The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 11, 1922, Page 7

WHERE OUR. TAY MONEY COMES FROM Moneys Paid To State as Taxes; Have Increased In N. D. _ $7,000,000 Since 1914 STEEN MAKES UP CHART) ‘Moneys paid to the state as taxes have increased in North Dako! ym. $2,138,001.16 in 1914 to $9,192,842.12 in 1921 acgording to a table of receipts and expenditures which State Treas- , urer John Steen has just tabulated in eine toa request for the informa- tion, The taxes collected and the pay- menis made during the yéars . as shown in this chart follow: Bonded In- Payments ‘debtedness $2, 393,501.73 $ 662,300 2,046,355.54 578,700 » 397, 006. 31 578,700 2, 5 0 9,005,096.08 “7 1921 42.12 9, The statement is of the fiscal year ending June 30th in each, instance. While the taxes and the bonded in- debtedness of the state were follow- ing the trend shown atpve, the pro perty value of the state was increas- ing from, $313,286,198 in 1914 to $1,378,- 600,000 in 1921. This gain has not \been regular, the property value by years being: 1915, $384,938,700; 1916, $254,396,097; 1917, $394,723, :308; 1918, $403,422,258; 1919, $1,523,746,999; 1920, $1,544,798,616, and 1921, $1,378,000,000, The large increase in the amount of taxes shown in 1919 is due to the ad- dition of taxes like the soldiers bonus, the workmen’s compensation and bond payment taxes and the transfer of “some taxes to state accounts which had not been a part of the state funds before. The items of ‘collection and pay- ment from the different state funds for the first two ‘years’of Treasurer Steen’s statement, follow: sat pacccalSSSS ys meets Fund— Collections Paym'ts General (tax and fee)$1,610,377 $1,764,571 State Bond Interest: 40,686" ” 41,021 State Bond Sinking. 40,688 150,000 St. institution (1 mili) 336,003 Wolf bounty .......+ 15,76 Hotel inspection Hail insurance Game and'Fish Glantiered horses: + Bovine tuberculosis Sup, investment Cos. U.S. Aid Sol. ome .. ‘Teachers’ pension ... ‘Terminal elevator .. 321/197 14,749 $2,138,001 $2,393,501 Tax levy, $1,347,130. .. Fund— Collections General (tax and fec)$1,660,478 $1,607, 05: State Bond Interest.. 38,398 29, 60 State Bond Seine . 316 iil) \915——_—_ Paym ts St. institution (1 Wolf bounty... Hotel inspection Hail insurance Game and Fish _Glandered hors Bovine tuberculosis Sup. investment Cos.. U. 8. Aid Sol. Home ‘Teachers’ pension ‘Terminal elevator 57, 242,357 10,835 \ $2,146,330 $2,046,355 Tax levy, $1,655,234. Compared with the expenditures of these two years, the collection for the year ending June 30, 1919, and the year ending June 30, 1920, there being little difference in totals between 1920 and 19%1 and the great change in ‘North Dakota’s tax conditions are shown: 1919. ions | Paym'ts Fund— Coll 7 $2,415. General (fee and tax) $2, 6! ~ State Bond Interest. State Bond Sinking State Inst. (1 mill) Wolf bounty Hotel inspection Hail insurance Game and Fish . Glandered horses Bovine tuberculosis Sup, investment Cos... U.S. Aid Sold. Home.. U.S. Ven. Aid’ .. U.S. Aid Voc. Edu. Teachers’ pension Terminal elevator Motor Vehicle Reg. Car line taxes Board of Architects State Bonding .. Nurse examiners. Atty. Gen. Inspectio1 Grain inspection 54 702 $2,719, 258 y j20———— Fund— Collections Paym'ts General, (fee and tax)$3, 660,664 $3,341,805 State Bond Interest . 1,412 13, 248. State Bond Sinking 90,000. State Inst. (1 mill) 6: 118 t 7 | clafed. and Fish’);. Bovinetuberculosis Sup, investment Cos... U.S. Aid Sotd. Ho: U. 8. Ven. Aid TT. 3. Aid Voc. Edu, Teachers’ pension .. ‘verminal elevator 446 State Bonding 5,780 Nurse examiners ” os BY Atty. Gen. inspection. 