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s Springfield.--Home economic® educain Illinois under the benefits of federal Strith-Hughes act ha* hown a growth from 28 schools In IS to 167 in 1922, according to a feport from the office of Francis Q. ?${ . 4 * Blair, superintendent of public instrue- | ' * . Hon. In 19 IS there were 2,083 pupils , , yf A Inking this Instruction and the last ?$?£• trrm this number had increased to : 18,200. -The teaching force has in-" ilreased from (Jy to 403 and the reimbursement has come up from $12,- »1.77 to $140,081.84. . Pana.--Central Illinois Is said to be facing a water famine. Farmers aTe • -hauling water for their live stock, £<? . • \,} mhi^h is reported to be famishing W. . . with thirst. The Pana water supply very low and street sprinkling has . t»een discontinued as a result of the ghortago. It Is believed that water Pi. service to railroads, mines and other "4 Industries will be stopped to afford v t «#i ' fiie city protection from fire unless >,£-' f'- lain falls. Beard stown.--Fred AWWslhk Jt Mff unhappy man. Not <Mw is he <Wr :er oi his home. He luu* from It and is la jail at BfBIMseown. And the battle is to be laid to woman. She is his wife and she bobbed her hair. So he slapped her. "When a man's wife bobs her hair it's time for a husband to get out," he mournfully told his friends. Then the police took him before Justice of the Peace Newberry, who fined him $10 and costs. He hasn't paid yet, but is in jail wondering if it's worth the price. The battle took place on a cabin boat, and four others, who enjoyed ringside seats, were taken into custody, but later released. Urbana.--The annual meeting of the Illinois Home Economics association will be held at Decatur October 27 and 2S/ it was announced here. The en- Amounts to And 1$ 'WiHi tire program has not been definitely >«., 'k • t Dollars, the Wll BEAB 4" PER CENT WHt Mature in Thirty Years and " Will Be Payable on a Semiannual Basis--Refunds Short-Term . Debt. . • • ' Washington, Oct. 9.--Secretary at determined, but tentative plans are ! the Treasury Mellon announced the to open the session with u dinner the Issuance of a $500,000,000 long term first evening] at which addresses will bond issue, the first since the war, it be delivered by representatives of being a part of the government's plan state organisations whose work is re- for refunding approximately $4,000,- lated to home economics. Saturday , 000,000 of the treasury obligations iiiamorning there will be committee re- turing in the next nine months. <$>•Jerseyviiie.--The rapidly thinning " • ianks of "the boys in, blue" as the v" .*•» ^ears take their toll caused the cones' " '* ' ""^TT^iol id ation of Lowe Post, G. A. R. of 4 i' \ * lerseyvllle, and the Kane Post which \\[\.%"as organized In 1883. Only one, Dr. - I * ®- L. H. Berry, row answers the roll «B1. Seven county "boys of W from * - tereen county now answer with seven- " teen from Jersey county, now eoijk- >\* A ' ptituting Lowe Post, G. A. R. *v.' i Peoria.--Defense cf motorists arrest- «*d for trifling offenses is to be under- * taken by the Peoria Automobile Dealrs and Accessories' association, according to A. G. Thede, president. The jswita. -.^Association he said, had no intention defending "speed maniacs" but was J * prepared to assist those arrested for yj,-' t. , striving without tail lights and similar Infractiois. & Springfield.--Over $200,000 was be- ^ueathed to libraries in Illinois last I ', • year, the Illinois state library reports. ¥~'ii * ^he two ,ar^est gifts were for $35,000 ^ch. Horace G. Parkins, formerly of " Havana, willed $35,000 to the public library there. Mrs. Jnne Fletcher r^-.. ftequeathed her farm of 140 acres and gpVi. ; tier home for a library in Milledgvllle. •£.*f f iTie properties are valued at $35,000. j^.' *1 Dixon.--A funeral sermon, written ^ • for his own obsequies by Gustavus $>elig. resident of Dixon for over half ceiturj, read by County Superin- ^ J lendent of Schools L. W. Miller at Se- . fig's funeral. Selig, not a preacher, jj£ 'r,- Expressed a desire that his own com- 'Position be read at his funeral rather If"' tc • than that of a minister. C: iV Urbana.--If an individual were to reading the books in the Unik*'* %ersity of Illinois library at the rate of i* - »ne a day. he would have to live over 1.236 years to complete the task. The - i»umber of volumes in the University \ .library, which is the general college " library, and in the group or depart- / r tf" mental libraries is about 450,000. f :/-. Jacksonville.