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The Nome nugget., 1926-10-30

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 mi4d"n"r ar Comeii and for many 'N"arH p"m7nm citil'n ef thnf camp i9 h pae ous.rl- -ou tt4c Victoria
 Mr Stctucr considers that the T. cent strike a"ar toUnoil while in dica'iv" ot th" wide uroa of gold nenrlnr rrayots may in all likeli
 't""1 h" 'h" f"f"rnnnor of q new band plusprr"us camp in flr. Fiall River Valley food .prosppcIs h. states have :.h''-gt fuund- in the sec ion for yc'trA hut the lurn of Ophii 'i""k with irs vast richness, "ald
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The Nome nugget., 1926-10-30

Andy Nylcn. territorial candidate for he Alaska legislature who haa come 10 Nome In the interest of his candidacy. reports Il very sue cessful season on the Shovel Creek
 drcdge, His partners In the com pany are Andrew Mnison. Fred Fisher and Chas. IIulthcrg, The dredge with 2k foot bucket haa Il daily capacity of f500 cubic yds. and worked uninterruptedly during the past season. After election he
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-30

Rasmns Jensen and son have got their shaft well timber"d and arc pumping water It is expected th" ground will he dry enough to com time. They arc mining on the Second Beach Line east of Nom" and took ont | fair sized dump in the same locality last winter.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-30

John Glenn Rose the owneE Of much valuable mining krOund EAst and West of NaMe river, from the secoRd heach Line to the present beach, reports sinking shaft short distance East.of Moylm creek. He claims to hast picked up an extension uf the Ben Gillet and Anderson paystreak.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-30

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 F. W Quifley lhe BE lmrrah Greek m,ntne man of fhe solomon section, report 7 sfoce=sful season eau .idrrmr th. ..dett usttpa of a] tIy" mlnmr imfiQt ttle= =forcparl of ihp acasou he e=@ peeupied in m"ymr ha "utitt hstt.aalt plan dis'anc" ol tNe niI9 tlaRn arear which noco -itatea la8ins dawn over mil" "f ppH Operation Ror commenced llr. Ia iet patt=af Aug uai and ahout ao DC cubic yard of gravel wer hani9 1 before thr tshu' down Tn mttlaet lof neN season i, mo r. fa4et4l1ItZsf Quir Icy expects tp laee fpi Solomon i5 I few day Co ntteud ia #am', minor matters
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-30

Frod and Ed Rohn, wtdoly l,noWn prospcciors and mining m"n. tr'' making preparations for act1vr prospecting on very favotabig .i'- mn cd ground suuth of tie otto .lIalla property With he fin" lspirii of the true proaprCi"r. th"sr two men ar" going to d"mons'ratr ,thai there Is still room for the bI tdividuaI miner in Nome
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-30
OTHER PLACES
LITTLE, LITTLE tEitrk

Otto IIalir- pioneer muiHr man of the Nome section. will open up n pro+po:tiur caInp in a tow drys on ground l1alod oppo.l. No r. .Littlo Little Cheek, left tul IL" int"nd4, to do extensive bro peclur .to prove III more dchtdt"iy an area of ground. in wtirh excellent pros
 poets are roportoG to have b"ou dise"vercd dn'ne thu pal rmmc'.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-30

OsMe and get them, Norge pie Iurcs." on sale at Nugget Omcr,
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-30
SOLOMON, COUNCIL. DIME
 HAVE PROSPEROUS SEASON

hn fout partner Will do 5ame drill itls and pru p+eiatE
Evening star., 1926-04-24
WASHINGTON BUILDING FORECASTER
Indicative to the change of direction only.

