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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
TOday's Radio Features

Worlds Worst Pianist"
lf.is-iI .2s-Prorram or the Union Mu-
tual Life Co. OF Iowa.
I1-15-iI .30-Studio-
if.30-ii Slime Service BY the Ala
rdge-Kimmel Co.
IL af-fi s4O-Studio.
II :40-ii 4i-Borderland Furniture Store
in Brownsville.
HALL 4S-Studio.
II ,46-Reis the women's Apparel
shop. in Harrington.
Il, 4s-ff .s5-The Kaio Co. Announce
II ss-ii sa-Weather and river forecast.
II .s9-i2 .O0-Time service by Dorfman's
Jewelry Store.
The Valleys Fnest.')
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
7.o0-2 30-Studio program OF spanish
and Mexican music.
Through courtesy Of the
Nivier Music Coz
30-7 5i-E. Manautou Department
store IN Brownsville.
73i-3 Oo-"Old Timers Club"
3.00-3 .i5-News flashes from 7 .
Brownsville Herald.
5i5-3 30-Birthday musical program
3.30-3.35-U. s. Market News.
3.35-3 4S-Studio.
3.45-3 .50-News from the Publix the
atrcs.
3 50-4 .00-Studio.
AO0-4 0l-Brownsviiie Printing Shop
40f-4 .tS-Selections from light opers
and musical comedy.
ASA .20-Nationai Protective Insur.
ance Association Co talk.
= .20-4 30-Studio.
1901 Se-Musicai Program for the
Patients OF the Valley Hos
pitals
4.5s-S 00-Time Service by Dorfman's
Jeweiry.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Unusual Opportunity

OAh0o4&h OPP1A e@A
TO ACQUIRE A THREE YEAR
OLD HEALTHY CITRUS GROVE
LESS THAN MILE FROM CITY.
SACRIFICE SALE TO SETTLE
ESTATE.
1896 acres: underground irrigation.
good drainage: Marsh seedless
trees: Ornamental and Date palms
bordering highway: less than mile
from Brownsville and right off paw
ed highway. Original owners heirs
will sacrifice S5.000.00 from price
paid three years ago for immediate
sale. Inspect this wonderful prop
erty and convince yourself that Il
is a real bargain. Call A. l.. Roc
der. "a Southeast St. Charles.
LIST
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
FOR SALE OR A

FOR SALE-Or trade. by owner:
Income properties. One apartment,
six residences. some lots. some farm
lands. Is cash. Will trade for land
north Address Oscar Peterson.
Glenwood Hotel. Brownsville. Texas.
Kiss
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For Subdivision
100 Acres

Located = blocks from the high
school and closer 10 Browns
vile than the exclusive Los
Ebanos Subdivision Winding
resacs running through prop
erty offering natural lake front
sites Tor subdivision This prop
erty Is for sale by owners and
can be bought &C o very at
tractive price Also tract OF 500
acres within city limits. adjacent
TO Missouri Pacific Lines on
the south. Henscn-Lornax N
Houston and Brownsville De-
velopment Co CSC
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DISTRESS SALE

Owner wires us to accept 81
5000 for his tNenty-acre tract
located one block off Boca Chica
highway. four miles from
Brownsville. $4,000 investment.
Owner has clear title. This Is
a steal and not a buy. First
S2750.00 check takes il. See Rio
Grande Valley Trust co. Real
Estate Dept. L-38
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

PRETTY HOME-City: 5 acres
highway. Beth bargains. Easy
terms. Phone i78. K-5i
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

10000 30-OrEan recital ny remote
control from the Capitol
theater. Paul Kennard AZ
the Kilgen organ.
io.30-I0 35-valley Waffle shop. an
nounccment
fSan Eenitol
10 1910 f5-Studio program Of semi
classical selections.
&c 1910 s6-Coracevich Supply Co in
Brownsville.
10s46-10 S5-Studio.
10-5S-1i H00-U. $ Market News
II .oo-ff .is@KWWG presents Gus. tbs
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

