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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1909
Page
11
Creamery butter drops to 26 27 cents per pound as selected produce, grains, eggs, and meats show mixed quotes. Strawberries, pineapples, cabbage, and onions appear with varied per unit prices. livestock at Union Stockyards shows cattle and hogs steady to strong with notable ranges for grades and regions.
Seattle May 22 R C McIntosh a rancher reported reading in the bible of evil spirits and burned off both arms in a stove fire to rid himself of them. He endured a long exposure and may die. The rest notes comment on whiskers among Japanese.
Market snapshot shows steady beeves from 5.10 to 7.25 dollars and cattle ranges across Tex and western grades. Hogs receipts reach 13,000 with mixed and heavy categories trading between 6.86 and 7.40 dollars, indicating firm sentiment for the week.
The New York stock market opened with gains in most issues, led by Steel Common, Union Pacific, and Reading. Western Union rose over a point on favorable funding in the long pending telephone suit, with Amalgamated Copper and Hill stocks also advancing as the market held gains into mid-morning trading.
Chicago May 22 Butter Creamery extras 24 tc firsts 23%c seconds 211%c dairy extra 23 tec Eggs Firsts 21c seconds 20c Cheese Twins 13 to 13 ½c Young Americas 13 14 to 14¢c Live poultry Turkeys 15c fowls 15%c ducks ile geese 7 to &c spring chickens per dozen 4 to 8 dollars
Kansas City reports May 22 receipts with cattle steady to mixed. Native steers 5.25 to 7.00, southern 4.25 to 6.50, cows 2.50 to 4.74, stockers 4.00 to 5.80, bulls 3.60 to 5.25, calves 4.00 to 6.50, western cattle 5.25 to 6.75. Hogs 3,000 head weak to lower, heavy 7.15 to 7.32, packers 6.90 to 7.30, light 6.60 to 7.10. Sheep 690 head steady, muttons 4.75 to 6.40, lambs 5.50 to 8.50, wethers 4.75 to 7.50, owes 4 to 6, Texas and Arizona muttons 4.75 to 6.
The weekly bank statement reports reserve on all deposits up by 5,310,850 with deposits rising 5,433,000 and circulation down 62,300. Loans fall 2,454,500 while specie climbs 6,179,600 and legal tenders drop 17,500. total loans stand at 1,438,224,100 and bank surplus sits at 20,523 against last year’s 64,153,000 and two years ago’s 23,605,100.
Cattle receipts 2 000 steady with beeves 51 0 to 7 25 Texan 4 76 to 6 85 western 4 75 to 6 stockers and feeders 6 30 to 5 60 cows heifers 2 50 to Hogs receipts 10 000 rising to 7 25 mixed 6 95 to 7 46 heavy 7 to 7 75 rough 7 to 7 20 Yorkers 7 15 to 7 25 pigs 5 80 to 6 75 Sheep receipts 2 000 unchanged.
Chicago grain report notes July wheat up four to five cents as small traders sell. May wheat sold at 1.31, a peak yet sparse trading. Unexpected large corn deliveries trigger a one half cent decline. May corn bought on the slump. May oats rise while others ease.
Wheat ranges from No 2 red at 1.50 to 1.52 dollars and No 3 red at 1.40 to 1.48. No 2 hard 1.32 to 1.39, No 3 hard 1.27 to 1.32, No 1 northern 1.32 to 1.34, No 2 northern 1.30 to 1.32, No 3 spring 1.28 to 1.32. Corn values include No 2 73½ to 74 cents, No 2 white 74 cents, No 2 yellow 74 cents, No 3 73¼ cents, No 3 yellow 74 cents, No 4 1?e, oats No 2 white 62 cents, No 3 white 60 to 61½, No 4 white 59 to 60, standard 61¼.
Morning trading featured May at 1.315% and July at 1.17 with strong demand and little offering. September at 1.085%. Corn and oats moved up in sympathy with wheat as May oats hit 61% o, the high so far. Local social notes list visits and movements among townsfolk and a Civic club food sale planned by the women.
Memorial day ceremonies planned in Sparta with Rev. F Walker Pugh delivering the address. Morning gathering at 9 a m to decorate graves at West Cemetery. afternoon procession from court house to Woodlawn Cemetery escorted by Co L W N G Spanish war veterans Sparta band and school children. Memorial services at North Park with G A R tribute to unknown dead.
Rev Russell and Prof Myers led services at Dresbach M E church with the Yokefellows band from Winona. A large crowd attended the Saturday and Sunday meetings. Local residents and visitors such as Miss Emelia Brown and Miss Geneve Lockwood were noted among town visitors.
Public notice states the corporate name Thill & Lapitz Plumbing & Heating Company of Wisconsin with principal office in La Crosse is changed to Thill-Manning-Whalen Company under statute. Dated May 19, 1960. H. S. Thile president. Attest J. B. Taylor secretary.
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