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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-08
EAST ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK
BY Associated Press

East st. Louis. November 7-Cattie:
Receipts. 10000; steers generally steady;
ages; sb.75 Tor 7s5-puunders; light year
lings and heifers steady; beef cows steady.
l0Q15c lower.
Bulk medium to good cows. s $3.50 4.25
Gamers, bulk .-............. $500 2.75
Bulls ......s... 1900 5.25
Good to choice light veal
calves ..s.......,,........ 1ooo@1o.7s
Hogs: Receipts, Is 900: closing steady
with the days level practical top, 1910
Bulk lights and medium w'ts.$ 1900 ITO
Bulk light lights .......... 1850 500
Packer sows ............. 5000 $50
Pigs. bulk ...........s.,... S.15l $40
Sheep; Receipts, 2 500; closing steady.
with fair clearance.
Lambs, top ......,..........$ $50
Bulk ...................... 5000 $50
Medium ..-...-.......... 100
Culls Observation-Disclosures. 5oO@ $50
Skips .................. 2.00@ $50
Ewes scarce ............... 5000 400
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5. n. STEWART 6 co.'s LETTER

Birmingham, November Tn the
face of a bad Liverpool. the Irish
situation, the much talked of Ger
man collapse, short time in the Man"
chester mills and the threatened
strike of garment workers in New
York. our markets opened 20 points
below Saturdays close but from these
figures ruled quiet and steady dur
ing the session today. the finals be-
ing around those of Saturday. The
market held exceedingly well with so
many bearish reports being thrown
upon it. showing a good undertone
from the opening but proved to be a
holiday affair and remains in walt
ing position until the issuance of the
bureau at o'clock Wednesday morn
ing.
The census bureau announced that
in conjunction with the regular re-
port on cotton ginned 1t will issue a
report giving the preliminary figures
on bale weights for the 1921 crop
prior to October is. This will be in
addition to the regular figures usual
ly given. The ginning up to Novem
Der /, whatever the total, whether
anywhere from 81 to 6.5 it is taken
for granted will indicate very
small and inadequate crop. that is the
vital point Ginning. it is assumed
by the believers in higher prices. viii
slump perpendicularly after Wednes-
days report.
The consumption is rising, the
business world at home and abroad
many believe, will be very differ
ent affair in 1922 from what 1t has
been this year. especially In the Uni
ted States, IL labor and freights come
down, retail profiteering stops and
merchandise gets within the reach OF
the people, notably the farmer. as
yet declines at wholesale have not in
all cases been fully passed on to the
people. There is holiday in New
York tomorrow and New Orleans is
expected to rule quiet awaiting the
report of the opening Wednesday
Any decline of consequence affords
purchasing opportunities in our
views.-S. r. Stewart & Co.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-08
RICE MARKET

New Orleans. November s.-Rough
rice dull. Sales none Receipts. 750
sacks; millers receipts, 395 sacks.
Clean rice quiet. Sales reported.
57s pockets Japan at 4Ac: 1,003 pock-
cts blue rose at ~ @4hc; PTS pockets
screenings at lie. Receipts none.
Bran and polish unchanged
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-08

Rockford, November i7.-(speciai)
Mrs. O. e. Burks of Rockford, Route
2, was taken to the South Highlands
hospital in Birmingham last week
for an operation. She has rallied
from the operation, but win not come
home for several weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-08
PRODUCE

BY Associated Press
chicago, November 7.-Butter low
er; creamery extras. 43c; firsts, "a
42c; standards, 3Sc. Eggs unchanged I;
firsts 52@54c Poultry alive, lower:
fowls 14@22c; springs 21hc; turkeys
soc; ROSTERS 15c
st. Louis, November Poultry.
hens 21c; springs PIC; turkeys 34c:
ducks zoe; geese 1Sc. Butter, cream
cry 4Sc. Eggs 47c
New York, November 7.-Butter
weaker, creamery extras 46c; cream
cry firsts S7h a 45c. Eggs firm; re :
celpts S.262; fresh gathered firsts 81
6Oc. Cheese, irregular; average
run 21@211ac.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-08

st. Louis, November Wheat No.
q s114@1t9; No. 8. s112@115; De-
cember S1.01; May $1.061s bid.
Corn No. 1 white 461k December
AK bid: May 5oAc bid.
oats No. white, 3shc; December
81 &c bid; May SIC.
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ALWAYS THE CASE

