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Comstock Mining Shares Lower
Local Stocks Are Fairly Active

closing bid. 211 per cent; offered at 2t per cent.
Time loans, very soft and rather dull; so lays,
3l2@3z4 per cent; 80 days, 324 per cents~six
months per cent.
Prime mercantile paper, Az as per cent.
Sterling exchange. steady. with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at 81. .S375@4. 1888 for 60
day bills and at 81 $500 for demand.
Commercial bills, s4.s3A d4s3$4.
Bar silver. 81 &c.
Mexican dollars, 44c.
Government bonds, steady; railroad bonds, ir-
regular
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Hides. TsIIow. wool and Hon.

Hides-CulIs and brands sell about 5a0Ic un-
der quotations. Heavy salted steers. 13c: me-
dtum, II 1ac; light, lie; cOwbides, lie for
heavy, lie for light stays. She; salted kip
lie salted veal, lie; Salted calf 17c dry hides
1912 q zoe; dry kip. 1Sc; dry calf. 2Sd24c: ary
veal. 24c; sheepskins, shearlings 2004Oc each;
short WOOL 501 soc; medium 90c0S1. 10. LONG
wool $1.25@1-T5 lambs. 256L IJc; horse hides
salt S2-25d3 for large and 81 5Om2 for
medium. 75cMSl for small and 25dJOe for colts /.
horsehides, dry. S2M2-25 for large and 81 250t2
for medium. 50cMS1 fOT small and 2jei soc
for colts; goatskins prime angora. 5gHglr
large hair goats, 2jG40c; medium. 2u9s5oc .
SMALL 5Gq 15c.
TalIow-No- rendered, 5@5lsc; No. =. 81 1e
&c: grease. 2d3c.
Wool-Fall clip; Northern, free m0untaiu. IT
q BE; Humboldt and MendocinO, 13@ 1Jc, s0tiih-
ern. more or less defective, 7ls@S1-c, fsIt
lambs. SG10c for southern and 12G l5c tor
northern.
Oregons. 21022c per lh.
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Ment Market


Mutton and pork rule firm at the advance
DRESSED MEATS
Slaughterers rates to dealers aud butchers are
as follows
Beef-71a @siac Per lb for steers, 7@719c for
VeaiEe@11c for large and 1o@11c for small.
Mutton wethers, 10@11c; ewes, 9@1oc per
pound.
Lamb-12h M1s12c per lb.
Dressed Pork lper lbl-12@l3c for light and
1061lc for heavy.
LIVESTOCK MARKET
The following quotations for good sound
livestock delivered in San Francisco, gross
weight
No / fat steers. over 900 lbs. alive. 565Ac
per lb: under 300 lbs 4%e; second quality, Az
@4s4c; third quality, 3A @4c;
y no ssss ahq third quality sae
thin. undesirable cows. %. G3c
Fat bulls and stays. 2i4@21ac; half fat or
thin bulls, I1a a@2c.
Calves Light weight. per lb. 5la@5Mc; me
dum, 5M5Hc; heavy. 4G412c.
sheep tper ibo-wethers, No. /. 51a@6c;
Lamb 1per Ib, This years milk lambs &c:
to 40 lbs. ss4c; 14O to 250 lbs. &c; 25o to $50
lbs, Sac; common. undesirable hogs, o06e.
Butter, Cheese and Eggs
Conditions In the egg market still un-
settled Yesterday and instead of everyone being
amply supplied as on the preceding day. one
large concern. which was reported TO be nilins
change and in the street. Business on the
exchange sent the price of extras up to SIC
again and ir~ts were 1e higher at SOC a
dozen First basd dealers are only purchasing
freely when they are obliged to aud when
they do hap peeu to need supplies they bid the
nrice mn 10 get them. while the market seems
TO sag of its weight when there is no
one b,yine The recent alternate declines aud
advances furnish good exposition of the
general situation.
There was no change IN the quotations for
butter or cheese. the market being steady TO
frm for both, with stocks moving off freely
in the street though there trading
under the call on the exchange.
Sales on the exchange were confined TO eggs.
30 eases of extras selling at 32c and 10 cases
of firsts going at 3Qc dozen.
Receipts were 46. 500 pounds of butter II 900
mounds OF cheese and 1 27I cases of eggs.
The following arc the official quotations estab-
lished Yesterday ana gu .he lnIee pfeceqlng DAYS
the street. while governed by the exchange quo
tatlons, generally range from 112c to &c higher,
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Hay and Feedstuffs

