Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 28, 1921, Page 3

Jersey City, N. J., Oct. 27.—Ten wit- nesses, including eight local ministers \who oppoged tife holding of the Carpen- tier-Dempsey bout last July, testified to- day before the Hudson county grand jury, which opemed an' Mmvestigation to determine if the bout was in violation of ‘the state law. Besiden the ministers the grand jury heard H. C. Gilson, counse! for the in- termationzi reform bureau, which sought to enjoin the promoter from holding the jeomtest on the ground that it was a ! “prize fight,” and thersfors illegal, and a private detective employed by the bu- reaun The jury will resumo its investl~ gatlon tomorrow. GLOUCESTER FISHERMEN PLANNING 140 TON CHALLENGER Halifax, N. £, Qct. 27.—Gloucester hermen who attended:the international mer rafgs here ard reported to be planning 2 140 ton challenger for the| fishing boat trephy mext year. The cralti would be named Puritan and wouid have {a length over all of 137 feet, with a 105. Yoot waterima. Funds necessary to bufld such a craft ve boen subscribed by Gloucester men, among whoin were Capt, Jeffery Thomas, ho will be the Puritan’s skipper. Capt. Benjamin -Pine and -Capt. Robert Whar- ton. They hope to launch the Puritan next mureh and send her to the banks for halibut. sch EOVACIH AND KEOGH PLAY CLOSE GAME OF BILLIARDS ladeiphia; - Oct,- 57.—Thomas A. Los Angeles defeated Arthur Y., 125 to 43 in 33 in today’s' ®rst game of the na- 1 champlohship. pocket billfard tour- Trenton, n o beat Jerome Rochester; N. 125 to 107 in 37 l Woods, Maturo tonlght Minneapolis, defeated ew York, in the first to 7% in 26 innings. YALE TO TAKE PART L CROSS COUNTRY MEETS aven, Oct. 27.—The Yale croes schedule, announced tonight, in- e following dates: jon meet at Syracuse Princeton at Prince- at New Haven; te meet in New | FOUR “To Hold Convention. The National Col- otic Association wiil hold its v n-here December 29, it was ‘an- inced today. < mvesllgahng Dt?lfipséy—flarpentieranm 1 GATE RECEIPTS BIG AT 7 MICHIGAN-OHIO GAME Ann Artbor, Mich,, Oet. 27.—Approxi- matgly $100,000 in gate receipts was re- alized by the University of Michigan and Ohi> State from the football game here last Saturday, according to Athletic Di- rector Fielding H. Yost. Of this amount about §$80,000 resulted from sale of re- served seat tickets. The remainder com- ing from student coupins. The sum, ac- cording ™ Yost, is the largest ever paid to witness a college athletic contest in the west. Paid admissions totalled more than 41,000, he anncunced, the fisure also set- ting & record for western univeraities. The money will be equally divided be- |, tween Michigan and Ohio. Staté. HARVARD-CENTRE GOME TO START AT 2.30 P. M. Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 27.—“The play the thing,” the Harvard University facul- ty has agreed apropos to football. . Break- ing a rule of long standing that athletic contests should not begin befcre 3 p. m., until Nov. 1, the academic heads yielded to the request of the college sports authori- fes that next Saturday’s game with Cen- jtre college be set for an earlier time. Half an hour was ccnceded, and the game will begin at 2.30 p. m. The fact that the closing plays of the spectacular contest with Penn State last Saturday were lost in the dusk, and that there was danger of players being injured and of spectators being hurt in leaving the wooden stands after dark were consider- ations in the decisiom, It was sald, N. Y. BOXING CLUBS ALLOWED ONE BOUT A WEEK New York, Oct. 27.—Boxing clubs op- erating in New York state are forbidden to conduct more than one show each week under 2 ruling of the state athletic com- mission effective beghning November 7. The new ruling will affect several of the”emaller club and also will interfere with the plans of Tex Rickard to hiold two bouts weekly ap Madison Square Garden throughwut the winter. CENTRE €OLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS ARRIVE FOR GAME BdSton, Oct. 27.