Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1926, Page 19

FINANCIAL. EGGS ARE HIGHER | . INGENTER MARKET Butter Remains Firm—Both Products Found Scarce. Potatoes Steady. Scarcity of high-grade eggs and but- ter in Center Market today resulted fn & firmer condition in those lines, with a 3-cent rise in wholesale quotations on hennery eggs, now listed at 35 cents. Current receipts were 26 10 28 conts, and fresh selected cggs are 32 ents, < No change in price was effected in butter, cither creamery prints, tub or store-packed varieties, but the market was firm. Commission men say there is an excess of low-quality eggs and hatter, which has made firmer the market on top grad Cauliffower is coming into the mar- ket now, at $3.50 crate. String beans are $2 a bushel, and limas, &helled, are 50 cents a quart. ot sells wholesale for 30 White potatoes | 4.50 to $4. and §1 corn dozen ears. n steady at from , and tomatoes are $1 Today's Wholesale Prices. Butter —F . 1pound prints, 46a 4%; tub, 4 cked, 27. selected, hennery, G 28, Turkeys, Spring broilers, White Leghorns, 25a 16; fow roosters, 22; ducks voung, : keats, yvoung, 70a £0: old, 3 Dressed—Turkeys, 40 hroilers, keats, young, 90a1.00; old, 40a30. Tive stock - Calves, cholee, 12; medium, 10a11; thin, 6a7; lambs, 13, Meats— Beef, 161zal8; lamb, 28a30; veal 2: dressed pork, loins, 32a: Western, 30; hams. 35; shoulders. fresh hams, 32; fresh shoulders, 24. Apples—supplies moderate: demand moderate, market dull; bushel baskets, Maryland and Virginia, varlous vo- rietles, 75a1.00; few high as 1 Cantaloupes—supplies moderate: de. mand moderate, market fairly steady: Delaware and East Shore Maryland standards 36s, pink meats, 2.00; jumbos 36s, 2.25a2.50; extra jumbos, 3.00 A CGirapes —supplies very light. No &ales reported. Lettuce—supplies light: demand moderate, market steady; New York, crates Big Boston type, 1 Colorado, crates Iceberg type, all sizes, ‘ on: some ordinary condition, 4.0024.50. Onions 2.doz supplies light: too few sales to eatablish market Teaches moder lina, supplies light: demand market firm; North Caro- bhaskets, Flbertas, large 1 size. 13.00; medium 00a2.50: Virginia. bushel bas, iibertas and_Belles, large size, mostly 2.75. —Supplies light. Demand market stronger. New Jer- ‘ks Cobblers, U. 8. No. 5 sastern Shore Virginia, clnth top stave barrel Cobblers, U. S. No. 1. best mostly 5.00; some poor condition low as 45 Sweet potatoes: ; de- mand moderate, market dull. North Carolina, cloth top stave barrels, vel- red te, bushel Jows, 6.00a6.50; 7.00; va- rieties and white y: 5.00. Watermelons—Supplies light: de- mand very light account weather; too few sales reported to quote. Corn—Supplies light; demand light, market steady. Home grown sacked per dozen, sugar corn, mostly 20 Cucumbers—Too few sales reported to quote: demand very light. 15a20; Peas—No sales reported. | Washington Stock Exchange SALES. Capital Traction 5e—S$500 at 1011, Canltal o S o 10 at 0y 20" 0 1050 100 at 10430 2 at s} 0"0' Elec. pr pfd. int. ctf.—5 at 108, Mones—Cail loans. b and 6 ver cent Bid and Asked Prices. PUBLIC UTILITY 5 Asked erican Tel. & Telga. 48 ; Ameroal T8 deign. Siae iy A el & el ctl. e 08y . ta & Pot o5 & P. Telephone 100 CER 100 Capital’ Traction B, R."5e 101 AR Siriian e B 1st b 100\ Sone 10012 Totoniac f¥) 10013 Pot. ElL Pow. & & 105 ' Wikh'l Alex it Warh: Alax i io Wath” Hait an Washing 1001 Washington G 104 1043 Wash. Rwy Rl Rt Wath " Ry Gso1038 1041 MISCELLANEOUS cheatnut Farms Dairs 6136, 1011 Py NS e B3 Az ot ek se 101 103 Lol Bl iy 1ol Wain Mkt Cald € bt Wardman Park Hotel 5 09 1onig PUBLIC U American Tel & Telga Capital Traction 1046 Wilanineton 7 NoPE & Wath steamboat Stomac Elec: pid 1085 Potoman Fiew Power int. cif - Waeh R S0 Wi RW & it NATIONAL B National Capital Columbia ¢ommercial Tistrict Pavmers & Mechanics Veaeral American Liverty Liohal Metropolitan 110 : Rixgn : FHPTYS na 30 atonal Bank of Wash 288 TRUST COMPANY merican Security & Trust.. 