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New-York tribune., 1921-03-21
Old Prices Look Queer Now

Question: have owned for several years
the following bonds: $4,000 Interborough
29h $1,000 St. Paul refunding and i'm
provement Az per cent, cost 94as; ST, GEO
Brooklyn Rapid Transit mortgage per
4la per cent, cost io1ss: ST 900 New York
Gas Electric Light. Heat and Power per
cent, cost 939s stocks, 131 shares Pennsyl-
y11, va ma c, cKailroad, cost SO; 20 shares New
Paul preferred, cost 1861 o shares Brook
lyn Union Gas, cost 1861 % shares Balti-
more & Ohio preferred. cost 73 = 80 shares
Atch7son: cost 99@ so shares Union Pacific
preferred, cost So Il. | can afford to await
the turn of the tide as the income on the
tion is, in my circumstances. not q neces-
sity at present, but I some times think 1
ought to sell out and buy something else.
VIII not attempt to frame questions for
you, but would be glad of your opinion
and suggestions.-J. D..
Answer-You win understand that IN
New-York tribune., 1921-03-21
Investment Information

expressing. an opinion on your in
vestment list we do SO, giving full
weight to the fact that you are in
position to take temporary LOSSES,
awaiting turn in the tide. Under
such circumstances we would be IN
clined to hold on to the Interborough
Rapid Transit and the same is true
with all of your bonds except possibly
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul a "a
per cent refunding and Improvement
mortgage bonds. You can get such
good yield in the government of Swift
zerland Ss or Kingdom of Denmark,
both of which are long terms that it
might pay you to sell the st. Paul re
funding and possibly the convertibles
and to sell your Union Pacific pre-
ferred and Baltimore & Ohio preferred
New-York tribune., 1921-03-21
Likes Rails AS SpecuIations

Would you be good enough to
GlVe me your idea as to the safety both as
10 principal and continued interest pay
ments or the following. Four shares
standard OH of New Jersey preferred al
Ivf, five shares Atchison, Topeka la Santa
re preferred at 10; five shares Union Pa
cihc at l20, thirty shares Southern Pacific
at 1S. five shares Ponnsylvania at 41. five
sharcs standard OIL of Indiana at 70 two
bonds. $1,000 each, Chesapeake &, ohio con-
vertlble 5s at S4M Would you advise the
nrGnase OF further railroad stocks, in par
tlou'A New York Central at present
pricnsr-U p. H.
Answer-Preferred stock does not
have security of principal in the sense
that bond has. There is no promise
to pay any given amount at any time
on preferred stock, so that il you de-
SIRE to get back your principal you
have to sell it at the market price.
The two preferred stocks that YOU
name, IN our opinion, are good invest
mehts. Your common stocks are good.
but are sensitive to earnings and are
semi-speculative rather than invest
ments. This also applies to New York
Central. The Chesapeake & Ohio is
showing better earning power than the
great majority of Eastern railroad com
panles and, as coal road with low
grades, 1t Is in better position to
weather hard times among railroads
than are the New England railroads, for
instance. We think the equipment
stocks offer better speculative posi-
billtles than almost all the rails.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-21
woman's Savings Well Placed

Question: have put my savings ana
money received from sale of real estate IN
The following list of bonds Do you thirk
they are reasonably safe for woman anu
orgh Rapid Transit? Bonds: Liberty
bonds Sl2.650 par value; Shawingan
Water and Power Series a, 51a per cent
$1,000 Manitoba Southwestern Colonization
gage; $1,000 Grand Rapids Railway first
mortgage per cent five-year gold bond
due 1924; $4,000 Grand Trunk first mort
gage per cent; $4,000 Nevada Caiitornla
Electric Corporation per cent nrst len
gold bond, 81 900 ST. Louis & San Francisco
6 per cent prior lien mortgage $1,000
Interborough Rapid Transit per cent hrst
refunding: $4,000 General Electric per
cent gold debenture, $2, 900 New York Tele-
phone thrtyyear sinking fund per cent
bic 5 !. per cent. 81, 0e0 Wisconsin Central
Railroad Company first and retundlng
per cent, 81 900 Louisville & Nashville
Railroad Company ten-ycar secured gold
note per cent, 81 900 Kingdom Of Norway
per cent, $1,000 Kingdom of Belgium 7 Il
Company, $1,000 De Laval Separator Com
pany s Il per cent.-Mrs. l.. S. W.
Answer--Under the particular con-
ditions which you mention, and with
the investment in other securities
which you have, we would advise sell
ing your Interborough Rapid Transit 5
per cent bond Otherwise your 'Ist is
so we'll diversified that we think you
had better not disturb it, although one
or two of your securities might not be
a suitable investment for woman
who had only two or three thousand
dollars to invest.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-21
Holds Bonds of Weak Road

