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The Muscatine Journal from Muscatine, Iowa • 10

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-i MTTCrATTMT? TATTOXTir -AVrn VTITWC! TTJTnTTXTTT' i MONDAY, MARCH 11 LATEST STOCK and GRAIN MARKEsi HUSBAND DIES AND WIFE IS STRICKEN WITH APOPLEXY IN TRAGEDY AT HOME NEAR MARSH LOUISA COUNTY CONTEST IS HELD can, Old Cliftoa. Howard Greene. Sheilbark. Richard Paters. i Pleasant View.

Mrs. Clement Allen. Urn Oak, Russell Cutkomp. 1 Ferndale. William Louisa Center, Thomas Wykert.

Indian Creek. James Schlichting4 Dim In ItoapltaL Mrs. Newton Cecil, known Columbus Junction died at the Hershey hospital at Muscatine Monday evening. She had been "receiving treatment there the past few weeks. She was formerly Miss Beulah Singleton.

The husband, four sons and two daughters survive. Former-Resident Dies. xl Miss Delia Hill has received word that her aunVMrs. Arthur H. Reed of Hopklnton, who has often visited to attend her said she had suffered a stroke of apoplexy.

Pneumonia has since developed and little hope is entertained for her recovery. Mr. Dold, who tor more than 20 years conducted, a general store at Marsh, had been In poor health mentally and physically for several years. It was believed he left his bed and fell. Mrs.

Dold had apparently placed a pillow beneath his head before, she was stricken. Shp was lying just a short distance from him. Relatives came Monday evening and today to assist in the care of Mrs. Dold and take charge pt funeral plans. Three brothers of Mr.

Dold Arch. Frank and Fred Dold. and the latter's wife, all of Pottle. and a nephew Glen Gleed, also of that place, came Monday night. Two nieces of 1 Two First to Wapetio OthiV i First Goes to Giandview 1 Contestant.

-I Columbus Junction, la March 2 The Louisa declamatory contest waa held at ihe Oolumbis high school auditorium! Monday evening with a crowd thstt almost filled the jnain auditorlun in attendance. The Judge Prof. J. Hainds of Davenport. The -winners were as follows: Oratorical First TVhat Think Ye of Christ," James of Wapello: secor'd.

TheM-sion of America." Lylif Weber rif olu1 JXL Columbus Junction; tKird "Buildes Wyman: fourth, "Uberfy or Deaths Leora Broeker of Morning Sun. 1 1 Dramatlc First The FoJr-gotten Witness." Marfan Gever, Wapello: second, "The jDeath Disk4" Faith McDill of Gran4yiew; thirst. "The Forgotten Lucile Oak of Columbus Junction; fourtfi, "The Convict's Violin," Pauline Smith of Oakville. Humorous "China Blue Ronald Gast of Grandiew; second. "Grooming for the Party," Velm Baxter of Oakville; fthird, "Mat Monday Morning," Befty Fedderseft of Columbus Junction; fourtfi, "Tommy Stearns Scrtba Up," Ret bert Selzer of Morning! Sun, The special, music by the higg school orchestra included Song ie the Night," Baidu-in? Bach; "Perfect Bond; an "March Romaine," Gouhod.

i The members of thelorchestra ar Margaret Cecil, Clora 'flLynn, Nanc Gookin. Dorothy Brooc, Lawrencef Richards. Maurice anJ Laoyd Prtof and Cornelia Peters, iolin; Lewis" xsewell, clarinet; bui yarrow ana Ralph Lleberknecht, trombone: Jean Hanft, Roy Maurer and Harlan Eliason. cornet: RalphlLukin, drum: Carl Weber, tuba and Elizabeth Mo Williams, pianist. Ministers of County Meet.

Th Ttiilan. Pni 1 Minl.tHil as. soclation met Monday fet the United i a Presbyterian church Columbus Sana urs. samuei jjurxe. City with the following) ministers in Mrs.

Frances Norris of Letts was a attendance: The Rev. H. G. Pat- visitor here Monday. terson and W.

J. Giffift of Mornlngf Miss Cleo Owens of Letts was an Sun; B. G. Hankina. C.IE, Ward and 1 over Sunday visitor with her sister, Jesse Huddle of Wapello; H.

W.i Mrs. Herman Drinkall. Munster of Letts; W. M. Parker of i Cotter; D.

Andrew Hoey of Grand-1 -Ut view; J. T. Aiken of Columbus City tSERWUS FLOODS IIS and S. R. Drake.