—The “praying colonels” came east again today—the Centre col- lege football team ready to meet the Har- vard eleven in ifs stadfum once mcre. The Kentucky collegians headed by “Bo” Me- Millin arrived with only 2 few followers and will go into the game Saturday with- out organized cheering behind them, the undergraduate body having been refused faculty permission to come east. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL MARKET WAS IRREGULAR. Oct. 27.—The further ir- uneertain tone of the stock as primarily due to la! the raflroad labor situa- time, Mowever, did raflway more than nominal_ con- reversals were cancell- ay, when shorts covered on transporta- § ? equipments an of no definite Steels, ties many spectal- character also reflect- ure in _the $nitial | In almost, every es were’ registered ar®less of _.call 2 to € per cent. | Jiverzence of speculative sentiment een high grade and junior oils be- ame more marked. The former repeat- ed their meven course, whi'e low priesd issues, notabiy those comnrising California groun asa‘n advanced 1 s. Sales umounted to 675,000 only intersstine indnstrial opment of the day. publication statement »nied SHv devel- of the of Fethlehem Steel. Aaglaration of rezular oecurred -aftrr the market's In comtfast fo 17 S. Steel, com- vidends on Betlehem were fu'ly unectiled at =iand made littla nraeress to- verv during ths day. The rata egsed cent to the hat jetdlne continantai ono- renpted 5 mpoints, aftendine 4o Corman marks. Tome featiirad the firm AN Tiherty and Foreirn exchafiges wora the warie London one ne ot eaine the vie- % mew high for the | chengre ruted amiohe internatianaly wera mixed. To- (par walue) egated $12,- STOCKS Hish, Taw, Cines . 483 48 55 By Y 2y a4 Y% oy oy :A—. Woolsn v\" Anaconda Cinn Assoniated O s AvenisonT & S F.. & Ohlo ch =~ Chi Gt West or Chi Mil & & P Ch M &St Por Chi & N'wa . T & Pac . Connar Chi R Ch* 1ine Copper Coster Cruec‘b'a a= Del & Hndson Dome M:nes »‘:fir.p S Erie 2 Steel pr 2 seee 13347 T12Y 12y §. Fisher BoAv (0) pr. 67% 67% 674 **iGen Electric A30% 130 130 ¢ _Gen oMtor . 10 9% 10 M Gen oMt Deb .82 61% 62 Gen oMt Deb Tpc 72 7 72 Gt North pr ..... h 69% T0% Gt North Ore ..... 304 30% Fupp Motor Car 1% 1Y% . Illinoig Central i 96% S£13nspiration Cop . 35 Int Harvester %% ~apyInt eMr Marine . 10 Int eMr aMr pr 47 Int MTruck 58 Intern’l Paper 54% Int Paper pr sta 71 JXennecott 22Y% high Valley s MMaxwell Mot B { Mexican Petrol | Miami Copper Missourl K & T Pacifie Pas pr ‘Enam & S N Y Cretral 71 NYNH&H. 18% - 13% Norfolk & West 94y 943 North American 03 403 Penn R R 4 " 35 Pierce Oil A Pierce Oi] pr Ray Con Reading Replogle Steel . Rep I & Stee] .. Rep Ir & Steel South Pacific South Railway Southern Ry pr T S Rnubber pr . U'S Steel 3 U S Steel pr West Un- Tel . West El & Mfg .. Willys O'land New York, Oct money firm- er; hizh 6; low 5 1-2; ruling rate 5 1-2; closing bid 5 1-2; offered ‘ot z =t 6; last Joan 6; ca’l loans against acceptances 5. COTTON. New York, Oct. 27.—Spot cotton | steady; middling 19. Tiberty Tonds. Hish, Tow. (laee U S Lib 3%s ... 92.70 9% 40 92.50 T S Lh 24 4s 9”30 92.39 92.30 T7 S Liv 1st 4%s 9222 92.19 92.10 U S Lib 24 4%s 9256 ‘9242 9959 1T 8 Lib 3d 4Ys 94.96 94 86 94 8% TTS Lib 4th 415 9290 8382 gaRy Vietory 4%s 99.60 9944 89%g Victory 33%s 99.58 99.48 9958 Ouoted in dollars and cents per $100 bond. * Forelgn Exchange. Year Sterling— Yertorday, Awo. Demand .. .....$2.92% $2.45% Cables ., . 303y 2.47% Franes . . 127 6.37 Gui'ders .34.00 30% Marks . . 0571 1.26 Titre "> it . 3.93 A5 Swisg francs L1819 15.71 Pesetas ....... ,-13.25 12.80 Relelan francs 8.76 Sweden . 19.50 Denmark, 13.65 Norwa ¥ . 13% Greece . wees Argentina . 80. CHICAGO GEAIN MARKET. Chirago, Oct. 27.