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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-06
ROSEHILLA BEACH


Located In Quartermaster Harbor
midway between Manzanita Beach
from Tacoma. Fine, sandy flat
beach. Plenty of good spring water.
Good steamer service; fare 81 per
week during camping season. This
property faces southwest and the
view of Tacoma and bay is unsur
pissed Rosehilla Beach is a new
property and bias never been placed
On the Market
before. and we have been given the
exclusive agency to handle the treot
the CHOICEST locations will go first,
So az not delay IN making your Sc
Iactions. as numerous inquiries are
being made.
Prices and Terms
are lower than surrounding beach
properties. Call at the office and
we will convince you.
Magnolia Beach
SO feet OF waterfront, including
tidelands and running back 600
Just coming into bearing, a small,
comfortable house. This is part
of the Jeffries tract north of the
dock. Nothing better on the beach,
1880, $500 cash, balance SIS
F. D. HILL & GO.
2o1-2 Berlin Bldg.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-06
Cozy Home $3.50
ESQ DOWN. sIo MONTH

New and we'll built Groom cot
tage. on level lots, nice shade
trees: 1 block from car. store and
school, 15 minutes ride from bust
ness center. Better see this. (2-M)
Phone evenings. Main SS76-L.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-06
E.F. GREGORY co. Inc

Second Floor National Realty Bldg.
111T Pacific av.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-04-06
Hardwood Floors

When building your new
home, or your carpets get worn
out. don't go anywhere else, but
to the Tacoma Parunct Floor
Co. and have them give you SIN
estimate on a first class hard
wood floor. 724 ST. Helens sv.
Main 6756. Eve. Main 9232
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-20
FIRE LOSSES EXCESSIVE
Companies Hit Heavily in 1911
Saws Insurance Department.

Albany. May IA summary OF the DUST
ness Of fire. fire marine aud marine iisui-
ance companies, made public to-day py ou-
perintendent of Insurance Emmett SHOWS
that at the close of 1911 the 2l3 hre' nfe
marine and marine insurance companies
doing business in New York were possesseu
NJ s62s1I2I9a Of admitted assets, not IT.
Guiding assets held abroad or the premium
notes of mutual companies. This was an
increase of Si.49l,366 az compared with
tho financial returns of the above CONF
panies for 1910
The Iia bilitics Of these companies other
than capital were SS6,3S4.676, an increase
of $19 S981l6. The total income was N5'4'Z+o'-
767 and disbursements were $32O.Sli33, an
increase as compared with 1910 OF $2l''-''o'o
and sy7,2S71 jg respectively. The losses pdlu
show an increase over the previous year
Of about Sl6CD.WO, the unpaid losses belhs
practically the same as those outstanding
on December 81. 1910.
The total insurance in force at the era
of 1911 was slightly more than s4SV3Vo'VV''
an increase over the previous year OF ABOUT
e 30 900 The underwriting total figures OF
the gain and loss table show that the I'M
derwriting gain of the 213 companies was
slightly over 100000 a decrease of more
than 100000 from that of the year 1910.
Tho fire companies wrote in the STATE
of New York during 1911 $,55i,l24,%O or N
surance. a decrease of Sl2S,00o,oC0 from the
anount written in 1910. The excess OF IRE
rrsr,ums received over fire losses incurred
and estimated expenses on New YORK state
business for the year was &Sil'''o. ne
fire uremums received decreased sLoo'"H
while tie incurred losses increased about
s44o0o0o The marine and inland risks
written in this state during 1911 by fire and
fire marine companies show an increase Oh
nearly $4,000.
The above summary of the results o.
the operations of the companies tor the
last year" says the state Insurance De-
partmcnt shows that It did not prove n
very favorable one from an underwriting
point of view. 90,
The fire losses In this country and Can
ada for 1910 and 1911 were excessive Nheh
compared with the year 1899. I'D" losses
for 1911 are stated TO have been something
over Sz2iO00.OOo. This, roughly speaking,
based on population, would make pc.
capita loss of between g. and -. a. against
an estimated per capita loss III Europe Vi
less than 40 cents. - ,,,.,
"It would seem from these lEureS thdt
the consideration of the important quts-
lion of fire prevention has not YET SHOWN
any appreciate general results.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-20
IN THE PETROLEUM FIELDS

