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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-21
MEACRE REPORTS
RECEIVED ON
ARABIC S FATE
Rumors are Rife in New York
and Queenstown of Furth-
cr Disasters.
TWO AMERICANS ARE
KNOWN TO BE LOST.
Captain Finch Of ARABIC Says
No Warning Was Given
BY Submarine.

New York, Aug. 20.-The British
Censor apparently silenced today the
wires leading to the White Star Line
here from England. Only one dispatch
relating to the sinking of the Arabic
"a message detailing certain cases
previously reported, list Of survivors
and missing-has escaped his blue
pencil. The lack of definite news from
abroad was balanced by a host OF
rumors tried the nerves of officials
and left them tonight in keen stage
of apprehension as to the safety of at
least one more large steamer sent
from here near the zone, The Lapland,
which sailed August IL from this port
for Liverpool, with 31S passengers, in
Guiding l3 Americans and capacity
cargo of war munitions and other sup.
plies.
Deny Fake Rumors.
A news Dispatch from London to-
night denied a report Of disaster to
another White Star vessel, the liner,
Bovit, freighter, which started from
New York August s, with big cargo
but no passengers. Late tonight the
White Star Line had heard nothing
officially concerning her.
A third report dealt with the
steamer, Nicoaian, of the Leyland
Line, subsidiary of the International
Mercantile Marine Company, owners
of the White Star Line. A r,lmor that
she too had been torpedoed by Ger
man U boat was current, but like
many similar hunlors that agitated
many owners here recently, lacked
veriication.
Fear For "LapIand." s2
Officials Of the White Star Line
were frankly anxious about the Lap.
land The same report of disaster
having overtaken her was current in
Queenstown. A dispatch from there,
however, said it was thought probable
that the Lapland was confused with
the Bristol, liner, New York City,
which succumbed to a submarine yes.
terday. The New York City's crew Of
So and her captain We're landed at
Queenstown today.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-21
PECULIAR THEFT.

Beach, N. D., Aug. 2O.-Passing by
mail addressed to banks and parcel
post packages, thieves who broke into
the baggage room of the N. P. depot
here and stole a large quantity of
mail, are believed to have been after
special correspondence. Whether they
secured anything of value is unknown.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-21
N EW BANK,

Killdeer, N. D., Aug. 20.Ground
will be broken here within q few days
for a 25x5O brick building for the First
State Bank.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-08-21

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!: THE WEATHER. :
=. North Dakota: Partly cloudy :
.:and slightly cooler Saturday; Sun +
:. day generally fair +
. q . . =. = = . . t< .
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-10
of directors will have easy going in the
convention proper.
Presidential Candidates

