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Surprise Party

Surprise Party
is Given
Miss Eunice Banbury gave sur.
prise party at her home Saturday at
ternoon In honor OF her sister Thel-
ma, who was celebrating her 18th
birthday anniversary. Eight girls
were, present for the afternoon. which
was spent In music and games. Re-
frcshments were served.
, 1922-11-23

uOO baAANAcs lIAu-CuAANlilNtIl CTuuO o
was quoted 90 cents to $3.50 a barrel.
according to the gravity OF the oil.
Pennsylvania was quoted ut SO a
barrel and Gulf Coast at s1.25.
According to figures collected by
tho American Petroleum Institute,
imports of petroleum tcrude and re
fined oils) at the principal United
States ports for the week ended No
vember Is totaled 1906. ISL barrels. a
daily average of 272.41I barrels, COM
pared with 1.99s.ls5 barrels. a daily
average of 2s5.15e barrels for the
week ended November IL.
For the week ending November IS.
the daily average gross crude oil pro.
duction of the United States was j.
645. 800 barrels. compared with $780,
400 barrels in the preceding week. an
Increase OF 1900 barrels. The pro-
duction east of the Rocky Mountains
for the week ending November Is was
1.135. 800 barrels. compared with l..
1876 400 barrels in the preceding week.
a decrease of 100 barrels. The Cali
fornla production for the week end
ing November is was 45o 900 barrels.
compared with 4 900 barrels h
preceding week. an increase Of 5000
barrels.
, 1922-11-23
LiUe Stock


CHICAGO. Nov. 23.-qnited States
Department OF Agriculture HOPS
Receipts 45. 1000; market active; most
y steady with Wednesdays best time;
ulk 40 to 240-pound averages S7.65
87.75: good and choice 225 to ESQ.,
,ound butchers s7.sO97.s5; butcher
top $3.50; few light light IS; packing
;ows, mostly sTn7.2b; desirable pigs
s7.9Oas.1o; heavy hogs s7.6o@7,oo;
medium sT.60a7.so; liEist S7.eo97.75;
light light s7.70as; packing sows.
smooth. s7.2O@7.25; desirable pigs
s7.9oQs.1o: heavy hogs S7.6o97.eO;
medium s7.sod7.so; light S7.6o97.75;
light light s7.7Oasi packing sows'
smooth. $7.20G7-4b; packing sows,
rough $6.s5@7.25: killing pigs $1,000
$40.
Cattle-Rseelpts $4,000; better
grades fed steers more active; steady
to strong: others slow; about steady;
native beef steers OF quality and o n
dition TO sell largely at s7.759I0; best
matured steers here held around sl3;
she stock fairly active; steady: bulls
slow at Wednesdays decline; veal
calves weak TO Csc lower han We'd
nosday's average: stockers and feeders
about steady; bulk desirable bologna
bulls around s4.25; few upward to
$40; bulk good calves to packers
early around ss.5o6S75.
sheep-Receipts 10000: opening
very slow: fat lambs weak; tending
lower; early top sl4.55 to city butch
ers; s14.25 e packers: summer shorn
75-pound lambs s13: October clipped
lambs s12.75; feeder supply rood; no
early sales; 105-pound fat year2ng
wethers vi: sheep around steady; one
deck los pound ewes T.5O.
, 1922-11-23

The Inland Oil & Refining company
is preparing to cement its Brown No.
2 on the southwest quarter OF section
32-4o-7s at 1850 feet. and 10 inch CHS
ing is being run in its Brown No. 3 on
the same quarter at 1900 feet. Tho
crew is still cleaning out the hole in
the Geary dome test at 1881 feet anc
considerable more time Will be re
quired before the hole can be placed
in shape TO cement off the water
which is coming in from below the
casing.
, 1922-11-23
POTATOES

CHICAGO. Nov. 20. = Potatoes
steady; receipts 40 cars; total United
States shipments 666; Wisconsin bulk
round whites No. l.. 90Q1.25 cwt,
ditto sacked S5@e5 cwt: Minnesota
sacked round VIII ties sO@s0 cwt; Min.
nesota sacked Red River ohios s5G
95 cwt: North Dakota sacked Red
River ohios s5995 cwt: North Da.
kota bulk round whites so9sO cwt;
South Dakota sacked early ohios $50
so cyt; Idaho sacked rurals No. 1,
I.I5@1.2O cwt.
, 1922-11-23
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK FIGURES
SHOW LOSSFROMP PREVIOUS WEEK
Accounted for by Election Day on Which Most
Banks Are Closed; Casper Regains Tenth
Position In Tenth District.

