Oklahoma Daily Live Stock News (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 7, No. 187, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 21, 1917 Page: 1 of 4
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SCARCITY OF BEEF CATTLE’ HERE IS ACUTE AND THE RESULT IS HIGHER PRICES THAN ELSEWHERE— A COMPARISON WITH VALUES AT OTHER MARKETS PROVE THIS
OKLAHOMA ! DAILY LIVE STOCK NEWS
VOLUME Till
MMHEB 1S7
OKLAHOMA CITY OKLA WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 21 1917
USVED EVERY WEEK DAY
&00 ANNUALLI
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JACK-POTS HOLD
SWAY HERE
TODAY
On-Market Cattle Scarce
and Trade Is Fully Steady
— Best Steers Sell at $11
— Stockers Move at Live-
ly Clip arjd Are Higher
For Week
Mixed loads predominated today
and even these were scarce articles
in the cattle run the count standing
at 2300 head against 2008 a week I
ago and 1532 a year hack It was aj
continuation of the long series of
“hard picking” runs for all concern-
ed That stage has been reached
however wherein buyers balk at fur-
ther advances in prices and today’s
scale on both fat and stock grades
was a cut-off of Tuesday’s There
was a sample of beef here and there
$11 being car top and a few near-
green ones at $S50975 help some
Buyers were back in the stocker and
ers were back in the stocker and
feeder alleys picking over the possi-
bilities and they gathered a fair as-
sortment of dogy cutter steers at $G
750 and some plain cattle between
$89 In the cow section lots of
leg-work produced a fair display of
Jack-pots including some pretty good
cows and heifers $78 sales being
registered with odd lots a little more
Bulls and cannera and cutters wore
steady Likewise no change on
calves For the three days the pack-
er market on all kinds Is a littlo
higher mostly 1015c and in ex-
treme cases more but last week’s
boost was considered an extra help
and hence buyers have been inclined
tills week to huo to the basis of that
period
Miockers Easily Hold Own-
Just enough scattered around to
give Btockcr buyers a chance to show
off witli bulk of the day’s business
steady Buyers wanted weight and
as this was scarce the few that were
heavy got quick-fire attention Most
everything in stockcrs is 152ic
higher for tho week Stretchy steers
of 700 lbs up are selling handily at
$750850 good heifers at $fi75
740 best good weight yearlings $7
(Ti8 with choice sort more and cow's
at $5256
Today’s Quotations
Prices of the various grades of cat-
tle are approximately as follows:
- Steers —
Good to choice cornfed 11500)1250
Medium to good cornfed 9750)1100
Cood to chc caked grass 9750)1100
Med to good meal and
hull fed 9001100
Crasscrs 900-1000 lbs good 8250925
Plain light grassers fat 7250825
Cows and Heifers —
Good to chc covs heavy
Medium to good co-vs
Plain butcher cows
Strong cutters 5250600
Cnnncrs and cutters 475® 525
Good to chc fed heifers 850950
Medium to good heifers 700800
Fair to medium heifers 600700
Good to choice bulls 675725
Med to good butcher hulls 675GG5
Common bolognas 500575
Calves —
Good to choice vealers 10001050
Fair to good vealers 900 1000
NOW PREPARING
FOR THIRD LOAN
All county councils of defense iu
Oklahoma have been asked to enter
immediately into the organization of
Liberty loan committees to ehllst the
support of the citizenship in the float-
ing of the third issue of bonds which
will be launched probably early in
the spring The county council will
work with Liberty loan committees
in listing every citizon in the county —
on blank forms suggested by the 'CATTLE 2 300
state council These forms will in- j
elude the name of every man in the i CALVES 450
county remarks ou Ills financial con-
dition the number of bonds he bought
of the first Issue the number of the
second and the number which he
should buy of the third
The state council of defense hopes
to have the entire organization com-i
pletcd before the next issue is an-
nounced Third issue bonds are to'
go to every home in Oklahoma I
600
fanners and ( niters
500 1
550 1
600 1
500
525 j
650
490 1
500 1
600
625
500
500
550
550
525
475
500
500
625
525
510
510
650
1000
550
925
850
575
750
800
575
650
500
550
600
700
600
850
C00
700
600
525
G50
675
640
700
625
615
650
650
600
600
560
650
700
675
600
Mockers ami Feeders
Today’s Local
RECEIPTS
MARKETS
Official receipts at tho Oklahoma
City market by day this week:
II
Cattle Cf Hogs Sheep & M i
?HM I
Mon 2245 256 2705 700
Tues 3206 2!C 41-1 69
AT WESTERN MARKETS
