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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-09

refrigerator cars, and all the other ia
c1lities which go with completely in
tegrated meat-packing unit.
Armour's earnings fluctuate widely
because of the need to build up large
inventories when cattle are brought to
market and to hold them over until
such time as the demand for meats
arises some months later. In this re-
Spect Armour resembles all other pack
ers, but Armour's earnings fiuctuate
even more widely than most because OF
its heavy capital structure.
Whereas net earnings have huctuated
between 10 and 80 million in the last
seven years, earnings on the A common
have fluctuated between q loss and q
$25l profit. About $l1,00O,000 is
needed each year to pay bond, note and
bank interest, in addition to the SO, O0O,-
900 required to pay dividends on the
preferred, which is cumulative. The
company must earn more than $20,000,-
charges.
Last year, earnings of about 20 mil
lion showed $l.13 on the Glass A COM
mon. which is entitled to $2-hefore the
common Is paid anything. In 1927,
earnings on the A showed loss. Earn
lngS on this stock depend, therefore, to
an unusual extent on the trend of meat
prices, very unstable factor. Dividends
have been cratic and at present no
dividends are'being paid,
Wilson Earnings Fluctuate Widely.
Wilson g. Co. is about ne-fourth the
size OF Armour. In addition to the
usual subsidiaries held by a general
packing house, 1t does considerable
business in Europe.
In a reorganization In 1926 the COM
nany'S capital structure was somewhat
improved, although 1t still has a large
issue of bonds and cumulative prefer
red ahead of the common. In addition,
there is an issue of A stock entitled TO
50 dividend before the common gets
Swift recently declared some back
dividends on the preferred and is max
ing strenuous efforts To keep up.
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COTTON CLOSE IRREGULAR

NEW YORK, May Q. Especially Re
ports Of rains In West Texas, prospects
for clearing weather In the Eastern belt
and weakness in grain evidently over
Shadowed bullish features in the cot
ton market today. Rallies from an
opening decline were followed by re-
newed weakness. Late fluctuations were
rather irregular with the close to
points lower except March, which was
3 points higher. The spot market was
1,pehanNAd af 10 90
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Sees Successful Year.

NEW YORK, May 9 Gp.-L. w. Bald
win. president of the Missouri PACING
Lines. says. that reports from all sections
of the South and Middle West indicate
substantiations of earlier predictions thai
1929 would be a most successful yea
for the s''stcm. High va er in the Mis-
sizsippi has not troubled Missouri Pa
cifie and last years tTask raising pro-
gram hes nat the property in condition
to funo ion at 100 per cent Mr.. Baldwin
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Markets at a Glance

NEW YORK, May OP).-Stocks
heavy; General Electric huctuates wide
ly. Bonds irregular foreign issues soft.
Curb irregular; Fokker Aeroplane at
new high. Foreign exchanges irregular;
japanese yen slump 10 points Cotton
easy; beneficial rains Texas. Sugar
steady improved spot situation. Cof-
fee lower; disappointing spot demand.
CHICAGO, May Q Cp).-Wheat weak;
expectations bearish, Government re-
port. Corn weak large stocks Nebraska.
Cattle steady to higher. Hogs higher.
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Round the
World

Go Round the World as you please.
Make your own plans. There is time
for sightseeing at every port during
the regular stay of the ship. AT any
port that particularly interests you,
stoPover for one week, two weeks
or longer, continuing when you are
ready on Liner exactly like the one
on which you started.
Go Round the World on one ship
in 10 days or. if you like, take the
entire two years allowed by your
ticket. There is no other service which
permits such freedom of travel.
Every week a palatial President
Liner of the Dollar Steamship Line
sails from LosAngeles and San Fran
cisco for Honolulu, Yokohama, Kobe,
Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila, Sim
gaPore, Penang, Colombo, Suez, Port
Said, Alexandra, Naples, Genoa.
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BY KENNETH S. VAN sTRUM.

