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U. S. BUREAU OF Markets
Washington, D. O.
Fraits ana Yesstahles


Prices reported: Eastern shore vir.
ginia and Maryland Irish cobbler 20.
tatoes, - at S6.76 per barrel city mar.
ksts; &4.66 to $4.86 I. o. b. usual tsrms
Kentucky sacked Irish cobblers, 32.66 q
$500 midwsstern cities. Georgia North
termelons. 1880 pound average. y2Ot
New York auctions; 3il6, I $50 I. Q. b
cash track. Texas stock, 1a40 at S36(
Ct Chicago; 60c at soc bulk per 100 lbs
{. Q. b. usual terms. North Carolins
cantaloupes standard l6s. green meats
IL s" Soos asgysna sy nafsss s1san as.sni snd
pink meats. $3.50 at 81 eastern citlsa
Georgia peaches, Elbertas and Bellies
$2.25 at $3.25 per six basket carrier
reaching 1850 midwestern markets
{226 to $2.75 (. o. b. usual terms. North
Carolina Bellies. $3.50 at $500 eastern
cities.
Livestock and Meats
Chicago prices: Top. 1s.lo; bulk Of
sales, sales $3.50; medium and good beef
and hsifsrs. i ss.so at At ;ioso: va.sS'' fssds, sS
steers. s4.l5: light and medium weight
veal calves. $3.50 at 1ll.6Q; fat lembA
!l9.e9 At tlS: feeding lambs. tloso a
aaIs;So; sS y:arins'' g Ia N7s At I'll; fat ewes
,,ssS sEisss =, .;s .Ssod Is; grade d. meats: @ Beet
ils at $3.50: light pork ioins, iii Il
$20; heavy loins. $40 at I'll.
No; ! Timothy, Philadslphia, iss;
e.so. VII Einnsapoiis. sla1 III; ~; sMsmphis h.,
S2o; st. Louis. 1850. No. Prairie
Minneapolis. 3lA.60; st. Louis. 1880
i5,I1s. Kens:s cry tlLoo % :. .too.7S. No. !
,,s ssae mddins: nGan 1885, sS msdl'H. ss R.a
Dog. $a2. Gluten feed, Chicago, 1sil6.
White hominy feed, ST. Louis, SS1: Chi.
cago. {e2; old 80 per cent cotton ssed
meal. Memphis. t5s; Atlanta, S57; 81
per cent linsesd meal, Minneapolis
tl2; Buffalo. Ssl.
Closing prices In Chicago cash mar.
set: No. . red winter wheat. esc; No
corn, Sic: No. : yellow corn, 6Sc; No
white oats. 3Sc. Average farm prices:
No. mixed corn In Central Iowa, 76c;
NO. hard winter wheat In central
Kansas. 7Sc: No. dark northern wheat
IN central North Dakota. Sac. Closing
,Isuss nsS.s ,Raiss,c c,,e Chicago an September
7sAc; Minneapolis September wheat
3L0sk; Kansas City September wheat
9lAc.
Dairy Products
Butter markets firm and higher,
Closing prices Of % score butter: New
York. 43hc Chicago, tlho; Philadsi-
phia, 43hc: Boston, l2hc.
Cheese markets were lower during
the week. Prices At Wisconsin primary
elkc; Double Daisies, 2ic; Young
American. axe; Longhorna 2SKo;
square prints, 1Sc.
Bpot cotton prices declined % points
during the week. New York October
future contracts declined 80 points,
spot cotton prices closed at S2.1Sc is.
New York October futures ct l2.26c.
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NAVY IS TO Be REPRESENTED
Numerous War Vessels and Men to
Represent Department to Attend
Legion Convention.

Nine battleships, 3s destroyers and
numerous auxiliary vessels will par
ticipate In the naval show in conjunc-
tion with the national convention Of
the American Legion In San Fran
cisco October Is to 10. The personnel
attached to the ships will number 800
commissioned officers. 100 warrant Of.
ficers and 10000 enlisted men. III.
Authorization Of the battle fleets
presence was granted by Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., assistant secretary Of
the navy. The ships will anchor OF
San Francisco October 12 and will re-.
main until October %. Included in
the feet will be the battleshlps Call.
fornia, Maryland. New York, Texas,
Arizona, Pennsylvania. New Mexico,
Idaho and Tennessee.
Legion convention officials are en-
deavoring to emphasize the naval pro-
gram Of the gathering to a greater ex.
tent than has been attempted in prevl.
GUS years. To that end. the naval au-
thorities of a number of countries al
lied with the United States In the
World war have been asked to send
vessels.
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LEGION men URGED TO FILE
Thousands Of Acres Of Public Lands
Are Thrown Open In West.
ern States.

