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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
Deaths

Ethel NJ Hudglns 40 of 52l North
Riley. pulmonary tuberculosis.
Margaret Cottey. IS. Of 1905 Rowland
coronary emboliSm
Core I Thomas ~ ST. Vincents hos
pital general Sepsis.
Robert o. Rupert 40 St Vincent's hos
pital cerebral hemorrhage
Anna S Loos. ~. city hospital. rupturec
appendix.
Emil F Burke. ~ Of 5204 Pleasant Rur
boulevard carcinoma
Laura Bonner. 50. city hospital eirrhosi:
of liver
how'd B. Bundy. y, Methodist hospital
gastric hemorrhsge.
Mary NJ Canary. 70. Of s43 West
Tventy-ninth. heat exhaustion.
Mary Elizabeth Garner, 50, OF l0ls
South State uremia.
George B. Dodson, so. city hospital
chronic myocardltis
William Brandt, rs. Of ls2 South Sum.
mttt. ureu<a.
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Cocoa shipments Down

hN INiff : HffAut
CHICAGO. Aug. s.-Reports from
West Africa indicate that the gold
coast shipments of cocoa during
July declined 10 1872 tons as COM
pared with 1891 tons for the cor
responding month OF last year, &C
oording to the New York Cocoa Elk.
change.
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III y u z ~ - aAAA
no one seems
20 know quite
" n ere they
stand
7 he courts
have ul p d
that the utili-
ties are en-
titled 10 a rea-
sOnable return
on z ID . II IN
vest m . n T.
Some say the
return should
be : per cent
" lille Others
claim that s
per &c n {
is adp te.
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But the trouble comes when an at
tempt IS made to arrive At the
amount Of money invested IN the
utility properties. or when an e.
fort is made % establish their
worth
Some time ago tho California
railroad commission stated in a de-
rision that IL did not feel bound 10
consider excess plan capacity in its
rate return calculations. One can
easily see how such a stand would
complicate matters so far as the
utilities are concerned in times like
these. They are obliged 10 provide
facilities to take care Of peak re-
uuirements. but with business slow
as 10 is now the excess plant equip
ment Is quite large.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
GOLD PRICE ADVANCES
Metal Value in London Nears L. S
Parity of SIS a Fine Ounce.

LONDON, Aug. S.-The price of
gold today approached the Amer
lean parity OF SIS a fine ounce. The
price was fixed at 1873 ShilliIigS.
half-penny a fine ounce. On the
basis of sterling at the time Of fix
ing the -S5.O6%-this was
equivalent TO S34e7 per ounce. Gold
TO the amount of $4,000 pounds
50 634. 450l was traded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
Auto Production Lower

BIZ imfs Spccigi
CHICAGO, Aug. "a decline OF
20 per cent in auto productions dur
ing the month OF August was in
dicated by the production in July
as announced by Automobile In
dustrials. Output for August was es-
timated sc225. 900 cars and trucks
against aFE65pOo units n July.
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Business Failures Higher
By Times Special

bV tWes cpectdt
CHICAGO. Aug. Cuisines fail
ures during the week ended Aug. 2,
in the United tates totaled 300 as
compared with 215 in the previous
week, according to reports from
Dunn g. Bradstreet.
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LOSS TOTALS s12,772
Central Republic Company Reports
Expense for Fiscal Year.
BN Times SpecinL

BIZ umes Special
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.-Net loss of
S12,772 was reported by the Central
Republic Company for the fiscal
year ended June 30, after provision
Of $4,000 accrued interest not cur
rently payable.
Total cash on hand June 30
amounted to s242,542 while the Sc
curity inventory, partially pledged
and valued at cost, less reserve,
totaled s249 ,270. All directors of the
company were reelected at the an
nuaI stockholders meeting.
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PARIS. Aug. s. The dollar
opened today at 1907 $685. cents
a france. approximately the same
figure at which it closed yesterday.
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Wall Street
Uniform Basis Is Needed
for Establishment OF
Utility Rates.
by RALPH HENDERSHOT-
Tines Special Financial Writer

MO uniform basis FOR the estab-
I ' ushment OF utility rates ever
has been established in this country
and the result has been unnecessary
confusion within the ranks of the
regulatory authorities as well as
among the corporate executives. All
sorts Of different decisions have
been rendered within the last few
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Treasury Statement