W. Ruston and i cnrfrrrrr-rcTrnxr mrr Morning Sun, March-12 Trag-j edy rescended on the Lewis Dold: borne in the small settlement of Marsh, just four miles west of here, sometime Monday. Neighbors! who broke into the home late in the; afternoon found Mr. Dold dead and ni' wife in a critical condition. The counle.

both of whom are past 70 years, lived alone. Their plight was learned by a neighbor who went to the home to deliver mail. Unable toi arouse them by knocking, she looked in the window and saw Mrs. Dold lue lluuJ- a neigBw wrcw meir naj tvc on nor and the room ww cold. ir naa apparenuy oeen dead for several hours.

Mrs. Dold was unconscious. She rallied and spoke a few words, which could not be understood and then lapsed back into a state of coma. The physician called What's Behind Your Stock WAsarrx bbos. pictttbes, nrc.

Warner Bros. Pictures. ia dim the largest independent producers in thi) motion picture Industry. Through the Vitaphone Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary, the company has pioneered in the commercial development of synchro-, nization of sound with motion pictures. The process is expected to be installed in approximately 5.000 theaters during 1929i the company receiving a percentage of re- ceipts from certain licenses.

Net income for the first quarter of th 1928-1929 fiscal year ended December lj 1928 was $2917,700. compared with 044.842 for the entire fiscal year ended August 31. 1928. The rapidly 'mounting earnings of the company are attributed largely to the success and growing popu4 larity of the "talking movies." Recently the entire capital stock of Mj Wltmark Sons. the Continental Lithograph Corporation, and 321 West 44th Street, was acquired.

Capitalization. Funded debt $72,750 Uliuvu uvhrs, vKiaxa toa wvaaj mniM si 415 oon Preferred stock ($2.20 sum.) 785,604 shares Common stock (no par) 799.561 shares Current Data: It has been reported thai earnings were running at record levels and the prospects were that net income for three months ending about March 1 would be approximately $3,000,000. (All rights reserved, Cambridge Associates, Boston) i ATTEMPTS RALLY-PROVES FAILURE Nw Vnrk March 12 Fur vi tner irregularity developed at the opening of today's stock market. i 3 tti- block of 10,000 shares at 150 1-2. off 1 1-4, and Canadian Pacific dropped 1 3-4.

Union Carbide expected shortly to announce a stock split up, opened 3 points higher. Nation-al Cash Register showed an initial gain of 3 points and U. S. Steel common, Packard motors and Chrysler advanced a point or so. Radio (new stock) opened fractionally lower.

Attempts to push up prices on strength of the 7 per cent renewal rate on call loans met with opposl-f tipn. Several recognized leader including U. S. Steel, American General Electric and Kennecott Cop-: per, reacted from 1 to 2 Radio (old stock) got as high as 4611; before it turned downward. I I NEW YORK BONDS I Furnished by Muscatine State battle For March 11.

High. American Tel. A-Tel. 5s. 103 Anaconda Copper 6's.

1953 104', Armour Delaware 5's, 1943 90 Argentine rs. 1958 100 Australia 5's, 1955 94 Baltimore A Ohio R- 5's. 1995 100 Belgium 6s. 1955 99 Bethlehem Steel 5's. l936 100 Lowl 103 1 1042 90i mi 99! 99 99! Canadian National K.

K. 4 1957 Chesapeake Corp- 5's. 1947 C. R. I.

A P. Ry. 4'S, 1934 94 94 99'i 941, 99. .106 .105 94! Duquesne Light 4 1967 French 7's. 1949 German Ts.

1949. Goodyear Tire 6's. 1957 99? 106'' 1 ii 97' 1 i 93 100 i 9 1 lorj I International Tel. A Tel. 4'V 1952 Philadelphia Co.

5. 1967 Puro Otf 5's. 1937 l. Shell Union Oil 6's. 1947 Sinclair Cons.

OH 6'S, 1930 Standard Oil of N. T. 4's 1951 93 97 97 9 99 95 Southern Cal. Edison 5's. 1952.101 Union Pacific R.

4, 1967. 95 Youngstown S. A T. 5 1978. Sinclair Crude Oil 5'i, 1935..

95 New York Bond New Tork. March United State government obligations continued under pressure in today's bond markej. and in the early dealings carried I a sprinkling of other Issues into new low territory for the year. Trading; was ri-stricted. Time money was firm.

I With the closing of subscriptions fur the new treasury 4 per cent I IWabner Bros. l'24l '29i'26i'27i'28i o-n I I (Common Stock) I I IN i 140 VM My Low Psaccs I i 44 NIWYOUK 1 STOCK EXCMANOC "ji vMOTM.y 70 isnw- jaj 76 err ranoi yosk 35 "Tajf DTV. r-l I 1 i Warner Bros. Pictures. ia dim nf LOCAL MARKED i LrVESTOtCK, (Hog quotation furnished daily by J.

