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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-12-17
HIGH School Notes

We have received report Of the
preliminary English test at the Uni
versity Of Washington this fall. In the
test the students from our class Of
last year made very creditable
showing. The average score for all
the students taking the test was 1894.
The average made by our pupils was
3o8.s. The percent Of students who
failed was 20 percent. The percent Of
our students who failed was 1923 per-
cent.
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Cabaret-Dinner
Benefit Orthopedic Bed Fund
Thursday Evening, December 81

Following
Mrs. Emil Miller. Mr.. and Mrs. Beard
Neil Fenner Zimmerman
Wallace Beall Mrs. Minor
Meredith. Mrs. D. Covngton
and Mrs. Elisha Morgan. Frank Park
Miss Joy Bllngsley Richard Winsor
BNlingsley, Bessie Winsor
Whitehead Mrs, A.
Meredith Miss Ruby Rooster
Constance BeaM Chester Wyeser
Ferguson . Helen Tjosdalc
Metzenbergt Beau
H. Conandcr. Eleanor Beall
A. A1cNuray L.
F. Mrs. Grace Beall
Mrs. G.. J. Robinson Mr.. and Mrs John Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. VIM Steepe. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Hansen
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Stanley Mrs. T. Hansen
Wight and Mrs. Clifford Menees
Stanley
A. Stanley Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Tjomsand
Mr.
A.
and Mrs. F. Shatuck
McCrary Anna Bowling
Mrs. Abrahamson and Mrs. j. q. Bennett
Mrs. @. Soke Mrs. L.. p.
j
Mrs. Wilbur Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Shaw
8.
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WANTED-poultry all kinds, will pay
top market price. Woo Boo, phone
Red al. 7tfp
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WANTED to trade Crosley all electric
cabinet radio for pullets. Red It's.
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SPECIAL sALE-Xmas plants, holly
wreath, Japanese oranges, potatoes,
and canned goods at Mountain View
Market, vashon Garden Co, phone
Black 100. 1Oc
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FOR RENT
FOR RENT-Modern house at North
End. Henry Brosseau, Blk. Bill. 7tfc
WANTED

WANTED-Tr Tractor work, $500 per
hour; 3 14-inch bottom plows, heavy
8-ft disc, equipped for any kind Of
heavy work. Mukai, Blk. ITO. 8tfc
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The Mrs. Cat a a. m.)-Is that you,
John2
Hubby Through the courtesy of the
Buloya Watch Company, we give you
the correct time. 1t Is now exactly 80
minutes after 10 o'clock, Eastern
Standard time,
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PEEP o. DAY DELIVERY = ONE
Jump ahead Of the sun. That's the
kind Of service you want and the
acknowledgement is the paper that
gives it. We deliver to your home.
Daily and Sunday 81 a month; daily
only Goo month; Sunday only, 45c
month. H. L. Penny, Island agent,
Phone Red 1104, Burton.
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Mr.. Robertson has been asked to
participate in state wide study now
being carried on by the Western
Washington principals Of high schools
dealing with the subject Of failing
grades, their cause and extent. What
To Do About It." will be the subject
for discussion at a North Western
Washington principals conference to
be held at Olympia, on January 9th
and eth.
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Classified Ads.
Advertising Rates .
FOR SALE.

