TriE OMATTA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. JUNE 19. 1905.
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LIFE UFl HE SHEEP HERDER
I'retry Experienoei that Thej EnoontiteT
on tbe Weatern Eangei.
LONELY VIGILS ON THE LONG UTAH TRAIL
llardatilpa of Kililrar Maay, kat
Tkft la lout Reromaeaae Aleaa
oa the Plalaa at Mabt with
toaghla t bargee.
1
When your average, eastern man hears
I sheepralslng be Immediately thinks of
the small bunch of well-fed sheep he has
-"en on his uncle's farm, whl'jh nibble con
enteqiy in the pasture all day and are
-carefully housed at night In a comfortable
barn; but this Is not the way sheep are
raised In Utah. The western sheep man
has no farm at all, but he has a free right
to let his flocks erase on the public range,
of which there are many thousands of
square miles. The herds contain on an
average about 2uO head, and they are al
most as wild as deer. Seldom seeing their
herder, they roam over the wild hills, as
they think, In perfect freedom, for the se
cret of good herding consists In not letting
your sheep know they are herded. Like
men, thy are driven very well, when they
think they are not driven, but moving of
their own free will.
The story of their wanderings Is as In
teresting as the study of the migrations of
birds and wild animals. From the summer
mountains with their pine-covered sides and
their quaking-asp groves, to the bare wind
swept hills and the long stretches of deso
late, alkali flats if the winter range, is l
distance of 4(1 miles. Over this stretch of
land 'The Trail" It Is called I.OnO.OOO sheep
ire continually feeding, all with their heads
Jn the same general direction. To follow
Jhese vast hordes In their devastating
march across the land would take us in
unmer fir Into the remotest timbers. Into
mountain fastnesses where the sounds of
rlvillsatlon never hare been heard, far up
into the headwaters of the great rivers,
ind ihe divides," InteyCanyons and gorges
so rough and so strew-n with fallen timbers
that none but the sheep herders' pack
jorses can travel there.
Winter Herding-.
In winter It would take us out of th
mountains, past the rolling, open hills of
:he spring and fall range Into the ccuntry
westward, the Great American desert.
1 Ich extends westward from the Great
:lt lake. Here there are no trees as far
fin you can see and you can see a aisiauc
.f a hundred miles except a few stunted
cedars that blacken the tops of the highest
hills In the distance. To know what winter
herding Is In Vtah one must know what
this desert Is In winter. To the eastward
1s the "Dead Sea of America;" to the north
and the south, scaroely visible In the dis
tance, the snow-covered mountains that
shine all winter like distant barriers of
marble; to the west gray sagebrush "way
ut to the edge of the leaden sky, and be-
jnnd that more sagebrush and occasional
hills. But a winter's travel will not take
a man to the end of that never ending
stretch of sage.
As soon as the winter begins the herds
start for this desert. The sheep owner,
lifter having given many admonitions to his
men as to how to act under the circum
stances that will arise on the winter range,
having seen that the camp horses are fat,
that there are no old sheep nor weaklings
amorg the herd, and that his men are well
supplied with grub and warm clothing, says
good-bye to his herd and goes back from
the fall range to his home In the city.
There he will remain anxiously awaiting
ontil his herd shall return from the desert
In the springtime. The sheep are generally
hard to handle on the fall rang about this
'time. They will not eat well the dry grass
which has been trampled over by so many
thousands , of hungry sheep that there is
scarcely a tender blade left. But when tbe
herder .turns them westward, they are all
sxpeetatlon; they feed along beautifully,
ind aeem to know that there la going to be
lomethlng good to eat before long. The
nerder and camp mover take a last look
eroes the Salt lake to the high eastern
mountains, at whose feet nestle the cities
ind the fertile farms. They know that Its
imote Is ths last sign of civilisation they
ihall see until the winter Is over and they
return with their flocks to the green hills
af the spring range. Then their ewes will
be heavy with lamb, and their fleeces long,
ind the men themselves will be long-haired
and bearded, their faces tanned by the
sinter winds.
k The Food of the Ha age.
Thtre ara several varieties of sagebrush
hlch are very good feed for sheep In the
winter. There la a "sweet" sags which
grows up on. a single stem about four or
five Inches, and which the aheep greedily
levour. If you chew a little of this "sweet"
sage you will find the name an awful mls
nouier. There is also a brown sage which
la vary good, but "bud brush" Is the best
feed of all. This grows In little clumps.
. VcUhout any leaves, but with a large num-
of thick stems, which seem to have
K. 1 A . . I . I . , . ,
L0UUI on xnem puaB uiai iwvrr I'luuui.
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acquainted with the range or he will be
very apt to get lost In the storm and have
to wander all night and all day until he
gives out or by gi"d lurk finds another
camp.
But this Is not the only care which tha
camp mover has. He must go miles to
get firewood. He must melt snnw dally
for camp and for the horses, since there Is
no water on the desert. The herder must
plan esch day's march with great care. He
must tak his sheep where there Is the best
feed. They must have snow to eat at
least once a week. The herd should never
get so far out on the level fiats that they
cannot readily reach the shelter of some
hill or hollow In case of a sudden bllzxard.
At night the camp mover sleeps with one
ear open for the sound of his horsebell; If
he hears It steadily receding he may know
that the horses have started for home or
some other equally impossible place, and he
may have to get out of bed two or three
times In a night and drive them back. The
herder, on the other hand, sleeps with hfs
ears open for the sheepbeils or the slight
est movement of his herd; he, too, must
often get out of his comfortable bed and
stumble around In the sage-brush, hunting
his hungry flock. Sometimes the herd
stampedes n the night. A stampede of
sheep s seldom anything very serious. If
they are ,on a comparatively level bedding
ground, but If there la a gulch or ditch
nearby they may smother several hundred
head In one rush.
But It Is not all so hard as this. There
are many bright days In the winter. On a
clear day It Is a great sight to stand on a
little hill and watch a herd feed towards
you. In the rear are the wheelers, the
sore-mouths, and the bone-piles and tooth
Ifss "biddies." These drop out, one by one.
and are food for the coyotes. Behind the
flock is the herder with his dogs, gently
urging the laggards along; the other sheep
do not know there Is a herder. You can
hear the chop! chop! of many mouths, bit
ing off the dry twig of the hud-brush
The leaders seem to be too greedy to stop
long. Taking a bite here and a bite there,
they rush on so as to keep in the lead.
A Monotonous Existence.
The lives of the two men with the herd
does not vary much from one end of win
ter to the other. At daylight the herd
start to graze, and they never rest until
dark. They are always working toward the
west, never bedding twice on the same
ground nor feeding long on any hillside.
The herder must stay with his sheep all
day and keep them from splitting up. Be
fore noon the clumsy camp wagon comes
humping along over the pathless desert.
It Is a queer combination of bedroom, din
ing room and kitchen. It is merely a
wagon covered w 1th canvas. In t ie rear
end, running crosswise, is the bed. There
Is a window In the back, so that the herder
can look out at his sheep without getting
out of bed. There are side seats running
lengthwise In the box, and In the front
end of the wagon Is a stove. The camp Is
generally provided with a slide door en
trance, and Is made wind tight. The table
Is a board that unfastens from the side of
the camp. Above the bed hang the rifle
and alarm clock; under the bed are the
grub and the grain for the horses. It take
the camp mover about an hour to get din
ner, and then he moves on to some spot
pointed out to him by the herder", which
is a few miles ahead of the herd. The
sheep arrive at this place about sundown.
The winter air Is very chilly now, and as
most of them have their bellies full of nice.
bitter brush, they are ready to huddle up
close together and chew their ends. Gradu
ally they quiet down, and the tinkling of
the bells subsides. As night draws nearer
they lie down one by one very eontentedly.