I Squires ComDany.t Muscatine. Ia.) Prime bu'cbers. 180! to 2v pounrta, prime butchers, 200 to 2S0 pounds. extreme heaw i butchers. butchers packers, -good heayy packer, 110.00.

i -t -t 11.50; 1.10 to 160 $9.75 11.25: naxking $9 000.25; Mocker pigs 70 to 110 $8 10.00. Cattle 7..500: head: clves. 800 heart: weighty staeers alow; other classes steady to strong: top 113.75; slaughter classes, steersj 950 to 1500 14.25; common and medium 850 lbs. up S9.00 12.28: fed vesjrlings 750 to PS) $12 2514.50: heifers 850 lbs. down.

$t0 75i 13.25; 'ommonnn medium. 11.no; rows. 10 and medium. $7.008.65:" low cutter and cutter. veaiera fe tlQ.b0ftl6.CXi: cull and common stockers and feeder atern.

11. 35 fi 13.25: common and medium SS2.Va 11.25,; Receipts; 7.00 head: lambs strong to odd lots sheep teadv: top fed lambs. $17.00: lambs 9.J lbs. down. 17.00; mettum.

Sl4.SUfr 15.50; cull and common; 14.60 medium to choice 92 to I00 lbs ewes 150 lbs. down. 60. Souh Sf. Paul Livestock South St.

Paul. March 12 Department of Agriculture.) CattleReceipts. 1.S00 head steers and yearlings in moderate supply; moderately afc-live. fully steady: several loads choice and medium welchts held upward to $13 00: all weights. SIGN'S 12.25; mixed yearlings and medium weights $12.

IS up; she stock slow, aoout sieaay, common medium cows. 8.50 comparable heifers, H.50fi 9.75 cutters. $5. 50" 6.75: bulls unchanged, stockers and feeders continuing in broad demand with 900 to 1.000 ll. weights, mostly $11.75.

Calves Receipts. 2,000 head: unevenly steady to 50c higher: gdod lights. 38. $15 50 down. Hoes Receipts.

6.000 'head; mostly 25c higher, than Monday. $11.50 mostly paid. for 160 to 200 b. averages; 200 to 325 I. butchers.

$11. OOa 11.25: light lights. $11.00: sows. $1000 pigs stearfv. bulk $10.50: average cost Monday.

$10.91: weight 227. Sheep Receipts. 500 head; mostly steady: early bulk fed lambs. 16.50: plainer natives, $15,00115.80: cull and common lambs. ewes scarce, best kinds $9.50.

East St. I mollis-Livestock East St. Ix.uis. 111.. March 12 (AP) (t.

P. Department of Agriculture.) Hog--Receipts. 13.000 market 25300 higher; pies strong to 25 cents higher: butchers 250 to 350 lbs.j 200 250 160 to 200 S11.5f)'( 12.00: 130 to 160 11.95: "packinig' sows, $10 100; pigs 90 to 130 10.50. Cattle Receipts, 3,000 head: calves, 1.200 head; steers over 1200 lbs. slow: lighter weight fully steady to strong: ppots higher: mixed yearlings, heifers and butchers' cows fullv steady slaughter classes, stews.

1300 to 1500 fn 14.00; 1 100 to 1300 $12:251 14. Z5 50 to 1100 lbi, $12. 50fi 14.50; common 850 lbs. up. $8.

75ii 12.75: fed yearlings 750 to 95U $12.75114.50: hetlfers 850 lbs. donrn, til 50.) 13 75: common. cows, $9 ()(! 10.50; common. $7.509.00: low cutter. $5.255 7.50: bulls (beef), $9.0010 25; mcflium.

vealers (milk fed), S15.5fj 17.00: medium. 15.50; culls $6 00 13.00 stockers and feeders steers tall weights). lO.SO-tfiaoO; common, $7.50 fa 10,50. Receipts. 1,000 head: receipts mostly through and direct; market steady: lambs 92 iba.

down. $15.751 17.00: culls. S10.25S14.O0f ewes 150 lbs. down. i.25'' P.

50: cuHs and 75. Omaha Livestock Omaha. March il2. AP) (U. S.

Department of Agriculture.) Hogs Receipts 8,500 head; rirf directs: 15 to 25c higher. Top, $11.50 on 240 lb. butchers; bulk 200 to 320 lb. weights. $11.

10'd 11.40: 160 to 200 lb. lights. $10,5011.25: packing sows. 10.50; feeder pigs upward to 10 00; average cost Monday. weight 244.

Cattle Receipts. 7.500 head: fed steers, and yearlings uneven: yearlings and light Mteor strong to 25c -higher: weighty steers HHd rnedium weights slow, steadv: be stock strong to 25c higher: bul's scarce, fully 'steady veals and calves fully steady stockers and feeders in light supply active strong: fed steers and yearling mostly $11. 0'fi 13.00: several loads, $13 25-i13 50; weighty steers. $13.60: yearlings $13.70: heifers, $10:5012.00: bulk beef cows. 9 25 all cutters.

