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Evening star., 1913-03-15
MANY HOUSES HERE
FOR ALL DEMANDS
Question of Homes for New
Government Officials Now
Being Looked Into.

The resources Of the town in the way
Of houses suitable for the residences of
new government officials are now beinI
looked into pretty thoroughly and tht
available supply is being inspected by
the newcomers. who are here In conse-
auence Of the change in the administra-
ton. On the part of some Of the new
officials the question that Is to be settled
at this time is a place of residence for a
prospective four years, while others are
disposed to postpone the final determina-
tion until the fall, and in the meantime
secure some temporary place. The hous-
ing accommodation Is go varied and ex-
tensive in character that 1t will be pos
sfble to meet the requirements of the
situation without any delay, as well as
to suit personal tastes and wishes. which
naturally have a wide range.
The real estate brokers who come in
contact with these homeseekers and are
therefore familiar with what they want
find that the houses available are varied
enough In character and In price. so that
the rich and those in moderate circum-
stances can live in the same locality.
Places Suitable for All.
According to what is said of the sit
uation by these practical men of affairs,
the democratic character Of life in the
city remains unchanged. There is a
place, so they assert, for people in all
degrees Of circumstance where they car
live within their incomes and at the
same time in a desirable locality
While the demand In the rental mar
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development of the city-that is, the resi-
dent sections-can be had from survey
of the building operations Of Harry Ward
man during the past four years. In the
following list of the houses he has built
and disposed Of during that period the To-
cations are given so that twill be possible
to note the sections Of the city where
the building has gone on. The following
is the list:
Bancroft street and Connecticut avenue.
seven houses. average price, per house.
$21, 500; Garfield street west Of Connecti-
cut avenue, fifteen houses, average price,
$3.50; Highview, I'd street and Rhode Is
land avenue northeast, go houses, average
price, $3.50; 14th street, north of Park
road and extending to Spring road, 3ss
houses. average price. $3.50; 10Th street
and Belmont road, thirteen houses. av-
erage price, $500: Petworth. Georgia
avenue. north of Rock Creek Church
road. thirty-nine houses, average price.
$4,325; Georgia avenue and Lamont
street, 1OS houses. average price, So, 750:
Sd and E streets southeast, twelve
houses, average price. $4,000; Chevy
Chase terrace. on Connecticut avenue,
twenty-four houses. not yet completed.
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Western Side of the Park.

ket at this time of the year is larger
than is usually the case still always at
this period there is more or less done, as
people before leaving the city for the
summer are apt to make arrangements
for the coming fall instead of waiting
until the rush season is on and the sup
ply is not as large and as attractive.
This phase of the market as well as the
conditions arising from a change in the
political administration, is giving a prom
inence to houses at this time.
1t is also the experience of men in the
business that those who are seeking for
homes, If it is the purpose to remain
here for several years, are apt to come
to conclusion to own their home rather
than to rent The advantages of buying
are attractive and appeal to the busi-
ness judgment, and in consequence it is
quite common for even those who look
upon themselves as only temporary resi-
dents of the city to be at the same time
home owners.
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MARKING THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

the exact position of the line. At i'm
portant river crossings and along high
ways of travel these monuments are five
feet high and are imbedded in ton OF
ments three feet high, planted in
ve-hundred- pound concrete
bases, are set up. These points are
geodetically determined. or located by the
stars. They will serve as the basis OF all
future surveys.
While the line was being run the topog-
raphers were at work with their plane
tables, plotting the country around. They
climbed up to the tops Of mountain peaks
where they could get good view of the
surrounding country, and recorded on
their plane table sheets the elevations,
the drainage and even the character Of
the timber. A line of precise levels was
run by which the elevation above the
sea of any given point could be de-
termined. The resulting maps are said to
veyor's art that have been made on any
boundary.
X
The difficulty Of running such a long
hne was perhaps greater than any en-
countered in
Task Surrounded recent his
by Great Difficulties. 900 900 w,1as of over
across perpetual snow and primeval gla-
ciers the supplies of the surveying party
had to be carried on the backs of horses.
Two miles an hour and six hours day
represented good progress. Upon one oc-
casion 1t took the pack train twenty
three days to travel less than 200 miles,
and Of the seventy-five horses with which
1t started only forty-four reached their
destination.
In the summer the mosquitoes were often
80 bad that mosquito netting and bandana
handkerchiefs were a necessity, and the
horses had to be covered from head to
tail and from ear to hoof before they
could Craze in the open. But In winter
huge fires had to be built to thaw out
things, the packers fingers were frozen
and hardship and danger were the rule.
and comfort and peace the exception.
Tragedies occurred every now and then.
The body of poor ex-dog driver Of the
northwestern police was found In the
river. Upon the assembling Of q stump
coroner's jury the Canadian coroner de-
clared the evidence showed that the body
was found on the Alaskan side and. there
fore, no was without Jurisdiction. and 20
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PARK CONNECTING ACT
PROTECTION TO BRIDGE
Connecticut Avenue Structure Saved From
Possible Nearby Disagreement.

