New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 8, 1924, Page 15

WHEAT PRODUGTION 10 PER GENT L£SS Dept, of Agriculture Reallirms Early Estimate Washington, Aug. §,~From 101013 per cent leas wheat than last year will be produced Lhis year in countrics of the northern hemisphere, the departs ment of agriculture announced today on the telegraphiec reports and other information contirming v = y estimates tp that eftect, The pro» duction this year in 15 important pro- ducing countries, ineluding the United flates and i 4, and exclusive of Rus: und Ching, is estimated at W ols, compared with 11,000 bushels last year, The cereal crop In Europe is less | than last year with lmportant reducs tlons In countries consuming lurge quantities of hard wheats similar (o our durum varicties,” the department of aghiculture stuted, of an exportable surplus in North Africa further strengthens the market positions of these wheats and the out. look from the point of view of Ameris 2an producers is more fuvorable than ast year, The Européan demand for ~heat at prices prevalling last sea- ton resulted in Imports considerably arger than expectations at the be- pinning of the scason, The elagticity of the demand In certaln important Importing countries is likely to be | felt at the present price Jevel and European imports this scason may not NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1924, Girls in Austria, Seeking Husbands, Display Themselves + Trenschen-Teplitz, Austvia.—This is the height of the market scason here, the market in which at Marriage Mart o girls of marriageable age wait for husband-customers. Here at this bathing resort the summer marriage mart has becpme an established institution, The war created an overbalance in the population, women far cutnumbering the men. And so the girls of Teplitz, seeking husbandsand homes, display themselves in rows along the Dressed in their best they sew and knit, to show prospective husbands that they will| street, [ make thrifty housewives. be greater than®last year In spite of . smaller harvests, | “In the Orient, which has ftaken | considerable quantities of United | States and Canadian wheat and flour | during the past season, the prospects are for a considerably d q pro- duction of wheat. Japuan forccasts a wheat crop 12 per cent below last year, and in Manchuria conditions have been very unfavorable, though acreage and production estimates are ‘ net available for this region. With | the increase in prices and the major- | ity ef the reduction in the United States crop occurring in the Pacific | northwest, it is difficult to foresee what effect the rediction in the Or- | fental crop will have on epurchases from America. { “Russian reports are as contradic- PARLIAMENT BODY VISITS SHITZERLAND 22nd Annual Conference Meets in! Geneva and Berne Geneva, Aug. §.—A strong Ameri- can group is expected to attend the twenty-second annual conference of the Inter-Parliamentary union which will be held this year at Berne and | the same auditorium where the dele. | gates to the league assembly will con- !vene Eeptember 1, The agenda for the conference cov- ers g variety of topics from questions of foreign policy to reduction of arma- ments, Congressman Theodore E. Bur- | ton, of the United States, is expected |to deliver an address dealing with problems of foreign policy. | member of the executive committee | he will be asked to present the re- | port of the union's bureau and open | the general debate, Reports on juri- | dical questions as affecting interna- | tional law will be made by former Foreign Minister J. L. Mowinckel, of | Norway, and by Professor Walther Schucking, member of the Reichstag, and president of the German group. As a | "of statistics. ' LONG DRIED UP LAKE| SIIL! GHART |“Lake Tulare” Causes Amuse- maps have Leen for some ment to Southern Calilornians Ban Prancisge, Ao==Makers of years an Aug unfailing source of amusement to the o Jouyuin Valley of California maps of the wtate invariably show a large o FISHERIES GAINING Increase in Value of 'British Columbus | Fisherles Is Shown in Report of Government. Vanvouver, B, C,, Aug. 8.—Increase in the value of the British Columbia fisheries is shown in the returns for 1928 issued by the Dominion bureau The value of all fish marketed last year, fresh and canned, was $20,§08,726, a gain of 10 pfirf‘ cent over the 1022 value and 49 per cent higher than 1821, | The principal increase was in hali- | "but which was valued at $6,271,993. | there is no sueh or %0 long tha Invaded the there was a real Lake ered upproximately eologiats are of the opinion that at! The early suttlers startod ¥ ing the shallow parts of the lake by oveus, erected, croached on, until it was squared and reaquared by levees 40 feet high reclaimed lands were exe UL, and wheat was grown on them, and flower into pounded far up in the mountains for | irrigating the T cotton flelds, which are increasing in number, some pluces pump to & depth of 2,100 feet to get any water, ople al the southern end of the Ban Thelr blue eirele, about half the sige n Franeiseo llay and bearing th Tulsre Th fact s ake and ha, it is diMieult for the 1 inhabitants te remember it Yoars ago, when th Nan first pioneers uin ~ Valley Tulare 108 square 1nlles time in ancient history it covered 10 square miles, dlaime Later on higher Slowly the old " WOre “n. Much of the water from the Kern Kings rivers, which formerly Lake Tulare, are im. castside lands ulare wheat area is spotted The with The old lake bed is a0 dry that in the farmers have to It is dry that no crops It covs | The | lingly fers | Could be ralaed withowt Nerertheless