NEW YORK, May 9.-Profits in the
meat-packing industry vary widely prin-
cipally because the prices Of its prod
ucts fIuctuate so unpredictably. This
Is accentuated by the fact that the
margin Of profit in the industry is small
and that most companies are heavily
capitalized.
The meat packers are wholesalers as
well as packers. They carry large in
ventories, for which they need consid-
cradle sums of money to handle cur
rent business Most OF them borrow
heavily at the banks or in the open
money market, and in addition have
large issues of bonds and preferred
stocks outstanding. Because of the
heavy interest charges, the fluctuations
of earnings on the common are very
cratic as conditions in the industry
change.
Armour Heavily Capitalized.
With its acquisition of Morris & Co.
in 1923, Armour became the largest of
the big four" Chicago packers. The
present company, like the other large
packers, Is an ougrowth of q business
established many years ago. Directly
or through subsidiaries it now controls
20 packing and cold-storage plants; q
large number of by-product plants for
the manufacture of such products as
soap, glue, sandpaper, curled hair and
leather; 20 fertilizer plants; feet Of
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Marseilles, New York and Boston.
Every forrnignr an American Mail
Liner sails from Seattle and Victoria,
B. c., for Yokohama, Kobe, Shang-
hal, Hong Kong, Manila and Round
the World.
Fortnighrly sailings of Dollar
Liners from New York for Califor-
MIA via Havana and Panama.
You sail aboard a magnificent Pres
idenr Liner. Broad, glas$-enclosed
decks. Your room is outside with
beds, not berths. There is a swim
ming pool. Public rooms are spacious
and beautifully appointed. The cui-
sine has for years been a favorite of
world travellers.
The entire trip, First Class, includ-
ing transportation, meals and accom-
modations aboard ship. costs $3.50
and up.
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TREASURY CERTIFICATES.

Color blindness is generally heredi-
tary, but the excessive use of tobacco
may tend to develop it, says a Euro
pean scientist.
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NEW YORK, May 9 (speciaD.--

r IT'S, G: he .ssrs.Sy of hows
.'r &: d., f?-sts and hcavy sn2Wfy
Csnr-s hei to abandon its ANNA
March Battle Of Nsowers this year.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12
NEWSY JOTT|NGS HEARING ON LOCAL
 MINING ACTIVITIES

Further gratifying results in the development of the fine ore body recently located on the Oakville Fraction of the B. c. Silver property are dis closed in the following prog ress report, cabled to the Se- lukwe company offices in Lon don September 16th:
 Sixth Level: Number 637 drift being advanced in northeastern ly direction. At Station 28 plus 63 feet dollars 21 over 8 feet; at 73 feet dollars 39 over 5 feet. Face at 87 feet in heavy sulphides.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12
GROUP
 SHOWING UP WE'LL

Results of the seasons devel- opment activities on the Mon arch Mining Company proper ties have been decidedly satis- factory up to the present time, according to Arthur Moa, managing director of the company.
 The Monarch group, compris- ing ten claims, lies in the Fish Creek area between the River side and the American Mining and Milling Co.,. properties
 The No. 1 tunnel, started a few weeks ago, is being driven on a heavily mineralized vein showing from five to IS inches of solid galena, in addition to from three to four feet of good milling ore on the side. The tunnel is in over 20 feet and is expected to encounter within a short distance the lower ex- tensions of a strong surface ex- posture from which assays showing up to 1869 ounces of silver and over $40 in gold have been obtained. The face of the tunnel will be directly below this showing in another 10 feet or whereabouts. MT. Moa says the ore is already coming in strong in the floor of the tunnel and displays every indication of widening out with further progress.
 A new tunnel has also been faced up about 60 feet below the No. 1 level to explore the same vein at increased depth.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12
ALASKA GOLD EXPORTS SHOW
 STEADY GAINS

Col dand silver shipped from Alaska last month had a de- clared value of $801,741, ac- cording to figures made public by the U. s. Customs office at Juneau. Of the indicated sum- S759,785 was in gold and $41,- 956 was in silver.
 This was the highest amount registered for any similar month during the past six years, according to the records. August gold and silver exports also exceeded those of any sim liar month during the same period of years,shipments for the month totaling $800,415, made up of $787,13 in gold and $13,281 in silver.
 There has been steady increase in the value of August gold shipments since 1924, when shipments during that month totaled $287,O ,OOO. For August 1925 the amount wac S9O7 000. fO1. Auu 1QO6 $662, 1000; for Aug. 1927, $512- 900, and for Aug. 1928, $739,- 900. The increase is said to be due almost entirely to the in- creased production of the Alas ka Juneau mine and to the big placer gold output of the Fair banks Exploration Co.,, in the Fairbanks field.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12

