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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-18
Library Notes

Some of the most valuable material
on gardening and agriculture is to be
found in the farmers Bulletins publish
ed by the Department Of Agriculture.
Most of the bulletins are on file in
the public library The following is not
a complete list, but is suggestive OF the
material accessible:
Potato diseases and their treatment.
Canned fruit, preserves and jellies.
Waste land and wasted land on
farms.
Corn growing under draughty condi.
lions.
Button clover.
Marquis wheat.
The corn wireworrn in its relation
to cereal and forage crops.
Fly traps and their operation.
Ginseng diseases and how to con.
troll them.
Cutworms and their control.
House ants, kinds and methods OF
control
The feeding OF dairy cows.
The lawn.
Renovation of worn out soils.
Sorghum syrup manufacture.
I1dENcSIlites 6uO StOi lA6 WI
The leaf blister Of pear and apple.
Growing fruit for home use.
Dewberry culture.
Foot and mouth disease.
House flies.
Plan for small dairy house.
School lessons on corn.
Ice houses and the use of ice houses
on the dairy farm.
Growing peaches.
Weeds: how TO control them.
A simple steam sterlizer for farm
dairy utensils.
Roses<for the home.
Canaries: their care and manage
ment
Alfalfa
Pasteurizins milk in bottles.
Canning tomatoes at home.
Home vegetable garden.
Cabbage.
Onion culture.
Sweet potatoes.
Celery.
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Latest Market Reports
LOCAL PORKERS
ARE UNCHANGED

The local hog market is steady to-
day. following the continual rise of the
past few days The other lists show
no changes either. Quotations are:
Hogs--(Furnished daily by Jno. Nor
Iell & Co.)-120@15O, 1855; 15o@1so:
$14.95; 1900 200. $500; 200 and over,
sl5;75: packers good $3.50: fair SASS.
choice ewes. $7@S; fair to good ewes. -
@6
Oats-7o@75c; corn.i sl.5o@1.6o.
Hay-$14@1s: straw. ton. s6@7.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter fat quotations-First grade,
3Sc; second grade. 35c.
Poultry-(Prices paid to farmer)-
Hens, 1sc; ROSTERS, lie; spring chick
ems, 1917 hatch, csc; ducks, 1oc;
turkeys, 10c; old toms. lac.
Butter and Eggs.
EGGS. Sic: Butter. packing stock)
&c: creamery, 3S639c.
Wool and Hides.
Wool-Bright. medium clear. 45c;
chaffy and slightly bury, 35c;
semi-bright, 4Oc; bright, medium
bury, 25@3Oc; light, fine clear, 2s@ssc:
heavy fine. clear, 1s@2sc: Angora goat,
long luster. 26@41c: hard bury. zoe. !.
Hides-No. l fully cured, 1sc: No. l
/,
.. $3.50; pony, 50; colt. s1@2.5o.
Bees Wax-20c; No. tallow, Sc; No.
tallow. sc.
Flour and feed. Graham flour: per
sack S5c: corn chops, per cwt.. s4.s5;
shorts. per cwt.. s2.S5: bran, per cwt.,
1855: corn, per bu.. 32.25; hay per cwt.,
$1.65: straw, cwt. 70175c; meal per
sack, 55c; cor nand oat chop, per cwt.,
nh
$4.75; chicken feed. S.: wheat flour,
sack old wheat. $3.95@475; IS 10. rye,
rye flour. $3.50
Butter. Eggs and Poultry.
Creamery butter, 45@47c; country
butter, 35645c.
Eggs-Fresh country. ssc.
Poultry-Geese, dressed. 1s@e5c;
turkeys, dressed, 3S64Oc; dressed hens
35c.
Fresh and Salt Fish.
Fresh fish-Catfish. Csc: trout. esc;
fish pail, 90c: salt mackerel, 10 to
Csc h.; Holland herring, key, s1.15m
1.25: pail anchovites. $1.25; smoked
salmon, Csc.
Spiced sardines. for 1oc: box cod,
12k 620c: fancy smoked bloaters, for
Csc; smoked homeless herring. csc lb.:
smoked herring. csc h.; Kippered her
ring. Tor Zoe.
Fruits.
F'ruits-Banaras, SIC h.: lemons.
30 cents: oranges, 2o16oc per dozen:
apples. peck. 81: kumouats, 35@4oc:
grape fruit. 81 @15c: Strawberries. pit.
10c: at, 15@17hc: pineapples, 100000
Vegetables.
Observation-Disclosures cabbage, ID. 10c:
tomatoes. ripe zoe: parsley, 5m10c:
mushrooms s5c b.: green beans. 12hc:
horse radish. 15c: beets. bunch. 1oc:
lettuce, Csc h.: egg plant 20625c;
cauiiflower. 10@ 35c: potatoes. per peck,
ssc: blu. $40: red onions, 15c: white
onions, 12hc: Spanish onions 15c: gar
lie 25c; head lettuce. 10617hc: sweet
potatoes. 10c: Brussels sprouts, box,
soc; green pease, 15c: radishes. 90
10c: green onions, for sc; new pota :
toes. H., 1-3c; new asparagus, SIC:
lunches rhubarb sc; green mangoes
5@7c each.
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EVENTS READY
FOR BIG MEET
FIELD AND TRACK FEATURES AN.
NOUNCED FOR A. c. 1. ExHle-
ITiON SATURDAY..