One of the features of the act just
passed which secures for the public the
valley of Rock creek from Potomac Park
to Rock Creek Park will be to save the
surroundings of the Connecticut Avenue
bridge from the possible Disagreement of
having rows of houses backed up against
ii.
This danger was foreseen when that
beautiful structure was first proposed and
an effort was made to induce Congress
to acquire land at the approaches on each
side Of the creek But that was not dones
and in order to make use of the prop
erty the subdivision into lots provided
for tier of lots backing up to the
bridge, which. Of course. would have
brought their back yards into prominent
sight from the bridge.
In fact, the foreground of the view from
that structure over which one of the
principal thQroughfares of the city pass
es would have been the rear of houses.
South Along Goth Street.
u, Now, however. when the ground ail-
thorized by the law which passed at the
last session of Congress is secured. the
eastern edge of the new parkway begin
ming at the railway bridge at Calvert
street will pass south along 10th street
and then to Ashmead place and thence
TO the southern end of the Connecticut
Avenue bridge. The boundary OF the pub
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could not believe their eyes: Could there

could not believe their eyes. Could there
be hundred white men in the world
Was the smoke e-and-steam-spouting mon
ster riding up through the rapids crea-
ture from neither world? When the
horses were turned out into the open to
stretch their legs and roll on the turf
all the dogs OF the village turned tail
and fed to the hills, there to remain for
days. The Indians took to their huts
and barred their doors, and for two days
whispered about the strange hornless
caribou.
Once the engineers encountered an epi-
demic of smallpox among the Indians.
Their possessions had to be burned. amid
heartburnings and protests. Each In
dian had to be washed with antiseptics,
and vaccine had to be brought intO play.
The situation demanded action of the
most rugged kind. and 1t was forthcom-
ing. with the result that what might have
been an epidemic reaching to the utter
most ends of inhabited Alaska was nipped
in the bud. The surveyors became a law
unto themselves, and within a radius of
a hundred miles a system OF rigid in
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it fell to the lot of the Americans to
fashion coffin out of store boxes and
bury the dog driver in a shallow grave
Two surveyors, overtaken by a snow
storm, sought shelter in a little vacant
cabin by breaking into it. They read
that the occupants left in June and would
be back In September. Later a broken
raft on log jam, a piece of torn tent
and a rusted rifle told the story of the
men who never came back. Two ener-
getic young American surveyors started
home only to die from the hardships en-
dured and injuries received in line OF
duty. cry and a dark shape hurting
down through thousand feet to gla-
cier below, and an efficient Canadian
party chief found an icy grave. And.
most pitiful Of all, two were bereft of
reason as they labored for their country.
~
But the men who surveyed the 141st
meridian did not have all grirS@nd dark
in their lives.
Indians Scared When they
by Strange Sights. part e House with
a steamboat carrying horses the Indians
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ROUGH VOYAGE FROM MAINE.
Big Ice-Laden Schooner Rode Out q
Seventv-Mile Gale.