From Toronto Telegram.
when is loafer busiestg'
Whenever anyone asks him to
work"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-08
uNpERGoEs OPERATION
BY BRIGGS

years old and is survived by his
widow and several children.
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COTTON SEED OIL

Iyy AnsOCIHttU Ftss
New York, November 7.-Cotton
seed oil was easier under scattered
liquidation. induced by the break in
lard and cheaper crude. Closing bids
were 13 to is points net lower. Sales
$500 barrels. Prime crude, 200 sales;
prime summer yellow spot S.35 q $3.50;
December SAC; March S.S6c; May
9.05c, all bid.
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CHICAGO CASH GRAIN
CASH GRAIN
nv ASsaeiafed Press

Chicago November Wheat No
2 hard, $1.32; Corn No. mixed,
'45% @46Ac; No. yellow. 46 1-3@
47c. Oats No. white, 33h @351kc;
No. white S0W32Ac c. Rye No. 2,
73 u M74c. Barley 47@60c: timothy
seed $4,000 $3.50 Clover seed $1,000
q $3.50. Pork nominal; lard $s.47;
ribs 1915 @s7.75.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-11-08
LIBERTY BOND QUOTATIONS.
BY Associated Pres.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK
BY Associated Press

Chicago. November 7,-cattie; Receipts
23, 600. generally steady.
steers and top yearlings $l1.50
Choice handy weight steers .. 1850
Bulk beef steers ........ 5000 $50
To packers ............... 1850
Outsiders paid ............. Hoo
Hogs: Receipts, $1,000; largely iO025c
lower than Saturdays average; closed
weak and ESQ s5c lower holdover mod
erately light.
i'ractical top ................ 40
Light lights up to .......... 100
Bulk ............,...... 1850 ITO
tBs, up 10 SOU
Bulk desirabes around ...... S.25
sheep; Receipts. 5000; fat lambs
mostly 25c lower spots off more; fat she
stock 20 q soc lower; feeders steady.
Top fed western lambs 1888 $40
Bulk desirable native and
feeders Observation-Disclosures STE
Culls largely ............ 900
Bulk fat ewes ............, s.oo@ 4.s5
Few heads at ............. 4.50
Best feeder lambs .....s. 500
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COFFEE MARKET

=, BY Associated Prese
New York, November 7-Coffee
Rio No. Z, 13-l6c.
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Minor Changes In
Morris Aue. Prices;
Butterfat LoWer

There were practically no changes
-, ..,
on Morris avenue yesterday. very
limited sunn1v of cranberries is re-
rorted: there will be enough to sup
~. ~ Nv - 20 ~ s1p
ply the demands Tor THANKSGIVING;
h., chris+n,as thn,, u,ill ho at 4. nra-
~ my
MUM
The market is otherwise well sup
rlied.
Pouftr-
80. !. -,s
tGarrett q triinhie.S
Fryers-25@27c.
Hens-20 @ Csc.
Roosters-12@ 15c.
Butter-46c.
Fruits and Veretansr.
,uarshsu Iordsn r. Ts,,h,
Snaai i Itis,t,, bsed n,,ncns g., =,
nonnds 7c In. w
Lemons-Choice and fancy, IS.
Qranges.florida. $3.50 crate
Apples-Extra fancy, lt3 and larger.
s3.76; fancy. $3.50; Rome beauties, $3.50;
extra fancy po1, Jonathans. ou. basket, -.
Pears-Basc' ss.oo.
Grapes-Emtsror 5, W.
Rutabagas-CaHadl &c.
Saooages-4c-
Potatoes-W Western &c ID; Porto Rico
sweet, l5O-lo. sacks l%c lb:
Onions-heds, lOo pounds to sack,
sack, yellow. &c lb.i Spanish onions,
~; small crate, y4.e0 large crate.
Beans-Caliiornia lima. large, sc 10.
California papy sc lo;' pink beans. 10;
p Pa 1 -eyea peas 1ae iois Michisan navy.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

