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Evening star., 1923-03-29
SIGNS Of BETTER
TREND IN BONDS
Liberties Slightly Higher in
Today'S Trading-Other
Fractional Gains.
BY GEORGE II. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch 20 The Star
NEW YORK, March 29.-Whue it
did not appear prominently in the
quotations there were sbme signs to-
day of better tone to the bond
market. Apparently the recent reac-
ton has carried prices to the point
where buying inquiries. If not actual
transactions, have been stimulated.
Following their sharp recovery of
yesterday. Liberties were for the most
part slightly higher, although still
very erratic.
Other Fractional Gains.
Here and there a high-grade rail or
utility also advanced fractionally.
Atchison General As sold well above
their recent low and the adjustment
As gained . points.
Union Pacific first As and Bell Tele-
phone of Pennsylvania SIS made SINH
lar recoveries The list of bonds SELL
ing at higher prices was not a long
one. but, at least, 1T was an encourag-
ing sign.
Virginia Carolina Chemical issues
after their sharp break of Wednesday.
Today's movement was very irregu-
lar. The first mortgage rs advanced
more than four points from yester-
days closing and then reacted. The
.
ing the warrants and those without
the warrants. lost more ground and
then made 1t up again. The as are
the prior lien. being secured on all
the corporations real estate and
plants. The 712s are unsecured obli-
cations.
Chemical bonds Drop.
American Agricultural Chemical
7Rs went down over a point prob
ably in sympathy with the decline in
the Virginia Carolina Issues.
There was no remarkable change
in the market for second grade rail-
road bonds. Marland Oil issues re-
acted with the stock. Eastern Cuba
Sugar 715s and Bethlehem Steel
5ks were other industrials to lose
ground. Among the coppers, Cerro
points.
About the only features in the
foreign list were a gain by the De
part of the Seine as and a loss by
the Belgian 715s.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
PINES OF SOUTH
ARE DISAPPEARING
Forests Diminishing Rapidly, Sen.
ate Committee Finds Dur.
- ing Tour.

, The special Senate committee on re-
torestation of which Senator McNary
Of Oregon is chairman, returned yester-
day from its first tour of inspection hav-
ing visited Florida, Mississippi and Louis
lana. Senator McNary said the COM
nnittee had found the pine forests Of
the south diminishing rapidly and that
unless reproduction is practiced a SUBJ
stantal disappearance of the piney
woods would occur at a time earlier
than was generally anticipated.
! Happily this situation will not oc-
cur" Senator McNary explained. "be-
tause the people of the south are
thoroughly aroused over their. dimin-
ishfng forests and are determined to
Cooperate with the federal govern
fnent in some national plan for re-
foreStation that will insure pro-
huctive crop in the southern states
for all time. This strong public senti-
nent Is an assurance that whatever
plans are formed and regulations pre-
soribed will be adopted and followed
by the timber owners and mill opera
tors in the pine region"
Much valuable data was collected
at the hearings held by the commit
tee Senator McNary said, which would
DO of great help in formulating some
national scheme for the preservation
and reproduction of the country's
forests.
Hearings will be resumed by the
committees in Washington next Mon
day.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
PENNSYLVANIA NET
INCOME INCREASES
Southern, B. & 0. and Atlantic
Coast Line Also File Reports
With I. C. C.

Net railway operating income of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company for
February amounted to S3,269,O14. a de-
crease Of s3,516,319 from last year. ac-
cording to the report filed yesterday
with the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion. There was an increase of S3,S7l,-
SIC in gross operating revenues. to
which freight contributed an increase of
81 1,5S0.6S4 over 1922, while total ex-
penses were $6.755,376 in excess of last
year. the chief increases being s2.146,-
0S8 for maintenance of equipment and
$4,79.S10 for transportation expenses.
Railway operating revenues of the
Pennsylvania amounted to S49.476,Sl3
in February, while expenses stood at
$43,790,737. For the first two months
of this year gross revenues were S105.-
125,743, An increase of $13,933,675 over
the same period last year, while ex-
penses were s91 ,566,531. an increase of
s16.175.2SS. Net railway operating in
come for the two months stood at
Southern Railway showed gross for
February amounting to s11,116,966,
against $9.019,6S7. and net operating in
come of s1.6S1.710. Two months gross
and net $3,S7S,140. against $1,441.O51.
The Atlantic Coast Line filed its re-
port showing gross last month amount
ing to $7,266,476,, against $6,O16.20O,
and net of 81 ,295, against s1,544,964
For the first two months of-the current
year gross was s14,3S2,207, against SILL
321, 1926, and net $3,914.686.
Baltimore and Ohio last month showed
gross at s1s,692,393, against $15.O33.-
672; balance after taxes, $2.93l,434,
against $2,327,241, and net operating
income $2,522.15S, as compared with
S2,071,1 in 1922
Evening star., 1923-03-29
|. R. STEEL COMPANY
PLANNED BANNER YEAR
Bankrupt Firm Hoped to Sell
$50, ,000,C0 in Securities-Many
Records Destroyed.
BY tile Associated Press,


