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New-York tribune., 1921-08-21

Question \ have been purchasins dif-
fcrcnt Afnal lots OF stock and feel puli"
secure. bat recently "a few of my lri'nds
ana myself bought some stock OF the cen
trail Copper Company of Arizona. Ilia
stock rs not llstct, on the Exchange at IN"
present tn,' md that fact is causing my
friends TO doubt n II Nas u good tuN We
would like your opinion of this company
and whether there are any chances ~ IT"
being listed.
Answer Some day when the 75o,-
000. 900 pounds Of copper now ready for
sale and ovcrhanging the market arc
sold, and the Central Copper Company
gets going. and pays half its profts to
the owners Of the property TO be opcr-
atcd you may come in for som thing.
In the mcautime, you might figure out
why you werc charged premium for
this common stock wncn most Of the
established producers stocks are SELL
nc under par. Whether and when the
ssocx will be lietcd depends on the &C
ton taken by the Stock Exchange on
thu application whcrt. ds and IL made.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21
Doesn't Want a Speculation

Ouestion-l have 81 600 to invest and a
friend has given me- the following list out
OF which to choose. should iik" your
opinion as 70 which ore is the best bond
for ono who wishes neither speculation
nor a business mans Investment Chicago
& Northwestern 6i2s. 1896. Chicago &
West Indiana (2) temporary 7i-s. 1873
Great Northern IS. Series \. 1875. New
York Central d~benture 6s. lN33 Northern
Pacific Graz, Northern joint b'ss. l'Hd.
Would YOU suggest some other bond carr
ing as high interest and maturing about
The same time F. ?.
Answcr-We th;nN, tha. the North ern
Pacific Great Northern joint Gas. due
1896, are the best investment o. the
list that you have. We think that this
is as good an investment a ; YOU can
get among railway bonds at this rate
of interest
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21

Question VIII YOU kindly give mo Nou-
opinion OF the following bonds Standard
on OF California IL due 1881, Anl'I,v,.i ,s
caro- 4 North,vestcrn 6i4s due 1885 ''4
II lsorne. switzerland S. 1ai5, MarlHaI
OH colnpsny - 1881. what degree or
safety is al ls1 he'd TO same. to hold FOR
maturity Mrs. S. NJ. C.
Answer We would class Standard
Oil of California rs. American Iele-
phone and Telegraph IS end Chicago x
Northwestern SIS as high-gradc invest
ments and the City of Bernc SIS as a
good investment, and Marand Oh as
a good investment, but one in an IN
dustry which al present is feeling
severely the effect Of overprodnctIon.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21
VIII Add $4,000 to s2oaooo Hsld;aus

Cucs;sor-you- valued Assurance n the
rot only In security to- our Inves.msota
on, me upward swing IN prices has re-.
se3ea s,. in paper profit OF over :. 900
ally Follow when commodity p-!ces rece6e
'eWsro normal. would Ike your opinion
on or 'he new issue of Svit, Is OF 1871. Are
'''y rntable In your opinion as an ic
VestNent with the Du Point 7l-s OF the
sI'"e year and are both securities Il.
,ne ,ne nso9d lnvestmen,' class What do
you think OF the southern California Edi-
son general per cent bonds OF 1s447
W ouii YOU compare them favorably as an
inres'.nent .~e' with Rochester Railway &
L,ghe g IS recently issued have about $50,
600 TO invest in the next two month,
ana would li''s list Of what you consider
specilNe of yield. We own Montana powe-
ss' Northern States power g.. Duquesnc
g. and most of tha bonds you mention
Diamond Match tss are near the callable
price. Would you buy them. therefore. for
lHcoms3 lrso. How DO YOU regard the new
20 at 9s?-C G. n.
Answer We would put both the
Swift Is, due 1881, and the Du Pont
rs in the good investment class, but
we are inclined to thing that the Du
Points are rather the better We think
that the Southern California Edison
general 6s are nearly good an in
vestment as the Rochester Gas and
EItctIic III tHat is Wnat you nave IN
mind IS recently issued The Cali
fornia company. serving Los Angeles
and the adjoining territory, has
great opportunity for growth We
think that Diamond Match .'l2s are 4
good investment. The fact that they
arc selling near the calablc price does
not mean that they will be called; in
fact. we very much doubt whether
they would be called even If selling
considerably above the call price Re-
gardless Of yield, we think that the
United States Steel sinking fund 5s
due 1868; the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy general As, due 1858; the Penn
sylvania Railroad consolidated AZ, due
1943 the Oregon Short Line consoli-
dated 5s. due 1946; Niagara Falls
Power first 5s. due 1882, and the Union
Pacific first railroad and land grant
Is. due 1947. are about as high grade
bonds as is possible to pick out. Among
bond men there would be difference
Of opinion Ole would put in some
other bond for one that we have used,
but we think that generally it would
be agreed tnst these were gilt-edged
securities. The new Western Union
612s. which recently sold at 912. are
highg grade investment, we think.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21
American Autos in Holland

