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PROFIT TAKING
HALTS RISING
MARKET
Selling Orders Result in
Slightly Lower Prices in
Early Trading

NEW YORK, July 11-SellinR
orders accumulated in the stock
market following yesterdays irregu-
lar closing, and lower prices were
generally the rule in the first hour
Of trading today Oil stocks bore
the brunt of the selling pressure,
reflecting the uneasiness existing
with respect to the continued heavy
production Of crude oil and refined
gasoline. Sinclair whose directors
meet today for dividend action on
the common stock, was offered down
to TN, a new low for the year
Cosden was also weak, around 26A
though the volume of business In
both issues was small.
Only fractional recessions took
place in U. s. Steel, Baldwin, Ameri
can Can and other market leaders
and subsequent transactions were at
slightly improving price Levels.
Operations for thef rise went ahead
in other stocks, notably the pool
industrials." American Water
Works regained nearlyafive points Of
the loss sustained at yesterday s
close. st. Louis Southerwestern
featured the rails, with an advance
to the years high at 44%.
Futher improvement in the bank.
ing position was soon in the advance
of the reserve ratio of the New York
Federal Reserve bank from 81 to
1873 per cent.
In narrow, desultory trading in
the second hour the market moved
through a narrow range of price
changes. The trend of values was
slightly down ward although a few
prominent stocks, like Baldwin and
New York Central moved opposite to
the trend. Sugar stocks were under
pressure, due to further decline in
new sugar prices, and the reports
that further cuts will be made in
prices Of the refined product.
On easier cables and reports ol
showers in Texas, cotton sold off 9
few points in the steady trading, buv
the market as whole was steady
The foreign exchange market was
steady, and commodity prices practi
cally unchanged.
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BOND MARKET
OFFERED B. c.
ISSUE
British Columbia Gold Bonds
Placed on Sale by Dillon,
Read & Co.

NEW YORK, July 11.-Dillon,
Read & Co. are offering 100000
Province Of British Columbia, Can
ada, gold bonds. The issue is d.
vided into $S,Oo0.O0O three-year Az
per cent gold bonds, dated July IL,
1924, and due July IL, 1927, and
$4,000, 900 25-year per cent sink
ing fund gold bonds (non-callable),
dated July -, 1924, and due July
~, 1949. The Az per cent bonds
are being offered at 99% and in.
terest to Yield $50 per cent. The
per cent bonds are being offered
at 99A and interest to yield sos
per cent.
E. H. Rollins & Sons, New York,
and Bond, Goodwin & Tucker, Inc,
San Francisco, are offering a new
Issue of $5,000,000 Los Angeles Gas
& Electric Corporation per cent
cumulative preferred stock, non
callable, at 90 and accrued dividend,
&c yield 6.67 per cent. This cor
poration and it's predecessors has
supplied gas continuously since
1867, and electric light and power
since 1882 to the City of Los An
geles, and supplies gas to numer-
Gus important adjoining communi-
ties and suburban districts conpris-
ing a total estimated population of
100000. The gas department has
q generating capacity of 80,750,0
cubic feet per "a hours, and the
electric department a generating
capacity of 1880 horsepower. The
company has been under the Same
management for 81 years.
A. M. Lamport & Co., Inc, are
Offering 100000 City Of Columbus,
Ohio, Az per cent notes due 1925,
yielding $50 per cent; $500, 900 State
of Illinois As due 1912 to 1913,
yielding per cent: 100000 City of
Lackawanna, N. Y, school district
AVS due 1926 to 1914, yielding from
4 to AIS per cent; $4,000 City of
New Bedford, Mass, registered AS
due 1912, yielding 4.1O per cent;
100000 City Of Dallas, Tex, SIS
due 1927 to 1928, yielding 4.10 per
cent; $4,000 City of Bayonne,
N. j., AVS due 1881 to 1862, yield.
ing 4.25 per cent; 100000 City of
Detroit, Mich, registered 5h's due
1912 to 1915, yielding ABS per cent;
$4,000 City of Los Angeles, Cal,
1888 to 1889, yielding 4.40 to 4,50
coupon and registered AVIS due
FER cent; and 100000 City of Mo.
bile, Ala, SIS due November 1, 1947,
yielding 4.50 per cent.
r. M. Grant & Co., Inc, are offer.
ing a new issue Of $469, 900 Yves.
New York, N. j., per cent gold
bonds due July /. 1929 to 1912 al
prices to yield 4.40 per cent.
The National City Co. is offerine
an additional issue Of $1,000, OOC
Portland Electric Power Company I
per cent cumulative prior prefer
ence stock, series A, with a PAL
value of 500 share at a price OF
9812 to yield 7.10 per cent. The
Portland Electric Power Company
supplies electric light and power in
Portland and nearly 40 other com
n,unities in western Oregon, does
the gas business in Salem and oper,
ates city and interurban railway
lines in Portland and adjacent ter
r1tory. The proceeds from the sale
OF the issue will reimburse the com
rany for expenditures, including
those made in connection with. it's
large new hydro-electric station, the
first unit of which is expected to be
In operation on or about August ]
next
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
AMERICAN SECURITY & TRUST CO.

