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THinTEIl fHE DA1LT ARCUS LEADER; FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. Sator3if, December 9. 19U. r7 WHEAT EXPERIENCES latCSI. ParkCt, I WEEH'pf Variations December 11 LIVESTOCK, PRODUCE AND FINANCIAL NEWS I All deposits made In our Savings Department up to and including this date, draw interest from Hie first.

NANKING HOUKS 1' Sat unlays 9 :00 a. m. to 9 :00 p. m. Week Days 9 :00 a.

m. to 5 p. m. Scdndinavian-American National Bank 6 I3E Cjmi eooo oupss joae.rM map arivs.sroT mo BV PROVIMe THAT I you LOOK 1 mawvi cr I I WHAT'S TMSl I or w-e cut biats abi chew OF ORPIHAR SKATING COAT AND KILLARNEY BONNET 4- Miss Gertmds Stone in her new ice skating costume. This new Ice skatinp; coat of brown broadcloth with deep shawl collar of leal is being; introduced into ice iVtU Itur circles ui New York by Miss Gertrude Btone.

Mum Stono, who is one of the most darina; skaters in the country, enjoys the distinction of setting- ice skating fashions in New York, Another innovation introduced by Misi Stone which promisee to become popular is the chic head-rear known as the "KUlarney bon-net." BEADLE COUNTY HAS VISITING NURSE NOW Beadle County Claim trie Lead in a Most Progreisire Move ment (Special to the Argus-Leader.) Huron. Dec. 8. South Dakota can boast of having a county visiting nurse. Beadle county claims) the distinction of leading In this progressive work.

Nowadays, It Is considered that prevention of diseases and education along health lines Is as important aa any other social work. Miss Margaret Ferguson arrived on the field this week to begin the new work. Her office for -the time being will be In the Commercial club rooms. As this a new work, definite plana for carrying it on have not been made. It is expected that each school In the county will be visited and each child given a careful examination.

Careful records will be kept of all visits and examinations, which will be compared with records of later date. It is hoped in this way to arrive at valuable Information with regard to health conditions In UeaUle county. Visits will be made if possible to homes near each school where it is thought that the gospel of prevention and education can be lodged. In cases of contagious diseases, it is the plan of the nurse to spend a day in the giving some practical Instructions for caring for the sick and preventing the spread of the disease to other roembers of the family or the community. Considerable Interest la being shown in this work, and without a doubt within a few months some Valuable Information will be gathered and improvements made that will convince the people of lieadle county that a visiting nurse is worth while.

Already rumors are coming to the Huron Commercial club for information with regard to "how it is put across." In other counties thny are making plans for an organization similar to the one In licadle county. "THE GLEANERS" NT' I h. i'll 4 4 MANY man says it's worth losing five dollar bill to learn about the littlt chew of W-B CUT. It saves more than that on what he spends for tobacco, but the big point is that he has found what tobacco satis- facHtm meant. W-B CUT is rick tobaeoo, there's more to it.

The shreds sad the toaeb of salt out the tobacco satitlsetioa without so nek. chewing sad spitting. Mule ly WETMAN BRUTOlt C0CTANT, 50 Uslea Sqaare, H.w Terk City fin Sentiment of First Few Offset By Renewal of U-boat Tension at Capital Railway Embargoes Also a Bearish Factor Traders Keep -Watchful Eye on Exports Chicago, Dec. Renewal of tension at Washington as to npparsnt Qer fan infractions of ths agrfmnt with the United State about lubmarlno at. tacks has largely'offset during tha last couple of, days tns bullUh offei't tlmt earlier this weeta In ths wheat tnar ket was due to hugs oxpari sales, I cemier dollvery ot wheat lost 3 oenls In value as eomntiwa with a week ago but deferred, options senred gains tf 6-1 cent to S- cents, Corn -ud-venoeit 1 3-403 1-8 oents for the week and oats a shade to one cent, Tha outcome in provisions varied from S-S cent decline to a rise of 1-3 cents, Eyes On Eurspt, All eyes in tha wheat trade turned quickly whenever development appeared likely to decrease or increase the amount of export shipments from the United States, At ftrst the abandonment of the proposed sale of of Hrltlsli and rVench treasury bills seemed to have put ths bulls at AariiUi! tiudvantaaa and there was much uneasiness regarding unfounded reports that efforts had been mads to cancel the purchase of millions of bushels of whsat Intended for Ureal Hrltain, Tightening up Of interest rates Monday on calf loans aoted'as a further handicap to tha bulls but Tuesday' and Wednesday the friends of highen prices were greatly encouraged by Immense.

