Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 172, 21 July 1922 — Page 12

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1922.

Markets

GRAIN PRICES (Markets by E. F. Lelaci & Company, 212 Union National Bans Building) CHICAGO, July 21 Wheat Wheat slumped late Is. the day on selling by houses -with eastern connections and by locals. The chief feature late was the lack of buying demand. Many locals who bought early sold out. The market was full of stops which accelrated the decline. The market was strong and higher early on the big night export business, higher Liverpool cables and the somewhat more serious strike situation with September at one time with prices about to higher than last night's close. Cash markets 6trong early; but declined later with the slump In futures, Kansas City being especially weak. Weather conditions and crops reports were favorable from all sections. July recovered a little in the late trading but other deliveries were weak. Corn Corn weakened with wheat in the later part of session and closed at about low of the day. Although the net decline was only fractional. Trading was not large. Demand for spot corn was brisk with one milion reported sold over night for export. Cash market to f 1 higher. Oats Oats had a severe set back late when declines ran the market into stops. Prices going to the lowest of the season. Eastern shippers were sellers on the early firmness and were filled up by the local trade cash market about unchanged. RANGE OF FUTURES . (Markets by E. F. Leland & Company, 212 Union National Bank Building) CHICAGO. July 21. Following is the range of futures on Chicago Board of Trade today:

Wheat July ...1.13 1.14 1.12 1.13 Sept .. 1.12 1.12 1.10 1.10 Dec ... 1.14 1.14 1.11 1.12 Sept .. .82 .82 .81 .81 Corn July ... .63 .63 .64 ..62 Sept .. .64 .65 .64 .64 Dec ... .61 .62 .61 .61 Oats July ... .34 .34 .32 .32 Sept. .. .36 .36 .34 .34 Dec 39 .39 .37 .37 Lard July ...11.42 11.40 Ribs July ...10.95 11.00