of directors will have easy going in the
convention proper.
Presidential Candidates.
Miss Lillian Scott has been named
for reelection. The other candidates
for the high office are John Lofty, su-
perintendent of the high school at
Wichita; L. w. Mayberry, superin-
ltendent of the Wichita city schools;
Miss Annie Crouch, of Alma, superln-
tendent of the Wabaunsee county
schools; Miss Carrie Stradal, of Wa
keeney, superintendent of Trego coun-
ty; S. M. Nees, of independence, ana
F. P. Smith, superintendent of the
Lawrence city schools. The election
Of the president will take place Friday
morning.
Voting for the four district mem
bers of the board of directors will be-
gin today at the voting place in the
north wing of the state house and con-
tinue until Friday noon. Mrs. Fannle
Vickery of Emporia will have charge
of this voting. Members from the Sec
ond, Fourth. Sixth and Eighth con-
gressioLal districts will be voted on
this year. The directors elected from
the other four districts who were
elected last year will hold over. They
are: Harry Mcguire Of Valley FalIs,
c. s. Risdon of Independence, Mrs. II;
W. Drill of Alta Vista and J. Q. Hill
of Hutchinson.
This year there will be only two
contests in the districts. In the Fourth
district w. H. Carothers of the state
Normal school, who has also been
talked of as a successor to D. A. ELS
worth, the secretary of the associa-
ton; Miss Nellie Shultz, the popular
grade school teacher of Eureka, ana
Mrs Grace D. Wills of Cottonwood
Falls. have been named. There were
no nominations from lie Eighth dis
trict, so Miss Scott, president named
the following: I. c. Mayer, superin-
tendent of the Mcpherson schools,
nftv Wichita and MISS Ola
Raymond of Newton.
Without Opposition.
Miss Carrie Stradal of Wakeeney
has no opposition in the Sixth district
and in the Second district NJ. l.. Pear
son. superintendent of the Kansas
City, Kan. schools, has been nomi-
mated to succeed Miss Ella woodward
of Kansas City.
The features of the program for to-
morrow will be the address by Dr. A
E. Winship of Boston on the text
book question and the kansas Hour"
during which five prominent Kansans
will speak, leach in his own tongue"
The speakers will be Governor Capper,
Henry J. Allen of Wichita, Judge
Henry F. Mason, Mrs. Jessie Wright
Whitcomb and superintendent w. D.
Ross. AT the general session tomor-
row night Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart
will give her celebrated address on
Moonlight Schools"
In addition to the meetings of the
Teachers association there will be two
sessions of the Kansas Boards of Ed
ucation conference Friday and Satur-
day Problems confronting the vari-
Gus local school boards will be dis
cussed by the members of the confer
ence. c. w. Thompson of Marion,
president of the organization, will pro-
pose that preliminary steps in the or
of national conference be
ia ken at the meeting, it has been an
nOunced
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ITALIAN BOAT DOWN

LContinued from Page One.l
bered $50, making the total ships
company 642.
Of this number 270 passengers. a
number of them injured, are reported
to have been landed at Bizerta, while
a later message stated two of the
Ancona's boats with "a of the crew
had landed at Cape Bon, Tunis, about
70 miles east of Bizerta.
The AncOna, according to the local
agents. was scheduled to sail from
Naples yesterday. After leaving Ma
pies the steamer would pass through
the TYrrhenian sea, and enter the
Mediterranean between Sardinia and
Sicily. The meager dispatches indi-
cate that the Ancona was sunk within
the comparatively small triangle, the
points of which are the southern end
of Sardinia, the western end of Sicily
and BiZerta, TuniS.
Austrian and German submarines
have been active in this region of late,
according 70 cable reports.
Seek Passenger List.
AS soon as the local agents learned
of the sinking they cabled the home
office at Naples for complete passen-
ger list. At present nothing is known
here concerning the personnel of the
passengers, but Mr.. Solari thought the
humber of cabin passeng eighty
three-as given in a cable report to-
day was too high. He said the Ancona
fi1-st-class passengers.
On the last three trips from Naples
to New York, Mr.. Solari, more than
half of the Ancona's passengers have
been women and children owing to
the fact that few men of military age
are leaving Italy. The Ancona has not
been used as a transport during the
present war, the agent said, nor has
the vessel carried any munitions. She
has been favorite steamer with
opera singers and musicians coming to
this country Titta Ruffo, the bari
tone, was reported aboard the steam
er, but this was discredited by his
brother in Chicago.
Owing to the fact that the Metropol-
itan opera season in New York will
open Monday and that a large number
of singers of other companies are al
ready in this country officials of the
line here did not think there were any
singers aboard the Ancona. The
Italian consulate said they had no in
formation concerning any of the An
coma passengers.
The message from Malta stating
that four passengers and forty-one of
the crew of the Ancona have been
landed there fails to aid in fixing the
approximate position of the steamer
when she was sunk.
Malta is about two hundred miles
southeast of Cape Bon, where two of
the Ancona's lifeboats landed For
this reason, it is believed that the per-
sons landed at Malta were taken there,
probably by a British ship.
The local agents received numerous
inquiries today from relatives and
friends of persons believed to be
aboard the Ancona. Among those in
quired for were Mr.. and Mrs. Garfield
Jones of Philadelphia and Mrs. Sis
had not received any definite informa-
ton. however, regarding passengers.
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Grain Sorghum Is Rapidly TAX
ing Place of Corn.
Its Development Means Much
to ShOrtgrass Country.
ONE MILLION ACRES IN IT
In Last Five Year Period Value
Is Seventy Millions.
Upbuild Agriculture of Kansas
Plains Country.