Volume of business for the week ending November 4. a measured By
debts to Individual accounts reported to tho Federal Reserve Board for
banks IL leading cities tothed IS 2i3 100000. Or $780, 900 900 less than for
the preceding week This large decrease IA duo TO tbs fact that the week IN
der review included Election day. observed a. n bank holiday In most of
the cities in par also to thu faott that the preceding week NV the regular
end ~ month swn of bnnt debts. Nearly all tho large centers report hmn-
Ter totals than n week before. tn principal exceptions being Boston, wosh-
.ington and AuEnt1, wherst the banks we're % closed o Election day.
As compared with the corresponding week in 1891 the volume II bus-
ness for the week under review shows a increase OF ss97 oOoo. or OF
over o. per cent, compared with an increase of II per nj shown the week
before. Larger figures are shown for mos of the eentsru. the principal
increase. Viz, by a9B!Ooo0oo. being reported for the banks in New York
city. Smaller totals are given for Baltimore, Chicago. stLouis and San
Francisco.
The total number Of centersr reporting this week Is $40. OF which i5
are Included in the summar by Federal Reserve districts.
Debts to Individual Accounts by Ranks in Reporting Centnrs
, 1922-11-23
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, Nov. as.-Foreign ex-
changes irregular. Great Britain de
mand 4.4sx; cables 4.49%; 60 day
bills on banks .4.47s. France demand
VA; cables 7.15. Italy demand +Goh;
cables 40. Belgium demand s.6fh;
cables e.e5. Germany demand OF 9'l6;
Sweden demand 1861. Denmark de
mand 20.24: Switzerland demand 1888
spain demand 1892. Greece demand
I.59: Poland demand .0O&. Czecho-
slovakia demand 9.16h. Argentine de-
mand 36.62: Brazil demand 1915.
Montreal 100.
, 1922-11-23

Consolidated Royalty OIL company
has completed its Richardson No. E
on the southeast quarter OF section
5-59-7s OF 1884 feet in the second Wall
Creek. This is a small well having an
output OF only 40 barrels and will
probably be shot in order to increase
production.
Richardson No 9 On the same guar.
ter Is running 6 inch at 1884 feet.
The Billy Creek test is drilling at
1892 feet.
, 1922-11-23
WHEAT TREND
IS DOWNWARD
Lull in Export Buying Weak
ems Grain Prices on Chi
cago Exchange.

CHICAGO. Nov. 2s.-yith IDEAL
weather. car shortage abating and an
apparent luil in export buying, the
market had a downward tend
ency today during tho early dealings.
The fact that stocks OF grain anoat
are larger than was the case a vear
ago attracted attention also. mas.
much as recently the comparison WAS
builish. Talk Of plans for United
States government IN financing sales
to foreign countries failed to stir up
any Important new buying. The open.
ing which varied from unchanged
figures TO sc lower. with May i.isis
to iIs& and July 1.072 to l.0sH, was
followed BY a moderate further set.
back.
Indications Of export business at
the Gulf Of Mexico led to somcthinE
II an uDturn In prices about the mid.
die OF the season. but the effect failed
to last. The closing was heavy. &c
to lc net lower, with May ti.i6L 10
SHES and July si.07g.
Corn and cats declined with wheat
After opening X off TO n like advance
May 20 to FOX. the corn market I'M
derwent n general sag.
In subsequent dealings. the market
rallied owing TO reports that the south
ana west were bidding higher. The
close was steady at the same as yes
terday's finish to a half cent off with
May 70he to 7oLc.
Oats started unchanged to NC low.
or. May 4e% as TO s27s and later
continued TO ease down.
Provisions lacked any aggressive
support.
, 1922-11-23
Butter and Eggs

