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The Washington times., 1929-07-11
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17
PAY ROLL INCREASES
HELP RETAIL TRADE
BY ]. C. ROYLE.
Special Dispatch to The Star


NEW YORK, May 17.-Pay rolls to-
day are keeping up the wonderful pace
of retail trade. And pay rolls are in
creaSing rather than diminishing.
After all, the real objective of the
commercial world is to get goods into
the hands of ultimate consumers and
get the money for them. That is being
done to a most satisfactory extent at
present. In consequence, the mines,
mills, factories, lumber camps and
nearly all phases of raw and finished
material production are proceeding at
high rate.
In only 8 of the $50 or more main
retail distributing centers of the coun-
try is the sales prospect poor. In the
majority of the other centerS sales pros
poets are better than fair. In the last
month retail sales have exceeded those
for the corresponding period of 1928 by
per cent, and this improvement seems
likely to be maintained throughout May
and June.
The best prospects are in the Middle
Atlantic and South Central States, with
the prospects for wide gains smallest
in New England and the Pacific States.
However. the tourist influx into the lat
ter regions is bound to increase and
sustain trade to a larger degree than
ever before in the next three months.
Prospects in the grain States are not
particularly bright. and neither is the
outlook for the cotton producers but
the high prices for live stock will COM
pensate to a great degree in the first
case, while the returns from truck farm
ing will help out in the second Indus
trial production is not showing signs of
material decrease, although such a
check is normal and expected at this
time of year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17

light, market steady; Norfolk section.
Virginia, hotbed stock, crates, 2.00a
$50; North Carolina, 5-peck hampers,
punched. 1.50a1.75.
Caulifiower-Supplies light: demand
light; no early sales reported.
sparagus-Supplies moderate: de-
mand light, market slightly stronger;
Delaware dozen-bunch crates. partly
white, large size, 2.50a2.75; few best,
800; East Shore Maryland, dozen-bunch
crates, green. long, large size, 3.25a3.SO;
few best, 400.
Peas-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate. market steady; Norfolk Sec
ton, Virginia, 5-peck hampers, large pod
varieties, 250a3.00; North Carolina,
bushel hampers, large pod varieties, best
1.75a200; ordinary quality and condi-
ton, 1.25a1.50.
Peppers-Supplies light; demand
light, market slightly weaker; Florida
pepper crates. fancy. 3.00a3.50; few
200; pepper crates. choice, fair quality
some mixed with red, 1.50a2 90; few re-
fused.
Eggplant-Supplies light: demand
light. market slightly weaker; Florida
pepper crates, fancy, high bush, 3.50a
400
Corn-Supplies moderate: demand
light, market dull; Texas, bushel bas-
ketS, mostly ESQ.
Oranges-Supplies moderate: demand
! moderate. market steady; Florida, boxes
No. /, medium size. 3.75a425; few $50
large size, 3.50a3.75; No. 2, medium size
325a3,50; large size, 2.25a2.75; mostly
2.50a2.75.
Grapefruit-Suppl light: demand
| light, market steady; Florida, boxes, No
l, medium size, 3.50a40o; No. 2, medium
| size, 2.75a3.25.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17
H|GH-GRADE BOND
|. ISSUES IN DECLINE
So.
Market Average Approaches
Low Levels of Year.
ConvertibIes Draggy.
BY CHARLES F. SPEARE.

