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Great Falls Daily Tribune
First Issue of Dally Tribune, May 16.1887
rublUhed every day in the year at
Oreat Falls, Montana, by The Tribune.
. (Incorporated).
Entered at, the Great Fali Postofflee
a* second-class matter
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
^ .. Bjr CARRIER IN CITY.
Dally and Sunday, one year H j OO
Dally and Sunday 6 months $4.75
Dally and Sunday, 3 months $2.60
Dally and Sunday less than three
• months, per month 90c
by mail — POSTAGE paid in v. s.
1, Ï and S Zone and part of 4 Zone
within Montana.
Dally and Sunday 1 year $8.00
Dally and Sunday 6 months $4.26
Dally and Sunday 8 months $2.26
Dally and Sunday less than three
months, per month 80c
Buaday only, 1 year $3.60
■ï -i?i-POSTAGE PAID IN V. S.
Part of 4 Zone outside of Montana
_ „ and 8, 6, 7 and 8 Zones:
Dally and Sunday 1 year $9.00
Dally and Sunday 6 months $4.75
Dally and Sunday 3 months $2.50
Dally and Sunday less than three
months, per month 90c
Sunday only, 1 year, outside of
Montana and in Canada $4.00
MBMBBR OF THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS.
The Associated Press Is exclusively
entitled to the use for re-publication of
all news dispatches credited to It or not
otherwise credited in this paper, and
also local news published herein.
Foreign Advertising Representatives:
Benjamin * Kentnor Co.. 225 Fifth ave
nue, New York City; Mailers Building,
Chicago .
T rseume F imâmcial P age
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'Reported by II. B. Lake £ Co.).
New York, Oct. 20.—Such news de
velopments as occurred today were
^
mainly of a constructive character not
the least Important being the improved
outlook regarding the railroad strike.
Another encouraging item was a de
crease in the number of idle freight
cars and this together with some fur
ther advances In the prices of crude oil
helped sentiment considerably with a
resultant firm tone throughout the ses
■Ion. Some specialties, such as Famous
Players and Éurns Bros., were featured
on the upside. The stock market as a
general proposition is showing much in
difference to some of the unfavorable
features in the situation and the stub
bornness of prices Is very discouraging
to the element entertaining lower price
Ideas. It therefore would not be sur
prising to see the pendulum of prices
•wing upward.—Logan & Bryan.
NEW YORK STOCKS.
Alaska Gold
Am. Beet Sg.
Amer. Can
Am. Car Fdy.
Am. Intl. Cp.
Am. Locomot.
Am. T. & T..
Am. Wool cn
DO pfd
Am. S. & Ref.
Am. Zinc ....
Anaconda ...
Baldwin Loc.
B. & O
Bth. Steel"B"
Brk. Rap. Tr.
B. & S
Can. Pacific .
Cen. Leather.
Cerro d'Pasco
Chandler Mts.
C., M. & S. P.
Chili Copper .
Chlno Copper.
C. F. & I
Corn Pd. Ref.
Crucible
Cuba C. S. cn
DO pfd ...
Erie
G., W. & W..
Gen. Electric.
Gen. Motors .
Goodrich
Gt. Northern
*4
26
26
127
31%
90
108
74
36H
39
85*4
36*4
52
14
111%
27
28%
41%
23%
11%
24%
79%
59
6%
16%
12*4
124%
8%
71*4
G N. Ore ctsj 29%
Greene Can. .
Island Oil ...| 2%
Int. Callahan. 3%
111. Central .. 96%
Int. Harvester 75*s
Inspiration ..! 34*4
Int. Motors .. 27^4
K. C. Sn. Ry. 24
Kennecott ...
Lacka. Steel .
Marine pfd
Öpnj Hgh| Low| Clse! Sale
26% I 25%
32%{ 31%
90%) 89*4
108% 1108
74%j 73%
36%j 36%
39%' 38%
86%I 85%
37 j 36%
53%, 51%
111 % ;110%
27%i 27
29%; 28%
41% 40%
23 %j 23%
11%, 11%
24%
80%
60%
7*4
16%
12%
24%
79%
59
6%'
15%
12
29%
9614
75%
27%
4714
%
25%
26
127
31%
89%
108
74
96%
36 %
9%
39 V*
86%
36%
53
7
14
110%!
27
28%
41
23%
11%
24%
24
80%
59*4
6%
16
12
*4
125%
9%
31
72*4
100
400
400
600
900
1800
1300
1400
400
2300
4100
4500
2600
20%
46 %
700
1300
1100
300
200
100
il99
2100
13600
3600
2400
500
125%;124% 125% 400
9%; 9% 9% 6000
2i., ,?99
72% 71%! 72*4 4600
2994: 29*4 500
22
2%! 2% 3900
: 3%,, 200
95%: 95% 200
74*4 ] 74% 400
i 34*4 300
26%; 26% 400
24 800
21% 500
38* ï
46** 900
A., G. & W. I.
Mex. Petrol. .
Miami
Montg.-W. ...
Midvale
Mo. Pacific ..
Mont. Power.
Nev. Con. ...
New Haven .
N. T. Central;
Nor. Pacific .