CHICAGO. Nov. 2s.-Butter higher,
creamery extras 51h; firsts 4oa44;
extra firsts 47Q5oi seconds 3shQss;
standards IS.
Eggs lower; receipts 1864 cases;
'irsts 5000; ordinary firsts $500;
miscellaneous 4Oq45; refrigerator ex-
ras 27hQ2s; refrigerator firsts ESQ
90.
Poultry alive. lower; fowls 12RIs;
springs 171s; rooosters 10; turkeys 25:
geese IS.
, 1922-11-23

CHICAGO. Nov. 2s.-wheat No. 2
red si.esis: No. . hard sf.2o91.2o2
Corn No. 2 mixed 72h@72%; No.
. yellow 72@74h.
oats No. ? white ss% G45h; No. 3
white 43H Q44&.
Rye No, 2, ss%@ssh.
Barley e596e.
Timothy seed s69s.75.
Glover seed Sl5@20.5o.
Pork nominal. Lard ll.5O. Ribs
10.75Q12.
, 1922-11-23
THE YOSEMITE TRAIL"
At AMERICA TOMORROW

II you cannot place the Yosemite
trial readily in your memory. list
off the old school geography and you
will find that II winds through a
valley of the same name. situated in
California.
So magnificent ia the valleys
, 1922-11-23

splendor that It has been perpetuated
rs a national park. Nor is the fame
II the Yosemite limited to the United
states. People come from every cor.
Ter Of the world to see the picturesque
marvels that abound there. Sheer
beauty OF colorinE. massive contour
OF formation, huge rock piled on stfI
larger boulder, tall trees that seem
, 1922-11-23

The Carter OIL company has two
wells which will soon be ready TO drill
in in the Salt Creek field. Duncan
No. 4 is cemented and hut down at
22ss feet on the west half or section
5-39-7s and Duncan No. . on the same
section is preparing 10 cement at
1850 feet. Prior No. > on the south.
, 1922-11-23

IHe AfHerIcdH InstFtute
reported today the following varia-
tons between average daily produc-
ton for the week ending November
is and the daily production for the
preceding week in different fields:
Oklahoma-Kansas. Increase $500
barrels; north Texas. increase $3.50
barrels; central Texas, decrease 1900
barrels; north Louisiana. decrease
$500 barrels. Arkansas, decrease
$3.50 barrels.
, 1922-11-23

to touch the clouds. all combine to
make this region the playground OF
the gods. This land OF giant proper
tons n gorgeous wonders is the
background for the Fox production.
The Yosemite TRAIL starring Dus-
tin Farnum, who has scored many
successes on stage and screen. 1t
will be shown at the America theater
for two DAYS. starting tomorroM.
, 1922-11-23
MONEY

NEW YORK. Nov. 23.-Can money
easier; high 8; low 4; ruling rate S
closing bid 4; offered Al; last loan
4; call loans against acceptances AZ
me loans firm: mixed collateral 5000
lays 5; &C months 8; prime CONNER
,inl paper N.
, 1922-11-23


Gulf States Steel declared It's reg
alar Ia per rem dividend on its first
referred stock payable Jan. . to
took OF record December is.
The following issue have been ad.
mitted to list ON the New York Stock
Exchange; r. II. Macy s Co, tenn
porary certificates for $40. 900. 600,
seven per cent cumulative. no par.
Bank OF New York & Trust Co, 81
700 1000 capital stock; Insersoll. Rand.
$4,000 900 on notice of Issuance as
stock dividend; National Biscuit Co..
temporary certificates for S51.163 900
common Of SIS par on notice OF issu
nce OF stock dividend and In OK
change for 800 a value stock.
Freight al shortage on November
s was i74,40s. a decrease Of 4.J41
rom the previous week.
L. S. export for October aggregated
,21. 900. 900 against s47 900, 900 a year
ago.
]. Ogden Armour is I'm New York
= confer with banks on the proposed
merger of the Armour interests with
iorris & Company.
Railway clerks, freight handlers.
press and station employees are 10
SIX the labor board for n wage in
rease OF is per cent.
Twenty industrials 94.29, off 1870.
Twenty rails Si.33, off $50.
Directors of the National Lead com
any nre meeting today TO act on n
sommon stock dividend,
, 1922-11-23
Oil = Finance = Bonds : Stocks = Grains = Livestock = All Marke
AND QUOTATIONS BY LEASED WIRE
MARKET GOSSIP AND FIELD NEWS
BAXTER BASIN CAS- TO Be PIPE6.

