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The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21
DRIED FRUITS AND NUTS

Prices quoted in san francisco this morning:
Dried Fruits-Prunes, bulk basis, crop of
1913, ao-4os. re; 4o-5os, SIC; 5o-6os. &c;
60 '0s, &c; 7os0s. 51zc; s0-1O0s; &c; 100-120s.
3Ac; l20s and up. 2Ac; apricots. 1913 crop.
I. o. b.. in 90 lb boxes, 11Ql41ac; evaporated
spples. sg9c; peaches, 1913 crop. 5@sc; pears
1913 crop, 7Q11c.
Raisins-F. Q. b. Fresno. 1912 crop: Loose
muscatels, 5&c per lb for crown, 5sSc
for crown, 5hc for crown and 41ac for l
crown; seeded, No. 16, 67sc for fancy and SAC
for choice.
Do 1913 crop: Seeded fancy. No. 10. The;
do bulk, 6Ac; choice, 7c; do bulk. 6lae; 4
crown, loose, 6c 8 crown, &c; crown, 5ac;
ungraded, 5lac; London layer, crown, 81. 40
crown. $l.05; 5 crown, 81. 20; 9 crown, ~ TO-
Honey-New crop. comb, I3@15c per ID for
fancy. I0Qi2c for light amber and S@1oc for
other; extracted, water white. nominal; white.
IA gSlzc; light amber, 60DTc; amber. 5g6c-
Nuts-Peanuts. 7@71ac per lb; pInenuts, IL
0l21ac; Brazil. ls42oc; nlberts 13@15c; pc
cans, l5@162c; almonds, 16@21c and l0Ql2e
for hard shell; walnuts, opening prices, 1913
crop, +. 0. b., carloads: Budded, 19c; No. /
soft shell. Ice; No. 2, 1lhc California chest
nuts. 4gl0cs Italian do. ~ 99c.
Dates-New crop Golden, 6la Q7nc per ID;
Fard, l01s Mlic.
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BuiIdins Contracts

Executive committee of the Arch Light I'm
proyement company with Bfttle Engineering
and Electric company y-Illuminating arch at
Twenty fifth and Mission street; $1,250.
Mrs b. B. Gray with Bodiue & Norman
To erect one story frame store in line of
Nineteenth avenue. 175 n OF Tarayal street. N
o5 By u 120; $1.SO0
Hanson & Koenigsthal with r.. Hansen-To
erect q one story basement frame residence in
w line Of Delano avenue, 225 OF San Jose
avenue; 2750.
Thomas and Margaret Mullen with Thomas
Mccormick To erect building in line Of
Twenty eighth street. l77:4 y Of Sanches;
81, 40.
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LOCAL VEGETABLES

Prices quoted this morning on the San Fran
cisco wholesale market:
Potatoes tper ctll--Delta whites. S5c@$1;
Salinas. $1.s5@2; sweets, s1@1.25; Oregon
Burbanks, $1.2U@1.40.
Onions tper ct)--Silverskins. $1.75@2; on
street,. 25c higher.
southern, per crate. 50GS5c; okra, per boz,
81; string beans 2G6c per 10; lima, 2M5c
per lb: peas, 3G6c per ID; green peppers, 256
chile roc per box; eggplant, 40c @$l per box;
do southern, per lb 294e; rhubarb, 75c@
$1.25 per box; cabbage, $1.25@1.75 per ctl;
50Q75e; Hubbard. per sack. 70@75c, do mar
rowfat, 65Q75c; sprouts, safe per lb; mush-
rooms, per Id. 10 5@30c; carrots. per sack, 50@
lb, 7q9c; cucumbers per box. 90c@$l; lettuce.
per crate, 65c@$1; caulifower, per doz, 40
It0c.
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MARRIAGES

-RIVERS-November 10, 1918. by
Rev Harold Sake Tuttle, pastor of Bethany
Congregational church, Fred Wehlken and
Madeline Adelia Rivers.
BASS-CRUZ-ID this city, November Is, 1913,
by Rev William X. Howe, Charles Earnest
Bass to Edna Cruz, both of San Francisco.
CLlNE-RAWLS-In this city, by Rev. Will
liam K Howe, William Gordon Cline TO
Elizabeth Rawls, both Of Healdsburg.
liam K. Howe, Emanuel Oswald Voyer TO
Gertruoe Hess of Long Beach Cal.
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LOCAL FRUIT MARKET


