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Desolation and ruin were left behind when * terrific windstorm struck Nebraska and cut a wide swatM
closing
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AMERICAN
MANILA
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SELLS FOR LESS.
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Angora Scarf Set* in Various Colors Will Be Sold at
Special Reduction
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men.
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Na-ocr-at
Remember Tomorrow and Saturday.
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TRADE WITH US
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CAMP’S DRUG STORE
9.000
LAUNDRY SERVICE
L- AaUa yastarday. top western 1225;
others'(215(11225.
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S-lc, July 44c.
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DOUBLE REDUCTION!
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Economy and Beauty in the
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or
than
VACUUM CUP
~ TIRES ~
3 &
COTTON SEED
MEAL
This c
Tube*'
IRONTON
Bunsen Heater
U. S. ARMY GOODS
THE BOSTON STORE
28 19-40
2840-45
27.17-90
29.30-33
28-83-85
A course in business law with,
out unnecceaary technicalities, haa
been ophed by the extension do-
We are now selling cotton
seed meal at $2.25, delivered
anywhere in the city.
begin
for
from
an
is able
candidate
in
ALVIN
11
We Give 8. & H. Green
Stamp*.
ARMY GOODS AT HALF GOVT
PRICE
directions,
a- London•judge
• A
715
packing
Closing
16.15
15.88
15.58
15.17
18.88
16.44
box
late
agent
>3.000
was
and
DON’T BUY YOUR FALL HAT UNTIL YOU
HAVE SEEN THESE.
the
waa
wan
who
that
i on
has
they
earth.
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eggs,
and
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of India ar* •
...j men. con-
Right Soaps for
the Bath
t he i
leave
t<> d<>.
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raee. i
women
FRANCIS CRADDOCK
Phon* T1
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THE BOSTON STORE
SELLS FOR LESS.
THE STYLE SHOP
Upstairs Over Acuff & Co.
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PILOT POINT GINS
3,827 BALES COTTON —
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COVELL’S ATTORNEYS
SAY HE IS INSANE
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Investigated the
ar»- the Ugliest
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es in
speed.
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In Syra-
num,
hue-
stock
the
time
check
the
States
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H. .Utr ' a < •••, : Jfl
Battlefield of the Winds
Wheat-—December 81.05 5-8o; May
>1.19 5-8; Julyq 81.07 1-2.
Corn—December 76 7-8c; May 74
2-9c; July 74 5-8c.
Oats—December 43 3-8c; May 44
boll
has
the
South's
for
last year's '
primaries hut war overwhelmingly
♦ These arc opinions of Thonw ♦
♦ as A. Edison, who is in New 0
♦ York attending the electrical ♦
♦ show at the Cirand Central Pal- ♦
♦ ace.
♦ The electrical
position
Inspector said
We aell nothing but the beat groeer
iea—fresh, high quality merchan-
dise that bring* you back aaking
for mor*.
Members of the C
Court have n<^t been
bration haa asked
postpone the event
Resting that It
future date.
operation,
ta pool
natories
specified
acreage
omitted
partment of the University of Cal-
ifornia, especially for women.
we are giving,
■ Vacuum Cup
£
against Ford in an assault
the day of his death.
QUICK DELIVERY BKBYICN
t<> th®
year.
Mar 2845 28.42 28.19
May __ 2818 28.2* 27.>4
L July 27.85 28.7* 21.7*
I Oct---- 28.70 --- 28 51
Dec « 28 60 28.62 28 25
Spot* 50 low* 9 29c-
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♦ KANSAS CITY, Mni, Oct. 18. ♦
♦ —Richard Morro, former cash- ♦
♦ ler of the Corn Exch* nge Bank ♦
♦ who ‘‘hoped to ma kb a killing ♦
♦ In oil.” was in jail here today ♦
♦ charged with a 838.800 short- ♦
♦ age. Morrg's embezzlements ♦
♦ extended over a period of fpur ♦
♦ years. +
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wizard ap- +
♦ beared in fine health and was + !
