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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-12
,|ORS f flh,. 22,'uG HIGH:
INTENT ON buv.." reg
PLUM HUNTERS ARE NOT FAR
ING VERY WELL AT NATION
AL CAPITAL JUST NOW.
CABINET TROUBLES GROWING
No End of 81 500 Year Men Seeking
$4,000 Berths, but $4,000 Men Shy
At Underpaid Jobs. Politicians Also
Feared. Many Applicants.

WASHINGTON, D. CT am
looking for $4,000 year man for a
$4,000 a year position, and so far l
have not been successful in my
search"
This trite statement by Postmaster
General Will Hayes reveals in few
words the troubles President Harding
is encountering in giving the country
the business-like administration he
promised in his prediction utterances.
There is no dearth of job hunters III
Washington. There is an abundance OF
politicians and politicians friends. But
they are worth about 1900 or S1,5O0
a year and their idea OF service to the
nation is to pull all the wire within
reach to obtain a $4,000 job. There is
discouraging lack of $4,000 or $l2,-
900 a year men willing to work for
about half that sum, and this is the
real reason why the new administra-
ton is proceeding so cautiously and
slowly in filling the important posi-
tions thrown on the pie counter" on
the fourth of March.
Salaries Please Only Politicians.
Applicants by the tens of thousands
are literally swapping President Hard
ing and his cabinet, yet these oftlc1als,
automatically holding off the JOB
hunters rush, are combing the nation
for really capable men for the big Jobs,
and finding the most discouragng IN
difference among men OF real ability.
Inadequate federal salaries and the
high cost of living in Washington are
the principal stumbling blocks. Pay in
private industry increased more than
Us per cent during the last few years,
but the government figures remain the
same. Living increased more than lOO
per cent, but this made no difference
to the government. The result is that
men worth while cannot afford to
make the sacrifice necessary to become
servants of the United States.
The problem of procuring adequate
and capable government help does not
end with low salaries for big men.
Once this obstruction has been clear
ed another rises Immediately. 1t is
the ogre of politics.
Senators must be consulted. In most
instances they are far more concerned
as to a mans political past than his
capacity for efficient public service.
They want such places for their
friends and supporters. Proper reward
for faithful henchmen means more, To-
cally, than better administration OF
federal bureau. 1t is the rule Of all par
ties. Appointments may be blocked by
senatorial threats to oppose confrma-
ton. Cabinet officers find their hands
tied.
In the matter of adequate compensa-
ton some officials of the new admin
istration have drawn upon private in
comes in order to make it possible tor
desirable men to live properly in
Washington. A story is told OF one
member of the cabinet giving 10000
of his own salary to obtain man for
certain place. The position paid S.
900, but the man who was sought
could not afford to leave his place and
come to Washington for that salary,
so the cabinet officer split his own
salary.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-12
Big WADS OF CASH
TAKEN FROM SUCKERS
400 VARIETIES OF STOCK SOLD
BY SWINDLER. NEARLY
1000 ARE VICTIMS.

CHICAGO, Ill-An alleged bogus
stock selling concern which had secur-
ed more than 100000 from 300 per
sons is said TO have been disclosed to-
day by the issuance of federal war
rant charging misuse of the mails by
Arthur Barry, for whom federal au-
thorities are seeking.
Four hundred kinds OF stocks were
offered for sale, federal Investigators
said to persons on sucker list" ex-
tending from Massachusetts, to Den
yer and from Maine to Georgia, and
records of the company organized by
Barry are said to have shown branch
offices at times in Pittsburg, St. Louis
and Denver The Globe Securities In
vestment company, the Motor Express
company and the Chicago, Peoria and
Quincy Traction company are some OF
the concerns in which Barry is said
to have sold stock, according to in
vestigations OF postal authorities.
Jacob Goldman, appointed receiver
for the Motor Express company, said
that letters sent out by the company
made such attractive offers that checks
for investment in the company are still
coming in.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-12
NORTHWEST FARMERS
RECEIVE ASSISTANCE
TWO MILLION LOAN AUTHOR
lied BY CONGRESS IS BE-
ING DISTRIBUTED.