Several dealers reported more steadlnesS in
hay yesterday at unchanged prices Feedstufs
stood the same.
Bran-s2TG2s for red and s2s@29 per ton for
white.
Middlings-S3 -S34W36 per ton.
Shorts-S29G3O per ton.
Feedstuffs- Rolled barley. S29d30: rolled oats
for feed $35M36; mixed feed. S2Sd33 for aver
age lots; oileake meal -: cocoanut cake or
meal at mills. S25 in 20 and 10 and SIS 30 in
5 ton lots; jobbing. $26: corn meal. S3SG39;
cracked corn. S3Sd39: alfalfa meal, carload lots.
$40: iobbing. s21 red star alfalfa meal, $50 in
carload lots and $21 for jobbing; Caproco oileake
meal. $f6 so per ton.
Hay-wheat. S14@1S so: wheat and oat S12
a 10: tame oet, s126116 volunteer wild oat $9a
IS: alfalfa. S9M12; stock hay, S719 per ton
Straw-50G zoe per bale
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New York Grain Market

NEW YORK Feb. Flour-Dul with
prices barely steady. Receipts 80 400 barrels
shipments $50 barrels.
Wheat-Spot weak; No red s1.3I nominal
elevator domestic and nominal f. o. h. afioat
No. l northern Duluth and No. hard winter.
S12412 f. o. b. afoat nominal. Option market
quiet but prices easier lower cables, larger
receipts, easier cash mai fkets and reports that
demand for -four was poor. and that some of the
mills would probably close down. At the close
prices were 5sc net lower. May closed $1.1S.
Juy Sl.0S5s. Receipts, $4,000 bushels; ship
ments none
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Poultry and Game

Poultry handlers continued to report firm
and active market yesterday. All descriptions
of live stock in good demand. and with
offerings limited to small consignments from
state shipping points. prices were maintained
without difficulty. Twenty-Five cases of dressed
turkeys. seven OF which were for retail firms.
came in. The demand in the wholesale mar
ket was limited. and prices We're barely steady.
There were no changes in game.
Poultry (per dozen)-Hens. $5G6 for small.
sI67.50 for large and ssG10 for extra: young
ROSTERS S76S: do extra large, SS50fD1O; old
ROSTERS s565.5o: fryers. $6GtT; broilers. S5@
$50 for large and $3.5O@4 for small ducks.
nominal: pigeons, Si.50; squads. $SG4; geese.
50. SOFAS per pair; dressed turkeys, 23@27c
per 10.
Game (per dozen)-MsIlard ducks. S51T; can
yasbaeks Sem7. so; sprig. S4n5; teal 50. .50G3; !;
widgeon. $2.50@S; spoonbills, $2@2. 80; black
jacks, s25o@3; gray ducks, S3@3.50; gray
S3d4; honkers $6@9; mare, S1.7502; rabbits,
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Northern Business

TACOMA, Feb. 2.-Clearings 81 13o, 0S1; bal
ances Sl54 532
PORTLAND Feb 2-Clearings 1902, $50;
balances. $3.50. ESQ.
SEATTLE. Feb. 2.--Clearings, sl.648.O4o; bal
ances. $230. .093.
SPOKANE Feb 2-Clearings s775,94o; bal
ances Sl57, ,U74
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Foreign Futures
Northern Wheat Market

~, I,ohILAND, Feb. 2.--wheat: Track prices
Iiup. - .u6; buestem. $1.o6: red Russian. 81 04
turkey red sLos: forty-foid 81 0s; valley, $1.o6.
WASHINGTON
,e IA,9SiA, Feb. Wheat -Bluestem, 81. 15d
81, 81; ,1yrI eri1' i-po; red Russian, $1o4
,roa Blnestem, Sl14; club Sill; Fife II
neu ns' RUSSIAN; Sl.o9 Export Bluestem Will.
1 car. -
.. Aesterday's receipts: Wheat, 1s cars; oats,
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Minneapoli. Grain .and Produce