Increased activity prevailed III ~'
! cally all of the oil producing distrleIss he
ing the last week. operators geheIsnjncts
ing anxious to bring all OF the y, take
possible to the surface in oruet - crude
ADVANTAGE of the present prices t hnsn no
petroleum. While there mas pe Na nro.
abatement i'm the efforts 10 loeate ~ wells
ducing territory, a majority OF ."1 ,hs al.
brought i'm have been located III Interest
ready defined producing areas :. nnistrict
again centres In the Blue CreeHt hs oldef
in West Virginia. Many OF declin'
wells in this locality have snow nt this
ing production for some time, newell
has been more than onset Dy VI. type.
wells, especially those OF the gus snor, tine
which continue To be brought III IL rspor..
to time. Several good wells weI rs,e from
ed last week with capacities rams hour
twenty-five to seventy barrels an ,ival IN
In the Central Ohio fields reni, nesf
drilling work is reported, especlssiW ayne.
Cleveland The same is true VI che Ken.
L,orain and Medina counties. lnotionalg
tucky fields operations are eHcep hrougbt
auiet. only occasional wells belnS M sev.
TO the producing stage. In inu ..ad With
eraI good competitions are repot ace bar
capacities ranging up to thirty
rels. , foiIow: Ne.
York. $50 in barrels and s.Ov ~ Ant
London, Sad. an imperial gai,Ud Hap'
Werp. 2S1 J. francs per 100 klio' an"
burg, $50 marks per bo kio'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-20
STOCK MARKET REVIEW
General Improvement in Market
and Business Tone.

The last week has shown what mar
ket can do when properly manlpC'
lated. It has been the history OF mar
kets Of this sort repeated. and If move
ments Of a spectacular character con-
tinue we must expect reactions of a Vio-
lent turn to occur periodically. Inc
news of the week has been more favor
able than otherwise. and as the week
closed the suggestions Of impending
trouble that have hung suspended like
the sword of Damocles over the Street
have been largely dissipated and the out
look is brighter. The political squabble
is nearing its end, and labor agitations
and Disbursements are lessening in their
intensity, with favorable indications OF
amicable settlements coming from tbs
reports received of the progress OF labor
doings.
The subway tangle, which has kept
both the public and the market In Il
state OF uncertainty for long time,
reached it's final conclusion last week
and apparently has been settled. Inc
Appellate Division handed down de-
cision UNFOLDING the preferential pay
ment plan in new subway contracts. which
clears the way for new subways and
better transportation for New YORK
Tie money conditions are extremely "a
vorable TO both markets and business
as there is an abundance of cheap money
everywhere. A favorable coloring 10
al iC
loans and an increase of individual de-
posits in interior banks, showing a trend
toward increasing commerce ana Galt'
OF personal cash holdings. The improve
rnent in money affairs abroad relieves the
situation Of any cause for Apprehension
as regards this country being unfavor-
ably affected by a tightness in foreign
money conditions. Not only has the
Bank of England reduced its discount
rate to 3 per cent, but with an extremely
large gold reserve and money plentiful
in Lombard Street the prospects are
that this rate cannot long be maintained.
The reduction of the discount rate by
the Bank of France to per cent last
week was expected, and did not make
any decided impression on Bourse trad
ing. The easing of money conditions in
Germany reflects a corresponding reduc'
ton by the Reichsbank. Business is I'M
proving in Great Britain and on the Con-
tinent. and in the United States the re-
ports OF trade are assuming a broader
sphere and touching various industries
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-20

