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VOLUME XL VIII
Death Calls A
Mont. Pioneer
Las) Sunday
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WAS HERO OF BOAT
WRECK ON KOOTENAI
tone, when a lad he came to the
»rates and became a boatman on the
William Edison Doak Was
Early Day Boatman on the
Upper Missouri River
*
«WM IVer m that , e P ic Period
on th g ?t car .Z° e *° { freight came
ul ,»p,S 0 ln o l^° 3 .^^
«Titeî of loaîiiîl hfs°lK h st £ots l ïo
rng f! ron an h d o^e&^k d t a o y th^Vwi^:
mg body of a horse thief, who had
SbyThe Ä1S SE
same boo. encasing the fee, of the
i,
it was some years later that he
came to Lincon County, but
mg here, he
cupation as a river man, and to
gether with the late J. F. Harris
was a member of the crews who
plied the Kootenia River from Jen
nings to Fort Steele, British Col
umbia in the old river steamboats
of the '90s. It was while serving
a purser of one of these boats,
probably the J. D. Farrell, that a
boat wreck occurred near Jennings
and Mr. Doak became the hero of
the occasion and was credited with
rescuing all the passengers on the
ill-fated steamboat.
Gifted with
returned to his
oc
as
a deep sense of
humor, the ex-boatman also
an excellent story teller, and
were the true and interesting _
penences he related in a fascinating
way to toe audiences,. both vouttg
and old. w#io never tired of listen
ing to tHë tales of the riverboat
and frontier days
their old friend.
was
many
ex
recalled by
as
Mr. Doak's middle name of Edi
son recalls to many the fact that
he was a distant cousin of
Edison the famous inventor,
being related through one of
Libby man's grandmothers.
William Edison Doak was
July 23, 1859 in Ontario. Canada
and passed away at his homo
Libby. Montana. December 12,
aged 89 years, four months and
days. He came to the United
in 1879, and moved to Libbv
1891. July 18, 1898 he was
in marriage ' to Miss Nellie
Clellan of Rathdrum, Z__
couple have always made
home in Lincoln County.
With the passing of the
boats on the Kootenai. Mr.
turned to other pursuits. At
time he operated a skating
in Kahspell, and while Libby
friends of the present day seem
know little of his ability on roller
skates, he was justly proud of
accomplishments on ice skates
which he was an expert.
,^ mes R eedy recalls that back
1902 and 1903 both he and Doak
were connected with a sawmill
Island Lake. Later the latter oper
ated a freighting line in the days
before trucks, when the freight
lines were powered by horses.
those days he freighted for
Snowshoe mine and other well
known mining claims. It was back
in these days and when County As
sessor Leslie Leigh was a lad, that
he remembers William Doak freight
ing the Leigh family and their pos
sesisons to their new ranch
Leigh Creek. This was an office
performed for many of the early
settlers of the county by the
riverman.
Mr. and Mrs. Doak moved _
op*? their Pipe Creek ranch in
1908. The Doak Ranch as it was
known, became the scene of many
old time parties and dances, mem
ories of which are still cherished
by many of the oldsters and a num
ber of the younger generation who
can still remember something of
those old days.
Mr. Doak was active in the public
life of the community, serving in
1917-T8 as deputy county treas
urer under William Raymond. He
is also a past president of the Lin
coln County Historical Association.
The passing of men like "Bill" Doak
takes something from the country
in romantic sentiment which cannot
be replaced. He is survived by his
widow in addition to many friends
His sister, Mrs. Thomas Fleetwood
preceded him in death several
months ago
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday at 2:00 p. m. from the Gompf
Funeral Home with the Rev. James
Davidson, pastor of the Libby Pres
byterian Church officiating. Two
songs, Lead Kindly Light and Rock
of Ages were sung by Mrs. George
Blackwell and Mrs. Howard Rol
son with Miss Inez Ratekin at the
piano. Casket bearers were Fred
Hf lie e E ' J* , Kem P.
