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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-07
Street Features
RAILS THE LEADERs.

Two views were taken of the
strength In the rails One was that
these stocks were being put up TO
steady the list against the heavy
profit taking in the industriaIs.
The other was that people who had
profits i'm the Industrial section
were transferring them into the
railway group because this seemed
a safer field at the moment. An
thracite coal shares were the Lead
ers. The possibility of a supreme
court decision in the Reading case
next Monday was in the mind of
traders in that stock. Lehigh VAL
ley showed the effect OF an accum-
ulation long in progress. Both
Union and Southern Pacific were
eagerly bought as they went
through their previous tops for
1879 The pool in Rock Island got
busy on this was set down as a
fresh move.
GULF STATES STEEL.
Gulf States Steel had one of its
characteristic moves today on the
same sort of information that has
accompanied every previous ad-
vance. Wall Street was simply
Hooded with kilograms before the
opening, urging that Gulf States
be bought at the market. The teIe-
gram further stated that an i'm
portant deal was pending which
would be decided to the benefit of
the company. Gulf States opened
at 75A, = 1000 shares changing
hands at that figure which was an
overnight jump of over points
and moved ahead sharply on fur
Their heavy buying orders. Gulf
States since its last violent run up
TO above 80 has acted as If those
In control of its destinies were try
ing to attract a short interest and
the advance today had every
appearance of a demonstration
against the shorts.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-07
Kansas City Livestock.

Kansas City, Mo, April Cat
tie: receipts LOO; beef steers,
steady to Is cents higher; 1850
500; other classes, steady, sows,
6.00Q6.C5; cutters, Ace; Gamers
down to 2.27; vealers. 8.5009.00.
Hogs: receipts 2.500; packers
took bulk; steady to strong; spots
5 cents higher; shippers paid
1880, packers 1925; 100 20 200
Founders 10.15Q1025; 210 IL 275
Founders, 10.05@l0.15; bulk 9.75
@10.25; sows, S759900; pigs
barely steady.
Sheep: receipts 1000; shOrn
lambs, 1880; steady; shearlnS
lambs 1475; no choice wool lambs.
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CATTLE, SHEEP
PRICES STEADY;
HOGS STRONGER
fny Consolidate Press.l

by Consolidated Press.l
L. S. Yards. Chicago. April IT,
Fairly large runs OF livestoek
were reported. and trading was a
little slow Compared With a
week ago. cattle values shoow
strength. while hogs gained dur
estimated at $500 cattle; 22.10a
hogs: $500 sheep and 1000 calves.
CATTLE.
Values were steady in the cattle
pens. One lot OF 1870 pound steers
sold at $40 but few went over
IS. so. with bulk at S7.25RS.0a.
Cows and heifers sold slowly az
steady values, while calves were
in good demand. Choice vealers
went at $S.000S25; Gamers az
So 00G3Se. were steady. while
best bologna bulls made $4,000
450.
HOGS.
Prices were strong in the hog
pens. Some deals were up SC from
the average of the day before,
which was like the best time on
that day. Choice light hogs sold at
sI0.75610S0, Packers had 100
forwarded from other trading
points, while only $500 were held
over Rough packing hogs sold at
s9.2509.75. Trading was active ut
the close. with heavy hogs up a
dime in many spots.
SHEEP.
Values were steady Few choice
lambs were on hand Packers
paid $3.50 for choice shorn lots,
while others went at $500. Aged
muttons were unchanged, but only
small lots were on sale.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-07
Chicago Produce.

Chicago, April Butter, steady:
creamery extras, 34c; frsts, 310
33c; seconds, 29Q30c; standards,
331Ac.
Eggs, lower; receipts, 25,07s
cases; frsts, 22@22Ac; ordinary
frsts, 21@21hc; miscellaneous, Y
a 22Gc; storage packed extras,
25Ac; storage packed firsts, 24Ac c.
Poultry, alive, unchanged.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-07
Chicago Potatoes,

Chicago, April Potatoes:
weak. Receipts 43 cars; total
United States shipments, 807 cars:
Wisconsin, sacked, round whites,
1.50@1.60 cwt; Minnesota sacked
round whites, 140@1.50 cwt; Min
nesota, sacked. early Ohios, sand
land, 1.00@1.15 cwt; Idaho sacked
rurals, 1.50Q1.60 cwt; Idaho
sacked russets, 1.7O@I75.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-07
SEMENOFF ARRESTED.

