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New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
FINANCIAL MEETINGS
CANADA SOUTHERN RAILWAY

New York. April 24th 1913
FOR the purpose Of the annual meeting
OF shareholders TO be held Wednesday
June 4fh. 1919. the transfer books viii gss
closed sio at three O'Clock p. NJ. on Monday,
may 9th. and VIII be reopened on Thurs
MILTON S. BARGER, Treasurer.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30

THE ANNUAL MEETING or THE sTock.
holders OF the standard Gas Light COM
pany OF the cry Of New York viii ha heii
No 80 East 18th street Kew Yort ,.-,,'
on Wednesday. May i4th. 1919. a. Is
COCK 1i.. for the election Of Directors
ana the transaction OF such other buslners
as may come before the rneaflnR
JOHN y. SANRoKN secrctarv
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
DIVIDEND NOTICES
The Cleveland and Pittsburgh n n. &,

VFFIFL or IkIAfT EIT
- eland Ohio, = ufI xsfh 1919
nfNlD<ND NOTICE. he raRular o,,a~
terry dividend - "a r. on IL. Resf,Se.
Guaranteed stock. and loe on the S,eslat
ou"rante' 4 Eei ssfment Stock % this cerss
pahE, payable june 1nd. 1873. asu lie taia
On aud after that dato az the once -
Mesrss Winslo@. fAnier A. cornpanv -
ctdas street, New. York city. 10 atochhefa
I'm u asa"f" al me close Of business MAY
'V'h' 1919 j. Il. kLOSs. Tssasurer.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30

More curious is the comparison
made by the railroad stocks. Their
average price on February "a, 1915,
was So; on April 80, 90. This H.
point advance compares with gain
from February to the present this
year Of only 5 points-from 24st6 SO.
1t is rather instructive to note that
the present price Of railroad stocks
is below even the low price Of 1915.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30

High prices continue without "the
slightest reason under the sun." "If
the law of supply and demand were
given freedom of operation the de-
cline would continue until normal
level was reached" These are the
statements attributed to Mr.. A. W.
Douglas, Of st. Louis, who spoke to
"thc representatives Of one thousand
American trade organizations" at
the convention of the Chamber Of
Commerce of the United States. 1t
would be interesting to know
whether by II "normal' level he
means the pre-war or 1913'11 level.
If so, why isn't the increase Of 100
per cent in wages in that period
Judge Gary asserts that the Steel
Corporations labor costs have ad-
vanced 169 per ccnt---a reason for
high prices? And the increase in
money circulation from $26 to SET
per capita in that period may give
some clew why high wages and high
prices for all commodities persist
when war demand has ceased.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30

The present market bears an in
teresting comparison to that of the
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30

Call money opened and renewed yes
terday at per cent, compared with 5
per cent on Monday. The rate declined
to 534 per cent in the late afternoon,
but closed again at 6. Loans on all
industrial collateral were one half of
l per cent higher
Time money was being loaned in linn
tied amounts at 5&4 and per cent, de-
pending upon the maturities. Most of
the loans made were for the shorter
periods of sixty and ninety days.
The ruling rates for money yester.
day, compared with year ago, were as
follows:
Yesterday. ago.
Per cent. Per cent.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
Nominal.

Below is given the current exchange
value of foreign money in dollars and
cents. together with the Intrinsic gold
parity, as calculated by the United
States Mint:
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
'-AatusiW-

The Federal Reserve Bank Of New
York has put in force the following
schedule Of redscount rates which
apply TO bankers acceptanccs: Maturi-
ties up to Is days. per cent; 10 to so
days, inclusive. ~ per cent; 81 TO
90 days, inclusive, AZ Per cent.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30

Odii iHOHty,
On mixed collateral 6 33d
On indus. collateral 6H
Time money (mixed colateral):
Sixty days. ..."..... 5a4@6 s
Ninety days........ 5000 8
Four months. .534@6 6
Five to six months. 534@6 6
Bank Acceptances.-Rate were un-
changed yesterday
Thirty Sixty Ninety
Spot de- days. days. days
livery: Per centPar cent. Per cent.
Eligible
member
banks ... ...4h@4 44@4H 4h@4A
Eligible
non-mem-
Der banks.4h@4 4h@414 49s@4A
Ineligible
bank bills.5I4@4Ia 514@4Ia sA@4a4
FOR delivery within thirty days:
Per cent.
Eligible member banks. 4Ik
non-mcmber ban&s.. 4Ia
Ineligible bank bills. 6
Discount Rates.-The following table
gives the current rates of the twelve
Federal Reserve banks on commercial
paper for all periods up to ninety days:
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
Bank CIearings.--bank clcarings yes.