330 380 Amlnr:una’ Tpiet” 03 Werchants, Hani 3 5 Vstional Savings & Trust. . & St Con Trust : 'Wath Loan & Trust’. W 405 SAVINGS BANK Commerce & Savings... EanT W athing 5 Bt Savines & Com . 3d0 Seventh_Sireet e States Washington Mechanies 50 FIRE INSURANCE. 200 30 remen Kationar” vmion TITLE columbia Titl: Real Estate Title Title & Ins. Co MISC] . Paper pfd Faderal Storase INSURAD of Md. com. ANEOUS S0 101 i ferchants we & Storage 114 Sjerchants’ ‘Iran. & Stor. pid. 10 Mergenthaler Linotype ... 1( Natl. M. & Iny. pfd Proples Drus Stores pf Lanaton Monotype Shiunty Storae Washington Market “Ex divid GERMAN BONDS AND STOCKS. (Quoted tn dollars per million marks.) Bid. Asked Ck Prod. . Ger Gt (w In) B8 1914-18 110000 1150.00 avoy Ol 136 1019 85.00 0500 3 Shrevep, doilars per thousand marks ) ¥ Tide Witer Ol 4538 pre-war ) 00 1 Venezuelan Pet i Elec 41yn 1010 00 2 Wileox O & G 1 Berlin dn yre-war, i 160 °Y" 01l Amb 38, 3 48 pre’w ” Hambure. Amer fane It Salesin STANDARD OIL ISS orth Ger: Lioxd 4 units Sonth G ‘g W00 Auglo Am 01l Prussian Krupp 58 1821 Dusseidor! 32 pre-war Frankfort a-M 4s pre-war Dresdner Bank »uteche Bank Darmstaadter Hank S0.00 Mercur Bank a 110 e Chiemiia 1160 Aust A E G tGen L 1 60 Besiiner Handels. . 102.00 Received by Private Wire BY WILLIAM F. HEFFERNAN. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, August 20.—The chiet Interest in the proceedings on the Curb Exchange today centered in the new listed stocks of industrial cor- porations to be issued under revised forms of capitalization. The new General Motors stock, representing the stock dividends of 50 per cent recently declared, sold a point higher at 1363 shortly after the beginning of business. The price movement naturally was taking its cue f.mm action of the old shares on the Stock Exchange and when selling in the latter stock was renewed Gen. eral Motors new went off sympatheti- caily, losing more than the early im- provement , DuPont Motors new gained almost 2 points at the outset, but failed to hold all the gain. Operations for the rise in Durant Motors got under way again, but NEW YORK, August 20.—Following is an official list of bonds and stocks traded in on the New York Curb Mar- ket today: INDUSTRIALS. in hundreds. Al Pick Bar vie 1, Allied Pk pr pf i Am Brow B . Am C Am ' Am 0 Am Am % Am 1Am Seating vte. 3 Am Superp B . 1Am Superp pr b 5 Am Thread C pf. Jq Arundel Cor ATl Friit 5 Balab & K vic.. Bohn i i 4 Borde 5 i 1 i S Brad ¥ireprfg " | Bridgeport Mach. Brill Corp A Brit Am Tob Cou 2 Brit Am T C rts 1 Brockway Mot _n 1 Bkisn Cits R R. EREE e 4 Burdine Tne Can D G Al n Sprdl | Colum F P n wi ol G&E n A w Col G&F ptd w ; € war Consol G Balt ‘n 5 Consol Laund. . 158 Continen “Bak & Dubilier € & 361 Durant Mot Duz C 1 Efim G im Tnap, 22 Firestone T 78 bf *s Ford Mot Co Can 407 1 Foundn’ For A... 161, 5 Fox Theaters A 2213 15 Frank HH M{ G 338 18 Freshman Chas.. 2i)a, rod Corp. A3y Gen Bak A 5980 Gen Bak B ' 7 1Gen EI G tr'repts 2R% 82 ot wi.... A T Gen Nee " % 1Gen Pub i 6 Gillette S R.... .. K Glen Alden Co: 8 Goodyr Tire & i Happ' © Stor 1 Heliman R pf.". 1 Heyden Chem 1 Hires Ch A 1 Imperial Tobac Ind Ravon Cor Intl Project 2Intern Ttil A 10 Keysto Solether. . Leh Pow nw Leh Val C of . Leh Val C Sales. Lib MeX & L0 al new al Sery. Nor States P C'A 10613 orthe Pow n. .. 1914 ¢ Ohio B T s ptd 1104 Ovington Bros 015 Bak B. Mg 10 Rand Kard Bur n 'y Real Assn Bklyn 2 4 Reo Mot - Rickenback Mot 10 Seeman_Bros 1 Silica Gel vic. 1Sierra B 19 Serw El Corp & P A L new 2 Sou P & L p pid 100 Sou P & L wa 1y Stand Pub 3 Staniey Co new 4 Sw Pung. 4 Bisowit B 963 Sales in MIA STOCKS. hundreds ) Am Tin Tungsten Ariz Globe C.... . on Cop Mines resson Dolores Crocsus. lor_Goldfid_M.. 00 1 Falcon Lead 4 Golden Center M 20 Golden State.. . 