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The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-05
REPORTED COMMISSARY FRAUDS
But Government Says There Is No
Official News.


Official News.
Manila, March 31.-Interest in the
capture and fate of Aguinaldo is well
nigh overshadowed in Manila by sensa-
tional developments, present and pros
pective, OF frauds in the commissary de-
partment. How widely these extend
has not yet been ascertained, but enough
is already known to Justify the belief
that they are far reaching.
Captain Frederick J. 3arrOws of the
Thirtieth volunteer infantry, quarter
master of the department of southern
Luzon, together with several cOmmissary
sergeants, several civilian clerks, a
prominent government contractor, the
assistant manager of the Hotel Orient,
the prOprietOrs of three of the largest
bakeries in Manila, a number of store
keepers and other persons have been ar
rested. The investigation has scarcely
begun, but thousands OF sacks of -four,
a quantity of bacon and wagon loads of
other goods all bearing government
marks have been found in the possession
OF unauthorized persons.
1t is alleged that the contractor in
person. who has been doing a business
spent huge sums in entertaining officers.
prominent cOmmissary officer is ac-
cused of leading a scandalouslv immoral
life. 1t is asserted that large quantities
OF stores have been lost or stolen in
transit and also that there ia a shortage
In the commissary depot. New scandals
are developed daily. Illicit transactions
have been tracked back to June, 1900,
and it is possible there are Others of
earlier date. The exorbitant tariff on
provisions makes the surreptitious sale
OF cOmmissary supplies immensely prof
liable. 1t is understood that prominent
officers of the United States army may
be arrested.
Lieutenant P. K Street of the Forty
sixth volunteer infantry is prosecuting
the investigation under direction of
Colonel Wilbur, chief of police.
Department Not Informed.
Washington, March 31.-It was said
at both the White House and war de-
partment tonight that absolutely moth
ing had been received by the government
regarding the alleged unearthing of
crooked work on the part of the army
quartermasters and others in LuZOn and
the arrest OF number of persons in and
out OF the army for stealing property of
the government or receiving stolen gov
eminent property.
General Corbin said furthermore that
the government had no intimation of
any sort that such developments might
be expected. He was inclined for this
reason to think the frauds against the
government could hardly be so serious
as reported, though admitting that this
opinion was based wholly upon the lack
OF advices. Captain BarrOws, he said,
was not the regular quartermaster for
southern Luzon, and must have been
acting quartermaster there at the time
of the arrests.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-05

pd fpr bargains in real estate, call on
Eae6o' Larue & Co., First Natl. bank
building, Colfax, Wash. '' o'nN
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-05

40. :,.:,...: ........ So 25
John Crawfo1d to W Stearns crop
wheat and hay hf ne or 25 Is As 24O rs
Claude Turnbow to Chalenor & Co 2
horses, buggy ,................... 122 so
Claude TurnbOw to Chalenor & Co,
crop on Afford ranch ....... 122 so
Gwynne to Julius Llppitt, crop
oats hf NV or SO Is "A. .. 100 90
ID M Province to A Kuhn, % cropw
hf ne Or IL Is 44.................. 65 90
j Mcclure to w Davis & Son crop
hf sw or % II As ............... 265 50
+ Hall to Wash L 4 T Co crop sw
or and Sc or Is Al 80. l 90
Geo W MerrYman to n w & P Hy-
potheekbank % crop on part lot 3;5
16 IS ............... ........ 1880 90
w A Matlock to A Davis wagon
morse. .......... ........... % w
Bills of Sale.
w Howell to Berger 200 bu wheat
Sc ar 20 10 43. .....,............... 12O 90
w E Bolten to j Berger $50 bu wheat
Judgments
Nellie Egan vs. A Clyde $5266 and costs.
G S Marsh vs. l. Allenbach $50 and costs.
Miscellaneous
Wheeler Motter Co VS. Mamie Loop lien pt
1t bk &c Colfax
Admr estate ? L Dennison VS. W + TYSON
ct al-Notice of lis pendens
ID Stevensf claim of water right Sc or sw
or % Is 40.
I'll B Freeman-Af Affidavit of assessment wrk
on placer claim.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-05
Notice for Publication.