--A system of Snaday • school Instruction conducted by pa- 41. < ^ients 118 tochers has been inaugurated lit the state hospital for the insane. a:- •,* Every Sunday morning one hour is S V devoted to lessons from the Bible. f Virtually all the 2,300 patients attend. Urbana.--Total registration at the " University of Illinois on October 2 ithows 9^20 students enrolled, an infer ' "* ' Crease slightly in excess of 400 com- Jj:, : -pared with last year at the same time. ,The figures, announced by Registrar ;G. P. Tuttle, indicate 895 students in the Chicago departments and 8,025 in the Urbana colleges. * * » i ' Decatur.--When R. A. Peake opened * f 5*" «n old piano he had bought he found It ^lodged among the wires an "extra" edition of a newspaper announcing the nomination of James G. Blaine for ports and a general talk, probably on economics as related to home economics. Paris.--A complete modern distil- The offering is of 4% P«r cent treasury bonds of 1947-52, fixed At approximately $500,000,000, but the secretary of the treasury reserves the right to lery which showed signs of long use allot additional bonds, to the extent is on exhibition In the grounds of that 4\ per cent Victory notes or the Edgar county jail at Paris. The treasury certificates maturing Decenafoutfit was discovered by Sheriff Size- bar 15 are tendered In payment. more hidden in a cave near Paris. The | The bonds will be practically free, searching party several times passed both as to principal and interest, from over the hidden plant and by acci- all taxation by the federal, state or dent discovered a faint path leading municipal governments. The excepto the entrance. Rolla Hill and tlons are surtaxes, graduated addition- Claude Patterson . in charge of the al income taxes, and etcess profit and plant were arrested.' A truckload of war profit taxes how in effect, or which, sugar and glucose and a barrel filled may later be imposed by congress. ^ with molasses were seized. In a letter to the banking Instwb- Urbana--Indications are that the ; tlons of tbe country appealing for suitpresent shortage of sheep on the markets will mean that the partial depletion of the industry which was caused by the war will be relieved within a short time, according tp Prof. W. G. Kammelade of thg department of sheep husbandry, of the University <*f Illinois. There Is a marked scarcity of port of the bond issue, Secretary llelr Ion concludes with the statement: "It Is four years since the treasury has offered to the people of the United States an issue long-time government bonds. During the period it has been financing itself on a short term basis, and it has succeeded, with your breeding stock at the present time } cooperation, in placing with investors but it is believed that within a year the number of sheep will be pruetfeally normal. Urbana.--A short worse in plumbing, the first of its kind ever conducted by a major university, will be through^t the country a jgreat volume of treasury certificates and treasury notes. "Now that the time, has come for a longer term operation, I am looking forward with confidence to your conheld at the College of Engineering of «*ued support, and hope that, as with the University of Illinois, in January 1923, according to Prof. H. B. Babbitt of the department of municipal and sanitary engineering. The latest ad* dition to the agriculture, highway, and short Courses comes as a result of a previous offerings of government securities, you will give your best efforts to the distribution of the new treasury bonds among investors." The bonds will be dated October 16, 1922, with interest from that date at and accrued interest, on any interest Robert"*J Norhoid and CharTes day or <****• on four months' notice of redemption. Bearer bonds with interest coupons attached will be issued in denominations of $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000. Bonds registered as to principal and interest will be issued in denominations of $100, $500, $1,000. $5,000, $10,000, $50,000 and $100,0000. Within the limitation of the amount of the offering, applications from any one subscriber for an amount of bonds not exeedlng $10,000 will be allotted in full. ' •S>*. r the presidency June 6, 1880. The ediv jtion was printed on a strip of paper lye- ,r| four feet long and * foot wide. HvJjf, Freeport--Hog cholera is raging in tr' Stephenson county. In nearly every township, one or more cases are re- V ported and stockmen are taking steps *° stamp out the scourge. Vaccina- ^ V:» ti°n has been commenced among all fc " droves not yet affected. • Tuberculosis in cattle also appears to be prevalent. Belleville.