Maurice L. Sharp, of Anchor age, was elected commander of the Alaska division of the American Legion at the an- nual convention held in Jun- eau late last month. Other off, ficers named included J. A. Talbot, Ketchikan, first vice. commander; pr. A. R. Roberts, Seward, second vice-command- CT; M. H. Sides, Juneau, fi- nance officer; H. r. Dawes, Petersburg, judge advocate i; Homer G. Nordling, Juneu, historian; Rev. J. FIYouel, Fairbanks, chaplain. J. F. Petrich was reappointed de- partmental adjutant.,
 Mrs. Paul Beran, of Anchor age, was elected departmental president of the Auxiliary.
 Anchorage was chosen for the 1880 convention of the Legion.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12


 w. R. Mcdonnell has been busily engaged since Wednes- day afternoon at handing out cigars and receiving congratu- lations as a result of a visit of the stork, who left behind a husky boy. The little stranger made his earthly debut at the Stewart hospital and tipped the beam at 61a pounds in his natal hour. Mother and child are reported progressing nicely under the care of Dr. Whillans.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12

Eight thousand tons of lead silver ore valued at approxi. mately $3,00O,OO0 will be re- ceived at the Bunker Hill shelter from the Mayo mines of the Treadwell Yukon comp any by the close of the present season, according to the Kell- egg News
 Of the 5000 tons about 75 per cent is Notation concen- trate containing 55 to 60 per cent lead and 500 to 600 ounces of silver to the ton. The remainder is in crude form and contains 50 per cent lead and 500 ounces of silver to the ton.
 The mine and mill operate steadily during the year. The ore is hauled from the proper ty by caterpillar to the Stew art river to await opening of navigation in the spring. Barg- es next carry the product 15O miles up the Stewart river to Whitehorse, where it is load ed on the White Pass and Yu- kon railroad and hauled to Skagway to be loaded onto steamers for Seattle and thence by freight to Kellogg. The transportation involves heavy expense but the high grade character of the ore makes it possible to make a profit on the shipments.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12
CENSUS UNDER WAY

George Kooman has been ap- pointed census enumerator for the Hyder recording district by Census Commissioner Chas. E. Nagle and will have full charge of the work of deter mining the population of Fly der and adjacent territory on the Alaska side of the bound ary.
 MT. Kooman is already at work and expects to have the census completed within a short period.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12

The Northland Transportat- ion Co. motorship Bellingham will replace the Norco on it's scheduled voyage to Hyder this week, according to wire advices received by the Hyder Dock Co.,, local agents. The Bellingham is scheduled to sail from Seattle this evening and should arrive here some time Wednesday night.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12
CHAMBER of COMMERCE
 HOLDS ELECTIONS

The annual meeting of the Hy-
 der Chamber of Commerce was held Tuesday evening in Cham
 Der of Commerce Hall, but de- veloped little business of gen. eral interest aside from the election of officers for the com ing year and the subsequent selection of the various exec utive officers; all of whom, with the exception of the sec- retary, are chosen by the trust ees from among their own number, following their own election by the general body.
 The seven trustees elected in- cluded E. D. Haddon, Holger Johnson, N. M. Traversy, E. L. Dale, John Rowland, Frank Reichenback and Ben Oien.
 Following their induction in- to office, the new trustees elected MT. Haddon to the presidency of the board. Mir. Haddon was not present, how ever, and has since advised the board that he was not a cand- idate for the presidency. In the event that he does not al- ter his position, it will be nec- essary for the board to make a new selection for the position.
 MT. Reichenback, who has filled the office of president in most able manner during the past year, was named vice president of the board, and Col. E. R. Stivers was re-elect- ed secretary by unanimous vote.
 Considerable interest was ere ated by the announcement of A. G. Hallin, of the Prince Rupert Evening Empire that his publication is preparing to issue a 16-page special mining edition, in which both Stewart and Hyder districts will be rep- resented. MT. Hallin expressed the desire of the publishers for local cooperation in the matter of securing subscriptions and urged the support of the Cham Der to that end. Owing to the new board of directors not be- ing fully organized at the time no action was taken.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12