At Washington the District Columbia the close of
go
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SMOKERS CAUSE
Is OUT Of 49
FIRES
5Iazes in Buildings Under U.
S. Supervision Here Caus-
ed $4e5.5o Loss

Carelessness with cigars, cigar.
cites, pipes and matches caused rs
Of the 40 fires discovered in build.
ings under the supervision of the
Department of Public Buildings and
Grounds during the fiscal year,
ending June 30, according to a
report just submitted to Lieutenant
Colonel Sheriff., officer in charge.
by Chief Fire Marshall r. A. Des.
peaux.
OF the total, 80 fires were found
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in so-called fire proof strud tures,
according to the report. The 80
fires resulted in a monetary loss Of
$4O7.5O, while the remaining ten
caused losses of SIS, making a
total of $4S5.50 in fire loss for the
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BANK STATEMENTS.
BANK STATEMENTS.
BANK STATEMENTS BANK STATEMENTS
CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE
RIGGS NATIONAL BANK

At Washington. the District of Columbia at the close
June 80, 1924
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year. Half of the ten fires in the
temporary buildings were caused
by electrical defects.
Short circuits were responsible
for eighty fires and miscellaneous
causes started 16, according to the
report of Despeaux.
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Foreign Exchange

FURNISHED by w. B. Hibbs -& Coz
Country iDemaod CahIa
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Swimming, hiking, baseball, camp.
fires and exploring are just a few
OF the delights of the Boys Club
Camp in which every boy between
10 and Is can spend a week, with
all expenses paid, when he gets 10
new subscribers for The Times.
BANK STATEMENTS.
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A1EbttIIt VI NUIuNIUIdt %.
I, WILLIAM CLARK TAYLOR. secre-
tary and manager of the above-named
bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best Of
my knowledge and belief.
WILLIAM CLARK TAYLOR,
Secretary and ManaEer
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10th day OF July, 1874,
ANNE C, BRENNAN, Notary Public
Correct-Attest
FRANK S. BRIGHT
RICHARD A. FORD
L. c. STRIDER
Directors .
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-30
JACK HUnnER WAS ROGUE
Mother Goose Character Really Exist.
ed in the Reign of
Henry Viii.

Jack Horner of the Christmas pie
really existed, though whether he de-
served the title of good boy" is ex-
ceedingly doubtful He was, however,
fortunate rogue.
When Henry VIII suppressed the
monasterieS and drove the monks from
their quarters the title deeds of the
abbey of MellS were demanded by the
commissioners. The abbot of Glaston-
/ bury determined that he would send
them to London and, as the documents
were very valuable, and the road in
tested with thieves, it was difficult to
get them to the metropolis safely.
To accomplish this end he devised a
very ingenious plan He ordered a sa-
worry pie to be made, and inside he put
the docHments-the finest filling a pie
ever had-and intruSted this dainty to
lad named Horner to carry up to Lon
don to deliver safely into the hands for
whom ii was intended.
But the journey was long and the
day cold, and the boy was hungry, and
the pie was tempting, and the chance
of detection was small.
So the boy broke off piece of the
pie, and beheld a parchment within. He
pulled it forth innocently enough, Won
dering how it could have found its way
there. tied up in pastry, put it in his
, pocket and then continued his journey
to town.
The parcel was delivered, but the
title deeds of Mells abbey were miss
ing
The fact was that Jack had them In
his pocket. These were the juiciest
I plums in the pie. Great was the rage
! of the commissioners and heavy the
vengeance they dealt out to the monks
But Master Jack Horner kept his Sc
cret, and when peaceable times were
, restored he claimed the estates and re-
ceived them.-Baltimore sun.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-30