Question: have two Minneapolis & St
Louis first per cent refunding gold bonds
-R. j. b.
Answer-The Minneapolis & St.
Louis is a weak road, but your bonds
are secured by first mortgage on PIT
miles of line. This is at the rate Of
nearly $4,000 a mile, which is not con-
servative for a road through that ter
ritory We consider them speculative.
The road did not earn (from opera
tlons) its operating expenses in 1920.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-21

Questions Of general interest TO in
oestors WiU be unsiocvcd in this col
u'nn, IN tchich case only initials aoiU
90 used. Others auiH be answercd by
mail. Address all inquiries. inclos-
ing a stamped, addressed envelope, to
Financial Editor, The Tribune, I55
Nassau Street. Neao York City.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-21
Shares Liable to Go Up 'Tis Said

Question--Cnn you please give me Soma
information concerning the lie Roy Sar-
gent 60. or the Metropolitan Credit Co. o
laast fortieth Street? Have been offered
some shares par value 500 now selling al
Mo and liable to advance in a few DAVIS
The limit Is six shares to a customer. Your
opinion Will be greatly Appreciated
Answer--We fail to see why you
should pay 25 per cent premium for
Mctropolitan Credit Corporation stock.
Never buy promotion shares on the
representation that they are liable TO
go up in few days There is no
market Tor these shares, so how are
you going to sell them if they do go up g?
New-York tribune., 1921-03-21
PENNSYLVANIA Power and Light

0uestion--Do you consider the new
Pennsylvania Power and Light Company
first and refunding bonds. Series A. per
cent, safe bond, which can continue
safe during this reconstruction period. and
one which would be marketable? 1t is
claimed that the control is held by the
Electric Bond and Share Company and
the latter is controlled by the Western
Electric Company. There are plenty Of Z
per cent bonds around par while the
bond in question Is to be offered at 81
II. i. G.
Answer = Pennsylvania Power G.
Light first and refunding Series A T
per cent bonds are, in our opinion, a
reasonably safe bond of public utility
which has passed through its hardest
times. 1t should be fairly easily mar
ketable, although there may be a
spread of two points or so between
sales.N There are $S,000,000 outstand-
ing The company is controlled by the
Lehigh Power SECURITIES Company,
which is under the management of the
Electric Bond and Share Company
New-York tribune., 1921-03-21
Widows Money Should Be Placed Here

Question--would you advise widow to
invest her 50 600 in the per cent Chilean
bonds? If not. why a. J. W.
Answer-Wc consider the Chilean 8
per cent bonds to be good, but we think
that widow with small capital had
better stick to the best domestic issues.
She cannot afford the risk that goes
with a high yield, as a rule.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-15
v@g9aaJt
NQ6lN@!tk!gnslgNa !!t!!
v ST.
GOOD ROADS SAVE MUCH GAS
Trucks Use Twice as Much Fuel on
Dirt hiohfays as on One
Built Of Concrete.

That good roads cut the cost OF
gasoline more than so per cent 10
stated by Freight Transportation Di-
gest." A loaded two-ton truck was
used In a test and In running 100
miles on an earth road consumed l7.3
gallons of gasoline, making an aver
age of SIS miles a gallon. The cost
figured at % cents gallon was $4.33.
The same truck was used on a con-
crete road and travelled the same dis
tance on $40 gallons OF gasoline, max
ing Ills miles per gallon. The cost
In this case. figured on the same
basis, was S212. The net savings in
cost OF gasoline on the improved high
way was therefore S2.21, or more than
100 per cent.
Statisticians could step In here and
conjure colossal sum TO represent
the savings In gasoline cost II all the
highways of the United States were
paved. remarks the Columbus (O)
Dispatch. They could, for instance,
assume that all of the one-half million
motortrucks In the country were two
ton trucks. and on this basis figure
out a saving In gasoline costs equal to
couple Of Liberty loan issues.
This enormous reduction In gasoline
costs, coupled with the ability TO
handle loads with less fractional ef-
fort. has become one of the strongest
arguments for good roads. The two
tests cited In this instance show con-
clusively that pVo- roads are expen-
sive 10 the farmer and merchant alike.
The farmer who hauls with a motor
truck is getting only one-eighth Of the
profit he could get and the merchant
and inter-city freight truck operator
are paying out twice what they should
for gasoline and are getting only one
eighth Of the profit they could get.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-15
Detroit Best Reaulated.

