Devils Lake inter-ocean., 1913-07-18
No, Z
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Minneapo !,
past TWO weeks has ibro ought boil hot
4 weather and ito this grown
wheat crop and smuch proyemen nt issI
reported from nearly al imp rtantI
section ). During the 81 asst few " ear rsf
Montana has fore ged apidl ahead anal
can noW7be consid Tered as Hill i'm port
4 ant spring wheat growing state.
f fair summary Of hSes our state Mo Mould
zbe Minnesota and M ont ana exec llent,$t
with North and IS south ;Dakota fair Gto3
\ good, al to harvest prospe ttss, with aS|
normal 5orsli glit 2in III ghth|
8for eEsWylhoIe Jobbing trad u in al11s|
MERIDIAN dise lines has taken d oil a I'll
usual 4; midsummer small
orders for imme = ediate rcd rem ents areA
being. frequently placed ID axe l, lIps
Ca heavy IA ggregate llle ok ;ir
I general iss good ar hea trade
lis in5the making one CONT inues IN
I active demand 81 cent AL the
going rate sofS interes Coilec ctions ares
seasonably good: ss
\ st. Paul, nIl., rad q In
9the northWest cont ntinues to aintain3
4 a healthy tone Bank clearing last
4 week showed a 1large increase overtime
8 preceding weeks Col ections are re-
ported S5as steasi mes, with
!. orders Showing a ga 81, both iii number
and size interest us now centered ilgE iil
# the crops Of Minneso otas theS Dako ttast
/ and Montana A. Iea ~: sen srals rains last
81 week app pearaf put them oa III
Z. safe basis al 81 moi sture isS con-
i .cernsd and the general scondii iiGon iss
!. though comp pare favorably with
other lesale mes repo
Il steady business ith hi general
B increase the frs six tbs On
d 10 nj
rial. and grocery II houses port
1 satisfactory progress III etailers are
!, finding business good and expect q sub
Z stantiaI increase in the next ts thirty
4 days. Shoe houses report satisfact tory
{ fall orders, dry goods and lothing5
{: houses I; are betWeen-s with
\ steady rders for eplenishing Sof
!. stocks, and c conmon carriers show a!
3 substantial expansio in tonnage moY-
ed, spirit Of optimis sni prevails.
Omaha Nebs July Is W. ,The distribu-
tion o agri ultural imp lements con-
& tinues Sin excess of tat for the 8sar HE
period last year, sSs though sales have
hNbeen somewhat retarded by the warm
weather. Grocery obbers report 4 a.
very good busines I, ana while orders
are not as large as. last ear, they are
I more numerous n and sales ss5af for June
##5 were about even with those Of the
same month in 19 u 2. ri Hardware has
L not been part ticul larly III active and there
are a few weak points but they are
barely motto Bile, and I Jas h q general
rule, prices are holding strong Trade
with boot and shoe jobbers keeps up
we'll InSdry goods current business is
good and, consi idering the season, ad-
vance orders are unusual lly heavy. For
some time the wealth has been dry,
but there have been heavy; rains III
some sections and corn has more than
caught up. The plant HE sin excellent
condition and the Quito Ok generally is
enco,lrag aging Collie ions are good.
M Kansas City. IKSas July Il. General
business cond ditionss here and in con
tributing territory are holding up re.
markably well. Y S.I Ins most wholesale
lines sales 4 have shown All increase
over last year, swhic iii q few in.
stances is very satisfa factory. Wheat
ssrsn certain sections of western and
southwestern Kansas and western Ok
lahomt was badly damaged sby dry
weather hut the central and eastern
portion Of these two stat have just
harvested a very atisfae etory crop
Recent aims came in time to- he o
great lhenefit to growing corn, oats
hay. potat toes ana other crop al o
which now promise better han aver
age product ion soniit tons are more
M & fay this I'M le Last yea
and show ain innprove eIneIat of sat leas
! 90 pill ared tai
same bas
Il crop hereg should sb,
financial ilnr III tll face pf Ss9cai
prorni nising crop coildi ions Is unlislia
and ibuted liolI ITO n
stari fff and financial at gI,a
rates afe asked ffor money ana tsit i
predicted that tllis ccnd tion will pre
vail unit well irtt sliex
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