Oklahoma Daily Live Stock News (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 15, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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DON’T LET UNCLE SAM’S CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE FOOD GAMBLER INTERFERE— HE KNOWS BETTER THAN TO PUNISH LEGITIMATE BUSINESS— EVEN IN WAR TIME
OKLAHOMA PATET LIVE STOCK NEWS
TIMBER S
VOLUME VIII
OKLAHOMA CITY OKLA TUESDAY MAY 15 1917
9
ISSUED EVERT WEEK DAT
KM ANNUALLY
d a rircpQ p a viwr
I AUUjIYJ lAIlilU
10-15c MORE
FOR BEEF
Steers and Butcher Cattle
Go Higher as Result of
Scarcity — Western Okla-
homa Comfeds Sell at
’ $1150 Top— Stockers are
Getting good Competition
Beef costa scooted higher today be-
cause the west was alarmingly short
of the raw material Locally con-
trary to expectation a heavy run of
directs failed to cause packers to
hold off on tlie fresh arrivals the
moderate offering of merchantable
beef selling early and 1015c higher
than last week This advance was
felt Monday but today’s deal empha-
sized the lift Around 3000 head was
the count about half directs against
1423 a week ago and 898 a year
back The on-market display was
most encouraging carrying a line of
good beef some that sold at $11 50
car-top tlie highest for this sized
lot In weeks There was a line of
$9361050 plain to medium tat
shortfeds and caked on grass Texas
that gave paokers tlie longed for
relief Thoy want more of these
decently warmed-up Bteers Yearlings
off sliortfecd carrying their “milk-
fat" sold at $1075 Willie tlie ad-
vance on butcher cattle was not as
evenly smeared on aa on steers there
was more action and tlie two-day
market on cows and heifers looks
considerably better There was $10
tops on heifers $950 for cows and
bulls readied $10 which was a new
record for this market Tlie supply
of Jack-pots was not as large as on
Monday and packers hustled to get
their full share
Blockers Bo Fast—
Several carlot deals in Stocker
BteerB were made at $8®8 50 and a
few smaller lots brought more money
It was an actively higher market
Brokers took hold early and fills
were not considered as tlie country
demand was good enough at the
start to stiffen brokers in their quest
of larger holdings
Today’s Quotations
Prices of tlie various grades of cattle
are approximately as follows:
Steers —
Choice to prime cornfcd 11 5012 00
Medium to good cornfed 10 60U 60
Good meal and hull fed 9761050
Plain short feds 9251025
Medium rough fed 8 00960
Texas caked grassers 9 251010
Straight grassers ! 775900
Good to choice fed yearlings
750 to 900 lbs 10 7o1125
Medium to good yearlings 9501050
Cons and Heifers —
Good to choice cows heavy 900950
Medium to good cows 775875
Plain cows 700775
Strong weight cutters 6 250)700
Canners 5 2506 25
Good to chc light lielferB 10 00® 1050
Good to choice fed heifers 9 001000
Medium to good fed heifers 800875
Fair to medium heifers 675775
Good to choice fed bulls 9 00975
Medium to good butch bulls 750875
steel sells 42o°
STEERS AT $325000
For a string of 4200 steers Just de-
livered to the grazing district of
Greenwood and Butler counties In
Kansas M L Steel of Groom Tex
received about $325000 Mr Steel's
sales included 1600 head of four-year-old
steers at $90 a head and 2600
head of the same age at $70 to $80
"These prices" remarked Mr Steel
to the Drovers Telegram “are an in-
dication of how much money has
been spent to stock up tlie Kansas
and Oklahoma grazing districts this
spring The prices also reflect the
great rise in values which cattle rais-
ers of Texas have enjoyed However
tlie advance does not mean a corre-
sponding increase In our profits
“Years ago we had free range and
light expenses To build and main-
tain fences is expenses The ad-
vances in values which we have
witnessed have added to the burdens
of those raising cattle In the days
of cheap range and low expenses we
used grade bulls and paid out very