WASHINGTON. Aug s.-Government ex-
DenSes and receipts OF the current fiscal
year 10 Aug g. compared with the cor
responding period OF the previous fiscal
wear
This Year Last Year.
Expenses 578 089 688 80 S347 239 672 43
Receipts 3O4 271 go IL Oil ga. SAB 90
Deficit .. 273 S27. 46s IS 1875. SOS. 024. "a
Cash bal 24l8 67q 873 81 ...--.......
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
New York Bank Stocks
by Abbott. Hoppin g. CO..
Daily Price Index
Bv United Pressl

NEW YORK Aug Dun & Brad
streets daily weighted price index of
thirty basic commodities compiled for the
United Press
ls30-ls32 average. 1907
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In the Cotton Markets
NV ORLEANS
Retail Coal Prices

Tire following prices represent quotations
from LEADING Indianapolis coal dealers. A
cash discount % Is cents per ton is a.
lowec A ascent carving charge per TOD
utl be s6ded.
DOMFSrTC RFTaIT PRTCFS
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Local WAGON Wheat
(By United Pressl

City grain elevators are paving 95 cents
for No. soft red wheat other grades
on their merits
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BANK DEPOSITS CLIMB
Michigan Institutions Report Gain
Of S23.6s6.S6I in 4 Months.

LANSING. Mich Aug. s-An is
crease OF SO .636.s6l in the deposits
OF Michigan state banks between
March IS and June 30 was reported
today BY r. Z. Reichert, state bank
ing commissioner.
The gain in commercial deposits
was S9.627sl0 and IN savings de-
poSits SO. 7e2. $50
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-Vegeta bles-

Sweet Corn-Home grown, doz.. 592Qc:o
Celery Michigan. at boxes. sl,25; me-
dunn, doZ. 45c.
Onions-California yellow, 5O-ib Dag
PSo9tatoes-Eastern Cobblers., 1OO-llb. bag,
SITS: Idaho Russets, 1O0-lb. bag. 81; new
va Sweet potatoes-New Alabama, pushed
Beans-Round stringless. bushel. s2q25O.
Beets-New. Csc dozen,
Carrots-Home grown. bushel, Sl.5O; ooZ'
35c. .. s,os09
Gettuce-Outdoor. 15-lb basket Soc'
head lettuce crate. S.
Peas~Celifornia, hamper, So;
Radishes--Ohio. so doZ. punches. 50c
Phuha III HOMEGROWN dozen. 25Q30c.
Spinach-Home grown. bushel; Soc
Manifestations grown-1O-lb. oasKels'
65c: bushel 81. so.
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No; red SLOT 2m1.O8; No 3 red
81 .07li n 0734. No. / hard. S111L: No
2 hard. Sl1l0 l.11i2; No. 2 mixed s1O7it
n 10; No. mixed. sllO: No. 3 red gar.
Sl.03. Corn-No. yellow 74l2M75I2c:
No. 3 yellow. 74M742c; No yellow
7$ &c: No. 2 white 75laM7534c: No 3
white. IS &C; No white 73c. Oats-No.
2 white. 51@5l &c; No. 3 white 48o4GD
5citc No. white 45l2c. sample. 45Iac
Rye-No sales of No. 2: No. a. 81c barley
sales. Bic. auotable. 600 Csc: timothy
$l2 50@1350: clover seed. Sl0.75d15 Cash
proyisionS-Lard. s795; loose s735. leaf
$3.50: bellies, $1,000.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. Close Wheat in
quiet demand, 4 to 2l2c higher; No 2
red, S1O4a1 .05l2 early. sI.O51a at close:
sample grade red, 95c No l red garlick,
99c; hard wheat, &c higher: No Q hard.
SLIP nominal Corn-In fair demand. I'M
changed to &c lower; No. 2 yellow 749z n
mand. unchanged: No. 3 white 47l2c.
TOLEDO, Aug. Grain close: In
red. S1.o7i2M1O812 Corn-No. 2 yellow.
53i &c. Rye-No. 2, 8612d87l2c. TRACK
prices, 28lac rate. Wheat-No. red
S103l2Ml 04l2; No. 2 red. S102la m103l2
Corn-No. 2 yellow, 740 75c: No. yellow.
70 74c No. 4 yellow, 72G 73c. Oats-No
|. white, SOFA So &c: No. white 49l20
sic; No. white 47G soc
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
Hundreds of Cattle Shot to
End Suffering From Lack
of Water.
BY FRANK M'NAUGHTON
United Press STAFF Correspondent

OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. Last
spring the Washita river. in south
western Oklahoma, was flooded. It's
waters ragged over thousands of
acres of farm land. Houses and
barns were washed away.
Today the Washita is a mere
trickle. It's tributaries are dry and
dusty. their beds as parched as the
surrounding farm land. Farmers,
digging new wells, go down many
feet before they even find damp
ground.
Crops are wilted and burned. Cat
tie, too weak to stand, lie down on
the hot earth and die. Hundreds
are shot to end their suffering.
Water for drinking and cooking is
trucked many miles.
Livestock Are Dying
Cotton is the crop many Okla
homa farmers are banking on to
pull them through, and they don't
expect a half normal crop at that.
R. R. Hall, farmer west of Clinton,
was almost optimistic as he looked
out over his burned acres.
I figure I'm lucky" he said. i
got ten acres Of Russian thlStles
and the COWS are eating them. You
know they're hungry when they eat
thiStleS.
Things are bad all right, but I
think it will rain before Sept. 10. 1t
always has rained by that date, and
if it does it will save my cotton.
Most of us cotton farmers are
banking on that rain. A lot are just
about ruined already, and lots more
of us will be if the rain doesn't
come"
About the only green patches
seen in western Oklahoma are
kaffir corn and cane. Even the desert
conditioned cottonwood trees are
dying.
Some of us farmers who have
CUT a llIUl6 CdIlC 1Ol CA4C WAAOSA "AN
fortunate" Hall said. I'VE will be
able to feed enough COWS to provide
us with milk and butter and keep
the horses we need for spring ploW-
ing. But there are plenty who
haven't even that much.
Store Sales Slump
Retail stores in the western half
of the state are feeling the effects
of that drought. Farmers haven
the money to buy. There haven t
been any crop sales to fill pocket
books for the annual fall buying
program. Statesmen have virtually
quit calling on the territory until
conditions improve.
In eastern Oklahoma and some OF
the central sections conditions are
not as bad, but they are bad
enough. The best cotton is up about
two to eight inches, and it is wilted.
The answer depends on the
weather. Oklahomans are watching
every cloud that appears in the sky
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
On Commission Row

Quotations below are average retail
prices being offered to ouyers oV loca
commission house dealers.
Apples-Fancy Delicious. s2.25: Trans
parents, s1.5061.75. ., so os
Oranges-Californi Sunkist S. VAL
encies, S4.25@5.
Lemons-Sunkist S6d725.
ranefruit-Florida seedless. 81 .25 . 80
aloupes-Indiana juniors. fats. Toe;
Pears-CaIavos. $3.50 a box.
MISUNDERSTANDING
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08

Wheat-No. l red cars: No. red.
car, sample I car. Total, 9 cars,
cars No. white. l car. No. yellow,
II cars; No. 3 yellow. IA cars: No. 4 vel
low, cars: No. 3 mixed l car; No 4
mixed, ! car Total. As cars.
Oats-No. white, car, No white.
ID cars; No. ! white. l car; sample red
l car. Total Is cars
Rye-No. /, l car. Total l car.
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fBv Abbott. Hoppin 81 CO..
Aug L
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Money and Exchange
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
INDIANAPOLIS BANK CLEARING

Clearings ..-..--..-.-.-...--...s 81 947 900 90
Debts Observation-Disclosures ...-... I ass 900 90
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FEDERAL FARM LOAN BONDS
(By Abbott, Hoppin & CO..
Aug, Z
(By United Press

Home Loan
IS Nav l. 1924 ......... 1890 1000
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
3l.s March IS, 1964-44 ...,. 101.16 1923
The three latter quotations are in
thirty seconds
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MORE recently the Massachu-

