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Evening star., 1926-11-13
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

CHICAGO. November 13.-Producers
Of sheet steel in this district are
operating at close to capacity. One
Of the large producers is booking
orders for the next quarter at un-
changed prices, but others are hold
ing back because Of the increase In
coal prices, estimated TO make a diff
ference Of a dollar a ton in the fin
ished product.
BOSTON.-BostonS and New York
markets :re full OF Maine potatoes
and no more are being shipped in for
the time being. With prices high. tn"
Bangor and AroostoOk Railroad has
moved the largest amount of potatoes
in the history of the road in the last
month.
NEW ORLEANS.-Mills of the
Southern Pine Association sold last
week SO ,O53 900 feet. shipped 65 5.305.000
and produced 81 .2S3 900 feet. Untitled
orders total 230.S92 900 feet.
ST. PAUL.-With the first cold
spell of the Winter. butter advanced
q cent to 46 cents a pound, eggs a
cent to % cents a dozen and Spring
chickens a cent 10 Is cents a pound
as prices paid TO farmers herN.
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MOTORS PROMINENT.
Chrysler Bought in Large Volume
on Good Outlook.

NEW YORK. November IS (Spc
ciaD.-MotOr stocks. particularly tho
popular-priced members Of the group.
commanded attention in tOday's brief
session. The market for General
Motors appeared to have become sta
bilized around the 141 level following
the favorable dividend action, but
there were many others which We're
responding tn the belief that the op-
pOrtunity was now at hand for "a
technical rally. Chrysler was bought
in large volume on reports of "a high
ly favorable fourth quarter. Hudson
i'm which q good sized short intereSl
is thought TO exist. ran up easily.
PierCe-ArroW came in for considerable
attention. Nash did little one way
or the Ot her
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UNDERTONE STRONG
IN BOND MARKET
Usual Week End Let-DoWn in
Activity Noted in Short
Session Today.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, November 13.-Ths
bond market continued to display
strong undertone today despite the
usual weekend let down I'm activity.
The remarkable ease with which the
weeks new offerings were assimilated
indicated that a large volume of
funds was awaiting investment and
that much of this money was finding
It's way into the market because OF
fears that huge Standard Oil f1nanc-
Ing project would be delayed.
Buying OF United States Treasury
bonds was resumed on Il large scale
today, lifting the 414 per cent issue
to new high level near 109, foreign
obligations also were In demand. with
French government and railroad ia
sues and Danish government 6s scor
ing fractional gains.
Price movements in the domestic
list were more irregular. Information
al Mercantile Marine 6s and Toledo
Edison IS worked higher. but Reming
ton Arms Us. Cuban Dominican Sugar
tbs, and Bethlehem steel 6s. en-
countered realizing sales. Rock Island
As and Seaboard Adjustment 5s also
were heavy.
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO. November 13 IL. :. De-
rartment of Agriculture>.-Hog
Receipts. 7.o0R: fairly active, gener-
a}ly steady: spots = 10 l5c higher;
10 choice heavy butchers sold, top,
ll.-5: part load. 1t.S0; bulk. al de-
sirlbis grades. all weights, 11.5oa II 10;
medium kind. downward 10 1l.25:
bulk. packing snws, le.0oal LOO; few
li2nt.u eight. 11.25; extreme weight,
below 1000: shippers took 1000; esti-
mated hodover, 2,000; heavy weight
hogs. lI.50allSo; medium, l1.35a
ll.75: light. 1t.25a11.65: light light.
Ii25a1l.65: packing sows. 10.00a1l.23;
slaughter pigs. 1l.00a1l.65.
CattIe-Eeceipts, 900 head: com
pared week ago extreme weight fae
steers Is 20 25c lower. all others and
yearlingS fully steady; stockers ana
feeders weak: she stock steady to 25c
higher: lower grades sharing advance;
III cutters Is - 25c up; bulls mostly
,us. higher: Vcalers unchanged; eX-
rrrsne top yearljngS, 1850: practical
fop. la: best 1.+oo-pound hullocks.
10. -: medium weights ll.50; very lib
cral supply heaNieS at S.50a9.25: with
many finished big weights at 9.50a
ma: weeks bulk prices: Fed steers,
S.35al035: yearlings. 9.25all.25: grass
ers. 1.25aS25: fat COWS. 4.75a650, feed
erS. 6.5Va9.71: light weights, upward
to lilo: all cutters, 3.S5a4.35; veal
calves. .00al2. 90.
Sheep--Receipts. 5000 head, odd
loads fat lambs about steady; fat wool.
lO,S00 direct and "A doubles from
feeding stations; killing lambs closing
local 25 lower; sorting increased; fat
vearliuE wethers about LOO lower;
sheep. 25a"o lower; feeding lambs.
weak to - lower: weeks top most
2t..1iytS and fed Westerns 1425; fed
t'ipped lambs, l2.75; fat yearling
,vethers. 30: fat ewes. 100; feeding
lambs. 1860; bulk fat lambs, 13.o0a
I2.75: fed clipped lambs, ll.00a12 SO;
,1lns. S5oa"5n rat yearling wethers,
10.0uaIl.00; fat ewes. 6.00a6 80; range
feeding lambs. j.. .00a13.25.
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BRAZILIAN MlLRE SINKS
AS TRADERS BUY ABROAD