(By Associated Press) CINCINNATI. July 21 Wheat No. 3 . red $1.08 $1.10; corn No. 2 white 7272; No. 3 white 7272; No. 4 white 7172; corn. No. 2 yellow 72 73; No. 3 yellow 7272; No. 4 yellow 7172; core. No. 2 mixed 72 '72; oats, steady, 3741; rye 83 : 84; hay $13$19.25. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, July 21 Wheat, No. 2 red $1.14 $1.15; No. 2 hard $1.1 6 g $1.17; corn. No. 2 mixed 65; No. 2 yellow 6566; oats, No. 2 white 36gG4; No. 3 white 33 37; pork steady. (By Associated Press) TOLEDO, Ohio, July 21. Cloverseed Prime cash, $13; Dec, $11.35; Oct., $11.40. Alsike Aug., $10.50; Sept., $10.50; Oct. 10.60. Timothv Prime cash, $2.80; Sept, 53.05; Oct., 2.95. INDIANAPOLIS HAY (By Associated Press) . INDIANAPOLIS, July 21. HayWeak; unchanged. LIVE STOCK PRICES INDIAKAPOLIS. July 21. Hogs Receipts, 5,500; higher. Cattle Receipts, 700; lower. Calves Receitps, 500; higher. Sheep Receipts. 1,100; steady. Hoick Top price hogs 150 lbs. up$ll 35 Bulk of sales good hogs. 10 6511 25 Oood hogs ISO to 180 lb. av 11 25fffill 35 Good hogs ISO to 210 lb. av 10 85rSll 25 tiood hogs 210 to 240 lb. av 10 6510 90 Good hogs 240 to 275 lb. av 10 6510 75 Good hogs 275 lbs 10 50(fi10 60 Yorkers. 140 to 150 lb. av 11 25011 40 Good to best sows 11 25 down Common to fair sows 6 00 7 75 Pigs, according to weight 11 10 down Stags subject to dockage 7 00(fi' 8 00 Sales In truck division... 10 65(511 25 Range in price year ago.. 11 05(9 H 60 Cattle Quotations Killing steers, 1250 lbs. up Good to choice 10 00(5? 10 50 Common to medium 8 50 9 50 Killing steers. 1100 to 1250 lbs. Good to choice 9 00 ft 9 90 Common to medium 8 00 8 75 Killing steers, 1000 to 1100 lbs. Good to choice 8 50 9 25 Common to medium 7 50 8 00 Killing steers, less than 1000 lbs. Good to best yearlings... 9 25fi 9 75 Common to medium 6 00 7 50 Other yearlings 8 50 9 00 Stockers and feeding cattle Steers S00 lbs. up 6 50 7 00 steers less than S00 lbs... 5 50 6 50 Heifers medium to good.. 5 00 5 50 Cows medium to good.... 3 25 4 00 Calves ."00 to 500 lbs 6 00 7 00 l'emale butcher cattle Good to best heifers 7 00 8 00 Common to medium heifers 6 00 7 00 Babv beef heifers 8 50 9 00 Good to choice cows 5 25 7 00 Common to medium cows. 4 25 5 00 Poor to good cutters.... 3 25 4 00 Poor to good canners... 2 50 2 75 Bulls and calves "Good to choice butcher bulls 5 00 6 00 Poor to choice heavy bulls 4 25 4 75 Common to good light bulls 3 50 4 50 Common to good bologna bulls 4 00 4 50 Good to choice veals 9 '50 10 50 Poor to good cutters 3 25 3 75 Good to choice heavy calves 6 00 6 50 Poor to medium heavy calves 5 00 5 50 Common to medium veals. 7 00 8 50 Sheep nnd l.ainb Quotations Good to choice light sheep 4 00 4 50 Good to choice heavy sheep 2 50 3 50 Common to medium sheep 1 00 2 00 Good to choice yearlins sheep 6 00 8 00 Common to medium yearling Sheep 4 00 5 00 Good to best heavy lambs 9 00 10 00 Fair to good mixed lambs 9 00 10 00 All other lambs 6 00 8 50 Rucks. 100 lbs 3 00 4 00 Spring lambs . . . . ; 16 00 down Cood to choice spring lambs 11 0012 00 Common to medium spring lambs 7 00 10 50 Assorted light lambs 11 O0Q12 00 By Associated Press) CLEVELAND. Ohio. July 21. Cattle Receipts 700; market slow. Calves Receipts 500 head; market steady; choice veal calves. $9.00 $10.00; fair to gocd. $5.00 8.00. ; Sheep and Lambs Receipts 1,500; market steady; choice spring lambs, $12.0012.75; fair to good, S6.008.50; good to choice yearling lambs, $5.00 $7 00; good to choice wether sheep, $5 7- good to choice ewes, $4-005.00. Hogs Receipts 5.500; Ycrkers, $11.50; pigs, $11.50; lights, $11.50; mixed pigs, $11.00; heavies, $11.00; roughs, $8.50; stags, $5.50. (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI. July 21 Cattle receipts 500; Jiogs receipts 6.500; sheep

