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The Winslow mail., 1924-07-25
Returns From Farminmtnn

A. B. Nelson and family. who were
visiting friends and relatives for ?
week at Pennington and Aztec. New
Mexico, returned last Sunday. Tbev
made the trip by auto Mr.. Nelson
says that Winslow and Arizona are
good enough for him, even tho we
haven't got oil-yet
Honor Mrs. Garrett
Mrs. R. T. Reed and Mrs. G. T. Ste
phens were hostesses at the home of
the latter Wednesday afternoon at a
delightful party in honor of Mrs. r.
G. Garrett, bride of two weeks who
returned to Winslow last week with
Mr.. Garrett from a honeymoon spent
in southern Texas. Mrs. Garrett was
the recipient of beautiful cut glass
water set presented by Mrs. Dick
Henderson on behalf of ladies of the
Baptist church. During the partv re-
freshments were served and IN inter
esting program rendered. Those pres
ent from Winslow were Mesdames d.
w. Henderson, Dick Henderson. R. T..
Champion, r. L. Moore. Enoch Sell
berg. Chas. Milan. w. G. Camp. G. M
Seeley, E. w. McClung, B. Cannadv.
K. H. Rhodes, James Turner, B. Foeh-
ner, I. G. Peterson, Roy Mullen. Out of
town guests who attended were Mrs.
Wynn, Mrs. P. G. Kinney, Mrs. s.
Davies of Shreveport. La, and Mrs.
Walter Camp of Minneapolis.
Visitors in HOlbrOOk
Mrs. Walter E. Camp and little
daughter, Annie Kathryn of Minneap-
oils, and Mrs. S. E. Davies of Shreves-
port, La, are visiting their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. P. G. Kinney of HoI-
brook. They all motored to Winslow
Wednesday to visit friends.
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-25
ST. JOSEPH NEWS

John Turley left town Monday
morning with teams to do tank work
for Chas. Wyrick.
July Gath, Pioneers day, was cele.
brated by Joseph City people.
P. A. Bushman spent Sunday with
old friends here.
K. c. Tanner made a business trip
to Phoenix the first Of the week.
A. B. Porter just returned from a
tour of Salt river valley, also ella
valley. He says st. Joe isn't so bad
after ALL
Town turned out en- masse to take
in the show, When a Mans a Man
at HOlbrook on the 21st and 22nd.
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-25
NOTICE TO CLUB MEMBERS

Mrs. Joe Kleindienst, Mrs. E. F.
Matthews and Mrs. Horace Evans
will be hostesses at an informal re-
ception Saturday afternoon from to
5 o'clock 1T the Evans home, 123 West
Aspinwall in honor of Mrs J. E. Chap
mau OF Chicago, III. Mrs. Chapman
is former Winslow resident, and a
charter member of the club.
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-25
Lumber Specials