RIO DE JANEIRO. Brazil. Novem-
ber 13 Op).-Local traders explain the
sharp decline in the value of the
Brazilian milre. which began yester
day, as due to heavy buying OF
foreign currencies.
The buyers included many who
had been holding off. believing Presi
dent Bernardes would make an effort
to push up the milre so as to have
the national currency at the highest
level Of his administration when he
leaves office next Monday. When 1t
developed that he was making no
such effort the present buyers rush
enSued.
Bankers are awaiting with keen
interest the procedure Of the Presi-
dent-elect, Washington Luis. regard
ing control of the exchange rate O.
the Brazilian unit of currency.
Evening star., 1926-11-13
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

Bank clearings in the leading cities
in the United States for the week
ending Thursday totaled $S,53S,oSS.-
900. a decrease of 1913 per cent from
the corresponding week last year.
Part of the decline is due to the fact
that banks In some cities, Baltimore
being one, were closed on Armistice
day. Washington cleared $2S, ,347 900,
in comparison with $28,033,000 for
the same period year ago, or an in
crease of 9 per cent. Local clearings
by the month, however, are running
well ahead of 1926.
Takes Cotton for Merchandise.
To relieve the cotton crisis in the
South a merchant in Monroe, Ala, is
accepting cotton at Is cents per
pound in payment for merchandise, at
the same time urging all other mer-
chants to do likewise. An Alabama
banker is filing the newspapers with
advertisements urging farmers to bor-
row on their cotton at SIG per cent
and hold it for better prices. In many
places bankers and growers are work
ing out plans for keeping 25 per cent
Of the crop off the market and also
toward reducing next years acreage.
The Manufacturers Record asserts
that all these moves are In the right
direction, but regrets that the South
did not act soon enough SO that the
efforts Of President Coolidge's COM
nlittee in raising funds would not
have been needed. The record calls
the present crisis the greatest oppor-
tunity the South has ever had to snow
it's financial independence, and wishes
some leader would arise to unite the
bankers, cotton growers, merchants
and all other residents to meet the
emergency, with a minimum or out
side aid.
Market on Per Cent Basis.
Moody's Weekly Review says in
part:
"Capital seems to be too plentiful
to admit of anything except strength
or stability. Last Summer the pleth-
ora of capital checked what looked
like a bear movement, and now 1t Is
depressing interest rates even during
the Autumn boom.
Investors in both stocks and junior
bonds have been restrained from buy
ing more freely through the feeling
that prices were too high. The pres
ent stock market, however, is selling
around a 6 per cent basis, whereas
at the peaks of 1880 and 1882 and
1898 it sold around 5 per cent basis,
and at the peaks of 1902 and 1906 it
sold around a per cent basis
Bankers Join in Rudolph Tribute.
Local bankers are to take an active
part in the complimentary dinner to
be given Commissioner Rudolph, as
shown by the fact that the following
are on the testimonial committee:
Robert V. Fleming, president of
Riggs National Bank, general chair
man; Victor Il. Deyber, president. Sec
ond National Bank, treasurer; Joshua
Evans. IT,, executive vice president
Evening star., 1926-11-13
Baltimore Markets

