Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1928, Page 12

12 THE EVENING STAR, D C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1928 | suppltes limited; demand moderate, mar- | ket about steady: California, standard Honeydews, 2.25a2.50; Persian BUSINESS BETTER & | melons, pony Honeydew crates, 0 l U B M fstandara crates, 3.00; jumbo crates, 3.50 TS Lettuce—Supplies of Eastern stock Ui { ltmited: demand light, market siightly | State Department of Agriculture | weaker: New Y York, 2-dozen crates, Big Offers Aid to the - — - | Boston type, best mostly 1.75; few 2.00; Deal Plan to Stock Up many ordinary _condition, ' 1.00al a | Western_stock.” supplies moderate; de- | eaiers n to Stock Up tor| mand iight, ma ket about steady: Colo- PRAIL S | . | rado and California, crates, Toeberg type. | Week End and Holi- |4 stly 4.50; few fn | BY the Associated Press H | 3, dosen, mostly 4.50; few Calllomnin | “p1GHMOND, Va. August 31.—Work | Onions—Supplies light: demand light, | to_provide day Sales. | market steady; Massachusetts, 100- | frading = eggs under £ | pound sacks. yeilows, U. S. No. 1, 3.15a | licensed inspection in order to insu t in business| Peaches—Supplies liberal: sale market this| moderate, market steady: Maryland | Of markets of the State department of is belfeved, o a desir> | and Virginia. bushel baskets. Elbertas, [agriculture, according to officials | ail U. S. No. 1, large size, 1.752.00; some | The present system of marketing cggs 50. some ordinary condi- | has 8 decided tendency to destroy mar- s small size, | ket quality, 1t was pointed out, and to ancy Ni large size, | keep Virginia eggs from obtaining a big ia. sixes, Elbertas. U. S, | part of the quality egg business, The fine quality and con- | 0gg producers of Rockingham and adja cent. counties are among the first to re. demand mod- | ceive the benefit of this service, it was erate. market steady. Oregon and Cali- | said. A Harrisonburg produce exchange fornia. boxes, Bartletts. fancy. medium | company has signed a contract with the {0 large size. 3.25 division of markets whereby the ex-| | change agrees to purchase eggs accord Potato Prices. ing to the United States standards and | Supplies moderate: demand | RrAdes for eggs, and farmers are urged | ast Shore Mary- | to bring their cggs to the buying sta- top stave barrels, Cobblers, | tion of this exchange and see them Corn /18 SAigher. J No. 1. 2.00a2.25 | graded by the Federal-State licensed better condition than Sweet potatoes—Supplies moderate; [ men. Instructions will also be given a k. was not so plenti- | demand slow. market dull; East Shore|to how the eggs may be further im Virginia, cloth-top barrels. yellows, No. | proved to reach the standard of quality | 1. 350; North Carolina, cloth-top bar- s commands a premium on rels, vellows, No. 1, 3.00a k and Philadelphia markets. | String beans—Supplies light importance of this | moderate, marke y weaker was pointed | ts, green 1.00a1.2 2.00a2 No. 1, I dition. 1.90 Pears—Supplies light ay. ex- perishable * com- t time n which alwa the New Yo demand | The economic near- | movement is apparent. it out, when it is noted that the egg pro- ducers of Rockingham, Shenandoah demand | Augusta and Rockbridge Counties em At 1 ah Firgin cetved approximately $2.000,000 for 3 inshelled retre ction, barrel crates, vear, which amount would have 25. Stringless [ round type, 2.00a2.25; New York, 90- reased by 000 if the e the past two | 100 pounds sacks, domestic round type. | had been w ade. This ap- more plentiful | 2.00 plies to other sections as well, it was oting them at | Grapes stated. Poultry products in Virg This time last ket steady: California, lugs | ranked second in value among all prod- as 30 and 75| Malagas. 