeventatio which will fal
from the presses of the government
printing office in few days. Fol
lowing it in few weeks will be
symposium embodying the expert
ence and the experiment of all stat,
highway commissioners, parl
boards and city engineers who hayt
done any work along these lines
! Their views and findings will b.
supplimentd by he reports of fed
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-17

putting[ down these short stretches
and they will then be carefully OBJ
served during the trying months OF
winter. If inI the spring it has
been established that this class of
road remains firm, does not rut,
sheds water and makes out little
dust, a vast step forward will have
been taken in road building, and
neverfailing market will have been
created for blast furnace waste.
Besides this activity in Stag exper-
!ments, the Public Roads Office is
also busy at Newton, Massachu-
sets, with a specialasphalt pre-
paration, never before tried, which
the director and his lieutenants
hope may prove efficacious as a
dust binding surface material.
More unique than this, however,
the office is preparing at the same
place to lay stretch of what face
tious writer's are almost certain to
label a Candy Road In all
flights of fancy it is probable that
nobody except a scientist would sc
so far afield in research as TO adopt
molssses as road building
material, but that is exactly
what has reen done here, and
Assistant Chemist Provost Hubbard
of Director Pages scientific
corps is leveling half mile
stretch of road near Newton, anc
in few days will be in activ. sup
crvision of the laying of the first
molasses road of history. This mo.
lasses is the almost useless by pro-
duct of the great cane sugar
refineries of tire south and the
beet sugar refineries of the wes'
and southwest. 1t is sickishly
sweet, nearly as black and as thicl
as tar, and almost as powerful al
a binder. Having always been ;
waste product, it can be bought a
lower price than coal tar and il
greater quantities.
When the quantity and the sticky
consistency of this material was
called to the attention of Director
Page, a number of months ago, he
conceived the idea that it nigh
aid in solving the always Difficult
problem of dusty roads. He sen
for supply for laboratory expert.
ments and detailed Mr.. Hubbard t
conduct them. The molasses wa:
blended with oil and limewater
was mixed with rock dust, witt
earth and with sand and tried on
under heat and under water. l
T behaved so we'll and held OF I sucl
promises for ideal roads that thu
: practical test of. real road wa
] recently decided upon.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-17

DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder
Pills are for weak back, backache,
rheumatic pains, inflammation of
the bladder and all other annoy
ances due to weak kidneys. They
are sold by Keener Drug Store.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-17

eral public road expert who has
carefully examined the methods
now in use in France and Eng
land.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-24
EASTERN MARKETS
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK. March 23-egulaty marked of
almost wholly professional There still
public bonds we'll
which public
leading
bespoke cheerful conditions despite coal
crop outlook Dispatches telling
Reading
falling
Locally
erswhle
difficulties The early
excellent which
little the of industrial
belief
generally beginning hopeful
developed
Hill
of
ipeing
No railway
Of
marked falling gross money noteworthy
call
little demand
payment Washington instalmn
dibursed by
according trustworthy likely
Withdrawals before April /
Railroad bonds irregular Total sales 4OOO0
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SUMMARY OF THE MARKETS