WEDNESDAY EVENING
e-Oo-6 s05--The World Book Man.
6O5-6-15-Studio dinner concert.
6l5-6.16-VaIley Waffle Shop IN san
Benito.
B.i6-6 20-Studio.
670-e2l-W. r. Grant store IN
Brownsville.
62i-6 .30-Studio.
6.30-6 3l-El Cortez Cafe IN Mata-
moYos.
e5f-6 AO-Studio.
40-6 41-Courthouse Garage Ia
Brownsville.
64l-6 50-Studio.
sos .sl-Benham's store Announce
ment.
65i-e 5a-Studio.
4 9 sat- .00-Time service By Dorfman's
Jewelry store
1909 .O0-Sisn off 20 KRGV. Hariin-
gen.
a-o0-9 oi-Firestone Service Stores An
nounccment.
aol-Q 3o-Auction bridge game No II
Q SOTO .o0-SonE recital BY Ramon Mar
tineZ. tenor. Of Mexican
and Spanish selections.
0o-l0 30+Studio program.
10 1910 Ss-Request program.
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A CHOICE GROVE

10 ACRES real citrus land on pave
ments 4 acres bearing trees. house
barn, we'll. $500 will handle. Sac
rifice price. and terms balance. Up
degraff, La Feria. Texas. K-24l
MRS. PEARL WHITE has a ticket
to the Queen theatre. Call r-fore
six.
POST acres near San Benito on re-
SAGA and paving: viii trade for city
property Or clear lot. Henry r.
Parks. San Benito. Tex. LA
Detroit Manufacturer
will appoint agents In Valley
towns. Demonstration, sells. Co
ing over big everywhere. Never
before shown In the Valley. Sea-
ION Just opening. On demonstra-
ton Wednesday and Thursday
evening from 5 10 Q. room IA
Arcade Bldg. LAO
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
A MODERN HOME

Did you know you can buy a
home In restricted Riverside
Park today for less money and
better terms than any future
day In Brownsville?
Five and stx-room homes, III
ira modern conveniences, locat-
ed in the nearest restricted dis
trict to the heart Of Browns
vile.
CALL W. M. EGAN. Phone 2l6 or
l2OS-W. Office. Riverside Drive
Riverside Park.
H-139
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

LOST-Large tan leather suit case
on highway between Harrington ami
Mercedes. Metal tag inscribed. ~.
M. Stradlin" attached Reward Of
fered. Joe Mason. Texas Blvd
WeSlaco, Texas. LOO
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
AUTONIOTTvE

FOR SALE-Or trade. Cadillac
sedan IN good condition. new tires.
Call 1876 or write Box 1893. Browns
vile. LIS
JOHN SAMPLE has a ticket TO the
Queen theatre. Call before six TO-
morrow.
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Real Estate


OWNER offers Central Valley or
chards az sacrifice. Phone COZ.
Donna. K-134
FOR SALE-30 acres, D miles S. W..
San Benito. good soil. no salt, 1
mile off concrete. all In cultivation.
no buildings. Price $3.50 per acre
now. or will sell with contract for
all set in trees at s65o0.O0. Contract
paid. j. w. Fuhrman. San Benito.
K-18l
FOR SALE-Or trade. lot in Los
EbanoS. Address Box IS. Browns
vile. LBS
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WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY

fBy Ths Associated Pressl
rorrsns in Central Standard Time. P n. unless otherwise Indicated
4s4.s-wEAF New York-sso CNBc chsinl ..
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04
Trees Seeds & Plants

FOR SALE-Just received. Marglone
tomato seed; $3.50 pound. Rogers
Giant S~tringlesS beans. fresh stock,
very cheap. Ask for prices. 6. W.
Barreda. J-12e
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Announcements
LOST a

LOST-Police dog. answers TO name
Otto. Has six toes on hind feet.
Reward. Phone 554. K-257
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

HOUSES FOR SALE
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

and many or them are driving
cars which came out Of our dis
play OF Good Used Cars. Why
not you?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-04

WANTED-Furnished apartment ~
small furnished house. Write L3a
Herald L-39
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-18
J. $. FLYING 'ACE' CHAS. W. HOLMAN,
 DIES. EXHIBITING
TWENTY FEET ABOVE GROUND UPSIDE DOWN WHEN
 DEATH TOOK HIM

OMAHA, May IS. P-Charles w. Speed" Holman, B, of St. Paul, whose name for years has stood high in the list of American aviators, was killed while stunt ing upside down at a height of 20 feet during the air races here.
 Death was instantaneous and 10000 saw him die. He volunteer ed, during a Hull in the program, to go aloft and for IS minutes, in a stiff wind, delighted the crowd, then fell.
 The plane bounced, rolled and plowed 200 feet before it stopped. The body was thrown out; it is believed the safety belt broke.
 Dorothy Hestor, 19 years old, of Portland, Oregon broke the wom- ems world record for outside loops; in single flight she made 62.
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sC|0N 0F PROMINENT FAMILY BREAKS UNDER
 STUDY, W|ELOs GUN

WASHINGTON, May 18, R- Robert Montgomery, 25, wounded Charles Garbett, night club man. ager, and killed Policeman Jesse Taylor, then shot himself to death when refused a table at the fashionable club yesterday.
 Garbett ran to the door, block ed by Taylor, who shot twice at Montgomery who fled outside and behind taxi where he shot himself. He died enroute to the hospital.
 He was the son of prominent Boston and New York family. Relatives said his health was broken under the strain of pre- pairing to take an examination as a certified public accountant.
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WAR DEPARTMENT
 MOBILIZE MILLIONS OF
 MEN IN SHORT TIME.