—Predictions that the raliroad strike would be averted Aid a good deal to rally the wheat market today, tut the ont'ook later waes uncer- taln, and prices closed unsettled 3-8 cents to 1 1-8 net lower, with December 1.06 1-2 ‘and May 1.10 3-¢ to 1.10 718, Corn lost 1-3 to 5-8 and oats 5-8 to 3-4. In provisions, the firish was unchanged to five cents higher. At the onening, wheat prices showed at downward tendency owing to general commission house selling based "arzalf on hedeing mragsure from the northwest including Winnineg. Assertions that Germany would be out of the market untjl snring counted, too, as & depress- ing factor, and so likewlss did a bear- ish estimate of the Argentine cron. On the remlting decline, howsves. the market apparently became oversold, and made a sudden untvrn when gossin ciroulated made the strike settlement outlook seem more Foneful. Temmorary fear that a large amount of erain wou'd be damazed in an elevator fire renort- #d at Montreal had ‘also 3 transient bullish effect. Thenm came word that no definite results had been arhieved In the meetlng of railroad employes and that the Montreal fire was >f 2 minor character. Heavy selline ensued was still in progress when the gone cleared the pit. Corn and oats hed within narrow limits and merely follow- ed tha chanees in wheat. Higher cmotations or hogs steadfed provisions but owing to the stifke prob- e the amount of .business done was emall Chicnzo Graln Market. Wheat— Higr 10w, Class, Dee. ... 108% 105% 1061 May ... 112% 109% 110% Corn— Dec. 4834 473% 47% May 52% 52% 527% 3% 328, 22% ami 383 B 2% BOWLING. TROLLEY LEAGUE. Tattville. L 102 128— 339 123 113— 346 124 99— 357 7120 115— 321 Dugas .... .....107 121 136—'36s 547 589 B91 1727 Jewett City. 108 114— 336 "105 84— 290 103« 92— 312 96 102 508 516 485 1507 160—347 and. 138 102 91— 26+ 105 120— 329 100 117— 335 107 111— 31y 550 539 g1593 ’ Simeox 111 84— 284 Spencer 93 91— 271 Zeralski 90 111—'298 Quarto , 93 112— 331 McCarty 104 100 884 292 503 487 486 1476 AT THE PALACE. Norwich Town Giants. ‘Wheeler ..,, . 112 98— 302 Cormier 90 92— 272 Martin . 107 - 80— 284 Johnson .... 85 156— 367 Tague 100 110— 317 536 1542 91— 280 $5— 268 | 121— 300 Delessio 96— 285 487 464 43¢ 1445 Palace Murphy .. 99 81 85— 265 Alai 83 ¥5 103— 274 Zeralski w098 2 104 279 Bolton . 114 103 10— 319 Simeox . 88 83 99— 270 Totals . . 477 437 493 1407 Lawrence Hall Tirrell. .o} . 113 89 108— 310 . 86 114: 32— 232 . 102 g2 89— 273 . 119 - 93 101— 318 Bosworth . 89 111 36— 286 Totals .... 500 494 466 1469 BALTIC WANDERERS DEFEATED ARMY-NAVY CLUB | The Baltic Wanderers defeated the Army-Navy Club team of Taftville in an exciting game of basketball, by the score | of 27 to 23, on the Balti® Gym floor | Wednesday night. = This makes the second victory for the Wanderers this seas:n The victors’ cen- ter turned his ankle during the game and had to be taken out of the game. %u the preliminary, the Bantams, through good playing and pass work took a fall out of Plainfield, 29 to 15. Line- ups: Army-Navy ‘Wanderers J. Murphy ‘Ridgway, Shnineau | Left Forward Paradist Right Forward T. Coleman . e irth, Erickson Center G. Coleman .............. . R. Swanson Left Guard MOLieur ...cecovcocncannne T. Swanson Right Guard Plainfield Bantams Pelltier Juoveencicaseceienroanas Charon Provost . Murphy | R. Provost ....c.c.evesicess « Erickson ! Dawley . Milller | Hill ...0000 ................ Robertaille Right Guard The Wanderers expect a challenge from the Mcosup R&vers for Friday, Nov. 4. ¥ootball Challenge “The Greeneville Independents challenge the Jail Hills for a football game Sunday | at Mohegan park. Answer through this | paper. I SEVEN SCHOOLS ENTERFED IN INTERSCOLASTIC MEET New Haven, Conn, Oct. 27.—Cross country teams of seven schools are enter- | ed for the fall interscholastic meet to be held here Saturday. The Yale track management insugurated the meet and will award Yale Interscholastic die med- als to the first three individual winners. The schools entered are: _ Bridgeport High, Crosby High, Cutler School, Hor- ace Mann, Stuyvesant High, West Hart- ford High and Williston Acedemy. The run will be held at 12 o'ckck in order that the men may attend the Yale-Brown game. CHARTER MEMBERS OF BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Lewiston, Me., Oct. 26.