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--D— Champion Dairy Judging Team Is Enroute to East Nebraska Boys and Girls to Visit Interesting Points to and From Syracuse Meet. By Associated Press. Lincoln, Sept. 29.—Nebraska’s state Champion dairy judging team left the city for a training tour preparatory to entering the boys’ and girls’ club contests to be held October 6 at the National Dairy show at Syracuse, N. Y. Jesse Yost, Clarence Bierman and Carl Brown, daughter and sons of farmers living around Hastings, com prise the state championship team. They won the right to represent Ne braska at the national show by de feating all other te'ams entered in this division at the Nebraska state fair. Elliott R. Davis, county extension agent of Adams county, and his wife * are accompanying the team. L. L. Frlsbie, state extension agent for boys' and girls’ club work, will go along as the state's representative. ^Walter H. Head, president of the Oi nuha National hank, pays the ex- ' ponses of the team and the state rep resentative, and the Adams county farm bureau is sending the county agent and his wife. The party expects to spend tomor row and Monday in and around Chi cago. sightseeing and practicing cat tle judging. They are scheduled to leave Chicago Monday night and ■pend the rtext four days working and ■lghtseelng at various points on the road to Syracuse, including Detroit, Buffalo and Niagara Falls. After the contest and show they fclan to visit New York city and take a boat to Norfolk. From there thr\v are expected to go to Philadelphia. Baltimore, Washington. Cincinnati, St. Louia and home. The girl and two boys composing the team have been among the high Individuals In three diferrent contests in which they have participated. They won the Intercounty contests In both Clay and Adams counties this sum mer, in which teams from a total of six counties competed. They are mem bers of the Hastings high school judging team which was entered in the annual high sehool contest held at the state agricultural college here last spring. This Is their first year in dairy Judging, although they had some practice last year, while the county agent was training the team, from their club which won the state championship and placed fourth among 14 teams at the national show. This team, which has turned out two state championship teams in suc cession. is called “The Lions Dairy Calf ciub,” being financed and en couraged by the Hastings Lions club. Thla is their second year in the reg ular three-year project outlined by the Nebraska Agricultural Extension serv ice. Teams from every state supporting boys' and girls' dairy calf Hubs are expected to compete at Syracuse for the national championship. One offi cial judge will place each breed of cattle and grade the. written reasons of the contestants. Individuals and teams will be ranked on their score in placing and reasons. Bryan Confirms "‘Gas” Purchase 10,000 Gallons Are Bought by State for Public Works Department. I.ineoln. Sept. 30.—Governor Bryan today confirmed a report which gained circulation yesterday, that the state had purchased a carload of gaso line. While the governor has no in tention, at the present time, of going into the gasoline business on the scale in which he has entered into the sale of coal, he intimated that should the necessity arise he was prepared to furnish citizens of the state with fuel for their motor cars. He called attention to the price of 9 cents, delivered in the tanks of the department of public works, and de clared that the complaint of indepen dent dealers that a low price was be ing maintained by the Standard Oil company to freeze them out was with out foundation in fact. The state has hitherto purchased gasoline In small lots, fearing undue deterioration in a purchase of approxi mately 6,000 gallons but "deterioration and even evaporation is a neglible ■factor ia cold weather," said the gov ernor. ConruMnting on a state wide sale to private consumers he said, "I know or no law on the statute books which forbids the state selling gasoline to any one at any place, and I am pre pared to act. If it is practicable, to aid motorists In the state in securing gasoline at approximately the rates which will be enjoyed by the depart ment of public works." The carload order is being filled by theCentury Oil company, and will be poured into the 10,000 gallon tank of the department of public works. Un less plans are made for the general distribution of the .gasoline, the sup ply should last for six months. Red Cloud Man Confesses to Robbing Harness Shop Special f>l«|Mt'-h to The Omaha Hee. lied Cluod, Neb., Hept. 30.—A man giving the name of George Griffin, v arrested by Sheriff Waller, confessed that on May 11 he entered the Peter son harness shop, Republican City, and stole four sets of harness. The sheriff has located two of the sets of harness, which had been bought by farmers. The authorities of Harlan county have bepn notified and It is expected they will begin action against Griffin In that county. Apology Heiress. Muskegon, Mich,, Hept. 30.—Mrs. Bertha Lindemiun Gllmour, "apology heiress," has received her share of the first distribution of the estate of Mrs. Ella Llnderman, her mother. Mrs, Gllmour’s share amounts to 137,500 and was to be given to her, the mother's will stipulated, oi 'y 1 upon condition that apologies ire given her brother, It. Archie Ulncler majr, Washington and New York clubman, for tin alleged ^Parrel which occurred at the tlrpe of the death of their father. Cave Man Skeleton Found in Moravia Br. Karl Ahsolon, curator of the Brno (or Brunn) museum, has discov ered a great natural gallery In the hills of Moravia, and In It are the skeletons of men and women of the stone age, still lying in perfect preser vation. With them are the remains of beasts that no longer roam Europe. Two hairy lions, a hyena, a hairy elephant, a wolverine, five cave bears, and fiO fossil beavers were found In the cavern. Some of them were re mains of the feasts of the cave men, while others were the carcasses of previous tenants. Br. Ales Hrdlicka of the United States