MORE recently the Massachu-
w sets department of public
utilities held that utility rates
should be sufficiently high to main
tain stock values at par. General
~ speaking. there is little definite
relationship between property val
ues and the amount Of a given COM
panvs stock outstanding. Some
companies Overcapitalize their
properties, while others prefer 20
build up their surplus accounts
through underCapitalization.
The public service commission Of
New York based its property value
decision IN the case Of the Long
Island Water Corporation recently
on used and useful property. That
would seem 10 be more IN line with
fairness 10 the company and its
customers. providing 10 allows SUfl-
cient deductions from earnings 10
take care Of depreciation and OBJ
SOleScenCe.
But even in that situation diff
rulties can very we'll arise and diff
fercnces Of opinion develop. Should
the properties be valued on the
basis Of their original cost. less de-
probation. or should they be based
on their present worth as going con-
Germs. or should reproduction cost be
the determining factor?
IT should be quite obvious that
i satisfactory utility conditions
can not exist unless every effort Is
made 10 be fair to both the con-
Germs furnishing the service and the
consumers. Because of the monopoly
conditions entering into the supply
ing Of these services. the pubic
should be protected against over
charges. But 1t Is Just as important
that rates be sufficiently high to
promote healthy financial corporate
conditions. Unless this is done dis
indignation OF service is bound to
set in. and in the long run the pub
lie suffers.
Because of the Importance to the
country at large Of the services per-
formed by the utilities. and IN view
Of the dangers involved IN the hap
hazard methods now employed in
dealing with these companies. It
would seem that the national gov
eminent should definitely establish
a basis for rate making purposes
and that each step in the methods
OF determining property valuations
should be clearly defined.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-08
CHICAGO PRIMARY RECEIPTS
Cash Grain
INDIANAPOLIS
Aug. T.

The bids for car lots OF grain at the
call Of the indianapolis Board of Trade,
f. o. b., shipping point basis 17l2c 70
Wheat-Firm: No l red. 9scaS1: No.
red, 98@ 99c; No. ? hard. 99cds1.
No white, 69G69iac: No. yellow Ve7i5
U68 &c; No yellow. 66l2 a 67isc; No.
2 mixed. 66la@67lac: No. } mixed. $50
Oats-steady: No white. 45Q46c; No.
white 44M45c
Hay Steady: #. 0. b. country points
taking 23i2c or less rates to Cincinnati
or LOUISVILLE No. l timothy. Sl3Ml350.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-19

st. Paula typically wild finish
ended the special session of the Leg
islature in the course of which Gov
ernor Floyd B. Olson forced through
tax on beer along with liquor
taxes, and won his S5,000,000 relief
program but lost virtually everything
else he proposed.
Both Of the houses passed a
measure setting up provisions and
regulations for the sale of liquor in
the state. The bill went to the gov
ernor for signature, and provides:
a state liquor control commissioner,
with power to make regulations for
the trade and to pass on licenses for
package sales. Private sale, both by
the bottle and by the drink in separ-
ate places, except that small towns
may establish municipal dispensaries
for either or both types Of sale. Sale
by the bottle in licensed drug stores,
general food stores, and exclusive
liquor stores, one to each 5000 inha-
bitants for first class cities, bottle
sales in drug stores and exclusive
liquor stores, the number of licenses
to be determined by the local gov
erning body in all other cities. Sale
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-19
Mothers Err in Helping
Children, Beyond Reason

sob, don't misunderstood me-" said
a mother whom / knew well enough
to question on certain attitudes to-
ward her child. "don't get the idea
that l do these things because / think
he can't do them for himself. or be-
cause I'm a doting mother and want
to spoil him. No, indeed; do them
because it's quicker and easier for me
than to wait while he does them for
himself"
The recipient of the above letter
thus criticized the attitude of this.
and some other mothers:
There's woman for you who at
least does not try to fool herself. 1t
was for her own convenience that
she deprived her little boy of the
growth there is in doing things for
himself. OF course, in the pre-
occupation of her busy day she did
not realize the Importance of the
thing in the scheme of his baby ex-
istence.
MANY mothers don't-or they
would not so nullify the great wealth
of all they are giving of themselves
for their children, by the failure to
give little more, in taking not
the quick way, but the way of max
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-19
Hindu Mythology as to
Original Mother Eve"

According to Hindu legends, the
god Vulcan. of Hindu mythology,
created the world. When be started
on woman he found he had used up
all his materials. But he knew the
world wouldn't be much without
women and so he took
The roundness of the moon,
The undulating curves of the serpent,
The graceful twist of the creeping
plant,
The slenderness of the willow,
The velvet of the flowers.
The lightness of the feather,
The gentle gaze of the doe,
The frolicsome reflection of the dane
ing sunbeam,
The tears of the cloud,
The Inconsistency of the wind,
The timidity of the hare,
The vanity Of the peacock.
The hardness of the diamond,
The chill of the snow,
The cooling of the turtle dove
All these he combined to form the
glorious being-woman.
Pathfinder Magazine.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-19
Airplanes and Elephants