FOR sALE-Cow and calf and two
year old heifer. Black 1851. 52tf
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON
PAGE TWO.
!. Edgar Allen Poe.
2. Abraham Lincoln.
3. Washington Irving.
4. Sir Walter Scott.
S. Oliver Goldsmith.
8. Francis Parkman.
z. Thomas Eggleston.
8. Mark Twain.
8. Jane Porter.
10. James Fennlmore Cooper.
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GENERAL TRUCKING. ALL KINDS
Of heavy hauling and moving. M. r
Dunsford, Phone Red 1913. 12-1-tf
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Hand books and pamphlets have
arrived at the school from the George
Washington i-Centennial Commits
sion. This commission was appointed
by authority Of an act Of congress,
passed in 1924. for the purpose Of
making plans for the celebration, in
1892, of the 2O0th anniversary of the
birth Of George Washington. Our
school plans to engage in number of
activities appropriate to this occas-
sion.
High school will be dismissed for
the Christmas holidays, Wednesday.
December 2srd. Work will be resumed
on the Monday following the New
Year.
The chorus is now working on
Christmas music to be one feature Of
the program presented at the high
school by the student body next We'd
nesday, December %.
"rllip Time" was decided success
and was enjoyed by everyone. The
leads carried their parts very well and
the chorus left nothing to be desired.
The orchestra deserves mention for
the splendid work 1t did in accom-
panying, also for the special numbers
put on between acts.
The Dumb Dummies" dance Or
chestra has recently organized and is
busily practicing. The members are
Dona Mae Bedford, Astrid Nystedt,
Embert Kalland, Don Dunbar, Kenny
Bowling and Bill Dunlap.
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GEORGE WALLS is BUYING PoUL-
try for A. g. Frye. He will give the
highest market price. Phone Black
1893. gate
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DAILY TIMES, DAILY
only, per month, SOC; Sunday only,
month, 45c; daily and Sunday.
month, Csc; travellers insurance rate.
81 to Times subscribers: age 1860
Mrs. @. L. Tjomsland. phone Red I'll.
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ticket? Tickets $780, Following
have already purchased for event:
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WHEN YOU WANT LUMBER SEE
sundberg about 1t. With England
& Petersen. Ia
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TRACTOR WORK BY DAY OR CON-
tract. Louis Deppman. Black 734.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
IS shown
IN FAILURES

Insolvencies again showed a de-
crease last week. the number in
the United States. reported 10 R.
G. Dun & Co., of Alb being rine
below last weeks 422 defaults and
81 under the total Of 467 two
weeks ago. The number is also
% less than that of a year ago,
when 435 insolvencies were shown.
The reduction in number of
failures this week from last weeks
figures extended to each geo
graphical section included in the
tabulation, excepting the Eastern
division and that of the Pacific
Coast, where there were small
gains. Relatively, the best show
ing was made by the South, with
a falling off of 18 failures.
With the smaller total OF de-
faults this week. those having liza
bilities of $1,000 or more in each
instance declined to 220 from 240
last week, and were also As below
the 266 similar failures q year
ago.
A decline also occurred in Cana
dian defaults this week over last
weeks total, 26, comparing with
So last week. A year ago the
number was SO, according to the
records of r. G. Dun & Co.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
NEW HEAD JOINS
PIERCE FIRM

CHICAGO, July 6.-Harold E.
Wood, on July Is, will become
president of the investment bank
ing firm Of Albert E. Peirce &
Co., and also a director of the
Central Public Service Corpora
tion. Washington Gas Light Com
pany operators, it was announced
today. Since July, 1929, Mr..
Wood has been vice president of
the Foreman-State Corporation,
security affiliate of the bank of
that name.
AS president of Albert E. Peirce
g. Co., Mr.. Wood will head an
organization of 200 employees with
offices in Chicago, New York,
Boston, Philadelphia. Cleveland,
San Francisco, Portland, Ore;
Milwaukee and Kalamazoo. The
firm conducts a general invest
ment business and is also a prin-
cipal distributor of securities Of
the Central Public Service Cor
poration, of which Albert E.
Peirce Is president.
The Central Public Service Cor
poration serves sos communities
in "a States in the United States,
two Canadian provinces and parts
of the Canary Islands. the Philip
pines, the West Indies and the
Spanish Island of Mallorca.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
CURB MARKET
REACT|ONARY

NEW YORK, July 1.N.SO y
The Curb Market showed decided
reactionary leanings in today's
session, with stocks forced to give
ground steadily throughout the
greater part of the days activity.
Utilities were subjected to
rather heavy offerings since this
section of the general list had
responded most bouyantly to the
bullish activity in the past week.
Electric bond and share led the
downturn with loss OF 2 points
to 43h, while declines Of a point
and more were chalked up against
American superpower, American
and Foreign Power warrants, Bra
zil traction, and United Light and
Power.
Cities Service sagged to 12b for
a loss of 81, despite the announce
ment that the company had OBJ
tained a temporary court order
restraining the Kansas banking
/ department. from preventing the
sales of stock in that State.
Oils we're dull, with generally
reactionary undertone. Declines of
fractional proportions were sus-
tanned by Standard Of Ohio,
Standard of Indiana and Vacuum.
Investment trusts were feature
less, with the few sales in this
section taking place at nomlnally
changed levels.
Aluminium was a weak spot in
a dull speciality list, slumping 6
points to 14O. Ford. Ltd, was un-
der pressure, backing away al
most point to 13. United Verde
Extension Mining was in active
demand, moving ahead IA points
to 1879, close to its best levels of
the year.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
CABLES
ARE LOWER