National museum, who Is now In feurope studying caves, will soon make a report, he announces. The human bones are being eagerly examined by men of science. The era in which these stone age people lived was in Neanderthal times, and they no doubt belong to this strange van ished race. What the anthropologists are seeking in particular to find is whether, perchance, any of the peo ple were of the Brunn branch of the Neanderthal race. The__reglon around Brno, In Mora via, was once the home of the strangest of the Neanderthal race, the Brunn people. They seem to have been of a higher evolution than the Neanderthals of what Is now France, and they approached the Nordic in build. The Brunn men were warlike and their stone sword and spearheads are found in great abundance to this day. But not one Brunn face has come down to us. All are broken, and some seem to have been obliterated in life. Why this should be. none knows. The sketch shows the general ap pearance of a Neanderthal man of that time, low of forehead and with out a chin. Web worms injure Alfalfa Crop Lincoln Man Says Pest Can Be Eradicated by Use of Parisgreen. Plainview. Sept. 30.—Myron H. Swenk of Lincoln, in reply to a letter sent to the state entomologists saying that young alfalfa fields in this jjart of the state have been greatly dam aged and in some cases entirely ruin ed by some sort of insect, states that these green worms are the garden webworm or alfalfa webworm d-ox ostoge simllalis). Mr. Swenk says: “During the latter part of July and the first jiart of August the third brood of webworm* was abundant and injurious in many localities in eastern Nebraska. The worms went into the ground and pupated and in August gave forth brownish moths that laid their eggs in the alfalfa field. These eggs hatched into the fourth brood of worms which will be the last of the year, and thpse are now injuring alfalfa fields in many parts of the state. "Whpre the worms are working in fields of young alfalfa, the latter can he protected by spraying It with paris green used at the rate of five pouncls to 100 gallons of water. In old fields, probably the best treat ment is to rut the alfalfa as soon as an abundance of worms is noticed in the field. The moths will be fly ing and laying eggs for a little while yet and as long as the moths are flying it would hardly he safe to reseed the field. They probably will be all over soon, and if conditions are suitable for reseeding this fall I think it can be done with safety. Otherwise it would he better to wait until spring. "In 1914, when we had the last se rious trouble of this sort in the state, the worms had not entirely disap peared until the middle of September, which may be something of a guide for the present year." | Farmers’ Union Notes Farmers In Jon >oU>«. Omaha—C. J Osborn. state president of th*. Fa rmera (JMan, has returned from Kalina. Kan , where h»* attended men mg of the board of directors «,f the N'a tional Farmer* t'nlon. of which board h la a member. Mr Oaborn reports hat arrangement* for the convention of the .• attonr. | Union, which meets jn Omaha on November 20 21 and 22, were prac ti ally completed at this board meeting. Ma\or Da him an will give th.. add:*** of vve cnirir for the nty and P"e*td'nt Os born for the state. U C Dansdon of Kansas, national lecturer of the Farmers Union, will respond in a keynote speech. Omaha—O. I*?. Wood, one of the old war homes of the Farmers Union mu\ca, ment in Nebraska, wilt spend 30 dav* i,» this state making address** on co-opera* tron. Manairar McCarthy or the Farmers • nmn state KxchaJig* announces Mr ood was state organizer oX th* Farmers < nlon In Nebranks for several yearn For three year.* past lie has be* n doing organ i/.ing work In Iowa Th* week ending September 29 was spent bv Mr Wind in ' ust*:r and Kogan counties ID was f reefed by largo crowd*. Manager Me ' a »thy reporis Arnold—The new Farmer* Union co operative store here wa* ledlcU.d on SepDn.ber 26 with two larg** meetings. »/thy. manager of the Fa inters nlon State Kxchangc. Om.iha. and O. K. Wood of Iowa wr.e the .Ipeskeis Only an afternoon meeting hn 1 t. en planned *u f enthusiasm ian so high that the farmer* chin* back f<»r an evening meet b'F I he Partner* Union here h,i- been buying snd selling <n an un.n< orpot ited way since the Arnold local was organized three years ago Kecentlv an Inci.i porated operative association with capital stock 'va* formed and a store has beep estab lished. Denton—A volume of $53,637 Ml was bundled by the Farmer* Klevaior com pan of this place from January 1 to September 2S, this : cur, an audit 1u • <• mpb’ted by the Kni»i*m I nlon audit department chows. This volume jj nr < nun ted good. considering the crop yield* In this territory Itciuilts could not be computed accurately, because there wan no weigh up of grain on hand, but the lixfit was not great enough to covi r operating expenses on account of the Kram b»lng hsnd! *d r>n»v#ry narrow mar Kins H. \ Daniels, secretary nf the - ompany. 1* sue ceding If. u Knuna ns a i a ringer. J. L. fiKilllvan Is president. Avne®—A net profit of $4.9*11 78 on h business volume of $98,296 32 was made b the farmer* el-.ator of this place In the first eight and one-half month* of 1923. a 'cording to an audit lust com dieted by the Farmers Union audit depart ment Operating c.speiiaes. Including u per cent depreciation on fixed asset*, were only 2 ti per * etit of the volume, which is below the accepted minimum of 3 per cent for s grain business, the midi tor sslil This • uinpiny was organized in 1906. before N**brti*ks hud a co opem t.vo law The original outstanding slock was 14 nno, but fhts has been reduced to F’ 850 tiv Inking up the stock of de • eased stockholder* and those moving • way Hurplti* and undivided profits amount to $9,657 97 end reset v« for de P r e • I a 11 o n to over $800 Dirk Ko'-sttr Is president nf the company K K <'*r*t*na is secretary and Jim Johnaon la manager. Veteran Horse Trainer Is Hurt in Auto Accident Educator of Race Horses In jured When Taxi Crashes at Eighteenth and Harney Streets. R. E. Neal, veteran race horse trainer, father of 13 living chil dren of whom three are Jockeys, received serious Injuries last night when an automobile In which he was riding was struck by another ma chine at Eighteenth and Harney streets. He was taken to the Lord Lister hospital. Police Surgeon Kinyoun said that Neal suffered a fractured jaw and body injuries. Neal was riding In a Cherker taxi cab, driven by George E. Dwyer, 1216 Farnam street. The driver of the other machine was Edward S. Col lins, 630 South Seventeenth avenue. "I’ve got 13 children, and three of them are Jockeys,” he said "Two more of them will be some day, too,” Neal was very much perturbed be cause he would not be able to accom pany his three sons, Oliver. 