71KV medium 8.75: practical top veals." $13.50: stockerS and feeders. RU.OC'U 12.25. Sheep Receipts. 12.000 head; lambs opening 25 to 4(o higher; sheep and feeders steady strong: early sales fed woqled lambs. 17.10: best held around.

17.25: fat ewes, $9.50 down; some held higher; feeding lambs. $15.85. St. Joe Livestock St. Joseph.

March 12. (AP) (U. S. Department of Agriculture.) -Hogs Receipts. head: active: mostly 35 to higher: ISO to 380 top.

HI 50 340 $11.10: light lights down 'to $9.50: packing sows 2a to 50c higher: mostly 10.25 few light kind up to $10.50. CattleReceipts. 1.700 head: calves. 300 head- generally steady active and strong on lightweight steers, yearlings and better she stock steers and yearlings mainly $12 00 12.85: choice heifers $12.75: others $11001160: beef $8.251 cutter grades. $5.7587.00 veal top.

$15.00: several loa'd stockers and feeders. $11.755 12bo: unevenly higher: load feeding heifer. Sheep Receipts, 7.000 head: fat lambs opening 15 to 25c higher: Ave load chpice fed, wool lambs. some held higher; nothing -done on other classes. Sioux City Livestock Pioux Citv.

March 12. (AP) (IT- S. rvn.Mmni Asrriculture.) Cattle a 000 head: calves.v100 head: ac-l tive generally steady choice vearllns. $13.75: choice medium weight beeves. fed steers and yearlings.

12.50; choice heavy heifers. $12.00: beef cows $8.009.25: select vealers. stockers and feeders; largely 111.25 down: choice fighrt weights. $12.50. Hogs Receipts.

7.000 head! including 200 direct: fairly active to shrppers. 35 to 35c higher: big packers doing little: top. $11.45 ford 200 to 230 pound weights early; better grades ISO to 300, lbs. averages. $11.25 11.40: other lights, and attractive butchers down to $11.00 largely: packing sows 15 to 25c Up; majority, $10.10 10.50.

gheep-i-Receipts. 700; bead: fat lambs opening strong to 25c. higher; choice 84 to 86 pound fed little else done. i Peoria Livestock Peoria. 111..

March 13-4-iAP) Hogs Receipts 1,000 head; market 25 cents higher. Top. $11 S5: bulk. 11.85. Cattle Receipts.

100 Vice President Is Enjoying Vacation Under Florida Sim Miami Beach, Fla. March 2 (AP) Vice President Curtis today was taking things easy at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lasker liere, having come to Florida on a promise that he can rest and that the sun will be good for his rheumatism. Tn going to try to 'bake out' a little." he said, The vice president added that he does not know whether he will follow President Hoover's example and fish.

To make his vacation a period of real rest, he has ordered all his mail, to be held in Washington, i i parties profit iwheri they paeet Uuvush Journal Classified ads. WHEAT ADVANCES LATE IN SESSION Scarcity of Offerings and Heavy Buying Leads Sharp Upturn. to Chicago, March 12 (AP) Wheat advanced abruptly today toward the last, influenced bv scarcitv of of ferlngs and by increased purchas lner on the Dart of houses with con- nections southwest. High winds threatening damage from soil blowing were reported at a number of points in domestic wheat territory. A comprehensive summary covering foreign countries waa taken to be bullish as implying more or less damage to winter wheat abroad It was announced that a sryecial meeting, of representatives of farm organizations had been called to con vene next Monday in Des Moines to draft a farm program for submission to congress.

The corn market was somewhat easier during most of the day but inside fierures were not maintained. hiiHnw MDiiHinw am l.t. HHnn.U of wheat. The cash corn trading here was little changed. North American available, supplies of corn have increased 1,251,000 bushels in the last year.

Country offerings to arrive were not large. Wheat closed strong, 2 3-8 to 2 3-4c net higher, (March $1.26, May $1.30 to 3-4, July $1.33 3-8 to 1-2, Sept. $1.35 1-4 to Corn 1-4 to 3-47-8c advance, (March 96 7-8c, May $1.00 3-8 to 1-2. July $1.03 1-2 to l-25-8, Sept. $1.04 7-8 1.05).

Oats finished 3-8 to 3-4 3 (March '47 l-2555-8c. May .49 5-8. Sept. 47 l-8c.) Provisions showed gains from 2c to 17c. up, .50, July I varying Chicago Grain anfi Provisions Quotations furnished by Beach-Wickham Grain Co.

Members Chicago Board of Trade. 409-410 Hershey Bldg. Phone 2524. Open. High.

Lrfjw. close, say, Wheat-May July Sept. Corn May July Sept. Oats-May Julv Sept. Rye-May ..1324 1307i 133 135 '4 127S 130 1324 130i 133H 135 128 130 132 li 39 -i 102, 104 'A 49' 2 49' Ill's 112 Vi 1167 13.05 99' .102.