A cheerful smoke curls up from the pipe
of the camp wagon, and presently the light
of a lamp comes through the open door
and shines for many miles across the
waste. Fertaps far oft other lights may
be seen like this one, but there are no
other habitations except sheep camps for
100 miles. The camp horses, wrapped in
their heavy blankets, stand motionless.
The dogs are curled up on sheep pelts un
der the wagon, while their masters inside
are eating their evening nieaL
When night comes on in such wild places
there is a holiness with It. Many a rough
sheep herder feels at this time something
akin to worship. These two men, as they
sit in the warmth of their camp lire, after
their separate work for the day is done,
feel a brotherhood such as men seldom
feel. The stars are all shining now, and
the sheep are very quiet. You would hardly
know of their presence were It not for an
occasional coughing among them. The
howl of a coyote comes on the wind from
some distant hill, but the sheep heed It
not, for on theiu, too, seems to have de
scended the peace that comes with night
to the desert. New York Evening Post.
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET
Butt BfporU aid Wet Neither Get
Beit of Bean.
CEREALS SCORE ANOTHER ADVANCE
Wheat Has a Good Day, Cora Is
troaa- with Better Deman4
ad Oats Are lllaher
la Sympathy.
July. tt.i:v Fertember, MV; September,
oM. ff!-'-..c.
CATS To arrive and on track. tc.
OMAHA. June IT, 19U6.
Reports of rust in the northwest, al
though they were denied by the bears,
caused an uneasiness in the market today
and mucn strer.gin developed iu wheat, it
was helped by damage by ruin in ths
southw'eet. epecial,y in Kansas, and by
wet weattier in Canada. July closed at
rV&We. September at 8t'B6-.iC and Le
teuioer at S&c
Corn was strong on light country ac
ceptances and depletion of stocks. Tt.e de
mand is better and offsets tlie pospect
for a large movement next week. July
dosed at o3Vu&J"c, old July at &4n,l, Sep
tember at a2-c, old September at Uvgac
1'ecember at 4Svc and old Leceiiioer at
cts were strong. In sympathy with the
general market, oltnough the prospects
for a crop ale excellent all over the coun
try. Ju.y closed at 81V. September aj
;'&7iiV-' and Iecetnler at 3oV-
Liverpool closed with the market un
changed to Vd higher on wheat and V&Vl
lower on corn.
J E. Von lorn, manager for the Adaiys
Gram company, sas reports of Hessian
fly in Nebiasaa counties are exaggerated,
lie talked t.day wuii a cmsen ot Geneva,
who said there was but little fly tn his
county and that most of the damage was
in tlie luinfls of tlie men alio went out
from Lincoln Geneva is in Fihmore
county, one ot the counties reported badly
infested.
Keports of black rust In the Iakotas
and Minneaota have been consistently de
nied today. The Great Northern Elevator
company of Minneapolis sent a man out,
who found some red rust, but no black.
The estern Elevator company of
Winona, .Minn., wired that there is no In
dication of rust at Grotson, 8. D., as re
ported yesterday. There is some red rust
at Watertown, S. L.. says this message,
but none at Salem. Melville, S. L., wired
that it had no rust, but that 2 per cent of
the wheat had been drowned out. The
milling demand for wheat at Chicago yes
terday was quiet, with sales of Si.ow bush
els Lids for new wheat sent by Kansas
City to Kansas and Oklahoma yesterday
falied to bring responses. Millers are otter
ing tlie farmers In Missouri Sec lor their
new wheat. Reports from the harvest In
some sections of southern Illinois say they
are getting ten bushels an acre where they
expected twenty. Harvest is In lull blast
at Ellsworth, Kan. Broomhall estimates
the world's wheat shipments for the week
at ll,2uO,utio bushels.
Omaha (ash Prices.
WHEAT No. 2 hard, StS'afTc; No. 3 hard,
gobtec; No. 4 hard. Kc; No. 3 spring. Mc.
CORN No. 2. 4V.c; No. S. 4c; No. 4.
4-c ; no grade, 42&46c; No. 2 yellow. 4iV-c;
No. S vellow, 49lc; No. 2 white. 4&,c; No.
3 white. 4Sc.
OATS No. 2 mixed. 2'Tc; No. 3 mixed.
2Sc; No. 4. mixed, 2Tc; No. 2 white. 'JSc;
No. 3 white, 2S4c; No. 4 white, 2Sc; stand
ard, 94c.
Carlot Receipts.
Wheat. Corn. Oats.
CHICAGO GI44M AD moYlMOSS.
I
Featares of the Trad lag aa Cloata
Prlres on Board of Trade.
CHICAGO. June 17 Continued cold, wet
weather ltr the northwest started active
coverning by shorts In the t,eat pit here
today and caused a strong nnleh. The
July dellvety whs up an even cent at the
close. Corn is up 'ilc; oats shewed a
gain of VV: provisions are up 5al0c.
Strength in the aheat market developed
late in the session. At the start sentiment
was quite bearish and initial quotations
in July were r He to V to 'i-Ve. at
to 8c. Weakness at the opening was
due to reports of excellent weaiher for
harvesting throughout tlie southwest. In
addition advices of good yields of wheat
gave bears an Incentive to sell Manv
irnn.rs wiio oougnt yesterday were toaav
OMAHA LIVE STOCk MARKET
Beef Steari and Cowi Lower for tbe Week,
with Trading Blow.
HOGS ACTWE, BUT PRICES RULE LOWER
Receipts of fheep aad Lambs at This
rolnt Moderate for the Week,
with Prices Rallng Gen
erally steady to Strong.
SOtTH OMAHA. June IT. ISMS.
Receipts were:
eairer to dispose of holdings One promt- ' Official Mondar
nent trader particularly had literal offer- J Official Tuesday ....
lr.gs. As a result i rices declined. Julv Official Wediesday..
selling off to sevc. l'urlng the last naif 1 Official Thursday ...
of the session sentiment suddenly veered Official Friday
to bullishness, the market becoming ex- Official Saturday ...
tremely strong. The principal reason for
the change ii sentiment was fear for thu j Total this week...
spring-grown crop, rresn advices from Total last week
... in urn ),iii. iviiiiiK oi BunniDnnl uamajre
by unfavorable weather conditions. From
et. ijouis came
Cattle. Iloa. Sheen.
... I.TTI .tJS 1.103
14 1.1 !
122C 1 H
s.7'4 3,'H0
.??2 435
1.615 SW
Chietigo
Kansas City
Minneapolis .
Omaha
Iuhith
Bt. Louis ....
. 4
. M
.1.
. 6
. 19
. 13
435.
40
15
-67
16
12
a dispatch claiming that
recent heavy rains In Kansas had greatly
damaged the wheat crop. Alarmed by
these reports, shorts made an attempt to
cover sales, but off-Tit .gs were larking.
The result was a tjulck advance, which
carried the price of July up to Sfi WV.
Commission houses mere active buvers
lat In the session. The market closed
nearly at the top price of the dav. final
quotations on July being at s:i,jy4c.
C iearances of wheat and flour were equal
to K7.&i bushels. Primary receipts were
2:3.0 bu.. compared with 2s;.ii bu. a your
ago. Minneapolis, llfuluth and Chicago re
ported receipts of 159 cars against 1H2
cars last week and 3ii cars a year ago.
Strength of wheat caused a sharp up
turn in corn prices. Early In the session
the market was Inclined to weakness as
a result of ideal weather conditions
throughout the corn belt. Another factor
that had a depressing effect was a con
siderable decline at LlveriK.l Ijitet.
however, sentiment became bullish largely
In sympathy with wheat. Reports of hglif
aec-ptances had a strengthening effect.
Receipts at primary points were liberal,
but shipments were correppcndlngly large.