turned over when there were not men enough
to do it.
Sometimes hide hunting outfit would con-
sist Of fifteen or twenty men, The hunters
worked on salary and commission. sThe best
shots would get considerable sums at the end
Of hunting trip. But it was no game for
tenderfoot. Life in camp was often rough
Sometimes we ran short Of supplies and it was
hard to replenish our larder, rs the hunting
necessarily had to be dons far from civiliza-
ton. The men who ran the outfits did not
want men around who were not good shots. A
poor shot would only cripple buffalo and let
them get away. The animals would die in some
distant place, and before we could find them
the hides would be baked and worthless It
took only four or five hours in the hot sun to
bake buffalo hide SO it could not be removed
from carcass. Sometimes we would soften one
that had been partially baked by pouring water
on it. But such hides would always be weak
where they were baked and would not possess
full market value.
Buffalo hides commanded different prices
according to the time Of the kill. Animals that
were killed in winter were Of the greatest
value. Such hides brought from Sc to ST
apiece. The hair on them was long and they
were in demand for robes Summer hides were
worth only SO apiece. in summer the buffalo
sheds most of the hair on the body back of
the shoulders. Such hides were sold for the
leather only. They were used for leather belt
ing and for harness. Lots of them went to
Germany, where they were made up for indus
trial purposes. Harness made of buffalo leather
was not first class, though, as it was too
stretchy.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

ing circular in his pocket anyway? He tears
it into fragments and, walking to the edge of
the platform, throws the pieces to the roadbed
No doubt psychologists will prove that there
is distinct urge in it somewhere. Perhaps
the impulse to throw something over the edge
of platform is,just like the impulse to hurl a
stone or perhaps to toss ones self from the
edge of precipice.
1t takes considerable time to clear the
roadbed in the average subway station. The
men step aside just in time to miss getting hit
by each train that thunders by. Avoiding
death by foot or two is one Of the thrills, no
doubt that make such a job worth while.
AS soon as the train is gone they are back be-
tween the rails again, spearing the larger bits
of paper with nail-tipped sticks and carefully
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Buffalo Meat Was Bolt
For the Tenderfoos

buHalo meat was in great demand amaaa
the visitors who came to the West at 4hst
time visitor would ask for buffalo veas4
ana the hotel proprietor would saw that bs,
DID not have any on hand, but expected u noe
hunters in with supply in two or three d.-
The tenderfoot would stay at the hotel tr.o
or three days longer, though probably tbs
MOTEL man would have good supply of bns-
faio meat On hand all the time. But tricks
to get business were not overlooked in thos.
days any more than now"
The most serious trouble the buffalo hunt-
ers had with the Indians came when the &C.
called battle of Adobe Walls was fouehs.
Adobe Walls was a collection of three adobe
buildings, in the Panhandle country. The
origin of the walls was a mystery. 1t was
said that the Conquistadores, who went
through that part of the country into what
is now Kansas in early days, put up the build.
Ings. Others said they had been built by Mex
lean horse thieves
Two traders named Myers and Callahan
fixed up the buildings and started stores in
them They were the trading center for that
part OF the frontier, and rustlers and des-
peradoes made their headquarters there.
In June, 1874, Adobe Walls was attacked
by several hundred Indians who thought the
would surprise the traders and get all tht
arms and ammunition stored at the settle
ment. 1t happened that little band Of but
falo hunters had arrived at Adobe Walls the
night before. The Indians made their attack
at daybreak, but they had been seen and the
hunters were ready for them. The Indians
charged twice to the walls Of the buildings.
The heavy buffalo guns began emptying sad
dies at long distance and kept it up at close
quarters. The Indians finally withdrew, after
having suffered appalling losses Two of the
white men were killed. Such, in brief. was
the battle of Adobe Walls, fought by buffalo
hunters of the Southwest.
In those days no one ever asked a cues
ton about mans past" said Mr. Hathaway.
"Gunmen. who were wanted in town for muir
der. used To slip out and join a hide hunting
camp. We had cattle thieves and criminals
of all sorts Billy the Kid was said to have
been member of one hide hunting outfit
before he drifted into New Mexico and began
his career Of crime there But most of The
buffalo hunters worked at their calling year
in and year out
From 1870 to 1876, at the time I hunted,
the business was at its best. 1t continued a
few years longer, but the herds were dwind-
ling fast By 1879 the hide hunters had
driIted into other callings, because there were
not enough buffaloes left to make the old
business profitable. Some settled down on
ranches, and others went to the mining dis
tricts or got into the cattle business. Speeu-
lators made good deal of money on the hides.
but the hunters never made much except at
times when the hunting was exceptionally
good.~
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
From, the Old West
To East Eleventh Street

