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mand looks Blow. Liverpool and Argentina weakness a check on wheat. Corn husking now somewhat bullish. Omaha believes the Kansas and Nebraska wheat acreage may decrease liberally. Minneapolis cash choica wheat unchanged; others one cent lower. Cash wheat in all markets looks about one cent lower. Bears sajr wheat congestion remains at head of lakes. Wheat visible still looks a fair Increase and corn should gain two to three million bushels. Bulls are confident of later large wheat rise, but are afraid of continued large Winnipeg receipts. Locals retain the bulge selling habit.

RANGE OF FUTURES Furnished by E. W. Wagner 4 CO, 212 Union National Bank Building. ' CHICAGO. Oct. 6 Following Is the range of futures on Chicago Board of Trade today:

Open High Low Close III14 114 llOVa 1134 May 115 118V4 1142 H8 Rye Dec 88 90 8SU 89 Corn Dec 48 49 48 Va 49 May ..... 54 5568 54 55 Oats Dee 354. 35 35 35 May .... 39 40 39'i 39 PorkJan 15 00 15 00 LardJan 8 92 9 00 Ribs Oct 6 75 6 75

fBy Associated Press) CINCINNATI. Oct. 6 Wheat No. 2 red, $1.28S1.30; No. 3 red, $1.24 ! 1.27; other grades as to quality, 1.18 (&124. Corn No. 2 white, 51i!?i52c; No. 3 white, 5051c; No. 4 white. 4950c; No. 3 yellow. 51 52c; No. 3 yellow. 51S51c; No. 4 yellow, 4S43c; No. 2 mixed. 50i451c. Oats 34 39 c. Rye 97ft3Sc. Hay $13.0020.50. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Oct. 6. Wheat No. 1 hard. $1.13; No. 2 hard. fl.l01.12. Corn No. 2 mixed, 4748; No. 2 vellow, 4S48. Oats No. 2 white. 34836y2; No. 3 white, 3234. Pork, nominal; ribs, $6.75(3'. 75; lard, $9.70. By Associated Prfss) TOLEDO, O., Oct. 6 Cloverseed Prime cash, $12.30; Feb., $12.50; Mar., $12.45; Oct.. $12.30; Dec. $12.40. Alsike Prime cash, $10.50; Mar., $10.90; Oct., $10.50; Dec. $10.70. Timothy Prime cash. 1920, $2.65; 1921, $2.75; Mar., $3.00; Oct., $2.75; Dec. $2.90. INDIANAPOLIS HAY (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 6. Hay Steadv; No. 1 timothy, $17.505818; No. 2 timothy. $1717.50; No. 1 clover, $16.5017.50. LIVE STOCK PRICES iBr Associated Presil INDIANAPOOS. Oct. 5 Ho?s Receipts 9.000, lower. Cattle Receipts, S00. unchanged. Calves Uccoipts 400, lower. Sheep Receipts 500; unchanged. Hoes Top price $ General sales Mixed and assorted 160 tt 215 lbs Good hogs. 225 lbs. up... Yorkei-H. 130 to 130 lbs... Good pigs Sows according to weight Most of heavy sows .... Sales in truck market.... S 60 ! S 50 j 8 40 (& 8 60 I 8 50f(i 8 60 I S 00 Tv VS 50 I t r. n rr.i R r. I 2a e , 2 8 75 down Most sales of hogs a year ago 16 00g,i6 35 Cattle KILLING STEERS Good to choice, 1.S00 lbs. up 8 00 Common to medium, 1.300 lbs. up 7 00 Good to choice, 1.150 to 1,250 lbs S 25& Common to medium, 1,150 to 1.250 lbs 6 "Sfrjl Good to choice. 900 to 1.100 lbs S 50?i) Common to medium, 990 to 1.100 lbs 6 00 Good to best under 900 lbs 6 00 9 00 7 71 i f 9 50 7 L'5 7 50 Poor to medium. unuer 900 lbs Good to best yearlings... H BIKERS Good to best Common to medium, 800 lbi. up Good to best under S00 lbs. 5 000 5 75 8 SOlilO 50 6 7 50 6 00 6 50 6 50 8 00 Common to medium, under 800 los 4 COWSGood to best 1.050 lbs. up 5 Common to medium. 1.030 lbs. up 4 50 6 00 00 6 00 25 4 Good to choice, under 1 050 lbs 4 25 Common to lair, under 1 050 lbs :! 25i Poor to stood cutters 2 50 Poor to stood canners 1 50'i RT'T.T.S Good to best. 1.300 lbs. up 3 Good to choice, under 1.300 lbs Common to medium, under 1.300 lbs 3 f'ommnn to good bologna 3 CALVES 5 00 25 00 f8 25 Is' oo Good to choice veals, under 200 lbs Common to medium veals, under 200 lbs Good to choice heavy calves Common to medium heavy OIll 11 00&12 00 6 00 ft 8 00 r oo ti r, oo 3 00i 5 00 STOCKKRS & FEEDING CATTLE I'.nmi to choice steers, 800 lbs. and up 5 Common to fair steers, 800 lbs. up 5 Goo dto choice steers, under 800 lbs 5 Common to fair steers, under 800 lbs Medium to good heifers.. 4 Medium to good cows.... 3 Stock caives, 250 to 400 i. a 75j 6 25 00 5 50 00 6 00 50 i 50tfr 60 OOffJ 6 00 ISailve Mirrp ami L.aiui. Good to choice light sheep 3 50 4 00 Uoml to choice heavy sheep Stockers & breeding ewes elected light lambs Wir to krst mixed lambs Ml other Iambs bucks. 100 lbs 2 B0ff 3 00 1 00 Sr 4 50 7 50. tf S 00 7 00 7 50 3 00 fi 50 1 00 2 50 DAYTON MARKET Corrected by McLean & Company, Dayton, O., Bell Phone, East 28. Home Phone, 81235. DAYTON, Ohio, Oct. 6. Hogs Re ceipts, five cars; market steaay; choice heavies, $S 50; butchers and packers. $8.50; heavy Yorkers, $S.50; light Yorkers, $8.008.25; choice fat hows, $66.50; common to fair, $3.50 fiTRnft; Digs. $7.508.00; stags, $45. Cattle Receipts eight cars; market 15c lower; lair to gooa snippers. b.su fa 7- fair to medium butchers. $6.50 8 good to choice butchers, $6.50Ca7; fn pow SSffS Till; b"losna