Following is the order OF track and
ield events in the A. c. L. athletic
meet to be held at 2 o'clock Saturday
n the Myrtle street ball park:
Track Events.
Prel, 50 yd. dash, 80 ID class.
Prel. 60 yd. dash, IS 10 class.
Prel. rs yd dash. l15 ID class.
Prel 100 yd. dash. unlimited weight.
seventh grade class.
Final 100 yd. dash, eighth grade
class.
Final 100 I'd. dash. Emergency high
school class.
Final so I'd. dash. 80 10 class.
Final 60 yd. dash, 95 10 class.
Final rs yd. dash. lis ID class.
Final 100 yd. dash, unlimited class.
Prel. rs yd. dash. 80 ID class.
Prel. 100 yd. dash, 95 10 class.
Prel 100 yd. dash. lis ID class.
Prel. 22O yd. dash. unlimited weight
seventh grade class.
Final 900 yd dash, eighth grade
class.
Final 22o I'd. dash. Emergency high
school class.
Final rs yd. dash. so ID class.
Final 100 I'd. dash, 95 ID class.
final 100 yd. dash, lis b class.
Final 220 yd. dash, unlimited class.
Field Events.
Running high jump, eighth grade.
Running broad jump, Emergency
high school,
Running high jump. unlimited
weight, seventh grade.
Running broad jump. lis ID class.
Running high jump, IS 10 class.
Running broad jump. so ID class.
Running broad jump, eighth grade.
Running broad jump, Emergency
high school.
Running broad jump, unlimited
weight. seventh grade.
Running high jump, lis 10 class.
Running broad jump. 80 n class.
Running high jump. so b class.
Relay.
$50 yd., Emergency high school.
$50 yd.. Eighth grade.
$50 vd., Unlimited weight class, sew
enth grade.
$50 yd.. 115 10 class.
44o yd., 95 n class.
400 yd.. so h class.
Plan prelin,inaries.
The managers of all the schools IN
he A C.. l.. club will meet at 4 p. m.
nmorrow in Physical Director Eigen'
nann's Office at the Y NJ. c. A: TO ar
.anse the preliminary championship
baseball games.
More Vo,iey Leagues.
A group of business men are TO meet
v;th Mr.. Eigenmann at 4:SO p. m. TO-
morrow to discuss the formation OF .
lew volley ball league.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-18
Grain Review

Chicago. May 17.-Wheat prices broke
as much as Ice a bushel today on ac-
count mainly of assertions that Great
Britain and other entente governments
future delivery wheat bought in the
United States. The circumstances that
the American government would be
expected to guarantee in return that
the British and other allied govern
ments would when needed, receive ade-
quate timely supplies from this side OF
the Atlantic did not prevent the re-
ports of contemplated immense re-
selling from having an immediate SEN
sational bearish effect The mechan-
ical suppression Of trading as result
Of present rules, however. confined the
amount Of business to scanty propor-
tons. Opening prices which ranged
from &c to 16c lower with July at $2.l5
to 1929, and September at $1.95 to 81.
was followed by many fluctuation with
in that range but then by relative
steadiness as the initial top figures.
Warm weather tended later to make
sentiment bearish regarding corn. The
close was nervous at / cent to 2Ac net
decline.
Corn and oats gave way with wheat.
Offerings, though were light and the
hears could not long attract dealers.
Corn after opening 2Ac off to 1kc up,
fell to 4hc under yesterdays close and
then overcome most Of the loss.
subsequently. announcement of re-
newed embargo by Argentina appeared
to count a little as bullish factor. The
close was unsettled Sc to lie net lower
with July at $2.19 and September at
$1.99..
Selling by houses with foreign con-
nections weakened provisions. On the
declines. support came from stock
yards concerns.
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New York Produce.

