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The San Francisco call., 1910-04-02

Flour quotations remain unchanged Cereal
goods are weak at the decline noted yesterday
FlOur-CalifOrnia family extras Sc. 4O616 so NET
without discount; bakers extras. So. 4006 so. su-
pernne. $5-2OU5.50: Oregon and Washington, per
obl, s5.I9 for family. bakers and patents and
G.T5. do straight. S6.S0d6.5J: Dakota psfents
SI.25; do straights, $T: do clear 81. so Der Dbl
FarinaceOus GOods-Prces in 100 10 sacks net
So per 100 lbs; rye -four. $40: rye meal
So 20; rice hour, So; corn meaL 81. so; extra
cream do. So. 10: cat neal 81; Oat grOats 81 90.
farina. $3.50; homlny. $500: buckwheat -four
81: whole wheat dour. So 20: rolled oats bbls
S6d6.5O; in sacks. $4GJ.5O; extra cream DO
$3.50 Ia sacks and 81 in barrels; rolled wheat
bbls 50. in sacks $s.50@4.5O; pearl barley
S4- 20; split peas. boxes. $5 for yellow and 81
for green per 100 lbs.
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OREGo,
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
Future Grain and Proyi.ions

CHICAGO, April 1.-The Oklahoma report.
which Indicated prospects of liberal yield of
wheat there. of the chief factors
contributing to weak market for wheat today.
The May option failed to follow the new crop
months and closed at net gain of lse com
pared with a loss of &c to &c for the more
&c to 20c.
The wheat market dropping affair all
day. with the exception Of a brief period when
shorts covered freely and caused temporary
rally. According to official statistics the con-
dition of the fall sown wheat in Oklahoma is
90. against IS year ago, and only half of |
per cent Of the acreage seeded has been aban-
from east of the Mississippi river gave the
market its weak tone During the day July
sold between $1.0S and $1.0S$4, while September
ranged between S1.051s aud S1.05K Final quo
tations July were S1.0sH 91.0Sss and for
September $1.0514 GLOSS.
Liquidation Of May holdings was feature of
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Meat Market

The quotations for hogs are questioned by a
well known packing house. which says that they
are not paying over 1oAc. Another interest
quotes 10&c. 1t is a case of 1.-THE doctors
differ" As there is very little business passing
at any price the market is largely nominal
DRESSED MEATS
Slaughterers' rates TO dealers and butchers are
as follows:
Beef-s@s14c per Ib for steers. 7G7hc for
cows and heifers
veal-s1s@913c for large and 9Q1Okc for
small
Mgtton-wethers, 1O1z G12c; ewes. 1oQ1O1sc
per h.
Lamb-121zc for yearIinss and 14@15c for
spring.
Dressed Pork (per Ibl-1315 G1415c for light
LIVESTOCK MARKET
The following quotations are for good sound
livestock, delivered in San Francisco. gross
weight:
No. fat steers, over 900 lbs, alive. Sic per
ID; under 300 lbs, 545Ae; second quality, 50
ol4c; third quality, 4A@4%c.
No. L cows and heifers. 4Ld415c; second
quality, 3$4 G4c; third quality. 81 63Esc; com
mon thin undesirable cows. 2%s @3c.
Fat bulls and stays. 2A Q215c: half fat or
thin bulls, 1s@2c.
Calyes-Light weight. per lb. 90 G6c: medium.
514 90 &c; heavy, 464Xc
Sheep tper lb)-Wethers. No. L. 616Lc; ewes
51a@5%c.
Lambs tper lb)-This years milk lambs I'm
&c; yearling lambs. SIZE
Hogs lper lb)-Hard grain fed. weighing 100
to lao lbs. 101s @1Olac; lao to $50 lbs f0Isc:
25O to $50 lbs, 1o@1oAc; common. undesirable
hogs, 19Sc-
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11.30 a M
Los Angeles Oil Exchange
ISpecfoI D:spofeh 10 The Call

Los ANGELES, April business brisk
on the stock exchange today. Associated oil was
a shade off early in the day, but closed strong.
Midway is firm and Palmer oil is up w points.
while Section Six gained 21a points. Coalinga
Crude is steady.
California Midway declined point from the
opening price of Sac this morning. Most of the
stock was sold under buyer so days contract.
The stock closed at S3c bid and offered at Sic.
terday
0leum sold fractonally lower than the close of
yesterday. The bulk of the sales were made at
lie Section Six closed firm at 52c bid, with no
stock offered
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Poulfrr anh Gam.

