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| THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2017
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THE MARKET AT A GLANCE
Apple surges on iPhone sales NEW YORK (AP) — Investors didn’t react much to a strong hiring survey or the Federal Reserve’s decision to leave interest rates unchanged Wednesday, and U.S. stock indexes finished pretty much where they started. Apple soared after it said iPhone sales improved in its latest quarter. Stocks jumped in morning trading after payroll provider ADP said hiring by private employers grew stronger in January. Bond prices climbed. But the market’s gains thinned, partly because investors sold shares of companies that pay big dividends as bond yields rose. Stocks briefly turned higher after the Fed’s announcement, but that also faded. The only constant was the big gain for Apple, which pushed technology companies higher. The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged, just as investors expected. The central bank noted that the job market is getting stronger and inflation is gradually rising, but said it wants more time to monitor the economy. That’s what investors expected. Kate Warne, an investment strategist for Edward Jones, noted that the central bank just increased rates in December and the Trump administration’s spending and fiscal plans still haven’t been spelled out.
A DAY ON WALL STREET Feb. 1, 2017
Dow Jones industrials 26.85 19,890.94
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20,000 19,500 19,000 18,500 18,000 17,500
Low 19,845.99
Feb. 1, 2017
Nasdaq composite
5,600
27.86
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5,642.65
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High 5,662.11 Low 5,621.03
Pct. change from previous: 0.50% Feb. 1, 2017
STOCKS OF LOCAL INTEREST Standard & AlliantEgs 1.18 20 36.98 -.67 -2.4 Lee Ent ... 9 3.05 Poor’s 500 Aon plc 1.32 22 111.17 -1.53 -.3 MicronT ... ... 24.75
2,300 2,250 -.05 +5.2 2,200+12.9 +.64 +.39 2,150 -.4 -.24 -2.6 2,100 +.80 -.7 2,050 +.23 +12.6
BallardPw ... ... 1.92 +.06 +16.4 OrbitATK 1.20 18 87.34 0.68 BkofAm .30f 18 22.89 +.25 +3.6 Sensient 1.20 27 76.51 ConAgra .80 21 38.94 -.15 -1.5 SkyWest .20 13 36.20 2,279.55 Costco 1.80 29 161.86 -2.09 +1.1 Teradyn .28f 21 28.61 S O N 2.72 D13 J F -2.13 +10.7 Diebold .40m ... 26.65 A-.55 +6.0 Tuppwre 58.23 DukeEngy 3.42 16 77.36 -1.18 -.3 US Bancrp 1.12f 16 53.03 +.38 Pct. change from previous: 0.03% High 2,289.04 Low 2,272.44 +3.2 DukeRlty .76 25 24.22 -.11 -8.8 Valhi .08 ... 3.29 +.18 -4.9 Fastenal 1.28f 29 49.62 -.06 +5.6 WalMart 2.00f 14 66.23 -.51 AP -4.2 HP Inc .53f 9 14.99 -.06 +1.0 WashFed .60f 17 32.70 -.15 -4.8 HomeDp 2.76 22 137.44 -.14 +2.5 WellsFargo 1.52 14 55.91 -.04 +1.5 Idacorp 2.20 20 78.49 -1.53 -2.6 WestRck 1.60f ... 53.21 -.15 +4.8 Keycorp .34 18 18.04 +.07 -1.3 ZionsBcp .32 21 42.46 +.27 -1.3
MAGIC VALLEY COMMODITIES Oct Live Cattle 104.675 103.400 104.225 S 0.025 Aug Feeder Cattle 123.675 121.075 122.075 S -0.700 Oct Feeder Cattle 121.800 119.500 120.625 S -0.700 Aug Lean Hogs 69.975 68.225 69.100 S -0.150 Oct Lean Hogs 74.175 73.000 73.675 S -0.300 Jul Wheat 434^4 417^0 433^6 S 13^0 Sep Wheat 446^6 429^4 446^0 S 12^4 Jul KC Wheat 441^6 425^0 440^4 S 11^0 Sep KC Wheat 454^4 437^4 453^2 S 11^0 Jul MPS Wheat 557^6 547^0 555^6 S 7^2 Sep MPS Wheat 554^6 546^0 554^0 S 6^4 Jul Corn 368^4 358^0 368^2 S 8^4 Sep Corn 375^6 365^2 375^6 S 8^6 Jul Soybeans 1037^4 1017^0 1036^6 S 12^2 Aug Soybeans 1047^4 1027^0 1046^6 S 12^4 Jul BFP Milk 17.19 16.97 17.15 S 0.00 Aug BFP Milk 17.35 17.20 17.34 S 0.04 Sep BFP Milk 17.43 17.30 17.34 S -0.03 Oct BFP Milk 17.56 17.51 17.54 S -0.03 Nov BFP Milk 17.76 17.69 17.69 S -0.02 Jul Sugar 20.88 20.45 20.84 S 0.39 Oct Sugar 20.72 20.46 20.70 S 0.24 Jun B-Pound 1.2690 1.2552 1.2685 S 0.0094