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"ReR. TT. a Pat. Off." Photographs taken in the Himalayas by the ML Everest expedition. The ML Everest expedition is slowly but surely nearing the heretofore unexplored queen of the Himalayas, the latest reports indicating that they have reached an approximate height of 18,000 feet, overcoming many handicaps in their upward journey. The two photographs, taken by members of the expedition, have just reached this country. The upper picture shows a mess tent and camp established at Shekar Dzong. In the crevices of the peak in the background can be bulls, $45; butcher bulls, $4.50 $5.25; bologna cows, $4 4.50; calves, $611; common to fair sows, $5.50 6.50; stags, $45. Sheep Market, steady; $23. Lambs $5 7. (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 6-Receipts Cattle, 1600; hogs, 5,500, slow; sheep 900. Cattle Market, slow; butchers steers, fair to good, $5&6; common to lair, $3.50Q5; heifers, good to choice, $5.50'S7; fair to good, $4.505.50; cows, good to choice, $4.255; fair to good, $3.504.25; cuttersfi $2.7o 3.50;. !anners, $1.502.50; stock heifera. $45; stock cows, $2.503.50. I Bulls Steady; bologna, $3.504.75; 1 130100; calves, steady; fair to good, $812; common and large, $3 7. Hogs Steady; heavies, $89; good to choice packers and butchers, $8.85; stags, $45.50; common to choice heavy fat sows, $5.503.50; light shippers, $8.50; pigs, 110 lbs. and less, $5 07.50. Sheep Steady; lambs steady; good to choice, $8.509; seconds, $6!7; fair to good, $7.50 38.50; common to fair, $45. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Oct. 6 Cattle 15,000; good and choice steers and yearlings scarce; opening steady; other beef steers and most grades she stock slow to lower; bulk beef steers, $6.2o $9.50; bulls 15 to 25 lower; bologna! bulls largely $3.50 $4; veal calve3 steady to lower; stockers and feeders 75 strong; hogs receipts 28,000; fairly active; lights and light butchers mostly 10 to 15 lower; others steady to 10 lower than yesterday's average; top $8.50; bulk light and light butchers $8.15$8.40; bulk packing sows $6.75$7.15; pigs strong; bulk desirables . .7.50 $7.75; sheep receipts 18,000; fat native lambs, opening strong to 25 higher; no westerns sold early; fat sheep and feeder lambs strong; early sales fat native lambs $S$8.50 to packers; up to $3.90 to city butchers; choice 97 lb. fed western yearlings $7; fod western wethers $5.50; feeder lambs early $7.25; late sales yesterday $7.30$7.50. (By- Associated Press) PITTSBURGH. Oct.. 6 Hogs Receipts 3,000; market lower; heavies !$8.75; heavy yorkers $9.15$3.25; light yorkers $9$9.2o; pigs $9 Tj) $9.25; sheep and lambs, receipts 600; market steady; top sheep $5.25; top lambs $9.25 higher; calves receipt 100; market steady; top $14. (By Associated Press) EAST BUFFALO, Oct. 6 Cattle receipts 225 slow and steady; calves receipts 200; active and steady $5 Ci) $15; hogs receipts 1,600; active and steady; $4$5; sheep and lambs receipts 400; lambs and yearlings 50 higher; active; lambs $4$10; yearlings $3.50 $7; others unchanged. PRODUCE MARKET (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 5 Butter, fresh prints. 4245c; packing stock, 15 S 20c. Eggs 3739c. Fowls, 4 lbs. up. 21 24; under 4 lbs., 18c; broilers, 20fi 25c; leghorns, 19200; roosters, lOfrllc; old toms, 2230c; young toms, 25ffl35c; capons, 38 42c; young hens, 2535c; squabs, 11 lbs. to doz.. $3: youns; guineas. $7

