The Nebraska Independent
-DECEMBER 13, 1908
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Weekly Market Report
; LIVE STOCK MARKETS
- South Omaha Doc. 12. Good to
choice steers $5.506,30; fair to good
cornfed steers, $5.005.50; goal ' to
choice range steers, $4.755.40; com
mon to fair range steers, $3.G04.OO;
good to choice cows and heifers $3.50
84.00; fair to good cows and heifers
o iTr:f?Q "Jft. vntnmnn tn fair enwa and
heifers $1.602.75; good choice stack
ers and feeders $4.254.80; . fair to
good stockers and feeders $2.75
4.30: common to fair stockers $2.75
3.40; bulla, stags, etc., $2.0004.00;
veal calves-$4.00 6.00. -
1-4 74 3-4.
-No. 2 45 -1-4 ; No. 2 yellow
red 74
. Corn
47 1-4.
OatsNo. 2 34c; -No. 2 white 36 1-2;
No. 3 whLe 33 3-4 36.
Rye No. 2 64 1-2 65.
Barley Fair to choice malting, 49
55c.
Flax seed No. 1 $1.14 1-2; No.
northwestern $1.22 1-2.
Timothy seed Prime, $4.354.50
Clover Contract grades $13.75.
I Kansas City
Kansas. City, Dec. 12 Cattle Re
ceipts 21,000; market steady to 10c
lower.- Choice export and dressed
beef steers $5.757.50; fair to good
f$4.005.50; western- steers $3,40
5.50; stockers and feeders $2.50
4.50; native cows, $2.004.25; native
-Kfra MT.Kfln- hulls $2.25 4.50:
calves $3.006.50.
Hogs Receipts 19,000; market 7 1-2
cents lower. Top $6.27; bulk of sales
$6.206.27; heavy $6.256.27; pack
ers $6.206.25; pigs and lights, $5.75
6.25. ' "
. Sheep Receipts $6,500 head; mar
ket stroma: to 10c lower. Lambs $6.0(f
7.65; ewes and yearlings $4.50
6.25.
Kansas City .
. , Kansas - City, . Dec. 12 WJieat-Jler
ceirber 68 1-2; May 72 7-8; July, 7 J
1-2. Cash No. 2 hard 70 70 1-2; No,
n fi l-2iP,9! No. 2 red 7073; No
3 67' 1-2 71.
Corn December 37 1-4; May 39 3-8;
directed to a toothpick which he held
in his hand, and remarked: ' "'
'I scarcely, ever take a toothpick
without being reminded of the time,
when an acquaintance , of mine made
$30,000, and it was a toothpick1 that
did the trick.-! '.. i -, , , "
You see," he continued, ."it hap
pened in the spring of 1904, when on
the day in question my Mend was
taking luncheon at this hotel, and
after he had finished and paid his
check he directed his steps toward
Broadway.. He had-proceeded scarce:
ly half a block, however, when he
found himself greatly annoyed by a
particle of . food -. very firmly wedged
between two of his teeth, and, find
ing -himself without" a toothpick, ho
retraced his steps' to the hotel to get
one. - v i , -
"On his way out of the hotel- he
chaneed-to -pass a table at which were
seated John W. Gates- and ' a friend,
and just , as he reached the table he
heard Mr. Catcs remark: .
"'I feel very positive that you will
see steel (common) selling at -10 be
fore the end of the summer.'
July "40c- Cash No. .2 mixed 38
39 -14; No, -3 -38; -No. 2 white 38 34. - -"Now, my friend did not happen to
Chicago
Chicago. Dec. 12. Cattle Receipts
5,500 head; "market steady,' but slow,
Common to prime steers $3.85; bulls
$1.752.15; common to prime calves,
.$2.007.50; stockers and feeders $2.85
4.50.
J Hogs Receipts 28,000 head; market
5 10c lower. Choice heavy $6.25
.35; light putcners $i.zdlio..w; cuuice
-'light $6.256.30; light mixed $6.15
.25; packing $6.006.20; pigs $5.50
.20. .
Sheep Receipts 18,000 head; mar
ket for best, firm; others weak. Sheep
$3.006.15; yearlings, $5.256.60
lambs $5.008.00.
