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i; i: E; ‘7, '5. - "';”~'_"_”’ "MW-war?“ ~ ,_ t. Oats and Barley are Somewhat Ahead of Last A despatch from Ottawa says: Yearâ€"Crop and Stock Bulletin A dcspatch from Ottawa says: 8.13 are recorded in Prince Edward Island and British Columbia, the per cent. condition ranging from 97 to 99 in the former and from 90 to 95. in- the latter Province, the average ‘for the Dominion being from 80 to 89. Fall wheat remains low, being only 70 for Canada, 73 'A bulletin on the crops and live stock of Canada was issued by the Census and Statistics Office on Wed- nesday. According to the revised figures obtained at the end of June, the total area under wheat this year is 10,047,300 acres, compared with 10,387,159 acres as returned by the census of 1911. The area sown to fall wheat in 1911 was 1,097,900 acres, but winter killing has reduc- ed this area to 781,000 acres. The area sown io oats is estimated at- 9,494,600 acres, as compared with 9,233,550 acres in 1911,. and to bar- ley 1,449,220 acres as against 1,403,â€"| 969 acres in 1911. In the three northwest provinces spring wheat covers 9,029,000 acres as against counted for by the large area ot fall wheat winterâ€"killed in Alberta. Oats in the three provinces cr-cupy 5,037,000 acres, and barley 826.1“) oats and 761,738 for barley. HEAT SOWN AREA 1 IS E icep for Ontario and 71.6 for Alberta. Last year the condition was also low, viz., 75 for Canada; the aver- age of the four years, 1908-1911, was 81.5. Spring wheat is 89.73 per cent., compared with 94.78 last year and 88.25 the four years’ av- erage; oats 86.43, against 94.46 in. 1911 and 90.42 average; barley 88.58, against 93 in 1911, and 89.28 aver- age. Rye is 87.84, peas are"80.08 ’and mixed grains 84.98. Hay and $946,965 acres in 1911. the increase clover show a condition per .cent- being in Saskatchewan and Alberta. of 85.59, against 84.97 in 1911; al- Including fall wheat the total wheat falfa 90.59; against 82.31, and wheat, acreage in the three Provinces is oats and barley range from 80 to 9,246,100, as compared with 9,301,293 88 per cent.‘, figures which are ex- acres in 1911, the decrease being no- ceptional records by from about 10 to 15 per cent. The estimated numbers of live stock show further decreases ex- t as regards horses and dairy acres, as compared with last year’s cattle, the former being 70,400 and census figures of 4,563,203 acres for the latter 14,500 more year’s estimates. The census figâ€" Whilst not equal to the excep-;ures of 1911 are not yet available. tionally high figures recorded thisThe condition of all live stock in time last year, the condition of Canada is uniformly excellent, the inumber of points being 97 horses, '98 cattle, 97 sheep and 96 swine. spring sown crops is generally good. The highest figures for spring cere- PRIEES or an nnnum neronrs mom THE LEADINO TRADE burs. $2.40 to $2.50. CENTRES OF AMERICA. #â€" Pnduce at Home and Abroad. BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, July 25.-Flourâ€"-Winter wheat. {liner cent. patents. $4.15 to $4.20. at 503' ard. and at $4.20 to $4.25 for home con- lumption. Manitoba Floursâ€"First patents. 85.70; second patents. $5.20, and strong bakers'. $5. on track. Toronto. Manitoba Wheatâ€"No. 1. Northern $1.12. ay ports: No. 2 at $1.10. and No. 3 at 1.05' Bay ports. Feed wheat by sam- ple, 62 to 65¢, Bay ports. Ontario Wheatâ€"No. 2 white, red and mixed. $1.04 to $1.05, outside. ' Peasâ€"Nominal. , Oatsâ€"Car lots of No. 2 Ontario. 46 to go, and No. 3 at 450. on track, Toronto. 0. 1 extra. W. 0. feed, 45c, Bay ports. and No. 1 at 44c. Bay ports. Barleyâ€"Nominal. Cornâ€"No. 3 American yellow, 76c. on track, Bay ports. and at 81c, Toronto. Ryeâ€"Nominal. uckwheatâ€"Nomiual. ranâ€"Manitoba bran, $22, in bags, To- ronto freight. Shorts, $24. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butterâ€"Dairy. choice, 23 to 24c: baker-5', inferior. 