50 Hawthorne M 1. H M s Mining Hon Rosa INY & Y N J Zn 10 Nipissing 10 Noranda 2 Ohio Cop .. 100 Piymouth Td "M, 115 150 Am Gold & P pearhead Gold., Teck Hughes . 1 Tonopah Ext 10 Uni Verde E 10 Uity G Sales INDEP! in hundreds. 17 Am Con Oilfl 4 Euclid 011 Co 243 Gibson Q1 Cor'. Kirhy Pet. .. Leonard Oil: . 3 Livingston Pet 1 Lone St G n Del 1 Marland i 26 Mex Panuco Mount Prod 1 Mount Gulf. 3, Nat Fuel Gas. .. % New Mex Land 70 Northw 0i1." . or Cent Tex 0. 1 Ohio Fuel Corp 7 Pandem Otl 5 Red Bank Oil 23 Reiter-Foster Oil 14] Rosal Con O & R alt Ck_Cons. 500 An A O non vie 100 Atl Lo 10 Borne 50 Buckeye P 1. 10 Cont Ol _nw Furcka P L H & R Inp O Can Indiana P NEW YORK CURB MARKET THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1926. Direct to The Star Office when it became evident that the sell- ing side was again getting the upper hand, these were abruptly suspended. According to the vice president of the company, earnings of the Star Di- vision, fincluding Hayes-Hunt Bod)" Corporation, for July after deprecia- tion and Federal taxes amounted to $219,885. This compared with June earnings of $511,656. Yellow Taxi felt the effect of further selling pres- sure, but the decline was not pro- nounced. The buying in Northern Ohio Power again made itself felt and the price at one time was-carried up a half point to 17. Among high-priced spe- clalties Celotex was the feature and at 202 recorded a gain of 6 points. It was evident from the action of the radlo stocks that the liquidation which has been in progress in this quarter of the market for many months had eliminated a lot of weak holdings. This was reflected in the better tone to the market for Charles Freshman. 008 0 Indiana 1008 O Kansas . sands. 2 Am Gas & El &1 1027 n7 B Boston & Me 6. 10113 wBrun T & B 7%a8 K710 ro P & L. s . 0 e 08, . TR 8D a4 Cor Am 68 ahy Blse troit City G Juke Pr Po s A 103 Ter Of B 6135 100 1 tingon Schi 63 071 tingon Sch u r 0K Refrig 63 ....1 Fisk Tire 155! a P &LbBa.. 0 a P & T bsn. M1 E tineau_Pow bs. 0% 24 neral Pet s 10114 101714 odye T & R B8 0713 0715 TER € 5lae 41 ity 2615 2 Gran Trunk 6158 1087 1084 iHava ¥ Ry 518 # a2 4Ind P& LB, 974 0713 71Int Gr Nor ba B. 851% 05 Keith B F 68 A 984 0814 GLeh P 68 A.... DIy 0 Tig Carb 6300 0013 1Tic W rest 7a . 108 Is L 6R. .. SPM 6138 C111 TNP&T A O wi 083 aRay 141 Ohio Pw ‘4148 D 901 20 ROhio Pow 38 B 98 2 41 Ohio Riv Ed 58 9 Otis Stl 6a A.. 8 Pan_Am_Pet P’a Ohio Ed 68 “Pa P&L 58 D Pennok O Car Ph E. bs ‘4 4 E 5k ‘51 5 a4 Swift & Co ba. . a8 1y 1 Tidal Osage 78 104 1 Transcont Oil 7 R 7S Ru s 02ty A1 Rub 443 - 10040 10T Rub 6138 33 101 1007 2US Rub 615« 36 1005 10080 6 W Penn 58 G.... 1001 1004 Sales in thousands FOREIGN BONDS. f Antioqua 7s B... 02 6 Baden 7w 241, 6 Bue Aires 7 83, 11 Bue Aires 78 '52 04 'x 26 Bue Alres 7igs. 7% 425 Brazil 6 1 Caldas 7338, 5 Denmark “51as... 6 Fr St Bav 6148, 30 Ger Cons Mun 7s R 3 Hamburg E 23 Ind M B Fi 7 llseder Stl LB 16 Italian Pu Ut 7s. 873, 2 Krupn Frd L 74 0711 Leo Tietz C 78 1001, 6 Man M. s ‘41 00 iag M M 7e '56 023, MBChile 685 wi 0013 Muni_Medellin 8s !4’:' %1 Y8 . & Pro_Santa Fe SR Peru 7lys 1RCCh Ba 6 18 Russ 1001, 0184 em & em & H B Solvay 6 10 T) RO RO CALL MONEY FIRM. NEW YORK, August 20 (#).—Call money firm; all loans 41 closing Time loans firm: mixed col- 60-90 days, 4%ad%: 4-8 43 Prime mercantile pa- per, 4% a4z, CLOSING GRAIN PRICES. WHEAT— Mich. 5 1 S R c146xn 1 Low 83, . CORN September December. May September December May LARD-— September Octaber .. RIBS— September October. g BELLIES September October Markets at a Glance By the Associated Press. NEW YORK.