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PACKING STOCK OFF Decline of iyzo Per lb. During the Week, and Dull at the Lower .v- . Figure. Fancy Butter Quotably FirmEggs Show Some Favorable Features on Fresh Stock. The maker of poor butter has been on the un fortunate side of the market during the ^eek. The call for these goods has fallen off to seiious extent, and receiver h ne had difaculty In un loading from da} to daj . Renovators haw Ih * upper bold upon the bltuatiou aud me holding bpck, alloivlng values to sag fiara day to da.\ The outlook Is not as favorable as a year ago. when {tacking stock advanced to a. very high Ugure, and eountiy buyers should -natch quo tetions closelj, and not pay outside prices for some time to come Too giadcs are rather ftiui. Thi* is partially due to the fact that best storage goods are about cle * ed up, leaving the field to fresh made goods tne production ot which is not heav at this season of tbc yeir. Buyers are Teiy particular and many medium grades are being forced into packing stock elian nels, owing to their diagging tendencies, declin ing in quality very -rapidly. The eg j maiket, while easing off eaily in the week eems to have reached the turning point, and north-ntstein fre&ta stock Is likely to hold i's own In puce with some possible improve ment until waimer weather ineieases the pu duction Storage goods are about cleaned up. not cutting mnch figure at present, while values arV too low to encourage receipts fioniMtie south to anv great extent. Holders of what few storage goods lemain are anxious to clean up and have cut values to the heart in order to get the goods out of the waj. Sonic ot the largei spec ulators have dropped a nice roll on storage eggs this yeur. but have been able to stand It and are not giowling publicly They are merely los ing the profits of a jear ago. Cheeso is holding to a steady basis Receipts are moderate and holdings laid in in the fall are being satisfactory redi ced Poultiv holds to a Dim basis Turkeys ad vanced a trifle during the week, owing to moder ate receints The demand Is fully equal to cur rent arrivals on all lines. Dressed meats are Arm. Top giade veal Is quotable it S^fgOc, with bulk of sales at outside fi^me Too manj lor grade calves are_coming to move 'out readily. Mutton and lambs arc steadv. The call for pipeons has shown much activity duru.g the week and values on live have advanced to $1 25 per dozen Potatoes are unchanged in price The call for southern seed stock is over ^ ith. and fairly free receipts of new &tock are looked for fioui Texas w lthln 60 da t, Cabbage Is higher The fiuit and vegetable list is ruling steady in price, and showing but little activity City trade has ruled dull outside of the necessities, grocers generally complaining of a quiet sea son. GENERAL PRODUCE OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS OF THE MINNEAPO- ' LIB PRODUCE EXCHANGE. Saturday, Feb. 14.Extra creamery but ter, firm packing stock, steady. Strictly fresh eggs, steady. Fancy country dressed veal, steady. Poultry, steady. Green., fruits, steady. Apples, steady. Potatoes, firm. .... BUTTERExtia creameiies. per lb. 24Me firsts, 22c, seconds, lT(?7l8c, dairies, extra. 20c firs+. 15%@16c seconds. 12c, roll and prints. 12g14c pasking stock, 8@t2c fresh renovated, 19e EGGSStrictly fresh, cases included, losa off. per do* , lfi^c. strictly fiesh, case count, 15c checks add seconds, Sc, cold storage, candled, 12c at mark, 9c. CHEESETwins or flats fancy* 141,4c, twlnfe or a fits, choice lS^c, twins or flats, fair to good. 12Uc. daisies, fancy, 14c: ioung Ameri cas, faner. 15c, brick, No. 1. 14^c brick, No. 2 lie, brick, No. 3, 7(,Sc, prlmost, No 1 . 8c. pultost, 9c. Swiss. No. 1, round. 14@14lac Swiss, No 2, round, 12c: Swiss, No. 1, block, 11 Swiss. No 2. block 12c DKESSKD MEATS* eal, faog , per lb. SWi 9c, fair to good, 8c small or overweight Sfefl Cr mutton fancy, 6(ffi6Vac, lambs, pelts off, tancv, 71-slc, hogs, light, 7^c, medium, "i^t , heavv. 7c RABBITSJack, per doz, $3@3 25 cottontail, per doz $1 SQIJIRRELSGray, per doz, 60c red, per doz, 25c FI&HPike, large, per lb, 8c small and me dium, 58c. crapptes. medium to large, 7iaSe small, 6c, pickerel, 4@6c. bullheads, skinned, 5W6c TOMATOESCal'forala, per crate, $3@3 25. CABBAf/EHome giown. fancy, per large era to, $1 50 POTATOESPer bu, small lots, 40g45c car lots. No. 1. sacks extra, 35c medium, sacks ex tra 2oc SWEET POTATOESCobdens. per brl. $4. POPCORNOld rice, per lb, 4@5c new rice, pei lb 2@3c NEW HONEYWhite, fancy, lib sections, l"c, choice. 