One of the big needs OF the south
west is broad and dependable mar
ket for grain sorghums, at prices con-
sistertly on par with their feeding
equivalent in corn, according to a
statement issued today by j. G. Mohl-
er, secretary of the Kansas board of
agriculture. The statement pointed
out that comparatively few people out
side the grain-Sore hum country have
any idea of the real worth, especially
in the economical making of meat, of
these crops
'"These crops have attained such i'm
portance they are entitled to rate in
the martS of the world along with
corn, oats and other grains serving
similar purposes" the statement said.
ITO secure such recognition the pub
lie must be educated to know the value
and profitable use of these grains.
when the world once understands
that kafir for example, which is the
chief grain Sorghu- of Kansas, is of
practically equal value to corn in the
ration for maintenance and fattenins
of live stock, a very largely increased
demand will enSue. 1t has been con-
clusively demonstrated by feeding
trials extending over a period of years,
at the states experiment stations, and
amply verified in thousands of feed
lots by the operations of practical
stockmen, that the grain sorghums are
close competitors of corn in the eco
nonical making of meat. Steers fat
tened on a ration that contained no
other grain than kafir have repeated
Iy topped the markets at the great
stock exchange at Kansas City, win
ming laurels over corn-fed animals.
Popularity of Rapid Growth.
Suggestive of the rapidly growing
popularity of the grain sorghums in
the southwest is the record of Kansas
in kafir. Only $4,000 acres were
grown in 1895. and nearly one mil
lion acres were devoted to it in 1914
In the first five-year period of the past
Kansas was twenty million dollars; in
the last five-year period, it amounted
to seventy million dollars.
add to their proved feeding value
their ability to yield on soils and in
climates and seasons not favorable for
corn, and you have the reasons for the
rise in esteem of the grain sorghums.
sections but are making a place for
themselves in portions of the corn
belt. With dependable markets, pro-
duction of the grain SorghumS is
bound to increase far beyond what
would. be possible otherwise, and those
seeking feeding stuffs will have an
other first class comm dity avaiIa BILE
in compromising economical and eff
cient rationS- r.
There are unlimited opportunities
for stimulating this line of trade ex-
pansion at home and abroad. To sue
coed in fulfilling them, would afford
new incentive for growing more of
the grain-sorghums throughout a vast
region splendidly adapted to their pro-
duction; it would bring increased |
areas under cultivation, develop and
upbuild the agriculture of the plains |
country and add UNNECESSARILY to its
wealth, population and prosperity"
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New York Stock Market.

Wall St. New York. Nov. 10.-STOCKS-
Bethlehem Steels further decline to 405
from which it rallied to 400, was attrib
uted to the fire at the company's prin-
cipal plant. The balance of the list scored
additional gains on the strength of United
States Steel. the Pacific and Heading
which advanced to to 2 points. Steele's
strength anticipated the publication of
the October tonnage statement at midday.
War shares continued to reflect iquida-
ton with psecial weakness in Crucible
Steel and Continental Can. South Porto
Rico Sugars decline of II to ITO was an
other feature.
Selling of specialties was resumed at to-
days opening with Studebaker the feature
on it's decline of SIS to 145. Baldwin Loco
motive, Westinghouse, Allies Chalmers,
Continental Can and Enameling comprised
the other weak features of that group and
Coppers also manifested a heavy tendency.
United States Steel sold g down to S3s4 at
the outset. subsequently, recovering a point.
dropped 1 to 1861, and other standard
rails yielded to below yesterdays lowest
quotations. Most of these declines were re-
trieved late.
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WHOLESALE Fruit and Produce.


