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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10
Met With Blank Stare.

Is there anything more embarraSS-
ltg than asking four people to spend
Sunday evening with You and then
promptly forgetting all about It? On
the evening designated. while friend
husband and | were reading, he coat
less. Collarless, and in slippers, and
| il klmonO, our guests arrived. I
stared hlanllly and husband ran to the
nearest shelter while our friends ask
ed AREN'T we eXpeCted?" | managed
to welcome them but finally told of
my social error, was forgiven and ex-
CuS"d while | dressed-but | still
dread meeting them.--Exchange
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10
LsmpIiuhter on Wheels

1t will occasion surprise to some to
learn that the suburban districts OF
London, England, are still lighted by
gas, and that each lamp has to be
lit by lamplighters by means of a
long stick that turns the lever in the
lamp. TO facilitate the lighting of
Barnes, one of these districts, a sol
der, or to be more correct, q demo
bilized lancer, uses his bicycle for his
rounds. So adept has he become at
lighting that he never has to dismount.
In fact as he wheels round the lamp.
post he guides his machine with one
hand and strikes the lever with his
stick by the other He saves sone
hours by this method, and gives added
pleasure to the people who welcome
the old soldier In his khaki trousers
and his war-tanned features.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10
Paris as a WATERING Place

The Paris municipal council, at its
closing meeting of 1919, voted res
oluton in favor of the capital being
officially "classed" as watering
place. The object Of the motion is
to enable the city to collect small
poll tax on visitors in order to swell
the municipal revenues. as is already
done in other watering places. While
agreeing that such tax probably
would bring in good round sum,
the Figaro crtciEes the proposal as
hardly in keeping with the city's ira
ditionS.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10
Manitoba Has LARGEST Elk heru.

Manitoba boasts that it has the larg-
est herd of elk in tie world and one
of the last two herds known to exist
on the North American continent. 1t
is to be found in the Riding Mountain
reserve and is belIevef to number be-
tween 600Q and 5000 head. The elk
are strictly preserved under the game
laws of Manitoba and their feeding
grounds are within the prescribed
areas in which no guns can be car
rled by other than a game guardian
or other officer of the crown.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10

The car lot movement of celery
from Florida for the 1920 season to
May LIST was 2,713 cars as compared
with 1852 to the same date last sea-
son. The Sanford district produced
the larger portion, having shipped =
$50 cars on April 18th as compared
with 654 cars from the West Coast
district. This movement represents
approximately the 1920 crop of gold
en- bleaching celery. The later
crops of green top celery will prob
ably reach 500 cars by June LIST,
Conditions and prices were good this
year. - st. Augustine Record
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10
Rice. Growing in United States.

Ten times as much rice is being
exported from the United States at
the present time as in 1914, and rice
growers are receiving 30 times as
much money for it. Exports of rice
in the ten months ending October 81,
1919, the last available figures, aggre-
gated 2S2,000,000 pounds, worth $25,-
$4,000, as compared with 26,420,000
pounds, worth $4,000, in the ten
months ended with October. 1918
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10
Shakespearean.

Father in the hall, has been stand.
ing for half an hour while MllIicent
and Harold bid each other goodnight
in the doorway.
parting" Quoth Harold, us such
sweet sorrow that could say good
night till"
AT this speech father gave
ShakPspearean inspiration Of his own
and tramps down the stairs.
"Srrms to me-" he asserts, that
there is too much adieu about moth
ing here"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10
Valuable Enuineerinu Aid.

Use of the delicate sound-ranging
instruments developed during the war
for checking up on the work of dia-
mond drills in rock is proposed by
American engineers, according to Pop
ular Mechanics Magazine. The geo.
phone and similar instruments have
been found accurate in locating the
source of boring sounds through hun
dredS of feet of rock. BY taking sound
readings in three directions at every
100 feet of the drills progress, the
course of the hole could be readily
plotted without stopping the operation.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10
Auto Needed In Peru.

The Peruvians take eagerly to the
automobile, wherever its use is pos
sible. Outside of the sections served
by rallrOads-and there are only about
LOO miles Of railway in Perus 700,-
900 square miles of land-transporta-
ton has hitherto depended on pack
mules or burrOS. AS trails or brille
paths are being converted into high
ways, motor cars and trucks are
bringing new life to formerly Isolated
centers of mining and agricultural
production.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10
Honeymoon Evidently Over.

