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'HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, B 25 AU'I‘U S AI.ES 'I' AKE EVERYMAN'S MUTT AND JEFF—There Are a Lot of Things Jeff Never Dreamed Would Happen. e . oy " —By BUD FISHER. INVESTMENTS es, Jeee, T wow TH Nou CAN PUT UP A BUNGALSW TWeNTY YeARS Aco =\ e . /For THe Love 3 Lot (N A PU22LE ON THE LOT AND SAVE, DRE Y s ‘ BY GEORGE T. HUGHES. CONTEST: 1T'S WORTH RENT: THINK OF \T == :i“?mw:‘:fi,b-,:f : ¢ : ‘] OF MIKe, whHo #50. But Bein (TS A HoMe oF YouR owns By ' : |+ | SHiFTed CLASSES OF i : You T'tL LeT You ™ INSURANCE i A 3 ¢ & ?‘A FoR oALY Home WATLHING - THe > - : Seventieth Article. HANE Mtor el #250! MOON COME UP o1y \ il THe oceAN? iaht—| Legal reserve life insura THE OCeAN. AND Boop Ouly SHE=Plonls] tomn s B meiace o SCCh AR 1Dent More Active—Demand for |t "the “averane men o litiie® ‘ ; - LoT ok onty know how this enormous sum w Copper Gains mete sl invested r servative! £ E . | About © is in stocks and bonds HONPE:: about 13 per cent is s Evidently these stocks for | SW YORK, September 15.--The|about 3 of 1 per cent of the total| automobile sales to | money invested. That doesn't fit in Publie Appears from telegraphic | With the conception of the average | Jeports from manufacturing centers| Man’s idea of how the large investor have taken slight downward places his money. it in the F fortnight This ular. | not apply to the Ford company,| of the investmen Etotlsain verage sales of which have in bonds, railroads a t for the »d until they are now running|jargest total; namely, per cent e rate of 5,000 cars a day. These | Government bonds come next with s compare with a 4,000 daily av- | 15 per cent, and 4 per cent in public in the latter part of August. utilities m s up the total 42 per ¥ d officials said today that their|cent in stocks and bonds. dealers were beginning to wire for| The other important classification xira shipments and that the agri-|is real estate mortgages, amounting cultural secti of the country|to about 38 per cent of the total. | ‘med to be waking up. Based on| This is divided between 17 per cent Tt to date. they expect Ford|in farm mortgages and per cent : sales for September to exceed those| in other real estate mortgages. The farmers are a good strategic epreciation and 2,393, nority | . e e i e etory o | | videntis then ‘in securities we | [ g n e Npme GROWERS HOLD COTTON. | posicion srmee ounne wind sratexic | REPORT ON EARNINGS. [d:preciation and $112093, minority | TODAY'S POTATO PRICES. the company about 80 per cent ¢ 4 W PR S iy fruit, tobacco, melons, vegetables and e Detroit Edison Co. reports an in- CHICAGO, September 15.—Potatoes 0} ; : for. i - WIRE " ROM . ; peanuts have given them money rease in surply ’ 1 L e r 5 N oney crease surplus after cha r| —Trading fair. market 1i : Improvement in sa to dealer 1 betweer IRED STAR F Drop in Price Causes Action by |enough to liquidate their debts and|Mutual and Detroit Edison Among | the cight months of i wiesnoa d:m:n:“ a‘hr'u;:l! s‘:::::r o is reported also Ly the General . : othe o / ) | || ENTIRE COUNTRY P e e i 57 e it T R = 5 £ such as real estate, cash, et N . crops “velvet Firms Giving Figures o i 4 fother stock: receipts, 118 cars; total Gieneral Motors s and trucks to| {5 policy holders taken the largest | SRR g Fig: 3 r-lrvn».m‘m.v ri ,'y",(‘ . United States shipments, o ers SGat totaledl 54a4d 5 : A : 5 | Spec ch to The e harves s il oo T S A ‘nited States Realty & ove- | Sta : consumers Jn Ausudt tolaled 50143 share fof thutiz0 per cent PORTLAND, Oreg.. September 15.— | Special Dispateh (0 The Star. S shorter than ususl because of the re.| NEW YORK, September 15.—-Net|ment Co. carned net income of §607,- | Mi ota, bulk, early Ohi galleat number recorded for any Low Interest Rates. Apple buyers are not inclined to| ATLANTA, Ga., September 15.—Cot. | STovter th he: o 4 carnings of the Mutual Oil Co. for the g ehaka iy 3 1 ed, e Ohio month since February, but only o mect views of sellers, but the latter | ton growers of the Southeast are be- [ Seht ¢icessive heat which has cur-| g (R O ooy imounted to $3.0 e duantc enaed Ty A caud s ot Bt I othe o co 0. s & . . : e late op” crop. alf of 192 0 33 | a share on the 1on stock | A sota. bulk, rounc 25, than the total for Augusi, 1023 | Another fact in connection Wih | pne,s onfident they will hold the | ginning to withhold cotton from mar- ¥ E 097 after expenses, depreciation and| . 