25, 130 | Grain inspection 27,534 Soldiers’ Comp. County care insant Co. care feeble minded Co. care tubercular... Exp. creamery State bar ... Fire and ‘tornado State certificate Oil Insp. special_ Bank bond payment . Mill & Eley. Bd. Pay't Workmen's Comp. ... $9,005,096, $7,323, 801 One new fund makes its appearance in the‘collection of taxes for 1921, this being the Home Building Bond Pay- ment, for which $31,226. were collect- ed. The 1921 tax ‘payments were largor in the following items, $600,000 from general fund; $250,000 from Hail Insurance; $390,000 from motor vehi- cle tax; $300,000 from Soldiers Com- | : pengation taxes; $140,000 from Bank Bond ‘Payment, and $100,000 from Workmen’s Compensation Fund. As/ shown in the early tabulation the Day- | ments from the 1921 funds were about, “two and a quarter. millions larger than | for 1920.. Mr. ‘Steen has headed his,“chart as showing the collections’ and expendi- | tures of the State of North Dakota in support of the State Gjvernment, | Educational, Penal, Charitable Instt- | tutions and other purposes. for the years indicated. BS. ENGE, D.C. Ph. C. Chiropractor 1 LEGAL NOTICES =< SEX DETECTOR I$ BIG FAKE SAYS REPORT Was Supposed To Unfailingly Indicate The Sex and Fer- tility of Eggs } IS WIDELY ADVERTISED ‘Washington, March 11.—Beware of. the sex detector, says the Department of Agriculture. It is widely adver- tised. as one of the greatest “mar- vels” of the age, but there is' nothing. to it, the department asserts in a for- mal statement. ‘According to its manufacturers and publicity agents, the detector is a small instrument that: will unfailingly indicate the sex and fertility of eggs, the department says, adding that poul- try raisers were promised phenominal hatches and as high a percentage of females as they might desire by its use, “But this was only part of what might be expected of this simple but potent little device,” declares the de- partment in a recent cireular. “It was said to tell the sex of oysters, butterflies, caterpillars, beetles, worms, and even the sex of the ani- ‘mal from which were. obtained such products as leather and cheese, al- though there would seem to be little difficulty in the case of dairy pro- ducts. x “Even the criminologist was offered assistance, for it was claimed that the unfailing little. detective. would tell the gex of the person who shed’ the blood found on clothing.or elsewhere. One manufacturer said that by attach- dng a wire to his apparatus and run- ning it through a keyhole he could de- termine the sex of any person hold- ing the loose end of the wire.” At. the suggestion of the Post Of- fice Department the Bureau of Chem- istry of the Agriculture Department made tests of several such instru- ments—with the result that all the manufacturers have now gone out of business! : ae “One of the detectors,” continues the report, “was an elongated, tubular, plummet-shaped device made’ of nickel-plated iron and filled with a greenish mixture of calcium carbonate and an aluminum salt, and suspended ‘by a ‘fine thread. “When held an inch above'an egg containing a male germ the stuffed + | tube was said to swing back and forth like the. pendulum of a clock; but if the egg were of the oppogite sex, the ‘bob would describe little circles, and in the case of an infertile egg there would be no motion at all. : “Another device gonsisted of a small gilded wooden ball having a cavity filled with red lead and covered by a small iron disk, the whole suspended by a cord. The telltale motions were claimed: to be the reverse of those that indicated male and female with the other instrument.” Try as the Agricultural Department experts would, they could not get the “miracles” to work, Tests on eggs and other things by a number of per- sons showed that all the instruments were useless. No two persons got the same regults with the same eggs, and eggs known to be infertile gave posi- tive indications that they would hatch both pullets 'and cockerels. Primitive Races Are Dying Out HonoluM, T. H,, March 11—(By (Mail.)