In a final paragraph OF the Bache Review
OF Saturday, May Is, the following digest
OF the present stock market is both inter
estlng and instructive:
When people say that the stock market
is irregular they mean that there is no gem
eral trend. IL is like the swinging OF waves
I'm the ocean. There Is Il small swing up
ward of a number OF stocks. then all these
swing down again. On the way down a
little wave, some particular stock, starts
up against the main wave ana causes come
COmmotion with its resistance. Meantime
the main wave has gone on down, ana ~
coming back again. Sometimes, on the
back swing. the little wave goes on up
with the other or II settles down ana Oh =
appears This is all done with only a few
stocks. The rest of the market Is num-
drum, and at the end OF the week IT Is
found that the whole movement either mas
not amounted to much, or, as TINS We week
I'm such swings the traders make money II
the movement is not too choppy anu IL tney
happen to get into the main swing. Inc
nubiic can rarely make money In Sucn Il
market except from the investment point
OF view, buying on declines for the long
carry. a., ,,.
AS to whether or not some time TINS
wear. for instance, there VIII be good
nrotit on such purchases depends after all
and above all on the crop outcome. Bust
ness for two years has been depressed. 1t
is now, and has beer, been Tor some ,,n months ~.
Quite a while. even IL the political and
economic conditions remain the same. A
great harvest would mean much FOR the
Substantial enlargement of trade and graf
living increase In profits. II the pressure
Is taken off the railroads and reasonable
rate Increases permitted the whole coun-
try will blossom into activity.
Money conditions are sound. Abroad the
Rank Of England shows heavy. gains In
gold holdings The foreign trade returns
for April exhibit large figures. The total
exports were larger than April OF last
year and the largest OF any April in the
country's history. Imports for April were
also at a record. The excess OF exports IS
sIs 600 600. while year ago In April the eX-
cess OF exports was 900. So that IN the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-20

And Subsidiary Companies in the United States
and Balance Sheet March 81 B
,ssrrs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-20

interest of economy and Of building w
foreign credit balance April falls oea sscsi
but for the completed months or we le, last isst
year, compared with the same peIleU.ua.ssd
year. our excess Of imports mas Inist'fyins
S43 10000. II last year was si@"'
year this so far Is a better one. y, .cn.
Foreign and domestic purchases VI ,,s,sl
per are heavy and the price OF tle an :.
has advanced 1914 cents. NersIIs sonuer
with probabilities OF y soon. me Iii a
purchase ,,blv the
Speculation will now await prooaogn.
outcome OF the nominations. IL is sSSnn,sSs
~ agreed that there has been couies tocss
realizing. but whoever has taken tIe they
the public is net much involved. ana Inn ,Sa
musf he sill I'm hnnds able 70 carry w.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-20

steel and copper seem to stand in q po-
sition Of confidence and promised peter
uent. and the undertone OF buying power
Of the market during some heavy rediiG-
ing on Wednesday and Thursday ana
strong closing on Saturday offer gooh
food for the bulls to feed on ana may
hiring another advance during the coming
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-20
THE MARKETS POSITION.

sales for the week compared 85OoN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-20
RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.

h number 0
the
ligh ana 10" prices
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-01-18
CAKE MAKING.

The making of cakes as we'll as the
making of bread has passed through
q period of evolution. For the busy
housewife who finds 1t necessary to
do the bulk of the work and in most
cases all of the household work, be.
sides sewing, 1t seems expedient that
she use the utmost economy of effort
in accomplishing her duties. The
process Of cake making has always
been one of much time. During re-
cent years of experiment in our cook
ing school laboratories. we find that
good cake, as good as the old meth.
cd, may be made with much less ex.
pense of time, and materials. When
butter is 40 cents a pound 1t Is some
comfort to know by actual test that
we may have cake on our tables with
out mortgaging the farm. Except
when used warm, cakes that are
shortened with lard, snowdrift or
other pure and odorless fats cannot
ha told from those made with butter.
It is always necessary to remember
that the required amount Of salt
should be used, otherwise the taste of
the cake will be fiat. stale and unprof-
table,
The amount of shortening to be
used depends upon the cake, a half
to three-quarters Of a cup Is sufficient.
When using butter the old method
'Gas first to give the butter good
creaming until soft and ,waxy then
add the sugar gradually. process ex-
reedingly slow. Now the up-to.date
look when she Is extravagant enough
20 use butter warns 1t by gentle heat
dntil 1t is melted, then adds powdered
sugar which costs just a cent more
Tor cake, and she has a cake which
San be compared favorably with any
,creamed butter cake. The fact that
the butter can be melted and the
sugar added saves much time in the
making.
A portion Of cake in a serving is
equal to a glass and half of milk or
three eggs in food value. so that cake
is not entirely food accessory, but
real food in the menu.
In melting butter for cake care
should be taken that 1t does not get
too hot as butter fat decomposes
when heated and is thus less digesti.
BILE.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-01-18
LAWS INJUSTICE MADE PLAIN
Farmers Grievance Was That story
Once Accepted Should Not
Remain Good.

