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STATES WEATHER BUREAU.

4or .afa sunday, June 70, 1910.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-04
WHERE INDIANS PROGRESs.
Tnesf success ~ Farmers on s"c'h
Dakota RPseryation.

Aberdeen rovrs spondsrrS Omaha Br'
The indians on he SIsas' on re~SrN q"
ton IN the northwestern portion % South
Dakota are making rapid progress % ''i'
lization This IL born" out by n" -'fe-
IT - Of Major y A Allen. the rr~"r' t'i'n
ax {, who says tha, while fully - 20 "n..
OF the reservation Indians are fri.I '''"'l-
a. per cent OF them have hecom" AR
ciilturists and have proved rh"T."''
thrifty and fairly successful Hs farmer
There are about :.O0o redskin- "n no
rr-erva alton which - ~ miles Tor; an1
20 miles sid" or this amount ~ ara
the Indians have been allotted ah"u' ""i"
hands Of the whites ,-
PROM thI. land the Indians TBS "sa
raised approx iamtely 100. OHo bushels e.
wheat $3.50 bushels of oats. 80 ~" rl-hes
Of corn and I,o"p bushels ~ "a =
fair held during thrre day. NJ 'c'op%
will compare fayorably With an Nn.'
man county fair In South DaA o'H "
Cl'Ihed in tho exhibits were nine'' "'nln,-.
Of small grain. forty Of corn AMI . =. ~,
number of Vegetables In afdi'l'n -
@heep. chickens and other produce % 'D'
farm -.
There arc thirteen churche~ -
reservation. tho Episropal. Pr"s''
and Catholic denominations prrd'i - s "a
During III" last two years i:5 - i ~.
are IN tho main Sirtuou., SELF re-, -
and show n remarkable A-ini'y !0E -.
ton. tho only drawback 10 their 11 -,
nienT. according to Major Allen. 10 % ~,
fondns~s for lipuor. which - TO- ~
supplied them 10y boofleRRers DE- g,
most strenuous efforts ~ The ''". "-r no
10 Keep the liquor dispensers o. ". 80 -
Z he Indians.
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os.aso VIA nis sno wnise fo.-s.
ME- Desys mrs. osc~ne Sno~n 10 'hs
Lonon puouc aoou, I'VE year. ago
~"sn her oct cfo~aeo tn~ "a'rtN Tor
o"s run Sno i've" INA son Is
savoy hotel and people "seu 10 noos 20
he hotei Tor dinner an" s"pp~r Use In
se' look NJ ner' mo walters " ~"
restaurant USED 70 uIa" the N''."r'
attention To ner' and many america so
sa~ ani-, oany on tne st@se 'i,a N't'.a
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Why Ito IsvSbtr,j


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- t'"'. SAID Mrs GrIg-rn. who v,s
i"""ini "'"r t's morning paper. hero. .
-'"I' 90 . ""nhh who "a~ robbed on q ~ rect
car ~ hf""i daylight and yet H.. thur
g"' h"aN un-u-p""tnd Mr GriY.op -,,,,
that b." had -""n m" tenn but thu, !, ,,,,
"Iih"r - typ"grnIhi"nI error or rl-.. IN. .,,,r,.
va. par" Inv "uiipn ''
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IOoA ~ ir" il..rn again /, 80
pIr-.. "pniaIn"I hundred dollars in cur
Yes
IL says iher" vas also a -ec.i-,ed b,u
Tor o.. hat. does - mott '
w.
Wen. n" woman With u nUrT rrl dollar.
n rash IN her possession eOrld Buy A 9,
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FUR Hunting - state.