New York. May 17.-Butter-Market
easier: receipts. 1855; creamery higher
than extras, 400 4Okc: creamery extras
a. score, 3Skc: hrsts, 3S@39c; Sec
onds. 36@37kc.
Exss--Barely steady; receipts 1906:
fresh gathered extras. S7h @3sc: fresh
gathered storage packed firsts. S6h a
arc: fresh gathered firsts. S5@361sc.
Cheese-Steady: receipts, 1858: state
fresh SPECIALS. etc; do average run, 26k
m2eZc.
Dressed poultry--Dull and weak;
chickens. 24@30c; fowls, 20@25kc;
turkeys. 1S@35c.
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MEMPHIS GUN CLUB
WILL HAVE SHOOT

The Memphis Gun club will hold a
registered tournament shoot at Mem.
phis. Mo-. May 81 and June 1. The
money for the shoot will he divided ur.
der the Siefkin system. The club will
play 50 each to the four low men
shooting the entire program. Arthu:
Stennes Isl secretary Of the club .
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FORMER OTTUMWAN
ON INTERNED SHIP

John Kitterman of Burlington, a
former Ottumwan, who enlisted
recently. has been stationed on sail
ing vessel, the Princess Irene, an in
termed German ship. waiting to enter
the school at Brooklyn. He described
the Princess Irene as being $50 feet
long. with eight decks. He says that
enlistments come in at the rate Of
forty a day and that Iowa is repre-
scented by q splendid bunch.
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STUDENTS BOOST RED CROSS.

MarShalltown, May Il. - twenty
high school students opened the cam
paign for big Red Cross movement
here. c. II. f. Boardman, who heads
the general committee. hopes to enlist
practically the entire county in the
movement. and to secure many life
and patron memberships at SIS and
800 each.
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AUTO eANoITs LOOT SAFE.

Danville, ILL.,. May II. EARLY this
morning automobile bandits blew the
safe OF Nobert kulevich. saloonkeeper.
at Westville, nearby mining town,
getting away with $4,000 which had
been drawn from the bank yesterday
to cash checks of miners. A Is year
old boy. awakened by the explosions.
saw the bandits as they were making
their ESCAPE.
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Omaha Live Stock.

Omaha. Nebr. May 1.-THE live
stock market follows:
Hogs--Market steady to strong: re-
ceipts, $500: heavy. $15.25G1s15; mix
ed. $15.6oTls. light. $15.50m16: pigs
$12!5om14.50: bulk, $15.s0m16.
Cattle-Market steady: receitps. s.
600: native steers. $10T13.e5: cows
and heifers. $S50611.25: western
steers. ss.25611.50: Gamers. $7Ms.5o:
stockers and feeders. $7M11. calves,
S925d1s25: bulls. $7610.
Sheep-Market CSC higher: receipts
3.400: yearlings $13M15 wethers. s1o
Ola: ewes, s11.5o@13.5o; lambs. $1s1
20.10.
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Kansas City Cash Grain,

Kansas City. Mo. May 1.-THE cash
grain market follows:
Wheat--Market to loo lower: No. :
hard. $2.s562.ss; No. . r> Se.ssG
2.95.
Corn Market unchanged to lie low
err; No mixed, $1.5761.5s; No. :
white s1.64E 1856 No. yellow, $1.5s
@1.59.
Oats-Unchanged No . white, 72@
7eLc; No. mixed. II !. G72kc.
Rye-$210@2.15.
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TAKE MUSTER OF VETERANS.

