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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-24
WHEAT DECLINES
 ON BRISK SALES
Market Closes At Almost Bottom Quotations
 Of The Day

CHICAGO, Oct. 23.--Lively selling that accompanied reports of rain in Argen- tina gave a decided setback to the price of wheat today. Closing quotations on wheat were heavy, 1% to 29sc net low CT; December, $1.44%91.44%, and May, down; oats, Mc off, and provisions vary ing from 35c decline to 25c gain.
 Wheat finished at almost the bottom prices of the day, only moderate tenn porary response was apparent from ex- hort buying said to aggregate 100000 bushels, decline at Liverpool having a decided tendency to emphasize the weakness of the market in Chicago de- spite gossip here that the Argentine drought had done at least some ire parable damage, and that Argentina this season might yet prove to be an other Canada. As an offset, bears con tended that with better weather potn m he surprising if the 1924 top price on wheat had already been seen.
 Most of today's buying of future de- ,iveries of wheat was said to be in the May delivery, and there was evidence of considerable liquidation. of Decem- Der holdings. On the other nano; sos sin was also current that majority or exporters were at present about even in inc future market, and that further ex- nort business would be reflected Tn im- mediate purchases of nearby future de- liveries.
 Corn and oats gave way chiefly as result of sympathy with wheat weak ness. Heavy frosts were reported over mari of the main corn belt, and there were disappointing husking returns from various sections. Such news. now a,,er failed to rally the corn market in view of reports that country offerings ,,,ere Increasing, especially southwest.
 Provisions averaged lower with grain.
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AIMLESS DRIFT
 MARKS BONDS Rails Work Higher While Sugar Issues Are Con-
 spicuously Weak

NEW YORK, Oct. 23-Bond prices drifted aimlessly in today's quiet trad, ing session. Railroad issues worked moderately higher and sugar company bonds were conspicuously weak, but prices in other departments of the list fluctuated within extremely narrow limits.
 Reports of heavy freight traffic for the week ended October Il, during which car loadings reached a new peak for the year. provided the incentive for fresh buying of railroad obligations. Maximum gains were limited to 8 point but there was a steady demand for New York Central, St. Paul, Seaboard, Katy" and Frisco liens. Mo
 weakness of the sugar issues was att tributed to reports of heavy stocks of the commodity held by Germany and other European countries. Several bonds, including Vertientes 7s, dropped to new 1924 levels Others, such as p,inta Alegre 7s, Manau 71ss and Cama- geguy Is, declined from fractions to 2 points, the sugar list generally follow ing the downward trend of the stocks Of these companies.
 The rest of the industrial group was buoyed up by a firm underlying demand for such diverse issues as Republic Steel 5s, American Chain 6s, American Smelling 5s, Ajax Rubber Ss and Vir- ginia- Carolina Chemical per cent cer- tificates.
 German bonds were fairly active above 94 and other foreign obligations held firm. Wall street heard that Swe- den was negotiating with international bankers for long term Joan of $25.- term credits.
 Bond market averages:
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COFFEE FUTUREs

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-A further ad- vance at the opening of the market for coffee futures met considerable realiz- ing today and after selling at 1S.70c or into new high. ground for the sea- son, March reacted to IS.50c. The mar ket was steadied at the decline by re- ports of firm spot situation, howeve, and March closed at 1S.57c. The general list opened at an advance of 9 to 12 points and closed net points lower to T points higher. Sales estimated at 3O,- 900. Closing quotations: October, 19.67c; December, 19.07c; March, 1s.57c; May, 1S.15c; July, 17.65c; September, 17.25c.
 Spot coffee firm Rio Is. 2Ohc; San tos As, 25@26c. Cost and freight offers included part Bourbon 33s and 5s at 24c:
 Rio exchange on Londan 3-32 pence lower! dollar buying rate 120 reis high CT. Rio market 675 to 700 reis higher; Santos 225 to 400 refs higher. Brazilian port receipts, 44,0Oo; Jundiahy receipts, none.
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COTTON FAILS
 TO HOLD GAINS Market Closes At Net Losses Of 15 To 2
 Points -.\,