W^T S r V James . Reed Y and
w. J, Harris. Interment was made
Ida.
ex
out
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'Ät hands "of the VS
scribers" np,...pp lrlL iuD
Eastern District Manalei f T"'
state Telephone Comnanv "] er '
2 SÄ msrJ&pz
äs sä ja? ii
there were 783 telephones at T ihhv
and 138 telephones at T « o y As
of October 31 this year there are
339 telephones at Libby and 151 a?
Troy. a net gain of 69 telephones at
J w ° plat '! s for the year.
also be noted that there is no ^d
vertismg in the alphabetical
All matter of this kind for both,
B 'bby and Troy appear in the classi
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« AdamT* The last is Z wlng^We
believe this to be one of the best
directories we have ever issued "
arriv-
Last night was the coldest night p'
of the season, the mercury dropping
down to Zero. It has risen by 8;00
a. m. to 7 above.
The snowfall todate as of last
Tuesday, at the Libby Ranger Sta
tion totals 33 inches, according to
information furnished bv District
Ranger J. W. Fox. Snowfall for the îu
comparable period last year totalled
" " inches. This sMSon's f.n
amounts to an increase over a vear c
ago of 23.1 inches.
Heavy snows and curtailment of
woods work by timber operators lu
has reduced employment on the
Kootenai National Forest to 68 em
Receive 33 In.
Snow fodafe
9.»
to Forest Super
visor W. G. Guernsey. A further
drop in January may be expected
continued Guernsey.
M. D. Oaks, forester is attending
a district meeting of Blister
Supervisors which is being held this
week in Spokane.
A new method of making com
pressed wood that contains no res Tn
states the local forest office, has
recently been developed at the For
est Products Laboratory. By
pressing the wood under proper
conditions of moisture and tem
perature^ the lignin is caused to
How sufficients to relieve stresses
and thus eliminate the spring back
tendency encountered in the usual
densified wood. The wood so pro
cessed has been named "Staypak "
Among uses for which Staypak
shows promise are aircraft pro
pellers, tool handles, forming dies
and connector plates.
Following is the weather report
foi the past two weeks as given
through the courtesy of the Libbv
Ranger Station:
Date
they
the
born
in
1948,
19
in
Mc
one
rink
to
his
in
at
In
00
2.00
1.00
SO
410
00
com
The
their
H
L
Pr.
Sn.
37
32
.42
Dec. 3
Dec. 6
Dec 7
Dec. 8
Dec. 9
Dec. 10 .22
Dec. 13
Dec. 14
Dec. 15
40
30
.06
33
1,9
.16
30
18
.00
36
15
.02
27
14
.14
2.00
15
.23
33
10
.35
4.50
27
9
.06
.80
.20
7
.00
Libby Post Office
Open All Day Dec
18 and Part of 19
The Libby Post office will be
open all day Saturday, December
18, and from 2:00 to 4:00 p, m.
Sunday, the 19th, according to a
statement made by Postmaster For
rest L. DeRosia.
The postmaster added: "Mav I I
in the Libby cemetery, by the sicte
of Mr. Doak's mother, who passed
Jon in 1913.
delivery by Christ
mas. mailers should send their
greeting cards as first class mail
The postage for first class
■H mail
is one cent on local box delivery;
three cents for route or out of
town, and if the distance warrants,
five cents for air mail. A fee of
thirteen cents above the regular first
class postage is required on special
delivery greetings.
The employees of this office,
stated, DeRosia. are sure that Lib
by people are going to have a very
nice Christmas, as the packages re
ceived and delivered daily have
been many. It is our wish, he said
that this may be the best Christ
mas ever for our many patrons
Old Santa Claus met over 400 of
the youngsters last Saturday at the
Adkins Super-Market. Each child
received a treat from Saint Nick.