Marshalltown May u. Col. James
f. Miller. inspector general and chief
surgeon OF federal and state homes for
disabled soldiers and sailors. conduct.
ed the semi annual muster Of the mem
bership OF the soldiers home who have
served in wars. The muster showed
total of $50 present and absent
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wheat-4a cars, with OF contract
grade.
Corn-s5 cars, with So Of contract
grade.
Oats-11s cars. with II Of contract
grade.
Total receipts Of wheat at Minneapo-
lis, Duluth and Winnipeg today were
1.145 cars, compared with SIS cars last
week and l,066 cars the corresponding
dav a year ago.
Estimated cars tomorrow, Chica go
Wheat, SO: corn. 101 oats, II.
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81. Lou;. Cash Grain.

St. Louis, Mo. May 1.-THE cash
grain market follows:
Wheat-Market steady: track. No. ?
red. nominal: No. hard. nominal.
Corn--Steady track. No. .. $l.63E a
1854; No. white. $1.64GD1.65.
Oats-Steady: track, No. 9, 6shc;
No. white, nominal
Rye--Steady. No. nominal.
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CHICAGO Cash Grain.

Chicago Cash Grain.
Chicago, May 1.-THE cash grain
market follows:
Wheat-No. 2 red. $2.ss@2.s5: No. 8
red, $2.55: No. hard, nominal: No. 3
hard, $2.s0@2.35.
Corn-No. 2 yellow. sl.61 q 1871:
No. ; yellow, s1.ss@1.Ss4 No. yellow
s1.66h.
oats--No. 8 white. 7o@7lc: standard
70@70Ac.
Rye-No. ., $3.50.
Barley-$l.25@1 .6o.
Timothy-$6.756S.
Clover-$12@17.
Pork-$3S.
LArd-322.35@22.45.
Ribs-$20.18@20.55.
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Nav York Money: Clos;no.

New York Money; Closing.
New York, May 17.-Mercaptile pa
per-4a 65Ge.
Bar silver-74xc.
Mexican dollars-5sc.
Time loans-4hs 64A &c.
Call money-High. ele%; low. ela !;
closing bid. ..
wheat-May. sass: July. s..4o: Sept
sls6. Cash: No. l hard, S2.9oG2.95:
No. northern. sa.75@2.s5: No.
northern, s2.7od2.so.
Corn-No yellow. 1854 LIS.
Oats--No. 3 white, SIN dssIc.
F1ax-$324G329.
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American Association.
CYCLONES BLANKED
BY COE ATHLETES

Ames. May 17.-Coe defeated Ames,
8 to 0. in baseball here yesterday. The
Cyclones were able to get but one man
on. that in the seventh inning. The
score: r. H. e.
Coe oOO1ooOO0-3 6 ;
Ames ....... O0OOOOOOO-.O 8 8
Batteries Wood and Cotter; Mer.
riI Greenlee and Perkins
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BROWNS LOSE WHEN
GROOM BLOWS UP
WILD PITCH GIVES sox VICTORY;
NAYS WINS OWN GAME; SEN.
AToRs TAKE TILT.

st. Louis, May II. Groom weaken
ed in the eleventh inning today, allow
ing four bases on balls. "a sacrlnce' q
wild pitch and single. giving New
York three runs and victory, TO z.
The score:
R. H. e.
New York OO11O0O00O3-5 2
St. Louis O00O100-2 2
Batteries Caldwell and walters;
Groom and SEVERED
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Tigers Are Drubbed.

Detroit, May II. - Washington
punched hits with bases on balls and
errors by the home team and defeated
Detroit, S to /. The score:
Detroit O0OO00O1 s 4
Washington :. 0OO32OOO-5 IL 0
Batteries - Mitchell c. Jones, Cum
ningham and Spencer; Gallia and
Henry.
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ROCKIES FEEL WARS WOES.

FIT. Sheridan. ILL.,, May 17.-One hun
dred and fifty cases of sore feet were
reported to the hospital OF the oficer's
training camp here today after the first
practice march. Most of the soreness
was due, it was said. to selection by
the men of imperfectly fitting shoes.
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Peoria Cash Grain.

Peoria H., May 1.-THE cash
grain market follows:
Corn-Unohanged to VIC higher No.
white. Sissy: No. . yellow. $1.65A !;
No. yellow. Sl.64l-; No. yellow.
1851: No mixed. $685. No. 4
mixed, s1.63k @1,64.
Oats-Unchanged No. white, 6sk
669c.
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chieaso Produes.