—Stocks heavy; trend of United States Steel unsettles mar- ket. Bonds firm; German industrial issues reach new highs. Foreign ex- changes steady; French franc resumes advance. Cotton steady; insect dam- age reports. Sugar featureless. Cof- fee easier; commission house selling, CHICA strong: active export bu Corn steady: sym- pathy with wheat. Cattle dull; Jim- ited demand. Hogs irregularly higher. I \ Water Important in Diet. Tt is probably safe to say that the majority of people do not drink a suffi- clent amount of water to meet their bodily needs. Water is a very important part of the diet and a large amount should he consumed. Two quarts a day are not too much. A baby may take a pint a day. When we consider that water makes up a large portion of the body tissue and fluids, and that it not only acts as a conveyor of the food and the waste materials, but aids in maintain- ing an even body temperature. we realize how necessary it is to drink water. 1t is best to drink it between meals but this is not always possible, so it | must be taken with meals. There is no objection to this if care is taken to properly masticate the food and not use the water to “wash it down.” Babies should receive water between feedings and it should never be given within one hour before or after feed- ing. Let bables drink as much pure, cold water as they like. Many adults will do well to drink more than they like—six or seven glasses per day should be the minimum. - o Classifies Brain Food. A medical treatise 400 vears old. found recently in Strassbhurg, Ger- many ‘assifies as brain food: fried le DROUGHT IMPERILS Farmers May Let Apples Go Unpicked FARM PROSPERITY| “niess Prices Rise Shortage of Feed May.Force Slaughtering of Thousands of Cattle on Ranges. BY J. C. ROYLE. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, August 20.—Shortage of feed in the pastures and on the ranges of some sections of the Mid- dle West is threatening the financial position and probable purchasing pow- er of the farmers. Unless some relief is provided by transportation and Fed- eral authorities, grain growers 'as well as stock raisers will be involved, according to agricultural authorities. The grass is drying up in Kansas and parts of Oklahoma, according to reports received by telegraph today from Midwestern centers. There are hundreds of thousands of cattle on grass in Kansas and Oklahoma. If the drought continues many of these cattle must be sold or transported to ranges and feed lots where forage is more plentiful. If they are sold they will glut the markets of the Middle West and materially reduce the vol ume of cash received by growers and correspondingly lessen the purchasing power of the district. Turn Corn Into Meat. 1f these animals are thrown on the market and slaughtered, it also \\I!l {endt to reduce the number which ordi- narily would be “finished” on corn. It is in the form of cattle and hogs that farmers market their corn crop in most instances. They turn _lhf' corn into meat, and, under the prices Which have been prevalling, this has proved profitable in spite of the low price of feed grains. PTSo far this vear the price of cat- tle and hogs has been such that the farmers were able to secure satisfy- ing profits in most cases. But if mar- kets are glutted and cattle are mar_kel- ed in an indiscriminate manner, prices, according to live stock men, will de- cline to a point where profit margins Will be wiped out. The experts de- clare that the factor which has held the price of live stock up has been the fact that there has been no sur- | plus of cattle which seemed likely to come on the market. Railroad representatives are today conferring with commission men and bankers in Kansas City and other live stock centers regarding the in- stallation of a special emergency freight rate on cattle which would en- able Kansas and Oklahoma growers to transport their animals to ranges in Texas. Unless greatly reduced rates are obtained the general opinion in