1-lb sections, 15@18c. DRIED PEASFancy yellow, per bu, $1 75 medium. $1 50, green, fancy, $1.75 medium, J* 25, marrowfat, $2 50. DRIED BEANSFancy nary, per bu, $2 75 choice nav j, $2 50 medium, hand-picked. $2 25. medium, fair, $1 75 brown, $1.50 fair to good. 5,1 20@1 25. APPLESJonathans, per brl, $5 Ben Davis, $8@8 25 Kings, $3 Vi, Spies. $3 50, Russets. $3 50, WInesaps, $4: Missouri Pippins. $3 V, Willow Twigs, $4 Baldwins, $3@3 25, Green ings. S3 25. PINEAPPLESPer crate, $5@5.50. ORANGES California. naTels, as to 6ize, . fancv, $3 25, choice, as to 6ize, $2 75@3 Cali fornia bjdded seedlings, $223. LEMONSCalifornia, fancy, as to size, $4 50, choice, $4.25^ TANGERINESPer half box, $2 50. GRAPH RFUITPer box, $4 25. STBAWBERIES Florldas, per qt, 65c. CRANBERRIESPer brl. $12 per box, $4. GRAPESMalagas, per keg. $fl@6.50. _ BANANASrancv. large bunches, $2 i5, me dium bunches. $2 25@2 50 small bunches, $2@ * VEGETABLESWar beans, per bu, $3- egg plant, per doz, $1 50a1.75 radishes, per doz bunches. 453|50e lettuce, per doz(35c: lettuce, heads per doz, 75c mint, per doz. 2@o0c, cu cumbers, per doz, $1 25@1 50 celery, per doz, 55@60c turnips, per bu, 40c, carrots, per bu, 25@30c pie plant, pec lb, Se. CHICAGO PRODUCE, Feb..14 Butter Steady to firm creameries, 18@2oVac dairies, 15(S23c. EggsSteady. t4*4@l3e. cases in cluded Chlfse-Steady twins, 1SH,12%J C, daisies. 18@13W\oun g Americas, ISeiSWC Dressed PoultrySteady turkeys, 16Q18c, chickens, 10@12%c. HIDES, FUR, WOOL HIDES, FURS, WOOL ETC., B Y THE NORTH WESTERN HIDE AND FU R CO. Thfe hide market continues dull as stated In last week's review, unchanged since in prices She fur market here continues falrlv steady, but the belief Is becoming quite general that prices nave been forced too high and some lower prices * mYave to bo made or those agents who come hire to buy for Europe will We pulled off. then furs will have to be shipped. Skunk and mink Ire considered to high but dealers stilt pay old pric-s yet. Chicago has reduced prices. THE BANK STATEMENT. K York Feb. 14.The statement of aver ages of the'clearing house banks of this city ISl'sOS'sOO1 I&4W tacrVaf $3,778,600. Keserve. $253 - fio.7 200 decrease $16,500. Reserve required, $23X7,525- t decrease $3,772,100. Specie, $181,- r 629 675 decrease $3,016,000 fix L. S. de posits, $25,557,700 decrease $3,009,9,0. iQcrease.\$3,032.500. Surplus. $15,- MIDWAY HORSE MARKETMinnesota Traisfer St. Paul, Minn . Feb. 14 -Barrett & Zimmerman report a continual Active market. The aggregate business the past week the largest of the season, of which 50 per cent was farm horses for the northwest North Dakota and - Canadian buyers say that large numbers of horses are needed there this spring to work the new lands Values. Drafters, extra, $18o to $230- drafters choice. $155 to $185, drafters, common to good, $120 to $155 farm mares, ex tra $130 to $165 farm mares, choice. $120 to $135, farm mares, common to good, $100 to $120. The Great Western Gives Grocers Special The retail groceis have made" arrange ments with Chicago Great "Western rai l way for a special train to Mankato Tues- ' day. Feb. 17, leaving Minneapolis at 8.30- a. m . Special train will be held in. readi ness to lea^e Mankato after close of con vention Feb. 19. N o extra charge is made for this superb service. Rate is $1.50 for round trip. Tickets can be obtained from John S. Taylor, secretary, 13 4th s t N", or * L . C. Raines, agent, 5th and Nicollet. ~ ' "- *3r* You cannot afford to tnrow away valu- * able time running around looking for board, rooms, houses etc., when^The Joui ^nal Want Ads will get you what ydu want. , /Insert a small ad and save xgursetf the vr^iime,'wortlment and labor. *.* "-* Train. HIGfrPRICES NOT A CHECK Consumption Continues HeavyAll Industry Active and Labor Becoming Scarce. Xew lork, Keb. 14Bradstreet's today sajs Distributive trade and productive industry feel the influence of the springlike weather, slightly better collections etoady and even strong p ices for staples, some improvement in the isllway transportation situation and cheaper and better supplies of coal at tho east. An addltonal favor able feature not as yet gben full considera tion is the signing of the new bituminous coal wage scale, bj which any possible unsettlement frcm this source is pievented. Mild weather makes for increased activity In outdoor work, while active movements in lumber, structural lion and steel, builders' hardwaie and a rajriad of othei lines lead to the belief that the pres eat season notwithstanding higher prices of nia leiiiila, \111 witness immense building opera tions In this connection cognisance must be taken of the repot ts coining from widely separated sort ions Indicating a scercltv of laboi. In the south Increased railway building, lumbering op erations and a diveisitieation of industry gen erallv has diawn heavily upon labor available fo\ the cotton ileitis, ind a less than ordinal lly might have been expected lnciease In acreage is therefore looked for in this line. A balan to this however, may be found in tho present high pne of that etnple. In the northwest gen ei ah speaking. It might be said that manual labor the country over finds a ready market. All In oil, the situation Is one practically never equaled befoie at this time, confirming earliei predictions that the first half of the year 1903 was sefor beyond peradventnre. Perhaps the most notable feature in the entire situation is tho fact that present high