1.50a1.75: Delaware. 12-quart |ucts sold from the farm | climax baskets, Concords. .75: 6 bas- |service inaugurated in t 2ions and other | kets Concords. few sales, 2 is expected to expand to serve all flock this | shel hampers, Concords, 73 | owners in the State. Plans relating to that | Peas—Supplies light! demand light. | the work may be obtained upon appli- market about steady: Colorado, 45- | cation to the division of markets of the pound sacks telephones, 4.50. State department. of agriculture NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET $375.000 FOR EXCHANGE SEAT NEW YORK, August 31 (Special) NEW YORK, August 31 (®—The | Sales on cucumbers were reported at|New York Stock Exchange membership | principally 1.00a1.25 per bushel basket | of Stephen C. Markoe has been sold to on the best and 50a75 on the poorer. | Walter A. Quinn for $375.000, an ad-| Dills realized mostly 1.25a1.75 vance of $25.000 over the last previous Poultry, alive—Turkeys fowls. Up-State New York celery in the|sale and $20,000 less than the record of large, 28; Spring chickens, large, 33a34. | rough peddled out at 1.00a2.50, rarel )saos.nnn medium, 30a32: small, 28a30: Leghorns. | higher, per two-thirds crate 30: roosters, 1 keats. young, 50a60 Bushel baskets of beets peddled out | old, 30. Dressed—Turkeys. 30: fowls. | at 50a1.00 and unwashed carrots, 1.00a | large, 32a33: small, 28a30: Spring|11s, rarely 1.5 | chickens, large, 42a43: medium, 40 Crates of 24 heads of Big Boston | emall, 38: Leghorns, 37: capons. large. jettuce from various parts of the State | 44a45; small, 30a35; ducks, 20a25; | jobbed out at 50a1.50. In few instances keats, young, 80a1.00. sales reached 1.75 and as low as 25. Meats, fresh killed—Beef. 22a26: veal, . 22a25; lamb, 25a28; fresh hams, 28a29: | resh pork loin, 40; shoulders, 20a21: Store Merger Planned. ed hams, 28a29: smoked shoulders, | NEW YORK. August 31 (P).—Nego- | 26: lard. 15. | tiations are under way for a merger of lambs. | Safeway Stores, Inc., which operates | a chain of more than 1,200 “cash-and- i Y ble Review. | carry” groceries, meat markets and s flrr"" “d,,:“m‘,, truits and | bakeries west of the Mississippi, and The daily market report on fruits a0d | ¢pe “Bird Grocery Stores, Inc., which vegetables. compiled by the Market News | 0 o0od'more than 200 stores in Kansas || _ The half pint bottle is priced at Service, Bureau of Agricultural Eco-| Gity, Dllas, Fort Worth and smaller || 50c. The pint bottle ot Toc brings - gt | citie s e || the cost to 37%ic a half pint e Apples—Supplies moderate: deman; 122,‘,‘,‘,’5;&?33"':%‘5,%“‘}?,"2"‘2"? a 1flr‘\i quart bottle at $1.25 brings the cost slow, market steady: Virginia bushel| PO %ion (iores with assets of about ||/t 31¢ a half pint while the gallon baskets, Summer Rambos and Wealthy 1$15.000.000. at $4.00 costs 25¢ a half pint and Wolf Rivers, No. 1, 1.0081.25; some | : ‘Accept no substitutes, demand the Sionpud. S e 48 genuine.—Advertisement Cantaloupes—Supplies moderate; d mand moderate, market firm: nearl Supplies light: demand Meats, bu morning were substantia ne as prices quoted yester Today's Wholesale Prices. Butter—One-pound tub, 48a4d: store packed, 30232 Ecgs—Fresh. selected, 37a38: hen- mery, 38a40; current receipts, 33 CHEAPEST WAY TO BUY FLY-TOX Timely hint to save money Millions of people everywhere are finding relief from flies and mosqui- toes, through the use of FLY-TOX. 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Virtually every leading oil company Research. v |in the country is now using planes in - its daily work and all are making in- | tensive studies of the present and fu- Special Dispatch to The Star ture of the industry, with an unques NEW YORK, August 3l-—The Oil|yionaq realization that the events of industry of America is getting behind §,onGe FEERAtOR T R B At | least one more week. Demand for pickers has increased rapidly. Lumber. CHICAGO.