.103, 49H 49U 46" 111 100i 994 100i 103H 102, 103' 105 103 i 104, 50H 49 113 49 49 Vi 46 111 111U 12.67 13.02 50 49 47', 112. 113' 12.70 13.07 July 113H Iard per 100 lbs. May 12.72 12.75 July 13.07 13.10 Chicago Cash Grain Chicago. 111.. March 12.

(AP) Wheat No. 4 red. $1.23: No. 2 hard. No.

3 hurd. $1.22: No. 3 northern spring. $1.22. Corn No.

3 mixed, 9495c: N. 4 mixed. 92'a93'ic: No. 5 mixed. No.

6. mixed. 88c; No. 3 yellow. 95496c: No.

4 vcllow. 92.j94c; No. 5 yellow. 90' b91ic: No. 6 vellow.

S9'c: No. 3 white, 96c: No. 4 white. No. 5 white, grade.

83c. Oats No. 3 white. 48 49c; No. 4 white, 47c Rye No sales.

Barley 60i78c. Timothv Seed $5. 10i 7.50. Clover Seed $25.357 31.25. Flour Market a Minneapolis.

March 12. AP Flour 10c lower. Carload lots, patents 8.30 a barren, in 98 pound cotton sacks. Shipments, 37,205 barrels rel.4 Bran 28.50. Chicago Produce Chicago, 111..

March 12 (AP) Poultry-Alive, firm. Receipts. 2 cars. Fowls, 29 j33c; springs. 34c: broilers, 4648c; turkeys, 30c; ducks, 24J'30c; geese, 21c.

Potatoes Receipts, 93 cars; on track. 256 cars: total U. S. shipments. 673 cars: fair, steady on russets, other stock slow, dull Wisconsin sacked round whites.

S0i! 95c; Minnesota and North Dakota sacked Red river Ohloa. 1.10; Idaho sacked russets. 1.75.. Butter Lower. Receipts.

10.767 tubs. Creamery' extras. 494c: standards. 48'ic: extra firsts. 4848ic; firsts, 4747Vr-; seconds, Eggs Lower.

Receipts, 17.671 cases. Extra firsts. 28J29c: firsts, 27'c; ordinary firsts, 25ff26c. New York Produce New York. March 12.

AP) Butter Unsettled. Receipts. 12.968 tubs. Creamery, higher than extra, 49i50H-c: extra (92 score), 49V-c: first S8 91 scorei. packirig stock, current make No.

1. 31 'i 32c: No. 2. 30c. Cheese Steady.

Receipts. 236.556 lbs. Eggs Unsettled. Receipts. 46.707 cases.

Fresh gathered extra. 32c; extra firsts. 31 i3H-c; first, SO'gSOHc; seconds, 29H' 29-v4C Nearby hennery white, closely selected extra. 37c: nearby and nearby western extra first to average extra. 35c; nearby hennery brown, fancy to extra fancy, 33l5f35c.

Closing rutnrea: Butter Storage standards, 44c: March. 47'c: fresh standards. June. 43c. Eggs Fresh gathered firsts.

March. 26c; refrigerator standards, old, 31 "re: refrigerator standards, new, 31 storage packed firsts old. April. 2Sc. New York Sugar Market New York, March 12.

(AP) Raw susur easier. Declined l-32c to 3.71 for spots duty paid. Refined uncharged at 4.90 for fine granulated. New York Poultrv New York, March 12. AP) Poul try- Dressed firm.

-Fowls, fresh. 27ff37c; froaen, 26936c; turkeys, fresh, 303 40c; fro sen, 30ii45c. Poultry Live, easy. Chickens, bv freight. 30c: broilers, freight.

40c: express 3S4x4oc; fowls, freight or express, 33c. 8T. LOUIS KAY HAJUCET. St. Louis, March 12.

tAP) Hay Unchanged. DAMAGES AWARDED HELD EXCESSIVE Des Moines, Is March 12. (AP) -r-The supreme court today reversed and remanded for new trial the Boone county case of William D. Jenkins against the state highway commission, holding that the 20,000 awarded to Jenkin were excessive. I Jenkins sued for damage to his land which he claimed resulted from relocation of a primary road through his farm.

He claimed the value of his land was reduced to half of Its former worth because the highway commission had the road constructed go it dissected his farm, a I i i i I I 1 HOGS ADVANCED ON GOOD DEMAND Market, 25 "to 35 Cents Higher Receipts, Smaller Than Expected. Estimated livestock Receipts for tomorrow: Cattle 7.000 head. Hogs 16.000 head. Sheep 15.000 head. Chiqago, March 12 CAP i Good demarjd and scarcity of offerings lifted hoj values today 2.rf35c.

