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Evening star., 1923-02-03
LUMBER. LEADING
/. IN U. S. INDUSTRY.
Partial Decline of Production
and Shipments Fail to
Change Status.

Partial decline of production, ship
ments and new business in the lum-
Der industry during the week ending
January 27. as compared with the
previous week. failed to reduce the
lead that the industry maintains
over activity a year ago. according
10 an announcement today at head
Quarters in this city of the National
Lumber Manufacturers Association
New business Is running about 80
per cent larger than a year ago and
shipments show about the same in
creased volume; production, while
larger than at this time in 1922. is
not keeping pace with the volume Of
orders and shipments.
For the 3S3 mills reporting last
week-as against 394 for the week
before-shipments were 1l9 per cent
and orders t31 per cent of production.
Corresponding percentages for the
mills reporting to the Southern Pine
Association were. 1t3 and IA. and
for the West Coast Lumbermen's AS
Sociation mills ia and 125. or the
foregoing mills. 352 belonging to five
of the larger regional associations re-
port that actual production for the
week was 81 per cent. shipments los
and orders 12G per cent of normal
production.
Report From Seattle.
The West Coast Lumbermen's AS
sociation telegraphs from Seattle as
follows: For the third consecutive
week West Coast Lumhermen's As
sociation mills accepted new business
in excess of 100000. 900 feet Produc-
tlon in the fir region went up TO S
per cent above normal with an out
put of 9o.669.000 feet; sales totaled
N
1eS,s0o,0O0 feet The cargo trade rep
resented 81 per cent of the new bust
ness and the rail trade 2397 car
loads. Shipments to markets reached
by rail totaled 2.225 cars. The car
supply is abundant at present, but
there are unmistakable signs of an
early and severe shortage. The
weather is favorable to continued
heavy production"
The mills of the Southern Pine AS
soiE,iauon i,, old not quite maintain the
selling pace established by the record
week ending January 10. when they
smashed all previous high records
Win a total new business of l269oo-
VIZ. Nevertheless. orders for last
week exceeded l01 100000 feet Shin
mentS were also very heavy, but pro
duction fell off a little from the pre-
'eedlng week and also from the fig
nreS of the corresponding week of
w. Tho heavy demand of the rail-
tInlhers and orders from the country
retail yards to restore depleted stock.
as well as the continued activity in
housing construction. are given as
some of the reasons for the great
activity in southern pine
Hardwood Up to Estimates.
The Michigan Hardwood Mauufac-
turers Association wires from Cadil-
lac: Ideal logging conditions
throughout the month Of January in
dicate that the log supply will be
up TO estimates. There are plenty of
men for work in the woods and the
Sa"mills are running full time. Or
derS are holding up we'll The car
supply is unfortunately only about
so per cent or requirements. Embar-
goes on Detroit and New England
territory reduce shipments mate
rally"
Northern Pine manufacturers AS
sociation reports only five mills oper-
atinS-the climatic conditions in Min
Evening star., 1923-02-03
PARKVIEW APARTMENT
PURCHASED BY COOPER
Other Transfers TotaEng $154,050
During Week Are Announced
by Realty Board.

Sale OF the Parkview apartment
house, 61o Irving street northwest. to
Samuel Cooper for B. Baskin. was an
nounced today by the Security Realty
Company. Mr.. Cooper, it is under
stood, is associated with out of-town
investors.
The building contains eighteen
apartments and two stores. 1t is
modernly equipped
Other transfers. totaling in prop
erty values s154.950, reported by this
firm follow:
J. Bischow to II. l.. Carpet. ware
house in the rear of 1861 II street
northeast.
H. Cohen to Rev. J. T. Loeb, 222 I
street northwest
G. w Turner to IT. Cohen. 1926
Spring road northwest.
p. J. O'Donnel to $. Cooper, All
Il street southwest.
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finishes are thoss which wilf not peel
and crack and which can be washed
and cleaned easily, and which can be
renewed cheaply. A good on paint
gives generally satisfactory service.
1t can be brushed or cleaned more
thoroughly with a damp cloth and
mild soap. Wallpaper. unless var
nished, peels and cracks too quickly
A wallcovering rese milling oilcIof
may be used: 1t is more durable, but
somewhat more expensive.
Light colors are preferable for kitch-
en- walls. as they. reflect and diffuse
the light. Where the general ex-
posure is toward the south. greenish
grays are desirable, but lie iowa I'd the
north or east, with little opportunity
for sunshine, the. light yellows or
creams are better. Some shades OF
brown often give a satisfactory ffn-
fsh.
Evening star., 1923-02-03
FIND PLASTER is BEST
FOR KITCHEN WALLS
Most Satisfactory Material, Is
View Of Those Who Have Had
Building Experience.