A week after my cousin married I
overheard this conversation between
him and his wife: "Do you remem-
her how nicely treated you the first
time we met? How long walk we
took and how kissed you and then
we went to a nickel show and l paid
for you, tOo?"
"Yes, l remember" she said.
"Then." he replied. come across
with that nickel-I need it now
Exchange.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10
Clothes and the Man.

THE clothes do not make the man, y.
remarked the reody-made philosopher.
No replied Mr.. Chuggins, as he
climbed out from under the car. "If'
clothes made the man, mebbe I could
put on fur OvcrCOat and cap and
make this fool machine treat me like
was a regular chauffeur"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10
Want TO Be Americanized.

The people. Of the Virgin islands are
begging to be Americanizcd. Now that
they are under the American flag, they
have right to be dissatisfied with the
old Danish laws and customs. One Of
these makes 1t necessary for man to
have an income of $500 a year in order
to vote. This law gives only about 300
people in the islands chance at con-
trolling MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10
Great Difference.

Ancient-Oh, for the old-fashioned
winters, the nights of the log roaring
fires.
Up-to-Date-You bet Now it's the
tenant roaring at the janitor for more
heat.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10
TALKING Back TO the Parson.

81 fear, doctor, l am not good
enough to go to church."
''But, my dear madam, it isn't your
goodness, it's your desire"
But I'm not good enough to have
any re."-BOston Transcript.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10
The Second Eest.

Mr.. Knagg-I don't see what you
have to complain Of Haven't you had
the best of everything since We were
married2
His Wife-Well, | didn't marry tho
best man at our wedding.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10
State of Ohio. City Of Toledo. Lucas

State of Ohio. City Of Toledo. Lucas
County--ss.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he lie
senior partner OF the firm of +. J. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the City OF To-
ledo, County and State aforesaid, and that
said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUN
that cannot be cured bv the use Of
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn tO before me and subscribed In
my presence, this 9Th day Of December,
A. D. 1888.
tseaD A. W. Gleason, Notary Pu5lic.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is taxi
en- internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces OF the System.
Druggists, 75c. Testimonials free.
II. j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10

Beck-Yes, | have met your wife,
In fact, knew her before you married
her.
Peck-Ah, that's where you had the
advantage Of mel didn't-LondOn
Answers.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-06-10
3 IL ACRES OF LAND, z

3 IL ACRES OF LAND, z
acres in sugar cane; unfinished
8-room house, barn, stalls, chick
en- house and other outhouse8;
sugar furnace; horse, wagon and
buggy and farm implements;
about 200 head of chickens
$I5O0,00, if sold at once
DOCIA V. RHODE, Punta Cor
da, Fla.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-15
FIRM REPORTS
LARGESA
Gardner & Dent Sell
Many Proper
ties.

Real estate sales aggregating $500. 600
were consummated during the week by
Gardiner & Dent. Inc.
The largest sale OF the total was
that of the Northampton. at l+07 w
street. for reported consideration of
N5.ooo to a local business man. The
building is six stories and is divided
into twenty-four apartments of four
and five rooms and bath. The build
occupies a lot 60 by 100 feet in size and
fas an annual rental return of about
5000.
The vacant lot at Sixteenth and S
streets was sold to Ernest G. Walker,
builder. for a reported price of 50.eoO.
The lot has a frontage of sixty-seven
feet on Sixteenth and depth OF 100 feet
on street 1t contains about 6,7ou
square feet.
Erect Big Apartment.
Mr.. Walker plans to erect an eight
story apartment on the property.
The business ~property at l26 n
street was sold for Harry b. BirEe TO
local business man for $4,000 The
building is a three-story brick struc-
tire. occupying a lot IS by 100 feet.
The business structure at 1924 Four
teenth street was sold to n. c. Cald-
well. the consideration being about
5000. This is three-story brick and
brownstone building. with a store on
the first flor and apartments above,
The lot os y by 100 feet in size. The
building is modern.
The business property at BIG Four
teenth street was sold to an out of
town investor for S26.oOO. The S0iIdins
is three stories hish. the upper floorr
being given up to apartments. The lot
is Is by Is feet.
The three-story brick building al
1884 Fourteenth street was bought by
NJ. l.. Hamovicz for 81 800. The lot has
a size of p by lO feet The building
is completely modern, the upper two
floors being given up to apartments.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-15
HANDICAP TO
REALTY men
Technical Flaws in Many
District Titles Delay
Deals.

