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Evening star., 1919-04-14
Good Roads in Virginia.

Progress in the making Of good roads
is gratifying, no matter in what section
of the country the work is speeded up,
but it is especially gratifying that such
work may be undertaken by Virginia,
a commonwealth closely associated
geographically, historically and in all
other ways with the District of Colum-
bia. Gov. Davis of Virginia has an
nounced the appointment of board of
road construction to advise on good
roads program for Virginia. The gov
ernor is reported to have said that
"there is no more vital problem con-
fronting US today than our roads" and
that he will Heave no stone unturned
to give Virginia a system Of modern,
substantial highways"
Very pleasing words, governor.
Everybody agrees with these senti-
ments. And now for the good roads!
Evening star., 1919-04-14
Boys and Birdhouses.

The boys Of Washington should be
interested in the announcement that
ths American Forestry Association is
conducting birdhouse contests through
out the country and offering blue rib
bon tokens Of merit to winners.
There are two purposes in this COM
pstition-to teach boys the proper use
Of tools and lumber, and to teach them
to be considerate Of the birds. Both
s3 these are worthy objects. The boy
who makes . birdhouse has acquired a
ssnss Of creation that causes him to
respect . bit Of wood that can be
Evening star., 1919-04-14
Motorize the Department!

The public order committee Of the
Board Of Trade has advocated the
most rapid possible development to-
ward the complete motorization Of tho
fire department. This is a move in
the direction Of both economy and ef-
ficiency. Motor apparatus is cheaper
to maintain and is speedier in answer
ing alarms, and. therefore, moro ef-
fective. A fire engine that gets to the
scene Of alarm in five minutes 10 Of
Evening star., 1919-04-14

The United States Senate IL disposed
to arrange reception for President
Wilson which will cut out the menu,
but feature the speech making.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

A small word may make great diff
ference. Statesmen who have ben con-
sistently favorable to A League of Ma
tions are still waiting for The League
Of Nations.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

A New York fashionable dressmaker
testifies that she draws 800 a week
simply for lending her name. The rate
Of interest is unmistakably usurious.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

In connection with liquor manufac-
ture, the commissioner of internal
revenue manifests a desire to do his
duty without reaching out indiscrim-
inately for more authority.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

Organized labor recognizes boil
shevism as opposed to honest organiza-
ton Of any kind and resents it accord
ingly.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

Germany has enough different claim
ants to governmental authority within
her own border to start new arguments
in case further delays are sought.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

Director General Hines apparently
believes that at a time when so many
problems are coming up for solution,
the high cost Of railroading ought not
to be neglected.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

The punishment Of the ex-kaiser
should at least be something more
severe than the necessity Of going on
worrying about his income tax.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

The league Of nations has brought
forward enough new and interesting
phrases to stamp it as one Of history's
greatest literary demonstrations.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

A Mexican poet declares that the
angels drink pulque. Mexico is as con-
fused in religion as in politics.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

It seems inevitable that the activities
at the peace table will caH for some
"good losers"
Evening star., 1919-04-14

As usual the April fuel bills make
voluminous effort to keep up with the
spring poetry.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

The Koreans long since lost all re-
spect for the alleged proverbial polite
ness of the Japanese.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

Every nation has its proAteers. Like
music. money speaks an languages.
Evening star., 1919-04-14
$3.50 Turkish
Bath RUGS. $1.59

Special purchase of extra flne
quality Turkish Bath Rugs. IN
beautiful dark oriental patterns
and colorings. Good heavy
weight. Size 24x42 and 21x43
inches
First Floor-Linen Dept.
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7oc Perfect Quality
Sha des, $50

Strictly perfect quality heavy
Opaque Cloth Window Shades. ;
feet wide, mounted on good
strong spring rollers. Choice Of
white, ecru, light or dark green's.
Complete with all fixtures and
crochet ring to match.
0oldenbsrg's-Fomth Tloey.
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Sale of soc to $1.OO
StamnedGOOdS. 4S<