business IN poultry was quiet yesterday but
with receipts light the market remained firm and
everything received disposed OF without
difnculty- Game was in fair request at the pre-
vtously quoted rates.
s6.50G7.50 for large and SSGfO for extra. voTnr
soosters. SSQ1O; old ROSTERS S566; fryers
S6-SOg1SO; broilers, $5G6 for large aud S4d5
Tor small; ducks, nominal; pigeons, 81 7562.
SQUADS $3@5.5O; geese, 81. 50d3 per pair
Game (per dozen)-Gray geese, Hs30s- So
white geese $I5092; hare. S1.7592; rabbits.
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CHICAGO, April Cash quotations were as
folows Flour weak. No. 2 rye, Soc Feed OF
mixing barley. 52@54c; fair to choice mating
5S666c. No I southwestern haxseed, $2-21+ do
No 1 northwestern, 81. 81. Timothy seed, 81 so.
Clover, $3.50 Mess pork, per bbl, S25-62 = a
1915. Lard, per 100 lbs, $13.92h- Short ribs.
sides (loose), SIS. 2j013.6 .6212. Short clear sides
(boxed). S14.25014.50.
GRAIN STATISTICS
Total clearances Of wheat and -four were equal
to 134, ,0Q0 bushels. Exports for the week, as
shown by Bradstreet's, were equal to 1,174OOO
bushels. Primary receipts were 491 600 bushels.
compared with 449. 900 bushels the corresponding
day year ago. Estimated receipts for tomor-
row: Wheat, 10 cars; corn, 154 cars; oats, %
cars; hogs, 800 head.
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Deciduous and Citru. Fruit.

Oranges continued TO lead the other citrus
fruits in point Of demand yesterday the small
and medium sizes being In good request among
retail tradesmen, while peddlers were working
freely on large fruit. Although receipts have
been liberal all the week and prices at shipping
points declined 10c box recently, values re
NAMED nrm in the local market. Lemons were
steady at the recent advance, while the demand
Tor tangerines and grapefruit was about uD TO
the average. Stocks of pineapples were closely
cleaned up and they were quoted al a sharp adj
vance small consignment OF Strawberries
came IN from the southern part of the state and
found prompt sale at 81 crate. Apples were
weak, with prices irregular
Apples (per ooxl-Fancy bellhowers, 60c0S1:
Newtown pippins, 81 O5G .25; do red. 81 900 1JO;
common TO choice. 75cdS1. as TO variety
Citrus Fruits tper box)-Navel oranges 81 25
9zSO FOR fancy, $1-50G2 for choice and Sld
l2O Tor standard. tangsrines, S125dl.T5 per
box; grapefruit. $2.5OG325 for seedless and
$l-9Od2 for common; lemons. S3G3. T5 for fancy.
S2@2-5O for choice and $12591.75 for standard;
lines S5.50G6.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas. T5cdSI2 % per bunch
for Hawaiian and S2.5O63 for Central American:
pineapples, $3G3. 80 per dozen
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New York Money Market

NEW YORK, April Money call firm at
2Tsd3h per cent: ruling rate, per cent; clos
ing bid per cent, offered at per cent.
Time loans weak and dull so days. g Il per
u per cent
Prime mercantile paper. Az d5 per cent
Sterling exchange steady, with actual business
in bankers bills at S4.s440@4 $3.50 for 80 day
bills and at 81. S770 for demand.
Commercial bills. S4S3a4 @4.S4H-
Bar silver. 5215c.
Mexican dollars, 44c.
Government bonds steady; railroad bonds II
regular.
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Grain Market Inactive and Weak
Turpentine Prices Marked Down

trading in corn and the market weak all
day. The principal factor tending 70 weaken
the market was the continued absence OF demand
for the cash grain. the price Of which was on
&c 10 1ac. No. 5 yellow sold at 60@601se- The
close ON options was weak at net losses OF
3sg%c, May closing at 615s @61 &c.
Trading in oats exceedingly quiet Inc
market closed easy, with prices 4 @&sc lower
Provisions closed weak at almost the bottom.
with the May products selling as follows: Pork.
S25. so; lard. $13.75; ribs. 1880
The leading futures ranged follows:
Articles Open High Low Close
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Egg Market In Nearby Counties
Special Disodtch 10 The Call

