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posed extension Of c street southeast. and
is bounded on the east by 42d street and
the west by 10th street. Running through
the center of the subdivision is the uro-
posed extension of East Capitol street The
streets. which will be laid out under the
city street extension plan. in the making of
Greater Washington. will include Clay
place. Fife place. Ames street, Blaine
street, Chaplin street, Burns street. A, B,
c and 41st streets
The subdivision has an altitude Of about
200 feet, from which q most commanding
view is obtained of the city. The company
has In contemplation a number of improve
ments, which will be carried out as soon
as plans have been approved. One of the
features which the company has provided is
the easy method by which purchasers can
secure a home. By the payment Of small
sum each month the buyer Is enabled to
pay the principal and the interest, equiva-
lent to rent. The lots will have frontages
of twenty-five feet with depths varying
from 100 to $50 feet.
The company Is composed Of number of
prominent business men Of the Shenandoah
valley who have done much In developing
small towns in the states of Virginia and
West Virginia. The company recently COM
pleted 100 homes in Covington, Va, where
it's operations were quite extensive.
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BIG DEAL IN REALTY
RICHARDS TRACT SOLD TO VAL
LEY REALTY COMPANY.

An important transaction in suburban
realty has just been closed. the Valley
Realty Company of this city purchasing
what is known as the Richards tract at
Benning, D. c. The tract contains sixty
seven acres and the purchase price was
about S7O.OoO
The property has frontage Of 1,1O0 feet
on Benning road. about coo yards from the
H street electric cars, and will be known
as Benning heights. i is situated on 4
high and commanding elevation in the rap
Idly growing northeast section OF the city.
The tract>has been divided into about $50
building lots and villa sites and the work
of improving the property by the erection
OF homes has already commenced. A num-
Der of houses will be built by the Washing
ton Building Company. the contracts hav-
ing been closed and ground broken.
The property extends south to tho pro-
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AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT..
Investigations Being Made to Deter
mine Best Materials and Methods.

Wood has long been used for street pave
ments. Only within the past few years.
however, has 1t been satisfactorily adopted
in the cities of the United States. Previous
failures can be traced almost entirely to i'm
proper construction or methods of prepara-
ton. In most cases round blocks of cedar
or other woods were used, without precau-
lions against decay and without adequate
foundation for the pavement. The conse-
quence was that. as a paving material, wood
fell into disfavor
Recent use OF rectangular wooden blocks
for street pavements has given excellent re-
suits Many engineers believe that these
blocks, when properly creosoted and laid on
a concrete foundation, make a pavement
which possesses high excellence in a greater
number of essential qualities than any other
now in use Among these qualities are great
smoothness. low traction resistance, mini
mum noise, and considering its smoothness,
comparatively little slipperiness. Slipperf-
ness has sometimes proved Objectionable,
but Is not greater for wood than for sheet
asphalt, ali temperature conditions consid-
cred: and wood Is much less variable in this
particular than Is the asphalt 1t Is prob
able that no other pavement with equally
slight traction resistance will be found less
slippery. Wood pavement is also easy to
clean and to maintain, and when well laid
gives promise of proving more durable than
any other except one constructed of the
hardest granite
The cost of creosoted wood pavement Is
at present comparatively high. averaging
about 50 per square yard, including concrete
foundation. In several cities. however. the
cost of the pavement has been reduced mat
terially below this figure, and good results
have been secured. In Minneapolis. Mimi.
where the city itself lays the pavement. the
total cost per yard is approximately So 80
To attempt to cheaper the price. however.
at the expense of thoroughness of treat
ment or careful construction is with creo-
soted wood pavement particularly dangerous
economy. Even at the prevailing price the
excellence Of this pavement causes many
engineers to regard 1t as the best general
purpose one now in use.
The five cities in which the largest
amounts ofswood pavement arex found are.
In order. Indianapolis, New York, Minneap-
| oils, Toledo and Boston. Together. these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
General Condition of the Market
- for Houses.
HOME BUYERS STILL ABOUT
The Impressive Figures of the Build
ing Season.
POTOMAC PARK IMPROVEMENTS
Beautiful Lawns and Drives That Now
Adorn the Vicinity of the Wash
ington Monument.
HOME BUYERS STILL ABOUT
POTOMAC PARK IMPROVEMENTS