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seen the villages established by the native Tibetans. Below are a doz.; rabbits, $2.502.75 per doz.; spring ducks 4 lbs. and up, 1516c; squabs, 1620c; geese, 10 lbs. up, 8 11c. EGGS -(By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Oct. 6 Eggs Firm receipts 17,563 cases; fresh gathered, extra firsts, 49 52c; fresh gathered firsts 42S47. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Oct. 6 Butter market higher; creamery extras, 44. Eggs Receipts 3,322 cases; market higher; lowest, 3738c; firsts, 39 42c. Live Poultry Market lower; fowls, 1421c; springs, 20c. Potatoes Steady; 99 cars; total U. S. shipments, 1,590; Minn, and N. D. Red River Ohios, $2.002.15 cwt; Minn, white, $2.002.15 cwt.; Wis., $2.002.20 cwt.; S. D. Early Ohios, $1.651.75 cwt.; Idaho rurals and russets, $2.25 cwt. (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI, Oct. 6 Whole milk creamery butter, extra, 48c. Eggs Prime firsts, 42c; firsts, 40c; seconds, 32c. Poultry Broilers, 27c; springers, 18c; hens, 2428c; turkeys, 35c. NEW YORK STOCKS (By Associated Preea) NEW YORK, Oct. 6 American Can 2718 American Smelting 38 V3 Anaconda 40V2 Atchison 86 Baldwin Locomotive 86 Bethlehem Steel, B 53 Central Leather 27 Chesapeake & Ohio 55 C. R, I. & Pacific .' 33 1; Chino Copper 25 Crucible Steel 62 Cuba Cane Sugar 6 General Motorc 9 Goodrich Tires 31 Mexican Petroleum 94 New York Central 731 Pennsylvania 36 Reading 71 Republic Iron and Steel 52 Sinclair Oil 20 Southern Pacific 78 1 Southern Railroad 20 H ' Studebaker 71; Union Pacific 121 U. S. U. S. Utah

