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Evening journal., 1919-10-07
W. c. +. L. DELEGATES.

Among the delegates from the local
unions Of the W. C. r. T., who viii
attend the annual convention In Dover
This week are: Ella Thacher union'
Mrs. Richard McNlullen. Miss Eliza suit
ton. Mrs, :. W. sutton, Mrs. Mary Hy-
gate and Mrs Mary Crooks; Hofecker
branch. Miss Grace Dougherty and Miss
Lillian Burnitc
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

IL gradually extending toward Seat.
tie. and II won't be many years
before the country between Seattle
and Tacoma VIII be populated heav.
ny. Sound view property, lying i'm.
modiately north Of Seattle's north
city limits Is many times higher
In value than the property the
same distance south Of the city.
II man Is going 10 live In the
suburbs he wants cheap and rapid
transportation. good highways and
a piece Of ground big enough to
raise his own vegetables. berries
and chickens. lie must have good
son and plenty OF water, and get
his land at reasonable price.
The demand for suburban prop.
erty IL greater today than 1t has
ever been before. People are be.
ginning to realize that II Is far
better 10 buy a big piece OF ground
In the suburbs than IL is to buy n
little 40foot lot inside the city
limits.
Those who are contemplating buy.
ing "A domestic would do well TO
look over the suburban districts
before making their decision
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

lend an added interest Many splen
did. modern residences are now un
der construction. ana plans have beer
made for the beginning % work OF
scores Of homes Of the smaller type
OF The larger residences completed
arr four built by the Reid company
each as modern as this age allows
A. A. Reid a Co expect order wori
commenced on a large combination
store building and apartment house
just opposite the park. and facinf
Madison street. within the immediate
future. This viii be- splendid al
dition 20 that section 81 the city
a number Of streets thru the add
ton have already been opcne~i. sne
the others win be completely I'm
proved as fast as the ssIs OF lots cr
tends along their way. Mceiisr
Park property owners. outside IA
section where thomc accommodation
have already been installed. have -
siiioned the city council for an -
tension ~ water mains and sewer
connections. and this work mus, ~
forward In the near future,
McGlivra Park was fashioned b.
nature for horne ritea with Lab
Washington on tho east. Union H.
on the north. Il has setting with re-
iaifon 10 tho busy city that II idea
And then. from hard. practice
point ~ view. the spacious lots ar
peal None % them have less thu
forty.foo, frontage. and they aver
age 100 feet In depth.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

Tho building activities a, the park
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

ave. N. w, also the Greenwood
Park Annex addition. consisting ar
over Soo lots, can account for the
safe OF over 90 lots in tho last 80
days
Inc buying public Is rcallzine
that In city OF nearly 400 600
people vacant property can he
bought for practically what tho
taxes and assessments are against
II at this time. This condition Is
temporary and possibly In a period
OF SIX months an advance of from
70 to 30 per cent will DO noted
Inc result Is n stiff buying I'm nj.
most every part of the city at this
time' and the far-sishted purchase
er IL INC man or woman who viii
buy home or lot now.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
SELL so LOTS
IN 80 DAYS
Henry C. Ewing Co. Reports
Big Activity

The real estate market at this
time II showing more life than In
any year since the fair. Vacant
property that has been apparently
on the decline for ten years Is now
at turning point and apparently
the thousands OF people who have
figured on eventually buying a
home or domestic are awakening
to the fact that this is the time 10
buy, and not when property has
made several advances.
The firm OF Henry q. Ewing
Company. which * handling the
Denny's Addition TO Ballard and
Seattle. located ut 4Jth and Sixth
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