Capt. Baker. master of the big four
masted schooner Clarence II. Venner.
which Is lying at Alexandria discharging
a cargo Of ice from Maine. reports hav-
ing had rather a rough trip. Coming
down the New England coast fogs were
frequent and necessitated eternal Wig
ilance to escape collisions with other
vessels. on the Virginia coast Sunday
a week ago the vessel was struck by a
heavy gale in which the velocity OF the
wind is estimated to have reached sew
enty miles an hour.
Some Of the head sails of the vessel
were blown away and the main gaff was
broken. but beyond this the schooner
came through the storm unharmed and
reached the Virginia capes without fur
ther trouble. Coming up the bay she
was struck by the heavy gale of Thurs
day Of last week and was forced to an
chor until it had blown itself out.
Evening star., 1913-03-15
TO REPLACE RESIDENCE.
Business Building Will Be Erected
at 1882 18th Street NV.

An Improvement has been started in
the upper section OF 14th street which
will result in replacing q residence with
business building. The three-story
brick house, 1892 14th street northwest,
owned by M. Pasternak, and adjoining
the southwest corner of 14th and n
streets. is being taken down. and on this
site is to be erected a four-story and
basement business building.
The front is to be mainly plate glass,
but the enclosing frame is to be a pleas
ing combination Of brick of light shade
and glazed terra Gotta forming front
in combination with the glass that Will
be ornamental and effective. The first
two floors will be showrooms, and at
the main entrance on a level with the
street there will be provision for the
window display. which is such feature
of business.
Evening star., 1913-03-15
Treatment for Bees.
ne Boston Traveller.

From the Boston Traveller.
young man on a local newspaper was
recently given charge of the Helps for
Suburbanites'' column in the absence OF
the regular editor. The young gentleman
managed to wade through the majority
of the perplexing questions in his day s
Rushing into the news room, he stopped
beside the city editors desk and asked:
Mr.. - can you tell me how to treat
sick bees?"
with respect" retorted the city editor,
as he resumed his perusal of the rival
sheet.
Evening star., 1913-03-15
NEW HOUSES GOING UP.
Group Of Eight Being Built by Ed.
ward McAleer.

A group Of eight houses is being built
at Jefferson and 9Th streets, Brightwood
Park, by Edward McAleer. They will be
two stories in height with an attic effect.
This enterprise Is continuation of the
building activity which has been going on
under the direction OF Mr.. McAleer, who
last year built in this locality over forty
houses, which have been sold, and are
now occupied.
He recently built in 10th Street High
lands two houses, and is now erecting
two more In the, same vicinity.
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Hall Pays $4,000 for Timber.

e. Madison Hall Of this city, recently
purchased the timber standing on the
Stratford farm, the birthplace of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, in Westmoreland county,
va. Mr.. Hall went to Stratford early
in the week to inspect the timber prepara-
tory to having 1t cut. The purchase price
for the property Is reported to have been
$4,000.
Evening star., 1913-03-15