Pure Oil ....
Pan Am. Oil .
Pennsylvania
pr. Steel Car.
27%
96%
22%
19
18% 18*s
26%
94%
22%
18
18%! 13%
72*41 72
74% 73%
30%' 29%
431% 43*8
36 I 35
26%i 3200
95%;23600
22% 500
18%I 1400
23 ',4| 500
18 V* j 1100
52>/4i 100
11 Vi, 300
13 ü I 1400
72 1 400
74% I 9300
S0%j 4200
43Vij 1800
Punta Sugar| 25%| 26% 1 25% 1 25% 1 1400
Bep S. Sc I.
Replcgle
Ry. Steel Spg.
Ray Con. ...
Reading
Retail Stores.
R. I. "C. T.".
Sinei at re Oil .
Sn. Pacific ..
Sn. Railway .
Studebaker ..
Stromberg ..
Tenn. Copper
Texas Oil ...
Texas Pacific.
Union Pacific
U. S. In. Ale.
U. S. R. & I..
TT. S. Rubber.
IT. S. Steel ..
U.S. Smelting
Utah Copper.
Va. Car. Ch. .
Vanadium ...
Wabash "A".
Wn. Union ..
Westnghouse
Willys-Ov. ...
Wilson Pack.
AJax Rubber.
Am. Sg. Ref.
Cuba Am. Sg.
Famus Playrs
KellySpgfield
Middle St. Oil
Pan Am. B ..
Pierce Arrow.
46
20%
46%; 44%
12%
69%
52%
13 i 12%
69% I 68%
53%i 52%
32%; 31%I 32
21 %j 21 j 21
78%! 77%! 77%
19%; 19 Vi I 19
73%j 72%! 72%
32 I 29%! 31'4
45%! 5100
20%! 100
300
2900
4200
2700
4800
7300
200
?Z? r
1800
100
39% 13200
1
119V<i 700
rSP®
53 2300
48%i 2000 ;
78/ j ; 7500 1
31 ! i
II, \ S 00 !
51»*
29%| 300
20% j 500
82%! 100
44%' 300
5% 200
33 %j 100
19 ! 500
51%|10300
11%! 1600
An,, 1 1100 :
ivv' 2300
îï,/ 13 13%] 3700'
300
13V4| 12%, 12%| 1200 :
40 ! 39%
21% 20%
119%:il9%
44% I 43%
53 Vi 52
48% 48%
78%' 78
52 51%
27%; 27%
I
20% 20%
44%
5%
44%
5%
19% 19%
52% 50%
12 ! 11%
62% ■ fill,
Total sales : Stocks 440,700; bonds $10- :
3.000. ■
743,000.
BOSTON .STOCKS.
Alaska Juneau
Arizona Commercial
Big Ledge
Butte Copper & Zinc
Caledonia
% :
..8%@9 :
..34rfl35 I
4% ;
6@8 I
Calumet & Arizona 48 %ig r 50
Calumet & Hecla 240^245
Centennial 8% @9
Copper Range 33%©34
Davis Daly 6% @6%
East Butte.. 9%<f«9%
Goldwyn Pictures 3^414
Green Monster 18<§20
Hancock 2% @3
Hupp Motor Co ny. 1
Lake Copper 2% fa 3
Midvale 1%61%
Mohawk 49% @50 1
New Cornelia 14%@J4%
Niplssing Silver 5&5%
North Butte 10%@10%
Old Dominion 23%@24 I
Osceola - 27fu29 !
Pond Creek Coal 14<îil6 j
Qulncy 86% 'S 38 !
Ray Hercules 15 @25
Bant« Fe ■. 18%« il8 %
Shannon -
;
. .
...11-16(&1%
BRINGING UP FATHER
"Registered U. S. Patent Office."
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Shattuck 6*4@7%
Superior 2%@3
South Lake 50@51
Superior & Boston 1%(&2
Swift & Co 95%@96Î2
; Tuolumne 36®40
; Utah Consolidated 2 1 /S>@3
Un 0 ltPrt ri Motôri 11 - 2BU
United "tates SteamshiD 16018
Boston Wvom incOil 78^79
Boston Wyoming Oil
D nnn p nil o7/^\qq
Midwest Refininë' Oil i""Î50®460
M dwest otl
nil Situ
Eik Bashî
Federal OH 1%@19-16
Glenrock Oil
island Oil 2*4
; United Texas Petroleum ' Oil '. .16020
Ventura Oil 18?4@18%
....7*4@7%
BOSTON CURB CLOSE.
Simms Petroleum
Boston & Ely 42047
Boston & Montana 96@100
Butte & London 5@10
; u ^ at ^" a S"" • • • ■•
jerome Verä^^i" ""2v iî %
| S® Ver<le lNew
united vVrVhT ikr 7
i uwle(1 Verde Extension 25@27
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New York Msurkefc
FINANCIAL
New York. Oct. 20.—The stock
market was firm to strong during the
greater part of today's session. De
velopments in the railroad and freneral
industrial situation prompted further
retirement of short contracts.