H. w. GOFF, FIRE INSURANCE,
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-04-05

Plaintiffs attorney, postofice address, Colfax
Whitman county, Washington.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-28
a Wcudel rui inventions.

They CURE pANDnrTF, HAIR FAllINi,
HEADACHE, etc., yet costs the same az an
oRDINARy comb. WHAT that' Why, Or.
Whites Electric Comb. The only pat
cntcd Comb in the world. People, every
where it has been introduced, are WILD
with delight. You simply comb your
hair each day and the comb does the
rest. This wonderful comb is simply
unbreakablc and is made SO that it is AB-
soLurrIY IMPOSSIBLE to break or cut the
hair. Sold on a written guarantee to give
PERFECT satisfaction in EVERY respect.
Send stamps for one. Ladies size Soc
Gents size Soc. Live men and women
wanted everywhere to introduce this
article. Sells ON sight. Agents are wild
with success. (See want column of this
papcr.) Address d. n. ROSE, Gen. Mgr,
Decatur, III. 2o-l yr.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-28

First The area drained into Grays
Harbor is about ! ,l4l square miles, near
lv equal to the state OF Connecticut,
which has an area oi SO square miles.
Second-The entire area looking to
Grays lIarbor as it, proper shipping port
is nearly equal to the states OF Connecti-
cut, Rhode Island and Delaware com
bined, now sustaining a population OF
1,52l .22l inhabitants.
Third-This area is estimated To con-
tain one-third OF the timber OF the state
OF Washington, or about 1O0, 200, 900, 900
feet.
Fourth-Accoriing to the report Of the
chief of engineers, made to the govern
ment, the number of vessels leaving
Grays Harbor in the year ending Dcccm-
Der 81, 1899, was 26G carrying coastwlse
So 0OO,O)O feet and foreign nearly A.
600 900 feet of lumber, and other prod
ucts to the total OF nearly l64 900 tons.
The statistics OF the Northern Pacific
freight department show that the num-
Der of cars of lumber and shingles lenv'
ing Chehalis county by rail during the
year 1899 was 5000, or 5000 tons.
Eifth-The value OF this timber ion
foreign shipment is estimated to be at
least 81 per thousand more than for coast
wise or Eastern shipmcnt.-Columbis
River and Oregon Timberman.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-28

EDITOR HERALD.
Dear Sir: Il note by the Issue of the
OF the 18th inst. that
your city held a mass-meeting for the
purpose of agitating the elimination Of
certain townships from the Olympic
Forest Reserve, and that Supt. ID. b.
Shellar was present, and it was therefore
doubtless at his suggestion that the belief
is prevalent in your city and other Grays
Harbor towns that had it not been for
the unfavOrable report of the geological
surveyors, these particular lands would
have been withdrawn long ago from the
reserve.
II this is the source of your report (?)
I can only state that the gentleman in
question is either ignorant of the sub
stance of our report, or else he has got
some other axe to grind and is fretting
at what he calls the delay.
In justice to ourselves, Mr.. Editor,
wish you would publish the following
facts, viz. Three years ago MIR. Dodwell,
in conjunction with myself, commenced
the examination of said reserve, which
embraces in the neighborhood Of 5000
square miles, and as soon as we COM
pleied a whole county, we reported to
Mr.. Gannett the description OF the lands
we recommended for elimination as be-
ing adaptable for farming or grazing
purposes when cleared.
As soon as we had completed Clallam
county, and the report forwarded to
Washington, y. c., it was accepted and
the proclamation of the president was
issued in due course restoring to the
public domain all OF said lands as recon-
mended by us.
In regard to Chclalis, jefferson and
Mason counties, our report was finished
last month and Immediately forwarded
to Washington, ID. G. Said report
recollmends considerable area of Che
halls county be restored to the public
lands, and as soon as the proper author
tiles have thoroughly perused it, doubt
less lhey will accept same, and in due
course the president will issue his proc
lamation stating the description of said
lands as recommended by us and when
they will be open for filing.
\ Typographical plat accompanies said
report and is taken from actual Observa-
tons and surveys in the field and not
from hearsay as certain other worthless
reports have been.
j wish, Mr.. Editor, that in justice to
Ourselves. and to circunvent a malicious
report and to save your citizens need
less expense that you will give this
article due prominence.
Yours respectfully,
THEODORE +. KIXoN.
e. S. q. S.
South Bend, WASH, Feb. 20, 1901.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-28
Deputy County Assessors.

