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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-07-14
4 !
1887
IS GOING TO SAVE
MONEY FOR
Home
Modernizers

An old house, in good To-
cation, under normal condi-
tons, will increase So in
value for every 81 spent in
undermining.
Today, a dollars worth of
undermining can be bought
for seventy cents -. what
does that mean for the own
er who modernizes in 1892
and sells in a normal year.
It can mean only one thing
more profit.
Houses that can't be sold
or can't be lived in because
they are out-of-date and
shabby, need not be a total
loss =. drugs on the mar
ket forever.
1882 is the most favorable
year in the last twenty-five
for undermining work. A
buyers market already more
than two years old cannot
be expected to hold out for
ever. Shrewd buyers, care
ful business men and home
owners with good business
heads will attend to needed
construction and repairs in
1892. Let us supply you with
PLASTER BOARD
Per Square Foot 4 Lee
Enough to cover a ceiling
l4xl6 feet, costs only $40.
CEDAR SHINGLES
Per Square $3.50
Enough to cover the aver
age five room house costs
about s45.
PABCO PAINT
Per Gallon $500
Enough to paint the average
.lve room house costs about
SCREEN DOORS
None Better, each $3.50
People with well-made. we'll
iltted screens never need to
spend their time blowing in
sectlcides all over the house.
see US for screens, screen
ooors and screening.
John Dover
Lumber CO.
PHONE 2sl
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-07-14

None Better, each $3.50
t;se with well-made, we'll
.issed screens never need to
spend spe1! their time blowing in
secucldes all over the house.
Dee pee US for screens, screen
doors and screening.
Evening star., 1932-02-14
H'CAGG WILL MAKES
Big CASH REQUESTS
100000 Distributed Among Rela-
tives and Friends-Charities
Are Remembered.

Providing specific cash bequests in
c-.cc5s Of 100000. the will Of Mrs.
Thcresa Davis McCagg widow OF Ezra
f. McCagg. formerly Of Chicago, was
Il ed for probate in the District Supreme
Court Mrs. McCagg died February 8.
Personal effects are left to her sisters,
katherine D. Hinkle, Agnes D. Exton
I'D Grace D. Barnes. Specific bequests
G $1,000 each are made to Mary A.
McCagg, Edward K. McCagg, William
O. McCagg. Louis B. McCagg lr, each
G. the three sisters, William H. Davis,
Whitaker. Katherine H. ingalls,, Francis
II Skinkle, Marie T. Hinkle, ThurloW
w. Barnes, Grace D. Barnes. Katherine
Z Bull and Frederick Exton. Other
relatives and friends are remembered
with lceacies of 81 900 and $500 each
The Chicago Historical Society Is
gwen $4,000 with a portrait of her
husband; $4,000 to Cincinnati branch OF
Wonan's Auxiliary to the National
Council Of Christ Protestant Episcopal
Church; $1,000 to the local st. John S
branch; $1,000 each to st. Johns
Orphanage and st. Johns Protestant
Episcopal Church; $1,000 each to
Children's Home and Children's Hospl-
tai at Cincinnati and like amount to
Murray Bay Protestant Episcopal
Church at Point au Pic, Canada and
to the Protestant Episcopal Church at
Stockport N. Y.
The remaining estate goes to the
three sisters and brother. Arthur B.
Wells IS named as executor. The value
of the estate Is not disclosed.
Evening star., 1932-02-14
SINGER TO CONF|NE
CAREER To RADIO
Geraldine Farrar Will Bare
Plan to End Concerts
Tomorrow.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 13-Geral-
dine F'arrar will announce over a ma
tional radio hook-up tomorrow her re-
tirement from the concert stage.
From now on her voice will be heard
only over the 1adio-singing. she said
today, the songs that people ask for
and really want to hear.
She has no schedule Of concerts be-
time, and, in her own words, not too
! frequently"
When I was 19 years DID," Miss
Farrar said today, Il made up my
mind to quit singing in opera when I
was 40 and to retire from the con-
cert stage at so.
Quit Opera 10 Years Ago.
IT shall be so on my next birthday,
and it is nearly 10 years since I left
the Metropolitan.
Miss Farrar appeared for the last
time on a concert stake in Carnee c
Hall last November.
Il had decided months ago that the
Carnegie Hall concert would be ny
last" she said. land 1 had thought CT
saying so that night 1 decided not
to do it then-it would have seemed
too sensational, perhaps, and undlg-
nified"
Not weariness, but the desire for
change, together with the promise she
made herself in her girlhood, is r.
sponsible for her decision, she said.
If you have done the same thing
over and over since you were y years
old until you were SO, wouldn't you
want a change?" she demanded.
Likes New Surroundings.
when I left the Metropolitan I felt
as though I had wings and could f1y.
And now I've sprouted another set.
| Il shall still be singing sometimes
in new surroundings. under different
conditions. And that will keep me in
terested. alive
She talked of the radio and Of her in
| terest in singing to an unseen audience.
When she sings tomorrow at 5 80 pm,
over WEAF, N. B. C., it will be the
| fourth time she has sung over the
radio. She will sing hymn and some
folk songs, playing her own ac-
compartment.
Miss Farrar keeps an apartment on
Park avenue, but spends most OF her
time at her country place in Con-
necticut.
There I have my garden and birds
and dogs all about the piace,' she said,
ana love IL.
Talks OF Busy Past.
She talked. too, of the days when
she was singing in opera and travelling
about on concert tours. One year, she
said. she travelled 81 900 miles.
1T was all wonderful" she said.
and ! loved 1t. But, I worked very
hard. Do you know that for years I
hardly even had chance to look at my
Christmas presents. and when flowers
would come I'd be so tired could
barely see them
There were big days-like the day
the crowd pushed her car up Broadway
after her farewell appearance at the
Metropolitan Opera House, 10 years ago
in April
But I was so tired" she said. "that
| 1t was all confused"
She is singularly frank in discussing
the fact that she will be so her next
birthday, and apparently makes no ef-
fort to conceal it. She was smartly
dressed In black and white, but wore no
makeup.
Evening star., 1932-02-14
HOOVER COMMENDED
Republicans at Seattle Fix Conven-
ton Date.