A number of improvements are being
made In buildings for business purposes. In
some cases these changes are somewhat
comprehensive and in others they are
merely to meet an increasing demand for
room The dwelling at 1915 New York ave-
nue. is being remodeled by direction of the
owner. Mr.. Owen Owen, that 1T will be
suitable for business purposes. The
changes are being made In accordance
with plans of Appleton 2. Clark. jr.. archi-
tect
The building numbered 1891 and 1888 G
street northwest, which is owned by Mr..
c. E. Foster. is to be remodeled for office
uses.
Alterations are to be made In the business
building at the northwest corner of 7th and
ii streets northeast.
Some OF the dwellings In course of con-
struction are as follows: Two two-story
brick houses at 1125-27 Robinson street
southwest by w. E. Gardner; two two
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ment and three stories. with a frontage
Of twenty-five feet by depth of seventy,
containing sixteen rooms Special decora-
ton has been gfveL to the interior design
and detail.
Access to the River.
Notable improvements are being made in
the park section west of the Washington
monument and at the foot of 18th street.
Lawns and trees and macadam roadways
with suitable footpaths were introduced in
that portion of this great park, formerly
known as the Potomac flats. some time ago.
What Is called the speedway has been
used for several years past by those who
have horses. and the access which is thus
given to the tidal basin and now to the
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Residence Mr. Reside Bancroft Place. Conn

larch and Washington fir. All blocks were
laid with the grain vertical. and were four
inches in depth. four inches wide and from
four to ten inches long. These blocks were
impregnated with creosote and laid upon a
foundation of Portland cement concrete
Successive sections of the pavement were
laid in different woods. Also the angles OF
the courses were varied, one being at right
angles to the traffic another at forty-flve
degrees and a third between the two, or
sixty-seven and a half degrees.
This experimental pavement was laid on a
street which carries the heaviest traffic OF
the city, so that comparative results can be
obtained in as short a time as possible.
Traffic records will be made twice month.
on different days of the week. and from
these records an accurate knowledge of
traffic conditions may be obtained.
This investigation should furnish definite
information on the following points: The
suitability of the various woods, the relative
value of heartwood and sapwood, the best
dimensions for the blocks, and the most
serviceable angle for the courses.
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1t Is an interesting circumstance in this
connection that the late r. o. Hoffman
bought this property about fifteen years
ago for the purpose of some day moving
his real estate office to that site If he
had done so at that time it would have
been regarded as going far ahead of the
development of the business section Of the
city. At the present time such a change
in the location of a real estate business is
looked upon as In line with the current
movement.
The manager of the office. Mr.. Upton H.
Ridenour, recognizes this condition, and
thus 1t Is that the plans of Mr.. Hoffman,
formed so many years agos are being car
ried out.
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banks of the Potomac river itself was a
welcome privilege. as. owing to the imme-
date surroundings of the river front, 1t
was impossible to get an unobstructed view
of the water unless at a distance away
from the city.
Now. however, fine driveway extends
from the foot Of 18th street, or where 1t
crosses B street northwest, south to a
point about where the old Long bridge
crossed the river. There, however. the road
way turns to the west and passes along the
side of the embankment by which access Is
gained to the new Highway bridge. This
enabankment at present has the usual APP
pearance of such construction, that Is,
showing only the dull color Of the mass of
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-half-story houses at 1928 Oak
street. Mount Pleasant. by Charles w.
King. jr.: six three-story houses at 31OO-10
18th street northwest by William II. Sorrell /.
eight two-story dwellings at S30-34 Varnum
street northwest. for Richard H. Knott,
builder; three two-story dwellings at 1341-
45 LIST street northwest, F. d. McAuliffe,
builder. and seven two-story dwellings at
1S19-31 4th street northwest. Humphrey &
Palmer. builders. go
Mr.. George s Cooper has started good
sized building enterprise In the erection
OF twenty-five two-story houses In West
lexington. They are to be located on r
street between LIST street and lexington
place northwest. Bricks of a light shade
will be used in the construction of the
front and hot water will be employed in the
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heating of the houses. Mr.. Cooper pre-
pared the plans.
A large brick addition is to be made to
the baking establishment of Holmes & Son,
lis street northwest. 1t will be three
stories high and is estimated to cost S20.-
COO A. B. Mullett & Co. are the archi-
tects, and the builders FisseI & Wagner.
Mr. Frank P Rees1de. secretary Of the
Equitable Building Association, is having
a residence erected on Bancroft place
northwest just west of Connecticut avenue
from designs prepared by Frederic B. Pyle.
architect. The building is of modern
French design with a front executed in
Indiana limestone and brick of light shade.
The building will contain finished base
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NEW REALTY BUILDING.
Change in Location of B. o. Holtz.
mans Office.

