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New Britain herald., 1919-08-23
Financial
WALL STREET STOCK
 EXCHANGE REPORTS

Wall Street, 10:30 a. m-Apart from further moderate heaviness of a, few specialties, today's short session of the stock market opened with d , resumption of the upward movement Equipments, shibpings, oils and to- baccos were especially favored at mi tlal advances of 1 to points. Motors and kindred issues also reflected continuance of the recent demand and food shares were featured by the strength of Corn ProduCts Cop pers and allied metals added frac- t1onally 10 yesterdays gains. Cruci- bic Steel rose points but U. s. Steel made only a nominal advance.
 Wall Street.-Unusual dullnesS marked the weekend session on the stock exchange but the movement excepting among rails, which were aDathetlc was mainly on the construc- tive side. Motors and their special ties monopolized speculative attention at gains of to 3 points. Oils ship pings and tObaCCOs were among the other conspicuous features at ad- VanceS of 1 to points and equip ments, metals and unclassified shares rose 1 to 3 points. Among steels Crucible was , points higher, U. $. Steel gaining only a fraction The rise was assisted by further improvement in sterling exchange. The closing was strong. Sales approximated 35O,OOO shores.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-23

the fall n exchange, the limitations of the money market, the regrettable delay in ratifying the peace treaty, and the Mexican outlook. 1t would seem as if these drawbacks had been sufficiently discounted by the heavy fall of the last six weeks, and that the attractive prices at which many good securities are offered would in vite good investment .buying. It is premature, however, to assume that the turn i1as been reached, when un- certaintieS are so numerous. As a matter of fact the market is quite as likely to show sudden changes for bet ter or worse, as f is to settle down into comparative inactiOn And yet, in view of the present low level of prices, there is really no reason for dlscourag cement. General business will probably continuc active unless choked off by unreasoning demands. Labor leaders if they push too hard will surely injure their own cause and bring on stagnation under which they will be the chief losers. If wise they will exercise patience and allow time for business to gradually adjust itself to the new level. Profiteering which is common to all cla sses is be-
 
 government; and prevention, it should be remembered, will be an important if not unseen help in The; future. The railroad outlook is not entirely dis couraging despite tho rOaGs' unsatiS- factory physical and firG ncial Condi- t1ons. 1n reality the situation is so bad that it must soon imprOve; and whether the roads are returned to their owners or taken over by the government, something will have 10 be done to compensate for the injur- ies inflicted upon the roads by the war It would also seem that the public utility crisis has reached the point wnere the public in it's own in terest must sec that they have fair Hay, due protection and be placed upon a supporting basis in order to establish tEem in a position that will fit them for public service and at tract needed capital. Activity in the building trade is becoming more and more pronounced: the only check to it's further developn' ent being the high prices of raw material and the extra ordinary wages obtained ny labor. Western tra de is active, ana interior department stores report good busi- ness at all the large cities. Farmers are more prCSp6 rOuS than for many years. Labor is well employed, and despite the high cost of living a large proportion of wage eaTners have more money and more comforts than ever before. Ii should not be forgot ten that this nation has Teen injured less and terefted more by the war than any other nation in the world.
 HFNRY CLEWS.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-23
Henry Clens
 Weekly Zefter

New York, Aug. 23.-The recon- struction period through which we are now passing in company with other nations is far more disturbing than was the war itself. Climbing up to new levels and adapting ourselves to new standards are usually pro- cesses of a painful character, and are necessarily accompanied with much inconvenience and friction. This has both economic and psychological; ; both economic and psychological;
 economic because the industrial prob lem is largely one of supply and de- mand; and psychological for the reason that the public mind after five terrible years of sorrow and suffering Is irritable and very unreasonable. Under such conditions it is perfectly natural for human nature to react into all sorts of extremes, and these must be accepted with fOrbearance. For the economic difficulties. which are mainly those of supply, there is only one cure, and that is, as Lloyd George candidly said, We shall never Improve matters until we increase production" As for the psychological troubles, they are chiefly due to the abnormal state of the public mind; so we must keep cool and make the best of things until the public awakens from the hallucination that shorter hours and higher wages com bined are indefinitely possible. The whole world is upset and having it's fling; by and by it will quiet down
 and return to sober and more normal conditions. Doubtless there will be a
 new normal and a new level; and
 while unrest promises to continue
New Britain herald., 1919-08-23
REALTY TRANSFERS
 FILED THIS WEEK
35 Warranty Deeds Recorded at
 City Clerks Office