~uAAlOCI OpGCldlS
Our big new wholesale house is opened at Flagstaff
and as we will stock number of items there in carload
TO supply yards at Williams Winslow new ward
we placing at Seigman going stocks
aeadE eared m at the retail yards and with that end view
we offer the following prices that will remain in effect until
August lst you have charge account with
pay August 9Th There has not been any Wholesale H M re
o pee 9 an g a sa a sve 6a we are & offering these very
regular prices will go back into effect
SCHUMACHERS PLASTER BOARD
Regular Price $500 M Stock Reducing $4,000
This highest grade wall board manufactured It is
absolutely fire proof proof and weather proof
be applied old plastered wallis direct the studdng
upon surface When tell you that both the West End
and Brooks Service Stations built of product you
know whether will withstand climatic
exactly ike r san com aeeSd 'ss iS 80 and ID
IL lengths. All 48" wide
CEDAR GRAIN WALL BOARD
Regular Price $4,000 NJ Stock Reducing $4,000
This the high grade pulp wall board that have
It will not buckle warp or shrink Which I is more than can be-
SAD OF other pulp boards g. T. g. g. 10 and II lengths
OREGON FIR BATTENs, surfaced sides and clear
per Lin Ft
These beautifully grained baens wall and plaster
boards and are absolutely clear
BUILT-IN BREAKFAST NOOKS
Regular Price $500 Stock Reducing Sale $1,000
@Ets e cas the te seat % en
two table ends glued table top 26 x54 You have nifty
little breakfast nook by placing the kitchen
dining room
BUILT-IN AMERICAN IRONING BOARDS
Regular Price 5000 Stock Reducing Sale Price $500
Just cut hole in the wall and place of these boards
between the suddng and have of the best presents
can give wife All hardware and fixtures in
cuded in above price When it's installed it's then out of the
CERTAIN-TEED KAISOMINE
h. packages Irregular sze 7c Stock Reducing Sales Price 35c
Coors: Pea Green, Apple Green Light Blue and Light
Brown.
PICKETS
Regular 3a4c Stock Reducing Sale Price nc each
We have $50 flat clear Arizona Pine Picket 1x21a x24
long nice looking fence be made with these pckets
DOORS
Regular Price to $500 each Your choice S295 each
We have about thirty strictly No. Colonial 5x PaneD
DOORS 1872 thick ranging from 2Ox66 to 3Ox70 Some
for $500 Take your choice for $95 each
SCREEN DOORS
Regular Price up $40 each Your choice $500
About 40 nice pine Screen Doors Galvanized wire) ranging
in size from 26x6-6 to Ski
The Hall Lumber Compan,
|"EUeyyt11ing from Foundation to Roof
The Winslow mail., 1924-07-25

Best cement and roofing paper, low
est prices at Rabbits.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
CHICAGO GRAIN PRICES,

CHICAGO, October 29-Moderate
commission house selling. together
with lack of sustained demand.
turned the wheat market downward
in price today during the early trans
actions. Lower quotations at Liver
pool tended also to weaken values
here. ON the declines, however,
standing orders to buy were uncov-
cred, and rallies ensued. The open
ing. which varied from unchanged
figures to Is cent lower, with Decen-
Der 1.41%s to 1.4e and May, 1.47 to
.47&s. was followed by numerous
changes between yesterdays finish
and II cents below.
Corn and oats were easy owing to
sympathy with wheat. After open
ing unchanged to half cent down,
December 1898 to 1.04. the corn
market scored fractional gains, but
then underwent losses all around.
Oats started at shade to IS cent
off, December. 4elf 10 1875 cents
hardened a little and then sagged
lower than before.
Provisions were irregular. lard de-
veloping strength, whereas ribs acted
Evening star., 1924-10-29
HAY MARKET LOWER.
Agriculture Department Finds
Poor Grades Hard to Move.