7, Evan, 5, and Donald, 14, In their ride in a horse car across the continent to California. The boys and I ride in the horse car in order to save expenses," he said. "I w'ish I could go with my three boys.” , “With Neal is his wife and four daughters and Harold, 18, a jockey, who will leave for an eastern race track tomorrow. Features of Foreign Trade. Foreign trade, more particularly ex ports, tends to expand, but resembles domestic trade In that cross currents are vislvle, with resulting irregularity in various lines. As noted some time past, there has been an abandonment of some old guideposts and a setting up of new ones which point to some really vital changes in the basic ele ments of their trade. Food products, for Instance, and particularly the grains, have tended to lose in im portance, and it is a hopeful augury of the future that trade ns a whole has kept up and even expanded des pite the immense losses In exports of wheat and wheat flour from the flush years following the war. Products of industry have come to the front In the export branch, and 57 per cent of the Augdst exports were of wholly or partially manufactured goods. A year ago the proportion was 47 per cent. The food products constituted only 22 per cent of the exports as against 37 per cent last year. Hearing Continued. Lincoln, Sept. 30.—A hearing of the state railway commission at Crab Or chard on a petition for- an under ground passage under the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy tracks has been continued and hearings will be re sumed at Lincoln at a later date, ac cording to Commissioner C. A. Itan dall, who returned this morning. | Review By R. ii. 1m N & i i). The third quarter is dosing with a 'large consumption of goods, hut with for - ward buying restricted in different in stances. Domestic business expanded so rapidly during the early mouth* this year, and so many needs were then covered ahead, that a subsequent contraction of purchasing v\.is to he expected. With de pleted supplies largely replenished, pres "lire upon manufa'-t uring facilities nat I uraly reaxed. and th© autumn season thus far. athough marked by increased opera tions in some lines, has not brought a general broadening of activities. Far h week * reports emphasize the irregularit of th*j situation, both as to demand and prices, and conservatism remain* a strongy defined feature. ft is manifest ’hat more consideration Is being given to the question of price now than was the esse wh*-n requirements were more urgent and there is evidence in the iron and steel industry, as in some other quar ters, that the notisibility of price confes sions is entering more sharply into buy ers* calculation* Yei Dun's list of wh .a sal© quotations shows only n sinal ©xr*a* of dennes. and high production corns Mill tend to sustain prices of many commod ities There are no existing strikes of suf ficient importance to check progress, but some previous labor controversies, result ing in wag- Increases, have affected prices in both ptiruary and retail markets Dis tribution of merchandise, however, is still of notably h*uvy volume. ,«* the record car loadings testify, and the rommm ml mortally during the third quarter has been trie amalleat of the year. Advance in Money. There was a quick change frt>m the easier conditions that prevailed in the local money market last week. After du plicating the low point of the > ear. at i per cent, the call oan rate rose this week to 6ty ter cent, and more firmness »so appeared in accommodation for the fixed periods. Withdrawals by Interior banks of accumulated funds at this city reduced the ivallabl© supply of money, and lenders wr re not disposed to meet the •■ela'ively low bids made by some prospective '•«* rowers. Interest in other #lnamu move ments centered on the action of foreign exchange rate*, which w©rt .©UoriK** for a time in response to developments in the Franco-German situation. Yet specu lative Influences were again present in tho exchange market, and profit faking -a used a react ion from the erlv risae l-.xportM of Manufactures Increuse. Further details about thi* country'a August foreign trade became known this week. Figures issued from Washington show that manufactured goods comprised nearly one half of last months export*, while foodstuffs constituted less than 2f. per cent of the total In August of last >»*«r. according to the official report, foodstuffs mndo up 37 per rent of the ex ports ami manufactured prudu< is :u> per *'*nt The foodstuffs exports last mop.u both raw and ready for consumption hn ,i value approximating $6C,6im>,000. or fujv |*n 000,000 If s* than those of August. 1922. but shipments of manufactured goods, worth $127,000,000, Increased shout $22. 