little money for breeding stock The
steers t sold at $90 each which is
probably a record price for that kind
and that number are eligible to reg-
istry They are the very highest type
of beef animals to be found In any
part of the country
‘Ranchmen however have no com-
plaints to offer We have expended
large sums for breeding stock and
made large increases in equipment in
oilier directions at heavy expenses in
connection will: our ranching indus-
try and have been compensated for it
Where ranchmen have adopted strict
business rules they have prospered
and are in a better position today to
make tills industry pay than we were
15 years ago”
Mr Steel specializes in steer ranch-
ing raising no cattle himself His
method is to buy calves and young
steers and mature them The cattle
he handles are tlie product of the best
herds in Texas
FACULTY ENTER ARMY DRILL
A drill company of Instructors and
professors is being organized at the
University of Wisconsin to begin daily
work after spring vacation Some
of tlie faculty men who have had
previous military training are enter-
ing tlie company with a view to tak-
ing examinations as officers others
who are without experience aim to
learn the rudiments so that they will
be ready
The company will drill In two
squads after the day’s work Is done
five or six days a woek one squad
will drill at 4:30 and the other at
7:30 Already a large number have
signified their intention of entering
tlie company — University Bulletin
TO MAKE A FRENCH FLAG
If you make a French flag remem-
ber that the blue stripes next to tlie
staff is 30 per cent of the length of
the flag the white 33 and the red 37
Boston Herald
ELEVEN CARS DRIVEN
TO CHICKASHA OKLA
P G Spining Studebaker automo-
bile dealer at Chickaslia Okla drove
eleven cars out of Oklahoma City
Friday Mr Spilling is a live wire in
the automobile business He says
that only the Studebaker cars satisfy
hiB customers’ wants
'Today’s Local
RECEIPTS
And
WESTERN
MARKETS
CATTLE 3000
CALVES 100
HOGS 2400
SHEEP 200
Official receipts at the Oklahoma
City market by day this week:
H
Cattle Cf Hogs Sheep & M
Mon 1991 210 2388 10 21
AT WESTERN MARKETS
CHICAGO 111 May 15— Cattle-
Receipts 4500 head Market strong
Estimated receipts Wednesday 16000
head
Hogs— Receipts 13000 head Mar-
ket opened 1015c lower closed 15c
lower Top $1640 bulk $161630 in the dish pan
Estimated receipts Wednesday 25000
head
Sheep— Receipts 9000 head Mnr-
ket steady Estimated recaipts Wed-
nesday 8000 head
KANSAS CITY Mo’ May 15— Cat-
tle— Receipts 8000 head including
150 Texas Market opened steady
closed strong to 20c higher
Hogs— Receipts 13000 head Mar-
ket opened strong closed 1015c
lower Top $1630 bulk $157516 20
Estimated receipts Wednesday 9000
head
Shoep— Receipts 4000 head
ekt 25c higher
EAST ST LOUIS 111 May 16—
Cattle — Receipts 3800 head including
200 Texas Market steady
Hogs— Receipts 12500 head Mar-
ket opened 610c lower closed 15c
lower Top $1650 bulk $1610
1630
Sheep — Receipts 1500 head Mar-
ket higher
FORT WORTH Tex May 15—
Cattle — Receipts 5500 head including
1000 calves Market 10c higher
Hogs — Receipts 3000 head Market
1015c lower Top $15 85 bulk
$15S016 75
Sheep — Receipts 3000 head Mar-
ket steady
WICHITA Kans May 15 — Cattle-
Receipts 800 head Market strong
Hogs— Receipts 1700 head Market
prospects 10® 15c lower
Sheep— Receipts none
TAKE MEASURES
I AGAINST CORN PESTS
Animal and insect pests of corn-prairie-dogs
ground squirrels goph-
ers blackbirds crows cut-worms
earworms wlreworms chinch bugs
grasshoppers — soon will qpen their
spring campaigns of destruction Many
of these pests can be effectively com-
bated according to specialists in the
U S Department of Agriculture
alio describe measures that may be
employed
For cutworms lumps of poisoned
bait made by mixing about 50 pounds
of bran or cornmeal witii two pounds
of Paris green six finely chopped or-
anges or lemons and enough cheap