I ♦ In good spirits. ------- • *1 Another resolution
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ARSON AND MURDER
CHARGES ARE FILED
property, and Q
or notblil* Y-31
still Increasing, according
statistics available for thl*
Price reduction ranging to 15%
and
Effective for a limited time only, '
absolutely free, with each regular
Tire purchased,
ONE TON TESTED TUBE
, of corresponding size
combinftd price reduction and limited Free
Off« r affords opportunity for an approximate
SAVING UF 30%
Get your season's tire equipment TODAY, hwjufl-
ing a FREE TUBE with every tire you buy.
Rough Dry
This includes everything that would ordinarily go in the
weekly wash except starched shirts and starched collars, •
which are charged for separately. The clothes are wash-
ed, the pieces you wished starched are starched with a
thin starch, dried in our steam-heated dry room and re-
. turned all ready to be ironed, which you can do at your
convenience. This is charged for by the pound, at 8 cents
a pound, with a minimum charge of 50 cents.
We wish to call your attention to the different classes of
laundry service we have to offer in addition to our regular
bundle work.
ed on othfr grain* and prices clos-
ed generally lower today.
he reason for the late break waa
reports that Canadian flour was
! being offered here at 75c to 81 tin-
ker the American price. Buying by
•hortc gave th« market a firm un-
dcrone for a short while and .’erv-
•d to stave off many dips.
Oats remained dull and njftlected,
Bolling off with other' grains.
Weakness in hogs continued with
haavy livestock shipments. Some
' hedging by packers caused a lower
provisions close.
Closing prices:
(Cotton quotation* furnished by
Iho Denton Branch of the C. II.
Special to Record-Chrontrle.
PILOT I’OINT, Oct. L8.-a»The rains
of -the early part of <the week will
prolong th£ ginning season, as only
a little cotton haa been ginned this
week. A total of 3,827 bale of cot-
ton haa been ginned in Pilot Point
to dgte, of which 2,053 bulea were
glrfned at the Light gin and 1,779
bales at the Pilot Point gin. Mid-
dling cotton has been selling from
£7c to 28c here and bolty cotton at
fr»u> 22 l-2c u> 33c. Seed is >40 per
ton.
We take especial pride in our
choice selection of soap* for
the home. All are chemically
pure and tested. Next time
you need soap, see our line.
Prompt delivery.
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Every hat in the house
consisting of Dtm* J.
and Sport Hat* will
MASONIC-K. C. JOINT
CALLED OFF
WOONSOCKET. R. I., Octfl 18 —
The Knights of Cohimbus, which
recently accepted an invitation of
the Masonic Club to a joint cele*
I the club to
without sug-
be held at some
f:
for tax
Waful died July
who lives
nothing of this
but declared hor
dabbled In the
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Frederick A. C_‘
I here on charges of fraudulent
of the mails In connection with sale
I of stock in that company. C. A.
i Whitmer. Fremont, Iowa, first gov-
ernment witness, was on the stand
I all day Wednesday and related how
I h« \-Cce1v4d letters and circulars
| from Dr. Cook, promising rich're-
______ -.1 the company.
The government Introduced a
mas, of circulars, letters and news-
paper advertisements which Whit-
mer said he received. One of the ad-
vertisements read: "It Is said of Dr.'
. ... . ..------, the
Pole but it cannot be said
that he did not build fine of the
ki
Finished Family Washing
This includes everything that would ordinarily go in the
weekly washing. Nothing is excluded from this service
except starched collars, which are charged for separately.
Your clothing is all returned, snowy white, beautifully
ironed and ready to wear. The charge is by the pound, at
25 cents a pound, with a minimum of $2.00 on this class of
work.
We are endeavoring to furnish a satisfactory class of ser-
vice at a price as low as we can do the work for. You have
the satisfaction of knowing that your clothing is handled
in a sanitary way, and comes back to you, not only white,
but sanitarily clean.
We invite you to try our Flat Work, Rough Dry or our
Finished Family Washing Service. It will relieve you of
the burden and annoyance of wash day and we believe you
will find it b.oth satisfactory and economical, _ • _ _
IS
25c
FAVORS
SHIPS
MANILA—American
rled almoat one-half
tai foreign trade of
“— • -.t a ■’
I FORT’WORTH—The quezlfllt;<>X
P whether a municipality m»y exl ’
t*nd It* water main* outside it*
' corporate limit* |* Involved tn a
hr ‘
SIMPSON DIES
MORE
ARDMORE, Ok . Oct.