—Bates and the University of Maine are charter mem- bers of the New England inter-collegiate basketball association now being formed. Each team must include in its schedule games with five other members of the league. 101— 312 | or Boat Assveiation. lng s YT N = SN\ | S s \ TR TO BAR HYDROPLANE BOA;!‘SI FROM GOLD CUP RACES New York, Oct. 27.—Elimination of the mcdern hydroplane type of speed boat from the gold cup races in 1922, in order to stimulate competition in the event was agreed upon today by the American Pow- A rule, limiting the pist.n displacements of boats entered for event at 625 cubic inches, was adopted, to remain in fotce one year. Gar Wood, Detroit, who drove his Miss America II to victory in the gold cup this year suggested the rule revisin. Mr. Wood's boat ' averaged . about 80 miles an hour in seme of the heats. Mr. Wood said he thought the new rule would cause many owners <f boats of the.dis- Dlacement type to enter next year's re-..s. These craft have an average spved of about 40 miles an hour. TAX FOR MILITARY Windham county towns will pay a com- bined military tax of $4.890.07, according ti fi given out by Tax Ccmmission- er> William H. Blodgett in Hartford. Windham leads with a tax of $1,679.37 with Putnam next with a tax of $906.72. The military tax apportionments follows: Ashford, $66.2S; Brooklyn $143.66; Canterbury $61.35; Chaplin, $35.23 ; East- fird, $49.20; Hampton, $52.44; Killingly, $719.14; Plainfield, $391.44; Pomiret, $220.28 ; Putnam, $906.72; Scotland, $39.- 66;. Sterling, $114.17; Thompson, $339.- 67; Windham, $1,679.37; Woodstock, . $168.27. BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHI® HAS NARROWED TO TWO Philadelphia, Oct. 27.—Ralph Green- leaf, the title holder and Arthpr Wocds, of Minneapolis will fight it out Saturday night for the pocket billiard champion- ship of the United States, all -other con- testants in the national tcurnament hav- ing been eliminated today, so far as first place is concerned. Both Greenleaf and Wood won their matches tonight, the champion defeating Thomas A. Hueston, Lcs Angeles, 125 to 87 in 23 innings, while Woods disposed of James Maturo, New York, 125 to 72. SPCRTING NOTES. A. J. Reach was the firet nro®-crional baseball player. The Athletic 'Club- ef Philadelphia’ and ulay Wiee .5 .- Charles Martens, the young Belglan horseman who makes Chicago his head- quarters, will maie a trip ‘o his native land this fall and will take with him a number of fast horses. The first man to catch a ball behind the bat wes F. R. Boerum, of the Athletic Nat Hicks was credited by many as the first man to do o, but suchi is not the case. Base Ruth started something when he Bob Meusel #d Piercy, after the world series. The fans are now Wwaiting for Judge Landis decision on the caSe. Brown’s football players are being put through some stiff training for the game with Yale this Saturday. Coaches Iut the v eleven are seek- a punter of -high grade, although thev have now another is wanted. The American Power Boat Association is considering a change in the racife rgees. at their next meeting, in New York thiy week. Y-le's basketbali team is.to western courts this season. Charley Tell stands out at Harvard with somewhat of a larze ren as a boot- er, having pulled Bis team out of a hole several times with his kickine. Paseball is attracting considerable at- tention in Mexico. - especiallv in Mexico City and the outlying territory. Thare are. 10 first class diamonds in Mexico Citv.-two ‘easues and a 'number of in- denendent clubs. "Harry Kranse. former Athlatic nitch- er. is nitching for Tv Cobb's San Wran- clsro tema in the Pacific Coast Winter Leaeme, Miller Huewins and the owners of the Vanks! will get littla aid from the White invade Other membpers are Bostcn University, Connecticut Agricultural College, Mass. Institute of Technoiogy, New Hampshire College, Tufts, Wesleyan, Worcester Poly- technic and R.ode Island States. LT. McCOMB fi;w ANNUAL RACE FOR ARMY OOFICERS Laurel, Md., Oct. 27.