BALTIMORE, November 13 tSpe-
GtaD.-Potatoes. 100 pounds. 1.25a
800; sweet potatoes. barrel. 1.7oa
2.25; yams. barrel, 1.50a2.00; bushel.
30a39: broccoli. bushel, 40a50: beans
hushel. 2.00a4.00; beets. 100, 2.o0a3.00:
brussels sprouts. quart 10alJ; cab
bage. 100, 2.00a5.00, carrots. 100
3.00a5.00: caulitiower. crate. 75a173:
celery, crate 150a2.50; kale. bushel.
40a50: lettuce. buShel. 25a5o: onions,
100 pounds. 1.50a2.00: peppers. crate.
2.00a4.00: oyster plants, 100, 5.001
100; spinach. hushel, 40a9o: Savoy
cabbage, bushel, 50a60: tomatoes,
box. 2.5"a3 so; turnips. baskets. 3oa 81.
Apples, barrel, 1.o0a3.5o: bushel,
3Jal. grapes, basket. 15a17; pears,
bushel, o.50a4.50: Kieffer's basket,
15a2J: grapefruit, box, 3,5oa5.50; /;
oranges, box. 4.00a5.50.
Dairy Products.
Live poultry-Spring chickens,
pound. 26a2S: 'eghorns. 23a25: poor and
thin. 1Sa2O; old hens, 22a3O; leghorns
1Sa20: old roos,ers. 1Sa20; ducks, 23a
oG: old and poor. 17a1S; geese. 22a28:
turkeys, 40; OLD. 35a3S; guinea fowl
each. 4oa75; pigeons. pair. 25a35.
Eggs Receipts. 1892 cases; native
and nearby tirsts. in free cases, dozen
offered at 53ad4.
Butter-Good to fancy creamery,
pound, 46a51; prints. 51a53: blocks,
5Oa52: ladies'. 50: rolls, 23a2S: store
packed, %; dairy prints, 23a2S; pro
cess butter. SO.
Evening star., 1926-11-13
LEAD STOCKS LARGER.

NEW YORK, November 13 HC.-
Stocks Of refined lead In the United
States and Mexico. including anti
monial. amounted to PILOT tons on
October /. an increase Of 5,604 tons
over the month before, the American
Bureau of Metal Statistics reports.
Production was 1926 tons Of crude.
II ,532 tons of refined and 1.719 tons of
against September out
put of 65.953 tons of crude. $3.50 of
refined and 2,S21 of antimonial.
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UNEQUAL PROFIT DIVISION.

NEW YORK. November 13 R.-
The unequal division of profit in the
motor industries this year is shown
by the fact that Of the nine principal
automobile companies whose securities
are listed on the New York Stock EN-
change, seven have reported increased
sales for the first nine months, while
only four have been able to improve
their industrial earnings. Net profits
of the nine companies for the period
amounted to $239, 9,610, ,160, an increase
of $j4 ,S38,226 over 1925.
Evening star., 1926-11-13
COTTON IS EASIER
IN TRADING TODAY
Consumption Figures Disap-
pointing to Recent Buyers
and Prices Drop.
,v the Associated Press

Pv the Associated Press
NEW YORK. November ]3.-Cotton
futures opened steady. December
1850; January, 1872; March. 1922;
May, 1916: July, 1886. The market
opened steady today at an advance OF
point to a decline of 4 points, but
soon turned easier under week end
realizing combined with local and
Southern selling.
The report of the Census Bureau
placing domestic consumption for Oc-
tober at SOS ,532 bales. against 544 ,O91
last year evidently disappointed recent
buyers and probably accounted for
some Of the liquidation. There also
appeared TO be a little more hedging
on the decline. which extended to
12.75 for January contracts or about
13 to Is points below yesterdays clos
ing figure for the end of the first hour.
Private cables reported trade sell
ing with further covering and CONT
mental buying III the Liverpool mar
ket.
vorle oottop futures closed barely
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AUSTRALIAN WOOL CLIP.

ROME. November 13 LP.-The In
ternatiOnal Institute of Agriculture
announces that the Australian wool
clip is estimated at 700 900, 900 pounds.
The clip is well grown, sound and
Jroad fibered except in Queensland.
where it is short fbered.
The 1924-25 estimate was $4,000
900 pounds.
Evening star., 1926-11-13
WEEKLY BANK CLEARINGS IN US.
SHOW DROP FROM LAST YEAR
Many Moves Being Taken in South to Boil
ster Cotton Price-Commodity Price
Trend Downward:

District National Bank. chairman OF
the budget committee; Howard Moran,
president, District Bankers AsSocia'
ton, and vice president, American Sc
curity & Trust Co., chairman finance
committee; Thomas w. Brahany,
Crane, Paris & Co, chairman enter
tainment committee; Frank p. Morse,
manager. 7. & w. Seligman & Co.,
chairman of publicity.
Commodity Price Trend Downward.
There was a. reversal this week of
the trend Of wholesale commodity
quotations. Contrasting with last
weeks excess Of advances in Dun's
list, declines predonlinated this week
43 reductions being reported. out of q
total Of 80 changes. A year ago in
creases were slightly in the majority
One Of the features this week was the
further easing in. hide prices, while
some cotton goods quotations also
were lowered. A reaction in coal
prices, following the recent upturn,
attracted attention, and the decline
in that fuel caused sympathetic weak
ness in coke.
Richmond Bill Holdings Drop
Bill holdings at the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond continued to sag
last week. Total rediscounts de-
creased a further $41S0OO to S34 .945. :
600. Paper bought in the open mar
ket was $S8S000 lower at $14,349 900
The ratio Of total reserves to deposit
and note liabilities combined was
69.02, against 70.32 per cent the week
before.
Chain Stores Break Record.
L.
sales for any 10-mOnth period in the
established when sales of the 10
leading chain stores aggregated
$454, ,63S,240 for the 10-month period
ended October 81, 1926. This total
compared with $4O2, 2,4O1 ,634 reported
in the same period in 1925, shows an
increase of $52,236,606. or 129 per
cent. Figures for the month of
October show that Woolworth made
the largest dollar gain for the month
over October 1925, an increase of
$1,s25,O97.
Other Financial Notes.
On Monday, November Is, approx
mately $66, 100000 in interest will be
payable by the Government on second
Liberty loan 4 per cent bonds of 1927
AZ and second Liberty loan convertible
Az per cent bonds Of 1927-42.
The United Cigar Stores Co. of
America has declared regular quarter
ly dividends of so cents in cash and
IL per cent in common stock on the
common stock, both payable Decem.
Der 80 to stock Of record December
10: also regular quartely dividend of
"a per cent on preferred. payable De
cember Is, to stock of record Novem.
ber 80.
The Red Cross workers in the local
banks are meeting With generous sup
port from both bankers and depositors
in boosting the 1927 membership drive
Evening star., 1926-11-13
Other Financial Notes.

American strict good middling, SOC:
good middling, I'll; strict middling,
IA; middling, 7.06 strict low mid
ding, 6.71; low middling, CPL; strict
good ordinary, 5.S6 good ordinary.
'.21. Sales, 1000 bales. including
900 American. Receipts, 1000
bales: American, 9.40o Futures
closed quiet and steady: November.
6.S6; December, Csc; January, 6.92:
March, COS; May. 7,0S; July. 7.l6: Sep
tenber 122
Evening star., 1926-11-13
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
tQuoted III dollars per million marEs.)

NEW YORK, November I3 R).-
Foreign exchange irregular, quota
i. ,.ons IN cents; Great Britain, demand,
48l Il i6, cables. 485 l16; 60-day bills
on bdl,ks, 48O3s. France, demand,
o.3012 cables, 3.31. Italy, demand,
4.I312; cables, 4.1312.
DcrA4nd--Belgium 1891; Germany,
23.75; Holland, 39.97Es Norway. 2.O5k;
Sweden, 26.6S; Denmark. 1858; Switzer-
land, 1928 12; Spain, 15.l5; Greece, 1923;
Poland, 1922 CZechOslovakia, 2.96;
Jugoslavia, 1.76A; Austria. 14.1212;
Runania, .5512; Argentina, 40.62R;
Brazil. 13.06l4; Toxic, 49.06Z; Shang-
hal, 60.8712; Montreal, 100.14 lie.
Evening star., 1926-11-13
PRICES ON PARIS B0URSE.

PARIS, November 13 P).-Price5
were steady on the Bourse today
Three per cent rentes. 40 francs 81
centimeS: exchange on London, 14i
francs 80 CentimeS: per cent loan
5S francs so centimes. The dollar
was quoted at 30 francs 80 centimes
Evening star., 1926-11-13
New York cotton futures closed barely
steady at q net decline Of u 70 19 pOlnts:
New Orleans Market.

NEW ORLEANS. November 13 CE).
Cotton futures opened steady. De
cember, 1912; January, 1917; March,
1890 May, 1909; July, 1926. The
market, opened steady here today,
with first trades showing gains OF l
to 6 points. When the October con-
sumption of 5S,532 bales of lint cotton
and 1883 bales of linterS was an
nounced prices eased off a few points.
The October consumption, which was
smaller than expected, caused recent
BUYERS to sell, with December trad
ing down to 1858, January to 1865
and March to 1919.
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WESTON ELECTRICAL PROFIT

NEW YORK. November 13 P).-
Net profit of " estou Electrical In
strumeut co. for the nine months this
year was $537 So, equal under the
participating provisions OF the shares,
10 so a share on the class "A"
stock nud S1.S5 a share on the no-par
value common.
Evening star., 1926-11-13
POTATO MARKET WEAKER.