The hay market averaged practical
ly unchanged during the week Octo-
Der 20-25, according to the weekly hay
market review of the United States
Department of Agriculture. Only a small
percentage of the arrivals was high
grade hay and this quality sold readily,
but the offerings of medium and low
grades were in excess of the; demand
and were hard to move even at sub
stantial reductions.
Receipts at II principal markets,
July 1-October Is. were slightly heav-
ier than for the, same. period last year.
Timothy prices continue below last
years level. about midway between
1923 and 1922 levels. Alfalfa prices
at the principal markets average
about SO cents higher than this time
last year. and about 81 higher than
in 1922, while prairie prices are lower
than either the 1923 or 1922 level.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
SEABOARD BONDS
FEATURE MARKET
Price List Holds Firm-New
Financing Put Off Until
After Election.
by GEORGE r. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. October 29.-Tradins
in bonds was quiet today, but prices
were remarkably firm There was
absolutely no pressure to sell. What
small offerings did come upon the
market We're readily taken at prevail
ing levels, and with a little care for
anything reasonably high grade,
sellers were able to obtain the top
price. Dealers were optimistic as to
the future of the investment market
whatever might happen to speculative
securities. \ large number Of pieces
of new financing are being held back
until after the election but from the
present outlook, there will be no diff
Guilty in placing anything attractively
priced.
SeabOard Issues Leaders.
In today's market. speculative bonds
attracted the most attention. The
feature among the rails was Sea
board Air Line adjustments above 6S
and at new high price. Other Sea-
board bonds We're moderately higher.
There was still active trading in
the ST. Louis-San Francisco issues
but here the advance was halted for
the time being at least In the st.
Paul group. the long-term refundng
Haute and South Eastern IS gained
a half point. The last named is now
in effect "A St. Paul bond.
Among the local fractions Manhat-
tan Elevated first is and second A.
were both bought at advancing prices
Hudson and Manhattan incomes were
up fractionally. In the sugar group
there was further weakness in
American Sugar 6s. which made a
new low on this movement. There
was some selling of the bonds of the
sugar producing companies. but the
losses were unimportant. Wickwire
Spencer Steel IS lost ground among
the Steels.
Pierce Arrow Ss were strong. re-
spending to Il favorable earnings
statement. Among Investment in
dustrials American Smelling and Re
timing 5s were again in demand.
Liberty Loans Active.
United States Government loans and
first mortgage rails were steady. but
inactive. Union Pacific 5s ran w
fractionally and in industrials in
diana Steel 5s did the same.
Steadiness characterized the for
new foreign financing is still the eX-
ion Is that the new bonds will have
TO be offered on 7l2 per cent basis
Today's new issues included $3-
$4,000 American Refrigerator Tran
sit 81 4 per cent equipments due seri-
ally TO yield from 4.50 TO 5.45 per
cent.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
INDIA PLANTS MOST
COTTON IN 80 YEARS

Prospect of the largest cotton area
in India in go years is indicated in
cable dispatch just received by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture from the Indian department
of statistics. The area reported as
planted up to October is 2l,7so. 900
acres. which indicates that on the
basis of the average proportion or
the area planted by that date in tho
past Il years total acreage OF
26.247,000 acres might be expected.
The cotton crop in some parts OF
TurkeStan has been seriously dam
aged by frosts in October. according
to a cablegram from the lnterna-
tional Institute of Agriculture at
Rome. The condition of the crop in
the Sudan in September was report
ed as good.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
AMERICAN TOBACCO
DIVIDEND INCREASED
Yearly Rate Raised From $12 to
$14 Per Share at Meet
ing Today.
BY the Associated Press.

bN IIlf -ANSOCllTtU PreSS.
NEW YORK, October 29.-Directors
of the American Tobacco Companv
today declared quarterly dividend
of 312 per cent on both classes of
common stock. placing them on a II
per cent basis as against the pre-
vious rate Of II per cent.
\ proposal to reduce the par value
Of both the common stock and class
B from 500 to $50 will be submitted
10 stockholders at a meeting Noyem-
ber 6, which would increase the au-
thoriZed common to 100000 shares
and the B stock to 100000 shares.
This will make the dividends on the
new stock 81 share. equivalent to
$l4 share on the old stock. The
sl2 rate has been maintained since
stock dividend of rs per cent was
paid in August, 1920.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
WALL STREET NOTES.

NEW YORK. October 29.-The F1ori-
da Western and Northern Railroad,
new short line of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway, will open for passenger
and freight traffic on January 1, 1925,
S. Davies Warfield, president, has an
nounced.
Samuel Mundheim of New York and
Pittsburgh has been elected chairman
of the American Safety Razor Corpo-
ration.
Gold valued at s5,250.000, consigned
to the Federal Reserve Bank Of New
York. from the Netherlands Bank,
Holland, arrived today
Evening star., 1924-10-29
81 Roads Increase Earnings,
SALES SHOW INCREASE

NEW YORK, October 29.-AllIs-
Chalmers Manufacturing Co. in
creased its net profit in the nine
months of 1924 to s2,iI2,l65. equa
after preferred dividends to $jHY 4
share on the common stock com
pared with s1.S54,0S9 or S3.S$ q
share IN the same period OF Ia"3.
Sales billed for the first nine months
Of 1924 totaled $50, $50, ,925i against
s1S,1e9.305 in the previous CORE
spending period.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
STILL AFTER SHIP AWARD.