To show the HoId of tie American
automobile on the market Of Holland
and the Dutch East Indies, It may IN
terest the reader to know that for q
-rD b. auto around the world two
Follanders selected an American car,
an Apperson eight. il which they re
Gently arrived on the east coas. Of
Sumatra. From Sumatra the trip viii
be made via China and Japan across
the United States to Holland.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21
" hat Stock Exchange Membership ,e

Quest. .on-Can you give me any informa-
s,on ,,ol rogardins thr merits Of the spicer
Tcht SINKING fund gold bonds dated Jul
l. W. Also the Province of Busnos
ANres per cent consolidated gold bonds
What would ono realize If current *
change should remain as ii is viz az
bonds are being sold in a dopreciatcd
pound sterling and dividends in the sane
20 princ'pa. any gam. i. G.. # sold at 30
ior s1oo' At per cont. what would be
paId, 80. vita no change in exchance?
70 what extent does a membership in rh,,
New s.e,' orH SiocN ENcGarge Indicate reNa-
Answer-Spicer Manufacturing Com
pany sinking fund IS, due at 1O7i. July
|, 1881, are direct obligation of the
company, but are not secured by a
mortgage. The company manufactures
universal joints and propeller shafts
for automobiles. The automobile pusi-
ness has been passing through pericd
OF Ieadjustm ent, and the outlook is
not now clear. Sterling was recently
quoted at S3.55 for an English pound
The coupon rate on BueNos Avres
bonds is ) per cent. You would re-
ceive, therefore, 5 pounds sterling
year on a 3100 bond. This would be
equivalent at SO. to Sl7.75, which on
an investment of $27O equals 6.57 per
cent current interest. Before man
can become member Of the New York
Stock Exchangc ne must have the price
OF seat. which recent'v ~nr-ed be
tween about $4,000 and $4,000; must
be vouched for, and must satisfy the
Stock Exchange as to his past record
and integrity. After ne becomes
member he is bound BY rules and con-
forms to practices which, in our opin-
ion. protect to great degree the pub
lie as we'll as the other members of the
exchange itself. A member Is re-
sponsible for the acts of his partners
and his house
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21
Thinks Broker Cheated Him Ont oe can