20 to 210; creamer-y, 21 to 280 for rolls. and 260 for solids. Eggsâ€"23 to Me a. dozen. Cheeseâ€"New cheese. 141-40 for large and 141-20 for twins. Beansâ€"Handpicked. $5 per bushel: primes. $2.85 to $2.90. _ leoneyâ€"lxtracted, in tins, 11 to 12o per Poultryâ€"Wholesale prices of choice dressed poultryrâ€"Chickens, 15 to 170 per lb; fowl. 11 to 12¢; turkeys. in to 190. Live poultry, about 2c 10wer than the above. Potatoesâ€"Car lots of Ontarios, in bags, $1.40, and Delawares at 81.50. ‘ HOG PRODUCTS. Baconâ€"Long clear. 13- to 141-213 per lb., in case lots. Pork-«Short out. $25 to $25.- 60; do.. men, $20.50 to $21. Hamsâ€"Medium 190 light, 171-2 to 18c: heavy. 161-2 to 17c: rolls. 131-! to 133-443; breakfast bacon. 18 to 181-20: lunch. 20 to 210. Lardâ€"Tlerces. 13540; tubs, 14c; pails, was presented with an oak rocker 141-20. MONTREAL MARKETS. Montreal. July 23.â€"Gorn. American yel wheat, No. 2, 75 to 76c. Flour, Mam, Spring wheat patents. firsts. 35.80; sec- onds, $5.30: strong bakers‘, $5.10; Winter patents, choice. $5.40 to $5150; straight rollers. $4.95 to $5.00: straight rollers, Rolled oats, barrels, $5.05; bag, 90 lbs., $2.40. Bran, $21.00. Shorts, $26.00. Middlings. $27.00. Mouillie. $30.00 to $34.00. Hay, No. 2 per ton oar lots, $17.00 to $18.00. Cheese, finest west- Prlnas o! Cattle, Gram. Cheese and cum signs, 127-8 to 151-40: finest easterns. 12 LB to 125-8c. Butter, choicest creamery, 25 5-4 to 260; seconds, 25 to 251-2c. Eggs. selects ed. 25 to 26c; No. 2 stock, 15 to 16c. Po- tatoes, per bag, car lots. $1.60. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Minneapolis, July 23.â€"Wheatâ€"July. $1.- 05; September, 951-8c; December, 953%; No. 1 hard. $1.06; No. 1 Northern, $1.07 to $1.071-2: No. 2 Northern, $1.051-2 to $1.06. Cornâ€"No. 5 yellow, 75 to 731-20. Oats-â€" No. 3 white, 45 to 45 34c. Ryeâ€"No. 2. 70c. Branâ€"$20 to $21. Flourâ€"First patents, $5.10 to $5.35; do.. seconds, $4.80 to $5.05; first clears. $3.50 to $5.75; do., seconds, 32.40 to $2.70. Buffalo, July 23.â€"Spring wheat-No. 1 Northern, carioads store. 81.08: Winter scarce. Cornâ€"No. 3 yellow. 771-20; No. 4 vellow, 75 3-40; No. .3 corn, 751-4 to 761-40: No. 4 corn. 743-4 to 7514c, on track, through billed. Oatsâ€"No. 2 white, 551-4c; No. 3 white, 541-40; No. 4 white, 531-40. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Montreal. July 23.â€"Top quality steers sold at $7.25 to $7.50, good at $6.75 to $7, and fair. at $6 to $6.50 per 100 lbs. Choice butchers cows sold as high as 86, but the bulk of the trading was done at 35 to $5.75. and the common and inferior at $3.50 to 84.50 per owt. Common grass- fed bulls sold at $2 to $2.50 per cwt, and the better stock at from 84 to $5.50 per cwt. Sales of sheep were made at 83 to $3.75 per owt. Lambs met with a fair sale at $7 per cwt. Selected lots of hogs sold at $8.50 to 80.75 per owt., weighed off cars. Calves ranged from 83 to $8 each. as to size and quality. .Toronto, July 21â€"1103: continued their rise of 100 a day. the latest figures being $8.10 to 88.30. fed and watered. Spring lambs were dearer again. choice one: sci. ling at $9.50 to 810. Milk cows were also a. good sale from $50 to 870. Common and medium cattle ranged from 85 to 86.50, with what few choice ones were ofl’ering sellinv at 36,75 to $7.25. “isâ€".â€" J. Craig, .1. Hamilton postman, by the police for his bravery in as- sisting a constable. A. J. Vanveit, of East Grand low. No. 2. 73¢. Oats. Canadian Western: Forks, Minn, handed his wife his 461-2 to 47:; Canadian Western. No. 3, 451-2c: extra No. 1 feed. 461-2c. Barley. 