_Libby, Lincoln \_ounty, Thursday', December 16,
UNLUCKY 13 PROVES A LUCKY
BREAK FOR BOWLER ORIN BRIST
//
'i Monday, December 13th, proved
\? * 'J"** 1Sr . fui ,. 0 / ,n „ **
It was that evening that Bnst.
member of the Libby Hotel bowling
' eam m ^de the best score that has
a* ; ight vMrs - s,a,ed
^^n niade 10 consecutive strikes
I Z^T' *** R th ^ when h * COn '
mV 1. Cr °V S , pht ' glV , mg h,m 3
? Twelve /trikes in a
3 P erfec ' 3C0 . re - and
(good. ■>
»-USCrier ReCGIVeS
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Most Valuable
m #/ a •
Ploy« Award
n , ,
Good warriors are always good
eaters. This proved correct Mon
dav evening when the Libby Lions
entertained Coach Card and his
football squad from Libby High
School in the annual football ban
quet which was held in the base-.R
m ® nt °f the Presbyterian Church.
Following the banquet President
Bill Erickson introduced the chair
man of the evening, Howard Ahl
skog. who presided throughout the
remainder of the evening. Follow
mg a team poem, read by Charles
Luschen and a song by the squad,
Coach Kenneth Card was called up
on for a short talk. The coach
spoke in appreciative terms of the
support he and the team have re
ceived from the community, and
onc ))) ded his remarks by introduc
ln ^i sc iuad;
A hIskog then called on Paul
Church to present the name to the
, a , nd J ts S ue sts of the boy
the % and facult V a $
ou Va i Uabl f P la Y er on the
Charles Luscher received
c . oveted honor which causes
the w ¥ uwr » name to be engrave*
P/Sd#, furnished by the Lions
® Inasmuch as no games were
Stju ■ year ' no banquet was
^id, but it was unanimously voted
Buck Nelson's name on
Uk 4? 7 a 5 ancy - '
nZlu 0f the 'f 3111 ' 5 co-captains.
Sere an * Charles Luscher
caBed on f° r remarks.
was concluded with mov
' i ng Picture reels showing excerpts
in^ 1948 ^ r ° rld ' s Series,
instruction on basketball.
heV Jit* 1 mee J) n g oT the club will
be a stag meeting next Saturday
fu *5? Flre Company's
°° m m the C,ty Hall,
Tk ,
1 he Modern Arts Club met Tues
day evening m the Community
Room w jth Lillian Morton as presi
dent and Vid Maurer as secretary.
Alter the usual opening the club
f?? g . "? un j s PP, f or fifteen minutes
L, beloved Christmas carols with
Gladyce Boggess at the piano.
Contributions were voted for T B
Sea J S \u F1 ? r , ence Crittenden Home
and the March of Dimes.
The club also voted to send a
signed petition to the new governor
? f the State of Montana as a pro
' est . against condition at Warm
3 f d d ? rnand that something
be done for drastic improvement.
n..I^ e C] ?r V ? to have their an
Februar^ Ï2 Vq49 ntmC ' S DanCe on
then
| ant nr p ? mts . that a clu b should know
corrccUv and with dî" ' ts . businesK
correctly and with dispatch.
Tho h f dec< ? r 1 atl0ns were Christmasy.
The tea table was very pretty. Cof
veri an< ThI 0Sted cu P° ake / were ser- j
morii- Xhe c ° mm |ttee for refresh
m!n M was C ? n , n . te Bur pve, chair
a„ M B arian Bakke. Eileen Lovick.
Lnifan R Morton Dorothy Wood - and
an Morton.
Modern Arts Club
Valentine Dance
February 12
«
s . SONG service at
ST. JOHN S LUTHERAN CHURCH
Perhaps nothing is more expres
sive of the spirit of Christmas th;
the music which this festival
inspired in the course of
furies.
On the
at 8:00
has
many ccn
evenmg of December 20.
r .„ . P-*".. St. John Lutheran;
rm !I . attempt to inspire the
fum 1 / Chr, ? tmas T thr °ugli the med
of music. Its well balanced
ana well trained choir will nresent
its annual Christmas concert. 'At
the console of its organ will be
Anw eC îi, cho,C j. Cb ristmas numbers
And the audience will have the
opportunity of uniting its voices in
c^Mh e 5, hr Ävr§slS
cordially ,„v,u. d ,o
n!i!f n f d tbls Chnstmas Song Service,
- 'ÄS,"" »' —
Mr. and Mrs. Art Wirth of Ham
!.• i w e tl î e - Parents of a baby
%i r M Mrs . Wjrth is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Robertson
OLD SANTA COMING
T ° V ^D E cS 17
a|
j Harper-Erdman Post No. 1548!