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo, Nov. 2s.-Reports from the Bax-
ter Basin field are TO the effect that that district is becoming
the scene of considerable activity and that with the coming
of spring an intensive drilling campaign may be expected
with some of the larger operating corporations in this district
taking the lead.
, 1922-11-23
CRUDE OIL STOCKS GROWING
AT RAPID RATE I'm COUNTRY

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-Gross crude oil stocks held in
pipe line and tank farm storage in the United States in
creased 1,615,o00 barrels in the month of October, according
to the weekly summary of the American Petroleum Institute.
The increases shown by major territories follow:
East of the Rockies, SOC, 900 barrels; California, 1875,
, 1922-11-23

DENVER, Colo. Nov. 2s.-Cattie
receipts 1900: market steady: beef
steers. s5.5o@T.25: cows and hefers
s4.@5.5o; calves $e.759si stockers
and feeders s5.259T.
Hog receipts 2,1oO; market steady;
top $40; bulk ss.75@7.z5.
. Sheep receipts 1880; market
steady; lambs s12.25d13..5O: ewes 81
96.75; feelsr lambs s1291s.
, 1922-11-23
SILVER

NEW YORK. Nov. 2s.-Forelgn bar
silver 64h; Mexican dollars 49K.
, 1922-11-23

DULUTH. Mimi. Nov. 23.-C1osing
cash prices: flax seed November 2:4S;
December 2.3s: May 2.2s-
, 1922-11-23
Omaha Quotations

OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 2s.-U- S. De
partment OF Agriculture ,GHogs re-
oeipts 1000; active, steady to ioc
higher; bulk packing grades 6.509
SIS: bulk $50 to $50 pound hogs 7.I5
@T.4o; top $50.
Cattle receipts 400; beef steers and
she stock active 10 to 16c higher; best
fed steers here 1000; bulls about
steady; veals slow to lower; stockers
and feeders strong.
Sheep receipts 10000; lambs is to
ESQ lower; bulk Is.5o91s.e5; top 1875;
fed clipped lambs 1915; yearlinss
sheep roc to 100 lower; bulk
5.oo@6.oo; feeders slow.
, 1922-11-23

Arbuckie Bros. have advanced re.
ned sugar 10 points { o .O7c.
, 1922-11-23
SUGAR

NEW YORK. Nov. as.-sugar. fu-
lures closed firm. Approximate sales
II 900 tons. The market for refined
vas frmer and 10 points higher with
line granulated listed at 81. 90 to $40
, 1922-11-23
Fcderal
Reserve District

In the Tenth district which reports at Kansas city, casper came back
to tenth position by going ahead of Kansas city, Kaa. and Pueblo, Colo.
IN the amount Of business handled.
The following table shows he amount handled nv m hsnl. d, zach ~
the cities reporting In this districts;
Debts to Individual Accounts by BANKS lin Reporting Ceme,.
, 1922-11-23

The Yellow Cab company Of Chi.
ago has declared its regular monthly
, vidend Of IS rs cents T share a
bic January ! to stock OF record De,
,ember 20.
, 1922-11-23

east quarter OF section s.5s-7s IS drm,
ing At 1850 feet.
, 1922-11-23

[. 8. Rubber for the months ended
Iune 30 showed net profits OF So,
152,s52 after interest and deprecla-
don. After deducting tine preferred
ividend this is equal I o IS
'ents n share on the $751; 0 900 out
standing.
, 1922-11-23

Twenty industrials 84.29, off 1870.
Twenty rails si.33. off $50.
, 1922-11-23

Directors of the National Lead com
amy are meeting today to act on n
yommon stock dividend,
, 1922-11-23

y Northern Pacific for the nine
month"; ended September 30 showed a
net profit OF 81 ,7os,s25 after charges
and taxes equal To $3.50 a share on
The S24s.oo0 900 capital stock.
, 1922-11-23