stion-About the las, OF April eava
t~H shares OF Loft Candy 10 a brokor tor
sale at sl1 share. According to your
paper, ii went 10 l2As as / rccoilec, rnsd
lng one morning thought he had fhe,o
sod thcn, but he did not. and about Two
weeks ago my broker told ln- ne haA r..
cclVed 4 dividend check for my ten shares
Al'frWard | placed with him another o,
y for t. Il shares. and a few d.,s ar, ba
s@nt me It certificate for t,voniv -ha~s T.,
ny nam" Ihat is what makes me- MI
.nat ne sold my first ten shares. wnirh
werr also in my name. and boucht tv.nr.
shares later. when the market 80 r'''l.y
lower Kindly let mo know j. - . pv'n's
lrad' at J. and il 1919. was correct .fso
II ny broker should have recoi.ed nv,
r. = n. ~ emo chec" Tor the lrst ten shares
Answer Loft, incorporated stock
"ld q, not go above II in April; IL was
tne nlgh. on the 25th, 80 you could not
expect your broker TO sell an odd lot
at that price. For you to get 70 for il
ne bid would have had to 20 to l9is
II You arc suspicious of YOUR brokers'
hahdlln% OF the stock 80 to him with
your complaint. We cannot Judge tho
matter without knowing the details on
both SIDES. Il the broker is mem hor
q the New York Stock EXCHANGE he
VIII be able to show whether he sold
Tour hHst ten shares. and from whom
and at what price he bought the second
ten shares Dealing with 2 broker of
"nom you arc suspicious il foolish on
your part, in the first place. and in tha
second place it is unfair to the broker
Il ne IS Of good reputation. 4 decenr
prokcr does not want on his books +i,.
account OF a man who thinks he mich +.
nave oeen rugged out Of $50.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21

'|'esi lon-l am married. man forty
na. nTr ycnrs o'd, have Two children to- sdu-
cat" and nave fair salaricd position |
ma We the following securities ard invest
mems ana would appreciate your opinion
2s 2s u.d snHm - 80 rroPerty IN New Jcrsey
return after deductine Losses repairs In
ter"st on mort gag, about $3.50. o9j $500
IN ,nl,ca kinsdom of Great Britain and Ire
1858. 25. income $50: 81. 600 Grrsi wcst =.
"rn Power Company bond per cent first
lnor,ssg n.7 gc' conV.rtble, duo le:o cos, 81
tics Company c0-ycar per cen, .1to cost
$685. 81. income $50 go il00 Canadian
nor,hrrn hgst mortgage per cent. guar
bonds al Issues. cost s. o5o Income
- noo pTlyato loan woil secured.
Sloo. ca mining stocks CAT present no in
conN). pIescnt value ahol, si 500 rotai
.nco,nr' '9s' o'' or bout IS per -ent on
tending to sell my fAberty bonds at tho
lrcsent market 7nd invest he proceeds in
h'nsdom vt l"nnHrk - and other socurl-
tics rpunlly safc and paving sse 70 5
per cent, Ike Southern racihc The prom
er'y' being practically across The Conrincpt
from whore am (Arizona). viii be sold
tho proceeds invested wiu anDrs,ist .
your opinion of h division or nv hold
inss, their safety ana rnArActability Ii
1'''S' ~ ~ Y NOu4u suggest tn1t YOU
sell your United Kingdom notc. due
1922, which vas recently quoted a.
97h, or for the $500 bond this would
be S4S7, and reinvest the proceeds in
United Kingdom 5ia per cent bonds.
due 1887, which recently sold at S5la
or S42o. The scmi-annual income will
be the same We suggest that you
keep your Liberty bonds You need
som ething conservative to offset your
mining stocks II you insist on sell
ing, however, one or more of the good
Hydro electric Companies bonds would
be advisable. We suggest Puget
Sound Power & Light general and re-
funding mortgage 7i2 per cent Series
A bonds, due l9+1, which can be bought
at slightly below par. When you sell
your New Jersey property. if you will
write US again, We will be glad TO rec
mmend something which will further
diversity and strengthen your invest
mcnt. You had better sell before the
market breaks. You arc too far awav
TO give this Investment proper attcn-
ton. The bonds that you hold arc, in
our opinion, good.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21
Humble Oil and Refining Notes

Cuestior-The writer would greatly ap-
rreciate any information Won could give
IN regard TO Humble OIL Company IS. now
AZ 91i2. as 10 safety. and when they ma
ture.-F s.
Answer-Humble Oil and Refining
two years 7 per cent notes are due
March Is. 1923. They are direct obli-
cation Of the company, but are not
secured by a mortgage. There are
S25 5.00000 Of them outstanding In
1920 the company earned its interest
charges many times over and we con-
slider the bond a good short term in
vestment
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21
Young Husband Needs More Insurance