Some sales were 40c above. Receipts estimated at only 1S.000 hf.ad were smaller anticipated. A strong tone rrevaled throughout the session. Shippers were heavy buyers of all weights. Choice medium weight butchers- were best sellers, many going: at $12.

Good heavy lots sold at SI 0.60 11 .10 with best pigs at Hlftl.15. Big packers were fair buyers late in the session. HEPKESEIf TATIVE SALES. Heavyweight Hogs. Wefcht 47 3315 $11 53 312 11.75 72 289 11.

Medium Weights. K'O. I Weigl.t Vrrf 9 1 S.1) 2 208 12 is) Ziicht Welrrhta. W'P'frht 19S Prtce 11 $5. 93 178 Lltfht Light Weights.

No. Price. $2 $11 i It J57 11 4 142 11.2. 131 132 10. Trade in cattle was active with light steers and yearlings the feature.

Few steers went above $137 13.50. Feeders were active and strong with choice lots being placed high as $12. Cows were steady on a light supply. Bullls held at unchanged values, while calves were as much as 75c, higher In many spots. Fresh supply of cattle was 8,000 head.

EPHEBXWTATIVE SALES. Cattle Stajri. MTo. 25 4(1 23 17 SO Mo. 25 IS ARK Km: lofft ...1184 984 Weight 745 1200 635 51 3 7." 13 fr, 13 1" 12 1 2 11 15 Price $12.85 12.00 11.00 Heifers.

Cowa. No. Wlrtit Price. 1 1300 $10.00 ft 8.50 10 R50 Bids came slowly in sheep, but later the trade improved under good demand. Some sales were 25c higher.

Plainer grades of fed lambs held fully steady and choice lots sold to smaller buyers as high as 17.80. Most good lambs went to packers at $17.35 and down. Feeders were generally steady, while ged sheep held about like yesterday on a slight supplv. REPWrSEjrrATTTT! SALES. Sheep I Fed Western.

Va. Wcitrnt frm 248 R2 $17. sn 313 92 '17 -Western Fed Lambs. No. 3I1R S29 216 Weight SO so Price.

$17.50 17.35 17 Fat Ewes. ffo. Weiifht Price. 4 103 $10.25 3 151 3.r Fending Lambs. Mo.

Welsht. Price. 3 89 19 63 15 50 Livestock receipts for the week stand: 25,559 cattle, 48,005 hogs, sheep against 22,585 cattle, hogsv 21,150 sheep the first two days last week and 24.268 cattle, hogs, 31,303 sheep the corresponding week' last year. Iowa ilos Prices (Fy The Associated Freas) Iowa markets today the following hoar prices: Cedar Uapld-Top, $10.20 paid for 180 in 850 lb. prijnes'r good packers, under 400 $10.

15 if 10.40: over 400 JOOfi. Dea Moines Receipts. S00 head: 25 to JWc higher. Prime lights and $10 75W10 25: prime heavies. packers.

10.00. Mason CltyButchers. choice medium JW to 300 th; i hoicc heavy 310 to $50 $10.70: prime hevy. 380 to 4oo $10.40: sows: best medium 3o to 4a Jha. best heavy packing 400 to 5(vi $10ixt; best sorted lights.

130 to. 180 $7.608.00. Ottumwa 25c 130 to ISO lb $9 60410.65: 18(1) to 260 $1 1.20411 ncn, Qo I ha nnrl tin S10 .901 1 1 .20 trs-. 10.30. Waterloo 180 to 300 800 to 350 $165101.95: good packers 250 to 400 10.25 400 to 500 fair packers.

Chicago Livestock i Chicago. 111.. March 12. (AP (U. S.

Department of Agriculture.) Hogs Receipts. 15,000 head; market mostly 25WH.K higher. Top. $12 00 natal for a number loads of 170 to 230 largely 12 00: market for desirable lbO to 300 lb. butchers, medium to choice 250 to 3X lbs $11401190; 200 to 250 lbs $11.609 13 00; 160 to 200 U.

12. 00: 130 to 160 $10.4011.00: packing sows. (W1115: imedium toi choice 90 to ljo $9.00 11 1. Cattle Receipts. 8.000 head: alvs.

j.BOO head; yearlings and light steers hirhr- all rradea in de- wand: Blocker and feedor dealers in the rnarket paying firm to higher price, weighty steers but slow: sluughtrr good and .1300.10500 112 75fl 14.50: 1100 to 14 50- 950 to 1100 $13.0014.75: com-Vnd medium 850 lbal up. red yearlings, good and yholcj .50 to 9j0 fhs $13 25 15.00: heifers, good and choice down. common and medium. 12.00: news, good and choice $9.0001100: common and medium, I7f9 00: low cutter ad cutter. $5.75 5fsV bulls good and choice 1A medium jW.OCH.9 ira imilk Ted), good and choice.