NEW YORK. July 6 G.N.S0.-
The New York cotton market dis
played a softer tone during the
forenoon trading today on lower
than expected Liverpool cables,
weaker foreign markets, a reac-
tionary stock market and better
weather over the week end.
The market was II to 81 points
below the previous close at first
call, and, on selling by the South,
Liverpool spot and foreign inter
eStS, the market fell still further
to register losses of $1.25 20 $3.50
a bale.
There were some good showers
over the eastern and central parts
of the belt, where moisture was
needed. The trade bought early
and there was some commission
house demand on a ScaledoWn.,
At midday October sold at 1925,
off 25: December at 1850, off 25;
January at 1851. off Is; March
at 1919, off "a, and July at 1923,
off 30.
The New York Cotton Exchange
service reports the sales of tertil-
izer tags in the eight leading cot
ton States as $4,000 tons for June,
compared with $4,000 last year
and $1,000 two years ago. For
the period from December l to
June 80 sales amounted to 3,106,-
900 tons, against 4,371, 900 East
year and 4,257 900 two years ago.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
PRICES co UP ON
COMMODITIES

A rise in prices for all the
principal items was noted for
the third consecutive week in
Dun's list of wholesale commod,
ity quotations. Gains were gen
eral throughout the list, the
decline numbering but II, as
compared with rs a week ago
and "a for the comparative
week of 1880.
OF the total of 54 changes
this week, 79 per cent repre-
sented advances. Last week the
advances totaled 33, while for
the same week last year they
numbered but II.
In the foodstuffs group there
we're IS advances out of a total
Of % alterations, while the
metals, hides and cotton groups
were uniformly upward.
Further strength is evident in
grains, and most of the other
groups maintained the advances
of last week.
A gradual increase in copper
quotations from now on seems
likely, in view of the plan fo1
the worldwide curtailment OF
production and the working off
of existing surplus stocks OF the
metal.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
Western Electric
Contracts Building

Western Electric Co. has let
contracts to the Ouilmette Con-
struction & Engineering Co. for
the excavating, masonry. struc-
tural steel work and miscellaneous
iron work in connection with
company's construction in Chi
cago of approximately 100000
square feet of additional floor
space.
The work Is to start immedi-
ately and the two buildings
should be completed some time
next year,
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
N. Y. BOND PRICES

NEW YORK, July 6. 1N.SD
Bond prices were irregular in a
dull and featureless market to-
day. German Government bonds
fell off in line with the unsettle-
ment in the Berlin stock market
while liberty bonds were in bet
ter demand than in the final
sessions of last week.
Treasury 412s sold off " at
1876 and Treasury As were off
"a at 108.11. The 33ss Of June
1880 advanced fractionally to
1925 and the New Treasury
3hs were unchanged at 1O1.1l.
Liberty Old 3hs sold at 1928.
First 414s at 1892 and Fourth
41As at 104.25.
Frisco Railroad 4has advanced
a point to SO. Norfolk & West
ern As were up fractionally at
100. Paramount IS moved up
nearly a point to 80 and Skelly
Oil 6S rose a point to ST.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
BY LEWIS HANEY
Director New York University Bureau
Of Business Research and Former
Economist Of Federal Trade


OOmmlsalOn.
The day of the $22.50 mems
suit has returned, and raw WOO
sells in the domestic market a.
pre.war prices. But staple WOO
cloths are quoted from so to sc
per cent above the pre-war level
How can this be?
Probably, there are at least
three answers:
~ Wool has felt the full
force Of the depression and the
accumulation of supplies.
WOOls for which our farmers
got 1S cents a pound in 1914
now bring them only 13 cents.
Labor Cost Higher
~ The wool manufacturers
labor cost is considerably above
pre-war levels. lin May, this
year. Pennsylvania manufac-
turerS of wOOlenS paid an aver
age Of 46 cents an hour, while
in May, 1929, the average was
"A cents. Also the tariff is
higher. These things tend to
keep cloth prices up.
(3) Probably the lOw-priced
clothing is not made of such
high-grade cloth as in 1914. 1t
may have as much wool and
wear as well, but the materials
and workmanship in the cloth
are probably not as good. More
over, the average emplOye Of the
mems clothing manufacturer
does not seem to have Jared so
well in the matter of wages as
the wOOlen mill emplOye.
Price Fair Now
AS to the price comparisons, thu
raw wools are from IS to 100 pei
cent Of the five-year average be
fore the war. Worsted yarns sci
33 per cent higher than pre-war
The Governments average o.
wooden and worsted textiles is S.
per cent higher. and the Textile
Worlds cloth average is 81 PEI
cent higher.
I think we may say that WOO
is now priced very fairly, if nc
cheaply. It has declined below it
average relation to the genera
level of commodity prices. It i
but little out Of line with cottor
at the recent new price of tn,
latter, which was pretty cheap.
Worsted yarns, too,> are abou
right. The price is just about th'
same in comparison with raw
wool as in 1921. Certainly, they
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
DROP
HERE LAID To .
TAX LEVY
Many Large Accounts Migrate
Late in June to Escape D. C.
Personal Property ImpoSt