4720951 or $3.58 el < is @ decided gain over the co o inveatinant Upper hand in naming prices. Hood | ket as a result of the slump in prices S0 5 i dapletion. DUt Hetire fodesi tes 1 otienion 35: Wisconsin, bulk, round whites, ales for Distelithel i Fiver growers are asking $1.85 a box | This tendency is being encouraged equal to 51 cents a share on the $5 par | il 5al.50, few 1. aska, sacked GG e s i IVely | r extra fancy Spitzenberg 163s and | by the Georgia Co-operative Growers'| Among the Greeks it was customary | value stock. Total income after all | & | Irish cobblers, 1.50a1.55; Kansas and N to/aERless | (HIEnIIM st bines o0 | larger, with & 25 mer cent reduction | Association, which announces it Is re- |to present eait to the gods as & than | expenses wi 195, Deductions| If you need work, read the want | Missouri, sacked Irish cobblers, 1.35a ) ‘l"‘-“")'”’*' o M o e e s mven o for fancy and C grades. Bu ap- | ceiving more cotton than ever before.offering at the beginning of every meal. | included $2.666,706 for depletion and ' columns of The Star. 11.40; Utah, sacked Irish cobblers, 1.60. point reached since Ap cent, while no s much less : Y , 1.60. s ”"I L | ““A" 20 years' average would show |Pear unwilling to d 31 e —————— B SRR Maere Actve: a yield of from 4 to 5 per cent. Dogs| prpon SCwnler . advance in aetivity in the Mich- | the average man who belicves that | hoygh Michigan usually is a heavy fzan autonobile factories is strik-| he needs safety in_investment above | i’ ¢ Lt ey bal neees ingly evidenced by the increased ap- | all things start out with the idea | i S NN T erom other sec- CTIEED ation for workmen's =~ compen- | that he can only expect 4 or 5 or 61 i500 1o fill demands of this state. i i 5 e largest [iper cent on his mone Probably | pairien county, which usually ships »“de- | not, vet the experts in charge of the ("gueiGh (00 Nes” aenliaat have insurance company’s investments do, | L0008 (TS OF PSS VUL BOL Tpne and they are paid to Know their|go,in Haven-Fenville district will @ iiomobH S jibsiness o s not exceed 30 <, and the Oceana- ompanies > paper indus- | (Copsright, 1024, by Consaiidated Press) | LU UGG try also has ren making advances, prn > Activity in lumberin and mining = = - I s 3 5 <. ougho: TOPE ptember 15 —The Kan- ""; ”’;":""‘ the country as a whole is| ,rgers. many of them for sheets sas apple > : ed to reach ndicated by the orders received by | gther automobile ‘materials, had been 3 total of 2,713 ashels this sea- W ameing company making @ four- | ior immediate delivery and steel com- | xon. compared with 2,166,000 bushels riy for dif “hauli cident to | byran. : A JRbenine i< san duuTid g foon Copper Demand Tmproves. JUNIAL, Alaska September 15— struction work. This company asserts Ty word. | Canned salmon led the Alaska ex- its recent orders have been large a ry probability ord= | 5 brihadid ol s e e larseiandil; o6 ze A. Sloan, sec § ot | ports In August with a valuation of A : 2 o 2 the Copper S Sed Asg- | $9,500,000. | 3 Shipment of raw materials a = . y 3 1T Chb s S e i | sociation, ¢ mption of copper ANSAS CITY. September 15.—The ! The Breakfast has been on the increase Sl e o e Y e ) ympany has just ; Roo: B e 0 e RS exceed 1,600,000.000 pound. r'he au el . 1 m which modern automobile shop Prac- | Loy c USess 16 ome o e gnainT | bar ¥ flour mill here. f i / Fhis floor is s stays of the copper industry, al- ! tice has forced on the industry. Gen- 4 = = . R, » - P"‘-'u-m' roed on the industry. Gen- | though a high percentage of copper ON. September 15.—~The corn > - Armstrong’s St et e 4 N re-|consumption this vear will be ac- | 1w this state has deteriorated < d Moulded Inlaid S i 3 al ma- | coynted for by improvement in thell, e forecast mow is for a yield L { electrical industry and by heavy 52.000 Lushels, the smallest in Linoleum, Pat- building construction. Consumption | 1 . 