Special sale of Stamped Goods.
consisting of Children's Dresses
of lawn and rep, Carriage Robes.
Combinations, 36-inch Center
pieces. Scarfs, Rompers, etc, etc.
All good quality materials:
stamped in pretty. simple designs.
Embroidered Dresses Sets, of
fine sheer white lawn, embroid-
cred in pink. blue and gold. Each
set consists of scarf on
and pincushion. Worth OSC
$l.Lo
Goldenberr's-CirstF Floor.
Evening star., 1919-04-14
An Impression,

"What's your idea Of a socialism,
Well," replied Senator Sorghum,
"out my way q socialist Is usually a
man who hasn't q chance Of getting
Office under the old political parties
and 10 willing to try anything"
Evening star., 1919-04-14
Envy.

"If I had my life to live over" re-
marked Mr.. Dustin Stax; "rd be a
moving picture star"
"But you have amassed wealth."
eyes. But moving picture star can
mako q million dollars a minute with.
out having the finger Of scorn pointed
at him as a profteer."
Evening star., 1919-04-14
SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
The Hard Part.

The Hard Part.
"Have you coaxed all the animals on
board7 asked Noah.
eyes, father" answered Japheth.
"Good work! shall be remem bered
not only as the original navigator, but
as the worlds greatest animal tanner"
Evening star., 1919-04-14
4Oc Bottles
Orchard White, 29C

Orchard White, the weII-known
skin beautif1er. Regular 40c bot
ties.
First FloorlToilet Goods Dept.
Evening star., 1919-04-14
Mutation.

Tho summer sun will treat us rough,
With ardor all intensive,
And ice, which once was common stuff,
Will be rare and expensive.
Evening star., 1919-04-14

Csc Bleached
Cotton, 18c Yard
Yard-wide Bleached Cotton and
Cambria, fine, soft. close-woven
qualities. for making undergar-
ments and other purposes.
Goldenberg's-First Floor.
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Proving Q Provefb.

= AVvOAvs
"No man can serve two masters
murmured Mr.. Crosslots.
"What made you think Of thatf"
T have been trying to tend garden
and keep chickens in tho sams yard"
Evening star., 1919-04-14

$Z.ZS Black Taffeta. $1.S0
s5-inch pure dye. black chiffon
Taffeta, a pure silk. non-crush-
able, wear-guaranteed quality.
Evening star., 1919-04-14
$3.50 English
Lon6cloth, $1.9S

36-inch English Longcloth. a
soft chamois finish quality; full
- yards in each piece. Correct
weight and texture for making
summer undergarments.
Goldenbery's-First Floor.
Evening star., 1919-04-14
$1.5O Bed Pillows
06c Each

Bed Pillows, large size, COW
cred with heavyweight art ttok-
ings. in blue or pink floral de-
signs: fl ed with sterilfzed
curled feathers.-Fourth Floor.
Evening star., 1919-04-14
The Old Story.

Old Father Time, he jogs along;
It's now a sigh and then a song
That rises, as his course he'll trace,
To set the music for his pace.
A tear in April 'mongst the how'rs
A smiling sky in summer hours,
The fading Of the autumn leaf
And winters chill and lonely grief.
And we 60 with him, day by day
Through moments sad and moments
gay!
It's now . sigh and then . song
And Father Time Just jogs along.
Evening star., 1919-04-14
10cTOOth Brushes
at 12c

Goldenberg's - SPECIAL Tooth
Brushes, most popular shapes;
made by the makers of Prophy-
Tactic Tooth Brushes. Good quail
ity bristles.
First Flsor-Toilst Goods Dept
Evening star., 1919-04-14