Bears became more cautious in their
operations because of punishment
meted out to them in the sharp re
coveries of Pullman and American
sugar preferred on contradiction of
unrounded rumors.
Intimations from well informed
sources that rate reductions on food
stuffs and other commodities prob
ably would precede any cut In railroad
wages Indicated that active measures
were being taken to avert the threat
ened strike.
Transportation held their gains of
the last few days and in several in
sta -nces these were augmented by the
cheaper rails, as well as equipments,
but steels reflected the poor statement
of the Republic Iron & Steel company,
those shares showing further depres
sion.
Food shares were strongest of the
specialties, almost every issue in
division being stimulated by the im
urovement in sugars. Among the toss
distinctive miscellaneous stocks, those
of department and chain stores were
in demand.
Aside from General Asphalt, the
strongest feature of the final hour,
foreign oils showed no definite trend,
Mexical Petroleum occasionally giving
way to pressure. Domestic oils, how
ever, continued to harden on higher
prices for crude products. Sales
amounted to 425,000 shares.
jv 0 obstacles to the market's better
ment were presented by money or for
elgn exchange. Most of the day's call
loans wei% placed at four per cent 011
the exchange and as low as 3% per
ce nt in the open market. British rates
were at their highest for the current
movement, and Continental quotations
strengthened.
Bonds were relatively dull, but there
were few exceptions in the domestic
and foreign divisions to the higher
trend of prices, convertible rails again
leading. Total sales (par value) $13,
850,000.
MONEY.
otvrli NG—Par $4.85% per sovereign.
h T£mand^ ! 3.94%
cibles 3 Î)4 %
yRANCE —par 19.3 cents per sovereign
jg*
Demand !'!!!!!!!! !7.20
HOLLAND—Par 40.02 cents per florin.
Demand 33.95
cabies 34.01
ttaLY— Par 19.3 cents per lire .
Demand 3.94%;
cables 3.95
GERMANY— Par 23.8 cents per mark .
Demand 6«%
Cables 67
GREECE-— Par 19.8 cents per drachma .
Demand 4.42
SWEDEN— Par 26.8 cents per krone .
Demand 23.15
NORWAY— Par 26.8 cents per krone .
Demand 12.85
ARGENTINE— Par 42.24 cents per pa -
p er peso .
Demand , 32.12
BRAZILIAN— Par 32.45 cents per mil -
reis .
Demand 12.75
MONTREAL— Par IOO cents .
Canadian dollar 91%
DENMARK— Par 26.8 cent « per krone .
Demand 19.10
SWITZERLAND— Par 19.3 cents per
franc .
Demand 18.30
SPAIN— Par 19.3 cents per pescata .
Demand 13.20
Foreign exchange Irregular . Call
money — Easy ; high and ruling rate 4%;
closing bid 3%; low , offered at and
i as t loan 4; closing bid 3%. Time loans
— Steady ; 60 days , 90 days and six
monUis 5%@5%. Prime mercantile pa -
per 5%@5%. ,
London , Oct . 20.— Money 2% per cent .
Dis count rates — Short bills 3% tier cent ;
three months bills 3% per cent .
SILVER.
New York , Oct . 20.— Foreign bar sil -
ver 71% c ; Mexican dollars 55c .
London , Oct . 20.
ounce .
- Bar silver 40% d per
METALS.
New York , Oct . 20.— Copper — Steady ;
13®13%.
Tin — Steady ; spot and nearby 28.12;
futures 28.50.
Iron — Steady ; unchanged .
Lead — Steady : spot 4.70.
Zinc — Steady ; East St . Louis delivery
spot 4.70(54.76.
Antimony — Spot 5@5.25.
electrolytic spot and nearby 13; later
!iaiai3M.
LIBERTY BONDS.
New York , Oct . 20. —Liberty bonds |
closed: 3 %s $91.30; first 4s $93; second
4s $92.20; first 4% s $92.94; second 4 %s
$92.36; third 4 % s $94.72; Victory 3 -%s I
$99.38; Victory 4% s $99.40.
Cekag® M&irkdfc
I
j
! vantage"In thë \ vïieaT market"the**great
er part of the tlme toda y owing more
or less to Predictions which were cur
rent that a general railroad strike
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Chicago, Oct. 20.—Bulls had some ad
,*c4x». mai m. general railroad
Would >' et be averted. Upturns, how
ever ' were not weU maintained. Prices
Closed unsettled at the same as yester
\°riï<X leh z> z ith
t<f «1«»* ? ' and
t»i!i Î4 .
'
i advance'
! inasmuch as the prospects of disas
: trous complications from the threa'
ened railroad strike has been perhaps
*'"> chief depressing factor in tne
Corn gained "% to % and oats %@*4
! to %. in provisions the outcome var
led from 25 cents decline to 15 cents
~ J
the
wheat market of late, developments
indicating that a settlement might be
reached led to a little more confidence
regarding the buying side. Talk of
important probable reduction of winter
wheat acreage counted also as a stim
ulating factor. On the other hand,
though, hopes of a better export de
mand proved to be illusory, and Can
adian wheat continued to get the
preference from Europe. Declines
I after mid-day carried the market
down temporarily to a new low price
record for the season. Covering by
shorts, nevertheless, rallied the market
at the last.