is a piece called Guard House point,
and the old cellar and mound where
the guard house stood is still visible
The story my father had with the
land was that Thorndyke built it to
have a guard there to keep squatters
off his land. A larger house stood
back from it, and a field with stone
wall can be traced.
The cellar of the original Roger
Googins' house is in sight not a hun
dred feet from where the writer sits,
and two of his sons houses are still
standing nearby. The whole point
is replete with very interesting old
legends, and if Thorndyke's men
dug all these old cellars which tradi-
ton says were those of the old
French, he was a busy man. How
ever, we are willing to let the mat
ter stand. Our people here are like
the woman, convinced against her
Will, is of the same opinion still"
and we will still convey to the COM
ing generation the stories as we have
them.
have thought that perhaps
something occurred in the 1865
that showed these French people
they had no claim, and they were
driven off by the rightful owners,
basing that thought on the facts that
Thorndyke was having such hard
time of it, that Roger Googins
went away, but came back the next
year, and that building was stand
ing here when the Des Isles and the
DeLaittres arrived, and is pointed
out to-day. The formation of the
foundation shows that it must have
been 40XS0. Our tradition has
it that it was a two-story building,
and that they kept their domestic
animals in one end.
In closing, will say that | agree
that Maine is a good State to be
born in, especially the coast, and
more especially the coast adjacent to
Mt. Desert hills, where our lover of
Maine history, Prof. William Otis
Sawtelle, has his summer home
j. Sherman Douglas
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-30
WILD TURKEY LIKES TO SAIL
Uses Wings More Than Is Supposed
Volpanes Down Mountain Slope
at Express Train Speed.

Wild turkeys use their wings more
than is supposed for going to and com
ing from the roost; when disturbed;
often to come together from consider
able distances; when changing their
feeding grounds, and sometimes they
will fly into tall trees apparently just
to spy out the land. In mountainous
country turkeys do good deal of sail
ing down long slopes. This wild vol
planning is most beautiful and impress
Sive flight downward and the rush Of
the wind through these makes IA sound
like bowling shrapnel. The speed is
terrific, and it is checked by the birds
gracefully swerving to one side ere
they come to ground. On several occa-
sions | have attempted to time such
flight, having the birds in full view and
knowing approximately the distance
covered. Unless my estimate was
wholly wrong turkeys can volplane
down a two-mile mountain slope in a
shade over a minute and half An
other fly of about three miles, includ-
ing a dip to a distant ridge, seemed to
be made in three minutes fiat. But
such speed, under the circumstances
is not extraordinary when we remem-
Der that a greenwinged teal, along a
straight river reach, has been timed at
100 miles an hour. The speed of WILD
things is at least one insurance policy
they carry against determination.
The case of the wild turkey is eXcit-
ing in its promise. Here is a great
bird for long in many states on the
verge of extinction, now coming back
in all his regal stateliness Nor is the
mere killing of him the only sport that
his return affords. His presence once
more in our forests invests them with
the spirit of primeval wildness that no
man wishes this country ever wholly to
lose.-Archibald Rutledge, in the New
York Independent.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-30
WOOL FOR BILLIARD TABLE
Twenty-Five of the Finest Fleeces Are
Used in Making Single Cover
That Will Stand Up.

Most striking of the revelations of
the manufacture of billiard tables are
the facts about the cloth for which the
pick of the worlds wool is used to pro-
duce a fabric that will stand up to its
work No fewer than % teeces are re-
jected during the processes of cleaning
and combing hefo,e the weaving be
gins.
70 keep a cloth in the best condition
two things are careful brush
Ing and ironing, The strokes of the
brush must invariably be in the same
direction-that is, with the nap-and
the same rule holds good for the iron,
which should never be too hot. or else
the cells of the wool will he deprived
of the natural moisture which they
need to keep in good condition.
The points of the best cues are usu-
ally made of French ash or maple,
which have been found by experience
to keep straighter than other woods.
For the establishment of the butt
ebony is the favorite, but tulip wood
"a wood from Brazil of a red color
with yelIoWish stre0ks-and rosewood
are, both employed sometimes.-De-
troit News
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-30
LanOine Reunion,

The second annual Portland re-
union of former Lamoine residents
and their families was held at the
home of A. l.. Trip, 20 Bryant
street, Woodfords, Friday evening,
Jan. rs, thirty-one being present
The following officers were re-
elected: President, Mrs Ella Hodg-
kins; secretary and treasurer, A. L..
Trip; executive committee, Gran
vile Douglas, Mrs. Nora Farnham
and John Linscott.
An enjoyable evening was spent in
renewing acquaintance, playing
games and the program. The presi-
dent read an interesting letter
written by Hon. j. Sherman Douglas,
mayor" of the home town, in which
he urged the return of all the good
people to the "best-ever' town. A
report of the high school reunion
held at Lamoine last summer was
given by Edith Rice The next high
school reunion will probably be held
in August, 1924, at Lamoine Beach,
by invitation of Harry Higgins. An
original poem was given by Mrs. A.
l.. Trip, and several readings were
given by Miss Louise Hodgkins and
Louis Farnham. Refreshments were
served.
The next meeting will probably
be held in April at the residence of
Raymond Hodgkins, 26 Water street,
Woodfords.
Those present were Rev. and Mrs.
w. H. Rice, Louis Farnham and wife,
John Linscott and wife, Donald
I,iDScOtt Oscar ,inScott and wife
Maurice Hodgkins, Raymond Hodg-
kins and wife, Misses Eleanor, Jo-
sephine, Beatrice, Louise, Isa-
belle and Phyllis HOdgkins, Paul
and Winfield Hodgkins, Granville
Douglas and wife, Sterling Douglas,
Fred Davis and wife, Walter Davis,
Alton Trip and wife, Norman Trip,
Laurence Trip and Edith Rice.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-30
JOINT INSTALLATION.

