Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 19, 1924, Page 11

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1924 BIG SAVING MADE _ BY RAIL CARRIERS * NEW YORK, Nov. Sy sig! os railroads saved $932,591,000 in ating expense in 1923 and paseed along $657,000,000 of this sum to the Public In the shape of reduted freight rates, a statement submitted the American Railway Association sif@ after the annual meeting here today of its 193 class one member yoads, During the first elght months in 1923, according to the statement, the L yeng Public was saved another 0,000, through — reduced } freight | The total reduction in freight charges since 1921, “which marked the peak in freight rates as a result of the order of the commission in ex-parte 74, was given as $1,873,000,- 000. ‘The sum saved to the public in 1922 was about half that saved in 1923, $336,000,000, » The marked saving of freight tar- economy in operation. “It has been generally retognized, it was said, that the rafiroads of the United States have history, both fromthe standpoint of supply and prompt movement of the loaded traffic. Of the 1934 budget of $1,077,297,000 sia from the railroads . ati) new Sia eckstaene Late provements, _ BUSINESS BRIEFS: CLEVELAND. —Clevleand indus- trial leaders look toward 1925 with high hopes for increased business Whick will continue for at least three years. Colonel Leonard Ayres of the Cleveland Trust company pre- dicts the production of 38,500,000 Autos next year and a decided in- erease in the buying of farm equip- ment. He expects higher wages and living costs, less unemployment, in. Commodity (Copyright, 1024, Casper Tribune:) Wheat. JEFPERSON, CITY, Wheat feeding ha» been completed in Mis fourl with a much larger acreage than last year, October planting is pow coming up well but the later fields are slow in sprouting. A gen gral rain is needed. " A record acre: ge of wheat is now up In the plains Of Texas, The stand is ileal and re moisture has fallen to keep AMARILLO, Tex e srowth healthy during the Winter. ~ ¢ CAMDEN, -S, J-—Textile produc: fon in New. Jersey has improved Yapidly this month, & a rf |" Radio, " NEW ORLEANS.--Seles of mu vical instruments here are improv: is ond there has been a marked crease tn the demand for radio re- 33:7 Farm Produce. SI. LOUIS.—-The St, Louls and n Franciseo railroad so far this r has handled farm products and y products fram the ion exceeding $15,000,000 in Value. Automobile Accessories, QLEVELAND,—The closing: of the cut overhead, .Timkén also’ is joxing one Detroit plant, retaining | By GEORGE T. HUG: pyright, 1924, by Consolidated Press Association.) Customer Ownership. In the field of public utility nancing there has been no J p nt development in years the customer ownership campaign. he idea originated In the middle but has been taken up over entire country. The preferred ck of electric iaht-and power ahd companies has been sold in lots from one share up te the people, ho live in the immeédiate nelghbor- j00d where the utility. operates. This plan works to the advantage slike of the company and of the in- ‘The former gain public good Il in direet pro; ion to the num: of new stockholders and the ‘tter gain a good investment with high return. ~ For the benofit, however, of many Inquirers who write asking me if ey should buy these preferred in their local utility, it should clearly stated: just what i= in- olved. The public utilities aT a ig and enviable record of stability earnings through good times and It is very rare for dividends be omitted on the preferred stocka old established concerns. Never- less the purchaser of these shares omes thereby a partner in the Hoe is not a creditor. H es the business risk that