--William Knepper, one of three directors of Plum Hill district school, was fined for keeping hlB son, to college this year. More than peti' on from the Illinois State Master the rate of 4% per cent payable April Plumbers' association. J ^ and October 15 in each year. The Marion.--The Caloric Coal company T bonds will mature October 15, 1952, at Herrin has purchased the Lester < but may be redeemed at the option of strip mine, near here, where the riots the Un,ted Statea 00 and after °ct<H occurred last June, resulting in 23 ^5, 1W7, inwhole orlnpart.atpar deaths. Acording to incorporation pa pers C. Cunningham of Chicago and Martin A. Olson of Eimhurst head the Caloric company. The Burlington railroad recently shipped out three cars of coal, which were loaded shortly be-" fore the outbreaks occurred recedtly. Herrin.--More than 400 school ehildien have enlisted at Herrin for a ratkilling campaign of the Lions' club. They will get one cent «fbr each rat tail brought in at the end of the campaign, October 21, three cash prises will be given those who make the best records. The club furnished dope to kill the rats. Carbondule Lions have on a similar campaign. Decatur.--Lake Decatur, the body of water to be formed by the dam just finished at Decatur in the Sangamon river, will be made a game refuge by the state, according to William J. Stratton, chief game and fish warden. The lake will be 13 miles long. The state has already started to stock the lake with fish from the state hatcheries and from the Illinois river. Peoria.--Henry Miller, River , front resident at Peoria, was shot and killed by a squad of police after he had wounded Frank L. Bos well. Rock Island railroad detective and defied capture behind barricaded doors of his shack for two hours. Miller Was routed from his stronghold by a gas bomb. Itockford.--Rockford high school memorial fund has loaned $600 to former students of the school who have gone ,, Edwin, thirteen years old, away ; from school to work on his farm. He > was lectured by the judge and fined $5 and costs. , . Springfield.--With 139 cases on its ^3 advisement docket and 206 on the call •I*"-* docket, the Illinois Supreme court convened following the summer recess. / The call docket ends October 21 and "i decisions re to be handed down that day. , Sterling.--Canneries are putting up •I the largest pack of sweet corn in their £* history, one concern using the product ¥f,°' •">*« than 750 acres. ;« i\s Decatur.--A cigar that was hoarded sixty years ago because of a Civil war tax en tobacco has been presented to County Clerk C. H. Patterson by Supervisor Hamm of Macon county. Foreign-Owned Craft Cdnnat American P Unless Dry. . 5 YANKEE SHIPS STOP SALES Ruling Includes Perte Rice, Willl^ pines, Hawaiian Islands, Alaska v the the Virgin Islands--Shipping , Interests to Fight the Ruling. Washington, Oct. 8.--Attorney eral Daugherty, In a sweeping decision, ruled liquor off of American ships throughout the world and pre* biblted the entrance Into American waters of foreign ships carrying liquor, sealed or open. The decision forces Chairman A. D. 111., former aide to Commander Mc- Lesker of tbe. shipping board to dls- Dowell and a member of the staff of continue the sale on all government ships outside the territorial limits of the United States, prevents the carrying of liquor anywhere In the world by any fjrivateiy-owned ships flying Sidney W. Farnsworth of Evanston, Admiral Sims during tbe war, has been appointed -chief engineer of the Post Office department by Postmaster General Work. The position is new, having been created in order that a mechanical engineer may pass on labor-saving devices in use and constantly presented to the department. Mr. Farnsworth was at one time scientific attache to the American embassy in London. DUN'S TRADE REVIEW • . . Imgroveeient Shqwn In Major Move- , (rients in Business, With Demand for Railroad Materials Featuring. New York, Oct. 9.--With few exception* major movements in business continue in the direction of improvement. Recent weeks have brought a practically general advance, following a seasonal lull in ferent trades and a setback in some industries through labor troubles, and sentiment is unmistakably stronger. While uniformity of gain in volume of transactions is lacking, and though obstacles to progress are still present, activities in various quarters have expanded considerably, and in certain instances the best previous records have been closely approached or exceeded. The noteworthy demand fkr railroad material has * remained an outstanding feature, about 1,500,000 tons of rails having ordered for 1923 delivery and large ffent!