prices do not TS yet sem to check consumption In the strongest situated industrials of all, those of cotton manufactmlng and of iron and steel production, insistent demands,4 culminating in enlarged sales, gives testimony to the increased purchasing power of the country at large Cot ton aud cotton goods have led the way this week, snot cotton advancing one-third of a cent and future deliveries neailv one half cent, partly because of minipulation, it is true, but ulti mately because of the active shipping demand for cotton goods, even at the higher prices dom inating The dry goods trade the country over sends ex cellent reports In iron and steel the chief trou ble is the car congestion, which limits sup plies of coke leaching furnaces and checking deliveries. Foundry Iron is in good demand, and Bessemer sells readily and freely where obtain able at $21 to $21 50 per ton. Production of pig iron still fails to meet consumptive lequirements. Increased demand is noted for structural mate rials, steel plates, merchant bars and rails. The distribution of baidwaie is increasing, and build ing promises to be veiy active An aditional steadying feature in iron and steel is the pros pect that all classes of iron ore will be ad vanced, the increase varying fiom 25c to $1 25, and the average being In the neighborhood of 75c. Copper strengthens . steadily from week to week Lack of snow is complained of In some por tions of the northwest as limiting the logging output, but that In Maine is -very large, and 6n the Pacific coast an unprecedented activity is noted. In the south and southwest the output of lumber is enormous. Wheat, including flour, exports for the week aggregate 2,856,539 bu, against 3,965,916 last week, 3,175,481 in this week a year ago and 4,814,878 in 1901. Wheat e\poits since July 1 aggregated 155.421.977 bu, against 173,322,124 l"st season and 12o.638.337 in 1900. Com ex ports aggregate 1.830,170 bu against 2.400 316 last week, 527,366 a 5 ear ago and 4,760,422 In 1901. For the fiscal year eyports are 24,031,- 186 bu against 22,558,486 lhst season and 124,- 327.216 iu 1M Business failures in the United Slates for the week ending with Fob. 12 number 214, against 2 last week. 265 in the like week in 1902 L26 iu 1901, 199 in 1900 and 160 in 1899 In Canada failures for the week number 24, as ugainst 27 last week and 25 in this week a year ago. New WEEKLY BANK CLEARINGS. est interest. T o the master arid hunts- \rr Feb 14The following table,^ compiled br Biadstreet'p, gives the: bai'k' ilearlngs foi the principal cities for the week ending Feb. 11 with percentage of inciease and decrease, as compared with the coriespondlug week last year. *New York $1,146 210 884 Chicago Boston Philadelphia .- St. Louis Pittsburg *San Francisco Baltimore Cincinnati *l\ansas City Cleveland * MINNEAPOLIS . . *New Orleans Detroit "Louis-rille OuiH'na *Milwaukee Providence Buffalo . . * "fct. Paul Indianapolis Los Angeles St. Joseph DenAer Seattle -\\ ashington Salt Lake Utv . . Portland, Oregon Toledo I'ott "Worth Des Moines .... Spokane. Wash . . Sioux City Tacoma Topeka Davenport Little Rock Helena l'argo, N D . . Siou^ Falls S. D. a Houston z Galveston . . . . Totals US.. $1,904,302101 Outside New Xork . 758,085,317 CANAD \. 18 271 187 34.846,516 3 620 285 1,638,36*$ 1 840,872 901.373 1,253,779 1 079 815 931.059 614,890 681.220 Montreal Toronto Winnipeg Halifax Cttawa " V ancouver, B. C. Quebec Hamilton . . , St John, N. B Victoria B. C,. , x London Totals, Canada Balances paid in cash zNot Included In totals because containing other items than dealings. x Not included In totals because of no com parisons for last year. NEW YORK METAL MARKETS. Feb. 14. As compared with the closing prices of last Wednesdav. tin In London was 1 7s 6d higher at the close yesterday with spot quoted at 133 15s. and futures 134 "3 ed. This show ing was responsible for a firm market locally, and spot closed at 29.60@29.75* Copper closed at 56 10s for spot and 56 5s for futures, ot 15s loviei in London, and the local market also was a shade easier Standard is quoted at 12c. nominal lake, 12.75@12.90c: electrolytic, 12.65@12.75, and casting at $12 35 9!1 60c. "Spelter advanced in London closing there at 20 lf's. while here it was quiet and unchanged at 5@5 05c Iron closed at 53s 2d in Glasgow and at 47s 7i 5 d in Middlesboro Locally, iron was quiet and nominally unchanged No 1 foundry northern W quoted at 24fi|24.50c: No 2 foundry northern at 22@22 50c, No. lfoundry southern and No. 1 foundry southern, soft, at 23 50@ 2150c. ^ NEW YORK MINING 8T0CKS, Feb 14 Adams Consolidated. 25 Aline 27. Breece. 55 Brunswick Consolidated, 6 Comstock Tunnel, 9iZ - Consolidated California & Virgin a. 230 Horn Silver 130- Iron Silver. 80 Leadville Con solidated! 3 Little Chief, 9: Ontario. 600, Ophir. 240- PhbenK, 80 Potosi, 50: Savage. 40 Siena NVvVda, 105 Small Hopes, 30 Standard. 