Wall stocks rather higher the day.
Copper lower. Silver fraction higher
Exchange very dull at about previous quotations
Local sugar stocks advancing Comstoc shares break sharply
Wheat still dull and featureess. Barley quieter.
Oats very firmly held Corn higher, but dull
Beans in shipping demand, with numerous changes.
No further changes in hay feedstuffs.
Raisins and dried figs lower. Prunes easy.
General advance in live beef Mutton tending downward
All cured meats previously quoted
Sugar advanced Soc per pound.
Wool market very dull with buyers receiving consignment
Good potatoes firm cheap stock dull Onions advanced sharply
Poultry market dull with the retailers well supplied
Fresh fruits active, apples excepted
Butter lower. Eggs and cheese slightly higher.
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lemons. s2-5o@2.75 for fancy. s1.750a.25 for
choice and S141.50 for standard: grapefruit.
S2.5ogs for seedless and s1@l.25 for common;
Tropical f'ruits-Bananas. T5e@Sl. 10 per bunch
for Hawaiian and 81 5Oq3 for Central American;
pineapples. S1.500S per dozen
Dried Fruits, Raisins, Nuts and Honey
Figs and raisins lower, but other descrip-
tions stand about the same. The inside quota
tion for prunes is also shaded fraction but the
general market for this fruit remains about as
before stated Trade Is still quiet. though some
local and eastern reports Indicate some improve
ment In the general demand for fruits
Fruits-Apricots, l51a gle; evaporated apples
va &c; pears, SlaG10e; peaches. s1a G9i7e: figs.
"a QSAc for white and 2Q25c for black;
prnnes, size basis. 2a4 931ac per h.
Raisins e. o. b. Fresn0l-2 crown, sac; 5
crown, 4e; crown. 4Ae: seeded. 5G6Hc; seed
less sultanas. 4c; s1.15Ql.20 for London layers
and $1.50Q2 for clusters
s-Almonds-NonpareiIs. 1sl3414l1e; XXI,
134l4c; ne plus ultra. 1212 a 13c; brakes, 114
ll12c; Languedocs 10c; harlshells. TG112e.
Walnuts--13c per ID for No. 1 softshell and Zoe
Tor No ? do; l21ac for No. hardshel and 91ac
for No. do; Italian chestnuts. 1O@121ac per 10.
Honey-Water white. comb. 16Q17c; white,
ioe; water white, extracted, s@S1sc; light am
Der, 70 12c; dark amber and candled, 54 6I5%t c
per ID.
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CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
Future Grain and Provisions

CHICAGO, March 23.-Wheat opened weak
hecauee Of declines in nearly all of the lead
ing grain markets of Europe, Uls prices ad-
vanced on covering by shorts to a point safe
abuvs the close of Saturday Realizing sales
then brought about another decline Near the
remainder of the day the market was nervous
because of conflicting reports concerning the
cunt.jlion of the new crop in the southwest.
Demand from shorts became moderately active
in TIE final half hour and resulted in consfd-
eIeble strength. May opened nc to sc lower
at 93ssc to 93Sac and advanced to 947sc, where
It closed.
Corn opened weak along with wheat, but
quickly recovered reports that country ac-
ceptances were much smaller. May opened a
shade to * a 1ac lower at CSC to 65asc ad-
vanced to 661kc and closed strong at 66c.
Oats were steady all day and the range was
at 5SNc to 54c. advanced to SAC and closed
at tikc.
Provisions were weak because Of selling by
local packers. At the close May pork was
of 20c, lard was down 1910 and ribs were
25c lower.
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Deciduous and Citru. Fruit.

Business In fresh fruits quite active con-
sidering the limited variety which tradesmen had
to work on. and prices showed no noteworthy
Oranges WERE of course, the leading feature of
the market, and the feeling in them was firn,
advance Of 10c box at shipping points. which
became effective yesterday. Lines. tangerines
lemons and the seedless variety of grapefruit
came in for a fair share OF business and prices
for all were easily maintained Apples were al
most dead issue. sales being limited to one or
two box lots. and only fhe fanciest stock re
ceived the least attention. Tropical fruits sold
fairly at the old quotations.
Apples (per box)-Fancy, 81 .250 10: common
to choice, 60c@$1.
Citrus Fruits tper box)-NaveI oranges. S2@
2.25 for fancy. $1.7502 for choice and 81 256
Ito for standard; tangeripes, $1.50@2 per box:
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THE STOCK MARKET
Sugar Stocks Higher-Comstocks Break
Sharply-Soufhern Nevadas
Dull and Lower

