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Evening star., 1924-12-31
B. g. O. INCOME UNDER 1928.

BALTIMORE. December 31.-Net in
come of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
for the IL months OF the year indi-
Gates earnings for the year at the rate
against actual earnings of 1872 per
cent in 1928. Expenses have been cut
and in most cases haye been sufficient
to overcome lower receipts The con-
centration of traffic during the last
few months has also helped to bring
the revenue up to the high mark set
last year.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
HUGE LAND SALE ON.
10000 Acres Under Hammer at
Fredericksburg, Va.
peciaI Disnstrh TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG Va, December
Sl.-The biggest land sale ever held
In the history of Fredericksburg was
begun Monday at IL am. in the court
house here when Auctioneer \. B
Ginsey started crying the entire
country land holdings of w S EN-
brey, Inc, one of the largest lum-
Der concerns in this section.
Totaling more than $4,000 acres
the land which is offered under the
hammer is situated in Caroline, Gull
pepper, Fauquier, King George, Orange
Prince William, Spotsylvania. Stat.
ford and Westmoreland counties and
comprises SO separate parcels, some
of which contain dwellings, barns
outhouses and considerable open farm
land. while other parcels are made
up of cut-over timber land entirely
Evening star., 1924-12-31
IMPORTS SHOW GAINS.

BALTIMORE, December 81 (Spe-
cjaD.-Imports through the port of
Baltimore last week showed an in
crease of s1,396,752, as compared with
the previous week. being s2,76S.675. of
which $1,991,e77 was free and S776,-
99S dutiable, according to the weekly
report of Collector Holtzman.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
PARIS MARKET FIRM.

PARIS. December 31.-Prices were
firm on the Bourse today. Three per
cent rentes, 40 francs so centimes
Exchange on London, 81 francs 20
centimes.
Five per cent loan. 81 francs 80
confines.
The dollar was quoted at is francs
4J centimeS
The Bourse will be closed tomorrow.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
FORD BUYS BELGIAN RAILS.

NEW YORK December 3t.-Thc
Detroit, Toledo and lronton rail-
roads purchase Of Belgian rails, &C
cording to Iron Age. was l0.500 tons
and the price $3.50 at Detroit. by
all-water route. or $40 reckoning
overland freight from seaboard. At
$3.50 ocean freight s2.24 duty and
s6.2S inland freight the $40 price
figures back to S279S Antwerp. Pitts
burgh rails are s46.72 at Detroit. For
some weeks Belgian rails have been
quoted nominally at the equivalent
of $3.50 Antwerp.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
90 COKE OVENS LIGHTED.

BENWOOD. w. Va, December 81
(SpeciaD.-The Semet Solvay Com
pany has lighted so coke ovens here
after a lay-off of several weeks. The
plant makes coke for the Riverside
operation of the National Tube Com
pany. The rest of the ovens will be
lighted the first of the year.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
EXPORTS OF GOLD
HANG UP NEN RECORD
Germany, England. India. Holland
and Sweden Get Large
amo'.E,s.
Hr Tie Assoc.ated rre {

BY the Associated Pres.
NEW YORK, December 3l.-The
largest export movement Of gold from
the port of New York since June, 1919,
occurred in the first ~ days OF Ie-
cember, the total of 1922 900 com
pairing with November exports OF
sS.700,000 for the entire country, the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
reports. The largest shipments went
to Germany. $4,000 600 representing
withdraw of proceeds of the Ger
man loan. Almost S1O.000.e00 went
to England and other substantial
amounts to India, Holland and
SW eden.
Imports of $6,1O0.0oO in the same
period came chiefly from France and
Argentina.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
PAVLOMA TROUP ROBBED.
Boys Suspected of Climbing Fire
Escape at Cumberland Theater.
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND. Nd. December 81
Handbags belonging to three mem
bers of the Anna Pavlowa company.
which appeared at the Maryland
Theater here, were stolen from the
dressing rooms on the third floor of
the theater.
:. is thought by the police young
AVS climbed the fire escape and per-
~rrated the robbery. One of the
"a ndbags was found later in an alley.
-saristmas gifts. money and other be-
.-ngings were taken
Evening star., 1924-12-31
STEEL OUTLOOK HELD
BETTER FOR new YEAR
Iron Age Predicts Greater Activity
and Larger Earnings
in 1925.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, December 31.-''The
outlook for larger activity and i'm
proved earnings is better today than
the steel trade has seen at the be-
ginning of any year since the war
Iron Age says. Some mills enter
1925 with preparations for even full
or operations than in December. At
the moment the requirements of buy
ers and the first quarter bookings of
the mills seem to be fairly in bal
Hnce, SO that future orders for that
period would add to the firmer position
of prices
Both of the Iron Age composite
prices advanced this week, pig iron
going to S2217 from s22.09 and fin
ished steel to 2.56 cents per pound
from 2.54 cents.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
WEST VIRGINIA MINES
RESUME OPERATIONS
Much Greater Activity Noted on
Arrival of New
Year.
Special Dispatch to The Star.


