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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30

are reporting remarkably strong
demand for the products Of the occi-
dent. This is particularly true OF
China and Japan. Watches Of all
grades are sought.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30

Britons paid as much as fifth OF
their annual produce to the Roman
conouerers under Claudius.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-09-30

The orientals have cultivated a
taste for our jewelry in preference to
their own, and American statesmen
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-01
BUNGALOW APRONS

Fine grade pink percae. Cut full and
roomy. Our regular 81. 90 garment at only.
Figured percaIe of fine count. Made
with plenty of room and our regular $500
grade at 1890. -.... ......
ham aprons such as you ordinarily pay Sis
for, in the sale at Observation-Disclosures.
20 dozen large white cambria aprons
pockets of generous size Some are trimmed
Regular price 81. so. Very special While they
Remarks SeconC
COMPANY
6oI-613 M vLat Gtraat
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
Other Live Stock
RANGE OF HOG PRICES.

CINCINNATI, May 4-Hogs-Receipts.
1000; slow but steady. with packers
weak and bids SOC lower; heavy, $l450G
1880: mixed. $3.50; medium Si675 /;
Receipts, 500; steady bulls. steady !;
calves, $f7 Sheep-Receipts, 100 steady.
CLEVELAND. May 4-Hogs - Re
ceipts 1900; market 26Q40c lower york
trs, S15.60415 rs: mixed. 5GOdl5T5
medium Sl4; pigs, SIS; roughs. Sl1 20 /;
active sheep and lambs-Recelpts. 500;
market steady; top, SIS. Calves-Re-
ceipts, 800; market strong; top. SIS.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, May 4-Cattle--
Receipts, 1000; market steady, prospects
strong. Hogs Receipts, 1880; market
1870; good heavies, $145O61540; rough
heavies, Sit@12.25; light. $f5.5001670,
pigs. $13@15. Sheep-Receipts. 1000 !;
market, prospects steady
PITTsBURG, May 4--Cattle-Receipts
light market steady; choice, S136t4
S1650d1T.25. Sheep and lambs Receipts
light market steady prime weathers. $13
61350: good. S1i.50Q12; fair mixed $40
d10.50 spring lambs. $1000G1s00. Hogs
prime heavies $15@15.25; mediums S1625
61700; Heavy workers., $16.25@17; light
workers. $16.2561o.50; pigs, SIS 75016; .
roughs $1t@1260; stays, $sG9.
CHICAGO May 4.-Hogs-R Receipts
$4,000 : market 25c lower; bulk, S1S4O@
1910: butchers. $14@1525: packers. 80
st1275 light, 3$14 L59S7 ] Ss pigs $1ST
ceipts. 1900; market steady; beeves,
S1O75014.25: butchers, S775G1325; can
ners and cutters, $0dS.50: stockers and
feeders, s7.75@11.25; cows. $7.75qI3;2255;
market strong; lambs, $11@is5O; ewes,
S6M13.50
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
LEADING STOCKS
SCORE ADVANCES
Sugars in Special Demand and
Steels Prominent.