New York. April General
Gregorio Semenoff, anti-Bolshevist
minitary leader in Russia, was ar
rested on his arrival here from
Washington in connection with a
civil suit involving the theft in
Trans-Baikalia in 1919, of goods
valued at $475,00G After being
held under guard in the Waldorf
Astoria hotel for five hours he
furnished $4,000 bail
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-07
SEATON RESIDENT
GIVEN INSURANCE
Especial TO The Argus

Aledo. April Charles Amy, a
resident of Seaton. who was seri-
ously- bitten on the leg by a dog
while in Monmouth last fall, has
received a check for $42S.55 from
the Mutual Benefit Health and Ac-
cident association of Omaha. The
business was transacted through
Paul Sphinx. agent at Aledo.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-07
Peoria Cash Grain.

Peoria ILL.,, April Corn re-
ceipts, IS cars; 1c higher; No.
white. SEC; No. yellow. 57Q57Ac;
No. 3 yellow. SIC: No. 4 yellow
55c: No. yellow, SAC; No. mix
ed. SIC; No. 6 mixed, SIC.
Oats receipts, cars; kc high
er; No. white, See.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-07
Peoria Livestock.

Peoria. Ill, April Hog re-
ceipts. 500; firm; top, 1860; lights,
10. 3O01O.60; mediums, 10.250
1860; heavies. 10.00@10.45; pack
ers, S.50@9.50.
Cattle receipts. light, firm.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-07
Weather Forecast

Illinois: Partly cloudy with prob
ably s@owers in south portion to-
night and in extreme south por-
ton Saturday; cooler.
Missouri: Partly cloudy tonight
and Saturday; probably showers in
south portion; cooler tonight and
in east portions Saturday.
Wisconsin: Generally fair to-
night and Saturday: cooler tonight
and in east portion Saturday.
Iowa: Generally fair tonight and
Saturday; cooler tonight.
Horses and Mmes
East st. Louis, ILL.,, April T.
Horses and mules, unchanged.
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Local Stocks

Quotations furnished By A. G. Cochrane
Co.. 3o9 Best El9S.l
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WINTER wheat
F0RECASTLESS
q. S. Report Shows Crop Is 14,080,-
900 Bushels Smaller Than
Last Year.

Washington, April IA winter
wheat crop of about 14.000, 900
bushels smaller and a rye crop al
most 12,000,000 bushels larger than
was produced last year, were fore
cast today by the department a
agriculture. Winter wheat came
through the winter in good shape
and showed an improvement of "a
points in condition on April l, as
compared with last December.
The smaller crop is due to a re-
duction of IL per cent in the area
sown last fall, as compared with
that of last years crop.
Silver.
New York, April Foreign bar
silver, .657s; Mexican dollars,
.501a.
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All the News-AH the Time
The Argus
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All the News-Au the Time
The Argus.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-27

be Collector of Taxes and the people
let the business end of town affairs
drift was easier to do. But now
they are faced with refunding not only
bonds that are due-but, with refund
ing a floating debt for. probably thirty
Thousand dollars. 1t may be unpleas-
ant for the tax payers to have to think
about, but the facts are there just the
same. Lets get down to brass tacks
in our town affairs. Never mind about
the personal interests-lets get after
the interests of all. The next two
years is going to demand fnancierng
to pull Milford out on practical busi-
ness foundations. It's up to the peO-
pie to act on this matter. 1t is youl
town, lets do our duty by Milford
Milford Chronicle.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-27
lOw-nnen !

There are conflicting reports about
coal in circulation, and the Fact-Find-
ing Commission authorized by Con-
gress should set forth a few of the
facts. All that the average man
knows is that coal is scarce, and high. |
Credible reports, says the Morning
News, is to the effect that there is
mined coal without limit in the an
thracite regions of Pennsylvania. This
may be true, but much of the coal is
going to other places, not to this part
of the country. On the other hand
there may be artificial manipulations
of the market in order to wiring the
purses of the placid public a little
harder.
During November only about 20 per
cent more coal was shipped as COM
pared with the same month of last
year. And there was a big decline in
/ November, as compared with the Oc-
'tober shipments. This means that a
heavy shortage will continue through
out the winter, and unless substitutes
! for coal are used much suffering is
probable. All of which was self-evi-
dent months ago, but most people
were, not crossing bridges before they
came to them.
"Not only the immediate situation
matters. We should be concerned
with the future, with the renewed
threats of a strike next spring, so
that we shall have chronic warfare in
the coal regions with truces now and
then. All this would mean a chronic
shortage of coal for the householders
though there is plenty of coal in the
hills of Pennsylvania. 1t is not be.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-27