Chicago. May 7.-Butter-Market
higher; creamery. 33@37kc.
Eggs-Receipts. 1920 cases: firsts,
S3m34c: ordinary firsts, 3ok oslo; at
mark, cases included, 31@33hc.
Potatoes-Higher: receipts. 10 cars;
idaho, Colorado. oregon and Washing
ton. s3.10@320; Wisconsin and Mich
igan, 32s5@3.
Poultry, alive-Lower; fowls. 22c.
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k.a... CITY produea.

Kansas City. Mo-, May 17-Butter
Creamery 39c: firsts, 37c: seconds sec;
packing, SIC.
Poultry-Firsts. 3S634c: ordinary
llfirsts. 30s oslo; at mark, cases includ-
ed. 31n331ac.
Eggs-Fifsts, SAC.
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Omaha Cash Grain.

Omaha. Nebr.. May 1.-THE cash
grain market follows:
Corn-No. white. 31.6SH a 1.64; No.
. yellow. $1.5Sk 61.59; No. 2, SISSY q
15s
Oats-No. white, ss1s @ssc.
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days or two weeks. A big effort will
be needed to land the camp here. but
the Commercial club is determined to
make the effort and it looks favorabl
for Ottumwa to become one of the five
cities in Iowa that will be given a
camp.
SOME ADVANTAGES SHOWN.
Ottumwa has the following advan.
tases to offer the department for it's
selection as site:
!. Geographical location.
2. Railroad facilities.
5. Available camp site.
4. Supply center
5. Public hospitals.
6. Hotels.
Z. Federal court.
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HOG SALES ARE SLOW
AND ARRIVALS FEW

Chicago, May 17-ln the hog market
today the fact of scanty arrivals was
offset by the presence of a large unsold
supply left over last night. There was
no urgent call for cattle or sheep.
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Pirates Pound Ball.

Pirates Pound Ball.
Philadelphia, May II. Pittsburgh
MT three pitchers hard and defeated
Philadelphia. IL to 4. In the third and
fourth innings the visitors made seven
hlts on Oeschger, which included two
home runs by Fischer and one by
Hinchman. The score:
pittsburgh >. 90 0OO4-12 rs 0
Philadelphia .0O101020O-4 10 2
Batteries w. Cooper and Fischer:
t1ttery'. Oeschger, Lavender and Kill
LITER, Adams.
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White Sox Win.

Chicago. May II. Chicago made it
three straight from the Athletics win
ming today's game. 8 to 2. A wild
pitch by Bush sent the winning tally
home. Williams weakened in the
ninth, the visitors scoring two runs.
but Cicotte checked the rally. The
score:
Chicago OOOOO021'-3 0
Philadelphia 0O0OO00se 3
Batteries - Williams. Cicotte and
LYNN: Bush and Meyer.
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CUBS STRENGTHEN
HOLDON TOPPLACE
CHICAGO DEFEATS BOSTON FOR
NINTH STRAIGHT VICTORY;
PIRATES SLUG BALL.

Boston, May II. Chicago continued
its winning streak by defeating Boston,
Wednesday, s to 0. 1t was ChicagO's
ninth victory Aldridge starting his first
game. holding Boston to five hits. The
Boston club subscribed $4,000 to the
Liberty bond issue. The score:
Chicago ..... O4O0OOO3-S 10
Boston ...... 0OOO0OO0-O 5 8
Batteries = Aldridge and Elliott;
Reulbach. Ragan and Gowdy.
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New York SUGAR.

New Pork, May 1I.-Raw sugar
Steady: centrifugal. 6.0.c; molasses,
S.14c.
Enthusiastically.
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St. Iauis Produca.

Hens. 2otc; springs, S. to So dozen.
Butter and eggs, unchanged.
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Indians Lose Game.

indians Lose Game.
Cleveland. May II. Boston made 1t
two out of three from Cleveland win
ming, to 1. Mays was effective and
drove in two Of his teams runs with
two base hit. The score:
Cleveland -. 00000O0O1-1 l
Boston ...... 0o01031 00--5 II 0
Batteries Bagby. Boehling and
O'Neill, Billings; Mays and Thomas.
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CHICAGO Live Stock; Opening.