Sub-Treasury. Tho Sub Treasury
gained $z,42S,00o from the banks on
Monday.
Silver.--London, lsiJd, an increase
New-York tribune., 1919-04-30
Divid en- q S
Regular Declarations

Stockhold
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-19
RULES FOR YOUNG
WRITERS.
WIG plainlY and numh

l. Write plainly and number
pages.
2. Use pen and ink, not pencil.
3. Short and pointed articles
viii be given preference. Do not
use over $50 words.
4. Original stories OF letters
only will be used.
5. WFite your name, age and
address at the top Of the first
page.
8. A prize book will be given
each week for the best contribu-
ton.
Address al communications to
Childfef's Department, Omaha
Bee, Omaha, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-19
How Many Children Know the
Value of Birds in Nebraska?

Birds benefit agriculture by de-
stroying caterpillars and other pests.
The bird population can be in
creased greatly by simple means,
one Of which ID the setting out Of
nesting homes, not so much to IA.
cilitate nesting az to give protec-
ton from cats, snakes and other enc
eniies, and a refuge from extreme
cold. The good done thus has been
made so clear that the farmers In
some parts Of Europe have set out
nesting homes of their own initia-
tive. Much Information on this sub-'
jeet is given in little book, How
to Attract and Protect Wild Birds"
National Association of Audubon
Societies..
Iii order TO have any appreeiable
economic effect, nesting homes must
be set out, not in tens, but ID hufi-
dreds of thousands, if not In mill
lions, and hence they must be made
cheaply enough to permit this. The
experiments of the Bedford Audit
bon society Of Bedford Hills. N. T.,
show that gourds fulfill the needs
OF the case, in being both attractive
to the birds and extremely cheap,
10 cheap that over 1000 Of them
have been sold within the last two
years ID people living in and about
Bedford township. They were first
brought here for this purpose BY
William G. Borland.
These gourds, says H. M. Howe
in-Bird Lore, when tried in conpe-
tition with more than dD0 shingle
boxes, of a form approved by sew
eral Of the most competent Ameri-
can authorities, proved so much
more attractive, 50 per cent Of those
examined having been nested in dur
ing the first year against only ~
per cent of the boxes.
These gourds, strung with marlin
and ready for hanging. with the
proper holes for entrance and drain
Ing, cost Us only 10 cents apiece,
but a properly organized industry
ought to turn them out much more
cheapIy, probably at a cost of not
over 8 cents each. because our cost
was based on unfavorabie condi-
tons. working In an amateur way,
with no special appliances, wholly
BY adult hand labor, on a small
scale, and az a great distance from
North Carolina, where our goufds
were raised. 50 that our freight
charges were excessive.
A keurd lasts four years and per-
haps longer. Papier-mache eourds
would last much longer, and might,
perhaps, be made ae an even lower
cost, ID Judge from the cost Of pa
pier.mache pals; but here actual
experiments are needed to show
whether ) finish could be given
them which would attract the birds.
The cost Of raising and curing
the gourds themselves IS very small,
and the only additional expense is
that Of cleaning them out and cut
ting and stfinging a few holes, SO
that the total cost is small enough
TO permit distributing them on
scale Of real importance to agricul-
ture. The preparation would nat
urally be done in winter. and there
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-19

and pantry floor scrubbed. Mother
was SO surprised the next morning,
for she did not think we could do it
without being heard.
Peace.
BY orval r. Hansen, Aged 70 Years. Ken
nard, Neb.
There now is peace
Aud the great war did finally cease
Now the liberty bells can ring again
That the war is at an end.
Soon our boys will be back home
And not be over there To roam
Between the wounded ones each day
And the suffering all the way.
Now our boys will come with glory
Each one with a big, long story
To tell their own old folks behind
OF their journey to the Rhine.
So now that the war Is all gone
over,
Let's all Be happy as our Rover,
But give three cheers for our Old
Glory.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-19
Child Ruler Of Two Nations
Little
War Followed Between the Two Nations