ny J. r. 1. CAMPBELL
Many men. during the next
few y~sr~--snd the next year
especially, will lay the founda
ton OF indeps udsnce thru real
estate Investments wisely made.
No man has yet CORRECTLY ssti'
mated the results Of electricity
as the universal carrying power.
What the horse car OF csbie
did fer real estate dscad<s ago.
fat electric train systems and
auto bus service will do for the
suburban districts yet TO be de.
velopcd.
The man who buys real estate
wisely today should enjoy financial
independence In the future. There
il Just one kind OF property that
cannot be stolen from you--that Is
a piece OF old Mother Eearth. The
man who buys now and can stamp
his feet and say. This piece Of
earth belongs TO me-" Is taking ad
vantage Of present low prices.
The upbuiiding OF Seattle Is well
under way. Within a few years II
will be n city Of 1000 900 inhabi
tants. The time Il coming when
Seattle will no longer be the com.
pact city--it will become scattered.
ard its surburbs viii extend miles
TO the north and south. II is ditft
cult to find any real estate. whether
rorth or south OF Seattle at this
time that would fail to make the
Investor handsome profit within
few years.
In a short time what the wise
man knows now. the whole public
will know--it will be too late then
10 buy real estate at a low price.
Buy all you can now. II you buy a
domestic. or already have one. don't
stop at that. buy real estate for an
Investment. you can't make mis-.
takc-~not Il you buy soon enough.
Last week I bought a lot s5xf2o Mt
Minor ave. and Howell IT.. which
4 only six short blocks. from the
heart Of Seatties business center
I look for property In that district
TO double and treble IN value very
soon IT. Is the closein business
property that wiil make you money
mot city residence property. II
you can't affordU to buy close In
business property. you should buy
outside Of the city limits and avoid
the high Assessments and taxes.
suburban property Is stiil very
cheap.
Study Movement
The wise buyer will study the
direction OF movement Of popula.
ton. knowing that where the crowd
goes. prices viii 80 upward.
whether it be In the business dis.
fyicts or In the suburbr A man
with samll amount Of money can
make himself fairly independent IL
he will buy land wisely today.
II you have little money now.
and can pay little more each year.
buy real estate. There has never
been more opportune time than
right now. To own real estate.
and pay for Il gradually. II 20 com.
pei yourself to save. A good piece
OF real estate bought now al pres.
cnt prices is as safe a bet as that
the Mutual Life Insurance 60. will
be solvent when the time comes TO
pay off their death claims.
At the present time values are
very low, either north or south Of
the city. II there was ever time
for man to acquire a suburban
domestic. then II is right now.
while values are still low The
owner OF a home within the city
limits Of Seattle must use con
siderable amount OF his income or
wages 10 keep II up. Assessments
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24

this including all tho choice lake.
frontage lots along the beach OF Lake
Washington. sSith the Cascades and
old Att Rainier looming up in bold
relief across the dark waters. AS we'll
as the whole OF the tract that was
formerly the King County fair
grounds. There are no pretticr home
site tracts 30 he found ans whrru In
or around Seattle than these.
Deeds for leases.
The reason for holding of the
opening Of the lake front lots. as ex.
piained b. MIR. Reid. was because
these had never been for sale al any
price when they composed part %
the Mcuiiyra estate. but were made
useful when leased on long terms 70
renponaible dwrllera who would build
neat bungalows. Thsae leases have
been closed out as fast az possible
most Of them simply being cx.
changed for deeds when The lots were
put on sale. and the others are bclng
snapped up quickly by friends Of
those who have lived for years on
this leased property.
Tho whole OF this new section 81
the park that hrs just been thrown
omen 10 the public IN fit for the chuic
est homes and IA causing a stir ard
an activity about the Reid company 4
branch office. on Madison. near ths
end 81 the chr line. that Indicates q
record breaking week and month.
building nj Lively Rate.
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FiyaAiInuic Car Service.