CHICAGO, November 13 (R.-Po-
tatoes-Receipts. 126 cars; on track,
434: total U. s. shipments, 7SS cars:
trading very slow; market dull and
slightly weaker; Wisconsin sacked
round whites. 2.25a2.45; Minnesota
sacked round whites, 2,25a2.35: Idaho
sacked russets. 2.S5a3.10; fancy shade
higher.
Evening star., 1926-11-13

p,id this year-no regular rate.
A-t4% in common stock payable Z n 20
C-Plus $50 in stock.
H-payable when earned.
EPayable in cash or stock,
E-Pius Ia 90 in stock.
2 pus 30 share in stock.
H-Pius 81 share in special stock
I-Plus 6Se IN STOCK.
K-Payable i140 of share quarterly in
Class A stock.
N-Plus $50 snare IN stock.
Dividend rates given III the above table
are the annual cash payments based on the
latest quarterly or half yearly declarations.
Unless otherwise noted extra or special diyi-
dends are not included.
Partly stock tRsrtly extra -, sPayable
sble N ! e quarterly. tPius 30 IA stock.
uLx.teEA
Evening star., 1926-11-13
DRY GOODS QUIET.

NEW YORK. November Is tSpc, u
= Ccttou goods market closed the weck
quiet. with prices of print cloths un
changed at G74 for 64X6os aud 1l3 fo'
GNXi2s Raw silks Were slow at un
changed levels.
Evening star., 1926-11-13
Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK OP.-Stocks firm;
Baldwin reaches 1926 high price.
Bonds firm, Treasury 4Ns at new
peak. Foreign exchanges irregular;
French francs lower. Cotton lower;
disappointing October consumption
report. Sugar featureless. Coffee firm
higher Brazilian market.
Evening star., 1926-11-13
POULTRY PRICES STEADY.

CHICAGO. November 13 QP.-Poul-
try. alive. steady; receipts. II cars:
fowls. l7a23. Springs. -; turkeys, IS;
roosterS. Is; ducks. -; geese, 19.
Evening star., 1926-11-13

The Southern Pacific has placed ad-
ditional orders for $4,000 tons of rails.
5000 with Tennessee Coal, Iron and
Railroad and 1000 with Rethlehem
Steel
Evening star., 1926-11-13
BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

BOSTON, November 13.-Followins
is a list of today's highest, lowest and
closing prices for the most active
stocks dealt in here:
Evening star., 1926-11-13
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
Received BY Private Wire Direct to The Office

Abitibi Pow (4).
Ad Rumley .of(3.
Ahumada (tl)..
Ajax Rubber.
Allied Chem (4).
Anal Leather.
Amerada o..
Am Agricul Chm
Am Agrf Ch of.
Am Blk Not pf(3)
Ana Brake Sh(6)
Am Br Bow El(2:
Am Can (2).
Am Car&Fdy (e,
Am Chain A (2).
Am Drug.
Am Express (s).
Am & For Pow.
Am & Fo p pf(7D
Am Hide & L pf.
Am Ice (t10)...
Am Ho p (2.40).
Am Internatl. :.
Am La FIR d..
Am Linseed ....
Am Locomot go
Am Po&Lt (g1}.
Am Radia tor(5).
Am Safety X (3t
Am Ship & Com
Am Smelling tsb
Am 8 & r pf CD
Am Sugar 3d..
Am Sumatra.
Am Tel & Tel{9)
Am Tobacco (S).
Am Tobac b fS)
Am Tobac pf f6}
Am Wa Wo 9, %
Am Whlse pftO
Am Wool pf ~.
Am Writ Pa pf.
Am Zinc.
Am Zinc pf.
Anaconda (3).
Armour Of MA
Armour of Ill(Bl
Arnold Cons&Co
Atchison (7)....
Atchison pf (5).
Atl Birm & At.
Att c Line(t9h)
Atlantic Refng.
Austin-Nichols. A
Auto Knitter.
Baldwin L CD.
Bald Loco pf CD
BALTIC & Ohio (6l
Bal.o g. Oh pf(4l
7arnsdail A Cd.
Bayuk Cigar.
Belding Bros(3).
1ethlehe en- Steel
Rloomingdale =.
9ooth Fisheries.
Botany A 90.
Briggs Mfg (3).
Blkn-Mn Tr 90.
1kln Un G(t11).
Brown Shoe (2).
Brunswick Ba TX.
Bush Ter de Cd.
Butte Copper&Z.
Eutte&Supert2).
Rutterick (2)...
Eyer & Co.
f's}if Petrol(2)..
Callahan Zinc. ;.
calumet & Ar(6)
Ca!umet&H(lh)
Can Pacific (f0).
Case Threshing.
Central Alloyt2J
Cent Lea ther.
Cent Leather pf.
Cerro De P 90.
Certainly a.
Chand-Cle pf(<)
Ches 4 Oh (fl2)
Chi e. Fast Ill.
Chi G. East IL pt
Chi Great West.
chi Or West IF.
Chi Niil&StP -.
Chi Mil&StP pf.
= M&StP cfs.
c M&StP pf cfs.
"'hi & Nwn (4l..
Chi Pneu T (5)..
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nile COP (2n>.
Christie 3 (i.20h
C'hrysler Corps
,Ncca-Cola t7).
Eoilins& AK pf Z
Col Fuel & Iron.
Col Gas g. Ell (5)
oil G&El CTS 90
Col G & f pf ca
on Cred (2).
Com Cr pf (1A).
,on1 Solv b tS).
uongoleum-N..
Con Cigars CD.
ConSol DiStribut
onsol Gas 3D..
ConRRCuba pr s
Textile.
Cont Bakg A tS)
'ont Baking B.
Cont Bak pf go.
Cont Can tt6).-
Cont InSur t6) =.
Evening star., 1926-11-13