3 gurddin sor car fac today | about 10 per cent above that tor the W ILEANS, September 15.— E 2 whichi was in use seven ye corresponding period ot 152 spec of the sugar > . Cook Increased Call for Metals. The copper producers of the coun crop ha a big call for Z e ; the; Every tir odel is brought [ 'Y have determined not to make | sirups, are contracting = = - = y P CIRCLE °A out. new nust be designed | Public figures regarding sales, stocks | for all they ca t 38 to 40 cents - — = = ke on\ and installed to produce it. The same | and production, but, intrtgucd by |a gallon > = = — the burlap back applies imed in the factories, | this concealment. consumers pro % e 1 3 “Taol r a new model fre.|ably have found out more regardine i A . September 15.—Loca quent ns an expense running | the Present statistical position of the | . s ‘are busy on winter into the reds of thousande o ved metal than they ever knew |goods and salesmen report optimisti- dollars. Once that model before. cally on the volume of spring busi- donicd theiido)s must Be s6ra ol bisen D e ness booked on the road. The Cleve- - i nd worsted mills are running at_ca- B « ASK NEW SHIP SERVICE. > ana thel'Rich Sampliner face e 3 & : 2 ing knit goods is oper ported both PHILADELPHIA, September 15 P PSEALinE ‘turers and brass and (Special).—Merchants and business | prces River traflic usually B ‘H\A-ll here are making a strong «ffort —e — curate harometer of | to induce the United S Shipping business in the great Pittshurgh steel | Board to restore steamship service GASOLINE AT 12 CENTS. district, but although mills are known | between this port and Ireland, which | HAVERHILL, Mass, September 15 o be operating at an increased rate | was discontinued July 1 (Special).—A gasoline price war here T P T L s o s | L R L B Linoleum Floors are Good Looking and Last Long because they are made of Marvelous New Personal Motor . . Costs Only 185 Cork, Linseed Oil, and Burlap Your own individual motor transportation for only $185. The dream of is surface dust and brushes right up. A Jinole fl i lieel A automotive engineers has come true! A safe, practical and str. t 7 o 7. P i OOIICIUIRCSIVERY ikt e cates vehicle that costs less than L3¢ a mile to cperzte.p So perfectly baloar:mgcelgoa:é gettlng genuine lanIeum Why printed linoleum patterns W as!}&nlald l"fi‘leuin hen {i{sc laid with so easily handled that anyone can learn to ride it in 5 minutes. IF K A oA G vory. Nextiwax 1t Tl eral trend T W "‘ A5 == = AT L RIFs = - - ! Two ways to be sure Of which makes it so easy to clean. All dust Wax it, and it gets better-looking S ou want lim‘:]leum, you want it. Th o e ”fpl""r " X‘fomu hly, l"illblbinbg the wax well in. . & n ere is no other floor that is sold e smoothness of linoleum makes it ter that a daily brushing or touchin Goes 90 to 100 Miles You’ll Find it in rolls or rugs that has the substance, Very easy to print a beautiful and regu- up ofthewalked-on placesorgxcleaningda; per Gallon Radicauy Differe"fl body, and resilience that come from a lar design on its surface. The printing with a slightly waxed cloth or dry mop, Actually costs less than one-third of a This distinctive and powerful PErsoNAL mixture '?f powdered cork and oxidized !Is< doqe with heavy. lms;cd oil paints. keeps it in perfect condition. cent per mile to operate this PERsoNAL Moror is different from anything else linseed oil, pressed on a strong burlap he linoleum contains linseed oil, and Rewax about once a year. With the Mortor. No salary-eating expense bills on two wheels. It costs less to own, back. the two combine perfectly. Varnish this aging of the waxed surface, the linoleum for gasoline, oil, repairs, or garage. A costs less to operate, is much lighter in You can always be sure of gettin, printed surface when your linoleum is softens and mellows in tone. gentle turn of the throttle gives you weight than an ordinary motorcycle— i 3 new, and about twice a year thereafter, 3 . all the power you'll ever need to take yet has the power and stability of an gfi?::’; é::.fl;u?fy?:(llgoif:ao:el;-:l"l;s::d and '(hepattem will wear for many years. Do you know how pretty linoleum is? you wherever you want to go. 8 cylinder automobile. Rolls