foreign purchase credited In tha main to Holland, Uelgium and Greeco, Announcement was also mads that President Wilson would directly oppose any embargo on foodstuffs, Depression. Increases. Anxiety over he submarine issue with Germany dominated ths wheat market on Thursday and Friday, Sentiment In favor of a decline in quotations received considerable Impetus, too, from a likelihood that shipments, from the United States to Greeoe would be stopped by an Anglo-French blockade. The intensification of the railway embargoes east of Chicago formed another source of depression as the week drew to an end, Com and oats were bearish! af 1 fected by the approaching close of lake navigation and the consequent restriction of eastern outlets. Besides indications seemed to point to enlarged receipts soon is a a result of a mora supply' of railway cars in the west.

Increasing arrivals of hogs weakened provisions. In addition there was said to have been a falling- oft In the sales of meat to the south, RESERVES INCREASE, Now' York, t'eo. 8. The statement nf the actual condition of clearing houses banks and trust companies for the week bIioh7 JWt they hold 840 excess of legal requirements, This Is an increase, of over last week. BOSTON WALTER JOHNSON Poston.

Dic. The Poston Amerl- rnp wll Md $60,000 for th sr'iees of Johnson, crack pitcher of the rlnh, If he )s on the mnr. ket. President Harrr Frswo of the local club stated toflnv. Hl statement was rnal In connection with a rumor to the effect that' the Clveland was pronared to ISO.OCI for John son.

Pres'ilent rrntH) ealo nothing had r-een In the matter as. yet. tf RAILROAD Til TABLE WATERTOWN AND SIOUX FALLS. Leaves. Arrives.

$: 45 p.m Passenger ....11:45 o. m. a.m.... Freight 6:40 nm Sunday, only, 1:30 m. Sunday, only.

rtnrts. 8:00 p.m. Effective Isovember 6. 1916. GREAT NORTHERN.

leaves. Arrives. Paul n. Paul 5:25 p.m. City Pass.

10: 25 a. 7: 00 a.m.. Yankton Pass. ..10: 00 p.m. 7:40 p.m..

Yankton Pass. Dally except Sunday, MILWAUKEE. Arrive from the North. Karan ..10: 60 a. m.

St. Paul and La 6:00 p.m. Aberdeen -St Paul 11:05 a.m. Depart for ths South. Sioux City :30a.m.

Canton and Knst ...11:10 a. m. Canton and West. 1:00 p.m. Chlcago-Slonx Cltv dally.

8:00 p.m. Mitchell and Arrive from ths South. Rapid Cltv-Aberdeen m. (Sunday only) Rapid City and Chicago and Sioux ,..11: 60 a. m.

(Dally) Milwaukee and East v. 2: as p.m. Sioux City 10: 00 p. m. Depart for North.

Pt. Taul Egan P-m. Aberdeen-St. Paul ..,...13:15 m. (Departs for Canton and Mitchell and Aberdeen 6:00 p.

m. SJJ Tt B. OLSON, i -ctv Passenger Agent Iri effect Juna 18j 18- 1 ROCK iSLAND. leaves. 11:15 p.m.

30 a.m. 4:46 p.m. m. Arrives. Chicago Pass.