Special Dispatch to The star
NEW YORK, May 17.-With today S
decline in numerous high-grade bond
| issues. the average of the market was
approximately down to the low levels
of late March and early April.
The markets action has been dis
appointment to those who believed that
it. had completed its liquidation late in
the Winter and had the promise OF a
slowly rising price level during the
Spring months, when money Is normally
easy 1t was bid up rather too last
until artificial levels were established
IN many of the 'legals,"
The situation now Is that dealers VINO
followed the market up in April are
letting 90 of their unSold bonds In trad
ing accounts which are too expensive TO
carry ct Yields mostly under per cent
in a money market that ranges between
8 and 10 per cent.
The various 4, Az and 5 per cent
rails we're soft today. ConsplcuouSly
weak were Canadian Pacific deoenture
4s which broke through the previous
low of the year and were on points
from last months best. New YORK Cen
trail Is, Frisco As. st. Paul gold o.
Southern Railway As, CANADIAN Ma
tional 4l2s and other ponuS Oh lhis
type were heavy
THE convertible issues were irregular.
American Telephone 412s lost point
though International Telephone 4,2s
were fractionally higher. Atchison 4i2s
declined. The new Southern Paclnc
AIS which have been steadily losing
ground, although the stock has been
Strong ran up over point. 1. G.
Chemical SIPS and American Interna-
tional 5las were firm with the Allegheny
Corporation SIS fraction under par.
TWO inactive public utilities, New
York Gas g. Electric Is and American
Water Works SIS showed decided
strength. There was also substantial
improvement in the Lorillard 5s and
5i2s which have recently been near the
bottom of their long price decline. but
today were up to / y points.
In the absence of any more definite
news from Paris, foreign issues that
would be mainly affected marked time
Others were irregular with a new low
price in City of Warsaw rs and Buda-
pest 6s and Vienna IS off about point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17
LOW PRICE OF CORN
AIDS FOOD CONCERNS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO Inc CtHT.
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE present
low corn prices and the relative stabl-
ity of the prices Of corn products are
benefiting those manufacturers engaged
in making food products from corn:
Both Corn Products Refining Co. and
Penick 81 Ford Co, the leaders in this
field, showed f1rst-quarter earnings to
have been far ahead of those OF a year
ago.
The Corn Products Refining Co. was
formed in 1906. consolidating five COM
panies engaged in the manufacture OF
starch. glucose, corn oil and slrup.
Originally all the products were sold IN
bulk, and even today most OF the prod
ucts are used by other industries as raw
material. For example, the company
produces 70 per cent of the countrys
glucose, and 80 per cent of its supply
is sold to candy manufacturers.
Not long after the company was
formed, however, several trade names
were adopted, Argo, Karo, Mazda and
Limit, for example. having become very
we'll known through aggressive adVertls-
ing.
Since the company uses more than
40 600, 900 bushels of corn year. the
price of that commodity has an impor-
tant bearing on profits. Even though IN
ventories are closely controlled. earn
ings increase when corn prices are low
and fall when they are high. The re-
cent drop in corn prices has produced
earnings of $1l8 a share for the flrst
quarter, compared with the go cents OF
last year, when corn prices were rising.
Despite the fact that the uncertainty
of corn prices has not allowed Corn
Products earnings to show consistent
growth, the company has managed TO
improve steadily Last year earnings
we're $4.52 a share, the highest on record.
For the past seven years earnings have
averaged $3.50 a share, and the lowest
earnings were $3.50, in 1925. When
prices were unusually high.
The regular dividend is only 81, but
since 1926. when a 25-cent eXtr" was
paid. the company has been increasingly
generous with extra dividends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17
w., B. & A. TO EXPEND
$25O,OOO FOR CARS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special DlSpatcn 10 Inc star.
BALTIMORE, May 1.-THE Wash
ington, Baltimore & Annapolis Electric
Railroad Co. yesterday announced plans
involving the expenditure of over
$3.50, 900 to improve it's passenger Serv-
ice, particularly on the North and
South Shore divisions.
Our company" said Herbert A.
Wagner. president of the W., B. e. A.,
has contracted with the j. G. Brill
Co. to build new trailers which will en-
body Injuries for the passengers, and
has under way the complete renovation
Of II motor cars which will be identical
with the new equipment. except for
the fact that they will be motorized
The splendid water front within
such easy reach of Baltimore, Wash
1ngton and the capital of the State has
in recent years attracted rapidly in
creasing population. Improvement of
the electric railroad service will acceler-
ate this growth"
The new trailerS will be constructed
Of steel, with windows of plate glass
encaSed in metal sash. The cars will
be insulated with asbestos composition
similar to that used on modern Sleep
ing cars and will be electrically heated.
Fifty-eight passengers will be seated
in each trailer thirty-eight in the main
compartment and the remainder in the
smoking compartment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17
SURPLUS IN WHEAT
WORRIES FARMERS
Problem of 0verproduction
Is Chief Topic in
Middle West.
BY JOHN F. SINCLAIR.