h"' '"'r'-DrHd'' R"os'rf'r Post r rpfr.s
ihrg" number II men and bnv- ~ this
town nr" making ""n-id"rabl" money 'hi-
winter hunting and trapping Owing :,
IA" unusually high prize oT Tur1. several
young mon ~ this pllo. ar. making A b,,.t-
n"s. "t trapping
Ia" sir'nrn- and -wampS abound IN
wi'h an occasional mink skunk.
are rel "fi"d 10 IN" UNUSUALLY plentiful ftt.
N''ar good kIIIIN >kin VIII bring FROM,
. ." -. "hii. IL fnu-NrI' -kIn. Which -..,rrnI
ear dHp -1ld for - cents - nov worth
from ~ To- - cents
v,IIi" - number oi rD"u~ have been shot
bN local hunters i'fIy -suIrrPlS ara a..
F'nh'rg II" '"n" back. and rabbits arn .ntI
- h' uhu-uiLv plentiful IN tho vnrds
throughout ihi- vicinity hr Law t..r
mis- me ~ 20 h. hunird with f.rr.t.
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Deteetive Cronkite
Tries 10 Gall Back a
Fagitivs Memory

great storm and poor old Welles. tho
, former butler. had been sent away a.
incurahl- the dav before
Th,. chances were that h. would have
hidden that away A. he had everything
else thar attracted his mad fancy and
then she would never have seen IL again
Aud Kat" p.tted ths little knife fondly.
for ~ Was tho gift OF Edward Elson thu
lat gift. since for year or more ne had
I,.a,,n cold and reserved and they had thus
become estranGed
Mother cares no more for m" than
she does for Paul she Eighcd
DobbinE the new butler had already
made himself TO much Of fact otum
IN he old fashioned easy gong house nat
he now had no difficulty in having himself
sent To meet Judge Josiah MarCelhis
n the II at,on The lawyer tooa up th"
inquiry a. they drove back with charac-
teris'ic hrisknre.s
And do YOU really think. Abe h"
asked. that poor old GRAVY Welle- NAV
have been a jackdsw to he will
so much. si.. that | hav. arranged
with tn" cornry aui horiies for him I"
spend 'his very NIGH at IN" hou"e.
an"w"rad Ironar"
hut why 90 you thInk so
II. waG one Of IA" wiinsese,. to Ihe
will hs W.. 20 q. "ut Il his old inasie r
nat i'nrrrJii-.lv after Ralph Elson's
death ~ mental Insoundness became
acute Ga. ne otnar hsnd HAY" learned
thar h. had an equally - rong av-rsIon for
Mrs crolns'
Don grope. Abe
We'll all tna ,gerI ants IN he house agree
thA' after a waS knCwn that Mr. Flson
had made his' Will hi', sister showed in
tense CIirIC'itv about ItS content She
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who We he O, her wiz n,fsl, The even ,I,is.~-
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never been known TO 'ly Gail word 10
him Wha' more likely. then. than that
NrllCr NAV have conceived he mad no.
on thu n" wac going q alter or destroy
{ his viii and 20 have. hid " awav'"
Pure assumDIicn. Abe: how could ,
In tn. back 81 his silver drawer
found n little polished Key. sir " H. -hn;
duplicate KEY 10 tn" library SAT. there
has been such n poth her about
Even so. | don't az III see how
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wheu tronkItn wi'hou' further "N-
plansf ION Stunned 20 has pantry he took
from hi drawer y small silver handled
pockNi l,uif.. and polished ~ Then p'nc-
ing IL IN "A l'''l., 'rnv h" went along Tho hal
to tho donr II 49,. 'uu-i'. room and rapi..d
4 think rhr- 'ru.- h"!Dng 20 Y"rr MIS-
he said g." TN" pr,.'r. Young woman who
was playing "u rur plan"
why. 81 ,Dur-.. % da"-'- rrI"I kar.
Crpu-n Tn" rurrU,I- would tell Won
thar Bat haven -'"u o. for dav- and
days Wh"ra Gh vnu 70 -
1T wI- IN with M" silver when caru"
rDi--. -D-w-rrd rpnh.'". very much
tsrnI-h"I
-.,S1 mother mI.i htr. IIi r. thor"
on yn= r-'u"tnr"r I had u-'.d - a.
n marx ~ that po"k IA" found IN IN. sum
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'r.. r4tn mari. vOII. DoDiIn-
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The San Francisco call., 1910-07-16
GRAIN MARKET
Wheat and Other Grains


