Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1925, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1925. | s | FARMING BODMING "2z, %, 1%, ez, ... S PRCES TOUCH IN MIUUI_E WESIg:‘I“i"xflx?'é?:i;"fi_“(~:"',\”Z§Z'.;.~. L e oacses ingiraadl Ui anie | I_[]w | fight to obtain all the business offered. | | Pri lashing is ascrited solely to| | over-productionu, despite the heavy | demand. Officers in “Excepted” List. Capts. Herman F. Safford and Read | : Wipprecht and Fi . Ren’e R. , Studl Ordnance Department ha ve | Cause of Depresston. |been excepted by the President from | Shipments castward from the Pacific | the provisions of the national defense | | coast, where overproduction first man- | jaw ' requiring. duty with combatant | |ifested itself, have depressed the oil | ironpe. | business in the mid-continental field. | _ going through €. 0. Wilson in the cv ABOUT i E. F. DROOP & SONS CO. 1300 REET reds of Virginians thronged the|upon the lawn by a number of tiny | spacious grounds at Greenwood, the |children in costume, home of Mr. and Mrs. Roger A.!the figures of this old-time dance with Bumper Crops and Better Bickers, to “witness the pegeant | tovous abandon that was mecinai-| Three to Five Cents a Gallon Financia] Conditions are | the Culpeper Minutemen Chapter, |uet was trod in an avenue of giant BelOW Peak in Many Reporied Throughout. Cities of Country. nt fasne of RS the Oil and Gas Journal says ““The increased recovery of gaso. line from crude petroleum, the cumulation of gasoline stocks in coast al territories and the failure of many refiners to adjust their production to a slackened demand in their territor ies the principal factors in the weakness of the motor fuel market visit 100 years ango of Gen. Lafayette | being in colonial dress, and the pic- and suite to this old home, then the | residence of Judge John Williaw Green of the Supreme Court of Vir- | zinia tare it formed was most beautiful. A | costume hall in Culpeper that evening | rounded out the program of the day, | | D. A. R., in which was re-enacted the | oak trees, all of those taking part this ball being opened with the Grand s, Large Stocks Increased. ¢ was a Ry As CHIC 2 be better and bumper, iculture throughout the Mid today sections reported reported better crops, | resenting om reported h-upri arm products, but the high report of hetter “finan-|and * which ¢ munities where early fr drought those sectic ancient field the prospect better better business conditions would more or less offset the damage of Nature tics compiled by the National of Commer; St Louis stated that vee vears ago a ziven quantity ) products, when exchanged for i rial goods. was | worth only 68 per cent of its 1913 exchange value, now its worth was 9 per William McMartin, chair man of the hoard of the Federal Re of St . <aid there 1 purch ne from com ze and later d crops. !n(‘ faced their | ved up by prices and serve Bank power in the ind hizher country te larze orop prices Optimistic in Michizan. 1< on crop conditions made by Verne H an. and L. State agri Wheat, rye < were reported yield than expected. Corn was per cent. potatoes normal cent and sugzar bee An apple crop of £.356. predicted Optimistic r in Michi Church Petter rated at 55 heans S5 per £2 per cent 000 bushels wa erop was sho Twn words | been loaned by Mrs. dominant note of roymru! bumper | preceded by a mounted escort rep- | Gibson, The peach | position was re- | Federal agri said there is not ailure in Ohio, and commodities are verage o Live stock produc. tion is S ar. but West cald berter pr re expected to put more money in kmen's pockets A bumper corn crop in southern Ohio Stock of the of Agri- prices was predicted by J. G United States Department ‘frozen’ loans ks of Indiana was fore Woollen, president of ving and Trust Co. This he attributed on of many Indianape to the best corn crop in several years, yod oat and wheat vields, de freeze and later drought. Everett C. hicago Live e-week trip in the Western farm the Better crops than for vears.in qual- and quantity and Wisconsin, grain ed Increases over a_year ago. A