in 1925 with March more than 20
per cent larger than the correspond
ing month of the previous year. This
advance marks the twelfth consecu-
tive gain over the preceding year.
No doubt this tremendous increa Sc for
March reflected the presence Of an
exceptionally large tourist population,
while comparing this increase with
the advance of 12 per cent previously
noted in check payments, it is appar-
ent that tourists during this time Of
the year form an important part of
the purchasing power of Washington.
That telephones in use form q val
liable index to business growth and
population shifts there can be little
denying. The rate of increase in the
number of telephones in use in the
District of Columbia, as set by the
first quarter of 1926, indicates an ad-
vance for the year of about 10 per
cent. In this connection the changes
which have occurred since January /,
1926. in the respective telephone eX-
changes, as may be noted from the
table below, afford an invaluable COM
mentary upon present tendencies. A
rise of almost per cent in the num-
Der of telephones in the eastern and
northeastern sections of the city,
served principally by the Lincoln and
Atlantic exchanges, bears striking evi-
dence as to the diffusion of population
and business, which. with the rapid
rise in home and automobile owner
ship, is now greater than ever before.
Increase Is Significant.
The increases in the number of tele
phones in the territories served by the
Cleveland, North Potomac, West and
Columbia-Adams exchanges are also
Strikingly significant.
The number of telephones in use in
Washington is as follows:
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permit, it is quite obvious that the
present rate of residential building
which is running more than 40 per
cent ahead of 1925. cannot be main
tained throughout the year.
Whatever decline may occur in the
rate Of residential construction in the
remaining months of 1926 will un-
doubtedly be more than offset by new
commercial and other projects such
as public works and utilities, now in
the offing, so that the net results
for the year 1925 should be about 10
per cent greater than the $64 ,00O, 900
program instituted during 1926.
A prime consideration in the field
of retail trade Is the relatively high
level of employment and wages af-
forded by the building industry. AS
suming that building awards will
trend downward in future months it
is not to be supposed that any imme-
diate reaction will follow in retail
trade. Construction now under way
being preponderantly of large CONNER
cial and apartment types will furnish
sustained employment for several
months to a large group irrespective
Evening star., 1926-04-24
POWER COMPANIES SOLD.
Fitkins Utilities Buys Three Big
Southern Properties.

NEW YORK, April "a R).-Acqui-
sition OF the Georgia Florida Power
Co. and it's subsidiaries. the Seminole
Power Co. and the cambridge Power
Co., by Fitkins Utilities, was an
nounced yesterday. The group is To-
Gated in southwestern Georgia. The
newly acquired properties will be op-
Grated by the General Engineering
and Management Corporation. Inter
connection of the properties is planned
with the power system of the Fitkin
holdings in Georgia and Florida, so
that the new group will be inter
locked with other operating companies
extending to St. Petersburg, Fla.
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building program now pending in the
building annals of the District, and
this excluding the Federal $50.00,0 900
Senate. However, it is important to
note that, after six consecutive
monthly advances in our building
forecaster shown in the accompany
ing chart, this curve turned down
ward in March but. to be sure, not so
decisively as to as yet warrant the
prediction that building awards dur
ing the remaining months of the
present year will be very sharply cur
tailed.
If this curve continues downward
for April and May the prediction will
Evening star., 1926-04-24
WESTERN UNION ASKS
PERMIT FOR CONDUIT
Application for Authority to In
stall Is Referred to Corporation
Counsel on Legal Phases.

An application OF the Western
Union Telegraph Co. for permission
to install a conduit containing pneu.
matte tubes between it's main Office
at 70S Fourteenth street and its
branch Office at 1104 Connecticut ave-
nue. was referred by the District Com
missioners yesterday to Corporation
Counsel Francis II. Stephens. The
project has been approved by the
Sewer and Electric departments of
the District Government. but the Com
missioners decided to ascertain il
there is any legal objection before
finally sanctioning 1t.
The company plans to lay the tubes
under the streets between the two
Offices. The tubes are wanted for
Quick transmission of messages II
takes an average of one minute per
message to telegraph them from the
branch to the main office and vice
versa, according to the company,
whereas by the tube. at busy periods.
40 messages can be sent from one
Office to the other in a minute.
Evening star., 1926-04-24
BOSCH CASE DECIDED.
Each Company in Suit May Use
Name Within Limits.