the section seems to be that the cattle will go to the staughter pens rather than the feed lots. It is expected that a reduction of 30 to 35 per cent in rates will be asked for. Other States Hit. Drought has also caused consider- able injury to cattle and crops in Mon- tana Idaho and Neavda, but in those sections the damage, it is believed, will not prove excessive. In Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico reports indicate that growers will ex- perfence a year comparing favorably with 1925. The marketing of an unusual num- ber of cattle might have some slight effect on the leather industry. It is not anticipated, however, that any ad- vance in hide prices will be sufficient to stimulate the shoe industry, al- though increased production is ex- pected in that line. Footwear sales have been improving and the factories are reported to have made distinct progress in promoting increased work- er efficiency, thus lowering inspection ts, which, it is claimed, are a heavy factor in overhead. The largest harness and saddlery concern in America, and perhaps in the world, is golng out of business. This company supplied the American Army with a large part of its leather goods during the war and was founded in 1879. Tn making the annoucement the officers of the compony said that the decision to go out of business did not come as a result of depression in their line. COTTON GOODS SLOW. Special Dispatch to The Star. 3W YORK, August 20.—Cotton goods markets were slow today, with prices a shade easier. Print cloths were quoted at 7% cents for 64x60s, A reduction of an elghth cent, and 815 cents for 68x72s, unchanged. Raw Iks were off 5 to 10 cents a pound in a slow market. POTATO MARKET WEAKER. CHICAGO, August 20 (P).—Pota toes—Receipts, 89 cars; total United States shipments, 395 cars: on track, 147 cars; trading fair, market slightly weaker: Kansas and Missourl sacked 0a2.85; heated stock, WOOL MARKET ACTIVE. Special Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, August 20.—Prospective business before the wool market was encouraging to the trade today, with a fair volume of wool moving. Medium grades hdve the call at the moment. Territory _three-elghths bloods are active around 90 cents and fleeces at 85 cents clean basis. TFine domestic and forelgn wools are firmly held. Texas 12-month wools are quoted by somhe dealers at $1.10, with sales generally around $1.08. RUBBER IS UNCHANGED. Sfecial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, August 20.—Crude rubber, smoked ribbed sheets, was un- changed at today's quotation of 40 cents. This compares with 411 cents a month ago and 81% cents a year ago. BAR SILVER PRICE. silver, 617; Mexican dollars, 47 . BIG SURPLUS REPORTED. W YORK, August 20 (#).—Sur- plus of the Rutland Ralilroad for the first half of 1926 was $196,73G, equal to 9 a share on the preferred, against $62,494, or 69 cents a share on the pre- ferred in the first half of 1925. — OIL WELLS BROUGHT IN. NEW YORK, August 20 (P).—Mar- land Oil Co. has completed a well in Mexico with initial flow of 2,500 bar- rels, and Mexican Petroléum Co. has brought in two, one flowing 2,500 bar- rels and the other 2.000. RUBBER COMPANY PROFITS. NEW YORK, August 20 (#).—Miller Rubber Co. reports net profit of $744,- 101 for the first half of 1926, equal, after dividend requirements on the 8 per cent preferred, to 95 cents a share on the common. BOURSE PBiCES HRM PARIS, Augus —Prices were firm on the Bourse today. Three per cent rentes, 49 francs 70 centimes; ex- change on Londoy, 172 francs; 5 per fowl. fresh poached egzs (not boiled, fried or scrambled), apples, quinces, 100 Prairie 10 Solar hazelnuts and red wine, 2 cent loan, 53 francs 45 centimes; the dollar was quoted at 35 francs 33% centimes, NEW YORK, August 20 (#).—Bar | From the Nature Magazine. BALTIMORE, August 21.