KINGWOOD. w. Va, December 30.
Practically all the mines along the
Monongahela Railroad in the north
ern West Virginia field are in oera-
ton again. with all OF those in the
SCOTS Run area back at work, with
one exception The Diamond Coal
Co has started It's Liberty mine
though the Continental mine, neas-
Cassville, will remain closed proba-
bly, until next Monday, due to perma-
nent repair work, which has been un-
Evening star., 1924-12-31
Show Amazing Values Biggest Trading Year
snecial pisnatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, December 3--Heavy trading during
the two months following the presidential election ran
total sales the New York Stock Exchange for the
year 1924 Ito the close of business Friday December
26) up the tremendous total of 270,072,645. This
compared with total of 227,493,oo3 for 1928 and
259,159,l0O two years ago.
Following is list of securities traded in during
the year. with sales shown in 100 share lots, high low
and closing quotations and net changes for the period
January | % Decemher 26:
Evening star., 1924-12-31
LIVE POULTRY LOWER.

CHICAGO, DecemDer 31.--Poultry
alive, lower; fowls. 15a24; springs, &c:
ROSTERS 1S; turkeys, so; ducks, 26;
geese, 40.
Evening star., 1924-12-31
der way the past week and will take

der way the past week and will take
another week
The Cleveland -Morgantown Coal Co.
reopened three mines yesterday. with
four of the Gilbert plants in opera
ton. The Soper- Mitchell Co.. which
started in Jere mine Friday. will con-
tinue work there and will also open
the Bere mine. which was closed the
day before Christmas.
Other mines include Shriver, Con-
nellsville By-Product, Chaplin. Usage
and Bunker
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-13

For answer, Wallie pulled off the
saddle.
Stott hesitated for the fraction of
a second, then his arm shot out and
Wallie dropped heavily from the blow
beneath the ear which Stott dealt
him.
There was sharp cry behind him,
but Wallie did not look around as,
still dazed, he got to his feet slowly,
with his eyes upon his antagonist.
II warned you!" Stott chortled, and
he put his hand behind him to con-
ceal the brass knuckles he was wear
ing.
Helene Spencely was there: her
voice had told him; but he took no
account of that in the choking, blind
ing rage which now controlled him
Before Stott could use his cowardly
weapon again, Wallie sprang for him
and with the force and rapidity of 6
trained fighter landed blow after blow
on the heavy jaw which made fine
target.
"You - horse-killer! You - brag
CART and cheapskate! You - shystel
and ambulance chaser!" And with
every epithet Wallie landed punch
that made the lawyer stagger.
There was only one thought in his
mind as he sat astride. Stott's chest
when Stott went down finally, and
that was to make him say Enough!
If he had to hammer him past recog
milton.
This did not require so long as
one would have thought, considering
that PERSONS boasts as to his courage
but, at that, Stott might we'll be ex
cused for wishing to end the punish
ment he was receiving. In the face
above him, almost brutal in the fury
that stamped 1t, there was no trace
to remind Stott of the youth who had
painted cabbage roses and kni,
sweaters.
LET me up!" he cried finally, strug
Cling under the merciless blows that
rained upon him.
Stay It'll" Wallie's voice was i'm.
placable.
thought" Stott whined 1t.
Wallie stopped Immediately, and
the attorney got to his feet, sullen
and Inundated. He stood for a mo.
ment rubbing his neck and cycling
Wallie; then with return of defiance
he flung at him:
you'll pay for this, young fellow!"
Wallie's short laugh was hooking.
"Why don't you sue me for dam
ages? I'd be flattered to death at the
implication that had any money. 1t
might help my credit"
With shrug he turned and walked
toward Helene Spencely. Her eyes
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-13