The market closed at praetioilly the high
est point of the day. July opened un
changed to lc lower, at u'. to 5""tc; sold
up to 53c and closed at 5;i';,'.'iMo. Ioeal
receipts were 4S cars, with 1-s of contract
grade.
Excellent weather and weakness of
other grains had a depressing influence
on the oats market early lu the session.
1-rfiter the market became ouite firm in
sympathy with the upturn hi wheat and
corn. July opened a shade to fic lower,
at 3'T to 31c sold up to 514,c and closed
at the top. Local receipts were 160 cars.
Provisions were firm on a fair demand
from packers. Offerings wire light. At
th close September pork was up )0c. at
113.10. Lard was ur 5c. at fT.iJH. Ribs
were 10c higher, at fT.SS'gi fTXj.
Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheat.
1 car; corn, 494 cars; oats, 9S cars; hogs,
32.t"." head.
'1 hi leading futures ranged as follows:
G3.914 1 445
T5.7fl9 15.0TI
its-
74 115 28 :8i
4.74 18410
M.217 T
Si me week before ....
Total three weeks ago... 16.749
Total four weeks ago. . . .16.44
Same week last year 13 499
RECEIPTS FOR TUB YEAR TO DATE.
The following table shows the receipts of
cattle, hogs and sheep at South Omaha fof
the year to date, compared witn last year:
1 lf4 Inc. Pee
Cattle 3Vn 9S 432 T'4 IV 731
Hogs 1.1R9 7HO l.;.Vi' 80 70
Sheep T"S.TSS 6S.97 34.16
The following table shows the average
price of hogs at Rodth Omaha for tne last
several days, with comparisons:
rang- stuff, a. fed sheep are pn,ty w.l 1
Ax.fM.I at 14 mi J4 M and MCirT
lion ifl n. P'.Tit'u '! y m vn .
Lead I
at 1531
wioiaui'". ' . ,..i,. Irf Mies about u ifints under prevlout
rhciee lambs. $.'...; fair to good lan bs, . I , U'N f j , tnindr) . southern.
?cti!n;ri:io IS flrm.tHC4.47S. EpeUor. qu.e, at
CHICAttO 1MB ITUCK MARKET
All Masses of atock ateady oa Mod
crate Rerrlpta for atarday.
CHICAGO. June 17.-CATTLK-Receipts
4 m heal: market stesdy; good to prima
steers, ti 4of(i; 25 ; poor to medium, e 'JI
5 25: storkers and feeders. 2 7;.u4 75; cows,
12 S'(H.': heifers. 2 5cfc8.00: canners. II e'i
t ; bulls. 2tt-u4o": calves, ISOuJS.&o,
Texas fed steers. iT5 .00.
HOJ. Receipts Hum head; estimated
Mondav. 42. o head; market steady; mneJ
srd butchers. IS. 2555 47: good to choice
hesvv. IS4"fiM74: rough heavy. 14 755 15;
light 11.256 45; bulk of sales. T.J5j6.4.
PHEEP ANT LAMP.! - Receipts. 15 .W
head: market steadv: good to choice weth
ers. U 6i'4r5 00: fatr to choice mixed. U 5'Xi
4 4: western sheep, 14 W'fTYOO; native lambs,
$4 frtQ.OO; western lambs. I5.0oi& 65.
Date.
lJoS. !14. '1908. !190!. '1901. H9 . '1M9.
Articles.) Open. , Hlgh.l Low. 1 Close. Yea'T.
Wheat I I I
July . K
lrag-4
l?M
Minneapolis Grala Market.
The range of prices paid In Minneapolis,
as reported by the Edwards-Wood com
pany. 110-111 Board of Trade, was:
Articles. I Open. I High.l I-ow. Close.l Yes'y.
Wheat I I
Julv... I 1 0V
Sept... 8S,&V
Corn I I
July... 52
Sept... 5I
Lec....' 47a,
l"(-9v 1 0N, 1 1 OPS
fc'V 7 ti Vj
5.TV 524' 5.1V 6T
52V 51V '' 61v
4f- 47V 4SV 47't
New. rs '
KEW YORK GESEHAL MARKET
Qnotatlona
Various
Sept.
corn
Julv JJulv
fSept.
IScpt.
JL'ec.
Cats
July Sept.
Dec.
Pork
Julv
Sept.
Lsrd-
Julv
Sept.
Ribs
Julv
Sept.
ST,' F9Jv.'-fTV.
to S3V&V fcSS M1
'52V?;
:51VnG2
51V" W t2ra
I 47V 4v
53'
52a.
E3V 51H
52
51 SI'Vj
51 a,S S
47 4s',
IS-
51
514
4TT
!3'i'l,f?21
29.
31'
S'V 31S' 31t?H
2 J5I 2ynil 'j 2VHUr
V 29V
1 ' I
1! 72V 12 T7V 12 67V
12 72V 12 90
13 07V 13 Id
June 1 ..1 5 1S'4 4 M' 95' ' t Tin 4 8: S 30
Tune I...1 S ir.u 1 is c ct' 7 0?' 1 4 tti 51
June 3...I E 10 1 4 491 5 99 T IS! I Tf! I 3 51
June 4... I 4 54' 5 W ' 11 6 71' 4 S3'
June 5 ..I K "' ' s ? w I ;o' I 911 1 H
June 5 I2'4l 5 5 E T7 T 15' 5 T 4 ' '
June T...I II 54S' 4 50 1 I T IS B 75' 4 95' 67
June 8... I 5 2V 4 S i 90" I 5 TS: B 021 W
Jure 9 . .15 17 4 69 6 K5 7 21 1 I B 10' I i
June 10..; I 20',; 4 74 a 00 7 M 5 S3' I 3 58
June Jl.. I 4 TV 6 03 7 3"i 5 91; 8 00!
June l!..i 5 vi-i tw ; S' i1, "
June !.. 5 tr, 4 SI1 6 ? 7 M 5 SS 4 6 I 64
June 14.. I 5 13V IH' 17 31 5 SI! 4 S5 3 60
June is.. I 5 19V 4 SI ' 5 9V t SO 4 9 3 4
June 16 .1 5 22 1 4 S71 OV 7 J4 4 V J 6?
June 17.. I I 4 91 3 9, 7 23 5 SS'
Kaasaa City Live Mock Market.
KANSAS riTT Mo. June 17. CATTLK
Receipts, 5o0 head. Including ei south
erns Choice export and dressed beef
steers. If. K.frt 75; fntr to g,od. M Jf.'Sft.oO;
western fed s'eers. I4.25U5 V; storkers and
feeders. 13.0(4 ; southern steers. S3 0;i
l't. southern cons. $2.35ia.' ; native cows.
2 2f4fiO; native heifers. I.1.2M74 .90; bulls.
$: 3."4i4 25; calves. !.(Xj5.75. Receipts for
the week. 32.piO head
HOOB- Receipts, S.ooo head Market
steady. Top, $5 35: bulk of sales, t".
I 32V: heavy. IX ?lt 2 V : r,af,''', 5fu S;.;
pigs and lights. IS.f .JB. Receipts for the
week. M.5 head.
PHEEP AND LAMPS Receipts, none.
Market nominally steady. Native lambs.
$.WjT.0r: western fed larrhs. JoTT-'tt 7.10;
fed ewes and vearllngs. $4.256 15; Texas
clipped yearlings. fi.O"4i5 4i: Texas clipped
sheep, I4.25e.00; stockers and feeders, $2.35
6-4.00.
feel
ut 7V'"''c
ti Sheep
Indicates Sunday.
The eT.clal numlier of cars of Stock
brought In today by each road was:
Cattle. Hogs.Shp.H'ses.
ew York Live Stock Market.
NEW YORK. June 17. PEEVES Re
celpts. JO head, no trading. Market
lug steady. lressed beef slow at
per pound. Exports. ,5" cattle, to
and 6 216 quarters of beef.