Jun Jun Jun Jun Jun Aug Oct Sep Dec Sep Sep Dec Jul Mar Aug Aug Jul Aug
J-Yen 0.88865 0.878500.88570 S -0.00260 Canada Dollar 0.76765 0.763500.76685 S -0.00140 Euro-Currency 1.08240 1.07465 1.07930 S -0.00280 Swiss Franc 1.0138 1.0061 1.0102 S -0.0034 US Dollar 100.060 99.480 99.608 S 0.127 Comex Gold 1215.0 1199.7 1208.3 S -3.1 Comex Gold 1216.9 1203.4 1211.3 S -3.2 Comex Silver 17.710 17.435 17.517 S -0.093 Comex Silver 17.700 17.535 17.580 S -0.092 Treasury Bond 150^23 149^23 150^14 S -0^13 Coffee 154.00 150.00 152.55 S 0.55 Coffee 156.15 152.35 154.85 S 0.50 Cotton 76.56 74.91 76.44 S 1.50 Cotton 77.60 76.24 77.57 S 1.41 Unleaded Gas 1.8024 1.7683 1.7971 S 0.0276 Heating Oil 1.6806 1.6323 1.6797 S 0.0419 Natural Gas 3.228 3.113 3.168 S 0.051 Crude Oil 54.52 53.27 54.49 S 1.07
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GRAINS REPORT Valley Beans
Prices are net to growers, 100 pounds, U.S. No. 1 beans, less Idaho bean tax and storage charges. Prices subject to change without notice. Producers desiring more recent price information should contact dealers. Other Idaho bean prices are collected by Bean Market News, U.S. Department of Agriculture pintos, $29.00 avg. pinks, not established small reds, not established garbanzos, $37.00 avg. Quotes current Feb. 1.
Valley Grains
Prices for wheat per bushel mixed grain, oats, corn and beans per hundredweight. Prices subject to change without notice. Wheat, ask (bushel) New Barley, $5.00 (cwt) corn, $7.20 (cwt) oats, $5.35 (cwt). Prices are given by Rangen’s in Buhl. Prices current Feb 1. Corn, $8.00 (cwt) barley, $6.10 (cwt) wheat, $3.70 (bushel) delivered to Gooding. Prices quoted by JD Heiskell. Prices current Feb 1.
Cheese
Barrels $1.5775 +6 Blocks $1.75 +4.25 Prices current Feb. 1.
STREAMFLOWS Today’s Median Salmon
96%
Big Wood
129%
Little Wood
122%
Big Lost
114%
Little Lost
110%
Henrys Fork/Teton
107%
Upper Snake Basin
131%
Goose Creek
123%
Salmon Falls 119% Today’s median peak compares water content with what is normally seen on this day. As of Feb. 1
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Ketchum man wins $200,000, 2nd big lottery win in 9 months TIMES-NEWS
KETCHUM — A regular lottery player from Ketchum collected his second top-prize win in the past nine months when he won $200,000 playing Merry Millions scratch tickets. Last April, he won $56,177 playing Idaho Jackpot. On Tuesday morning, Patrick Cox stopped at the Albertsons in Hailey and purchased a few Merry Millions tickets, an Idaho Lottery release said. After playing them for a few Patrick Cox minutes, he realized he was holding the game’s final top Cox quickly postponed the day and drove three his business meetings for hours to the lottery offices prize of $200,000.
in Boise to collect his winnings. “Playing the lottery is my form of entertainment,” Cox said in the release. “You just have to believe that you’re going to win.” “I know the odds on the games, I see who has won recently on the website; you just have to be smart about the game you’re playing and believe you can win,” Cox said. Before returning to Ketchum for work, Cox said he would “bless a lot of people with this win.” The holiday-themed game Merry Millions has ended.