Omaha
St Louis
St Joseph
Fort Worth
Gulf of Mexico
More titan half of the 728565
$ square miles heavily infested
in 1906 will have been pro-
nouuced clean
Farmers will be free to ship
( their cattle to the great mar-
ill Nov 21— Cattle 4 hots for competition on their
Receipts 23000 head Market strong 4 own merits with other cattle
to 10c higher Estimated receipts! 4 rtIul under the quarantine
4 handicap which requires sale
4 at buyers’ prices for immediate)
slaughter
Total
A week ago
2 weeks ug
a year ago
CHICAGO
Thursday 12000 band
Hogs— Receipts 38000 head
kot lOtffloe higher Top $1805
bulk
$1765(0)1795 Estimated receipts
Thursday 27000 head
Sheep — Receipts 20000 head Mar-
ket strong Estimated receipts Thurs-
day 12000 head
KANSAS CITY Mo Nov 21— Cat-
tle— Receipts 13000 head including
150 southerns Market steady
Hogs— Receipts 13000 head Mar-
ket slow steady to 10c higher Ton
$1785 hulk $171775 Estimated
receipts Thursday 0000 head
Sheep — Receipts 70(0 head Mar-
ket steady
EAST ST LOUIS 111 Nov 21—
Cattle — Receipts 6800 head including
COO southerns Market strong
Hogs — Receipts 12000 head
kot 15c higher Top $1305
$17501790
Sheep — Receipts 12000 head
kot strong
FORT WORTH Tex Nov 21 —
Cattle — Receipts 10500 head includ-
ing 2500 calves Market steady
lings— Receipts 3500 head Market! 1)4
10 15c higher Top $1785 bulk $1650 ‘ '
1750
Sheep — Receipts 1000 head Mar-
ket steady
WICHITA Kans Nov 21— Cattle-
Receipts 800 head Market steady
Hogs — Receipts 2500 head Market
steady to strong Top $1775 bulk
$1730 1765
Sheep — Receipts none
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A German shell yesterday fell
through the roof of the chateau ini
which an American regimental head-
quarters Is established near tho front I
The shell exploded but no one was
hurt Several officers including the1
American colonel' in command of the1
time Two other shells exploded
nearby An American brigadier gen-
eral had a - narrow escape in the
snme town an earlier shell explod-
ing and buttering stones and mud
on Ills automobile just as lie left
Fear was expressed Tuesday -by C
R Donart county farm dcmonstra-l
tlon agent of Oklahoma county that
hemmorhagic septicemia a contagious
disease among cattle similar to thoi
blackleg was infecting the cattle of
Oklahoma county An examination
was made on the carcass of an ani-
mal belonging to a farmer northeast
of town and the infection was dis-
covered by veterinary experts The
rest of the herd was vaccinated and
quarantined Donart says the disease
is very dangerous and once It gets
out of control is hard to cheek
Concessions made by both tho rail
roads and tho heads of tho tour I BfijiyfifekM
brotherhoods as a result of the pres-1 A jillm ()r Wl(( mil (lean
ent wugo iHaue is taken by ofticiulsi Hw(Is j 1r(fu ( Fllrnl(r
aB complete assurance that America's I
warfare against Germany will go for- Some of Hit Had Weeds
ward to the end unhampered by the i But there are other weeds — milkweed smartweed Spanish needle mus'
traffic tleup The offer of the roads j lard peppermint tansy poison hemlock jirason morning-glory ragweed
to place their interests ill the hands ' velvet leaf purslane quack grass wild garlic Canada thistle ox-eye daisy
of tho president And of tho brother- bind-weed orange hawkweed JohitBon grass sorrel wild oats and fifty
hoods to mediate questions of wages
it was pointed out ' have not been
limited as to time They will be ef-
fective until peace is won
Disheveled long-haired and unshav-
en Charles B Regan a youth of
draft age found in a cellar where
lie had been hiding for several weeks
and brought Into the federal court
at New York for evading the ' draft
said to the judge “I evaded the
draft because I am afraid to go to
war” Hegan appeared delighted when
he was sentenced to jail for six
months
TodujN Quotations
Lambs
Good to choice 15251585
Fair to good 140U(?T1500
I' Ull IU UUUU AtUOVI AUvu T i a i-i n
cuiis soo© owLookabaugh Sale For Begin
ners and Youngsters At-
tracts Many Buyers and
Good Cattle in the Rough
Sell Well— Some to Kan-
sas Buyers
Ewes
Good to choice 800© 975
Culls 500© 700
Wethers
Cood lo choice 1050®llf0
Medium to good 850©1000
Coals
Choice Angora 6 25© 675
Common to medium 475© 600
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A 11A1) YEAlt Edit TICKS
Hero are some of tho reasons !
whv Ilec 1 1917 will bo ft
A memorable day in lho southern I
states:
An area greater than ever
before freed from federal qmir- !