300. $1.50 to Mankato and Return via Great Western. This popular route, lia-ving four trains daily has been announced the official route' for grocers and their friends who go to Mankato, Feb. 17 to 19. Special train from Minnea,polis 8:30 a. m . on 17th , and special train returning after close of con vention on 19th for .use of- grocers and friends. N o extra charge for this ser\ ice . Tickets on sale at office of Secretary John S Taylor. 13 4 t h s t N . or L . C. Raines, agent, 5th and Nicollet. t . * A Better Service to Des Moines. The ^NOrtlf-Western Line (Omaha road) now run Pullman palace sleepers and re clining chair cars (seats free) every night twin cities to Des Moines via Mankato and Elmore. Train lea-*es Minneapolis 7-30 p. m St . Paul 8 p. m . Arrives Des Moines 6:45 a. m . %|ff ^lffe?f * , ' . "%~ - 131 984 S36 137,393,306 96 494,974 48 768,765 37.450,444 27,272,432 21,483,607 20 831,750 20,507.671 15.733 481 10,144 317 16 900,004 9 782,604 12.091 170 6 S21.59". 7 565,941 6 801,700 5 043,586 4 165,178 5.759 955 5 592,320 4 694 633 3,724 092 3 119.691 4 358,313 3 100 567 3 381,446 2 898.743 2 931,326 1 903.76+ 1 503.072 1 557 003 1.667.003 1 330.929 *46.89, 1 056,657 641,044 387,220 214 380 11 612 366 S.9S8.000 GAS''BELT ? AND OIL Indiana Field Growing While Others Have Played Out Never to Be Revived. * DEMAND FOR OIL IS GREAT AND SURPLUS DISAPPEARING Standard Oil Company Drawing On Stored Supply at ^atc of 60,000 Barrels Daily and Indiana Field Is the One Looked THE MINNEAPOLIS JOtTBNAL. ToBut in the Meantime the Average Well Will A t the present price of kerosene and other bi-produets, Indiana oil men should get $2 a barrel for their oil at the wells. With the price at $1.06 a barrel, Hoosier oil men are doing -what they can to get new wells down and they are pumping old ones as fast as fuel supplies and weather conditions will permit. Bight now the oil producer has the best of the argument against the Rockefeller trust. Although the trust is not paying what the oil men think it should for raw oil, the men who are pumping it out of the soil of Indiana arfe holding to what they get. They are following an old rule of the petroleum trustto get a price for what^they have to sell. S o long a s the oil producers can hold back their oil from the trust that long will the market have an advancing tendency. There is no doubt but what Indiana is now the best Trenton rock" field in the country. I t contains a wide scope of oil lands yet undrille d. I t is only a question of time until the old gas belt of this state will be added to the oil belt. Signs of this long since became apparent. The gas fields in, Ohio and other states became producers of crude oil, and it is almost certain that this result will follow when gas gives its last flicker and goes out In Indiana. The demand for refined oils has been growing dhormously. The production of oil wells has not kept pace with the de mand. Bvft to meet the demand for the refined product the Standard Oil com pany has had to draw on its enormous reserve, which two years ago was close to 24,000,000 barrels of the crude product. The present output of the oil wells of this country is about 80,000,000 barrels a year. The average life of an oil well is 9 TRAINING OF FOX HOUND S Much Care Must Be Expended Be fore Young Dogs Can Be Trusted. A pack of hounds at the meet, properly turned out, is as pretty a sight as a man could wish to see. T o the fceen hunting man on the opening daj, it is a subject fraught with the great- ma n 19 7 23.8 30'r. 7 9 85 8 the criticism which their pack then has to undergo causes the greatest anxi ety, in suite of all the cave and attention which for months past they have devoted to their charges. I t i s one of the most ludicraus sights On earth to see some ten or twelve couples out for the first time. They break and run in all directions, tumble over one another, get tangled in their couplings, and frequently by the same means upset the huntsman or his men. Daily prac tic e, however, makes them keep together, and near the huntsman, to whom they soon instinctively fly for protection from the deadly sting of the lash which checks their straying propensities. B y degrees the couplings are taken off. A t last after their exercise has been frequently extend e d to several miles on the public toads and through the villages near, so that they may learn not to chase cur /dogs, cats, or other temptations to the youth ful mind, they are put to harder woik by going out from the horses. I t being by this time close upon July, road exeicise is necessary, not only for them, but for the seasoned hounds as well. These latter, in their two months' rest from hard work, will have generally put on a good deal of superfluous flesh, besides letting their muscles get flaccid and their feet soft. This latter is a most important matter, for all the great au thorities, from Peter Beckgord down wards, make a great point of hardening the pads of hounds' feet b y plenty of exer cise on the road. From this time till "cubbing" begins hacks are required two or three times a week to ride with long, slow trotshound pace is six miles an hourin the early hours of the hottest part of the summer. The trips extend as time goes on up to twenty or twenty-five miles in a morning. Per Cent, Inc. Dec. 5 9 i r 8 5 2.3 6. 