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-Reports of frost in the southwest led to rallies after an opening decline in the cotton market today. The advance failed to hold and after selling up to 22.98c, De- cember eased off, closing at 22.s2c un- der realizing or liquidation. The mar ket closed barely steady at net declines of 15 to g points.
 The opening was steady at a decline of to 15 points, the active positions showing net losses of about 10 to 15 points right after the call owing to the easier showing of later cables from Liv- erpool and a private crop report esti- mating the condition at 55.7 and the in- dicated yield at 12,777 900 bales, com pared with an end-September estimate of 12,599, ,0O0. Reports of frost over the northern half of the belt, with freez- ing temperatures in some central and western belt sections, promoted covering at the decline, however, and the market firmed up at midday on prospects for frost again tonight.
 October advanced to 23.S6c and Janu- ary to 23.09c, but there was not a great deal of buying and prices eased off in the afternoon under renewed realizing or liquidation promoted by the outlook for warmer weather in the south to- morrow and uncertainty as to the show ing of next Saturdays government re- port. October declined to 23.70c and January to 22.99c and last prices were about the lowest.
 Private cables said the early steadi- ness of Liverpool was due to frost re- ports in the south and trade buying.
 Two other crop estimates were issued later in the day pointing to a yield of about 12,400,000 bales. The average of five private condition figures issued in the past few days Is 54.9 and the aver age of private crop indications or esti- mates Is 12,557 .000 bales. compared with the governments October 1 indication of F, ,499, 900 bales.
 Exports today, 1S,2s2, making 1,5s4.2ss 672. United States port stocks, 1,053, $40.
 NEW YORK. Oct. 23-Cotton futures closed
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DRY GOODS

NEW YORK. oct. 23.-Cotton goods in the gray were steadier today and some sales were made at slight ad- vances. The largest line of southern ginghams was opened for spring at 2 cents a yard under the base price of wide goods named by eastern mills. Percals were reported to be in steadier demand. The volume of silk shipped to this country from Japan up to October 15 was 23,000 bales in excess of last years shipments. Silks sold more free ly for spring. Burlaps continued high with buyers skeptical of making long future engagements. Wool goods at ad- vanced prices sold moderately.
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CrRR EXCHANGE
Total sales, SS7,500 shares.

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-Further &C., cumulation of the oil shares, based on the publication of statistics showing a decrease in crude production for the fifth consecutive week were the out standing developments in today's curb market Several pipe line shares, such as Illinois, Eureka, Buckeye, Northern, Southern and New York Transit, ad- Vsnced 1ls to 5 points, while Imperial of Canada, South Pennsylvania and Standard Oil of Nebraska gained a point or so. Many other active shares improved fractionally.
 Radio shares, with few exceptions. lost ground on profit taking, Dubilier end Ware dropping about a point each. United Bakeries continued it's advanc- ing, selling, amout 121 and then slip ping back to 12O, where it was up point on the day. Dug, Goodyear Tire and Swift International were heavy.
 Middle West Utilities forfeited 2s points of yesterdays 3-point gain, most of the other public utilities moving within narrow and irregular limits.
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LIvERPOOL COTTON

LIVERPOOL, Oct. 23-Cotton spot quiet; prices steady. Strictly good middling, S14.S7; good middling, $14.O2d; strictly middling, 13.8 d; middling, 13.62d; strictly low middling, 13.42d; low middling, 12.92d; strictly good ordi- nary, 12.52d; good ordinary. 1192d, Sales, 5000 bales, including 2,7O0 Amer ican. Receipts, 6,OOO bales, including 2,1O0 American. Futures closed quiet; October, 13.19d; December, 13.0Sd; Jan uary, 13.12d; March, 1S.1sd; May, 13.19d; LulY. 13.O6d.
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PnrATn MARKET

CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-Potatoes firm; r-e ceipts, 94 cars; total United States shipments, 1,12S; Minnesota and North Dakota sacked Red River Ohios, 95c@ $1.05; South Dakota sacked early ohios,, 90@95c; bulk, 75Qs5c; Minnesota and Wisconsin sacked round whites, 75@90c; fancy shade higher; North Dakota sacked round whites, soc; Wisconsin bulk round whites. 75Q90c; fancy little higher.
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NEW YORK. Oct. 23.-The raw sugar market was unchanged today at 6.03c for Cuban duty paid. A sale of 25,000 bags Cuban was made late yesterday 10 an outport refiner at 6.09c duty paid, and today 1000 bags were sold to a To- cal refiner at 6.03c. Both prompt ship Inent. After a generally steady fore noon market in which prices showed gains of 1 to points on covering and buying for Cuban account, raw sugar futures sold off slightly under liquida- ton. Final prices were 2 points higher 10 1 net lower. December closed, 3.SSc; March, 316c; May, 3.23c; July, 3.32c. No changes occurred in refined sugar prices ranging from 5.17c to 5.2Oc for fine granulated.
 Refined futures were nominal.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGES

NEW YORK, Oct 2S.-Foreign ex- changes easy. Quotations in cents:
 Great Britain demand, $4.49 7-16; cables, $4.49 11-16; 60-day bills on banks, $40 11-16; France demand, 5.22A ; cables, 5.22%; Italy, 4.34h and 4.S5; Belgium, 4.79h and 4.s0; Germany (per trillion, 23%; Holland, 39.27; Norway, 14.25; Sweden, 26.60A; Denmark, 17.25;
 Switzerland, 1923; Spain, 13.43; Greece, 1.74; Poland, 1874; Czechoslovaliak, 2.9SA; Jugoslavia, 1.43A; Austria, .0014M; Rumania, 57; Argentina, 36.75; Brabil, 11.25; Tokyo, 3SA; Montreal, 100.
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BANK OF ENGIAND

LONDON, Oct. 23.-The weekly state nent of the Bank of England shows the following changes in pounds:
 Total reserve increased 54S000; cir culation decreased 545,000; bullion in- creased 3,602; other securities de- creased t455,00O; other deposits de- creased 3,3S1,0 ,0OO public deposits in- creased 2,702,000; notes reserve increased 645,000; government securities in- creased 235,O00.
 The proportion of the banks reserves to liability this week is 1920 per cent; last week it was 1887 per cent.
 Rate of discount per cent.
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COTTON SEED OIL

NEW YORK ,o5Oct. 23.-The cotton seed oil market was inactive today and prices were easier under scattered liqui- dation and weakness in lard and selling by refiners. The close was to 19 points lower. Sales, $500 barrels Prime crude, $9; prime summer yellow, spot, $1O.50; October closed, S11.SO; De- cember, $1O.52; March, S1O6s; May, $10S3, all bid.
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SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 23.-Spot cot ton steady; 15 points down. Sales on the spot, AIS; to arrive, 250. Low mid ding, 20.75c; middling, 22.75c; good middiing, 2S.25c; receipts, 11,99s; stock, PA, 1921.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-Cotton spot quiet; middling, 23.95c.
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YEGETARLEH

CHICAGO, Oct. 23.-Sweet potatoes: Tennessee hampers $1.65@1.75.
 Peppers: Tennessee hampers green, $1.O001.25; red variety, $1.75@2.0O. Egg plant: Florida crates, $3.50@400. Cucumbers: Florida crates and ham, pers, $5.00@5.50.
 Shallots: Louisiana plances, 20-dozen barrels, $12@14.
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HUBBARD BROS. & co.

Members New York Cotton Exchange, New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Now sale of Cotton and Cotton Seed Oil for future delivery. Special consignment of spot cotton for delivery.
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NAVAL STORES

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. 23.-Tur- pentine firm: sales, 234; receipts, 445i shipments, $40; stock, 32,356.
 Resin firm; sales, 710; receipts, 1,726; shipments, 722; stock, 109,7&.
 Quote: B to I, $6.25; K, $6.27M; M $6.SO; N, $6.40; WIG, $7.1O; wv, $7.6O; x, S7.70.
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RICE MARKET

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 23.--Rough rice steady. Sales, none; receipts, S,497 sacks; millers' receipts, 1882 sacks, Clean rice steady: sales, 1,S26 Honduras, 6H@6%c; 140 Blue Rose, 5h@5Fc; 10 Edith, 6ssc; 25A second heads, 3h Q4Ac;, 131 screenings, 21a@2%c; receipts, 6,74O pockets. Bran and polish unchanged.
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RANK OF FRANCE

PARIS, Oct. 23.-The weekly state Jnent of the Bank of France shows the following changes in francs: Gold in hand increased S3,OO0; silver in hand increased 291, ,OOO; notes in circulation decreased 11O, O,469. .00O; treasury deposits increased 6,172,OOO; general deposits de- creased 35,605,OOO; bills discounted in creased 100, 7990 0O0; advances decreased 90, ,8SS, 900.
 The state repaid the bank 10O,0oo,OOo francs
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NIONEY MARKET

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-Call money steady; high, 2 per cent; low, 2; ruling rate, 2; closing bid, 2; offered at 2h; last loan, 2; call loans against accept ances. 1s4; time loans; stea dy; mixed collateral, 6O-90 days, 21sm3; 4-6 months. 3k9312; prime commercial paper, 3243H.
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MARKETS AT A GLANCE