ALBANY, y. Y, March 29.-The l..
r. Steel Company, Inc. of Buffalo
whose stock selling activities re-
Gently were curtailed by the attorney
generals office and which since has
gone into receivership, was planning
to make 1928 banner year for the
house of steel" by dispu5ing Of Sc
curitIes valued at $4,000. 900 when
the FIRMS activities were interrupted
by the sales-curhing activity. it was
announced by the attoney generals
Office. Examination OF the COM
pany's files disclosed that literature
was prepared and that the stock
selling campaign was about to be
started when the authorities obtain
ed the restraining injunction, it was
added.
Records of various branch offices
have been destroyed on preteXt that
shipment to Buffalo would involve
large expense. it was said.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
Copper Mines Handicapped
by Shortage of Labor

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT. March 29.-The supply
of labor in the copper mines in tha
upper peninsula of Michigan is still
far from satisfactory and further
advances in wage scales of miners
are rumored throughout that district
according to reliable reports from
Haughton today.
The breaking up of the logging
camps has sent some OF the lumber
workers to the mines, but the in
crease produced by the recent 10 per
cent advance in wages apparently has
given only temporary relief. az the
entire output of the mines on their
present curtailed schedules is being
absorbed The demand for lake cop
per continues brisk and shipments
from Michigan smelters are exceeding
400. 900 pounds a day. There are M
stock piles awaiting the opening oil
lake transportation as is usual AZ
this time of year.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
SALE STILL PREVENTED.

Chancellor Josiah Wolcott has decid-
ed that the preliminary injunction
restraining the sale of the Steel and
Tube Company Of America to a syn
dicate headed by Dillon, Reed & Co. or
New York and the Youngstown Sheet
and Tube Company should remain In eff
feet until final hearing could be held
The Injunction was issued several weeks
ago at the request OF the Allied
Chemical Dye Corporation, which, it
is said, holds a 20 per cent interest
in the Steel and Tube Company of
America. More than $3.50 900 is
said to be involved In the proposed
deal.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
WALL STREET NOTES.
Many Stocks Ex-Dividend Today
Bank Clearings.
Dlspatch TO The Star

SpeCIHI DISpAtCh 10 Tie Star.
NEW YORK, March 29.-Stockhold-
ers of the American Foreign Trade
Corporation will meet in special ses-
sion April IL to vote on the proposal
to dissolve the corporation
Ex dividends today: Air Reduction.
All America Cables, Beechnut Pack
ing, Southern Railway preferred, Ten
nessee Copper, Westinghouse Air
Brake, Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing common and preferred,
White Eagle Oil.
Regular quarterly dividends to-
day: New Jersey Zinc, Phillips Jones
Corporation common. Eureka Pipe
Line.
New York bank clearings, $3.50. .000,-
600. New York bank balances, ST.
100000. New York Federal Reserve
Bank credits. SIS. 200, 900. Boston bank
clearings, $55,000,000.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
How School States Are Made.

From the New York Sun.
States, such as are used in schools
and in roofing some houses. are form
ed of clay which has hardened under
pressure and heat When this occurs
in geological formation 1t does so
because a number of layers of. clay.
one on top of the other, have at some
time been subjected to great heat and
pressure within the earth. The re-
suit has been that the clay was press
ed into very thick layers and, after
changing in color because of the heat.
becomes hard. Clay, which is the
original basis, of slate,ais very in
substance 1t is the result
of the crumbling of certain kinds of
rocks called feldspars.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
So, 100000 CONTRACT LET.

