Devils Lake inter-ocean., 1913-07-25

siderable increase and collections be-
ing satisfactory. Copious rains have
improved crop prospects and there is
IbelieFed to be at least a normal yield
in 81 ight.s Vhol lesale merchants report
"a large volume Of orders coming IN
and prospects good for an active fall
business. Building operations have
been in ell-naintaine volume, total
permits issued for the first half Of the
present, year mum bering. 6S1, at, an 5es-
timated cost of, s2,657,759 as against
6o4, for .$1,o4s,o4s, during the CORES
Eponding period in: 1912. There was a
heavy movement of grain down the.
lakes in June, cargoes amounting to
|S,656, ,651 bushels as compared Il; With
4,694, ,455 bushels the same month last
year f3 x ~ *s.fs Is n ,l q + III ! y IS
I'll iWitchia, Il, Kansas, July 25.-33LocaI
retail trade continues to average about;
the same as a year ago, although the
last few weeks Of extremely warm
weather has had a somewhat depresss
ing effect. Collections are slow, bit
after. the, harvests are, completed I'M
proVements in this respect is expect;
led. The wheat crop in this vicinity
I is above expectati tionsi:and in the north
ernss and eastern: parts Of the state
good but in i the western and, south
western sections it is disappointing.
! However, Z, the yield, as "a whole, is
lconsidered to reach a. good average,
lalthough it. is estimated that it will
ifall nearly F1O,O00,OO0 bushels below
that of 1912. The weather has been
Ideal for threshing and most of the
grain coming in is said to be grading
No. 2. This. local -four mills are not
all running to capacity, which is at.
tributed to the lack of domestic and
export buying, but for, the week end.
ing July ~ they turned out 1892
bushels. Receipts of live stock for
the past month show a large increase
Building operations continue fairly ac
IEtive, but there is some complaint that
pending tariff and financial legisla
tion causes uncertainty and tends tc
i make difficult the negotiation of loans
i Kansas City, Kansas, July 25.--Job
bers in all staple lines-including dry
4 goods, clothing, shoes, drugs, groceri
les, etc.,-report trade little quiet al
4 this time. Collections are fair anG
4 prices generally remain firm. In the
q milling business sales continue prin
sIcipally for intermediate shipment anG
prices are weak. The output of the
! Kansas City mills fell so per cent. be
low capacity, only 27,499 barrels Of
-four being made during the past week
flcompared with 31,90O barrels the pre-
4 ceding week The mills are winding
4 up the old wheat season and expect tt
lstart on the new crop the coming
SIjWeek. Corn conditions throughout ths
country are uniformly good and {
normal rainfall for the next three o.
1 -four weeks will insure fully as heavy
Ia yield as last year, but this will no
a apply to all localities, as the rains dur
ling the past week have been prin
|cipally local and have not visited Ger
tain sections where moisture is need
Ed badly. However, Oklahoma re
ports a heavy rainfall within the pas
ten days and crops in that section
promise the heaviest yield in years
Local live stock markets report thu
supply Of cattle at most centers TOT
4 heavy, for the demand and trade slow
with values easy, Hog receipts wer.
limited and trade at all points wa!
Iactiye, with values strong. s:&