Simpson, prominent oil
capitalist, died here
and will be burled Friday.
was sudden.
from an
publiHhed In
March
$60,000 Cash Found In Dead
Ory Officer's Safety Boi
SYRACUE, N. T., Oct. 18.—When
a safety deposit box In name of
Jay C. Waful, late prohibition
agent of Syracuse, waa opened in
a Watertown bank today >60.000
waa found In cash, State official*
investigating for tax payment*
announced. Waful died July 12.
Mrs Waful,
cuse knew
ahe said,
band had
market.
Waful'*
and Inspector said around
per year. It la said.
He held the jdb about
.year*.
Chicago Grain.
CHICAGO, Oct. 18—A severe
break In whe^t at the close reflect-
IRONTON’S Bunsen Burners
. savs gas. In a surprisingly
— abort time th* ronm becomes
’•* wsrm, because all the gas ta
“ turned intohfat, nnd all avail-' «
-----• «Hs h*44t diatribuScd evenly
through the rdom. There ta
no wastage, no odor.
We COM abow you IRONTONS suited
oe the.se*t*Ta*r
HARR1S-KOENIG_
HDW. CO. “
_
newspaper Folks Dried to
Attend Boll Weevil Meeting
NEW ORLEANS. La.. Oct. 18 —
Declaring the United States fav-
orable trade balance is jeopardis-
ed by-the ravages of
weevil and that the
arrived for action to
pest which threatens
“money" crop. United States Sen-
ator Ransdell has sent Invitation*
• editors throughout
the country, urging them to at-
tend the boll weevil convention
hero next week.
and
have
accord- Cook that he did not discover
North I---- “ -----
SPECIAL REDUCTION ON FALL HA1
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
The A merles u Legtou Auxiliary
will meet tonight at 7:30 In the
County Court room to discuss
plans for the observance of armis-
tice day. Ail membera are asked
to be presen.
18—C. B.
man and
Wednesday
Death
WE WILL HAYE COTTON
,’Oc ^I ^EEIFHULLS ARRIVING
* a ee<i>ri,V0
Moady. trading very slow,
j Open high low ________
,.r . 28 50 28 60 28.25 28 3f-35
28 55 28.86 28.35
28.58 28.71 28.37
— 21.05 28.10 27J9
29.8o 29.75 29.20
--- 29.08 29.12 28.75
Spots 25 lower 4J 29.80; Houston
i*pot* unchanged 29c; Galveston
'•pot* 10 point* lower, 28.90.
New Orleans Cottoe
NEW ORLEANS. Oct 18—Fu-
ture* opened 8 to 14 point* up: clos-
ed *t*ady. Market slow, unchang-
•d 18 to 16 lower. — f
Month open high low closing
Jan ..... >8,49 28.47 28.14 21.24-25
. 28 19-27
28 05-09
27.65flat
28.*4fl«t
28.83-39
TALIAFERRO BROS.
Hardware and Seed Store.
FORT WORTH. Oct. 18—Multl-
graphing operators were night and
day turning out letters and circul-
ars for sale of stdeks In Dr. Fred-
erick A. Cook's oil compny. the
Petroleum Products Assovlatlon. it
was brought,out In today’s testimo-
ny In the trial of Cook and his as-
sociates for alleged misuse of the
malls.
S. C. Wynne, who said Cook em-
ployed him las, November to man-
age the multlgrapbing department
of the company, stated that two
shifts of operators turned ou, be-
tween 12,00 and 15,000 circulars
daily.
Cook and his private secretary,
Mrs. Grace McDonald, approved th*
proofs of all multigraphlng work,
Wynne declared.
The witness identified as the pro-
duct of the multigraphlng depart-
ment of which he had charge nu-
merous letters Introduced as evi-
> dence in the trial which were re-
1 ceived by stock purchaserfs.
caae to b* argued b«for* th*
fltairt *7 civil appeal* her* Octo-
ber >7. It come* up on an ap-
peal from a decision of District
Jud<* W. P. Leslie at Bw*«twat«r
three
II. was a brewery inspec-
tor when last In Government em-
A mewsage from M I,. Portwoed,
Who is in Greenville with Mrs. Port-
wood, received Thursday by friends
here, reported that th® operation
she underwent Tuesday afternoon
was a success, and indlcaCone wore
that Bhe win improve rapidly.