—Study of the dying races of the Pacific will be begun immediately because “some of the peoples, in their primitive forms, are dying out and we must get them before the last ves- 3 | tiges of their racial characteristics are submerged by the mingling of races,’ Dr. H. E, Gregory, director of the Bis- hop Museum ‘here, announced. today ‘on his return from a visit to Wash- S| ington as uno..cial geographical ad- ;| visor to the limitations of a’ aments ‘delegates. % The investigation of the primitive races will be coupled with study of geographical tan geographical phe- nomena of tue ocean, he said: “But we must go after the people first; before they disappear. The rocks wijl last indefinitely as far as or purposes are concerned, so that part’ of the work can wait,” he de- Kilt, in its modern form, can be traced back to 1626. | ee NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE- CLOSURE SALE Notice is hereby given that that certain | mortgage. ‘executed. and, delivered by Richard B, Nixon and Florence 8. Nixon. his wife, mortgagors. to Emma A. Scott and Ray L. Scott, jointly. mortgagees. 5 |dated the iat day of December, A, D. 251|1919, and filed for record in the office of the register of deeds of Burleigh county, 6|North Dakota. on the 7th day of Janu- ary, A. D..1920, and recorded therein in Book 189:of Mortgages. on page 189, will be foreclosed by a sale of the premises In such mortgage and hereinafter. de- scribed at the front door of the Burleial county, North Dakota court house in the city of Bismarck, in Burleigh’ county. 2 |North Dakota, atthe hour of 19 o‘clock a. m., on the 19th day of April, A: D. 1922, to satisfy the amount due upon such mortgage on the day of sale. Default has occurred in the terms of said mortgage in that all of the interest due December Ist, A. D. 1920, on said mortgage has not been paid,.and in that the interest due December 1st, A. D. 1921 on said mortgage has not been paid. Under the terms of said mortgage, said mortgagees are authorized, in ease of the above mentioned, defaults, to declare ‘the whole amount secured by said mortgage due and payable and because of said de- faults the said mortgagees have declaned and now declare the whole unpaid amount gecured by said mortgage due and pay- able. 1 The premises described in such mort- gage and which will be sold to satisfy the same are described as follows: ‘The northeast quarter, the northwest quarter, the west half of the southwest quarter and the north half of the south- east quarter of section ‘thirty (30) in township One Hundred and_ Forty-one (141)_north, of range Eighty (80) west of the ‘Fifth principal meridian. in Burleigh: county, North Dakota. » There will be:due on such mortgage At the date of sale the sum of five thougafid three hundred and thirty-six dollars anid forty-seven cents ($5336.47), besides the legal costs of this foreclosure. Dated brent ieeh MMA “RAY L. 5 és Said Mortgagees. George M. Register, 4 Att'y for Said Mortgagees, Consultation Free Soite 9, 1l—Lecas Block—Phone 908 Bismarck, North Dakota. (8—4-11-18-25; 4—1-8) DOINGS OF THE DUFFS (DRESSES FOR MRS.TOM DuFF! icuP } yer wcuP. w Pa. HELP WANTED—MALE TWO DRESSES!. HAS To - BUY Two AT ATIME! ONE ISN’T ENOUGH FOR SOME WOMEN-THEY MUST BUY A FLOCK OF EM! ~~ PAGE SEVEN BY ALLMAN THERE HE GOES, BOILING OVER AGAIN BEFORE HE KNOWS _ WHAT HE’S DOING! RAVE ON MACBETH! A Sure Cure Do You KNow WHERE TAG'S: WASHCLOTH is ? WASHCLOTH! No,: ‘FRECKLES = PERSONAL. WANTED—Man or woman; $40 week- ly full time, $1 an hour spare time, selling guaranteed hosiery to wear- er. Experience unnecessary. Guar- anteed Mills, Norristown, Feu +i : i At HELP WANTED—FEMALE FEMALE EUP—Vacation position; Teacher or college student. Official- ' ly adopted work along school lines; similar positions paid between $150 and $350 per month last summer. Minimum earning guaranteed. Write D. L. Tice, 1811 Prairie avenue, Chi- |. Cago. -T-1t WANTED—Strong girl or middle-aged woman for general housework. Ap- ply Mrs. C. M--Dahl, 615 5th St. ; 4 +3-11-2t WANTED—Girl to help care for chil- aren Mrs, L. A. Schipfer, 4th Ave. 3-1l-Lw POSITION WANTED WPILPPTICS —‘Would you care to learn about iNew Rational treatment for immediate relief ‘of ‘Epilepsy, positively stopping all seizures from first. days “use. Information free. “Specialist,” Drawer C-592, Lander; Wyoming. 