American Legion members are urged
by national headquarters to consider
filing entries on more then 10000
acres Of public land in four Western
states which have recently been thrown
open to entry to ex-service men.
The area comprises the second
largest offering Of public domain for
homesteading in several years. Lands
thrown open under the order include:
Observation-Disclosures thousand acres
In San Bernardino county, near Kelso,
and In San Diego county, near Campo.
Colorado-Eighteen thousand acres
in Costilla county, near Russell.
Nevada-Twenty.two thousand acres
In Nye county, near Carrara.
Utah-Forty thousand acres In
Washington county, near Central.
More than 1900 acres in Juab coun-
ty, near Mona, Utah, will be opened to
veterans after the state has made Sc
lectlons from the tract In accordance
with public land grants to It.
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Black AIkall.

Investigations have been made OF the
almost complete loss Of fertility Of
from 10000 to $1,000 acres In the San
Luis valley Of Colorado, and this con-
ditlon Is attributed to the socalled
"black alkali," composed largely Of
sodium carbonate. This carbonate Is
carried In the waters Of the valley, in
cluding the rivers and the arteslan
wells, and the practice Of subirrigatlon
has brought 1t to the surface by
caplllarity and evaporation. II Is sug-
gested that the remedy lies In a con.
version Of the carbonates into sui.
pilates by the use Of liberal amount
Of gypsum-about nine pounds OF gyp-
sum to one pound Of black alkali-
anil downward washing by means Of
surface irrigation with burrows or by
flooding.
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At WORK ON BIG CONVENTION
Lieut.. Gen. Hunter Llssstt. In chargs
Of Arrangements, Being AssIstsd
by Many Others.

With q powerful former lieutenant
general, who commanded :he first army
Of a million fighting men in France, at
the helm, and important committees
headed by ex.ofiicers and "buck pri-
Yates" alike, preparations for the
American Leglon's fifth annual conven.
tion. to be held In San Francisco next
October. are progressing.
Gen. Hunter Liggett. a favorite
among Legionnaires because Of his ef.
forts to build up the Legion In San
Francisco, finds the important task Of
directing arrangements for the big ma
tional gathering "a pleasant, though
busy and comprehensive job.
Not all Of the work Of preparing for
the convention Is being handled by
Legionnairea San Francisco has made
a systematic study Of conventions and
the result has been the development Of
an efficient corps Of prominent busi.
ness men, who, originally ''hobbying
1t" as convention workers, got into the
hang Of the activity so well that they
find themselves called into conference
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WILL SUBMIT BONUS MEASURE
Omaha Legion Members to Urge state
Legislatures Action on Pigeon.
holed Bill.

Omaha members of the American Le
glon plan to submit the bill providing
a bonus to World war veterans to the
people by invoking the initiative at the
next general election.
Sponsors Of the measure, which will
be patterned after the Iowa state bo-
nus, say the bill will provide for the
payment Of so cents per day to every
service man or woman who, at the time
Of enlistment, was a resident Of Ne
braska. There will be a maximum
clause Of $3.50. No distinction will be
made between domestic and foreign
service.
The state bonus measure has been
before the Nebraska legislature three
hmes. In 1919 the legislators dropped
the bonus and passed an emef gency re.
lief bill for service men and their fam
Mes. In 1928 the bill passed the lower
house by an overwhelming majority,
only to be held In committee in the
senate without being reported out for
Z vote.
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ArlEQIC!AN
LEGION
MESSAGE SENT BY BALLOON
Lsttsrs for Legion Pests, by National
Commander owslsy, Dropped
From Big Bags.