PETALUMA, April 1.-There was no change
In the prices paid for eggs today. after the re-
eeipt OF quotations from the San Francisco dairy
exchange The prices offered were 22c for first
grade Independent buyers and spectators paid
for the first grade 21 1ac and 1Sc. Receipts were
light. as poultrymen have kept well cleaned up
on account OF the recent rise in prices.
SANTA CRUZ, April 1-Egzs advanced to 2fc
owing to slight falling OF. Local merchants
keep close TO san Francisco quotations in order
to hold the local product.
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Foreign Futures
rTN-HD DNAr
New York Grain Market

NEW YORK, April 1.-Flour-Quiet. Re-
ceipts, 2. 300 barrels; shipments 16,707 barrels.
Wheat-spot easy No. red. S1:25, nominal.
opening navigation. options-Wheat was inact--
i've and prices were easier in absence of aggres-
sive buying and under liquidation. although there
was little change In the weather and crop out
look. At the close prices were unchanged to lac
net higher. Export sales were six loads of
Manitoba. May closed at S124, July at s1167s
and September at S1.12M. Receipts 400 bush
els; shipments, AZ, bushels
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WASHINGTON, April 1.-The condition of the
as follows:
Trust funds-Gold coin. ss52. ST.. $50: silver
dollars sass; ;s34. 600; silver dollars of 1890
S34 900. w.
General fund-Standsrd silver dollars in ven
eral fund - o25, ,453; current liabilities sio1 :
909 lsl; working balance in treasury Offices
So, s81 800 in banks 10 credit of treasurer Of
the United states, SIS, ,4I4, 723; subsidiary silver
coin, $2l .3S4, III; minor coin 81 02o Az. tataI
balance In general fund, SIS, ,Ss5, PCS.
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Hay and Feed.tur.

Conditions and prices for hay and fsedsturs
remain unchanged
Bran-s2Ta2s for red and s2s42s per ton for
white
Middlings-S54G36 per ton.
Short-S29d30 per ton.
Feedstuns-Rolled barley S306S1: rolled os.sy
for feed. S33@35; mixed feed. S2Sd 80 for aver
age lots oilcake meal. cOcoanu+ cala -
meal at mills SO in 90 and 10 and S25 80 in (
ton lots; jobbing S26: corn meal S3s6ssa.
cracked corn. S3SNS9: alfalfa meal carload Iofs
$50: jobbing, S21 red star alfalfa meal. 500 In
carload lots and $21 jobbing; Caproco oilcaka
meal, $3.50 per ton
Hay-Whest. S1461s.50; wheat and cat. SIS
@17; tame oat. s12916; volunteer wild oat,
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Beans and Seed.

Beans (per ctD-Bayos. So -6565. so; pea.
S5-I5g4; pink. 81. T5G5; red. S6.5oa6- Is; black
eye, S4.6004.75; lima, $4.35G4. 40: red kidney.
SS4o.2o; cranberry beans. 81. 6Od 1. 20; garvau-
zas, 5000 3-20; horse beans. S202 25
Seeds-BrOwn mustard 41ac; yellow mustard
Slc; haxseed. &c. carload lots; canary 80. 04c:
alfalfa. 16 = 917c; rape. 292$4c; imported rape
404 BE; timothy. &c; hemp. 312 Q4c; mlllet Sc
per ID
Dried Peas-Green. 81 per ctL
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Gold for England

NEW YORK. April 1.-The long expected flow
of gold to England to replenish the reserves Of
the Bank of England had its inception today
when S750,000 in gold coin engaged for ship
ment Saturday. Foreign exchange has been ris-
ing TO the export point for time, the Bank
of England raising its discount rate recently be
cause Of depleted reserves.
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BraZllS ....-..-M2l p
FISH. PER POuND-
Prnvisinns