CALVES Receipts, none and nothing
doing; feeling weak. City dTessed veals
slow at 5!jloVc per pound
HOOS Receipts. 2.007 head; none on sale.
Market teellng steady.
SHEEP AND LAMPS Receipts. !.R1
heart: sheen steady: lan, bs slow and 2c
3 GS j lower on all except choice grades. Sheep
sold at I3.0TW4 40; yearlings. sii.i: ismns.
t5'V67.: one car of choice heavy lambs,
.i. Dressed mutton dull at ."alw per
paund; dressed lambs Blow ana lower bi
11 13c.
c. m. & st. r
Missouri Pacific ...
V. P. System
C. N. W
F.. K. A M V
C Bt. P., M. A O..
B. A M
C. B. & Q
C. R. I. A P.. east.
C, R. I. A P . west
. 1
SI
46
t r
i
c
Chicago Gt. Western
4
155
Total receipts 15
The disposition of the day s receipts was
as follows, each buyer purchasing the num
ber of head Indicated:
Cattle. Hogs
7 27V
7 50
7 50
7 75
13 U7V 13 10 . 13 00
35
5.1
g:v
' S7V
I
7 27V
7 50 J
7 47V
7 75 !
7 52V
7 62V
7 67V
rv
47V
50
VIGOR IS JN THE AIR
Tonic finalities of American Atmos
phere Wkra ot ladaly
Heated.
1
more Juice In It than In any of the other
Inter shruba. Its Juice seems to be oily
nd is without doubt very nutritious to the
hcep. Then there Is the ordinary "black"
age at which the aheep occasionally nibble
for a change, and aometlmes they live on
that alone when the snow Is deep enough to
rover up the other weeds. There Is no
glass out there; the land seems to tie too
salty for It to grow, which Is also very
fcrtunate for the sheepman, sine It anvt
i. mnme or hauling salt to the win
ter range for his sheep, In the spring, and
umrner a herd wlU est 200 pounds of salt a
week, but In tha winter they get plenty
from tha plants they eat. Indeed, I remem
ber one plant, peculiar, I believe, to the
Utah desert, called "shad scale," whose
leaves are so salty that when you touch
your finger to them and then put It to your
toi.gue. you can easily taste the salt. This
plant Is covered with thorns, but an eld
sheep will sometimes stand and eat It down,
thorns and all. Yearling sheep often ret
tha sore mouth from following this ex
ample of their aider, thorn-toughened sls
teis. To look at the shrubs that are rail
"good feed" on the desert, a layman wcuM
t! ink that there was nothing there for the
sheep to eat. "Surely," he would say. "you
don't eapect tha sheep to cat these chips
of dead wood growing la this desilate
land." yet It Is not only true that they rat
It In preference to dry grass anl keep
their flesh on it better, but also tb horas
live on it. To be aura, tha boraa must
each le fed about three nosebags f barley
end cat. every day in addition tj the
brows rg.
Datles of tka Caaap Mover.
To obtain grain for tba horses and pro
visions for tha camp is tha duty of the
crjnp mover. Removing tbe front wheels
from tha camp wagon and leaving In their
place Ji cedar post t hold the wagon In a
vel poaltlon ha eonstructa with ropes and
steep pelts a rude aort of a cart on which
hs rldea forty or fifty mllea to ths nearest
vail roe d station. There ha gets the grain.
nr and other provisions which hava been
shipped to him from home by the sheep
owner. It is wonderful what a load he can
pile on -that running gear with the aid of
ropea. Perhaps be haa many a breakdown
- for he geta back to camp, since he has
go bouncing over tha sages, as there are
ifry few wagon tracks in that country. His
V . ' ' ." ......
iorma arts suddenly, and ha must be well
When the amazed European asks us what
makes the sluggish mind of the Immigrant
to stir and waken In the I'nlted States,
and then to climb, at first hesitatingly,
but soon with vigor and oonfldence, to the
top round of the ladder of success, we are
accustomed to reply, "It s In the air," and
we are right. The spirit which fired our
fathers to cross the wide Atlantic and
ehlch tn less or equal degree still animates
J.e thousands annually aeeklng our shores
.s fed and fanned by the cold winds from
che northwest.
The. cold wave Is born In the heavens
miles above cur heads, usually over the
Rocky mountain plateau. Suddenly a mass
I of bitterly cold air will tumble down upon
i:.itana. It rushes down as though
poured through an enormous funnel. Aa
It falls It gains momentum and, reaching
the earth, spread over the Mississippi
valley and then over the Atlantic states,
covering them like a blanket. It scatters
the foul, loggy, breath-soaked atmosphere
In our towns and cities, and puts ginger
Into the air. We fill our lungs with it
and live. New waves are always coming,
following each other in regular procession
like the waves on the seashore.
It Is fitting, then, that meteorology, the
science of tha weather, should be a dis
tinctly American product, and that the
people of the I'nlted States should have
the best weather service in the world.
The I'nlted States government- spends
11.500,000 a year on ita weather bureau,
which is mora money than all the govern
ments of Europe combined spend for simi
lar service. It has a staff ot many hun
dreds skilled experts and trained observers
who, in all parts of the country', are con
stantly on the watch to see what the heav.
ens will bring forth.
Wa Americans are always talking about
our mountains of gold and coal and iron,
of our fat fields of corn and wheat, but
few of us ever realise that ws have In our
climate a great advantage over all other
nations. In tha cold wave which In sum
mer and winter so often sweeps across tha
land and sends the thermometer tumbling
thirty degrees in almost as many minutes
we hava a constant, a never diminishing
asset of priceless value. The wave acts aa
anionic, but. unlike any tonic made by man.
It carries no reaction No other land has
cold waves like ours. To the cold, dry air
of this periodic cold wave which brings
extraordinary changes of temperature, wa
owe much of tbe keen, alert mind, tha incessant,-
unremitting energy of our Amer
ican race. Century Magasine.
of tba Oar on
Commodities.
NEW YORK. June 17 FLOUR Receipts,
16.412 bbls.; exports, 7.77t bbls. ; market, dull
and unchanged; winter patents. HM52j;
winter straights, I4i4.8o; Minnesota pat
ents. $5 5v4j.25; w inter extras, li.U"a3.tj5;
Minnesota bakers. H.75&4 15; winter low
grades. $3 003.55. Rye flour, quiet; fair to
good. t4.2iii4tio; choice to fancy, H.tio-rM.i'O.
CORN.Mfc.AL Firm; fine white and mel
low. $1.3; coarse, $l.l?al.lG; kiln dried. I2.9J
fcXOO.
HA RLE Y Dull ; feeding. 40c, c. I f. New
York; malting. 46fi52c. c. 1. f. Buffalo.
WHEAT Receipts. S.'.vl bu. ; spot market,
firm; No. 2 red. M.ii. nominal, elevator;
No. 2 red. 31.07V nominal, f. o. b. a fir at;
No. 1 northern. Duluth. II. WV f. o. b. afloat;
No. 1 hard. Manitoba. $1.09V f. o. b. afloat.
Except for a slight decline after tlie open
ing wheat was-very firm all day. reflecting
bullish crop and weather news in the
northwest, smaller spring wheat receipts
and active covering. The close represented
Vjc riet advance. July. 9-Vn;3 lo-llc,
closed at 93'o; September. K'S.'fiMiVc. closed
at Wc; December, bSVSc, closed at
8Sc.
CORN Recelpta, 87.075 bu.; exports. 1S7.5!
bu.; spot market, steady; No. 2. 61Vc ele
vator and 61c f. o. b. afloat; No. 2 yellow.