Que stion-I have been student OF your
financial pase for the last six months.
have tota savings Of s2.4so. Of which
sl.2oo Is IN Liberty bonds. 80 per cent or
which are ~. per cent Victories $3.50 IN
a savings bank Mt pc cent $3.50 in
checking account and $500 not invested.
also Am carrying a $40 900 20-year pay
ment government lie insurance policy.
child. and receive salary OF s2.1o0 which
has Just been reduced from $4,000
am mechanical engineer OF" wide sxpe-
rienc" and education, and therefore be
lere that VIII have no trouble securing
a reasona bic salary when the present con
ditions pass for better ones. My proposed
plan IS TO sell All Victory bonds, withdraw
money in savings bank. and with this
money plus the $500 now idle purchase
Sl.Soo worth o' good bonds yielding a
current interest os Gi2 per cent and which
XIII increase IN value as conditions i'm
telo" their par value. WIN you kindly
criticize this plan, give an alternative IL
you 90 NOT approx and give me iist
changing the insurance for cheaper in
surance and pay the money saved toward
Answer We think your plan is a
sound one; We would suggest that
with the $1,000 you buy one New York
Central convertible debcnture 6, due
1885, recently selling at 81. yielding
s.32 per cent current interest and 6 81
per cent income il held until maturity.
This bond IS convertible into stock of
the New York Central up to May |,
1925, al the rate Of 500 in stock for
sos IN bonds. With the remaining
money, to which you have to add $40,
we suggest ii Central Of Georgia first
., due 1928, recently selling at 80
yeIdinR o-b3 per cent current interest
and c.87 per cent income if held until
maturity. We do not see any reason
for you TO disturb your insurance. The
coupons on these two bonds, $llO, viii
buy you abou. $4,000 more insurance.
fou need more protection, We think
We ,u2gest also that you keep up your
checking account.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21
Georgia-Carolina Power 5s

Question-Wil you kindly give YOUR
opinion regarding the Georg Ia Carolina
Power Company first mort gage sinking
scriptive circular inclosed'-J ".
Answer-We think that the Georgi a
Carolina Power first mortgage sinking
fund SIS. due 1852, are q good invest
ment. and agree with the brokers who
are Offering the bonds to you that the
company is under good management.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21

H. VusSI.onm' desire advice in regard to
nsnVesNnS 5000 Please consider safafv
iirsi have 81 400 in Liberty bonds 81 ooo
IN :. " Straus Co. $500 in private
ssnonteaRc u, ana WAS thinking Of investin-
$1,000 in Prudence bond 81 600 in Amcri
,tn '"pAon" < Telegraph and $500 in
Ar,rr,can :, Bond & Mortgage companv'
" ould YOU consider those SAFE and sound
.Lts~'n,'mts' or would YOU advise soma
.nahe diherent that YOU think would suit
a1 ,nV PURPOSE am iahoring man. Aftv-
rh. ''ne SS"rs o'd married and can take no
Answer Your bonds are good.
IN our opinion. and while We tb;nk
highly of the American Telephone and
Telegraph Company we would no. rec
ommena tnat a workingman put his
savings into even a partjculorlv cood
common stock, such as this. whore in
come Is dependent on earnings. We
would suggest instead $500 bond Of
me new Joint Northern Pacific Great
Northern Z per cent bonds. dne l9%c
which can be purchased lit,lc below
par, to Weld about 6a. per cent.
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21

ing year. Operating profit for the
year amounted to s3.729 55o. The reg
ular quarterly dividend | u per cent
on the 6 per cent preferred stock has
been declared. payable September -,
70 stockholders of record August 25
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21

st is s7's SIS s7a SIS
Pittsburgh


For the year ended June 30 the
Proctor & Gamble Company reported
Il gross business of 120,ol9,727, com
pared with s188, 800, ,663 in the prcccd-
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21