The commonest and generally the
most satisfactory material for the
walls Of the kitchen. experiences has
shown, is plaster. Instead of plaster
some of the composition boards which
do not warp may be used. as they
can be painted or vanished. Steel
walls and ceilings are durable and
good when they are kept painted to
prevent rusting by steam. Tile and
vitrifed brick furnish exceptionally
good walls. but they ordinarily are
too expensive for the average builder.
Metal tiles are cheaper and almost
as satisfactory.
The most durable wall and Ceiling
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nesota being such that most sawmills

nesota being such that most saWmillS
suspend during the winter months.
The Western Pine Manufacturers
Association reports from Portland,
Ore. a slight decrease In orders and
slight increase in shipments and
cut. The mixed car line predom-
mates in new orders.
The California Redwood Associa-
tion of San Francisco wires that pro-
duction is satisfactory at all mills,
despite unfavorable weather; that
the demand is heavy and the eastern
business good.
California White and Sugar Pine
Manufacturers Association, San
Francisco, reports the labor supply
as normal. the car supply as fairly
satisfactory and logging operations
still seasonally curtailed BY heavy
snow in the mountain regions.
Evening star., 1923-02-03
BREAD AT LOW LEVEL.
Chicago Paying 3 1-2 Cents for Six.
teen-Ounce Loaf.

CHICAGO. H., February 3.-Bread
prices reached the lowest level in
Chicago in many months today. a
sixteen ounce loaf sold for 3ta cents
in stores operated by one firm. while
in stores operated by another or
ganization loaves OF similar weight
sold for cents.
Evening star., 1923-02-03
l. Rubin to Louis Rosenberg. 612
Princeton street northwest

y. Freedmen to NJ. Axier, s39 I'd
street southwest
II. Oxenberg and G. L,eventhal to B.
kritt and NJ. Parks. 257 Sd street
southwest
E. Q. Reed to C. Rarmighetti. 37o3
14th street northwest.
c. w. King to v. Shereshevsky, 460S
Iowa avenue northwest.
Z. b. Steele to olga Perskin. 11o0
II street northeast
]. T. Loeb to p Matteo. s02 F. street
southwest
Evening star., 1923-02-03

Largely as the result of persistent
agitation on the part of the women
Of Japan the parliament of that coun-
try has passed a law prohibiting the
sale Of intoxicants to persons under
twenty ne-yearS of age.
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in regard to speaking plainly, but a
normal child will have obtained good
command of the mother tongue at from
three to five years. Oftentimes while
the little one is learning to walk his
whole attention is given to this and II
he had begun to talk before this, he
will make no furthq progress in
speech until he has mastered this OBJ
stacle. AS rule a child will learn to
both talk and walk more quickly when
there are other children in tho family.
20 Because the syringa has been cho-
sen as the state flower of Idaho, II IL
perhaps consideree the prettiest by the
greater number OF people. Tastes vary
so greatly in regard to color and form.
that II would be difficult for one per-
son to say which was the prsttisst
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vELMA. Heber City, Utah. do not
have the songs you request. Should
ind them later will send them to you In
the envelope you enclosed.
Dear Miss Brooks:
This is my first letter to the corner,
and l am an interested reader of the
paper. May ask some questions? Cd
How old should baby be before 1t
talks? (2) Which is the prettiest
flower that grows in Idaho?
SLEEPING BEAUTY, Lemhi, Ida
You are very welcome and let us
hope II will not be your last visit. "a
There is no average age at which a
child talks or walks. A child usually
beGius to say words when about one
ysxf sld AIS fhsy then vary greatly
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Dear Miss Brooks:

Dear Miss BROOKS:
This is my first attempt to write 70
you, / hope / am welcome. VIII you
please answer some questions =? When
a boy brings a girl home from a show.
should she ask him In the houseY IL
a boy gives girl a box of candy,
should she treat him before he leaves
herr Thanking you in advance.
VIOLET. MacKay, Idaho
Surely you are welcome Violet. "a
This depends largely upon what hour
you arrive home from show. II altar
ten O'Clock she should not invite MN
in. (2) Yes, dear. open the box OF
candy when the young mar GivsG Vt to
you and enjoy 1t together.
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GENERAL