000.000. As in the recent past. « rude my i tih * for u.H« tn manufacturing were the largest single Item In the August import*, totaling $94,000,00(1 Hlecl Trnde Irregular. Conflicting reports on th» trend of de mand have recently come from the stee industry. September ho* brought ii larger hualneHS to certain producer- but *x pected gains have not developed witn other Interests, and th-re ho* lieen some disappointment over the months general results. Faster price conditions In home *te-l markets contrast with the previous firmness, and more positive weakness in piglron reflect* the changed sltuatloi in that quarter. While potential rcqu.re ments are large, buyers no longer show conc-t n over the question of act u mg ma terlal when needed, anil arc more ni<< noaed to adopt a waiting Mtltude With | I- *s presaure to purchase, the rate of mill operation has declined further at >on points, and more hhisl furnaces have blown out. Itn Good* Trade llrcadciiing. Some of tiie beat new* of r< i fill fferim he* com© from the dry good* trade i While the situation even in that quarter t' eeqlnr. * t*■ r• • hit* he».n a seasonal broadening of demand wit It I arger ad vwllir «Mles to retailer* tilari had b <n el p i i in- nueal Ion • >! pi lot - foi goods has Httnlned greater prominence sine© the Infe rlso In cotton to the ;u»«: I level, and firmness III other textile i X w materials I" s law hemming more notent factor In dlstrilMiting market* If mi Miirnptlori is inaintuined, however. tt I* believed that lubber* will be fnc • d fo operate steadily for roplenishmi ».■ A carpet and rug au'diun to be held in New York next week is expected to give fin Indication of the general purchasing >«•»,, dltlons In many sections, ,t . buyers ftotn *1 lover this country snd ( atiadi •v|j| be prcaant. Hide Trailing Htill Mp.r.tondlc While mailt weeks have *»- ■ ■ m mnrMd by large operations In th" hid© tfud© sum!allied sctlvlty In demand has l» < n larking A lull In buying ni »* l**t w> U when domestic packers talk- I pth,. ait vaiiccx. hut a changed policy on tin part of seliats i hi* week brought about t« ro wed purchasing (V>nccs*!ops of Vi1* »n certain dear rlnt Ions stimulne) business, yet country hides ate firmc* In *om© quarters and Ihe cslfakin mark i I* steady Irregularities lit les'iior cundl Hon* remain aharnly defin’d, and m * sonal demands fm shoe* ha..’ nut >«t reached Important dIntensions D is c* pected. however, that re ordme will soon develop. > The Business Barometer This Week's Outlook in Commerce, Finance, Agriculture and Industry Based on Current Developments.. Bv Til KODOKE H. I»KI( E, Editor Commerce ami Finance. New York. Were it not for the pull that »e<ma to hang over the New York *To« k exchange the week's dcvpnpmcntH would probably have inspired what was formerly culled a boom. I would, therefore, again advise a disregard of the rather discouraging tone of the stock market. The melancholia of the New York stock brokers was somewhat increased last week by a speech in which the president of their exchange charged that three or four politicians had attempted to black mail his institution unless its management desisted from its pursuit of the bucket shops. The district attorney has brought the charge to the attention of a grand Jury and everyone is waiting to see what will happen. Opposition for Bears. As a market thus beclouded does not attract the optimisiic. the bears have not encountered much opposition and it has been easy for them to depress quotations by selling the stocks that belonged to otheis and could lie borrowed from the brokers by whom they were carried. While this method of depreciating values Is legal, it has been so generally practiced of late that its ethical propriety is again being questioned and a movement to make it illegal is being c onsidered. It used io be supposed that the securi ties that were listed on the N^>v York Stock exchange were advantaged. Now a listing is coming to be regarded as a disadvantage, for It opens the door to the predatory short seller who seeks to depreciate values to his own profit when the public is timid or lethargic- or an Il lusion of adversity can be created. The depressing effect of suc h r.Derations is intensified by the wide publicity given to the prices made on the New York exchange, and thus it oTten happens that constructive enterprise is halted and busi ness activity chilled by the factitious operations of those who do not even own the securities they are .selling Winter rrospects Bright. This seems to be the case; at present, for unless all of the many prominent husi- | ness men who are quoted are mistaken, • he prospects for a winter of prosperity have rarely been brighter. Gorn. our most valuable crop, is at 91 cents, the highest of the year, and 22 cents above its value 12 months ago. Cotton, the second most valuable crop, is also at a very high price. Wheat is real I lent at $1.10 for May de livery in Chicago. Cattle, hogs, beef and pork are passing readily into consumption at figures that ought to be satisfactory to the producers. Sugar is selling at about twice the pre war normal. The dry goods trade is said <»t be excellent. The head of t he American Woolen company says his business is satis factory. fn the foreign markets wool is advancing. Silk, both natural and artifi c-ial is eagerly bought at advancing prices. The Ballmore & Ohio has resumed the payment of dividends on its common stock at the rate of 5 per cent. Other railroads seem likely to follow its example soon and nearly all of them report an enor mouf traffic with earnings to correspond. Mnr.k clearings tell th'- same story. An thracite goal is high, but th** bituminous product lg cheaper as is petroleum, al though the production shows signs of de creasing The automobile production keeps up and the amount of autumnal building planned unusual. There is an abundance of hank credit At 7♦. 