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The Washington herald., 1921-10-09
Pugsley Assistant Secretary.
WPUGSLEY, Of Lincoln, Nebr.

@1ARLES WPUGSLEY, OF Lincoln, Nebr, took
~ the oath Of office as Assistant Secretary Of
Agriculture last week. At the same time Elmer D.
Ball. at present Assistant Secretary. will enter upon
his duties as director of scientific work
For the present Assistant Secretary Pugsley viii
be especially charged with the general supervision Of
the departments extension and publication work. to-
gether with such other duties required by law
may be assigned from time to time.
As director OF scientific work, DR.. Ball will have
general supervision Of the scientific research work and
will advise with the secretary and the bureau>chefs
with respect to the scientific personnel plans and pro-
ject outlines of scientific work. coordination and
relation of scientific work that it may become
effective in studying national problems of agriculture
involving more than field of effort selection of
scientific manuscripts for publication, and other sub
jects to be determined later
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09

At the North Central Experiment Station OF the
Bureau Of Mines in Minneapolis Investigations re-
garding drill steel and carbon steel aud the reduction
of iron oxide under way. At this station the
problem Of the flow of heat from the walls into the
charge Of by-product coke oven has been solved
anayticaly and the rather tedious numerical solution
Of the values Of the Fourers series involved is near
y, complete
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09

Results of work done at the Northwest Experi-
ment Station in Seattle, Wash. indicate that fine
grinding OF sponge iron and wet magnetic coucen-
tration give higher recovery of metallic iron than
dry magnetic concentration on either coarse or fine
material and that dry magnetic concentration is not
improved by fine grinding, In melting sponge iros
in direct furnace using amorphous carbon as
'carbwizer, AZ Aper carbon is readily reached
with practical limit of per cent. Using graphitizcd
carbon as earburzer, per cent carbon Is readily
attained and ~ per cent is easily possible. .sss
The Washington herald., 1921-10-09

4 MULTITUDE OF well meant. efforts are
v now under way in anticipation Of the COM
. ing armament conference Their purpose
- Is 10 educate the American people in this
Evening star., 1921-04-30

adoption of the so-called New York
plan. under which new housing is
exempted from local taxation for ten
years.
New York Plan Succeeds.
In the six weeks that this plan has
been in effect now in New York city,
he said, "it has proved a tremendous
stimulus. Already the building per-
mits issued show an increased ex-
penditure Contemplated of more tha
$10.00O.000 over the same period last
year. There is going to be a trcmen-
dous construction of one and two
family houses in the outlying boroughs
of New York
Citing the Washington situation as
fully as bad as New Yorks. Senator
Calder advised his audience to organ
icz and st elk passage of a similar law
here
You nave got to organize to i'm
press this matter on Congress-" he
said. "as l find it very difficult to
impress them Of the same situation
nationally. You would find, however,
that such law would bring a great
stimulus to business here; it would
not only establish a proper supply of
homes, but it would increase the sale
Of building materials and all the fur
nishings that go into a home, as well
as affording employment which would
bring new buyers here.
There would be little, if any, in
crease in other taxes, as only the i'm
provementS are exempted and the
land is taxed as usual. and while it
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$4OO.OOO IN NEW BUILDING
FOR D. C.. SHOWN BY PERMITS
Two Apartment Houses and Number Of
Extensive Home Projects Disclosed
in Weekly List

