The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-01-22

! what they haye-this time, but will
! double their efforts.
The Capitol Building & Loan Asse-
ciation, according to j. L. Hersh,
secretary, has just completed their
semi-annual report which shows one
| of the most successful years in the
history of the association and has
| made gain in assets that surpasses
any other year. The assets now
amount to $3,S49. 503.74.
w. H. Hamilton, of ChanHe one of
the directors of the Capitol Building &
4 Loan Association, came to Topeka es-
pecially to attend the regular meeting
! of the stockholders Tuesday evening
the 18th.
The real estate men as a body got
behind Thrift Week and put more pep
into the day than any other organiza-
| ton. Wonder who will show up the
best day for next year? A great
many people have thought that the
budget, day was useless expenditure
of money and time but the Thrift
committee had two thousand budgets
| and have not been able to supply the
! demand. This in itself talks and says
a lot for results.
Real estate is somewhat slower
than at other times but that was ex-
] pected by the real estate men as De-
cember, January and February are
| generally light months. But it is the
| universal opinion that real estate is
going to get very active in the spring.
| The man who is expecting to buy
this spring had better get busy before
| the cream has been skinned off
There are some very nice properties
onrthe market and priced very reason
q u.
The Shawnee Agency Realty Com
pany is offering the citizens of To-
peka the proposition of building them
a home on lots that are owned by the
company and they have lots in most
| every section of the town, on a cash
payment of 1 5 per cent of the cost of
the lots and the house. They agree to
carry the balance in order to help citi-
zenS of Topeka get home of their
/ own. This is one of the most liberal
propositions that has ever been made.
The party buying the house has the
right to have the house bbuilt by
other contractors or whomever they
| desire. However, the contractor will
have to put up bond to complete the
house ON the estimated cost. The
company has about 800 lots and one
ought to be able to pick a location
out of some of these.
The real estate men put across
oheir share of Thrift Day during the
| Thrift Week with flying colorss w.
T. Dawson had charge of the parade.
w. A. Neiswanger had charge of the
| speakers for the day and e. C. Seger
was directing manager. Did you see
the parade, and what did you think
of it?
| Taxes in the city of Topeka are on
the basis of sass a hundred and the
| rate of taxation in the city of Oak
land is SAILS a hundred. It is won
dered if Oakland might desire to come
into the city of Topeka. reduce the
taxes and yet be able to participate
in the improvements and advantages
of having water, ETC., without having
the water bond for their own water
plant. Especially real estate men are
wondering if they would be interested
in reducing their taxes.
Again mentioning Thrift Week, 1t is
a shame and pity and yet it is worse
than this that our big bankers, men
who are looked up to thruout the city
and state as big men with broad
minds, that they do, not see the ad-
vantages of giving a talk before the
working men in the different shops
and offices relative to thrift, relative
to banking and to other things that
are essential in our national life If
these big men would go out and cover
the speaking dates, giving these fiji
teen minute talks, the weight of them
standing. they would be needed q
great deal more than if it comes from
a man who is not so high and of SO
much importance as are several of our
widely known and respected presidents
of local banks and even some of the
employees would have this same
weight if they would take hold and
help educate and answer questions of