—Thou- sands of bushels of apples, a large percentage extra. fine, are going to be permitted to remain on the trees and rot om the Eastern Shore of Maryland unless there is an ad- vance in price shortly, according to reports reccived by commission men here, The prices received are so low that they do not warrant picking and shipping the fruit, it is claimed. Many growers have stopped pick- ing their apples, claiming they can make more money attending to other farm work. The crop is the largest for the last 10 years, despite the fact that in the early Spring it was predicted that the fruit crop would be a failure. CHINA IS BELIEVED Chinese May Have Discover- ed Continent, Relics Found in Canada Indicate. The mystery of the brass dragon hangs over the New National Mu- seum. This bit of carved brass, green with centuries, was found in an In- dian grave on the Upper Columbia this Summer by Herbert W. Krieg- er, ethnomologist. It is a work of exquisite Orfental artistry, undoubt- edly the handicraft of some Chinese at a high perlod in the culture of that race. But the grave in which it was found probably dates from before the coming of Columbus and cer- tainly before white traders had pushed their way to the Pacific. Many other graves in the same re- gion excavated by Mr. Krieger show no signs that the Indians of that day had traded with white men. Consequently the presence of this brass dragon, probably a religious object, can be explained in three the North American conti- nent may have been discovered by a Chinaman. Second, the continent may have heen peopled almost within = histole times—that is, & high state of cul- ture may have existed in Eastern Asfa when the first Indians crossed to Alaska, perhaps bringing this brass dragon with them. Third, Chinese traders may have pushed their junks as far north as St. -Lawrence Island in a glistant past and exchanged objects” of art for furs. | The first two deductions, Mr. Krieger says, are improbable, although not beyond the limits of possibility. The third Is far more likely, he holds. Other Objects Found. Mr. Krieger extended his excava- tions from The Dallas, Oreg., north to the Canadian line, where original natives had disappeared before the first white traders came, although he believes they were the ancestors of the modern Salish. From the Columbia graves Mr. Krieger brought back several hundred objects, including some exquisitely carved arrow heads of agate, slate and obsidian. indicating that the people had made a considerable cuitural ad- vance. The Columbia Valley, Mr. Krieger believes, was the cradle of the Indian race in North America, so far as numbers were concerned. 1lis re- searches this Summer confirm him in his theory of the movement of the Indilan tribes after crossing Heriag Strait from Asla in an indefinite past. This is his theory: First came a scattered few hunters, probably driven to the great adventure of seeking a new continent by a game famine in Siberia. The pioneers did not extend down the Alaskan coast at first but went straight up the Yukon River to its headwaters. This route offered them a much mere plentiful game supply. Later they descended other rivers, finally reaching the coast again in southeastern Alaska. Thence they worked theri way south slowly. This progress extended over centuries and was a time of frequent battles with starvation. The numbers remained very small. But once in the Columbia Val- lety, with its equable climate and abundant food supplies, they multi- plied rapidly, although they made al- mast no cuitural progress. Theyere able to live without much effort, to lay in food supplies for the Winter, and to make themselves comfortable. Their numbers increased to the point where they overflowed and eventually peopled the entire con- tinent—their status when the white men