Detroit has the reputation Of being
one Of the best regulated traffic CEN
ters In the country.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-15

MR.. BULL FROG.

Peter Gnome told Mother Nature
that he was always both amused and
interested in frogs.
"They are such fun to look at" he
said. They are quite funny to hear
and they have such interesting ways
very well. Peter Gnome, the frogs
will welcome you l know"
"Yes," said Peter Gnome, I'D like
TO talk to a frog about the ways OF
Frogand, or perhaps l should say
Frogpondi
I'D like to hear what they do and
how they do IL. and what their habits
are and what are the habits of their
uelghbors.
at would be fun to hear what they
TO hear, in short, as much Frog his
tory as is possible TO hear on a visit"
Mother Nature chuckled. "You don't
want TO hear as much history lin
short as you can but lin long'l
"Thnt ls--you want as much Frog
history as you can get"
"True, true" said Peter Gnome.
nat WIS Wiht you sHiu 'oo, VI
course" said Mother Nature, but
had TO chuckle when you said in
short. though OF course l knew what
you meant. Well, you must be of
now"
"Goog-a-room, goog-a'room," said
Mr. Bull Frog, as he sat on a log In
his home pond. 81 am indeed glad TO
see you today, Peter Gnome.
"Iother Nature told me you were
coming to call on me. You want to
hear something of our wonderful fam
lily history. l believer She hurried
that message to me and l received 1t
but n second ago"
"If you will be so kind as to tell
me-" said Peter Gnome as he made
low bow.
"Glndly, gladly, goog-a-room," said
Mr.. Bull Frog. "In the first place"
he began, II will talk about myself.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-15

NOW enters, with assurance, the
~ trim and handsome all-day, one
piece frock for fall, made of the same
cloths as suits, and equal to playing
their part. In their company are other
daytime dresses, more elaborate, des-
tined to share responsibilities with the
formal suit In the winter wardrobe
but they are another story. The all
day dress makes strong appeal to
busy American women, who have no
inclination or time for changing often
and primping, but are determined,
nevertheless, to be well-dressed In
their utility clothes.
Nearly all these one-piece dresses are
cut In the straight-line style, but there
are some very handsome models among
them with q picturesque flare In their
skirts. In this case we are more than
likely to find them handsomely EN-
broidered. The newly arrived frock
shown in the picture, strikes a happy
medium-with very slight fare In the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-15

mensely becoming. The skirt Is shoe
top length-when the shoes are high
The outfit of the college girl will In
clude one or two suits Of this charac
ter and one that may be classed as
more conventlonal--of po!ret twill
serge or other suiting and probably
somewhat decorated as to It's coat
Skirts are still plain, coats longer with
much attention given to collars and
sleeves. This kind Of suit Is equal to
almost any emergency In the expert
ences of the college girl. She may
choose plain model Of jersey cloth,
with coat cut on straight lines and
belted with narrow belt OF the mate.
rial. Such suit, well tailored and
neat, may be bought In light and dark
brown, navy, black, dark green or gray.
Colored piplngs on the pockets empha.
size its youthfulness. The unmussable
quality Of the Jersey make II standby
OF the tourist and the college giti
whose opportunities for keeping things
neatly pressed are few.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-15
a LII wARDRoBEs are more or less

A LII WARDROBES are more or less
"A permeated with strong flavor
Of sports clothes, and in that of the
college girl IL is decidedly more. They
suit her and she suits them, therefore
the quiet paths of learning are destined
to be frightened up this fall with snap
by suits and hats bit rakish. The
style of clothes OF this character. at
once casual and spirited, strikes the
right note for American young women.
their endless variation keeps up Il
lively interest In them and makes them
more and more successful.
One Of the suits that Is sure TO
please the college girl Is among the
earliest arrivals for fall and is pic
tured here. The neat, crossbar skirt,
In two colors. makes all sorts OF oppor-
tunity for color combinations and the
coat of jersey cloth is selected to
match either of the colors In the skirt,
usually the darker and less vivid one.
II is worth while to note the small de-
tails that distinguish this suit. the
patch pockets bordered with pointed
straps made of the material of the
skirt, the cuffs and notched revers OF
the same. The vest OF net and lace
may take the place Of a blouse when
the coat is worn indoors-it Is i'm
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-15
MATHEMATICS or BAD ROADS
Farmer Solves Problem OF Hours Lost
In Making Trip over Road That
Is Deep in Mud.