There are many arguments pro and
con as to how a public utility plant
should be operated. In the past twen-
ty years experiments have been made
as to supply of water and electric
light to communities. Those that
owned gas plants, sold them to private
owned interests, while those who be-
lieved in community ownership took
over not only gas, but electric lighting
and water systems. Just according to
the business ability behind the prop
ositions, has the failure or success
been. Smyrna owned its gas plant
and sold it to private interests, but
the public was very much dissatisfied
with the service and cost rendered un-
der the latter-so that it has again
passed back to municipal ownership.
! Easton, Maryland, had tAe same ex-
perience, and the people have just
voted to buy back the gas plant and
establish it as a municipapl enterprise
SO it goes. Milford has owned hel
light and water system for the past
thirty or more years. 1t was operated
under a commission for all this time
but Of recent years, the fact has crop
ped out, that the plant has not paid {
profit to the people-it was used as ;
convenience at about cost of opera
tion. Now that there has to be re
building of the plant, there is NJ
money with which to reconstruct, S,
the people must face the problem o
issuing bonds to meet the problem o
light and water supply for the year
next at hand. Milford-like othe
, towns-is facing a problem whicl
comes to all. If the people had hav
looked into their municipal affairs an
studied the economical needs of thei
business they would have change
their system of government ten year
S ago, to a business management on
:. practical basis. The only issue fc
Il ten years or more, has been, who sha
Smyrna times., 1922-12-27

Another Christmas has passed and
its merry hopes and pleasures was pc
culiar to this, the greatest of all
Christian holidays. To the young it
is joyous with excitement of giving
and receiving the expressions of love
and kindness, which is behind the gen
eral desire to make all happy and
create a stronger fellowship between
people of every cline. To those who
have gathered many years of life to
their records there is a more serious
appreciation of Christmas and a side
that brings retrospection of the men,
ories of the past. The early friend
ships stand out as bright memories
and most folks note the fading ranks
,. as these friendships are passing with
the years. 1t is one of the happiest
of realizations, to recall the happiness
of the past years and be able to enter
the record, that we would not if we
could, change any of these happy
memories. That we have so lived
our lives, that some one has been ben
efitted or been made more happy by
our having lived. May this Christ
mast season bring the great happi
ness and peace of we'll spent life, il
which we have given of our bes
, thought and effort for the uplift O
not only our friends, but our town
our state, or nation and the worlt
| at large.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-27

Delawareans are shocked profound
ly by the sudden and, until day or
two ago, unlooked-for death of Colonel
Mordecai S. Plummer, champion OF
penal reform in Delaware and the be-
loved warden of the New Castle Coun-
ty Workhouse. AS the Evening Journ-
al says: "In no place is the shock
more intense than in the Workhouse
itself, where, because of his intense
interest in the present and future well
fare of its inmates, the prisoners
simply worshiped him and would go
to any length to protect and please
him. 1t was Warden Plummer who,
after a long and an honorable career
in the postal service, introduced the
honor system in the Workhouse, and,
in the face of much skepticism and
adverse criticism, vindicated it fully in
the eye of the public; it was Warden
Plummer who advocated a separate
prison for women, and it was Warden
Plummer who, almost up to the day
of his death, worked tirelessly for the
enactment by Delaware of prisoners
parole lay and planned to prosecute
a detedmined fight for it before the
Legislature at its next session. Per-
sonally and officially, Colonel Plum
mer was an exceedingly charming
man. We doubt that there is anyone
in Delaware who has more good
friends and well-wishers than had he
up to the time of his death. He was
so human, so courteous and so warm
hearted in all his dealings with hi:
fellow-men that he made good friend!
in every direction in which he turned
He will be missed in many quarters
but in no quarter, outside his famil.
, circle, will he be missed more sorel,
than in the New Castle County Work
) house, where he was a king who hel
absolute dominion over the hearts o
his subjects. And now, in view of tn
untimely death of this man and of hi
intense interest in the passage Of
parole law, wouldn't it be a nice thin
for the Legislature, without division
to pass such law, and to permit
to stand as a lasting State memoir;
of Warden Plummer's love for his fe
low-men?"
Smyrna times., 1922-12-27
John R. Francis, Jr.
Successor to J. w. Jones
Phone 173 r 2
SMYRNA, DELAWARE
TRUCK SCALES