c. R. Bourdene. to repair rear 4702
Wisconsin avenue: cost $3.50.
r. +. Gown. to repair 223O Massa-
chusetts avenue; cost. 5000.
B. L. King. to erect garage rear 40
Tennessee avenue northeast: cost.
$500.
Anna L. Hurley, to erect garage rear
2106 n street; cost. $500.
r. L. Spire. to repair 1927 North
Capitol street: cost. $500.
Horace Ward. to erect garage 1413
Q street; cost. $500.
r. w. Corridor 20 build dwelling
1874 Gallaitin street; cost. $4,000.
f. n. Cahill to erect garage rear
2110 L street: cost. $1,70O.
X. f. Funkhouser, to erect garage
rear 1914 LongfeIlow street; cost,
$500.
NJ. c. Duck. to erect garage rear
1909 A street northeast: cost, $3.50.
r. Brosnan. to erect garage rear III
4th street southeast; cost; $500.
street; cost $500.
s. Blumberg. to erect garage rear
18th and d streets southeast: cost,
$500.
n. Edelson. to repair 1901 G street
southeast: cost. $3.50.
n II. Davis. to erect garage rear
1858 18th street; cost. $500.
c. c. Willard, to repair 1916 F street;
cost, $1,000.
H. Lee, to repair SOS Orleans place
northeast; cost. $3.50.
Max Clayton. to erect garage rear
212O H street; cost, $500.
A. n. Willie. to erect garage rear
527 Shepherd street: cost, 5000
f. S. Gadson. to build dwelling 1911
49th street northeast; cost. S475.
NJ: " Seibert. to erect garage rear
J. Johnson. to build stable
X street southwest; cost. $500.
\. f. Howard, to erect garage rear
261o Garfield street; cost. $3.50
H. H. Gibbs. to build dwelling 4536
Conduit road; cost. $4,000.
]. E. Kincheloe. to repair us 9th
street southeast; cost, $500.
A.. E. Mitchell, to build dwelling
4634 Dean avenue northeast; cost,
$500 70,
Felix Lake, to repair 9ss-94o-s42 f
street: cost. $1,000.
f. L. Valentine, to erect garage
rear 500 Randolph street: cost $27O.
A. Leonard. to build 1901 l. street;
cost. $4,000.
$4,000. ~
w. S. Minnix, to build dwellings
3507-3509 Idaho avenue: cost. s24 900.
Charles H. Payne. to build dwell
ing 2475 south Dakota avenue north
east; cost, $4,000.
G. E. Coates, to erect garage 4601
Georgia avenue; cost. $3.50.
Frank Costantine, to erect garage
rear 451 New Jersey avenue south
east: cost. 5000.
Cedar Hill Cemetery Corporation. to
build Office 1245 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast; cost, $4,000.
W. S. Beasley, to erect garage rear
504 Park road; cost, 5000.
w. A. Simpson. to repair rear $50 G
street southeast; cost. $4,000.
A. A. Johnson, to erect garage rear
1912 Spring road; cost. s235.
Evening star., 1921-04-30
BUILDING AND LOAN MEN
END new ORLEANS MEET
Washington Delegates Preparing
to. Leave Convention City With
Report of Proceedings.

With the closing today of the annual
meeting of the United States League
of Local Building and Loan Associa-
tons at New Orleans. the local dele
gates to the meeting are preparing to
return to Washington and report the
proceedings just concluded
The representatives of Washington
building and loan associations are
{. Clinton James. president of the
Building Association Council; Albert
Schulteis and James +. Shea. Mrs
James attended the convention as a
visitor.
Formal speeches were made at the
meeting today as follows: can Life
Insurance Companies and Building
and Loan Associations Cooperate in
the Promotion of Home Building -
Walter Stabler. controller. Metropoli-
tan Life Insurance Company. New
York. THE Development of the Build
ana and the Safety of Their Invest =
anan and the Safety of Their Invest
ment. l.. f.. Thomas. examiner of
state banks, state banking department
of Louisiana. Shreveport. La The
Savings Side of Cooperative Banks. "
G. H. Wyman. president Massachu-
setts Cooperative Bank League, Bos-
ton. Income Tax Exemptions Under
the Federal Law" Thomas l.. PoGue.
vice president Ohio Building ASSocia- =
ton League, Cincinnati. Ohio.
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might add a bit to our school. police
and fire protection bills, the amount
would be so small that it would be
absorbed in the increased revenue
coming from new business.
Would Cut building Cost.
"Such an exemption would cut the
cost of building from 10 to IS per
cent The builder is in business for
profit, and that cut may be the differ
cnce that means profit to him And
remember that the builder has to
compete with buildings constructed as
long as 100 years ago and at much
lower costs.
Other means of stimulating housing
construction, Senator Calder said, We're
contained in bills he had presented in
Congress. These. he explained. includ
ed lowering or removing the present
high tax on the income from mort
cages, the establishment of federal
housing bureua, which would study
Standardization of building codes; es-
tablishment of a home loan banking
system, and requiring national banks
to lend so per cent of their savings
department deposits on real estate
mortgages.
Reverting to the possibility that
lower labor costs and lower freight
rates might cut building costs, Sena-
tor Calder said that labor couldn't be
asked to take cut as long as the cost
of living kept up, and, especially. if it
made as much of improvement in de-
livering production in the next six
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CALLS FIRE INSURANCE
BIG FACTOR IN BUILDING
Walter A. Brown Discusses the Sub
ject Before Y. M. C. A. Glass
in Real Estate.