J ontino against the rattle fever 4
! tick will have been released 4
! between March and December 4
U A broad wedge of free terrl- 4
jVtory will Imve been d r i v e n 4
lJ through tho tick lines to tho 4
1 4 Cattle will increase in value
weight milk production appear- 4
4 mice Health productivity and
4 length of life 44
4 Farmers will he uble to bring 4"
4- to their farms boMer stock anil 4
thus raise the standard of their 4'
1 herds
4 The southern states will have
4 taken big strides toward their
J position as a great cattle-rais-4
ing country lo which their nat-
4 urul advantages entitle them
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Comfortuble burns keep dairy
cows warm fur more cheaply than
high priced feed
L-'C?lHC£s-
figure that Rll this labor has been given to the production of a crop which
is onlv two-thirds as large as it would have been If It had not been choked
by weeds Weeds cut down the jiehl damage the crop cheapen the product
reuc the profits rob tiie soil injure slock reduce laud values Weeds
cost the farmers of the United States more than $300000000 according to
government estimates There Is great loss from dockage of grain from
They Loner Land Values
A weedy farm is high at any price Land must return Interest on lit
vestment
Profits mo dependent on wlmt is left after paving production cost
If land produces only enotigo to pay Interest and labor we will soon go
out of business
Tho weed which is
best able lo cope with
difficulties is the weed
which survives Weeds
are abundant seeders
A single plant of
shepherd’s purse may
produce as many as
50000 seeds squirrel
tall produces 300 to
2000 plantain may
bear 3000 per plant
foxtail from 1000 to
20000 Bceds the Rus-
sian thistle from 100000
to 200000 seeds one
mustard plant one and
ono-hulf million seeds
nnd bo on Compare
those prolific soil rob'
hors with our food pro'
(lucing plants
others that aro common in every slate
Weed seeds are spread chiefly by man sowing impure seed by scatter-
ing weed seeds in feeding hay straw screenings and In manure by winds
water and snow by animals and birds by farm machines and railroads
by weeds allowed to flourish in waste places
Weed Remedies
The problem is how to get rid of weeds and keep them out
First rotate tho crops screen all seed cultivate frequently and tlior
ougltly cut the weeds before they go to seed use another crop pasture
with sheep and finally keep everlastingly after them
If your wheat field is weedy seoil it to clover and blue grass mow the
annuals and biennials before they seed pasture with sheep or hogs to
keep down the perennials follow by a cultivated crop to kill any lingering
weeds and you will have disposed of most varieties
To allow land to go to waste is an economic crime
Use ltt Farm it( Grow foodstuffs not weeds!
STATE’S YOUTH
PLAYS BIG
PART
Aspirants for honors In the Short-
horn breeding sphere of five ten and
jj fifteen years hence registered in that
j’ class Tuesday nt tho Pleasant Valley
4 Stock Farm Walonga Okln It was
Ji Clyde Lnokabaugh’s initial snlo under
4ihe guidance of his Hogiuuer’s De-
partment and as such it was an un-
surpassed Inaugural Oklahoma as
usual takes tho lead when it comes
to initiating something big ami risky
and Lnnknlmugh has a country-wide
reputation for mastering those great
things that older heads passed up as
impossible Tuesday’s sale consisted
of "undressed" but a mighty fine line
of Shorthorn cattle iu tho rough It
wav a Shorthorn business Bale large-
ly promoted to Increase iu the num-
ber of breeders and to establish the
Pleasant Valley product where it Is
(lie first seed to he planted as far
as pure bred cattle are concerned
special inducements weto offered
to members of Hoys’ and Girls’ Culf
Cluh'i 15 heifer calves going through
the ring for tho calf clubs und Mr
Lookahaugh stated that any member
of unv of the clubs could buy them
and settle with their personal note
(noi signed by parents) If more
breeders would take this same inter-
est in the hoys and girls who must
he our hreednrs of tho future botli