SEATTLE. Wash. February 13 (F).-
The Republican State Central Commit
tee commended President Hoover yes
tcrday for his wise. capable and effec-
tive administration /" and construc-
tive program for meeting the economic
situation il the United States due
wholly to world wide conditions"
The committee set Saturday, May Z,
rs the date and Seattle as the meeting
place for the State convention.
Evening star., 1932-02-14

Belgium's new military planes are to
have speed of 220 miles an hour at
a height Of $4,000 feet
Evening star., 1932-03-11

FRANCIS SCOTT KEY. APARTMENT HQ-
tel 10Th and y sts- n.w,-t room, kit., bath.
epmpletely fvrnished. nnsns. silver, Frlgid-
Evening star., 1932-03-11

MT. PLEASANT. 1923 NEWTON = FRONT
corner; 3 rooms, kit.-dinette, bath, hall,
Murphy bed; outlook beautiful gardens, near
park; newly decorated throughout; adults;
garages; reduced; S65
Evening star., 1932-03-11
ROOMS-FURNISHED.

1907 CLIFTON N.W.-Men only; $40 single.
S25 double; twin beds, southern exposure; 4
baths continuous hot water. Adams 1880
Evening star., 1932-03-11
WANTED-ROOMs AND BOARD.

14-YEAR TUBERCULOUS WHITE BOY needs
special boarding care with congenial family.
Good references desired. Address Division
Of Child Welfare, District Building.
Evening star., 1932-03-11

ENTIRE SECOND FLOOR. 2 ROOMS,
kitchen. coolred tile bath with shower,
screened sleeping porch, inst. h. w. gas
gas included in rental: in new, home on
Kansas ave. Ready April l to inspect
Adults only. Call Georgia 04eS-W or 622
Gallatin st. NV 1
Evening star., 1932-03-11

MACAClA CLUB.
1326-2s-30 18th St. Dupont Circle. one Of
comfortable new furnishings, kindly atmos-
phere, with dancing. music, open fires,
bridge, make this an exceptional home.
Sensible prices; permanent, transients. l3'
THE SOUTHERN CLUB.
1400 New Hampshire Ave.--Wonderful old
mansion; beautiful suite, three exposures:
bath. phone; splendid cuisine. A real home
for paying guests, permanent, transient.
Evening star., 1932-03-11
WANTED-ROOMS.