WARREN, Ohio, March 29.-The
Trumbull Cliffs Furnace Company to-
day ANNOUNCED the letting of con-
tract for the construction of fifty
one coke ovens at an approximate
cost of 100000 The ovens will be
built on a site adjacent to the pres
ent plant of the Trumbull Cliffs COM
panYs it was, said,
Evening star., 1923-03-29
Canada Mineral Values.

The latest estimate of the mineral
production Of Canada for the year 1922,
recently issued by the Canadian govern
ment bureau of. statistics, places the
total value at s1S3, ,000. 900. an increase
Of $11, LOG, 900 over the value in 1921.
Last years output was made up of:
1880, 90; structural materials and
clay ,proda,cts. Sas.soo.aoo4 -ss1-...s- 4.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
$40, 1000, 100 Fuel Company
About to Change Hands
ac;sl DIspatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
KANSAS CITY. March 29.-Massey
Holmes. vice president of the Central
Coal and Coke Company, announced to-
day that negotiations had been opened
for the sale of his company'S coal
properties in Missouri, Kansas. Okla
homa, Arkansas and Wyoming to the
United States Distributing Corporation
of Chicago and New York.
The deal is still in a preliminary
state and does not affect the large
lumber holdings and business of the
Central company. The coal properties
of the company are estimated to aggre-
gate S1O,O00,0O0 in value.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
Lack of Labor MenaceS
Big Building Program
snecial pispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLEVELAND. March 29.-This city
plans to build this spring a new cleo
trio light plant. sewage and garbage
disposal plant and do much grade
crossing elimination work. All these
projects are threatened with indeter-
inmate delay because of labor shorage.
According to b. c. Seiple, superintend-
ent of the state employment bureau,
labor is more scarce than at any time
since 1917.
Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1923-03-29
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE. Mda March 20 (Spe-
ciaD D.-Potatoes. white. 100 pounds. IS
also; also; 15o-pound sacks, 1;ooa2;75;
S5: yams. barrel. 1.0Oa1.50; bushel. SO
ass; asparagus, dozen. 5.0Oa10.00;
beahs. bushel. 2.25a3.5O; beets. 100.
500a7o0: brussels sprouts. quart. 10
a25; cabbage, hamper, 2.5oaS25: car
rots. basket, 50a60; caulifiower, crate,
2.25a2.50. celery, crate, 1.50a2.50; Gu
cumbers. crate, 4.50a7.50: eggplants.
crate. 3.50a5.00: horse radish. bushel.
2.50a350; kale and broccoli. barrel. It's
a2.00; lettuce. basket. 50a1.50; onions.
100 pounds. 1.50a4.25; radishes. bas-
peas. bushel, 3.50a4.50: peppers. crate.
2. .50a4 90: spinach, barrel, 75a1. so: squash.
crate. 3.00a4.00; tomatoes. crate. 1.50a
400; turnips. basket, 50a60.
Apples. packed. barrel. s.ooaSsoo;
cranberries, barrel, s.0oa12.oO; grape
fruit. box, 250a4.oo; oranges. box.
3.50a6.oo; strawberries. quart. 35a60.
Selling Prices at 1880.
Wheat-No. 1 red winter. spot no
quotations.; No. 9 red winter. spot,
1.35; No. red winter. spot, no quo
tations: No. 2 red winter. garlicky.
l.34h2: No. red winter, spot, 1.34la;
March. 1.3412.
SaleS-None.
Corn-Cob corn. new. 40 per bar
rel; contract. spot s3A per bushel;
No. . corn spot, SS24: No. 4, no quo
tations; track corn, yellow. No. or
better, SS and SO per bushel.
'Sales-None.
Oats-White, No. 2. 54ka55 per
bushel; No. 3. 53i1a54.
Rye-Nearby. 80a90 per bushel: No.
western export. spot, SO per bushel;
No. 3. no quotations.
Hay-Receipts, 127 tons: top grade
timothy and light clover. mixed. in
moderate demand at range of 1900
to 22.00 per ton, with no surplus of
really desirable hay.
Straw-No- / tangled rye, 15.06a
1900; No. l wheat, 12.00a12.5O; No.
oat, nominal. 14.00a15.00.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
RECEIvERsHIP TO END.