Mm quality and quantity of our cat-
tle would ho greatly Increased
A number of prominent breeders
and field men made talks compliment-
im Mr Lookahaugh on his offering
and tho Interest taken in the begin-
ners for the betterment of the fu-
ture of tho breed but the most prof-
itable talk was made by Col E F
Herriff of Apache Okla whose most
convincing argument was — “I’m of-
fend three ami a half — make it four”
Imported Mister 5507176 topped the
sale at $775 bought by Ray Hender-
son iMuysvilte Okla
Following were tho sales complete:
Tho Cows
Cmv Marsh Violet 4(h ivd June 4
liH'i J A Childers Broken Ar-
row okla - $380
Cow Coition Red red Dec BO 1 HOP
Houston Miller HuhhUhwu Okla' 180
Cow Lassie WlldeyeH roan Jim Ifi
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FORECASTS
For Oklahoma City and vicinity:
Fair weather tonight and Thursday
not much change In temperature
For Oklahoma state: Tonight and
Thursday fair weather not much
change in temperature
HERE AND THERE
IYIE ADDS ANOTHER
Bob Lylo of Chlcknsba has just
twilight the Finerty Bros farm of
370 acres 314 miles east of Chlck-
asha Tho price was over $40000 or
better than $100 an aero This place
Showing a honvy percentage of
pigs today's receipts were one of
the large counts of months 8800
Is known ns Cornvllle nml Is located Cad being the esttmato against 1821
between Chix and llulco a stntlonia week ago and 2839 a yoar back
and tract that Lyle purchased several j There was a fair assortment of butch-
months ago Ho says he can make er hogs with a few loads that were
up a schedule to he at both farms
on tho sumo day ami at tho same
lime got home to Buppcr when lm
moves Ills family to Chicknsha as he i
will shortly Boh wants to buy GO-1
000 to 75000 bushels of Missouri corn
and do so without paying a middle
man's commission Ho expects to go
to that state soon to muke tho pur-
chuuo direct from growers
ONLY GOOD BEEF HERE
B F Simmons the well-known
Garvin county stockman who was
supposed to have quit making nmr-kct-toppnrs
in beef iu order to raise
mutton showed up toduy with a
load of 1090-lh shortfall steers that
brought him $11 It was the only
set of real fat cattle here ami the
price was much to )ii liking
F S Johnson of Pittsburg county
furnished a load of pretty decent
steers today that sold at $975 aver-
aging around 1H)0 lbs
B D Polk was a Gurvin county
helper hero toduy with a load of
steers nt $950 averaging 926 lbB
FEED SHORTAGE
CONFRONTS STATE
The live slock Industry of Okla-
homa is passing through ono of the
most critical periods in the history
of the state according to tho Okla-
homa Elate Council of Defense which
lias been called upon during flic past
week to aid in a half a dozen dif-
ferent sections citho to furnish stock
oars 111 which to ship stock out or
hox ours In which to ship feed in
Drouth in the wheat sections tins
niudo fall pasturo practically a total
fulltiro Frost at a critical time cut
short iirospects for a heavy late food
crop in wostorn Oklahoma
livery effort Is being niado to ob-
tain cars for the movement of Bto'ck
and in the mcuutlmo the state coun-
cil is appealing to furmers and stock-
men to hold on to their breeding
stock and their young ntuff If possi-
ble nt all to do bo ‘‘The condition
In Oklahoma” the statement Bays
"Is similar to that in ninny other
parts of the country TliiB condi-
tion together with the war Is tend-
ing to drain the entire country of
livo stock UnlesB an unusual effort
Is put forth the entire country will
find itself without cattle and hogs at
a time when the deninnd for moat will
exceed any forrnor demand
''Doth tho Interests of the nation
and the InteroBts of Individual farm-
ers demand tlmt at least the young
stuff and tho breeding stuff be held
In the country Feed must be con-
served as carefully as food Farmers
of each Bectiou must help each otlior
In this crisis The state council of
dofense will join with the corpora-
tion commission and railroad officials
in attempting to provide cars for
the movement of feed and stock”
SAVE VENUE FROM THE DOS?