A demand for the impeachment oil
William H. Taft, chief justice of the
United States. for accepting an ell
legged annuity OF $4,000 from the
Carnegie corporation, and an attack
on the Lenine and Trotzky brand OF
Russian communism by Alexander
Cahan, editor OF the Jewish Daily
Forward, featured the opening of the
national convention of the Socialist
party at New York.
Seventy-three known dead and one
unaccounted for was the toll of the
Cleveland, S. c., school house fire.
Collapse of narrow wooden stairway
leading from the second floor where
an entertainment incident to the
school house was In progress, caused
many of the deaths, a number of
persons being crushed in the debris
Others. cut off from escape in this
way, were burned to death while still
others jumped from the windows. The
fire was caused by the overturning of
an oil lamp on the stage during the
commencement exercises which were
being witnessed by crowd that jam
med the school house.
After a hearing extending over an
eight weeks period and jury de-
LIBERATION of over twentysix hours, all
but one Of the thirteen defendants in
the Guaranty Securities mail fraud
case In federal court at Omaha were
found guilty Wednesday afternoon.
Due to the prominence of the defend
ants the trial attracted nationwide
attention, while the jury's verdict
came as an unexpected blow. which
left majority of the defendants mo-
mentsrily speeches.
The American Steamship Owners
association has refused to meet the |
wage increase OF $40 month for dock |
and engineroom forces OF American |
vessels granted last Saturday by the
United States shipping board after the
International Seamen's union had de-
manded SO increased pay.
Presbyterians OF the United States
of America received a report from the
committee on Sabbath observance de-
manding that motion pictures "clean
up and clear out of the Lords days"
VIII Fl. Hays, president of the Motion
Picture Producers and Distributors of
America. who is attending the as
sembly as an elder of the church, was
absent from the hall attending a COM
mittee meeting when DR.. Harry l..
Bowlby. president of the Lords Day
alliance, attacked the Sunday motion
picture shows.
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Dear Miss Brooks:

Dear Miss Brooks:
/ also, like a great many others. have
been interested in your work and cor
ner l think it wonderful the way you
answer the questions. This is my first
time to enter. ] am fifteen and live in
country of sage brush. 1 love to ride
horses. go everywhere on them and the
faster they go the better. / thank the
girl for the recipe for good COM
plexion. / believe as she does. / never
owned box of powder, not because l
couldn't have it, but 1 hate 1t and the
looks of 1t. Isn't it as bad to pow
der the way they do, as for a man to
smoker l think we ought to be proud
of the compilations God gave us and
not cover them up ! hope l will never
be tempted tc use 1t. For IL anybody
needs it do. % What else are the best
studies for a girl to study in High
School when she Just wants to be a
plain women. as they call them. besides
domestic art and science? (2) What's
the meaning Of Elma and Jessie?
A HAPPY GIRL.
Lasal, Utah.
Thanks Happy Girl, I am glad you
like us and enjoy the corner. / am
sure our little Wyoming friend will be
glad to know she has another ally. Per-
haps 1t isn't quite so bad as smoking,
dear. as IL does not affect our physical
or moral well being to the extent that
tobacco sometimes does. "a Every
plain" modern woman should have as
advanced study in English mathemat-
ics. home economies. physical education
and Industrial art as is possible for her
to obtain. even though she is planning
on being only n plain" homemaker
(2) The name Elma has no special
meaning. Jessie is Scotch form of
Janet. meaning grace of the Lord"
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TELEGRAPH|C TALES
FOR BUSY READERS
\ RESUME OF THE WEEKS
ooiNcs IN THIS AND OTHER
COUNTRIES
important Events Of the Last Seven
Dsxs-6eported by Wire and Pre-
pared for the Benefit Of tho
Busy Reader
WESTERN