Improved shipping demand, espe
dally from New England, helped to
give a firmness to corn and thus
through sympathy strengthened oats
as well. !
Provisions averaged higher with
grain despite weakness of hog values.
exception, and
October ribs formed an
fell to a new low level for the season.
Leading futures ranged as follows:
Open. High. Low. Close.
Wheat
Dec $1.04
May 1.08%
Corn—
Dec 45%
May 51
Oats—
.32%
.36%
.32%
.37*4
.32 %
.36%
Dec
May
CHICAGO CASH PRICES.
Chicago, Oct. 20.—Wheat; No. 3 dark
Northern $1.13.
Corn—No. 2 mixed 45%@45%; No.
46
"5tSi i
;
.32% ;
.37%
that'yellow, 15%!046
barrels.
Bran—$12.
Oats—No. 2 white 33fS , 33%; No. 3
white 29%031%.
Rye—No. 2, 81%@82%.
Barley—47@55.
Timothy—$4.50 @5.50.
Clover—$12018.50.
Pork—Nominal.
Lard—$8.80@8.90.
Ribs—$5.62@7.72.
MINNEAPOLIS CASH.
Minneapolis, Oct. 20.—Wheat—Re
ceipts 413 cars compared with .392 cars
a year ago. Cash No. 1 northern $1.24%
@1.27%; December $1.17%; May $1.16*4.
Corn—No. 3 yellow 39c.
Oats—No. 3 white 26%(g27%c,
Barley—32@60c.
Rye—No. 2 74% c.
Flax—No. 1 $1.7001.75.
Flour—Unchanged; shipments
76,511
;
I
Gr&ih EnalktBsi
Prices Paid at Points in Montana Tak
ing: 48-Cent Freight Aate to
Minneapolis and Dulutb.
Ä'ÄS°"
Ig- i: » & » fi
No - 3 - 56 ,b - test 74
No. 4, 54 lb. test
No . 5, 51 lb . test
Northern spring wheat .
No . 1, 58 lb . test
No . 2, 57 lb . test
No . 3, 56 lb . test
No . 4, 54 lb . test
No . 5, 51 lb . test
No . 1 fancy , 4c more than No . 1 dark
northern spring .
Dark hard winter :
66
54
Per bu .
. .$ .88
.. .83
.. .73
.. .65
.53
Per bu .
$ .80
75
65
65
40
Per bu.
$ .78
73
63
53
38
No . 1, 60 lb . test ...
No . 2, 57 lb . test ...
No . 3, 56 lb . test ...
No . 4, 54 lb . test ...
No . 5, 51 lb . test ...
Hard winter wheat :
No. 1, 60 lb . test ...
No . 2, 57 lb . test ...
No . 3, 56 lb . test ...
No . 4, 54 lb . test ...
N 40-49 lb . ' otherwise No . 5, 4c a pound
less than No . 5; other light weight
wheat depends on quality .
Ambpr Tiiirnm - h<>
1 60 lb test « fP
No 2 58 lb test 60 '
No 3' 56 11) te * ît 5S
No! 4, 54 lb ! test !! ! ! i!! :: :: :: : : :: : a !
No . 5, 51 lb . test it i
Durum wheat .
No . 1, 60 lb . test
No . 2, 58 lb . test
No. 3» 56 lb . test ,4t)
No . 4, 54 lb . test 40 ■
_ _ . . ......... .IV
•60
55
49
43
'
"!!!!. 51 '
.46
5 ' 51 test ' '
w. iv „ r( , ntH discoun
Five cents discount per pound under
51 pounds .
Club wheat 10c under durum.
Mixed wheat 10c less predominating
grain and grade.
Flax : Per bu .
q ,
„„ ,
No . 1 $129 '
o 2 1 24 i
Sample flax
Oats : Per bu . Cwt .
No . 3 white oats $ .06 $ .18
No . 4 white oats 03 .09
Barley Per bu . Cwt .
No . 3 barley $ 13
No . 4 barley 10
Rye :
$ .27
.21
Per b u . Cw t . '
4 « T1
. "Jf* .
- r y e ••••• $ -40 $ .71 .
One cent discount per pound under !
54 pounds.
Great Fills cash price for "bats is ap
proximately the same as the Minne
apoïis cash price, with a slight Ueduc
tion because of competition of oats
grown in Canada.
MONTANA CASH OATS.
As virtually no Montana oats are sold
to Minneapolis the quotations given In
the grain bulletin on oats are of no
value to producers except as they show
the daily fluctuation in price. The
livestadk
ceipts W>00f "yearlings and a "few prime
steers, steady; other grades slow; most
•yl« to 2oc lower; some off more. Top
1.655 pound steers $9.o0; other early
AT KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, Oct. 20.—Cattle—Re
_
sa 'e s , $4-40^9.25; stockers and feeders
steady to weak; other sales $4.50@5.75;
other classes steady; common to mixed
ZU 53 - 25 ® 4 - 25: * ra ? s hß, ' p " 8680
best I 80 to 210 pound weights to pack
lers and shippers $7.80; bulk 175 to 200
P° u ?d weights $7.65(&7.75; prime 325
" *
$3.25@4.25; "grass heifers $6.50
most cutters $2.750-3; canners
largely around $2.25; beef bulls $4.35;
most bolognas $3@3.60; best vealers
$9-5O@10.