Prices quoted on the San Francisco wholesale
Deciduous Fruits-Apples. per box. Newton
plpplns, tier, $1.50@1.75; Al tier, $l-ioy
l:40; beethoven, tier, $l.65@175; DO az
TER, $L2591.30; Rhode Island greenings. I
uer, $l.2oQl.35; do Az tier, 81; Delaware
reds, tiei, $1.30@1.40; do III tier, lio V
I.xo; Hoover, tier. 81 .25@1.35; do ~! uef,
xl0l2o; Baldwin, tier, $1.2541.50 40 g
uer, $lQL25: Oregon spitzenbergs, %I.a90
s;o0; 90 Jonathans. $1.50@l.75: do Ben DasiS'
Quinces-Per box, 50c@S1.25
75c@$1.25.
Perslmmons-Per box, T5cMS1.
rears-W inter NeIlts, $1Q2.
Grapes tper crate)-Tokay. 75c@$1; Maiaga.
oocQSi; black, 45@65c. muscats, cog suc
$i.25.
Strawberries-$6@1O
Raspberrfes fper chest)-$5@S.
Huckleberries (per lb)-8@9c.
Cranberries-Cape Cod, per ID, ts@i iv.,9gs III ~
Coos Bay. per box, s2.25@2.50; Homes, $iiW
Citrus Fruits lper boxl-Lemons. standard
$393-oo; choice. $4.5o@6; fancy, seq lemon. on.
ettes, $l.2o93; grapefruit, seedless, $oW4'oo'
lines, per case, $46l5
0ranges-yalencias, per box. $3@6; naveis'
$2.50@3.50.
Tropical Fruits-Bananas, Hawaiian, 75c@
<leo per bunch; do Central American, 4goc
per ID do Mexican, 204c per lb; pineappiess
per dozen, Hawaiian, 81 $1.25G2.50.
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Local Oil Quotations
BRooMHAIL,s GEAIN CABLES

LIVERPOOL Nov 21.-The easier winni-
peg closing and decline in Buenos Aires yes
terday caused realizing, and in the opening
prices were II lower. Following the opening
profit taking was renewed and prices further
declined A@k, with March leading. Larger
American receipts continued liberal Cana
dian movement, freer offerings OF new Plate
wheat and continued favorable weather in Ar
gentina helped the decline. Toward midday
there recovery with shorts covering
the decline. due to improved demand for
cargoes. hrmness in spots here, especially Man.
itoba grades and good inquiry for Australian
parcels. The continent is bidding freely. At
/ 80 p- m. steady prices. u as up from the
low and * lower than yesterday.
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LOCAL PRODUCE
BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS

Quotations on tie san Francisco wholesale
Dairy Produce exchanges:
Butter-Per pound:
Grades Nov IS Nov 10 Nov.20 Noy.2l
Fresh extras ..... 33c B4c S41sc 36c
Eggs--Per dozen:
Grades Nov. IS Movie Nov20 Noy2l
al fresh extras ..... 5sc SIC 57c 2sc
Cal. storage extras 35c S5c 35c a6c
Cfeese--California fancy fats. 19c pound ;
nrsts, lie; fancy Young Americas, 17c; DO
frsts, 15c.
ketallers charge &c pound on each square
OF butter and &c q dozen on eggs over these
quotations.
Receipts today--Butter, %, 600 pounds; eggs,
lo'ooo dozen; cheese, 81, 500 pounds.
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NEW YORK BONDS
THE COTTON MARKET

THE CUITUN MAHKET
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 21.-Cotton due 465
lower opened steady 4@5 lower. AT 1915
D. m.-Quiet but steady. net 3@4 lower. ex-
which were points lower. Spot. quiet. S
lower, at 7.36. Sales 1900 including 5000
American. At p. m--Unchanged to IA
lower.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Port receipts esti
mated 10000 last week 9,474. last year 103,-
725 There were moderate local rains yester-
day in the southwest. Fair weather win pre-
vail over the Carolinas today and tomorrow;
fair today in Georgia and Alabama; elsewhere
over the belt unsettled weather. with rain. is
indicated. New York due to open higher.
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POULTRY AND GAME