- ties of rolling stock purchased and production of both pig iron and steel have recovered substantially from the low level of the summer. Impediments in transportation with freight embargoes on some lines stil hinder shipments and prevent a full distribution of commodities, but the magnitude of the general merchandise movement is evidenced by the heaviest oar loadings in nearly two years. These are salient points of a situation which, if yet Irregular and by no means wholly satisfactory, is cleartr one of favorable promise. Buying in many cases reflects a continued disposition to limit commitments to well defined requirements, but forward operations as a rule are increasing and some manufacturers whose output is sold ahead to the end of the year have withdrawn further offering. DR. AX W t < ft! Latest portrait study of Dr. Axel Leonard Anstrom, minister from Fintbe American Bag, and bars Amerlckn land to the United States, who arrived ports to tbe ships of any nation unless , In Washington not long ago and has fSrtnirs 4 Wtttwn OwMa Ri-i at HaNwi. Largest Crop In the Mistery v textile Provtnees May Be' : sidereJ Assured. GIANTS TAKE WORLD'S SERIES MOTHER, 6 CHILDREN KILLED Pennsylvania Flyer Plows Through Stalled Auto on Crossing Near Valparaiso, Ind. Valparaiso, Ind., Oct. 9.--Mrs. Harriet Hargot ef Chicago and six of her seven children were killed instantly on a grade crossing near here when a Pennsylvania flyer plowed into their stalled machine while tbe father, a son, and a friend tried frantically to push the car from the path of the train. , Killed with Mrs. Hargot were Raymond, twelve years old; Irene, ten; Richard and Suzanne, twins, six; Marguerite, three, and Edmund, eighteen months. Rene, Jr., the son who narrowly escaped death with his father, la fourteen. i f - ' ' * ' j 'sf£ ;,pf-1} • Aurora.--Encouraged by the success of the 1922 exposition conducted under the auspices of the Central States Fair and Exposition assort atlon, the organization plans a bond issue of $250,000 as a means of obtaining money with which to make further improvements at Exposition park. St. Charles.--Plans for a $60,000 addition to St. Charles hospital have been announced. A three-story annex for maternity cases will be built and- a training school for nurses will be added, it is said. Urbana.--According to statistics compiled by the assistant dean of men. 206 foreign men students registered, at the University of Illinois this fall. This number represents approximately 2% per cent of the total enroll '.t V. * mettt. China, as usual, he^ds the list with 53. Russia second with 35, India third with 21 »nd the Philippines following with 1C. Oalesburg.--WlUiam Oakley of Peeria. a freshman at Knox college, was seriously injured la a fight In connection witji the annual fresjunnn sfflfrho. «bon dam here. • y?- f v " dozen students have been assisted in this manner. The fund was established by gifts from classes and graduates and is added to from year to year. ^Rockford.--Itockford's "heart tax** for 1923 has been fixed at $145,000 by a committee of social service directors. The sum represents the combined budgets of 22 charitable and social agencies, plus a deficit of $11,000 from this year's account A drive for tfel« amount will start October 17. Elgin.--Three horse-drawn mall wagons, which for many years have tmnsported Elgin mall, are to be replaced by motor vehicles. For years Elgin has been appealing to Washington for modern transportation equipment. Two motor trucks have been assigned. Chicago.---William Bross Lloyd, mil* lionalre communist leader of Wlnnetka, and nineteen of his fellow members, were denied a rehearing of their case before the state Supreme court. The original sentences following their conviction for advocating the overthrow of the government by force was sustained some months pgo. Decatur.--The Illinois Central road has instituted an interurban service between Decatur and Mattoon, with a gas-electric car. Tbe car makes four trips daily between the two points. I'ecatonlca.--Mourning doves should not be on the game list any more than foblns, according to Dr. C. B. Helm, trapshooter and hunter, who is urging the birds be given protection under tbe state game laws. He says he will enlist the support of gun clubs and Audubon societies. Belvldere.