Hogs—Receipts 4,000; generally 15c@
:20c lower than yesterday's average;
pound kind S7.50; bulk mixed loads
$7.35^7.65; bulk of sales $7.25@7.75;
packer sows generally $6.25@6.40; "stock
pigs steady; best kind $8.25.
ïiheej) —Receipts 8,000; sheep gener
ally 2oc lower; most fat ewes $3.75©
4.10; fat lambs weak to 15c lower; top
?' slead y t0 2^°
y op $7.
AT SOUTH ST. PAUL.
„ —
South St. Paul, Oct. 20.—Cattle—Re
ceipts 5,700; market slow, uneven;
mostly steady to 25c lower; spots off
more; a part load of good corn fed
yearling steers late yesterday $9 50 to
£r e S V .todays receipts practically all
grass fed; grass fed beeves $4.50®7;
(bulk. $5@5.75; butcher cows and heifers
jmostly $3.25(§4.50; ; few best young cows
and heifers $5<36; or better; canners
fP 1 1 cutters $2ii3; bologna bulls $2.50
jWd-fö; f ew choice heavies up to $3.50;
;veal calve s steady to strong; best llghti
:$9@9.o0; strictly choice stockers and
uneven
'
feeders about steady; others
( q 50c lower.
^_Hogs—Receipts 7,000; market mostly
on ''^hts and medium weights,
pigs iue 10 25<rlower;
q£ killers and feeders $Sö8.25.
p f e P Receipts 4,500; lambs mostly
i j " * uiuoiijr
sales 2 °2i lo "' er ; bulk early
'better eradS of ZîiJL 1? ste i ad v , > i'
®3fS>- g fit? e L$2.75
03.50; few choice lights $2.75.
AT CHICAGO
ICAGO
.—Cattle: Receipts,
Chicago
Oct.
16,000;
Bulls
high
to „^ v
Hows: Receipt.'. 30^0'" steady"to Tôc
lower than yesterday's average. Top
early $8.20; bulk lights arid light
butcher's $7.8508.10; bulk 270 to 300
pounb smooth cows $6.9007.25; bulk
heavy packing sows $6%t6.40; pigs ac
tive. mostly steady; bulk desirable
$208.25.
Sheep: Receipts 27.000. Fat lambs
steady to packers $7.750 8; no choice
western sold, few here; choice 98
pound Michigan ewes $4.90; sellers
asking higher for feeders; none sold
early.
AT OMAHA.
Omaha, Oct. 20—Hogs—Receipts 5,500;
medium and light butchers lOy 25c low
ier : bulk, $7.1007.50; top $7.75; other»
;and packing grades mostly 10c lower;
bulk $6.15© 6.60.
Cattle—Receipts 3,800; beef steers 10
(S 15c lower; toil, few yearlings $10; she
,stock weak; bulls and veals steady;
stockers and feeders 10@15c lower.
Sheep—Receipts 11,000; lambs steady:
:top western lambs $8; fed clipped
lairrbs $7.75; best native lambs $7.60;
sheep, slow, to 25c lower; feeders weak;
early top feeding lambs $7.35.
AT SPOKANE.
Spokane , Oct . 20.— Hogs — Receipts ,
none ; market nominally steady .
Cattle — Receipts 71; market steady .
Sheep — Receipts none ; market nomin -
ally steady . Quotations unchanged .
AT PORTLAND.
Portland , Oct . 20.— Cattle — Steady , re -
ceipts 125.
Hogs — Weak ; receipts 327.
Sheep — Slow ; receipts 882.
NEW YORK SUGAR.
New Yor k , Oc t . 20.— Raw sugar — Cen -
Refined — Fine granulat -
trifugal $4.U.
od $5.20@5.30.
NEW YORK SPOT COTTON.
New York , Oct . 20.— Spot cotton —
Quiet ; middling $19.20.
—
BARLEY AND FLAX.
Minneapolis , Oct . 20.— Barley 32@50;
Flax No . 1, $1.70(01.75.
- - —
rh ,"^ T n T ^ ;
erv e)nras 4^ffi44'tA firsts
"'j ao - • sec *
ond 31 ©33; standard 39.
Eggs— Higher ; receipts 2,086 cases ;
firsts 45&i8 ' ordinary firsts 40^42;
Miscellaneous, 43@45; refrigerator ex -
^ 32%@ 3 3; refrigerator firsts 31%
®
j Qfliwißii,
~ 38046%.
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New York . Oct . 20.— Butter , unsettled ;
creamery higher than extras , 48@48%;
creamery extras , 47(g47%; creamery
Eggs — Firm ; fresh gathered extra
firsts , 54fa58; ditto firsts 47S53.
Cheese , steady ; unchanged .
San Francisco , Oct . 20.— Butter ; extra
49%.
Eggs — Extra 68%; extra firsts 67%;
firsts , nominal ; extra pullets , 46% extra
PHl' est firsts 44.