Question: am not = stock .pccuia,or.
u ~ ~ou!d like to- purchase tv.}No
SA@r's par 500. Of thr best dividend MA -
Ius stock, with good prospect of rise in
pl.oe. l'l, INT only stocS ia our strong
-, @ 'allroads Will yon give mo lis, of
"hal stocN had better buy do no,
wani 10 take ali the STOCK in one con
Answer-There is necessarily cor
tam amount Of speculation in the pur-
chase OF railroad common stocks. but
VIC think the following are onservative
dlviaond paying stocks of strong rail
roads: Delaware & Hudson. Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe. New York Centra!
Norfolk & Western. Union Pacifo.
Southern Pacific and Atlantic Coast
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21

r'd7c no IN OTTlltlOn
aoout the operations, if any. of the
Royal Oil and Refining Co. We don't
suppose il is anv better than the rest
of A. B. Beneschs promotion Stocks
on MIGHT write to the company itself
at Houston. Texas, and ask for state
ment Of earnings. balance sheet. etc
A. b. Benesch & Co. used to have an
once in New York. but now thcv arc
listed "out OF business"
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21

Questions Of general interest to IN
psstors sotll Dc ons,oeyec in this col
,"nn N sok:ch case only i,s..:cis .uill
90 usec. Others io!ll DO 1rswsr.d by
.Tcs!. address al inquiries. .nclos.
,Ng stamped, addressed envelope, to
f'nanc'al Editor, The Tribuxe. Is,
NSssc.' Street. Ns:s YORK: C,ty
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21
Boston
Mining
Railroads

II Bost & Aloany.12i y ls2 ~ = l-2
2 Chgo Junct IF. 6S IS IS bs
100 y Y \ Fl & H. l6i, l6is 1915 lSis
3 Old oonolv % s. 81 ;.
Is Vest End .... - ~. 4. Az
New-York tribune., 1921-08-21

Baltimore
Sa 'aS

Sa,es Oren. High. Low. Last.
81 NJ varnon nf A. - - -
i. Pa W & Power ssia s4'a saz st12
Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-20
Santa's Helpers
Preparing Gifts
for 1000 Riddles

Santa Claus, in his annua! task
of providing all of the kiddies in
the world with toys, is finding
willing and efficient staff of help
ers among the members OF the
Great Falls fire department. With
hammer, saw and paint brush, the
firemen are Transforming discard
ed and battered toys into presents
that appear almost as good as
new. The department is render
ing the service by way Of cooper
atIng with the Rotary Empty
Stocking club.
Evidence that Santa Claus has
made the central station his head
quarters is obtained at a single
gIance. Work benches are COW
cred with brightly coiored toys,
and the floor is literally hidden
with those that have not been re-
paired. Chief A. j. Trodlck said
Monday that 100 toys had been
made ready for distribution since
the work was started. The fire.
men will work every minute OF
their spare time until Christmas.
A large part of the broken toys
turned into the fire department
came from several of the larger
stores in the city. The firemen
find that many of the toys are
only slightly in need of repair,
while others require considerable
work before they are presentabie
as a gift. The expense incurred
by the department is being borne
BY the Rotary club, which will also
have charge OF the distribution on
Christmas Eve.
1t Is expected that 1000 chill
dren, who probably would not be
remembered with presents at
Christmas time, will be given a toy
from the Rotary sack. Approx
mateiy ESQ Of these children live
outside of the city.
Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-20
THE GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE
TERM in PEN
FOR BRINGING
SAWS TO JAIL
:
Steve MateckO Will Serve Two
to Five Years; Enters
Plea of Guilty.