volved the physical task Of fixing the
boundary in accordance with the find
ings OF the tribunal. The commission con-
sisted OF o. II. Tittman Of the. United
States coast and geodetic, survey, and
w. F. King, representing the English
government They had to identify the
peaks fixed by the tribunal OF London,
and mark each turning point In the line
with stone monuments wherever possible.
There was one stretch OF 100 miles that
was fixed by the tribunal only within
certain limits, and the commission was
authorized definitely to fix the exact
boundary in this stretch
Before the discovery of gold in Alaska
few people bothered their heads about
boundaries in what seemed to be desc
late region where all the land In dispute
was not worth the money and pains 1t
would cost to settle the argument. But
when the rush to the Klondike began the
Canadian government constructed a tele-
graph overland to Dawson, while the
United States laid a cable from Seattle
to Sitka, and telegraph line to Valdez
and Fort Egbert. 1t was then that
Alaska became worth considering, and
the United States and Great Britain
pointed to different mountain peaks as
those referred to in the treaty of 1925.
with the result that the treaty creating
the tribunal of London followed apace.
The real work of marking the Alaskan
boundary, under the direction of the
Alaska boundary commission. fell upon
the shoulders of Thomas Riggs, jr., the
American engineer in charge. and his as
sociates, while Canada had a similar
party in the field working in conjunction
with them Mr.. Riggs was no new
man when he went to Alaska to help tie
a ground boundary to the stars and to
fix it so permanently and so definitely
that even though mountains were to re-
move themselves into the sea and valleys
were to rise UP into hills that boundary
would still be fixed. He had hit the
trail' when gold was discovered in
Alaska. and had wrestled with the trans
portation problems upon whose solution
depends the opening up of this virgin
empire Of natural wealth.
The work Of marking the Alaskan
boundary will have cost the United
States approxi-
Work Is Costly mately s75o.ooo
to United States. ,shed mhe newt m year
| 1t represents some Of the best boundary
work in the world, and the six-hundred-
mile section of it reaching from Mount
| St. Elias to the Arctic ocean is the
| worlds longest exactly surveyed straight
line The southern part of this line had
| to be run across mountains covered with
perpetual SHOWS and over glaciers of
eternal ice. But as the work progressed
northward the elevation became lower.
and from the White river to the Arctic
| there is brief summer season free from
ice and cold. and region where game
on the land and game in the water
abound in profusion-white sheep in un-
numbered thousands, wide-antlered moose,
caribou and bear-and where, in the
words of Mr.. Riggs, greyling are not
caught with hook and line, but are kicked
| out Of the water.
The boundary is being marked by clear
| ing off all timber for distance Of ten
| feet on either side. At points always
within sight of one another aluminium
bronze monuments are set up to locate
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spection and vaccination was enforced.
And so the boundary was established.
With every man a hero, living every day
more stories than Kipling and Zogbaum
could invent, perhaps not one of them
could entertain an audience as well as a
third-rate lecturer for they were men .of
action rather than of speech. When the
story of Alaska is written there will be
many pages devoted to the self-sacrifice
and devotion of those who endured hard
ships and faced dangers as great as
those of the most sanguinary battle.
Evening star., 1913-03-15
WARDMAN WILL BUILD
TWO MORE BIG HOUSES
Direction Of City's Develop
ment Shown by This Build
er's Operations.

Two houses Of the larger type are to
be built by Harry Wardman on the north
side of Woodley road between Connecti-
cut avenue and 27th street, thus COM
pleting the building up of practically the
entire frontage of that block with de-
tached houses.
A fair notion of the direction in the
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w. A. Hill Builds Residence.

The erection of residence has just
been begun by William A HiIl at 1927
10th street northwest from designs by
Clarke Waggaman, architect. The front.
which will be twenty-three feet wide, will
be built of brick and stone through the
four stories. The house will contain
fourteen rooms and three baths
Evening star., 1913-03-15

one sold for $500: Perry place. west of
18th street and north of Park road.
twenty-one houses, not yet completed;
18th street south of Decatur street,
seventy two houses, average price. 6.OOO;
18th street and Florida avenue, 106 houses,
average price $c.75O
Evening star., 1913-03-15
His Way.

IUWN TOPICS.
Visitor Ito facetious farmerl-Pd like to
know why on earth you call that white
pig Ink?
Facetious farmer-Because he's always
running from the pen!
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Becomes Lecturer on Journalism.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, March 15.-It is
announced that Bliss Perry, essayist and
former editor Of the Atlantic Monthly,
now a professor at Harvard, has been
appointed Bromley lecturer on journalism
at Yale next year.
Evening star., 1913-03-15