FURNISHED hv 3. r. Lux
PINEAPPLEs-Per crate, sos; per y
GRAPE FRUIT-Per box, 1918.
| VALENCIA ORANGES-Per box, $400Sp
TOKAY GRAPEs-Per crate, $S:I59420.
KEG EMPEROR GRAPEs-Per bbI-
ia BBGGiNANAs-Extra fancy. per lb. SIC;
la IEM6S St ~ box. ss.75@425.
APPLES-yonathans, extra fancy, per
Dbl. $3.50: Mammoth Black Twigs. per
CRANBERRIES~ Dbl. $3.50. per
HOLLAND CABBAGE-Crated,i in 1000
ID; lots lot; S5e; per 100 lbs. 9oe ,s ~.
bu., 65c; Minnesota r. r. L. o.. per bu.,
SWEET PoTAToEs-Per bu.. s1.1o.
RAD1SHES-Per doz., zoe.
BEETS-Per bu., 6Oc.
TURNIPS-Per bu., Csc.
i BUZZ oYsTERs@New York I;' Counts. per
gallon S235 Extra Selects, per gallon.
moie sfandsrds per per gaSion $50 BAL
CELERY-Mammoth, per bunch, s5c.
FIELD FEED LETTucE-Per O basket eoV soc; Hot
He @nfb Lett9eei Per T has baSkst s9e ~ ~,
PARSNIPS-Per bu., 75c.
PAcHAGE DATES ~Per box. s275;
D casssE fPee' ib pei s 9Ga SeS0
sfAAMFSSRR 9NI9N1ISs eF%te b S14S
! NORTHERN oNfoNs@Per bu.. SIS.
HoHEY601Per 24.rqek gases. 1885.
OYSTERS-New Cork Counts, per can,
iects. per per can. 45c; Standards per cam fOc.
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TEACHER HOST TONIGHT
CONTINUED from Page one.)

has made arrangements for several
information booths and check stands
and the officers of the association
have fitted up three rooms in the
north wing of the state house on the
lower floor for rest rooms and writin e
rooms. Everything that will make the
visitors comfortable while they are in
Topeka is being done.
f. F. Stanley, who has had charge
of securing rooms for the teachers,
reported today that every visitor
would be taken care of in the eharac-
teristic hospitable style of Topeka
I'VE have been very fortunate iE
getting rooms for the visitors" said
MIR. Stanley. land we hope to expert
ence little trouble in finding accommo-
dations for those who have not yet
registered.
Dinner at Commercial Club.
The opening entertainment of the
convention will be the complimentary
dinner to the officers of the associa-
ton and foreign speakers which will
be given tonight at the Commercial
club. The guests will be Miss Lillian
Scott, of Baker university, president
of the association; Harriet Daniels, of
Wichita: c. f. Rarick, Osborne; Miss
Hattie Mitchell, Pittsburg; Harry Nc
CURE. Valley Falls; Miss Ella Wood
yard, Kansas City, Kan; ]. Q. Hall,
Hutchinson; Jessie L. Clark, Wichita;
H. ]. Waters, Kansas State Agricul-
tura1 college; w. S. Huston. Salina;
DR.. A. r. WinShip, Boston; Mrs. Cora
Wilson Stewart, Frankfort, Ky: Mrs.
Ann Gilchrist Strong, Cincinnati, O.;
Governor Arthur Capper and Mrs
Capper. Judge Henry F. Mason and
Mrs. Mason, Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Ross,
President w. n. Mason, of Baker uni
versity, and Mrs. Mason, Judge George
H. Whitcomb and Mrs. Whitcomb, Mr.
and Mrs. H. B. Wilson, Mr.. and Mrs
C. w. Thompson. of Marion, Kan.
Miss Mildred Hazelrigg and John
Macdonald.
Indications are that the meetings
tomorrow and Friday will be entirely
harmonious. The peace sentiment
seems to reign supreme among the
teachers and although there are sew
eral teachers named as possible candi-
dates for the presidency of the associa-
ton it is apparent that the candidate
who receives the sanction of the board
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Grain Gossip.
FURNISHED by T. J. Myers, Columbian
Building.l