Chicago Live Stock; Opening.
Chicago. May 1.-THE opening live
stock market follows:
Hogs-Market slow at yesterdays
average: receipts, 10000; estimated to-
morrow. 10000: bulk, $16.s56 1929;
light, $15.15@16.2o: mixed. S15.65@
1876: heavy, $15e0@16.40: rough.
$15.60@15.75: pigs, $10.50@14.50.
Cattle-Market steady: receipts, 81
600: estimated tomorrow, 1000; native
beef cattle, S.. 50@13.7O: stockers and
feeders, $7.6o@10.4o: cows and heifers.
$s.s5611.s0: calves, $9.75 @14.35.
Sheep-Market weak: receipts, o.
900: estimated tomorrow, 5000: weth-
ers, $12.50@15.50: lambs. $15.50@19.S5.
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Chicago Live Stock; Closing.
Chicago. May 1.-THE closing live
stock market follows:
Hogs-Market slow at opening
prices; receipts, 10000: estimated to-
morrow. $4,000: bulk, $l5.s5 a 1925:
light, $15.15616.20: heavy, $l5.606
1910: mixed, 515.s5@16.a5: rough.
$15.60m15.75.
Cattle-Market Toe higher; receipts,
$500; top. $3.50
Sheep-Market steady: receipts, o.
900; top. $3.50: lambs, 319.S5.
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Primary Movement.
Car Lot Receipts,

Seaboard clearances-Wheat 656.0VV;
corn, $4,000; oats. $4,000.
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St. Louis Grain Futures.

ST. Louis. Mo. May 17.-Closins grain
futures:
wheat--Lower; July, $o.1o%; Sept
$2.00hs.
corn-Lower: July. $i.5l Sept
S1.43.
Oats-Lower: July. e4iac.
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FLAGS. CHEERS. GREET
JACKIES IN WAR ZONE

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St, Louis Live Stock.

st. Louis, Mo- May 1.-THE live
stock market follows:
Hogs-MarEet 10c higher: receipts,
$500: lights. S15.S0616.25: pigs. $3.50
1925: mixed and butchers. $15.S06
1850: good heavy, $16.40G1650; bulk,
S1595016.49.
Cattle-Market steady: receipts. L.
700: native beef steers, s7-o0@13: year.
ling steers and heifers, sS.50m12: cows
$6611: stockers and feeders, SEA 10:
prime vearling steers and heifers, $3.50
m1O; native calves. $6614.50.
Sheep-Market steady: receipts. TO-
900: ewes. s11.50@15.05: yearlinRs, S1s
616.9O; clipped lambs, $14m1635
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Kansas CITY Live Stock.

Kansas City. Mo-. May 1.-THE live
stock market follows:
Hogs-Market sc higher: receipts.
5000; bulk, $4,000 1926: heavy $16.15
@16.3o: packers and butchers, s15.90M
1928; lights $15.58616: pigs, $13@f5.
Cattle-Market steady; receipts. 81
500, including 100 southerns: prime
fed steers, 12.5o@13,25: dressed beef
steers, s9.75@12.25: western steers. 50
ola: cows, 37@1125: heifers sea- 1925:
stockers and feeders. ss.25611 bulls,
$Sm10.50; calves, $S@13.50.
Sheep--Market csc higher: receipts,
5000; lambs. $16620: yearlinss, $14@
II; wethers, S13@15.50: ewes. $l2@15.
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OTTUMWA MAY
GET CAMP SITE

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White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-18
NOTICE TO


Up to and including the eleventh
day of April. 1917. the Board of
Commissioners Of White Pine Coun-
ty, State Of Nevada, will receive bids
for the furnishing to the county of
n new five passenger Hupmobile,
according to detail specifications
which are ON file with the clerk OF
the board at the courthouse in Ely
Nevada. F. o. b. Ely, Nevada.
The Board reserves the right tc
reject any and all bids.
R. C. NORTH,
Chairman, Board of County Com
missioners.
Attest: F. D. 0LDFIELD. Clerk
3 10 s
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Near the Mark

The minister of a Scottish village
being away on holiday, a young dep
uty took over his duties.
During his long journey north he
had caught cold, and arrived at the
village inn late on Saturday night
with a huskiness which threatened to
spoil his preaching powers next
morning.
After being shown to his room he
suddenly decided to have a glass of
hot lemonade. and rang the bell
which sounded rather undecidedly
When the servant appeared he re-
marked pleasantly:
THAT bell seems to be like myself
a bit hoarse
"Ay,' replied the girl calmly, its
cracked