KANSAS CITY, March % Especially.
The receivership of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad will end
Saturday at midnight, at which time
the new corporation, the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas Railroad Company, will
take centra1 Of the road.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
BUTTER PRICES LOWER.

CHICAGO, March 29.-Butter-
Lower: creamery. extras. 49k; stand
ards. As; extra firsts, 4SHa49; firxs,
47a4s; seconds, 46a46h.
Eggs-Easy; receipts. 1858 cases;
firsts, 23a23k; ordinary firsts, 21 ka
%; miscellaneous, 22a2212.
Evening star., 1923-03-29

The, natural stride of the ostrich is
from 20 to rs inches, but when fright
ened or I'M a rage the bird covers from
II to IL feet in a;stride
Evening star., 1923-03-29
Grain, Produce and
Live Stock
WHOLESALE MARKET.

Looking up, stronger and more
active" was reported of the condition
of the egg market.
This is the season when eggs are
in greatest demand. Supplies this
morning were equal to demands. but
receipts were not heavy. Prices have
not changed in the past two days.
There was a liberal supply of hens
on hand this morning. The market
was weaker and prices dropped
scarce at 60 and 10 cents. Turkeys.
not In great demand, were quoted at
from 25 cents for old toms to 40 cents
for hens.
The butter market continues firm
with no change in prices.
Egss-Strictly fresh. selected. can
died. per dozen; 24a25; average receipts.
Live poultry-Roosters. per lb., 18:
turkeys. per lb.. 3ea4o; spring chickens.
per lb.. 40a5O; keats, young, each, so:
fowls. per h.. 27.
Dressed poultry-Fresh-k killed spring
chickens. per lb.. 45a50; hens, per lb..
32a34; rooster, per lb.. 1sa2O; turkeys.
per H.. 36a4o; F:ats. young. each. 7oaSo.
Live stock-Calves, choice, per lb.,
II: medium. per lb.. 10a11: thin. per
10, sa9. Lambs. choice. per lb., 13. Live
Piso' o'Vodo.uV edcH' i've nOBS, per 40, D.
Green fruits-Apples, per bbl.. 2,o0a
$50. California oranges, per crate, $50
a6O0; Florida, 5.00a6.00 Lemons, per
oox, 4.00a5.00. Grapefruit. 3.50a425.
egetables-Potatoes. per bbl., No. 1.
l.5Oa2.0 90: per sack. 2.50a2.75; No. 2. 50a
l. 1.ooa2.oo; nearby. 2.ooa2.6o. Lettuce. per
crate. southern, 50a2.00: Romaine let
tuce. per crate, 1.50a2.0o: Iceburg let
tuce. per crate. 325a3.50. Cabbage.
northern. 3.00a4.00 per 100 pounds: near
by cabbage, per bbl., 1.50a250: southern.
Z 250a3.00 per basket. Elephants, per
crate, 4.00a5.00. Tomatoes, per box.
Florida. 2.O0a425. Beans. 3.00a5.00 per
basket. Peas, 3.00a6.00 per basket. Pep
pers. per crate. Florida. 3.50a4.50. Kale.
per barrel, 2.00a2.50 Spinach, per bbl..
2.5Oa3. 90. Celery. per crate. Florida,
2.50a3.0O Brussels sprouts. 15a25
Squash, 3.00a5. co.. Florida lima beans.
5.00a6.00 per basket.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
ToDAY's CHICAGO PRICES.

CHICAGO, March 29.-Lower prices
in the wheat market today during the
early dealings resulted from absence
of any aggressive new buying. With
Liverpool quotations showing de-
cline, and with Canadian wheat in
United States ports being offered at
the lowest premiums of the season,
bulls lacked incentive to purchase in
the face of holiday tomorrow. Be-
sides, wheat from other centers ap-
peared to be accommodating here for
delivery on May contracts. The OPEN
ing, which varied from unchanged
figures to q lower, with May 11S5s
to 1.lSA and July 1-15as to 1.15z, was
followed by moderate setback all
around.
Corn and oats were easier with
wheat. After opening Is to g lower
May 73aa, the corn market held close
to the initial range.
Oats started unchanged to Il lower,
May 44& a44A, and later underwent
a little additional sag
Despite steadiness of hog values.
provisions tended lower in response
to the action of grain
Evening star., 1923-03-29
MARKETS TO CLOSE.