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tOME receipts 4)000; cattle market slow and weak; good to choice $8$9.50; fair to good $6.50 $8; common to lair $4.50 $6; heifers good to choice $8.50 $9.50; fair to good $6 $8; common to fair $4$6; cows good to choice $5 $6; fair to good $3.50$5; cutters $275 (a $3.50; canners $1.50$2.50; stock steers $3.50 $6.50; stock heifers $4S$3.50; stock cows $3 $3.50; bulls weak; bologna $44.75; fat bulls $4.75 $5.25; milch cows steady, 25 75; calves 50c lower; good to choice, $9 9.50; fair to good $7$9; common and large $3 $6; hogs steady to 10 15 higher; heavies $1010.75; good to choice butchers $11; medium $11.25 11.35; stags $4.50$5.25; common to choice heavy fat sows $7 $8; light shippers $11.35; pigs, 110 lbs., and less $7$10.50; sheep steady; good to choice light $6$7; fair to good $4 $6; common to fair, $1$2; bucks $2 $4; lambs steady; good to choice $13 $13.50; seconds $8$9; fair to good $9.50$13; common skips $46. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, July 21. Cattle Receipts, 3,500; market slow, practically unchanged; top beef steers, $10.50; bulk, $8.759.85; bulk beef cows and heifers, $5 7.25; canners and cutters, mostly $33.75; bologna bulls around $4.504.60; veal calves scarce, mostly $9 9.50. Hogs Receipts, 1S.000; active and mostly. 1525c higher: commoner grades up most; bulk good butchers, $10.1010.90; packers, $8.259; top, $11; bulk, $S.5010.90; pigs, steady to strong, mostly $9.7510.50; heavy weights, $10.00 10.60; medium, $10.50 10.95; light, $10.9011; light lights, $10.4010.95; packing sows, smooth, $8.359.10; roughs, $7.758.50; killing pigs, $9.50 10.50. Sheep Receipts, 12.000; half of receipts direct to packers; lambs weak to 25c lower; top native, $12.60, bidding $12.50 mostly for heavy sorts; westerns slow, offering 25c lower; best bid. $13; sheep, slow to lower. (By Associated Press) EAST BUFALO, July 21 Cattle receipts 425; slow; 25 50 lower than Monday; cows receipts 10,000; active; $1 higher; $5 $11.50; hogs receipts 4,800; slow; good to lower; light, 10 higher; heavies $11; mixed $11.25 $11.40; yorkers $11.50; light ditto $11.50$11.60; pigs $11.50; roughs $8.50; stags $5$6; sheep and iambs receipts, 12,000; steady, unchanged. (By Associated Press) PITTSBURGH, July 21 Hogs receipts 2,600; market steady; heavies $10.90; heavy yorkers $11.60 $11.65; light yorkers $11.60$11.65; pigs $11.60$11.65; sheep and lambs receipts 1,000; market steady; top sheep 65 lower; top lambs $13; calves receipts 300; market lower; top $10. WINCHESTER MARKET - WINCHESTER, Ind., July 21. Corrected daily by the Winchester Union Stockyards company. Hogs Receipts, two cars; marked, 25 cents higher; light Yorkers, 140 to 160 lbs., $11.00; heavy Yorkers, 160 to 180 lbs., $10.8511; heavy Yorkers, 180 to 220 lbs., $10.7510.85; medium, 220 to 240 lbs., $10.6010.85; heavies, 240 to 300 lbs., $10.50; 300 lbs. and over, $10.25; pigs, 140 lbs. down, $9.00 11.00; roughs, $7.507.75; stags, 80 ibs. dock. $5.5066.00. Cattle Good to choice steers, $7.50 8.00; fair to good, $67; good to choice heifers, , $5.507.50; choice cows, $4.505; fair to good cows, $3 4; canners ana cuuers, wat. Calves Choice calves, $9.00; com mon calves, $7 8; culls, $6 down. Sheep Spring lambs $11.00; yearlings, $6; choice sheep, $3; common to good, $1.50 2.00; bucks, $1.50 2.00. j PRODUCE MARKET INDIANAPOLIS, July 21 Butte Fresh prints, 37 38; packing stock, 15 20c. Eggs 2021c. Fowls Jobbers' buying prices for packing stock delivered in Indianapolis, 202lc; springers 2430c; fowls, 2021c; springers (1922), 26 50; broilers, 45c; roosters, ll13c; stags, ll12c; turkeys, old toms. 22c; young toms. 3040c; capons, 38 40c; young hens 8-14 lbs. 30 40; ducks 4 lbs and up 1416 squabs 11 lbs. to the dozen $6; geese 10 lbs. up 1012c; ducks 4 lbs., and up 1415. EGGS (By Associated Press) tcf.w YORK. July 21 Egge Mar ket weak; receipts 27,122 cases; New Jersey hen whites, extra canaie seieution, 46c; do uncandled, 39 40c; fresh .rather xtra 23(S26c: do fresh extra firsts 24 26; storage packed 24 26c; storage pacnea, extra nra 2425c; hens brown, extra 3639c (By Associated Press) CHICAGO. July 21. Butter Ma ket lower; creamery firsts, 30 33c: creamery, extras, 34c. Eggs Receipts, 16,631 cases; mar ket unchanged. Live Poultry Market weak; fowls, 21c; broilers. 2427c; roosters, 14c. ' Potatoes Receipts, 78 cars; cars on track, 154; total United States ship ments, 595 cars. Market slightly strong on barrelled, steady on sacked. Eastern Shore Virginia and Maryland Irish Cobblers, $3.S54.15, mostly $44.10; Kansas sacked Irish Cobblers, $1.952.20: sacked Early Ohios, poorly graded and dirty, $1.25 1.50 one car New Jersey (155 sacks) Irish Cobblers, $2.30; Minnesota Early Ohios, no sales reported. (By Associated Press) CINCINNATI. July 21. Butter fat, whole milk creamery, extra, 39c.

