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Show UUI) busl'.t-is lat year. Corn feature- less and prices largv'y followed .; wheat. Cl'ii f; jvk-t in Chicago cash market; No. - i t d winter wheat SI. 01; No. 2 hard winter wheal $1.0.3; Xo. 2 mixed corn tKV No. - yel'ow 1. corn 0!c; Xo. white oais oh'. Aver- age farm prices: Xo. - mixed corn in : central Iowa a: out -!;c; Xo. 1 dark northern wheat in central North Da-. ; kota H-e. Closing future prices: Chi-; cago September wheat s'1.011.-; Chi- . I cago September corn 57'je; lUnnea-! I nolis September wheat Sl.uo; Kansas ": ' CENTEKFIELD j NEWS ITEMS. . ; (Special Correspondence.) j Centerfield, Aug. 17. Harvesting has begun in earnest in the "Big Field" and generally speaking the; crops are good. Frequent showers. however, have made it difficult to get I the hay put up in hrst-class shape. The Beehive girls enjoyed a delightful de-lightful outing at TweVe Mile canyon. can-yon. The swarm was under the chaperonage of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rich-ard Fjeldsted, Mrs. Leo Beck and Miss Minerve Jensen. A farewell party was tendered Hal W. Taylor at the sugar factory hotel, "The Grand View," last Saturday evening. A good crowd of fellow workmen gathered to greet Mr. Taylor Tay-lor before his departure for the coast. Music, a lunch and other diversions were enjoyed by those present. As an appreciation of the loyalty shown to the employees Mr. Taylor was presented pre-sented with a beautiful Elgin watch by his fellow workers at the factory. Mr. Taylor left the first of the week for California where he has accepted a position as superintendent for one of the big sugar factories there. William Roylance and family of Provo, spent last Sunday here visiting visit-ing with his brother, Harry Roylance and his sister, Mrs. C. E. Embley and their families. C. II. Christiansen and son, J. II. Christiansen, spent last Saturday and Sunday at Marysvale as the guests of Dr.- and Mrs. Swalberg. On their City September wheat U 3 ; Winni-jc peg October wheat S1.02's. I Hay Demand for hay except of j ; best grades dull in eastern markets, j Poor hay selling slowly. Lighter re-j ceipts, caused by railroad situation,;: strengthened hay market in central ; west. Prices firm to $1 higher. Re-ports Re-ports of country loading decreasing. Quoted August 12, Xo. 1 Timothy Boston, old, $20. New York, old, $31,' : Philadelphia new, ijUU, Pittsburgh, $19, Cincinnati $17. Chicago $23, At- ;i lanta $23. Livestock and Meats Net changes in Chicago hog prices for the week j were rather slight. Medium and light weights were practically un-changed un-changed while extreme heavies were : 25c lower and some desirable heavies j about 10c higher than a week ago. . Beef steers were 10c to 25c lower : with better grades of butcher cows j and heifers and lower grades of beef steers generally 25c lower. Feeding steers were firm to 10c higher and veal calves generally 50c higher per 100-lbs. Fat and feeding lambs were firm to 10c higher, yearlings 10c to , 25c higher and fat ewes unchanged.' On August 11, hogs opened 10c to 15c j higher than Saturday's average, bet- return they, were accompanied by the son of J. H. Christiansen who has been living with the Swalbergs since their residence at Marysvale. Bishop Soren Anderson is nursing a badly bruised side which he sustained sus-tained when he busted a board on his hay rack and fell through. At first it was thought that some of the ribs had been torn loose but a close examination exam-ination showed only bad bruises. Chas. H. Embley also met with a misfortune, but came out with more luck than Bishop Anderson. Mr. Embley was riding on a high load of hay when he lost his balance and fell. In falling he turned a complete som-mersault, som-mersault, and landed heavily on the hard ground the hay being on the wagon. Eye witnesses state that Mr. Embley fell so gracefully and that his gyrations were so clever that the young men were envious of the man of his age to be so nimble. And it is stated that Darius Green, with his ter grades closing steady at the ad- vance. Better grades of beef steers and butcher cows and heifers were strong to 10c higher with spots up core. Stock steers and veal calves were steady. Fat lambs were firm to a shade higher with feeders slow. August 14, Chicago prices: Hogs top $10.35; bulk $7.00 to $10.25; medium and good beef steers S8.00 to $10.00; Butcher cows and heifers $3.00 to $9.00; Feeder steers $5.40 to $7.75; light and medium weight veal calves $10.00 to $$11.25; Fat lambs $11.50 to $12.75; Feeding- lambs $11.50 to $12.50; Yearlings $8.50 to $11.00; Fat ewes $3.50 to $7.G5 ; Stocker and feeder feed-er shipments from 12 important markets mar-kets during the week enring August 4, were: Cattle and Calves 63.5S9; Hogs 4,279; Sheep 44,221. Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices were firm to somewhat higher than a week ago, beef and pork loins $1 to $2 higher with veal, lamb and mutton generally firm to $1 higher. On August 14, steers beef was unevenly 50c to $2 higher than at the closing af last week, veal $1 to $2 higher, lamb and mutton steady to ?1 higher and pork loins strong to $1 higher. August 14, prices good grade meats: Beef $16 to $18; veal .$15 to $18; lamb $24 to $27 mutton $14 to $17; light pork loins '$23 to $27; heavy loins $15 to $20. flying machine, was outclassed. Mr. Embley was loading hay when the , horses suddenly started, thrdwing, him to the ground. He was unable to work for a few days but luckily no bones were broken. Miss Ethel Jensen of Centerfield expects to leave Salt Lake about September Sep-tember 5th for a mission. She has been assigned to the Pacific coast 'and she will perhaps labor in California. Calif-ornia. . Tuesday afternoon the Relief society so-ciety of the Centerfield ward gave a social for the benefit of Angus West-over, West-over, laboring in New Zealand as a missionary for the L. D. S. church. A splendid program of music and recitations and a big picnic dinner were the features. A purse of $36.15 was contributed for Mr. Westover. |