Prices quoted this morning on the San Fran
cisco wholesale market:
Poultry tper lb)-Caiifornia fryers, 15617c:
old roosters, log 12c; do young, 15@17c; hens,
l5@16c eastern hens, l60lsc; do young stock,
15G17c.
California Hens (per doz)-Medium, $4.50@
ROSTERS $606 50 do full grown. S6@S; fryers.
$516: broilers, ss@4.50: ducks: old. $4@5: do
@3; eastern hens, $7@1l. according to size
geese, per pair, $2G3.
Turkeys tper lbl-Live young, 20922c
Game tper doz)-Rabbts, 81 25@2.75; Bel
gian hares, sage; wild, $1-50@2; geese. white,
$1@2: do. gray. $4Q5; brant. $2Q3.
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SAN RAFAEL LICENSES

SAN RAFAEL. Nov. 21.-Marriage licenses
issued here yesterday.
Rush b. Mendenhall. "a. San Francisco, and
Elsie NJ. SOeth. 49, Oakland
Frank j. Willis, 2l, and Johanna A. Schu-
macher, %, both Of San Francisco.
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FORECAST TILL 5 p. NJ. PACIFIC TIM
SATTfRDAY

For San Francisco. Oakland and vicinity
Fair tonight and Saturday: light frost Satur-
day morning; light north wind.
For California north of the Tehachapi-
Fair tonight and Saturday; heavy frost Satur-
day morning; light north wind.
For California, south of the Tehachap-
Fair tonight and Saturday: light frost Satur-
dav morning; light northeast wind
For Nevada--Fair tonight and Saturday.
For Sacramento valley--Fair tonight and
Saturday; heavy frost Saturday mornings light
north wind.
For santa Clara valley--Fair tonight and
Saturday; heavy frost Saturday morning; light
north wind.
For San joaquin valley--Far tonight and
Saturday; heavy frost Saturday morning: Light
north wind.
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CAPITAL INCREASE
! FOR FRESNO ROAD
Share Holders of Interurhan to
Vote on Proposed Issue
of Stock

Share holders of the Fresno. Han
ford and Summit Lake Interurban
railway will vote in Fresno. Cal, De-
cember IS on increasing the capital
stock to s1,475,0OO. divided into 14.75O
shares Of 500 each; s1,250.000, the
present amount Issued and outstand-
ing. to remain as common stock, and
the increase. $225,00O. to be issued as
z per cent cumulative non-voting pre-
ferred stock, fully paid up.
The California railroad commission
recently authorized the company to
issue $225,000 preferred stock. $780,
600 to retire previous issue of bonds,
$4,000 to be used for work on the
railroad between Fresno and Salem
and the balance to defray indebted
ness.
On September the commission
sanctioned the sale of 1858, 900 6 per
cent bonds at so to provide for build
Ing the first unit from Fresno to
Selma, with the proviso that J. H.
Somers, the custodian of S1,250, 900.
par. of the capital stock, shall not sell
any Of It until the first unit is COM
pleted. The failure of the Carnegie
Trust company upset the original plan
OF financing. #. S. Granger OF Fresno
Is promoting the enterprise, and
kimball & Somers of Oakland are
financing it,
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rLouR ANh GRAIN

Quotations IN san Franclsco this morning:
Flour (per bbl)-Net cash. California family
extras, $5.60@6; bakers extras. $4.6515 90;
superfine. $3.e0G4l0; Dakotas. s6.4067 40;
Kansas. SCOOPS.
Wheat tper ctD--Caiforaia club, S1.46L a
i47lb; northern wheat, bluestem, 81. Goa IS:
Turkey red. $1.55@1.60: red Russian, Sl46A
@I4T1a: club. $l-46x@1.47; forty-fold, $1.50
@S1.52h
barley (per ctl)--Good to choice feed 81 30
@1.32a; lower grades, $1.25@1.27A; shipping
and brewing, S1.35@140
red seed, $1.60@2; black, $2.25@3.
Corn (per ctD--Yellow. bulk. $50: DO
white. $i.sl; Egyptian white. s1.57la a. so;
Ksffir. S1.60Ml.65.
Rye (per ctD-Sl. .5O61 60.
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MISSOURI PACIFIC WEAKNEss

According to New York dispatch
70 J, G. Wilson & Co., Missouri Pacific
Is the weakest of the railroad issues
on the New York market. and appears
to be affected by the ST. Louis and San
Francisco scandal. Traders assert that
the ventilation of the unpleasant
Frisco affair might make difficulty in
nnanctng of requirements of the
nelghboring road. There is, of course,
no corporate connection between the
two properties
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PoRx. IARD AND orI