NEW YORK, May 4.-The stock mar
the opening today. with practically the
entire list showing advances Of from frac-
lions to 8 points.
Steel common rose u to 95ss. Re-
plogle Steel became prominent, adVanc-
ing points to 81, while gains OF over
l point were made in Bethlehem Steel
3 and Crucible Steel. Baldwin gained a
fraction to 1851.
studebaker advanced IL to 1854; Gen.
raj motors, 11a to 2o21a; Chandler Motors,
31z to 1851, and Pierce-Arrow to above
IS.
The sugar stocks were in demand,
Manau Sugar showing an upturn Of 5ls
to 1901, and Punta Alegra Sugar near
~ points to 1854.
Mexican Petroleum fuctuated over
wide range, yielding ia to 173 and then
advancing to It's. Pan-American Petrol
showed fractional improvement at 116:
Fractional gains were made by the
railroad shares.
Trading continued active with a gen.
orally strong tone throughout the fore
noon. Bethlehem Steel B moved up 29s
to 95ss. followed by a reaction OF about
point Midvale Steel rose to 46A !;
Republic Steel 1 point to 90 and Lacka-
wanna sold at s21s, a gain Of 4 points
lowed by a reaction to III. Crucible rose
1115 to 147. Steel common advanced to
e52. but reacted later TO 95A. Replogle
Steel made a further advance to 80;
The oil stock were irregular. with the
leading issues showing declines or mod
crate gains in the early trading.
The market was quiet during the aft
ernoon. with the tone irregular Steel
common, after reacting nearly 1 point to
94k. recovered most of its lost ground.
Bethlehem Steel rose to 95% and then
fell to 81, while Lackawanna Steel yielded
nearly points to S01a.
The close was irregular. Steel com
mon reacted l point to 94&s and Baldwin
s points 70 116. Studebaker dropped
pelrly 8 points TO 106. Pan American
Petroleum fell points from the high to
9514. Sinclair advanced to 36ls. Reading,
after selling at 81, dropped to S5k. Gen
eral Motors closed at 2S9, Southern Pacific
95I<. Republic Steel 947s, Mexican Petro-
leum 1874, American Wooden 1925 and
L. S. Rubber 99ls.
Sales, 902, 800 shares; bonds. S13,7S5.O00.
Government bonds unchanged; railway
and other bonds steady.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
GRAINS UP AGAIN
TO NEW RECORDS
Good Buying Both on Com
mission and by Shorts.

CHICAGO, May New high records
for the crop were set In May and July
corn and in May, July and September
oats futures on the Chicago Board Of
Trade at the opening today.
The continued difficulty with trans
portation and the unsettled weather were
the ordinary bullish factors, but com
mission houses were good buyers and
found few offerings. Shorts also con-
tinued their efforts TO fill contracts. Pro
visions were higher.
May corn opened late at $1.79h, IN
changed, but later advanced &c. July
corn. up sc ut the opening, $1.68, CUB
Sequently gained Sc September corn
was 15c up at the opening and remained
unchanged at $1.61.
May oats. after opening late at s1o6h
up nc. rose to 1.O7 July oats was up
Nc on opening at 91hc and advanced
TO 925sc. September oats was sc up
at the opening, 779sc, and later gainel
&c
Revived hopes Of a speedy settlement
of the railroad strike and profit taking
caused Il sharp reaction in futures late
I'm the day. Several commission houses
abandoned the bull side. believing the
fluctuations will be extremely rapid and
wide. Sentiment was mixed and trade
not large. with locals inclined to press
fhe market neer the finish.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
TnnAY,s PRICES.

basket, $2.7504.25
Asparagus-Fancy homegrown, doz.
Csc.
Bananas-PoUnd, &C.
Cabbage-Fancy new Texas, br1s, &c ID I;
less than brl. &c.
Carrots Basket. 40 lbs, $50.
Beans-Siich.gan navy, in bags, per ID,
sac; California Ldmas. in sacks. 1Sc lb;
narrowfat, in bags, lac Id.
Celery Florida, S607: doE, 81.
Cucumbers-Fancy dollhouse. doz, So.
Grapefruit-Extra fancy Floridas. $4-I5
Honey-Fancy 1919 white, case, ss25;
extracted, eo,lb cans, &c ID.
Lemons-Extra fancy California, s4-T5
$3.50.
AIangoes-Fancy, 2-doz basket, $50.
Nuts-F1lberts. ID, 29@S1e; English
50@70c; BrazilA S0c; almonds, S09S7c
shellbark hickory, 10c.
Oranges-CaIifornia yaIencias, box,
$7.25@s50; extra fancy California navels,
$5GS50.
0nions-Fancy new Texas white, 6o-lb
crate. $3.50; same yellow, 81; home
grown, green, 20c doz.
Onion sets-Fancy yellow. bu, 50;
white and red. So.
Psrsnips- 35-lb hamper. $1.6
PARSLEY aucE Houe- ITO" U. ocE wv
Pieplant-Fancy home grown. 35c dog.
ineap.es-Ripe Havan"s. $50 "ratA.
CHARACTERIZATION Whites, $3.50 per
100 lbs.
Radishes-256p35c dog.
Rice-1+G15c 10.
Seed Potatoes-Fancy eastern cobblers,
$50 cwt
Spinach-Fancy, bu, $2.75
fredericksburg Louisiana, "a pint
case, $3.50; 24-quart case. $1i
Sweet Potatoes-Fancy Jerseys, bu
basket. $3.50; fancy southern Nancy
Halls. 40-lb basket, S3.25.
Tomatoes-Crate, six baskets, $40;
basket, 81.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
u. S. Reserve Board
Under Fire in House