Ralph c. Young, former local resident and popular tonsorial- ist, will arrive from CleElum, Washington November 2 to take charge of the Traversy barber shop, according to tele- graphic advices received by MT Traversy this week.
 MT. Young, who was formerly connected with the same estab- lishment, will be accompanied by his family.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12
PUBLIC LIBRARY MEETING

The regular annual meeting of the Hyder Public Library Asso- citation will be held in Cham Der of Commerce Hall Tuesday evening, October 22. Business to be transacted will include election of officers for the en- suing year.
 All persons who pay dues to the library are members of the Association and are entitled to attend and participate in the election. A full attendance of the membership is requested.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12

Marking a substantial in- crease in the growth of the budding Alaska wool growing industry, shipments of wool during September reached a total of 62,173 pounds, with a value of $3O,49O.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12

s. P. Fitzgerald, head of the Independence company, re- turned Saturday from a busi- ness trip to Vancouver.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12
NEW SYNDICATE ID OPERATE ON
 MOBILE GROUP

LauS AOL Ile oESdHlLdLlOn OI a new unit syndicate to take over the development of the Kenneth group are being per fected by Clay Porter, pioneer mining man and developer of the noted Porter Idaho proper ty in the Marmot section.
 The new organization will be known as the Argentine Min ing Syndicate and will possess a unit capitalization of 5000 units of a par value of $1O per unit. The units will be non-di- visable and non-assessable.
 The Kenneth group, formerly the Mobile, consists of seven claims and is situated on the south side of the Portland Can al group, on the east side of Bear River, about three miles north of Stewart.
 The owners of the group are Messrs H. P. Gibson, of Stew art, and Louis l.. Legge. of Fly der.
 Mir. Porter has taken a bond on the property and is person ally organizing the syndicate. The owners are to receive joint iy 4,800 units of the syndicate as consideration for the sale of the property and Mir. Porter is to receive an allotment of 5000 units. The remaining 7,200 units are to be held in the treasury for development purposes. The vendor units are all to be placed in escrow for a period of six months after the organization is completed and when released are to be disposed of through the syndi- cate.
 The syndicate will be model cd in all respects on the ident- ical lines of the Porter Idaho Syndicate, which Mir. Porter employed so successfully in placing the Porter Idaho mine on a productive basis. As the organization is not fully com pleted, the personnel of the board of trustees cannot be an- nounced at present.
 MT. Porter plans a campaign of active development on the property but, owing to the late ness of the season, no large scale operations will be at tempted before next spring. Operations will under the per sonal direction of MT. Porter, whose connection with the pro- Ject provides not only certain assurance that the syndicate will operate with the greatest efficiency possible, but also that the property is one of ex- ceptional merit and possibili- ties.
 There is no more competent judge of a mining property in the district than MT. Porter and his assurance that the Kenneth bears every earmark of devel- cping into a valuable producer will be all the recommendation anyone in the district will ask. Work done on the group in earlier years has revealed sev- eral strong veins of silver-lead ore from which exceptionally high silver values have been obtained. In some instances as- says running up to nearly 1000 ounces in silver have been ob- tained. Shelter tests made by earlier owners are also said to have given satisfactory returns.
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Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12

Recent development work on the west face of the Gray Cop per vein at the Mountainview property has been distinctly en- couraging. As will be recalled by Herald readers, this vein was crosscut last winter at a vertical depth of $50 feet by the main or Skookum Creek tunnel and has since been drifted on both ways, although work has been directed prin- cipally to extending the west face.
 The vein is showing up we'll as work proceeds and the ore is also said to be improving, showing unusual quantities of chalcopyrite. The face of the drift is now at depth of about 400 feet on the dip of the vein and is estimated to be about 100 or 150 feet away from the most promising portions of the vein, as indicated by the sur face aspects. The vein has been traced over 500 feet on the surface and ranges up to 8 feet in width, with an average width between 3 and 4 feet.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12