Henry WI was born while King
Henry v, his father, was at war III
France. The news Of the birth Of
male heir reached the king one
cold December day. and he was re-
ioiced that the thrones Of England
and France should be united through
his chlld--for the mother Of Henry
v was Catherine Of France.
The king went to Paris 10 meet
hia queen and the child for she
had journeyed from Windsor castle,
in England 70 present the prince
to the fulers Of France. Thus little
Henry, scarcely nine months old.
was declared the future king of
England aud the heir apparent to
the throne Of France.
"A few months after this ceremony
while taking part in battle. the king
became III and died, so the queen
and baby Henry never again saw
Henry ". Before The mourning
cortege reached the coasto France,
where the body was to Be conveyed
to England, news came that Charles
VI Of France was also dead. Thus
a babe, not ten months old. was
proclaimed king Of two great
nations But the people had to
have ruleFs, SO the duke of Bedford
was chosen as regent Of France.
while Humphrey. duke Of Glou-
cesier, was selected as lord protcc-
tor Of England. Queen Catherine
undertook the care and training Of
her son.
Henry was reared with great care
and wisdom until he was 9 years
old, when he was crowned At West
minister Abbey The English people
accented Henry as their king. but
the French rebellsd at having him
their ruler. SO they started war
10 make Charles VII king Of
France III was during the days
when France was on the verge Of
being annexed as a province Of
England that little country maid.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-19
Stories BY Our Little Folks



by Lucille Bauer, Aged 10 Years. Atwood,
Kansas
Roy Campbell had 70 sell papers
after school to help earn a living for
his invalid mother and himself. He
had big sister who worked out and
gave half her wages every week for
the support OF her mother. But this
did not 60 far. 1t was all gone by
the end Of the week About Christ
mas time matters became worse.
His mother grew suddenly III and as
they didn't have any money 70 pay
4 physician she grew worse.
Roy became desperate. II he did
not get some money his mother
would die. He left school and
found employment as q telephone
boy In a large store.
One day as he was cleaning and
busting the counter he lifted up
some papers and underneath was a
$40 BILL, and written ON II were the
words, "A Xmas present to the
clerk who needs It most"
The temptation to keep it was
strong, but he took it to his eii-
ployer.
When the manager looked over
the names Of his clerks he decided
Roy needed it most and as a reward
of his honesty he added SIS more to
his pay check Saturday. In all II was
$50.
Rqy'g mother grew strong again
for the cause Of her invalidism was
removed by the physician free i
charge when he learned how poor
they were.
Today Roy is a famous physician
noted for his charity which he SAYS
he gives out Of gratefulness to the
doctor who saved his mothers life.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-19
The Little Willful Princess