bumper crop of small zrain and corn production ubove the average were predicted in Iowa. Charles D. Reed. director of the lowa Weather | and Crop Reporting Service. predicted | -aze of 40.5 bushels per acre increase in production of 145,000,000 bushels over last| A total of almost 450000000 | in Minnesota both bushels In Nebraska statisticians said there possibility of exceeding vear's corn crop of 000,000 bushels Although Kansas harvested one of | it= smallest wheat crops. about 68,000, 000 bushels, better prices were ex- pected to compensate partly estimated bushels . Mohler, secretar the Kansas State Board of Azricul- ture, said the Kansas live stock idus try is sounder than at any time since 1921 of Bank Conditions Good. Oklahoma sang a song of cotton. O. Motherhead. State banking cem- | d: “The conditlon of | State banks ar better than in many [o]——lo]———|oo|c———=[al—0w—] Store Closed Saturdays During August Store Hours, Daily 8 to 6 o] Y sizes in the lot. a \oje————o}———|n|———|g]——— 0| ———|alc——= o c—u—] this reduction Sale. r were reported for | and live stock marketing show- | When the ancient coach, which had Philip Major of Madison County, drawn by four white horses and driven by a col ored coachman in livery, turned into | the driveway at Greenwood it was the Culpeper Minutemen of the Revolution in their striking continental uniforms of blue and buff, followed by another coach to which four blood bays wetre attached, this second coach containing the stately zentlemen who composed the “committee on invitation.” Company of Gentlemen. Following the coaches came the troop of horsemen representing the “company of zentlemen,” who, un- der command Col. Jonathan Catlett | escorted Gen. Lafayette | from Oranze to Culpeper at the time | of the original visit. It was of espe- | cial interest that this troop was un- | ler command of a great-grandson | d namesake, Capt. Jonathan 1'.] a veteran of the World Wa and the picturesque riding costu of a hundred years ago made a b liant note of color in a very colorful | scene When Gen Lafayette, rze Washington La Fayvette, ar friend, former President James | Monroe, alighted from the coach they | met and welcomed by Judge | . represented by a kinsman, W. Irvine Gilkeson of Norfolk, who corted the party to the front porcl where Mme. Green (represented by Lewis W. Jennings, a great ughter) and a party of frien aiting to welcome them. Ge ‘ette was represented by Comar. | is W. Jennings, U. 8. X.; young | George Washington Lafayette by Cameron Thompson of this county, | former President Monroe by Capt H. Calfee, Capt. Philip by his descendant, Mr. T T. Slaughter, and Col. Gabriel Long by Prof. Thomas W. Hendrick. As the p turned from coaches to mansion forty young girls in the em pire frocks and quaint poke bonnets of the period of 1523, forming a double row on each side of the wide grass walk and amid cries of “Welcome, La fayette!” strewed flowers in the path way of the distinguished guests meantime bending low as the guest his son, the | The bumper cotton crop of ar, when more than a million half bales were marketed brought an increased number of de posits.” | As chorus for this million and a half bales, J. W. Jeter, vice president of the First National Bak of Oklahoma | City, said: “The cotton crop this sea son may reach the unprecedented tota! of two million bales.” In wheat Oklaho half a crop. but prices were nearly double those of last vear. Some corn | was hurt by excessive heat, but bet- | ter prices were in prospect to make up made more than | the loss le | kota. N was | | little over 100 u\,nm.