WASHINGTON, D. C., May Is. (P-The War Department has perfected plans for instant mob ilization of an army of 100000 men in case of emergency, General MacArthur, chief of staff, an- nounced.
 An elaborate program for the conscripting of economic and in dustrial resources is being worked out by the War and Navy De- partments.
 Both procedures were protested against by the Federal Council of Churches on grounds that elabO- rate war plans would create sus- picion and fear among the na- tions of the world"
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REVOLT IN CANTON OPEN FIGHTING |S
 REPORTED; 20Q DIE.
SON OF FATHER OF REPUBLIC EXPECTED PLAY AN m-
 PORTANT PART

SHANGHAI, May 18, (P)-Can- ton, the birthplace of two suc- cessful revolutions, proclaimed by open fighting, commencement of third insurrectionist movement.
 Two hundred loyal Ranking soldiers have been killed during the past few days. Leaders said this happened when attempts were made to disarm them.
 A provisional government is expected U oe established in op- position to the rule of Kiashek the next few days.
 The son of Sun Yatsen, known as the father of the Chinese re- public, is expected to play an important part in the Canton in Surrection. He has been minister of railways and has been in hid ing here but is expected to pro- ceed to Canton shortly.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-18
HERB JUST HAD \
 VACATION, ANYWAY

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18. (P)-President Hoover'S recreation at Rapidan Camp promised to be mostly work.
 Secretary Wilbur and other chiefs of the Interior Department and bureaus have been invited to meet him there. The object is to find a place in the depart ment where the government can save money.
 The Presidents son, Herbert, and Mrs. Hoover also are going.
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sPAN!ARDs BEGIN ID TOSS BOMBS ABOUT:
 MANY ARE INJURED

LISBON, May IS, R-Fifteen were injured in an explosion of three bombs in the streets as crowds were celebrating the ach- ievements of the dictatorship of President Carmona.
 The first bomb was thrown in the heart of a great crowd. Thirteen were injured by this explosion and the infuriated crowd chased a man supposed to have hurled it.
 The second bomb was thrown and exploded near the headquar- ters of the republican guard.
 Mobs wrecked the newspaper Republca plant.
 The third bomb was exploded in Abiroalton damaging property.
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TWENTY GRANO' CAPTURES GREAT
 RAGING CLASSIC
VICE PRESIDENT CURTIS GUEST OF HONOR KENTUCKY
 DERBY

LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 18. N}- Twenty Grand" won the Ken lucky Derby; "sweepall" was sec ond and Mate" third.
 A new track and derby recoroS of 2.014-5 for the mile and one ouarter was set when the winner come down the track with a sen sational burst of speed.
 twenty Grand" was even mon av choice and turned the tables m "Preakness," last years winner outracing her on the back stre1cn: Twenty Grand" took the leao rom Ladder" the pacesetter' ana won by four lengths. "Sweepan, m outsider, was closing in gamely and Spanish Play's was fourth
 The former record was 2o3 70 by "Old Rosebud" twenty Grand" collected $48,725.
 Vice President Curtis was a guest of honor. The race was run III *he first good weather ln i've years.
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BETTER PROTECTION EMBASSY LIQUOR lS
 ASSURED FOR FUTURE

WASHINGTON, D. C., May Is. Senor Don Carlos Lelva, charge d'affars of the Salvador location was knocked down by ~he butt of a revolver ln the hands of thieves he surprised III he act of stealing the legation 5 liquor.
 Seventeen stitches were taken in his taken. Two wild shots were fired at the envoy as he grappIeo with the intruders.
 The State Department is inves- rigating and has promised all em- oassies and legations closer police protection.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-18
MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS
 TAKE RIVER ROUTE