MINNEAPOLIS Feb. 2. Wheat May.
81 10l.; July .S1G9A a .09S. Casino. l hard,
T.1s4 ,12s.; No. l northern Duluth, Silly !;
No. g. 81. "A 01.o9It
Corn-No. 3 yellow. 5Ssi d5s&c.
Oats-No. 9 white. 449s 6i447sc.
Rye--No. 2. 75}4 m7714c.
Flax-Closed at So 16.
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Cheese-California fancy fats. 1S4ac per ID.
firm; do hrsts, 17c, firm; do seconds, 16c, arm;
fancy Young Americas. 20c. steady; do hrsts,
1sc, steady; fancy Oregon Young Americas. zoe.
firm do fats. 1s1ac, firm; California fancy stor-
sosge s aa' Young @ @spepca nf dS Se nrs Arm ew YaP
singles, 1915c firm: do daisies, 1870, firm;
Wisconsin singles, IS1ac, firm.
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Reanx and seeds

Beans tper etll-Bayos, Sc. 2oG :, S5; pea, nom
iuaI small white S475; large white S3 25a
3 So pink. 81 SOFAS. so; red, S6@6.5o; blsckeye,
saga 10; lima. 81. o5@4. 10; red kidneys. S59
5.25: cranberry beans. S440M4.50; GarVanZaS,
81. 50@3; horse beans, $1.75G2
Seeds-Brown mustard. 41Sc; yellow mustard.
SIC: haxseed. &c. carload lots; canary, 32t q &c;
alfalfa, 1872 61Tc; rape, 292S4c; imported rape,
4G 41ac; timothy, &c; hemp, S1s @4c; millet, &c
Dried Peas-Green. So per ctI.
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New york Produce

NEW YORK. Feb 2---Hops-Steady.
Hides-SteGtly-
PetrOleum-Steady-
WOOl-Steady.
Sugsr-Raw hrm- muScovsdO ~ test, - 81 i.c,
centrifugal. 90 test. l. IL lac- molaSseS sugar -
test. :. 421ac: refined. quiet.
Coffee-FutuTes closed dull. net. unchanged re
points higher Sales reported of 2.-o1
bags. Including September at T.1Oc and December
at I-05c- The worlds visible supply of coffee de-
creased 9f4.244 bags for the month Of January
compared with decrease of :SS. 1913 for the
mouths. last wear The worlds visible sGprIc
for September I i, 7sij, 029 bags. compared
with l5341 4S9 last year Spot COffes-QUiet
No. : Rio, s9s Gsa4c; No Santos. 9dei. .c,
mild quiet; Cordova, 9d1115c-
Butter-Steady. Western factory. 25G24tac;
western creamery imitation. 25d26c.
CheeSe-Firm. unchanged.
Eggs-EaSy; western frsts, 81 1rc.
DRIED FRUITS
EvapOrsted Apples-Easy. Spot. fancy, 1012 q
lie; choice, 9@9l5c; prime. 606&ac, common 70
fair 6Q61ac.
Prunes-Ffrm. California. pa GsAe: oregon
6d9c
Raisins- Steady. Loose muscsteI. 405&sc
choice TO fancy seeded. 56l65sc; seedless Sl3 "a
4%c; London layers. 81. 15@1.25
Apricots-STeady. Choice. 1114 Q11& nc: extra
choice, 1113@12Ae: fancy, 12A 913Ec.
Peaches-Firm- Choice. So ale; extra choice
11ae; fancy, 7% 6Sc-
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Deciduou. and citrus Fruits

The cold north wind continued TO operate
against the market for fresh fruits yesterday.
but sellers were not trying TO urge sales. every
one being satisfied that there would be i'm
provement in business until the weather mod
Grated. Mandarin oranges were quoted at a
lower range. there being nothing the mar
ket that could command the previous high
quotation of S2.25 box. Fancy lemons were
weak and lower liberal supplies, and Mex
lean lines, too, We're easier There nothing
in navel oranges apples tropical fruits.
Apples (per box)-Fancy bellhowers, 81 ESQ
1. so; Newtown pippins, 81 25d al 80: do red
81 .50G1. 75; common 10 choice. 65cGS1.
Citrus Fruits tper box)-Navel oranges. 81 p
az so for fancy and 81 .50d2 for choice; frosted
75c@$1: tangerines, S1.2562 per box; manda-
rims 81. 1.7542: grapefruit, $2-50G3 for seedless
and S1.50M2 for common; lemons, $3G3.50 for
fancy. S2@2-50 for choice and S1G125 for
standard lines. $+G4.50-
Tropical Frults-BananaS. 75cGS1. % per
bunch for Hawaiian and s.. 5O@3 for Central
American; pIneappIes. S2@2. so per dozen.
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SUMMARY OF
THE MARKETS