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Steel 79 Copper 52 LIBERTY BONDS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. Oct. 6. Final prices on Liberty bonds today were: $S8.58j First 4 91.50 Second 4 91.50 First 4U 92.00 Second 4'4 91.70 Third m 94.86 92.16 Victory 3 99.40 Victory 4 99.40 RICHMOND MARKETS (Furnished by Whelan) BUYING Oats 30c; rye, 90c; corn 47c; straw $8 per ton. SELLING Oil meal, per ton, $53.00; per hundred weight, $2.65; Tankage, 60 percent, $55.00 per ton; per cwt, $2.85; bran, per ton, $23.50; per cwt, $1.25. Barrel salt, $3.25; standard middlings. 27 per ton, $1.50 per cwt.; rye mid dings. $26 per ton. i ) nor cwt

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seen several snowy peaks east of Khombu pass. LOCAL GRAIN MARKET Richufonti flour mills are paying $1.15 for No. 2 wheat. LOCAL HAY MARKET Steady; No. 1 timothy, $15; clover, $18; heavy mixed $14. PRODUCE BUYING Country butter, 35 cents lb.; 40c dozen; chickens, 20c a lb.; 20c. eggs, fries, BUTTER QUOTATIONS ' The wholesale price for creamery butter is 46 cents a pound. Butter fats delivered in Richmond bring from 35c up a pound. SHERWOOD EDDY HERE SUNDAY FOR ADDRESS Sherwood Eddy, International secretary of the Y. M. C. A., will be in mis cuy sunaay 10 speaK at me

morning chapel service at Earlham , breaks of this drpad djsease bg college and the Y. M and Y. W . fewer and less virulent. He thinks the association meeting -at the college peak of the troube m b Sunday evening the middle of the month p ea Industrial problems and The So- A Kokomo special says that County cial Principles of Jesus" will be the Agent Calvin recently warned farmers general subjects which Mr. Eddy willof severa, caseg of y cholera In Tthe

Opportunities conferences with him will be made, it is said. Mr. Eddy, who is making a tour of Indiana colleges, will pay the first visit in his Indiana tour to Earlham college. Four other visits will be made to colleges in this state. Persons from town are welcome to attend the services at which Mr. Eddy will speak. The Sunday morning service will be at 10:30 o'clock in the Lindley hall chapel. The evening service will be held at 6:15 o'clock. CHAMBER IS UNFAIR, MAIL HOUSE CHARGE (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. Destruciion 0f catalogues of mail order houses who are in competition with members Gf the chamber is the complaint on which the Chamber of Commerce of Missoula, Mont, its officers, directors Theatres company of the same city have been cited by the federal trade commission. The complaint recites that since January, 1919, at regular intervals of about one year the respondents have collected and burned catalogues of mail order houses soliciting business in Missoula and adjacent ! territory in competition with local business houses. The mail order houses petitioned ne commission ior aciion, claiming 1 tne Chamber of Commerce was an un1 faJr competition in business France and Germany Sign Building Material Pact (By Associated Press) WIESBADEN, Oct. 5 An agree ment whereby the German govern ment is to deliver to France within three years 7,000,000,000 gold marks worth of building material was signed today by Louis Loucheur, French minister o the Liberated regions, and Walter Rathenu, German minister of Reconstruction. The signing con- - ' summates a tentative agreement ' drawn nn hv tham last September.