molasses to make a stiff dough should
be scattered along tlie corn rows at
planting time or as soon as injury
from cutworms is noticed Informa-
tion as to these poison baits will be
furnished on application to the Bu-
reau of Entomology
Treating tlie seed with - coal tax
Will usually repel attacks of birds
and in some cases those of bur-
rowing rodents A teaspoonful of tar
is enough for a peck of corn Mix
tlie tar with a quart of boiling water
After the mixture lias cooled some-
what but is still hot stir in the corn
until evory grain is coated and then
spread It out to dry before planting
Corn may be immersed several min-
utes in moderately hot water with
out affecting germination The tar
treatment does not repel mice or
ground squirrels
Destruction of corn by ground
squirrels pratrle-dogB pocket gopli
ers or mice is best prevented by
poisoning the animals a few days be-
fore the corn is planted Strychnine
is the best poison In all cases but to
obtain satisfactory results a special
formula la needed for preparing the
poison for each kind of animal Such
formulas have been worked out b
the Bureau of Biological Survey and
special Instructions will be furnished
upon application Faria green and
strychnine are poisons and should not
be placed where children or domestic
animals can get them Yearbook
Separate No 708 "Destroying Rodent
Peats Oti The Farm” contains many
formulas and may be had free until
the limited edition la exhausted
Today's Quotations
Genuine spring lambs 14001600
Lambs
Good to choice wool 16 001700
Fair to good wool 15 00016 00
Clipped lambs 1300® 1460
Yearlings
Good to choice clipped 12 5O14fl0
Fair to good 11001225
Wethers
Good to choice clipped 11001200
Fair to good 10 001100
Ewes
Good to choice clipped 11 5012 25
Fair to good 10001125
Bouts
Good to choice 8 50 9 25
Fair to good 750 850
REPRESENTATIVE SALES
Lambs
“MANY A MICKLE
A MCChLE
MAKES
One pat or serving of butter
4 is a little thing — there are
about 64 of them in a pound
In many households tlie butter
left on the plates probably
would equal one pat or 14 of
an ounce daily — Bcraped off into
the garbage pail or washed off
But it every one of our 20-
4 000000 households Bliould wasto
V4 of an ounce of butter dally
on tlie average It would mean
312500 pounds a day— 114062-
500 pounds a year
To make tills butter would 4
take 265251560 gallons of milk
— or tlie product of over half a 4
million cows
But butter isn’t eaten or
wasted in every home some one
objects Very well Say only
one in 100 homes wastes even
a pat of butter a day — over 1-
000000 pounds wasted Still in-
tolerable when butter is so val-
uable a food and every bit of
butter left on a plate is so use- 4
ful in cookery
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I Briefly Covering
— the —
I World’s News
George A Smith former secretary
of the state school land department
has been commissioned by Governor
Williams as state game warden
Smith succeeds John A Chenworth
who has devoted all his time for sev-
eral months to getting the Medicine
Park Hull hatchery in proper shape
Declaring that the present high
prices of wheat and' flour and other
food products were brought on by a
“gang” of food speculators who should
bp fined and sent to prison the
Housewives’ league of Oklahoma City
yesterday passed a resolution asking
each of tlie 100 members to write a
letter to the Oklahoma delegation In
congress asking them to take steps
necessary to stop food speculation
According to passengers arriving
from England tlie British passenger
steamship Medina was torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine on
April 28 when off the coast of Ply
mouth
After three weeks of debate rang-
ing over innumerable war problems
tlie senate by a vote of 77 to 6 passed
the administration espionage bill A
similar bill has passed the house and
virtual redrafting of many of the
most important provisions is expected
In the forthcoming conferences