WASHINGTON. May Am investisa-
tion OF the administration OF the federal
reserve board to be conducted by a spe-
cial committee Of the house was urged
today before the house rules committee
by Representative King of Illinois and
delegation representing the National and
State Bankers association.
Charges were made by King that the
federal reserve board permitted imitation
of currency. the lending Of money TO
Spectators and others through whom the
high cost of living has been maintained
and discrimination against state banks
not members of the federal reserve sys-
tenn.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
WHOLESALE PRODUCE.
Fresh. 4Oc.

Eggs-Fresh, 40c.
Poultry-Fowls, &c. broiers. III to 2
lbs. Coo; cocks. 1Sc; old tom turkeys,
30c; young tom turkeys, Il lbs and up,
CSC; young hen turkeys, lbs and up,
35c Gull thin turkeys not wanted ducks,
lbs and up, 22c ducks, under lbs,
1sc; geese, 10 lbs and up, 1Sc; squads IL
lbs to doz. $3.50
Butter-Clean packing stock, 33c 10
fresh creamery butter, In prints Ia sell
ing at wholesale at 6S66Tc; in tubs, Csc.
Butter Fat-Indianapolls buyers are
paying 69Q70c.
Cheese Wholesale selling prices)--
Brick 29d30c lb; New York cream. 33c F;
Wisconsin full cream, 34Q3jc; longhorns,
34035c; limburger. 3Sc.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
COTTON MARKET
REGISTERS DROP
Easier Cables and Better
Weather Have Effect

NEW YORK, May 4-There were re-
ports of beneficial rains in central ana
northern Texas at the opening OF the
cotton market today, which with easier
cables and predictions Of clear weather in
the eastern states, caused good deal of
selling, under which initial prices de-
clined Is to 81 points.
The New Enghnd labor situation at
fected the market, chiefly through a
slowing up of speculative operations
pending more definite news, and most Of
the offerings early were on the weather
advfces.
After the start, the list was heavy for
a time, with a drop of 20 points under
initial levels, which was recovered later
on buying due to precipitation In Ala
bama and Louisiana.
Spot cotton was quiet today, Is points
higher at 41-60c-
LIVERPOOL, May spot cotton tn
active; prices easy. Sales, 1000 bales
American middling fair BLOOD; good mid
ding, 2S.05d; full middling. 27.05d: mid
ding, 25.S0d low, %. sod good ordinary
19.30d; ordinary, 1s-30d- Futures were
quiet
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
On Commission Row
Cuban pinsapples are bringing $3.50

Cuban pineapples are bringing $3.50
per crate.
Spinach from st. Louis was quoted at
$2.6012.16 per basket.
Celery is selling for $3.50 to 81 a case,
containing four to five dozen.
White Texas onions, fifty pounds in a
crate, brought $3.50, while yellows sold
at g.
Oranges maintain their popularity at
from $5.25 to $3.50 a box, according to
size.
Early Ohio seed potatoes are In greatly
diminished SUPPLY, selling at s. per hun
dredweight and S12 bag.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
CHICAGO STOCKS.
CLEyELANp PRODUCE.

CLEVELAND, O., May Butter
fancy, 6S@esac; frsts. G6Ra67c: prints
lc higher; seconds, 60061lbc packing
38@40c. Eggs Fresh gathered extra,
451sc fresh extra, 43l44izc; northern
Ohio fresh new cases, 48c; old cases. 4Sc
western firsts, 425se. Poultry Chickens,
springers, 4i043e
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
CHICAGO rRonUCE.