COTTON SEED NTATtSTlCk
WA4RUNGTUN, Ocl.__18.—Cotten-',
seed received nt mills excluding
re-shipments for the period Aug.
1 to Sept. 30, totaled 706,843 tons
as against 775,236 tons for the
same period h»st year, -tike Bu-
reau of Census reported today.
Cotton seed crushed for this
period amounted to 300.298 tons,
aa compared with 379,341 tons for
the same period last year.
defeated by
Marshall.
DENTON STEAM LAUNDRY COMPANY
MASTER DYERS AND CLEANERS
PHONES 8 AND 800
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k—IM A FEW DAYX .
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We will make cloea prices on
them. If you want hulls*
send in your order and we
will deliver off the car.
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Youths Who Escaped ta
Oklahoma Sheriff Captured
WICHITA FALLS. Oct. 18 —
George Dugan and Frank Dumas, t
who escaped from Sheriff Ed May
of Frederick. Okla., near Bowlo
Texas, y.sterday after inflicting
several wounds on the officer with
by razor, were recaptured late last
night at Park Springs. 20 miles
south of Bowie, and will bo taken
to Frederick by Sheriff May who
was able to he out today.
The two prisoners attacked the
sheriff as he was driving along the
[ highway in an automobile en ro.ite
from Floresville where the men
had been arrested for an alleged
automobile theft. After forcing
th. oar Into a ditch by the roadside
they overpowered the officer, took
his keys, gun and pocketbook and
fled. A passing autotst Picked up
the sheriff and took him to Bowie
where he was given medical at-
tention and where a posse was
■formed to^search for the escaped
« I 4k'
-
ly •■quipped marketin tcLIne In
A clause ic Albert .J
contract per n .ting sig- '
to withdraw within ■
time If 5.0 per eenj W
waa not signed u|
from the SaekMeM
contract.
Jfc.27; flr»t 4* *7.16;
<7.18; Second 4 1-4* _____,
84 1-4* 98.13; fourth 4 1-4*
’ New 4 1-4* 99.*0.
Liverpool Cotton
14.00 0. D. Blanket* ..............>2.98 J
>4 00 gray Commercial Wool
Blankets ...... >2.79
>4.00 O. D. Wool Trousers >2.75
lfi.00 O. D. Wool Shirt* ...|3.75
>6.00 0. D. Wool Button Leg
Breeches ....... >4.50
>5.00 Gabardine r • 'echos ,.....>3.50,
>6.50 genuine C -vni Lea.
Leggins _______ _________ >5.00
112.00 Officers’ Dress Bootees >10.00
>8.00 O. D. Wool Overcoats ... >5.50
>6.50 Army and Officers Dress
Shoes .............. >4.95
>2.00 Army Hat ...»............„„_|1.75
>24M) ArmyBreeches------>l;00
Wool Wrap and Canvas Leg-
gins .......:—......„».7I
>30.00 Aviation L9«. Coata .. |23.l
Reversible lined.
>5.00 genuine Army. Lea. Mu-
sic Box ....... |1.50
>7.50 Leather Jerkins ......... >5.50
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MARSHFIELD, Or*., Oet. 18 —
Claiming that Arthur Cc»vel|, crip-
pled astrologer and platter of ,
CT li. insane, hl* attorney*
1 applied today for permission to
i chango their client's f pleaJ to not
guilty. Judge John C. Kenglall was
expected to rule on the ! applica-
tion late today.
■ Covell, who previously I pleaded
J I guilty, will bo tried by a jury
. , . - . murder Of hia alster-ln-
were expected to tel! their story , law, M„ Ebba Covel|. whom he
claims the stars ordered put to
death. He Is also accused of plan-
ning twenty-six other crimes, un-
der directions he said were trans-
mitted to him by the planets.