Wall street stocks and coppers
lower.
Spot and future cotton higher.
Cornstock mining stocks weaken.
Fair trade in local securities.
HOngkOnS and New York ex-
change lower.
Silver advances slightly.
Wheat unchanged. Barley and
oats steady.
Hay shows more tone.
Beans and feedstuffs unchanged.
Live and dressed meats as be-
fore.
Eggs higher. Butter and cheese
unchanged.
No change In potatoes or onions.
Cold weather against fruits.
Poultry Arm and active.
No changes In game.
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Dried Fruits. Rai.ins. Nuts and Honey

Fruits -Evsporsted apples. 71sQec; spricots.
919 a12c: moorpark. 12@1Sc; peaches, 5@Ic;
prunes. 2s4 Q3c, with s4Q1c premium for 4Os
hgs, 4@41sc; pears, 6@10c; nectarines. 546c.
Raisins-Layers, cIusters-6 crown, $50; 5
ordinary layers, crown, 95c; : crown 90c
seedless sultanas, 21a G4c; Thompson's seedless
3I03nc for unbleached and 7d715c for
bleached; loose muscatel. crown. 4e; crown,
312c; crown, Sc; seedless, 21sc.
Nuts-Almonds, nonpsreils, 1412 Q15c; iXI4
gle; languedocs, 109101sc; hardshell. 615G9
&c; walnuts. 1sc per ID for No. l softshells
chestnuts s1s @1Oc; peanuts, Az G5c; pine nuts,
1s420 per Ib.
Honey-Comb. 14015c for water white and 10
d12c per III for light amber; dark amber. 1GSe
extracted, 712e for water white and 51S G612c
for light amber; candled and dark amber, "a
4l2c per ID.
Bseswax271a 9sOc per lb for light and 2s@
26c for dark.
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General nerchandire

Bags-e;rain bags. 51a @5Ac spot and 5M0
5a4 future san Quentin bags. Hc; wool bags
22c for 31a ID and 35c for ID; fleece twiue. Sc
per H.
Pennsylvania anthracite egg SIG per
tom Wellington, sl2; New Wellington, s12; Csos
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Portland Rntter Market
Potatoes, Onions and Vegetables

PORTLAND, Feb --Butter-Country cream
cry. extras, 37@39c; fancy outside creamery, "a
036c; store, 20G24c.
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LOCAL MARKETS
Receipt. of Produee Fehruarx >
Provisions

Cottolene-One half bill, 1870: half bbls.
15c; / tieree, 125sc; 2 tierces, 12sac; tierces,
125sc.
Hams and Bacon-The Western meat company
quotes follows: Hams 1T1a aM1Sc; picnic
hams, 1S1ac; California hams, 16G17e; fancy
bacon, to S lbs, 23iac: TO 10 lbs, II Ac; 10
to Il lbs, 211sc; light dry salt bacon, to 10
lbs. 19c 10 to IL lbs; 1s15c; medium bacon,
171ac; light medium bacon. fIl2c.
Lard-Terces, 15&c, SOS 16c, los 1870, as
16sc IS 1870; compound lard, tierces lis, SOS
11Ac. los 11Ae, IS 11Me IS 12c; yellow cook
ing oil, &c per gal; white cooking OIL 6ec per
gall salad oil, lie per gal.
Beef-Local prices are quoted Export lots,
inspected by the government, are 81 per bbl
higher. Extra family beef. St2 per Dbl; family
beef. siI.5o per bbl; extra mess beef, Si1.50 per
bbl; loked beef. Ice per Id.
Pork-Extra prime, in barrels, S2T5O: clear
$30 mess. $50; pig pork, $3.50; pigs feet,
$3.50 for half bbls, 40 for 25 Id kegs and
81 35 for kits.
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New York Curb stocks
Roston Copper StocI,N