CHICAGO. May -Butter-Creamery
extras, 611a@62c; creamery first, elite
first. 57@61c: seconds, 47@51c. ggs-Or-
dinaries, SS@39c; first. 411a042c. Cheese
Twins, &c: young Americas, 29c. Live
poultry Fowls. 35c; ducks, Ssc; geese,
nc; spring chiekenH. soc; turkeys, 35c.
Potatcen- neceipts, none, wisconsin and
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
WAGON MARKET.

The following are the indianapolis
prices Of hay aud grain by the wagon
load:
Hay-Loose timothy. S33G35 "A ton /:
mixed, $324S3; clover. $33G35
Corn-SI 70@1 rs bushei.
Oats-S10lU5 a bushel
Straw--W heat. $8d9 ton; oats, S14GI5.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04

NEW YORK, May -Copper-Quiet:
SPOT and May. 1884 G1s9sc; June. July,
August, IsAd ls7sc Lead-Quiet; spot
offered Ole: May offered &c: June, July.
August. sssc. Spelter-Spot and May.
70GSc: June, July, Z 65c1 soc; Aug lst,
: -0G7 f5r
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
PRODUCE.
Foreign Exchange
Generally Higher

NEW YORK, May 4.-Foreign exchange
was generally higher at the opening to-
day. Demand sterling opened at So. S615.
M 21ac: franc checks, 1872, off 20 cen
times lire checks. 21.52 up 40: marks
demand, .0181, and Canadian dollars, .913O.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04

CHICAGO, May Wheat-No 1
mixed, 1895. Corn-No. yellow, 1876 ;
No. 3 mixed, $1s1d1.S9; No. 3 white,
mixed. Sl.S5@1S6; No. A yellow, $LSSg
l.90. Oats-No. ? white, SI164911I ;
No. 3 white, $115Q116-
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
TOLEDO CLOSE.

TOLEDO, o.. May 4.-Corn-No. 3 yell
low, SIS. Uats-No. white, Sl.1S
kye-No. = casa $2dS. BarleyINo. 2
seed-Cash, $3.50; October, $3.50. De
cember S22.5U Timothy Q9lI and 1919
cash, 500. 19l9l cash. S5.5I42 May and
september $JJ7Ia, October $5a5; Decem-
Der 500. Butter. Csc; eggs, doc. Hay,
S41
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
AS Good as a
Mortgage

From time immemorial
the mortgage has been the
standard Of investment
value. Not as good as a
mortgage" labels an invest
ment as undesirable. As
good as a mortgage" is a
recommendation. because it
means safety and GO. Bet
ter than a mortgage means
more than Sc, just as much
safety, and no taxes.
Partners in the American
Mortgage Company Of Indi-
ana have an investment
better than a mortgage. +"
This company deals in CON
struction loans. It has more
business than it can handle
and requires some addi-
tional capital.
On this capital it will pay
10 dividends with probable
extra earnings up to 1879.
If you are interested in such
an investment, fill in this
blank and mail us the adj
vertisement.
NAME ..........'........
ADDRESS ...............
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04

Showers have occurred In the states
between the Mississippi river and the
Rocky mountains, in New England, and
in the extreme southeast. but in other
parts of the country fair weather has
continued. The changes in temperature
have not been decided in any district.
Frosts occurred last ni@ht from the
western lakes region to the middle Ale
Ehenies.
i. Fl. ARLINGTON, MeteorolOgtss.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
Local Stock Exchange

The local stock and bond call market
was suspended today because OF the prl-
maries. Mondays quotations and sales
were
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
INDIANAPOLIS cAsH GRAIN.