Venice must be capable of defense
against the Germans even if the Ital-
ians withdraw to tho lino of the
Adige It is no doubt true tlmt tho
withdrawal to that river might open
the Venetian plain to tire invaders
lour to tho lagoon regnnlloss of
tho old Italian forts on the land side
of the lagoon and Vonico would then
he within the range of guns estab-
lished on tho shoro provided the
Germans were able to establish them
there Ilut tho Italian navy which
will bo seconded by the British must
he in such a situation as to plnce
on tho lagoon gunboats mounting
guns of such caliber that tho invad-
ing force would be unable to operate
within their range and those gun-
boats might even save tho shore
forts One of the wirst features of
such a situation would be the scope
which the Venetian plain would give
for Gorman aerial operations not only
against Venice but against all Ital-
ian cities ns fur as the Apennines and
Milan Fortunately the Itallnn avia-
tion service has boon brought to a
high stage of efficiency and will bo
in a position to check the ravagos
of the German ulrmou — Boston Trait'
script
No new shipments of supplies will
be permitted to go from the United
States to Russia until tho situation
in that country clears The Amer-
ican government before allowing the
export of goods already on the docks
wants to know into whoso hands they
will fall on their arrival The cessa-
tion of Bhlpmonts is temporary only
if a stablo government is formed
which the United States can recog-
nize - If the Bolshevlkl gain control
and pursue their program calling for
peace with Germany the embargo
will be permanent
Give us your orders for stoclcers
feeders and butcher cattle We mako
a specialty of buying cattle on order
T B Sauudera Co 116 Exchange Bldg
PACKERS IN HUNT
FOR STEADY
MARKET
Make Grand Stand Against
Advance But Places Show
Strength Nevertheless
With Bulk Selling Killers!
Way — Some Good In —
Stockers Plentiful
toppy Sorting was popular because
of tho high scale being paid for
stockers and this caused a late readl-
ness for showing wares to packers
salesmen fought for another advance
but tills time packers quit and finally
landed most of thoir day's purchase
at Tuesday's advance Some dealB
were a little higher but they were
lew Rost droves sold $17601760
slid the top equalled best made here
In many weeks while bulk sold $1676
®)175C l'lcntitude of stockors caus-
ed dealers specs and the delegation
from outside murkets to take thoir
tlmo but as a rule prices were fully
steady with a $100)1050 basis on de-
Hiruhlo shotes of around 100 lbs and
$141550 for light but medium to
good quality The hog markot com-
pared to last Wednesday shows n
small advance top at that time hav-
ing been $1750 while bulk sold $1650
1740 A year ago the top wag
$985
Today’s Quotations
Good to choice liouvlcs 17001770
Good butchers 1745(31760
Medium to good butchors16661740
Common to modlum mix 16761650
Hntchcr pigs 140001050
Light sockors 14500)1560
Common light stockcrB 11001300
Heavy stockers 15601050
REPRESENTATIVE BALES
Hogs
No
74
74
81
70
5(1
21
71
10
94
85
100
98
72
52
62
78
31
50
69
63
22
25
48
29
49
Avg
241
232
225
210
207
234
206
210
208
1S9
191
14 '
180
217
180
184
192
184
184
177
106
147
103
101
142
Wagon Hogs
Dock
Price
1760
1760
1760
1750
1750
1740
1740
1735
1725
1720
1715
1710
1710
1710
1700
1700
1700
1690
1685
1685
1076
1675
1666
1660
1600
NAVY CALLS ON STATE FOR MEN
Tho navy department through Liou-
tenant C 8 Vandorbeck stato re-
cruiting officer at Oklahoma City has
issued a cull to Oklahomans to fill
their quota of men for third class
firemen In the army transport ser-
vice l’uy Btarts at $3620 per month
witli excellent chances for promo-
tion No registered man who has
been notified to report tor examina-
tion in the recent draft call will be
accepted Enlistments close on Dec
15th
A call is also made for young col-
ored men for mess attendants start-
ing in at $3760 Both white men and
negroes wishing to enlist should ap-
ply to thoir local postmaster
American shipyards whose con-
struction was commandeered by the
government completed last week 20-
000 tons of merchant shipping The
shipping board announced Tuesday
that this brought their total output
since tiie commandeering order was
Issued August 4 up to 28 vessels of
159000 tons capacity With speeding
up processes under way tonnage soon
will begin to come from the yards
at a much faster rate than that
shipping board officials predicted
What authorities say will be the
greatest round-up of Industrial Work-
ers of the World agitators undertaken
in the middle west hegan Tuesday
in Kansas under the leadership of
federal agents and with the co-operation
of state and local officials Of-
ficial reports have been received at
Kansas City from only one raid that
at Augusta Kans where twenty-two
were arrested but unofficial reports
indicate numerous other arrests 1 1
tiie Eldorado and Augusta oil (
trlcts considered the focal p”'"t i
agitation that led to the p‘ i
armed guards about oil fv
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