Great Britain Monday received a
third installment of $25900000 of
th $100000000 which the United States
agreed to lend to meet British pur-
chases in tills country during the
month if May
An official German statement Is-
sued Monday says the Germans have
retaken the ruins of Bullecourt vil-
lage The dlfforent foods which make up
the army ration cost the government
at present prices about 35 cents per
ration For an army of 2000000 men
the disbursements of food by the com-
missary department of the United
States army would total about $700
000 a day
Three men were killed and four
wounded one probably fatally at
CaBtle Shannon a suburb of Pitts-
burgh Pa soon after noon Monday
when the First National bank of
Castle Shannon was robbed of $10-
000 r
Tom Jones a Bryan oounty farmer
living sight mile west ot Durant
Okla is lying In a hospital at Durant
at the point of death suffering from
a wound whJch waa accidentally In-
flicted Sunday night by Sheriff John
Phillips ' ' j L
25000 MORRIS & CO EMPLOYEES
IN BIG LIBERTY BOND BUY
Packers Inveal $750000 In War Loan and Offer To Sell
Same To Employes At $1 Per Week — Nelton Morris
Makes Statement Urging Greatest Activity Now
THE pencil ANK of
$75000(1 worth of
Liberty Ronds of (he
Culled Mutes gov
eminent Monday was
authorised by Nelson
Morris chairman of
the board of direc-
tors of Morris S
Company Mr Mor-
ris also annminred
a plan whereby ev-
ery one of the 25-
000 employes of HIn
company might pur-
ehaso one of the $50
bonds upon ensy
payments The plan would permit
any employe to purchase uny number
of bonds upon weekly payments for
each bond Four per cut Interest
will be allowed the purchnsers so
each bond will cost net $4900 Any
employe will he iernilttrd to purchase
as many bonds ns he wishes both for
himself and for members of Ills fam-
ily WEST SIDE STOCKMEN
LIKE LOCAL MARKET
There was a small army of satisfied
western Oklahoma stock raisers who
helped fill tlie bill today Beckham
county was active in providing quan-
tity sad quality A B Fuchs featur-
ing tlie day's market by topping the
beef sale with a load of home-grown
1032-lb steers at $1150 He alBO
topped t ho hog market with a load
of 250-lb chaps at $16 and broke
all recordB on bulls with one at $10
half dollar higher than ever paid be-
fore Richard Fuelis accompanied
his father W R Bartz a neighbor
but ranching in Roger MUIb was here
with a load of Ills owned raised year-
lings that sold at $1075 Both own-
ers were well satisfied It was Bartz'
first attempt as a feeder and he said
the operation made good money “Next
season I'll raise and fatten more
stock but on a different plan" he
added “I believe every stockman
should know what his cattle gain
and thereby figure costs A scale
will be added to my equipment" In
the Stocker department J T Cox of
Beckham marketed four loads of 635-
lb steers at $8 50 Britton Bros had
two Ibads of atockera of around 450
lbs at $8 All these stockmen said
their section of the state was enjoy-
ing the best prospects for a big wheat
crop they ever had Messrs Fucha
and Bartz said there was more wheat
than ever before and chances are for
cloBe to a 20 bushel to the acre yield
SNELLS TO MOTOR
Ben and Mrs Snell leave today for
a six weeks' motor trip to the south-
west They expect to visit the big
sheep country In Mexico and Texae
and also take In the sights that na-
ture has confined to that most beau-
tiful part of the country
Jackson & Gibson of Garvin coun-
ty had two loads of steers and cows
In the day's market
Q ' B Davis of Stephens county
consigned two loadB of cattlo today
mostly stockers at $7768
Tlie Stato Bank of Groom Tex
furnished a load of cattle in the
day's market
W B Burnett of Creek county dis-
posed of a load of cattle here
E W Herman of Caddo county
marketed a car of cattlo In tlm Tues-
day trade
Hodge & Spear of Quanah had
four loads of light fat cattle here
that Bold at $950