JUNEAU, May 18, (P-ames Cassady and Lyman Culber, mem bers of the Seattle Alphine Club, arrived Saturday in an outboard motorboat from Union Bay, B. c.
 They intend to proceed to Skag- way, then ship the boat by train to Whitehorse, thence down the Yukon to Nome where they expect to be employed by the Alaska Road Commission.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-18
sN0Bs RECOGNIZE
 \ REAL SPORTSMAN

LONDON, May IS. (R-Sir Thomas Upton realized long cherished ambition when he was elected a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
 For years he had been excluded because he made his fortune as tradesman. The famous yachts man was proposed by the Earl of Shaftsbury and seconded by Sir Philip Hunloke.
 Sir Thomas was 81 last Sunday.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-18
PR0H| HEAD TAKING
 VACATION IN STATES

SAN FRANCISCO, May Is. (P- Prohibition Director Amos w. Woodcock will arrive here enroute to the Hawaiian Islands on an inspection trip of the prohibition bureau there, Prohibition Admin istrator Walters was advised III a telegram received.
 Woodcock will make an inspec- ton of the enforcement headquar- ters here and then sail for Hono- lulu on the MalOlO.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-18
PROCLAMATION

Friday, May g, was proclaimed Poppy Day in Seward in a procla- nation issued today by Mayor D. c. BroWnell. The proclamation urges all citizens of the city to observe the day by wearing an American Legion and Auxiliary poppy as an individual tribute to the American men and women who gave their lives in the World war. It also calls upon the citi- zens of the city to contribute as liberally as their means will allow to the welfare of the disabled veterans and dependent families of the dead and disabled when when purchasing their poppy.
 The proclamation follows:
 T, D. c. Brownell, Mayor of the City of Seward, remembering the fine young men of Seward whom the city sent forth in the years of 1917 and 1918 to defend the honor and ideals of our nation on the battle fields of the worlds most terrible war, and who died in the heroic performance of the duty the nation assigned to them, and deeming it fitting that the citi- zens of the city should pay honor to their memory by wearing the flower among whose bright red blooms many of them died, do hereby proclaim Friday, May 22, Poppy Day.
 q urge that this day be ob- served by all patriotic citizens of Seward by the wearing of the memorial poppy made by disabled veterans which will be offered on the streets of the city by the wo- men of the Amercan Legion Aux Hilary. I further urge that the citizens of Seward who gave so gallantly of their services and so liberally of their wealth during the war, think on this day of those who gave health and strength, and when purchasing poppy give as liberally as their means will allow to help tighten the burden for those who are still paying in suf- fering and poverty, the price of our glorious victory.
 D. c. Brownell, Mayor"
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CHICAGO JUBILEE

CHICAGO, May IS. (P)-A lunch con was one of the many features of the third day of the celebration of the Chicago Jubilee Night. State Street was decked in Mardi Gras garb as men and women and children frolicked, laughed and danced on the sidewalks to the music of famous orchestraS.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-18
TELEGRAPH BRENTIES
A FERTILE FIELD

SAN FRANCISCO, May 10, (H1- pr. Alex Hrdlicka, anthropologist, left Sunday on an Alaska Packers vessel for Cherikof, Alaska for trace of the first coming of men to America from Asia. It is his fourth trip to Alaska on such a mission.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-18
KING OF SIAM TO TUNE IN

NEW YORK, May 18. (P)--King Prajahikop of Siam will tune in on a radio program from his own country, which will be "im- ported" by the National Broad casting Company His majesty is recuperating rapidly from a cat aract operation.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-18
STAR RECEIVES DIVORCE

NEW YORK, May 18 (P)-Broad- way was surprised by the news that Joe Cook, star of Fine and Dandy" had divorced his wife secretly in Newark nearly a month ago. The couple had been gen. orally regarded as happy and de- voted.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-18
MOTHER IMPROVING

PARIS, May 18 Ex-Governor Roosevelt of New York arrived here to find the condition of his mother, Mrs. James Roosevelt,
 improved. She has been i'll with influenza.
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RECEIVES BIG OVATION

MOSCOW, May 18. P}-Alexei Maximovich Pyeshoff, known to the literary world as Mxaim Gorky, came back from Solginto, Iatly, and was cheered by a big crowd.
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AWARDED S2o,O00 INSURANCE

NEW YORK, May Is. H)-Inez Norton, showgirl friend of Arnold Rothstein, murdered gambler, was awarded the proceeds from a $20,- 900 insurance policy on his life by the court of appeals at Albany.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-18

CAPTAIN HAWKS IN HAMBURG
 HAMBURG, May IS. (P)-Cap- tain Frank Hawks flew here from Berlin in 58 minutes. The regular passenger planes make the trip in two hours. The distance is 160 miles.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-18
CRUISER TO COST S4,7oo,OoO