The Farm and The Farmer By William R. Sanborn

You see, friends, it was this way. i Pierre Helms, of Center township, at-1 tended the W. B. Barton and Son sale on Tuesday and thereby accumulated one large, vigorous mule. He was bound to have that one particular mule, the same being a match for one he already owned . In order that there may be no hard feelings, nor any intimation that brother Helms took any undue advantage of circumstances to get that mule at a price below par, we are here to 6tate that said mule cost brother Helms $207.50. The statement that the mule was toted home at a cost of but $27.50 was an error in printing. And that's that, fellow farmers. Our genial friend Armour, who is running a few packing plants in the U. S A. and two or three more in South America, informs official Washington, in connection with the unemployment conference, that the highest priced cuts of meat are still in greatest demand. The Institute of American Meat Packers endorses that statement, and further says: Though Millions Are Idle. "With nearly 1,000,000 industrial workers reported idle by the national employment conference it naturally would be expected that the so-called choice meats would be less in demand, and that a considerable share of the consuming public would turn to those cuts which are available at very much lower prices, but with the single exception of fore-quarter cuts of beef there has been no change in consumers' buyin nrpfprpnrps Thrniie'liniit flip mnnth of September the beef from more costly cattle was in better demand than the less expensive grades, and the relatively higher priced pork cuts are more eagerly sought than those selling at lower figures." This statement may be accepted as further testimony to the effect that i there are still millions of people in this country whose heads are yet above water, and who are by no means broke. Petersburg Corn Show. A new organization at Petersburg Is to put on a corn show on Saturday, Oct. 22. Judging will be in accordance with the rules of the Indiana Corn Growers' association. The price of milk has been reduced at Muncie, effective on milk tickets as of last Monday, and in general effect to cash buyers, dating from Wednesday morning. The new price is 10 cents per quart, a cut of 4 cents, and pints are now 6 cents. These are said to be pre-war prices, and all dealers are selling on the same basis. The reduced cost of feed stuffs, and lower prices for cows, are given as the reasons for the cut in price. Hog Cholera Ban Lifted. Tht ban on the Lafayette stock yards, on account of hog cholera, was lifted on Wednesday, and feeder pigs which have not been accepted at the yards for more than a week, are being permitted to go through. : State veterinarian Julien says that the state rule against letting feeder pigs go through a public yard without immunizing them is to be strictly enforced throughout Indiana. He further states that he expects the prevalence -hnW, tn nni .i;, (1. southern end of the county. Averaged $35 Per Head. At a public sale at Daleville, near Anderson, last Monday, J. T. Cromer and Son sold 51 head of Duroc Jerseys at $35 per head. This is a better INDIANA OFFICIALS PLAN SCHOOL SURVEY (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 6 Plans for the survey of the Indiana school system were discussed by Governor McCray and state officials with the general education board of the Rockefeller Foundation. The survey was directed by the general assembly at its last session. Representating the general education board at the conference were Wallace Buttrick, president; Abraham Flexner, secretary and Frank P. Dunham, director of surveys. Called by Death CATHERINE ALLEN, Catherine Allen, 87 years old, died at the home of her daughter, one-half mile south of Centerville, Thursday morning at 7 o'clock. She was born at Greencastle, Ohio, Oct. 10, 1834. Funeral services will be conducted from the home of her daughter, Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Burial will be at Webster. Friends may call at any time. FRANK SULLIVAN Mr. Frank Sullivan, 46 years old, whose home was south of Centerville,' died at Reid Memorial hosnital. Thursday morning. The surviving' members 01 the family are four sisters: Mrs. Maggie Study and Mrs. Connroe Ward, of Fountain Citv: Mrs. Alice McGriff. of Deerfield. Ind.. and! iurs. j,ee r uiion 01 uenierville. Funeral services will be conducted from the New Garden church, Saturday morning, at 10 o'clock. Burial will be in Willow Grove cemetery. The body has been taken to the par-