first came. | Alaskans More Advanced. Tn southeastern Alaska Mr. Krieger visited the Kasaan national monu- ment, the site of an abandoned In- dian village whose totem poles and split slab houses illustrated excep- tionally well the culture of the natives at the time the territory' was pur- chased by the United States. It has been an ambition of Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, to preserve this village. Mr. Krieger found, however, that the village was too far gone for preservation. All of the houses had disappeared. Some of the totem poles were still standing, but were so rotten that the carvings wiped off like dust when touched. The founding of this village was comparatively recent, Mr. Krieger found. Numerous Russian objects were found in the houses excavated, showing that the people dated from the days of the Russian traders, Wonderful Bird Nests. Not only the small boy but many adults are interested in birds’ nests. Birds may be divided according to their nests, in two great classes: those which build on or in the ground and those which build above the ground, in trees, arbors and roofs. Almost all the classes of birds which include common fowls, turkeys, pea- cocks, pheasants, grouse, partridges and quail make their nests on the ground. The most wonderful birds’ nests are those which are built in trees, bushes and other places above the ground. Some of these are made of a kind of mortar plastered together by the birds® beaks; some are cut out by thelr sharp little bills from the solid wood of trees; some are ingenlously woven together from grass and hair, and hang from the branches of trees or set up in the crotches of limbs and some are made of leaves sewn to- gether as neatly as if done with needle and thread. Africa’s Babel of Dialects. Travelers and explorers in Africa have much difficulty because of the great number of languages and dia- lects. Of the latter there is anywhere from 450 to 800, according to different authorities. Porters often have to be changed every 20 miles or so because one set would not understand the dix lect of the next district, SOURCE OF INUIAN, COTTONISSTEADY, SLIGHTLY HIGHER Market Rallies Soon After Opening on Reports of Further Showers. By the Associated Fress. NEW YORK, August 20.—Cotton futures opened steady: October, 16.75 December, 16.73; January, 16/ March, 16.97; May, 17.08. The cotton market opened steady today at an advance of 2 points to a decline of 4 points. selling on the relatively easy showing of Liverpool and large private crop figures, but the market soon steadied on renewed covering. Traders gen- erally seemed to be paying more at- tentfon to the smaller private crop indication than the maximum figures, and the rally after the opening also was promoted by reports of further showers in the Eastern belt. December sold up from 16.69 to 16.76, and the general market was steady, with prices about 1 to 3 points net higher at the end of the first hour. Three more private midmonth crop reports were issued, one of them esti- mating the condition 68.2 and the indicated crop 15.500,000 bales, while another placed ghe condition at 63.4 and the crop InMcatlon at 15,860.000. The third report made the condition 62.3 and the indlcated yield 14.908.000. The fficial forecasts held out better prospects for clearing weather in the I South but brought in no selling con sequence, and the market was quiet later in the morning. At mid-day. December wa: with the general 1 point or two either way day’s closing quotations. New Orleans Market. NEW ORLEANS, La., August 20 (#).