NEW YORK, April "a R.-The
name Bosch may be used within GER
tain limits by both the American
Bosch Magnetic Corporation and the
Robert Bosch Magnetic Co.. Inc. by
a ruling of Supreme Court Justice
Levy. The former concern had
brought action against the lat
ter to enjoin use Of the name and
the Robert Bosch Co. had entered
a counter claim, asking exclusive
right to the use of the name and de-
manding $4,000. 900 damages. Both
the demands for exclusive right to
the word Bosch and the claim for
damages were disallowed by Justice
Levy
Evening star., 1926-04-24

records of Washington department
stores for 1925. In that year the in.
crease over the previous year was
only Z per cent. which may be con-
trasted with an increase Of 20 per cent
in building awards. The first quarter
Of 1926 shows an increase in depart
ment store trade amounting to 12 per
cent, this condition very largely trace
able to the great activity in the build
ing industry during 1925. Viewing
the situation from this angle it is not
improbable that department store sales
for the entire year 1926. should ap-
proXimate an increase over 1925 of Is
per cent.
The subject of retail trade is closely
linked with the item of newspaper ad
vertising. in itself an excellent indica
tor of general business trends. During
the first quarter of 1926 an increase
Of 13 per cent over the same quarter
OF the preceding year in nwspaper ad
vertising compares with an advance Of
II per cent in the volume of depart
ment store trade. Total advertising
lineage in Washington papers during
the first three months of 1926 aggre-
gate 13675.000 lines as against 12.-
097,000 lines during the same three
months of the previous year.
The absorption Of new automobiles
in the Washington market continues
unabated. For the four-month period
ending March 81, a total of 4,371 new
passenger cars were registered in the
District Of Columbia, representing an
increase amounting to "a per cent over
the same four-month period of year
earlier. New truck sales amounting
to 514 for the fourmonth period show
an increase Of rs per cent over 1925.
This increase in automobile owner
ship, while affecting in marked de-
gree the sales at retail in many kin
dred lines has as it's most noticeable
affect an increase Of IS per cent in
gasoline consumption.
Realty Activity Continues.
Despite the large amount Of capital
diverted into automotive channels,
real estate activity continues In large
Evening star., 1926-04-24
BY l.. SETH SCHNTTMAN
AND j. w. MILLARD.

True to repeated predictions by the
writers in these columns Washington
business and industry has given an
excellent account of itself during the
first quarter of 1926. Regardless of
the measure used, whether it be check
payments or building, department
store trade or postal revenues, life in
surance sales or ten-cent store busi-
ness, new auto sales or real estate
Evening star., 1926-04-24
Officers Here Are Transferred.

Army officers stationed in this city
have been assigned to du:y elsewhere,
as follows: Lieut.. Col. Gordon john
ston. Cavalry. to Fort Riley, Kans.;
Lieut.. Col. Ben Lear, jr., Cavalry,
to the l4th Cavalry at Fort Sheri-
dan, ILL.,; Mai. Leigh j. Zerbee, chem
ical warfare service, to the Edge
wood Arsenal, Md; Maj. Elmer c..
Desobry, Infantry. to San Francisco,
and Maj. John w. Leonard and Capts.
Paul e. Peabody and Percy w. Clark
son, Infantry, to Fort Benning, Ga.
Maj Benjamin B. Brackenbury, at
Fort Leavenworth. Kans., has been
ordered to this city for duty in the
office of the chief of staff, War De-
partment.
Evening star., 1926-04-24
ALL SIGNS POINT TO BETTER YEAR
FOR BUSINESS In WASHINGTON
Check Payments Building, Auto Sales, Store Trade,
Real Estate Activity and Newspaper Advertising
Show Trade Is i'm Good Shape.

cess Of $2S.O0O.Ooo. making the first
quarter of 1925 larger than the entire
year, 1920. The prediction made by
the writer's in February, when just
one months figures were at hand.
that building awards for the first
half of 1928 would probably exceed
$35, 900, 900 is now becoming a. GER
tainty, with indications pointing to
that huge figure as the measure of a
four-months' total, allowing better
than $6,000,000 awards in the current
Evening star., 1926-04-24

total contracts let during the period,
with commercial construction taking
only about IL per cent, building
awards in the first quarter of 1925
showed a ratio for residential con-
struction of but AZ per cent of the
total, with commercial buildings TAX
ing 46 per cent of the aggregate. y.
While it may be somewhat early to
state definitely that the residential
situation is an overbuilt one, con-
sidering the ever-present desire in
the average citizen to shift from
quarters whenever finances will
Evening star., 1926-04-24