irnigation Be maps thess of ale and tederal gorvrament and agencies and raliroads display Lake Tulare seoretary of the Kings f Commerve constangly re elters from the east lnguiring sbout Lake Tulare. Hecently one man 1o know the prospects for Ip & good trade i boats and Another planned to sell fshs near the lake. Still anoth. ambitious, wanted all the expeeted o establish a fine rtoon the shores, with swimming 8 Suit manutaeturer: seek the the st 1ourist tinue to con Th COUR! Y celvus data, as h res DONOGHUES IN RACE Famous dockey's son Pinbshes Fifth in Virst Race Against Father, Who Is Second ury, Eng., Aug Instead of familiar slogan of "Come on ng heard on the race course iy, & new ery of "Come on Pat’ was heard in its The spectators were calling for Patrick Donoghue, son of Bieve Donoeghue, of kogland's foremost jockeys, Vas making his Arst appearance as a jockey Donoghue Is o wolghs seventy | 1s the Intention of his rut n his takes well to racing. In his first race | the youngster rode against his father | and finished Afth, Steve being beaten | by a short head for the firet place place. shall follow | Lberthing space Ned—He doesn’'t he? TED-Yes, if Life, plays a fair golf game, you wateh him,— FRISCO HARBOR S 10 BE ENLARGED 20 Mile Extension il Government Approves Plans San Prancisce, Aug. L.-~The water of San Franelsoo will be extends imits tront ed 20 miles beyond its present 1o s @reat induse tria! section if the United N'ates gove nment upproves plans for dredging a deap-water shi Wl south from Hunter's Point Franeisco, 1o Havenswood | coupty the deselopment of The projec Ban ¥ distriet peninsula to N Besides planned to reelaim 2 tidelands for industri land w 1 be reclaimed through use of the dredged earth Government aid has been asked for the charne Ihe reclama- tion and whurfage improvementa are to be undertaken by private interesta, together with the state and the coun- ties involved, The entire project will involve many millions of dollars, Prancisco has a water front is owned and operated by the Title to the property is in the state of California and harbor affairs are administored a board of three harbor commissioners. The city at present has 15 miles of for ve s, with §,- 50 area, The only san that pubiie 00 square feet of ¢ | new facllities are intended to increase | the harbor space to more than double and to provide a vast number of po- tential factory sites. Bage-Allen & Co. 2-7171 (INC)) 2-7171 —THE— tory as ever, ranging from crops larger than last year to danger of a severe famine affecting as many as 5,000,000 people. Reports of crop shortage in important regions appear to be well founded., Notwithstanding famine reports from drought stricken areas, press reports are to the effect that the soviet government will con- tinue fts export policy and the claim is made that possible famine will be relieved without the aid of foreign food. “Reports of a conslderable Increase in the wheat acreage in Argentina are current but no official estimate {s available as yet. ' Certainly the weath- er was favorable during the planting season ‘though dry weather is being reported at present. Some increase is also expected in Australia.” INS'l;ALLS HOFFMAN 'No. 25 ,’ FOR A SHORT ! TIME ONLY | many European members of parlia- | sions will be held at Geneva just be- |on to follow the deliberations of the | assembly, especially iexpected presence of Premiers Mac- | Donald, Herriot and Mussolini. | fice, ,The salmon pack reached a value of | 189,233,148 and the total saimon catch, i fresh and canned, was worth $11,936,- | ! 668, according to the report. The number of whales caught in was 445, compared with 187 in | They will both touch In general on | parliamentary control of foreign | policy. Deputy Marius Moutet, of France, ! in the name of the permanent com- |1 mittee for the study of colonial and The value increased from ethnic questions will speak on “Col- | 815,814 to $332,781, TIn 1923, 706.-‘ | onial Mandates and the League of Na- | 514 gallons of whale oil were ob- | tions,” Senator I'ernand Merlin, of ' tained. | France, will read a paper on immi- Capital invested in the fishing in- | gration, and Vincent Aurlol, also a stry in 1923 totaled $5,754,272. One | member of the French parliament, | hundred and twenty-eight plants were | will give his ideas on the reparation | in operation, comprising 60 salmon problem, When the conference moves | canneries, 55 fish curing establish- | |to Geneva it will concentrate its de- | ments, four clam canneries and eight | bate on the problem of armament re- | whale ofl and fish oil factories. Men day the delegates will come to|duction, which is now absorbing the employed in the industry numbered | Geneva and visit the league of na- | attention of all parliaments and gov- ' 8,660, | Geneva, beginning August As ments call the union “the popular chamber of the league of nations” the | meeting this summer is viewed with special interest because the final ses- fore the opening of the Séptember as- sembly of the league. It is thought that many parliamentarians will stay in view of the | The union will meet at Berne from August 22 to August 26, The next tions and the international labor of- | ernments. On Thursday, August 28, the last sitting of the conference will be held in Reformation llall, at Geneva, @udlet Millimay 177 Main Street — Reauty specialists say tight-fitting | Airplane passengers numbered 28,- [hats will cause baldness in both men | 801 during 1928. |and women, oA Special Sale of Newer —~\ FALL HATS Rich Choice of Advance Styles Right at the Start of the Season! 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