Messages from the air were literally
showered on posts Of the American
Legion from National Commander Al.
vim Owsley recently when letters were
dropped from the basket Of one Of the
entrants In the national elimination
balloon race. The messages were re-
ceived In a number Of Eastern states
over which the balloon passed on its
400-mile journey over the country.
Anticipating the general direction
the balloons would travel from the ma
tional headquarters city, a number Of
personal messages from Commander
Owsley were made ready. and the
pilots planned to throw these from the
basket attached to tiny parachutes, as
they passed over the towns and cities,
later to be delivered to the commander
Of the Legion post In that locality.
The balloon which carried this mes
sage was entered as "The American
Legionnaire." and was piloted by Capt.
@ 3. Mccullough. vice chairman Of
the Legion's national committee on
aeronautics. Captain Mccullough was
attached to various balloon schools
during the war and made many flights.
. BE 10 now division passenger agent for
the Pennsylvania railway, and In this
capacity handled transportation ar.
rangements on the occasion Of the
visits Of the king and queen Of Bel
GUM, Marshal Foch, the prince Of
Wales and other European notables.
Assisting Captain Mccullough was
Lieut.. Carlton F. Bend Of the army
air service now stationed at Aber.
deem proving ground, Maryland,
a. q Legionnaire. Lieutenant Bond
has participated In a number Of
balloon races. being In the basket with
Major Westover, who won the 1922
elimination race, which started at Nil.
waukee. On this trip the bag landed
In the Province Of Quebec, Canada,
$50 miles from Its starting place. This
victory entitled them to competition In
the international race for the James
Gordon Bennett cup, which started
from Geneva, Switzerland, but they
were forced down shortly after cross
Ing the Alps.
The balloon used by Captain McCul-
Tough and Lieutenant Bond, and from
which the messages from the Legion'a
head were dropped, was Of $1,000 cubic
feet capacity. Il was Of the army type
and had been supplied by the COM
manding officer Of the Three Hundred
and Eighty-second airshlp company, G..
81. @. reserves. Third corps army area.
The balloon safely landed at Frank.
fort, Pa, a few miles west Of Pitts
burgh, In this race, after being In the
air for nearly "a hours. The aeronauts
were forced to land when they encoun.
tered q terrific storm.
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Drab Life.

Harold Bell Wright. the successful
novelist, WIS defending, at dinner in
New York, the ldealstic as contrasted
with the realistic school Of fiction.
LET us have idealsm and romance
in our books" he said. ut is the only
place where Jolly things are to be
found, you know. Life itself Is drab
and ugly and uneventful."
Mr.. Wright laughed, then added:
"In life nothing ever comes off ex-
cept buttons" - FL
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DENVER MARKETS
Cattle


auotsSis up to iio.7s. % ar..:af.d sSe: s...ls' ~
apiece. Went for ,sas. @ whiis He0 two p0aaS: oaS.
er loads. also going over the 1000
pound mark. brought y8.26. Other
prices ranged around i7Sb.
One or two hsiferish cows went for
sS.eo. while traders quoted strictly
bunch brought that price. Three loads
ranged from ,;5.a6 and $50 to IS. Az
erage cows brought }4,7b to 81. while
the poor stock sold around $a and
y3.bo. Gamers and cutters kept with
In their old range Of 81 to IS.
. Heiers were more plentiful than
tney nave been foy several days, and
te.26 to $3.50.
Calves lost some of the recent gains,
ana top prices were $3.50 for two or
three punches. Several lots went for
iI.60 the ordinary classes sold from
1880 TO So. Bulls sold at their reRu-
isr ratings, running from $3.50 to S3.76
>, Receipts, es 700. Packer tops were
two loads at y7ss. Other prices 'rs rsc.iSsd a0sS
while drives went down to $40. The
to $3.50. S'"
Packer sows were somewhat strong
Or than the general run Of last week.
some going up to 36.25. while Others
so,d Tor ;s Killing pigs. though scarce,
from 1850 to t6.75. stags ranged from
1870 to 10. on q steady market
Receipts, 238. Choice lambs wers
quotabls At &ll.50 while fancy grades
might have run q little higher, perhaps
to ll.76. Good lambs were auotable
from S10.75 to $l1.26.
Ewes were not In evidence, but wers
quoted around $3.50 to ISIS, which
s.ricsiy choice grades might have COM
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every time a major conclaye comes to
the city. Many Of these distinguished
citizens, stald business men. whose
"bit" during the war may have been
the selling Of millions Of dollars in
Liberty bonds and thousands Of other
splendid deeds, are today drafted"
Into the committees preparing for the
national convention. Their ability to
handle efficiently and well the "short
cuts" that have been ferreted out
through the staging Of more than one
hundred conventions each year, will
serve the Legion convention workers
most effectively. Their part Is certain
to add to the already tentative program
that Is now In the making.
San Francisco expects 10000 vis
itors to attend the convention.
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Cruel Words.