Minneapolis wheat stocks have increased
$4,000 bushels in the past three days
increased 103 POP bushels Monday and corn
stocks decreased 1907 bushels.
ports wheat condition of Sc, compared
with 10l year ago. Acreage of wheat Is
a,o92, 600 acres; compared with 1's3o'ooO
The European visible supply or wheat
increased 5,476,0OO bushels last week and
pared with 81, 500, 900 bushels a year ago.
The exports from the United States and
wheat, A 600 barrels of flour. 1900 bushels
of corn, 903,000 bushels of OATS wheat and
flour combined, 1,S26,000 bushels.
creased 10000 bushels last week and now
amount to 2O62, 900 bushels; corn. 1902 900
f. 100000 bushels increase 900 bushels.
Contract stocks are: Wheat, 634, 600 bush 1o
bushels year ago stocks were 100000
bushels of wheat, $4,000 bushels of corn
and 12,7S7, 900 bushels of oats.
A weekly crop summary from Liverpool
contained the following: United King
dom-Weather is wet and cold, and there
of wheat France-An official report COW
ering up to November 1, says seeding is
be under last year and that seeding has
been hurried and not given. the proper
attention owing, to the scarcity of labor
Germany-Complaints are made that early
winter is delaying seeding. Grain is scarce
ed. Arrivals are light as roads are bad
and railway facilities inadequate. Small
amounts directed to northern ports.
Italy-Continued rains in the southwest
hinder sowing. Market is easier owing to
large American arrivals. Rumania-Seed
ing is favora bic and good acreage is
expected. Export demand is large. South
Africa-Estimates point to a wheat crop
Conditions are seeding are generally
favorable. Australia cable purported to
be official states that the government has
taken control of the entire wheat crop and
eXportable surplus and has agreed to ad-
against again deliveries. AFgentina-A less
favorable outlook is reported and shippers
in the United Kingdom have received adj
vices that the yield will be only moderate
owing to early drought."
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Kansns Citx Live Stock Market.

Kansas City, Nov. 0.-HOGS-Receipts
1900; arket 10 to 10 cents lower; Bulk
of sales, $6.400675; heavy, $6.40@6.75
packers and butchers. $6.5O@6.SO; light,
$6.40@675; pigs, $515@650.
CATTLE-Receipts 1000. Market steady.
Prime fed steers, $9.250l1000; dressed beef
steers. $7.75@9O0; western steers, $6.5O@
$40; southern steers, $5.25d725; cows,
S4.25@6.75; heifers, $5.75@900; stockers
and feeders, $550@sOO; bulls. $4.5o@5.6o
calves $6.00@10.O0
sHEEP % l lecei pts 1900; Market strong.
wethers, $5.50@6.25; ewes $4.75@5.S0
stockers and feeders, 81. 25@S.25.
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CONDENSED NEWS
Death Trap Owners Warned.