61 Vc: No. 2 white, 61c; option market was
Inuctlve with no transactions, closing e
net higher: July closed at foVc; September
closed lit BTVfeC
OATS Receipts, 5S.500 bu. ; exports. S.325
bu.; spot market, stead v; mixed oats. 36 to
32 lbs . 3.V&25V?: natural white. 30 to 32 lbs.,
3.r.U'u:7Vc; clipped white, 36 to 40 lbs., 3bV
6 40c.
HAY Quiet; clipping, WrgCTVc; good to
choice. TTVSfVc.
HOPS Quiet; state, common to choice.
194 crop, 24'a2Sc: 1&3 crop, 21(S2Sc; olds, 10
4il2c; Pacific coast. 19n crop, 24tJ27c; liw3
crop. 2i"&22c; olds, 10'ftl2c.
HIDES Steady ; Galveston, 20 to 25 lbs.,
Irc; California. 21 to ii pounds, lsc; Texa
dry, 24 to 30 lbs.. lKVc.
LEATHER Quiet: acid. 24i;i26c.
PROVISIONS Peef. firm; family. SIS.SiW
14 00; mess, flu 11 00; packet. 112 50&1S 0);
city, extra India mess, '.ak'ii 22.50. Cut meals
steady; pickled bellies. S'ulm.-; pickled shoul
ders. &v'ac: pifKlea Harris joy ii"-,c. iara,
quiet: western steamed. $7.1fi 7. Jo; relinej.
steady; continent. 7 35; South America,
XA.15; compond, 35 37Vf' 5 62V- Pork, steady;
family. 115 15 5n; short clear, $13.0015.;
No. 2. tOld. tNew.
Cash quotations were as follows:
FLOUR Easy; winter patents, 34.20S4.3:
straiphts. J3.9"S4 10; spring patents. So.OC-fjf
5 70; straights. $3.755.00; bakers I2.4i4i 3.80.
WHEAT No. 2 spring. 1.0jl.l0; No. 3,
VSC&S1.05; No. 2 red. !'Cijl.).
CORN No. 2. 55i4c; No. t yellow. 5Fve.
OATS No. 2. liic No. 3 white, 3H,g32c.
RYE No. 2. 77679c. ' "'
PARLEY Good f.-edlng. "3942c; fair to
choice malting. 46-9 4c.
SEEDS No. 1 flax. 11.25; No. 1 northwest
ern. 11.43; prime timothy, a2.9o; contract
grade. 111.7512.25.
PROVISIONS Mss pork per bbl., 312. 75-5
12 So. Lard, per 10 lbs . 17.257 27V- Short
ribs sides iloosei. f, fij-;,70. Short clear
sides i boxed ). 37.VWj7.62V.
Receipts and shipments ot grain and flour
were as follows:
Flour, bbls.
Wheat, bu..
Corn, bu....
Oats, bu
Rye. bo
Barley, bu..
Receipts. Shipment.
15.10J 7.3iO
K.001 24.8-i0
Si.K) 54"0
17.4'iO 156.1'i0
4 nfiO
29.WI0 SOo
On the Frodure exchange today tha but
ter market w.t: rfrmer: creameries. 1MJ
2oc; dairies, 15yl7c. Eggs, easy; at mark,
cases included. 13Vc; firsts. 14Vf ; prime
firsts, 15V?; extras, 17c. Cheese, steadv, Bl
eiovc
Kansas City Grain and Provisions.
Kansas city, june.n. wheat July,
79'kc; September. 7t"itr: Decemlier. 77c;
cash. Ie. 2 hard W;i99c; No. 3, 93fe;
No. 4. 72ftS3c; No red. 9&S99c; No. S, 83'a
!c; No. 4. 72 SUC
CORS Steady : July, 48V649e; Septem
ber. 47V-; December, 44Vc; cash, No. 2
mixed. 'iW,c; No. 3. 5oc; No. 2 white,
61VS51V; No. 3. 51c.
OATS No. 2 white, 30Vfe31c: No. 2 mixed,
2!2!tVc
RYK Steady: 5S6Sc.
EOOS Steady : Missouri and Kansas,
new No. 2 whltewood. cases Included. 12Vc;
case count, HVc; cases returned. Vc less.
RUTTER Creamery. 15iiSc: parking. 13".
Receipts. Shipments.
Wheat, bu 4wo 43.210
Corn, bu 84 4 32 Of i
Oats, bu 11. (0 12,000
Milwaukee Grata Market.
MILWAUKEE. June 17. WHEAT
Strong. No. 1, northern, $1 13: No. 2, north
ern. M.GS'ul.lO; July, bid.
RYE Pteadv; No. 1. S3c.
BARLEY Strong; No. 2, 51c; sample, 433
50c.
CORN Strong; No. 3, yellow, 64V&S5c;
July, 54Vc.
Omaha Packing Co 1.257
bwirt and Company 2.19 i
Cudahy Packing Co 1 3 271
Armour A Co 2.SJ6
Swift and Co., from country 75
S. & 8 375
Other buyers 6
Total , 7 10.103
CATTLE There were only five cars of
cattle on sale today, not enough to tst
the market. Receipts for the week fell
nearly 2.iXK short of last week and showed
an Increase of about 4.000 head as com
pared with the corresponding week of a
year ago. The general quality of the re
ceipts was fairly good.
The market on" beef steers was In an un
satisfactory condition, as the demand was
poor all the week and buyers were indiffer
ent on all classes of cattle. Good fat steers
had first call, but on these kind sellers
found it hard to move their holdings and
me marKei mows a decline of 15ii26c as
comiiared with the close of last Week.
Monday opened with prices just about
steady with the close of last week and on
Tuesday there was a good demand for the
offerings. Trading was brisk and prices
ruiea generally a dime nicher than Mon
day. In the face, of liberal receipts, how
ever, Wednesday's market was lower, sell
ers being compelled to take off about all
tne advance of the previous day. On
Thursdsy and Friday prices were still
lower. Common cattle, as well as anything
showing grass, were very hard to move
and were not wanted. This market is In
no worse shape than other points, as every
market has been gutted with supplies,
which Is th main reason for the decline
noted. Packers claim that they are get
ting supplies faster than they can dispose
of them.
There has been a little better demand for
the good, heavy drylot cows and heifers
tnan tor steer, and on these hind the mar
ket shows less change. On the common
and grassy kinds the market Is In about
the same condition as on steers, and a de
cline of 15t2&c Is noted for the week. The
trade on the grass cattle Is verv slow and
they are hard to move even at the decline.
Hulls, veal calves and stags also show a
decline and the demand is poor.
There was a light supply of stockers and
feeders here this week, but supplies were
fullv eoual to the demand, which was poor
Prices on these kinds also show a loss and
are 15iff25c lower than last week. Repre
sentative sales:
CF.EF tf TITERS.
No. AT. Pr. No. AT. ft.
l ino 4 13
COW4.
1 1070 I 0
HOGS There was a good run of hogs
here for a Saturday, about 133 loads being
on sale. Buyers were out early, but were
In a bearish moid, asking sellers to take
off on the prloe, and trading on the open
ing was slow. Bids were generally 2VC
lower than yesterdiy's general market and
the bulk of the hogs changed hands on
this basis. Light hogs were in the best
demand, while the trade on the heavier
weights was a little slow. The market
showed considerable activity after trading
became fairly started and a fair clearance
was marie In good "awn. The bulk of
the hogs changed hands at 35 17V3S 2?V.
with tops reaching 35 25. The popular
price waa .jv. xiepreseriauve sales:
Bt. I.onla Live stock Market.
ST. IOUlS, June 17. CATTLE Receipts.
50 head. Including cno Texans: market.
steady, native shipping and export steers.
34 Wfi'O0; dressed beef and butcher steers.
33 50'u5 25; steers under 1.0ml lbs., $3&64.5;
storkers and feeders. 2.50ifi4.5o: cows and
hrlfers. I2.0offtvnn; canners. 32 fj 2 50 : bulls.
