The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 24, 1918, Page 2

~OoemMMNSSNALDAAEEBEESECCS* $9.90 FOR WHEAT ta aaSe Lert BT] IG? Grain Corporation Authorized to Increase Price so as to Absorb- BR ithe Freight: « Advances , RAISE STOCK TO 150,000,000 Washington, June 24.—The food ad- ministration’s “grain corporation in New York had blanket authority today to purchase: wheat at more than the fixed government price of $2.20 a bushel, ‘subject to the ‘approval of * the food administration. It Was’ auth: orized to ‘increase it’s capital stock from $50,000,000 »to $150,000,000, the ‘inckéaked ‘issue to be taken by the ‘government. aS lt was assumed that the primary purpose was to absorb the increased freight rates to become effective to- morrow ‘and thus insure to growers at Jéast as great a margin of profit as they now make. BUY W, 8. ——— CHICAGO GRAIN. Chicago, June 24.—Corn. No. 2 yel- Jow 173; 'No. 3 yellow 165@170; No. 4 yellow 151@163. Oats No. 3 white 78 12@79 1-2; standard’ 78 3-4@79 5-4. Rye No. 2, 185. Barley 110@116. Timothy 500@750. Clover nominal. - Pork nominal. Lard 24.95. Ribs 22.50@23,00. FLAX PRICES BREAK. Duluth, Minn., June 24.—Flaxseed ‘prices broke shaprly today with sell- ing on news of rains in ‘Montana and over the Canadian northwest. Cub- stantial rallies‘were brought about in the late trading with buying by crush- ers and short covering. July closed 1 1-2° off; ‘September 5 cents off and uctober 5 cents off. Coarse grains were also weak. Oats closed 1 1-4 of fand barley unchanged ‘to 2 cents off. Closing: Linseed—On track 394@ 395; arrive 394; July 398 asked; Sep- tember 382 asked; October 377 asked. Oats—On track 73 1-4@@76 1-4. Earley—On track $1@125. * CHICAGO LIVESTOCK. Chicdgo. June 24—Hogs receipts | ° bulk -sales $16.1 butchers $16.25@16.35;' packing $: @@16.15; dight °$16:35@ rough $15.25@ 15.503. pigs $. 50. Cattle 12,000; good steers steady; others strong to: higher, including yearlings; butchers steady; calves lower. 4 Sheep 13,000; slow to unevenly low- er, mostly 25 cents to 50 cents lower; good spring Jambs $18.50. CHICAGO PROVISIONS, Chicgo,: June .24.—Bptter steady; sTectipts 15,562,tubs creamery extras 43; firsts, 40@4¢ 1-2; seconds 37@39. Cheese steady; daisies 22 1-2@ 3-4; Americas 23i,1-4@1-2; longhorns 23@ 3-2; twins 221-4; brick 21 1-2; Sep- tember and: October twins 24@@24 1-2 ‘Eges receipts 20,549 cases higher; fitsts 23@34 1-4; ordinary firsts 29@ 32; at mark cases included 29@33. Potatoes unsettled; old, receipts 20 cara; Wisconsin, ‘Michigan and Min- ‘nesota ‘sacked 140@145; Ditto bulk "110@120. -' New -potatoes, receipts 75 cars; ,ouisiana and Texas sacked triumphs 264) sas ‘ditto 250@@260; wisidna” white 175@225;. Virginia barrels ($7AGR0O , Poultry alive higher; fowls °25 1-2; ree iT. PAUL LIVESTOCK. : South St. Paul, Minn., June 24— Hogs receipts‘ 7.400; 10°.cents lower; Fange $15.75@15.90; bulk $15.85@ .si€attle ‘receipts 5,800; ‘killers 15 to| 4 25 cents lower; steers . 750@17.00; cows and heifers '8.00@14.00; veal “edlves steady, 7.00@14.75; ‘stockers |, ‘and ‘féeders slow’ and weak, $6.50@12! 2 Sheep receipts 1,150; lambs 50 cents + lower to $1.00 lower on sheep; lambs $10.00@17.50; wethers $7.00@12.50; ewes $5.00@12.00. ‘ : is ‘MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN. ‘Minneapolis, Minn., June 24—Flour unchanged. Shipments 80,222 bar- rels. Ly Kye 193195. Barley 100@132. “Bran “33.15. DULUTH GRAIN. Duluth, Minn., June 24.—Elevater receipts of domestic grain—flax 2,000 bushels, last year 1,400. «Shipments: Flax 5,800. ‘Duluth car : inspection: Wheat— other spring 1; total wheat 1, year ‘ago 4; flax 6, year ago 2; oats 1; barley 1, year ago 2.. Total all-grains 9; year ago 9; on track 26. ‘ MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN. Minneapolis, Minn., June 24.