--Rev. W. R. Yard of Dekalb was elected president of the 0BREG0N TROOPS DEFEATED Rebels Take Pisa Floree and La Mis- Sten ami Hold Them Against /• '*< - the Federals. . Mexico City, Oct. 9.--A wire from Pachuea, state of Hidalgo, says Gen. Porfirmlo Rublo, a deserter of .the federal army, has taken Pisa Flores and La Mission, holding them against an attack of 500 picked federal men. The latter retreated to Jacala, where they were threatened by an attack by rebels. Tbe federals lost 80 men in the battle, among them several officers. The rebels are said to be executing summarily all federal officers captured in return for court martials of rebel officers by the government. Make It Four Wins and a Tie in Five Oamea--Yanks Badly 5:.v ' Outclassed. •- • fiVA . 'jpV-" '5 New York, Oct. 9.--A combination of beautiful left-handed pitching by Artie Nehf and ugly left-handed baseball by Miller Hugglns' helpless Yankee champions, aided and- abetted by some horny-handed hitting by John McGraw's game Qiants, gave the National league champions a world championship in four straight wins, the second game being a tie. The crash of the Yankees is one of the most astonishing things in the history of baseball. The team which has hammered the American league into submission proved a plaything in the hands of the Olants. With every element Tn baseball favoring them, save alone brains, they not only were beaten, but disgraced. . Totals for the four games: Attendance, 185,947; receipts $605,475; play era* share, $82,436.57; clubs' share, $82,436.57; commission, $72,738.15 (second, the tie game, not included). theif liquor stores are disposed of before they enter tbe territorial waters of this country. American territorial waters are construed by the ruling to Include those not only within the three-mile limit of continental United States, but also those within the same limit of Porto Rico, the Philippines, the Hawaiian islands, Alaska, and the Virgin Islanda. The Panama canal zone is specifically exempted by tbe statute. attorney general's decision, which has been hanging fire for many months, reverses the ruling of the former counsel for the United States shipping board, Elmer Schlesinger of Chicago, and Is predicated upon decisions of the United States Supreme court In several cases. There will he no difficulty encoun»( tered with respect to enforcement of the law as it relates to American ships; but the decision is certain to precipitate international complications with the big maritime nations of tbe world. Already, the attorney general understands, foreign shipping Interests sre prepared to fight in the courts and will apply for a temporary injunction restraining the enforcement of the ruling aguinst them until its validity can be tested in the courts. This course may operate -u prevent the Immediate holding up of the big transatlantic liners which daily enter American ports from Europe and South America and tbe Pacific fleets from Asiatic waters, flying the flags of foreign nations. That the ruling eventually will be upheld In Its application to foreign ships is generally regarded here as certain. This will make It necessary for the big foreign lines to make some arrangements whereby they can dispose of liquor stores outside the territorial waters of this country or else cease to carry liquor stores at all. Political leaders see in the ruling a boost for the pending ship subsidy legislation. Inasmuch as it will have a tendency to bring to the support of the merchant marine bill dry members of congress who have been threatening to vote against It because of the government's attitude in permitting the sale of liquor on American ships, an attitude which they held to be Inconsistent with the prohibition law and for which they uccused the government of being "th? LABOR FAMINE THREATENS Air Line Is Success. Cleveland, Oct. 9.--The Cleveland- Detroit hydroplane service closed officislly last month after having carried 1,839 passengers in the season, July 17 to September 17. Also 2,574 pounds of freight were transported. Kentucky Millionaire Dead, Madison vllle, Kq., Oct. 9. --T'hfe body of William A. Stinnett, fifty, millionaire banker and lumberman of Whitesburg and Madlsonvllle, was found floating in Earlington lake, four miles from here. v { Federal Department at Washington Reports Increasing Employment in September. Washington, Oct. 10.