27 3 24 2 9 6 6.2 4 5 8 4 12~4 17 0 14 6 34 8 27 9 8 7 nf o ~7 9 15.8 20 8 24 2 3 O 70 4 1 40.8 26 6 SO 7 4 0 11 6 $44,998,279 10.0 1 5 6 9 1 2 13.0 42 S 1 0 2 2 15 0 15.0 45.6 34 5 30.0 These long rides serve many purposes. Besides schooling hounds, it is necessary for the huntsman to visit the keepers in the district, to ascertain what cubs they have in their coverts, and confer as to their managementt o keep in friendly touch with the farmers, and to arrange to kill the cubs in places where there are complaints of depredations among the poultry. These rides also teach the young hounds their way about the country, so that they may find their way home if left, out after hunting. I t is also essential for any new member of the staff to learn the lie of the lan d. The commencement of this sport varies from the last few days of July to the be ginning of September, or even later. The question of the cost of maintaining a pack of hounds depends, of course, largely upon the style in which things are done. Few packs, for instance, at tempt to vie with the magnificence in which Lord Lonsdale turns out the pack which he controls. H e probably spends 5.000 a year. The principal item in the feeding bill is oatmeal, of which sixty couple of hounds, the number required for hunting four days a week, will eat close upon 500 worth in a year. Meat, principally horseflesh, will cost them 75. These are the chief items, besides which are coals, straw, medicine, etc., etc , for which an other 100 must be allowed. N o fewer than twenty horses will o e re quired for the staff, if they are to have, as the huntsman and first -whip should have, two horses each out in every hunt* ing day. This is apart from the master's own stud altogether. Allowing the keep of each horse at 10 shillings a week, this DIVIDENDS | fiQ% | DIVIDENDS . I PER ANNUM GUARANTEED BY CaIifornia=Nevada Mining Co. Hfl The progress of this company has been beyond the most sanguine expectations. Two KNFXPECTED rich strikes have been made in the .Victor Mine alone, which shows that the Dronerty is much more valuable than claimed in their prospectus. One *er cent per month on nar value oaid from Sale of nigh-grade ore until Victor Mill is completed. The Arizona Mill will be flashed this month and dividends may be increased next montht Will positive^ be April 1st. pREgEN T W. H. BALDWI N ft CO., Financial Agents, Volckert Bldg., Albany, N. Y. REFERENCESCommercial Agencies State Bank & Trust Company, Los Angeles, Cal., any mining Journal of the State or prominent mining men. Pay for Itself Several Times Over. PRICE $1.50 PE R 8HARE.- Write for Prospectus. ten years Some dj e in one year or less. Some well"? produce oil for thirty ye'ars, but few of them last this long. The de cline of producing wells is estimated at 10 per cent a yearthat is , their capacity diminishes at that rate. Estimating the total production at 80,000,000 barrels, the decrease for the next year will be 8,1)00,- 000 barrels. - Some oil men estimate that the demand for this year will be 12,000,000 if not 14, - 000,000 barrels. If this estimate I s true it means that that much new production must be taken from new wells to meet the* decreased output of old wells. There is no oil now in places where it was once produced in abundance. Plows are turning up the soil in Pennsylvania where farmers were once driven off by the seekers after crude peti oleum. Cattle are grazing quietly where fifteen or twen t y jeais ago derricks stood and where the fire of boilers flared in the night. While the oil wells are giving up the last of their treasure the world is de manding moie for its lamps, more for its stoves, for engines and automobiles, more vaseline, gasolenes 'bandoline, white wax for scores of bl-products of the dark green fluid that # ground. ' In the meantime the Standard Oil com pany grimly stands at its faucet and watches its reserve of crude oil run out at the rate of nearly 60,000 barrels a day. How long will the Rockefeller trust have to wait until it sees the last of this tiea&ured rese^e flow from the great tanks, through the refinery and out to where people can buy and use it? I t is not surprising that the price of Indiana oil and the crude product from other fields of the country is going up. GUARANTEED BY GIRUHO. runs to an annual sum of MONE Y MAKE R The JENNY DELL Right in the richest part of Butte Copper district. Now paying dividends. Price 6 5 cents. Ask for Booklet, - QEORGE QIRLING & CO.. 440 Temple Court, Mlnheapolls. GUARANTEED BY OtRLINC. "Wages and hunt dress of servants will not easily be covered by another 500, and after allowing for upkeep of kennels and stables, huntsman's house, etc., it will 50on be seen that, with even the most careful management, 3,000 a year is soon gone. Indeed, I doubt whether 3,000 would not be a better