I ^11 he host Friday evening. Dec.
-• st äjä s-l«
«:aaaAaB* wara and
Each parent is requested to brin"
f„ Sma11 gift to be exchanged, mark"
i ng 1 whether suitable for a boy or
a girl. The gathering will be held
,be lo "nge which will be shut
land is set to begin at 730
Reserves Meet in
Libby This Eve.
i Regularly scheduled semi-month
ly Organized Reserve Training for
ieservists residing in Libby and vic
imty. continues with a meeting set
for Thursday evening, December
16. starting at 7:30 o'clock share
if) the Community Room (below the
library) at the County Court House
m Libby.
Lieutenant Robert H. Bloom f'e
es -. of the local 702'd Engineer
Forestry Company, will conduct
conference
Overlays."
The recently authorized Forestry
Engineer Unit is now considering
applications for enrollment of quali
f ,e d personnel. Those interested
are invited to be present at this
treating for interview with the
Company Comander. Captain Rich
a 'd, D Griffith. Here is an oppor
Jtinity for becoming a member of
Libby's Own Reserve Company
As for pay—the trend leans dëfin
lte /V toward organized units, under
£ 0ln 6 specific training, in determin
* n 8 any priorities for the use of
available funds. In order to gain
maxim Uhi benefits in this respect,
UWssigned reservists are urged to
*PPty lor assignment to one of the
¥ wr al units of this vicinity. Fur
W r information and applications
»^enrollment will be available at
the meeting Thursday.
Former service men and officers
)v ho have served their Country
honorably and are now physically
flt - ^ ay ** interviewed for assign
ment or enlistment in the organized
''Situation Maps &
■
TTie keeping with the policy of
Department of the Army, members
are encouraged to wear their uni
and f °rms at all prescribed training scs
s>ons. *
TO H OI n nirrrM w i, V ru
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' ' D WRANGLERS MEET
Everyone who likes to wrangle
: ; enjoys "dutch" lunches is ex
peeled to be present Tuesday even
ins. December 28, at Lincoln's
Gopher Inn when the Libby Cham
ber of Commerce plans to give a
nee dutch lunch to members and
friends.
The program, which will consist
,,f various phases of publicitv as
applicable to the Libbv Chamber
will begin at 8:00 p. m. Following
the lunch plans call for a wide open
"wranglers session" during which
.»alters of interest to the nrgam
za V,? n , ma - v be discussed and "cus
sed with no hard feelings allowed
savs President Joe Fonnossv Jr
-
I The Senior Woman's Club met
Tuesday afternoon with the salute
to the flag and the singing of
rTÎ" 3 thc Bl 'autiful, with Inez
VjSS
SPSS'S Ä D ÄS
voted to buy T B seals, to give to
| h( F1 ° r ence Crittenden Home and
to end a box of oranges to Warm
Springs Sanitarium. The Club de
pi red the conditions
Springs and voted to have
mifee appointed to get up a signed
petition of the club women to be
sent to the new Govern» and th^
(n » m ^tee also is empowered to
interview Senator Fewkes and Rep
resentative Goodgame to see if
something can be done. Mrs. J. W.
Je nson is in favor of making Warm
and
Woman's Club Holds
Christmas Party
*
at Warm
a com
Springs the club project for
year.
Mrs. Fred Robertson resigned 1
p i . ident of the Club on account
o, ill health. The club is verv
m
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v-°mmuecl on Page Four)
i LIBBY CLEANER TO TAKE
' SPECIAL COURSE IN
, Cl FANLNG AND DYEING
I
Al jey Thompson leaves Decern
i ' : " 7 - for Silver Springs, Mary
1 ; ' r '-to attend a twelve week course
"* t,:e National Institute of Clean
^ ?nd Dyeing, Definite class
ÄM
During Mr. Thompson's absence,
SSÄft'Ä'x
S ÄÄÄ
SSÏ* «
r
help educate children in water
safety and accident prevention.