FARGO, N. Dakota.-Prompt re-
suits in distributing the $2,00O,0OO ap-
propriated by congress for loans to
farmers in drought stricken areas in
the northwest with which to buy seed
and grain was reported to the agrlcul-
tural department today by its repre-
sentatives in charge OF the work at
Fargo, n d. The first application was
approved and loan made within one
week after the Fargo Office was open
ed
Reports of agriculture department
representatives on the ground indicate
that the sum authorized will not be-
gin to meet the demands, but the de-
partment is holding the loans to the
needy districts for which the appro-
priation was intended.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-12
FARMERS TARIFF
BILL WILL BE RUSHED
CONGRESS WILL FAVOR MEAS
URE VETOED BY WILSON.
HARDING APPROVES 1T.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The Ford
new emergency tariff bill, precisely as
vetoed by former President Wilson,
will be rushed through congress as
the first important legislation OF the
extra session, scheduled to begin on
April 18th. Acceding to the request OF
President Harding for passage OF a
measure designed to help the farmers
who seek protection against foreign
competition, republican members OF
the house ways and means committee
turned about and voted to revive the
Fordney bill after previously agreeing
not to consider any emergency leeg1sla,,
ton ahead of a permanent tariff and
revenue revision.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-12
HOG ISLANDS $4,000
FOUND: Is CENTS OF
THE SUM Is MISSING

PHILADELPHIA, Penn.-The
$4,000 which disappeared from
safe at Hog Island on March %
was found today hidden in recep-.
tacle for waste paper, in hallway
of an office building at the plant.
1t was said that only Is cents was
missing.
Shipping board secret service
men declared the money must have
been placed there during the night.
The sum was to have been used to
pay off the few remaining shipping
board employees at Hog Island.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-12
MILLER DENOUNCES
TESTIMONY OF MAYS
ATTORNEY DECLARES THAT
HUGHES is SHREWDEST WIT
NESS HE EVER HEARD.

MACON. Ga-Wallace Miller, at
torney for some of the defendants, de-
nounced R. H. Mays, superintendent
of the American Railway Express
company, and other witnesses for the
government in federal court here to-
day in the trial OF forty-iive men &C
cused OF conspiracy to rob the COM
pany of more than $l,00O,000 worth
of shipments. He declared Mays &C
tons were "damnab1e" and his testi-
mony 'lies."
Miller declared in his address 10 the
Jury that the express company hoped
by verdict of guilty to lay the basis
for another raid on the United States
treasury which would fritter away
your income tax.
The expense of this trial will be a
mere bagatelle," he charged, com
pared with the sum that the American
Railway Express company will not
only demand but will collect from the
government if you gentlemen should
return a verdict OF guilty"
Miller said that w. A. Hughes was
the shrewdest and smartest witness
he had ever heard on the witness
stand. He declared Hughes knew the
Importance of lie with the truth in it
and just put enough truth i'll his testi-
mony to color his whole story.
After Miller spoke, occupying most
of the afternoon, David Parker, spe-
cial assistant district attorney appoint
ed by the court for this case, denounc-
oJ +ba dafarca o++Oruev'c re,1,arl-c and
pleaded for conviction of the forty-five
accused men.
He described Miller's argument as
the last grasp OF Respondent, dying
man at the proverbial straw"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-12
Nevada to Gas Criminals While
Theu Sleep, Under NeU Statute

CARSON CITY NevadaA bill providing for the use OF etha gas
in executing death penalty Nebraska was ssheu mere S ~
Governor Boyes. ..,+,t ,,,n;I,,,en+ the
5ero condemned had the choice between hanging and
This be not than
49, han DAVIS the date of the Judgment
intended that II an
of and equipped with valves TO d
when the condemned man Dc eep
closed and others admitting etnal gas De open
i; hs;no taken without the prisoner awakening
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-12
PER CAPITA WEALTH GAINS
THIRTY CENTS IN A YEAR

You should have had 80 cents more
on April l, 1921, than you had on
April 1, 1920, according to the United
States treasury, which announces that
the per capita wealth of the United
States on April was $1,000, as COM
pared with 5000 a year ago. The to-
tai money in circulation April l. 1921,
was S6,0o3, 100000, as compared with
$5,969, $4,000 a year ago.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-12
PRICES WILL INDUCE
THOJSt sNDS.