--Steadily increasing employment in nearly every large industry in September, despite bad effects of fuel shortage, was reflected in nation-wide reports complied and made public by the Labor department The only slight decreases among the scores of industries of 05 cities announcing a continued upward trend were disclosed in four groupsliquor and beverages, vehicles for land transportation; metal and metal products other than iron and steel; and stone, clay and glass products. The metal slump reported, it was said could be ascribed largely to inadequate transportation." Forest Fire Dead M«iy Be Inerealfcd. Toronto. Ont.. Oct. 9.--The full extent of the catastrophe which overwhelmed northern Ontario when was swept by a fire is not yet fully known. It is likely that the death roll of forty may be Increased. Rock River Baptist ^Isociatton at its annual convention, ira C Lewis of Dixon was elected secretary. The 1023 ronyfipwi J*! Uelf la tfwt Huge Electric Voltage. Ptttafield, Mass.. Oct 8.--Electric pressure of 1,500,000 volts has' been generated at the local plant of the General telectric company. This huge voltage will leap 14 feet between needle points. • - St Louis Banker Dies. New York, Oct. 8.--Walker BQ1I, president of the Mechanics-American National bank of St Louis and former president of the American Bankers aaaociatlon, died in Hotel following a ten-day lllaiieap. Home Making Still Woman's Job. Washington, Oct. 9.--"Home mak lng" is still the principal business of women, according to Miss Alice Poul hesd of the National Woman's party "Almost one-fourth. the members of the party are wives and mothers." ger .ln the world.* taken his place as one of the most influential foreign dlploQiata in the American capital, , v* - • • r,; U. S. MARKET REPORT Weekly Marketgram by Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Washington. Oct 7--For the week end" ing October 5-- HAY--Quoted October 4: No. 1 timothy, 125.80 New York, 121.60 Philadelphia, $17.50 Minneapolis; No. 1 alfalfa, {23.00 Chicago; No. 1 prairie. $19 00 Chicago. (15.G0 Minneapolis. FEED--Quoted October 4; Brans. $18.60; middlings, $21.00, flour middlinca, 123.00 Minneapolis; 34 per ct-nt linseed meal. I4L50 Minneapolis, Chicago; gluten feed, $31 85 Chicago. GRAIN--Closing prices in Chicago cash market: No. 2 red winter wheat, $1.17; No. 2 hard winter wheat, $1.10; No. I mixed corn, 68c; No. *2 yellow corn, 68c; No. 3 'white oats, 41c. Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa, 65c; No. 2 hard winter wheat in central Kansas, 90c; No. 1 dark northern wheat In central North Dakota, 90c. Closing future prices: Chicago December wheat, $1.07H; Chicago December corn, 61%c; Minneapolis December wheat, $1.06%; Kansas City December wheat, 99Hc. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES-Prices reported October 6: Northern sacked round whites, 7E@90c In Chicago carlot markets, $1.10411.45 In other cities, 70@83c t. o. b. shipping points; mid western Jonathans. $4.50@5.00 in leading markets; Northwestern extra fancy boxed .Jonathans. $1.75®3.25. Onions, eastern and middle- western yellow varieties, $1.2S@1.75 per 100-lb. sacks. New York and Michigan Concord grapes, in 12-quart baskeU. 90c© $1.10 In leading markets. DAIRY PRODUCT8--Closing price, 19 score butter: Chicago. 43c. Cheese markets steady to firm during the week. Wisconsin board prices advanced Monday on small styles only. Firmness in the country not fully sttared in distributing markets. where buying is being held closely to requirements. Fall quality running good. Cheese prices at Wjaconsln prl» mary markets October 4: ' Flats, S3He; twins, 23c; daisies, 2346c; double daisies, 23V4c; young Americas and longborns. 24Vtc: square prints, 25%c. LIVE STOCK--Chicago jfrtces October •: Hogs. top. $10.00; bulk of sales. (7.900 9.96: medium and good beef steers. I7.2CO 11.25; butcher cows and helfcra. $3,009.15; feeder steers, jt.TltLffi: I'dht and medium weight veal calves. tS.MOll.76; fat lambs, 912.60914.40: feeding lambs. $13J60©1S"5; yearling#, $8.75^12.26; fat ewes. $3.60®$.75. HARDING DECIDES ON BOARD Reports of Western Canada's wheat •crop, which may be considered fairly % accurate, as they are made at the end of the season, when the crop te fully harvested, would indicate * yield of between 350,000.000 and 370,* 000.000 bushels from a total acreage * of 21,471,000. This Is the greatest! yield in the history of the province^ of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and A!