The wife had been away from home
all afternoon, and when she returned
husband was reading. She dropped
YEARLY into a chair and closed hett
eyes for rest when her husband
began to ask questions.
"Oh, don't talk to me- she begged
"I'm SO tired" |
" wanted to rest myself he re-
turned, "but was kept from doing 20
by the noise you made"
II was away she said
But there were echoes" he re.
turned.
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Mulatto Guilty Of Murder

Cleveland, O.-Guilty Of murder
with recommendation Of mercy. John
L. Whitfield was sentenced to life I'm
prisonment in the Ohio penitentiary
here. Three women and nine men In.
dIcated by their verdict the murder Of
Patrolman Dennis Griffin May II was
on Whitfields hands. But they added
1--WE recommend mercy" And thus
did Whitfield escape the death chair.
Judge Frank C. Phillips criticized the
jury for failing to return death yer.
dict.
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Man Shot In Labor Riot

Springfield, nl.-One man was shot
and seriously wounded and two deputy
sheriffs were badly beaten In a labor
fight at the plant Of the American
Zinc Lead and Smelling Company at
Hillsboro. a few days ago. Sheriff
Charles Hin Of Montgomery county
advised George Sutton, secretary to
the governor, that the situation was
serious, but made no request for
troops. The sheriff. with twenty depu-
ties, heavily armed, are guarding the
plant to prevent any further outhreakA
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DENVER SUGAR QUOTATIONS
Poland orlsvss a. Death

Warsaw.-When the death Of Pred.
dent Harding was announced official.
" In the chamber Of deputies all the
deputies rose and continued standing
while Vice Speaker Moraczewski
talked Of Polanc's gratitude to the
United States None Of u will for.
set what we owe to the United States" :"
hs declared. "None Of 10 win forget
the relief America gave u when ~
vsrs weak altar seven years Il war
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His Statement Doubted,

Teacher-Who signed the MagnM
Charta? /
Youngster-Please, ma'am, 'twasn't
me.
Teacher (dlsgusted)-Oh, take youn
seat.
Skeptlcal Member of Rural School
Board-Here, call that boy back, !
don't like his manner, believe he I'D
do II.
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AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
FAvoRS CROP INSURANCE

Washlngton.-General crop insur.
ance Is feasible, and Is urgently need
ed for the protection Of American ag-
riculture. In view Of the progress
made by insurance In other fields. it
is hard to believe that adequate crop
insurance facilities will long remain
undeveloped.
So say officials Of the U. s. Depart
ment Of Agriculture who have been
studying the question. They are pre-
pairing data for the Senate COMMITTEES
which was appointed at the last ses-
sion Of Congress to investigate and
report on the practicability Of extend
ing the scope Of crop insurance. This
committee held q series Of hearings at
Washington in April, and will recon-
vene In December.
Billions Of dollars are annually in
vested In farm crops. So great Is the
risk In this investment, that the farm
ers who make 1t have been called
gamblers. But gambling, say depart.
ment officials, is a term properly ap-
piled to the taking of unnecessary
risks, just for the sake Of taking a
chance. They point out that the risks
Of agriculture are unavoidable, and
should be as readily insurable as SIM
liar risks in other lines.
1t is regarded as absurd that agri-
culture should continue without ade-
quate insurance facilities, In face Of
the general application that has been
given to the insurance principle in
nearly all other kinds Of necessary en-
terprise. With proper statistical data
as basis for rates, means Of supply
ing the lack ought to be obtainable,
say the departments Investigators.
Crop insurance, It Is believed,
should cover actual damage sustained,
but not theoretical losses resulting
from failure to reap expected profltA
The Raymer enterprise., 1923-08-16
Irish Nswspapermen Win Strike

Dublin.-For a week recently the
public Of Ireland was without reports
OF the proceedings in the Irish parlia-
ment. The newspapers had boycotted
parliament because Of the grievances
of the reporters. The quarters for
newspapermen were SO inadequate, and
the restrictions SO onerous, that the re-
porters voted a boycott. In which they
were supported by the newspaper pro-
prietors. In less than week the dlf.
ficulties were composed.
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A kind word often does more good
than dollar, but most of US would
rather take the money.
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Judging from the freckIes on tho
summer girls face, the open season
for sun spots Is now on.
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ever stop to
think of this I
We are gvhat we eat!

We are gvltat we eat!
It's startling fact, yet simple truth. s.-
This is the reason every one should know that
his food is really sosrishine mot merely filing
.Nuts-made from wheat and barley-is
one Of the few cereal foods that includes the vital
mineral salts SO necessary for supplying proper
nourishment for nerve and bone structure.
In Crape.Nuts, too, is retained the important
vitamin.B of the wheat. ~
No food has greater influence in Strengthening
the body OF growing child than Grape-Nuts And
remember, children need the pe,y best there is in
the way Of nour;shment.
Grape.Nuts is Just as delicious as it IS healthful,
whether served right from the package as break
fast cereal with milk or cream, with fresh or
stewed fruit, or made into an appetizins recipe.
Try the suggestion given below.
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DEPARTMENT

Commercial inquiries answered and
information gladly furnished without
cost. Address any firm above.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-06-01
HUGE PROFITS IN RUM
TRADE ALONG BORDER
Smugglers Are Said to Be Bringing
in 100000 Gallons Of Liquor
q Day.