The sugar stocks continued the feature of the
stock and-bond exchange yesterday Onomea adj
vanced to $32. Hawaiian Commercial 10 $50 and
Hutchinson to SIG California wine declined
from $71 to $70-25. The United Railroads bonds
were lower with sales az <64.75 There was
moderate activity In Spring Valley water general
mortgage per cent bonds at $Ie.25-
The feature OF mining stocks was the general
break in the Comstocks. the whole list suffering
almost without exception Ophir closed at 10.
against $2.22la on Safurday; Mexican at SEC,
against 94c, and Consolidated Virginia at lie
against soc. There was not much stock thrown
on the market at the decline.
The southern Sevadas very dull and with
out feature and whatever changes occurred were
generally lower. though all fluctuations were
narrow
The MADEIRA canal and irriga ion company of
San Francisco has levied assessment or zoe
per share. delinquent April 80
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New York Grain and Produce

NEW YORK, March 2S.-Flour-Receipts,
24.ooo packages; exports. 14,5oo packages; mar
wheat Receipts. $4,000 bushels; exports.
300 bushels. Spot, steady; No. red, ss8c
elevator and S1oo1s f.. o. b. afoat; No. l north
ern Duluth sl.l3ss T. o. b. anoat; No. hard
winter, 81. .llss (. o. b. afoat- Without being
active. wheat quite steady all day, affected
by drought news from Kansas, large visible
supply decrease and the strength of corn Final
prices showed 4Gl.c net advance May
Sl.ol1s Q1-01as, closed $1.o1S; July, 957s q
965s, closed cello.
Hides-Quiet
Petroleum-Steady.
Wool-Steady.
Sugsr-Raw. steady. Fair refining, 3.T5c; CEN
trifugal, 96 test, 4.25c; molasses sugar, $500.
Refined. firm.
Coffee--Futures closed steady. Sales $1,000
bags, including: March. 565 as. roc; April, 5.70c
May, 5.65Q575c: June, 5.70c; July. 5.T5@5.S0c; +;
September, o.s0q5. SIC; October. 5.9Oc; Decem-
Der. 595@6c. Spot, dull; No. Z Rio, &c; No. 4
Santos. SIS QsAc. Mild, quiet; Cordova, 1o14
@13Ac.
Butter--Firm; creameries extras, Csc; western
factory frsts, 2lc; imitation creamery, frsts,
22@23c.
Cheese-Firm; state full cream, small colored
fancy. 15&c; do late October and early Novem-
Der made, 131h d141ac.
Eggs-Firm: western frsts, 15% @16c; sec
onds, 14M Q15ac.
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General Merchandise

