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Show expect mm 1 mm en J. A. Hnsle & Co.. 169 South Main street, furnish the following digest of financial news, received o or their private pri-vate wires: New York Stock Letter: As the anticipated antici-pated favorable news of the railroad situation which was expected to make its appearance overnight did flot materialize, and I.lovtl George emphasized that events tit great importance on the western front are imminent, quite naturally some of the timid louts showed a willingness to reduce commitments at least over the week-end. The ease with which some ot the so-called special issues declined, not omilting the action of l.'nion I'acitic, was also an unsettling factor, and it is rather apparent I hat in some quarters of the list it is quite probable a further adjustment downward in prices may be recorded. As regards most of the so-called standard "issues, however, the opinion is growing that liquidation has pretty well exhausted itself and the disclosures of occurrences savoring of constructive interpretation in-terpretation will probably be followed by substantial recoveries. Kvenis of prime importance, m ,u mi as the stock market is concerned, seem to he In the making, and irregularity m standard siiares until things are more clearlv defined will probably be witnessed, though, on the. whole, the course of least resistance from now on would seem to be on the long side. New York Curb Market: Trading on the curb was quiet, which was considered consid-ered natural because of general holiday tendencv, and price movements, even in usuallv active Issues, were without special spe-cial importance. There was moderate trading in Aetna F.xplosives at 7 and 7-"rt. and a fair amount of business was transacted in General F.lectric Rights at li anil la4. Midwest Refining opened at 97, but later yielded to 95. and Merritt Oil, after selling at IS, yielded to Chevrolet was steady at 60. United Motors Mo-tors was fairly well held, with sales at 15 and 14vfc. Nipissing continued to show a Firm tone, although trading in it was small in volume, with the transactions all at S:s, the high price previously reached during the week. Mining stocks were steady, with most Interest attached to trading In Nixon Nevada, which again sold at li and l7a. Glenrock Petroleum was one of ihe weakest features, falling from k to 61", indicating the expiration or the holder's agreement which was In force while the stock had been made active by pool manipulation. Financial News Bulletin: Prices in the stock market are expected to recover further. Technical conditions are considerably consid-erably improved. Sentiment is more cheerful on rumors of favorable metal price decisions in Washington, as well as an ending of the suspense with regard to the rails and leading issues in these groups, which are. likely to work upwaiu moderately. Sugar stocks are in scant supply, steel is heavily oversold. New-York New-York Central and Reading have been well bought. St. Louis: Lead, quiet, ?6.25b.50; spelter, dull. ?7.50 Tf 7.75. United Verde Extension declared a quarterly dividend of 25 cents a share and a distribution of SI. 50 from reserves for depletion. The Ahmeek Mining company has declared de-clared a quarterly dividend of $2 a share, payable January 10, to stock of record December IS. . , , Prairie Pipe Line declared a dividend of 55 and $5 extra. International News Bureau: Prairie Oil and Gas declared S per cent dividend and extra 2 per cent January 31, stock of record rec-ord December 31. Iia-n Jones, Washington: Until federal trade commission concludes its inquiry, no revised steel prices are expected. Twenty industrials tS.o5. up 1.69. Twenty rails. 73. 9S, up 1.5a. |