standing in a store do not give a be sure that it hasa burlap back. Burlap In inlaid linoleum reall: d 1 i | } ly good idea of what a beautiful fl 4 is tough and strong; the burlap back is the colors go all the way through linoleum makes. Wh:n :enex:::;du do::r: th, h: ine linol d ) . Motor to Work oo gy, im0 1y 1l ch oo fthe s 3T S8 f e e et " i = i ovely floor For Less Than Street Car Fare .All ?’f érmstrong's Linoleum has the {:;es:‘f;‘gn E::}fl73:,?2%‘;52?;{;:“& to lay your fine rugs on—one thzt will Say good-bye to crowded, uncomfortable trains and tiresome, g;;c le“A' “zdc%?rk‘?xf.h-ebll"'zsb“k‘ shape in the pattern is laid separately harmonize with your furnishings, and ggr;l‘igg téoltlet‘f. B&f_reefifrom t_l:le: jo:tlin;,;,fpushilng. rlr:adfif‘ni}x:g circleen })”g: ::: ;el:un yol:ca ?:ege tlt':"; on tl}le burlap, and the whole pressed mfi;@x}fiifi,'fi: btc}:, t;’;)clm better- o e work in time without rushing—lunch with tl 5 > 1 < 1ful, samitary. family at noon—get home earlier at night. The new Ps‘nsomi linoleum as fine as any that can be made. together into one piece under heavy rolls. permanent, and no trouble at all. e Moror gives healthful recreation every day. Armstrong’s Linoleum Rugs Do not scrub your linoleum Wh ? Basi Handl 5 & £ 3 yCoTk u.md An Armstrong’s Linoleum Rug, printed Harsh scrubbing with strong soaps or asier to andle You. Wl Like It Cork is used in making linoleum because or inlaid, is made of cork, linseed oil, and powders will injure linoleum or anygther Than a Bicycle - nght from the Start! it is tough. Cork resists moisture, is burlap, and has the Circle “A” trade- finefloor. Itisnever necessary with lino- S R N e ot e Tl oy sthis elastic and springy, and deadens sound. mark on the back. These rugs cost but leum. Don’tletitbedone. Useonlyamild structed that it is practically self- PersonAL MoTor is to handle—how It is hard to wear out. Thisistrueofa g trifle more, but are better-looking, and soap, when washing is really necessary. balancing when in motion. You learn wonderfully it goes rolling along the bottle cork. It is also true of the finely give longer service. They lie flat with- Wril to ride it in 5 minutes. Safe and open road—how safeand comfortable round cork used in making Armstrong’s out curling, and are waterproof, sanitary, it for free sample and booklet clean. Even a girl can handle it. it is, you'll never want to part with it. inoleum. and hard to tear. Made in four sizes, L€t Ussend youasample of Armstrong’s I , Linoleum and a copy of our 24-page Cork mixed with Linseed Oil Laying fine linoleum booklet, “New Floors for Old,” contain=- Ride it fOl‘ flln—EveningS and Sundays Did you ever notice the tough film of oil for beauty and permanency ing a score of colorplates of different de- : Sl signs that you can see at Examine this wonderful INDIAN Per- that forms on 2 can of paint when ex- A good inlaid linoleum floor should be gg:d storesij‘as és, carpet “:‘q = | SONAL MoToR today. Learn how easy it posed - the. ;s 4 cemented in place over a lining of build- 1nlaids, tile “inlaids, and is to operate. Sce for yourself what a ftis . Thatisoxidized linseed oil. Inmaking ers’ deadening felt. Laid thisg way, the printed pattems;a li;olcaum g remarkable motor vehicle it is for the : linoleum, powdered cork is mixed with seams are not noticeable, the linoleum ru; , printed and inlaid ; alse )y a\inazmi;ly l;w}_ %npe of $185. (t:;?o 2 | linseed oil and the two blend perfectly. will not stretch or crack, and will never information on laying lino- sxet::.e Ec;sf;c pfw::‘steg‘ll;:mex i : » This gives linoleum its smooth surface, need refinishing. leum and how to care for it. dollars down—then pay as you ride. L ArMsTRONG Cork CoMPANY, Makers of Cork Products since 1860 Come take a ride and prove to your _ yomt own satisfaction that this wonderful Linoleum Division, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA new PersoNAL MoTOR answers your need for practical, economical, individ- ual transportation, for business and pleasure. Come in today or this even- Ere . T - Armstrong’s Linoleum Indian Motorcycles and Bicycles 353 Now Swom N, - ' for Every Floor in the House Washington, D. C.