-' berta. This immense yield, has only! been harvested through the combined!, energies of all public bodies--rall-j ways and governments. It required the assistance, outkide of that locally employed, of upward of 40,000 men.) These were brought Into the country! from the East, the West and the South,'by tralnloads. and rushed for-i ward at express speed, to be nlaced tn the different districts, under fne direction of officials who were kept edvlsfct daily, by wire, of the needs. As a result of this combined effort the largest wheat crop In the hiatal#, •f the West was successfully harvest*: ed. Tbe threshing reports show thdti almost univeieplly, in every sectioHj of the country, the grain graded high. In very few places did rain interferd with stacking. The province of &lanfi> toba was tbe first to complete thresh* lng. very few fields being left at tb» time of writing. Portions of Saskatchewan that ha4 suffered from drought for the pait two or three years reaped a crop that largely made np for past disappoint* ments. '• In Alberta there was a strange con* dition. In the central district, always noted for Its heavy yields, there was considerable of a falling off. Insteadi of the 35 and 40 bushel yields thei average ran from 10 to 12. while tn! soutLern portions, where drought had! affectv d the country for some timet past, .here were exceptionally high* yields. Reporvs of Individual yields tn dlf-' ferent portions of the three provinces lead to the impression that when threshing Veturns are in there will be found to have been a ranch better crop, than at present seems possible. Son* of these returns give individual farmers as getting as high aa 45 bushels others 35, and so on. whtle in some districts, where in early August not more than 8 or 10 bushels might be^ looked for, 15 and 18 bushels are re-* corded, the improvement having been brought aboQt by rains that worked marvels in the appearance of the crap. And then. too. instead of the head carrying fonr rows, most of them carried six rows, and filled t& the top, which, to those who know, means at least fifty per cent more. v The rye crop of all Western Cii#* •da Is exceptionally good; the o*ta ' 'generally good and barley fair. The weather at the time of writing • Is threatening for a rainy spell. wh|ctt may interfere with threshing, and pro* long it somewhat Most of the newcomers from the States have excellent crops. During August, the trains to Western Candda carried hundreds of capitalists and others Interested In Western Canada land, going up to take care of the crop that they had arranged to .have t^t tn on the land they owned. Very few ef them will be disappointed.--Ad«Q9> tlsament MELON CUT BY STANDABD OIL N«w York Company Declares a Meek Dividend of 200 Per Cent, $150,000,000. New York, Oct. 8.--The Standard Oil Company of New York declared a stock dividend of 200 per cent, increasing its capital stock from $75,- 000,000 to $225,000,000 and reducing the par value of the stock from $100 to $25 a share. A special meeting of the stockholders has been called for November 3 to vote on the proposition. Following the announcement of the dividend the stock sold at a new high record of $586 a share on the curb market. President Has Practically Selected tba •even Members of Coal Fail-' Finding Commission. 1 Washington, Oct. Tv--Concrete rec ommendationd /or accelerating distil* button of coal were decided by th* adviRory*committee on transportation, recently appointed by Federal Fuel Distributor C. B. Spens at a conference held here. At the same time It was announced that President Harding has practically selected the seven members of the fact-finding commission created by congress. They are eald to be: Oscar Straus of New York. John Hays Hammond of Washington, William B. Wilson of Blossburg, Pa.; A. T. Hadley of New Haven, Conn.; W. L. 'Ripley of Newton Center, Mass.; Dr. Harry A. Garfield of Wllliamstown, Mass.; John Brown Of Indiana. May Name U. S. Representative. Washington, Oct. 8. -- Indications that the administration may suggest to tye senate the advisability of an American representative on tbe reparations commission were given at the White House. - -,r : Vincent A store Separated? Paris. Oct. 8.--Vincent Astor la lng alone In the>big house near Avenue de Bois Boulogne in which bis wife lived for six months. The day before his arrival Mrs. Astor left for a long tour through Europe. AVIATORS IN AIR 35 HOURS U. 8. Army Officers Make New Record for Endurance in Flying « ^ .Machine. San tMego. Cal.. Oct Lieuta. John A. MacReady and Oakley Kelly, who had been flying over San Diego, landed at Rockwell field, having broken all known racords for sustained flight in the heavier-than-air machine. They were in the air 35 bouxM# ttiAutes 80 seconds. , ; Calls it Act of Plraty. New York. Oct. 8.