GENTLEMEN would appreciate home with
small family. NV. section, near Conn ave.
or 18th st. Requirements. we'll furnished
room with private or Semi-private bath, also
garage space. Address Box 227-E, Star ONCE.
13"
FURNISHED ROOM, high In apartment,
northwest; preferably downtown; reasonably
priced; lady. Address Box IBID, Star office.
TWO GENTLEMEN want furnished single
rooms in vicinity Of 18th st. Highlands or
Potomac Heights; excellent references. Ad-
dress Box l64-D. Star office. 13S
BY REFINED LADY, single room with
private or semi-priyate bath in vicinity of
18th and Columbia rd. Give particulars.
Address Box IT'D, Star Office.
Evening star., 1932-03-06
GAS USERS INCREASE
IN LAST TEN YEARS
Gain of 40 Per Cent Noted Be-
tween 1921 and 1881 in
Association Report.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 5.-Users of nat
ural and manufactured gas in the
United States increased by 40 per cent
between January l, 1921, and January
/, 1881, survey by the American Gas
Association discloses.
Statistics issued today by the asso-
citation show gain in customers served
by the industry from 11,452,000 to
5000 900. Users of manufactured gas
increased from 1887 900 to 1o,471 900,
while natural gas users increased from
2,61500 to 5,524,000.
New York leads in the number of gas
customers, with total of 2,915,000, or
a little more than 18 per cent of the
total in the United States. Next in
rank come Pennsylvania, Illinois, Cali
fornia and Ohio. These States have So
per cent Of all the gas customers in
the country The next five States, IN
order, are Massachusetts, New Jersey,
Michigan, Texas and Missouri.
1t is estimated that approximately
200 companies are distributing gas in
the United States. This figure does not
include numerous companies which
transport natural gas and wholesale
their entire produce to distributing COM
panies.
Ten years ago, it is stated, natural
gas was distributed in l9 States tand
insignificant quantities in additional
States. Natural gas now is consumed
in "a States over 80 per cent CT gas
users in West Virginia. Kentucky, Mis-
sissippi. Arkansas, Colorado, Montana
Ohio. Utah. Wyoming and California
are being served with natural gas.
Evening star., 1932-03-06
BRITISH STOCKS HIGHER.
BY LEONARD ]. REID,
Associate Editor Of the London Economist.

Associate Editor of the London Economist.
Special Cable to The Star.
LONDON, March 5.-An incipient
end-of-February upswing in confidence
in the financial markets blazed forth
this week into ebullient optimism. not
withstanding the unchanged Bank of
England discount rate.
The factors chiefly responsible for this
were: First. the relieved Shanghai ten
sion; secondly, talk of big budget and
tax reductions; thirdly glowing &C
counts of the status of the British In
dustries Fair" order books, and, fourth
ly and most important, the announce
ment of the Paris and New York re-
payments on the British treasury cred
its, coupled with the abrogation of all
foreign exchange restrictions.
Responsible circles here feel similarly
as does the American administration,
standing ready to welcome a revival in
confidence, but the more balanced view
Is that it would be desirable to dis
countenance disturbing bull specula-
ton in sterling currency and securities,
since the foregoing factors require
qualification, first, the budget will still
maintain the worlds highest scale of
taxes; secondly, the British Industries
Fair enthusiasm consists largely of
taf1h propaganda not reflected in any
real signs of export expansion; thirdly.
market optimism overlooks the menace
of a Central European breakdown,
which Is now. confronting the Financial
Committee OF the League of Nations,
while, fourthly, the credit repayments
do not represent q clear gain.
49,. (copyright. issso
Evening star., 1932-03-06
'BACK- -TO-FARM' MOVEMENT
AIDED BY LACK OF CITY JOBS

This year has also seen the definite
passing of the annual settlement day"
March /, when in earlier times rural
banks were crowded with customers
who were transferring deeds to- farms,
making settlements in notes or cash
and the banks had temporary swelling
of deposits that helped carry well into
Spring. Now sales are exceedingly rare,
except where pressure forces a change.
Such sales as have been made during
the past six months are for the most
part for not more than the assessed
value for taxation, probably 25 per cent
below the figures of two years ago.
The rural banks continue to show
shrinkage in deposits, due to the need
of funds for carrying on operations
more than to boarding. Some relief
will come when wheat held by produc-
ers is marketed and as live stock fed
during the Winter goes to market. How
ever, it is not likely that much better
ment in this direction will come until
a new crops Is harvested.
Spring work is far advanced, many
fields already being ready for plant
ing, with indications that seeding will
be on the usual scale.
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1932-03-06
u. S. RAILROADS SCORE
FINE FUEL RECORDS