The Zaro women <
supreme. They woo the
troL the affairs of the horn*
nation, transit
• the men little__ —
The result is. say* an em» .'' ,a|
FAIL HOSIERY __
Black, brown, gun metal and all new color silk hosiery tq _
match' your costume.
tetNOWSl: Local News
'ORK, OcL II.—Liberty > I in Brief
: ~?:z erst 4 • . ww--
97.14;
WI1U uyvii ssaw WUB. .
be placed on sale. •; S
Prices Range
From $2.50 to
>10.00 w
Nice line of Children**..
H.U-
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NEW YORK. Oct. 18.—A sensa-
tional aftermath of a fire which
last Monday destroyed a
lyn home and caused the
of six persons came tJ*_
the arrest of William Ford, a
estate broker and son-in-law of
George Keim, playwright. who
burned to death In the fire,
Raymend Anderson. on
charge's of murder and arson. A
third man, James Lynch, an ac-
countant, was held as a witness
a fourth Is being sought as
accomplice.
CITY .. DWELLERS _ INVADE
FARMS TO TRADE FOR MILK
AND K4i<r»
LIEFZIG—The peasants of Ger-
many havo food on their farms, but
they won't acll It to the cities be-
cause the only medium of ex-
change offered them has been pa-
per arks, which they regard a»
worthless. Hence the farms have
accumulated large stocks of but-
ter, poultry, cheese, egg*, pota-
toes, honey, pigs and ealves,
while city people crowd the stores
with bundles of paper marks in
their hands, but find nothing to
buy. The solution has been a re-
turn to first principle*. Dealers
in food, and Individuals seeking to
fill their own larders, now trav-
el out to the country in carts
loaded high with great bundles
of sugar, candy, cocoa. a pipe
tobacco, cigar*, coffee, tea. can-
dles. kitchen utensils, etc., all ar-
ticles they can buy In the cities
with their paper marks, and ex-
change them on tho spot with
the farmers.
Chotna* Cotton Co.)
J LIVERPOOL, Oct II.—Futures
opened 11 to 13 point* lower. Fu-
<ureh closed steady. Friday opening
nue to be 10 to 15 1-2 lower.
Opening
(anuary ...... 14.04
■*>4*1 —..... 15.78
W...................1.8 57
^nily «.,« . 15.15
October ----.19.78
I Docember .. .16.23
Spot* steady. Sale* 5.000. Ameri-
I c»n 2.100. Import* 20.000; American i
I 14.909. Middling 17.35, good mld-
H65. ____________t.
New York Cotton
NEW YORK, Oct 18.—Future*
. opened 2 to 13 point* ur;
I Month
h Jan .
l >M*r -.
./ulx
LJoct
Flat Work
This means flat pieces, such as sheets, pillow slips, table
cloths, napkins, towels, table scarfs, etc., that are not
starched and are ironed through our large flat work ironer.
This is charged for by the pound, at 6 cents a pound, with
a minimum charge of 25 cents.
CANADIAN FARMERM TO NELL
WHEAT TIinorGH OW N POOL*
WINNIPEG, Man.—Western Can.
a«li«n farmers, will sell much of
this year's wheat crop through
wheat pools. In Saskatchewan tt
wns decided that a board -of di-
rectors should Operate the pool
for three months, by which time,
ft is expected, arrangements will
have been made for the election of
a boiiard of contract holders
Then ' the provincial board will
turn over to the representatives
of pie contract holders a complete-
Bara to Mr, aad Mrs. R. L.
Hopkins, 4 mile* south of town,
Thursday, a boy.
Electrical Wizard Tri* ot CONFERENCE URGES Tried to “I
Henry Ford, Four-Hour Day
and “Trvinff” ‘ - -
Business property loan*.
HILL.
18 —
pub-
pro-
to
h*re
Mayfield's Criminal Libel
Trial to Open at Columbus
COLUMBUS. Texas, Oct
Billie Mayfield.
Usher of Mayfield's Weekly.
Ku Klux Klan organ, was
face trial In county court
today on charges of misdemeanor,
criminal libel against State Rep-~
resentative Joseph V.. Frnka,
Colorado County.
The charges resulted
article about Frnka
Mayfield's Weekly on March 24.
The Colorado county grand Jury
indicted Mayfield on tho charges
on Sept 21.
