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The Federal and Canadian Governments

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Incorporated Under Act N o. 232, MICHIGAN LAWS.

Safe—Profitable—Investment Assured

This Company HAS NOT—DOES NOT—WILL NOT PAY ANY PROMO-
TION FEES or commissions for sale of or underwriting of any securities issued or
to be issued by this Company.

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AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
IN PALESTINE.

A recent issue of the British (Gov-
ernment) Board of Trade Journal con-
tains the following extract from a mem-
orandum prepared by the Arab Bureau
on the subject of agricultural supplies
in Palestine:
"In the neighborhood of Jerusalem
a good deal of scientific dry farming is
carried on, the ground being kept loose
by continuous tillage. The Arabs do
not use harrows, but the Jewish colon-
ists have introduced the harrow and
the American pulverizer with beneficial
results.
"The plows chiefly in use in Pales-
tine are the primitive Arab plow and
the German plows used throughout the
Jewish and German colonists. British
plows are said to be too heavy and
the shape not quite suitable. In the
orangeries and other plantations Amer-
ican plows are used exclusively, and
American zig-zag harrows are also em-
ployed.
"In the Jaffa orange districts the ir-
rigation of the new groves is effected
by means of pumps operated by oil en-
gines. Most of these engines are of
British make (3 to 8 horsepower), and
it is estimated that there are about 300
of them in the orange groves. There
is a great shortage of spare parts. The
water is raised by small bore tubes
sunk vertically into the sand strata to
a depth of 130 to 200 feet, the water
rising to a height of 40 feet in the
pipes. The pumps raise from 6,600 to
10,500 gallons per hour. A grove of 20
acres is the minimum economic size for
a separate pumping plant. In 1915 the
above mentioned engines were trans-
formed into charcoal-gas engines, as no
supplies of oil were available. Of the
pumps employed 80 to 90 per cent. are
of local manufacture, mostly at two
factories in Jaffa, one of which is Ger-
man and the other Jewish, where there
are a number of good mechanics at
work.

GIFT OF $1,000,000 TO HOSPITAL
DOES NOT MATERIALIZE.

Henry Kaufman of Pittsburgh Pledg-
ed Big Sum as Memorial to Wife
—Now Denies Offer.

The Hospital for Deformities and
Joint Diseases of New York City will
not receive a gift of $1,000,000 which
had been expected from Henry Kauf-
man, a wealthy retired dry goods
merchant of Pittsburgh. Dr. Henry W.
Frauenthal, medical director of the hos-
pital, said yesterday that a positive ar-
rangement had been made with Mr.
Kaufman for the gift, and that the
news that he had determined not to give
the money was not received until last
Friday.
"The money was promised last Fall,"
said Dr. Frauenthal, "and as a result of
the promise we had refrained from oth-
er efforts to obtain money at a time
when money was far easier to obtain
than it is now. Mr. Kaufman had laid
out plans for the erection of a $500,000
building, which was to have received an
income of $25,000 a year from him. He
said that the matter was completely set-
tled, with the exception of details which
should be arranged between our lawyer
and his. These details concerned the
maintenance of the institution to be
built. There was nothing in this ques-
tion which could have led to a with-
drawal on the part of Mr. Kaufman, for
the reason that the Federation of Jew-
ish Charities had guaranteed the main-
tenance of the hospital. We are at loss
to understand his change of position.
We first became aware that there was
some doubt about the gift when we
found it impossible to bring about a
meeting between Felix Warburg, repre-
senting us, and Mr. Kaufman. On Fri-
day, we learned definitely that nothing
was to be hoped from Mr. Kaufman."
Benjamin G. Paskus, counsel for Mr.
Kaufman, denied last night that the
$1,000,000 had been promised. "The ap-
plication for the gift was made to Mr.
Kaufman several months ago," he said.
"He investigated it thoroughly and
finally reached a decision not to give
the money. He reached this decision at
least three months ago, and it was made
known clearly at the time to those inter-
ested in the hospital."
The new building, which had been
planned, was to have been dedicated to
the memory of Theresa Kaufman, the
late wife of Mr. Kaufman.

JEWISH CENSUS TO BE TAKEN
FOR UNITED STATES.

American Jewish Committee Board
of Statistics to Handle Work
for Government.

The bureau of Jewish statistics of
the American Jewish Committee has
been honored by having been selected
by the Census Bureau of the United
States Department of Commerce as
its agency in conducting the census
of the Jewish religious bodies of the
country, its director, Dr. Samson D.
Oppenheim, having been appointed a
special census agent for that purpose.
It is the desire of the authorities at
Washington to secure an illuminating
body of religious facts and figures
concerning the Jews of the United
States, their numbers, distribution,
rabbis, congregations, synagogues and
religious schools; in other words, such
details as have long been known and
published regarding non-Jewish sects.
The organization has already sent
out a complete list of questions to
every Jewish congregation in the
country.

Compliments

of

GEIST
BROS.