lHHE following morning the little
willful princess and her pet
\ monkey left the castle. the
beautiful owner of which they had
awakened from her long sleep by
the magic OF the dwarfs jewel, and
resumed their journey homeward.
Over high hills and valleys they
winged their way in their flying
suits until, toward evening, they APP
preached the outskirts OF small
village. As they descended to the
ground they noticed queer little
old woman hobbling away on her
crutch toward the wood Her nose
was as crooked as horn, and all
most as long 1t crooked down to
meet her chin, and chin crooked up
to meet her nose. Her face was
brown and full of wrinkles, and her
eyes were as black as charcoal, and
as bright as diamonds. She was
very old, and her back was bent
like a bow, Her hair, which was
perfectly white and as long and fine
as the finest of flax, hung down her
back in a braid.
The princess and the monkey
paused to watch her as she hobbled
away from the nearest house.
where she had apparently just made
q visit. In the garden on one side
were three rose bushes on which
were growing three very beautiful
roses. The little princess leaned
over the fence to gaze at them, for
she suddenly felt homesick at the
sight Of them, remembering how
beautiful were the roses in the royal
gardens at home, now so far away.
And as she stood there watching
the lovely flowers a woman came
to the doorway, and shielding her
eyes with her hand. looked anx-
ioEsly down the roadway. And as
she turned to gaze the other way,
she noticed the little princess and
her pet monkey standing by the
fence. A look of establishment
passed over her face at the strange
spectacle of a girl and a monkey
with wings upon their shoulders.
but before she could speak the lit
tie princess came forward and said:
What beautiful roses you have
in your gardenl"
,"Why. where did they come
from" she said III tone Of sur
price. "Tis late for roses, and this
morning early / did not even notice
bud upon the bushes"
moi" said the little princess,
"that is indeed stranger
did you see three childrenF"
asked the good woman hardly no.
ticing the little princess remark,
two boys and girl?'
Il don't remember seeing any.
one" the princess replied, except,
she added. "a little old woman with
a very crooked nose and 3 very
crooked back just as we nearedi
your cottage"
"Ah, mel" sighed the good wo-
man, WHITTIER can those children
have gonew And she wiped her
eyes with the end OF her white
apron.
PerhapS we can md them,
suggested the monkey, bowling po-
iitely. You will perceive, my good
woman, that we have on magic
wings which will enable Us to tray
el quickly, 50 that IL you have not
missed the children for over long,
we might come upon them In
short time"
Twas but 4 half hour ago
told them to be gone and not re-
turn until they could behave them
selves, and fear they have wan
dered away with sadness h their
little hearts"
"Let ns fly about and sec IL we
cannot discover them" suggested
the Princess. and suiting her aesions
tn hnr 4enfdt. she de,v off In nnH
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-19

gray one so we decided to keep il.
Durward had a dog named Rex, SO he
couldn't keep 1t and / was very
glad. Now Snookufns could not do
many tricks One day he was taken
very III and a few days after that
mother and / went away to spend
the afternoon. When we came back
Snookums was dead We buried
him in the garden.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-19

fore under favorable labor condi-
tons.
Here, then. seems to be an in-
dustry awaiting a captain. The
work to be done is, first. to diffuse
among the farmers the knowledge
Of the benefit from setting up nest
ing homes and winter feeding, SO
as to create an active demand; and,
second, to organize in the south an
industry for preparing and deliver
ing these gourds.
THE POETS CORNER
Good evening. little Star:
Why do you shine so brightf
Why, don't you know, It's my delight
70 silsten and glow on each dark night
The sun is big and round,
While | am little and stralghti
But ] can shine on my playmate
BY being loving and kind. -, AZ.
they are the wise who look before,
Nor fear the lock behind;
Who IN the darkness still ignore
Pale shadows Of the mind.
Who, having lost, though loss Be mueht
SCH dare to dream and do
For what was shattered at 3 touch,
Il may be inendad, TOO.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-19
Honorable Mention.)
My Little Friend.

BY sadie could, Aged 1a Years. Lyons,
Neh.
One bright morning In August,
the sun was shining, and 1t made II
very hot out Of doors. / put my sun
bonnet on and a pail on my arm and
started on my way to the woods TO
get some berries, While | was busy
picking berries / heard something
behind me; looked around and
there was a little kitten. II was
black and white. The poor little
pet had gotten its leg hurt some
way SO | finished picking my
berries and started with my little
pet for home, When / got home /
told mamma where I found it. She
told me to feed it some milk. so l
did. Afterwards I fed It every MORN
ing and night, and it soon got fat
and also would catch mice. One
day about a month after ! had found
it, il disappeared. ] looked all over
for it, but never could find il. | felt
very sorry It went away because il
had gotten very tame and thought
lots Of my dear little friend.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-19


BY saita irvin Aged II Years, Broken
Bow Neh.
When / was about 7 years old
my cousin and ! lived in the same
town. NV cousin is a boy and his
name Is Durward. One day he and
/ were walking down the street and
we saw d kitten II was pretty
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-19
A~Happy Christmas.