BOSTON, Feb 2 Interest IN tho Boston
market centered on three stocks Franklin.
Arizona Commercial and North Butte Traders
and some good selling broke North Butte from
40 and il looks like lower prices Bnlish re-
ports on Arizona Commercial and Franklin ad-
Tanced these issues. The general list was very
dull with selling tendency The lake cop
pers should rally sharply when the market turns
as the buying has been good.
The following list is furnished by +. f. Hut
ton & Co, $50 California street San Francisco:
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SALES
IA III
LIZA q M
Mining Stocks

SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE
Following were the sales on the San francisco
stock and exchange board yesterday:
COMSTOCKS
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Chicago Dairy Produce Market

CHICAGO. Feb 2.-Butter-Steady. Cream
cries. 25GSOc: dairies. 24629c.
Eggs-Easy at mark. cases Included 20ts n
2613c; hrsts. 25c: prime hrsts 2ec-
Cheess-Steady. Daisies, 1Td171te; twins,
16@17c; Young Americas, 1914 d16&cs long
horns, 161a aQ16ste.
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COPPFRS HURT BY
DECLINE IN LONDON
Unsatisfactory Reports of Trade
Position of Metal Help IO-
bOgganing Process
Fiske and Robinson Failure
Calls Attention to SIOwness
of Bond Market
Ner York stock List

T. Hutton d Co. 49O California street,
members Of she New York stock exchange fur
nisa ihe following list Of bond and stock sales
yesterday;
S-Is~ ST0CKS 1BigbI Low Bid ASK
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Condition of the Trea.ur,

WASHINGTON, Feb. The condition Of the
treasury at the beginning OF business today was
as follows; Trust funds--Gold coin $3.50. .314
1890. So Ss4. 900; silver certificates outstanding
s4S4 500. 600. General fund-Standard silver dol
lars In general fund. $6.345 .S12. current liabli
ties xios 53e. .5s2: working balance in treasury
Offices. $23 s.648; in banks to credit of treas
urer of the United States. S35. .4es 1873; suhsid-
isry silver coin. S1a $50 I53: minor coin 81 IT9
29s; total balance in general fund. Ssl 07o, OPS
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London Closing stocks

MONEYS. az per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market for
short bills is e-16G2as per cent and for three
months bills 2 9-I6M2% per cent.
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Los Angeles Markets
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

Los ANGELES. Feb. 2-with falling on IN
receipts bidding for butter brisk today q
though prices were unchanged
Egg receipts we're 226 cases. All brands or
eggs firm.
Receipts Of produce in Los Angeles TO-DAY
were: Eggs 22S cases. butter Il. S2S pounds
cheese 6.3fT pounds. potatoes /, So sacks. beans
S02 sacks sweet potatoes 12I sacks. apples 4o0
boxes.
Eggs-Extrs select, Bic; local ranch csndied
6rsts. 29c; count. 2Tc: storage packed eN-
tras. 2Sc; storage packed seconds. 24c.
Butter-Creamery extra. THE; creamery frsf.
671sc; eastern creamery extras, 6715c; cooking
butter. 26c.
Cheese Northern fresh. Zoe eastern singles
19d2Oc; eastern twins 20d21c: eastern ehed-
dars. 20n2lc: eastern longhorn. 21c; eastern
daisy, 20d2lc; swiss imported, Soc; swiss d.
nestle BE; brick cream. 20c; Hmburger. 20O
21c: imported Edam, $s09. ease OF Il: Oregon.
daisy. 21e'
Beans-No. I pink, So. 25a5.50; No. Iima>
81. .40d450; Lady Washington. S4.25Gl4 50;
small whites. s.. 406i $50; blsckeyss s4.T5 Car
vanzas. $50; leutils. 81
Potatoes Salinas. 81 65Ui.75; Highlands
81. 15ff 1.50: Lempoc. 81. 650 I. 10 Watsonville
81 500 I65. Oregon $500 SD sweet potatoe~
S2.59: Oregon early rose. 50; white rose, $40
q 100.
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New York Metal MARKET