These courses have done a great
deal to reduce the number of yearly
deaths resulting from accident.
Red Cross is undertaking the
sponsorship of a new National
Blood Program that will eventually
make blood available to doctors
and hospitals throughout the entire
country.
C & R FARM SERVICE
T <) CLOSE FEED DEPT.
_
T. h< : c & R , F '™ Service. Libby
W 4 J| temporarily discontinue opera
f , n °I their feed department ef
|? ctlve December is according to
l be ° 4 w « er f' Adrian Courtright and
Risley.
ey W1 1 contj nue to handle
f, , ney blocks, pumice building
b,ocks ' st 'P tlc ' a "ks and
ltems
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Walter Neils Vice
Pres. Timber Group
Walter Neils, Libby, will serve
Vice-President of the Western
Forestry and Conservation Associ;
tion for the
Mr. Neils
as
1
coming year. •
was elected December
1} a l a meeting of the association in
Victoria. B. C. Ho will also serve
as Regional representative for Mon
tana and as an association trustee.
President of the organization will
be P D. Edgell of Seattle.
other
the
LHri^flTlfK T rAP
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MSS R UrgORIZeS
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Don Weydemeyer, of Fortine,
chairman of the newly organized
r H Montana Christmas Tree
Association reports that a small, but
en husiast.c group of Christmas
rtc pioduccrs from the north end
in t Eu«kl nt b.It ,e v a V he h ' gh sch °
in Eureka last Friday evening
consider a set of by-laws for the
new organization which were made
up by the by-laws committee. Ex
cept for a couple of minor details,
the by-laws as written by the com
mittee were accepted. Members
making up the committee are:—Jim
CoStich, John Brown, Basil Buck
master. Henry Gilbertson. Ernie
Pluid, John Robbe, and Don Weyde
meyer. John Robbe is Secretary
of the Association. '
Mr. Weydemeyer states it is the
purpose of the Association to pro
tect and build up the Christmas
tree industry by improving the
quality of trees shipped, advertis
mg our trees, encouraging impr<
tree culture, and solving produt
tion and marketing problems,
is the intent of the Association to
work with and follow the
system of marketing trees.
Members of the Association admit
that with present good markets and
high prices, it is not likely that im-1
mediate benefits will be forthcom
mg. On the other hand they point
out it is not likely that the present
good times will last indefinitely. ^
The Association feels that bv be
mg organized they can keep better
informed on the problems confront-1
ing the industry and will be in a 1
better position to cope with them
when they arise.
The first annual meeting of the
Association will be held in Eureka
on Monday, January 24 At this
time, officers and a Board of Direc-ITotal
tors will be
xl
It
IV»
presi-nt
to conduct
affairs of the Association, Anyone
interested in the production
Christmas Trees is invited to
tend the -meeting.
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LIOI1 S HOHday
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W '*J * Erickson"«? 0 ^ t0 i P/f s T Prt
announce'the
f or t h { , best holiri™ 1 contes.
varf j s t b ? bday decorations
k
man o f the judging cnmiriMe »-!^ 3 *
ton, and Billie Littell Montana
Si S'
Ä.H'AÄffl
and other Christmas music.
1948
Winifred Handley
Heads R. C. Drive
Miss Winifred Handley will head
j the Red Cross chapter's committee
for the March 1949 campaign to
raise funds
with which to carry
on the work of - the Red Cross
the coming fiscal year.
Catastrophes throughout the coun
try during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1948 involved relief ex
penditures by the Red Cross of)
approximately $12.000.000. These
expendituros cover not only ,hv
medical care, feeding and shelter^
mg of persons made homeless dur
mg the initial stages of the enter
gency, but also rebuilding and re
furnishing homes on the basis of
need restocking farms and aiding
small businesses of many victims
were wiped out
in
whose resources
in the flood.
The American people, through
their Red Cross, also face
of increasing need for
military and
a year
services to
veteran personnel
another of the Red Cross' charter
obligations.