‘ - Rich’s Clearance Sale offers astounding values M 300 pairs women’s summer footwear formerly $10 A 33.90 ' Not all sizes in any one style, but nearly all All these shoes are from our regular stock, but please note that all our stock is not included in 100 pairs women’s shoes reduced to $1.90 —odds and ends of several lots — mostly small sizes; and not this season’s shoes. ICHS Proper Footwear F Street at Tenth o] ———o0|——a]—— In south Texas there was drought but bunkers said it had less effect than if the State had not been in zood | condition. Brizht prospects for the crops in the rest of Texas were expressed A joint report by lllinois and Fed eral departments of agriculture rated e agricultural situation as strong and the best since 1920. | ultural and live stock condi- | were reported fair in South Da- | while authorities at Bismark | said conditions generally were at least | orth Dakota. SURF, Relief From ettt e, Tablets. tio verage good in Dr. Take one tonight and note the new feeling of health and vigor. They cleante and nurify. For sale at Peoples or ther good drug stores, 5| ——=o]——|0]—=n]——mol =0l — o] —o]—a|e—o[a] March, ttorney Virginia, Warrant Officer Homer Brooks. at 5 Fort Leavenworth, Kans., has been or- | dle of July. The average price in 30 dered to this city for duty under the |representative cities, however, is still quartermaster racke, The than half the blotting paper China, By the Assnciated Press NEW YORK. August 26 bilists are paying the lowest | prices of the vear. the price is 3 to 5 cents a zallon less than the vear's peak prices in the mid in which Gen. Lafayette led. General John R. Saunders spoke Althongh gasoline stocks January 1, were la ry. refiners added 396 ns to this stor age on July 1. Only 22,000,000 gal ere taken from storage in June. The export demand fell off sharply during the recent high price levels it is said in trade circles, and even now is far below normal Automo- | soline — Ordered to Washington. In scores of cities It is our business to give | |you accurate information | about Florida, as well as to A general reduction in the tank help you to make a good wagon price of soline in Greater | s level hit last Summer during the trade | New york and Long Island to 17 cents | INVestment. depression [a gallon took place today when the A York leaders in the oil busi.| Standard Oil Co. of New York, and| Come in and read what these rads Texas Co. met the ent eut initiated prominen! men md wd] knnwng | publications say about Florida— ‘; at Washington Bar- [ahout 5 cents a gallow above the low United States supplies more used in Germany | New ness deny th war is on while Great Britain, that a g vesterday by the Tidewater admit th thoush The World's Work The Review of Reviews The Saturdas Evening Post The Literary Digest Liberty The New York Times Sunny Land The Florids Grower The Miami Herald Lots High and Dry at !La 273 | A and | Hurvey N, Firestone | Barron G. 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Every department is making its “opportunity” offerings—and these are represent- ative of the reductions— o N N B Ten-piece Dining’ Suite Walnut Veneer—in the new Huguenot color—combined with Gum- wood. It's a very pleasing design. The Table is 6-foot extension, and the Side Chairs and Armchair have tapestry-covered seats. “August Opportunity” Price . Four-piece Bedroom Suite You'll be impressed with the excellent design and careful construc- tion of this Suite. The four pieces as pictured are Dresser, Chifforobe, Vanity Dresser and Double size Bed. Walnut veneer — in combina- tion with Gum-wood. “August Opportunity’” Price ..... to an inspection and trial of a number of beautiful and personally selected STEINWAY P1aNoOs Lately Arrived From the Factory FLORID w We cordially invite you New Uprights of other makes..$295 Up New Grands of other makes...$635 Up New Player-Pianos New Reproducing Grands . ...$1,695 Up Everything Musical At Lowest Prices and Terms to Suit Droop’s Music House 1300 G Street Home of the "2-Pants™ Suit! - Shots ! From the August Clear- ance this makes this one busy establishment. Folks, we have the town “coming our way.” Get in line for good things that can't be beat. The Wind-up 1.000 Emery Shirts Made to sell at $2 to $3 $ Two-Pants Suits For Now or Fall Reduced from $35 Final Reduction All Palm Beaches TROUSERS Woolen or Summer Reduced to Knee U'Suits Fine Nainsook—full cut Fifty-cent Men's Fiber Silk Hose Thirty-five-cent Woven Fancy Handkfs. $23.75 $11-7% $4.65 69c 39¢ 23¢ See You in the Morning Money's Wart}l or Money BJCL . Kaufman . 1005 Pa. Ave. 1724 Pa. Ave.