During the week B realty transfers were recorded at the city clerks office as follows:
 Wilfred T. Yeaman to Lawrence Erlia and wife, land and buildings on Brighton street
 BodWell Land company to John J. Sheehan, land on Euclid avenue.
 Frank H. Afford and wife to Bod we'll Ready Company, Inc, land on Jerome street.
 The Equitable Realty company to Ercefia D'Amato, land on Jerome stret, \ eIEouis Cugnasca to Joseph Urban and ~othcrs, land and buildings on Rockwell avenue.
 Peter Rakowski to John kraWl9cz, land and buildings on Broad street. & Nathan Greenblatt and others to Myer Dunn and others, land and buildings on East Main street. VI Johann DeutSch and wife to Camille Tracano and wife, land and buildings on Chapman street.
 Abraham Zcvin to Michael Gins berg, laffd and buildings on Glen street.
 The Title, Realty x Development Co. to Peter Eshoo, land and buildings on Connecticut avenue.
 Hart & Cooley, Inc, to the Fafnir Bearing company, land and buildings. S Robert Mautncr to Louis Dymniecki |&and wife, land and buildings on Lo- A8ust Street.
 Howard A. Burnett to Margaret FL finger, land and buildings on Stanley street.
 z Abraham Gorbach to Thomas J. Meskill, land and buildings on Con- ,. necticut avenue.
 Dr. Henry T. Bray to Rocco Patano,
 Rocco Patano to Angela Patano, land and buildings at Glendale. ~ land and buildings at Glendale. Erastus $. Hart to William H. Wal ker and others, land and buildings on Wooster street.
 Anna A. Reilly to Barnit Hoberman, land and buildings on Connerton street.
 }. John W. Allen to P. Nasgnes and Matthew Sokolik and others, land and buildings on Whitman street.
 Estate of\Ernest l. Dolmanitsch to Matthew Sokolik and others. land and buildings on Whitman street.
 Estate of Joseph Ibitz to Matthew Sokolik and others, land and buildings on Whitman street.
 Estate of Mary Bresch to Linus l.. Deming, land and buildings on Cot ;, tage place. D Rachaelna Weiner to Gussie Max en, land and buildings on Dwight street.
 Joseph Battagio to Paolo Bondo- naro, land on Pinehurst avenue.
 Gladys M. Andrews to Santi Rossi, land and buildings on Jackson street. a Myer Dunn and others to Nathan Kreenblat and others, land and build ings on Stanley street.
 David Fitohman to Charles T. Sko- mar and others, land and buildings on Roberts street.
 Maria Ibitz Lang to Matthew Soko- lik and others, land and buildings on Whitman street.
 Hattie l.. Bunnell to Orlando F. Swift, land and buildings on West Main street.
 Orlando E. Swift to the New Brit ain Institute, land and buildings on West Main street.
 Guiseppi Battaglia and others to George LaRocque, land and buildings on Lawlor street.
 Michael Daunis to Richard H. Er- win, land and buildings on Lincoln 
 Lila A. Sweet to Thomas Luch- singer, land and buildings on Smalley sstreet.
 Joseph Bayor to the Central Realty company land on Kelsey and Edward streets.
 Joseph Smith and others to John Woitowitz, land and buildings on West street.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-23
AUSTRALIA WANTS CANDY.

Sydney.-AuStralia are longing to have restrictions lifted on candy. For a year importation of chocolates has been under the ban and the yearly cost of imported chocolates had been $1,00O,000. Native goods don't satisfy the natives.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-23

SIX MILLION SHOFLESS. Prague.-There are about 5000, 900 bare feet in Czecho S1ovakia today.
New Britain herald., 1919-08-23

New York Stock Exchange quota tions furnished bx Richter & Co.,, members of the New York stock Exchange:
New Britain herald., 1919-08-23
Reversal in Foreign Trade.