Life is not all a bed of roses for
Washington real estate men.
The carelessness with which Dis
trict property owners the FIRST han
of the last century fled their trans
actions often causes grief. expense
and delay in present-day realizes
tate handling.
Many titles to some of the best
property in Washington have tech
nical flaws" dating back seventy
five and 100 years. The flaws" in
no way invalidate the title. which is
and unattackabIe.
The difficulty arises when a buyer
in his contract insists on a title,
good Of records" and local title COM
panies noticing the flaw" classify
the title as a good title" instead
of good OF record" Realty. trans
actions in the last few years run
ming in the hundreds of thousands
of dollars have been held up for
from a month to year, before
realty men aud sellers could con-
vince buyers that the title is as
oS HoNC A5suCh
by John ID. Rockefeller.
District property is peculiar for
the prevalence of such technical
flaws, and the situation is well
known to local realty investors
The difficulty arises when the sale
is made to buyers unacquainted
with the situation. An example OF
the flaws" occurs in deeds made
by first inhabitants OF the District
in transferring properties which
had at one time an equity" or lien
on them. In all cases the lien OF
equity was satisfied but no record
of the fact was made in the papers
The property may have been sold
many times in intervening years
and the title is actually perfect, but
title companies must take cogni-
zance of the ancient defect. and re-
fuse-it a classification OF good OF
record"
The Washington Association OF
Real Estate Brokers now is propos-
ing a new classification of titles
employing the words good market
able title" in contracts q its mem
bers. A conference with title COM
panies will be arranged in the neal
future to thresh out the matter, ac,
.cording to Lee d. Lattimer, president
of the association.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-15
: Russell Building Sold.

The Russell Building at 997 G street.
hVe-story business structure. was
SOLD last week to David IL. and Annie
Rosen for w. c. SmaIlwood for a re-
ported consideration of $1,000.
The building is thoroughly modern
and has frontage of 23.S and a depth
OF lc3 feet. 1t is reported that the
new owners plan extensive remodel
ing of the building and will use IL as
future business location.
The sale was consummated by Ralph
Fl. Rose. of the investment depart
mCnt OF Shannon {, Luchs.
Other sales rerorted by Shannon &.
Luchs include the property at 1sls Gal
latin street to Joseph Freedman. who
will occupy it as his home. This is
one of the new series of bungalows
recently completed by this firm.
Lots 40 and IL and Part OF lot Is,
in square GIG on Massachusetts avenue
near North Capitol street and extend
ing through to + street we've purch-
aseG by Henry c. Hibbs from George
A Robinson. A garage will be erected
oil the site, construction to start in
the spring.
The Chevy Chase home at 5303 Thir-
ty-ninth street has been sold for Wal
ter b. Furst to Jennie H. Wheeler.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-15
Ernest Hall Coolidge Co..
Moves to New Quarters

The Ernest Hall Coolidge Com
pany, organized last July with off,
ces in the Evans Building, have
leased the ground floor at SOC Sew
enteenth street for new business
quarters. Growth of business of
the new concern requiring more
commOdious quarters is given as
the reason of the change. The
change will be effected this week.
The company although a new
conner in District real estate num-
bcrs in its personnel many who arc
well known among the realty fra.
tcrnity here. The president, Mr..
Coolidge. resigned the vice-presi-
dency of the John W. Thompson
company last July to organize the
new concern.
In a summary of its activity. dur
ing the last five months, the COM
pany reports a total record of sales
amounting to S1.0i1.S25. Included
among the large properties sold
through the company are the COch-
ran Hotel, the Knickerbocker
apartments at 1910 Mintwood place
and the Galliher property at Sew
enteenth and X streets. Many resi-
dence properties have bScn also
handled by the firm.
Among the officers of the COM
pany are j.. Fl. Coolidge. president
Elton ]. Boucher. vice president:
DeLton Morford, in charge of un-
improved real estate: Maurice NJ.
Powers. secretary. The sales force
includes John p. Collins. Jansen A.
McEntee. Thomas J. Nash. jr. Mrs.
NJ. 5. Hunt is head of the rental
department
The Washington herald., 1920-02-15
CONSTRUCTION
|, PLANS HALTED
Uncertainty Of Securing
Material Makes Build
ers Hesitate.
AFFECTS BIC PLANS
VIII Not Reduce Building
of Homes and Small
Structures.
AFFECTS BIC PLANS