11am. feed, 63 to 64¢: melting. $1.05. Buck- will in Victoria, B.C., and then shot and killed himself. ’ PLENTY “0E ‘ RAIN 1N WEST â€"_______â€"_ Samples Show as Good Head and Clean Straw as Ever Exhibited A despatch from Winnipeg says: Crop conditions in the three prairie provinces were never better nor more promising at this time of the year. This is the report being sent out by the Canadian Pacific Rail- way, and is the general result of. reports sent in by its agents from every sub-division on the Western lines. - The situation in Manitoba is greatly improved over one week ago. Last week some points still needed rain, but now every district has been greatly relieved. While enerally cool, the weather has eon good for sturdy growth and filling of the heads. Seventy-five r cent. of the grain is now out in cad and a large part of it shows a. fairly long head, although on some of the light land owing to pre- vious dry weather the head is a little shorter than it would other- wise have been. There was a slight touch of frost throughout South- ~western Manitoba last Saturday at This Period and Sunday nights, but no damage was done except on some low‘lyiug land in the vicinity of Napinka, and this was confined to a very small area. There was also some bail in different sections, but the aggre- gate damage is very small. What is true in Manitoba is equally true in Saskatchewan. Splendid progress has been made during the past week, there being a fairly good growth of straw and the heads filling well. All authorities in “Alberta state that conditions there 'were never better. There has been an abun- dance of rain, and on the light lands the crop..looks better than it has in a number of years. It is fully expected that with the aver- age warm weather and plenty of sunshine the fall wheat will be ready for cutting the first part of August. Samples sent in from dif- ferent sections show as good head and clean straw as was ever shown at. this time of year. than last muons STILL ADVANCE. - a, Labor Department’s Report Shows “will 3’3/ g. x Increasing Cost of Living. {iv-1...... ‘7 r“ â€"’ 1‘ The steady advance in prices con- tinued during June, the Labor De- partment’s ' index number having advanced from 135.9 in May, pre- Viously the highest recorded, to 136.9 in June, as compared with 126.1 in June of last year. The numbers, it will be understood, are percentages in each base of the average price level prevailing durâ€" mgthe ten years 1890-1899, the period selected by the Department as the standard of comparison throughout its investigation into wholesale prices of some two hunâ€" dred and fifty commodities of repre- sentative character. The estimate of the department for the month of June, therefore, shows prices to have been nearly 37 per cent. higher in that month than was the average for the decade 1890-1899. The chief increases during June were in ani- mals and meats, fodders, fruits and vegetables, hides and leathens, there having been slight decreases in dairy products. prepared fish, sugars, coal and coke. >1«_____ 62 PERSONS KILLED. ‘. K's-v ~~ . _ u ELBVRER . F g A Fat-Inns:- . ngygflmqga I, . New modern plant of E. W. Gillett Company Limited, Toronto, Ont., consisting of six buildings, with three Railway sidings and separate office building. ‘TEYTNG 10 C1081} TTTEEAE Work on the Tianscontinental is Being Rushed in North Ontario A despatch from Ottawa says: tion of the road. The track is laid Major R. W. Leonard, the chairâ€" frPH} Wlnnipeg t0 3' DOiDt near Lake man of the Transcontinental Rail- Nlplgon' There the“ Occurs “gap . . . which by this time is reduced to Way Commsmon’ has 3"“ returned about a hundred miles. Another to Ottawa, and lost no time in new gap of about the same length 00. mg an absolute. denial to news- curs in Quebec, some distance east paper assertlons that he has in- of Cochrane, and there is a short creased the grades of the railway. gap in Quebec on the south side of There has been no change in the the St. Lawrence, 8. short distance grades, he declared, that will effect east of Levis. the hauling capacity of a locomo- While Major Leonard will not two either eastbound or westbound commit himself to a definite state- to the extent of a. single pound. ment, he has some hope of closing Neither has be any intention of the Lake Nipigon gap this