—Lieutenant Mo- Comb, riding Almino, won the annual race for United States army officers at the race track here today. Colonel Gam- brifl, Le Gordon, was second and Majr Koch, on Jaybird, was third. The dis- tance was a mile and an eighth, time 2.04, TIPLITZ KENOCKED OUY BROWN IN: FIRST ROUND OF BOUT ‘Boston, Oct. 28.—Joe Tiplitz, Philadel- phia lightwelight, tonight ~knocked out George Brown, New York, in one minute and 56 seconds of fighting in the first round of a scheduled 10 round bout. Paul Doyle, Boston, welterweight, knocked cut Joe Florrio, New York, in the second round. SYRACUSE CAPTAIN WEENCHED LEG IN SCRIMMAGE Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 37.—Captain Bert Gulick, of the Syracuse University foot- ball squad suffered ;a wrenched leg in serimmage this afternoon. The injury, it is said, may prevent him playing in the game with Washington and Jefferson col- lege here Saturday. Dartmouth Plays Cornell Hanover, N. H, Oct. 27.—The Dart- mouth foothall sqhiad left today for Itha- ca where they will play Ccrnell Satur- day. Although Captain Jim Robertson accompanied the team, it was expected that the injury which he sustained two weeks ago would keep him out of the game. ‘Want Walter Scanian as Guest Norwich Rotarians are hoping to have ‘Walter Scanlan as their guest when he is here next Wednesday to appear in “Irish Eyes” at the Davis theatre. The Knights of Columbus are expecting to en- tertain him at the K. of C. home after the theatre performance. 2 Sox in.their search far nlayers, according to Chirazo snort writers. Charlie Pilkirgton of Meriden, whio, was May Head National Committee - Scott Ferrls, former U. §. repre- sentative from Okiahoma, who is mentioned to succeed Georzge White _ Committtes, Wheate The Cereal that WINDHAM COUNTY TOWNS © 7 'C'ross and Fisk Red Top star, is playing | season. | Southern League will embrace Bridgeport, commenced his barnstorming tour with; ling for another drive at"the contenders | | Leonard are the men who {charge of the club. The club, which will The Wheatena Company, Tastes Good™ " Your Grecer Sells Wheatena—Recipe Book Free. ‘Wheatenaville, Rahway, New Jersey. - going along. rapidly until he suffered two setbacks 2t the hands of Johnny Shugrue of Waterbury last year, expects to enter the ring shortly. Charlie, who is one of ‘he cleverest featherweight in the game has been bothered with bad ltands ana has had a long rest. Hartford promoters may-.use him in the near future. Football players from Centre college would have a long walk if by asy chance the railroad workers decide to strike next Sunday. The distance from. the Harvard Stadium to Danville, Ky., is, one might say, some distance, Arnold (Jigger) Statz, former Toly great ball in the Pacific Coast Win er league after a great season in the regular coast league. - Statz was with the Giants for some time after leaving Holy Cross but McGraw let hims<out. The Knights of Columbus are branching out in their endeavors in this state this Instead of having one basketball circuit this year the Kaceys are to have two known as. the Northern and Southern | leagues. The Northern League will,in- clude Hartford, New Britain, Manchester, Southington, Rockville, Willimantic, Mer- iden, Terryville, Middletown and prob- ably Winsted and Torrington. The Stamford, Greenwich, South Norwalk, Danbury, New. Haven and New Milford. Benny Leonard will soon resume train- for his lghtweight = titla His firm bout will be w7 Sailor Friedman of Chi- cago and it will be held either in Phila- delphia or Milwaukee. Both places are no-decision cities and Leonard is running little risk of losing his crown. In a recent game between the Multno- mah Amateur Athletic Club of Portland and Whitman College out in San Francis- <o, Steers kicked two drop kicks from the 45-yard line. The West is still .wild. It is 2 question whether the Hartford and New Haven Eastern League tems will make a Southern training trip this| season in view of