South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-08

AANA AU4rAAA 1tANA NeA
exist. South Bend o. no exception.
Spring is the period OF the year
when many find DO advisab bic 90
change their habitation. for better
or for worse. just as the case may
be throughout the long winter
months the ever anxious housewife
seeking 90 mako change IN abode
has feverishly sought a more de-
sirabie house IN which 20 dwell and
with the coming OF spring. the same
period OF the year when young
folks thoughts turn 20 lighter
thoughts. the settled and sedate
married couples make plans 20 get
their household effects in some other
neighborhood.
Moving like many other disagree
sole tasks. Is not one that can be
accomplished IN a day. True the
modern mover IL capable OF trans
ferring truck loads Of furniture
from one section Of the city TO an
other in that length OF time but
even this is attended by several dis
agreeable features commonly called
the STRENGTHENING up process.
In South Bend the byword once
was move or pay rent but during
the past years that changed 20
rmove. this house is sold. Inc
army OF house hunters in South
Bend has not diminished IN size.
Some that have desirable locations
have been forced 10 meet increased
rents due 20 the lack Of available
houses. Others made frenzied efforts
10 locate anything from shack 70
I4-room house 10 act as roofs over
their heads.
some. at Least. Find Homes
South Bend, like Chicago, New
York and other large cities. has
more people than homes and apart
ments 20 house them as they would
like 10 be housed.
Here. II has proven to be the case
of FIRST come. first served untor-
tunate as IL may be for those VINO
come later. Some arrive at house
having a Ito let sign on 1t Just IN
time TO be too late.
But moving in itself Is an art
those who have tried il agree. Inc
modern movcI-not the one who
does the moving. but the one VINO
. owns the household effects-has the
Of successful moving down
10 a IT" The experienced mover
knows Just which articles Of turni-
Hrure should be placed IN a van Irs''
and exactly what goods should De
carried out upon arrival at the new
location in order TO set newly
established household in housekeeP-
inc order i'm the shortest space OF
time.
This last week has been profit
abIe from tho viewpoint Of the
moving man. Just "a permits were
iesued between he Thursday preced-
ING Nav and last Wednesday.
Three families used primary day 20
move. evidently considering una
those nominated could dispense WIN
their ballots in view Of the hard
ships attending their personal tasks.
Moving Worry Age-Old.
Rur the modern head Of famI.
,.ho ,,ust move or worry about
~e,ta1 rates and leases. whether ON
Nav or some OF our other moN-
i,r davs." may think that Amer
leans are alone in having such
troubles According 10 a bulletin
issued from the Washington head
ouarters of the National Geographic
~societv. families are having similar
tribulations whethers in Japan, Per
sia or England. and have had evic-
kuons and harsher penalties hanging
-over them since men wrote on clay
Tablets 4 900 and more years ago.
Rented habitations We have had
with us always. like the poor-and
oerbaps the two arc not altogether
unrelated. says the bulletin. No
MAIDS alone seem able TO escape the
shadow OF the rent man. a rehec-
zion which NAV make somewhat
tenderer place IN our hearts for the
gypsy
Landlords in Babylon.
"The very earliest records of daily
ansactions thai have been found,
~ clay tablets on which were writ
- the contracts OF Babylouia 5000
yand 1000 years ago. show that the
renting OF houses was iourishinG
business among the landlords OF
Babylon and NippUr The existence
Of commission merchants and labor
n acencies leaves little doubt that real
#estste and rental agencies also eN-
is-ed much as they do today one
can almost picture the frantic
j house-huntinE engaged i'm by one
S,nidsnnam. perhaps accompanied
by Mrs. sin. and doubtless led by
n bright young man from the Nippur
Rental agency which preceded the
execution Of the following lease
dated the fourth month first day
in the year 2.O53 3. c..
The house Of Damu riham.
IRON, Damu-riban. Siu-idinnam.
the merchant. has rented as
dwelling and possession at
\ vearlv rental Of one-third of
u shekei OF silver
The ordinary dwellings OF Nip
= p. were probably mere shaCks Of
n-dried brick with mud roofs. but
Il ~ for such poor accommodations
~ rental was cheap from a mod
.rr point OF view. At mos n shekel
3 believed 20 have had little more
! purchasing power than g. has to-
! sa. So Sin-fdiunam had the use OF
house for less than g. year. The
highest rentals set out IN the clay
leases OF Babylonia were six shekeis
o sbout $50 \ wear. a striking con-
Las 20 rentals In some more pre-
#ten-.ous modern apartment houses
where The charges exceed $1,000
month.
] Notaries 1000 Years Ago.
I "Babv1onian procedure in regard
- real estate was little different
$from our own. Formal contracts