Seamless BleaChed
Sheets at $1.39 Each
Regular $1.75 Value. All Are Perfect Quality
This is of the bestwearing brands of bed muslns
on the market and housekeepers wise to good values will
be prompt to advantage savings offered
100 dozen Seamless Sheets-one- piece (without any
center seam made of heavy standard grade sheetg
free from starch dressing Every sheet perfect quality
q 10 Bleached Sheets oSc $3.50 Bedspreads, 500
54xso Bleached Sheets
...,--
grade ' -
s. Bedspreads, $40 Marseiles designs
.iz" 5000 Inches: $15O Bleaced Sheets $IOo
double BEDS Neat strlpes ed
3oc PillOwcases, 4c Sheets single bed size: made or
4x36 Beached
she'd with
New-York tribune., 1919-07-08
Rubber
Dealers Buy Tires More
Freely; Rubber Sheet
ing Trade Actiue

Business in crude rubber yesterday
was dull, and prices for the principal
grades of the plantation products were
easier than at the close of last week.
The renewed weakness in rates for
sterling exchange was held responsible
for the inacrlon In buying. Manufact-
urers Of finished products evinced lit
tie interest in the market movements.
Buying of tires by dealers has i'm
proved. Despite the strong assertions
of manufacturers that prices will not
be shaded, the dealers persist in the
opinion that quotations may be re-
duced On that account these interests
seem content to contine their orders to
current needs.
Trade in rubber sheeting for use in
hospitals is active. Some of the man
ufacturers are selling sheeting that
had been made up for gas masks at
81 a yard, although it is said that it
had cost So to turn out the material
The base or back Of the rubberized
article is of closely woven cotton cloth
but it has to be sold in competition
with the ordinary sheeting, the rubber
covering of which is spread on a rela-
lively coarse cotton fabric.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-08
Leather
Record Retail Trade IL,
Trunks, Bags and Suit
cases Reported
Leather

Retailers of leather suitcases. trav-
elllng bags and trunks are now in
one OF their busiest seasons. Depart
ment stores and large retail leather
sooos concerns report that business
surpasses that of any other summer
season. Prices for nearly all grades
OF leather goods nave been sharply
advanced, but retailers assert that
most of their sales are of the higher
priced articles.
The retailers find 1t difficult to rc-
plenish their stocks. Many OF the
manufacturers are months behind on
deliveries, and they are receiving
scant supplies of raw materials from
the tanners. In order to distribute
,nelr production as widely as possible
through the trade, the manusacturer rs
are delivering sonIy small portions Of
the the orders received from the dealers.
One large dealer yesterday declared
that some months Ssgo lie placed an
order for dozen trunks. Last week
ne received four trunks. and was in.
formed py the manufacturer .hat de-
llyery OF the remainder of his order
could not be- guaranteed ut this time.
Tanners specializing ia bag and case
leather admit that they are far behind
with shipments, and some of them are
refusing to accept additional orders.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-08
Jewelry
Watch Factories Getting
Into Better Shape to
Make Deliveries

Watch manufacturers are far behind
in filling orders on their books, but
with labor conditions at the factories
showing a gradual improvement it is
expected that delivery schedules will
before long approach normal. Retailers
are. carrying low stocks and are urg-
ing the early delivery OF orders so
that they will be in position to han
die the winter holiday trade.
Some retailers have been in the
market during the last week placing
orders for goods to be delivered next
year. Manufacturers refuse tc set def
mite delivery dates and declare that
their factories are working short o.
skilled labor. During the war the
watch and clock industries lost many
Of their workers to the munition plants,
and it is said that those workers are
slow in returning to their former en-
ployment.
Importers Of Swiss watches are re-
ceiving large quantities of small time
pieces from the other side of the At-
lantic. They arc finding ready mar
ceived here production at the Swiss
factories has been considerably cur
tailed because of the shortage of mate
rials. Prices have been advanced, due
to the higher wages now paid to factory
workers.
Several months ago local concerns
importing Swiss watches complained
that they were inferior in quality to
those received before the war. 1t was
held that the pressure Of war work al
the Swiss factories was responsible for
this. Recent consignments received
here are said to be Of better quality.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-08
Chemicals
Trade Waiting for Coz.
er5ame11t to Name Price
on Its PhenOL