—Cotton_futures opened _steady. October, 16.70: December, 16 uary, 16.61; March, 16.70, 16.80, bid. Insect damage reports caused the cotton market here today to rally soon after the opening, which was 1 to 4 points under the previous close. The advance carrled October to 16.80, December to 16.70 and Jan- uary to 16.64, or 6 to 11 points up from the Jaws and 5 to § points above yesterday's closc. The firm opening of the market was made on the face of worse Liverpool cables than due. Two private crop reports were issued this morning. one making the condi- tion 62.3 and the crop 14,908,000 hales. and the other a condition of 63.2 and crops of 15,500,000 bales. - Your Banker Knows. When in doubt about a security consult your banker. It is equally as much his interest as yours to protect vour savings, You trust him with vour deposits—why not_trust him with your investment problems? t holding within a of yester- PASTURE LANDS IMPROVE. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE. August Hay lands and pastures in Maryland show slight improvement over a month ago and condition is given as 60 per cent of normal. A crop of 428,000 tons of tame hay is indicated. The har- vest last year was 418,000 tons. The early part of the season was too cool and dry for the hay crop. Clover is reported a near faflure, says John S. Dennee, Federal crop estimator for Maryland. 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M. 475 Stocks Bonds 0dd Lots @arried on Margin Buck & Company —RROKFRS— Fstablished 1916 312 Evans Building 1420 N. Y. Ave. N.W. ‘el. Franklin 7300 ate Wires to New York Direet There was some | selling - around 16.75. | | Main 2100 FINANCIAL. MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE CO. Brool A S Dl D'NO. 3 uartarly” dicidend of $1.25 and an il of 26 centa upon each of the A extra dividen 256,000 shares of present outstanding st of ho par_value of Mergenth Company will be paid o 1026, to the stockholders at the cloge of business The Transfer B JOS. T. MACKE as they tember be < 0 not i asurer. Train Control Subject to Change Will buy 1,000 shares at Will sell 1000 shares at Clarence Hodson & Co., Inc. 135 Brdwy, N. Y. Tel. Rector 2472 i 803 Wilkins Bldg. Main 6189 +.= ESSESEE Y4 A Third of a_Century's Experience Managing Your Rental Property —is as specialized a class of work as building the structure itself! Through successful Property Man- agement for the past third of a century, we know the wav to assure vour profit. Call us up: call us in. B. F. SAUL CO. 925 "15thSt. N, Offers m Montgomery . 1321 Connecticut Avenue JOHN JOY EDSON Organized 1879 Assets —in the the fact You'll be ment buildings you the lowest RO 1417 K Street ...$5,136,317.22 Surplus substantial steads and saved money for their chil- dren’s higher cducation. join with these happy systematic savers? erties in Washington. The New York Life Insurance Co. to Make First Mortgage Loans On Improved Real Ejtate in the Dis- trict of Columbia and Nearby Suburbs County, Maryland FOR 3, 5 OR 10 YEAR PERIODS s Y2 ON APPROVED SECURITY Apply RANDALL . -H. HAGNER & GOMPANY* Incorporated. )IOR'I'GA.GB LoAN GORRESPONDENT Apartments Office Buildings Telephone Main 9700 Equitable Co-Operative Building Ass'n President WAL R S. PRATT, Jr. 46th YEAR COMPLETED uitable can readily be seen by that hundreds have built up fortunes, acquired home- Why not you thankful a few years hence. 915 F Street or business prop- We offer prevailing rates! SSTBPHE| PS FOUNDED 1907 Main 9300 you reinvested it in a max Estate in the They yield an 713, 715 and 717 14th St. Make Your Funds Produce Maximum Interest Our First Mortgage Notes —sare secured by improved Real The money that you had available July 1st—Have imum producing medium, or is it lying idle—or paying you a low rate of interest? Natioa’s Capital. annual return of - 6%% Mortgage Investment Department HANNON: & LUCH Secretary ..$1,406,495.76 Subscriptions for the 91st Issue of Stock Being Received LEOPPOOOBDNOS THE VALUE OF SYSTEMATIC SAVING Prompt Loans \) May be arranged thru this or- ganization, on residences, apart-