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OTHEIR TOVIS AvW (T Eggs Prime firsts, 23c; firsts, 19c; seconds, 16c. Poultry Broilers, 2030c; turkeys, 35c. LIBERTY BONDS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, July 21 Prices on Liberty Bonds today were: 3 $100.90 First 4 $100.70 Second 4 $101.20 First 4 $101.78 Second 44 $100.82 Third W $101.32 Fourth 4 4 k....V $100.58 NEW YORK STOCKS (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. July 21. Close. American Can 55-2 American Smelting . . 61 Anaconda 53 Atchison 101J,4 Baldwin Locomotive 119 Bethlehem Steel, B. 77 Central Leather 40 Chesapeake and Ohio 68 Ms C. R. L and Pacific 43 V Chino Copper 29 Crucible Steel 93 General Motors 14 V Goodrich Tires 39 V Mexican Petroleum 1666 New York Central 95 Pennsylvania 44 Reading ; 74 Vi Republic Iron & Steel 7414 Sinclair Oil 3 Hi Southern Pacific 89 Southern Railroad 24 Studebaker 134 Union Pacific ..142 U. S. Rubber 64; U. S. Steel 101 Utah Copper 65 RICHMOND MARKETS (Furnished by Whelan) BUYING Oats, 35c; rye, 75c; corn, 60c; straw, $10.00 per ton. SELLING Oil meal, per ton, $63.00, per hundredweight. $3.25. Tankage, 60 per cent. $67.00 per ton; per cwt.. $3.50. Barrel salt, $3.25. Standard middlings, $30.00 per ton; $1.60 per cwt Bran, per ton, $28.00; per cwt., $1.50; Cottonseed meal, per ton, $64.00; per cwt., $3.25. LOCAL GRAIN MARKET Richmond flour mills are paying $1 for new No. 2 wheat LOCAL HAY MARKET Steady; good timothy, $16; choice clover, $16; heavy mixed. $16. PRODUCE BUYING Country butter, 25 30c lb., eggs, 20 21c dozen; hens, 16 18c per lb., depending upon the buyer. Fryers, weighing 2 pounds, 25c per lb. Leghorn fryers, 20c per pound. BUTTER QUOTATIONS The wholesale price of creamery butter 13 3Sc a lb. FAMILY MARKET BASKET Fruits and Berries New apples, 10 15c lb.; new peaches, 10c to 12c lb.; pineapples 25c; dewberries, 35c box; blackberries, 25c a box; gooseberries, 25c a box; California oxheart cherries, 50c lb.; California apricots and plums, 40c lb.; bananas, 10c lb.; oranges, 30c to 75c a dozen; lemons, 30 40c a dozen; watermelons, 4060c; cantaloupe, 10 15c; California Honeydew melons, 40c each; huckleberries, 40c a box; currants, 30c a box. . Cherries, currants, blueberries, etc. are now shipped in from Michigan. Vegetables Egg plant, 25c lb.; green beans, 10c to 15c lb.; sweet potatoes, 10c lb.; leaf lettuce, 15c lb.; home grown cabbage, 5c lb.; southern cabbage, 5c lb.; home grown tomatoes, 1520c lb.; southern stock, 10 to 15c lb.; new beets, 5c a bunch: green onions, 3 bunches for 10c; dry onions, 10c lb.; new potatoes, 6 lbs. for 25c; new peas, 1520c lb.; radishes, 3 bunches for 10c; carrots, 5c a bunch; green peppers, 6 for 25c; cauliflower, 40c lb.; hothouse cucumbers, 15c each; small home grown, 5c; sweet corn, home grown, 3540c doz. Michiga nasparagus, 20c for. a large bunch. REALTY TRANSFERS Lillie F. Willett to Herman F. Pardieck and Catherine, $1; lot 9 S. Moffitt's addition, city. Alta M. Robinson to Edward C. Replogle, $1; S. W., 28-18-13. Mary D. Way to Alice C. Pickett, $1; lots 28 29, O. P. Williamsburg. Sarah V. Crawford to Roselia Dormer, $1; PL N. W. 30-14-1. George Parry to Maud Harvey, $1; lots 42, 43, Home addition, city. MacNider Escapes Injury In Forced Plane Landing (By Associated Press) MISSOULA, Mont July 21. Hanford MacNider, national commander of the American Lesion, flying to Kalispell, after making an address here yesterday was forced to land just after having crossed the entire lenrth of the 30 miles of Flathead Lake. The plane came down in a potato patch. Expert work on the part of Aviator A. W. Stephenson, ex-service man, pilot for Mr. MacNider, saved the plane from a crash, it was said. LEGION CLUBHOUSE SOUGHT SPRINGFIELD,, July 21. Local! American Legion Imembers will open a campaign Aug.' 1, to obtain funds for the purchase and furnishing of a club house here. Arrangements have been made by the United States bureau of mines for the air service to furnish planes to carry rescue apparatus and crews in case of mine disasters.