Pending some decision by the Fed
eral authorities regarding the DISPOSE
tion of large stocks of phenol left on
the hands of the government with the
ending of the war, there is little trad
ing in this coal tar product. Small
quantities wanted for immediate use
are being supplied by brokers at 12
cents pound, but producers do not
seem anxious to dispose of any large
quantity at that price and dealers gen
orally, it is said, have reduced their
holdings to the point where they
could not fill large order if they 50
desired.
In heavy chemicals generally there
seems to be less inclination to enter
into speculative transactions than at
any time in the last four years. The
export demand has fallen off consider
ably in the last few weeks and domep
tic consumers are finding no difficulty
in covering their moderate require
ments at steady prices.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-08
Textiles
Buyers in Cotton Goods
District Are Disposed
to ssShOD''

Although many visiting buyers were
in the sample rooms of the leading
cotton goods commission merchants
yesterday their disposition was to shop
around They asked for prices and
sought to learn the truth about sup
plies. number Of the mill agents in
tmated that there were about three
prospective buyers for every case of
goods available.
The converters Of cotton goods who
contine their sales to the cutting
trades stated that they did not expect
many of these buyers until about the
middle of August. Some of the garment
makers have been unable to work
goods into the finished article because
of the shortage Of labor. One manu-
facturer who was seen at the sales
rooms of leading converter said that
although he had established factories
IN widely separated sections of the
East the plan had not proved satis-
factory owing to the shortage of fe-
male factory hands.
Jobbers of dry goods did little, the
days business, according to a number
of these sellers having been the slow
est in month. Fine cloths, such as
unbleached voiles and organdies, were
quiet Business in other kinds Of un-
bleached goods was checked by the
small offerings put out by the mills.
Prices were firm, with the print cloth
construction 64-60s advancing n cent
yard.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-08

state have increased remarkably dur
ing the last twelve months. This has
been more noticeable in the western
section Of the state because of greater
war activities, although in the eastern
section the increase has been salts
factory on the while"
E. G. Crawford, president of the
Oregon Bankers Association and first
vice-president of the United States Ma
tional Bank of Portland, declared that
general conditions throughout Oregon
were good.
'In the grain growing sections" he
explained, there is considerable de-
mand for loans, but as a whole there
seems to be no more than a normal
demand for funds at this time; in fact,
many towns that used to rediscount or
borrow at this time Of year are buying
commercial paper Rates in the in
terror and smaller districts are around
8 per cent; few districts still main
tain 10 per cent. but as a rule rates
have probably been lowered n-the past
few years.
Lumber Trade Improving
"The lumber business was in a bad
way from the signing of the 'armistice
up to within the past sixty days. At
the present time, however, prices have
advanced and orders increased SO that
our lumber business is in pretty fair
condition.
"a considerable lumber market has
developed from the Orient within the
past ninety days. Large orders for
ties have been coming from the United
Kingdom. One of our large export
ers has sent within the past sixty days
several cargoes of lumber to China.
dealers have just returned from trip
to the Orient and report the outlook
for the sale of lumber in the Far East
as exceedingly bright, with the ac
quiring of sufficient tonnage to han
die it as the only obstacle for a large
business from this time on.
"There have recently been loaded in
Portland a good many cargoes for
China. These cargoes have gone to
Shanghai and from there have been
distributed to various parts Of China,
one cargo going as far up the Yangstao
River as Hankow, a distance of 700
miles. The return cargo is the prn-
cipal anxiety to the shipper, and the
vast quantities Of iron ore available
in China are being looked into with
the idea of reducing them to the form
of pig iron. for the necessary return
cargo"
Montiel B. Quinn, president Of the
Idaho Bankers Association and dl-
rector of the First National Bank Of
Boise, Idaho, said: Business in all
lines in this state generally is very
good. The demand for money, while
active, is less than a year ago. with
the rates of interest the same: The
banks are in very healthy and pros
porous condition and resources show
a very marked increase over that Of
any previous period.
"The demand for labor practically
in all lines, skilled and unskilled, is
greater than the supply. This is espe-
cially true of farm labor"
New-York tribune., 1919-07-08
Jewelry Exports by
Parcel Post Hampered
Postal Authorities Asked to
Take Steps to Help
Industry