I
| KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 17.-Kan-
sas City cannot get its mind off wheat.
| Every business man and banker one
talks with come finally around to that
subject. Many Of them are old-timers
| in wheat.
| w. j. Bailey, governor of the Kansas
J City Federal Reserve Bank, has been
! raising wheat in Kansas for 40 years
and he is just as interested as he was
when he was farming his own fields as
| young man.
The wheat combine seems to be the
machine that is making the life of the
wheat farmer difficult. 1t Is the old
! problem of overproduction. The quality
of wheat Goes not enter In, nor the
labor involved in raising wheat.
Labor Problem Secondary.
When one 30-horsepower unit. with
two one-way plows, can pillow 80 acres a
day. the labor problem becomes Sec
ondary. In fact, there is no problem
here. The same 30-horsepoWer unit,
with three large drills, can seed l25
acres a day. 1t can also pull 2O-foot
combine and harvest 60 to 70 acres a
day.
In man power, five to ten times more
men would be required to do this work
1t was figured recently that to produce
in this way l50,000,000 bushels of wheat
(the 1926 crop in Kansas. would neces-
state the services of 775.000 harvest
hands. With modern machinery only
10000 men were brought in from the
outside.
Today farmer and his two sons can
harvest 400 acres Of wheat without
starting before o'clock in the morning
The machine age has not only affected
the life Of the city, but has very ma
terially affected the life on the farm.
1t enters vitality into the whole problem
of wheat.
wv. McReynolds, MonteZuma, Kans.,
uses three combines in farming his 230
acres of wheat He has figured that,
exclusive of rent, depreciation on his
machinery, taxes and interest, 1t costs
him ST an acre to produce wheat. In
other words. the cost would be 35 cents
bushel, providing the farmer got 20
bushels to the acre.
So 75-cent wheat should pay big. even
including the items above enumerated.
At least, at that profit other industries
pay But the catch is to get the 20
bushels to the acre. The average is
much less.
Modern Farmers Methods.
However, the case Of Albert Weaver,
Bird City, KanS., shows the posstbill-
ties. In 1926 Mr.. Weaver had two
fields which produced 35 bushels to the
acre, despite the fact that from seed
ing time to harvest time, 10 months,
there were only five inches of rain.
Proper Summer fallow, Mr.. Weaver
says, is the answer
This same progressive farmer had
produced $4,000 bushels of wheat every
year for the last three years in terri
tory where the rain averaged IL inches
annually. Mr.. Weaver believes that
when farmers understand modern
methods of wheat raising they will be
able to compete on the world markets
and make good.
Copyright, 1929. by North American News
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO, May II (P) (Unlted STATES
Department of Agricultural Hogs
Receipts, 10000 head; including 2;oUo
head direct: mostly steady on welght
averages under 900 pounds: heiters
strong to 10 higher; top. HOO; bulk OF
better grades, 100 to $50 pounds weights,
10 .6oa 1 / 90; butchers, medium to choice,
100000 pounds. 1o.25a1080: 20o-25O
pounds, lO40al180; 10000 POUNDS,
10 10al1 90; l3o-160 pounds, 9.75al 90;
packing sows, 9.35a950; pigs. medium
to choice, 90-130 pounds. 9.25alO.65.
Cattle-Receipts, 1000 head. Calves
Receipts, 600 head; generally STEADY
trade very little here; best yearlngs
AGO; few loads of light steers. l3.O0a
ID co. slaughter classes, steers. good and
choice, l,300a1 500 pounds. l3.25al4 30
1,l0O-l 300 pounds, l3.25al500; $50.
LOO pounds, 1335a15.l5; common ana
medium, $50 pounds up, 10 75al3 50: led
yearlings, good and choice, 750-95o
pounds, 1350a15.25.
Heifers, good and choice, $50
pounds down. 13.00al4,75: common and
medium, 9,25a1300; COWS. good ana
choice, 9.75a1225: common and medl-
UNI. 975a1225; low cutter and cutter,
6.00a6. rs: bulls. good and choice tbeeD.
10 OOa1l so; cutter to medium, 8,O0a
1925; vealers, milk fed. good and
choice. l0OOa1450: medium, 9.00a1000;
Gull and common, 7.00a9.00: stocSer
and feeder steers good and choice,
l2.25al350; (all weishts), common and
medium, 9.75a12.5O.
Sheep-Receipts $4,000 head; market
slow. around 25 cents lower; shorn
lambs, 1925, few 1880; WoolSkins
scarce, California springers unsold; few
natives. 15.OOa16.00; sheep, steady;
weighty ewes, $50. Following quota
tions on shorn basis: Slaughter classes,
Spring lambs, good and choice. 15.75a
1875; medium. 14.75a15.75; Gull and
common, 12.50a14.75; lambs, good and
choice. 90 pounds down, l2.50al7,60;
medium. II .50al275; Gull and common,
8.75al150; medium to choice. 92-l00
pounds, 1125a1375: ewes, medium to
choice, $50 pounds down, 5.75a7.25; Gull
and common, 2.50a5.75.
---------s------------
Borg Warner stock may be split up on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17
BOND ISSUE AWARDED.