Government figures on October
foreign trade issued yesterday. reveal.
Cd that gold exports during the month
amounting to SIS. 900. 200 were the
highest s'nco November. 1890, and
came within s.. 600. 900. OF balancing
the import movement. More gold
was shipped abroad during October
than during tho preceding lime
months OF the year.
, 1922-11-23

Beechnut Packing company now
has a profit and loss surplus OF about
'2.Tsa.oo0 and talk OF an extra divi.
lend l. heard.
, 1922-11-23

Railway clerks, freight handlers.
press and station employees are to
six the labor board for n wage in.
rease OF is per cent
, 1922-11-23

]. Ogden Armour is In New York
. confer with banks on the proposed
merger of the Armour interests with
iorris & Company.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-28
~ VOIIey Bali
Team Opens Season at
Railway With Victory

The Perth Amboy Y. M. C. A. var
sity volley ball team last night OPEN
ed It's 1929 season by scoring a
hard-earned victory over Railway
~ on the latter's court. In order
to anne this match it was neces-
sary for the Amboy players to over
come a tWo-game lead which Rah-
way piled up almost before the Wis
itors could accustom themselves to
the court. The match was for the
best three out of five games, Rah-
way winning the first two after
which Amboy came back strong and
took three straight.
The Railway team, which won the
state championship on Washington's
Birthday of this year by defeating
Amboy in two out of three games
during the round robin tournament
held at Railway. showed marked~inn-
Iproyement over its work of last year
land forced the visiting players to
the limit in order to make certain
a victory. The defeat registered by
Railway " Amboy in the clash
COR the state title was the only match
hat the Union county team has won
rom the Middlesex representatives.
The Amboy team vent to Railway
without the services of two of their
regulars-Gene Parker and Barthol-
on1ew-but John Melko, who sub
stituted for one of the missing play
ers showed up well, assisting con-
siderably in making the last three
wins possible. The team represent
ing Amboy last night was made up
Of Capt. Ell johnson. Austin Hornsby,
Francis Oliver, Mathew Melko, Joe
Frantic, George Sharp and John
Melko.
Under the leadership Of Capt.
Chase, the Railway team started off
like a streak in the first game, piling
up points and winning, 1876, almost
before their opponents had warmed
up. In the second game Amboy
came back strong and the game was
nip and tuck, going to a tie o
at 1914. Railway put across the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-28
PATERSON FIVE
HERE TONIGHT
EIks State Bowling Match on
Local Alleys Tonight
New Men Roll

Captain Howard Richards of the
bowling team representing the local
lodge of Elks in the Elks state bow
ling league, probably will start Ben
Jorgenson. Meyer Larson, Bill Eyer
kuss, Henry Simonsen and himself
in the match against the Paterson
Antlers on the local alleys tonight.
At the present time the local team
is tied with Railway for seventh
place having won seven games and
lost eleven. Jersey City, the COM
bination leading the league at the
present time, has won sixteen games
and lost two. Elizabeth is three
games behind the Hudson county
combination while Paterson and
Union Hill are tied for third place
with twelve wins and six defeats.
Passaic is in fifth position and New
ark is sixth in line.
The entire league schedule con-
sists of twenty-five matches or sixty
six games and the first half of the
schedule will be completed the end
of January. The final league match
will be rolled on April 10.
Followers of the local team are
confident that the Madison avenue
club members still have a real
chance of climbing to the top and
look for them TO get into the first
division before the completion of all
of the games on the first half sched-
ule.
PIainfield, Hoboken, Bayonne and
bowlers at the present time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-28

closing minute of the fray. At half
time the Speedways led ISL, but
the Association representatives made
a sensational comeback in the Sec
ond period and came rear winning
out.
Manager I. Jacobson of the Y. NJ.
FL. A. will send exactly the same
team on the court tonight, Schwartz
man, Parker, Lowenkopf. Newmark
and Sher. Sher is the former Tot
tenville player and at present one of
the Sterling guards OF the Perth
Amboy Big Five.
In the contest last season the
to eight for the victors. The Speed
Y. M. H. A. made two in the first
half and five in the closing period.
To date this season both teams
have been going big. the Speedways
having Won nineteen out of twenty
three starts, and at the present time
have ten in a row. The Y. NJ. H. A.
team started off with five consecu-
tive victories and then dropped the
last two games, both by one point
margins to crack combinations.
"Chuck" Solador is expected to be
the eleventh man on the floor to-
night and fans from South Amboy,
Tottenville and other municipalities
III this vicinity are expected to at
tend. The players on both teams
are not entirely local men. There
Will be dancing in connection with
the game. The game is slated to
get under way about 9:15 o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-28
MbOY
At L0NGB BRANCH
For Game With Regan's Ca
sine Five on Long Branch
Court Tonight