Washington bankers are not
overly concerned that the call of
the comptroller for June 80. based
on figures so far available, ap-
parently will show a considerable
decrease in the total of deposits.
as compared with the call of
March 25.
The decrease largely is attribut-
able. they say, to the migration
OF corporation and other large
deposits late in June to escape
the District &C Columbia personal
property tax. levied on the last
day Of the month. Most of this
money is back already, or will be
back within few days, it is
said.
A few banks report increases in
totals, and several report in.
creases in savings deposits, al
though they have decreases in
their totals. The Liberty National
Bank reports net gain of approx.
mately $4,000, and the Interna-
tional Exchange Bank about the
same.
Chevy Chase Savings gained
$24O, 900; Bank of Brightwood,
$4,000; Franklin National S119,-
600; Security Savings and Com
mercial $275.000. and National
Savings and Trust, $645 000 The
Washington Loan and Trust Co.
reported 100000 gain in savings
although there was a decrease in
its total deposits.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
Output of Minerals
Declines in Alaska

Alaskan mines produced $13,.
$4,000 worth of minerals in
1880, against $16,O66,OOO in 1929,
bringing the total mineral out
put of the Territory since 1880
to $629,313,0O0, the Interior De
partment announced yesterday.
Gold and coal were the only
minerals which increased in out
put during 1880 as compared
with 1929, the former amounting
to $8,476,OOO against $7,76l 900,
and the latter $631,O 900 against
$528,0O0. o
Copper production fell in 1890
from 100000 to $4.244,6OO; sill
yer from $252.0O0 to $157 300; tin
from $4,000 to $4,000. and lead
from $166 900 to $136,30O.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
Joshua Hatfield, 68,
Steel Pioneer, Dies

NEW YORK, July 6 GN.SO
Funeral services for Joshua A,
Hatfield, SO, president Of the
American Bridge Company, who
died here July 4, will be held at
Central Presbyterian Church to-
morrow morning at IL o'clock.
Burial will be at Pootstown, Pa.
Hatfield was identified with
the steel industry for half a
century. Since his election to
the presidency Of the American
Bridge Company in 1927 he had
directed an organization com
posed of $4,000 men. Under his
direction the steel work for such
structures as the Empire State
and Chrysler buildings was pro-
duced.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
Average Gain Made
By Chicago Stocks

Fifty representative stocks
traded on the Chicago stock
Exchange during the week ended
July 3 had a market value Of
$2,135,998,112 at the close of
business Friday as compared
with $2,172,451, 1865 at the close
of the previous week. according
to a compilation by Paul H. Da-
Wis g. Co. This represents a
decrease of $36,453,253 or 1.67
per cent.
Paul H. Davis & Co.'S analy
sis shows that the market value
of $2,135,998,112 for these SO
stocks on Friday compares with
$3,OO3, ,157 .3O2 for the same stocks
on July 3, 1880. This is de-
crease during the year Of $867,-
159,190, or 28.87 per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
Wool Price Now Fair, But
Cloth Dip Due, Forecast