estimate, seeing that every year a, good 'nany new horses must be purchased and a fair allowance must be made for those terrib le items, the saddler's and blacksmith's bills. There are also large items to pay for tips to keepers, 5 as a rule for each litter of cubs well reared, and a sovereign for each "find" to the keeper where a fox is found in the course of the season. Mardl Gras Carnivals, New Orleans and Mobile, Feb. 18-24, 1903. One fare for the lound tr ip via Chicago Great Western Railway. Tickets on sale Feb. 17-22. Good to return Feb. 28 (Or March 14 by payment of 60 cents extra.) For further particulars apply to L . C. Rains, geneial agent, corner Nicollet a v and 5th st , Minneapolis. New Cha ir Ca r Service "Via the "Wisconsin Central Railway. Finest chair cars between the twin cities and Chicago. N o extra charge. Try them. City ticket office, 230 Nicollet avenue. Telephone 356. ' t "MARKET,AtTIVITY INCREASING" It now would appear as if there was a revival of speculation at hand, stocks are again making up and becoming more active, while prices are hardening. Most Issues are now selling at ex ceedingly attractive prices, warranting purchas ing. An increase in volume of business at pres ent brings higher prices. W E WILL B E PLEASED TO NOTATE, UPON REQUEST. THE MOST DESIRABLE ISSUES FOR IMMEDIATE PURCHASE. For an account with us amounting to $100 we will purchase and carrr for you 20 shares of any active stocks, 2,000 busbels of grain or lOCfebalei of cotton larger amounts in proportion. We solicit your Investment, banking or speculative account. Let us send you for a while our "DAILY MARKET XETTER" . And present you with our "GUIDE TO INVESTORS," ^ Both Indispensable to traders or Investors. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED, HAIGHT & FREESE CO., A is pumped out of the REGISTRARS. Main Office 53 Broadway, New York. "Determining the character and financial re sponsibility of your bioker Is as Important as selection of right stocks." THOMAS & DUNNETT Grain Commission, . 5 Chamber of Commerce, Minneapolis Minnesota N. W. TELEPHONE-MAIN 1897 J. Liberal advances on ronslgnments. Orders for futare deliver/ carefully executed. Write for Booklet and Daily Market Letter. ON PAR VALUE OF STOCK WHEN MILL IS COMPLETED, WILL B E APRIL 1ST. J over ~o03. MANUFACTURERS, WHOLESALERS, m' JOBBERS OF MINNEAPOLIS 5WV GbO. /?. NEWELL & CO. Wholesale Comer First A v. N. and Third St. WINSION, HARPER, FISHER & CO., GREEN &MELAITTRE COMPANY. Importers and Wholesale Grocers. 117-119*121 Second Street South. WYMAN, PARTRIDGE & CO., DRY GOODS, Corner First Avenue North and Fourth Street. W. S. NOTT COMPANY, Leather Belting, J- GROCERS GROCERS, Grocers 6t Cigars MINNEAPOLIS, - MINN. WHOLESALB 2d Av. N. mad 4th St. DRY GOODS Wholesale RUBBER. GOODS 200-206 First Avenue S. Manufacturers CM Rubber and Cotton Betting, Hoaa, Packing, etc Jobbers of Macktw losbes, Rubber Boots and Shoes. MFRS. FURS, SHIRTS, CLOTHING FURS, CLOTHING. HATS AND CAPS. H. J. Burton, Pre*. Ward C. Burton, See. H. Ii. Tucker, V. Pres. E . A. Drew, Tree*. Sixth s t and Nicollet av . Minneapolis. R. Herschel Mfg. Co., M. S. THURBER, Manager. 406-408 Third Avenue No. Manufacture mower knives, sections, rivets, cotters, rake teeth, link chain belting, etc. Jobbers agricultural supplies. Write for 1903 catalogue, No. 56. Factory, Peoria, 111. Chase Schanfeld IMPLEMENTS. Established 1S8J. ,f. x..' *. FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS. Guaranty Building. Telephones'^ THE NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANYPrincipal office: New York. N. Y. (Organized in 1899.) Adolph Loeb, President. E. Harbers, Secretary. Attorney to accept aer yiee in Minnesota. Insurance Commissioner. Cash capital, $200,000. INCOMR IN 1902. Premiums other than perpetuala Premiums on 1901 business Bents and interest From all other sources Farmers' Fire Insurance Co., York, Pa. Notional Union Fire Insurance, Co., Pittsburg, Pa. North German Fire Insurance Co., New York. Total Income $839,807.93 DISBURSEMENTS IN 1002 Amount psid for losses $125.430.S0 Commissions and brokerage 111,109.80 Salaries and fees of officers, agents and employes 6 447.00 Taxes, fees and rents Ji.SH.'.l? All other disbursements 4,228.62 Total disbursements $252,789 89 Excess of Income over disburse ments ASSETS DEC. 81, 1902. Mortgage loans Bonds and stocks owned Cash In office and In bank Accrued Interest and lents Premiums in course of collection.. All other admitted assets Total admitted assets $375,988.41 Assets not admitted ($7,818.13). LIABILITIES DEC. 81, 1902.* Unpaid losses and claims $22,026.87 Reinsurance reserve 132,944.20 Capital stock paid up ., 200.000.0Q Total liabilities including cap! tal Net surplus * RISKS AND PREMIUMS. 1902 BUSINESS. Fire risks written during the year $20,734,757.00 Premiums received thereon 808,304,42 Net amount in force at end Of the year ,..