The San Francisco quotations this mornius
on pork. lard. cooking oil and family beef are
Golden Gate lard, tierces, lac: do 5s. per case.
arrow compound. tierces, 1o1sc; do SOS. So 3s:
do los. $6.75; do bs. $6.s3; do IS. $500;
Cooking oil. zoe; primrose salad oil. SIC; extra
family beef, $24; family beef. $24; extra meas
beef, $24; extra prime pork, $25: extra pig
11Mc; tlerce. IKE; tierces. ike; !
tierces. lie; case. 81. Cottolene-HaIf bbls.
llAc; tierce. use; 2 tierces. 11dc; s..
1lHc.
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HAMS AND BACON

San Franc1sco quotations this morning on
hams and bacon are: Primrose hams, i0-12,
22c; do 1914, 22c; do 1915, 22o: primrose,
bacon, 40. 30c; eastern star hams. 1O-12.
11ac; do 1914, 21hc; eastern skid hams, 23c;
do 14-16, 21lec; eastern star bacon, 4-6. zoe;
do 6-S, CSC; do S-l0 27c; do 1912 26c; mon
picnic hams, 14hc; arrow bacon, S-i0 26iac;
do 1912. 251c; medium bacon, 2014c; 1t. d.
g.. $40. 23c; do 1912. 22c; Light medium.
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pRoVIsToN pRonucTa

Wholesale price list on provision products
7per lb)--Eastern M. 4 L. brand, gle; Cali
fornia H. H: brand, 20c; picnics. 121ac; ba.
sid. 22c. Pure lard--Terce basis, 13c; short,
ening, tierce. 10hc; compound, H. II. brand,
tierce basis. 10c; salad oil. 76c: white cook
ing oil. Toe.
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HUTToN,s NEW HEADauARTERs

r. II. Mulcahy, resident partner of
=. f: Hutton & Co.. has been notified
by the head office in New York that
suite of offices in the Adams Express
building nearing completion in that
city. The location is in Broadway be-
low Wall street. The firm will occupy
It's new premises about January 1.
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HUGE GOVERNMENT LOANS

Foreign government loans now
being arranged or contemplated, ac-
cording to recent reports. reach the
stupendous aggregate of s1,45O. .0O0. 900.
something over 100000, 900 of this
total is to go into railroad construc-
ton, largely in Russia and Japan:
ana as much Is being asked for to paw
the Balkan war debts and to finance
frances military expansion plans.
The list follows:
tion. -
Morocco
Turkey. $40. 900. 900, Balkan war expenses.
Japan. 500 .000. 600, railroad construction
China, $4,000. 600, railroad construction
finances.
Bulgaria, $50 0Oo, GOO, Balkan war expenses.
Servla, $4,000, 900, war expenses
Roumania, $45, 600 000 war expenses
Greece, $50. 900 900, war expenses.
Ecuador. $33. 900, ,000 internal improvements
and railroads
Cuba, $50, 600, 000 Internal Improvement.
Guatemaia, $25,000O0O, readjustment of
finances.
Colombia, 10000. 900, internal improvements.
ments.
Total. 81 .44p 200 600
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HAY. FEED AND MEAL

Wholesale prices on carload lots Of hay on
foday's market Fancy wheat hay light bales
sIe@21; No 1 wheat or wheat and oat, $17@
Is: No. 2 wheat or wheat and cat, $14016 so;
choice tame oat, $17@1S; other tame oat S14
@1050; barley. S12@15; alfalfa, $i0@13 so;
stock hay, $l0@11. so; straw, 50@75c.
Feed tper ton)-Bran, $23.50@24 for white,
$21 50@22 for red; middlings, $29@33; shorts,
S24025; rolled barley, $2s929; cornmeal,
$42. .50@43.5 80; cracked corn, 42.50@43. so; al
falfa meal. car lots, $3.50; do. small lots.
1850.
Meal (per ton)-OiIcake, 20 ton lots. $33; 10
tons. $3.50 tons, $34; less than tons,
e34. so; cocoanut carload lots, 500; do 10 tons
see; do tons. $40 .50 do small lots. $40
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FRESH FISH

Fresh Fish (cleaned and iced. (. o. b. prices.
iaIhc; Goldfish. 1oc; red rock 1261121ac; barra.
cuda, 10c: soles, &c; sand dabs, 7c; sea bass
12Iac; tomcod, 10c; shad. Sc; smelt, l4c;
white bait, 121ac; salmon 15c; striped
bass. 14c sardines. &C.; mackerel Sc: crabs,
s3 per doz.
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LOCAL MARKET DULL