NEW YORK.-Stocks irregular; mer- issues strong. Bonds steady; rail liens moderately higher. Foreign exchange easy; sterling and francs low gar featureless. Coffee higher; Brazil buying.
 CHICAGO.-Wheat easy; better Ar genuine crop news. Corn weak; poor cash demand. Cattle generally steady. Hogs mostly higher; broad demand.
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SAVANNAH, Ga, Oct. 2s.-Turpen- 4,na Firnr 77ISc: gaIes. A55. receinta. 52O; shipments, 6So; stock, 12,67s.
 Resin firm; sales? 9S3; receipts, 1,463; shipments, 3,SS5; stock, 104,ss9.
 Quote: B, D, $6.2O; E, F, G, H. I, $625; K, Se271s; M, $6.3O; N, $6.40; we, $6.7O; wv, S7.6O; x, $7.S0.
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METAL MARKET

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-Copper firm; etecfrolvtfc. spot and nearby, 1314c futures, 1sA @139sc; tin firm, spot and futures, $51.S7; iron steady and un- changed; lead firm; spot, $S.4OQs.75; Zinc steady; East St. Louis spot, $6.4O; futures, $6.4oq6.45; antimOny' spot Er
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anA,M AND PROVISIONS

CASH GRAIN
 KANSAS CITY, Oct. 23.-W neat: NJ -S 2 hard. S1 ,3501.4S; No. red, $l.4Sg1 g1'oi' Corn: No. yellow, $1.06; No. mixed $1.o0.
 TOLEDO, Oct. 2s-Clover seed, $1s.2o; october. Sis.5O; December, $1S.20; al- sike. old, $12.50; new, $12.60; timothy seed. S3; October, $3; December $S.lo' ST LOUIS, Oct. 2s.-cash: Wheat, No. red, $1.5561.5s; No. red, $l.5S. Corn: No. 2 white, $1'o71s; No' vel ''os Cats: No. white, 51Ac; No. white. 5O@50hc.
 Wheat: December, s1.4sA; May. Corn; December. slo4%; May, Oats: December, 51c; May, 56Ac. NEW YORK, Oct. 2s.-Rye steady; No. 3 western, $1.4o t. O. D. NC" HorN and $1.3S c. i. f. export Lard easy; middle west, ST .4o917 50. TaIlow firmer; special loose, e% Q59sc; extra, 9h@9&c. "a
 Other articles were unchanged.
 CHICAGO, Oct. 2s.-wheat: No. ? hard, $1.42@1.4S1A; No. hard' $1.41@ 1.421s. .t , o-,, No. 2 yellow, $1.O7A @1.07%. Oats: 9 No. 2 white, 50@5ohc; No. 3 white, 7%Q4S%c.
 Rye: No. 2, $1.27. Barley, s1@92c; timothy seed, $4.75@ 6.5O; clover seed, $1S@29; lard, $16.37; ribs, $13.50; bellies, $14.s7.
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has been placed at Chicago, where from September 1, The mills have entered from 175,000 to 1S5,00O tons for this purpose. Building steel awards in Sep tember totaled 174,200 tons, or 67 per cent of shop capacity, the best in six months excepting July with 1S2,000 tons. Sales of sheets by independent mills in tOtaled 227, ,52O tons, or 79 per cent of capacity, or the highest since March.
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LONDON MONEY

LONDON, Oct. 23-Bar silver, 35h pence per ounce. Money, 27s per cent. Discount rates short bills, 35s per cent; three months bills, 334 d3 1916 per cent.
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NEW YORK BONDS

NEW YORK. Oct. 33.---Followlns are today's high, low and closing prices of bonds on the New York Stock Exchange. and the total sales Of each ' UNITED STATES BONDS
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NEW YORK CURB

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-FoIowing Is the official list of transactions the New York Curb Exchange giving all stocks and bonds traded in:
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FTAV MARKET

DULUTH, Minn., Oct. 23.-Close flax: October, s2.47; November, $2.471S; De cember, $2.43%; May, $24sA.
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HORSES AND MULES EAST ST. LOUIS, H., Oct. 23.-Horses and mules unchanged. te
OIL CITY REPORT

OIL CITY, Pa., Oct. 23.-Credit ball. ance, $2.75. Runs, 80,9S3; average, 56,- 072. Shipments, 96,S11; average, 57,923.
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NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-Followfng today'' sales. high low and closing prices of stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange:
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EV.OV1R MARKET