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CALIFORNIA ADMITS YOUNGEST WOMAN ATTORNEY TO BAR Miss Stella E. Gramer. At twenty-three Miss Etella E. Gramer is the youngest practicing attorney of her cex at the California bar. Miss Gramer tacked up her shingle in San Francisco. Sunday Schools cf Clay Township to Meet Aug. 13 GREEN'S FORK, Ind., July 21. An all day meeting will be held in the Newton Brocks Grove Sunday, Aug, 13, by the Sunday schools of Clay township. 'Sunday school will be held at 9:30 and preaching at 10:30 a. m. A basket dinner will be served at noon. Mrs. Stanley and Mr. Druley of Bos ton, will deliver addresses in the afternoon. 65 TOMATOES ON VINE PORTSMOUTH, Ohio. July 21. Councilman Kountz believes he has a record number of tomatoes growing on one vine, declaring that the number is 65. HARDING (Continued from Page One.) consequence being that by 3,000 clerks of the C.& O. railroad. Numerous reports of violence continued to spread from Fresno, Calif., to Worcester, Mass., and additional troops were ordered out, making seven states in which National Guardsmen now are on duty. They are Ohio, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Kansas. Strike ballots were ordered distrib- ! uted to clerks and freight handlers on the Chicago and Milwaukee railway. and clerks on the Chicago and Northwestern today were awaiting the outcome of a conference between their chief, George A. Worrell, and Frank Walters, general manager of the road. Grable in Detroit E. F. Grable, president of the maintenance of way men's union, was in Detroit today for a conference of the grand lodge of the organization. The conference was expected to determine ,!,t5iai-a?c4S ,ay men would follow President Grable's peace program. In the additions yesterday to the list of trains annulled were these: Six locals of the Chicago and Northwestern operated in Iowa; two on the St. Louis and San Francisco between Birmingham and Memphis; six Wabash trains on the Cincinnati division; 20 local and suburban of the Northern Pacific at St. Paul; two Great Northern trains between St Paul and Devil's Lake, N. D., and two between Grand Forks and Fargo, N. D. Fifty per cent of the Northern Pacific's service out of Duluth also was added i to the list. Troops were asked of Governor Kendall to protect Chicago Great Western railroad property at Oelwein, Iowa, and outbreaks at Concord, N. H., caused the governor to send state troops there. . Troops in Guard In Kansas state troops were placed on guard at Holssington, North Carolina guardsmen are on duty at Rocky Mount, and Aberdeen. Plans to re - move troops from Waycross, Ga., were j abandoned. One death was Included in the reports of violence. It was that of a railroad guard at Burlington, Kansas. He was found dead with one shell of his shotgun exploded. Three employes of the Texas & Pacific at Fort Worth were flogged. A non-union employe of the Erie at