The latest addition to the business places
In the section of the city west of 18th
street and near New York avenue is the
building that has Just been completed by
the X. o. Hoffman estate at 1926 New
York avenue. The first floor OF this at
tractive looking structure is to be the
r. o. Hoffman business home. which
has been located for many years at
the northeast corner of 10th and streets
northwest.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-25

them they're making blunder, and,
bless my soul. they're ready to bite
your head on. No. in the present day it
is only the very young who are rich
in experience There's a set Of half
baked young fools looking like dough
who are going about at the present day
who. Jumped all together. have got just
about the intellect Of hen.
He chuckled little with satisfaction
at having found this simile. and said II
thrice over for luck. The long youth
nodded
After all. went on the stout gen
tleman. softened by success. after all
suppose it's what / might venture to
call the spirit OF the age. look at
girls nowadays. and what do l find?
What do find. sir. eh?"
The long youth slightly interested.
looked up.
Il find a desire to reverse their sex
and to upset the arrangements of-er-
Providence in every shape and form In
fact" he smiled. Il made rather
good sort of joke-you might call IL
pun perhaps-the other evening after
dinner. We were talking on this very
subject. and happened to remark
quite casually didn't think over the
Joke at all. It came out just as natural
" as I'm giving It to you at the pres
ent moment said that whereas in the
old days girls wanted to get married
and cried Altar. altar. now their cry is
Alter, alter
The stout gentleman laughed very
much al this. and when he had wiped
his eyes and relighted his cigar he
spelt the joke carefully. and laughed
again. The long youth muttered some
suggestion aoOut. sending It to Puck.
and turned 10 the sporting extra.
Take my two girls at home now.
The youth shook his head and said
he wasn't having any.
If I didn't keep them well in hand
and put a stopper on every little-what
shall say7-tendency that way. why
I've 10 doubt they too-would want to
smoke their cigarettes and ride their
bicycles. and play the cornet. and carry
on like one O'Clock Fortunately for
them. sir. I SOY fortunately for them.
they have q parent"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-25
SEEK EDEN ON THE-PAcIFlc.


Oklahoma City. Okla.-James F.
sharp. who says he is Adam. and a
band Of half clad followers numbering
about so. marched through the streets
the Other day from their abandoned
camp outside the city. They are on
their way to the Pacific coast. Sharp.
as will be remembered. led a parade
OF nude persons through the streets
here about a year ago. which resulted
in several arrests and one of the band
being sent TO the asylum.
Sharp returned here a few weeks
ago and established a camp east Of
town. where many Of his followers
went without clothing. under the be-
lief that they were in the Garden Of
Eden. They were arrested time and
time again. and fined. sharp says
that il was a case Of persecution. and
decided to 90 to the coast
In the parade through the streets
were many little children. who had
marched for eight miles without stop
ping. and were hardly able to walk.
Covered wagons containing dozen
o. more babies brought up the rear Of
the parade.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-25
new DIVORCE RECORD IS SET.
New York Judge Files slxty-Five De.
clsions In One Day.