One of the buffalo hide hunters of earl.
days in the West is living in New York. Hs
is Seth Hathaway, Of 10S East Eleventh
Street, known to his familiars as Seth, and
acknowledged TO be one of the best plain
snd fancy shots ever developed in that great
est of all schools of Workmanship, the West
,rn plains.
As hide hunter in Kansas and the Pan
handle of Texas in the '70s Mr.. Hathaway
killed innumerabIe buffaloes He speaks of it
aegretfully to-day, though he does not ascribe
the disappearance of the buffalo to anything
but government short-sightednesS
1t is matter of historical record shat at
that time the government wanted the buffalo
herds so reduced that taey would not continue
70 furnish an inexhaustible food supply to the
Indians. So long as there were buffaIoes to
be hunted, just so long would the Indians
leave their reservations. Government rations
Of beef, handed out more or less grudgingly
by agents, meant nothing to the Indians whsn
buffalo meat could be secured, with all the
attendant excitements Of the chase. The mil
ltary authorities then in charga of operations
N the West advocated destruction Of the buf
faio, just as a blockade is recommended to
starve out any foe nowadays
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

forms, but letters apparently are destroyed no
where else. Dramatists show US letters being
torn up and thrown into the CRATE at home,
where they fail to catch fire and are pieced
together by the clever detective who is the hero
of the play. The men who clean up the sub
way tracks know that such situations are en-
tirely fctional. Folks take their old letters
into the Subway and tear them into bits and
cast them upon the rails, with the wrappings
of chewing gum and chocolate from the sub
way slot machines. Not much melodrarna in
that perhaps, but plenty of real life.
Apparently it is all done unconsciously. A
man is waiting for q train. He PAGES up and
down and feels absent-mindedly in his pockets.
He takes out an envelope and glares at it.
How did he ever happen to put that advegtia-
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

hunter left his horse and began to creep up
within shooting distance. We carried the old
Sharps fifty rife, a single shot, bteech-load-
ing weapon weighing from sixteen to eight
cen pounds Afterward they made forty,
which was even better in high wind. The
fifty would drift when the wind was Blowing.
The forty used ninety instead of 12o grains
of powder--which fact had to be taken into
consideration. We packed along our own
supplies and made our own ammunition. We
would take, say 1000 shells per man, and at
odd times would mold bullets and do our
loading.
Sometimes it would take half an hour or
more to get within shooting distance of
herd. We had to crawl across the prairie,
using every clump Of brush as protection
When the prairie was absolutely smooth and
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

picking up all the articles that are spearable
Conversation with one OF them at the end of
sauntering journey along the edge of plat
form would indicate that the public is more
careful with its vaIuables in subways than one
would suspect. Which is comforting thought,
for il we learned that people were in the
habit of strolling over and throwing their
rings and stickpins and money into the sub
way, just the way the inhabitants Of Venice
used to cast their valuables into the sea- it
would give cause for belief that sanity had
cracked under the strain of recent years. If
diamond is found it is usually glass, and if
sorne one carelessly drops ring from the
platform edge it is of twisted wire.
But bills, letters and such things. IF none
of them were ever written there would be no
job for tho subway cleanera
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

fat. It was hard work. There was danger in
it, too, and some men got killed and others
were badly hurt. There were guardians of
the buffalo herd-bulls that had been whipped
out Of The herd by younger bulls. These old
outcasts would be short distance from the
herd, acting as sentinels. We had to keep
sharp eye on them When one of these old
fellows raised his head and crooked his tail
there was danger, and the only thing to do
was to begin shooting right then and there.
'In making our kill we always tried to drop
the leader of the herd At the first shot gen
orally the herd would start to run, but we
would all shoot at the leader and drop him
As soon as the leader fell the herd would
stop. l don't know what it was-whether
the smell of blood or the fact it was the
leader that had fallen. Anyway, the herd
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Annhilation of Buffalo
Net Intentional