—Demand for hardwoods | has increased in this district, with f 30 days ago. This is the heavy sea- | thusiasm, following a check on avia- on for auto demand and it is unusualy | tion progress during the first half of | % new slant industry. The Bureau of e | S s Standards ot Washington is working | One of the leading ofl companies|¥ith varlous companles in full re- Pectin. discovered that, during this period, it | Search and other technical studies JACKSONVILLE, Fla—Pectin, the |sold six times as much galosine to |, It Was said at the American Petro. for all jellies, will be produced on | aviators as it did in the e parlad |t fe e o large scale in & new Florids factory|of 1927. - This concern hegan taking [ the entire petfoletim 'ndustcy of the Which will use citrus fruit peel, culls|a close look at aviation possibilities ' SO e ot the al Vag and windfalls, The first factory at|and obtained an estimate that at the | PrESSneE CRPOTRAIIES O o gt acksonville will have a capacity of end of 1928 there would be 8.000 com- | 2n€ TRl 1o resourcee ot /@ i3 SRt 0 tons per day. Most pectin now is | mercial planes in use in the United ” T st in beha made from apple pulp | States, an increase of more than 300 per cent in a single year | "As a result of these and other CLEVELAND Prod- | quiries, the company has ucts announces that it has booked | Aviation department ; from an unnamed auto company in | three planes, both for ufility wor nada one of the largest frame orders cver placed in this country. The com- pany's frame output will be increased by more than 2,000 frames daily and the booking of some new brake orders | will send its output of that accessory | up about 1,000 sets over the present schedule. Plants in_Cleveland and | Detroit are being expanded to take care | of this increased business. { aeronauti SILVER QUOTATIONS NEW YORK. August 31 (#).—Bar slver, 587:. Mexican dollars, 44 Steel. Midland Steel The most historic wnd interesting drive of less than 3 hours POTATO MARKET WEAK o can take. Beautifl. imoroved roads afl CHICAGO. August 31 (#).—(United L tes Department of Agriculture) / : B A RO ey oes—Receipts 105 cars: on track 279, Marys City total United States shipments 655 trading slow, market weak: Ka Missouri sacked Irish cobblers mostly around 70a75: Nebraska sacked Irish cobblers. 80a1.00, mostly 1.00 Minnesota sacked E: ¢y Ohio’s, 85a00 occasional fancy Saturday, Sunday or Labor Day Leave before 9 a. m. and you'll have plenty of time for the best bathing you've ever had-as well as time to fish and crab Crabs are very abundant this vear and fish weighing over 50 1 NFW BOATS FOR HIRE. . are being caught Dancing on New Pavilion Saturday Night and from 3 to 6 P. M. Labor Day A beautiful, new pavilion facing the bay is now ready—n wonderful dance floor and a peppy dance band. NEW Over $100,000.00 COTTAGES has already heen spent FOR SALE Many improvements have been mad. T which added to the many naturs attractions, make Point Lookou Srall.Cah Washington's most popular seasho Payment resort. A large, modern hotel w EASY TERMS | Richmond $2.40 to Fredericksburg Account LABOR DAY HOLIDAY Good returning to leave destina- be opened soon. tions until midnight, Monday, Sep- rd. Phone for route map and ap- ; Richmond tickets good on Broad N pointment for Free Bus Trip * Street Station trains only, except Nos. 75 and 76. Not good on trains to or from Main Street Station. Children half fare. No baggage checked. RICHMOND FREDERICKSBURG & POTOMAC R. R. OINT LOOKOUT CO. 907 