Steps have been taken by the Ma
tlonal Jewellers Board of Trade ia
make possible. the more general ship
ment of jewelry to foreign countries
by parcel post. There are several i'm
portant jewelry makets which have
prohibitions against the shipment of
TINS class Of goods through the mail
IN answer to an inquiry from the
ooard, word was received yesterday
from 1, the Postoffice Department at
Washington to the effect that jewelry
could not be imported into England
through the mails without a special Ii
cense, obtainable in London
According to the postal authorities
fountain pens, as we'll as other articles
made in part Of gold or containing
gold, are prohibited from importation
into the United Kingdom in parcel post
except under license. Dental gold and
manufactured gold, other than jewelry
and gold nibs, may be imported with
out restrictions.
In an effort to build up their export
trade the jewellers have asked the
Postoffce Department to use it's infiu-
ence in having the bans removed from
parcel post jewelry shipments by sew
eral of the South American countries.
The postal officials in Washington have
promised to work toward the adoption
of uniform parcel post regulations in
all of the South American countries.
At present parcel post shipments of
jewelry is prohibited by Bolivia, the
Dominion Republic, French Guiana,
Guadeloupe, Italy, Martinique and
British Samoa, as we'll as France and
its colonies. Sweden bars the i'm
porta ton of gold and silver not up to
standard. Japan does not prohibit the
importation through the mail Of jew
elry
New-York tribune., 1919-07-08
Pacific Coast Bankers
report Great Prosperity
General Business Conditions Are Excellent and
Prospects for Expansion Good, Heads of
State Banking Associations Assert

The Far West is prosperous and r.
looking forward to much greater com
merclal and agricultural wellbeing
This is the message brought back from
the Pacific Coast from leading bankers
by Leroy A. Mershon, secretary of the
trust company section Of the Ameri
can Bankers Association, who has Just
returned from the West. He got in
terviews with the presidents of four
state bankers associations for publ
cation in The Tribune.
General business conditions in CAL
ifornia are good" W. D. Longvear
president of the California Bankers
Association and vice-president of the
Security Trust and Savings Bank. told
Mr.. Mershon. "In the southern part
OF the State, Of which Los Angeles is
the financial centre, the seaport, and
to an increasing extent the manufac-
turing centre, conditions are good and
steadily improving. The bank call of
May II showed that from March 4 the
deposits of all Los Angeles banks had
reached total of S301, ,791 ,392-an in
crease IN sixty mine days of $18,261 ,O59
and this under the pressure of
nnanclng Victory loans and liquidation
OF previous government loans The
available cash May IL in all Los Ange-
les banks was $71,971,35O.
Fruit Growers Prosper
THE orange and lemon growers of
this part of the State are realizing
from the current citrus crop in the
neighborhood Of S60,000,000 net for
their fruit after freight east is paid.
I'M fofn -, -,
in the general prosperity due to high
prices. This is true all over the state.
The great increase in population
which came to California in the decade
ended in 1914, when the war put stop
to movements of people, has veen very
thoroughly assimilated. The agricui-
tural settlers are prosperous. They
have reduced their initial debts so
they are now comfortably financed.
For most California products in the
past few years the markets have
widened, while through cooperative
plans the marketing facilities have
been improved. Indications are good
for new period Of active development
gions Of the state. California still
has millions Of acres of land subject
to irrigation development.
"The tourist business all along the
Coast is very important to this section,
both because of the direct revenues
from the tourists and because of the
large proportion Of those who come as
tourists who remain as residents, set
tiers and investors. Tourist travel has
been the heaviest this season for eight
years.
General business conditions" said
Orrin II. Green, president Of the Wash
ington Bankers Association and vice
president of the Exchange National
Bank of Spokane, "are much better than
las year and the merchants claim rs
per cent increase in all lines. There is a
heavy demand for money owing to
light crops during the preceding two
years. Rates are about the same as
last year, with a tendency to soften.
"Bank resources throughout the