—Wheat receipts 391 cars, compared with 375 carga year ago. Corn—No. 3 yellow 150@160. Oats—No. 3 white 74@75. Flax 393@395. BUY W, , §——— WILL FINISH SCHEDULE. Chicago, June 24—Thomas J. Hickey, president of the American As- sociation made the positive statement today tha tthe association would fin- ish its session as. scheduled and that the schedule would not be curtailed in any way. ‘The statement was made to-dispel rumors that the organization |. | might suspend. BUY W, 5, §——— ¢ | A MARK TWAIN ANECDOTE FOR AD CHASERS. | ‘When Mark Twain was editor | of a, Missouri paper, a superstitious | | subscriber wrote to him saying that | he had founcka spider in his paper, | | and asking him whether that was | {a sign of ‘good luck or bad. The humorist wrote him this answer: ; in your paper was neither good | | luck nor bad. luck ,for you. The spider was merely Tooking over the | paper to see which merchant is not | cadvertising, so that he can go to | that he'¢dn go ‘to that~store, spin | his web across the door and lead | ‘as pites.ot undisturbed peace ever | ard.” /-. “Old Subscriber: Finding a spider || * lil fesa ee ie eae 2 Send a Cheer to the Boys The most, extensive arid patriotic celebra- : tion ever held in the northwest—an epoch | making gathering that. will blaze the path | ,and point the way for, other states to bring .| ‘Loyalists together for war prosecution work, —the echo of North Dakota’s celebration will be heard in the trenches—it will cheer the — ‘boys as they shoot the sunlight of humanity through the million menacing minions of the “Beast of Berlin”—It will clear the vision and steady the/ditv'as they bombard the tot- tering “Kastle ‘of the Kaiser” with the screeching Gospel of Democracy. There will . be meetings of Red Cross workers, Home Guards, Boy Scouts, Women’s Home Guard : companies, Camp Fire Girls, and other semi- military and patriotic organizations.’ There will be a demonstration of tractors, which. it — it expected 10,000 farmers will atend. North Dakota.needs 75,000. harvest hands, the need will be met. during the week—War confer- ences daily—diversified entertainment to re- lieve the work pressure. i “YOU COME OVER” ¥. ‘ \ « @ ' Monday to Sat’d’ m™ Planned and Managed by the North ____Dakota Council of Defense _ Days and nights during which loyal Amer- icans will gather from every section of the .. . Slope to plan aid to the boys in the trenches, © (MH the city will be a waving sea of red, white and blue, wonderful entertainment and recrea- ‘tion for every member of the family. DAILY PROGRAM.“ MONDAY — War Saving ; Day. ~.9 TUESDAY — Red Cross «Day. : WEDNESDAY — Tractor Day. 5 jee THURSDAY — “Our Guard Day. FRIDAY—Federal Labor ‘Reserve Day. SATURDAY — County . Councils of Defense Day. 7 * (Watch The Bismarck Daily Tribune for time and place of meeting of |....Various organizations.) BISMARCK---The Capital City’ The Loyalty Genter of the Entire Northwest Every Day and Evening hearst Next Week : Bismarck bids cordial welcome to_ loyal ‘Americans from:every corner of the Slope to join in the war conferences and various pa- triotic meetings. . City streets will bea way- ing sea of_National Colors. Speakers, of ., National reputation, including Corporal’ Smith of Gen. Pershing’s staff—Musie: by: . several bands—Parades—A_ genuine:i.old Birthday” and Hom e. | fashioned celebration of the Fourth of July —Tented attractions by the C. A. Wortham shows, “The.most wonderfal carnival in the world”—At night the streets will be a fairy- land of brightness—Red Cross dining halls, with meals at popular prices—Rest rooms everywhere in charge of Red Cross—Danc ing on new asphalt streets and hotel ball rooms—“Pershing’s Crusaders” every after- noon and evening—The New York success, “Mary’s Ankle,” Monday night—Accommo- dations galore for man, beast and machine— Hates voumment for every member of the fam- ily. » BISMARCK’ INVITES YOU The Ladies and Boy Scouts Receiving the Three Largest Number of Votes—Ladies’ Votes Five Cents, and Boy Scouts’ Votes One Cent, Each—Will Be Presented with’ Valuable Prizes. RI ea oe Ladies’ First Prize $75.00 Thrift Stamps andCrowned MISS LIBERTY of the Celebration Ladies’ Second Prize $25.00 in Thrift Stamps Ladies’ Third Prize $10.00 in Thrift Stamps Boy Scout First Pri $25.00 in Thrift Stamps Boy Scout Second Prize $10.00 in Thrift Stamps Boy Scout Third Prize $5.00 in Thrift Stamps. Z —EEE _————$—<_ » ~— LOVALTY WEEK and th OF JULY Celebratio BISMARCK n a \ BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE