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by leaps and bounds. Improved methods of
cultivation. and more accessible markets.
make i've acres in many instances a more
valuable possession than one hundred and
sixty acres generation or two ago. the
Department Of Agriculture declares five
acres ample for the support of family
How foolish. then. to continue giving away
the small remnant of the nations cultivable
lands in 1OO-acre tracts, especially since
under the Communication clause of the Home
stead act. the gift usually goes to some
great land-grabber instead Of going as in
tended. to home-builder.
John 8. Huyler, the New York million
aire OF candy fame. has transferred to the
Presbyterian synod the village Of Montreal
The synod will carry out on very large
scale the plans proposed by Mr.. Huyler
and his religious coworkers when they es-
tablished Montreal a few years ago. Among
Mr.. Huylers associates were one Of the
Wanamakers and other millionaire reli-
gious workers. There are to be 500 cottages
erected at Montreal. and they will be oc-
cupied by 500 families. A big hotel &C
commodating 500 persons. will be built. as
well as big lake. Another $50, 900 will be
expended in the laying out of roads. It viii
be the permanent home Of many we'll
known religious societies. and other religi-
GUS gatherings will be held there. There
also will be summer Chautauuua,
The longest block In any American city
is in Watertown, N. Y. This municipal
freak is row Of business houses nearly
Ave squares long. It contains the Offices
tenants and hotel with eighty-five rooms
The total valuation Of the property in this
block Is almost 81, 000.O 900.
The longest street in the United States
and In the world as well Is Western ave-
nue.. Chicago, which Is exactly twenty two
miles long. Its nearest rival Is Halsted
street, also In Chicago. which is two-thirds
Of mile shorter. Halsted street Is 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04
The Cost Of Technical Errors.
From the World TndaH.

Technical errors cost a lot In this age
Of great Industrial undertakings. They
have crippled more than one large firm, and
ruined others. The technical expert who
can go over the work of others and ferret
out any possible errors is the coming man
to command a big salary. He Is needed
today in large manufacturing and contract
ing concerns as never before. His services
are Of the utmost value in the business
world"
The speaker the head of one of the larg-
est electrical manufacturing and contract
ing companies in this country, emphasized
his remark by pointing to a loss of $4,000
entailed by q technical error OF engineers
who had made estimates on a large con-
tract.
'That error was made by a good engi-
neer," he continued, lone who has done
lot of work for US. But in the rush of de-
tail work he overlooked 1t, and the error
went on without detection until 1t caused
us this loss. 1t was simply miscalculaton
in engineering design. and one outside of
the province of expert accountants and
bookkeepers No one except q technical
engineer could have discovered 1t. Now
what / mean by a technical expert Is a
man who can go over the mass of figures
and drawings Of any engineering depart
ment and pick out flaws in them. He need
but he must be q sleuth In picking up mis-
takes AS rule a set of plans are usually
studied by number of engineers before
they are accepted, but each engineer Is
a specialist In his own department he Is not
hunting for mistakes in other departments.
Thus It is that technical errors creep in,
and they prove costly Mistakes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04

architect. provides for an exterior that will
be suited to the surroundings. The porch
room will naturally be a feature Of the ex-
terror. The walls will be finished in pebble
dash. and the roof will be covered with
slate. There will be nine rooms, and the
heat will be hot water.
As to Suburban Property.
There is such a thing as fashion in the
real estate market-a fact which all eX
perienced real estate dealers recognize as
one of the fixed conditions Of their business.
On this account at this season of the year
1t is recognized that the interest on the
part Of the public in realty lies largely In
the direction of suburban property. I'm
fortunately the present season has been
such backward one that this well-known
tendency has net had a chance to develop
to Its usual extent Still, dealers find that
as the days go on and the foliage comes
out more fully and nature begins to wear
that attractive garb which is the proclama-
ton of the advent Of spring, inquiries for
that class of property increase. There are
some people who get the country fever regu-
larry each year. and now that the advan-
tages of country life are 80 much more nu-
merous than they were formerly and the
conveniences of access to the city and to
the beusines center are SO much better an
increasing number of inquirers each year
become buyers and home owners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04
THE WORLDS WORKERS
FACTS OF INTEREST TO THE
REAL ESTATE MEN.

A woman in Boston makes business Of
taking inventories of houses which are
rented furnished. She comes to the house
and makes complete lists in triplicate Of
every article with description of its con-
dition. When the house is given up she
comes again and checks over the household
goods and gods and appraises the loss or
damage She has been so successful in this
kind of work that her services are much in
demand
By the sale under sealed bids of the pas
ture lands Of the Kiowa. Comanche and
Apache Indian reservation in Southern
Oklahoma greater sum has been realized
than any sale of public lands before ever
brought. About three hundred thousand
sealed bids, covering S75.O 600 acres. were re-
ceived. A bidder was permitted to bid on
as many quarter sections of the land as he
desired, but each bidder will be awarded
only one quarter section. The average price
received for the land, according to figures
already compiled. is s12.19 an acre. Thus
the Indians will realize from the sale
$4,574. GOO. or an average Of about 81 .2C0 for
each Indian interested. A surplus of 13O,000
acres remains to be sold or otherwise dis
posed of. 1t probably will be two or three
weeks before q complete list of the sue
cessful bidders IL completed.
Farming lands are advancing in values
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04
UNDESIRABLE TENANTS
ONE OF THE NEVER SETTLED
QUESTIONS OF BROKERAGE.

One of the sharpest species Of thorn that
besets the rosy path of the house renting
agent Is the tenant who does not pay
regularly, or does not pay at all. There
are several varieties Of this species. and 1t
takes much experience and patience to
determine to which one, the specimen prop
erly belongs, SO as to know how to handle
1t to best advantage. And 1t must be very
promptly handled, too. in some way. to
satisfy the account with the agents client.
Here are a few Of them:
The highly respectable party. male or
female. wishing to rent a high-priced
house may be able to give good reference
from the last landlord and pays promptly
on demand at first and thereby wins the
agents respect, and many concessions in
the way of repairs, etc. So far all is we'll,
but finally payments are not made quite
so promptly. This is where Mr.. Agent must
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04
SIZE OF FARMS.
They Should Be Smaller Rather Than
Larger for Best Results.

Iney should Be Smaller Rather Than
Larger for Best Results.
The American farmer has always had
before him the temptation to grasp a large
amount Of land. This is not surprising
when we consider what his education has
been. It has been seven or more genera
lions since our ancestors settled in this
country and during all of that time the de-
scendants of the old settlers have had
the thirst for land bred into them. This
was because In the beginning Of the devel-
opment of this country land was very
easily obtained, and the most common
way for men to enrich themselves was to
get possession Of large tracts of land.
But today the new conditions are in con-
flict with the tendency to own land for
the mere sense OF owning 1t. Before a man
buys more land he should first sit down
and consider whether he can use that land,
says Farmers Review. He should also
whether he cannot more fully use the land
he has. Today there are multitudes of
families that are made miserable by the
possession OF too much land. A man known
to the writer had eighty acres of land To-
Gated within few miles of a thriving
town. He had only himself and wife to
provide for. and he found 1t hard to get
help even to take care Of the eighty acres.
But ne naQ always owned farm OF from
half to a square mile in area, and he was
miserable on his little piece Of eighty acres
His wife wanted to stay there. for she had
been overworked on the big farm. But he
insisted selling the nice little farm and
then moved to the city while waiting to
get hold Of big farm. What the country
needs is a large number of well Titled small
farms. That means more independent
farmers and fewer hired men, 1t means q
solution OF the hired help problem. 1t
means more families in a township and
that. too. Of families that own the land on
which they are located. Such make the
best citizens in the world. Such people
thrill with the delights of ownership. They
are q help to the communities. Their chill
dren do not have to rush to the cities to
make a living More farms means better
schools. It means more electric lines rum
ming here and there over/the country; for
the electric lines go where populations are
sufficiently dense to insure them patronage.
II the American farmer does not get down
to this idea the foreigner will take his
land. The foreigner comes in from his
little piece Of land in Europe. He has
been accustomed there to farm intensively
a little piece Of territory. He takes a small
piece here and IL contented with 1t. He
works, and his family work. They have
no hired help problem. They soon own the
land on which the American farmer was
lord, but on which he had mortgage. The
thirst that can no longer be gratified with
out the danger of losing even the land
necessary for the support of the farmers
family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04
YOUNG TREES IN TOWNS.
Course of Real Estate Operators That
Is Worthy Of Emulation.

It Is noted in Brooklyn that few sub
urban real estate operators are setting
trees on property which Is on the market
for building purposes or on which the
builders themselves intend to erect dwell
ings. This is so obviously a wise policy
that 1t is wonder only "a few" are
following it. says the Rochester Democrat
and Chronicle. Having purchased tract
Of land and divided 1t into streets and
building lots. the wise owner will at once
plant trees in suitable places and start
them growing even before a cellar Is dug.
The property is thus made more attrac-
tive and salable. for nothing can be much
more dreary than a residence district with
out trees.
AS a result of rapid growth IN popula-
ton and building. the tendency is to de-
prive city streets of shade which they have
long enjoyed. The sacrifice of noble oak
or maple or elm Is always a cause Of
mourning, but the slaughter goes on in
the name of Improvement. The only
compensation is to plant and foster trees
on new streets and lots.
Those who perform this task diligently
will reap measure of reward for them
selves and earn the thanks Of future gen.
eratiOnS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04

paying for one place, finding 1t so easy,
wasted no time in contracting for second,
and in a good many instances. for third.
In this connection let US give some inter-
esting facts and figures. A man paying
s25 per month rent pays 800 per year. In
six years he pays 81 800. Now. the same
man might contract for a purchase Of q
property worth $1,000. He pays $500 down.
leaving 81, 500 to be paid in monthly pay
ments. He keeps on paying SIS per month
the same as his rent would be, at per
cent interest. included in the monthly pay
ments. His first payment will be $50 in
terest, and the balance of the s25, amount
ing to $3.50, will apply to his credit; then
the first year he has an equity Of $710 to
his credit, including cash payment.
The next year he owes balance Of 81 go;
therefore his interest is much less than the
year before, which increases the second
payment to $232. 40 net, and so on. reducing
the principal, until he has paid the balance
of 81, 500 and the interest thereon.
1t will take him about six years to pay
this off. provided he has no rental income
from the property. In six years, on this
plan, he pays interest, taxes and insurance
amounting to about $44S During that time
month, and instead of getting only six
dozen rent receipts he has piece Of real
estate worth $1,000. That piece Of real es-
tate costs him $44S, plus original $780, The
same results are obtained in buying a 81 900
or S., 900 home.
The buyer on this plan has not paid for
the property. He paid rent and the rent
paid for the property. Is there anything
anything which will pay a better per cent? ?
There is another argument in favor of
this proposition. Ninety-nine times out of
a hundred the property bought increases in
value during the time the payments are be-
ing made on 1t. and In these ninety-nine
times the purchaser will exceed the amount
Of interest paid on the property and the
other expenses mentioned, which practical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04

much more closely built up that It Is usu-
ally spoken Of as the longest street in the
world. BY traversing its length one may
see all the indications Of the varying
phases Of American life. from the novels
OF outcast sin to the palaces Of pork pack
Ing millionaires
1nterspersed with the native Americans
on this one street are six distinct colonies
where the people speak other languages
than English-namely. Germans Italians,
Russian Jews, Bohemians, Poles and
Greeks Halsted street is crossed over and
under by twenty railroads. It is estimated
to be the chief business center and loung-
ing place for 175,OO0 people. more than
there arc In Arizona, Idaho. Nevada or
Wyoming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04
England's Best Shot.
From T1t-Bits.


Lord Walsingham enjoys the reputation
of being the finest shot in Britain. He
probably is the only man In the world
whose aim is so accurate that he Is able to
shoot wasps on the wing. This requires q
marvellous eye and the steadiest of hands.
To practice on these pests and other small
insects he had a miniature rife specially
constructed.
He holds the record for an unsurpassed
grouse bag. After shooting single-handed
for fifteen hours he had accounted for 1O70
grouse. On another occasion. with 11O0
cartridges, he accounted for $40 birds. an
amazingly high average. He Is also an &C.
complished writer, one Of the first entomol-
ogists Of the day. a fellow of many learned
societies and owner of the finest collection
Of moths and butterflies In the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04
photo by a STAFF i'aotographer.)

ly reduces the carrying charges to nothing.
The installment buyer certainly would have
had to pay rent II he did not purchase. In
making the purchase he bought something
besides thirty-day privilege and a rent re-
ceipt
Why not figure this out to your own sat
for yourself today. by purchasing a piece
Of real estate. What are six years COM
pared to a lifetime? Where were you six
years ago? What did you have? You Will
probably be here six years from today, and
we will leave you to answer the question:
What will you have?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04
"Other Worldliness."

From the London Cooperative News
What Is known as other worldliness' is
gradually ceasng to be a prominent feature
in the religious life of our times, church
and dissent alike recognising their duty
with regard to the undesirable condition in
which many men and women find them
selves living here and now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04
Public Utilities.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger
There was. some confusion as to which
side Of the street cars should stop.
Let us make 1t a rule" said the motor
man, ito notice on which side the people
are waiting. and then stop at the other"
But suppose there are people on both
sides?" ventured one less hardened by ex-
perience.
"Oh. as to that" replied the instructor,
''of course it's impossible not to oblige
somebody once IN q WHILE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04

Andrew Carnegie tells the following to
illustrate that a Celt is a Celt in Scotland
as we'll as in Ireland:
In a sermon preached in a small church In
Glasgow the pastor, after inveighing against
slothfulness. said, by way of climax:
do you think that Adam and Eve went
about the Garden of Eden with their hands
in their pockets ?'-Harper's Weekly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04

Farming lands are advancing in values
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04
Mr.. Moore's House.