Autumn, making any such change. so that the line may be available Major Leonard has just complet- for hauling this season’s wheat east ed a. long trip, in which he went as to Cochrane and down by the Timis- far west as the Yellowhead Pass in kaming and Northern Ontario to company with Hon. Frank Coch Montreal. Every effort is being rane, Minister of Railways, and in made. The issue is largely a matter partlcular went over the line east of conditions. If they prove favor- of Winnipeg for the purpose of do- able, it may be accomplished. Next ing eyerything possible to hurry on year the line should be in operation the work, and expedite the complc- as a. grain-carrying route. Number of Deaths in Industrial Ac- cidents in June Last. A despatch from Ottawa. says: According to the records in Canada of the Department of Labor, sixty- two persons were killed and 2-19 inâ€" jured during the month of June in the counse of their employment. A comparison with the records of the previous month and with J une, 1911, shows that there were twenty~ eight fewer fatalities than in May and thirty less than in June, 1911. Of the non-fatal accidents there were eight more recorded than in May and one hundred and thirty- seven more than in June, 1911. There. were but two' accidents re- corded involving the death of more than one workman, one of which occurred on June 1, by which eight construction laborers were killed during blasting operations on rail- way construction work near Stones’ Corners, 0111).. and the other a head-on collision of railway trains near Nipigon, Ont., in which four railway employ-es were killed. ‘1‘ SIR-DONALD’S PREDICTION. MUST DESTRO Y SWINE. BIG FIRE IN VANCOUVER. The Tndhope and “A.B.C.” Coxu- Whole Herd at Iâ€"VEHISOIT Found In. panics Burned Out. fcctcd With Hog Cholera. A despatCh £93m Vanc‘PUVGri A despatch from Windsor says: B-C-v says: Causmg apprvxz‘mate- Upon orders from Dr. F. A. Jones, 13’ from one and a half mflhon to Government veterinarian, an en- . . . , $1?“ 132110; fol?” ilggs’ Ereraf’: Itire herd of swine, owned by M. A. r y 0 m 5 w p 0“ p ' Rounding, a butcher, on Tecumseh Believes the West Will Have 250,- 000,000 Busliels This Year. A despat-ch from Winnipeg says: Sir Donald Mann, in Winnipeg on Wednesday, denied that the New York-Montreal-Toronto syndicate would buy the Winnipeg street rail- way. ‘-‘As far as .I know there are no negotiations now for the pur- chase of the street railway stock. At the present time it is worth more in market than prospective purchasers are offering. In regard to the main line, as things are go- ing now, grading will be completed from New Westminster inland for a distance of 350 miles. The interâ€" vening gap will also be covered with contractors by the end of the year. I have never seen the crops looking better, and unless some un- foreseen accident occurs I believe the crop will run as high as a quar- ter of a billion bushels,” said Sir Donal-d. west side of Main Street, one block H h I . . ‘ 1 south of Prior. The fire originated‘ .0g 0 O era In 3‘ vnu ent form wai' behind Champion and White’s‘dnsoovered recently among the am- Warehouse, which was burned, aJS:mals, three having died before the well as the Tudhope Motor andggg-Se was reported to the inspec- ’ ’ ' r. A.B.C. Motor Company 5 buildings with most of their contents, includ- ""â€""’â€" ' ing 19 cars and’trucks. The latter 76 NEW POSTOFFICES. estimate their loss at a quarter of. .. â€"-â€"â€" a. million dollars on their stock and June’s Recordâ€"Most of Them in garage. The Gibbs tool works, the Rapidly Filling West. Angelus, a. furnished rooming A daspabch from Ottawa says. house, and six street cars, were Seventy_six new poswmces wem' burned hbefgre theyftcouldh be 1‘“an opened in Canada during the month fro“; trite 312's X15316 15 2130300er of June. The great majority of W011 0 “3m n - - -m them were in the western prov- Wen‘t up 111 flames- inces, thus indicating the. rapid settlement of new districts by the record influx of immigration this year. ' .