3-11-1t Wonk WANTED WANAED—Washing to do at home. 219 6th St. 3-9-8t. AUTO TIRES iNew Liberty tires, guaranteed 6,000 miles— 30x3 1-2 ....$ 7.00 «$10.00 9.00 » 11.00 9100 31x4 .. . 32x4 -2 .. 18.00 38x4 ....4.. 10.00 34x4 1-2 .. 12.09 We ship C. 0. D.. Subject to exam- ination; 5 per ¢ent discount for cash with order. ~ Tire Brokerage, 2740 Madison, Chicago, Th 8-ll-1t * Lost 84x4 . x4 1 THERE NOW - COOL OFF ALITTLE BIT- THOSEARE NOT NEW DRESSES BUT OLD ONES THAT | SENT TO “THE CLEANERS INSTEAD OF BUYING NEW ONES ! TAGS GoT ™H' HICCOUGHS AN’ T, WANTA SARI ARE YOU Inter din buying land in North Central innesota, the Jand of clover, beautiful lakes and prosperity? If so write -to Leach Lake Land & Investment Co. at Walker, Minn. No trades, _3-3-1m MISSOURI FARMS FOR SALE—$89 buys 10 acres, 16 fruit trees, 1,050 strawberries, 28 grapevines, near Greenville Mo. $10 starts you, $6 monthly. Owner, 725 (Wainwright building, St. Louis, Mo. — 3-11-1t WANTED—To hear from Owner of good farm for sale. State cash price, full particulars. D. F. Bush, Minneapolis, Minn, 8-11-1t WAINTED—Toe hear from owner of unimproved land for sale. ‘State cash price, full particulars. D, F, Bush, Minneapolis, (Minn.e 8-1L-Lt ROOMS FOR RENT FOR RENT—Two rooms, one single and one can be double, modern in every way, on first floor; close in, at 414 7th St.; gentlemen preferred. 8-11-3t FOR RENT—Good sized room with large kitchenette and closet. Well furnished. . Vacant April Ist. 411 5th St. ‘Phone 273. 3-9-1w EXPERIENCED Stenographer witha some knowledge of bookkeeping de- sires position. Can furnish refer- ences if desired. Write 338, in care of Tribune, 2-7-tf SALESMEN EVERYBODY EATS EVERY DAY— You can ‘Aandle sugar, flour, cafined goods, dried fruit, coffee and entire line of groceries, as well as paiits, roofing, aluminum Ware and automo- bile oi] with no rent to pay;~no money invested; take large orders from samples. Goods are guaran- teed and proven quality. perience not necessary. zi Profitable work for “workers.” Ad- dress ‘Hitchcock-Hill Co., Dept. 164, ‘Chicago, Ill. Reference: Any bank or express company. 3-11-1t "WANTED—Salesman. Must have au- tomobile. Necd not be away from, jhome nights, We want man unafraid of hard work, with selling experi- ence in small towns and country dis- tricts. To such a man we offer hi gerade selling position, paying $50 to $150 ‘weekly. Stetson Oil Co., Cleveland, Ohio. B-AlL-lt SALESMAN—It you want $6,000 this year write me. Strong line for re- tail stores. (Nationally advertised. Liberal weekly advance to produc- ers. ‘W..Morgan, Mer., 1920 Euclid, Clevejand, Ohio, Dept. 572. 3-11-1t Selling ex-|' Steady, |, Nek LOS'T—Bill fold, containing army dis- charge, two cashier checks and about $71 in currency; reward. Find- er return to Tribune office. 3-10-3t FOR RENT—Very desirable furnishoi apartment. Also good piano for sale. Phone 357-W. 710 7th St. 3-8-1w ' GOST—White gold wrist watch; in- itial Z. ©. B. on back, , Reward. Paone 6543. Y-10-LW, FOR SALE OR RENT HOUSES AND FLATS FOR RENT—Furnished. room in mod- ern house. Ladies desired, 614 8th __street. 3-7-lwk FOR RENT—One modern furnisned room, 422 4th street. Phone 197. 