-. $18,346,2*1.00 BUSINESS IN MINNESOTA IN 1902. Fire risks written . . . Fire premiums received Fire losses paid Fire losses incurred . Amount at risk (fire) STATE OF MINNESOTA, Department of Insurance. Whereas, the North' German FireI Insurance1 wnereas , m o *""'" """"Y*" , *:" **^*^ tl3 pany, a corporation organised under tfie laws Cpm^pany, a corporation organized under Oel M/ N &>'ennflylvanla hass fully complied with the NwftfiL',52! it^SZ^Z^i ^ visions of the laws of this sta,te, relative to the admission and authorization of insurance com panies of its class* Now, therefore, I. the undersigned, Insurance Commissioner, do hereby empower and authorize the said above named company to transact Its appropriate business of Are Insurance In the State of Minnesota, according to the laws there of, until the 3iet day of January, A. D. 1904. uness said authorltv be revoked or otherwise legally terminated prior thereto. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto -Set my hand and affixed my official seal * t St. Paul, this 31st day of January, A. D. 1908. una o ot j ELMER H. DEARTH, Insurance Commissioner. J.F.WHALLON, GEO . 0 . BAGlgfY, GEO. P . CASE, 0HA8. M. CASE. Whallon, Case &Co. STOCKS, GRAIN, PROVISIONS, {New York Stook Cxohanfe MEMBERS^ Ohloago Board of Traelo, Mpia. GhtmlierOaminoroo Private Wl" * 18 CHAMBER Of COMMERCE. JOURNAL WA*|TS BRING "BK" fEBRUAR^l^ 1803 REPRESENTING- N * w J MINNEAPOLIS PAPER CO., Wholesalers, *., Manufacturers and Mill Agents. 200 Second Street N. Pater Boxes, Envelopes, Printing and Embossing. fJfEYWOOD M I Manufacturing Company 420-428 Third Street North, Minneapolis, Minn. LymanEliet 3rd STREET AND 1st AVENUE N. JANNBY, SBMPLB, HILL PAPER WHOLESALE DRUGS Hardware. 30, 32, 34,36 Second Street S, Cor ner First Ave. S. G.P.DER1CKSON& Co Drug Co., HARDWARE} WHOLESALE CABINET HARDWARE. Wholesale Cabinettiardware 12U123 Washington Av. N. MANUFACTURER SHOW CASES Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. SSERT- WPtate Glass || & WINDOW & ORNAMENTAL GLASS. Northwestern Distributing Agents of Patton's Paints, and carry a full lino ot Painters* Sun. arles. 17*19 3rd St. S. Minneapolis, Minn. FARMERS' FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. Principal office. York, Pa (Organized In 1853.) Theo H. Miller, President E. K. Mc Conkey, Secretary. Attorney to accept service In Minnesota: Insurance Commissioner. INCOME IN 1902. Premiums other than perpetual*.. $470,68614 Rents and interest 24,756 96 Profit on ledger assets over book slues MINNEAPOLIS. We carry a Complete Stock of Buyers of Hides, Furs, Wool, etc. Northwestern Hide & Fur Co. 407-409 Main St. S. E. WORKS SSSnr Established 1890. Independent Manufacturers of Fine Biscuit, Cakes, Etc. From all other sources 1,218.16 87,018 04 $36,000.00 267,683.00 26,228.20 2,013 07 43,965.5ft 48.55 $787,360.00 14.421.00 6,996 00 6,054.00 994,305.00 Tork and Ohloage . TJp-Tovm Office, GLOBE BUILDING. Total income $497,901.46 DISBURSEMENTS IN 1902, Amount paid for losses $269,928.65 Commissions and brokerage 109,928 65 Salaries and fees of officers, agents end employes 33,918.34 Taxes, fees and rent* 12,462.46 All other disbursements 32,284.07 Total disbursements $458,522.1i Excess of Income over disburse menta ASSETS, DEC. 81, 1902. Value of real estate owned $39,000.00 Mortgage loans 200,984.09 Collateral loans 88,675.^00 Bonds and stock* owned *25i2$ Cash in office and in bank Accrued Interest and rents Premiums in course or collection 5I,035.B $854,964.57 20,973.84 Total admitted assets #824,251.95 Assets not admitted. ..($5,665.21) LIABILITIES, DEO. 81, 1902 Unpaid losses and claims ipi Reinsurance reserve Reclaimabie on perpetual pollcle Commission and brokerage All other liabilities Total liabilities. Including capi- .... tai Net surplus RISKS AND PREMIUMS, 1902 BUSINESS. Fire risks written during Tea r Prefclums received thereon 639,900.00 Net amount in force at end of the year h BUSINESS IN MINNESOTA IN 1902. Fire risks -Britten $1,000,495.00 Fire premiums received 12,419.00 Fire losses paid !Hft?i! Fire losses Incurred . J&ir9$ Amount at risk 1,276,96.00 STATU OF MINNESOTA, ~ ' " ' Department of Insurance. Whereas, the Farmers* Fire Insurance com- t p provisions'of th law of this state rtlatlve to provisioni . . the admission and authorization of insurance companies of its class* Now, therefore, I, the undersigned. Insurance Commissioner, do hereby empower and authorize the sai'd above-named company to transact its appropriate business of ftre Insurance in the state of Minnesota,'according to the laws there of, until the 8let day of January, A. D. 1904, unless said authority be revoked or otherwise legally terminated prior thereto. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set toy hand and affixed my official seal at St. Paul this 3lst day of^n-ry^A. D. 1908.