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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
6
Estimated receipts of livestock at principal markets yesterday include cattle hogs and sheep across St Louis Chicago Omaha St Joseph Sioux City St Paul Pittsburg Buffalo and others. Totals show 41 300 87 300 30 600 across multiple hubs with varying counts of cattle hogs and sheep reported.
Indianapolis livestock receipts totaled about 10 000 hogs 2 000 cattle and 400 sheep with a year ago and week earlier showing larger hogs cattle and sheep. Hog prices slipped then rose amid ample supply while demand was less aggressive. Cattle saw lower fat stock prices with scarce feeders and bulls off. calf market strong. Sheep and lambs steady with local demand matching supply. Horses weak with limited good classes traded at 135 200 for workers 1200 to 1400 pounds.
Buffalo June 17 hogs receipts 3,000 head prices quoted per weight class include good to choice steers 1 150 to 1 250 lbs 6 50 to 7 25 and 1 300 lbs upward 7 75. Heifers cows bulls calves hogs listed with multiple ranges and categories.
Good to choice yearlings bring 4 73 to 5 25. Medium yearlings 4 00 to 4 50. Good to choice sheep 4 00 to 4 25. Common to medium sheep 2 50 to 3. Bucks per 100 lbs 3 00 to 3 50. Spring lambs 4 50 to 6 75.
Chicago June 17 buyers bid lower at opening as receipts hit 23 000 cattle and 35 000 hogs with heavy mutton volume. Cattle weak except top corn fed cattle, hogs fall then rally to near Tuesday averages, live mutton prices slide 10 25 cents, lamb buyers influenced by Louisville demand.
Livestock market notes receipts light for sheep and lambs with top lambs reaching six dollars. Cattle trading slowly as buyers show limited activity in the market.
Chicago grain notes heavy selling from small holders as a private expert questioned crop injury. July wheat slipped from 89 to 88 3/4 cents, corn and oats fluctuated amid rain and reports of damage. provisions rose slightly with firm early strength.
The Loganport and Camden markets list daily corrected prices for wheat at 83c per bushel, corn around 88-92c, oats 44c, and wool 16c. Hogs range from 4.95 to 5.50 per 100 pounds, cattle from 3.00 to 5.50, and calves 4.00 to 5.50. Poultry and eggs trade at 8-18c, butter 15-18c, with regional elevator quotes across multiple firms.
Receipts of horses rose to 1207 in the first two days in Chicago, up from 868 last week and 1104 a year ago. Eastern dealers attend in large numbers, packing orders that keep consignments moving with steady prices. Draft horses and artillery classes show broad demand, with prices around 175 to 230 dollars for drafts, 150 to 185 for artillery, 125 to 145 for cavalry, and speed drivers valued up to 250 to 500 dollars on eastern orders. General trade remains moderately active for all classes.
A Tuesday keynote by Senator Julius Caesar Burrows at the Coliseum provoked mirth as he misnamed the president as Theorose Doravelt. Old-timers recalled similar slips by James Blaine in 1884 and Robert G. Ingersoll, with others apologetically corrected on stage.
A dog fight broke out at Camp Freeze Out when a new bull dog quarrelled with an existing one. The clash lasted ten minutes, drawing campers from their tents in pajamas. Weinand and Gardner plan to add more dogs to their growing kennel.
W A Jackson of Miami township first Cass county farmer to use irrigation. He dammed an open ditch along his land and let water run over the soil, planning to irrigate about an acre and plant cabbage once moisture is secured.
George A. Osborn, identified as a delegate, turns down an honorary place in the district’s delegation and will not join the committee. The report notes his decision amid local political maneuvering.
Bargain event launches at the big mill and factory end sale noted as a long advertised money saver. Early shoppers can expect strong discounts as the sale opens this morning at Gold en Rule.
Gates from the district to the Republican National Convention turned down the honor to join the committee notifying the vice president of his nomination. James Goodrich, the state chairman, proposed Osborn as Indiana's man on the committee but he also refused.
Nephew William Worstell aboard the Atlantic squadron writes of a round the world voyage. He recalls a Peruvian bull fight where three men died a snow capped peak and three glaciers in the Strait of Magellan.
Mrs Henry Cotner sustained a broken leg after a fall while washing windows at her home 1927 George Street on Monday. Authorities reported the accident occurred on the domestic premises with Cotner receiving medical attention.
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