A joint installation of officers of
Mckinley lodge, f and A. NJ, and
fremont chapter O. f. s., was held
January II.
Installation of fremont chapter
was held first, with w. NJ Mary NJ
Richardson, assisted by P. P. Frank
l.. Manchester, Esther Colt, chaplain.
Alfredo Thurston, marshal, P. M.
Lula r. ThurstOn, organist. The
officers are: Mary M Richardson,
w. M; Herbert p. Richardson, W.
P; Sadie II. Wilson, A. M; Leila c.
Wallace, secretary; Florence Stan
ley, treasurer; Rena Thurston, con-
ductress; Alfredo Thurston, A. c.;
Esther Colt, chaplain; Susie NJ
Reed, marshal; Lula r. Thurston, Or
ganist; Mary Vansaw, Adah; Cora E.
Bragg, Ruth; Vida Hamblen,
Esther; Annie Sprague, Martha;
Jennette Manchester, Electa; Ger
trude Colt, warder; Leslie Hamblen,
sentinel.
Frank l.. Manchester was INSTALL
ing officer of Masonic officers, as
sisted by Benjamin Colt, chaplain,
and William H. Thurston, marshal
The officers are: Everett A. Stan
ley, W. M; George C. Robbins, S.
w; Herbert P. Richardson, ]. w;
Eugene NJ Stanley, secretary; AL
bert d. Moore, treasurer; Jay l..
Robbins, S. D.; Leslie Hamblen, J..
D.; Otis H. Ingalls,, S. s.; Herman
Farley, j. s.; William H. Thurston,
marshal; Benjamin Colt, chaplain;
Oscar L. Bragg, organist; Charles H.
Norwood, tyler.
A program was rendered through
the installations, after which sup
per was served in the lower hall.
About 100 were present.
Jan 2S. p M
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-30
EXCHANGED PIPES FOR LAND
William Penn Paid for Tract in
Seventeenth Century.

Pipes in the Seventeenth century
were largely made in Holland of pipe
clay imported from England-to the
disgust and loss of English pipemakers
In 1868 the company of tohacco-pipe-
makers petitioned parliament to forbid
the export of tobacco pipe clay, since
by the manufacture of pipes in Hol-
land their trade was much damaged
The company's request was granted
but in the next year it again found it
necessary to go to parliament, show
ing their threatened ruin because
cooks bakers and ale-house keepers
and others made pipes, but so unskill-
fully that they were brought into dis
esteem, and requesting that none be
allowed to follow the trade who had
not been apprentices seven years.
During the latter part of the Seven
teenth century English pipes were pre-
scented by colonists in America to the
Indians. They subsequently became
valuable as objects of barter or part
purchase value in exchange for land
In 1861 100 pipes and 100 iew's-harps
were given for strip of country near
Timber creek in New jersey, William
Penn, the founder of PENNSYLVANIA,
purchased a tract of land, and 300
pipes were included in the articles
given In the exchange.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-30
BIueIlilj,

Capt. F. X. Perkins, of the schoon-
er Anna R. Hydratter, is home for a
visit
John Snow has received a crate of
fine oranges from r. d. Libby, who
now resides in st. Cloud, Fla.
YMrs. June Stevens, who has been
visiting her parents, H. w. Grindle
and wife, has returned to her home
in North Cambridge, Mass.
Emory Parnell, "the one man
band" made a big hit at the town
hall Friday evening, in the third en-
tertainment of the lyceum course.
The funeral of Elsie, wife of Frank
D. Robinson, was held at the home
of her mother, Mrs. w. G. Slower,
Saturday afternoon, Rev. Samuel
McGraw of Surry officiating. Mrs.
Robinson was twenty-four years of
age, and her death is deeply mourned
by all who knew her. Besides the
husband, mother and step-father, she
leaves two small children, Leigh and
Goldie, one brother, Leon Cooper, of
Ulysses Eaton of this town.
The officers of Ira Berry lodge, F.
and A. NJ, were installed January 81
by A. c. Hinckley, d. G. M, assisted
by F. N. Bowden and F. B. Snow.
The officers: w. M, Pearl Emerson;
S. W., W. E. Slower; j. W., A. M.
Moor; chaplain, w. H. Osgood; S. D.,
p r. Moore; j. D., Lester Bisset;
marshal r. S. Osgood; treasurer, N.
F. Twining; secretary, A. c. Hinck
ley; stewards, A. K Saunders and F.
l.. Slower; tyler, E. e. Fullerton.
Jan 2S S.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-30
Mckinley.