Mayfield is at liberty on >259
bond. Tho penalty for the charge
is a fine of >100 to >1,000
Imprisonment for not more
two years.
Mayfield wns a
lieutenant-governor
of destruction through tho state. Photo shows one of th* hardest hit sections where roof lop* were cl**v«*
off ** (hough by aslant sickle, add giant trees uprooted.
CHICAGO METTING NEW BEC-
ORDH FOR RAPID DIVORCE*
CHICAGO—-Chicago sets the di-
vorce court speed record for ths
(United State* by granting a de-
jcree to separate married couples
i every 13 1-2 minutus. To “unwed''
couples In tliis record time re-
quires tlie work of several Judges.
At times the rate of granting di-
vorces has been speeded up •until
each 8 3-4 minutes a Couple stop-
ped before the judge together and
left in different direction*. Two
years ago a. London- judge set a
record by granting thirty divorc-
less than an hour. Fot
the London court made a
now record, but for sustained rap-
id handling of cases, Chicago
judges, granting 905 decrees ii«
a month, are thought to havo
tabliahod the record. The number
of divorces per 100.000 population
has been rapidly increasing here.
From 128 in 1906 the number has
jumped to 201 in 1922 and Is
Local Cotton.
Cotton waa quoted on the local
market Thursday at 27.50c middling
basis, with very little selling.
Local Grain Price*.
Corn 1* selling on th* local mar-
ket at 75c to 80c per bushel.
P ----
Local Produce
Poultry—Hens 14iQ19c; ego 30
<82 l-2c; fryers 12O20c; turkey*
4 18<20c; butter 35c: packing stock
butter 18c; guinea* $3 per dozen:
■wta*M. 7o per lb.; duqk* >3 to
■jHta.80 per doien.
Fresh vegetable*—Irish pofa-
55c per peck; tomatoe* 15c
^^■Jr lb ; groen pepper* 15c per lb.;
^■rtbbage 5c per lb.; lettuce 150
^■Wc per head; onion* 8 1-3C per
okra 15c per 1b.; string bean*
P^2dc per lb.; turnip* 5c per lb.;
CT/BOrget potatoes 81,50 per bu.; tur-
’*■■9 greens 10c per lb.; oarrata
« ’*92 4b.; cranberrie* ““
,1 oooklng *pp|«s 30<ft>4 5c
ML
♦ NEW YORK. Oct. 1>—“Hen- ♦
♦ ry Ford Ought to stay where <
♦ he is; to make him President <*
♦ would be spoiling a good man.'' ♦
♦ “Automatic machinery will «*
♦ probably bring a four hour +
♦ working day and that W|H ♦
♦ a bad thing.’’ <*
♦ “The radio craze will die out <
♦ unless some way is found to ♦
<on»«»l»»l®aerw take the 'frying' noise out of ♦
t to see any * the music.,“ ♦
more of tho property owner* east
of Little Elm for securing right
of way for the highway eInce
they eecured signature* of half
of the property owner* to ease-
ment* for the land about a week |
ago, One property owner Ijas ,
come In *tnc* that time and si*n- ■
ed the agreement and Judge Jack-
son said that other* would be
seen during the next few day*.
Tbareday era* tbe last day or
personal service for the fall term
of the Sixteenth District Court
closed °P«nln» Oct- 29 for an eight
week*' ke**ion. District Clerk R.
L. West will begin preparation
of the docket* for the term In
a few day*.
W. C. Fy*e ha* retaraed
f Dalia* where h« underwent
operation on hl* eye and
to be out. ,
ship* car-
of -the to.
the Philip-
pine Islands during tho first six
months of this ydar. according to
custom* bouse figures. The
amount Of trade carried in all
bottoms to and from the Island*
during the first half of the year I
amounted to >108.886.000, an In- |
crease of more than >20.000,000
over the foreign trade of the same
period of 1922. Of this amount
American ships carried >49,486,-
866. British vessels ranked sec-
ond In tho volume of Philippine
trade, with >37,290,566. Japanese
ships made a p?or third with on-
lj. a little more than >4.500,000
worth of trade to tbeir credit.