McGilyra Park u close In. too.
Just 20 minutes b street car. asd
less time by auto. from Third and
Pike And recently the car service
on the Madison limo has been rna,eri.
ally bettercd by giving five minute
service during the afternoon. Nc.
Oiivra Park residents can now boast
o. a. good car accommodation ~ are
offered TO jewellers In any section OF
Seattle.
OF special interest In connection
with this addition IL the announce
mcnt made BY A. w. Reid 4 Co. Of
the opening Of all tina, portion Of tho
park lying north Of Madison street.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
McGilvra Park Property Making
Record for Rapid Realty Sale:

No more splendid record. eth.
er from the standpoint of th.
number and amount 81 sals~
made or the quichcn~d interest
shown By the domestic buying
pnbiis. has been made In IN. real
estate field recently than that Of.
fered by activity cat MrGilvra
Park. situated ON the shore Of
Lake Washington. 1T tho ~sd Of
the Madison car line. and being
marketed by 4. II. Reid 4 Co.
one Of The eity's well known real
estate firms.
Since this historic and Atiractiv,
addition was partly opened last fan
sales % lots have aggregated 1850.
BOO. and since March last. $50. 00l
has been invested IN home sites Il
this, the last ciowc-in residence dis
.rict left la Seattle
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
A man WHO
OWNS AN
AUTOMOBILE

II is the fad and the habit today TO own car.
no vatter how you get II what the price is
You get II on the instailment plan You beg or
borrow 800 or $500 somewhere to pay down
and nail yourself TO the with contract.
and win your family friend you shoot by
your next door neighbor and show him you have
a machine.
Here is where your misery and the torments
Of he'll start !; meets you the highways OF
life. The gas and the oil that the machine eats
up would feed your family every week The
tires you blow out and the inner tubes you buy
would get you suit OF clothes twice a month.
The machinery TO the car may be perfect but
OF you know betier-it is not. and your
daily trips to the motor TO the
parts puts IL out Of commission and TO the ma
chine shops. probably a week every
other week with bill attached that would al.
most give you ut Of apoplexy.
Then you wonder why you can't pay your
bills or buy home You pay $50 to SIS
month expense. possibly more. and In a few
years the machine Is a bunch OF junk and your
thousand dollar car you could not trade in for
q ton Of coal.
And all the time. while kidding yourself. you
live I'm a rented house. You are paying tribute
TO the man who owns it. who is giving you the
laugh for making fool OF yourself. You are
always broke and you always borrowing.
Now. don't censure me for what have said
which IL uue--but agree with me and start
right In today 70 buy small plot Of land one
quarter of acre or half acre. and in year
two you will be like the people who are at
Lake Burien that took advantage OF this propo.
siton which ! present to you. and happy
and contented In their little homes there.
just let me switch you off at the cross rod
and put you on the road TO be somebody DO
the others have done at Lake Burien.
Buy = piece OF land. Buy little lumber and
build little cottage. Pay for your home first.
get away from the rent sharks and put your
rent that you paying out in a place Of your
own.
Forget automobiles. high priced pianos, expen-
sivc victrolAs. costly furniture-turn the cash
you pay monthly now into the four walls and .
roof your own head. This is logic Can
be OF any assistance TO YOU
LET me place you where there city
taxes. where the water Is pure. where the air In
The best, where the. flowers nero beautiful.
where only health and vigor await you and your
family
Come TO me. Let show you. II is what
you want II is what you arc looking for.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-05-24
THE MAN WHO
PAYS RENT