lors of Klute & Smith. whe,re friends J trains will be met at Liberty and Cotmav call FHdav ovpninr. foo n-r"- - ,-iot-

average than has been ruling of late, especially since the general hog mar

ket took its last header. The La Porte county farm bureau is to ship its second car of wool to Columbus, Ohio, on Friday of this week. It will contain 30,000 pounds. The car shipped late in May carried 18,000 pounds. A Fact Worth Knowing It is not generally known that, fresh ripe tomatoes can be provided long after frost, and sometimes clear up to Christmas. This seeming miracle is accomplished by pulling up the tomato vines that have well-developed green fruit and hanging them up in a room where It is dry and fairly warm. The fruit will ripen slowly and to perfection. Farm Life. The Quigg Farm Sale The many friends of Mrs. Mary E. Quigg were out in force at her farm sale on Wednesday. The Quigg farm, which is located on the Williamsburg and Centerville pike, six miles north of Centerville, was recently sold by the widow, who is to give early possession. Three head of horses and 20 head of cattle went under the hammer. The cattle consisted of 4 shorthorn cows, a young shorthorn bull, 2 cows with calves at side and other young stuff. The 46 hogs listed were disposed of at private sale, prior to the sale date. The farm tools, a lot of hay in the mow and 500 bushels of corn in the crib were divided among numerous bidders, at going prices. Weddle and Hindman conducted the sale and set tlements were made by Will Lewis, of the First National at Williamsburg. The net was close to $2,000. The Ladies' Aid of the Friends church at Webster served a good lunch. PLOT TO KILL STEIN FAMILY IS BUNGLED (By Associated Press) PORTLAND, Ind., Oct. 6. What is believed to have been an attempt to kill Robert Stein, his wife, and his son, was made yesterday before day light at their home in Bryant. A bomb containing three half-pound sticks of dynamite around which was wrapped a 10 foot fuse, was placed under the window of the bedroom occupied by the Steins. The fact that care was not taken to clinch the cap over the fuse after it had been set, probably saved the lives of the family and others in ths neighborhood. The fuse was burned its entire length. Stein said he did not know of any enemies. Authorities are investigating. WAYNE COUNTY MAN REQUESTS PARDON William Shumak, of Wayne county, sentenced to the state prison in February, 1920, for a two to 14 year term, for forgery, is included in the list of cases to come up before the Indiana state board of pardons at its next meeting, to be held Oct. 10 to 13. New Garden, Franklin Discuss Co-Op Shipping . (Special to The Palladium) FOUNTAIN CITY, Oct. 6 A co-operative livestock shipping association for Fountain City was projected at a joint meeting of the New Garden and Franklin township farmers' associations Wednesday night at the Fountain City schoolhouse. Organization of the association will be completed at another meeting to be held later. The association will take in territory from both townships which is contributory to Fountain City. Purchase ot a scales for location on the railroad in Fountain City was con sidered and it was suggested that the shipping association and the elevator association which is handling fertilizer and coal, could use the scales in partnership. County Agent Dolan explained the operation of the new wheat treating plant for the elimination of smut. Farm Sale Calendar Monday, Oct 10 Harry E. Shultz, one mile west of Fountain City, general farm sale at 10 o'clock. Tuesday, Oct. 11 J. W. Smith, southeast of Hagerstown, Ind., will make a clean sweep sale of farming implements, etc., also 80 acres of land will be sold at auction. D. R. Funk; one mile northeast of Middleboro; stock sale of Jersey cattle and Duroc Jersey hogs. Enoch Maze, 4 miles west of Liberi tv and 1V4 miles south of Brownsville. 50 head of Registered Duroc Jersey hogs, at 1 o clock. James Snedeker, of a mile north of Whitewater, general farm sale, at 10:30. Wednesday, Oct. 19. Union District Breeders' Association, on the Joseph Witter farm, 3 miles northwest of College Corner, 30 head of choice Shorthorn cattle, at 1 o clock. Lunch on "the grounds and