Sealed proposals will be received by the
State Highway Department. at its office,
Dover. Delaware. until o'clock p. NJ, Janu-
airy 3. 1928. and at that time and place pub
licly opened for furnishing and installing
20 ton Howe or Fairbanks Auto Truck Scale,
with platform 20x9 feet, approximately one
mile south of Hares Corner on the Coleman
DUPONT Road.
Performance of contract shall commence
within ten (10) days after execution of the
contract and be completed on or before March
81. 1928.
Monthly payments will be made for 80 per
cent of the construction completed each
month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon forms
provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a
surety bond, certified check. or money TO the
amount of at least ten (10) per centum of
the total amount of the proposal.
The envelope containing the proposal must
be marked Proposal for Truck Scales"
The Contract will be awarded or rejected
within twenty (20) days from the date of
opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
bids
Detailed plans may be seen and index plans
and specifications may be obtained upon de-
post of ten dollars $4,000 which amount
will be refunded upon return of plans and
specifications in good condition at the office of
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Dover. Delaware
Smyrna times., 1922-12-27

have canned sunlight" Food and
power will be the greatest problems !
of the future, says Steinmetz. He
fears the day is coming when the
earth will be so thickly peopled that /
there will not be enough food for all. !
This is the old doctrine Of Malthus.
His opponents claim that plaques and
wars keep wedding us out, to prevent
over-population. A greater force, in
preventing mouths -to-be-fed from
overtaking and passing available-food-
supply is mans inventiveness. For
instance, a scientist about three years
ago perfected a harder wheat that
moved the bread belt 100 miles farth
er north. And, predicts Steinmetz,
future men will discover way to
bottle up sunshine, just as plants do.
Then this imprisoned power will be
transferred to grow food in barren
districts, also to serve as fuel when
the earth's coal supply becomes ex-
hausted. Commenting on this thought
The Evening Journal says, "Future
Wilmingtonians may call up the store
and order: "Send me two barrels of
sunshine. The last batch had too
much cloud in it." Today's leading
scientific news comes from DR.. Har-
low Shapley, head astronomer at Har-
ward Observatory. He says it's doubt
full if climatic conditions on Mars are
able to support human life. But Ven
US, says Shapley, is a lot like the
earth, in climate, so "life on Venus is
highly probable" Will a radio reach
US from Venus before we get in touch
with people on Mars, if any? Henry
Ford is too busy with problems here
on earth to be much interested il
theories about life on other planets
He will mediate Steinmetz's sugges
tion of storing the energy of sunligh
and using it where and when needed
Probably Ford will wonder if the fliv
yer some time will run on sunlight in
stead gasoline. Not to be outdone
Ford contributes this to today's new
and food for thought: "a young ma
with no money, who wants to ge
married, should get married anyway
Men should marry early in life, re
gardless of their financial resources
l didn't have any money when / &c
married" The senior Rockefelle
wasn't much better off when he an
his bride stood upp before the preacE
:, er. Ofthe three thoughts furnishe
by Steinmetz, Shapley and For
! Ford's is the most important. Me
succeed in proportion as they hay
something to work for. A wife ar
children spur man on, develop h
earning power. Marriage, to the rigl
person, is any mans best investment
Smyrna times., 1922-12-27

keved that so preposterous situation
as that which the country now faces
can continue indefinitely. Congress
must take remedial measures, no mat
ter how drastic they may be-"
Smyrna times., 1922-12-27
NOTICE
National Bank of Smyrna

National Bank of Smyrna
Smyrna, Del, Dec. 13, 1922.
The annual meeting of the Stock
Holders of this bank for the election
of Directors to serve for the ensuing
year will be held at the Banking
House on Tuesday, January 9th, 1928,
between the hours of II a. m. and II
noon.
EDWARD T. PORTER,
Cashier.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-27