were shining, and there was singu.
lar smile on her face as he went up
to her, but whether she smiled or
frowned did not seem to matter much
to Wallie.
He was not a pretty sight at the
moment, and he knew it. A lump had
risen on his jaw and one eye was
closing, his hair was powdered with
gypsum dust, and the sleeve of his
shirt was torn out at the shoulder
but he had no apologies to make for
anything and there was that in his
manner which said so.
Helene laughed as she put out he'll
hand to him.
"Was that a part Of the regular pro
gram or an impromptu feature of the
days entertainment"
tits been brewi1," Wallie replied
briefly.
Aren't you surprised to see me?'
mot particularly"
COR glad?"
I'm always that"
"This came yesterday while / wal
in Prouty, and I volunteered to de
liver it. thought it might be impor
tant." She handed him telegram.
"That was good of you." His face
softened a little, and still more as HI
read the message:
| He passed it to Helene:
will you come home IL tell
you l was wrong and want you?"
Aunt Mary"
| Wallie unused softly:
1T must have been hard for her tt
write that"
will you go?" Helene asked quick
ly.
Wallie did not answer. He stool
motionless, staring at the road where
the heat waves shimmered, his absen
gaze following a miniature cyclone
that picked up and whirled little
cloud of powdered gypsum, while Hell
enc waited.
(To Be Continued)
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-13
Titled Russian GiDes
Recipe for '.Plou"
. OOKIN0 u q me art, says
, Baroness Tamara Steinheil.
whom the fortunes Of war

OoKINa II q me Art, says
Baroness Tamara steinheil,
whom the fortunes Of war
have brought from her native Rus
Sian Caucasus to New York. where
she II utilizing as q means Of nv-
nhood an art which formerly serv-
cd her as q diversion.-the paint
Ing Of scarfs in vivid. exotic color
ings. Baroness steinheil is also
an author and musician of no
slight merit, but like many Of her
oountrywomen she does not dis
dam the homelier but no less i'm
portant art Of cooking. and has
dozens Of delightful recipes liter
ally at her fingers ends.
She has consented to give US her
recipe for "Plov." a native dish Of
the Russian Caucasus:
Boil I cups Of rice in quarts
Of water so that the kernels are
not too soft and are separate. Put
in sieve and wash with Ice water
20 that each kernel stands alone.
Dry rice with cloth and put in
frying pan under the flame and
shake until 1t II completely dried
out.
In . separate pot, boil cup Of
raisins and " cup Of dried peach
- until they are soft. Dry them
with cloth and put In u cup Of
orisco which has come to the boil
tus point Put fruit and crisco in
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-13

cause of the hardness of Congress In
passing the agricultural appropriation
bill. The contracts must either be let
during June or the work will have to
go over until next year, therefore the
highway committee decided to make
all preparations to call for the work
and trust to belated federal action to
have the funds ready. Such jobs as
the East Stanwood, Shelton-Purdy
Canyon, Redondo Milton, Glenoma
Randle and Everett Seattle grading
must be started soon.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-13
Gets Wyoming Appointment
(To Be Continued)

H. l.. Wills, teaching fellow in land
scape gardening at the State College
of Washington, who receives his mas
tiers of science degree in June, has
b cen appointed superintendent of
grounds at the University of Wyom
ing. He comes from Boulder, Colo.
Irwin M. Ingham of Everett, who
receives the same degree June IL,
has received appointment as assistant
in crops and soils at the Adams Coun-
ty branch agricultural experiment sta
ton at Lind
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-13

/ axle outlasts the ones which have
an axle that turns in a hole bored
in the easement
Screens should be of copper or
bronze, for galvanized screening
must be expected to rust. Neither
paint nor metal coating will pro-
tect it long. And buying new
screens for the home every few
years is unnecessary if you buy
right in the beginning. 1t is estim-
ated that until the general advent
Of the copper and bronze screen,
the major part of the $25, 100000
paid yearly in the United States
for screening was wasted in buy
ing screen for requirements.
It is poor policy to be hood
winked by the sparkling newness
Of hardware. People with build
ing experience have found that the
real picture to have in the mind
is what the metal will look like
five or six years afterwards, about
the time perhaps that the second
mortgage becomes due.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-13
FARMER ASKS REFUND
FOR PAIR OF TROUSERS
BOUGHT 40 YEARS AGO