Roy Campbell left Wednes- day for Ketchikan.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12

Eighteen inches of snow on the higher levels of the Hyder Lead Mines properties near the head of Texas Creek, forced a suspension of drifting activities in the upper tunnel, situated at an. elevation of 460O feet, where excellent results have been attained during the seas on in the development of the Jo-Jo vein below the noted Castle "outcrop.
 Later in the week the snow extended down to the lower tunnel, at 3700 feet, and forced q complete suspension of oper- ations for the present season.
 The snowfall occurred 15 days earlier than at any time since development started on the property and, combined with the loss of time occasioned by the late departure of the snow last spring, caused a cur tailment of almost two months in the present working season, as compared to earlier years.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-10-12
ALASKA EXPORTS IN SEPTEMBER
 ABOVE AVERAGE

Despite a reduction of nearly eight million dollars in the val ue of canned salmon exports,
 as compared to the same
 month last year, shipments of Alaska products to the United
 States last month exceeded pri1 or September records for al long period with a total value of $16,992,434, according to
 figures presented in the month1 ly commerce statement of Coll lector of Customs J. c. Mel Bride.
 Canned salmon shipments for| the month attained a total wall ue of $13,333,867, compared to| $2l,744,475 in September 191 28, the highest record of years.| Copper reached second place| on the list with shipments total1 ing $1,312,884, the highest fig ures attained b y copper ship1 ments in years. Fish oil was| in third position with a total of 1,O58,177 gallons, valued at| $452,O29.
 Following is the itemized| list of exports and their values :|
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VIR GINA BOY GETS CARNEGIE
MEDAL FOR SAVING TWO LIVES
Francis WayIand, Jr., of Lyon
Village Also Gets
Cash Award.
Rescued Fellow Students in
Randolph macon Dormi-
tory Fire.

BY STAFF Correspondent of The star
LYON VILLAGE. Va, May 31.-The
Carnegie bronze hero medal, carrying
a substantial cash award, was received
here yesterday by Francis Wayland, jr.,
II years old, 1877 North Oak street, for
bravery displayed in the saving of two
fellow students in the fire that wrecked
the dormitory of Randolph acon
Academy, Front Royal, Va, January II,
1927.
With the medal, Wayland receives q
$4,000 disability fund and $1,000 edu-
cational fund The former award is for
the purpose of paying the hospital bills
incurred as a result of the injuries re-
ceived in jumping from window after
saving his companions.
Wayland was student at the
academy at the time of the fire and
found himself and two companions
trapped by the flames that filled the
dormitory in the early morning hours.
Selling upon. the only means OF
escape, the boy fashioned a rope OF
sheets and insisted that the other two
boys, Richard j. Akers and Worthington
F. Seese, be the first to use it. By the
time they had reached safety the flames
had gotten so close that he was forced
to Jump two stories to the ground
suffering broken leg and injured
ankle.
While confined at home for long
time after his release from the hospital,
Wayland continued his studies and will
be among the graduates at the COM
mencement exercises to be held June 6.
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ARLINGTON HALL CLASS
IS GIVEN DIPLOMAS

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON, Va, May 31.-Thir-
teen graduates received diplomas at the
second commencement exercises of
Arlington Hall, college for girls, We'd
nesday with large gathering of
parents and friends in attendance. The
diplomas were presented by DR.. William
E. Martin, president of the college.
Representative McDuffie of Alabama
addressed the graduates on Woman
hood" He declared every country's
civilization is gagged by the purity and
virtue of its womanhood and expressed
the opinion there should be no alarm
about the modern girl. "She will
measure up to the standards set by
her mother and her mothers mother"
he said.
Those receiving diplomas are Adabelle
M. Gourlay. Mildred Bosom, Virginia
Raft, Virginia Copenhaver, Martha Nc
Cree Justice, Mary Lou Brown, Helen
Fielden, Elizabeth Withers, Jean Meckes,
Dorothy Selden, Mary Hale, Susan
White and Helen Wolchansky.