For attempting to furnish a prisoner
with tools for a contemplated escape
from the Cascade county jail. Steve
Matecko, Vaughn rancher. was sentenc-
ed Monday to serve not less than two
nor more than five years in the state
,penitentiary by District Judge Il. II.
Ewing. Matecko came into court with
out an attorney and did not ask that
legal assistance be furnished him. Ills
request for nm immediate sentence was
granted.
Matecko was caught in al attempt
to s,nuggle II saw blades and pair OF
wire cutters into the county Jail Satur-
day evening. He declared to officers
that the blades end wire cutters were
to be used by Arthur Davis, alleged
bank robber. After Jailor Charles
Miller had discovered the instruments.
which had been hidden i'll two loaves
Of bread, and had placed Matecko IN
q cell, the man made an attemps to
commit suicide by hanging.
Arrested for Larceny
The prisoner has been in the tolls
Of the law much of the time slrce last
summer, according to authorities: lie
was arrested last June on grand lar
ceny charge when officers gathered
evidence that he had stolen and killed
calf belonging to a neighbor. Be
cause Of the fact that Matecko has
several children, he was not prosecuted
on the grand larceny charge. Several
weeks ago he pleaded guilty to charge
Of petit larceny and was sentenced to
40 days in the county Jail.
William B. Nelson, confessed forgery,
was sentenced by Judge Ewing Monday
to not less than five or more than l0
wears in the state prison, at hard labor.
The defendant asked leniency Of the
court because of the fact that he serv-
| ed az months overseas and has wife
and children in Minnesota. He claimed
| that his mania for forging checks was
the result of shell shock.
Was Once Pardoned
! Judge Ewing told the defendant that
he had been constantly in trouble be-
cause of forging checks and that he was
entitled to no consideration. Nelson
was given prison term last March
| for forgery and was released by the
| prison board on the affidavits of doc
| tors that the mans health had been
| impaired by the war He was given
an unconditional pardon.
Matecko. Nelson, and Hoyt Wade
| who was recently sentenced by Judge
! J. B. Leslie to not less than two or
F.! more than five years in the state lenl-
| tentiary for statutory offense, Will
be taken to Deer Lodge this tTuesdayl }
morning by Sheriff Bob Gordon and
| Deputy Sheriff Fred Huotari.
Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-20
0PP0SEPAVINC
SECOND AVENUE
SOUTH, REPORT
City Engineer Finds the Prop
erty Owners Favor Delay
Of Improvement.

Considerable opposition to the plans
for the creation of special improve
ment district whereby Second avenue
south would be paved for an approx
mate distance of two miles to the
Milwaukee tracks and the city limits,
has been encountered by proponents
OF the proposed district, according to
City Engineer NJ. L. Morris. The be-
lief is prevailing among the effected
property owners. that conditions are
not right for undertaking the expense
of such a project, he said.
Efforts to bring about the creation
of the proposed district have been
made with the hope that federal aid
could be secured. The federal govern
ment has a standing offer to contrib
ute half of the construction costs up
to $4,000 a mile in any city contem-
plating street improvements by paving.
The present federal aid appropriation
will be exhausted by next June and 1T
was thought that an early creation OF
an improvement district would place
Great Falls in position to secure
portion of the funds.
Those familiar with the financial
phase of the proposed district declare
that the cost for each lot, with fed
eral aid secured, would be approx
mately $40. Considering that pay
ment of construction costs would be
extended over period Of 20 years, if
necessary.
Second avenue south is favored by
the city engineers office as the logical
district to try out federal aid because,
Mr.. Morris said, the property on that
avenue is not encumbered as heavily
as other city property. The paving of
the avenue would complete the con-
nection with roads leading to High
wood and Belt.
Great Falls tribune., 1921-12-20
E. C. Day Installs
Masonic Chapter

f. G. Day Of Helena. sovereign
grand inspector general of the su-
preme council Of the thirty third de-
gree, Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Right, Masonry, in Montana, conduct
ed meeting in the Masonic temple in
Great Falls Monday night for the pur-
pose of constituting a chapter of Rose
rroix, The. Council Of Kadosh and. the
Consistory, bodies of the lodge, and
installed their officers.
He was assisted by Sol Gensberger
and Stephen Wright Of Butte,