a party at the home of Miss Clara
Colt on Thursday evening was much
enjoyed by a few of her friends.
Corn-balls were made, hot choco-
late, cake and apples were served
and games played.
A supper was served for and by
the Willing Workers in the ban
quet hall Friday, at the election of
officers. A large number was pres
ent, and a delicious supper was
served. Mrs. Eugene l.. Kelly was
elected president for the coming
year.
Oscar Richardson has been trans
ferred to Charleston, S. c., in his
work with w. T. Grant Co. Harold
Allen has also been transferred to
Albany N. Y, in his work with the
same company.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-30

chapter, o. e. S., the following Of
ficers were installed by Phebe Wes-
sci: Josephine Gray, w. M; Fred
Vessel, w. P; Stella Lymburner, A.
M; Leila Howard conductress; Mel
lie Slower, assistant conductress;
Gertrude Halves, chaplain; Hazen
Goodell, secretary; Elizabeth Dow,
treasurer; Phebe Vessel, organist;
Addie Gray, marshal; Addie Cum
mings, Adah; Annie Campbell, Ruth;
Myra Vaught, Esther; Marion Blod
gett, Martha; Hattie Tapley, Electa;
Chrissie Perkins, warder; Alvin
Goodell, sentinel
Jan. 2S. c..
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-30

The toll-gate keeper in a certain
section of Alabama is an aged darky.
When, recently, a farmer of that dis
trict sought to pay toll by the offer
of a dime. the coin was returned TO
him by the keeper with this state
ment:
"Scuse me, boss, but can't take
dis dime. It's bent an de county's
got a strict rule agin our takin' mu-
tilated coins"
"Indeed?" said the farmer, well,
let me tell you that you gave me that
very bent dime yourself in change
yesterday"
'May be, may be-" murmured the
old darky, "Dere amt no rule agin my
handin out mutilated money. It's
only agin my takin' it."
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-30
Pretty Soft, Eli?

During discussion at meeting of
the historical society, upon the slight
consideration attached to life by I'M
civilized nations, speaker mentioned
the extraordinary circumstance that
in China if a man were condemned to
death he could easily hire substitute
to die for him; and the debatOr went
on, 81 believe many poor fellows get
their living by acting as substitutes in
that way"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-30

An old war correspondent was at
tached to the Chilean army during a
struggle with Peru.
On one occasion he complained to a
general that owing to the absence of
uniforms on either side he found it
difficult to distinguish the combatants.
ooh, it's quite simple" returned the
general, cynically: "If you see a man
running toward Chile he's a Chilean; If
he's running toward Peru he's a Peru
vian!'
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-30
A Monstrosity.

sportsman, being conceited about
his fine figure, wore corSets to show 1t
off.
One morning, riding to the moors,
he was thrown from his horse. A
gamekeeper ran to render assistance
The frst-aid man BEGAN to feel the
fallen one all over TO see if any bones
were broken, and suddenly yelled out
to gillie:
run for q doctor Here's a mans
ribs runnin' north and south, instead
O. east and west"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-30

A little fellow was learning from his
aunt about Grant, Lee and other ia
nous leaders of the Civil war. as
that the same Grant we pray to in
chur;h?" he inquired innocently.
"Pray to in church? You are mis-
taken dear" said the aunt.
mo, I'm not" he insisted, ''for dur
ing service we always say, Grant, we
beseech Thee, to hear u.s. boston
Transcript.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-01-30
South Hancock.

Jeremiah Turner is boarding at S.
E. Merchants.
Mrs E. ]. Turner left Tuesday
with her four young children to join
Mr. Turner at Duck Island light.
R. H. Young was in Bangor Friday
to attend the twelfth birthday an
niversary of his granddaughter
Clarice Penney.
Mrs. Marion Martin is visiting her
.grandmoth Mrs. Hattie Haven.
Jan. %. w.