,.11: 50 a.m. 9:20 p.m. 6:30 a.m. Freight 4: SO p.m. Daliy with throdigH sleeper.

ST. P. M. O. Eastbound.

,1 Arrives. Itchell and ISrtTeni 1 10 40 a. m. Black Hills and MltcheU and 10:05 p. m.

Salem 10p.m. Departs. St. Paul and Bt Paul and .....10:15 p.m. Westbound.

Arrives. 5t. Paul and East St. Paul and :20 p.m. -Departs.

Salem and Salem ra. Black Hills and 3:00 p. m. Salem and 8:25 p.m Trains leaving west at 7:10 a. m.

and cast to Sc. Paul at 10:00 P. ra. run dally. C.

J. SULLIVAN, Ticket Agent ILLINOIS CENTRAL. Zeaves. Arrives. 1:30 p.

rasa Pass The Chicago passenger train leaving daily at 8:45 p. m. carries through cafe car ana sleeping car between Blews Falls and Cnlctga. Chicago Estimates. Wheat 49 cars.

Corn 238 cars. Oats 104 cars. Barley 60 cars. Total Primary Receipts. Today Wheat 937,000 bushels; corn l.lOT.vug bushels; oats 717.000 bushels.

Tear ago Wheat 2,717,000 bushels; corn 1,048,. 000 bushels; oats 1,021,000 bushels. Total Primary Today Wheat 1,027,000 bushels: corn bushels: oats 661.000 bushels. Tear ago Whrat 1,427,000 bushels; corn 437,000 bushels; oata 737,000 bushels. Total Clearances.

Wheat and flour 1.157.000 bush- els; corn 3,000 bushels; oats 47,000 bushels. New York Provisions. New York, Dec. 9. Butter market rm; receipts $.062 tubs: creamery $8 38c: firsts 3i37c; seconds.

34 S5e. Eggs Market steady: receipts 656 cases; fresh gathered extra firsts 4647o; firsts 4246c; refrigerator special marks fancy necond to firsts 0S2c. Chwese Market recetits 1. 782 boxes; state held specials 24 25c; average fancy 2424c. Live poultry Market firm: chickens 1717c; fowls l19c; turkeys 15 17c.

Dressed poultry Market dull: chickens 1429c; fowls 1321c; tur keys lggzsc. RECEIPTS OJRfAHllENT CAUSES ADVANCE IN HOGS Chicago, Dec. 9. Unexpected cur tailment of receipts caused the hog market today to advance. Most of the cattle, sheep and lambs that ar rived were consigned direct to packers.

The quotations follow: Chicago, Dec. 9. Hogs, receipts 000 head; market strong at yesterday's average to I cents higher; bulk of sales. light, SS.S609.65; mixed. heavy, $9.46 10.00; rough, pigs, $6.75 6.

Cattle Receipts S.500 head." market steady; native beef cattle, $7.00 12.75; western, $7.00 10.05: stockers and feeders, f4.6O07.zs; cows ana heifers, S3.8010.26; calvea, $9.6013.25. Sheep Receipts t.uuu market strong; wethers, lambs. 1 HOGS 5 TO 15 CENTSKIGHER ON SIOUX CITY MARKET Sioux City, Deo. 9. Hog prices were 15 cents higher on the market here today, with receipts of 7.600 head.

The cattle market was steady. Receipts were 400 head. Sheep were steady with receipts of 33 head. The quotations follow: Hogs Receipts- 7,500 head; market 911 cents higher; lights. mixed.

heavy, $9.70 9.85; pigs, $7.50 8.00; bulk of sales, $9.40 Cattle Receipts 400 head; marKet steady; beef steers. butchers, fat cows TMtd heifers, canners, 5.50; stockers and feeders, calves, bulls, stags, feeding cows and heifers, $4.75 7.40. Sheep Receipts 309 head; market steady; fed muttons, wethers. ewes lambs, $11.00 12.40.. St.