Ducks —20@22; live turkeys 35@40.
REALTY TRANSFERS.
Natio n al Surety company to Roxena
Fish and husband , lots 4 and 5 blork
1451, Great Falls , $1.
Bernice Jones Apple and husband to
Joseph Karch , lots 13 and 14, block 115
n * TT* ntln »1 ' '
_ ,, -
Great Falls , $1.
Strain Realty company to Robert H
Swain, land known as Rex Placer claim
near Monarch , $1.
John W. Blytli and wife to Andrew K
Nelson , lots 1 and 2, W% lot 13 and all "
4 * block 463, $1.
John D. Kamellon to George Kanel
lopoulos, lot 2, block 351, Great Falls $1.
^oah Webster's American spelling
book, which appeared in 1875! w as
really the first modern American school I
text book. I
SUIT I f MS NOT LO WERED
Order of State Board That Amounts Owing
Government on Unpatented Land Be De
ducted From Value Brings Deadlock.
Attorney R. K. "West, counsel for the
, Fo / f Sbi V v i i"»« a J tion^ district, appeared
before the board of county commis
sioners Thursday and threatened suit
against the county if the board did
:i i>t instruct the county treasurer to
.tdjust the taxes of land owners in ac
, H( j anr e with the recent ruling of the
hoard of equalization, calling for
■itate
» , , - ..
:l deduction of water charges from the
[assessment of $75 an acre.
Neither the countv commissioners
juor Countv Assessor Harold Mttdv have
received official notice from the state
K oar d n f oonnliViHnn nl1 fho p„ rt
,J0 *V a equalization on the r ort Miaw
ru ". ,1 8i and Mr. »vest was told that no
action could be taken until such infor
jmatiou had been filed. It was the opin
ion of the commissioners that no steps
should be taken toward adiustment
untûCountvAttornevlîowardGBen
"
net an( * Atttornev General W. D. Iîan
kin have passed on the legality of the
state board's action. No opinion will
'be asked until official notice has beeu
rece j ve( j
Believe Ruling Illegal
County officials who are affected
by the action of the state board are
in accord in the belief that the state
uv,i. v »u j<i tut j Liiut lut Pintc
body erred in waiting until a few days
ago to render a decision. According
t0 thpir interpretation of the Jaw. all
interpretation of the law,
(decisions must be made before the third
Monday in September, so that the pro
cedure of spreading the taxes and pre
The law prohibits Assessor Mady or
l,as said there is apparently 110 way
in which the changes can be made while
'the books are in his office.
KITCHEN BAND
GIVES CONCERT
AT G, N. DEPOT
Lewistown Rebekahs Entertain
Station Crowd With Unique
Demonstration.
The Lewistown "Kitchen band," go
ing through Great Falls Thursday af
ternoon, en route home from Helena,
took occasion to alight from the Great
Northern train and play "Hail! Hail!
The Gang's All Here." in celebration of
Lewistown's success in the competition
for the 1922 convention of the Itebekah
assembly.
All Feminine Players
The station crowd divided its atten
tion between the music and the instru
ments that produced it. The person
11 the band was entirely feminine
iind the instruments were built of kitch
en utensils. Competition was keen be
tween the tenor teapot and a soprano
coffeepot, while the slide trombone, im
personated by a telescoping sieve, wail
ed its derision of both. A singlarTy
formidable instrument was a rolling
pin saxophone, with seven spoons at
tached for keys. A regulation roasting
fork, standing grimly erect, served as
a music rack for each players.
Washtub is Drum
A miniature ironing board with
clothesline strings kept tuneful cadence,
in the capacity of a violin, with a wash
tub drum, and divers culinary tools com
pleted the tout ensemble. Forty Lewis
town people descened from the train to
serve as a supporting cast. '■
Chapman Children
Taken to Lewistown
John Hetherington, deputy humane
officer, Thursday- took possession of
Grace and Irene Chapman, children
of Mary Eriekson, 2116 Eighth avenue
north, who has been charged with ex
treme cruelty and making threats to
kill the little ones, one of whom is
aged 6 and the other 3.
Possession of the children was
taken on instructions received from
District Judge lioy Jfl. Ay res. Fergus
county, and Mr. Hetheringtou will take
them to Lewistowm today (Friday).
Action was started against the mother
and ber husband, O. Ji Eriekson, in
the local district cuort, but was
dropped in favor of the Fergus county
court, where Mrs. Eriekson was
granted a divorce from her former
husband, the father of the children.
One Jiistorian claims the name Ku
Klux- IÇlan to have come from a cor
ruption of the Greek word for circle.
County Clerk John E. Moran from tak
ing the books back after they have
passed from their hands to the county
treasurer, it was asserted, and if the
changes are legally permissible, they
must be made in the county treasurer's
office. County Treasurer Andretta
said Thursday that a plan may be de
vised to work out the situation and that
a conference would probably be held
with the commissioners to determine
the way of action, if it comes to the
point of necessity.