Quentin, eise; Wool bags 42lsG44e; fleece
Coei-PennsyIvania anthracite. egg SIG: Vel
lington SD per ton; New Wellington. S12; Coos
Cumberland. $14 in bulk and $3.50 in sacks.
Welsh anthracite. SIS; coke. SIT per ton in bulk
and s19 in sacks Rocky mountain. Sl1912c-
Ols-Quota tions for barrels: Linseed 56c
per gallon for boiled and 54c for raw; cases. &c
more; castor oil. in cases. No. l. I5c: Bakers
AA. cases 81 2Sd1 80; lucol soc for boiled and
4sc for raw China nut. cases. reg Soc per gal
Ion; cocoanut oil. in barrels, 5212 G56c for XXX,
50GtoS19c for No. l aud 4I13 Q51c for No 2.
sperm oil. csc; natural winter sperm OIL 65c;
natural whale oil. soc; extra winter strained
oil. soc; No. l neatsfoot OIL DOC: herring oil.
40c; salmon oil. Soc; boiled fish oil. 35c; paint
oil, 35c.
Coal OIL Gasoline, etc-wster white. in drums
or iron bbls. lie; cases. 1sc; special do. l1l5c;
pearl oil in cases, i615c: astral. 16iac; star,
16lsc; extra star. i9isc Elaine. 26lse; eocene.
or drums, 14lac; in caees, 2112c; No. l engine
distillste. in iron bbls or drums Sc; No. do.
SOC in cases S7iae; naphtha, in bulk lOc. In
Turpentine-74c per gallon in cases and s7c in
Rosin (per bbl of $50 pounds)-E. $685. +.
$3.50; G, $6-s5: ii. S6.4o; /. s6.55.
Sugar-The Western sugar refining company
has marked I'D prices SOC all around as fol-
lows. terms net cash: Cubes and crushed.
s.soc: powdered. 5.ese; candy grsnulated, 5.e5c;
ulated Co0 bags only, 5-35c; confectioners' A.
5.55c: magnolia A. 5.l5c; extra c. 5-05c; golden
C. 495e: D. 4s5c; II. & T. crystal dominos.
$3.50; tablets half bbls, 6.05c: boxes. 6.30c per
10. Barrels and so ID bags 10c, half bbls 25c
and boxes zoe more per 100 lbs for all grades.
No orders taken for less than 75 barrels or its
equivalent. Beet sugar. Monarch brand. =
quoted over and above the price Of standard nne
tcane) granulated in 100 10 bags as follows:
Bags. 100 lbs. 55c; barrels. f5c; half barrels,
6Oc: 40 lb tins. cased. 50 05; 35 ID tins, cased.
S2O5: 10 h tins cased. 10 in case, $40; s
Id tins, in case, S2-70; 80 lb boxes, s5e.
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New York Cotton Market

NEW YORK, March 23-Uutton's wire says:
In our opinion the worst is now coming
is being discounted in the present selling move
ment After having maintained consistent
bearsh position from the end Of August to the
sumo conservative policy. and suggest pur-
chases the scale down rather than further
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LOCAL MARKETS
San Francisco Money Market

The week opened with little feature to the
local money market. There was nothing new In
loans. Silver shade higher. Exchange
was quoted very dun at about previous quota
- ne n4II yeariy mee.ihg OF the STOCK hold
ration held In Hongkong February Is the regular
semiannual dividend was increased TO 81 per
share. During the last year the capital of tbe
bank was increased 30 per cent and the premium
ON the issue was added to the reserve The
paid up capital is now $15,000,000 The reserve
on December 81. 1907. was $2S. $50, 900 and nm
divided profits $4,442.974. The deposits on that
date were $224, OF, ,166.
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Loans, Exchange and Silver
Wheat and Other Csrafns

Nheat-Chicago was rather higher on the
day with more buyers than sellers No crop
damage was reported but Kansas needs mora
rain All grains were reported oversold.
The worlds shipments for the week were az
follows. in quarters: Russian. 1900: Damn
bian.. 10000; Argentine, 745,O00; Australian.
$4,000
This market was very dull but steady, with
the millers bidding all they said they could ar
ford, but sellers held above their ideas. There
was nothing doing in futures.
CASH WHEAT
California club. $1.60@1.65; do milling $165
CLIO; California white Australian, s1.65@I. 20;
lower grades OF California, S1.30@l50; northern
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Proyision.

There was nothing new to report yesterday.
Cured Meats-Bacon. 121ac per 10 for heavy,
121ac for light medium 15c for light 16c for
extra light and 1Sla Q1se for sugar cured; extra
light sugar cured. 20Q21c; dry salted sides, 13c;
bellies, 14ci eastern sugar cured hams. Is he for
heavy and lac for light; California hams. 13Q
1Slac; mess beef, per bbl; extra mess.
-; family, S17 prime mess pork, $3.50 extra
clear, 5000; mess, $2050; pig pork s24; pigs
feet. 81. s5 for half bbls. 50 % for % 10 kegs
and 81 80 for kits; smoked beef, 13c per 10.
Lard-Tierces quoted at 7Stc for California
compound. 9G91ae for eastern compound and
10kc for pure; half bbls. pure 101ac; SO ID
lb tins, 11Ac.
Cottolene--0ne half Dbl. sAc; half bbls.
91sc; L tierce. Sc; terces. s7sc; tierees.
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New York Metal Market