16,00 -J medium. 16 cull and com-H 14.00: stocker and feeder iteerii, good nd choice (all weights. JirsotVliSO: common ard medium, l.VOOOi bead: market tedv T25c higher; bylk fat lambs, J17JMI 17 50 top, $17.80: sheep scarce: itewdy: feedr-Kunb JiS) and choice? i os. aon. "JSlun, 16.50; rU and common.

ltW: wei. rnedium to choice 153 lbi down. $8JS54rl025: tjull and common, MOoSr.W: feeder good and, choice. $14.761 16-25. -ft.

I- Kansas City Livestock Kansas ajit. petartment of Agr-uUure. 7.000 head; including 'fioo direcl.4. uneven: mostly 25 to 3.V. bigher.

Top. $1150 choice 2.rt -3-) butchers, to tbs. 300 to Jll.waU.Mi IvO laj-W H-1, Mrs. Dold. Mrs.

John Wind of Bur- lington and Mrs. Bessie Odel of Bur lington arrived today. offerings tomorrow, traders are looking for a revival of buying In the government issues next week. "Declines were registered In American International Ss and Atchison 41-8. b.Mh sagging to their lowest prices since their admission to trading.

Trading in utilities was ona small-scale. International Telephone 4Ss were firm at 113. Philadelphia Compnv gold 5s were heavy. New lows for 1929 In the rails were established by Western Pacific first 5s ind Frisco prior Hen 4s A. General Motors acceptance 6s were at yeateraay closing level.

Chilean bonds were in supply fractionally lower levels. Trading in the rest of the- list waa dull. Yesterday's Markets New York Stock List Air Reduction 106H 107 All. Chm. Dye Allla Chalmers Am.

A Fgn. Power. Am. Int'nat'l Am. Sm.

Ref Am. Sugar Am. T. tk T. Anaconda Andes Cop.

Min Atchison AO. Ref Bait. Ohio Barnsdall Beth. Steel Calif. Pet Canadian Pac.

Cerro de Pasco Ches. Ohio M. St. P. Chic.

A N. vu7 ...151 60 '0 98 ...109 ...218 57 ...87 ...130 Chic. R. I. A P.

Chile Copper ......7 106 Chrysler 72 Colorado Fuel 7114 Col. Grapharhon 144'j Col. Gas A El 128 li Com'wlth Power 104 Cons. Gas Corn Prod. 1504 Ourtiss Aero 117 Drug Inc.

i5t Elec. Power A Lgt. 7314 tune 9 Gen. Am. Tank 230i, 80H 40'i 69 i 93 109 32 464 172 'J 864 70H SO ,108 60'i 207'i 183 88 95 103-- 105 38 24 47 32 49 1, 82 125'i 106 -s 179 i 128 ..129 83 188H 881, 103 ior; fGen.

Klec. 4 Gen. Mot Glmbel Bros. I Gold Dust Goodrich Gt. North'n.

Pf Gt. N. Ir. Ore Graham Paige Greene Can. Hudson Motors Hupp Motors Int.

Com. Eng. Int. Harvester Int. Nickel Int.

Tel. A Tel. Tohns Mativllle Kan. City South Kennecott Kolster Radio Kresg Co Kroaer Groc Mack Truck Marland OH Mavtae 3B Mex. Seab.

Oil Mid Cont. Pet Kan. A Tex Mo. Pac. Montg.

Ward Nash Motors Nat. Biscuit Nat. Cash. Reg. Nat.

Dairy Nat. Tea N. Y. Central N. N.

H. A No. American No. Pacific Packard Pan. Am.

Pet. Parm't Fam. Las. Park Utah Pennsylvania Peortle'a Gas. Phillips Pet.

Postum Radio Rem. Rand Rep. Ir. A St. Ream Roebuck Phell Union 0' Sinclair Con.

Oil So. Pacific Southern Ry. Stan. Gsa El. St.

on Calif. St. OH N. J. St.

Oil N. T. Stew. Warner Studebaker Texas Corp. Tex! Gulf Sul.

Tlmken Roll. Brf. Union Cf rblde Union Pacific U. S. Rubber U.

S. Stel Vieetor Talkg. Mach. Wamer Bros. iSo 43'i 66', 12H 77 ..275 38 704 45, 31a yi- 153'S 26-4 3R- lM-i 14? fC.t'z 67' 48 39 134 59 72 79i 213 223H 67" 180 174 116 1494 29S 196 264 40 ITS Weeitlngh.

Elec. Willys Overland Wool worth Wright Aero Yellow Truck HOLMAN SAVES LIFE BY PARACHUTE LEAP i- Minneapolis. March 12. (API- Charles W. (Speed) "Holman, operations manager of "Northwest Airways, has become eligible for mem bership in tne caterpuiar cjud airmen's organization open only to pilots who have saved their lives by parachute leaps.