Owners Protest High Assessment
A good number of residents of Simms
and Fort Shaw came before the com
missioners Thursday and protested
against the $75 an acre assessment
made by Assessor Harold Mady and
sustained by the state board in an ap
peal from the county board of equal
ization, which set the valuation at $50
an acre. The landowners declared to
the board that they were financially
unable to stand the higher assessment.
Attorney West said in presenting the
case to county officials that approxi
mately 145 farmers are interested in
the state board ruling. It affects only
those land owners who have home
steaded and hold unpatented lands. In
the case where the farmer is in abso
lute possession of the land the $75 an
acre assessment will be observed. De
ductions of water charges would result
in a varying assessment, he said, be
cause the final assessment against a
plot of land would be determined after
the amount the owner is owing the gov
ernment is subtracted from the set val
uation of $75. In some cases the de
duction would be considerable and in
other instances would amount to very
little.
MONEY CENTER
HEADQUARTERS
EXPRESS FIRM
Division Offices of American
Express Offices Consolidated
in Great Fails.
The selection of Great Falls as the
headquarters of the superintendent of
the Montana division of the American
Railway Express company was in rec
ognition of Great Falls as a financial
center of the division, according to
W. \V. Ward, superintendent.
The office of the superintendent, Mr.
Ward states, are usually located at the
most important financial centers of the
territory covered by the division and
the choice of a city for headquarters
offices signifies at least that the offic
j a i s 0 f the company consider that lo
cality as one of the most prosperous
in the division.
Headquarters for 5,500 Miles of Ralls
The Great Falls offices of the Amer
ican Railway Express company, the
headquarters of the Montana division,
have jurisdiction over approximately
5,500 miles of rail lines, including the
Great Northern the Chicago Milwaukee
& St. I'aul and the Northern Pacific.
The territory covered lies between
Spokane on the west and the Dakota
and Montana state lines on the east.
The short lines in the territory between
these lines arc embraced in the juris
diction of the Montana division.
Employed at the Great Falls office
is a force of 45 people. In addition to
the office of the division superinten
dent a district accounting office is
maintained in Great Falls.
Mr. Ward was appointed division su
perntendent at Great Falls following
the consolidation of the Spokane head
quarters of the eastern Washington
division and the Great Falls offices
Prior to that time Mr. Ward was con
nected with the Spokane headquarters.
Express Business It Barometer
"The express company" stated Mr.
ward, and the business carried on by
the various offices is about as good a
barometer of the business conditions
throughout the country as can be
found. When the merchants are do
ing plenty of business and placing or
ders the express company relatively
has an increase.
'"The present condition of business
and finances and Great Falls is mir
rored in the handlings of the company.
A change will not come immediately, aa
no indication is given of such a trans
formation at present. It ia probable
that the low business ebb haa been
reached, but we do not look for a ma
terial change for a few months."
Think Abbreviation
for Mont. Is "Mo."
Go 800 Miles Wrong
A wrong interpretation of the
abbreviation " Mo .", commonly used
to indicate the show - me state ,
brought Mr . and Mrs . Dan Keiser ,
of Glenys , Wyo ., as far as Great
Falls Thursday before they discov »
ered that they were not en route
to St . Joseph , Missouri . They had
traveled 800 miles in the exact op -
posite direction to their destination
and did not discover the error until
they inquired at the Great Northern
station for St . Joseph , Mont ., and
were told that there is no such
station in this state .
Re - examination of a letter from
t heir son disclosed the cause of the
mistake . He had told them to come
to St . Joseph , Mo ., and the parents
had thought that " Mo ." meant
" Montana ." They appealed to Mrs .
Mabel Tucker , travelers ' aid sec -
retary , for advice and later received
sufficient funds from relatives by
telegraph for the trip to Glenys .
They came here from Lane , S. D.,
where they had been visiting .
DISCUSS CUTOFF
ÀT TAX MEETING
Rural Residents Oppose Helena
Road Improvement ; Bird -
tail Route Advocated .
The Cascade County Taxpayers' as
sociation Thursday night aisapproved
the proposed issuance of bonds for the
building of the canyon road between
Hardy and Craig, on the Helena high
way. This action was taken after con
siderable discussion, participated in
mainly by rural taxpayers.
Opponents of the bond issue express
ed the opinion that the cutoff in real
ity meant no lessening of the distance
between Great Falls and Helena and
the Birdtail road was held up as the
highway that actually possessed the
advantages claimed "for the canyon
route by its proponents.
lî. J. Boorman spoke in support of
the bond issue and he made the state
ment that the Helena road improve
ment would bring great benefit to
Great Falls and the surrounding coun
try. He said that funds should be
spent only for improvements of a per
manent nature and he argued that
money would be better used in con
structing the canyon project than by
distributing over several roads on
"patch work" jobs. On his motion,
the association voted to have County
Surveyor Robert Day present informa
tion and data concerning the Birdtail
road.
The board of county commissioners,
in a resolution adopted by the organ
ization. was commended for its decision
in holding the $200.000 unsold road
bonds available only for the benefit of
county trunk roads.
MacHatton Funeral
Held at Des Moines
Funeral services for Joseph Park
MacHatton, son of the Rev. Burtis R.