Paul Livestock. South St. Paul, Dec. 9. Hogs, re ceipts 2.000 head; market steady, 6c higher; range of bulk of sales, $9.409.46.

Cattle Receipts 650 head; market steady; steers, $4.25 10.25; cows and heifers, 4.76i.ou calves, steady. t4.2512.ZS: stockers and feeders. steady, $3.607.60. Sheep Receipts iu.jsuu neaa; marget steady; lambs, wethers. $6.60 8.60; ewes, Omaha Livestock.

Omaha, Neb, Dec. 9. Hogs, receipts 00 head; market 510 cents hUher; heavy, light," 9.40.85;'. pigs, bulk of sales, Cattle Receipts 100 head; market steady; "hative steers, Cows and heifers western steers, Texas steers, $6.00 7.25; cows and heifers, canners, $4.60 (9 a. 60; stockers- ana feeders, calves, $8.00 10.00; bulls, stags, etc, Sheep Receipts 100 head; marKet steady; yearlings, wethers, ewes, lambs.

$11.5012.50. 5 WHY FA UK HOP, MMFTS Furnished by John Morrell Co. Sioux Falls. December 9. 1916.

Range of hogs, $8.25 9.25, according to weight and quality. Furnished bv Wilson Company Sioux Falls. Deremher 9, 1916. Range of hogs, $8,5089.25, according to weight asdjauallty. New York Sugar.

New York. Dec. 9. The market for sugar futures was quiet, today with trading confined entirely to the January positions. Operators generally vn inclined to hold off and await de velonments in the epot market with th floss unchanged to three points lower.

Sales were 2,500 bags, most of which was in the form of exchanges. January 4.31c; March 4.6ic; May 4.usc; July 4.13o; September 4.19c, Ray sugar dull; molasses 4.82c; cen. trifugal 6.69c; refined dull; fine gran, ulated 7.20O. WANTED SCRAP IRON, OLD BOOKS AND MAGAZINES. Livingston Bros.

Sioux Falls, S. D. 1 ftlllLDTFD HF A I llTO I11IAKV provements. The wonderful growth SIOUX OTT STOCK YARDS proof wortk CAUTION FEATURES SHORTDAY SESSION Wall Street Fears Unexpected De-relopments Over Sunday Values Are Depressed Coppers Center of Concerted At- tackClosing Is Bonds Lower New Tork, Dec. 9.

Short selling and liquidation inspired by adverse reports dealing with export trade conditions and fears of untoward developments over the week-end combined to bring about a general depression of quoted values In today's short but active session. Coppers were again the of a concerted attack, losing one to three points, but leading industrials, equipments and shipping shares shared In equal measure, with United States Steel at an extreme decline of over two points. Ralls were relatively more than steady, though Reading yielded almost two points. were a few unimportant exceptions to the lower trend, with some substantial rallies In the later dealings. The closing was heavy.

Bonds were lower. Total sules were estimated at 659,000 shares. New York "Last 8le" Stock List American Beet Sugar ...........104 American Can 61 American Car and Foundry 76 American Locomotive 92 1 American Smelting and Refining. 113 American Sugar Refining .116 .128 American Tel. and Tel American Zinc, Lead and 8.

67 6 .104 80 Anaconda Copper Atchison Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore and Ohio suit Butte and Superior Copper 71 26 167 i 109- 67. 98 jauiornia fetroieum Canadian Pact Ho Central Leather Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago, Mil. and St. Taul Chicago. R.

and Pac. Ry. Chir.o Copper Colorado Fuel and Iron 38 67 58 86 87 crucible Steel Erie General Electric Great Northern Pfd Great Northern Ore Ctfs. 179 117 4.1 Illinois Central Inspiration Copper 68 Inter. Harvester, N.

bid .......120 i Inter. Merc Mar. pfd. ctfs. 11T i Kansas City Southern 27 Kennecott Copper 58 Louisville and Nashville ........132 Mexican Petroleum 107 Miami Copper 46 Nevada Copper 66 New York Central 106 N.

