The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-03-13
Spokane Live Stock Market fol
Week Ending March 8.

cattle; bS calves; 1894 hogs VI
sheep and 10 horses and mules
totaling SIS carloads.
A moderate supply of cattle
appeared each morning Of tn,
past two weeks with no heavy
runs being reported on any one
day Most Of the recent offer.
ings were just plain hay-fed
cattle, with nothing so far com
ing from the close winter feed
lot. Prices have advanced stead
lily and all sales have been made
in line with the same. The re
ceipts in all eases have been in
sufficient to supply the demand.
and in view of anticipated light
| receipts these long prices will re-
main steady.
The hog market made favor
able pp-turn during the past ten
days, being effected by an adj
vance of soc per cwt. on all class
es. The supply Of hogs has also
been limited, with the demand
on any sale day being far in ex-
cess of the daily offering. The
market closed steady to strong at
the following quotations: prime
mixed $3.50 to $1775; medium
mixed, $17.10. to $1735; rough
heavies, $3.50 to $16.75; pigs,
$3.50 to $16.75; stockers and
feeders, 1920 to $14,5O.
The light receipts Of sheep has
kept the sheep market practi-
cally at a standstill, altho the
prevailing demand has kept the
quotations well up to prices be-
ing paid generally throughout
the country, and the sales Of
what few were offered were
made at prices consistent with
published quotations. The mar
ket is firm with prime lambs,
$1450 to $3.50; fair to medium
lambs, 1925 to 1875; prime
yearlings. $1,000 to $1150;
prime wethers, 5000 to $1,000;
best mutton ewes. $500 to 5000. |
Pershing's Sunday School Days.
eyes, Johnny Pershing was a
pretty good boy He was bright,
sturdy. self-reliant and he used
to know his Sunday school les
son, too"
SO spoke R. A. Kay Of TO
Pacific avenue, Long Beach, Cal
ifornia, in a recent newspaper
Mr.. Kay, back in La
clede, Mo-. taught the Sunday
school class in the First Metho-
dist church Of which "Johnny"
Pershing, then a high school stu
dent, now the comm2nder in
chief of the American Expedi-
tionary Forces, was member.
General Pershing S father, j.
E. Pelshing was class leader
in the church. Both Johnny and
his brother, Jim, according to
Mr.. Kay, were subject to a strict
religious training.
"As | remember Johnny Per-
shing," stated Mr.. Kay as he be-
came remiscent of his life in La
;lede, che was persevering
young man.
"In fact, | would say that
was one of his
dominant traits. He and. his
brother took care Of their faith
er's farm, 100 acres in all, just
of town. Johnny's faith
n was postmaster in Laclede for
several years. Both of the boys
we're faithful and were good
workers.
Johnny was quite athletic,
IS | remembered him. After he
finished high school he taught a
negro school, later going to a
school Then he entered
Normal school, where
lie made excellent progress.
"While he was attending nor
nal school his fathers store was
.obbed. Johnny came home to
zee if he could help ascertain I
who committed the burglary.
While he was home he read a
lotice in the newspaper that
here was to be an examination
or West Point at Trenton, Mo.
Johnny determined to take
he examinations. He drove 80
niles across the country in a
,uggy to Trenton. He passed
uccessfrllly and got, the appoint
nent. This | learned later from
lis brother Jim when | was in
Atchinson, Kansas.
Mr.. Kay is confident that
seneral Pershing will be nomi-
ated for presidency and that he
viii get the chance to vote for
i'm. Mrs. Kay attended high
chool with Johnny Pershing for |
wo years. According to the
Jays, Johnny Pershing was pop
lar with all of the students.
When shown the above arti-
lie from a Long Beach paper, G. !
V. Felt, the well known Nez- 1
cree merchant and bOyhOOd I