II II takes farmer, making trip
through the mud one hour and half
longer thar Shen the roads are firm
how many hours are lost In year II
1000 farmers make an average of y
trips month? What would be the
monetary loss If each lh hours lost
be estimated at 75 cents per hour for
each man and his team? This two
in-one" proposition gave our old cat
considerable trouble, but he finally
worked II out thus: One farmer null
tlpled by lh hours multiplied by II
trips. multiplied by loo farmers,
multiplied by II mouths equals 2l6.-
900 hours lost; going a step further.
and multiplying 2l6,0OO by 75 cents,
you have s162,0OO per annum lost to
the farmers. Our old cat is now pom
dering how many road bonds this
annual loss would fioat at per cent
interest.-Unlon Times.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-15

! can think OF no more interesting
subject. II you will pardon the lack
of modesty.
Now, II takes me year. and some
times two years. TO become n frog.
"Yes, that Is the truth. The trutn
room, gocg-a-room.
"Mr. Leopard Frog. or Mr.. Plckerel
Frog. always change from being tad
poles into being frogs the first season.
II even walt three seasons at
times" Mr.. Bull Frog swallowed i'm
portantly.
YES" he continued. ~ often do
that" His eyes blnked and bulged
as though he felt very proud.
81 do not consider" he went on,
"thnt one should hurry over the i'm.
portant business OF becoming a frog.
"I can always be told from other
kinds OF frogs by my broad and fat
head. like my own company and
don't pay much attention to others
except to delicious insects and flies.
! pay them the compliment OF eating
themw Mr.. Bull Frog smacked his
lips at the thought.
I'm like leader In the pond
though. I'm what is known as the
Pond President. But / must give you
some more Frog family history.
There are the Wood Frogs. They
come from out Of their winter sleep
much earlier than we do. They shove
aside their blankets OF moss aud
leaves as early In the spring as pos
sible. whereas we like TO come out In
the month OF June They are quiet
and they are very lovely. They have
indeed frog fascinationl They're
thrifty too.
'Mr. Green Frog is an interesting
creature, moulting his skin fou- or
five times year. He's smart, styl-
ish fellow II he changes his skin
while out OF water he swallows IL /;
II he Is In the water he doesn't both
er about swallowing II but watches II
float away without so much as re-
gretl
"The Spring Peppers you've been
h'aiihb "i 'hc spiihb. ihty iNc ia
the woods most of the year, but in the
spring and early summer they go to
the ponds to Join the Great Frog Glee
club. They are little frogs. you know.
Probably you've never seen them.
They would rather be heard than
seenl
'The American Toads are fine
family, relatives OF ours. The Mrs.
Toads lay from two thousand to
twelve thousand eggs each, which Is
a goodly number. They don't sing, as
they're much too busy but the Mr..
Toads are all members of the chorus.
"You must be goingf Too bad Come
again" But as Peter Gnome turned
around. just after he had left the
pond. he saw Mr.. Bull Frog snap up
q fly and smile as though he had
quickly gotten over his loneliness.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-15
AUTOMOBILE
MMF1NESMA

Some speed wrenches have sockets
so deep that small screw sinks all
the way into the socket.
For the man who drives a big, heavy
car the possibilities of truck pneumat-
les are worth consideration.
In Turkey there are American, Eng
lish, Italian and German motor vehl'
cles in use In Constantinople.
OF the 315 establishments for the
production of motor vehicles In this
country SO are located In Michigan.
Do not get within range Of the ex-
haust pipe Of a car while the engine is
running within small closed garage.
In Philadelphia all garages are taxed
according 10 their capacity. the tax
being 81 on a garage holding one car.
II strips of brake lining are tied
around the jaws of bars used TO bend
plated or enameled levers, pedals,
headlight rods, etc, scratching will be
prevented.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-15
SWlvELED-PIPE VERY
USEFUL FOR WASHING
Also Of Great Advantage in Fill
ing Radiator.
End Can Be Swung Around Without
spIsshina Water Over Shoes, Car,
Etc.-section Of Garden Hose
10 Quite Ample.