MacHatton. former pastor of the
Great Falls Coneregational church,
was held at Des Moines, Iowa, Octo
ber 19. Joseph Park MacHatton was
killed in action in France October 5.
1918, while he was serving with the
United States marine corps, following
his enlistment one month after
America entered the war. Word of
his death was received while the Rev.
Mr. MacHatton was in Great Falls, a
few hours before the delivering of a
sermon.
The First National is an
old Bank with a stable record.
Not only is it old—it is pro
gressive and modern.
Are WE serving YOU?
ESTABLIS
UieB rst
National
G reat EX lls/ M onti
-I860
TIME OF TRAINS
gkeat northern |mth
224 For Havre 7:80 a . m.
43 For Seattle .7:30 p. m.
44 For Kansas City 7:60 a . m.
236 For Havre and East ..I...9:40 p. a.
237 For Helena and Butte ..2:06 p m.
238 For Lewistown 2:60 p. m.
286 For Helena and Butte ... .8:00 a. m.
269 For Cboteau and Glllnan* 8:00 p. m.
216 For Stockett. Sand Coule«
and Xelhart* 0 :88 a. m.
289 For Sbelby and Sweet
Oraw* .7:8# «. u.
43 From Xansas City >..—...6:50 p. m.
44 From Seattle 7:90 p. m.
286 From Havre and East ...7:80 a. m.
236 From Helena and Butte ..9:20 p. m.
237 From Lewistown 1:42 p. m.
238 From Helena and Butte ...2:86 p. a.
223 From Havre 7:16 p. m.
274 From Gllman<>Choteau* ..10:66 a. m.
215 From Stockett, Sand Coulee
and Neihart* 4:80 p. a.
240 From Shelby and Sweet
.Gra«»* ~...7:1B p. m.
•Dally except Sunday.
Trains 43 and 44 connect for Lewis
town daily.
milwaukee Leave «
Dally for the East 9:06 a . m.
For Choteau, except Sunday ..8:00 a. m.
^ ,, _ Arrives
Daily from the East 2:00 p. m.
From -Choteau, except Sunday 4:30 p. m.
£. F. Cooper Leaves
to Live on Coast
E. F. Cooper, late with the Gaga
Specialty shop, will leave this (Friday)
morning with Mrs. Cooper for Seattle,
where he expects to locate permanent*
ly. Mr. Cooper has been in Great
Falls since June, 1920, and wa» first
engaged in -The Tribune's advertising
department. Later he was advertis
ing manager of Strain Brothers' store
and several months ago became associ
ated with the Gage shop. During hia
residence here Mr. Cooper has held
committee appointments in the Great
Falls Advertising club and his depart
ure leaves a vacancy at the head of the
better business bureau committee.
Pupils Will Give
Dramatic Recital
A dramatic recital will be given this
(Friday) evening at 8 o'clock at Edison
hall by the Misses Marcia Brown and
Lanella Neff, pupils of Mrs. C. W.
Murch. They will be assisted by EUa
rine DeMars, Mildred Kufus, Marga
ret Brown, Nora Lowry and Ruth As
selstine. Dorothy Brown and Roland
Bunnell will act as ushers.
PUBLIC AUCTION
SALE
12 miles N. E. of ChotMa, 4 mile* N.
of Farmington, 3 miles S. of Aomwam,
26 miles S. W. of Conrad, is alias
of Brady.
saturday, oct. 22
Sale Starts at 11 «/Clock
The Following Property:
HORSES
1 team black geldinga, 7 year« old.
weight 2700.
1 team bay geldings, 6 years old,
•weight 2600.
1 team bay grey geldings, 7 and 8 years
old, weight 2400.
1 team bay mares, 4 years old, weight
2400.
1 bay mare. 10 years old, weight, 1800.
1 grey gelding, 7 years old, weight
1000.
1 black mare, 2 years old, weight 1000.
1 bay gelding, 2 years old, weight
1000.
2 saddle horses, bay and black, 5 years
old. weight 2000.
1 black Percheron stallion, 5 years
old, weight 1830.
1 bay mare. 2 years old, weight 800.
S sets work harness and 17 collar»,
MACHINERY
3 wagons; 3 hay racks.
800 bushels oats and barley,
1 gas pump engine.
3 8-foot cut binders, McCormick aad
Moline.
2 McCormick mowers: 1 bull rake.
2 10-foot, drills, Superior drills.
2 harrows, 1 6-section 1x4 section
steel harrow.
1 S-foot disc and double disc 8 -foot.
2 gang plows, 14-inch P & O and
Emerson.
1 walking plow.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
3 ranges and stoves; 4 log chairs.
2 tents. 10x12 and 8x10.
1 stock saddle.
1 Ford car, 1917. good condition.
1 Spaulding buggy.
2 gas stoves.
7 hay forks.
Lots of small tools. Shovels.
SO tons of timothy hay.
FREE LUNCH AT NOON
TERMS:—Sums of $20 and nier
cash; sums over $20 on* year time
on bankable papor drawing 10 per
cent, or 10 per oeat off for caste on
»ums over $20.
MARTIN VIGEN* Owner.
J. N. SISE, Auctioneer, offico 105
Central avenue.