New York.-After holding up more
than hall the undefended divorce
cases tried before him in June and
several others from the spring months
Justice Mclean. OF the supreme
court the other day broke all records
by filing decisions in Go cases. In 40
he granted the interlocutory DEGREES.
lie dismissed 20 suits He had still
undecided % cases. Eight of these
were held up for technical reasons.
such as insufficient proof OF marriage.
II was the most remarkable record OF
divorces granted in the supreme court
on single day by any Judge.
Most of the cases adjudicated are of
the undefended class. OF the 20 suits
dismissed one of the most interest.
ing is that OF David Zyskind against
Salka zyskind, in which Justice Nc
Lean declines TO accept the evidence
of three men who professed to have
knowledge OF her guilt
Not one OF these" the justice says,
''can be believed. excepting vaguely
as TO one instance. testified to as an
occurrence since the plaintiff came
from Russian Poland. where the de-
fendant. according TO an afiidavit.
lived as recently as December last.
Mayhap the defendant is more than
ordinarily entitled to protection by
the court"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-25
HAS CURE FOR JUNGLE FEVER.
Or, Sem Returns from Africa, Where
He Studied Al Phases Of Malady.

Chicago.-Dr Nicholas Sem, who
has just returned from Africa. where
he studied every phase Of fever pre-
valent there. hopes to include In his
forthcoming book some suggestions
of great value in the treatment OF the
disease. He went 70 Beira. on the
east coast OF Africa. and journeyed
up the Zambezi river into the coun.
try known as the death trap. DR..
Sem devoted himself especially to
discovering some means of checking
the disease in its incipient stages, its
devastating effect being largely due
to the fact that the symptoms have
been allowed to develop unimpeded.
DR.. Sem Is said TO have found some
specific which strikes at the root of
the malady TO replace the copious
doses Of Quinine which have been al
most the sole medical agent used in
the tropics.
Or. Sem followed the course OF
Or. jameson and his raiders during
the Boer war and studied the sturdy
Dutch settlers who made such a vigor-
Gus stand against the British govern
ment in South Africa.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-25
SEARCH FOR GOLD IN EGYPT
Several Exploration Expeditions Have
Recently Been Made

London.-Prominen amos the fea-
lures of the modern development of
Egypt are the expeditions which have
been undertaken to explore the an
cient gold and precious stone workings
which exist in the region between the
Nile and the Red sea.
Ancient records tell us OF the mar
velous yield these workings afforded,
and several modern expeditions have
been made to explore the various dis
tricts with a view to ascertaining
whether they could be reopened with
proft-some OF the leading London
engineering firms having taken part in
the exploration Remains OF ancient
villages and numberless abandoned
mines have been found together with
stone grinding mills and mining imple-
ments. and assays made OF the quartz
and soil The labor question presents
little difficulty. as there are plenty Of
fellaheen ready to work at cheap
ate.
Our illustration refers to an expedi-
A@1 ~ Dlr u tllt ucct-hHONn oi iUt
ancient mining districts IN the Allaki
valley. TO the southeast OF Assouan.
These are stated to have been the
mines worked BY the early Egyptians.
and after them BY the Romans and
Arabs. indeed. continuous records OF
mining can be traced from the earliest
ages down to and inclSding the Ro-
man occupation Of Egypt, from which
time little OF nothing is known until
Ne reach the Mussulman epoch, when
We are told By Fl Macrizi, the Arabian
historian. that the Arabian chief
Omary was forced by the Egyptians
to abanSon working the mines over
l l.00e ycars ago. at which time they
were being actively worked
Fl Macrizi relates that during the
reign Of Ahmed Benahmend ben Tell
Gun. An Arabian chief. and Syrian
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-25
BY W. Pen Ridge