n Happy NnElstudS'
BY Ethel Moor Aged 10 Years Fairmont
Neb.
One Christmas in France was
spent Ia a very different way from
very many others. Pierre was
little French boy. He knew
Christmas would soon come and
was wondering what his present
would be, His parents were very
poor, his father was in the army
and his mother had to work for
what they had to cat.
On Christmas Pierre was very
sad. He had had nothing to eat for
two days. Christmas morning
Pierre looked out Of the window
and saw d man coming toward their
house. As he came nearer he saw It
was an American soldier. When
he came III he gave them basket
Of food which the. were careful
with aud ! don't think Pierre for
got it very soon.
A Good Trick on Mother.
BY Alice Anderson. Aged IS Years. Oak
land, Neb.
Dear Busy Bees: / have not
written for 30 long, and now 1
thought would write a story about
what my sister and / got for MOTH
er. Last Friday we butehered
a hog, and on Saturday mother was
handling the meat, so she told me
not to scrub the kitchen floor be-
cause il would look just as bad by
night. SO / cleaned the other rooms
and let the kitchen go. When night
came my sister and | made up ouf
minds that we would 60 down and
scrub the floor after mother had
gone 10 bed.
When night came we did the
dishes early and went upstairs. We
waited until mother had gone to bed
and then we took of our shoes and
went downstairs as quietly as we
could. When we went downstairs
il was dark as III cave. But | got
some matches and III the lamp.
Then we got the pail and some
water Soon we had The kitchen
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-13
AGREEMENT To
MAKE OIL TEST
Porterfield Brothers and
E. G.. Rafferty, Will Drill
Near Oscura, N. NJ.

Porterfield brothers. OF Silver City.
N. N, and ". c. Porterfield. Of FL
.Paso. have entered into an agreement
with e C. Rafferty,. of Oscura, n. NJ,
by which they viii put down a 5000
foot test at least If found necessary to
prove the oil possibilities near os-
cura Nj Rafferty, has a well down 600
feet and the Porterfields VIII decide on
whether TO utilize this hole or start a
new one. As IT is only a Is inch hole
it VIII probably not be considered
large enough to go down as far as
they purpose going to test out the
formations for OIL
ar Rafferty, has been hindered in his
operations, on account OF I'll health. He
came to Oscura Is years ago and
picked Oscura as a most likely place
for oil. II vas Il years before he
could get a government survey OF the
lands owing to the big cattlemen
wanting 10 keep out settlers When
he succeeded IN getting his land titles
he went TO work trying to get down a
well 10 prove II for oil. when came i'll
health and other difficulties so that he
has so far been able TO realize his
theories.
Mr. Rafferty, was the first man 10
start oil development in three differ
emit oil fields which afterward proved
good producers. One of these was the
Ponca. Okla. field. The others were
in Kansas.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-13
COPPER CLAIM HUNTERS ARE
FOUND SLAIN IN ALBERTA

Edmonton. Alberta. June 1s--The
bodies Of Frank Lawrence Sharp, of
Omaha. Neb-. containing seven bullet
wounds. and Joe Rigalado, Next
can. with six bullet wounds, have
been found in the Businesses Of Rocky
mountains. 170 miles west Of Hudson's
Hope by men cutting a trail into the
region where copper claims were re-
Gently located A gun lay beside
each body and there were empty
shells about
Sharp and Rigalado passed through
Peace river IN March en- route u
Hudson's Hope 10 seek and locate
copper claims for a syndicate. They
were last heard from N April.
number OF rival parties were known
TO be competing for locations
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-13
LABOR SHORTAGE
HAMPERS WORK
Central Texas Also Suffers
From Lack of Rail
Facilities.

Development OF the north central
Texas oil fields has reached stage
that promises serious hindranoe on
aeoount Of the scarcity of labor and
congestion Of rail facilities. The de-
velopment has passed beyond the sup
ply OF both, say oil men from all the
big Fields.
The Inadequate rail facilities have
been a great drawback all along, but
It is claimed now that the release Of
materials since the war tends only to
aggravate the congestion on the trans
portation lines. On top Of al this the
operators, especially the larger ones.
cannot get drilling contracts enough
TO protect their leases. Leasers have
contracted with land owners TO put
down wells within specified time.
II IS said that ole big concern finds
ltself obligated to drill over 500 wells
this summer and fall. Another con-
Germ finds itself with about 100 con-
tracts in Stephens county alone and
the time is near when X VIII have
TO make good Reports from the oil
centers say that these concerns have
not yet been able 10 solve the prob
lem of getting drilling machinery,
having Il transported and then finding
tbs skilled labor TO operate the rigs