goes Ith: steck" ownership, It {s imper- lant that this distinetion be made sometimes inexperienced jn- Htrengthen ‘Jocal sentiment in favor pf giving the company a fair chance id so enabling it to pay you a r Bonable ret on your money. tan ak attacked it fe upto you to defend it, That is the only way you can preserve t' Integrity, of your inv: it, & great change in the public attitude foward the utilities in reeent years. he disposition now fs te be fait is beginning to be understood that Gdequate service cannot be rendered and | “| Bol creases in iron and steel production and a large increase tn building con- struction. DULUTH.—Starting January i, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul will establish a freight service to this city from St, Paul and Minne- apolis, using the old St. Paul and Duluth read on which the Northern Pacific has held an option for 25 years. Trade News one in which it is expected’ $15, 000,000 worth of business will be done yearly on a profitable basis. The National Acme has just moved all its machinery into one plant here lala to disposing of its other plant, Dairy Product. CHICAGO.—There are 135,251,000 Pounds Bag Red sotrage as compared Bis year while the Iimburger chi in oma amounts to 1,13 crushed rock and grayél for bulld- ing purposes worth $16,000,000 this year will be doubled. around 36 cents a pound wholesale. A large North nat, | Grain and Stock Opinions From Brokerage Wire Steln Alstrin—Weakness in De, gember delivery is a drag tn w! baa in’ corn’ seema advis- Bartlett —We remain con- tldent of er are beeinning to reatlse ‘the’ chlanatty: to Jackson Brothere—All thinge con- sidered, the mat! peta are certainty encouraging to ona Charles Sinde’ rains, our to work hi a opinion, are going Advise purchase on any setba: — Stock Opinions. Prince Whiteley—Public utilities look higher, -Pynghon and company—We feel that a techiiea! setback is long ov, due in the genera} market. Livingeton and cOmpany—We gee ie i but continued activity end prices. Maloney—The etock market strongly upward. In at! th molten ail peed opportunities, mi " BL Vaaly. te lead the company—The tional fundamental soundness situation ul forwar Vement will go consid- crap eather with rails rethining Ip. . Hornblower and Weeks—The ket confinues one of indi ual movement SEA copies tunities for prof: sin jocks remain attrac: tive, mmitmaents confined 0 stocks ¢ are advancing or are about to advance on #: ment, should not cause trouble. FLOUR. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Noy. 4 ~-Flowr, unchanged; bran, $2 27.00. can International -----_ 31 van Locomotive -..~---- 84% American American Buger. .. Tel, & ‘Tobacco -- 48% Bethlehem Steet -. aa--4-. Petroleum .-------. 2313 Chandler Motors ~-----.----.- 30% Chesapeake & Ohio ~~. 87% Che Casper Daily Cribune ‘OIL SECURITIES By: Wilson Pranmbe '&, Co. Bid Ask Bid Ask 12 Ad 80 90 Bessemer: “-.--.-2-25- Boston Wyoming --- Buck Creeit> -2--- Burke -~.. a Blackstone Salt: Cr, -. Chappell ..--. Columbine Central Pipe Consolidated Royalty 1.11 Cow Guich* 02 Domino 04 -20 Kinney Coastal Lance Creek Royalty. Marine Chicago & Northwestern —.-__ 66% |. Chicago, Mil, & St. Paul, pfd. — a Crucible Steel -.---.-. Cuba Cane Sugar, pfd. Davison Chemical --.. Du Pont de Nemours General Electric General Motors Gulf States Steel ---~--. Houston Oil + 7 Ditnois Central .--. International Harvester --.--. 314% oa Int, Mer, Marine pfd.’ ---. Int. Tel. & Tel. Invincible Ol! Kelty-Springfield Tire Kennecott Copper - Louisville & Nashvyitle - Mack ‘Truck — Marland Oil Missour!, Kan, & Tex. - Missouri Pacific, pf. --. New York Central -. N, ¥., N. H. and Hartford -~. Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific. Pacific Oil . Pan-American Petroleum “B’ + 53% Ba 7% Republic Ircn & Steel '~ Sloss-Sheffiel: Southern Pacific sid Linn e Stee] Th ‘ t ewnne~=101% Bout Railway --~- Sout! as Railway pfd. . 8. Ind. Aleohol -. United States Rubber -. United States Steel Utah Copper tinghouse Blectric Borne Serymaeq: ----~- 4) ‘| tower $14,000; Bid As) 230 Bugkaye <---~ Chesebrough Mi Gontinenval Crescen th Pd. ---~--114 8. O. Ohie Pla, ---------115 & Finch Feahinston - the # assurance that thi¢| Byron . npeptesas eo sheveearee WEW YORK, Nov. 19.--Bar silyer) Mexican 60%; LONDON, 33% penc per cent. dollars 53%, Nov, 1$—Bar_ silver per dunce. Money a% ‘18450, mos: || day, Royalty & Producers — > .09% Western Exploration 3:00, Western State; -10 Y- on --. NEW YORK CNRB CLOSING Bia Ask Mountain Producers ~..18.12 Glenrock -Ol} ~.. . Salt Creek Producers .. Sait Creek Consolidated New York Oil Mut 8. 0. ~ 9.00 11,87 +-60.50 Indiana Chicago Prices. CHICAGO, Noy. .19,—(U, partment of Agriculture. Receipts, 35,000; active, 10@ er than. ‘Thursday's best Aight light. and slayshter piss, up; active demand; top, $9.60;, bulk Rood and choice 249 to 240 pound butchers, $9.30@9.50; 160 to 220 pound weight, largely 08.25479.2 bulk 140 to 150\ pound kind, $7.50@ 8.00; majority packing sows, $8.60@ bulk strong weight slaughter pigs, $7.10@7.26; heavy, weight hogs, 4955 @8:60; medium, -$9.00@9.20; ht, % 9,30; ight light, $6.50 aoe inckinty’ bags bnoStne sats 9.00; packing hogs, rough, $8.50@ 8,75; slaughter pigs, $6.25¢P7.50. Cattle—Receipts, 14,000; fed steers morg.active; kind .of valpe to sell at sbe,cuneane ata Abo higher; otal load: ee lings: UpyiArd-<to- $13.00). 1,528 pound Indiana fed bases $10.505 bulk fed steers, $9.60 downward liberal supply of stale kind, $6.76 7.50; Uttle doing on fat she stock: canners’ and-eutters moderately ac- tive, mostly $2.50@2.60; bulk bologna bulls, $859G@400; some-demend for welghty, and handy. weight, butcher bulls at $4,75@6.00, according to weight and quality; véalers, $8.00@ 1y steady; country-demand comparatively slow; hulls $6.50 down- ward; some meaty welghty steers suitable for short turn late yester $7.00@7.80; fairly well bred ‘western: Waging 1,128 pounds to Iowa finishers, $5.55. Sheep—Reeelpts; 18,000; dull; no early sales native ori fed westerns; few bids at’ $14.00; around 25@50c : Wwo cars Montana to killer: Togks 25 lower; choice yea. ings,” $72:00;fatenheep and feeding lambs, $14.00@14,50, Omaha Quotations. opened active; alosing slow; mostly 10@i6e highe' few lights and pigs, 260 up; bulk 200 to 289 pound butehers, $8.75@ 5; top, .$9,20mdesirable 160 to, 200 LWA 48,25 @8,75 u poun king s 26 MP To; uli of Wines coat Tuesday, $6.57: weight, be Peer i 5,600; fed steers and yearlings, “mhodératély active, steady to strong; long , yearlings averaging. 1,048 “youn, $12.30; eighty . steers, $8,75@9.35;' short feds, largely §7.00¢P8.75; grass ‘cows nd- heifers, steady; canners, active, steady to strong; bologna bulls and veals, weak; stockers and “feéders, slow, steady. to sat i bulk grass) 5 @5.00; cans @ 3,25; bologna, [cows and heifer: nd cutters, $2 bulles 92:75 @3:. few beefy natives, ‘upward’ to, $3.50; practical veal top, $8.00; few—to outsiders upward to ety "sales ftockers and ‘feed: 6.00. Siete marinas, §,000; lambs, mostly 25¢ lower; bulk fed westerns, $13.65@14.00; «top, $14.00; , native’ $13.60@19.75; choice. fed clipp lambs, 79 pounds, $11.60; sheep and feeders, steady; fat ewe top, $7.8 teeding lambs, upward to” $13.76 some held higher; full breeding owes, # —— Denvee) Prices. DENVER; -Cole.,Nov.-19-—-(U, 8B, Department of Agriculture.\—Hogs . 