MIDDLETON, N. Y.-Samuel Mil
burn, well-to-do farmer, appeared at
Sig SamuePs clothing store in Goshen
and placed on the counter a pair OF
trousers which he had purchased
more than 40 years ago from the
ather of the merchant, who died 80
years ago.
The trousers, which had never been
worn, were wrapped in the same pa
per as when purchased. The farmer
desired to exchange them for cash OF
something else, but was directed tc
call on dealer in antiques.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-13

their coating Of brass comes off.
The best way Is to take a magnet
and apply it to the fixture. If
there is any pull, it is not real
brass or bronze. Good hardware
for your home is we'll worth all the
pains taken to examine it. Even
the hardware used in the interior
is subject to dampness at times or
is handled by moist hands, and I'M
iess it is brass or bronze will lose
it's beauty and sometimes stain the
surrounding woodwork.
Lighting fixtures, the porch light
for instance, will rust loose In a
few years If imitation, just as the
knobs on the doors and the hinges
on the easement windows and the
window fasteners, all subject to ex-
posure and weather, will rust I'M
less they are made of rust-proof
Materials. In double-hung VIM
lows it Is well to remember that
a brass or bronze chain will out
wear many pieces of sash cord and
hat the type of pulley on which
'he wheel runs free upon a fixed
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-13
To Call Bids on
East Side Road Work

Governor Hart and the members OF
the State Highway Committee, who
have made thorough investigation
of East Side roads during the last two
weeks, will arrange upon their return
to call for bids next month on five o,
more road-grading jobs for which
federal aid funds are expected.
This work has been delayed be
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-13

The summer school of the Lewiston
Normal opened on Monday, June 8,
with a large attendance.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-13
Defined

Gid Childers-What is heredity?
Jim Notwithstanding father
believes in until his son begins acting
like a darn fool.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-13
CLASSIFIED
BUSINESS CHANCES

HOTEL, lease and fully furnished, Times
Sd, Seattle. Selling due to sickness:
70 rooms; nets $500 mo. $4,000 cash will
handle. ]. H. Will, Colonial Hotel, Ia
coma, Wash.
APARTMENT HOTEL = 81 rooms for
sale. Noce location, cheap rent, all
conveniences; $4,000, worth $1,000. 81
Second Street So, Yakima, Wash.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-13

WANTED want farms for cash buy
ers Describe, give price, r. McNown,
306 Wilkinson Bldg, Omaha. Nebraska.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-13
FARMS AND REAL ESTATE

LIST NOW. Sell your form through our
chain office service. We reach thou
sands of buyers and charge no commise
sion Booklets free. OWNERS NATION
AL LISTING BUREAU, 312 Lindelle
Bldg, Spokane.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-13
ooaAra WINDOW

TT Is sometimes
difficult. in this
day Of clever
substitutes to tell
the difference be-
tween brass or
bronze hardware for
hinges, door knobs.
screws, ETC., and the
materials that will
stain and r1lst when
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-13

FOR SALE-1OO acres in North Central
Washington; 20 acres in apples; some
alfalfa; remainder adapted for stock or
general farming Alex. Stewart, 408 Mar
ion St. Seattle. Wash.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-13
HOGS. VEAL AND POULTRY BUYERS

ARMSTRONG NACHN ERY CO.. Spo-
kane. The best Ice machines built.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28
By l. F. Van ZeIm
o Western Newspaper Union

ing will usually reveal the cutworm
within a few inches of a cut plant
about an inch below the ground.
Poisoned bait is the best means of
controlling the cutworm. For the
small farden thoroughly mix two
tablespoons of white arsenic or Paris
green with five pounds of dry bran.
Mix a pint of cheap molasses with
about five quarts of water and add
to the bran and poison mixture, mix
ing thoroughly. Scatter the poisoned
mash lightly in the plant rows or
about the plants that have been SCI
out If the mixture is prepared in
the morning and allowed to stand un-
til about shutdown, giving it a chance
to become thoroughly moistened and
then spread on the ground in the eve
ming the results will usually be more
satisfactory. If spread during the
day the bait becomes dry and unat.
tractive before the cutworms appear
in the evening. The treatment should
be repeated if the first application
fails to get them all.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28
Bush Beans