Fort Worth Lhr«*tock
■ FORT WORTH. Oct. 12.—Tho fat
Rattle market wa* active and ateady
^Thursday. The best fat cow* sold
H at a range of 14 to >4.25. Calf
» trading was brisk and the market
• was slightly stronger. Good calve*
■ drew >7.25. Receipts were 4,000
f «attl* and 2.500 calves.
) jie hog market wa* steady to a
shade lower to shipper* with a top
V of >8.23, but 8e closing rates were
5 50c to 60* lower to packer* with
a top of >7.50. Bulk sale* were
I mad* at a range of >7.59 to >8.25. A
\f few pigs sold at >7.25 but most rf
1 the run went at >6.75. Receipts „
1 wer* 1,(109 head, . |ploy'
m Not enough sheep and lamb* were
d received to moke the market quo-
table. Tl>e receipts were 1.500 but
’1 1.900 wro on through billing.
r\ Cattle—Beeve* >3 50©T80; «toek-
' >«r* >1.506 7. cow* >3®i50; heif-
bull* _ >2.500.75;
__________ canner* , >1.560;
I yearlings >3 5069.So.
Hog*—Medium >7.59<l.60r''mlX-
B *d >7.250 7 50; light 27<7.26) com-
I mon >8050; pig* >5.5006.25.
I 8M«p and Lamb*—Lamb* 1106
U: yearlings >9910; *we* >50; '
I cull* >192; goat* >10.69; we th-
I pr* >697.«; stocker sheep >49 IJ?
I 4.50; feeder lamb* >8 69.50.
I Kramu City Lnraatock.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. *18 —
I Cattle—Receipts 9.000. calves 1.000
I" glow; receipts mostly western;
| quality plain; no beef steer* sold;
few early sale* she stock around
steady with Wednesday’s late de-
IJ cline; canner* mostly 2256285.
I^Ltw up- to 259: bull* and ealyes
[ Steady; stocker* and feeders slow.
|7 Hog*—Receipts 12,000; few kale*
and moat blds 12 to 25c lower;
w few good to choice 220 to 259
pound butcher* to shipper* at 720
9725; 130 to 170 pound average*
6256680; packer* bid 715 on
choice butheers; packing sows
mostly 6159625.
Sheep—Receipts 9.000 lambs
•toady with yesterday’s dose, or
10 to 15 cents lower than early
CT
ta 4'.
1 THORO OIL PROBE "Hl>t In OH”; Now He Is 1
-- In tail With t7# linn thnrl'
CHICAGO, Oct. 18.—Characteriz-
ing condition* in the oil industry
as chaotic, a committee ' represent-
ing the attorney .generals of 2l‘
Eastern and Mid-Western Stato*
today prepared to visit Attorney ,
General Daughetry to discuss nc-'
tlon for stabilizing productloin and
prices.
The conference of attorney* gen-
eral closed late yesterday after
adopting a series ot resolution* de-
signed to eliminate combination*
for unwarranted ptlce increase.
A thorough Investigation of the
oil industry was urged by the con-
ference to end all “combinations,
agreements, unfair trade and other
unlawful practices, suppression of
competition or discrimination and
unduut e nhancement” of prices.,
requests the,
I elimination of “unnecessary and
i wasteful Increase and duplication of
'[service stations.”
I ■’ —__-____________ crimes
Cook’s Company Kept Mails
Filled With Stock Circulars
FORT WORTH. Oct. 18—Addi-
t’otial government witnesses today ' |or jbe
Brook- I of dealing* with the Petroleum Pro-
death* ducers association the trial of Dr.
today with Frederick A. Coj>k in federal court
Ford, a real here on charge* of fraudulent use
An-
and
an ,
The fire marshal declared he had I
obtained a confession from
derson. k
' Ill feeling between Keim
bls son-ln-lAw was said to
existed tor several years
j Ing to the marshal, and it was
understood that Keim was to
have appeared In court to testify . biggest and most successful oil pro-
" case duction organizations."
I Government prosecutors have
charged in statements to the jury
that Cook and hl* co-defendants
i were "contklence men, not oil oper-
ator*-’ and that much of the liter-
ature they sent out regarding their
oil well* wa* 'lurid, flamboyant and
untrue.”
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