3 1 dw; few early sales S@L0c higher; early top. $0.45 for choiee handy weight; good to choice 190° to 226 Wound averages, 90. to. $9.20;..twa loads medium, ; packing sows, $7.75; piss,.duul, , 2,600; calve slow, steady; cannérs, \$1.75@2.25; eutte: $2.60@3.00; . bologna bulla, $2.65@2,75; choice vealers,- $5.00@ £00; medium heifers, .$4.25; stock calves,” $5.50; goad feerer vows, $9.25; no-she stock sold. early. Sheep-—Recejpts, 10,000; 106 pound etves, $8.00; feeder lambs unsold, ee || The only trouble with the Shop-o-scope is that it was not thought of. years and | years ago. mouthed | Foreign Exchange NSTOCK MART Another Flood of Orders Greets Opening of Ex- change Today NEW YORK, Noy. 19.—8Stock prices. were whirled upward at a furfous pace in today’s early .trad- ing, more than 90 issués beipg lifted to new peak prices for thé year. The rally was checked later how- ever, by an overwhelming volume of profit taking and bear selling, in- spired by the speculative belief that @ technical reaction was long over- due, the reactions running from one to seven points from the early highs. Sales approximated 2,600,000 shares. . NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—Vigorous bullish demonstrations in various sections of the lst characterized the opening of today's market, more than a dozen being boosted to new high levels for the year in the first few minutes of trading. ‘The list included Sears Roebuck, Montgom- ery Ward, Postum Cereal, Famous Players, Texas and Pacific, St. Louis Southwestern, Marine preferred and y Department Stores. 1 s. it Iron Pipe jumped 3 points and Crucible: Steel, Du. Pont and Chesa- Peake and OMfo each advanced a The market was swamped with buying orders in the firat half hour, the demand embracing all classes of stocks. Nash Motors and American Can each advanced 3% points, May Department Stores 2% and Great Northern preferred, Baldwin, Phila- delphia. and Reading Coa! and Iron, Rock Island, Frisco common, Mack Trucks, North America, Wabash preferred A, and Tidewater were among the many stocks to sell 1 to 2 points above last night's closing quotations. U. 8. Steel common touched a new 1924 high at 116% and American Can at 154%. For- eign exchange opened steady. With .the floating supplies of stocks largely depleted by the un- usually heavy public absorption of the last few weeks, prices continued to bound upward throughout the morning with transactions con- tinuing in huge volume. Over 50 issues bettered their previous peak prices for the year on advances that ranged from one to nearly 6% points. The transfer of blocks of one thousand shares of more were quite common, especially in relative- ly ebscure issues which are seldom active except in periods of wild Speculation. While excellent buying Wes noted in the railroad group, the industrials and specialties were the veal market leaders, Nash Motors Jumped 6% points, Columbia Carbon 5, Sears Roebuck ~% and Willys Overland preferred and May Depart- ment Stores each sold 3 points above yesterday’s final figures.. General Electric, which broke 4 points, was ® conspicuous heavy spot. Marking up of the renewal rate on call money to. 2% er cent apparently was with- out effect on the price movement. Profit taking was on an enormous seale In many prominent shares dur- ing the early afternoon. American Can, United States Cast Iron Pipe and Mack Truck fell 8 points trom their top with Radio Corporation losing six. Buoyancy meantime de- veloped among some of the low priced’ rafiroads, including Missouri Pacific and Chicago Great Western, with yarious specialties Oo soar: ing, United States Distributing pre- ferred rose 6% and International Harvester and Woolworth 3%. The closing was irregular. Re tionary tendencies predominated n the late trading but persistent ac- cumulation was noted in the low priced rails, pastinularty, the “Katy’ issues and Texas and Pacific, Peo: ple's Gas jumped five points on the ;| #Aneuncement of an increase in the dividend rate. ~— Po, Butter and Eggs ‘ ORICAGO, Noy. 19.