That the housing problem Of
Washington will not be solved this
year Is the. consensus of opinion
among District real estate men and
builders. The vast program of con-
struction planned for 1920 faces IA
large reduction by reason of the
present uncertainty of securing the
building materials-steel. finishing
hardware and mill work.
The recent refusal of steel plants
to accept further orders until back
orders had been filled in the last
blow sustained by builders. Orders
are taken for mill work and finish
ing hardware but no certainty ex-
lists as regards delivery. The Harry
wardman Company stated yester-
day that orders placed over three
months ago for finishing hardware
were yet untitled, and with no i'm
mediate prospects for filling.~
'If conditions in regard to build
ling material and other factors were
normal Washington would have
seen accomplished during 1920 a to-
tai of new construction that would
have been deemed unbelievable a
/ few years ago-and the presen-
housing problem would have been
| in sight of solution" Z. ii .Mealy.
secretary of the Builders and Manu-
facturers' Exchange. stated yester-
day.
| In spite of construction problems
/ the District will witness a brisk
activity of construction, builders
state.
Many homes will he built-but
/ contemplated construction for in
tvestment. including big business
structures and apartments will have
received big check. The hopes of
meeting the abnormal present de-
mand during the year is deemed
vastly increased production is
mills.
The average man." the $50 4
month rent man." will see little i'm
provement this year in rental prices.
as his hopes are mainly pinned upon
the big builders"-who in face OF
the material shortage and other
problems are curtailing or postpop-
1 ing programs of new construction.
other factors that contrive to
hinder the accomplishment of the
enormous need for new building in
/ the District. are the prices of ma
teTial which have mounted in ratio
to its scarcity. Many wage scale
contracts with building labor which
expire this year cast another doubt
, in the mind of the building investor.
Y IN. - -.
| ing" agitation has also contributed
to the "timidity" of capital.
/ As a result of the situation rec
ord values attained by District real
estate men show no probability OF
idiminution.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-15
PERMITS SHOW.
BUILDING GAINS
Months Total Represents
1H5% Increase in Value
Over JAM, 1918.
LARGE BUILDINGS LEAD
Indications for Unprece-
dented Volume In Next
Winter Construction.
LARGE BUILDINGS LEAD

An unprecedented volume OF next
winters building plans is the indi-
cation from Bradstreets' summary
OF building permits issued for Jam
uary. A tremendous gain over the
slack period of a year ago is shown.
The total number .of permits re-
ported to Bradstreets in 131 cities
was 1850 and the value of the pro-
posed construction Is given as Sllz,-
142,s13. The number of permits
shows an increase of IS per cen,
over the record of January, 1918,
whereas the value Of the future
construction represents a gain, OF
as per cent over that Of the months
total a year ago.
The disparity between the increase
OF permits and the increase in val
ues indicates that the bulk of con-
struction will be large buildings
and less of small structures.
The heaviest increase reported Is
In the area of smallest buildings
New England, while the smalles,
per cent of gain Is reported in the
middle @oup where the increase Is
$29,0O0.000 over a year ago.
The recent condition of the money
market has not been favorable to
talk OF building boom. but in spite
OF this. building material, especially
lumber, was in active demand in
January Prices were very strong
with new high levels at leading
production points; the only draw
back being the scarcity of cars.
Following is summary of per-
mits and values for the opening
month OF the year:
section No. Of No. OF Values
The Washington herald., 1920-02-15
DAVIS & STEELE
REPORT BIG SALES

Sales totalling over $4,000 were re-
ported for last week by the real estate
firm Of Davis 6 Steele. Among the
properties sold by them are: Nos. 1913
Meridian street. 1913 Kalorama road.
l2s e street southeast, 4ss Kentucky
avenue southeast, 5s6 Fourth street
northeast. $50 Maryland avenue north
east. 2S Eighth street northeast. 2os
Eighth street northeast. s21 Eighth
street northeast. G05 North Capitol
street, 121 e street northeast, 223 C
street southeast, 3S7 Sixth street
southeast, 1877 Park road. 1874 INLAND
terrace northeast and 5s7 First street
southeast.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-15
MATERIAL NOT
AT TRUELEVEL
Experts Declare Builders
Are Waiting on Firmer
Market Conditions.