Assessor +. f. Jones has made the fol-
lowing appointments of deputy assessors
to make the assessment for this year, all
of the men being experienced in this
class of work:
Ranges and 81. N. Gwin, Oakville.
Range 6-Pcrry Watson, Elma.
Ranges and north OF Chchalis river
except Montesano and Abcrdecn-Joln
III. Taylor, Rayburn.
Ranges I, s and 9, south OF ChchaliS
river except Cosmopolis and south Aber-
deem, and range nine north Of Grays
Harbor except Aberdeen-C. W. Bare
more, Artic.
Ranges 10, II, - and 10, north OF
Grays llarbor except Grays liarhor City
Robert Chabot, Damon.
Ranges 10, II and II south OF Grays
Harbor-E. w. Hunter, Wcstport.
Montcsano, Wynooche and Melbourne
w. q. Young, Montesano.
Cosmopolis and South Aberdeen
Irving Smith, Cosmopols.
Township II, range o, north of Cinema
lis river-JacOb WcatherWaX. Aberdeen
IIoquam and C'rays llarbor City
Seth Warren, Hoquiam.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-28
COSNIOPOLIS,
From COsmopolis Enterprise

From COsmopolis Enterprise
James Fowler has received from L. 5.
Secretary of War Root, a permit for con-
tnuancc of fsh-trap in Chehalis river.
near Sand Island.
Rudolph Distlcr received telegram
from Congressman Cushman, stating
that the celebrated land case in which
Cosmopols is interested has been set
tied, and that Mr.. Book has the land.
Grandpa and Mrs. Linn, OF the North
river valley, have had two grandchildren
born to them lately. The tribe is increas-
ing. The Fry family will have to look
out or the Inns will catch up with
them.
Wednesday evening, February 20,
1901, large company OF relatives and
friends gathered at the residence OF Ed.
VanSyckle, brother to the bride, and OF
Mrs. T.. j. Weaver, mother to the bride,
to witness the marriage ceremony which
united for life Miss Sadie Weaver and
Charles a. Jump.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-28
IIUMPTUl.IPS.
Correspondence to the HERALD.

Correspondence to the HERALD.
w. S. Cogdill has been working on the
Jam in Stevens creek the past week.
Britain Bros. & Caylor have closed
their camp on the upper Humptulips.
Mrs. Altman is having the house she
recently purchased finished. Otis Rob
erts is doing the carpenter work.
We are glad to hear that the county
commissioners have accepted the Britain
road, for if anyone is entitled and in
need of a road, it is the settlers on the
upper Humptulips. 1t is fourteen years
since they first made their homes in this
part OF the country, and have built many
miles of free roads. Under the present
condition they are obliged to travel ON
private roads and ford the river twice in
order to get to the Hoquiam road. The
new road will be Il great convenience to
the logging camp men, as great part OF
the time the river is not fordable.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-28