Fire insurance is one OF the most
important factors in the building in
dustry, according to Walter 4. Brown
local real estate man, who address,
ed the Y. NJ. c. A. class in real estate
this week. He explained insurance poll
cieS to the students.
The ideal fire insurance form should
be clear, concise. and complete. leav-
ing nothing to the imagination. and
containing no language capable Of
more than one Interpretation" he
declared. In general. the simpler the
form. the broader the amount cover
ed. Enumeration and wealth of detail
in any description of property tends
to restrict rather than to widen the
application of the Insurance policy
adjustments are entirely different
than what they formerly were. l re-
member very distinctly that when a
large loss used to occur in Washing
ton the special agents of the com
pany- would all be notified and they
would go down and hold what we
might call congress of nations"
OF late years there is an insurance
adjustment jury that taks care of al
most all losses"
Evening star., 1921-04-30
CALDER |MPRESSES
DISTRICT BUILDERS
Senator'S Warning That
Business Awakening Must
Come Seriously Considered.

Local real estate men and builders
were impressed with Senator Calder's
warning. sounded Wednesday before
the City Club, that ''business men of
America must back laws to encour-
age private housing construction if
they are to prevent the government,
in self-defense, from going into the
housing business itself"
The senator's advice that the vari-
Gus business interests should organize
and seek Legislation excmpting new
housing in Washington from local
taxation for period of years. with a
view to providing this encouragement
is being seriously pondered over, it is
learned.
With a NATIONAL shortage of over
100000 homes, Senator Calder pre-
dicted that some measure would be
forced on the government to meet the
emergency as it grew worse, unless
Congress woke up to the need of TAX
ing present penalties off private build
ing.
Pointing to the danger that other
states would adopt the Massachusetts
plan of house building by municipali-
ties, Senator Calder urged instead the
Evening star., 1921-04-30
-ouSeS and a num-

