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Died. Dr. Elon Howard Eaton, 67, ornithologist, head of the biology department of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N. Y.; after long illness; in Geneva...
Sixty-nine years ago in the largest house on Manhattan's Washington Square was born H. (for Henry) Hobart Porter. His brother Seton Porter was born on 47th Street. Both grew up to be engineers. Hobart helped found the great firm of Sanderson & Porter which Seton later joined as a partner. In business as well as politics engineers sometimes become chief executives. Brother Hobart chose water for his province, Brother Seton whiskey...
Last week Brother Hobart, who is president of American Water Works & Electric, submitted his annual report. In 1933, he told stockholders, Water Works earned $3,337,000, as against $3,596,000 the year before. But President Porter wanted to impress something more on his stockholders' minds. During the year local, State and Federal taxes had eaten up 9.3? of each $1 that Water Works took in. For every $1 earned for common stockholders, $1.85 was earmarked for taxes...
...Henry Hobart Porter is 17 years older than handsome Seton but they see eye-to-eye on most questions. Last fortnight Brother Seton, who is president of National Distillers Products, also had something to say about taxes. He dusted off National Distillers' famed publicity stunt -the whiskey dividend of 1932-and used it once again, not to attract attention but to divert it. Both his customers and his Government were disgruntled with him and all other distillers over high liquor prices. So President Porter released a breakdown of the taxes and expenses which the stockholders had been asked...
...stake. Ten dogs were withdrawn at the last moment and one, the famed pointer Schoolfield, only dog ever to win three great stakes on quail, pheasant and prairie chicken, died suddenly of ptomaine poisoning. For a generation the national championships have been run over the broad acres of Col. Hobart Ames's plantation near Grand Junction, Tenn. Tall, old Col. Ames this year had new stories to tell his guests about the curious cherry-red quail on his preserve (TIME, March 13, 1933), now recognized by the Department of Agriculture as a distinct species. Ever since 1909, when Manitoba...