May A.
Corn--Strong No. 3 white, 1881
No. yellow. $780,; No. mixed,
1891.
Oats-Strong: No. white, S1.19&9
! .208t
Hay-Firm No. / timothy, $40 5000:
No. > timothy SIS. 50dS9; No light clio
yer mixed, $SS.5odS9; No. / clover mixed,
S3SMSS.50.
Inspection
Wheat No. } red l car; No. . red,
1 car: total cars.
Corn--No 2 white . cars; No 3 whi5e.
II cars: No. white cars; sample
white, / car. No. yellow. 3 cars: No.
: yellow, cars: No. 5 mixed. cars:
No 4 mixed 8 cars: sample mixed, =
cars. ear, l car; total. 50 cars.
Oats-No. l white, / car; No. white,
10 cars; total 20 cars.
Hay-No. ] light clover mixed. 1 car;
No. / clover mixed. / car, No. ] clover
hay, ! car; total, 5 cars.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04

Indianapolis elevators and mills are
paying As for No. / wheat, So43 for
No. and $3.50 for No. 3. All other
grades according TO quality.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
TOday's Market Gossip
(By Thomson & McKinnon.)

Messages from the seaboard report a
very sharp export demand for wheat,
with prices a secondary matter.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04

NEW YORK-The American embassy
cables from Japan that commodity prices
refuse to make further advances on car
goes.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
Housewives Market

The following prices are the general
prices charged al the city market OBJ
tained hy striking an average OF the
1880 .k n-...A !. LaL.a IL araa
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04

CHICAGO-The Lever act of Aug. 10.
1917, is still in effect, but j. Fl. Barnes
announces that the wheat director act
expires June l next Mr.. Barnes directs
that seasonable steps be taken to pre-
vide for esta blishment " FREE and open
market for handling wheat upon expfrav
ton Of the Lever act
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
LOCAL HIDE MARKET.

LOCAL HIDE MARKET.
Green Hides-No. I, 1Sc; No. ?, lie.
Green caives-No. /. S5c: No. ?. Sslsc.
Horsehides-No. l. $11; No. ?. $40. Cured
hides-No. 1. Ole; No. ?. 20c.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04

NEW YORK-State and national banks
have presented a petition to the com
mittee rules and to the committee
on banking of the house for investiga-
tiOn of the federal reserve board and
are pressing charges that the board has
abused it's powers.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
(Acme- Evans Coz
FEED PRICES
GRAINS.

shelled corn. small lot 30
Shelled corn, bu., large lot ....,... 1S9
Shelled corn, by, blu. sax.,...,... 200
Oats, bu, 3 blu sax.........,.,.... 12T
Oats, bu, blk large ,........,... 100
Oats. blu, less 100 bu. ............. 121
Chicken wheat, cwt sacked ........ 40
coRNMEAL AND FLOUR.
Ccrnmeal, cwt net.,...,,......,...S ass
E-Z-B aka. haksra. O. lbs cotton
aaeizEs ms a~@sa~vss.~~..--~s- -S-s lao
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
LEGAL NOTICES,


NOTICE-SALE OF ROAD BONDS.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed treasurer OF Putnam county. In
diana. that sealed bids will be received At
the Office Of said treasurer up to the hour
or O'Clock p. m. OF SATURDAY. May Is.
1920, for the sale OF the following named
road bonds:
L. z. LAME, ct al. road bonds. NH
Creek township. twenty bonds OF 1880
each. Total issue. $500.
All OF the above named bonds are dated
May Is, 1920. and are made payable at the
office OF the treasurer or Putnam county
ar Greencastls. Indiana. and bear interest
AZ the rate Of AZ &c per aunum. payable
semi-snnuslly on the 18th days OF MAJ
and November OF each year. The first
bond and the first series OF interest cou-
pons are due and payable on May Is. 1921.
O. q. WEBB.
Treasurer Putnam County.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04

On the 18th day Of May. 1920 at 5
o'clock ?. m. the board Of school conf
missioners Of the city Of Indiana polls will
receive and open sealed bids at the board $
Office. Meridian and Ohio streets. Indi-
annapolis. for 20.0h0 tons of bituminous
coal. all in accordance with specifications
duly adopted by said board and now on file
in the Offices Of the board and posted on
the bulletin board in said Offices. Copies OF
said specifications and instructions to bid
ders and OF the proposal form TO be used
In submitting bids will be furnished on
application TO the undersigned The right
IS reserved TO reject any and all bids.
GEORGE g. HIT.
Business Director.
Indiana polls. Ind. April IS. 1920.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
New York Liberty Bonds
fBy J. F. Wild & Coz
Closed Closed
NEW WORK METAL MARKET.