are cheap in comparison with
cloth.
Cloth Average
But the average price of wool
cloth seems relatively high. Aside
from labor cost, this is partly
due to the fact that all through
1880 the mills curtailed produc-
tion. More than any other tex
tile industry, wool manufacturers
reduced output.
Now, cutters and dealers find
the stocks of some goods low,
and that, of course, helps to keep
prices UP. A good many mills
are booked through August and
things are humming in Law
renee, Mass.
There has been a phenomenal
squirt in wool manufacturing &C
tivity in the last two or three
months, and production is now
up to the peak of recent cycles.
Will this last? I am quite doubt
full.
TwO-Year Cycles
We find a two-year cycle in
the wooden and worsted industry
(perhapS because coats and suits
can do service about that long),
so this looks like a peak" More.
over, it looks like a sort OF
short covering" move, which is
not so apt to carry along. In
1921 there was similar move,
which lasted only to mid-year.
AS to wool, our domestic sup
ply is very large. The clip this
year appears to be about $4,000,
900 pounds above last year. While
imports continue low, stocks OF
foreign wool at Boston are fairly
large and domestic receipts heavy
Stocks Up 20 Per Cent
In fact, I estimate that total
stocks of wool in manufacturers
and dealers hands on April
were anywhere from 20 to 80 per
cent above a year ago, when the
figure was nearly 250,00O, ,OOC
pounds. Despite the very low
price of sheep, the number on
Western farms is about 4 per cent
above last year.
In the Southern Hemisphere
(AuStralia, etc., seasonal condi
tions are favorable for wool pro
duction and the clip likely to be
UP to last year. The carryoVel
is fully normal.
It seems that prices for raw
wool and for worsted yarns are
about right and not likely to make
any sustained advance. The
manufacturers are likely to catch
up with the demand for cloth
within another month or two, re
sulting in somewhat lower prices
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
POOLS DENY LIQUIDATION

Vigorous denials we're made of
reports that Canada's prairie
wheat pools had gone into vol
untary liquidation. A. j. Nc
Phail, president of the Saskatch.
evan pool, said there was no
truth to the report.
Henry ISe Wood, one of the
leaders of the Alberta pool, and
Henry w. Wood, president Of the
pool, also denied the reports Of
LIQUIDATION.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
EACH AUTO SOLD
G|VES71 DAYS
Of WORK
Automotive Journal Figures
Average Labor Per Vehicle
Based on Time of One Man

ELPHIA, July 9.
Every new car purchased repre-
sents approximately three months
Of working time for someone, &C.
corGing to a computation just
completed by Automotive Indus
tries and Automobile Trade
journal.
Based upon 1880 automotive
employment and production fig
ures, about II man-days are re-
quired to gather and prepare raw
materials, fabricate parts and
build. transport, sell, finance and
perform other services in mer-
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
POWER RESERVE
STILL VAST

Less than one-tenth of the
worlds potential water power is
in use at present, despite the
fact that water power installa-
tions have doubled in the last 10
years, according to the United
States Geological Survey.
The horse power developed at
the end of 1880 totaled 46,O00.-
600, or exactly double the amount
in use at the end of 1920.
The United States and Can
ada still have large resources to
draw upon. Canada develops g.
125, 900 horsepower out of total
of 100000 and the United
States. l4.G55, 900 out of total
of 38,0O0,000.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
Distributors Group
Planning Expansion
Factory and Field

Distributors Group, Inc, stated
in a letter to its dealers that it
would be the policy of the or
ganization to make bids for other
trusts on an equitable conversion
basis.
The action by Distributors
Group reflects the small amount
Of business being done by some
OF the smaller trusts, which in
many cases have not been able
to return a profit to their spon-
sors and in some cases have not
even repaid organization ex-
penSes.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
SUGAR PRICES FIRM

Heavy Withdrawals Of refined
sugar and depletion of raw stocks
of refiners have resulted in a
sharp advance in prices of raws
on the New York Coffee & Sugar
Exchange of from to 5 points
for various positions, actual
transactions being made at the
highest price, On a duty-paid
basis, attained this year.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
PEERLESS PLANT SHUT

Peerless Motor Car Corporation
has closed down its plants for a
period approximating around four
weeks. The company, in the past
month, has stocked enough cars
to carry it over that period and
this will serve as vacation time
for entire plant. While time is
now set for approximately four
weeks, If business demands the
perGd may be reduced one week.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
Youngstown Scrap
Prices Advanced

youngstown iron and steel scrap
quotations were marked up last
week by a leading dealer, No. l
heavy melting steel is quoted at
$40 to $1O.5O, up so cents a ton
from a week ago on expectations
that the summer lull in Youngs-
town steel mill operations will be
less pronounced than expected.
No large sales are reported, but
the largest dealer is quoting
higher prices on other principal
grades.