Few military events of the Ameri-
can Revolution were of more conse-
quence in their influence upon the pa
triots' cause than General Washing
tons victory over the British enemy
at Trenton, N. j., on Christmas night !
and the day after, at Trenton, N. ].
His memorable crossing of the Della !
ware river, above the city, on Christ /,
mas night, which enabled him to fall I.
on the foe like an avalanche, terrible
and unexpected, was an accomplish
ment that has few equals in recorded
history.
Where Washington and his forces
crossed the Delaware river that
Christmas night of 1776, is about ten
miles above Trenton. For some time
the States of New Jersey and Penn
sylvania have been acquiring property
on each side of the river, at the cross
ing, for conversion into an appropriate
public park. Now it is proposed to
erect a fine bridge there, and thus
make the crossing, on both sides of
the river, a most impressive memorial
of that important American victory in
the War for independence.
The promoters of the bridge scheme
\-chief among them the Trenton
Chamber of Commerce, which has tax
en- the matter practically in hand-are
desirous of having the bridge con-
structed in time for formal dedication
on December 26, 1926, which date will
mark the 150th anniversary of the
battle of Trenton-its sesquicenten-
NAL. This is only four years in the
future, a period not too long for the
consummation of such a purpose.
For the construction of this bridge
the States of Pennsylvania and New
Jersey are ready to appropriate the
sum of 100000 each. The estimated
total cost is 100000, and a joint reso-
luton has been introduced in the
House of Representatives at Wash
ington, by Representative Hutchinson
of New Jersey, calling for an appro
priation of 100000 from the Fedora
treasury. Thus, if the campaign end
favorably, the cost of the memoria
bridge will be fully provided for.
The tentative plans for this bridg
are such as to invite the cordial co
operation of other States-Delawar
among them-in furthering the prof
ect. The structure is to be compose
of thirteen sections, or arches, whic
will be representative of the Thirtee
Original Colonies which formed ou
Federal Union. Each State that holC
the proud position of having been or
of the original thirteen will thus hay
a special interest in me bridge, al
no doubt will take the necessary stel
to have its section, or arch, appr
priately designated by distinctive o
namentation and inscription.
Of course Delaware,one of the Thi
teen Original Colonies, whose so
took noble part in the War for Ind
pendence, will adopt one of these sc
tions or arches of the proposed Was
ington's Crossing Memorial Bridl
Indeed, as the first State in the Uni
first to ratify the Federal Constit
tion-Delaware should take the lie
in this plan Of cordial cooperation.
1t will cost very little money
make Delawsre's active participant
in this worthy enterprise practical a
effective. 1t might be we'll for {
Legislature to take the initiative ste
at the session soon to open at Dow
Every Evening.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-27
NOTICE

Fruit Growers National Bank of
Smyrna
Smyrna, Del, Dec. 13, 1922
The annual meeting of the Stock
Holders of this bank for the election
of Directors to serve for the ensuing
year will be held at the Banking
House on Tuesday, January 9th, 1923
between the hours of IL a. m. and IL
noon.
w. w. HYNSON
Smyrna times., 1922-12-27

Today's most prophetic news comes
from the electrical wizard, Steinmetz
He predicts that our descendants will
Smyrna times., 1922-12-27

ADVERTISEMENTS Smyrna Times is
the business medium not only for the town 1t
represents. but for the outlying district of
which it is the centre. embracing the towns
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pying one inch space or less, a minimum
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Sale advertisements 75 cents per inch first
insertion and so cents per inch for each sub
sequent insertion. Locals and Reading No
tees. Is cents per line per issue.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-27
LOST
For RENT

For reasons for which had no con-
troll, my 200 acre farm known as the
Log Landing Farm, near Blackbird, is
for rent. Possession March 1, 1928.
Splendid opportunity for the right
man. Apply to
MRS. CORA HEINOLD,
Phone 1873 r ID Forest p. o.,
Middletown 11-22tf Del.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-27
Funeral of Mrs. Sarah E. Kumpel

Funeral of Mrs. Sarah E. Kumpel
The funeral services of Mrs. Sarah
E. Kumpel of Middletown, were held
Thursday afternoon. The services
were in charge of the Rev. E. w. Nc
Dowell, pastor of Bethesda M. E.
church, of which Mrs. Kumpel was a
member. The pallbearers were Joshua
z. Grassland, Charles Beaston, James
E. Walls, Edward S. Jones, Alfred w.
Porter and Thomas S. FOuracre.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-27
w. w. HYNSON
Cashier
NOTICE
The Clayton Bank

The Clayton Bank
Clayton, Del, Dec. 27, 1922
The annual meeting of the Stock
Holders of this bank for the election
of Directors to serve for the ensuing
year will be held at the Banking
House on Wednesday, January 10th,
1923 between the hours of II a. m. and
II noon.
HARVEY c. JONES
Cashier
Smyrna times., 1922-12-27

oFFICE-Next Door to the Fruit Growers
National Bank.