4 per cent the reserve ratio of th“ federal reserve system is nearly double the legal minimum, and about the only flaws in an otherwise flawless dome, stic situation are what is ■ ailed a “waiting market” in the steed In dustry and a sluggish demand for copper at cents. Prospect a Abroad Reassuring. T.ooking abroad the prospect seems equally reassuring. Germany has an nounced that it will abandon passive resistance in the Ruhr and France has answered that it will make tts occupa tion of the district •'invisible.' On thetr face these concessions seem to deal with “Imponderables'' but, practical in* n under stand that they mean that both parties are tired of the struggl- and are willing to get together. The optimists in England are meantime working to bring about the Anglo-Franco-German economic and in dustrial entente uf which they have been talking so long. Some tiling* indicate that it now nearer than it e\er has beep previously and if Secretary Jtfellon Is quoted aright he has given it a boo*' by saying that a German loan could and should be floated in this country. __ The council of the ambassadors has de cided that the 80.000.000 drachmas that Greece put Up should lie paid lu Italy and Mussolini has surrendered Corfu. A big loan of one or two hundred million dol lars to Japan is under consideration and the lumber markets on the Pacific coast are firm in the confident expectation a large share of the money borrowed will be spent there. Increased activity in our trade with 'Mexico is reported and American capital ists are again commencing to look across the Rio Grande for speculative opportuni ties Even Russia is inviting the entre peneur to inspect and develop her unde veloped resources, and Brazil is becoming excited as she feels the dangerous stimu lus of an inflation caused by the Issue of a depreciating paper currency. No Henson for Pessimism. y If this summary of conditions is fair and is considered in connection with the fact that everyone in this country is em ployed at good wages then there is no reason why the pessimism of the New York stock exchange should be allowed to discolor the roseate business outlook and every reason why the merchants, manu facturers and farmers of the United States ought to be satisfied and hopeful. The markets will continue to fluctuate, th« careless and Ignorant will continue to make mistakes, efforts to correct them by the enactment of special legislation will continue to be made, but in essentials the position- is sound and those who conduct their business with reasonable circum spection ought to make reasonable profits and enjoy u reasonable prosperity. Front their utterances most men of af fairs would seem to he in agreement with the optimism of the foregoing. There are, however, some who may challenge it in mo far as the farmer is concerned. To such there is offered by way of consola tion and rebuttal the following quoted from the instructions issued tjy Senator t'upper's publishing concern to the sales men who sell his agricultural papers to the farmers: "I want to suggest yet once again that nt1 salesmen f<»r the huuv* of Capper keep (lose to the favorable dews which is de veloping With advancing security mar ket* whjch will soon become evident, bet ter hog prices, the largest corn crop in years, and abundance of grass in pas tures. huge hay crops satisfactory dairy and poultry price#, aononnaliy log sales by the mall order houses, and an im proved psychological attitude on the part 1 of the people generally with respect to buying. v*e have some real sales argu ments.” Even the members of the farm bloc ought to cheer up when they read this. Trade Review. Figures are for last week, the previ ous week and last year Bank clearings (Bradstreet's), in thousands. $6,627,229, $7,131,933. »6,490.-j 493. Business failures, 377. 296. 375 Federal reserve ratio. 76.4 per cent, 77 2 per cent, 76.4 per cent. Security prices, New York Stock ex ‘ hange: Twenty industrial*, $88 33. $8*16. $96.58; 20 railroads. $79.08; $78 36 $9141. 40 bonds. $86 13 $86 46. $9149. Commodity prices: Wheat. Sept, delivery. Chicago. $1 03\, $1.00 86. $l.us84 Corn. Sept, delivery, Chicago, 9186c., $T8*c. 62 84 c. I'ork. ribs. Oct. delivery, Chicago. $9 12. $9 or.. $10.60. Beef good dressed steers Chicago. $17 00. $17.50. $16 56 Sugar, refined. New York, .915c. .0840c, .0625c. ('of fee, Rio No. 7. New York, 1086 c, 10V*c. 10 1-16c. Cotton middling. New York, .2975, 3075c. ,2055c. Print cloths. New York. .07 %c, 0786c. Or, V . Wool, domestic average. New York. .7488c, .78 49c. .72661c. Silk. N << 1. .Sin ah in. New York. $1°, $10.50. $8.10 Rubber, crude plantation. New York. 2174c. 28 04 c. 15c, Hides, pack. No. 1. New York. 14%c, lr«m. No. 2. Philadelphia. $26.76, $27.76. $34.26 billets. Pittsburgh. $42.50, $42 50. $40.00. (Copyright. 1923.) Omaha Livestock Furnished l»y llurenu of \gr;ru!turnl Kco nonilcs, I iiited State* brnartini'iit of Afrirolturr. R-ceipt! of rattle thin wi4. have totaled approximately 49.500 head as compared with an actual supply of 63.941 head last w**<k and 58.4*8 head thin we-k list year. There ha* been mild umvennes* in the market for fed steers during the past week and i urr-nt prices show a weak to 60c lower trend ** compared with a week ago. A* la uhiihI at thl* season of the v-ht. the percentage of th- supply «*f grain fe<l steers has b* en limited and there ha* i been a wide apread In price* h#ttp-»n the "warmed up" varieties and those that nr" finished, or of choice grub-, m . Hog it dif ficult to deformin' the m?u*l -tatu* of t:,i'l»- a* oft-nf imes hovers' 1 i ~ much hh fl.'Mi apart on the same <»ff»-r and thi* t-nds to make opinions v.i r l’r.me fed ateers and v* ,rl >.gs have been . grade, have sold at a spread of $10 75 to |I1 7 5, latter pf- ■ top with n.e i nk aid file of fed s»i rs a ml vearling-* fill ing within a range of |s 75 to flO.&g, Range ah-re e.r** meeting w! n a good out let, feeder buyers creaming th- supply each day f<ir quality offering* and paving Mibstaniial premium - -r i * • k •• r - in urd-r to get the supply and th * ban prevented any high sales to packers Bulk of w» st ern grass steers to packers cleared from 6 *•-"»* to $7 S'', with few up t-> 6‘ "<■ W ! f If common Mexicans ;».nd southerns on down to |5 0» and a little under, while nab* of flashy feeder* to feeder hovers are noted up to 19.2ft, Hardly enough fed killing eh* -took has b* en included to teat the market from day to day. while grass cows and hejf.-r* h«\ found an uneven relt lng Monday and Tuesday, however, a de gree of strength on W-unes pi\ . • i Tburs dav pra-f. allv wiped out th- * and. in a general way. value* ;,re on t par with tttoM of .» wet R ik ■ Sa of g %■. - were mostly at a price range of $1 50 to *4 f.o. With a few individuals up to $5 ffl. heifers largely at |4 2 5 $5 i f- » on up to $ 7 00 fanners and cutter* h«\“ met a good active demand at strong fig ures. bulk rannera 62.26 to $ 75. with utter* mostly 62 75 to 63 '2 5 Hulls • > •■ steady, hulk bologna* now 63 5*t »o J1 » Veal calves have been uneven sal-. heuw I • a Ives working lower, ’••►* 26c to 60c. with seeded ghts hh much as J6c or m higher Selected light v*al*r* are r i <• w moving from I* 50 ».. I9 60, ith heftvf. - mostly from Si.