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 2S.-Flour un- changed to 10c higher; family patents $s.15@S.2O a barrel; shipments, 42,2OO barrels.
 Bran, $25.OO%25.50.
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INTERIOR MOVEMENT

Total today ...l ....l 5l522I lS032 2646ll05362E Receipts-Week 300. .O63; week. 2.67O.6Ol. Exports-Week, s7 ,2i2; season. ,565. Az
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RAR SILVER
SUGAR MARK FIT

NEW YORK, Oct. 23-Bar silver, T0l2e; Mexican dollars, 53%c.
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United States bonds are quOtsd in dollars thirty seconds of dollars. ~,
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NEW OnLGRNS NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 23.-Cotton futures closet steady at net declines of to IT points. ! <.
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WHEN BAMMAGK STAMPEDED TO NEWLY
DISCOVERED GOLD DDGGDMGS OF ALDER
GWlGE9ss EDGAR AND THE STAN7PEDERS

Ientered into at Beaverhead Rock
the prospectors were none too sure
of their claims. They arranged tc
take few outsiders into their con,
fidence who could be depended or
to aid them because of chance
to get better claims, and under the
guidance of Barney Hughes, sent
these ahead to hold the claims Of
the prospectors, as we'll as their
own, when the rush came.
Four days from their leaving
Bannack, the crowd was told they
would soon reach the gulch, and tc
prepare for it. The Edgar journal
continues: when we came to the
creek and were going up I said to
them This is the creek Such a
stampede I never saw anything
like it before. I was left alone with
our packs and took my time, for
| knew my claim was safe" At four
o'clock of that afternoon the entire
creek was staked.
1t is said that a late arrival
anxiously requested to be shown
where he could stake out claim.
Some one, in joke, pointed far up
on a bench, saying there's good
location" The newcomer fastened
to place his stakes there, and be-
gan developing it. To the aston
ishment of every one, it proved to
be the best claim in the Gulch.
The names of those who COM
posed the party that first discov-
cred gold in Alder Gulch were as
given by Edgar: Bill Fairweather,
native of New Brunswick, St.
Johns river; Mike Sweeny, native
of Fredericktown, St. Johns river );
Barney Hughes, native of Ireland /;
Harry Hodgers, native of St.
Johns, New Foundland; Tom
Cover, native Of Ohio; Henry
Edgar, native of Scotland.
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Cows for Western Montana

A total of CTS cattle, al 81 them
either high grade or pure bred, were
brought into western Montana dur
ing 1923 through the efforts of the
Montana Mutual Dairy Loan associa-
ton, a report made at the annual
meeting of the organization here
showed. Holsteins were brought in
from Washington, Jerseys from Ore
gon, and Guernseys from Wisconsin.
Officers of the association were sell
ected as follows: w. M. Bickford, of
Missoula, president; H. L. Shapard,
Missoula, vice president; DR.. T. T.
Rider, Missoula; Otto Quasi of Cor
wallis, and J. A. Johnson of Poison,
members of the board of directors.
The report showed that So per
cent of the applications for loans had
been allowed, and there were nc
losses or delinquencies during the
year. The association now has $40
members and $805,000 installment
stock and has accumulated $4,000
The capital stock was increased dur
ing 1928 from 100000 to $780,
900.
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1.-THE war has been over five
years or more. No matter what a
man may have done before then.
The only question now is whether
he has maintained a good character
SINCE"
In these words Judge Jackson
oveITuled the objection of Natural
ization Examiner f. G. PugsIey to
admitting to citizenship several
men of foreign birth who had
claimed exemption from military
duty on the ground of being aliens.
There were five cases of the kind
Four of the applicants were admit
ted after the judge had over-ruIed
the objections; the fifth will be
passed on today.
There were 81 applicants for cit
izenship. OF these 43, including
six women, were admitted. The list
also includes the four admitted
over objection, and whose cases
may be appealed to Washington by
the examiner. -Four applications
were dismissed for want of prose-
cution for various reasons.
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The knitting mill VIII be the only
one in Montana It's market will en-
brace several northwestern states, as
we'll as the prairie provinces Of Can
ada. Mr.. Hanson belssves in highly
specialized manufacturing He Is con-
WINGED this is a requisite IN success.
"Trying to cover the entire field
bankrupts the over ambitious, he
says. Nevertheless, ii Il The inten-
ton of the Montana KNITTING Mills
to include the manufacture 81 blan-
kets as soon as cort4sfgnS warrant.