NEW YORK. Feb. 2--The market for stan.l
ard copper the New York metal exchange was
weak today. with spot and February closing 81
130t f3. 20c: March and April at i301S- I1tsr.
The London market was lower. with spot closing
at ESQ lbs oil and futures at ESQ It's Local
dealers quote lake copper at ~. 621 "a 13 81 tsc.
electrolytic at 1S.S7ia q 13.621ac and casting at
IS 12Ia n 13. .50c. Arrivals Of copper at this port
customs returns. 1,57S tons.
Tin was easy. with spot quoted at 81 500
- 7ac: February. March. April and May af
80 30GS2- s0c. The London market was lower
with spot closing at El47 los and futures az
f149 Is Cd.
4.7212c. New York: 4.55G 4. 6oc East St Louis
The London market was higher at ELS Is 3D.
Spelter was weak. with spot quoted at S90M
g. zoe New York. and at 5.6505. 75c East 81
Louis The London market was unchanged Al
EDS 5s-
The English iron market was lower at Sis Sd
for Cleveland warrants. Locally no change
reported No. | foundry northern, SIS. 50fd19.
No . SIS. .256r 1913: Ne. / southern and No 1
southern soft. S1S.5O019
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Loans. Exchange and silver

New York sight drafts lower. Hong
kong exchange continued TO decline. Silver
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New York Money Market

NEW YORK. Feb Money on call en- y at
21s @2A per cent; ruling rate. Pa per cent, ,
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MIsCELLANEoUs MARKETS
Cotton Market

NEW 1ORk. Feb 2.-Hutton's wire saws
The cotton market was quiet. but very frm
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DistilIers - . - 10 Steel ID rs los
Erie prior lien 4s. 81 Va Car Chem IS. rs
Do gen 4 .... 76 Wabash lst IS III /
DO cv Is, ser A 7T12 Do 1st & ext Is. ~
DO cv Is, ser b 7G34 Western Nd Is. 81
Gen Elect cv 5s l45 y Westing El cv IS. 81
III Cen lst ref * 40 Wis Central IS. 94I.
Nnrl- lTfnsn.r Stnofr.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-01-08
After the Publishers.

That the government is still determin-
ed to make some publishers adopt bust
ness methods whether they wish or not
is shown by the following from the
Marysville (Kansas) Advocate Demo-
crat.
"The government is now sending out
inspectors to examine the subscription
books of the country newspapers with Il
view of getting all subscription lists on
paid in advance basis. With weekly
papers, subscribers must be paid up
within year of the date Of inspection.
The Clinton, Illinois, Advertiser tells of
the appearance of an inspector by the
name of H. c. Strolin, who isnow work
ing i'll that vicinity. The order was or
iginally made to shut out the papers is
sued by the mail order houses, which
had no regular list, but it seems that it
is enforced rigidly among the weekly
papers of the country. The govern
ment, realizing that such ruling would
work hardship among country publish
ers, has been very lenient so far; in or
der to give them a chance to adapt
themselves to the rule, but as two years
have gone by since the order was made,
the Department evidently thinks that
enough time has been given and they
will strictly enforce the rule from now
on"
The CHRONICLE readers, we hope, will
not become 80 delinquent as to let US get
into trouble over this.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1910-01-08
Loss From Forest FIRES Small.

In this district, including Colorado,
Southern and Eastern Wyoming, South
Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska, 239 fires
were extiuguished within the National
Forests during the last fire season, with
loss to timber of only $4,000.
Any one of these fires, If it had been
allowed to run unchecked and burn it.
self out, which is usually the case on
tracts where there is no patrol, would
have caused loss many times the value
of the timber burned. Private timber
land owners, particularly those in the
far Northwest, as well as Uncle Sam on
the National Forests, have alike proven
this season that the patrol is the one
sure means of combating forest fires,
which foresters say are the worst enemy
of the forest.
The estimated value d. timber within
the National Forests II THE District is
500, 100000. The loss from fire during
the past season, therefore, represents
approximately 3-10OOth of per cent of
the total value. Railroads have been
the worst offenders in the setting of
fires, SO out of the 233 being ascribed to
them. "a were set by campers, and %
by lightning. Sawmills set 5, and l3
we're caused by the spreading Of fires
kindled for the purpose of burning
brush. Only are reported to have
been of incendiary origin.
There are 1859, 1873 acres of National
Forest land within this District. Within
this vast territory there has been but
one fire during the year that gained
enough headway to become at all seri-
Gus. This was the fire in the Black
Hills, in South Dakota, which occurred
in October, and which was responsible
for two-thirds of the total loss in the
District. Many of the other fires would
no doubt have been serious if they had
not been extinguished promptly. Con-
sidering the large acreage patroled, and
the amount of timber involved, the loss
has been exceptionally low, and the fig
ures given are an excellent illustration
of the value of organized patrol of Tim
Der land.