The foreign trade returns for July were remarkable. Exports dropped to s57O,0OO,OO0, or S350,00O000 be- low June, the record month. Imports rose to $345,OO0000, the largest on record and $52.000.0O0 greater than a month ago. This reversal of the trend in our foreign trade is in reality encouraging; for the abnormal excess of exports was imposing a serious burden of credit upon the country. Of course, it is not entirely satisfactory to see our exports de- cline, and this shrinkage does not seem likely to continue in view of the large demand for grain, cotton, cop per, oil, etc. But the increase in inn ports<is most gratifying; for it i'm plies that Europe is getting upon it's feet once more, and now has goods to send in return for purchases here This means turning point towards the recovery continues it should aid ma aterially in solving the problem of internal tiOnal credit.
 Financial and Commercial Outlook.
 In ste ock market values there has been further shrinkage, which could only be expected under the pressure of so many unfaNorablc factors. Among these are the general unrest, the uncertain labor situation, the un- satisfactory status of the railroads,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04

look 50 lnylTingl II Gerty's domestic
machinery was complicated and pri-
waite, the results always were admir-
able. The early tomatoes were peeled
as well rs sliced, and We're lying on
bed Of cracked ice. The ripe black
olives were resting in Il lake Of Cali
fornia olive oil. \ bowl of crisp let
tuce had been iced and carefully dried.
The bread was csIt in precise triangles;
the butter had been shaved into for
eign-looking roses. A pitcher of the
valleys favorite beverage. iced tea,
stood by Hardn's plate. There was a
platter Of cold meats.
II came home to lines fT the hun
dredth time, the surprise of such Il
meal in thai desert. \ few years ago,
and what had meal been? She threw
The credit Of the little lunch to SulSy
Tom Hardin lying on the porticre-cov-
cred couch. his ugly lower lip out
thrust against an unsmlling vision. 1t
was Tom, Tom and his brave men, the
sturdy engineers, the dauntlcss sur
vcyors, the Indians who had dug the
canals. those were the ones who had
spread that pretty table. not the buXom
little woman dartng about in pink
gingham.
as II because | don't like herF she
muSed her eyes on the pictures in the
style book which had just come in that
morning. Certainly Gerty did have the
patience Of a saint with Toms hui
mors. If she would only lose that set
look Of martyrdoml 1t was not foran
outsider 10 Judge between husband
and wife, even if the man were her
own brother. She could not put her
finger on the germ Of their painful
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04
CHAPTER VIII.
Under the Veneer.