house is being built by Clarence NJ.
Moore on the east side of Wisconsin avenue
in what is known as Richmond Park. 1t is
the beginning OF series of improvements
which are to be made In that property,
which has recently changed hands.
Mr.. Moore's residence has the advantage
OF being located on a corner, but the lot
10 such a wide one that IL would be a de-
tached house In any event. The design
which VS. T&de by William J. Palmer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-04

There Ii said to be no use expecting
the individual property owner to resod or
reseed the parking in front Of his house
each year. when 1t ia his experience that
owing to the shade of the trees it II i'm
possible for any green thing to survive
within the sweep Of the boughs. The trees
are public property and cannot be touched
In any way by the individual. 80 that 1t is
UP to the city authorities in a very en-
phatc way to do something and do it
quickly IL the famed beauty Of the city
thoroughfares 10 to be preserved.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-31
Virginia Polytechnic Institute

At a meeting of the board CT visitor.
OF the Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Yesterday at Blacksburg, Paul Barripg4r
NJ. D., LII. D., professor of materi1
medlca and physiology at the Cniyersi.v
OF Virginia, was elected to succeed Dr.
j.: NJ. McBryde as president of the in.
stitute. ~
DR.. Barringer was the unanimous
enolce OF the board, all of whom we're
present at the meeting. He was uuspi.
mously recommended by the commitlpe
appointed to consider men for the Office
he told the committee he would NOT
consider acceptance unless be was chosen
unanimously. He will assume charge
September l.
J: L. Brown was reelected rector of
tne board, and b. N. Smith, p. F. st. |
Olair and E. 9. Kizer were elected mem
oers OF the executive COMMITTEES for the
next year.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-31
General Lee Addresses Veterans.

Richmond, Va, May 31.-RObert f.
Lee, jr., nephew of General Robert f..
Lee, addressed the United Confederate
Veterans Association in the Horse Show
building today. He was received with
tumul.ous applause. Col. Lee never
once mentioned the name OF his distin-
guished family, but dwell on the Prov
ess of the southern soldiers,
Mrs. Addison Hayes, of Colorado,
daughter of President Jefferson Davis, Of
the Confederacy, was presented, together
with her two children. The veterans
received them standing.
Senator Daniels, of Virginia, made q
war talk that set the crowd cheerin g
wildly.
Nashville, San Antonio and Mobile
are fighting for next years reunion.
Nashville apparently stands the best
chance.
It was announced that on Monday at
noon, when o statue Of Jefferson Davis
will be unveiled here, Sesbosrd Air line
trains would be stopped five minutes all
over the system.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-31
EIghtIng the Oil Trust.

Findlsy, o., May S1.-The State of
Ohio, according to decision of the Cir
cult Court handed down today, won the
first round of its battle sgainst the Stand
ard Oh trust. The case is that of the
State of Ohio on relation Of Wade II.
Ellis, Attorney General, with the
Buckeye Line Company IN msudamus
to compel the latter company to estab'
lish reasonable rates for the transport
tation OF oil and to accept all oil offer
ed by independents. The company
acknowledged that it was organized
under The laws of Ohio and the court
says it must abide by them and furnish
Of oil and at fair rate. The case will
% tried on its merits on the next term
of the Circuit court.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-31
Killed sister and Herself

As was stated in the Gszette the bodie
of Carrie Lederbrand, seven years old
and her sister Cora, II, daughters Of
Joseph Lederurand, farmer, we're found
in Sugar creek, near Springfield, Ill.,,
The girls left their home Wednesday
afternoon and their father became alarm
cd at their absence from supper and sent
out a search party. They found the dead
bodies in Sugar creek, near their home.
esrly yesterday. Each girl had a bullet
hole in the right temple.
It's belved from evidence discovered
that Cora LederbraDd shot her invalid
sister Carrie and then killed herself
1t is thought that after Carrie was shot
the body was thrown into the creek BY
Cora, who then shot herself and fell into
the water.
The father of the girls, who fonnd the
bodies, said Cora had complained re-
pestedly about caring for her invalid
sister, as it did not permit her to epioy
The companionship of other girls. The
bullet wounds were in precisely the same
relative position, in the temple. No
)ther wounds were apparent.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1907-05-31
Established an AlibI.

New York, May S1.-Despite all ef-
forts to implicate Leon Graham. now
being held for attempted assault on s.
year old Mamie Luck, with The murder
of Amelia Stsffeldt, it was stated TO-DAY
that the prisoner has established q com.
pie'e abb. Graham's story as to his
whereabouts on the day Of The Staffeldt
girls murder has been investigated BY
the police and they think be hsd nothing
to do with the murder and was not an
accomplish of Henry Becker, who ia
being held for the grand jury charged
with the crime. When arrested for the
attempted assault Graham denied all
of the Stsffeldt murder. and
,taIed that he had been working ali that
lay, This story was Investigated and
Quad to be correct.