N l. Aver, carpet for assessors Office SO Is 9S
Beardsley Bros, burial of pauper =. 20 20
Crist, board and nurse G Peterson 81 %
W Crist, beds aud meals for jury ~ 81 50
Montrsano NATL Bank, perforator, treas. 81 o.
G Overmeyer. med attend b Collins. 100 10
Peter, nursing Glenn Peterson. ...... IL 10
r q Glover. witness, Elliott Il Williams. 80
J w Stamper, same ........... $50
II j Murray same ............... ... $50
G. p Boyer, cost bill poll tax col suts. 16 40
q l. Davis, per diem and mileage as com'r ~ 40
W Smith, same ...... ................. 81 20
n HERMAN, same. .... ... 81 As
Following bill allowed on the veteran
soldiers relief fund:
" Shattuck Observation-Disclosures. 80, SO 90
Following bills allowed on road district
funds:
No. sc r jenkins acknowledgements. 90
No. l3-Thos Dineen ........ 7CO
No, % -Montesano Hdw Co. .......... 30
No BE I Talmagc ..... 922
No. a'-A Amundson .......... 22l IA
The following bills laid over:
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-28
Explains Forest Reserve.

CARL S. WEATHERWAX,
Treasurer Chehalis county, Wasl
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-28
HOQUIANI.

From local papers:
Miss Ola Hull went to Portland, Sun
day, to help care for her father, who is
recovering from an operation.
State Superintendent Bryan has noti-
fled Miss Edith futile that he has APP
pointed her assistant in his office.
Raising the saloon license to $1,000
seems to meet the approval OF the saloon
men. We have heard no kick so far.
w. A. Briscoe has lumber on the
ground for a carpenter shop on street
near seventh. This will be 20x4O and
will make neat building.
John Sutthoff and O. c. Fenlason, of
the Panel Il Folding Box Co., left yes.
terdav on a business trip to the Sound
and Portland. They will be gone about
il week.
There is new saw mill proposition in
sight for Hoquiam, with every prospect
of success. 4 survey now running line
up the east side of the river may lntll-
cate something about it.
At the home of the bride parents, last
night, Miss Cora Erickson was married
to Mr. Roy Quinn, Judge Arthur Bridges
officiating The house was filled to over
flowing to witness the event.
The door OF the Corner saloon was
pushed open Tuesday morning at GOO
o'clock and So taken from the cash regis.
ter. No clue to the robbers has been OBJ.
tanned. The toor to Kebotzki's saloon
was also tried, but could not be opened
lIoquam people to the number OF So
attended the big dance given Friday even
ing by the Elks OF the IIarbor at Aber-
deem. They are all loud in their praise
of the affair and pronounce it to have
been the "event oi the season. and one
OF the most enjoyable dancing parties
ever given ON the llarbor. They ar,
especially loud in their praise OF the
music and the management.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-28
ELM
From Elma Chronicle:

From ElmN Chronicle:
The city schools received $4,000 worth
of electrical apparatus last week.
Twelve carloads of railroad ties were
shipped to this place for Distribution
the first of the week.
Mrs. M. NJ. Wakefield, who has been
i'll for some weeks, was able to visit with
Mrs. Rasmussen on Wednesday.
Thursday night about ten o'clock, the
house owned by J. :. Ford, on west Main
street, was totally destroyed by fire. AT
the time the house was occupied by a
family named Woodord. Most of the
household goods were saved.
Last Saturday the residence of MIR:
Puhn, who lives in the Greenwood school
district, was totally destroyed by fire
with a large part OF his household
utensils. The loss falls heavily upon
Mr. Puhn, and all sympathize with him
in his loss.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-28
Teacher Wanted.

A good teacher, with first grade GER
titicatc, wanted hv school district NO. 81.
Applications must be received ON or be-
fore March 2, 1901. The teacher is
wanted for Il three months term, to begin
March l3. State salary expected.
Apply to John landers or sven John
SON. directors. postoitice address, Aber-
deem, " ash.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-28
COUNTY NEWS
HAPPENINGS IN THE G UNITY.
Gathered by "Herald" Correspondents
and Cleaned From Exchanges.
MON1'ESA NO.