PHILADELPHIA, October % (Spe-
ciaD.-The Cramp shipyard has not
yet given up hope of securing the
contract for the s7.000,000 Matson
liner to be built by the American
Hawaiian Company and turned over
to the Matson Company. The Amer
ican Hawaiian Company is financially
interested in the Cramp Company
through a subsidiary.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
TREASURY CERTIFICATES
DAIRY PRODUCTS,
BALTIMORE. October 90

BALTIMORE, October 30 (SpeciaD
Live poultry = Spring chickens.
pound, 20a26; Leghorns, 20a24; old
hens, 17a26: Leghorns, 17a1S; old
roosters, 15a16; ducks, 17a25; pigeons,
pair, so: guinea fowl, each, 40a75:
young turkeys, pound, S5a42; old, 3Sa
40.
Eggs-Receipts, 2.177 cases; native
and nearby firsts, free cases, dozen
quotations, 50.
Butter - Creamery, good to fancy
pound, 'S7a39: prints. 39a41; nearby
creamery, 34a36; ladies, 30a32; store
packed, 22a23; process butter, 33a9s.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
tQuotations furnished by ". b. Hibbs & Col
: Nominal Selling checks
gold value. today,
Ey the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, October 29.-Foreign ex-
changes steady. Quotations in United
States dollars: Great Britain. demand,
450ss; cables, 4.50H; 60-day bills on
banks, 4.475s. France. demand, .0524 !;
cables, .05241a. Italy, demand, .0432A !;
cables, .0432%. Belgian, demand,
.04SO1s; cables. .04S1. Germany, de-
mand, per trillion, .23N: Holland, de-
mand, 1927; Norway. demand, .1430 !;
Sweden, demand, 1853; Denmark, de-
mand, 1928: Switzerland, demand,
1924; Spain. demand. .1343; Greece, de-
mand, .01741a Poland. demand, .19h :;
CZechoslovakia. demand. .029S; Jugo-
slavia, demand, .0145A Austria, de-
mand, .0000141s: Rumania, demand.
.0056; Argentina, demand. .36S7: Brazil,
demand. .1155: Toxic. demand, $50 :;
Montreal, LOO.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
CHRISTMAS TOYS ARE
RUSHED TO AMERICA
20,005 Cases Recently Received in
Baltimore Originated in
German Factories.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE, October 29-Importa-
tion of Christmas toys, which has
been usually heavy, is now at its
peak and practically every European
general cargo ship is bringing its
consignment. From Septem Der / to
date 20,005 cases o. Christmas toys
have reached Baltimore, many OF
them for local delivery and large
proportion for interior movement.
Germany is the point of origin for
most of them and shipment to Balti-
more is made from Bremen. Ham
burg, Antwerp and Rotterdam.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
NEW YORK DAIRY PRICES.

NEW YORK. October 29.-Butter
firm: receipts, 1851 tubs; creamery
higher than extras, 401aa41; cream
cry, extra (S2 score), 40; do. firsts
(SS to 81 score), 3312a39.
Eggs. firm; receipts, 1852 cases;
fresh gathered, extra firsts, 5la55.
Cheese, irregular; receipts, 1S6,73
boxes.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
MOON MOTOR EARNINGS.

NEW YORK, October 29.-The Moor
Motor Car Company, earned net in
come before taxes Of S624.277 in the
first nine months of 1924. against
Se32.1o7 in the seme period of 1928.
Stewart Mcdonald, president, stated
that the company operated this year
without having recourse to bank
loans and did not contemplate reduc-
ton in dividends or any new financ-
ing.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
MARKET CLOSES UNEVEN.
Prices Remain Very Irregular in
Last-Hour Deals.
the Associated Press.

