Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-03-25

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| Agriculture to devote his entire time
! for one year to aid home garden work
In the District of Columbia.
Mrs. Charles W. wetmore. president
| Of the Capital Garden Club, announced
last evening that the full amount voted
| by that organization to promote gar
dening work through the Fairgrounds
department of the District had been
pledged.
The amount voted for this purpose at
a recent meeting Of the organizers of
the club was s1,0s5, to be expended &C
cording to a plan submitted by the
Fairgrounds department. already out
lined in The Star.
Mrs. Wetmore today will address
| letter to the Commit ssioners of the Dis
! trict, informing them that the full
amount of this contribution has been
guaranteed. The Commissioners have
under consideration the plan of work
| proposed by the Fairgrounds depart
ment. and submitted to them yesterday
| by Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, superin-
| tendent of Fairgrounds.
To Employ Secretary.
| The Capital Garden Club also will en-
ploy a paid secretary to have headquar-
tiers in the Fairgrounds office, if the
plan is approved by the Commissioners.
Representatives of practically every
organization in the city which has
taken any interest in the garden move
ment will be represented tomorrow at
| the meeting of the central committee.
| This meeting will be held in the board
| room at the District building at IL
o'clock. An executive committee will be
formed and other committees will be
named to work out various details of
| the central committees work.
| Owners Ready to Lend Lots.
Many inquiries come to The Star daily
from persons and clubs wishing to know
whether any owners of vacant lots in
particular sections are willing to lend
them free of charge. The Star herewith
prints complete register Of the owners
who have written to signify their will
ingness to lend lots. The list is tabulated
| tons are not given, the addresses are
withheld by request Of the owners, but
may be obtained at the office of the Dis
/ trict surveyor. The list follows:
Northwest Section.
Lots / and 2. square 1856. Apply to
Mrs c. T. smallwood, $500 10Th street.
Lot on 10th street near Piney Branch
road Apply to Mrs. Ada B. Holman, 2317
Goth street.
Lot on 9th street near I. Apply to c. s..
Lashhorp. 140s Girard street.
Lot y square 81, fronting on 23d street.
Apply to n. Randall Webb, Colorado
building.
Back yard at 761 Kenyon street Apply
to A. S. Holmes at that address.
Lot on Upshur street west Of 18th.
| TO Mrs 7 r Wallace through The
| Star office.
| Lot on Clifton street near 14th. o. G.
Staples, Southern building.
Shepherd road. corner Madison street,
1880 square feet. Apply to James l..
Karrick 1920 street.
| Ten lots Clarke place. Apply to James
L. Karrick. 1920 U street.
| Back yard, 925 H street. Apply to C..
| La Rue, at same address.
| Northeast Section.
Lot at 18th street and Rhode Island
avenue. Apply to Mrs. E. A. Coates,
| 1O11 Douglas street northeast.
| Lot at 18th and Gales streets. Apply
to Mrs. Louise Bowdler, 1923 Ben
ming road northeast.
| Lot 60, block 1907. 18th street near E..
| Apply to James l.. Karrick, 1929 U
street northwest.
| Southeast Section.
| Lot Z. square 1o4s. north side Of K
street near 18th. Apply to L. Keim. s12
| Maryland avenue northeast.
Lot at 18th street and Kentucky ave-
| nue.. Apply to William A. Brown, 1901
| 18th street northwest.
Five lots in square 1897 on 18th and
| A streets. Apply c. T. Bride, excise
| hoard. District building,
Fifty lots in the southeast section.
Apply to Thrift Land Company, South
ern building.
Lot 10. square 953. 9Th street near M.
Apply to A B. Coppes, SO street
northwest.
Suburban Sections.
Seven lots in City View Heights.
Apply to Charles Blencowe, Berryville,
Va
Ono hundred acres, across Eastern
branch. near Pennsylvania railroad.
Apply to Mrs. Corcoran Hill, 1924 n
street northwest
Six lots in Capitol Heights. Nd. Apply
to Anton Kaspar. s21 9Th street north
east.
Lots in Anacostia and Burrville. D. C.
Apply to DR.. Thomas c. Smith, 933 s
street northwest.
Lots 81 and 50. square 1883. in chf1rum
Castle Heights. Apply to Thomas b.
Joyce, Winthrop, Md.
Two lots on Livingston street. Chevy
Chase. Apply to s. E. Haden, 1909
Kansas avenue northwest.
Lot In Glen Echo Heights. Apply to
Mrs. Mary E. Evans, 1919 W street
northwest.
Nearly four acres near District limo
station on Cabin John line. Apply to