CRUISER TO COST $4,7O0,000
 WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18. (P)-The Navy Department an- nounced that the first of II new destroyers authorized by Congress will be built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The vessel will cost $4,- 100000
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30 RIOTERS SLAIN

CAIRO, May IS. (P)-Thirty riot CTS were reported slain during disturbances growing out of the first elections since the new con- stitution was adopted.
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TELEGRAPH BRENT|ES

SEIZE 1000 CASES Or LIQUOR
 BOSTON, May IS. (P-Customs guards seized a rum runner and crew of p as they were unloading l 900 cases of liquor at the muni- cipal dock.
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E5SSSlss -r A !
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 POLICE SHAKEUP

NEW YORK, May IS. (P)-In the biggest police shakeup since 1927 every inspector in Manhattan with the exception of David Mo- Auliffe was transferred. Many other lesses officers were also in vOlved.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-18
BANK RUN HALTED

BANK RUN HALTED
 PLATTSBURG, N. Y, May 18. (P)-A s1 100000 brought from AL bany by airplane halted a run on the Merchants National Bank.
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HEIRS REACH AGREEMENT

CHICAGO, May IS. R-The British and American heirs to the Levi Letter estate finally reached an agreement after eight of legal wrangling. Between $16,OO0,OO0 and $3O, O,OOO, 900 is involved.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-07-18
REGULATORS BUY
SILVER IN BELIEF
METAL WILL RISE

Spokane. Wash, July 1S.-spo-
kane SPECTATORS. burnt once
on the New York stock exchange,
are playing a new game. They're
buying silver lngots.
At present. silver is worth
around 80 cents an ounce. It's
normal price is about SO cents.
If~it goes to that figure the
ingot-buyers viii make Sc per
cent profit.
Silver has been as low as Is
cents; during the war II got up
to $751; the Pitman act for
some time stabilized II at 81.
That was before England
wrecked the market by forcing
India onto a gold basis This
caused the Indians to dump tons
OF silver. The price crashed.
Buying power OF China. South
America and India dropped 70 al
most nothing
The metal Will stage q come
hack. say about 100 Spokane
men. who are buying up silver IN
small lots.
There Is no organized move
ment to hoard away the metal II
Is sporadic. Nor are large
amounts being laid away in most
cases, altho there are some who
have sO-pound ingots stored
In New York. a silver futures
market has been opened al
branch is planned for the west.
A good many westerners, an
xious to have some Tangible
wealth. are buying S0rpound
bricks o. crude silver, storing
them away in the hope Of gain.
The New York silver exchange
already has seen the price adj
vance moderately. II Is hoped
that International agreement viii
work out some price stabilisa-
ion plan.
Il Ia figured that about ST.
gcoufinued on Page Eighfl
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-07-18

Sharp curtaiiment was noted
IN the 1880 production Of cop
per. lead. zinc. gold and silver
which. with the drastic fan IN
metal prices. accounted for the
more than SO per cent decrease
in value.
Production OF copper in 1890
totaled iss.Is7s52S pounds, a de-
crease OF more than 0O.000.0oO
pounds from the peak figure OF
297.725.s7S pounds produced in
1893. OF the total 1880 produc-
ton. 1s5.47l.94i pounds came
from Silver Bow county.
Zine production dropped from
1s6.S5i.7s4 pounds in 1929 to
only 52.ssl.10S pounds in 1880.
A total Of 21.30e.044 pounds OF
lead was mined in 1889. compar-
ed with s9.21s.707 pounds in
1923. Altho its price remained
stable. production OF gold was
also greatly curtailed. accounted
for BY the cut in the production
OF other metals with which the
yellow metal Is mined.
A total Of 4s.4s7.17 fine ounces
Of gold was produced. compared
with 54,75e.0S fine ounces in
1929. The silver output was
nearly cut in half. totaling 7.052,-
sss fine ounces in 1880 and H.
1921 fine ounces in 1899
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-07-18
Low GRADE ORE
Mine MAKES BIG
PROFIT IN JUNE

juneau Alaska, July H.
Alaska juneau Gold Mining Com
pany reports June profit Of S154.-
500 after interest and All devel-
opment charges but before depre-
citation or taxes. against s145.40o
in May and sss.1oo in June last
year June profit brings the to-
tai for the first six months OF this
year to ss47.45O against s434
$50 in the like period Of 1890. an
Increase Of $4,000 or almost IS
per cent