The prices of building material have
not yet reached their true level in
comparison with the advance in prices
of other commodities. is the assertion
made in the last monthly bulletin is
sued by s. w. Strtuss & Co.
Many builders are postponing con-
struction plans in the hope that prices
would soon become lower. Their hopes
are groundless," the bulletin asserts
and declares Prices of building ma
terials, as shown previously in this
department, have not reached their
true level in comparison with~the
prices Of other commodities. Tables
OF price rises during 1919 reflect this
fact in that building materials have
undergone more rapid advance than
other commodities"
Following is a table of relative price
advances in various commodities:
Per cent.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-15
Concludes Big Sale.

The conclusion of the sale of the
three apartment buildings. the Wal
den, Dudley and Arden on the south
side OF r street, btween Fourteenth
and Fifteenth street marked the big
gest realty transaction of the week.
The properties were sold to. Joseph
keane for price reported to be in
the neighborhood of S225 900. The sale
was made through the Randall Hag-
ner Company. The properties were
originally built by aHrry Wardman
and sold by him to Pennsylvania in
vestors. They have been handled
Ihlough an out-of-town trust COM
pany r-several years. Each of the
buildings contain twenty eight apart
mepts-returns an annual rental of
so 800.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-15
WILL ERECT
BOTTLING
American Products Co
Plans Big Structure at
Twenty-6fth and G..

the new Washington bottling plant OF
the American Products Company. near
the corner of Twenty-fifth and G
streets northwest. The plant when
finished will be one of the largest bot
tling plants in the, country.
I The contract for the erection of the
plant has been let to r. p, Whitty
who also drew the plans for the
building.
/ The new structure will cost $I0.OV
and is expected to be completed be-
fore next fall. When completed the
latest carbonating. refrigerating and
Gaping machines will be installed.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-15

members of the association and are
expected to effect a big service.
both to property buyers as well as
realty dealers. Buyers. especially
out-of-town buyers, will be saved
the expense and delay of having
contracts and agreements vised by
lawyers, as the legality of each
form will be guaranteed by the as
sociation. Much simplification has
been effected by the committee.
In the new set of standardized
forms are included real estate sales
contracts, monthly rent agreements.
leases, exchange contracts. con-
tracts for listing. applications for
loans and apartment leases. -
The Washington herald., 1920-02-15
District Landmark Goes.

Washington will lose one its land
marks by the sale last week of the
house at the southeast corner OF
New Jersey avenue and c street
southeast, to Mai. Harry GilHs. The
building was one of the few frame
buildings 'antedating the civil war,
and the cellar in pre-war days was
used for the confinement of slaves
passing through the District, after
having been apprehended under the
fugitive slave laws.
The housewife be demolished and
a modern apartment house erected
on the site, it is reported The
house was bought from the Slater
estate through the Office of II. L.
Rust. The consideration was with
held. but il is believed TO be in the
netghborhood OF 100000. The house
is now occupied by Jerome Conner,
the sculptor.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-15
Hodge Co. Changes Office.

Announcement of the change OF
change OF Offices of Z. NJ. Hodge Com
pany. Inc, successor to Edward s
wescott. from the former quarters
at 1907 pennsylvania avenue north
west. to 2006 (Pennsylvania avenue
northwest. The company began
business at the former location IN
1889. 1t is composed Of E. M. Hodge,
president: e. 3. Hodge. treasurer
and James S. Grant, secretary.
The Washington herald., 1920-02-15
new STANDARD
REALTY FORMS
Business Deals Are Simpli-
fed by Work of Local
Exchange.

Announcement of the near COM
pletion OF the work of standardiz-
ing all forms used in District real
estate transactions was made yes
terday by Thomas Bradley. chair
man of the committee appointed for
that purpose by the Washington
Real Estate Brokers Association.
The new forms will be issued to
members of the association before
the end of the month.
The forms VIII be used by all