GRAIN SELLING PLAN

TO RECEIVE SUPPORT AT LIBERTY MEETING Our farm friends down in Union county are planning for a big meet ing on Monday evening, Oct. 10, in the interest of the grain marketing plan of the grain growers. James K.. Ma son, of Milton, the regional director for Indiana, will be the principal speaker. Music will also lend attraction to the occasion. In a letter from the office of County Agent, Foster Campbell, we find a liberal quotation from an address by Secretary Wallace, of the department of agriculture, delivered at the national conference in Chicago, several months ago. Secretary Wallace has

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cause. Essentially a farmer in his ex periences and sympathies, and a farm journal editor, as was his father for so many years, he is in touch with their problems. Doctrine of Grain Growers. The Grain Growers speak of their "plan" as: "Designed to stabilize market prices; eliminate speculation and manipulation and insure adequate financial credit to farmers." In continuation of this outline they say: "It is a purely co-operative plan, offered in competiiton with existing unsatisfactory methods of marketing. The plan differs from existing marketing methods, chiefly in that it recognizes capital only as a servant, and only renumerates it for its service value, and returns to the producer the proceeds of his toil in proportion to the patronage." The Secretary's Views "There are some good people who seem to think that the farmer should not concern himself with matters of marketing. There is no more reason why the farmer should be expected to confine his efforts solely to the production of his crops than why the manufacturer should be expected to confine his attention solely ' to the mechanical process of manufacturing his goods. "As to the plan which you have come here to consider. there are several features which appeal to me strongly. First, you seem to have avoided the weaknesses which have broken down many previous organizations. Second, you do not attempt to wipe out our great marketing machinery which has been built up through a long period of time. Third, you are neither attempting to create a monopoly nor to fix prices. "This nation cannot hope to maintain its agriculture on a sound economic basis unless our farmers give attention to the business end ot their business. As large producers they have been the best in the world. As salesmen they have been very, very poor. We have come to a time in our national life when our agriculture must be put on a sound economic basis. This is imperative if production is to be maintained and our people are to be fed at reasonable costs." Financing the Farmer The action of the war finance cor poration In setting aside $15,000,000 for loans to northwest farmers, has given Grain Growers fresh courage. It makes a large fund available to their members who may desire not alone to pool, but also to hold, in the hope of a higher market. . We have done a whole lot of exporting, at much higher than present ruling figures, and some of our best informed grain oper ators are of the opinion that all grain will rule considerably higher, before the next crops of wheat, oats and corn become available. As a matter of face, we have marketed wheat and oats too freely. We have flooded the tracks with cars and the elevators with grain. Someone' has paid for all this grain and still owns much of it in store. Much wheat has been consigned abroad, to be sold on arrival, and has been disposed of at heavy losses on a falling market, principally induced by our own heavy receipts and declining prices. In a more stable market, with a supply more In keeping with monthly consumptive and export demand, such violent price changes and consequent losses, could not occur. This, we take it, is the mark the U. S. Grain Growers are shooting at. It is a condition that the millers, bakers, and consumers of flour and grain also seem most to favor. WOMAN HEALTH OFFICER NAMED AT LOGANSPORT LOGANSPORT. Ind., Oct. 6 Logansport is probably the first city in the state with a woman as secretary of the city board of health. She- is Mrs. Florence Lancaster, who was appointed to the position today by Mayor James I. Barnes. Mrs. Lancaster was appointed to the position to fill the unexpired term of Dr. J. J. Stanton, who resigned to accept a position with the government Tickets for K. of C. Pilgrimage to Gibault Home, Terre Haute, Ind., Sunday Oct. 9, for sale at Zwissler's Restaurant, Friday. lnr.ralttmrtm,i,,mwlmi,IH,Blmimi,mmHltml()iiinBtinioi)i(iiiitw I Have Your Old Tires I Vulcanized f McCONAHA GARAGE I I 418 Main Pnone 1480

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