IL the Associated Press.
, NEW YORK, October .g.-B Backing
and filling movement characterized to-
days quiet stock market. Heayiness of
the steelS, foods and public utilities
offset by strength of dividend paying
rails and merchandising issues. Sales
approximated $50, 900 shares
The closing was irregular. Mixed
price movements continued through the
late trading, which was featured by a
jump Of points in Omaha preferred to
u new 1924 high at S6A and a break of
5 points in, South Porto Rican Sugar
To a new low at So
Evening star., 1924-10-29
DIVIDENDS RESUMED.

NEW YORK. October 29.-Dividends
on the preferred stock of the Inter
state Iron and Steel Company were
resumed today when directors de-
cIared a quarterly disbursement OF
u. per cent. payable December ! tt
stock of record November 20. The
dividend was omitted on February 2
1922
Evening star., 1924-10-29
HOUSTON OILS NET.

NEW YORK, October 29.-Net earn
ings of the Houston Oil Co. of the quar-
ter ended September so were s377.287
before depreciation and depletion,
against $7S3,114 in the preceding quar-
ter. Net income for the nine months
of 1924 was s1,744,39S.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
WOOL PRICES STRONGER.

BOSTON, October 20 Especially -
Low and medium wool suitable for
woolens featured today light pre-
election trading in the Summer street
markets. Fleece woods moved fairly well,
and it was reported that Ohio de
LANES had been sold above the recent
62-cent selling level. Most dealers
are holding for 63 cents. Half -bloods
have sold as high as 60 cents and
quarter bloods SO chnts. South Amer
lean woods are scarce and the few
lots that have been moved went at
q advancing prices.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
YEARS EARNINGS GAIN

NEW YORK, October 29.-American
Power and Light reports balance of
S13,S76,517 for the year ended August
81 after taxes. but before interest and
depreciation, against s13.O27.s79 the
year before. Gross Of $33,701,164 was a
gain Of about $2,220,000.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
New Orleans Quotations.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE, October % (SpeciaD.
-Potatoes-White, 100 pounds, 50a
1.25; barrel. 75a1.75: sweet potatoes,
barrel, 1.o0a3.50; vans, barrel, 3.00a
$50; beans, bushcl, 1.2Jal.7J: beets,
100, 400a5.00: broccoli and kale,
bushel, 35a40: brussels sprouts, quart,
15a25: cabbage. 100, 3.00a5.00: carrots,
corn, dozen. 10a40; caulifiower, crate,
i.50a2.50; lima beans. bushel, 3.00a
$50; lettuce, bushel, 50a1.50; onions.
100 pounds. 75a2.l0: oyster plants.
100. 6.00a7.00; parsnips, basket. 50a65;
peppers, basket, 50al.00; spinach.
basket, 2oa35; packing stock. bushel
30a35; savoy cabbage, bushel, G0a1J;
pumpkins. ZOE, 5.00a15.00; tomatoes,
basket, 50aI. 90: turnips, basket, 35af5.
Apples. barrel, 2.00a6.00; bushel. 75a
10; grapes. basket, 17a20; grape
fruit. box. 3.75a5.50; pears, basket
l5a25: bushel, l.25a3,2o; ounces,
bushel, 15al.25; oranges, box, 4.50a
600.
Selling Prices at Noon.
Wheat-No,, red Winter. spot
1.5294; No. red Winter. garlicky
1.51ts; No. red Winter, garlicky
14Sls.
Sales-Bag lots OF nearby at 1.4o
Corn-Cob, new yellow, 800 per
barrel: track corn, yellow. No. ., 1.2S
Sales-None.
oats-So. :. new, 81. and IS per
bushel; No. ,, SCI and 81.
Rye-Nearby. 1.10al.2o; No. 8 rye
spot, 1.2S.
Hay-receipts. - tons. The de-
mand for hay is moderate and con-
fined almost entirely to the better
grades Of timothy and light clover
mixed. Medium and low grade hay
in ample supply is slow sale at ir-
regular discounts
Quotat tions today-No. timothy
l9.o0a20.5o; No. 3 timothy, 17.00a18.00
No. ] light clover, mixed. ls.50a19. 90
No. l clover, mixed. 11.50al8.0o: No
. clover, mixed, I5.0oa16.0o
Straw-No. wheat new. I2Ooa
1900; No. I, 1S.00a1400
Evening star., 1924-10-29
COTTON QUOTATIONS
IN SLIGHT ADVANCE
Beneficial Frosts Prevent ANY
Marked Gains in Days
Trading.
Hy the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. October 29.--The cot
ton market opened steady today at a
decline of 2 to 10 points, with active
months soon showing net losses of
ing for a reaction which was encour
aged by easy Liverpool cables and a
favora Bile Interpretation Of the week
ly weather report. The latter stated
that III many places frosts had been
more beneficial than harmful to the
crop and that the weather had been
favorable for picking.
After selling off to 23.28 for Jan
uary, however. the market steadied
on renewal of trade buying or COW
ering and ruled within 8 or 8 points
of yesterdays closing at the end of
the first hour.
New Orleans Quotations.
NEW ORLEANS, October 2e.-The
cotton market opened steady despite
a lower Liverpool than due. AS the
weekly Government weather and crop
report claimed that the crop had not
been damaged by the general heavy
to killing frost in the northern por-
tion of the belt, the market eased Off
right after the call until December
traded down to 1928, January to 1920
and March to 23.43, or II to 90 points
lower compared with yesterdays close.
The market soon rallied, howeE\r, on
good support, prices recovering to
within 4 to ) points on the opening
figures.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
CANADIAN PACIFIC'S NET,