—Butter high: er; creamery extrag 43140; standards 4lc} emtra firsts 40@420; fireta 36@ Bgge lower; receipts 2,7) firsts 47@$4e; ordinary ft: 440; refrigerator extras 36@36%¢; firsts 35c. NEW YORK, Noy. 19,—-Butter fi creamery 95% @43e. 968; fresh gathered extra firsts 59@62c; ditto firsts 62@56e; ditto seconds and poorer .37@50c; nearby hennery browns, extras 68@75¢; Pacitic coast whites extras 76@78e. Cheese firm; receipts 164,368 Pound: einer pernronliataren Fore NEW YORK, Noy. 19.—¥oreign exchanges, steady. Quotations in : Great Britain, demand,” 463; 60 day bills on banks, ©, demand, 5.24; cables, 5.24%; Italy, demand, 4.84; cables, 4.33%; Belgium, demand, 4.81%; cables, 4,82; Germany, demand, 28.81; Holland, 40,10; Norway, 14.78; Sweden, Denmark, 17.87 +. Sain, 13.60; Greece, 1,78%} Poland, 19%; Czecho Slovakia, 2.98%; Jugo Slavia, 1.44; Austria, ,0014%; Rumania, 51%; Ar sentina, 88.12; Bragil, 11.80; Tokio, 28.50; Montreal, 100. ‘ SUGAR NEW YORK, Noy. 19.4«Busini ip retined sugar was leas active with prices unchanged at $7.156@7.50 for fine granulated. Refined futures were nominal CORN PRICES HT NEW TOP Followed by Aggressive Buying. CHICAGO, Nov. 19.—Aggreastve buying which after an early decline developed in the corn market today led to new smashing of high price records for the season. Corn closed unsettled, Ye to 2%c net higher, May $1.23 to $1.23%. CHICAGO, Nov. 13.—All grain un- derwent something of a setback in price today at the opening and the continued to show weakness. The principal bearish influence was a downturn in wheat quotations at Liverpoel, where large. si! of wheat on hand were reported and pressure to sell on account of lib- eral prospective arrivals, Besides, Rotterdam advices indicated’a let up in continental demand. ‘Wheat prices here, which ranged %o to 1c lower, December 1.5214 @1.52% and May Lege bead were fol- lowed by «@ moderate tther yt Later a decided bulge in corn prices brought about rallies tn the wheat market, but only of a tran- sient character. Wheat closed weak, %o to 1%c net jower, December $1,51% to $1.51%- and May $1.59% to $1.59%. Corn and Oats receded with wheat. Many of yesterday's buyers of corn changed to Ko off,.May $1.21%@ became sellers. | After opening un- 1.22%, the, corn market underwent ® general sag to about 1c under y terday’s finish, Subsequently the rket became bare of offerings and a general buy- ing movement set in with prices making a rapid gain, part only of which was held. Oats started at %c lower to \c advance, May 59% @59%c. Later all the months showed a decline. An upturn in-hog values helped to steady the provision market. Wheat— Open High Low Close Dec. 1 4% 154 2.61% 1.514 1.59% 1.61% 1.69 1.59% 1.40% 141% 1.88% 1.39% 1.15% 1.21% 1.23 1200 1.15% 1.18 1.25 1.21% 1.28 1.26% 1.22% 1.23% BS 58% 14.50 14.50 14,40 14.22 14.50 14,22 _ 12.60 12.60 14,15 12.65 POTATOES CHICAGO, Nov. 19.—Potatoes trading Mmited, market consin gacked round whites No, 1 $1.00@1, partly graded showing effect field frost 99@95e; few Bic; Minnesota sacked Red River Ohios $1.15@1.20; Iadoh sacked russets $2.15@ 2.81 NEW YORK, Nov, 10.—Call money, firmer; high, 244; low, 19; ruling: rate, 3¥%1 closing bid, 214; of- fered at 3%; leat loan, 34; call mined collateral, 60. 90 days, 3@8%: 4-6 months 34@ oti Prime commercial paper, 314 Oi. * Generaly Summary, Hocking Valley regular sem!