^ j , Insurance Commissioner. Duluth. __ Obloago. E. A. BROWN ft CO. Brain Commission. WHOLESALE OOAL, ,% ^ COMlffiuneats Softetted. Presast ftetoras Guaranteed. Minneapolis, - *,- altanooota. W e Oet Highest Market Wees. PITC H & CO.,l -XAve%tok ?2^ tTnion Stockyards. South St. rani, Miaa* Established in 188J. A CO., 535 North Star Oen'l Merchandise Cm 21, 23, 25, 3rd Street N. Wholesale Jewelry, Watches, Sotions, Station ery, Gents' Furnishings, Toys and House, famishing Hardware, Etc. American Tent & Main 72S Twin City, 93. ASSETS, DEC. 31, 1902. Value of real estate owned $623,350.00 Mortgage loans 37,300 00 Collateral loans 1,633.198 74 Bonds and stocks owned 406,728 00 Cash in office and in bank 396,284.5fi Accrued interest and rents 18 398 97 Deferred and unpaid premiums.... 18 258 90 All other admitted assets 6.417.36 Due from ledger accounts secured - - by mortgages, real estate and cash 1,24019 Total admitted assets $3,426,827 86 Assets not admitted . ($8,082 68) LIABILITIES. Claims known or estimated $8,198 55 Claims in process of adjustment.. Claims resisted by company .... 72,226 59 39,3-2 7 '2 Aggregate of unpaid claims Reinsurance reserve All other liabilities Capital stock paid up Surplus beyond capital and other liabilities 2 , -H 1 Total liabilities. Including capi tal x5t S S $46,516 04 408.476.22 8,749.69 11.407.15 8,500.00 A $478,648.10 350,602.85 tn .^^, ^ RISKS AND PREMIUMS, 1902. ,. Amount Written at Risk Begin- or Renewed nlng of Year. During Year Fidelity $28,181,733 $30,487,333 Surety 45,962 131 39.170,923 Totals $74,143 864 869.658.262 Premiums Amount , $40,813,054.00 $68,578,924.06 .*tf* l B MILL, MACHINERY F. E. Satterlee Co Iron and Wood Working Machinery, and Supplies. 215-217-219 Second Avenue South. SASH AND DOORS Smith & Wytnan, Doors, Sash, Blinds, etc., THE PIONEER FUEL CO., Shipping Wharvesi At all principal western Lake Ports. Oiiices Minneapolis, 45 S. 4th Street St Paul 3? kobert Street: Dulotb, 302 W. Superior St. WHOLESALE Specialties: Stair Work, Office Fittings aa I , Interior Hardwood Finish. Cor. 2d Av. S. and 8th St, East Side, Minneapolis, Minn. COAL AND COKE COAL. Willmar Creamery Co., Phones: T. C, 134. N. W. Mala 2025. McClelland Bros. & Ravicz COMMISSION. 16,17. 18, 19 Central Market Wholesale Fruits & Produce GENERAL MERCHANDISE A ' ^- 2^- y"* ^ Awning Co. ******* ^ Awnings, Tents, Flags, Umbrellas, Cotton Suck, Horse Blankets, Horse Covers, Wagon Covers, Paulins. Feed Bags, Leggins. TENTS FOR BENT. 125-127-129 First Avenue N. North Star Shoe Company THE CITY TRtTST SAFE DEPOSIT AN D SURE- TY COMPANY. Principal office. Phila delphia, Pa. (Organized in 1886 ) Cnarles M. Swain, President, James F. Lvnd. Secretary. Attorney to accept service in Minnesota. In surance Commissioner. Cash capital, $500,000. IA COME IN 1902. Fidelity and -surety premiums re ceived Manufacturers, Cor. First Av. N. and Fifth St. Minneapolis, Minn. Total premium income From interest, diTidends and rents From all other fcourccs Total income DISBURSEMENTS IN 1902. Fidelity and surety claims paid (net) Net paid policy holders $6'.64 83 Dividends to stockholders 29,952 00 Commissions, salaries and ex penses of agents 71,583.90 Salaries of officers, employes and examiners' fees llt,20S 63 All other disbursements 48,075 36 PROPRIETORS Total disbursements $320,464.77 Excess of income over disburse ments A Fidelity $92,23S20 828.138,657 Surety 178,785.54 41359,174 Totals f271,023.74 869.495.831 Losses incurred during the year. 884.566.75 BUSINESS IN MINNESOTA IN 1902. Risks Premiums - Losses Written Received Paid. Fidelity $428,500 81,447 93 $215.06 Surety 179,724 1.078 63 472.65 State Aflent for Minnesota", &&i *' 309 N . Y . Life Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn. BLOOD POISON Ilnirn Von So" Throat, Pimples, Copper-Col HB?R I Oil ored Spots, Aches, Old Sores, Li cet* In the Mouth, Hair Falling? Write fop proofs of permanent cures of worst casea of Wood poison in 15 to 35 days Capital $500,000 pace liook FREE. No brench offices. COO K REIKDY CO./5 ^fc^ Totali $608,224 $2,856.56 $257.49 Losses Amt at Risk Incurred. End of Tear. Fidelity 215.06 $459,000 Surety - 25 206,041 Totals $216 31 $665,041 STATE OF MINESOTA. Department of Insurance. Whereas, .the City Trust Safe Deposit and Surety Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Pennsylvania, has fully compiled with the provisions of the laws of this state relative to the admission and authorization of insurance companies of Its class. Now, therefore, I, the undersigned, Insurance Commissioner, do hereby empower and authorize the said above named company to transact Ita appropriate business of fidelity and surety in surance in the state of Minnesota, according to the laws thereof, until the 3lst day of January, A. D. 1904, unless said authority be revoked or otherwise legally terminated prior thereto. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and afflved my official seal at St. Paul this 31st day of January. A. D., ^ * Insurance Commissioner. ' SEWALL D. ANDREWS, * ^ c' M' RawUxer, iff CS $223184 76 $223,184 78 141,693 83 6,957.40 $371,835.99 $65,644 85 42,37122 286,19133 - i - Received at Risk Thereon. End of Year. 5,56811 $85,993 25 138.928.56 2,437.416 03 500.000.00 $3,162,337.84 268,990.02 KT B 4 K J iTpl*-100 3 r A