New York, Nov. 1O.-Before a cor
orer's jury sitting in Brooklyn,
to fix the blame, if any. for the death
of twelve persons in a factory fire last
Saturday, James NJ. Lynch, a member
o fthe New York state industrial COM
mission testified that the commission S
inspectors had again and again warn
ed the owners of the buildings to
make it safe, but that the work had
been neglected until two days before
the fire.
Seize $4,000 Villa Jewels?
FL Paso, Nov. 10.-Jewe1ry valued at
$4,000 including a gold badge for
rnerly worn by Gen. Francisco Villa
was seized as struggled goods by
Special Agent Lock of the treasury
department. Whether General Villa
was the owner has not been deter
mined.
England Closes Emigration Door.
London, Nov. 1O.-The British gov
crnment yesterday took its first def
mite step toward preventing emigration
of able bodied British subjects who in
considerable numbers have been using
this means of evading military serv-
ice A new regulation was issued by
the home office requiring subjects of
the United Kingdom, who are g years
old or more and who are contemplate
ing emigration, to apply at the foreign
office for passports. If the passports
are refused they must hand to the
officers supervising the embarkation
the reply of the foreign office to their
passport application together with
their birth certificate with photo
graphs attached.
To Insure Against Air Raids.
London, Nov. 1O.-A plan for insur-
ing the property of the poor against
aircraft raids was announced in the
house of commons by Herbert
Samuel, the postmaster general A
payment of II cents will insure prop
erty to the value of $125 for twelve
months. The maximum value to prop
erty insurable is 1915, which will re-
quire payment of 81 cents.
Little Rock Officials Fight Duel.
Little Rock, Nov. 10.-Patrolman
John Gray of the city police and r. R.
Powers, deputy state veterinarian,
fought a pistol duel in the bust
ness district and both are in a hos
pital with serious injuries from bull
let wounds. The men had resumed an
argument begun in police court last
Saturday over an arrest made by Gray
in which a friend of Powers was in
Yolved.
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Kansa. civ Producc Market.

Kansas City, Nov. 1O.-wHEAT-Cash /:
~ Ma nd unchanged to 1e up: No. hard,
$1;os@110 No. 5, $IOoGi.Oe. ~
-oCORN-Market unchanged. No. mixed.
22SSa9S1Sc; No. 3, 5I12@5Sc; No. white,
@60c; No. 3, 5S659c
OATS-Market unchanged. No. white,
'RYEI9Oc
., IHdAaY LAY Market steady. Choice timothy,
choice alfalfa, $13.50@f4.OO.
KAFIR-9Sc
WHEAT-Receipts 1S7 cars
Observation-Disclosures, 29c; firsts, &c
seconds, Poe; packing, 1870.
EGGS-Firsts, 2Sc; seconds, 22e.
POULTRY-Hens, 1115c; young ROSTERS,
12c: broilers, 19c
CLOSE: WHEAT-December. CSC; May,
-o CeoRN-December. 5e1s @5eAc; May,
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st. Joseph Live stock Market.

st. Joseph, Nov. 1O.-HOGS-Receipts
$780, Shippers 10@15c lower Top, $6.6715 !;
packers doing nothing; bulk of sales. 1910
@6.65.
CATTLE-Receipts 2,400. Market slow.
Steers, $6.OO@9. SO: cows and heifers, $4,000
9.00 calves, S6.OO@9.25.
SHEEP-Receipts 1000. Market steady.
Lambs, SS.OO@S.9O
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Little Rock Officials Fight Duel
Conference on Valuations.

Philadelphia, Nov 1O.-Leading
authorities on public utility problems
were here today at the conference on
valuations. The theories under which
valuations of utility properties should
be made have excited great interest
since congress ordered that the valu-
ations of all railroads be completed
within five years.
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Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago, Nov 10-BUTTER-Marke
higher. Creamery, 2312 @30c.
EGGS-Market unchanged.
POTATOES-Market lower. Receipts 50
cars. Michigan and Wisconsin whites, asa
SEC; Minnesota and Dakota whites. 53M
5Sc: Minnesota and Dakota Ohios 50d55c.
POULTRY-Alive, steady; fowls. 1212c /;
springs, 13c; turkeys, old, Ice; young, zoe.
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Chicago, Nov. 1O.-HOGS-Receipts 81, :
600. Market dull, 10 cents to Is cents
under yesterdays average Bulk of sales,
$6.40Q7.00; light, S6.1O@7.10; mixed, $6.OO@
7.30; heavy, $620@720; rough, $6.20@6.35
pigs, $3.70@6O5.
CATTLE@Receipts $4,000. Market weak
Native beef steers, $5.S0@1O4O; western
steers, $600@s50; cows and heifers, 81. roo
$40: calves, $6.5O@10.5O.
SHEEP-Receipts l., 900. Market steady
wethers, $5.90@6.5O; lambs, $7OOG9.0O.