Chicago.-Some satisticians assert
that the steel industry or the auto
mobile industry are the largest en-
terprises in the United States, blu in
vestigators who are rounding up their
figures say the greatest single bust
ness in this country today, legitimate
and otherwise, is booze. In the num-
Der Of men engaged and the daily
amount of turnover in cash, it stands
at the top OF all American industries.
Smugglers in the shack at Ecorse,
Mich, one of the wettest distributing
points on the Canadian border, esti-
mate that they and their helpers
bring into the United States an
average of 100, 900 gallons a day
and they admit it is awful stuff.
Investigation shows that more than
5000 persons are actively engaged in
booze smuggling along the border and
at various points in the United States.
There are quick fortunes in the game.
One smuggler who before prohibition
says was glad to earn $50 a week, adj
mits he has made a fortune in three
years and is quitting the game.
Passage of the prohibition law in
the United States found a highly or
ganized gang Of smugglers, located
all along the Canadian border, ready
to get into the new game. Up to that
time they had been engaged in snug
Cling Chinese across the border at
from $500 to $1,000 each. They also
engaged in various smuggling endeav-
ors-handling jewels, cloth and other
articles that were slipped in without
paying duty.
But when prohibition came in, they
dropped everything else and concen'
trated upon this immensely profitable
business.
Smugglers row in Ecorse, where the
overland rum of seven states
get their cargoes Of booze, is about
10 miles from the heart OF Detroit,
The investigator found the business
running wide open, with no efforts at
concealment and total disregard for
the law. He helped a Chicago boot.
logger load Fl cases Of booze on a
truck, in broad daylight and this stuff
was conveyed 325 miles to Chicago,
over the highways Of Michigan, In
diana and Illinois without any inter
ference whatever.
One never sees a federal, state OF
local officer raise a finger in Ecorse
to stop this traffic. The smugglers
are provided with enormous quaint
ties of labels and counterfeit revenue
stamps and are ready to supply any
brand the rum runner calls for.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-06-01
Religious Fanatics Killed.

Manila, p. I.-Twenty-four Moro
religious fanatics on the island Of
Pata, near Jolo (Sulu), were killed by
a detachment Of insular constabulary,
according to a dispatch received at
the office of Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood.
The dispatch said that Akabra, who
styles himself a prophet, and his
followers, attacked a ~constabulaCY
detachment under Lieut.. Angeles at
the village of Kiput. The dispatch
said that "a of the Moros were killed,
but that there were no casualties
among the constabulary troops.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-06-01
STRIKE SCARE DlSTURBS
THE HARD COAL REGIONS
The Radicals Among the Mine Work
ers Are Seeking to Break the
Wage Pact.

Washington, ID. Possibility OF
another strike in the anthracite coal
regions is causing apprehension. II
comes after assurances had been
given that industrial peace would be
continued for at least another year
and that consumers need fear no other
danger than that Of high prices.
John l.. Lewis, president or the
United Mine workers OF America, was
an invited conferee with the national
coal commission and the situation in
the anthracite fields was the subject
OF discussion. The situation is brief
ly this:
Several months ago, Lewis, acting
for the mine workers, proposed to the
anthracite operators that the wage
scale and agreement upon other con
tested points entered into last year,
when the anthracite strike was termi,
mated, should be renewed for another
year. The proposal was promptly &C
cepted by the operators. Feeling that
there would be nc further difficulty,
Lewis went to Europe, ostensibly to
investigate coal mining conditions
abroad.
Upon returning to this country, Pres
ident Lewis found that his control OF
the situation was threatened by the
radical element in the anthracite
unions, and that whether or not his
agreement With the operators would
stand depends upon the election OF
district president to be held June Is.
In Scranton and Shamokin, Pa.
regions the present presidents are op
posed by radicals who advocate gov
eminent operation of the mines. II
is openly announced that should these
radicals win that a new set OF de
mands will be formulated and that
the Lewis agreement will be set aside
The anthracite mine workers will
hold their conversion June rs, IL
days after. the election OF district
officers. If the radicals win in the
elections they propose to have the
convention formulate the new de-
mands, and instruct the representa-
tives selected to confer with the mine
operators to insist upon their accept
ance. Mr.. Lewis informed the mem
bers of the coal commission that he
is hopeful the moderate counsels OF
himself and other national labor lead
ers will prevail with the anthracite
mine workers and that the radicals
will be defeated in the union elections
1t is admitted, however, that the sit
uation must remain in doubt until the
elections are held and the radicals
are making a very aggressive cam
paign,