MON1EsANO.
From local papers
Luke Craig returned Saturday from a
trip to eastern Washington.
Born, Sunday. Feb. II, 1901, to the
wife OF John C. Biles, Il daughter.
Mrs. NJ. a. Watkins went to Tacoma
Yesterday for a visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Lou Wade.
Mrs. Wheeler went to Portland, Tues
day morning, to select her spring stock
of millinery goods.
The residence of James A. Moore, of
Satsop, was destroyed by fire last week
with a loss OF $500. He will rebuild at
once.
r. A. Bagwell, recently from Oregon
CITY. has opened law office in this city,
in rooms over Ninemre Il Morgan s
meat market.
BRYAN & Bower, of this city, have
leased the Aver furniture factory, re.
Gently run by the late Ed. Drumm and
G. NJ. Rummell.
Fieldy Gleeson and Geo. Crisp, of
Elma, opened a new saloon in that city
on Wednesday, 1t is said to be one OF
the finest in the county.
VIM. Hepfnger has received from Ia
coma the photographed covers for his
patent puzzle maps, which he is now
manufacturing in this city.
VIC. Daniels and Miss Isabelle Smith
were married at North Cove last week, by
Rev. Seeley, of South Bend. Mr.. Daniels
is engineer on a Grays Harbor boat.
James f. Conner, of Hoquiam, was in
town Saturday. He has just purchased
the Bruce property on the corner of
Eighth and streets, one OF the best 10.
cations in Hoquiam. He will remodel
the building and fit it up in fine style as
a first-class boarding house with an
elegant sample room.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-28
Five Hundred Dollars keward.

$500 reward will be paid for the arrest
and conviction of any person found cut
ting lines or turning adrift any RATS n
boom sticks that are tied TO our wharf or
boom on the Chehais river.
Tyr. WILSON Bros. & 20.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-28

wANTED.--Capable, reliable person in every
county to represent large company OF solid
financial reputation; $3.50 salary per year, pay
able weekly; 81 per day absolutely. sure and all
expenses; straight bona-tida, definite salary;
no commissi IN; salary paid each saturday and
expense money advanced each week. STAN
pARD HOUSE, 33l DEARBORN ST., CHICAGO.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-28

NALL FOR SCHOOL WARRANrS.-NO-
~ tice is hereby given that all unpaid school
warrants issued prior and inclusive of the
! numbers herein enumerated on the funds des-
| gnatcd OF the following school districts Will be
paid on presentation at the county treasurer's
Office. All warrants included In this call cease
| ~, tnur int ncf Ea1
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-02-28

HE 1OIIOWIng DIS IaIU over:
Paul Suits, James Rutherford S Arnold
Aberdeen Herald, d McKillip, Zeebuyth
Wood Lumber 20, Becker Bros.
The following bill rejected:
F + Tcmpkins, regis voters Elma prect 81 GO
Board adjourned till Monday, March 4,
1901, at 9 o'clock a. m.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-27
And Il Pulled Her out.