High as prices for cured meats are the market
continues strong and there is no accumulation OF
stock Quotations remain as before.
Cottolene-0ne half bbl. 12%c; , half bbls
l29sc; tierce. 1215c; tierces, 12%e; tierces
12Ac.
Hams and Bacon-The Western meat company
quotes follows: Hams, 21156 22hc; picnic
hams, 15c; California hams, 201a G21l5c; extra
fancy bacon. 2Sc; fancy bacon, to lbs, % 15c;
to 10 lbs, 2415c; 10 to II lbs, 241zc; sugar
cured. 25c; light dry salt bacon, to 10 lbs
22e 10 to II lbs. 211zc; medium bacon, 2o1sc;
light medium bacon, 201ac.
Lard +Tierces 171ac. SOS 17Ac. los 1sAc. 5s
1850, IS 1S1ac; compound lard tierces 1115c,
50s 11%c. los 12Ac, 5s 1850, IS 125c; yellow
cooking oil, 66c per gal; white cooking OIL 81 5c
per gal; salad oil. 69c per gal.
Beef-Local prices quoted Export lots.
inspected by the government, are 81 per Dbl
higher. Extra family beef, SIT per Dbl; family
beef. $3.50 per bbl; extra mess beef, sic per
bbl; smoked beef, Ice per ID.
Pork-Extra prime, in barrels. s32; clear. ss4;
mess, $32; pig pork. SSS; pigs feet. $5.75 for
half bbls, 81. 40 for % lb kegs and 135 for kits
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Minneapolis Grain and Produce

MINNEAPOIIS. April T. Wheat = Nav.
Silly July, $1.f4E. Cash wheat-No. hard.
S1.151a M1.11; No. l northern, S1.1561. 1871 No
2, $113@1.1415; No. 8, $1.0T61.13.
Corn-No. yellow, "a @56%c.
Oats-No. white. 4oss M411se.
Rye-No. 2, 69a4 M74Mc.
Flax closed at S2.341 u.
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nufies ON Imnnrts

The receipts of duties on imports at the San
Francisco custom house in March. compared with
those of the corresponding month in 1909 show
a decrease of about 1s per cent. S121 ,675, the
collections last mouth being S572. 400. against
$700.075 a year ago. The total receipts for the
first three months of the year were 81. .463. 500,
against 81 .665,593 duriag the corresponding pc
riod in 1909.
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,Northern Busine.S

PORTLAND. April 1.--Clearings. 81. 2es, 1872;
balances. 1852, 732.
TACOMA. April 1.-clearings. SPOIL $50; bal
ances. S114 066
SEATTLE. April 1.--Clearings. 50, lS5, Al; bal
ances. S211 .215
SPOKANE. April 1.-Clearings, S656 $685. bal
auces
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Cheese-CaiifOrnia fancy dats. SIC per H.
steady; do hrsts, 15c, steady; do seconds. 14i5c.
steady; fancy Young Americas 1sc steady: do
nrsts, 14c. steady; fancy Oregon Young Ameri-
cas-. zoe, nrm; do fats. lee. hrm Oregon stor-
age fats. 1912e, firm: New York fancy zoe.
firm; Wisconsin singles, 19c, firm.
Eggs-California fresh. per dozen. cases IN
nd
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Bar silver-Steady; 24lsd per ounce.
Money-315 "a per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market for
short bills is 37l per cent and for three months
bills l1-le@3&z per cent.
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Dried Fruits, Raisins, Nuts and Honey

trults-Evaporated apples. Ga 3dsc; apricots
9g1O1ae; moorpark, 1Oh Q11e: peaches AZ a
9S4e; prunes. 2% G3c, with q 61c premium for
oOs and 1Ae premium for 4Os; hgs. AZ a5c;
Kalsins-Layers, elusters-6 crown, 81 so; 5
crown, 81. 20; 4 crown 81 25; seeded 41-651sc.
ordinary layers. crown. 95c; crown 90c :
seedless sultanas, 245@4c; Thompson's seedless.
. = 9o12c Tor unoleaehed and 81 G61ac for
Dieacnedi loose muscateI. crown. 4c; 8 crown
S12e; crown, &c; seedless. 202Lc.
Nuts-AImonds, nOnpareils, 1415615c- IxI.
lag 1432e; ne plus ultra 13Q131ac: Drake, 1OIa
gt1e. Ianguedocs, 10@1012c; hardshell. 6H G7c;
No. DO; pecans. 1415 @16c; peanuts, 415d5c;
pine nuts, 1SG2Oc per ID.
honey-Comb, 14Q15c for water white and 10
q &c per ID for light amber; dark amber 7dSc:
extracted, Ilac for water white and 515 Q6Iac
for light amber; eandied and dark amber. 4@
412c per lb.
Beeswax-271a @soc per lb for light and 2S@
26c for dark.
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san Francisco Bank CIearings

NEW YORK, April 1-Bradstreet's bank
clearings report for the week ending March
| 81 shows aggregate of s., $50, ,4I5, 900,
against So 0S0 5S3 600 last week and 81 7s7, ,p41-
600 in the corresponding week last year The
following is list Of the cities:
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Northern Wheat Market