Another we'll known merchant IN
speaking of the event said: We are
planning, and | am sure others are
doing the same thing, to open the eyes
of the people with some OF the prices
we are going to offer. 1t is not ex-
pected to be a money-making propo--
sition. We do hope and expect, OF
course, to turn large part OF our
stocks into cash, and we will be salts
fed to do this at loss. The main
thing to be accomplished is to show
the people OF this section generally
that Dawson is a splendid place to
trade in, to get them in the habit OF
buying here"
One of the most encouraging teat-
ures of the whole plan is the get-to-
gether spirit which it has brought SO
spontaneously. Competing merchants
are working shoulder to shoulder Tor
the general success OF the movement,
and the members of the Chamber OF
Commerce, whether merchant, farm
er or professional man, are co-operat-
ing in every possible way to put the
event over the top.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-12

will be used and thousands of circulars
will be mailed and distributed through
out this and adjoining counties.
at will be a Sure-enough commune
ty SALE" said one of the leading mer-
chants of Dawson in speaking of his
plans, and those OF other firms with
whom he has conferred, The merchants
of the town are going into it whole
heartedly and they are going to make
real reductions in prices which will
make it worth while for visitors to
come many miles to take advantage OF
them. At the same time it will be
worth while for people to come to
Dawson if they don't buy cents
worth to enjoy the attractive amuse,
ment program that will be prepared
for them. We will be glad to have
them all and to show them that we are
glad"
Evening star., 1921-08-20

Home owners in Canada spent $50.
337.919 on new construction during
the year 1919. according to q repor
just issued by the Canadian burea,
Of information.
Evening star., 1921-08-20
CAPITAL AVAILABLE
TO BUILD HOUSES
S. w. Straus Company De.
cIares Cash Ready for
Proper Securities.

Capital for the housing situation is
available where right and proper
safeguards for the protection of the
lender is provided" it is declared by
the S. w. Straus Company, New York
bankers.
Fundamental conditions are sound. :"
operations have proceeded with con-
siderable activity during the current
year, in the face of generally de-
| pressed business conditions, these
operations have not been of sufficient
magnitude to alter the housing situ-
| very heavily underbuilt. There must
be abnormal activity in the building
trades for some time to come. not only
to make up the present housing de-
| felt, but also to keep pace with the
| increased demand for buildings of all
influence felt as general business
conditions pick up.
Firmer Tone Developing.
"A flrmer tone is developing in
| prices for building materials, ac-
| companying somewhat increased
| demand for these commodities, and
In many departments of the indus
try opinion Is expressed that prices
will not sag below present levels,
excepting, OF course, the usual rou-
tine fluctuations.
| "A larger proportion of new build
Ing money is being invested in struc-
lures of purely residential charac-
ter, due primarily to the shortage Of
| houses and. secondarily. to various
vigorous efforts that have been made
| to improve the situation. This has
| meant the erection of many multi
family types of structures. as well as
, small fiat buildings and detached
residences. The heavy diversion of
both capital and labor along these
! lines has impeded the development
of Office buildings. Industrial plants
and similar types. and. while this
slowing up does not greatly affect
| the situation at this time. it will be
reflected In Salcensiderable shortage
in these .classes~ of buildings when
the general business situation shall
nave returned to normal"
Evening star., 1921-08-20
PLANS APPROVED
FOR .TW0PRi0JECTS
$3.50, 900 Office Building and
$4,000 Apartment House
to Be Erected.