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WHEAT ON EASTHAVEN FARM AVERAGES 35 BUSHELS PER ACRE An average yield of nearly 35 bushels per acre on 75 acres, of wheat that tested 60 pounds to the bushel, is reported for the Easthaven farm, by D. W. Scott, farm manager. This is by far the best yield In the county, the next highest so far reported belnt, that of Ed Kinsinger's farm near Cambridge City, which made 23 bushels That wheat, as well as the wheat on the Easthaven farm, was of the Rudy variety, a bearded wheat. The 75 acres, which were on the Wawne farm north of the asylum, made 2,624 bushels. While the 35 bushel yield is far ahead of the probable average forthe county, even the poorest on the Easthaven farms probobly will exceed the average, Mr. Scott thinking that the average for the farm will be about 25 bushels. Credit for this yield Is given to extensive fertilization and rotation systems. It is posible that a still higher aveerage may be made by a very fertile 25 acre field, near the main asylum, which appeared to carry a heavier straw and show prospects for an eveu higher yield than the Wayne farm, when the binder was in it. , Yield to be Less " The Elm farm, closely watched by some farmers in the county, although its wheat has not been threshed yet, will not come up to the other fields, In Mr. Scott's opinion, but it will have a fair yield in comparison with the county average.

An attempt was made this year to riTM f art 5 a A coarl Vint in Matin, ing the wheat at the elevator a dirty i sack wa3 mixed with the others, and the wheat sown this year showed impurities. Seed will be selected this fall from smut-free fields sown from seed treated in the county plant last fall, and from it Mr. Scott expects to have seed certified next summer. A part of this treated seed is on the Elm farm. Owns Threshing Outfit Even this year, the wheat is practically equal to certified as the institution owns its own threshing outfit and there are practically no impurities nor chance for any to creep in. A thousand bushels were traded last year for common wheat by farmers who wanted the Easthaven wheat for seed. Mr. Scott also states that the farms this year will again furnish seed to all who wish it, on a barter basis, with a slight charge added for cost of handling. The wheat is milled on the farms and for food purposes common gram is just as suitable as the high yielding strain grown by the farm.- No profit is allowed from the sale of seed because the farms are operated as a state institution, and they have been discovered by a number of farmers as an excellent source of seed. DARKE COUNTY BLAZE BURNS 2 TO DEATH GREENVILLE, Ohio, July 21 Albert Cromer, a farmer living near here, and his wife, Mrs. Emma Cromer, were burned to death while trying to save livestock imprisoned in their burning barn, according to word reaching here. It is believed that Mr. and Mrs. Cromer were overcome by emoke. They are survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ellis Campbell, who lives east of here, and M. R. Cromer, of Cromer's Mill, a brother of the late Mr. Cromer, and other relatives. Funeral services will be held at the Gettysburg M. E. church Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Burial will be in the Gettysburg cemeteryRankin, 111., was escorted out of town and told not to return. Six men were in jail today at Augusta, Ga., charged with interfering with the mails. , It was alleged they delayed an Atlantic Coast line mail train by attacking car repairers. Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad officials denied charges by E. A. Wilson chairman of that road's striking shopmen that railroads purposely were delaying mail trains to force out Federal troops. Restraining orders and injunctions were issued to the New York, New Haven and Hartford at New Haven, Conn., the Norfolk & Western at Cincinnati, the Pennsylvania at St. Louis; the Kansas City Southern at Ft. Smith, Ark.; the Southern Pacific at Sacramento, Calf and the Union Pacific and Burlington at Omaha, Ne. SOCIETY . Continued from Page Four.) more meetings of ihe Daffodil club during the summer. Called meetings will be announced. The club will re jsume its program of meetings in the 1 early fall. The Arba Ladies' Aid society of the Friends church will hold a market Sat urday, July 22, at the First National bank, opening at 9 o'clock. Fresh and home-made country foods will be on sale. The public is invited to attend the market The annual picnic of the Greenbriar Community club will be held at Stevens' ghac.v. thr and one-half miles

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The Farm and the Farmer By William R. Sanborn