Thompson & B of Paducah con
Bigned a load of cattle in the day's
market Their stockers brought $835
B A Williams the Murray county
dealer was represented today market-
ing a car Of cattle and hogs
Love & Payne were among the
Garvin county helpers today dispos-
ing ot a mixed load of stock
Bert H Scott led the Caddo county
delegation in tlie hog trade market-
ing two loads while Popejoy & A
N L Cowan and W O Parker had
a load each
Jno 8 Landers was on the Job
today marketing a load of hogs from
Noble county
E B Gillum had a mixed load and
J H Adair a load of hogB as Grady
county'a contribution today
O W Wheeler with a load of hogs
and cattle and Gogdln 4b Austin a
load of hogs were Cleveland county
patrons today i
Pottawatomie county lent a hand
today W Newkham Rushing & Mush-
en and J A Hanlng marketing a
load of hogs each r
Dean Roberta were Lincoln coun-
ty operator! in the deal with a load
of hoga and cattle
- -1 -
Give ns your orders for stock era
fooderi and butcher cattle We tr te
a specialty ot buying cattle on o”4f
T B Bausdara Co Ul Liubas LJ
“We believe everybody should do
his part In helping the government
In tlie prosecution of this war” Mr
Morris said “Onr country Is the
rlrhest of all nations and whllo Its
wealth and resources are enormous
It Is the duty of every rltlaen to aid
In the sureessful prosecution ot the
war In which we are engaged the
shortening of which will save hun-
dreds of thousands of lives
“The I'nlted Slates government has
authorized the largest loan ever made
In the history of the world Morris
A Company Is purchasing $75HJNlO
north of these bonds and by our lib-
eral plun of deferred paynientn will
aid any employe to purchase these
bonds oil the payment of $1 per week
(nr forty-nine weeks for the $5U
bonds the Interest at four per rent
which we will allow on the weekly
payments making np the difference
between what la paid In and the prin-
cipal “He are so notifying earh of our
more than 25000 employes in all
parts of the United Stales”
Daily Weather Report
May 15 JI7
FORECASTS
For Oklahoma City and vicinity:
Generally- fair weather tonight and
Wednesday
For Oklahoma state: Tonight and
Wednesday generally fair and warm-
er Warmer In eaBt and central por-
tion 24 hours ending 7
Precipitation
a m today:
Amarillo 01
Beaver 00
FRY 114 PLEASED
R M Fry ot Canadian county
while not the largest feeder In that
section is always on the Job He
has been furntsiilng Oklahoma City
with a couple hundred beef cattle
every year Today he marketed two
loads of around 1240-lb steers that
sold at $1135 and a load ot leaa than
200-lb average hogs at $1595 Fry
feeds his cattle ensilage cottonseed
meal and corn "It Is as economical
a ration aa can be had” he remarked
today “and If there Is any method
that will earn a fair profit the one
in which silage plays a part is I am
convinced the most certain"
MANY FROM JACKSON ’
Southwestern Oklahoma cut a big
figure today and JackBon county was
particularly active In the cattle de-
partment R K Martin and E C
Kinnell disposed of a load each while
B F Smith had a load of hogs and
sheep and a car of cattle Hensley
& Ealam a mixed load and a load of
cattle M C Melton a mixed load and
S B Heard a load of lioge
J E Brown the PocasBet Block-
man shipping from Jackaboro Tex
today marketed an eight-car draft of
caked steers at $(010
R F Shipman of Oklahoma county
disposed of a mixed car of stock here
Joe Franks of Kingfisher county
supplied tlie mutton today marketing
one load
J A Stanfield of Jefferson county
consigned two loads of plain steers
today at $9 25 Harry l’arBons of
Jefferson marketed a mixed load
T R Wyatt of Huglies county fur-
nished a load of butcher cattlo today
including a few plain steers
Deerlng & Crqw of Pontotoc coun-
ty cashed a car of Bwine lioro today
Kimble BroB ot Blaine county con-
signed a car ot hogs in tlie Tuesday
market
J M Wood was among tlie Cana
dlan county helpers cashing a load