- annual dividend of 2 per cent pay- able December 31 to stock of De- cember 6 declared. Cincinnat!, New. Orleans and Texea Pacific declared regularly divi- dend of 1% per cent on preferred, payable December 1 to stock of November 20. Niles Bement Pond company passes preferred dividend. Surplus freigh tears on November 7 numbered 116,448, _ October sales of structural s estimated at 171,060 tons 176,800 In September, and 127,400 in October, 1923. Public Service of New Jersey Octo: ber surplus after charges wi $712,401 against $477,664 in Octobe: last year, - Tolls at Panama Canal for fiscal year 1924, were moat promising in history, showing an increase of 3: American Locomotive Works and Radio department of General. Blec tric have increased duo ta improved business. Amoskeag Mills of Manchester, N. H.,, commenced night e¢rations in copding rooms last night in antict- pation of resumption of operations in finished room, Vultan company reports for Sep- tember quarter net income of $50/7HE after charges, against $21,743 for Bentember in 1923 Trading in cotton futurés on Chi+ sago Board of Trade to begin De cember 1, Well In Oregon Oil the consistency ef cup grease, has been gncountered in & three-foot PAGE ELEVEN ARTILLERY RESERVE INCREASE ~ 1S URGED BY GENERAL SNOW WASHINGTON, 19.—Ef. forts to increase materially the! number of reserve artillery officers are urged by Major General Wil Mam J. Snow, chief of field artillery, in pointing out to Secretary Weeks) in his annual report, made public) het that nearly 20,000 officera would be needed, at a ative estimate, in the eve major war emergency. The p reserve corps enrollment of lery officers, General Snow was 7,889. “It is at once apparent that every effort should be made to increase the etrenzth of this component,” Noy. artil-| said, additional | mr said General Snow, commending that the full quota of regular stay structors be maintained with 44 artillery units of the reserve to ac- complish this purpose."* During the world war, the regt lar field artillery was expanded wi a force of 275 and ength of men Thinks Pretty Clothes Will Cheat Gallows By ROY J. GIBBONS NEA Service Writer CHICAGO, Nov. 19,.—Mrs, gr bella Nitti Crudelle ts ‘fixing’? to beat the hangman. ,On a fur coat, some silk stockings and a newly acquired knowledge of cosmetics, she stakes her hopes for life. Sabella, who {a 45, ts the only wo- man ever sentenced to death In IIl!- nole, She spent 18 months in a “condemned row” cell in the county jail here. ‘This after a jury found her guilty in the murder of her first husband, Frank Nitti. Those were’ months of terror for Sabella. Her hair turned gray state said waa N body found floating in a sewer near Stickney, Ill. Positive identifica tion, however, never was establish- of. = ‘'s was At least that was the opinion» of rt supreme judges snatched Sabella and mate from the noose. The woman's 10-year-old son wae the principal witness. against bis mother. He told police that he hed seen his father’s body being taken away He said he saw the second husband dump it in a drainage canal. But when officers dragged the stream no body was found “We no kill him,” says Sab@lla “Me no pretty when tried. Jury say me guilty. Jury no ike homely we man, . ‘But now me get new trial. Me have fur coat—silk tsockings, Jury no say me guilty this time. Pretty Women always not guilty, Me mp guilty, My husband no guilty.”, »» Thus, in ber primitive sort of way, Sabella visions life at lease and freedom, too, en her second when her they secoud while she waited for them to kill her. She would rise on her cot at night and shriek. as the tramp, tramp of the death watch sounded through the corridors. When within a few days of the scaffold, the supreme court review: ed her case and ordered a new trial, Sabella was overjoyed. It was good to live a little longer. She