When the United States purchased
Alaska from Russia it was believed that
there never could arise between IL ana
Great Britain a dispute over the bound
ary between the territory and British
Columbia. The boundary was fixed un-
der a treaty, made in 1925. between Rus-
sia and Great Britain, one end of 1t to
consist of the 141st meridian, and the
other end to be constituted by a line
drawn across the summit Of several
mountain peaks, from Mount st. Elias
to and through the Portland canal. So
sure were those interested that the bound
ary was plainly fxed that Charles Sum-
ner declared: "I am glad to begin with
what is clear and beyond question. l re-
fer to the boundaries fixed by the
treaty"
Concerning the e00-mile stretch from
the Arctic ocean southwark. with the
boundary consisting Of the l41st merid-
Ian, there could be no dispute which
could not be solved by careful measure
ments. but southward Of that the other
60O-mile stretch Is made UP OF an ir-
regular boundary separating the Alaskan
panhandle from the territory OF British
Columbia. As far back as 1878 dispute
between England and the United States
arose, and q modus vivendt with refer
ence to the Stikine river was entered into,
and a similar agreement composed for
the time being the differences that arose
in 1880 relating to the country at the
head of the Lynn canal.
Negotiations for the permanent settle
ment OF the disputed boundaries were en-
tered into shortly thereafter. and these
resulted in the negotiation OF q treaty In
1904, creating the tribunal OF London.
composed Of six eminent jurists, three
from each country. which was to hear
the evidence in the case and to settle the
controversy once and for all. This tri-
bunal heard the evidence. reached its de-
cison and a commission to carry out Its
views was appointed, all within eight
months after the signing OF the treaty.
The tribunal determined which noun
tain peaks were referred to In the treaty
Of 1898. and
Determines Peaks marksd
Referred 70 in Treaty. map oa.D for u the =
use Of the commission. upon which de-
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lie land from the bridge farther to the
south will be along Belmont road. which
lies on the top of the ravine of the creek.
When Massachusetts avenue is reached
the line OF the new park crosses that
thoroughfare just east of the Massachu-
setts Avenue bridge, and then turning to
the east continues along the valley which
separates the tier of fots on the south
side of Massachusetts, avenue from those
that were planned to front on street
that was to be made when the valley OF
Rock creek was filled up and the preclp-
itaus side of the ravine made available
for building.
This line of the parkway will be con-
of Sheridan Circle, and as that street is
connected up with the section in George
town by a. bridge over Rock creek, Ii
will no longer be a dead end. Continuing
south from Q street the boundary will
practically be that Of the edge Of the
rayine.
Western Side of the Park.
The western side of the park, especially
north of the p Street bridge, does not
present the same complications as that
on the other side for the reason that the
subdivision of the land into building lots
has not been carried out to such an ex-
tent and more of it is still in acreage
be to secure for public uses a strip of
| width OF about 500 feet
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The tribunal determined which noun
tain peaks were referred to In the treaty
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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-24
New Depot Occupied.

Local agent Harley j. Turner,
of the Idaho Traction company, is
comfortably installed in the new
depot in Meridian, and is ready
to serve the electric line patrons
with promptness and dispatch.
The depot is not only beautiful
but will be JOY forever to the
travelling public, who will not find
il necessary to stand out in the
storm and rain while waiting for a
car. Freight and express ship.
ments will also be handled in good
shape. In this as we'll as other
promises, made when work was
commenced here on the improve
ments, the Traction company has
made good and kept their word.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-24

According 10 the figures com
piled by County superintendent
Ivy M. Wilson for school pur.
poses, the real and personal VAIN
alton OF Meridian Districts made
substantial gain in 1912, over
the previous year. School Dist
riot No. 80, (Meridian, has 4 val
uation Of s629.5l2 ton the 40 per
cent basis for taxation purposes, J
as against 81 1853, 1872 for 1911 full
yalnation.) This is an increase of
$l2l,592. District No, Is, nas a
valuation OF sI03,5Gs, for 1911 II
was s2lS,062, Or an increase Of
SIG, 3Ge.
These two districts comprise the
Meridian Rural High school, and
the joint valuation is s733,0S0.
Figuring on the same 40 per cent
basis. this shows an increased val.
uation over 1911 of $l97, $50.
There are several reasons for
this increase. Besides the natural
increase as the country settles up,
there was more personal property
assess ed in the precinct last year
than for any time in the history.
No guilty man was allowed TO es-
cape. and this added considerable
to the rolls.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-24
Methodist church Notes.

The Boise District Conference
will begin it's session next Wed
nesday evening in our Meridian
church at $ O'Clock when Bishop
Luccock will preach, and Rev.
Fl. G.. Irwin will conduct an evan
gelist service. This will be fol-
lowed by an informal reception.
The conference will continue all
day Thursday and Friday. The
public are invited to attend all
these services connected with the
conference. Full program 10 given
on fifth page Of this paper. About
30 ministers and laymen are ex-
pected to attend.
A special program will be given
at the Epworth League of the
Methodist church next Sunday be-
ginning at $50.