NEW YORK. March 23.--The London tin mar
ket higher, with spot quoted at f140 lbs
and futures at f13e 2s Cd. Locally the market
was firm, with quotations ranging from 30.76c
TO 81. .25c.
Copper higher in the London market,
with spot quoted at ESQ los and futures at ESQ
lis Sd. Locally the market firm and higher
on the average, with lake quoted at 1aS7M q
l3.l2hc; electrolytic, 12.75@lSc; casting,
i2 6213 @12. .s71zc.
Lead was higher at f14 Is Sd in the London
market Locally the market was steady but
unchanged at 3.900ic.
Spelter was unchanged at f21 Is Sd in Lon
don The local market was dull and a shade
easier at 4.6004 Zoe
Iron was higher abroad, with standard foun-
dry quoted at 50s Cd and Cleveland warrants
at 52s. The local market was unchanged. with
No. / foundry northern closing at SIS 250
1910: No northern, SIT .1o61s. .25; No. /
southern and No. l southern soft, $17 .TLGe
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New York Money Market

NEW YORK, March 2s.-Money on call easy
at lN@2A per cent; ruling rate. 2 per cent
closing bid, 1 q per cent, offered at per cent.
Time loans quiet; go days. 3Q3K per cent;
cent.
Prime mercantile paper. 51a G6 per cent.
Sterling exchange steady, with actual business
In bankers bills at $4.S6@4 $3.50 for demand and
at 81. .S345 "a $3.50 for 60 day bills
Commercial bills. 81. S3A "a s3$.
Bar silver. $3.50.
Mexican dollars, 47c.
Government bonds easy; railroad bonds irreg-
ular
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Flour and Farinaceou. Good.
Hay and Feedstuffs

Receipts of hay suddenly increased yesterday,
being LAO tons, including 102 cars. This in
f1ux gave the market much weaker appearance.
though there was no further decline. There was
nothing new in feedstuffs. moderate line of
8, ~ sacks bran was received from the north
Bran-S30Q Q31. so per ton.
Middlings-S33@35 per ton.
Shorts-$31 a 80. 90 per ton
Feedstufs-Rolled barley. $29G30; rolled oats
for feed, SS1@33 mixed feed, S26@27; olcake
meal, In 20 ton lots $3.50, in 10 ton lots sSs. 5
ton lots $3.50. smaller lots $50; cocoanut cake
or meal at mills, $27 in 10 and S27. so in ton
lots, 1obbing s2S; corn meal. S34 cracked corn
$35; broom seed, 90c9$1 per ctl; alfalfa
meal and mealfalfa, jobbing lots $23, carload
lots SO per ton.
Hay-Wheat s12@16; wheat and oat, s11@
gil alfalfa f ssi9 Stock siia 0s' 30
Straw-55@S5c per bale
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS


SAVANNAH. Ca, March 2S-Turpentine-
Firm. Soc; sales, 1O4; receipts, 379; shipments.
1877
Rosin--Firm; sales .254; receipts 562; ship
ments, 1882; stock. 62 .392. Quote: A. B. g.
S365; d, $50; E, s3.T5 F. So. so. G. $3. 50: a
$500; ]. 81: K, $4s5; NJ, $5.25; n, S5.65; WG,
$500; WV, So.
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,alrs Page Of Commercial News

lately and playing for reaction, but the short
Side became too popular and the bears were
Obliged to cover on account of the scarcity or
stock The sugar statement out today
and was very favorable, showing So. .000 600
surplus Butte Coalition was especially we'll
bought and there were several brokers trying
TO ind out how much stock could be picked up
at these figures.
COPPER CLOSE
The following list is furnished by E. E. Hut
ton & Co., 400 California street, San Fran