15th St. N.W. Main 6147 bbb bbb bt Al b3 s wann R L L L T LI T Tt bt b Lt L L L e ————— FAMILY SHOE STORE Women’s Arch Support Shoe In the “first-time” Sale is the last day Four Open tremendous All groups that Das include all < ) widths and Saturday all sizes, though not in every style. Shoes that were $6.50, now &4 95 Shoes that were $7.50, now $5-95 Betsy Ross Fam-li-pedic Grover’s and other famous makes Shoes it were $8.50 and $9 Now $ 6 95 Patent Lea- < leading ma ther, Calfskin., # terials One, Tan Kid, Black & two, three and Kid, Black strap Satin, Russia . Step- Calf, Colored ins, Oxfords and Kid and other INW Lace Tie effects. ERVICE s that were Now Modern OVER OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAY Saks’ PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AT SEVENTH Saturday Will End the eason-End SALES! Continued for Saturday— Annual August Sale $35 to $45 Overcoats 2 9.50 Reserves Your Coat Till October 15 w E extend this :aving one more dav—since tomorrow is the first openaall.day Saturday, as well as the first of the month. TTHE Overcoats will be marked at $35 to $45 starting Tuesday. All are Blue and Grey—Winter's foremost shades. All are 1929 styles. The saving i Saks-—Third Floor $30—$35 Year-round Suits (1 & 2 Trousers) IGHT and medium weights 822 50 - - that you may wear comfort- ably throughout the year. Greys and Browns. Buy an extra suit at these savings. Almost all sizes. Saks—Third Floor $25 to $30 €ool Suits (Coats and Trousers) ‘3] 6.50 HIGHER-PRICED WOOL UITS—FINAL—PRICED ’]"ll[i.\t; suits, reduced to §14.85, 81 0.00 are now reduced again. Light and dark Greys and Tans A\ few mixture and stripe effects Broken lots and sizes, Saks—Fourth Floor $8 and $10 White and Two-Tone Sport Shoes—Clearance TPHE finest sport shoes of the sea- son—in the most fashionable mod- els. White, Black-and-White, Tan-and. White, TanandElk. Al sizes, but not in each style. Saks UR finest — all that remain. Gabardines and Tropical Worsteds. Mostly all sizes and wanted shades. Saks—Third Floor First Floor Men's 7ic Slipover Athletic Shirts; sizes 34 to 46; S& | final price DO Men’s §295 and Knickers, Broken s white and overplaid Men's $6.00 Imported Linen Men's Plain_and Fonc, and Flannel Knickers; plaids ed Handker- and plain white: final $5.95 . - ind plain white: final $9) notall initials ] 50 sle price included Men's $3.00 Crepe Pajuma slip-over and coat style: with or without collars; 1, B, C and D Mew's $1.00 and $1.25 Run ning Pants; fancy striped figured effects: sizes 30 Q= to 40 85¢ Men's €395 Ribhed Comt Sweaters; I neck; sizes sizes $9).05 30 and 38 only. final $6).95 - price - Men's Summer values: Palm B sizes 634 to T slightly soiled Men’s $1.15 Union Suits 79(. Sizes 34 10 50, Final sale price \ 3 for 8 Saks-—First Floor Men’s Bathing Sui Men's $3.00 Suits Men's $5.00 Suits Men's $0.00 Suits I and 2 Piece Suits—Sizes 34 to Saks—First Floor * Items! $L.00 One Sea: Boys' $395 Black Rubber Raincoats with Sew'wester Hat Piece Pajama to match; guaranteed water ender and ble proof; great for school . $8).95 e sizes 4 to I8 - Litrte Boys' $3.95 Topcoats; double - breasted _style; broken s all-wool § [ 95 tweeds Little Boy' Sweaters; fancy and plain col ors; neatly trimmed; § ] 45 5 Wool Knick sizes 24 to 30 i od wble for every Boys' $1.00 Fancy and Khaki school wear; Sport Blouses; Broadeloth, sizes 16 $9.95 and $1295 TwoKnicker Jncquard end Madras: 60 Blowes; Suits (with Vests); odd es 7 to 14 Roys' $100 sizes . dark patterns; sizes 16, $¢ @ pak Second Floor md Two white, tan, lax I piece, pieces, § 79(‘ T'wo Long-Trouser Suits; odd lot; ideal school suits for the young fellos soiled; broken $1.95 16 10 20 Sport fangy patterns; 13 to 16 3 Saks