NEW YORK. March 2s.-All finan-
cial and commodity markets here will
he closed tomorrow Good EridsX
Evening star., 1923-03-29
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.

CHICAGO, March 20 GU. S. Depart
ment of Agricultural ).-Hogs-Re-
ceipts, $4,000 head; fully steady; bulk
$50 to 215 pound averages, S.25a8.35:
top, $40; bulk. 225 to 325 pound
butchers, s.00aS.20; packing sows,
around 715a7.40; common to medium
pigs. 6.50a7.25: heavy weight hogs,
7.95as.20 medium. S.10aS.30; light.
ing sows. smooth, 7.25a7.5O: packing
sows, rough. 7.00a7.35; killing pigs,
6.75a8.00.
Cattle-Receipts. 10000 head: ac-
tive: beef steers and butcher she
stock, 10 to Is higher; common and
medium grades yearlings rather slow;
top matured steers, 1910; weight,
1,45s pounds: several loads matured
steers. 9.75a10.0O; best yearlings.
9.75;. choice beef heifers, 800: weight,
go pounds: bulk beef steers. 8.50a
9.5o;. bulls, stoekers and feeders.
steady to strong; veal calves uneven.
steady to 25 lower. mostly; bulk veal
calves early. 8.00a8.50; few upward
to 800 to packers; bologna bulls,
5.00a535; stockers and feeders, SIS
a7.5o; bulk Gamers and cutters. $50
a4.25.
Sheep-Receipts, 10000 heads;
opening very slow; few early sales
steady to strong; early top. 1900, to
packers. for S6-pound Colorado fed
lambs; other handyweight. 14.75a
1895: recently shorn lambs, 12.O0a
1925, averaging 81 to "a pounds;
heavies out at. 1000; practically
nothing done on aged stock.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
DAIRY PRODUCTS.

BALTIMORE, March 20 Especially.
Live poultry-turkeys, pound. 32a
42; old toms. 25; poor and crooked
breasts, 20; young chickens, 33a45
poor stags and leghorns, 25a3O: old
hens, 27a2S; small and leghorns, 25a
26; old roosters, 15a16; pigeons, pair
35a40; guinea fowl. each. 40a60
ducks, 2Sa30; small and poor, 23a24
Dressed poultry-Turkeys pound
32a42; old toms, 25a2S; poor and
crooked breasts 20: young chickens.
3Oa32: old and mixed. 2Sa3o: old
roosters, 16a17; ducks, 27a32; capons,
poung. 39a40; medium. 37a3S; small
slips. 30a32.
Eggs-Loss off native and nearby
firsts, dozen, "a; southern. %.
Butter--Creamery fancy, pound,
51a52; prints. 52a54; nearby cream
cry, 46a4S; ladies'. 40a42; rolls, asa
40; store packed. %; dairy prints, asa
40; process butter, A.
Evening star., 1923-03-29
EX.DIvIDEND TABLE.

There are 3.171,ooo widows In the
United States to only 1,4l7,30s wtdOwt
- - i -. =
Evening star., 1923-03-29