A story is being told at the expense
Of an old English farmer who was
recently called upon to explain why
he had failed to take out license for
a favorite fox terrier dog. "'E's mob
but a puppy" the defendant remark.
ed. in response to a question as to
the animals age. Yes. yes! So you
say. But how old is he?" "Oh, weel,
| couldn' tell to Bit" was the reply
Il never was much good at remember
ing dates, but 'e's nobbut a puppy"
On the other hand, It was maintained
that the animal in question was
very, very old-fashioned puppy. and
the magistrate inflicted the usual fine.
Shortly afterward the farmer was met
by friend who wanted to hnow how
he had Jared at the police court.
"Nobbut middlin'," was the reply.
Did they fine your YES" respond.
ed the victim; IAN 'ang me If can
understand It! Last year an the year
afore that told the same tale about
the same dog. an II wos allus good
enough afore! Who's been tamperin'
WI the law sim last year?"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-01-18
Z2gISA]H.':BCTilEy
RTlTyIIET

lie. All housekeepers who have to
count the pennies in their household
expenses have to use up the remnants,
and the manner of so doing marks
them as artists or otherwise. Often
:: dish may be made over and be more
tasty and attractive than 1t was on
lis first appearance.
A few tablespoonfuls of canned or
preserved fruit, too little to be used
on the table, may be combined with
orange or lemon, nodded by adding
gelatine and served rs q dessert or
salad Such a dish may be made
especially dainty with little care,
and the expense is scarcely nothing.
A pint of boiled custard left over
from yesterdays dinner, s:.ucerful
CT canned pears, an equal qukntity of
other fruit and half cup OF cream,
sweetened and favored. more II nee.
Gssary, may be frozen into delicious
tsssert.
Many such combination win suggest
themselves to the thinking saving
woman. Scraps left from frying out
fat, If put through the meat grinder.
may be added to cornmeal mush, and
when cold cut in slices anG fried
This is scrapple, and makes highly
nutritious dish.
Mince meat is a splendid receptacle
for saving little bits of preserves, or
ange marmalade and such fruits, add
ed to the mince meat, they make
vast improvement.
Oatmeal, rice and farina when add
ed to griddle cakes and gems or muf-
fins are always an Improvement on
the plain dish.
Pieces of beef steak cut in small
pieces and onion added, with water,
make an acceptable stew. which may
be pieced out with dumplings and be
sufficient for the main dish Of a
meal.
It is the wise housewife who
watches for the little wastes, and is
able to make good things out Of food
that others throw away.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-01-18
HOUSEHOLD SANITATION.

We hear much Of the dust enemy
and we should hear and heed the re-
peated warnings given US in regard to
the evils of dust. The children in
our schools today will know much bet
ter how to keep clean. sanitary
houses than did our grandmothers,
providing they follow the teaching. A
grain Of dust too small to be noticed
by the unaided eye may be the abode
Of hundreds of microbes which can
cause Us trouble. The vacuum clean
er is doing good work to wipe out
dust and keep US free from such ex-
posure to disease, but where one may
have the advantage of a cleaner hun
dreds of thousands are obliged to
WELD the broom and dustcloth. =.
When sweeping, 1t is best to have
damp broom and something like
dampened paper or tea leaves to keep
the dust from flying. One can by a
little planning keep and dry the tea
leaves, moistening them as needed.
In sweeping carpet, a good plan is
to sweep and take up the dust from
each breadth or two, instead of
spreading it all over the room.
t{is much more sanitary, besides
much easier, to have rugs and bare
floors. The rugs can be taken outside
and cleaned and the floors wiped, so
that the room is free from dust.
The dust cloth is another useful ar
ticle to consider; those patented af-
fairs that have some kind of oil in the
weave are good because they hold the
dust and keep it from scattering
back to the floor. When using an Or
binary cloth, it may be dampened
slightly with furniture. polish and it
will hold the dust much better.
Ventilation of the home is another
important matter. Cold air is not
necessarily pure, and our lungs need
fresh, pure oxygen in order to make
and keep pure, good blood. Those
who sleep in unaired. unventilated
bedrooms to save the fuel bill are
Giling up good fat bank account for
the family doctor as well as making
future suffering for themselves. No
body unfed by fresh air can withstand
disease, and the little busy microbes
get in good work on such host.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-01-18
SIMPLE RULES FOR MEAS
URiNG STANDING TIMBER