Beans are frost-tender and thrive
best in the warmer parts of the state
but may be grown in most sections
where there is a growing season Of
80 days. In the higher attitudes
where the season is short only the
early varieties should be planted.
Beans should not be planted until the
soil is warm and all danger of frost
is past.
Bush string beans should be plant
ed two inches deep two or three inches
apart in rows Is inches or more apart.
1t is not considered good practice to
cultivate beans when there is mois-
ture on the leaves as it is thought tG
! favor the spread of certain diseases
Tender pods are assured by keeping
the bean vines growing rapidly anc
this is obtained by proper cultivation
and the timely application of water
Extra Early Refugee, Extra Early
Red Valentine and Davis White Wa
are good varieties. Refugee is a pOpu
lar late variety. A row 100 feet Ions
should produce from 80 to 40 pound
of string beans.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28

A. Pop corr is being successfully
grown in Montana. Black Beauty and
%Jananese hulless are good popping
varieties and early enough to matur4
in those sections where corn can be
grown. The New York experiment
station reports hat when corn be
comes too dry it does not pop proper
ly. By putting the corn in a jar.
adding a little water and shakin2
thoroughly and letting stand for sew
eral hours will put the pop back into
the corn.
Q. Should potatoes be dipped be
fore or after cutting?
A. If potatoes are already cut be-
fore dipping is thought of it is best to
dip any way before planting, howeve:
for best results potatoes should be
dipped before cutting. Any potatoes
not planted after being dipped should
be burned or buried-they must not
be used for food as corrosive subli-
mate is a deadly poison.
Q. Is there any way of reviving ar
old strawberry bed?
A. The best way of assuring a good
supply of strawberries in the home
garden is to dig up some of the young
plants from the old bed and set Their
out in a new location, early in the
spring. Such transplanted plants ma!
supply a few berries the first year
particularly if they are the everbear
ing kind and can be depended upo;
for a good supply the second year
The old bed may be improved con
siderably by spading up the old plant
in the bed and leaving a narrow row
of plants every Is inches or two fee
apart. 1t may be further improves
by cutting out plants in the row, leav
ing strawberry plants at intervals o
, Is inches. Thus weeds and grass ar
removed, the crowded condition of tn
, plants relieved and the ground stirre
: up and loosened for new plant dc
velopment.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28

water and soak them over night. In
the morning put them on the stove
just to scald, not boil, in the same
water. Pour off the water and put
the beans in an earthen pot with a
cover. If you have not a regular
bean pot, you can make one by cork
ing up the hole in a big ~fower-pOt
and using the saucer, inverted, as a
cover. If it does not fit tight enough
stretch a circle of heavy cloth over
the top before putting the saucer on
Before covering the beans, add sever
te~aspOonfuls of sugar, one of salt
half a pound of salt pork with "a
and lean mixed, and cover with water
Bake from 8 in the morning until si'
at night, adding more water as /
bOils away.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28
Constant Attention Necessary


To leave the garden in the evening
with the plants growing vigorously
giving every promise of success n
then to find in the morning that some
skulking night prOwler had cut 4
number of the choicest plants off at
the ground is but another way nature
has of informing the gardener tina;
constant attention is necessary for a
good garden. When this calamity
happens it is safe to suspect that the
cutworm has been around during the
night for this is typically his method
of attack.
Most gardeners are familiar with
the cutworm. 1t is usually a gray
! or brownish color, the body is smooth
and ordinarily from one-half to one
inch in length. They live over winter
in a half-grown stage and emerge II
the spring and summer often in grea'
numbers, ready to eat most anytnlns
after their long fast. Usually Tn
first indication the gardener has o
their presence is when several plant
are found cut off at the surface o
the ground. They work at night an
enc cutworm may do conslderani
! damage in one night. A little prop
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28
Old Cue For Swellings

In an old Family Dictionary OF
Household Companion" published =
17O5 in Londan by "Wiliam Salmon
Professor of Physick", there is thit
quaint receipt for curing "Ach or
SWELLING. Take Sleeps suet, fine Oat-
meal, and black soap, of each four
ounces boil them in two quarts C
water TN they come to the thickness
Of a salve; then spread a plaster,
and laying it to the place grieved, q
: will remove the pain"
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-05-28

full records must be kept by each
member on special blanks furnished
for the contest and a 200 word story
written by each contestant in How
I Raised My Sugar Beets'' must ac-
company the record blank. Reports
must be in by October Is.
In addition to the prizes offered by
the Holly Sugar company to encour-
ace the venture the sugar beet CLUB
members will have a special exhibit
at the Midland Empire fair at Bill
lings, September 16 to 10, and extra
premiums will be offered.