sBank of Com.
BarneSdall (A).
Barnesdall (B).
Batopilas Mining
Bayuk Bros.
Beechnut Pack.
Beth Steel (B)..
Beth Stl TO (n).
Booth Fisheries.
Bklyn Edison. :.
! Br EN- Stl I'd pf.
Bklyn Rap Tran
Bklyn r TT ctfs.
Bklyn Tn Gas.
Brown Shoe..--
! Burns Bros (B).
Burns Bros pf.
Bush Term pf. =.
Butte Copper.
Butte&S Superior.
California Pack.
Calf Petrol.
| Calf Petrol pf.
Callahan Zinc.
Calumet & Ariz.
Canad'n Pacific.
Central Leather
! Central Heath pf
Century Rib Mills
! Cent Rib Mills pf
Cerro de Pasco..
Chandler Motor.
Chesap G. Ohio.
{, Ches & o pf w 1.
Chi & Alton.....
Chi & Alton pf.
Chi & East Ill.
Chi & East Ill pf
Chi Great w est.
| Chi Mil & st p.
ChiMil G. st P pf.
Chi e. Northwn.
Chi G. Nwn pf.
Chi Pheu Tool.
Chi r / & Pacific
Chile Copper.
Chino Copper.
i Cluett Peabody.
Colo Fuel. ......
/ Columbia Gas.
| Columbia Graph
, Colum Graph pf.
| Comp Tabulator
| Cons Cigar.....
Cons Cigar pf. =.
| Consol Gas new.
| Cons Textile.
| Cont Can.......
Cont Insurance.
I Continental Mot
Corn Products
i Cosden & Co. -.
Crucible Steel.
! Cuban-Am Sug.
| Cub Cane Sugar.
| Cuba Cane S pr.
| Davidson Chem. ,
! Del & Hudson.
D Lack & w stn.
! Dome MinGs....
| Dupont &c d..
| Eleo Stor Bat. =.
Endicott-J ohm.
! Erie. .........
I Erie 1st pf. ......
Erie I'd pf. .....
+, Famous Players.
Famous Play pf.
Ed Mines & S pf.
Fidelity Fire Ins
Fifth Av Bus w !.
Fisher Body fts.
Fisher B of o pf
| Fisk Rubber.
| FIeishman. ......
Freeport Texas.
; Gen Asphalt.
| Gen Cigar......
! Gen Electric.
|, Glidden. .......
7; Gen Motors. 80.
Gen Motors pf.
Gen Mot SO deb.
Gen Mot TO deb.
( Gilliland OIL pf.
Gimbel Bros. 80.
tGimbel Bros pf.
! Goldwin Corp.
! Goodrich.
| Goodrich pf.
! Goodyear. .......
! Goody'r pf eff wi.
Goodyear wi. -.
Goody'r pr pf wi.
CRANKY Consol.
! Gray & Davis.
Ct Northern pf. (.
IGreat Nor Ore.
Ct West Su pf.
! iGreene-Cananea
| Guantanamo'Su
IGulf Mo & Nor pf
Gulf st Steel.
Hartman Corp.
| Hayes Wheel. %.
Hendee Mfg.
| tHomestake...
J Household Prod. L.
| Houston Oil.
Hudson Motors.
Hupp Motors. =.
Hydraulic Steel.
Illinois Central.
Indiahoma. 80.
| Indian Refining.
Inspiration. 80.
Interboro Met.
INTERIOR Rap TT.
! Int Cement.
CombustionE e
| Int & Grit North.
| Int Harvester.
| Int Mer Marine.
Int M Marine pf.
Int Nickel. .....
lntl Paper.
Intl Paper (sta) .
int Shoe. .......
lntertype Corp.
Invincible Oil.
Iron Products.
Island Oil......
| Jewel Tea. ......
Jewel Tea pf.
Jones Tea.
| Jones & L'ghl pf
| Kansas City Sou
| Kayser sJulius),
Evening star., 1923-03-29

TOTAL SALES iPar Valued:
liam. 3 $4,000 IL noon 6755 900
Jpn. $4,000 2p.m.. 10 27O 900
Evening star., 1923-10-11
WILL EXPLAIN SYSTEM.
Miss Deal to Tell Of Junior High
Schools.

An explanation Of the junior high
school system and its proposed ex-
tension In Washington will be given
by Miss Alice Deal, principal of the
Columbia Junior High School. at the
first fall meeting of the Parent
Teacher Association of the school to-
night at o'clock.
/; Four years ago. the Columbia- the
pioneer Junior high school In the Dis
trict, was opened with faculty of
twenty-one teachers and student
body Of 44S. There are now forty
eight teachers at the school and an
enrolment of 1,074 students, 1t is
pointed out.
Since the establishment OF the Co
lumbia Junior High School three
others have been opened and two
new ones arc under construction.
Plans have been made to extend this
system of education until there is a
junior high school serving every COM
munity in the District.
Besides the Columbia the other
Junior high schools now In operation
are the Hine, Shaw and Randall, the
latter two for colored pupils. The
Macfarland and the Langley, the new
Junior high school buildings, are near
Ing completion and will be ready for
occupancy before the beginning of the
next semester on February /.