An hour later hines, blinking from
the sun, stepped into the tent, which
had been partitioned with rough red
wood boards into bed chamber on
the right, q combination dining room
and "parlor' on the left. Her glance
Immediately segregated the three
stalks Of pink geraniums in the center
OF the Mexican drawn-work cloth that
covered the table. Gerty, herself, in a
fresh pink Bingham frock, was dancing
around the table to the tune of forks
and spoons. 1t was just like Gerty to
dress up to her setting. even though 1t
were only pitiful water-starved bou-
Quet. She had often tried to analyZe
her sister-in-laW'S hold on her brother;
certainly they We're not happy. Was 1t
because she made him comfortable?
Was it the little air of forlnality, or
mystery, which she drew around her!
Her rooms when lnnes was allowed to
enter them were always flawless !;
Gerty took deep pride in her house
Keeping. Why was it, lines wondered,
that she could never shake off her sus-
picion Of an underlying untidinessi
There was always a closed door on
Gerty's processes.
MAY I help" The sun was still
following the room to her.
Hello" Hardin looked up from
the couch where he was lying. lines
suspected ii of being frequent re-
treat. She had found it tuInbled once
when she ran over early. 1t was then
that Gerty made it understood that she
liked more formality. lnnes was rare
~ in that tent except for meals now
or during her alternating week OF
house chores.
Il was afraid l was late" said the
girl.
Lunch will be ready in few min
utes," announced Gerty Hardin. won't
you sit down? There's the new Jour
nal. Sam came to clean this morning
and l couldn't get to the lunch unit
an hour ago.
Innes. settling herself by the reading
table, caught herself observing that i
would not have taken her an hour t.
get q cold lunch. Still it would neve
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER TX. c. Richard, an ell
gineer of the Overland Paciilc, IS
called to the office of President Mar
shall in Tucson, Ariz. casey Is an
enigma to the Office force; he wears
dude" clothes. but he had resigned
a chair of engineering in the east to
go on the road as a fireman and ms
promotion had been spectacular.
While waiting for Marshall Richard
reads n report of the rayages OF the
Colorado. despite the Efforts OF
Thomas Hardin of the Descent Recla-
nation Company This Hardin mad
been a student under Richard and
had married Gertny Holmes. with
whom Richard had fancied he was IN
love
CHAPTER II-aMrahall tells Rick
ard the Overland Pacific has got to
step in 10 save the Imperial vale
and sends him 10 die break. Richard
declines because he does not want
to supplant Hardin, but Is won over.
stop the river; damn the expense
says Marshall.
CHAPTER Richard journeys ta
Calexico, sees the irrigated desert ana
learns much about Hardin and his
work.
CHAPTER IV-At the hotel nc
meets Mr.. and Mrs. Hardin and lnnes
Hardin, Hardin's half sister Disap
pointed in her husband and an nicer
rigible coquette, Mrs Hardin sets hei
cap for her former lover and invites
him TO dinner.
CHAPTER V-Rickard visits the
company's Offices and takes control
He finds the engineers loyal 10 Har
din and hostile to him. Estrada.
Mexican, son of the Father of th'
Imperial Valley tells him of the gen
eral situation.
CHAPTER VI-Rickard attends
meeting of the directors and assert
his authority Hardin RACES. Estrada
tells Richard of his forebodings tina
his work viii fail Il cant see
finished"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04
NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that on eve
nth day Of March, A. d. 1919. in t.-.
City OF Ottawa. in the County Of La
Sale and State Of Illinois. a primary
election viii be held for the purpose
of nominating two candidates for the
office of mayor Of said city and eight
candidates for the Office Of commits
sionef.
Voting places as follows:
First Ward--At Town Han, South
Ottawa.
Second Ward-BasemeuC Hotel Of
tawa.
Third Ward-Salyation Army Head
quarter 81 la Sale ST.
Fourth Ward Mrs Weller Grocery,
Cor. Columbus and Joliet SITS.
Fifth Ward-John IIenich Building,
Chestnut ST.
Sixth -Schaefer's Hall
Seventh Ward-Jobst Barber Shop.
The polls of said election will be
open at six O'Clock a. m. of said
March lIth. 1919, and remain open
until FIVE o'clock p. N. OF said day.
Dated at Ottawa, Illinois, this III
/ teen.h day Of February, y. d. 1919.
w. w. CURTIS. City Clerk.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04
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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04