New Orleans cotton futures Closed steduS
AZ a net decline of to b points
Evening star., 1926-11-13
Liverpool Quotations.

LIVERPOOL, November 13 N).--
Cot+on-SnOt quiet: prices steady.
Evening star., 1926-11-13
TREASURY CERTIFICATES.

tReported by j. & W. selgman & Coz
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-09-25

The elevator boy says everybody
you see with handbag isn't going
off on the train.
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Office Of The St. Paul Echo
GA Court Block
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of Nelu ENGLAND CITY

The greatest garden in America Is
the Arnold arboretum at New Bedford,
Mass, says the Pathfinder Magazine
Not only is it Americas greatest, but
1t ranks among the most famous and
important gardens of the world.
James Arnold, New Bedford mer-
chant, died in 1869 and left a part Of
his estate to three trustees. They
were instructed to apply the funds to
the promotion and continuance of ag-
riculture or horticulture improve
ment, or philosophical or philan-
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ton. Two of these men were inter-
ested in trees and thought it impor-
tant that knowledge of that subject be
disseminated in America. So a scien-
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walton Of trees was decided on.
OF course this garden is a baby in
years when compared with the great
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consists Of $50 acres of varied natural
features of hill, valley, meadow and
woodland. On this tract are growing
over 300 genera Of shrubs and trees.
They include between 5000 and 6ONO
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Ponce De Leon Lured
BY Gold. or Lobsters?

Many historians cOncede that CO.
lumbus discovered the island of Bori-
quen, as Porto Rico was then called,
on November 10, 1893, and that he
came ashore next day. With him
came Ponce de Leon, destined to
write his name with his sword across
the map of Florida and to perish in
Cuba from an arrow wound while in
the Everglades. Legend states that
they were kindly received by the In
dams, who deemed the bearded stran-
gers immortal and Toasted them on
strange fruits and the delicious Ian
gostas, or Holsters, which are still
found in great profusion in the waters
of Aguadilla bay, says the New York
Times.
Ponce de Leon, perhaps the most
distinguished of the admiral's COM
panions, became very fond Of the
crustaceans and ate many of them
during his stay. Tradition has it, in
deed, that his return to Aguadilla
from Santo Domingo in 1909, at the
head Of an exploring expedition, was
due more to his love for Holsters than
to the lure Of gold. The gallant ad-
venturer had not at that time heard
Of the tabled Fountain of Youth"
Not long ago fisheremen in a near
by river discovered an Indian idol Of
carved soapstone, depicting a beard
ed figure, seated, with an enormous
lobster twining its claws lovingly
about the mans neck. The tail Of
the crustacean reaches the ground,
indicating that the body Of the model
must have been nearly four feet in
length. At once the news spread that
an image Of Ponce de Leon had been
found, and the curio was deposited in
the museum of Captain Aqua in Bay
anon, where it is now on exhibition.