N. H. and Hartford 67 Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Ray Consolidated Copper Reading Republic Iron and Steel Southern Pacific .111 66 ....109 87 98 31 .............120 .............202 Southern Railway Studebaker Co. Texas Co. Union Pacific 145 U.

S. Industrial Alcohol United States Steel .124 United States Steel pfd. Utah Copper 122 Wabash 31 Western Union 102 Westlnghouse Electric 61 PRODUCE TOKETS-I V' i Stoux Falls Butter. The Whnlivula nrlr nt butter lH Sioux Falls for tha week ending Dec. -9th.

1916. 400 410...... Elgin Butter. Elgin, 111. Butter 25 tubs sold at 37 cents.

This price will prevail ror tne week ending Saturday, uecemuer id. Chicago Provisions. Chicago, Dec. 9. Butter lower; creamery, 30QJ37C.

KRgs Keceipts cases: market unchanged. Pota toes Recepits 30 cars; market un changed. Poultry alive; market un changed. New York Coppsr. New Tork.

Dec. 9. The copper mar ket has shown continued firmness dur ing the week. Bmail sales ot eieciro-Ivtlo have been renorted for delivery during the first quarter at 35 cents but supplies oertng tor shipment aur-Ing the first three months of 1917 are so scattering mat tne quotation is nractically nominal. Leading agencies today quoted prices ranging from 32 ftt34 cents lor tne secor.a ana tnira quarters.

Iron was firm and unchanged. New York Money. New York, Dec. Mercantile pa per 4. Sterling Sixty day bills Ji.ii'A; commercial sixty day bills on banks commercial sixty day nms demand cables $4.76 7-16.

Bar silver 76c. Mexican dollars 68c, Bonds Government market steady; railway, market easy. London Money. London, Deo, 9.Bar silver 36d per ounce. Money 4 percent.

Discount rates Short bills and three months 65 per cent London Stocks. London, Dec. 9. American securities were undecided and dull all around parity on the stock exchange here today. Liverpool Grain.

Liverpool. Dec. 9. Wheat, spot, No. 3 hard winter 163 9d; No.

I Manitoba old 17s 8dd. Corn -Spot, American mixed new 13s lOd. ALL KINDS OF TANNING DONE BY THE LIVINGSTON AGENTS. Sioux Luity StOCK ardS SHARP BULGE MARKS END CLOSING Wheat Traders See Prospect of Greater Foreign Buying With-to the Near Future Strong to 2 CenU Higher Corn Also Gabs Strength rrovisions Boosted Chicago, Dee. Increased danger to ocean shipment and Increased embargoes put wheat prices today on the down trade.

Traders here did not appear to place much confidence in predictions that the number of vessels obtainable for trips between North America ana r.uriiw iu Opening prices which ranged from the Ham yesterday's finish to a cent lower with May at 1.74 14 1.74 and July at 11.47 til- were followed by a sharp decline all around and then something of a reaction. Weed-end evening up of trades led to a decided bulge In the last half hour. There were forecasts of greater foreign buying in the near future. The close was strong, 22H cents net higher with May at 1.771.77M and July at S1.4tt1.4. Corn developed firmness owing to scarcity of rural offerings.

At first however, the market was heavy In sympathy with wheat. Afer opening unchanged to cent lower prices sagged a little more and then rose to above yesterday's close. In the late dealings corn turned upward with wheat. The clone was strong at 1 2 cents net advance. Oata paralleled the action of corn.

Buying was mainly for shorts. Higher quotations on hogs tended to strengthen provisions. Besides shipments for tha week were in excess of the total last week and during the corresponding time a year ago. Chloaoe Range Today. iFtiruiauiM iau r.ius.

Co.) Chicago. Deo. t. High. Low.