Local securities were dull on the
San Francisco Stock and Bond ex-
change this morning. Demand was
only $4,000. Pacific Light and Power
5s We're weaker at 1875. Northern
California Power stock remained at
$25. Unlisted securities were equally
of Pacific Gas and Electric common
stock at $36. the price of the last
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INCREASING BEET ACREAGE

News comes from Visalia that land
owners in the vicinity of the San
Joaquin Valley Sugar company's plant
are preparing their land for the
planting of sugar beets. The COM
pany has nearly 1000 acres contracted
Tor among the growers, and 1t is the
intention to bring the acreage to 5000
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1os, ,soo-Totsl shares sold.
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INVESTMENTS

WILL you loan at per cent per month
We offer Loan & Mortgage Co. stock. W III
entertain lst mortgages. bonds and lstea
stocks at face value in exchange. Bank
references. Our proposition Is bona noe.
VIII accept cash instailmeuts. We want
to increase our subscription make t1is
offer for short time only Strict inyestiga-
tion invited, our proposition is bona nde
and high class. Box 4s5a. Can onlce,
naE
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GRAIN QUOTATIONS

CHICAGO. Nov. 21.--The leading future
ranged as follows.
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PATENT MODELS

AA--Model and experimental work; mechanical
c- electl; we can do it, BAKER s. SON.
as 2d St
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Unlisted Securities

SALES NOVEMBER 81
Morning Session
$l,OO0 Western Pacific Ry 5s........ 20. 90
90 Pacific Gas & EIec (coml -. SO. 90
MORNING QUOTATIONS
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DEWEY. STRONG & CO., q. s. and foreign
patents; inventors guide; 100 mechanical
movements free e11-917 Crocker bldg, 5. f..
a. c. SCHROEDER. patent. trademark attoF-
Dey. AT First National Bank bldg. Oakland.
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THE following named orphans have been re-
ceived into the Mt st. Joseph's Infant Or
phan asylum during the three months end.
ing September 80, 1913: Mary Bua. age
years; Fernando Arrighi. age years: David
McWalters age 4 years: John MeWalters,
age 2 years; John r. Forbes, age years;
frankie Lopez. age years; Mary Lopez, age
! year: Frances McMurray, age / year.
SISTER NARY GAME, Superintendent.
n AVING left my he'd and board / shall not
y anl.a ..o..t .tra1. .t.aA
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
GIRL And A BEAR
Brave Little Sister" Gets Re-
ward for Capturing "A Great
Ferocious Monster"
BY GERTRUDE MARY SHERIDAN.

Il should die OF fright" declared
Meta Farbes. 81 am sure | should"
Why, just think Of it, Beauty-way off
on the very edge of civilization, wild
animals, savages and mountain out
laws! No, thank you, not for mel"
But David will be there" explained
Beatrice Merrill, the bride of week,
and she spoke in a simple confident
way that indicated her brave bright
husband to be a power of valor and
strength in her estimation.
We'll, that is good deal, | will
confess" admitted Meta. But David
can't be with you all of the time, can
he? II he's going to be the great cat
tie king he thinks he is, he must have
lot of work to do. I'm sure you will
faint at the first sight of fierce cow
boy, and as to those Indians-think of
seeing them creeping creeping
creeping through the grass, with their
hideous tomahawks and scalping
knives-ugh!" and the imaginative
miss shivered in incipient Mysteries.
Beatrice only smiled sweetly, opti-
mistically. 1t was true she had been
brought up tenderly the only child of
fond doting parents, shielded from ev-
cry rude alarm, her girlhood expert
ence a path of ever blooming roses.
But it was true also that the rugged
earnest figure of David Merrill had
come into her life as a hero. His love
had filled her existence magically. One
of natures real noblemen, he had
come from directly next to nature to
WOO and win and carry away to his
rude far western home timid, mex
perienced prairie flower.
And when the eventful departure
came every stage Of the journey ac-
complished seemed to carry Beatrice
into a new realm of delight. Even
that last stage drive over the lonely
hills and into a settlement crude as a
frontier mining town, was full of nov
city and excitement. Beatrice clapped
her hands ingenuously as some de-
| lighted child at the queer antics Of
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PROSPECT CROSSING.
Sept. l, 1913