2.7Mi3.25: calves. 14.256 00; Texas and In
dian steers. X2.75ti5.3; cows and heifers.
t'.oma on.
Hf OS Receipts. s.nno neao; marset.
steadv: nits and lights. I500u5 45: Parkers,
4 1ii4i5.40; butchers and best heavy, 35.30J
5 4.1.
PHEEP AND LAMES Receipts, none;
none on sale.
Slonx City Live Stork Market.
8TOUX CITY. Ia.. June 17 (Special Tele
gram CATTLE Receipts. 700 head; mar
ket steady to weak: beeves. $3 7586 80; cows,
bulls and mixed. 2.75fi4.C5; stockers and
feeders. 33.004.00; calves and yearlings,
12 75f3 90.
HOGB Receipts. 9.300 head; market 2Vc
lower, selling at K l&fc.aJ: bulk oi sales,
$5 15G5.17H-
St. Joseph Live Stork Market.
ST. JOSETH. Mo.. June 17 CATTLE
Receipts. 36 head. Market steady. Natives,
$3,754(5 66; cows and heifers. $1.50a4.75;
stnekers and feeders. 12.75S4.65.
HOGS Receipts, 3.610 head. Market 2Vc
higher: closed week; medium and heavy,
tS.SorfS.K.
SHtEP Receipts. head: market ateady.
Stork In Sight
Receipts of live stock at the six principal
western maraets yesteraay:
Cattle
South Omaha 5"9
Plaux City 700
Kansas oity v
Hogs. Sheep
SIB
St. Joseph
St. 'Louis
Chicago .
Totals
36 '
750
400
S.M5
9.3O0
3 000
8 61
.0fi0
K 000
2.925 S.555
65
15,000
15,870
Condition ot Trade and Qaotatloas oa
Staple and t'aacy Produce.
EGGS Receipts, fair; market, ateady;
laiuliej 11,'t-i, Hjlk.
LIVE POULTRY Hens. Vc; roosters,
5 j' ; tuikes. i-wh'-e. ducks, ac; spring
cmckens. IV to 1 ihs., hvc per lb
lil'iXEH Packing atocs. U . choice to
fancy dairy, Llc; creamery, X'tfiir;
Hints. 2.c.
81 U Ail Standard granulated, 16 a pe?
cwt.; cubes, 17. ou ;-er cwt., cut loaf, . is
per cwt.; No. extra C, $li per cat.;
No. 10 extra C. 35 96 -r cwt.; No. 16 el
low. 15 7i er cwt.; XXXX powdered, "
per cwt.; bar powdereu. li.4u per est;
tuie tablets, 7 ut jwr cwt.
FRESH FISH Trout. c; ballbut. lie;
builaio tdressedi. c; pickerel (dressedl, sc;
whits bass (.dressed), lie; suiifish, oc , pre.i
(scaled and dressed), ec; pise. c; calhsu,
Joe; red snapfr, loc; salmon, lc; crsppies.
12c; eel. lx ; bullheads, 11c; black bass, tv;
hitet:sh (d-essed). liar; froa less, per dos..
45c; lobsters, green, 27c; boiled lobsters.
c; shad roe. 45c; bluenns, sc.
HA V Prices Quoted by Omaha Wholesala
Hay Dealers association: Choice, I7.UK No.
..50; No. 2, $t;.ui; coarse, 36.00. Thesa
rites are for hay of good color and qua!-
URAN Per ton. J15.00.
TROPICAL FRUIT.
OR A NOES- St. .Michaels, all slses. S3-757
ou; extra fancy Mediterranean, sweets, all
sizes. 3:15c; choice navels, sites 126. L4I. 176.
2O0, S3 ; sites fee, 90, 112. li.26, seedlings, all
sues. s w
LEMoNS Llmonlera. extra fancy, 170,
m and H' sixes. 34 ib: fancy. 270. u and M
sixes, 33.75. choice. 240 and t.'O slses, 33. ou;
'Av and 36u sixes. 33.50.
oAILS-l'tr lxx of 30 1-lb pkgs.. I1.J0;
Hallciwe en. In 7'.-lb. boxes, per lb. so.
FJ US California, per 10-lb. carton, 7ia
Kc: imported Smyrna, four-crown, 13c; flv
crown, 12c.
BANANAS Per medium-sited bunch. 3175
62 25; lumboe, 2 5tii3(.
I'lNEAPPLES Florida, per crate of 34,
30 and 36 sixes, 33.25; 42 site. 33 00.
FRUITS AND MELONS.
APRICOTS California, per 4-baaket crate.
31 35.
1UV MS California, per -Daaaet crata.
1135.
PEACH Lis Texas, per 4-oasKet crate, i;
California. pT a-lb. box, 31 16.
CiiKRKlKS California, black, per 3-lb.
box. 11.75; white, per 8-lb. box, $1.76; Mis
souri, box of 24-qis., $2.00.
STRAWBERRIES Home grown, per 24-
qt. case, $l.liu- 0u; Hood Klver, per case of
,4-qis.,
CRANBERRIES Jerseys, per crata. ti 50.
GOOSEBERRIES Box of 14 qts., $2.00.
CANTAX.oL.FE3 Mexican, per crata.
$SO"4l4.00.
W ATEKMEEOo AiaDama Dweeta, J
50c each. . . .
RASPBERRIES Red. oox or 24 pta.. 3;
black, box of 24 pts., $2.00.
BLACKBEBK1ES (.sse oi ;i qta., saw.
VEGETABLES. ,
TURNIPS New, yi (So., 25c.
CARROTS New, per dox.. 2oc
PARSNIPS Old, per bu., .
WAV H KAN'S Per -bu. box. 75c: strina
beans, per V-bu. box. Tic, bu. box wax or
string. ;otj.jo.
POTAIOEO nome-arrown, 10 hcu, per
bu., S5c; Colorado, per bu., 45c; new pota
toes, per bu.. 7ac.
EEANS .avy, per ou., - w.
CUCUMBERS Per dox.. 46ir7$e.
PEAS New. jier bu. box, $1.00.
TOMATlVES Texas, per 4-basket crata.
SPINACH rer ru., doc
CABBAGE Calif-rnla. in crates, per
lb., 3c, Mississippi, $l.naz.za per crate, ac
cording to sixe.
ONIONS New, per dot. mincnes, ut;
Bermudns. per crate of about 6o lbs., $1.25.
RADISHES Hot house or southern, per
dox., ?oc.
LETTUCE Hot house, per do., 85840c;
head lettuce. ier dos., 75c.
CAULIFLOWER Home grown, per crata
of 1 dot., $1.00
BEETS New, per dos.. sue.
MISCELLANEOUS.
CHEESE Swlsa, new, 15c; Wisconsin
brick, 14c; Wisconsin limberger, lie; twins,
1Sj14c; young Americas, 14c.
NUTS Walnuts, No. 1 soft shells, new
crop, per lb.. 15c; hard shells, per lb., 13c:
No. 2 soft shells, per lb.. 12c; No. t hard
shells, per lb., 12c; pecans, large, per lb.,
12c; small, per lb., 10c; peanuts, par lb., 7c;
roasted peanuta. per lb., sc.; Chill walnuts,
per lb., 12al3Vc; almonds, soft shell, par
lb., 17c; hard shell, per lb., 15c; shelibark
hickory nuts, per bu., $L76; IN-ga hickory
nuts, per bu., $1.60- , , .
HIDES No. 1 green, 7c; I lo. I green,
Vc; No. 1 salted. 8Vc: ' salted . 7Vo;
No. 1 veal calf, 10c; No. 2 veal calf, 9c; dry
salted, 7 '31 4c: sheep pelU, SicQtLOO; bora
hides, $1.60(33.00.