'Funds contributed next March
will
m the woods and at the close of
the season had soared to $1.15 a
bale. This year's shipment of treas
has brought approximately $298, 00»
to our Christmas tree produce«
alone, and does not include
. money
paid out to have the trees hauled
in from the woods, nor any of tke
labor connected with yarding and
shipping the trees.
LIBBY STORES TO OPEN
NIGHT OF DECEMBER 23
Stores in Libby will be open far
business until 9.00 p 1
evening of Thursday, De
—Merchants Comrr.
m on tiw
comber 3B
Lincoln Co. Has
3,406 Minors
Lincoln County has 3.406 persons
under the age of 2! vears, accord
ing to census statistics released by
County Superintendent W J. An
derson. Of this number, 2.339
a nd twagfcy
on * TlW SKMwr «4 >Wwr«i
under six years of age is 1,097
which by coincident is the exact
number of minors between the ages
of six years and twentv-one, who
are listed in District Four, the Lib
by school district..,-;
The census shows, an increase in
the total of minors between six
are
and twenty-one yeans of 189 in 1946
over 1945: an increase of 134 in 1947
from 1946, and an increase of 98
this year over 1947. Comparisons
of children under six years shows
than 1946 saw a gain of 43 over
1945 1947 has ;i gain "I no -»nri
1948 shows 102 more children'than
in 1947
In order that the readers in the
various school districts may know
exactly how the minor population
in their district compares with other
o1 Stricts in the county, the follow
to mg brea' down is published
N„ Persons « to 21
District Bovs Girls Tot
Dist 1
Dist. 4
Dist 7
Dist. 8
Dist 10
Dist. II
Dist 12
Dist. 13
Dist. 14
Dist 15
Dist 18
Dist 19
I Dist. 23
Dist. 24
! Dist 53
.
j Dist
I Dist
Dist 8
i Dist
Dist
Dist 12
Dist. 13
Dist. 14
Dist, 15
Dist
Dist 19
Dist
Dist 53
Total 1945
Total 1946
1947
203
153
356
560
507
1067
33
35
68
43
29
72
15
13
28
10
HI
20
8
15
215
202
416
42
34
76
21
24
45
9
16
34
0
8
17
6
II
5
56
42
98
T.
; t.
>tal 1945
Total 1946
Total 1947
1027
891
1918
1110
2107
1185 1056
Persons I nder 6
Boys Girls
2241
No
i District
; Dist
Tot.
■
93
95
188
4
261
229
490
12
14
26
09
4»)
10
3
4
7
II
1
4
4
5
88
Iu5
193
on
23
52
9
1!
P
1
8
10
23
14
Dist 24
3
13
23
413
360
773
431
385
816
491
474
965
the
of
at
METHODIST CHURCH CHOIR
TO PRESENT CANTATA
SUNDAY EVENING
The Choir of the Libbv Meth
odi;t Chu rch will present their an
nual Christmas Cantata at the
ehurch »»n Sunday evening. Dec
I 19. at 8:00 p. m. Thc cantata selected
for presentation this
i Christmas Adorât'
' s I Adams.
The choir, directed bv Mrs Oliver
I Phillips, will be augmented bv sev
of era j j oca j s i n g er ^ The -nil
! cordially invited P
1 '' HOSPITA," NOTES
Mrs Wilhup* rè| Det ' i° n l *f, d
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Ää Sär
Dec 13; Jeanine West, D
is "The
ie B. .
year
n" bv Ca
IS
13.
Number 31
Ship 248 Cars
Co. Christmas
Trees In (948
County Agent Frank Robinson
sports that Lincoln County shto
Ped 248 cars of Christmas tree«
this year. This is a big increase
ov er last year's shipment of IM
cars - Shipments from the county
were as follows;
*
Eureka, 155 cars; Libby, 54 car»,*
Troy, 24 cars; Fortine 8 cars; War
land, 4 cars; Rexford 3 cars.
Incomplete returns tend to in
dicate that the J. Hofert Co ship
ped the largest number of trees,
with Western Tree and G. R. Kirk
Co. close behind. Most of the tne
shipments were centered around
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Min
nesota.
Prices started at 80 cents a bale