Wheat-Chicago and Liverpool were decidedly
higher and this market followed suit prl-
vate brokers wire from Chicago said
Much excitement has prevailed in the wheat
directions Europe included American north
western markets advancing rapidly early because
OF high temperatures and lack of rains. but re-
acting some realizing The selling here to-
day has been of the best class, leading longs
taking handsome profits and waiting for the mar
ket TO lose some of the hysterical features that
have been in evidence today. Buyers have been
of the eleventh hour sort in a larger proportion
than usual. Many shorts have been forced TO
cover 1t has been the day for the extremist :"
Wheat continues to advance here in sympathy
with northern, Chicago and Liverpool markets
1t is selling up north for more than it will
bring here.
CASH WHEAT
California club. 81 1.55G1 90: Sonora. 81. .659
club, 81 55@ ;571a; Russian red. Sl.55; turkey
red, $1-60@1.65; bluestem $165@1-70.
FUTURES
10 a. m. Session
No quotations.
Barey-Prices advanced again yesterday and
the December option also higher. Receipts
were 1870 ctls.
No. feed, $40 y 1.10; of grades. 81. .O2i2 q
and shipping grades, s1.11ls al. 1219 per ctl-
FUTURES
10 a. IN. Session
december SPf5 slsa siis sif4ss LfT fis. GlGfs
p. m. Session
Oats-Reds were higher again yesterday
Red. $l-25g I.SIla; black, nominal; gray, nom-
inal; white, S1.65.
Corn-western states yellow, in bulk. San
Francisco track, $1.5712@1 .60; white S1.6o9
l:e21a; mixed s.. 5g1 -571s; sacked prices. 715c
higher; white Egyptian. Sl-50@1.55; brown do.
Rye-s1,55@1.7o per .ctL
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-16
Foreign Futures
CHICAGO BOARD of TRADE
Future Grain and Provisions


CHICAGO. July 15.-Record high prices OF the
season were made today for wheat. Buying was
so eager as TO be almost hysterical, much more
of it than usual being apparently OF eleventh
nour sort. The close was strong within 4 a &c
Of the top figures of the day. Staggering esti-
mates of crop damage from heat and drouth in
the American northwest and in southeastern Eu-
rope were the incentives Compared with last
Sc: corn. rs @14c; oats. H@%c- Another
wrench upward was given to July pork, 2715e.
All else in hog products finished 2l3917l5c
1t was a day for the extremists One crop
expert put the total wheat yield Of the Dakotss
and Minnesota at only 125, ,OOOO 900 bushels for
this year. with further deterioration certain un-
less conditions speedily improved Worlds ship
bushels, against S.212, 600 last year Sharp ad-
Tanees in foreign markets, particularly at Liver
pool, attracted widespread attention. The real
focus, however. Winnipeg. where the tenn
perature 100 in the shade. with rain in
the forecast and the rise in prices greater than
anywhere in this country or across the Atlantic.
Trade in Chicago was on a huge scale, and the
pit was in tumult hour after hour without ceas-
ing There was free realizing OF proit by longs.
but the market developed extraordinary recuper-
ative powers September ranged from $10513 10
s1.0T& and closed rs @2Ssc up at S1.0IG1.UIls
Corn was helped by the wheat bulge and by in
creased shortage of fodder in the northwest
September iuctuated between 603sc and size.
closing 1sc net higher at 60%.c The cash market
was also firm. No yellow closed at 50 q O.
GA 15c.
Shorts covered freely in oats. Winnipeg has
advanced Zoe in three days September reached
high and low limits 39Tsc and SS7s d39c. with
last sales 5se up at 391a @395sc.
Except for July pork, which continued to ad-
vance. there no trade worth mentioning in
provisions. On the option named the highest
prices of the day enforced at the close,
S25.6712.
The leading futures ranged as follows.
Articles open. High. Low. Close
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-16
Oil, Mining and Local Stocks
Continue Quiet, Without Feature