The windstorm the previous week
had made Il sickcning devastation OF
her labors The morning glorIo5 alCr'
were scathelc@s. \ pink oleaodef
dropped many broken branches from
which miracles of perfect flowers were
unfolding. The prett,est blossom to
Hardin was the gardener herself. she
was vivid from eager toll. Hardin
looked at her approximately. lie ilk'd
her khaki suit, simple as n uniform
with its flowing black tie and leather
belt. She looked more Ike horSclI To-
dav. She had hlcached out, in Tucson.
She had been letting herself get too
tanned, running around without hats.
Sunburn paled the value OF tho@e
splendid eyes Of hers. He could always
tease her by. lhening them to topazeS.
His eyes ran over the pink and pur-
pie lines of cOrdtrainod vines when
made floral screens for her tent Free
OF the strings overhead, they noten
over the ramada, the second roof, OF
living bougls. He acknowledged their
beauty. They gave grace to bare ne
cessity; they denied the painting,
thirsty desert just beyond.
lie remembered his own ramada.
Gerty had hated it, had complained OF
1t so bitterly when she came home
from New York that he had had 1t
pulled down and replaced by ' roof
of pine boards, glarng and ugly. Gerty
was satisfied, for ii was clean; she no
longer felt that she lived in Squaw
house. Let the Indians have ramadas;
there was no earthly reason she should.
He had urged that the desert dwellers
had valuable hints to give them. But
what was a remada to him, or anything
else? Hardin turned to leave.
She did not want him to go so soon.
She pointed out a new vine to him.
"Kudzu," they called it; japanese
vine, And there was another broken
rose, quite beyond the help of stripped
handkerchiefs and mesquit splints.
He followed her around the tent, her
prattle falling from his grim mood. He
was not thinking of her flowers except
as a hooking parallel. The desert
storm had made a havoc of his garden
"a sorry botch of his life. He and
lines had been trying to make gar
den out of a desert; the desert had
flouted them. 1t was not his fault.
Something had happened; something
quite beyond his power. Luck was
turning against him.
Innss, why, she was playing as with
q toy. 1t was the natural instinct of a
woman to make things pretty around
her. But he had sacrificed his youth,
his chances. His domestic life, too
he should never have carried dainty
little woman like Gerty into the des'
ert. He had never reprOached her for
leaving him, even last time when he
thought it was for good. The word
burned his wound. Whose good? His
or Gertys? Somehow, though they
wrangled, he always knew it would
turn out all right; life would run
smoothly when they left the desert
But things were getting worse; his
mouth nnskered OYER some recollec'
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04

lions. Yet he loved Gerry; he couldn't
picuIy life without her. He decided
that it was because there had never
been anyone else. Most fellows had
had sweethearts before they married;
he had moi nor a mistress when she
left him, though God knows, it would
have been easy enough. His mouth
fell into sardonic lines. Those half
breed women! No one, even when
divorce had hung over him. Oh, he
knew what their friends made OF each
of Gerty's heightened flights; he knew
But that had been spared him, that
vulgar griSly spectacle of modern life
when two people who have been lovers
drag the carcass of their love over the
grimy floor of curious gaping court.
He shuddered. Gerry loved him. Else,
why had She come back 10 him? Why
had she not kept her threat when he
refused to abandon his desert project
and turn his abilities into a more
profitable dedication? He could see
her face as she stared flushing up into
his that nippng cold day when he had
run into her on Broadway. He remem-
bered her coquetry when she suggest
. I'd that there was plenty Of room in
, her apartment, His wife! She spoke
of seeing his pictures in the papers.
/ "lIe had grown to be a great man."
/ That piquant meeting the week fol-
lowing had D,en the brightest of his
/ life. He was sure then that Gerty
loved him. The wrangles We're only
: their different ways of looking at
| things. OF course, they loved each
other. But Gerty couldn't stand pio-
neer life. She had loved him, or she
would not so easily have been per-
suaded TO try it over again. She
yearned to make him comfortable, she
said. so she had gone back, and pulled
down his ramada and put his clothes
in the lowest bureau drawer
ut wasn't either of our faults he
rumiuated. at was the fault of the in
stitution Marriage itself is Il failure.
Look Mt the papers, the divorce courts.
. il mans intecestS are no longer his
wYfe's. Curious that it should be so.
But IFS q fact. II IS the modern dis
content. Women want different careers
from their husbands
Yer, how could he help throwing his
life into his work? lie had committed
himself; it was an obligation. If il
were not Tor that iudefinablc some
thing, his allegiance to the cause which
Knocked at reasons and definitions; oh
he knew The had tilted with Gerty
and hcen Worstcd ,--hc would have re
signed from his company, his company
which had dlshonored him. Why ShoulG
he stay to get more stabs, more
, wounds? And the last blow, this pet
Of Marshall's Hardin gave a scant
; ling In his path a vicious kick.
The girls prattle had died. She
walked with him silently.
At the door Of her tent, she stopped
looking at him wistfuIly. She wished
, he could hide his hurt. If he had only
gone of lines pridcl
'II,w are things" She used thei1
fond little formula.
"Oh. rotton.' growlcd Hardin, fling
Ing away. The gate slammed behint
him.