able. indicating that the present wave
OF prosperity Is nicely balanced by a
proportionate increase in savings and
Investments. Incidentally savings de-
posits continue to mount. while build.
ing and loan association resources are
larger than ever before.
total of $14,772 900 in future
estates, IL carried to maturity, were
created during the first quarter Of
1925 by the purchase Of life insurance
protection. This total compares with
$40, ,508.000 written during the same
period of 1925, the present years sales
showing increased business to the ex-
tent OF about 40 per cent.
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then be justified, on past perfor-
mances, all things considered, that
1925 will stand as the record building
year with a substantial decline there
from in the ensuing year. Here. too,
the forecast in these columns made
by the writer's some months earlier
as to the probable shift of importance
between the two major types of con-
struction, viz, residential and COM
mercial, has been amply substantiated.
Where, during the first quarter of
1925. new residential building awards
constituted almost 20 per cent of the
Evening star., 1926-04-24

volume. For the first three months of
1926 a total of ALAG deeds were re-
corded as compared with 1927 in the
same period of 1925, representing an
advance of per cent. Real estate
trusts recorded totaled 5,475 for the
first quarter as against 5,11S last year,
an increase of per cent.
With the increased expenditures
previously noted for various retail
lines, the purchase of homes and auto
mobiles and other comforts of life. the
1925 sales of new ordinary life insur-
ance in Washington are truly remark
Evening star., 1926-04-24
TINGLEY APPROVES
HAGERSTOWN PLAN
Will Assist People in Fight to
Build Municipal Electric
Power Plant.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE. April 24.-Thomas
]. Tingley, peoples counsel. has an
nounced that he will assist the peo-
pie Of Hagerstown in their fight 10
construct and operate q new munich
pal electric plant to furnish light.
heat and power to residents OF the
town.
The Public Service Commission
has ordered a hearing May on the
application of the mayor and city
council for permission to construct
and operate the plant and to Issue
100000 in bonds to finance the
project
In expressing firm conviction as
to the right Of the people to under
take the project, for which there has
been a determined fight since 1919.
Mr.. Tingley said:
THE case is now one in which an
enterprise is seeking to enter q feld
already adequately supplied with
service.
"The municipal plant has been in
actual and successful competition
with the private interests serving
the territory for a period of 25 years.
The people at Hagerstown have evil
denced pride in the municipal plant
and a desire for continuance and ex-
pansion. This is a healthy evidence
of civic spirit and one that l think
should be encouraged"
Evening star., 1926-04-24
Heads Crucible Steel Co.

NEW YORK, April "a LR.-Fred.
erick B. Hufnagel was elected presi-
dent of the Crucible Steel Co. of
America yesterday to succeed l.. Z.
Collins, resigned. MIR. HufnaGel was
vice president of the Crucible Co.,
which he recently joined. leaving the
Jones & Laughln Steel Co. Alex
ander II. Gailbrath was elected vice
president to succeed Mr.. Hufnagel.
Evening star., 1926-04-24

Whatever may have been said be-
fore with reference to the Importance
OF the building industry to the pros
perity and general welfare of the
city must pale before the stupendous
building program undertaken during
the first quarter Of 1926, as seen from
contract figures compiled by the F.
w. Dodge Corporation, and currently
used by the Department of Commerce
to measure building activity. Actual
commitments to build totaled in ex
Evening star., 1926-04-24
IMPORTANT COURT RULE
ON WAR RISK INSURANCE
Federal Judge Says Policies of Vet
Grams With Total Disability
Rating Cannot Lapse.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Greg, April 24.-F'ed-
eral Judge Wolverton yesterday ruled
that under section 800 OF the Veter-
ans act of 1924. the war risk in
surance policy Of any eX-service man
who has had temporary total disa-
biffty rating during the life of the
policy, does not lapse through fall
ure of the veteran 10 pay premiums.
The ruling was said to be the first
OF its nature in the United States
and observers of the case estimated
that it would automatically put ap-
proXimately 100000 worth OF war
risk insurance policoes back into
effect
Evening star., 1926-04-24
r AVON
A Story of Cooperation