Lon Smart and family, of Belfast,
called on Joe Smart and family, Tues
day.
Hamer Anderson and wife. of Pleas
ent Plains, spent Sunday with N. M.
Reams and family. Mrs. Anderson
will remain this week with home
folks.
Miss Arnetta Gall, of Marshall,
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with her cousin, Eva Storer.
Lowe Hicks and family, of Hills
boro, and Mrs. Tom Roberts and fam
lily, OF Mowrystown, spent Sunday
with N. n. Faris and family.
Sue Allen, of New Vienna, spent
Saturday and Sunday with her moth
er, Mrs. Elizabeth West.
Miss Amelia Richards, Violet Sex
ton and Ora Creed and wife spent Sum
day with Geo. CLANCY and family.
Bert Roberts and Chas. VanZant at
tended the funeral of Rev. Roy Lucas,
at West Union, Saturday.
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BROUGHT WEALTH TO PERI
Guano Beds, Consisting of Most Won
derfuI of Known Fertilizers, Sold
for Immense Sum.

1t is said that Humboldt added the
greatest wealth TO the reports of his
discoveries when he called the serious
attention Of Europe to the guano beds
of Peru.
Near midway of the equator and the
tropic of capricorn on the Peruvian
coast are the Chincha islands, whose
guano deposits have been worth more
in money than the copper, gold and sill
yer of the worlds best mines. For this
great fertilizer $1,000, 100000 had been
paid up to the time that exports were
prohibited by Peru itself
The islands are small, high and
rocky, barren and uninviting to the
last degree; yet it is said there is no
other spot of equal size on the earth's
surface from which so much wealth
has been taken.
In some cases the deposits reached
depth of 100 to $50 feet and are
calculated to be thousands of years
old
Nowhere else in the world are ma
rine birds found in so great quantities
such immense numbers is due to the
quantities of fish found there, upon
which the birds feed Cormorants,
pelicans, seagulls and marine crows,
in clouds, numbering hundreds OF
thousands, may be seen flying low to
or from the islands.
But the birds alone could not have
produced the Peruvian guano. 1t was
necessary to have the rainless climate
of these Islands in order to accomplish
the result.
Rain so seldom falls that aged men
can count on the fingers of one hand,
says one commentator, the times in
their lives when they have seen this
marvellous thing-water falling from
the skies"
1t is on this account that Peruvian
guano in its natural state; never hav-
ing been exposed to rain or dampness,
has retained its nitrogen and is of
such great value. Some guano con-
tains all three elements of plant life
nitrates, phosphates and potash-and
all of it contains two elements-phos-
pilates and fixed nitrogen. 1t sells as
high as 500 ton.
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the playful prairie dogs. She went
wild over the splendid full colored
flowers. Then when a cavalcade Of
genuine cowboys came to Last Limit
to accompany them TO the rancho.
their honest loyal admiration charmed
the pretty bride and she felt that she
was going among true friends.
There are no Bears she wrote ex-
ultingly to Meta two weeks later.
The Indians are poor harmless crea-
lures who come to the door begging
only once in awhile, and make you
glad to be able to be charitable. But
there is the clear, clear sky-oh, so
infinitely blue all of the time! And
such sunsets! And the boys-dear,
rough, honest fellows, who come
around bashful and proud of their lit
tie sister, as they call me, and who
would die for me, if | asked them.
And David-Oh, so grand and splendid
would scare you! And me, poor little
me-gained ten pounds already, brown
as berry, and oh, SO happy in this
lovely peaceful spot, so sweet and sol
emn in the clear morning sunlight,
that l reverently call it Gods land!
'As to the mountain outlaws-booh! /!
Once there was a few of them, but
they have been driven off the trail.
There's band, they say, with leader
named Buckskin Joe. They say he is
bad, desperate fellow, There's a
thousand dollars offered for his cap
ture, so it isn't likely he'll ever dare
to venture near rancho where
half a dozen brave, powerful herders
would be glad to make a target of
him. Bugaboo, all the horrid things
you predicted! Come out and see me,
and see what real men look like!"
In fact Beatrice had become so in
love with her new life, that one morn
ing when she found the vicinity of the
house deserted she was not one bit
worried. David the day before had
made famous sale and had gone off
to a distance to negotiate for a new
herd. Most of the men had accom-,
panied him The others had been Civ
en- holiday and had gone to Last
Limit, where a circus had come along
Beatrice went about her pleasant
home tasks happy as a sprite, singing
merrily, planning with delight fam.
Gus strawberry pie of gigantic proper.
tions for her formidable horde when
they should return, ravenous and de-