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...southwest, planted last Autumn in abundance when the Farm Relief Act was hopefully new and before the Farm Board had called for acreage cuts, caused a price flurry in the Chicago wheat pit. Drought and hot winds threatened a reduced yield, sent July prices up 10? per bushel. Then came rains over the winter wheat area and quotations slumped back to last week's closing...
...stand with Ellis, and others, who are willing to set the candle in a candlestick rather than hide it under a bushel...
...Board has a credit balance big enough to buy every bushel of wheat on the American market...
...Department. Excerpts: "RICHEST GOLD STRIKE IN HISTORY THIS CAMP. . . . EVERY MAN IN WHOLE VICINITY THAT CAN GET TRANSPORTATION . . . IS GOING OR GONE. . . . TEMPERATURE STILL 40 BELOW ZERO. BROKE PIECES FROM GROUND VARIOUS SECTIONS; HELD PAN WITH DIRT INTO TUB OF BOILING WATER TO THAW OUT, THEN PANNED A BUSHEL, FINDING ABOUT $2.96 WORTH FINE-LOOKING WASHED GOLD IN TWO PANS. . . . NEXT MORNING STAKED CLAIMS ON GROUND OVERLOOKED BY OTHERS. . . . HOTELS CROWDED WITH STAMPEDERS HEADED FOR NEW STRIKE...
...berth on right wing. This leaves the other players to fight it out for the left wing post. In a couple of games and in the practice workouts, Everett has taken this position and carried out his assignments well. His light seems to have been hidden under a bushel so far and it would not be at all surprising to see him combining with Giddens and Wood before the season is much older. Everett is a fast skater, tireless worker, always ready to give and take, a player of the type of Chan Hilliard, the University Club's crack wingman...