BALTIMORE, May II Especially AT
their bid of 06, a $250,000 issue of
City of Frederick (Md) water works
and public improvement Az per cent
bonds has been awarded to j. P. Baer
& Co.; Colston, Head & Trail; j. s.
Wilson, jr., & Co, and the Equitable
Trust Co. of Baltimore.
The bonds. which mature serially
from January 1, 1881, to 1859, are to be
offered on 4.30 per cent basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17
STOCK NOW ON EXCHANGE.

Shares of the Great Atlantic & Pacific
Tea Co., one of the oldest and best
known chain store enterprises in the
country have made their market debut
on the New York Curb Market. The
shares have previously been traded over
the counter. Their listing marks a
further departure of the Curb authori-
ties from the precedent of not listing
non-voting stocks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17
CHICAGO DAIRY MARKET.

CHICAGO, May II CP)-Butter-
Unchanged; receipts. 1890 tubs
Eggs-Higher; receipts, 24,o21 cases;
extra first. 3034a3114; firsts. 3oa3ol4
ordinary f1rsts, 27a29 storage packed
firsts, 80; storage packed, extras, 1922
Poultry, alive-Steady; receipts. 8
cars; fowls, 3oa32 broilers, 36a44;
ROSTERS. 2l; turkeys. 20a30; ducks,
24a28; Spring ducks, 80; geese, IT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17
New Securities
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 17.-Ncw securities
offered today include:
Two million seven hundred thousand
dollars Taylor Milling Corporation no
par value common. stock.
One million dollars United States Bond
& Mortgage Corporation 6l2 per cent
convertible guaranteed collateral trust
bonds at par.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17
Montgomery Ward Sales.

NEW YORK, May II CP.--Mont-
gomery Ward Co. estimates its 1929
sales will exceed 100000 900, or an in
crease of 40 per cent over the 1923
sales of 14i350,0o0, which we're the
highest in the company's history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17
PARIS BoURSE PRICES.

PARIS, May II (P.-Price move
ments were irregular on the Bourse
today. Three per cent rentes, IA francs
as centimes. Five per cent loan, 101
francs 35 centimes. Exchange on Lon
don, 124 francs IA centimes. The dol
lar was quoted at rs francs 59A CEN
times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17
Washington Stock Exchange
SALES.

SALES.
Washington Gas IS "A"-S300 at 1023s.
Potomac Elec. 5l29o pfd.-10 at 1862,
at 1868.
Washington Rwy. & Elec. pfd.-10 at
90, 5 at 90.
$50, at 458.
Union Trust Col at 345.
Security Storage Col at 100.
AFTER CALL.
Washington Gas 6s "B"-s100 at 1882.
Capital Traction 5s-S1 900 at ely.
District National Securities pfd.-20 at
y 101.
Washington Rwy. g. Elec. 4s-$l 900 at
S6l4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17
Money! to Loan

Secured by FIRST deed Of trust on real estate.
Prevailing interest and commission.
Joseph /. Weller t E,st wash stS 4 Tvs Nw
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17
SILVER QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, May IT (P).--Bar silver
54: Mexican dollars. 403s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-17
TRUST COMPANY
SAVINGS BANK,
TITLE INSURANCE.

columbia Title. Observation-Disclosures. 10 Il
Real Estate Title .....,.......... 225 $50
Title & Inv. Co. OF Md. COM. 80 81
Wash. Cons. Title pfQ.......... SO
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-09-26

district around Maiden. He located a
number of paying claims including
noted Spotted Horse mine from which
Perry w. Meadow of early Coulson
fame afterwards realized several num-
dred thousand dollars. Anderson Sold
it to him for $500. Several n
mines located in the same district by
Anderson brought him fairly good pa
per returns in, the way Of stock IN
promoting companies with some cash.
"Skookum Joe" was one of the dis
coverers of the Saltwater copper mines
which gave rise for a few years 10
the boom town of old Nye. Jack Nye
and Uncle Billy Hamilton were among
his associates in that venture. Ander-
son afterwards sold his stock IN the
company to the Minneapolis out1lt
which undertook its promotion, Tor
So, 1000.
In much the same way he helped TO
open up the Castle mines and those
about Neihart. He was interested at
times in the Cooke City mines and
those upon the Boulder and his pros
pecting tours carried him to the Little
Belt, Big Belt, Crazy, and Snowy
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-09-26