Two apar- -ouses and num-
,er of exte home projects. in
volving an Investment of about s40o.-
600. were disclosed in the weekly list
of building permits issued by the
District building inspector.
Mrs. Elizabeth r. Lipley will erect
a four-story apartment building at
1886 Kenyon street northwest at a
cost of $4,000. Construction will
begin shortly.
Munro & Warthren were given a
permit for the erection of an apart
ment house to be numbered iii La
mont street northwest. The new
building will he erected on a lot now
vacant and will face to the south. The
cost was estimated at S35.000.
Harry A. Kite will build dwellings
from $500 to 3S17 Alton place. The
cost will be $4,000 for the operation.
Other Permits.
Other permits were issued as fol-
lows:
H. G. Smithy. to repair 1871 Lanier
place; cost. $3.50.
Lee V. Moore. to erect garage rear
1410 Allison street: cost. $3.50.
H. n. Spotwood. to repair 1928 ALI
son street: cost 5000.
Frank II. Kerr. to erect garage rear
26o6 3Sth place; cost, $500.
r. f. Hudgins. to build dwelling
2505 Park place southeast: cost,
Charles A. Appleby. to repair 1901
Minnesota avenue; cost. s420.
Henry Sherry. to repair 944-e46
Louisiana avenue; cost $940.
Henry Sherry. to repair $40 Louisi-
ana avenue; cost, $500.
o. w. Hammond. to build s5os Ely
21
c. l. Tankersley, to erect garage
rear 2S35-2S49 29th street; cost. $500.
S. Warsaw, to repair S11 Upshur
street: cost, $500.
H. r. Dulaney, trustee, to repair
456 Louisiana avenue: cost. $500.
$4,000.
S. Shinberg, to erect garage rear
14051s 5th street: cost. 1925.
- John E. Dameron. to repair 173
Adams street; cost, $3.50.
Marie Edelin, to erect garage rear
1417 A street southeast; cost, $3.50.
n. Edelson to repair 1901 G street
southeast; cost. $500.
H. L. Johnson. to repair 1885 Kenil-
worth avenue: cost. $3.50.
Trotten & Ward, Inc, to repair 1903
] street; cost. $500.
o. E. Haines, to erect garage rear
2312 Woodbridge street northeast; cost,
SPAS
Miss L. Turner. to repair 41o2 Illi-
nois avenue: cost, $500.
Frank H. Hale, to build dwelling
232 5Sth street notheast; cost. $500.
c. w. Reddick, p erect garage rear
3011 Dent place; Cost 5000.
F. NJ. Strobel. to erect garage rear
612 5th street northeast; cost, $275.
Conrad Herzog, to erect garage rear
SO New York avenue northeast; cost.
$500
T. f. Bowie, to build dwelling 2714
Stanton road southeast; cost $4,000.
Evening star., 1921-04-30
20O-ACRE LAND SALE,
Dairy Farm Adjoining Herndon,
Va, With Herd, Changes Hands.

A 200-acre dairy farm adjoining the
town of Herndon, Va, has been sold
by Carr Brothers to George b
Walker of Arlington county. through
the Buell. Farm Agency. Included in
the sale was large herd of high
grade HolStein cows and all other
stock and equipment on the place. The
purchaser will take possession May /.
Other recent sales by the Buell.
Farm Agency are the following:
Farm of l.. l.. Crowell near Vale
Fairfax county, containing $50 acres.
to Z. c. Brilliant of kenoSha, Wis.
Farm of sixty acres near Sterling,
formerly owned by Thomas S. Under
wood, to r. w. Higdon of Sterling.
To d. B. Kidder. formerly of New
Jersey, thirty acres belonging to H.
D. HaineS, situated about one mile
from Herndon, and sixteen acres in
the same neighborhood belonging to
o. w. Hammonda
Property Of w. Allen Stowell in the
town of Herndon to Walter T. Cham
blin.
Evening star., 1921-04-30

An apartment house topped with
built-in bungalows is to be erected
in New York city.
Interior decorators recommend that
floors be darker than the walls in
planning new homes.
Evening star., 1921-04-30
Roof Garden Facilities.

The roof garden, in effect. Will he
complete a theater as the theater
downstairs. on an entirely different
plan. The stage will face north in
stead of south. and will contain a
permanent setting of an Italian gar
den. the center panel Of which is re-
movable to disclose the moving pic
ture screen.
The third feature of this enterprise
will be the "erotto," reached by enter
ing on the 18th and + street corner
and descending a few feet to the large
open space under the stage floor,
which by reason of the slope of the
lot is seven feet above the street
level. This will be modelled into a
small but complete moving picture
theater for men, where smoking will
be permitted.
A separate building attached to the
east street side of the theater will
house the heating. ventilating and
electrical plant, also in its upper
floors the dressing rooms of the
artists, each provided with natural
light and air and with elevator serv-
ice from the stage level Everything
for the comfort of the artists will be
installed, including club floor,
with every recreation facility, shower
baths and dining rooms.
Evening star., 1921-04-30
Improved system of Exits.