Annoyance at the noise of airplane
motors that have recently invaded
their territory is given as one of the
reasons for the noticeable unrest
among African elephant herds of late
by Capt. r. ]. D. Salmon, says the
Detroit News. Even trained animals
in the Belgian Congo never become
really Indifferent to the sound of
gasoline engines, he states, and he
believes it unlikely that the herds
in the Uganda will ever learn to
browse peacefully as the airmail
goes overhead.
The most significant result of the
unrest now apparent among the Afri-
can wild elephant herds is that many
of the animals are leaving their ia
miliar haunts along the east Nile TO
seek new feeding grounds to the
north and south of this area.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-19

become partners for the next dance.
OF course. players do not know Of
this beforehand.
The hostess scatters the remaining
popcorn over cleared space in the
center of the room. and at signal
each person picks up one kernel at a
time in the effort to gather the larg-
est quantity. The man and woman
whose popcorn kernels count up most
nearly alike are supper partners.
Popcorn is the chief edible for the
refreshments. Popcorn balls and
sweet cider or fruit punch may be
the whole menu. Or make an orange
gelatine. Top each portion with
whipped cream, sprinkle lavishly with
popcorn first put through the food
grinder, using smallest blade. Serve
with rolled oats waters. Have sailed
popcorn instead of sailed nuts, and
large kernels of popcorn dipped in
chocolate coating for bonbons. Sprin-
kle around popcorn instead of minced
nutmeats over chocolate frosted
cakes.
g. Bell Syndicate.-wNU Service.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-19

A schoolmistress in France is CIV
ing her pupils, aged from twelve to
fourteen, course in smiling. An in
spector who paid surprise visit TO
the school found one class all smiles
and asked the teacher what the les
son was. He was told il was ..the
hour for smiling although no les
sons ir such subject appeared on
the school syllabus. When the edu-
cation minister learned of the limo
walton, he commended the teacher.
Those who are opposed to new
frills and fads in education, and who
believe that boys and girls in the
lower grades should devote nearly all
their time to studying the three
RS" will not approve of this change
IN the educational system. Children
do not have to be taught to smile,
they will contend. 1t is just as nat
ural for them to smile as it is for
them to run and play.
But it is true, as this French
'choolmistress says, that smiling is
q beautiful thing. adding to the
charm of life" II is a much more
beautiful thing than frown. II is
d far more beautiful thing than arith-
metic or geography or spelling. And
when has there ever been a time
when smile was worth as much az
l. is today? When was there ever a
greater need for lessons in smiling?
Everywhere it has become more diff
ficult than il once was for people to
face their problems with a cheerful
smile. Sometimes it is even difficult
for children to smile, these days.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-19
Otero's Pearls

A glamorous figure of the last GEN.
fury was La Belle Otero. whose jew
els and lovers were the cause of
much wonderland envy. When she
appeared in Berlin a great deal of
publicity was made out of her pearls,
which were deposited in the vaults
of a bank during the daytime. AT
the same theater was another dam
Ger Otero, however, was at the
top of the bill. One night while Otero
was on the age string of pearls
broke. The performance was stopped
while the jewels were gathered up
and counted. Later the other artist
made her appearance and began her
turn, when suddenly she stopped,
picked up, or pretended 20 pick up.
what was supposed to be one of
Otero's pearls, bit it in two. and
tossed the pieces to the audience. i.
The fight that followed is still fresh
in the minds of some of the Berliners
of the show world.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-01-19
Principle VS.. Interest

A man in the Near" East who nae
quite reputation as skinf1int lost
his pocketbook while ago. with $500
in cash in it. He put an advertise
ment in the Lost" column in the
paper but a month elapsed and he
had heard nothing on the subject.
He had about given up all hope of
ever seeing his 5000 again when a
farmer came in and returned the
-pocketbook. The skinfiint looked in
the pocketbook and found the money
was all safe. The farmer thought
perhaps the capitalist might give him
slight reward. On the contrary the
skinflint gave him sour look and
said: "The moneys all here, but
where's the INTEREST,""