Not many years ago science brought forward
new fabric. 1t was made of wood or cotton fiber,
and looked like silk, felt like silk, and in many
instances, wore better than silk
This product became known as Fiber Silk
Several years ago advertisers realized that this
name was incorrect. since the public might get the
impression that the material was either part or
wholly silk,
"Rayon' was adopted as the term to apply to
this cellulose fabric. Throughout the country mer
chants are adopting the new name. In Washing
ton retailers, cooperating with the Better Busi-
ness Bureau, have substituted "Rayon' for the
misleading term Fiber Silk.
Today, business and the public and know
"Rayon' for what it is. The adoption of the new
trade term is another milestone in the movement to
maintain public belief in advertising.
Evening star., 1926-04-24

The publication of this an
nouncement is evidence that
this newspaper subscribes
whole-heartedly to the prin-
ciples of the Better Business
Bureau and co-operates with
the Bureau in protecting its
readers.
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activity, business in the first three
months Of the current year was sub
stantially ahead of the corresponding
period of 1925. even establishing a
record to aim at for future CORE
spending quarters:
Using the volume Of check pay
ments as a yardstick of business &C
tivity, the first quarter of 1926 regis
tered an advance of per cent over
the same period of a year earlier.
The total volume of money which
passed through the channels of trade
during that period was close to three
quarters of a billion dollars and estab-,
lished a record for any similar period.
The significance of this accomplish
ment can best be realized from the
total volume of checks drawn on local
banks during the first three months,
which was So per cent greater than
for the same quarter OF 1921, an In
crease during this five-year period
worth noting What is more i'm
portant, perhaps, each Of the months
Of the year thus far has exceeded the
respective total Of the same month
of the preceding year. the March in
crease, amounting to II per cent,
representing the twenty-second con
secutive advance over the correspond
ing month of the previous year.
April records to date point to a con-
tinuation of this trend for some little
time to come.
Incompetence Takes Toll.
Quite naturally some businesses
have exceeded the pace indicated by
this general index, while others have
Jagged behind. the gap in large de-
gree measuring the extent to which
the business man has been alert to
the needs of the people he serves.
their changing habits. their purchas-
ing power, the traffic situation, all
these and many more factors which
markedly affect business. In spite
of high levels of prosperity to be
noted in each of the principal indi-
Gators of general business for the city,
business incompetence continues to
take it's toll. Commercial failures in
Washington for the first quarter of
1926 numbered 40, as compared with
II in the same period of 1925. Liza
bilities of failing firms were reported
as $500 for 1926. as compared with
$1S9 900 in 1925. These liabilities al
though larger than last year are still
running less than in 1924.
Another indicator which is strik-
ingly accurate in its reflection Of trade
is found in the figures on postal reve-
nues. This index shows a 16 per cent
advance over the first quater of 1925.
Each month of 1926 was, as in the
case Of check payments, higher than
Evening star., 1926-04-24

1t is estimated that the American
oil industry loses 5000. .00o.o 900 a year
by evaporation losses, which amount
to more than per cent of all the oil
produced.
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1924

month of April. This is far and away
the largest construction program act
ually undertaken In any comparable
period. New buildings in contempla-
ton, but for which contracts have
not been let, aggregating more than
$4,000 900. represent the largest pros
pective program on record in the
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of later building tendencies. This bal.
ancing influence should operate to
maintain the upward trend in retail
lines well into 1927.
Department Store Trade.
This lag between retail business and
building may be seen from the sales
Evening star., 1926-04-04

into a division selling well over $1OU,-
600 worth of stamps year"
Not only does the philatelic section
fill a long-felt want but it also has
turned out to be an exceptionally
profitable undertaking to the govern
ment. Practically all the money taken
in is clear profit. Stamps cost Uncle
Sam about six and a half cents
thousand for printing. When they are
sold to collectors at their face value
the amount received is practically a
gift, for no service Is performed in re-
turn, as in the case with stamps
placed on letters or parcels.
X X X
THE philatelic agency established
by Mr.. Glover was the first of its
kind in the world. After its worth had
been proven other nations initiated
the idea. Canada sent a representative
to Washington to study the methods
used and copied the plan outright in
the Dominion. Several other foreign
governments followed Americas lead
and organized philatelic departments
modelled after the one here.
The local agency is housed on the
second floor of the City Post Office
Building at North Capitol street and
Massachusetts, avenue. A. d. Collins
is the agent in charge of the actual
workings of the office. Stock is sent
there from the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing in the same manner al:
to the regular Post Office. The stamps
reach the agency in panes or coils,
perforated or imperforated. exactly aa