It is not believed, however, that ANYBODY
meant to annihilate the bison herds. But the
gates were let down, and before they were
put back it was too late The bison had been
practically exterminated-a scant 1000 sur
9lFing to-day in zoos and on the national
ranges in Montana and Yellowstone National
Fark out OF the millions that once roamed the
prairies.
among those who turned to the buffalo
hunting grounds when the gates were lowered
we're the professionals-the hide hunters who
followed bison killing as vocation. There
were others who hunted for the pleasure of
Tue thing. Sir George Gore came over with
an enormous retinue, and, with the celebrated
scout Jim Bridger, as his guide, spent months
hailng buffaloes. Grand Duke Alexis came
from Russia and, with Buffalo Bill" Cody TO
guido hirn, had fling at the sort Of hunting
Slch was considered unedualed
There were lesser hunters who went out
1or the pleasure Of the thing-thousands of
tnem They had much to do with the ulti
mate disappearance of the bison, but their
work was carried out intermittently and with
out thought of personal profit.
Inc buffalo hunter-the man who looked
upon The bison a means of providing
Wlhg-Went at the task in businesslike
ana Unconditional manner. 1t is to be said
lof nm that he was a conservationist, to a
uegfee while the others were destroyers with
'ut mltlgatlon. The men who hunted the
punao for pleasure left the carcasses where
hey feu Not knife touched those great
AalhS' winch represented no salvage until
sears later their bones were gathered up for
ieftlllzer. The hide hunter provided the world
Wisfl warm robes and with leather for pur-
tposeS Oh manufacture and commerce. Some
'lnies' when he hunted for the forts and rail
foad camps, he utilized the buffalo meat.
p'cAling and drying it and marketing tough.
Dus edible product at low prices. In those
ways the hide hunted was a conserva-
Ho'llst. Buffalo hunting with him was bust
''sas 70 be followed as grinlly and determinedly
& sas any modern man Of affairs follows his
chosen calling.
Inc hide hunters mostly went out from
saeh towns as Dodge City, Abilene and other
4Sontler headquarters" said Mr.. Hathaway
lscehtiy, recalling some of the incidents of his
.aieer' Sometimes a man ran an outfit of
''o own, and sometimes he worked for another
saah. hide hunting could not be done alone.
q = sooK at least three men to do it right. De-
i sssohaily two men with properly trained
& .sam could hunt successfully using the horses
Q turn the buffalo
!, me buffalo is a heavy animal and, after
e sKin had been removed from one side. ID
SoS three men te turn the carcass SO the
"a ceuld De taken from the other side Where
sa'y Two men were working, the carcass would
y = ued 70 the back of the wagon. The horses
s'uio Do started and would stop at word Of
~a1aand In that way she carcass could be
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

would stop nonentarily and would give us
chance for moro shooting. Then the herd
would start going again and this time there
was no stopping it. / have seen as many
as fifty or sixty buffaloes dropped right in
those first few minutes, within radius of an
acre or two.
After we had dropped as many as possible
at close range, we kept firing at the herd to
cripple some of the laggards. These we would
reach later and would kill and skin have
seen buffaloes dropped at 1000 to 1,5oo yards.
but generally we tried to get withina3O0 or 400
yards, or even closer.
You couldn't afford to be poor shot when
you were hunting buffalo on foot When one
Of those old bulls charged you it was up to
you to get him or he would get you / had
one Of them drop within three feet of me once
He came at me full speed and managed to
put bullet in vital spot as he came but he
looked rs big as a house when he hit the
ground in front Of me.
"Once in while hunter was killed by
buffalo, but the beasts wouldn't charge as
rule, even after they had seen you for the
first time. l saw halfbreed tossed twice by
big buffalo, but as it happened, he was not
killed. We had just dropped into buffalo
camp where there had been a kill. Several
bufaloes were lying around on the ground. and
the men were at work sknning the animals.
We were prepared to go on our way and try
our luck elsewhere, as the buffalo hunting
parties never invaded each others territory
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
A Buffalo That Objected
To Being Skinned

"a halfbreed had started to skin big buff
faio that he supposed was dead. He had
slashed the animal the entire length Of its
body underneath, and was starting to slash
the legs, when the buffalo jumped to it's feet
and tossed him high in the air. The animal
had been brought down by the hunter who was
running the camp, but the shot had gone
little high and had merely creased the animal
instead of killing him. The pain from the
knife wounds started the buffalo into action
When the hunter came down he landed on his
hands and knees some distance in front of the
buffalo. The animal charged and tossed him
again, and this time the man fell into buf-
falo wsllow, two or three feet deep. He disap-
peared from sight in the wallow, and the
New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

KF YOU drop in at any underground rail
way station at a time of night when travel
n is bit slack the chances are that you
will see the subway saunterers. They
walk in pairs, and they drift along the sub
way track, below the platform level, at gait
and in an attitude suggestive OF the boys in
Tom Sawyer when they were hunting for their
lost pipes and knives on the island.
Tiie subway saunterers are not looking for
anything in particular, but are seeking every
thing In general. They are the men who are
charged with the task of picking up all the
trtfles which are thrown from the station plat
forms.
Bits of correspondence paper form the har-
vest, Tor the most part. The public does not
throw many newspapers from station plat