Copyright hy Joseph B. Bovles)
The $3.50 evening train backed care
fully into the city station as one con-
scious Of having important passengers
TO carry.
The stout forid old gentleman with a
white earnation in his coat hopped
down into the corner seat OF the
smoker. pulled very hard at his cigar.
and glowered resentfully at the other
passengers. and fixed long lad next to
him with a definite eye. and when the
long lad lighted cigarette the stout
man growled.
did you say you wanted the window
DOWN." asked the long lad
No. sir. did not say anything Of
the sort. | don't want my head blown
on, and I've had quite enough worry In
the city to-day without havingshalf
ton OF coal-dust in my eye I'm not
polar bear sir"
The long youth asked "Why not?"
but the horid gentleman fortunately
did not hear the question.
There is a class Of people in this
world" he said, fiicking the ash from
his cigar TO his bulgy capacious waist
coat. who must always be interfering
with everything. II they see window
up they want II down; II they see a
door shut they want II open; II they
see the gas low they want II up. Al
ways restless. always pottering about
Great heavens. mani why can't people
keep still. It's the great curse of this
present so-called generation of ours that
every one must be continually on the
go. Why in the world don't people
keep quiet and mind their own bust
ness. eh?"
The long youth had found an en-
chanting inquest in his evening paper
and did not answer.
what l can't stand what I never
could stand. and what | never will
stand he went on oratorically lis the
man who forces his conversation on
other people and bothers them when
they want TO be quiet. It's one OF those
foolish. stupid blunders that youth
commits simply and wholly and entire
ly from the want of experience, and the
worst of Il is they won't be told. oh,
lear mo- You mustn't attempt to teach
them anything" with much bitter
ness.) Tell them they're wrong. tell
them they're making a mistake. tell
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-25
DUKE DYING LIKE AN OUTCAST

trict when he met a funeral process
sion. He compelled the bearers TO
deposit the coffin in the center OF
the road, whereupon he leaped over
it on horseback and proceeded on his
way rejoicing.
Soon after his marriage with Prin-
cess Maria Josepha. sister OF the
present king of Saxony, he was blind
drunk in his own palace in the com
pany of a score OF dissipated young
officers. When the revelry reached
its height Otto exclaimed: Gentle
men, il you would like TO see how a
royal princess of the blood looks in
bed will conduct you TO my wife's
room" They had almost reached the
door when the archduke's own aid
de-camp drew his sword and said:
Your imperial highness will only go
further over my dead body" Arch
duke Otto turned back from his de-
sign, but no credit was due him per-
sonally for so doing.
When q member Of the Austrian
parliament, Pernerstorfer. denounced
the archdukes proceedings in the
reichsrath, Otto hired three rufiians
who forced an entrance into Perner-
storfer's house in broad daylight,
gagged his servant and locked her up
and then beat Pernerstorfer himself
almost to death.
More recently Otto. in a state OF
helpless drunkenness. appeared in a
fashionable restaurant in Vienna
wearing northing but his officers cap
and a sword attached to a belt around
his waist. A great Austrian noble
man who was present with his wife
Immediately complained to the emper-
or, who is said to have summoned his
nephew and boxed his ears.
A terrible punishment overlook him
at the age of 3S, when cancer In the
throat. due directly to the mode OF
life which he had led. made its ap-
pearance. Since then the archduke
has been slowly dying. His suffer
ings during these three years have
been appalling. He lives almost alone
in comparatively small residence not
far from the Austra-German frontier.
His wife never goes near him. nor
are his two sons allowed to visit him.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-25

Trenton. O.-Kate Zimmerman. Of
Frazer street. who has been living
alone in one room. refusing to have
anything to do with other persons for
20 years. will be visited by the health
officers tomorrow. According TO the
police reports tonight. neighbors have
complained Charles Reighter takes
her food In a basket. which she hauls
up with a rope II Is believed the
woman is . mistr and that this &C
counts for her secrecy and strange
manner Of living