bomb was exploded In an offic,
occupied by Mexican legal firm a
mexico City, In the building confainin.
the United States consulate. Part O.
sne wall was torn away, furniture was
smashed and windows shattered. Nc
bne was hurt.
Flying Cadet Robert e. MacAdams.
ana Private S. Hall. of Brooks field
were killed and their bodies burned
when their plane crashed about five
miles from Brooks field. The cause
OF the accident was not determined.
cadet MacAdams had Just completed
me course at the primary flying
scnooi and was rated as one Of the
best in the class.
MISS Hoylance Fitzgerald, 2O-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. r II
fitzgerald of Draper, Utah who was
shot by two bandits on the state road
IT Draper on the night of December
10. 1922. died Friday evening at the
home OF her parents.
James Rubersen, fireman on train
NO. was killed and many passengers
slightly injured or shaken up when
passenger trains Nos. 80, westbound.
and 9, eastbcund, on the Chicago.
Rock Island & Pacific railroad met
IN head-on collision in a fog at |
6elden, Kan.
The motor of the airplane in which |
Colonel Francis Marshall and Lien
tenant Cahrles Weber met death
last December while attempting to
ny from Rockwell field to Tucson.
Arizona, Will be placed in concrete
pestestal as a monument to the Off
GERS. The site will be the spot In the
Culamaca mountains where the wreck
Cd afrplane was foud last week.
Fire In stump hole of 500 barrels
OF oil on the General Petroleum tank
farm at San Pedro. MANAGED one Of
the large tanks and resulted in re-
ports being made by the San Pedro
police station that an S5.OO0-barrel
tank had exploded. The fire was near
the Fort Macarthur Notifications.
Upton Sinclair, author and Social
IT Hunter S. Kimbrough, his brother
ln-law; Prince Hopkins and Hugh ,
arrested at San Pedro fol- ,
lowing their attempt to make open +,
air addresses at what is known as q
Liberty Hill. were arraigned in police s
'ourt ct Los Angeles on a complaint d
harging a conspiracy to commit a
reach Of the peace and obstructl
rattle,
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submitted
be envelope the
address
tter or no rep can e
strictly confidential.
Address plainly with Brooks
Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Dear Miss Brooks:
Three cheers for "Just Between You
and Nor This IL the first time / have
ever Joined 1t. Hope 1 am welcome.
VIII you print the words to the soma
''Taps'? 1t goes something like this;
Round the camp fire sad and lonely.
| lies her little boy called Taps" Loads
Of love.
MICKEY. wyo.
Thanksl Indeed your are welcome,
Mickey. Come again. 1 am hoping
someone viii recognize your song and
you may have 1t later on, dear. 1t Is
unfamiliar to me as have never heard
it,
BEAUTY CULTURE SCHOOL 4 PARLoRs
.------->-~~~~~~-~-~~~ ~~-~-~~~-~-~
race Creams 4 Powders Hair Foods Mfr Mail
orders promptly filed Learn to be Beauty On
orator Opportunities unlimited Isabelle Steven
son. frin- Rest Haven" s7I So. Main.-Adv.
Dear Miss Brooks:
never fail to read your very inter-
estins corner. There are two question.
that puzzle me very much and I would
IKE you to help me. ID Ny hair II
ooobed and I look very well with II no.
ohouiu let IL grow out or keep II cut p
am girl Is years old. (2) Ia n
proper TO go walking with a bow Won
nave never met If he acts perfectly de-
cent?
BOBBY. Utah.
Cd do not know as 1 can helm Won
greatly. To bob or not to bob. seems
TO be an all absorbing question with n
great many. l have no doubt IN,
oobbed head will be seen for some time
20 come. In fact some predict it will al
ways be with us and while II has en-
Dyed slight revival of late, although
worn quite different than 1t formerly
vas. still 1t is not so popular as 1t was
ome months ago IL you must wear II
'obbed. to be quite up-to-date It must
e worn straight. clinging close to the
ead and the ends curled only slightly.
at all Personally 1 do not advise
obbing the hair and do not think II
elongs to or IL becoming to any ex-
ept the very young girl. from IA to
9 or Is. CD 1t would depend SO very
nuch upon how you came to know
bout the young man, my dear, that
ould scarcely tell you whether It was
proper" or not without knowing more
( the details.
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PERSONAL