A swiveled pipe connection with the
hydrant as is shown in the illustra-
tlon is of advantage In the garage
for filling the radiator and for wash
ing the car. The connection Is two
lengths of pipe about l inch in diam.
eter, Joined by means Of four stand
ard elbow fittings and a short coup
ling. This is attached to the water
main brought up about feet from
the floor, with the cutoff valve placed
on this pipe. The water main Is usu-
ally located In the end Of the garage
farthest from the entrance.
The swiveled pipe will permit Of
swinging the end over the filling cap
of the radiator and this Is filed with
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-15
GOOD GUIDE FOR TRAVELLERS
Arrows on Signs Mark Detours on
lowa's Highways and Point Out
Proper Direction.

All detours around roads closed to
traffic In Iowa are carefully marked
for the guidance and protection Of
travellers. Signs are erected at inter-
walls SO that tho proper direction can
be taken with the slightest deviation
from the regular route. The signs, as
furnished by the state to the counties
at cost, have a yellow arrow printed
against a black ground, with the word
"detour" above and below the arrow.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-15
TIRE MADE FROM WHALE SKIN
First Soaked In Tanning Mixture un.
til Perfectly Soft and Then
Plunged Into Mold.

At the automobile show In Seattle,
Wash, tire was exhibited made from
the hide of Pacific coast whale. The
whale skin. thick and rubbery, was
soaked in the tanning mixture until
perfectly soft and then plunged into the
mold. At the tannery II was said that
such tires can be manufactured at
one-fourth the cost of those of rubber.
Hides from shark. wolf fish and whales
can be used.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-15
Where Much Cleaning and Washing
Has to Be Done, as In the Wagon
Shed or Garage, This swiveled Pipe
Will Be Very Useful.

out splashIng the water over the floor,
shoes, hood, ETC., by simply turning
the water on. A 4-foot section Of
garden hose is ample for use with this
extension when washing the car. The
hose is fitted with screw connection
that may be readily unscrewed.S-Pop-
ular Science Monthly.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-15
Paws Good Dividends.

A good home fruit and vegetable
garden is paying good dividends on
time and labor Invested thess days
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-15

The blank sign furnished to the coun-
ties is shown In the upper corner,
and as used, In the lower. The
larger illustration shows how the
signs are disposed to guide traffic
around closed road.
When the sign has been placed with
the arrow pointing In the proper d.
rection, the "detour" below is deleted
with black paint. The name of the
place the arrow is pointing to. and
other information, is stenciled inside
the arrow.-Popular Mechanics Maga'
zine.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-15
Points Of Interes. Marked.

Practically every point Of interest
within radius of rs miles from Phila-
delphia is distinctly marked on more
than 500 miles Of important highways.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-03-29
SANITARY SPOONS
AND PLATES PROPOSED
FOR SODA FOUNTAINS
DR.. Docherty to Exhibit
Samples to City
Commissioners

sanitation rules may be- hoapod
anon 10, heads of the soda fountain
propli"tore pl AlhHguorquo tomorrow
u,enI when tho cir commissioner
u,.i Boo regular session.
Br D. g. Dochcrty city ana county
health Other has received q supply
Of ~1urln sanitnt, forks spooua aud
plato, which %" Intends 90 show tho
COMMISSIONER tomorrow night and
recommend th,ir adoption in AN Az
@huuu"igI. iuuutulu- br bu"hnrty
believes IHlt atuiiIN paper cups arc
mot enough
Tu, sanitary forss spoons and
plate. 900. known ps sIuiturks utul-
.nuura Hud %utuipiutrs and are rumbi-
rltIuuH ut hard pup'f sud other sub
stances making th'm elastic. Or.
no,h'fiv says that they are IN use IN
fh" larger hotel soda fountains aud
duukiuE Htandt iu fh' cities uf the
east and south
Tn Doch"rty to-day showed q large
number ct soda fountain mcn samples
som, uf them ave iu favor OF their
adoption although an say that h viii
Increase their overhead expenses.
Dr. bo,hcrty SAYS that the Install
ing ct the p1p,r Hpoons forks and
Nlut'a us veil us cups will Increase
b sanitary average uf the fountains
when b. comes Co. grading them boz
Ii. monthly report.