A new and improved system of exits
and entrances is designed to do away
with the present crowd!nc of the aiSes
at the end Of the performance direct
eGroSS to the street through the center
terrace Of the lobby being afforded
without going back through the audi
tOrium.
In the rear Of the auditorium "A double
staircase of marble and bronze will lead
To the meZZanine floor. Radiating from
the carpctcd promenade lounge will be
the retiring rooms and the smoking
rooms. one for ladies. a telephone ex-
change and library.
The balcony will be treated as
separate section. with its own retir-
ing and smoking rooms and ample
exit and entrance facilities through
the towers.
Three large high-Speed elevators
and a nursery and play room. ~ith a
competent trained nurse always in
atteu1anCp. will be Incorporated. rs
Evening star., 1921-04-30
APARTMENT HOUSE SALE.
Felix Lake Buys the Seminole. Lo-
Gated on w Street.

Felix Lake, a local investor. has
purchased the Seminole apartment
house. w street, near 18th street.
from the National Realty Company of
Richmond. Va. The consideration
was not announced. Both parties to
the transaction were represented by
Eugene T.. Gaddis.
The Seminole is four-story brick
and concrete structure, containing
thirty-siX apartments. 1t is under
stood the new owner will hold the
property as an investment
Evening star., 1921-04-30

plan. under which new housing is
exempted from local taxation for ten
Evening star., 1921-04-30

months as it had in the last six.
'As for freight rates." he concluded,
they must be lowered. l don't want
to believe we face government owner
ship and operation, but unless practical
railroad men get together-poSSibly
by operating the roads as one system
and reduce costs, We can't tell what
may happen. Something like this must
be done or we will face the prospect
of having the government in the rail-
read business as well as the prospect
of having it in the housing business"
Evening star., 1921-04-30

j.. ]: Braugh, to erect garage rear
lll2 New Jersey avenue; cost $3.50.
NJ. A. Hess, to repair 1911 35th
street; cost, $500.
j. F. Seaton, to repair 23S 7th
street southeast; cost, S42O.
Evening star., 1921-04-30
S1,5O0,0DO THEATER
PLANS OUTLINED
D. C. Playhouse. Where Chill
dren May Be Checked"
While Parents See Show.

Detailed description OF the 81 500. 900
theatcr project planned by the Cosmos
Theater Company for the northeast
corner of 18th and r. streets was given
today in a statement issued by the COM
pany. Features include a nursery,
where theatcr-goerS may check
their children while watching the show;
smoking room for ladies and club fa-
cilitieS for performers.
The big proccTium opening nearly
fifty feet wide, will be decorated in the
Adam period. This is to be the key
note of the entire thcater dccorat tons .
A feature of the auditorium will he
the unbroken sight lines. there being no
posts or columns TO ohstruct the view.
The big balcony viii be supported en-
tirely by the cantiieycr trust system.
Evening star., 1921-04-30
E. STEWART BUYS HOME.
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Locates on Delafeld Street.

E,thelbert Stewart. United States
commissioner of labor statistics, has
purchased the residence at 1910 Della
field street northwest for his Wash
ington home. The house was former
ly owned by Antoinette w. Kelly. The
sale was negotiated through the office
of Shannon & Luchs.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-06-24
See the A. B. C. notice on another

See the A. b. c, notice on another
page.
Lee Springer. wife and their
Sprightly little daughter, from Clear.
water, Florida, are here enjoying u
visit with his parents, jeff Springer
and wife, of the Union district, and
his brother, Chester, Of Oregon, and
other relatives. Lee Is in the real
estate business down there, and seems
to be prosperous, It Is his first visit
home in six years.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-06-24
Sec the A. B. C. Notice,

See the A. B. c. Notice.
DIR. Kearney was here Monday on
professional business.
Mrs. Charles King is having
trouble with her bearing, and is in
ST. Joseph, taking treatment under Dr..
Proud.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-06-24

Mrs. Ed Morga, and her cute little
ten months old twin boys are here
from st. Joseph, visiting her parents,
Andy Burrier and wife, and other rela-
tives.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-06-24
Evangelical Church.