Wayne county is to retain J. L. Do-i lan as county agent for another year, j This was decided by a vote of thei county board of education at their j meeting at the courthouse Thursday j forenoon. "It was not an unanimous election," said a farm bureau leader,' but Mr. Dolan had a comfortable majority, and that is sufficient. I am glad that Mr. Dolan is retained and am sure that the meetings held by the farm bureau, voicing our endorsement of his work for the farmers during the past two years, was an important factor in his re-election." Three township trustees were absent. As indicating the keen interest felt in this matter, an early visitor to the courthouse Thursday morning would have noted quite a number of farm cars parked along South Fifth street; also a group of farm bureau members on the steps and in the corridors of the building. Mr. Dolan begins his third year "in our midst," on August 15. He has his work cut put, and plenty of it. The price of wheat in the local area broke under $1 on Thursday, touching 97 cents in places. The prevailing figure, however, was 98 cents. The only elevator man stating that he was still paying $1, lives at West Manchester, in Preble county. "We are still paying $1," said he. "and probably will during the rest of the afternoon. Farmers are selling freely, and receipts are quite heavy today." Some Sales at 97 Cents. Among the low spots on wheat on Thursday, were Williamsburg and Green's Fork, each of which was paying 97 cents. As every available machine in these districts was running, receipts were fairly heavy at both points, we are tola that wneat is p"- generally runmas a irom to 14 bushels around Williamsburg. Clarence Hyre delivered a few loads of wheat at Williamsburg, Wednesday, which tested 60 pounds. A num ber of farmers in this section have decided to store their grain for a bet ter price than 97 cents, while others are selling, "to get the job off their minds. Green's Fork loaded out one car of wheat on Thursday, and said they had another empty on track, ready to "spot". Farmers' National Paying 98c. Edward Price, manager of the farmers' National Grain association, said that the price of wheat at their elevators at Boston, Witt's Station, Fountain City, etc., had been reduced to period by using tankage, mill feeds, ground oats and corn in feeding hogs. Few bumble bees are to be seen this season in the country. This, it is said, is a sign that the fall crop of clover seed will be poor. On the other hand, grasshoppers, which for several years have done thousands of dollars worth of damage to clover seed, are not numerous this year. Most of the wheat crop was threshed last week and farmers are busy throughout the county cutting oats this week. It is said that the oats undoubtedly will be higher than it was thought possible a few weeks ago before the late rain. Although the stocks are thin on the ground, the kernels are plump and plentiful." ' Producers Are Prospering. Onlonday, July 10, the office force of the new Producers Commission association at Chicago, rolled up their sleeves and prepared for a busy day. They had the right "hunch," for busy day it was. Fifty-six cars of live stock came in that forenoon, all from Iowaexcept a single car which wandered in from some other state, this being the result of the zoning system. On this particular Monday came five cars of cattle from Clemmons, Iowa, cattle owned by the president of the American farm bureau. These five cars contained 70 two-year-old Herefords and Shorthorns, 30 Angus yearlings and 10 Shorthorn yearlings. They had been fed by Roe Hiatt, on Mr. Howard's farm, and all were in prime condition. A picture in the Farm Bureau news letter shows Mr. Hiatt at the cashier's window in the Producers' office receiving a check for $11,607.81 as the total returns on the 110 head making up the shipment. The news letter states that 17 steers, weighing 22,390 pounds, brought $10.15, or within 10 cents of the top on heavy cattle on that day. It further states that 52 steers, weighing 58,030 pounds, sold northwest of Fountain City, Sunday, July 23. All members who expect to attend are requested to notify Mrs. Richard Smelser as soon as possible. The members of Court Richmond, No. 235, Order of Foresters, will meet at the home of Mrs. Anna Schneider, 329 South Twelfth street, Monday evening, July 24, at 7:30 o'clock. All members are requested to be present. Mrs. LaVonne Harper will be hostess to the members of the Wedoso club at her home. 336 North Twentyfirst street, Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting will be a miscellaneous shower for the pleasure ! uuwiu OUUUUil, H CO .VI I L I LI (A Jones, a recent bride. The Young People's society of the First Presbyterian church will meet ' Sunday evening at 6:30 o'clock at thsl church. Mrs. Edwin Flook, reader of . the class, will talk on the subject "Grow." Miss Okal Mather, who attended the Bible school at Winona, has brought back material on which the society is now workine. All mem.