WEATHER
Special weather-related holidays O ver the next four days we will get two weather related holidays in the United States. The first one is Feb. 2 — Groundhog Day. The other is Feb. 5, National Weather Person’s Day. I love this stretch BRIAN NEUDORFF because my profession gets to be in the spotlight even if one day is focused more on a ground rodent trying to predict the weather. Groundhog Day grew
out of what had essentially been a German superstition. German settlers brought with them the idea that if a hibernating animal casts a shadow Feb. 2 — the Christian holiday of Candlemas — winter will last another six weeks. If no shadow is seen, legend says spring will come early. After the winter we’ve seen here in southern Idaho, most of you are hoping the groundhog doesn’t see his shadow. As for National Weather Person’s Day on Feb. 5, it is a day to recognize not only the people who work
in the field of meteorology, weather and broadcast meteorologist but also those who observe the weather like volunteer storm spotters and National Weather Service weather observers. The reason it is on Feb. 5 is that is the birthday of John Jeffries, one of the first weather observers who took daily measurements starting in 1774. He was born on Feb. 5 , 1744. I will enjoy these days by watching Bill Murray’s Groundhog Day on Thursday and then hopefully having a nice treat on Sunday to celebrate Na-
tional Weather Person’s Day. If you know someone who loves weather and or works in the weather business let them know how much you appreciate what they do on Sunday. I know I appreciate my colleagues at KMVT Jordan Dressman and Cristle Jose as well as the fine men and woman at the National Weather Service offices in Boise and Pocatello. A big thank you for all they do. Brian Neudorff is the chief meteorologist for KMVT-TV and KSVT, FOX 14. Email him at bneudorff@kmvt.com or call 208-933-2847
HIDDEN HISTORY
The wild hairy man from Birch Creek
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anada has its Sasquatch. The Pacific Northwest has its Bigfoot. And Oakley has its Wild Hairy Man of Birch Creek. “Even those who don’t believe in him are still afraid of him — at least MYCHEL MATTHEWS at night,” wrote The Oakley Herald editor Charlie Brown in July 1932. One man was riding alone in Birch Creek Canyon south of town when he spotted the legendary figure. The rider later described the hairy man as “a gorilla-like creature, unclothed, (and) hairy.” Others who reported seeing the hairy man described him similarly. Explanations around town were plentiful. Perhaps the hairy man was an escaped lunatic. Or perhaps he was a hermit who had lived in a cave so long he had lost the ability to speak. Brown had great fun in speculating about the hairy man in the Herald. “Is he a moonshiner trying to frighten inquisitive prowlers from his
CLARENCE E. BISBEE
Cache Peak and Mount Independence are seen from north of Oakley in this early Clarence E. Bisbee photo. The wild hairy man of Birch Creek is said to have lived in a cave south of town. workshop?” Brown wrote. “Or is he simply some farmer who really believes in showing how much he feels the Depression?” But Brown’s favorite theory was that the hairy man “had been harassed and nagged by a shrewish wife to the point where he rebelled and sought a relief by hiding out away from civilization,” wrote Kent Hale in his book “A History of Oakley, Idaho.”
While his articles about the hairy man had a tongue-in-cheek character, Brown became indignant when the First Segregation News of Hazelton suggested the tales were “fish stories,” Hale said. Brown invited the Hazelton editor to Oakley to meet the hairy man, but it isn’t known whether he accepted. Sightings of the Wild Hairy Man of Birch Creek
continued until after the Herald was discontinued. Mychel Matthews reports on rural issues and agriculture for the Times-News. The Hidden History feature runs every Thursday in the TimesNews and on Magicvalley. com. If you have a question about something that may have historical significance, email Matthews at mmatthews@magicvalley.com or call her at 208-735-3233.
Burned Rupert body identified as suspect LAURIE WELCH
lwelch@magicvalley.com
RUPERT — The M i n i d o ka County Coroner has identified the remains of a body found in a Rupert Mounce house fire as the owner of the home,
Dale Mounce, 46. The Rupert Police Department ruled the manner of death a suicide. Minidoka County Coroner Lucky Bourn said in a press release that identification was made from dental records that were supplied by the family to the coroner’s office. Bourn said following an autopsy the cause of death was concluded to be ther-
mal injuries due to the fire. The body was found Jan. 25 in the burned rubble at 314 First St. According to a press release issued by the Rupert Police Department, police had received information that Mounce was preparing for a confrontation with police prior to the fire. Officers had not made contact with Mounce when the incident occurred, the
release said. Last week, McEwen said that police officers and firefighters were at the home when the fire started. Rupert Police Chief James Wardle was speaking with a female in front of the home when it caught fire, the release said. The female had come from American Falls to talk with Mounce about not showing up for court.
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