TACOMA. April 1.-Wheat, milling -Bluestem,
81; club, 94c. Export-Bluestem, S1.04@1.O5:
club. 96c.
SEATTLE, April Milling quotations Blue
stem, $1.04; club 97c: fife. 97c: red Russian.
95c. Export wheat-Buestem. Sf.0l: club. 94c;
fife, 94c; red Russian, 92c. Yesterdays ear re-
ceipts-Wheat IA
OREGON
PORTLAND, April 1.-Wheat. track prices
Club, Csc; bluestem, S1.02@1.O3; red Russian
96c; turkey red 81; valley, 81. Car receipts
Wheat, 16 cars; barley, 8 cars; oats, G cars.
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SUMMARY OF
THE MARKETS


Wall street sto ks about the same.
Cotton market lower.
Copper stocks not materially
changed.
Some activity In the COmstocks
Oil stocks rule strong.
Not much change I'm the grain
market.
Provisions continue firm.
Butter, eggs and cheese un-
changed.
Decline in hides receives check.
Turpentine marked down.
Asparagus coming in heavily.
Old potatoes and onions weak.
Oranges In good demand. Apples
weak.
Poultry quiet but firm.
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Portland Butter Market
Potatoes. Onions and VegetahIes

PORTLAND, April 1.-Butter-City and coun
try creamery extras, Soc; fancy. 3Od33c; store
20d &c.
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OIL STOCKS

Features of trading in the oil stocks yesterday
were an advance in Brookshre to $1.45 and in
Premier to $1.50 The rise in the latter is
said to be due to the company STEADY increase
In the production of oil, 1t is putting in new
wells. Palmer also stronger at S13l r.
w X. lower at $3.50.
The following stocks were ex dividend;
Euclid 1c: Globe, 1c; Illinois Crude. 1c.
nj el-I Ask
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Butter. Cheese and Eggs

Butter. Cheese and Eggs
There was not change in the quotations IN
der this head Yesterday. prices for all three de-
scriptiOns being satisfactory 10 buyers and sell
ers- Receipts of butter were far In excess or
routine local needs. but there was a good de-
mand for shipment TO northern markets that kept
stocks moving on freely and prevented any great
accumulation Of surplus holdings Eggs, TOO,
continued 10 forward freely. but the market
remained hrm with the movement into cold
storage caring for surplus lots Of the upper
grades. New local cheese was plentiful. with
the market barely steady.
On the exchange so fancy new Callfornia dat
cheese were sold at 155sc pound. There were
other sales.
Receipts were %. 100 pounds Of butter. 3S.5OO
pounds OF cheese and l. 70S cases of eggs.
The following are the official quotations eStab-
lshed yesterday and on the three preceding days
on the floor OF the dairy exchange. Prices in
the street. while governed by the exchange quo
tations. generally range from I 15c to &c higher,
owing to the various charges TO be added.
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LOCAL MARKETS
Receipts of Produce April ]
FamiIy RetniI Market

Eggs are a little dearer this week. heavy
speculative buying by cold storage operators
having increased the cost at wholesale. The
advance Is small one, however. and there are
plenty of eggs to be had. There have been no
important price changes in other lines since last
week. Fish, spring vegetables and seasonal
fruits are plentiful and cheap, while prices for
poultry and meat are still high.
COAL. PER TON
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Horses and Mnla.

The following quotations for horses and mules
are furnished by the Butchers and Stock Crow
ers' Journal:
HORSES
Desirable drafters 100 lbs and over. .s225@s75
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PUBLIC INTEREST
IN STOCKS WANING
Professional Operators DiscOur-
aged by Conditions Exist
ing in Wall Street
Possibility of Decision Monday
in the Tobacco Trust Case
Checks Speculation
New York Stock List

E. r Hutton & Co., $50 California street
members Of the New York stock exchange, fur
nish the following list OF bond and stock sales
yesterday:
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Mining stocks

SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE
Following were the sales on the San Francisco
stock and exchange board yesterday:
C0MST0CKS
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Treasury Statement

incomplete.
mot included in totals because CONTRASTING
other items than clearings.
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Stock and Bond Sales
Sales on the stock and bond exchange in March
were follows:
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Oil Stocks Show a Firm Tone
Local Bonds Pay Usual Coupons