Amid the generally disappointing
figures recording the results of railway
operation in 1881, one gleam Of light
appears in the annual report OF
operating statistics just issued by tie
Interstate Commerce Commission. &C
cording to the Railway Age. This
arises from the fact that the 1881 unit
consumption of railway fuel set the
ninth consecutive annual record for in
creased efficiency in freight service and
the eighth consecutive record IN pas
senger service.
In 1929" says the Railway Age,
when a comprehensive program to in
crease transportation efficiency was
adopted by the Association of Railway
Executives, l6l pounds of fuel were re-
quired In freight service to move 1000
tons a distance of one mile. This
figure was successfully reduced each
year until I'm 1891 this same amount
of work required the consumption OF
only il9 pounds Of coal, decrease OF
26 per cent. Likewise. the fuel con-
sumed In moving passenger-train car
one mile. amounting to 1871 pounds in
1923. was cut TO las pounds In 1881,
n reduction of 30 per cent"
Evening star., 1932-03-06
$500, 100000 GOLD INCREASE
ESTIMATED FOR YEAR 1881
Heavier Production and Release of
Hoarded Supplies Have Swelled
Visible Supply of Metal.

lished in 1922, when the production
totaled only s318, 900, 900 The gain in
annual rate of production in the last
decade has been SIP 900, 900, if We use
the lower estimated figures for 1881, and
$ll7000,00O if the higher figures are
taken.
Several gold-producing countries last
year yielded more of the precious metal
than they ever produced in any single
year before. Notable in the list are
Africa and Canada. Canada not only
established new high record for pro-
ductlon last year, but also supplanted
the United States as the second largest
gold mining country of the world. The
Federal Reserve Board has compiled
statistics on the output of the Rand
Gold Field Of South Africa, and makes
the total S244, 4,141 900. Other fields,
such as Southern Rhodesia, the Belgian
Congo and the Gold Coast of West
Africa. mined as much gold last year
as in 1880, if not more
Although the United States was
forced down to third rank as a gold
country, production of this country also
registered substantial increase of
S2,755,3 300. The Bureau of Mines es-
Inmates the total at $48, ,907, 100, against
$46, Isl 300 the previous year.
The present outlook Is that gold pro-
duction this year will surpass that of
last year. 1t is predicted that both the
Transvaal and Canada will register new
high records.
(CopyriRht 1q32)
Evening star., 1932-03-06
Odd-Lot Traders
Hit by Sales Tax
And Broker Tolls
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, March 5.-The small
fry of Wall Streets speculative COM
munity known as odd-lot traders, have
found a new bugaboo in the form of
higher sales taxes now levied on stock
transactions.
While the percentage of tax increase
they pay is precisely the same as that
paid by large investors, the smaller
buyers have been hit harder because
odd-lot brokerage houses have increased
thelr commission as a result.
A small decline in buying by small
traders is reported by odd-lot brokers
IN the current week. although pur-
chases by large buyers have shown a
shght gain. This change which has be-
come noticeable in the first week that
the tax increase has been effective is
regarded as possible indication of
greater reluctance to buy and sell be-
cause OF the higher margin of expense
which the trader must hurdle in order
to make profit.
investors are not greatly affected.
The tax increase does not mean much
10 man who buys his stocks for the
long pull. 1t is the small in-and-out
traoer; brokers' say, who finds his higher
operating charges troublesome.
Evening star., 1932-03-06
GREATER INDUSTRIAL
ACTIVITY is FORECAST