*o to 66 61». Country Inquiry llroad. The outstanding feature to this week's trade on Stocker and feeder cattle has been th* breadth of the country inoulrv Thera ha* been a good health , < ne tn evi dence with price* holding folly steady with f he close of last week. General qunl i* of t h« a > vt erna hat ir» 4 • • ♦Ive Numerous lot* grading choice h i.een included, with the general run < f offering* of go.»d grade ami the usual mBmatmmmmmmmmmmmwmmm I percentage of medium and common In- ; eluded. Top for the week for fleshy feeder# reached- 1° 2 5. paid for Wyoming* aver aging 1.290 pound*, with other sales for fleshy feeders noted from $’5.50 m $s 25 •'m st'K kers mostly $5.50 to $*’. .5 0, com ton iignt steers under this spread \ g •■it an ount of change is noted In tfc* market for feeding ah** stock, thin cows moving mostly f-om $.1 no to $375. with heifers mostly from $4 no to $'75. H ■ eipts of sheep and lambs this week have totaled approximately ll&.fton head, as ■ mipared with an actual supply of 101,40" head last w***k and 90,199 Jiead • r Hg tiencral condition* have fa voro/ the? buying interests, Increased sup pi. here and • is* where, together with a d*dining dressed iamb market, have been | the bearish Ir-fiu* n< * a an<l a **i •■* •»f breaks i have been j >■< irded Western lamb* have her* subjected to downward pressure loss | from a we*-k ago being quoted at 7i>c to $l.9o on the * losing market, bulk of fat western lambs • leared at $12 55 to $12 95 $ I I ■md a :»>•»» of II ; ■> a week sg>> whila ( lipped iambs cleared h’ $11 *5 as against $12 9' . the top price previous w • .> Sheep -Uitable for •‘laughter have been well with in trade r* ;i r- nu ■ * and price- are i ^ e rally steady, bandy weight a was clear ing mostly $5.0'* to $5 50. w th choice ligljt ( vv • » quoted up to $’ 75 and a little abovfc. .•g'd w.*tiier»- r. ’l id * lea red at $7 25, average 115 pound*. Kat I amiss ltenrl*li. The d*- i, v. !• t ■ *i . •* n the fat lamb market tended to errata a bearish I ton* in the feeder trade and while uut$* * has b #n nfflc-Not, tread to prices 1 - been weaker declines since a week aco i fooling up 2.r*i *o 4(I* Hulk of desirable 60 to K5-pound western lambs cleared from $1275 to $13 .00, latter price top with j medium qualltv lambs nf the *ani» weight , and i he heavier lamb* listed on down I $12*u» v*i■! * II* tb ui.br Feeding owes held steady, bulk $j <u to $5.50, while ag* d breeding ewes have c!**ar*«l j largely from $6 00 to $7 00 with youngr j • including yearlings quoted up to $11 00. Receipt* of hogs this week have totaled . approximately 4_\.>mu bead, as . umpired - th rti aitual supp’y <*f 35.*30 head last week and 4 4 4*> 1 head a year ago. 1 Mhipper c oinpet It *nn w as almost entire ly lacking and with bulk of the receipts !.**•• in silving the market «•** slow in •fatting under way A good demand (!*■ •■i"p* *1 later, however, from local pack ed trading was active and although some what uneven, price* ruled mostly •-*» -pot* on light hogs looking as ! much sv 10c lower although g.*nd to hoi* •* I uht hogs were scare Spots on | strong weight butcher* and pac king | Trades were strong Hood quality butch , - averaging 200 to 3o«* pounds, cleared urgely at $7 So to $7 *6. latter price ! top. Mixed loads, carry ing packing sows and lights. 260 to 325 pounds, cashed mostly at $7 30 to $7 5f» and packing sow* at $1.10 to $7 30. Hulk of sales were , Include! In th•• range of $7 20 r o$7.75 : •'ompared with a week ago Prices are 0c to 60c lower on all grades Bee Want Ads produce results. \ An Opportunity for Men ADDRESSED TO MEN HOLDING RESPONSI BLE POSITIONS WITH LIMITED OPPORTU NITIES—IF NOT INTERESTED YOURSELF YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THIS AS A CHANCE TO HELP SOME RELATIVE. FRIEND. OR BUSINESS ACQUAINTANCE WHO WANTS TO FORGE AHEAD. We need several inen who believe they have soiling quali fications for Nebraska. Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin ind the Dakotas. \go 25 to 35. elean-eut and energetic, liigli school ednea ion an advantage. Should have experience in inciting the ntblic. Retail selling a good qualification, particularly nen’s furnishings, clothing and shoes. Ill in "ill appeal among others to insurance salesmen nml to young men who have been in retail business for them selves. Reasonable salary paid during educational period under trained men. If you are ambitious to make a permanent, profitable eon* ! neetion with a leading selling organization backed by -10 rears’ experience, telephone our Omaha office in strict con fidence for interview. The National Cash Register Co. 219 South Nineteenth St Telephone JA 0102 Omaha Product Omaha. Sept. 29. BUTTER Creamery—Local Jobbing price to retail. era. extras, 46c; extras. In *>0-lb. tuba. 45« ; standards. 46c; firsts. 43c. Dairy—Buyers are paying 36c for best table butler in rolls or tubs. 34c for loramuB parking stock. For best sweet, unsalled butter some bu>ers ars bidding BUTTERFAT For No. 1 cream local buyers are pay ing 36c at country stations; 43c delivered Omaha. FRESH MILK 12 40 per cwt. fnhjrtbn ml.k testing l.l delivered on dairy platform. Omaha. EGGS. Local buyers are paying around $8.25 per case for fresh eggs (new cases In cluded) on case count, loss off. delivered Omaha; stale held eggs at market value. Must buyers are quoting on graded basis; fancy whites. 31c; selects, 30c; small and dirty, 24c; cracks, 22c’ Jobbing price to retailers; U 8 spe cials, 36c; U. 8. extras. 35c; No. 1 small. 27028c; checks. 21024c. FUULTR?. Live—Heavy hens. 20c: light bens, 17c Leghorns, about «3c less; springs. 18c: broilers. 1 to 2-lb.. 22c per lb.; Leghorn broilers. 2o less; old roosters. 10c; spring ducks, fat and full leathered. 16c pur lb.; old ducks, fat and full feathered. 120 14c; geese, 10012c; no culls, sick or crippled poultry wanted. Jobbing prices of dressed poultry to retailers Springs. 