In case part Of all the ripe timber
on woodlot is to be cut and the land
cleared and placed under cultivation,
1t may be desirable to make an esti-
mate OF the amount of timber on the
land. The following is a simple and
accurate rule:
Measure the diameter at breast
height of all the merchantahle trees.
Use an ordinary tape to. get the cir
cumference and then divide by 3, or
regular diameter tape or calipers
can be used. Square the diameter,
multiply the results by two and d.
vide by ten. The result will be the
number Of cubic feet Of wood in the
tree. Multiply the cubic feet content
by and you will have the board feet
content. The reason for using rath-
er than II is that four inches have to
be deducted for slabs and kerf, or, in
other words, waste.
Another method that gives good re-
suits, and is perhaps somewhat more
conservative is this:
Find the diameter at breast height
Of all merchantable trees and square
the diameter as before. Then multi
ply by 3 and divide the result by 2.
The result is the number of board feet
in the trees. These rules are called
the rules Of thumb and they are based
upon many measurements and long
time experiments. If they are used
on from 800 to 1000 trees they are
self-compensating, that is where you
get too much in one tree you will not
get enough In another, so the loss in
one will balance the gain in the other.
An example illustrating the use of
the rule: A tree is 25 inches in di-
ameter.' The square of this is 625,
which multiplied by 8 gives 1850, and
divided by 10 gives 125 cubic feet.
This multiplied by 8 gives 1000 board
feet
With the other rule. taking CPS, the
square Of the diameter, and multiply
ing by 8, we get 1875, and dividing
| this by we have the result 1878
board feet. The second rule is more
conservative than the first.
1t is well to remember that it costs
the logger or the lumberman about
half the amount he gets for his finish
ed mill product to get it logged and
run through the mill. So If he gets
for his white oak, say rs cents per
-thousand, he pays at least I35 cents
for the cutting. logging and milling.
C. Fl. GoETZ,
College of Agriculture, Ohio State
University.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-01-18
A FISH DINNER.

The favors for a fish dinner may be
especially attractive, and one who Is
at all ingenious can originate many
new things. Pretty bon-bon boxes may
be had of paper in the form Of fish,
and candies Of fish forms may be pur'
chased for those small boxes. The lit
tie Japanese water flowers in the
form Of fish may be dropped into the
finger bowls to unfold and delight
young and old.
FavOrs Of fans decorated with fish
and q place for the name may be
made on them; ideas will come as one
plans for the event.
The center piece may be low dish
of ferns or small flowers with rushes.
Fish TlmbaIes.-For these choose
a firm white-fieshed fish. free 1t from
bones and chop fine. then pound to
pulp. Pres the pulp through fine
Gieve. and to each cupful add half
teaspoonful of salt, dash Of cay
enne and the white of an egg. Stir in
enough thick sweet cream, about a
tablespoonful, to make of the right
consistency; test by dropping a small
bit into boiling water and cook gently
for three minutes; break open. and II
too dry add a little more cream. Have
ready some buttered fish molds, fill
and stand them In a pan of hot water
to cook in the oven. Cover with but
tered paper and cook from fifteen to
twenty minutes. Turn out and gar
nish with parsley
Grape lce.-A delicious grape Ice is
made by boiling together pint OF
water and pound Of sugar for Eve
minutes. Cool and add a pint Of grape
Juice and the juice of lemon. If the
Juice is sweet less sugar should be
used.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-01-18
A Golf Story.

There's another story of a man who
rang the bell at the gates of Paradise
and asked Peter if he might go
through.
What were you on earth?" asked
the saint.
WELL" was the response, during
the latter part Of my life l didn't do
much but play golf"
'~Got golf ball on you?"
'Yes; here's a Chancellor
st. Peter took it and threw it over
his shoulder, where it rolled away.
For a minute or more he looked
critically at the applicant, then shut
the gate. in his face and locked it.
What's the gamer" said the man..
''You are no real golfer" said St.
Peter You don't even know the
first rule of golf-to keep your eye on
the ball and follow through"