Plans filed with the District build.
ing inspector for the erection of a
$4,000 apartment house and . $780,.
600 office building were approved
this week.
The apartment structure will be
built by L. q, White. at $500 Connec-
building win go up at $40 lsth street
northwest. The Albemarle Invest
ment Company took out the building
permit.
other construction projects dis.
closed follow:
ing, 1914 Fulton street: cost. $500.
w. T. Mallory, to repair 1920 Con-
necticut avenue; cost, $1,000.
8. J. Stewart. to repair 62s-ss1 9TH
street northeast; cost, $1,000. ,...
Clifford Pinchet. to repair 1915
! w. 8. Breniser. to build 1901 Bu-
! chanan street; cost. $4,000.
J. ]. Cassidy, to erect garage c3ot
Tracy place; cost, $4,000. ...
Overlook Development Company
Inc, to build house 1900 w street
l. C. Trumbo, to repair 136a II
street northeast: cost. S1.48o.
Overlook Development Company
Inc. to erect house 2210 30th stree,
southeast: cost, 1880.
c. w. King. to build 46e0-46o2 13tf
street; cost. $4,000.
c. W. King. to build 1sol-1sos ALI.
SON street: cost, $4,000.
A. A. Barrett. to erect garaRe real
1913 Belmont road: cost. t1.055.
P. Shapiro. to repair 203-2e6 20
street southeast: cost. $4,000.
c. w. Halter. to repair 719 Michigan
avenue northeast; cost. ~, 500.
G. r. Carlisle. to erect garage AT
437h Proather court; cost, $500.
V. R. Loving. to build house SILL
Sherrier place; cost, $4,000.
T. l.. Jefford. to repair 3400 It'll
street; cost, $4,000.
t. L. Jefford. to erect garage real
$500 18th street: cost, $1,000.
E. A. Avery. to build 1434 Madison
street: cost, $4,000.
C. Smoot, to build dwelling 24oI
Irving street northeast; cost. $4,000
l.. r. Schafer. to build DWELLING
2915 Brandywine street; cost $1,000
Ingram & Beach. to build house
s15 33d street southeast; cost, $3.50
Evening star., 1921-08-20
Emphasizes Home ownership.

John L. Weaver. Of this city, past
president Of the National Association
Of Real Estate Boards, emphasized
the Importance Of home ownership in
an address recently at the annual
convention Of the association, as fol-
lows:
I'VE submit that imbedded in the
heart Of every family there is the de-
sire for home. Our national gov
ernment, this association and other
associations have given great thought
to the own-your-own-hom campaign.
TT strikes at the vitals Of our
national life. 1t stimulates our relig-
ious thought, it represents q better
government. it fathers and mothers
more children. We must not be al.
lowed to drift into a tenant nation.
Our example is England, with a civil
lisation over 500 years old. She has
failed as a nation Of tenancy. un-
derstand in England that there are
only three people out Of every thou
sand that own their own homes
Her efforts to subsidize landlords
and tenants have put her to confusion.
It Is clearly our duty to foster the
ownership Of one and two family
dwellings, with some land around
them, and II we do not. within a few
senerations the purely American family
Will be extinct"
Evening star., 1921-08-20
BUILDING DECLINES.
FROM JUNE FIGURE
--
18 Per Cent Decrease in Con-
tracts Shown During
July.