ons must lead him urge hirf TO do things The
trouble has bern he will read advertisement like
this and state IT'S absolutely correct II means
ma ] am the man he Is looking for. l want this
ehanos Will prove am as good and as true as
the nest man" Within hour everything ne has
read has vanished because he did not have the
holding courage 90 go 90 a.
IL is courage which wins every time in every
channel OF iffr-
~ YOU WANT ANYTHING
II YOU WANT TO WIN
~ YOU WANT TO BE SOMEBODY
yoU HAVE GOT To STAY WITH 1T
The you know who works in the same shop
or store with you the wngcs has paid for a
homo His children are better dressed His home
looks cleaner and better looking why7 because
economy and thrift have taught him seifrespect
and have made him Seif-made.
lie began with $1,000 bill II you do not be
ncv- II. AK him.
Two hundr-s and fifty Lake Bur4en start.
cd last summer absolutely that basis.
They had only $40 10 SEQ 10 pay down
They bought SIS. $50 sioo worth Of lumber
and n couple Of hammer saw and n few kegs Of
nails. They built three saved
the rrnt al SO TO SIS . month.
Now. when the strike came last January they had
cordwood free at their door. They had no rent 30
pay. They spent their time upon their land and
their homes and enjoy the fruits OF their labor
and their saving Of last year.
I am not quoting this for the purpose OF throwing
flowers at myself but wish state--I never
asked dollar for payment during the strike last
January and February. stated to tho people
ciothe and feed yourselves first
The people there today "A; Lake Burien. thou
sand of them. are now planting their gardens for
their crops fall
WILL You LET ME SHOW YOU HOW
THIS CAN BE DONE.
Every rent day you hand the money that
viii pay for little cottage Lake Burien. Every
pay day you hunt around here and there to get rid
of your money. which you could apply piece
OF land Lake Burien. Every year rolls around
and you look back and say 60 yourseis-"where is
the money that have earned this last year which
I could have put into plot OF land Lake
BUREN,
Now. Dear Rent Payrr-f have handed you a few
things three things. which will make you
1st-Stop paying rent
2nd-Stcp being cxtrsvagaut.
3rd-Siop boA,g good fellow.
Let's you and me get busy.
Bring n s. or $40 bill
Bring "a Liberty Bond
Bring Thrift Stamp.
Bring War Savings Stamp.
will start you your terms.
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-09-29
Spectators Depress Potato Prices
Price Less Than So Hundredweght Not Justified by Sup
ply and Demand, Says Cooperative Society Official

last week, when prices got down to
$1.75 in St. Paul, large firm sold
one car at $1.50 and then bought in
five or six at this price. -
Another factor is the tendency of
farmers to send potatoes to Chicago
in the belief that Chicago will offer
the highest obtainable price. This
practice gluts one market and pro-
duces reaction in all others. On
September Is, for instance, 149 cars
of potatoes came into Chicago. On the
same date last year, when the crop
was much larger, 80 cars arrived. The
normal Chicago receipts during the
potato moving season should be SO to
60 cars daily.
Chicago can not absorb the deluge
of potatoes and a fall in prices is the
inevitable result. A number of farm
er organizations with offices in Chi
cago unintentionally help to create the
Chicago surplus. s,q 55
Mr.. Whitaker believes the potatoes
should be sent direct to the consum-
ing market. Chicago prices would
then naturally be higher.
eff I had 10000 bushels of pota-
toes," declares Mr.. Whitaker, ~ would
not sell bushel under So hundred.
The price is bound to be higher and
to pay the farmer for raising the crop
if the farmers will not make panic
for themselves by rushing in now"
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-09-29
STRAW FOR WINTER WHEAT

It is common practice in some
sections of the winter wheat belt to
spread straw on the winter wheat
after the ground is frozen in order
to hold the snow. Clean straw from
winter wheat spread on the fields late
in the winter, after the ground is
frozen, is not dangerous in spreading
scab to the next years crop.
This straw holds the snow and
moisture and prevents the plants
from being broken by the wind. When
plowed under the next summer it adds
hunus to the soil. Turn the, stock
into the straw piles from the badly
diseased wheat and spread the manure
on the ground the following year.
Such straw should never be spread
on the fields, for it is sure to carry
scab into next years crop.
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-09-29
A Former Mayor Changes His Mind
Townley, Once Prevented From Speaking in Town, Now
Invited to Address Minnesota County Fair

the people has reached such height
that feel assured the cause for which
you stand, and in which I have be-
come seriously and earnestly inter-
ested, would suffer should you fail to
come for this engagement. Conse-
quently I am earnestly requesting
you to come here for the appointed
day, even though you speak but for
few moments or minutes. Proper
explanations may be made so that
you will not be expected to make
long address.
In conclusion, I wish to apologize
for the former action taken by me,
and to assure you and the cause my
most, earnest and sincere support.
Respectfully yours,
LEONARD ERIKSSON.
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-09-29
ADVERTISEMENTS
WHEN YOU SUFFER
FROM RHEUMATISM
Almost any man will tell you
that SlOan's Liniment
means relief