increase. Decrease. compared With
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04

tOpened nominal 'Decrease. 1Increa
over yesterday close.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-04
LIBERTY BONDS.
SALES

81 600 Victory 4a.s at ...............e64 80
Ten shares National Motor at.........2 p
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-23

ments. by an act Of the Continental
congress OF September %, 1878. the
treasury was organized with an au.
ditor comptroller and treasurer. and
rhe same officers still run the treas
ury under the secretary and his as
siStants, and all paper money and
bonds have the seal. not OF the
United States OF America. but of
the treasury of North America. 1t
was the United States OF North Amer.
lea which made treaties with France
and Spain IN ITS. Benjamin Franklin
acting as commissioner for Congress-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-23
Father Youngest Of Family.

Age is trying to get back to youth
and ii Is resentlng the semi-contempt.
uous respect of the younger genera.
tion There is one eminent artist IN
London who absolutely refuses te ad.
nit that he is any older than his
youngest child-and he has many chin.
dren. The boys and girls do not caI
him "sir" or even father" They
all call him George" And George"
remains the youngest and the most
nopular of the family.-London Chroo-
iclA
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-23

storm, often OF vast extent,
characterized by high winds rotating about calm
center of low atmospheric pressure which moves
onward with a velocity of from 20 to 30 miles an
hour"
The tornado. on the other hand. is a funnel
shaped cloud like a water-spout sand-column or
dust-whrl, with very violent and destructive ed
dies and whrls of wind progressing a narrow
path for many miles over land. The wind is too
violent to be measured and the barometric pres
sure falls so rapidly that wooden structures are
often lifted and burst open by the air within
them"
But Kansas calls them cyclones SO cyclones
they shall be here For once upon time, not
very long ago, the east thought Kansas grew cy-
clones or made them or produced tnem-whatever
the right word Is
40 the early settlers of Kansas, coming as
they did from distant eastern states where such
phenomena are almost unknown, these storms
were of the wonders of country, to be
told over and over to visitors and sent as special
items of news to papers that gave them wide pub
lefty" says S. ID. Flora, Kansas meteorolcgist.
"The result has been that the expression Kansas
cyclone has become almost an idiom of the Ian
guagc and the reputation Of the state for vista
tons of these storms Is greater than that of any
other part of the country, when, matter of
fact there is 10 believe, in the light OF
available data, they are any more numerous here,
area considered, than In any other states In this
Anyway, kansas became "the cyclone state,'
and the thing eventually became such scandal
that, soon after the Civil Uncle Sam decided
to investigate and sent out army officer to trail
the cyclone TO It's lair The report of this investi-
gator is still among the dusty archives of the
United Suites weather bureau, Itscontains facts
both of scientific and popular interest.
For example, he tells about the woman who lost
her hair. He says She was with excep-
tionally long hair; that the storm cut or tore
most Of this hair from her head twisted It into
rope and left 1t lying near her while the hair left
upon her head was tightly curled into many little
wlsps filled with sand.
1t was the same cyclone, according 10 this off,
cial report, that bore down upon large house
exceptionally well built of logs and heavy native
tlmbers. hit one corner of 1t a resounding whack
veered off, whirled out around the barn and at
tackled the house from the opposite side, dissipat-
ing II over the landscape 50 thoroughly that much
of 1t was never seen again.
He describes trees In which sand had been driv-
en- entirely through the bark iEto the wood of the
tree And this was not merely on one side of the
trunk. but around its entire circumference. In
another place he found trees still standing, bur
stripped of every particle of their bark.
So YOU see, for a beginner this official tnvesti-
gator did pretty we'll
OF course, the weather bureau has accumulated
mass of Cyclone literature" Here's an inter-
esting Bit
"They may form after several hours Of light
wind or during violent thunder storm. Persons