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Show ACTIVITY III OIL IS MARKET FEATURE! J. A. Hogle & Co.. 169 South Main street, furnish the following digest of financial news, received over their private pri-vate wires: New York Financial News Bulletin: While the market at Intervals displayed dis-played weakness, especially In sorpe of the so-called high-grade rails. It was apparent that It was in a well liquidated liqui-dated state, and if aided by the slightest slight-est intimations of constructive developments devel-opments a rather sharp advance should take place. The strength of Russian roubles today to-day and the Berlin admission of more stubborn resistance on tiie Riga front, encourages the conviction that things generally in Russia are gradually improving. im-proving. New York curb stock letter: A feature fea-ture of the trading on the Broad street curb was the vigorous buying of Northwest Oil. on which that stock rose from 93 to 106, a new high record. Midwest was firm with sales at 140 and 138 and Merritt ranged from 34 to 35. Submarine was unsettled hy the dividend suspension and dropped four points to the new low record of 13. Lake Torpedo sold at Z'i and 4. Curtiss Aeroplane ranged from 37 to S51.4 and Wright Martin was traded In at St to 714. Aetna Explosive sold at 4 to In the low prices oil stock interest attaciied to the demand for Tuxpam Star because of the published statements state-ments that construction of additional addition-al facilities at Tampico will enable the company to dispense with Its present storages, estimated at 2,000,-000 2,000,-000 barrels. Authorized statements were made that Wyoming United has arranged to purchase, if titles are approved. 2700 acres adjoining the Royal Dutch property, on which a well was recently recent-ly hrought ip. .Mining stocks were irregular. Magma sold at 46; Big Ledge was traded In at 1 and 1: Nipissing at 9! and S and Calumet and Jerome at 2 1-16. Motors stocks were weak, with United at 19i to 18 and Standard Motors 9 to 7. |