30c: broilers 35c; hens, 26026c; roosters, 17018c; spring ducks. 25c. Froz-n stock; Ducks. 200 26c; tur keys. 25 0 40c: geese. 2o0Stc BEE* CUTS Wholesale prices of beer cuts effective today are as follows: No. 1 ribs. 30c; No. 2. 22c: No. 3. 16c No. 1 rounds. 21c: No. 2. 16c; No. 3. 104c; No. 1 Islns. 40c; No. 2. 2sc: No. 3. 13c. No. 1 chucks. 16c; No. 2. 114c; No. 3. 9c. No. 1 plates 8cr No. 2 "4c: No 8. 64c. FRESH FISH Omaha Jobbers ars selling at about th* following prices, f. o. b. Omaha; Fancy w'hlteflsb. 28c; lake trout. 28c; fancy silver salmon 22c. nirik saituun I'.c; hali but. 30c: northern bullheads, jumbo. 20c; cat flab, regular run. 20c; channel, nor thern, 300 32c; Alaska red Chinook salmon, 2sc; striped bass. lHr; yellow pike, fancy. 22c;pirkert*l. 18c. fillet of haddock. 25c; porch, 11c; black cod sable fish steak. 2uq; smelts. 20c. flounders. 18c: <rap pies. large. 20025c black bass. 85c: red snapper genuine, from Gulf of Mexico 27c; fresh oysters, per gallon 13.0004.15 4.15. CHEESE. Local Jobbers are selling American cheeue fancy grade at toe following prices; Twins, 28 4c; single daisies. 29c; double daisies. 28 4<‘. Young Americans, 3Or; longhorns. 294c; square prints. 31c; brick. 29c. FRUITS Cranberries—100-lb. narreis. 810.000 11.00; 50-lb. boxes, 15 2605.50. Oranges—California Vaicntlas. fancy per box. 15 5006.25. Peaches—Washington Elbertas. 20-lb. box. $1.25; Colorado Elbertas. per box, $6.00; atandaid 24.-lb. box, $1.25; Utah, bushel baskets. $2 50. Lemons—California. fancy. per box $8.500 9.50: choice, per box. $8.0009.00. Grapefruit—Florida, all per box. $5.00 i 0 6.00; Isle of Plnea. $6.0007.00. Bananas—Per round. 1 Uc. Quinces—California 40-lb. box. $3.00. Apples—BeiUf lowers. 4-tier box. $2 00. winter bananas per box, $2.50: Iowa and Missouri Jonathans fancy, barrels. $6.00; Canadian crabs. 36-lb. net, per box, $2.00: grimes golden, per box. 12 0002.75; Idaho King David, basket. $1.76. Crapes—Moores early concords per basket 4-lb. gross 36c; Malagas, 4 basket crates ab'>ut 24 lbs. net 12.00 Tokays ditto $2.75; 1ulce grapes. 25-lb. lug. $2 0002.25 Pears—Washington and Oregon Bart l*-tts. fancy per b**x. $3 5003.75; Illinois Kelfer*. basket. $2 00; Colorado, $2.50: De Anjous. box $3 75. Prune*—Idaho Italian, 16-lb. lugs. 80c; Washington. 4 bushel basket 11 25. Avocados—(Alligator pears), per dozen i $6 00. VEGETABLES. New roots—Turnips and parsnips. pe’ market basket oScv'ifl 00 beets and car rots, ditto. 60c; rutabagas. In sacks. 2c; les« than sacks. 24c. Celery—Ida no. per dozen, according tc alz*-. $1.00052.00; Michigan, rer doa.. 75c. Peppers—Green Mango per market basket 5O0C(.c; red Mango, market. Potato*-*—Nebraska. Ohios. n«*r hundred pounds. $1.50; Minnesota Ohios. $1.75, Idaho Whites. 2 4c per lb. Cabbage—-Colorado. 25-60-lb. lots, per pound. 3r; crates 24c. Can:aloupes—Colorado standards. per crat«». $2.5003.00; flats, $1.0001 10; pink meats. $1.35; honey dews. $2.50; caiaba*. per r-a?e. 83.04 Sweet Potatoes—Southern, fancy. 60-lb. hampers, $2-n0; barrel, $3 0006 50. Beans—Wax or green, per market bas ket around $1.00 Cauliflower—California, per crate. 11 heads $2.76; per pound. 16c. lettuce—Colorado brad ner erst* $4 0004*0: per dosen, $125: leaf. 60c. Kec Plant — per dozen SI 25 Onions—Washington yetiow. m sacks, per 1b . 4c; Iowa red sack. 4c; whites, in sacks 5c per lb new Spanish, per rate. $:50; white pickling, per market basket. $1.50 Tomatn**i—Per market basket, market 18-lb. Climax basket. 75c. HAT Prices at wnicn omana dealers ars sell ing *n t arlots fob. Omaha Upland Prairie—No 1 $14 50015.50: No 2 0 13.50 No 3 ts.miffs *»0. Midland Prairie—No. 1, S13 6O014 6O No 2. $12.59013-00; No. 3. $7.0003.00. Lowland Prairie—No. I. 19 00010.00 No 2. Si.0007.00 Parking Hay—$5 0007 00 Alfalfa—Choice. 121.000 22.00: No. 1 H3.OOC02O.oO: standard. $17 00019.00: No 2. 115 00 016 90: No 3. 110 00012.00. Straw—Oat. 37.5U08.6O; wheal. 37.000 8 00. FLOUR First patent. In 98-lb. bags. $6 3006 40 per bbl.. fancy clear. In 48-lb bags $5 20 per bbJ. White or yellow cortimeal. per • wt.. $195 Quotation* are for round iota. f. o. b. Omaha FEED. Omaha milts and loboera are selling »helr product* in carload lots at tha fol lowing price* f. o. b. On.-ms; Wheat feeds, immediate delivery: Bran — $28.60; brown shorts. $31.50, gray shorts. $32.60; middlings. $33.50; r«*ddog. $35.00; alfalfa meal. choice, 928.10: No. 1. $26 90; No. 2 $23.60: linseed meal. 34 per cent. $54 00; cotton seed meal. 43 per cent. 140 00 f. o. to. Texas common points; hominy feed, white or yellow. $52.00: buttermilk, condensed. 10-bbl. 'ots. 3 45c per lb.: flake buttermilk 600 to 1,500 lbs. 9c per ib.; egg shells, dried and ground. 100-lb. bags. $25.00 per ton; digests, feeding tankage. 60 per cent, $60.00 per ton. HIDES. WOOL. TALLOW. Prices printed below are on the basis of buyers’ weights and selections, delivered Omaha: Hides—Strictly short haired hides. No 1. 7 V* c; No 2. 6‘Ac; long-haired hid**, 5c and 4c: green hides. &V4c and 4,«c. ! bulls. 5c and 4c: branded hides. 6c; glue hides, 3c: t*aif. JOc and 8'*c; kip. 8c and 6 Vic; deacons. SOc each: glue skins. 4c per Ib . horse hides, $3.r»n and $2.60 each ponies and glues. $1.50 each, colts. 25c each: hog skins. J5c each; dry skins. No. 1. 12c per lb., dry salted. 9c per lb; dry glue. 5C per Ib Wool Pelts. $1.36 for full wooled skins; spring lambs, 40060c. according to size and length of wool; clips, no value; wool. .2 030c per lb. Tallow and Grease—No. X tallow, 7c 'B' talluw, 6c; No. 2 tallow. SVfcc: "A” grease 7c: *B” grease. 6c; Yellow grease 5Vgc: brown grease. 5c, pork cracklings $55 per ton; beef cracklings. $35.00 per ton: beeswax. $20.00 per ton. New York Bonds New York, fiept. 30.—Withdrawal of government support for the liberty issues, slightly firmer money rate-, lower stock iritis and uncertainty over the Immediate results of * Germany's bandonment of passive resistance in the Ruhr, were fae- j tors which worked for lower prices In the J bond market last week. (»n the other h-ind the unusually favorable earnings stat'-meBTs of the railroads for August in fluoncea a better demand for adjustment ar.