only a few days before his death as
was his custom whenever he came
through there. Anderson in a mysteri-
Gus ann told him of his discovery
and exhibited a cigar-box filled with
a number of good-sized nuggets.
The old prospector came to Billings
to see his partners. He had long been
in poor health, suffering from dilation
of the heart. Anderson told his part
ners something of the location Of his
gold strike. One night in talking with
him, MI. ODonnell suggested that he
write out a little account of his life
and especially of the earlier part and
Anderson promised to do SO. The next
morning Anderson died suddenly as he
was lacing his shoes. In the back of
his diary. he had started to comply
with ODonnells request and had writ
ten: Il was born in Brantford, Canada.
l was a bad boy and ran away from
home when l was l6. My real name
is Richard Dick" His confessions end
ed there.
Tales of Anderson's find soon circu-
lated among proSpectOrs and there was
a rush to the district but like the Lost
Cabin mines Of the Big Horn, no
trace of the gold has ever been I'M
covered although for years an occa-
sional miner has searched for 1t.
Whether Anderson made his luckieSt
strike too late to reap his reward or
whether the find was only a Pigment
of imagination Of a dying man, no n
knows to this day.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-09-26
Disposed Mudhen
IS Good for Food

The despised mudhen, or coot, prop
erly cooked and served, is as toothsome
as the canvasback or mallard, Thomas
N. Marlowe, chairman Of the state fish
and game commission, declares in urg-
ing that more of these birds be killed
during the hunting season.
The coots eat great quantities of
duck food, and have increased far be-
yond their rightful proportion in num-
bers., They are highly esteemed by
people OF the east and south.
A recipe, given to MI. Marlowe by
Or. i. Gilbert Pearson, president Of
the National Association of Audubon
societies, is said to have proved the
best method of cooking the mudhen.
The recipe:
Skin out four coots, parboil 90 min
utes; put In new water and four large
onions, quartered; two cups of navy
beans that have been parboiled and
COOK two hours. Add four diced po-
tatoes, season highly with red pepper
n salt and cook until done.
Mr.. Marlowe says that the game laws
permit the killing of Is coots per day,
as well as rs ducks.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-09-26

nearly the close Of the century, one
might meet on lonely trails or at the
camps, q tall, lean mar with a long
neck, with prominent veins standing
out on a large Adams apple, usually
clean shaven and wearing a faded
corduroy suit. He had a mysterious
appearance and as he urged his pack
animals along, he frequently looked
back as if fearful someone was fol-
lowing him. This strange man was
"Skookum Joe" Anderson, an untiring
prospectOr who was responsible for the
discovery or. took a leading part in the
opening up of practically every min
ing district in eastern Montana.
from Oregon where he had taken a
leading part in mining development
and where he had won his title mean
ing Good Joe" from the Oregon In
dams. He came to Montana sometime
soon after the first gold rush and was
at several of the early mining camps.
1t is probable that he Vas among the
miners who were secretly exploring and
prospecting in the AbSarOka and Bear
tooth mountains, forbidden land be-
cause then a part of the Grow reser-
walton as early as 1868 or 1869. In a
notation in Of the diaries which
he kept In later years, ne remarks up
on being at the natural bridge on the
Boulder river in 1870.
When the Bohemian adventures I'M
der Major F.. D. PeaSe and Captain
Paul Mccormick established Fort
Pease in 1875, "Skookum Joe" was one
of those engaged in the enterprise and
took part in some OF the Indian fight
ing which followed. When Col. Ike
Allen, the old scout who died at Colum-
bus a few months ago, left the fort
in October with Bill Brockway, they
met Anderson near the present site of
Billings on his way to the fort. An
derson at times thereafter abandoned
mining to hunt and trap for short Pc
RODS but was never long content away
from his search for pay dirt.
Anderson was one Of the first pros
pectors in the Fort Maginnis mining
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-09-26
Phone Compay
Spends Big Sum

For extending and maintaining the
telephone system in the Rocky noun
tain area, the Mountain States Tele-
phone and Telegraph company will ex-
pend 81, 1928, All, President F. H. Reid
announced recently.
Items for Montana follow: Butte,
dial equipment, $436, 1873; additional
facilities Helena toll line, $26,317; Three
Forks, additional facilities and pole re-
placements on Butte toll line, $42, 100;
Livingston-White Sulphur Springs toll
line and aerial construction, $50 1858;
same, cable and underground conduit
construction, $23, 499; Saco, central Of
flee building, $5,164; Culbertson, carrier
terminal $1,327; Glendive, power cross
ings, SLIT; MiSsoula, installing forest
service P. B. X. in new location, 1899;
Billings, telegraph repeaters, $1,625;
Terry, copper conduit, Baker to North
Dakota line, $l,109; Great Falls, new
garage, $3.50.