Les Stratton and his South Ana
boy Junior Order Big Five basket
ball team will travel to Long Branch
tonight to stack forces against Ed
"Blackie' Regan's Casino Big Five
on the Casino court. This is the
second game for the new Mon
mouth county organization.
The fast going South Amboyans
have won their last three games on
the South Amboy court, defeating
the Rainbow five of Keyport, the
Rafferty, team of New Brunswick
and the Matawan Big Five. The
Junior Orders have won four out OF
their last five starts.
1t is probable that the visiting
team will lineup for the game to-
night with Green and Perkins, for
wards; Furnan, center, and Scharff
and Wilbur, guards. This is the
regular lineup of the South Amboy
representative team at the present
time.
Regan's lineup for tonight's con-
test will be chosen from Pete Han
sen, Hank Thomas, Cline, West.
Newberry and himself. West halls
from Long Branch, Cline from Sea
Bright and Newberry from Asbury
Park.
Last Thursday night the Casino
five defeated the Beauvais Post,
American Legion quintet OF Totem
vile.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-28

two points necessary for a victory
and won the deuce game, 1914.
In the third game Amboy swamp
ed the home team, 1873. The fourth
game went to Amboy evening up
the series. Amboy having the home
team 14-6 when Railway started a
squirt which netted them six more
points before Amboy finally won, Is
to IL. The fifth and deciding game
went to Amboy, who came from be-
hind in the last few minutes of play.
took the lead and won by a three
point margin, 1912.
Germantown Here Monday Night
Last nights games served as prac-
tice games for both teams for the
three cornered tourney to be staged
in the Amboy "Y" gym New Years
night, Germantown being the third
entrant. A record crowd is looked
for Monday night at 8 o'clock when
these three teams clash. Tickets
may be procured at the Y. NJ. c. A.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-28
BRIEF BITS OF SPORTS
IN ALL E L

A big turnout is expected for the
basketball game on the Y. NJ. H.. A.
court tonight. The Y. M. H. A.
basketeers will give battle to the
fast going Speedways.
1t is probable that two new men
will be in the lineup of the local
Elks outfit in the state league match
with the Paterson AnAlers on the
local alleys tonight.
The New York Giants will not rua
short on pitching material judging
from the number to go south in
February for the initial diamond
workout of the year.
Fistic fans are confident that a.
crowd equally as large as that which
attended the last show of the Center
Athletic Club will be on hand for
the next program January g..
The first real volley bali match in
this vicinity this season was played
in the local Y. NJ. G. A. gym last
night. Railway engaged in a match
with the Perth Amboy representa-
tive team.
Bert Smithers, Elizabeth welter,
is training hard for his eight-round
so with Jimmy Sullivan in the local
Auditorium a week from next Tues
day night.
The Newark Whirlwinds will try
hard tonight to check up the second
home defeat of the Roosevelt Sep
arates of Carteret. The Frank
O'Rourke Stars are credited with
the first win over the Separates.
Some important matches are be-
ing arranged by John J.. Dolan's
Perth Amboy bowling outfit for the
next several weeks. 1t is probable
the Argonne and Amboy managers
will get together in the near future.
Starting in February baseball will
regain its former position in the
sporting gossip of the day. About
that time the various big league
teams will begin their march to the
south.
Experts are about through pick
ing all-state, al~l-sectional and all
national gridiron teams and their
attention will be given to other
sporting topics.
There is great interest in the de-
Gliding game of the series between
the Amboy and Harrison basketball
quintets to be played on the local
Auditorium our Saturday night.
The Argonne bowling team will
not go into action again until after
the first OF the year.. Most of the
big matches to be arranged by