Doctor after doctor said | should not
drink strong coffee 1t struck rne as
peculiar that this advice should he so uni
versal.
81 have hccn n school teacher. and a
few years ago began Ia feel | was prrtty
well worn out aud nervous, found that |
was depending more ana more upon my
cofioc to carry me through my days work.
Many times when teaching In a boarding
school, have asked the matron for u cup
Of coffee strong. because | felt 1 could
not get through the recitation with.
out IL.
"oi course, was living ON borrowed
strength, and two years ago the physical
crash came, Nervous prostration and
ncurasthenla. For weeks J could not even
walk or stand alone, The physician said
II would bc two ar three years before |
could recover so as 10 be able to do any
thing. My appetite was gone. could not
sleep, and ] was In u desperate condition,
nervous and otherwise.
II was wanting coffee very badly, hut
Il was kept from me. one morning about
three weeks after the breakdown. the nurse
brought me cup OF coffee. OF delicious
flavor. May ! have itE | exclaimed,
Yes the doctor says II will not hurt you
now ! could not understand II aud did
not try. but just drank the coffee. aud had
Il every morning after that.
My appetite began TO return with the
first cup and had been enjoying it for
q month or more when sister said Does
your coffee taste as good as Il did before
you were sickg on, yes, said, III never
tasted better, Is Il strong enough TO suit
youT ] said, 1T conlt not b. improved,
DO YOU know she sald, Won are not
drinking Mochn or Java. hut Postum Food
Coffee; and so II was, every grain OF It.
II had often scoffed nj Postum Food Cot.
fec before ! knew % It's value. and It's de
llcious davor.
~ has been saviour to me- Instead OF
strength, ! am now w good working ron
dition SIX months after the breakdown.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-27
DISTINCTLY DULL.
Cotton Market Devoid OF interesting
Features.

~Otton Mbrkct DeNOid OF intcreStinq
Features.
New Orleans February 26-The market
for spot cotton was again quiet during
the forenoon today. or to he more exact.
Il was distinctly dull Both factors and
bnycrt show a certalr measure ~ ,ndif
ference aud II the demand Is slack, oner.
ings are Hight In proportion. The market
was mcasureably easier last evening and
toaay's opening was not by any means re.
assuring 10 sellers. thanks TO the early
break in contract prices. hut with the re.
eoyery In the contract market. a better
feeling developed among handlers OF spots,
and prices stiffened bit, though not to
the extent Of adjusting differences between
the opposing classes OF operators
fair amount NJ trading was noted
during the FIRST part Of the day I'm ,he
market for contracts for the future delly.
cry OF cotton, hut the character or the
movement was not such as To prove OF
more than passing interest 4 fcw now
turns. considerable closing out and NOR,
or less room work combined to make the
aggregate Of transactions moderately large.
In hrlef the market was devoid Of any
specially Interesting features aud was cal
culafed 10 hold the attention OF those only
whose ventures were involved Thu omen.
Ing was disappointing 70 the long element
Liverpool came In down i-6fth ana was fol.
lowed by further decline of i-B4th. New
York and New Orleans showed nrst rall
losses NJ ] 10 3 points. After q further
advance Of 4 10 ) points, the market here
closed 70 points above Mondays close.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-27
FAVORED LOWER PRICES.
The Speculation Was OF a Professional
Character.

New York. February 20 The cotton'mar.
ket declined early today and at the hest
speculation was OF the flag end" order.
with professional operations comprising the
bulk Of 4. Sentiment from the start IA.
rored iQTer prices though shorts were
held2fa khsck by fears OF bull move.
ment at4pad,A where prices held IA points
ai,ovc <bMity with values here. Liver
pool ekhifted frmer undertonc at the
tiuie. Of ouf opening than seemed Justified
By tle<sioSh here yesterday.
Fifsy salJ yrtieeted barely steady mar.
kct.f piftrptires I point higher To . points
lower. With the adjournment Of the cnll
~sakaesS developed. and not uH ii Mny
had dropped 20 S.D3 were there any signs
OF rally. Thereafter the market fol
lowed an giraffe course. advancing TO 0.OO
Tor March on turries OF profit taking by
the room scnlping element. later falling
% NIB under spnrts Of general selling
and then closing near the high point on
short covering. The English market con.
formed 70 our relapse before closing aud
sent few selling orders here. BuyIng OF
acar shorts by export houses served ia
seep shorts within reasonable bounds dur,
ng the session. but fniled 10 alter hearish
sonricfioDS. The semi-weekiy interior
own movement was about as expected.
while receipts for tomorrow were estimated
y larger amounts than generally anticlnat.
The close was steady. with prices un.
changed 70 points higher.