Forrltn Financial.
LONTON. June 17. Money was In light
demand In the market today and supplies
were plentiful. Discounts were steady
with an easier tendency. There waa much
uncertainty as to whether the French de
mand will absorb next week's arrivals of
gold. On the stock exchange the attend
ance was light and the movements unlm
portant. The business transacted was
scarcely sufficient to indicate the tendency
consult eased a traction ana war stork
were stationary. Americans opened steady
drooped from Inanition and closed quiet,
Grand Trunk declined slightly on expects
Hons regarding the traffic returns not being
reamed. imperial Japanese government
(is of 19f4 were quoted at 103V
PARIS, June 1.. Prices on the Rouree to
day had an upward tendency owing to the
belief that the Franco-German situation
has ameliorated. Russians were stronger
on the announcement that steps are being
taken to arrange an armistice. At tha
close prices were steady. Russian Impe
rial fours were quoted at 89.50 and Busman
bonds of 1904, 603.
BERLIN. June 17. A quiet tone pre
vailed on the Boerse today.
Evaporated Apples and Dried Fraita.
NEW YORK. June 17. EVAPORATED
APPLES Market shows a steady tone,
with demand light. Common to good ara
quoted at 4V'3Hc; prime, 6VS1c; qholce,
64i!Vc: fancy. 7c.
CALIFORNIA DRIED FRUITS Prune
were unchanged, with quotations ranging
from 2 to 6c, according to grade. Apri
cots are dull, with choice quoted at lu3
l(c: extra eholce, 11c; fancy, 1215c.
Pe"hes are firm on account of the light
supplies available on spot. Choice ara
quoted at lCn&lOVe; extra choice, 10V
in&. fsnrv. 10Wul2e. Raisins are un
changed; loose Muscatel puoted at 4
6V; seeded raisins, 6VB61c; London
layers, ii.wsi.io.
mess. $13 7Vhl3 75.
TALLOW Steady: city '$2.00 per pkg.),
4Sc: country (packages free!, 4Vc.
RICE Firm; domestic, fair to extra, SV
f'Vc: Japan, nominal.
BUTTER Barely steady: receipts. 7.178
pkgs.; street price, extra creamery, S'V3
2Vc. Official prices: Creamery, common
to extra. 17&20VC
CHEESE Steady and unchanged; re
ceipts, ,897 boxes; weekly exports, 2,650
boxes.
EGGS Easy: receipts. 9.R97 cases; west
ern. I3'f17r; southern. UliWtTe.
POULTRY Alive, quiet: western spring
chickens. 22323c; fowls, 13Vc; turkeys, 12c;
dressed, steady; western broilers, 24&2iic;
lowis, iauc; turkeys, lsgi.c.
St. Loals Grsrrtl Market.
8T. LOUIS. June 17.-WHEAT-Hlghr;
No. 2 red. cash, elevator. 92c; track, $105;
July. o2Tc; September, &2Vc; No. 2 hard,
$1 06.
CORN Higher: No. 2 cash. 51 Vc; track,
62V4f-1c; July, 62Vc: December, 4,c.
OATS Higher; No. 2 cash, 3lVc; track.
$2c; July. 2c; September, 2Vc; No. 2
white, 33Vc.
FLOUR Steady. Red winter patents.
$4 9fya5.10; extra fancy and straight, $4,753
4.90; clear, $3.istf4 00.
SEED Timothy, steady; $20fg2,40.
CORNMEAL Steady ; $2 feu.
BRAN Steady; Backed, east track. 7&g76e.
HAY Steady; timothy, $.UUC13.u0;
prairie, $6-'sr9 60.
IRON COTTON TIES 99c
BAGGING Vc.
HEMP TWINE V
PROVISIONS Pork, higher; Jobbing.
12 37V Ero. itrm; prime steam. h.72i,.
I'ry salt meats, higher; boxed extra shorts.
$7 75; clear ribs. $7.76; short clears, ivio.
Bacon, higher; boxed extra shorts. $S.62V;
clear ribs. $H.62V: short clear, $1 S7V
POULTRY Market steady; chickens, tr:
springa liB'lc; turkeys, lie; ducks, s-a'llc;
BUTTER Market, slow; creamery, 16
Sc: dairv. 15Bl7c.
EGGS Steady at 12Vc. rase count.
Iteoetpts. Shipments
Be want Ada Ara tba Vest Business
Boosters,
Flour, bbls.,
Wheat, bu..,
Corn, bu
Oats, bu
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4ti,0uu
Minneapolis Grain Market.
MINNEAPOLIS, June 17. WHEAT
July. $l.9Vl SeptemUr. Klc; No. 1, hard,
$1.13V: No. 1. northern, ll.llV No. 2,
northern. $1 0V
FLOUR First patents. $6.10i.J0: second
patents, $5.iHty4.oo; first clears, $4.00-4. 10;
secona ciwars, si. nxpx.an.
BRAN In bulk, $12.75(313.00.
Philadelphia Prodaee Market.
PHILADELPHIA. June 17. BUTTER
Firm, nearby prints, 32r; woe tern cream
ery, lie.
EXiGs steady; western, 17c: nearby, lTVc
CHEESE Steady; full cream, fancy new.
8c; domestic Swine, 119140.
Liverpool Grala Market.
LIVERPOOL. June 17 -WH EAT-Spot.
nominal; futures, quiet: July, l'-d; Sep
tember. 6a kd; December, is 7S4.
CRN Ptot. steady; American mixed,
is llVd. Futures, quiet; July, 4s 3d; Sep
tember, 4s 7d
Peoria Market.
PDORIA. June 17 CORN Steady : No. 3
yellow, 63c; No. 3, iiVc; No. 4, KVc; no
grade. 6lc.
OATS Steady; No. 3 white, 31,c; No. 4
white. S'Ac.
WHISKY On the basis of $127 for fin
ished goods.
Wool Market.
BOSTON. Mass., June 17. WOOL
The Commercial Bulletin says of
the wool market: While the market re
tains Its strength business, although sat
isfactory, is not being done In as large
blocks as previously. The demand for
merino wool has taken a spurt with pos
sibilities of Increased activities. New ter
ritory wools are selling well and but little
Is yet doing In fleeces. The foreign markets
are very strong and supplies abroad are
light. The sales which open on Julv 4 will
draw several American buyers and higher
prices are anticipated. The shipments of
wool from Boston to date from December
29. r-4. according to the same authority
are 114.6ti9.223 pounds against 97.6"4.5O0
pounds at the same time last year. Ths
receipts to date are 181.h3l.194 pounds
against lit. wi.im pounds tor the same pe
riod last year
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Juna 17. WOOL
Steady: medium grades, combine: and
clothing f 7'i 21V; light fine. 24V'26c; heavy
fine. 2o-22Ve; tub washed. $2w42Vc.
LONDON, June 17. WOOL There was a
moderate trade in wool during the oast
week. Home grown clips were taken for
America at full rates. Australian wool
slow but firm. The arrivals of wool for
the fourth series of auction aales amount
to 139 H.3 tales, including bj.Oo" bales for
warded direct to spinners. The Imports
were: New South Wales. 7.233 bales;
Queensland. l.'Xl bales; Victoria. 1.637 bales;
South Australia. 24 bales: Tasmania. 21
bales; New Zealand. 7.761 bales; Cape of
Good nope ana .nsiui. t.p'JCi bales; various,
312 bales.
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i DULUTH. Juna 17-WHEAT-To arrive,
k'o. 1. northern. $1 12,; uu track. No. 1.
iWthcra, $s. I, northern, $1.04;
Boat a a Stork Market la floeed.
BOSTON. June 17 The Boston stock
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Oils aad Rosin.
