Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1931, Page 37

WASHINGTON SOLD FISH, CURTIS SAYS Vice President Pens Article on Looms at Mt. Vernon and Trade in Herring. George Washington, first President of the United States, was, in his time, | quite a successful fishmonger. ‘This information is contained in an article writte Vice President Charles Curtis. The ry will appear in Greater Wasl ton Magazine, official organ of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, in connection with the seventh annual industrial _exposition | number. It also portrays Washington in the role of a shrewd business man and financier. In addition to being the cultivator of vast estates, the Vice President writes that Washington also carried on an extensive textile manufacturing busi- ness befors he became President of Lhel United States. The textile business was founded when Washington dis- covered it more economical to weave his own cloth than to import it from England. Expands Home Weaving Plant. At first he merely engaged in weav- ing for needs cf his household. | When war clouds of tife Revolution cut machinery he had erected a oft styod him in good turn, on the textile E ul éommercial | vs Vice President Curtis ington's first industries ostablished Commenting on George Washington's career as a fisherman, Mr. Curtis tells ;us that over 50,000 herring were often ! caught in one night by Washington’s | men. An illustration of a business transaction, of that day, is presented } when the Vice President gives the fol- | {lowing quotation from Washington's { diary, in connection with the sale of a , batch of fish to a Mr. Adams: } ““He is to take them as fast as they s are catched, without giving any inter- COMPLAINANT, ARRESTED | Policeman Answers Call to Destroy Policeman Fred Trauert was sent to | investigate complaints that several boys were making a hangout of a corner in the Flatbush section. Davis, an adult, argued with Trauert who arrested Davis on a charge of disorderly cnoduct. plainly puzzled. Blanchfield, the Dl’fip?r!y complaint.” rce with England, the lfom.: | (Con\rmlu Poor Fish, Weighing 51 Pounds, Sat Upon Until It Expires By the Associated Press. MARYSVILLE, Calif., Octo- ber 15.—J. H. Engasser tells this fish story and he has a 51-pound salmon as proof. He sald he caught the salmon in the Feather River near here without hook, line or spear. He deposes he saw the fish leap on a sand bar and that he swam to the bar and sat on the fish until it died. BY MISTAKE, IS FREED Boy Gang's Hangout and Confesses Error. BROOKLYN, N. Y. (NANA)— ‘While ordering every one away, Harry In Flatbush Court, “Your honor,” he said to Magistrate “I now find that Davis is owner who made the ‘Trauert was 1 Sentence was suspended. the North American | ce, Inc.) Minimum Bundle 80c l Hrus s laundry 2 saving nd monev. tn’ vimdic” ser #ashed under laborai controlled. 3ystem . usin 1 yuption to my people, and is to have the {use of the Fish House for his Salt, fish, etea., taking care to have the House clean at_least before the next fishing season. In consideration of which he fs | to pay me Ten pounds for the use of | the House, give three a thous. for the Herrings (Virg. money) and 8/4 a hun- | dred fish.” Lauds Washington’s Vision. Commenting on the dreams for the future greatness of the city which was o bear the name of the “Father of Our the Vice President in his | “That Washington was a . vision is demonstrated by his plan to | have the commerce of the West diverted * through this section of the country, to be shipped to Europe via the Potomac River. He also developed a plan for a | series of interlocking canals. His canal | icea later on gave way to the newly de- | veloped steam railroad, and the routes he planned were used by steam en- | gines rather than by canal boats.” Mr. Curtis concludes his article by | pointing out that the Nation's Capital, | in becoming an industrial city of its present type and proportions, is merely ringing to realization the possibilities e e | PACIFIC AVIATORS FLY (Maryland curry) for the white mant ot | vlenty of soft flteree | water and finest wash- | ing solutions. Starched where necessary, return- ed in waxed ba. ! Make a Week’s Test THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, OCTOLER 15, 1931, FILL YOUR EMPTY SHELVES The Time Was Never Better Than NOW to Buy Good Food at Saving Prices From Your Neighbor, the D. G. S. Owner, Who Your Order Without Charge. Del Monte fresh or pre- pared prunes packed in No. 2Y, tins. A fancy and most delightful prune, carefully selected, then packed in heavy syrup and scientifical- ly canned. 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