Close. l.3 l.S 1.M l.5 May 1.74 1.77 1.73 1.77 July .....1.47 l.M 1.45 1.4 Wl. Com Deo. 39 89 91 89 May MH-. 91.

July 93 1 93 Oats-1- Dec. ....62 B3 61 53 May. ....58 67 -55T4 July 63 (4 12. 54 Pork-Jan ...26.75. 37.25 28.75 87.00 May 26.95 28.40 25.93.

Jan. ..18.05 16.20 15.95 18.17 May. ..18.00 16.20 15.95 16.15 Ribs Jan. ..13.82 14.02 13.82 14.00 May. .,14.10 14.30 14.10 14.87 Minneapolis Range Today.

Minneapolis. Deo. 9. Open. High.

Low, Close. Wheat- Dec. .1.80 1.83 1.86 1.78 1.81 1.88 1.88 1.8114 1.80 i.8jyj May. July ..1.78 1.81 ,1.77 Milwaukee Cash Close. Milwaukee, Dec 9.

Wheat, Dakota No. 1 northern spot Dakota No. northern spot si.70gyi.78; uaicota No. 3 northern spot tl.37il.65; Dakota No. 4 northern spot Dakota No.

1 northern 10 days shipment si.tt nominal; May J1.771.7. Corn No. 3 mixed 9191c; No. 3 yellow 81V4'92c; No. 3 white 91 92c: May 93c; July 3c.

Oats No. 2 white 625Sc; standard 53c; May 57c; July 64c, Barley Medium 81.221.2S: No. 8 1.171.21; No. 4 feed 95fi. Rye No.

1 31.451.45 No. No. 3 1.421.43. Flax No. 1 northwestern 32.86 2.91.

Omaha Cash Close. Omaha. Dec. 9. Wheat, No.

2 hard II. 7I6JH.72! No. i hard Sl.67l91.72 Corn No. 2 white 3 white 8714 S8e; No. 2 yellow 7 No.

3 yellow 8687c; No. I 86-87c; No. 8 86(5)87c. Oats No. white 625ao.

Minneapolis Cash Close. Minneapolis. Dec. 9. Wheat, May 11.86: July 81.81; No.

1 hard 31.86 fol.90; No. 1 northern No: 2 northern No. 2 wheat $1.7801.81. Corn No. 3 yellow 88 89c.

Oats No. 3 white 6051c. Flax F'our Fancy patents 5 cents lower, quoted at other grades un changed. -Hurley Rye $1.4101.42. Bran $26.0027.00.

Chicago Cash Close. Chicago. Dec. 9. Wheat No.

2 red nominal; No. 3 red No. 2 hard nominal; No. 3 hard $1.79. Corn No.

2 yellow nominal; No. 1 yellow 92c; No. 4 white Oats No. 3 white 5354u; stand ercl 5354c. Rye No.

2 $1.46. Parley Timothy $3.6004.00. Clover $12.00 17,00. Pork $28 50. Lard Ribs S13.5014.00.

Chicago Receipts. Wheat 49 cars. -v Corn 200 cars. Oats 164 cars. Barley 47 cars.

Special to Farmers SKIP IN YOUR CATTLE HIDES. HIDES ARE VERY HIGH. Livingston Bros. HIDE DEALERS. Sioux Citv St-nlr YofH5 tocK 1 arab uncls ecu a eooPLoas) oust won THAIS KMHT-aHe uncls ecn.

JlMTMIS (HSTAMCS A SMALL CHSW THt LOSIR. WIM. ITS WORTH IT TO TOBACCO. ICAftN ABOUT THE CITTtg I CHfW A i- .1 UKt 1 paiace in Bucharest. NORTHERN FRANCE 4 1 iKA Ioumaniaa Ministry BEHIND THE LINES IN VfJ A- 4: A 'SI Millet's famous masterpiece, not exact in every detail, of course, if reproduced ht a field hmck of tfce firinf ine la aorihem Franea.

Two Canadian Teanfos are aaaltiag In the harvest srork..