Holman, testing a new type monoplane yesterday, put the craft Into a tail After the plane had fallen 3.000 feet to an altitude of only 1.000 feet. Holman was unable to straighten it out. He leaped and! landed at Wold Chamberlain field, the plane crashing" nearby. The open door to opportunity Journal Classified ads. Read them every 1 i 1 i J.

W. Zerbe of Columbu Junction, The Rev. W. H. Parker gave a talk on "The Parables of Jesus" bv Butterick.

The devotional service was led by the Rey. M. Ruston. All the ministers took pare in the round table. 4 Some of the ministers are plan ning to attend the' mfetinr of the Muscatine County Ministerial association March 18.

The next meeting sf the Louisa county association wtj be held at Letts April 8. The Rey. B. G. Hankins will talk onTh'e Enforcement of the Eighteen th Amendment.

The Muscatine county association Is invited to be in attendance. Complete Work on Bridge. The Cedar Construction com pany has completed the lengthening of the Rock Island railroad bridge over Short Creek the north part of Columbus Junction. work was commenced last fall ipd the bridge has been'made 92 feetong. It was formerly 69 feet.

Stjone abutment was a new cerrfent pier built and new girders put place. School Directors Elected. Directors for the public schools were elected Monday and the result of the elections waa 1 Columbus Junction, Mrs. Charles Eliason. i Fredonla, Carrie Curfis and Walter Kemp.

ij Cotter, J. J. Jenkins and D. C. Dun- (-here and was-a former well rnom-n resident of Conesville, died at 30 o'clock Sunday morning after an Illness of six weeks.

Mrs. Reed's maiden -name was Miss Carrie Marshall. Surviving are the husband, two sons and -one daughter. Claude Reed of Iowa City, Glenn Reed and Mrs. Lynn Moone of Des Moines and two brothers, Charles Marshall iof Idaho Springs, Idaho, and J.

L. Marshall of Battle Creek, Mich. Other News, Miss Frances Alsip went Tuesday morning to Cedar -Falls to enter the Iowa "State Teachers college! MrSi Thomas Cutkomp and, son," Richard, returned Monday from spending a week with her sister, Mrs. Walter Lewis, at Dysart. I Miss Lucile Oak, svon' first place in the sub-district declamatory contest at Cotter, will take part in the sub-dlstrlct contest at Olds Thursday.

Mrs. Albert McCullough was at West Liberty Monday to see her sis' ter, Mrs. Julia.Tbomaa, who has been in the hospital at Iowa, but-who was taken to Denver; that day by. her daughter, Mrs. L-.

p. Breden, who came to take her to her home. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Epperly were at Muscatine Sunday to attend the birthday anniversary Mr.

Epperly'a grandfather, William Epperly. i Miss Minnie Bowling of Chicago came Monday to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Mrs. Henrietta Salmon I returned Monday from spending the winter with Mr.

and Mrs. Miles Babb iat Chicago. Mrs. Laird-Parsons went to Letts Monday to visit her grandparents, Mr, JisJ tr coi ClUT MUtrA Shenandoah, Ia March 12 (AP) Four miles of railroad track of the) Chicago. Burlington and Qulncy" were under water near RI vert on to-' dy The Nishna river was said to be at the highest stage It ever reach- ia road bridges have gone out and six have been damaged in Pare county.

Loss Is estimated at 150,000. vicaiuu, iiisivu i-Arf Water overflowing the banks of the East. Nodaway river caused the main roads out of Prescott, near hereto roe closed this morning. The water measured six xeei" aeep wnere it was rt Its, 'Vavitrsf sn1 V. A UvAt vrai wteadily rising.

5 At the dunsion offices of the Chi-iag'o, Burlington and Qulncy rail rta4 rs Ir saraa aai4 tKst train a were being operated on the Hamburg to Rlverton branch south of Red Oak today. CLASSIFIED ADS (TOO LATE TO CLASSIFT) i i in WANTED Hatch i effSs especially Vhite Barred and Buff Rocks, pWhite Wyandotte single nd rose comb red. Phone 32449 Iowa Poultry Farm. Our Own Factory Two 1 Old Fashioned pumfeMnickeil i -7. "i 1 IJakcd Every 1.

M. Iiaitz Baking Co. It is withl pleasure tha we show the latest in the Reason's oo tKear for the fam- I ily. Never have Larson's styles been more beautiful, and I nQyer haver they been II shown- kt such fair rices. II Americiiri Ueg'ion.

ATTENTION I 11- i'--W All Legionaires who have not mailed return cards on banquet, please do so immediately or call Chairman R. Stafck, at 671. ll i Beautiful Shoe--'Frc1n IV..

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