of swine
Comanche county was busy today
In the cattle trade C C Barber B
F Gilliam and J O Clopton disposed
ot a load each while J W Arm-
strong and Ryan & Walcott marketed
a load of hogs each
GETTING TO BOTTOM OF THINGS
This Uncle Sam mashie shot at the
gamblors on the Chicago board ot
trado Is mild compared to the way
they go after things over in Bulgaria
Here the other day reports Consul
General Murphy of Sofia determined
to regulate the price of shoes through-
out the kingdom BosideB making
dealers report on how large a stock
they had the order stipulated that
said dealers shall not charge more
than 90 leva ($1286) per pair for the
beet quality women's shoes and more
than 100 leva ($1428) for men's Just
why men should pay more will re-
quire further Investigation Per-
chance however the fact that the
men wear the short skirts over there
instead of the women aa here ac-
counts for this un-American situa-
tion All men who want to wear
skirts please stand
The war department announced or-
ders Monday to bring the regular
army to it full war itrtngtb of 898-
000 men
$16 TOP STANDS
BUT RATES
DECLINE
Loss of Dime is Rule With
Exceptions 15c Lower— ''
Light run brings Improved
Quality and this Accounts
for Better Appearance —
Others Off
Quality saved the day aa far aa the
$16 porker waa concerned but down
under the crust there was a slug-
gishness that was alarming packers
Insisting on 1015c reductions The
rulo waa a dime lowet but exceptions
showed 1015o oft A allm crop of
2400 head against 1969 a week ago
and 4208 a year back helped stay the
hand that falls with great weight
most any day There waa a Rna of
good butchers and strong weight
butchers today that carried tha $16
figure Into good standing while bulk
sold $1545 1595 Around tha west
in spite of a light run price slough-
ed off all because it was said tlie
trade Is "skeered" there la likely to
be more action and lea talk about
government regulation ot food prtoes
now that Washington has warmed up ’
on tha wheat proposition However
tlie sot-bacL thinks all Is Just a
flurry as nogs are hrlnglng such
prices that producers can prove their
profit Is legitimate and that by all
tlie laws of supply and demand they
were entitled to all hogs are bring-
ing A week ago top waa $1536 bulk
$14 901535 Top a year back eras
$980
Today’s Quotations ’
Ilcst butcher and heavies 16950 16 00
Good to best butchers 1686® 16 95
Med to good butcher mlx15401685
Common to medium m!xl4761525
Butcher plga 10761160
PRACTICE REAL
TIRE ECONOMY
When owner aftor owner comes
Into your salesroom— and pulla you
out to the curb and shows you one
tire that's good after 5000 miles an-
other in fine shape after 9000 miles
and another that has done 10000 or
bettor — you believe that these owners
know what they were talking about
when thoy told the Inter-State mak-
ers in signed service reports that the
tire mileage on their cars Is far in
excess ot the tire maker’s guarantee -This
actual evidence form the basis
for our claim that this car will give
you greater tire service than you have
over believed possible in a medium
priced car Back of this particular
quality you'll find light weight cor-
rect balance and perfect mechanism
You’ll be glad to pay the up-keep on
tires— because It will be small It’s
worth investigating The Inter-State
car is sold In Oklahoma by the Okla-
boma Chalmers Sales Co
TRIM FEET OF SHEEP
The feet of sheep should be trim-
med at least once a year and as
much oftener as Is necessary asserts
A M Patterson lnatrnctor In animal
husbandry In the Kansas State Agri-
cultural College “The hoof grows
rapidly and if the sheep are not"
traveling over rough ground the
feet will grow faster than they
wear” said Proffeaaor Patterson
"The trimming may be done at '
shaarlng time and should be done
Rom the under side with the '
el a hoot Ithife or a shra$ f )
knife”
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