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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1909
Page
9
Detected listing shows Latamore and Hiler Detective Agency operating as Merchant Police with an office at 317 Pearl dated November 13, 1f. The short notice marks an archival business listing for the security agency.
The City Treasurer of La Crosse Wisconsin announces the 1909 tax roll is in hand for collection. Taxes are payable at City Hall any time before January 30 1910. personal taxes due by December 20 1909. Bring correct lot and land descriptions to avoid mistakes. Office hours 9 to 12 and 1 30 to 5. George W. Young City Treasurer.
Notice states a special term of Wisconsin La Crosse County Court will be held December 28 1909 at La Crosse Court House to hear William A McGrath's request to appoint an administrator for the estate of Mary McGrath late of La Crosse. Order issued by County Judge John Brindley.
In La Crosse County Wisconsin probate notices state six months are allowed for creditors to present claims against Nicholas Jarvis estate with June 7 1910 as examination date. Also Karl Skoglund creditors must file affidavits within three months with assignee o O Woll and James Thompson attorneys in La Crosse Wisconsin. There is a general reflection on knowledge.
The Daily Markets notes creamery butter advancing to 34 to 35 cents on the wholesale market. Elsewhere fruits vegetables and grains show varied firm quotes, including lemons oranges cabbage potatoes onions and a range of dairy and livestock prices from named suppliers and buyers.
Cattle receipts reach 5500 with steady prices across categories. Hogs receipts at 23000 show slightly lower quotes with ranges from 7.85 to 8.55 for various sizes. Sheep receipts total 22000 with native and western lots trading between 3.15 and 7.85 per head.
Cattle receipts totaled 10 000 with steady trading. Beeves sold around 3.90 per hundredweight as market activity continued in Chicago last week.
Texas cattle ranged $3.75 to $9.25 for stockers and feeders and $2.10 to $5.65 for cows and heifers with calves $6.25 to $8.50. hog receipts 23,000 with prices $6.70 to $8.45 and sheep receipts 21,000 with native lambs $5 to $7.65 and western $5 to $7.60.
New York stocks opened strong with general gains before a later wave of selling hit Third Avenue hard. Government bonds held, steel, Union Pacific and Interborough Metropolitan led the session as marked by pronounced activity and sharp advances during the forenoon.
Kansas City stockyards show 13 000 cattle steady with varied runs. Native steers 4.75 to 8.50 dollars. southern steers 3.60 to 5.75. southern cows 2.75 to 4.25. native cows and heifers 2.50 to 6.50. stockers 3.20 to 5.20. bulls 3.00 to 4.25. calves 4.75 to 8.00. western cattle 4.75 to 6.00. Hog totals 10 000 steady with heavy 8.25 to 8.40. packers 8.10 to 8.40. light 7.75 to 8.25. pigs 6.75 to 7.25. Sheep 8 000 up 10 cents. muttons 4.50 to 6.00. lambs 6.00 to 8.00. western wethers and yearlings 4.75 to 7.00. western ewes 4.25 to 5.35.
Chicago market report shows cattle 22 000 head steady with ranges for beeves Texans and western cattle. Hogs 30 000 and steady with varied classes including light mixed heavy Yorkers good choice and pigs. Sheep 25 000 with higher natives western lambs and numbers across price bands.
Chicago market report lists eggs at 29 1 2 to 27 1 2 cents per dozen with primes and extras. butter at 24 to 33 cents per pound. cheese at 16 to 16 1 4 cents. potatoes 40 to 45 cents per bushel. live poultry including turkeys 17 cents, fowls 14, spring chickens 14, ducks 13 to 14, geese 10 cents.
Cash grain prices in Chicago show No 2 red wheat at 1.21 to 1.22 dollars and No 3 red 1.15 to 1.19, with various hard spring and northern grades also quoted. Oats prices include No white 44 to 44?4 cents and standard 44 cents.
Chicago at the open sees hesitation in wheat with bearish crop report vs bullish Argentina. December trades around 1.07 to 1.08 with light offerings. oats show firmness aided by wheat. corn bears cite cold weather but market advances. Provisions opened irregular with fair initial gains.
The passage notes January rib offerings liberal then price up ten cents from last night while December wheat closes at 1.09 and strongest in weeks. May and July grains rise. corn and oats gain 4 to 50 cents. The grain market shows weakness for May ribs and a focus on prairie province marketing led by grangers who control a quarter of the season’s grain and aim to improve farmer conditions and political prominence.
The Agriculture Department survey shows winter wheat newly seeded area up 7.9 percent from 1908 fall sown, totaling 33,483,000 acres with December 1 condition at 95.8. Rye newly seeded area up 1.2 percent to 2,155,000 acres with December 1 condition at 94.1.
Grain Growers' Association organized in Winnipeg Manitoba with leaders from local farming groups. The effort aims to coordinate grain marketing and share research, promising collective action to improve prices and farming efficiency.
Mrs Ella Kaylor writes to the Editor Tribune thanking the paper for locating her brother George Pierce who died in St Paul and for helping prevent his burial without their knowledge.
The national monetary commission reports banks in the United States show broad prosperity with 6 893 national banks 11 319 state banks 1 703 savings and 1 079 loan and trust firms reporting as of April 28 1909. Total bank resources reach about 21 1 billion with 13 595 billion in deposits and 25 million depositors.
Macon Ga. Ty Cobb and Hans Wagner plan an extensive hunting trip starting locally and may venture into Africa following Roosevelt’s trail. The pair likely explores northern Michigan regions first and foremost in the announced expedition.
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