the failure of either of those two teams to do anything excep- tional during the past race. Rumor has it that anothér big boxing club to rival Madison Square Garden wilfl open soon in New York. , Jim Buckley and Jim Céffroth, veteran boxing promoters, | and Billy Gibson, managgr of Benny will hawve be located near Times Square will have | a greater seating capacity than the Gar- den Jack Britton and Benny Leonard will meet for the world's welterweight: ti- tle at the opening, as Chairman Democratic Naticnal | Out-at Stanford University it is report- ed that the playing-field has been plant- | ed, while the scheme of trees and shrubs on the outer slopes of the bowl has been carried into effect under the direction of McLaren of Golden Gate Park. Wherein the vicfous game of football becomes a garden party. = Jack McAuliffe, who redred as unde- feated lightweight champion of the world, has offerel his belt to be fought . for among. the “lightweights with the excep- tion of “Benny Lecnard. K Jack hopes to ‘create enough inferest to bring out more contendérs for Leonard's champlonship. It'is said that Charley Moran has plac- ed the mighty Roberts at guard for Cen- tre.. Harvard will do well, exXtremely well, to avoid the kuard positions, if re- ports are true. In last year's clash, Rob- erts played defensive end ahd offensive fullback. Whenever the Crimson at- tempted .to circle the large Kentuckian thereé was disaster, for Red spilled four or five interferers time and again and generally mana-§1 to grasp the man hugging the aval. Chick -Fswster who poled out a home run while taking Babe Ruth’s place dur- ing th= World's series, was some surpris- ed.after the game when a small boy ‘handed ‘him the homer ball. Fewster got 2 new white ball, autographed it and returned it to the youngster in appreci- ation. Jimmy Claiby who was one of the best welterweights in this country a few years ago,’ was knocked o.t in the 15th round of a'bout with Frank Burns, Aus tralian middleweight “champidn, at Sydney, re- cently.. . . Members of both the Giants and Yan- kees have beén to the offices of both olubs,in New -York after their series checks but did not get them. The Ghecks this year are in the hgnds o? Judge Lan- dis and he will mail them to the home of the various players. Burt Niehoff, who played second base for Pat Moran's Philadelphia National league champlons in’ 1915, is pe-forming at second base for Los Angeles in the coast winter league, . . It is understood that Babe Ruth will demand $50,000 from the Yankee owners for playing ball in New York next year, an. increase-of $36,000 @ year if he gets jter of a mill'on pounds in 1919. it, and he probably will, Nine baseball clubs from the United States and Hawaii will visit Japan this winter. The University of California team has just completed a trip to Japan while the University of Wasiiington re- cently sailed to that country. The Sher- man Institute Indian team of Southern California and several professional teams | are also to make the tri. . | U.'S. NORMALLY PRODUCES 60 PER CENT. OF WORLD'S RAJSINS | Announcement of the unusual shoriage | of the raisin crop of the United States in the current crop year calls attention. | says the Trade Record of the National | ity bank of New York, to the great| growth” in our raisin industry in recent | years: It is only within a comparatively | short time that we realized that the! United States had_qualifications of soil | and climate for becoming the world's' largest’ raisin producer. Since that time, however. we have not only supplied our own growing demand for this important article of food but sent enormous quanti- ties to our fruit hungry neighbors. It was only ' in 1898, continues the bank’s statement, that our raisin exports were considefed of sufficient importance to_include them in the government’s re-| ports of foreign trade, the official figures of that initial year of the raisin export record having been 3 100,000 pounds with a value of but $167.000. Sirice that time we have exported 550,000,000 pounds of raisins, valued at over $50.000,000. the calendar year 1920 alone showing 110.