3-10-2t IF YOU ARE Interested and a respons- the best rooming and ‘boarding houses in Bismarck, a money mak- er. See us before it is too late. Phone 961. Henry & Henry, 3-11-2t FOR SALE--6 room modern house, ‘close in, well located, in good con- dition, a nice home, on reasonable terms. A fine building lot for sale. Geo. M. Register, 3-10-1w FOR SALE—By owner, strictly mod- ern 5-room bungalow in River View; heated garage; reasonobly priced for quick sale. Cal] 214 W. Rosser om modern fur- te 854, care Trib. 3-8-1 FOR RENT—Si nished home. W une, SALPSMEN_Auto accessory. Get,in- to accessory business today; $12.99 daily easy. I show you'how. Capi- tal, experience unnecessary. Ato owner preferred. Exel, 1065 Holly- wood, Chicago. B-11t WANTED—Live wire sajesmen to in- troduce our 7,500 guaranteed tires to Ford owners. Salesmen with. cars Preferred; 2) per cent commission. Greater Tires Co., Davenport, Iowa. ‘ 3-10-1t, SALESMEN—On commission, to sell an up-to-date nationally known news Picture service for window attrav- tion, Dispatch News ‘Service, 258 West 28th street, New York Ci \ 3-11-It AGENTS WANTED ‘NO DULL TIMES SELLING FOOD. People mfist eat.. Federal distribu- tors make big profits; $3,000 yearly and up. -.No capital or experience needed. Guaranteed sales, unsold goods ean be returned. Your name on products. builds your own business— repeat orders sure. Exclusive territory. Write Federal Pure Food Co., Chicago. B-LL-1t YOU CAN MAKE $100.00 AT ONCE— Selling Magic Marvel. Washing Com- pound; also bluing paddle—absolute- ly new. Biggest sellers. Steady 300 per cent profit business. Free sam. ples. Mitchell Co., 1314H. 61st Chi- cago. _ Slit AGENTS WANTED—Big pay. Man or woman of character to distribute re- ligious literature.. Chance to make $600 or more. Full or spare time. ‘No capital or experience necessary. Universal Bible House, punadelpala. g 3-1-1 AGENTS WANTED—We pay $36.00 weekly, 75c hour, spare time. sell- ing hosiery. Guaranteed wear four months. Spring line. Big oppor- tunity. Experience unnecessary. Perfectwear Mills, Darby, Penn. 341-1t JUST IN ANEW Lot OF RED TABLE CLOTHS COFFEE. PASteY SHAWLS: & BUTTER CROCKS FARM. LAST ible party, we can rent you one of FOR RENT—Large modern room, suitable for two, 522 2nd St. 3-9-1m room 3-8-4t FOR RENT—One. furnished suitable for two. 409 Sth St. MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE OR PXCHANGE—$8,000 ‘worth of registered Red Polled cat- tle, will accept clear coal land, bankable paper, merchandise, bank stock, or your claim against a closed bank. Give full information and price in first letter. Address Trib- une ‘No. 8-10-1w FOR SALE—Furniture; 2 mahogany Windsor chairs, 1 sectional book- casos, two 9x12 rugs, one 6x9 rug, one quartered oak“buffet, one oak irs, digh chair r, dining table and ch with porcelain tray, youth's cha Seeger refrigerator, one ivory chi fonier, one American walnut dress- er, new Singer sewing machine, and other household goods. Call at 608 Second street, or Tel. 144-J. 3-6-1w Dak, FOR SALE—Sweet clover. Scarofied, at 61-2 cents. Buxton Grain Co., Buxton, N. D. 2-6-1 FOR SALE OR TRADE—Three young horses, weight about 1200 pounds. A, F, Marquett. 3-10-1w. Ww. B. LET US START YOU—Without a cent of capital in our Direct-to-Con. sumer-Agency taking orders for the best shoes tat money’can buy. Cat- alogs with your name on the front cover sent to your customers. Big money-making opportunity. Whole or part time. No experience neces- sary. For particulars address Tan- ners Shoe Mfg Co., 116 South St., Boston, Mass. WOULD Like To Hear feom party having second-hand baby carriage. ‘Call_623-W, 3-10 3t Will do all kinds of sewing at a reasonable price, at 320 4th St. 3-7-1w. -———_—___—_—_——__---~+ | MARKETS | o— ———# Why not buy at wholesale price di- rect from the factory. There is a reason,’ 50 mild Havana cigars for $3.75, and 50 cigars, domestic fillers $2, C. O. D. We pay postage. Try us. Satisfaction guaranteed. Wilton Cigar factory, Wilton, N. D. 1-30-4w RESTAURANT and Ice Cream Parlor for sale in Mildred, (Mont. Best lit- tle railroad town on the Milwaukee, and also on the Yellowstone Trait, $1,800 for building, fixtures and all. Yor information write to S. Gunder- son, Wilton, N. 