SUGAR STOCKS
Hawaiian c. Al ~ lMakaweli c 55
Honokaa S G - % Ononea S C. "a 55
Hutch C 1874 1917 Paauhau S G. 2s12 2sh
Kilauea S c. IA Union Co.. 69ls -
Anal Oil Co. = Is lsterIing OIL. "a So.
Asso Oil Co. 491h = " Coast o pf = 1pl
Palmer Oil. 1914 IA Do com =.
MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS
Alaska A. 90 IPac Aux r A 4
Cal c A. 1O1 1O2 Pac G Borax. 154
Mv& MtTm. = oo72 rd3 Do com p ... S6a
n Alas Co.lISA
SALES
Moruinp Session
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, tUdEiiC .s..-.-ss ~ >
)lGreen Peas. ...... S@1O
! Onions, per ID. .-@21a
Potatoes, lb--..1H @2M
Rhubarb, lb -. 4M ,
'lString Beans, ID. d
} Summer Squash. .lb-M-
1 Sprouts, per ID. d
I S1inach. per ID. 5GLe s
] Tomatoes, lb ...2O@25
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-02
DIR. KOCH.

Or. Koch, whose death has been an
nounced. was most widely known for
his researches into the world OF
micro organisms, which Is practically
unknown to human vision. except as
aided by the microscope. He discover
ed the bacilli of tuberculosis and
cholera. and proved these fatal
diseases TO be caused by the presence
in the human system OF these little
animals. In 1890 he also announced
the discovery Of a specific remedy for
tuberculosis. but this announcement
was never generally accepted
IL Is due to Koch. however, that a
general warfare has been instituted
against the white plague" 1t is due
to him.very largely. that the world
has come to believe that tuberculosis
can be cured. or better still, prevent
ed, and this gives some. foundation
for the hope that the disease will some
day be conquered The labors OF Or,
Koch are not in vain. To him more
than TO any other individual is due the
present crusade against the great
white plague, for he firmly believed
that II can be cured. and on that be-
lief the crusade Is carried on.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-02
A GOOD COOK AT 100.
Cape Charles Correspondence. Balti-
more Sun.

Cape Charles Correspondence. Balti-
more sun.
Few women In the country possess
the strikngly remarkable qualities OF
Miss Nancy Kelly. the Oldest woman
on the eastern shore OF Virginia. who,
only few days ago on the occasion Of
her Tooth birthday. prepared with her
own hands sumptuous dinner for "a
number OF her friends ana relatives,
who came 20 her home on Hog Island
TO spend the day with her According
TO the most authentic records Miss
Kelly was born 100 years ago, May IA.
on Hog Island. where her parents have
since died. Since the death OF her
brothers, she has been doing the house
keeping. doing the chores about her lit
tie home. tending" a small crop OF
corn each year-in fact living as up to
date as many Of her most prosperous
neighbors. Miss Kcllys memory is
good. her i've senses keen. She has
never been seriously ill, and has never
taken medicine OF any kind for sick
ness She can relate with precision
happenings of her early childhood. She
has never left Hog Island ON any oc-
casion, never attended a performance
Of any Kind, ana has never seen tr0i-
ley or steam car. She Us doubtless one
Of the most remarkable persons living
today, and IN all probability, will live
many years longer.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-02


Robert Koch was born the same year
that Louis Pasteur entered the univer-
sity. IL would be somewhat difficult go
gained the wider fame. Certain IL rs
great names In the science Of bacteri-
ology which, as applied to the conquest
OF human disease, has reVolutiOni1ed
modern medicine. In range Of achieve
ments, Koch WAS probably the greater
man Of the two His discovery OF the
germ Of tuberculosis would In Itself
constitute a service Of transccndent I'M
portance But In addition, he had
studied malaria, cholera, and newest
OF all to European knowledge, that
sleeping sickness which has been
threatening negro Africa almost with
depopulaton. Associated with his mama
Is one tragic disappointment which dc
tracts nothing from his reputation AZ
scientist or "a man. Every man ana
woman over thirty must recall tho
vast stirring that followed tho an
nounCement from Berlin OF the discuv-
cry OF a specific FOR tuberculosis.
Science and the millions OF afflicted
who looked to science for aid In their
afliction turned cXpectant eyes to-
wards the Prussian capital Pilgrim
ages were made. II was a vast upward
surge Of hope that failed Of realization.
But whether the dread white plague IS
TO be conquered by a sudden discovery
or by the slower hand-to-hand methods
which we are adopting today, Robert
Koch's share In the ultimate victory
will be unquestionable.