rushed home to her five children. She h been free on bond ever since—working, praying, waiting. So hi her second husband Peter Crudelle, who was given death along with her: He is a mere youth in his twenties and worked as a labor- er on Sabell: farm before he mar. ried her. The state contends they murder- ‘ed the first husband to get him out of the way. Months later, what the ——<$———— Geological work waa done by Dorsey Hager. The test will be carried to 3,500 feet. One Midwest Completion, Wyoming Associated ‘well No. 27-A, SEM of section 14-40-79, depth 1,684 feet, making 278 barrels after shot, is the only Midwest completion in Salt Creek reported for the week. Oil Summary. {fYational Transit company declared regular semi-annual 6 dividend. Barnsdall company brought in its second well in Rosecrans field, Call- fornia, flowing 900 barrels daily of 39.5 gravity oil from 4,781 feet. American Petroleum Institute re- ports California crude of! production in October averaged 603,116 barrels daily against 610,274 in September, Olldom says Oklahoma operators started six new wells all of which were in Seminole county. sand at a depth of 1,700 feet in the Yonna Vatley test near Klamath Falls, Ore. The showing below a 28-foot stratum of asphalt. Western Washington Test The first of! test projected for western Washington ‘has its loca: tion in Grays Harbor county, Sec. 18-17-8. Rig timbers are on the ground and drilling equipment ts soon to arrive from Montana. The structure is known as Montesano and covers close to 10,000 acres. DOUKHOBOR CHIEF | deal with Fate. Since her release from the death house Sabella has gone back to farming. Her hands are calloused from digging in the ground and har face is burned by the heat of many days in the fields. But Sabella does not care, The effort earned the few pennies m sary to refurnish her wardrobe. provided, too, some powder ani bit of rouge. At her new trial Sabella plan# fo make a hit. 3 For as Sabella says: always jot “Pretty = woman guilty. SUGAR PLANT FOR CANADA SALT LAKE, Nov. \ 19, Utah-Idaho Sugar company of Balt Lake plans to erect a new beet ‘Sugar factory soon in southern Al- berta province, Canada, according to announcement here today by sompany officials. At present, the! concern has three plants in eapat ern Washington, at Union Sunnyside and Toppenish. jatter is the only one operating cause of Inck of heets ang it. considered probable one of the two. former plants will be moyed to berta, :) —— 4 Mrs, fspa Stanford, the. first Woman to serve as private secretary to a Texas governor, now enjoyg, the additional distinction of belne the first woman member of tho! Texas Industrial Accident board, As « reward of her faithful work as aeg- retary, Governor Neff has appointed | Mrs, Stanford to the State Industrial Accident board. The appointment ix for four years, with @ salary of $4,000 per annum News item: There's going | to be a run on stockings} Christmas morning — espe cially in homes where the’ Shop-o-scope has played ap important part. * BURIED IN ROCK THE GRAVE OF PETER VERIGIN HOBOR LEADER, AND (INSET) V By NDA Service BELSON, B C.—Peter Verigin; leader of Canada’s Doukhober eplonies. reste in & vault dlaat é4 in the rock of @ mountain that tow above the principa) village, Five thousand followere carried | his body there He was regarded by the Doukho:| bors en divinely sent to lead them. Under hig guidance their wealth tn: BRITISH ERIGIN creased to $5,000,000 suwmills, great farme ~ They owned several fac born in Russia, spent 16 rian gxile before be was to Canads at the re jadign government, ant. T J the Amerioan So- of Friends. He was killed by jous explosion on board « Ca intol @ quest of the elety a myster railroad train