'D. 3-8-8t FOR SALE, HAY—We._ have Montana Timothy, Blue Joint or Alfalfa hay for quick shipment for prices de- livered your station, Have your bank write or wiro great Falls Hay and Feed Co., Great Falls, Mont. 3-6-10 FOR RENT OR SALE—The Bismarck ‘Steam Laundry Property, corner. 4th and Rosser Sts, Last used for garage, has 5600 sq. ft. floor space. Inquire. Phone 477-W. A. F. Mar- quett. 3-10-Lw FOR SALE—Hatching eggs, ceckerels and breeding pens, S. C. white Leg- horn and) Barred Plythouth Rocks. Peter Werlen, Bismarck, N, D. Tel. 252. 221 2nd and Thayer Sts, 3-11-lw FOR SALE—Light Brahamas cocker- els, choice stock. Alson combina- tion coal and gas range. Phone 512-R. #09 5th St. 2-28-2w VTED TT BUY—What have you in office furniture-for sale? Such as desks, ti abinets, ete. Addres: 3-10-2 TAKEN U, gelding, Wil-2 Sez. 4, Range 75 W THE OLD HOME TOWN =: BY SRANLEY — | ALL KINDS OF FA =|} A bes -AND SW TRADI RM LAND POR SALE IAPS MADE ON SHORT NOTICE — ! } SPRING, IS SELLING OUT AND * MOVING BACK To TOWN. Te WOTF TO QUIT FARMING TWILL SELL AT AUCT/ON THE FOLLOWING FARM TOOLS — SIGNED ADAM CITYMAN Lt HOE EMORRIS CHAR iret 1 KAMMocK PTALKING MACHIN 100 Dance Recon DOZEN CANS oF CONDENSED MILK PELE iPower SWEEPER THE CITY FELLOW. WHO BOUGHT THE OLD PERKINS ZF Zz CORN STRENGTH HELPS, ‘Chicago, Marca 11—Strength in corn today overcame a weak opening in that on the Chicago board. Trad2 was light and when corn sowed un- ugual Saturday strength the wheat pit, responded. A sharp bulge in mid-season caused by short-coverings was followed by general weakness, ‘but in the final 15 minutes there was a sharp rally and the close was 1-2 to 11-4 cents high- er, ST. PAUL LIVESTOCK. South St. Paul, March 11.—Cattle re- ceipts 100. For week better offerings beef steers and butcher she-stock, mostly steady. Good and choice stock- ers and feeders steady to 25 cents lower; common and, medium grades unevenly 25 to 50 cents lower. Quo- tations at the close; common to medi- um beef steers, $6 to $7.75. Bulk, $6.25 to $7. Butcher cows and heifers, $4 to $7.50. .Stockers and feeders, $4.50 to $7.50. ‘Bulk, $5 to $6.50. Calves receipts none. For week, most- ly 50 cents lower. Practical .packe: top today, $7.50. Hog receipts, 1,300, *Mostly steady. Top, $10.50. Bulk, $10.25 to $10.45. Heavy packers, $8.75 to $9. Good pigs, $10.50, z Sheep rec For week lambs and yearlings, ing 50 cents to $1.00 higher. Sheep strong to 50 cents ‘higher, MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR. Minneapolis, March , 1il,-Flour un- changed. Shipments, 51,814 barrels. Bran, $26, CHICAGO LIVESTOCK, hicago, March 11.—Cattle receipts, For week, 50 cents Icwer to 40 Cc 500. , 7,000, Steady to 15 For week MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN. Minneapolis, March 11.—Wheat re- ceipts, 237 cars, compared to 239 ¢ars a year_ag to 51 cents. 5-3 to 381-8 BISMARCK GRAIN. (Furnished by Russell-Miller Co.) i k, March 11. 1 dark northern, ‘0. 1 amiber durum .. 1 mixed durum . llred durum .. 1 flax .. 2 flag vo. 2 rye. Strike Interferes With Lawn Tennis 4 London, March 11. — England's thousands of lawn tennis players are disturbed by a strike which has been in progress for three weeks among racket.stringers and others concerned in the making of rackets. The work- ers have declined to accept a reduc- tion in wages suggested by employ- ers in view of the lower cost of liv- ing. Delivery to retailers, which us- ually begins early in March, will be délayed, it is said, and repairs are at present impossible. Stringing rackets is said to be a particularly highly skilled work and the number of men capable of doing it ig limited. The majority of string- ers make from six to eight pounds weekly on piecework. Modern silk hat. wag first worn in | England about 1840,