I PERSONAL
Former Premier Clemenceau h,
} just refused a senatorship whie
/ would have been his for the askin
l Representatives of the different pa
ties offered to make him their con
mon choice as successor to the LAT
Senator Leroux in the tigers brit
place, the region of La vendel
where he still retains seaside home
Clemenceau refused, saying he wa
determined not to enter parliarnen
and would not accept the seat il h
was elected to it.
Major Thomas Scott Baldwin, orig
inator of the parachute and the frs
man to jump from a balloon with the
device, was buried in Arlington Ma.
tional cemetery Saturday, with mill
tary honors. High officials of the
army, particularly of the air service,
attended the funeral and witnessed
the firing OF the final salute over the
grave.
A sensational confession that she is
none other than Clara Phillips, ham
mer slayer" sought throughout the
western world since her escape from
Los Angeles jail last year, was
made Saturday by the woman who
has been held in Tegucigalpa on that
suspicion. American detectives ar
rived to identify the prisoner and
simultaneously with their arrival the
woman, who previously has main
tanned a fercious silence, attacking
anyone who sought to learn her Sc
cret, broke down and confessed she
is the woman who was convicted of
beating to death Mrs. Alberta Mead
ows.
Damages totaling $4,000 against
the Order of Railway Conductors and
the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men were awarded II. f. Jones, con-
ductor on the Denver & Interurban
railroad, by a jury in district court |
at Denver. OF this amount, $4,000 |
is actual damages. Jones claimed |
that the railway unions had been in
strumental In obtaining his discharge |
from his run on the Colorado &
Southern railway eight years ago and |
lad prevented him from obtaining |
'egular employment since.
Georges Barbot, the French aviator
Who recently crossed and re-crossed
he English channel In q 13-horse
lower airplane, plans to visit the
United States. He told interviewers
hat he hoped to glide from New York
o Chicago in an air flivver making
My one stop.
George j. Gould died at his villa
I Mentine. France. after an illness
eginning with an attack of pneu-
1onia in March. The American fl
ancier was consciouse until the end
nd never gave up hope in his stub
orn fight to recover.
Alva B. Adams of Pueblo, is Colo
ADDS new United States senator. He
as appointed Thursday by Governor
lillian E. Sweet. Senator Adams is
Democrat. He will succeed the late
amuel ID. Nicholson, Republican who
ed in April
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Dear Miss Brooks:

! certainly enjoy reading your cor
ner every Saturday when our town pa
per arrives. 1 would like to ask a few
questions. % Could you please tell me
where i can find some good humorous
and religious or moral readings?
Thanking you In advance and hoping to
see my question answered in the next
paper l remain your friend.
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1t Is very gratifying to know you
enjoy my corner. and / am very glad
that you are now making practical use
of 1t. / believe that the Peerless Re-
citer' will fill your need. This book
sells for s1.25 In the book stores here
Please send stamped envelope If you
wish the address of book store, as
do pot give business addresses here
TO "INQUISITIVE." ''DIMPLES,"
GERALDINE" and "BARBARA."
Montpelier, Ida.-Your answers were
forwarded by letter to one Of the
names you gave in your letter. 1t was
returned to me marked unknown"
and l then sent 1t to one of the other
names and 1t was also returned to me
marked the same. l will now hold
these letters and If you wish the an
swers, please send name by which I
can reach you.
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TRAINING SCHOOL FOR NURSES
ST. Marks HospifaIESalt Lake City, (Orran-
lied 1879 training school for nurses-Addresa
applications. M. T. Hale. Supt of Hospital
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to mother and present them to her In
the incest possible manner. If she is not
then convinced that it is good idea
for you to have it. you may rest as
sured she has good reasons for not
wishing you to own one. Don't you
think SO? If you wish personal re-
ply Bobbie. send a stamped envelope.
Dear Miss Helen:
l call on you so often I'm afraid I'll
wear my welcome out. but you are so
nice about helping everyone that like
to come again and again and now after
l thank you for the information you
gave me may l ask two more ques-
lions? ~ How should one eat olives.
asparagus, peas, corn on cob. lettuce
salad and rice? co VIII you give me
the names of some of our nations
greatest poets and authors who are
living? 1 thank you ever so much.
LUKE BUBBLES"
No, you wouldn't do that. my dear.
ID Olives are eaten with the fingers.
asparagus. peas and lettuce salad with
the fork. When corn is served on the
cob, and holders are not provided, hold
the ear of corn In the right hand, eat
II as gracefully as possible. which is a |
difficult thing to do When rice IL !
served as a vegetable. eat with the |
fork. CD Among the most notable liv-
ng American poets are Henry Van
Dyke. Frank L. Stanton. Edwin Mark
nam and Robert Loveman. James
Whitcomb Riley. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, I
viii Carleton and Madison J. Cawein
ire well known poets who have died
Turing the past ten years. (2) Among
'ur well known authors of fiction
which / take 1t you wish) are Louis
oseph Vance, Randall Parrish, Harold
4scGrath, Samuel Blythe, Irwin s.
>obb. Zane Grey, Booth Harrington,
larry Roberts Rinehart. Kathleen Nor
is. James Oliver Curwood and Nina
Wilcox Putnam.
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SONGS RECEIVED
The following songs and poems have
been received during the past week,
and I wish to thank each one for their
Kindness In contributing them:
The Ship That Never Returned.
Asleep at the Switch
The Pride of the Ball
The Last Fierce Charge