__._-1* Guess BELOW AVERAGE. â€" Opinion of Judge in Field Crop 4. __ COMES" GOLD VEIN UNDER scene. A despatch from Eager-man says: _ __ Adam Hood, who this year, 343 last, Workman Said to Have Made Dis- has been chosen by the Department cove" in Cam, Town. of Agriculture as one of the judges ‘ for Ontario in the field crop compe- A deflate" from Cape Town says: It is reported that gold-bear~ tition, has returned from Guelph, , , , where he was under instruction at 1115 qua?“ has been dlscovered 1“ the o. A. College_ He states “mt excavations under the docks hero reports from 70 or 80 delegates all m, '3 1‘00! 30 feet 111511.. The man who over the province indicate that the discovered the 70m 15 named Tear- spring crops are below the average mm- H° W“ emploxe’d 9'5 3' Work‘ at almost every point“ Hay is re_ man on'the (lock eighteen years ported as being very light allover, 38'0- SEDOC then_ he has been em- while none of the grain crops are PIOYCd m the mmes 1n the north .__.___»x‘ .. ENDURED TERRIBLE AGONY. Sad Plight of An Old Lady Owing to Paralysis. A despatch from Ottawa says: Mrs. Brunet, aged seventy-two, of 117 King Edward Avenue, a para- lytic, is dead as the result of terri~ ble burns received when, in endea- voring to pick up a key from the floor, she upset a candle, igniting her clothes. The old lady as a. re- sult of paralysis was unable to utter a sound or move to call for assis- tance, and was only discovered some hours later by occupants of the house, silently suffering terrible agony. judges on oats and James Boyd, in the soil here. He watched the Cod," Grove: is another York excavations on Wednesday and col- County man chosen. a._.__ Galt has an epidemic of burglary. Half a dozen stores have been on- tered lately. submitted to experts. These men, who did not know their origin, said they were gold specimens from the Transvaal. ___.___._._.__._._.__.__â€"_.._._____________. A BRILLIANT STATE BALL Premier‘Borden and His Colleagues and Their Wives Given Place of Honor â€"â€"-/â€"â€"â€"*â€"â€"â€"â€"I KING SAVES A GENERAL. ~__. Spanish Sovereign’s Promptitude Averts a Fatality. A despatch from Pamplona, Spain, says: King Alfonso on Wed- nesday afternoon prevented what might have ben a fatal accident. As he was leaving the Cathedral after a ceremony is General’s horse bolt- ed, throwing the rider, and drag- ging him along the ground. While the spectators~ hesitated as to 'what to do, the King with great presence of mind sprang from his carriage, caught the horse and extricated the fallen General. He was roundly cheered by the populace. 4 ' .‘-â€"-vâ€" The Western grain growers have decided to take over the Manitoba Government elevator system, c'om- prising 104 elevators. ' | London, July 20.â€"The last Court ever known in recent times. Canaâ€" function of th. season took plm dia-ns were given the place of honor . . . in the state entry and the proces- on Fm, night’ "In" th° ng and sion, and were seated on the dais «Quwn 89”" a 359-“ ball at BMk‘ to the right of the throne.‘ The in‘gham Palace. Over two thousand Canadian Ministers and their wives guests were present, and the as- had the honor of taking supper at sembly was unusually representar the Royal table, where a profusion tive, especially of the diplomatic of floral decoration and gold plate world. Mr. and Mrs. Borden and made a fit setting for the wonderful the other Canadian Ministers and display of jewels. their wives attended. The Premier Premier Borden on Friday after- woro for the first time his new noon had a lengthy interview with Privy Council uniform. The spec~ the Colonial Secretary. Mr. Lewis tncle was one of the most brilliant Harcourt. tically all of the buildings on the Road' has been ordered destroyed“ vow good Mr_ Hood ,1 one of the and suspected the presence of gold- lected some 'specimens. which he, .. x p”, "wigvly.w':§.VW‘wa-'§rv _