«. Income issues in that group Specu lative industrial liens were inclined to follow the trend of the storks There was an increase in the number of n**w bond issues offerer! but the total of $17,657,000 fell below that of the previous week when new offering* aggregated $27.201.000 Bond dealers reported some increase in Inquiries for investment bonds and stated that individual purchases had increased. Most of such purchases leave the market and go into strong boxes. It was said. The unaatisfac»ory market conditions ( and disagreement between banker* and , offering interests both influenced delay on i several issues known to be ready for pub- j lie offering In the former category are two large railroad equipment trust cer tificates which have been hanging fire for several weeks. The large t individual offering of the week was $2,800,000 New England Power company first mortgage bonds Other Issues Included I. 30",c* <• Standard Plate Glass corporation. $1,500,000 Monongahela West Penn Public Service company, and j $1,275,000 Maher Collieries company. ^ Because of the lack of coal in Ger- j many, motor busses are used In the place of steam trains. Stock Feeding in Boone County Proving Success Albion, Neb., Sept. 30.—Boone coun ty Is becoming a great stock feeding section. During the past 30 days Wolf Brothers have shipped in 90 cars of feeders from Colorado and Wyoming. During the past year this firm has shipped in several hundred cars which were sold to the farmers It* small lots to feed. The prospects for ^ a big corn crop are good at present, as more than 50 per cent of the corn is out of the way of frost. Unimproved Farm Sells for S 10,500 Cash at Albion Albion, Neb., Sept. 30.—Indications are apparent that Interest in real es tate is reviving, as real estate agents are having numerous inquiries. The Pieper agency reports one sale this week ofa 66-acre tract devoid of any buildings or improvements, for *10, 500 cash. Nebraska Bakers in Border Towns Will Obey Bread Law Lincoln, Sept. 30.—Bakers located in states bordering Nebraska have notified state authorities that they will comply with Nebraska's stand ard weight lawr. There has been some complaint during the last few weeks that out of state bakers were evading Nebras ka regulations with the loaf that was being sold within the state bound aries. The Chinese are the world's great est consumers of garlic as food. Lame muscles? Try this simple treatment You can keep your muscles from stiffening up, and you can take out soreness and ache with Sloan’s Liniment. Every night stroke it on gently—you don’t have to rub it in. Tense muscles relax—aching stops. Get a bottle from your druggist today—35 cents. Sloan's Liniment —kills pain ! ■ ■■ ■■■■n When you think of GRAIN, CONSIGNMENTS, SERVICE You think of UPDIKE •t OMAHA—KANSAS CITY—CHICAGO—MILWAUKEE Ample finance* enure country ehippere of Immediate payment* of their draft* and balance due alway* remitted with return*. Telephone AT iantic 6312 Updike Grain Corporation **A Reliable Consignment House*' * Illinois Central System Third Largest % Railroad in Freight Traffic The productivity of the territory served by the Illinois Central System is strikingly reflected in the increased traffic handled by the road. Although the Illinois Central System (independently of the Central of Georgia, which is operated separately) ranks fourteenth among the railway systems of the country in mileage, last year it ranked third in volume of freight traffic handled. The freight traffic record of the Illinois Central System in 1922 was surpassed by the freight traffic records of only the Pennsylvania and New York Central, the railway systems ranking respectively first and second in mileage. The Illinois Central System showed increases in both freight and passen ger business for 1922. Passenger traffic (measured by the number of pas sengers canned one mile) actually decreased nearly 6 per cent for all of the Class I railroads in 1922 as compared with 1921. but the Illinois Central System registered an increase of two-tenths of 1 per cent. Freight traffic (measured by the number of tons of freight carried one mile) increased only 9;l| per cent for all of the Class I railroads in 1922 as compared with 1921, but the Illinois Central System registered an increase of 21 4-5 per cent. *** These increases in both passenger and freight business made possible the Illinois Central System’s unusually favorable showing in total operating rev enues for 1922 in the face of the fact that on the average both passenger and freight rates were lower than in 1921. Since the first of this year the traffic of the Illinois Central System, both passenger and freight has increased substantially over that handled in the corresponding period of last year. The number of passengers carried one j mile by the Illinois Central System in the seven months ended July 31, 1923. was greater by 12 2-3 per cent than the passenger traffic handled in ! the first seven months of 1922. Th e number of tons of freight carried on# mile by the Illinois Central System in the seven months ended July 31, 1923, was greater by 32 per cent than the freight traffic handled in the first seven months of 1922. Despite the growth of passenger and freight traffic in its territory, the Illinois Central System has kept abreast of the situation so well, through additions and improvements to its plant and through the splendid co-operation of its employes and patrons, that this year’s unprecedented business has been handled with marked efficiency. Moreover, the Illinois Central System enters the fall and winter better pre pared than ever before to discharge its obligations to the public. This exceptional showing speaks for itself. It should be a source of gratification to the patrons as well as to the employes of the Illinois Cen tral System. It represents joint effort and joint success. It is not alone a gain for our railroad; it is a splendid record for the territory our railroad serves. Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited. C. H. MARKHAM, President, Illinois Central System. • |