During this month and next the
general level of production will rise.
states the United Business Service of
Boston Uptrends in 81 out Of so i'm
portant industries are forecast. Those
which should show the greatest in
creases in March are: Sugar refining.
tobacco, shoe. Nelectric power. auto
mobile, tire. building, chemical, lum-
Der, steel and coal.
The market position Of silver is one
of accommodating strength With a
rapidly falling outturn from the mines.
and a trend toward increased monetary
use, the outlook for the silver industry
is more promising today than 1t has
been for half a century.
Evening star., 1932-03-06
INVESTMENT BOND
MARKET IMPROVES
Recent Price Movement En-
courages Belief That Re-
covery Is Permanent.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, March 5.-Bonds ad-
vanced steadily this week until they
reached the average level last touched
in early January. This meant that,
disregarding two days on which the
price level was unchanged, the invest
ment market has improved for more
than Is consecutive sessions.
This fact in itself might be construed
as bearish, because the farther the mar
ket advances the larger becomes the
potential selling hanging over it as long
accounts gather profits. But the mar
ket has risen gradually and absorbed
profit taking as it went along.
From any standpoint this Is highly
desirable state of affairs. The market
has improved without sacrificing its
technical position. and when one adds
to this the long list of constructive de-
velopmentS bearing on the market, it
gives rise to the belief, now widely held
In financial circles, that the invest
ment market has the bright road of
broad recovery right ahead of 1t.
Probably the most important factor
affecting seasoned investment bonds
has been the decline in the number of
daily bank closings. The market has
been relieved Of much of the selling
Incidental to hquidating the affairs of
has been set up under Federal sponsor
ships to inject some discrimination into
the liquidation Of closed bank portfolios.
The basic factor behind the stronger
banking outlook is the operations Of the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
The same influence has caused broad
improvement in railroad and other cor
poration bonds. Railroads have been
granted loans already and others are
to have them.
Then the hand of Charles G. Dawes
and his associates in the important
work Of rehabilitating industry was
seen In the sudden recovery of some
utility bonds whose excessively low
prices had drawn the markets atten-
tion to at least two situations in this
field that were causing concern.
With these factors in mind, it was
easy to see why the weeks offerings
Of SAC, 100000 in new bonds were so
easily distributed. AS the week ended
the air was filled with reports of Syndi-
Gates forming to underwrite new bond
offerings.
United States Government bonds
were again pushed up. the improvement
from the December low averaging about
9 points. Besides the $3.50, 900 that
this rise added to the value of Treas
urieS and Liberties outstanding. it i'm
proved prospects for the financing the
Treasury will have to do soon to bridge
the deficit and look after maturities.
The Sino- Japanese situation waned
as market influence. japanese bonds,
in fact, moved slightly higher. In Eu-
rope, the extension of the Reichsbank's
credits in London and Paris contrasted
with Englands repayment of s150,000,-
900 in New York and $65,000.000 in
Paris on two 5000, 100000 credits ar
ranged last year. 1t Is believed the bet
ter outlook in England, France and the
United States will have much to do
with satisfactory ending to the repa-
rations conference arranged for June.
Copyright, 1922
Evening star., 1932-03-06
BY BRADLEY w. TRENT.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, March 5.-Whlle the
world for some time has been talking
of a possible shortage of gold statistical
evidence available tends to prove that
the visible supply of the yellow metal
is increasing and that the gain last
year was about the largest ever known
to have taken place in calendar period
of IL months.
Roughly. the increase is estimated at
approximately S500,000,000. What a
gain of these dimensions means to the
civilized world may be CLEANED from
the fact that the average annual in
crease in visible supply of gold during
the previous five years is estimated to
have been but little more than one
half that total.
The substantial addition to the
world visible supply of gold last year
was due to two factors. One was an
increase in the world production Of
new gold The other was the disgorg-
ing of gold from boards of several ma
tions traditionally known as absorbers
of the metal over period of many
years.
World production of gold in 1881 is
estimated to have been from S430,000,-
900 to $435, 100000 That is but mod
erately smaller than the high record of
$469, 100000 registered in 1915. The
low record for recent years was eStab
Evening star., 1932-03-06
IN SILVER
HITS YEARS RECORD
Activity Shows Marked Increase
on the New York Metal
Exchange.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, March 5-The largest
volume of silver trading this year took
place on the National Metal Exchange
during the week just ended. Dealings
were stimulated by the continuance of
coinage purchases by Belgium and Ger
many, by rumors that the Indian gov
vernment might reduce the import duty
Of 13 cents an ounce now levied on
silver, and by rumors of large silver
coinage issue in Mexico.
India's silver reserves are fast being
depleted, as the natives are exchanging
their boards of gold for the white metal.
The treasury plans to issue 100,000,000
rupees of new paper currency this
month. Meanwhile the silver rupee
coins that are leaving the treasury are
not being returned in even a fraction
Of normal volume. Unless unforeseen
happenings intervene, the Indian gov
vernment will have to begin coinage
of silver not later than June. The
treasury on February 20 held silver bull
lion, which is already part of the re-
serves for notes, amounting to 62,954,-
070 ounces.
Evening star., 1932-03-06
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 5.-A
new angle on the "back-to-the-farm
movement comes from the rural Sec
tions
Ordinarily at this time Of year the
country districts have in motion a series
of public sales, formerly the "vendue," p"
when farmers put up at auction all
their implements and household goods
and prepare to leave the place. Scores
ordinarily occur in every county, and
professional auctioneers are kept busy
calling" the sales. This year, with the
exception OF closing an estate or an
execution by creditor, the sales are
rare.
The explanation Is that for many
years it has been easy for the tenant
or the landowner to get job in town
he could work in garage, drive an oil
truck or secure other employment that
he felt would give greater return than
farming Now he knows Of no job. He
finds that it is more satisfactory to
stick to the farm, even though the re-
turn In cash is meager-for it does give
him a home and living. So he is not
selling of his chattels and the town.
ward movement is halted