The pastor will preach in the Oregon
church at 9:a5 a. m. Nickell's Grove,
IL a. m, and at Benton at 8 p. M, on
June 26. +. 4. WENDLAND.
Pastor.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-06-24
scenes Of devastation through epidem-

scenes of devastation through epidem-
les.
Even though one may not die from
contagious disease, although many
do, he may be left defective and
so remain throughout life. II was
learned from the examination Of re-
cruits for the late war tina. about one
fourth of the young men were defec-
tive--so a. result Of diseases in
childhood. With the knowledge We
now possess concerning the preven-
tion Of diseases a large percent Of
defects, II not all, could have been pre-
vented.
"A nation depends on the health and
physical attainment Of the people Of
which that nation IL composed, ard IL
applicable 10 nation il Is so TO a
community.
Quoting from Professor Winslow,
Of Yale: Public health is the science
and art OF preventing disease, prolong.
ing life. and promoting physical health
and efficiency through organized COM
nunity efforts for the sanitation Of
the environment. the control Of COM
munity infections, the education Of the
individual in principle Of personal
hygiene, the organization of medical
and nursing service for early diagnosis
and preventive treatment of disease,
and the development of the sosial ma.
chinery, which will insure to every IN
diVidual IN the community standard
ai ,ving adequate Tor maintenance OF
health
70 quote ir. Shaw: 10 cure Is
hplohuid ana pra,seworthy' put 10 pre-
vent disease Is uod-llke ana magnt'-
, cent.
t Is the o"iiet o' some persons 'ha'
,he germs OF h'sease exist naturally IN
the SOL, AR ana water Inc fac' -
that with Jew exceptions the soil, air
ana water are tree from the germs OF
human disease unless they are poi,
iuted oy human ocings' Inc source OF
sickneS; ~ u iocaii'y' rs a RUE " the
peoP,e IN IT, , ~ -,
Inc ignorance ana preJ1hlee OF
some ana vhe lhdiIle'enee anu IlI,sn.
ness ot others, does mueh 10 detea'
the purpose OF tne nealIn oiiicer IN the
eont.oi OF inteetious diSeases
cooperation IN other iines OF on
ueavor mas proven sueceSNuI ana aS
ths proeetion OF Ite Is eo-operaNve
auty' tne requirements anu responsi'
plntles OF "nien ueVo'Ve on every citi-
zen; u; TOO, can De maze q success.
4N Is haru 70 arouse tne geheta'
pubic 70 seriously consider preventive
measures In time OF healtn the un'
pleasantneSs OF siekneSs Is not appear
lnR.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-06-24

Miss Catharine Smith has been
entertaining her friend, Miss Dorothy
Brown, of Cameron, Mo.
The Holt County sentinel., 1921-06-24
Oregon PRESBYTERIAN Church Notice.

Oregon Presbyterian Church Notice.
Next Sabbath, June 26th there will
be preaching at IL a. m. and 8 p. m,
by Rev. T. ID. Roberts, minister in
charge. This will be the minister's
first morning service since he was ask
ed to supply the pulpit, tentatively.
Xxx.
The Keota news., 1921-01-21
Methodist Church Announcements
Sunday. January 23. 1921

Sunday School. 10 a. m. Sermon. 1.-THE
Price of Soul" IL a. m. Sermon.
BE Strong and Do It," q service for
young people. $50 p. m. Sermon.
What. Then. Shall do with Jesus?''
7:30 p. m.
The special svangelistic meetings are
well attended. full choir il rendering
the very best music. Special solos or
duets are given At every service. II
you are lover Of good singing. you
will want to hear the choir.
There will not he any service Satur.
day evening but Sunday will be q full
day. Three sermons fill out the day q
work. All the young people are urged
to come to the church promptly At $3.50
for their service. There will be special
music and special sermon for you.
Services will continue for every eve
ming next week. Remember the SER
vices begin promptly at 7:30.
l wish to thank the people for their
interest rs is shown by their presence
at the services: and ask that you may
continue to come and continue to pray
that We may see revival in our com.
munity.
Yours for greater service.
X. FRED MOSELEY. Pastor.