Oats-No. 2 white 34 l-434 1-2;
No. 2 mixed, 3333 1-2. -
Receipts of wheat 63 cars.
WEAVING RARE GOBELINS
make, a. regular busines sof trading in
the1 market, but knowing it . was Mr.
Gates who made the remark, and also
the great weight his .word carried in
such matters, he decided to take ad
vantage of the tip and it did not take
Hard Work and Small Pay for the him long to place his order with a
Men Who Do It . broker to sell 1,000 shares ' of steel
at 42. : ; : ; ,
The foreman of the weaving piani "Well, you all know what steeKdid
stood by while the weavers were De- durmg the summer of 1904, going
ing paid off. Some were paid 8 cents down below 9, but my friend ordered
a yard, others 10, 11 and li, accord- nlg tra(je to De ci03ed around 10, and
ing to the number of "picks" in the ne cieaned up a profit of $20,000,
cloth, or threads to the square inch. which he never would have made had
"There's a man who did 114 yards it not been for the little toothpick."
of 60 picks ""at 12 cents a yard, he New York Press. .
said, as the cashier paid over to the :
weaver $13.68. . "That's a pretty good CATTLE BARONS FIND PARADIZE
week's work. And yet there are .
weavers who turn "out only one yard Ranchmen of. Old Mexico Now- Ship
of stuff a year. They are the Gobe- pjng Feeders t0 Kansas '
lin tanstrv weavers, who work in
tha faotnrv in Paris, which is owned Chihauhau, the new paradize of the
acres. This will give us a total in
closure of over two million acres.
"At present it is strictly a cattla
proposition, but-we decided to put in
1 large reservoir and arc. beginning
to plan farming on a large scale. We
have , 100,000 acres . of fine farming
land and plenty of water. The project -includes
the erection of a beet sugar
factory, ; which" will operate the year
round. We never have frosts down
there to amount to anything. .
"I brought back some samples, of ,
corn raised without irrigation. The
corn grows : ten to fifteen feet high,
withfirnv well rounded ears, two to:
four ; ears - to the stalk. Trees 'set
ut last year have grown twelve feet ',.
n a single summer.
We have, access to two railroads, :
one, bordering' the property for 150 .
jniles and the other-going through it
or a short dis'rance. ; We have gov
ernment telegraph service and;three-
;overirment gendarmerie posts : locat-;
d on the ranch.
"The entire zone traversed by Chi
huahua has an elevation ranging from.
000 to 6,000 feet, not uncludin? the;
mountain area. ,The country ' is re
markably -. healthful. Wheat,. corn,-
fruit and fig trees grow side by side.'
"I believe that in the near future -
Chihuahua 'and Sonora will be entire
ly Americanized. Nine-tenths of the
area of both states is now controlled
and operated by American capital and
talent. Don Luis Tarrazas may be!
aptly called, the last of the Mexicans
in . that art of the country. He is
one of the largest individual land own
ers and cattle raisers in the world.
The Mormon colonists are devel
oping the resources of the country
with great pioneering. -
"It is a wonderful -region and its
possibilities are almost unlimited."
Salt Lake Herald. "
St. Joseph
South St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 12.
aCttle Receipts 4,212 head; market
steady. Natives $4.006.75; cows and
heifers 2.004.50; stockers and feed
ers $3.004.25.
Hogs Receipts 11,313 heai; market
10c loweer. Top $6.30; bulk of sales
6.206.25.
Sheep Receipts 5.515 head; market
strong. - Lambs $7.60; ewes $5.35.
GRAIN MARKETS
Omaha, Dec. 12. Wheat No. 2 hard
6969 1-2; No. 3 hard 66 1-2 68 1-4";
No. 4 hard 6567; No. 3 spring 67 1-2
70c.
Corn No. 3 3636 1-2; No. 4 35 1-2
35 3-4; No. 3 yellow tJG l-2 06 3-4;
No. 3 white, 36 l-437. -
Oats No. 3 mixed 31 1-2; Nx 3
white 32 1-2; No. 4 white 31 l-2
32 1-2. . ' : "
Rye No. 2 63 1-2;, No. 3 62.