NEW YORK. October oa-Nct o1er-
ating income of the Canadian Pacific
advanced to S4.J47,645 i'll September.
compared with $4.49791@ in September.
1873. The total for the nine months was
sa0,445,sS1, against 19,2J1,424 year
ago.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

LONDON, October 29.-Bar silver,
34 1916 per ounce. Money. rs per
cent. Discoaat rates, short bills,
31sa3Ss per cent; three month bills,
311-1ea3E per cent
Evening star., 1924-10-29
NAPHTHA PRICES REDUCED.

NEW YORK, October 29.-The
Standard Oil Company of New York
has reduced the price Of naphtha
cents gallon to 13 cents through its
territory.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
LIVE POULTRY HIGHER

CHICAGO. October 2a.-Poultry. alive
higher: fowls, 16a2e; springs, %: roost
ers, 10; turkeys. IS.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
Yellow Cab d.. 39N

iPartly extra. Playable in preferred stock.
Dividend rates as given in the above table
are the annual cash payments based on the
latest quarterly alf-yearly declarations.
Unless otherwise uoted. extra or special
dividends not included.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
Railroad stocks Sell on.

Norfolk and Western sold off sharp
ly on the announcement that negotia-
tioEs for u lease by the Pennsylvania
had been abandoned. The fact that
at the same time an extra dividend
was declzred bringing the stock up
TO an per cent basis did not count.
AtchiSon and New York Central
continued to sell AL day at virtual!
the same pri 'es, the fo"mar paving :
and the latter :. The Street saw in
this an assurance that Placing of
AtChiSon ou Il : pr cent basis is on y
4 mattnr Of Il ShnrI time.
Evening star., 1924-10-29
STOCKS SELL OFF.
lN DAYS TRADING
Podr Steel Report and Drop
ping of Rail Lease Are
Active Factors.
by STUART =. WEST.

Special Dispatch TO The star
NEW YORK. october 29.-The
United states Steel report for Sep
tember east a damper on the mark ct
today. 1t was not up to expectations
particularly as regarded the earnings
for the month of September. The
comparison between these September
results and those for July We're un-
satisfactory. and heavy selling came
into United States Steel at tue start.
The stock had closed Tuesday at
1uS1i. The first sale this morning z
was l01I2. 1t rallied for Il time, but
subsequently, weakened and thereby
eXerted q depressing effect upon the
entire list.
Evening star., 1924-10-29

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