NEW YORK. June 17 r'T a-ottonseed.
quiet; prime crude, nominal; prime yel
low, 2b!U.VC. I'eiroleuio. eib . rehlled.
New York. $v..90; Philadelphia and Balti
more. $1R5: In bulk, $3.85. Turpentine,
steadv; lVfi2c asked.
ROSIN Firm; atralned. common to good,
tS.W&S.riO
OIL CITT, June 17. OIL Credit balances.
$1 ?7; certificates, no bid; shipments, 121.46
bbls ; average. 73.173 bbls ; runs, R.la bbls.;
average. 71.630 bbls. Shipments. Lima. 52 SM
bbls.; average, 50, si 4 bbls.; runs, Lima, 9i,2ui
bbls : average, 66.S27 blls.
SAVANNAH. Oa.. June 17. TURPEN
TINE Firm; WVc
KosiN irm; a, u, c. S3.v: v, 3 40; e,
$J4f6S.45: F. $S.4V6S.S0; G. $3 55: H.
$3.i3.M; L. $4 30; K. $4.40; M, $4 60; N. $4.70;
W U. M04!; V W, ftfc.OOB6.lo.
Cotton Market.
NEW TORK. June 17. COTTON Futures
closed barely steadv; June, 6 55c; July,
2c: August, ve; Bent em I r. 73c: Octo-
er. I.Soc; November, eMc; lecember, $lc;
unuary. awe: r eoruary. .,c; March,
flic; April. 04e; May, .08c. Spot closed
leady; middling uplands. 6.16c: middling
gulf 90c: sales, none.
NEW UKLlvAMi, June 17. COTTON
Firm; sales. 1.2W bales; ordinary, 6 7-16c
good ordinary'. 7Sc; low middling, Vc;
middling, Vc; good middling. 7 -16c; mid
dling fair, Vc; receipts, 2,34o bales; stock.
i7.l44 bales.
ST LOllS, June 17 COTTON-Pteady
middling. SVc: aales. 207 bales: receipts,
2.VI bales; shrpments, 2S6 bales; stock. u,373
bales.
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SHEEP There were only three cars of
sheep reported In this morning and buyers
little doing In tba big barn today.
Tne marset tor tne wtea kbowed uo in
giod shape. Receipts at this point were
light all the week and the general quality
of the offerings waa good. There was a
g'Kid demand for both sneep and lambs til
the week and the market on botb kinds
ruled ruilv steady. umM even look
little stronger. All poins report a good
market for tha week with rather mod rate
receipts. The light receipts will probably
continue at this pul&t until tiioa for Ui
Bask t learloga
OMAHA. June 17 Bank clearings for
todav were 1,J4.26 so and tor tne corra
spon'ding date last year $1.1K1.047 S3.
jne toiiowmg were tne clearings tor ins
week, compared with lae sam week of
Mondav $1..W1.13 $1.306. JM 40
Tuesday 1.Wj.04Ii.24 1.2KoM3.6l
Wednesday 13oo.340.K3 1.3is.aal k4
Thursday l.iw.7t.21 1.K7.187.8S
rriaay i.ci.s.i (i
Saturday 1,348.2.0 l.ltsl.047.63
Totals
Edwards-Wood Co.
(lasoryrafa.)
ruin Offloas FUtk aad Rokarta MrMtl
5T. PAUL. IUNX
DEALKRS IN
Stocks, Grain. Provisioji.
Ship Your Grain- to Us
Brssek Offleo, HO-111 Baar of Tra4a
Bid g, Oaaaha, Neb. Telephoao SB 14.
212-214 Exchange Bldg.. South Omaha.
BB 'Pbona 2ia. lodapaodaBt 'Ptaosa a
LEGAL ROTICKa,
BONDS FOR ALZ.
Bids ara wanted on a ftlo.OuO teaua et
refunding school bonds of School Liatrlcl
No. One of Weston County, Wyoming,
said Issue being In 10 bonds of $1,000 each. .
bearing six (8; per cent Interest, Interest
payable semi-annually. Tha first bond of
$1.0iv la payable 6 years from data of
Issue and one bond of fl.bOO each year
thereafter until paid. For further la
formation addreaa A. EVANS.
Clerk of School Board.
Newcastle. Wyo. USldJut a
NOTICE.
Bids will be received by ths Secretary ot
the Board of Public Lands and Buildings
up to 12 o'clock Saturday, July 1, 1S"6. for
furnishing and Installing In ths Hospital for
Insane at Lincoln, Nebraska, one til put tip
and one IS horsepower motor, according to
plans and specifications now on file In tha
office of tha Secretary of State. Tba board
reserves the right to reject any and all
bids. A. OA LUSH A.
Secretary of the Board of Public Lands
and Buildings. Jl dit m
Increaae over last year
$,78,733 42 $7. 367, 090 47
....$1,111,70$ $
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS,
Sealed bids for a luo-horse power boiler
complete will be received at the office of
the secretary of the Board of Education
of the State Normal schools, capltol build
lng. Lincoln, Nebraska, up until 12 o'clock
noon. June 30, 1S6. for the State Normal
achool at i Peru, In accordance with tha
specifications on file In the o fries of tha
secretary. The board reserves the right
to reject any and all bids and waive de
fects la same.
By order of the Board of Education OI
tlie State Normal achools.
J. L. M'BRIEN, Secretary.
Jis-diot
Import! aad E sport a.
NETW TORK. June 17. Total Imports of
merchandise and dry goods at the port of
New lork for the week ending today
were valued st $10.Ut.W.
Total Imports of specie at tha port of
New Tork for tne week ending today were
$3220 in silver and $7 131 gold.
Total esports of specie from the port of
New York for tha week ending today were
$60,701 In sliver and no gold.
gtateaneat of Bank of Grrmaay,
BERLIN. Juna 17. The weekly statement
of the Imperial Bank of Oermany shows
the following r Manges: Cash In hand.
Increase, l,.sn.tjo marks; treasury notes
Increased ) marks; other securities de
creased l.aai.onn marks; notes In circulation,
decreased 23.tu0.0u0.
Troaaary staieaaeat.
WASHINGTON, June 17. Today's state
ment of tha treasury balances In the gen
eral fund, exclusive of the $)' j.ooo.ooo gold
reserve in the division ot redemption.
Shows: Available cash balance, $:j,Sai,lj
gold. .0.4-:,.-4.
total Market.
NEW TORK, Juna 17. METALS Tha
metals wers all without material change.
Copper Is quoted at $14 60 for lake and elec
trolytic and $14,76 for casting. Tla remains
COVER MERT XOTICES.
CONSTRUCTING QUARTERMASTER 8
Office. On. aha. Neb., J una 1. lis Malea
proposals In triplicate, subject to ths usual
conditions, will be received here until 1ft
o ( lo a. m . central standard time, Juna
20, llu6. fur an electric lighting system at
Fort Crook, Neb. Full Information fur
nished on application to this office, whera
plans and specifications may bo seen. Pro
posals to be marked "Proposals for Eleetrla
Lighting System." etc.. at Fort Crook.
Neli,," and addressed to Major M Cray
Zalinskl. Constructing Quartermaster.
Army Building, Omaha, Neb. Jl-$-$-H
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hew tosk. LONDOKpaaaT Jto OLaaoow.
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aapertsr aoeamaMOatloa. kaoallaat Catetae. TM
Coaifort af taaDfr Cara'aur Uul.f4 ila
ar ou4 Trip Til4U uav4 smbmhi Htw tr
us ScuUA, gbglls lrws aas all prlaciLl
tiuotl soiuu at tiUHUN raua. aa4 far kaeS
af laars Fuv UcSau or soaoral laloratUa ss(a
ta ii2 IookI assai af 4ko laoaoT Irfao a as
ki'U.Mk ikuoa, faaaatat a sain a. Isaaaa, (tta