--Judge Learned Hand, in United States District court, characterized as "an act of piracy, except in « the mind of prohibition agents," the alleged confiscation of gym* of money and personal effects^ Beleaguer Dry Agenta. Baltimore, Md., Oct. 8.--Four prohibition agents and two colored assistants were beleaguered for two hours In a saloon, following a raid. Several thousand men and wo®"* threatened tbe agents. ^ •" Montana Bank Suepeftds. 4 Great Falls, Mont.. Oct. T.--Doors of the Commercial National bank here did not open, suspension having been announced by the board of directors. Tbe suspension announcement gave the bank'a ueposits as $1,202,000. Four Die In Fire.. Philadelphia, Pa„ Oct. 7.--Fonr Aremen lost their lives in a blase that FOREST FIRE KILLS THIRTY Canadian Towns Are Destroyed aa Thousands of Persons ' tor Lives. Quebec, Oct. 7.--A death toll of more than thirty persons Is certain. It Is reported, in tije brush and forest fires In the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Timber land In the St. Maurice valley. In Quebec. Is ablaxe* fires spreading south and southeast toward this city and the villages lying north of Montreal In what Is described as Canada's worst conflagration. Inquiry of Alien Property Offtae. Washington. Oct. 9.---Grand Jury investigation of the office of the alien property custodian's office as administered by A. Mitchell Palmer and Francis P. Garvan will begin here this •: .a Help for War Strieken^;;i Washington, Oct. 9.--American relief activity in the Near East njill be undertaken jointly by the Red Cross and the Near East Relief, according to the plan approved by President Harding. Dry Agents Are Slain. ' Dade City. Fla., Oct. 7.--W. © tors, federal prohibition agent, and J. 8. Crenshaw, a constable, of Trilby, were killed When fired on from ambilsh. The bodies were found tn an automobile on the roadside. All Moslems Are Called. Lsodon, Oct. 7.--A big world Caliphate conference, which Is to em- OTHERWISE HE IS PERFECT Only One Little Thing Leaves Biol dH Uharaeter of the ideal Neighbor* • , ^ T*e Is Just old enough to suit the husbands and young enough to suit the wives. He has money enough to do, everything the neighbors want to do, but not enough to make any of them envious. . He la bnsy enough to be an example to the lazy husbands and leisurely enough to make a good companion for them. He can lend any kind of aotomoljile or garden tool; can play chess, checkers, cribbage, bridge, pinochle, poker, golf, tennis and roque. He can dance,.swim, and ride; he likes to flsh and knows Just where to go for bait, canned or bottled. He can change • tire and start an unstartable car. He admlre's everybody's children and everybody's bouse, lawn, pictures, books, cars, dogs and putters. He Is the ideal neighbor. There is only one disagreeable thing about him. Nobody lIMp Mm.--Ufe. In Praiae of Lloyd George. L. Colonel Repington, the English tary expert, said at a dinner party te Tuxedo: "My friend Lloyd George has always been a friend of the poor, aud on that account the more stupid section of the rich used to dislike him. "When Lloyd George brought in old age pensions, a rich lady said to a poor woman in he* parish: . •; >: •••Well, Muggins, I see yenV# J** your old age pension at last.*' *"Yes, my lady, thank you kindly,* said Mrs. Muggins with a curtesy. " 'Perhaps,' said the rich woman sarcastically, "Lloyd George will ssod you a first clas9 ticket to heaven one of these days.' , M 'Well, my lady.' rain Mrs. Muggins. 'at any rate he's made the wattla* room very comfortable.' v.r t Worthy of His Hewn1!' North--There is a reward of $25 tor the man who stole Robert's saxaphone. West--Fine! If they find him HI glee him $10 more!--New York 1 • -- • • Impertinent Question. * ^ feggy--Dick pro.ioeed fear tfgBM before I accepted him. * » Pat|.v--To whom, dearl » SftE £?*«. If they Tire, Itch, virtually destroyed the leather fac- brace all Mussulman countries, is betory of Swoboda & Sons ni.tl the ing nrranged to take place m Gaya Moral*#. Hsdhhy warehouse of Joseph Dielitsky. were auffocsted in an elevator. They Smart or Burn, if Sore, .GrC Inritated. Inflamed or _ R tltj Granulated,ussMarine often.- Soothes. Ksfcsshss. Infant or Adnit. At all Bengsl, India, in December says • FfceeE** Bock. Maitys dispatch from Allahabad. » ^ J*