bers of the committee, all members of i i the society and all pledge members 1 1 are cordially invited to attpnii thr.ll

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192? BY TnTL. .FEATURE SCRVICC, INC j., 58 cents on Thursday. ConKfrlrahi. wheat was taken in durine th dav Lightning struck a hog pen on tho Charles Leisure farm in Rush countv. Monday evening, during: the heavv rain storm, killing 18 shoats which were huddled around the building. The barn on Delbert Cameron's farm was set on fire by lightning at the same time, and was burned. Some live stock was lost and hay and tools destroyed, and the total damage was much greater than the insurance covered. Melons in Carloads. It is reported from Evansville and surrounding town3 that Indiana breakfast melons are in great demand in the north and east and are now moving in carloads, notably over the Big Four road. Eastern and northern markets are paying good prices this season and the melons are shipped long distances. Samuel D. McLeish, general agent of the .Big Four at Evansville, says there' is no present shortage of cars. South Bend advices are to the effect that the largest crops, of cantaloupe and watermelons grown in northern Indiana in the past 20 years will be harvested this season- The weather has been unusually fovorabl for melons this summer. The claim is made that home grown melons are now meeting the local demand at South Bend. Crop Conditions Around Kokomo. The Kokomo correspondent of the Indianapolis News gives a summary of crop conditions in that section of the state, as follows: "Grave concern is being expiessed by farmers of this locality in regard to the condition of young clover in the wheat and oau neias. it is saia mat ine recent dry spell almost destroyed hopes of a repetition of this year's bumper crop. In most oats fields no clover is seen, while the condition is little better in the wheat fields. Pasture fields ardead property in most cases, little green grass being available for stock. Many farmers are bridging over the for $10.10. The total freight was $381.78, and the .commission fee $105.go, a part of which eventually will be prorated back to President Howard. The cash received represents the "net" after all charges. Air. Howard is an honest-to-good-ness fanner, even if he doesn't traverse the country with soil upon his boots. He is a man of liberal education and has given years of thought to farm and co-operative problems. Farmers and Pittsburg Plus. J. R. Howard, who claims to represent more than one million farmers, as president of the American farm bureau, recently testified at the federal trade commission hearing at Chicago that there are 1,925,000 farms averaging 182 acres each in the 11 states of Indiana, Illinois, Michigan. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. Average steel consumption for farm implements alone on each of these farms is slightly more than a ton a year, in addition to other articles of steel. With the practice of fixing prices on the Pittsburg base plus the freight to Chicago, Moline or Racine, the centers of manufacture of agricultural implements, these farmers are taxed from $6.50 up on implements they use containing a ton of rolled steel in the aggregate. In commenting on Mr. Howard's statement, and after figuring on the results to farmers in the cost of machinery and steel used on the farms in these 11 states, the Chicago Tribune says: "The total of such implements normally sold in these 11 states brings the total cost of "Pittsburg plus" to rarmers to $25,000,000 or more. They can eliminate this tax if "Pittsburg plus is eliminated. Certainly a farm bloc which can put through a tariff schedule for the more or less uncertain protection of the farmers, can bring influence to bear which will eliminate this handicap to farmers, not to mention the equal or greater handicap under which it places nearly all manufactures and building in this section of the country " Pest-Poisoning Campaign. In the course of 26 poisoning demonstrations held in Lane county. Wash., between March and June, to show the method of controlling the "gray-digger," about 6,000 pounds of strychninecoated barley was fed to the ground squirrels. Thousands of moles, pocket gophers and skunks also were destroyed. The encouraging feature of this campaign from the point of view of the Biological Survey and the extension agent who co-operated in the demonstrations was that the Lana county authorities and the local agricultural council each provided $250 toward the undertaking, and business houses, railroads and farmers all cooperated in the substantial manner known as "going down into their pockets." with the result that the county is now almbst cleaned up. - GRAIN BAGS FOR SALE 20c 25c, 30c j OMER G. WHELAN I II j "" - , Phon 179 j '"" """""""witiiiimiaui

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