For. practically every man has used
it who has suffered from rheumatic
aches, soreness of muscles, stiffness of
joints, the results of weather exposure.
Women, too, by the hundreds of
thousands, use it for relieving neuritis.
lame backs, neuralgia, sick headache.
Clean, refreshing, soothing, economic
al, quickly effective. Say "Sloan's
Liniment" to your druggist. Get it
today. 35c, zoe, $1.4O.
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-09-29
RAISING GRASSHOPPERS

Stubbling-in rye is one Of the best
ways to raise grasshoppers., A stub
bled-in rye field will likely furnish
enough grasshoppers next year to not
only clean up the home farm but the
neighboring farms as well. It has
been observed that some rye is being
stubbled-in which assures a bountiful
crop Of grasshoppers on those farms,
unless something unexpected should
happen and there are no indications
of it now.
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-09-29

market expert for the Cooperative
Wholesale Society of America.
Mr.. Whitaker is of the opinion that
the drop to $1.50 is due in large part
to the eagerness~ of the farmers to
rush their potatoes to the market, and
he urges farmers to hold back as
much as possible until the price rises.
To support his opinion Mr.. Whitaker
points out that last year the country
raised 49O,OOO,OOO bushels, whereas
the best estimate the department of
agriculture can make for this year is
349,000,000 bushels. In other words,
there has been shrinkage of 141, ,OOO,-
900 bushels, or nearly % per cent.
Potatoes are a staple food ON which
demand can not iuctuate very much
unless people actually starve. Min
nesota is 80 per cent short of normal
yield, and many sections of the coun-
try which normally supply themselves
are in such shape that they will have
to import seed.
The large spectators have taken
advantage of the fall rush to force
potatoes down so that they can buy
cheap for sales at higher prices later.
Mr.. Whitaker declares that within the
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-09-29

speech Ill oTSuS T ais,
MINI. He was prevented from hold
ing the meeting and speaking by the
action of Leonard Eriksson, lawyer,
who held the position of mayor.
Mr.. Eriksson, it appears, had read
the reports that We're appearing at
this time in the Twin Cities papers,
describing Mr.. Townley and the
League as disloyal and his speeches
as pure sedition. The mayor was an
honest man, however, and later did
some Investigating on his own ac-
count. Mr.. Eriksson learned the
facts about the League and Mr.. Town
ley and became sincere supporter
of the farmers cause. AS a result
speaking date was arranged for Mr.:
Townley at the Ottertail county fair
October 2 and Mr.. Eriksson wrote Mr..
Townley a personal letter of invita-
tion as follows:
Fergus Falls, MINI.
Hon. A. C. Townley,
Endicott Building,
st. Paul, MINI.
Dear Sir: Permit me to suggest
that it is, in my Judgment, of the ut
most Importance that you attend the
fair in this city on October 2, 1919.
Farmers and workers from far and
near are counting on seeing and hear
ing you at that time. People are
planning on coming from as far south
as Stevens county, and from as far
north as Clay county. These men and
women have been awaiting chance
to see and hear you on several occa-
sions in the past, and their disappoint-
ment this time would be very serious.
myself, regret to say now, pre-
vented. you from speaking in this city
in 1917. At that time I did not un-
, derstand the situation, nor the pro-,
gressive movement for which you
stand, and in addition I was infu-
enced by causes and representations
which I have since found were origi-
mating in selfish motives. Now, the
chance is here, and the expectancy of
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-09-29

PRICE of less than So a
hundredweight for pota-
toes at the loading sta
tion is not warranted by
supply and demand" de-
clares j. A. Whitaker,
The nonpartisan leader., 1919-09-29

N THE fall of 1917, two
years ago, A. G. Town
ley, president of the
Nonpartisan league, was
scheduled to make. a
speech in Fergus Falls,