The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, March 23, 1916, Page 12

THE ‘mmm L’.EADER "',tozssasw fair 46 good - $5:25. to 965 WHEAT SUMMARY. Apparent attempts to depress the wheat market, which have been erap- ping up durmg the past two or three weeks, received somewhat of a. .set-.. baek the week closing March 18 by’ reports from the winter wheat dis- “‘common around $5; cutters $4.25 to . $4.76; canners. $3.75. to. $4.25; shelly : old/cows $3.50 or less. Choice fed bulls $6.50 to $7; good to . . choice $6 to $6.50; bolognas $5.65 to $5.90' common light bulls $4.75 to $5.2 Veal talves steady, top $10.50; sec- _onds '$8.50; culls $6 to $7; weiners $4.25 to' $525¢ Stocker and feeder market ruled . a little weaker. Select heavy fleshy feeders $7.50 $8,_ : feeders: $7,to $7.59 ‘Yearlings and: caives, good to choice $6.75 to $7.25; fair to. good $625 to $6.765;- commen- from: $5 to. $6.50 ac- co*ding to weight' and flesh, - Good' to choice' heifers’ $6.50’ to $6.75; extra good' up: to $7; fair: to. good $6 to $6.50. Peeding cows: good' to- clioice’ $5.50" “to $6; fair to- good $5°to $5‘50, com-. mon. to fair $4:50 to: $5. Stock and'feeding’ bul]s '$5.25 to $6 ows'. showr. $2, gzin‘ good to chou:e $62.50 to $80; fam to-good . : gi%mt $5$% to. $62.50;; commen to»fut_ Sesan] 0 0. G The “hog market t'oday roled 10¢ 1ower, renge from: $9 to: $9:40, bulle on light: mixed $9 34 hemea. $9.80' The sheep market‘ stead with a $1‘9525 top on lambs, seconds ruled % pigs: $7.85. $8.50 to: $9, tv') ewes Wfioa 'ea.w s R $7. 25, bucks $ TR KIRK COM CO triets that much of the crop has been winter killed. The -best - informed wheat: operators are unable to:strike * a balance and decide whether wheat is' going to:go lowerior go-up, owing: to_many conflicting _reports. - In" Liverpool” there” continues to be slaek interest in buying, but from the farmers’ point of view better prices seem not’ unlikely, if reperts current that Russia is going to grow a short crop this year; and winter wheat 'in the’ United States has been winter [ killled, are true. Receipts at Winne-. i peg and Minneapolis, however show great increases over'last year. LATEST QUO’I’ATIONS Quotations still. rank well with re- cent weeks, the Minneapolis-cash close Monday, March 20 being:: for No. 1‘ hard, 1.16% to 3%; No.- 1. northern, 1.13% to L. 14%; No. 2 northern, 1.08% to 1.11%; No. 2 Montana. 1.10% to 1.11%. - Duluth Cash Close. — No. 1 hard 1.13%%; No. 1 northern, 1.11 to'1. 131/2, No. 2 northern, 1.06% to 1.10%. _LIVESTOCK MARKET South St. Paul, Minn., March 20— With about 5000 cattle on the market today, the cattle market ruled 10c¢ to 15c lower. Choice to prime fed steers $8 to $8.75; good to choice $7.50 to $8; fair to good $6.75 to $7.50. Choice to prime fed cows and heif- ers $6.75.to $7.50;. good to choice $6 el U A e G Al i b e e PRICE $600:COM- PLETELY EQUIPPED FIVE PASSENGbR . TOURING CAR'. SPECIAL FEATURES . Wood wheels, ; +82x9 1-2 Mires / - " Fibre Grip.geare less transmission. En-bloc up-to-date water: cooted \umotar, (256 HP., ‘Jasoline gauge: Stewart speed~ ometer: "SPECIAL FEATURES L. Electric lighting " and starting = -gystem, High tension magneto: ~ Onc-man top 4 Stream-line - body. Heavy tufted ( upholstery. Deep cushions. Polished, plate- glass rain-vision windshield. Signal horn. Ceénter control 108-inch ‘Wheelbase.. NEW 1916 MODELS It’s hght weight, therefore easy on tires, and giveslow cost of operation. Without question it is the simplest car manufactured. Number of parts reduced to the mininum. Seven speeds forward. No gears to strip. No. clutch toslip. Easy riding; Splendidly upholstered. Deep cushioned seats. Any lady can drive a Metz. No hill to steep for a METZ. If the METZ is not represented’in your territory write for dealers’ agency contract PHONE 2600 M O DISTRIBUTORS FOR NORTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA: METZ CO., Walthm Mass. GETS POSITION WITH G.-N. €. B. Dusterud, a graduate of the telegraph department of Button’s Business College, Moorehead, has ac- cepted a position with the G. N. at Havre, Mont. 12-1t oc-oooo“ooomoaoono“oo& TRY OUR CEMENT PAINT FOR WATER PROOFING $1.50 and $2.per gallon. In barrels less. F. BARTON Box 1106 Fargo, N. D. 0900000000000000000000000 FARGO; N; o | GEPERD PEDE R b ool :N the first of F‘ebruafy last, the Equity Cooperative Ex- " “change paid-'a cumulative dividend' of 8 per cent on all capital stock issued up to August 1st, 1915. This is the first dividend that has ever been paid:by this.corporation, ’ ' It wasall earned from August 1st,1915, to December 31st;, a period of five months. Our total net profit during this period was $53,000.00, all made in the handling of MS,OOU 000 bushels’ of grain. Our. paidup ‘capital August 1st'was but‘ $42,939.00. behooves-the farmers to enter this business: that: they may obtixin'- the enormous profits to be derived therefrom: for fllemseives. : The Equity Cooperatlve Exehange is a famers’ corpomfiom composed of’ farmer stockholders an¢msnnged by a Board' of Di- rectors, all of whom are farmers. :Its: wmtfid swek dfla@vs* a cum- ulative dividend of 8 per cent and no>more, . The b;flanee of the net earnings of the corporatlon are distributed ammg 1ts pfimms,, p.nd the ‘amount each’ receives is determmedhy the- ambnnti of busmess transacted. The Exchange affords ’ohe'farmers an opportunity df' mm'lietmg j : then* grain cooperatxvely, enablmg them to do on the termmal j._xi . that there is money in the grain commission: business; and that it . grain markets what they have done through their elevators in the local markets, namely to better the prices on: grain: In: this' way. the farmers-can: help themselves, by eonsxgmng their grain to the Eq;uty Cooperatlve Exchange: at either: St. Paul, anesota, or . Supenor, W1sconsln. The: txme to do that is now... Meetmg Dates Eannfim meqtmgs ha\ve heen called for the followmg places and mw&!m the eodpemtlve marketing-of farm ‘products, all m'mem ‘who.are interested! inbetter marketing are requested -t come wm:awm an& Hrmg theu- neighbors' w:th them. A ;,Brantfqzfl,»_N.j_D.,.;