operations are conducted with caution pending
clearer views of the crop outcome.
Trade as whole is claimed to be equal TO or
IN excess or last year at this period, bur, ex-
, cept where hot weather demands or clearance
safes have resulted in broken stocks, shipments
OF goods are light. Collections are generally
| cassed as fair to slow.
increased moisture in the northwest has led
70 a more optimistic feeling to spring wheat
which tended to dispel Of the crop scare
TAX current for some weeks in that section
encourage some fall buying and restrict cancel
lauons, though much damage is conceded done
IN the southwest the results of the winter
wheat harvest and satisfactory progress by corn
trade. though immediate demand has not picked
up materially.
In the south trade is quiet At the largest
eastern markets the trade is still largely of the
waiting character Curtailment is largely in
evidence III the iron and steel. cotton, woolen,
coal, lumber and coke trades. The labor situa-
lion IS disturbed. owing to strikes of clothing
makers at New York and threats of strikes for
higher wages on the Pennsylvania system east
and west.
Business failures in the United States for the
week ending July IA were 202, against Isl last
week. 206 in the same week of 1902 25S in
1905. III in 1907 and 1SS in 1906.
BUSINESS failures in Canada for the week
number 24 which compares with 16 last week
and 70 in the same week of 1909.
I w heat tincluding four exports from the
United States and Canada for the week ending
July IA aggregate 1.190. 24S bushels. against
lot', 10 last week and 1,46S, 106 this week last
year.
Corn exports for the week are %. T57 bushels,
against 190O72 last week and 100,113 in 1909.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-16
Loans, Exchange and Silver
STOCK MARKET

The only change of note in local securities
yesterday a decline in Associated on to
S4562l2. Business very quiet. Stocks ex
dividend We're California fruit Gamers asso-
citation, 6oc; Philippine T. & T. corporation,
Is 1-3c
California wine association stock ex rights
to subscribe to the issue of preferred stock.
The mining stocks continued quiet The Com
stocks were unchanged and the only noteworthy
variation in the southern Nevadas was decline
in Goldfeld Con. from $3.50 to $3.50. Giroux
Con. advanced from $6.621a TO 81.
For the month of June a total of $500 pounds
of bullion and Al tons of concentrates were ship
ped from the Tonopah Extension companJs MILL
returning about $4,000 gross, leaving net
profit for the month Of between $lS,0G0 and S2o-
900. The present run of the mill averages about
l20 tons per day, but lit is planned TO raise this
in the near future TO 135 tons. The average
value of the ore being treated is between $14
and SIS ton.
The Tecopa Consolidated mine shipped 116 80
ton carloads of ore during the month of June,
the estimated value of the ore being SIC per ton.
giving gross value of S92, 500 for the months
output The values are III lead. iron gold and
silver Seventy cars were shipped TO the Amer
lean smelling and refining company at Salt Lake
and 46 cars were sent to the smelter at Needles.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-16
OIL STOCKS

Inc oil stocks continued dull and uninter-
esting Yesterday. Associated was lower at
sa9.9o and Claremont at SIPS. Palmer was
at $ s. 27o@5 So 2 Clio and Marieoga So higher
The following stocks were ex dividend: Home
stake 10c and Alma &c.
The Palmer No. i well is reported doing
] 400 barrels and the No. 2 well 7,o1s barrels
per day. giving total production of S.41S
200 feet and No. ; 5ss feet. 80 iSe'' No.
The New PENNSYLVANIA well has been nut on
the pump and is producing 200 barrels per day,
with strong gas pressure and indications of
turning out good well.
The Twenty-Five Hill oil company is erecting
tion a5. ~ 80 p'0is''S ioca'ed IN sec
orl Blue !, Moon No is reported to have shot oil
some work was being done on the casing The
gpsher lasted only few minutes and was prob
aDly caused by the disturbance of a gas pocket
The Maricopa Natioual has again sanded up
after al the break which occurred yesterday and
can be made with the Producers transportation
agency for the carrying away Of the oil. The
we'll broke away from control when oil sand
was reached at 1.200 feet and the oil spurted
over the top of the derrick No oil was lost
however. as IL was all caught in sump and
The Pacific States, Spills, is making i35
barrels day steady. by measurement, and the
John McClurg. general manager of the Coin
oil company, section 4-S1-22 in the north Mid
reports more than 100 feet of oil on top of at the
water column which extends more than 5000
rect IN the hole.
Santa Barbara people have organized the Hill
Crest oil company to drill on section 2S-3 %
on the south slope Of the Elk hills in the Mid
way field. The company Is incorporated for
S500.000 and the officers and directors who are
largely interested in the Bear Creek oil COM
pany which has valuable holdings in the north
end of Midway, are as follows President Will
liam Smith, vice president. d. F. Hunt secre-
tary. j. L. Hurlbut: directors-R W. Erland
5. G. Pinkham Peter Poole and J. r. Dugan
The big Standard gasser section 26. which
has been spcutne gas at the rate of |. coo. 600
cubic feet per day since the heavy belt was
struck some time ago. caused a spectacular
display by catching fire and burning for seven
days before being quenched. Since that time
all efforts to cap the gasser have been in vain.
Tuesday night. while endeavoring to connect
the casing, the gasser suddenly tore loose and
blew high into the air the derrick and 10
men, who were standing at the bottom of the
rig. together with length of 151a Inch
casing which had been securely cemented In.
A piece of the cement. nearly 10 feet in length
and several feet in width was pulled out with
the casing and buried into the air. Several
lengths of six inch casing were also blown out
The men fell to the ground bruised and bleed
ing, where they lay, unconscious and
others in semlconscous condition. until Super
intendent Evans arrived In the Standard auto
and four of the most seriously injured men were
taken to town to the Midway hospital Henry
Schlechten. the foreman was badly cut about
the head and had one leg broken.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-16
weekly Trade Review

NEW YORK. July 15--R. G. Dun & Co s
weekly review tomorrow will say:
Business in all its branches waits on the
outcome OF the years crop. In the meantime the
leading industries are experiencing Something
more than the customary midsummer duIlness,
and curtailment of production and price conces-
sions continue
There is an improved demand in footwear.
The hot weather has helped the distribution of
merchandise in lines and retarded il in
others. Retail trade is much better than whole
sale trade. which has been largely demoraiized
by the price situation. This indicates fair
consumption of merchandise, making for sound
conditions al the bottom.
with the advent of fall a great awakening of
interest ls looked for in iron and steel. Pro-
duction of pig iron continues at good rate but
uncertainty as to prices is deterrent influence
and accumulated stocks have a depressing effect
Adyices from the Pittsburg district indicate that
the railroads are IN somewhat urgent need of
equipment, and they are expected TO enter the
market as active buyers before long. In most
directions the structural trade gives promise of a
good future business.
Iron bars fairly active and prices are not
firm, but steel bars continue in good demand
slightly improved and there has been some con
tracing for the last half at advance of 1oc
TO 15c over quotations for spot coke.
Dry goods buyers coming to the markets
more freely. and many viii attend the semi
annual meeting of the wholesalers association
High cost cotton and low priced goods still
force a material curtailment of productions
Some export trade was booked for China and Red
sea delivery at values based on y cent cotton
and miscellaneous export trade holds steady
The opening of mems wear lines for spring is
under way, and the leading producers will show
their styles next week.
The strike of garment workers impedes dress
goods deliveries TO cutters. There IS better
tone in silk markets. where spring orders for
foulards are already being placed by southern
jobbers and where the cutters are berinnino 10
order satins for fall more freely.
"A fun quota of buyers are now in the Boston
market and many of them have contributed to
fall orders.
Low prices were accepted on late sales.
Leather continues generally steady
Bradstreets tomorrow Will say.
Quiet still characterzes most lines Of trade
and industry, with operations limited by vaca-
tfons and summer sbutdowns. The first of tbe
fall. buyers are in the leading markets. but The