- 000,000 exported at a vaiue of over $13, 000,000, the distribution extending to 75 countries and colonies situated in every grand division of the world. | Meantime our imports of raisins, which nad run as high as 40.000,000 pounds = | year in the “pre-raisin” perlod of our in- | dustries, dropped to 10,000 000 pounds in | 11900, 5,000,000 in 1910, 3,000,000 in 1915, 1000,000 in 1918, and less than a quar- With the recent shortage in our domestic sup- plies however, coupled with a revival of the raisin industry in southern Europe, Asia Minor and Australia, our exports in the fiscal year 1921 were but 24 000,000 | pounds and our imports, which had been 120,000 pounds in 1919, advanced to 14,-7 000,000 in 1920 and 43,000,000 in the; fiscal year 1921. H Cailforna, 2dds the bank’s statement, | is our chief raisin producer; practically all our enormous production criginating in that state. The total raisin production of the country amounted to but 150000 pounds in 1874, 103000,000 in 1894, 190,000 000 in 1912, 264,000,000 in 1916, 300,000,000 in 1918, 340,000,000 in 1919, and 380.000,000 in 1920, but dropping in the short crop 1921 to 220,000,000 pounds. Che processes of turning grapes into th Fumous Writer \COPYRIGHT_KEVETONE VIEw_CO. MEW-YORK Miss Ida M. Tarbell, expert on sconomic and sociological ques- tions. She was one of the three women members of the unemploy- - |For thr.;.youflt ready for his raisins have been greatly improved i * * recent years by the use of machinery for curing, seeding, packing and distributing the enormous crop ‘in which we normally lead the world. Our chief ‘rivals in the world's: raisin industry are the Mediter- ‘anean countries, Chile and southern Aus. tralia, which. has recently comé inte the field as ‘a raisin producer. The United States produces in normal years §0 per cent. of the raisin crop of the world. .- Our chief customers ‘for the raising exported, which as above indicated made their hizh record of 110,000.000 pounds with a value of over $13,000,000 in'the calendar year ‘1813, are Canada, Great Britain, the Scandinavian countries, Mex- . - ico, New Zealand, Japan and smaller ~ - quantities to the South American eoun- triesy Africa, Asia and Oceania. To Canada alone we sent 22,000.000 pownds in' 1920, Great Britain ' 14,000,000, and New Zealand and Japan abouf 1,500,000 pounds each, Of the 46,000,000 pounds .. of raisins imported in 1920, 25,000,000 pounds came from Spain. 5,500 000 from Asiatic Turkey and 2,500,000 from Ams- tralia. “BALD BLUE KNOB" There is lucated immodiately wert of Junction ity a few mles south of Danville, Ky, a wonderful geological formation known as “Bald Blue Kngb.” This is a member of the chain-that branches off from the Cumberland Mountains and extends along the routs of the Knoxville division of the ville & Xasaville Raflway. p From its foot to its .crest is about 200 feet and except on the large flat top, with a small knob in its center « it is covered with shrubbery and veze- tation. The top, however, is absolutely = barren. Not a sprig of any kind bas ever. grown upon it. The soil is as blue as indigo and this celoring has never been uffected by the ravages of time. It is believed by many that this knob was at one time a volcano and that the surface of the crest was belched forth from the bowels of the earth. The “Bald Blue Knob” has bean ‘n object of wonder for many generations and hundreds of visitors ascend f¢s - step sides each year to view its.crown of rich azure—Exchange. frame Iy L WE ADVERTISE EXAGTLY | - - aTw NEW | FALL CLOTHES For All Ages of Man first long trousers to the man, of mature years — here are suits and overcoats sure to please you. $25.00 to $60.00 SHIRTS—A great selection of patterns — $1.50, $2.00 and up to $7.50. ; HATS — The popular narrow brim and small crown, in the newes colors—$3.00 to $4.50 _ . Young’s Hats — $5.00 and ~ Jail