Chicago
Chicago, Dec. 12 Wheat No.
spring 78S5; No. 3 74S4; No.
by the French government. They aver- cattle barons, - its broad acres quiver
ago in the year , only from one . to n With resources . its picturesque
three yards of goodsaccording to toe beauty heightene(1 by the giint of
nneness or me weave auu iue .mm- . . , , ...
. n Mexican mountains, is vividly pic
cacy of the pattern.
"These weavers work at hand looms tured'by Frank J. Hagenbarth, gen-
where thev nut In" the filling, or weft, eral manager of the Wood-Hagenbarth
with a shuttle held in the left hand. Cattle company,
The back of the tapestry is toward After a visit of inspecUon at tne
them. A mirror shows them the othar company's immense property and an
side. Baskets of wool in every shade .eventful trip homeward, Mr. Hgen-J
or color surround them. They use barth arrived home recently.
1,400 tones in all. . Skillla as these Most of the time in Mexico was
workingmen are, their pay is no big- spent in looking over the Wood- Hag
ger than that of ; the. ordinary Ameri- enbarth ranch, consisting of two and
can laborer. They get about $600 a a fourth million acres in Chihuahua
year on an average, or about $12 a and a fourth million acres in Sonora.
week. But then it must be remember- This is probably the largest individ-
ed "that a dollar goes further in ual cattle ranch in the world.
France than it does here. These "We have about 4,000 square miles,"
Gobelin tapestries, requiring years in Mr. Hagenbarth said quietly, as though
the makine. are. of course, very ex- referring to a back yard potato patch,
pensive. An offer of $30,000 wouldn't "and we found things in excellent
fret some of them. shape, with an abundance of cattle,
"New Gobelins you can't buy at all. water and grass, and . some of the fat-
The French government has them test cattle ever seen on the range.
made to give" away as presents to its Cows with calves by their sides were
friends Deople of power and position, -fine and dandy,
It was Gobelin tapestriy. you remem- "We shipped out about 1,200 calves
ber, that France gave to Miss Alice to Kansas for an experiment in mak-
l loose veil aa a weuuiug yiescuu 1 uu; ui. v ".u.
Xgw York Press. These calves will be fed for ten
' j months on a diet of chopped corn,
TOOTHPICK LED TO FO RTU N E cotton seed and alfalfa. If the ex
periment is a success we shall dis-
Charles M. Schwab's Story of Man pose of our entire output in this way
Who Overheard a Tip We have about 25,000 head of cattle
At tha Waldorf the othor nizht and are using high grade Durham
A Mean Man
As a ship was nearing the harbor
of Athens a woman1 passenger ap-proached-the
captain, and, . pointing to
distant hills covered with snow, ask
ed: "What is that, white stuff on the
hills, captain?"
"That is snow, madam," answered
the captain.
"Is it, really?" remarked the wo
man. "I thought so; but a gentleman
has just told me that it was Greece!"
Ex. ..
Charles M. Schwab was seated with a
party of friends when he happened
for the moment to have his attention
bulls for breeding purposes. .
"We decided to build an additional
100 miles of fence. Inclosing 600,000
NOTICE OF EXECUTOR'S SALE
In the district court of Lancaster
County, Nebraska. In the- matt r of
the estate of Peter S. Sehamp, de
Notice is hereby given that in pur
suance or a license of Hon. Lincoln
Frost, Judge of the District Court of
Lancaster County, . Nebraska, made
and issued on the 28th day of Novem
ber A. D., 1906, for the sale of the
real estate described as north eighty-
two feet of lots one (1), two (2) and
three (3), and 'all of lot four (4) in
block four (4) of the village of Mal
colm, Lancaster County, Nebraska,
the undersigned, executor of the will
of Peter S. Schamp will sell at the east
door of the court house in Lincoln,
Lancaster County, Nebraska, on the
24th day of December, 1906, at eleven
o'clock in the forenoon of said day
at public vendue the real estate abov
described, such sale to be on the fol
lowing terms, the highest bidder for
cash, subject to all liens and incum
brances. Said sale will remain open for on
hour.
Dated December 6, 1906.
ASA P. SCHAMP.
Executor of the will of Petef
V Schamp, deceased. .. .
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