July building contracts in the build
Ing construction market covering the
District of Columbia, Maryland and Vir-
ginia amounted to s26.s42.O0o, a de-
crease Of IS per cent from the June fig
ure. according to statistics prepared by
the F. W. Dodge Company.
. Per Cent for Public Works.
The July total was divided as follows:
$7,362.00o. or % per cent, for public
works and utilities: $7.170.00o. or 27 per
cent. for residential buildings: 81, 356. 900.
or II per cent, for business buildings
and $2,570.oOo. or 10 per cent, for edu-
ca tional buildings.
From January 1 to August 1, 1921, the
total value Of contracts let in this dis
trict amounted to S1S6.675.000. which Is
practically equal to the average for the
years. it is pointed out
During July. 1921. contemplated new
work in this district was reported to the
amount of $3S. .765. 900. bringing the total
amount Of contemplated work reported
stnee s.s eoa the first Of Jan1ary up to s4ss.o
volume Of contracts awarded in the same
period.
Greater Than Last Year.
Construction activity in July in the
country at large was I per cent less than
In June, although 1t was 4 per cent
greater than in July. 1890. figures show.
Contracts awarded during July in the
country amounted to 32l2.4s 900.
Although the increases in building op-
erations which were expected to develop
IN the summer months have not materi-
allied, construction activity has held up
very well in comparison with other lines
nv annlo
During the first ten days Of July the
volume of building contracts was very
low. while the last three weeks showed
total figures of considerable magnitude
centers have been protracted and set
Elements have been delayed. Conf
depee. in the stability Of construction
costs has not yet been Eeneta1ly es-
|tabalshed, although it is the opinion
tof "a number Of reliable authorities
prises may be undertaken now under
as favorable conditions as are likely
Ito prevail at any time in the near
The total volume of building con-
tracts let in the territory covered by
s.I Tie Dodge ents Company ts; during the first
amounted to $1.27s,747. 900. which is
10 per cent greater than the aver
lage figure for the first seven months
Of the preceding Ave years.
Residential Building Leads.
Residential building continued in
the lead over all other classes in July,
amounting to ssO,452.oO0, or 20 per
cent Of the total. Public works and
utilities amounted to $46.902. 900. or
~ per cent of the total; business
buildings. to $33.240.00o. or 1S per
cent; educational buildings. to $2S.-
602, 900, or 13 per cent. and Industrial
buildings. to s1s.684.000, or on per
cent -
from January / to August 1. 1894, has
amounted to $2,838. 900, 900, more than
double the volume of contracts award
cd In the same period.
Evening star., 1921-08-20
K Street OFFICE +.
BUILDING PLANNED

Erection Of an e1sven-story efhoe
building adjoining the Depsrtuaent ot
Justice. on X street northwest, b con-.
templated, It IL undefbtood. >, Boss ~
Phelps. local realtors. have recently
purchased the two buildings, 1416 and
1417 K street, On which sits It = ex-
pected the new structure Will b
reared.
1t is said that while no definite
plans have been decided on to. date.
the two buildings will be faEed next
spring and the new Office building
started. according to tentative ar
'rangements. -a-~es-
Property Cost 100000.
The K street property was acquired
by Boss & Phelps for approximately
100000. 1t is learned. One OF the tn
other four stories. Each has q front
age on K street of forty eight feet
and depth Of one hundred and thirty
five feet to q twenty foot public 81.
ley. The buildings are OF residential
character.
Mcager details only Of the proposed
office building were available this
week, but 1t is understood that the
new structure will be Of f1reproof con-
struction throughout, with sufficient
Office space to relieve considerably the
shortage Of this class Of business
structure in the downtown section.
Passing Of Residences.
Announcement Of plans for the prof.
ect disclose the most forward step In
the transformation Of formerly ex-
clusively residential K street into a
business thoroughfare. zeal estate
men point out A few Years ago I
would have been virtually impossible
to find a building with a commercial
aspect on X street, between 14th
street and Connecticut avenue. Grad
ually, however, residences have given
way to office buildings. and 1t is pre-
dicted by real estate men that before
another decade this street will b
lined with tall structures, housing
financial Institutions. realty offices
brokerage concerns, etc.
Evening star., 1921-08-20
$4,000

Nice Groom house in $500
block of 9th St. NV, with bath,
instantaneous hot-water heater,
screens, shades and some fur
niture-all for the above price.
Evening star., 1921-08-20
ESTATE SUPERVISOR.
President Signs Order Creating
New Federal Office,

An executive order creating a fed
eral supervisor of real estate, in
charge of all government real estate
transactions outside OF the District
President Harding. The new official
will be named by the Secretary of the
Treasury and work toward the CO.
ordination of government activities as
proposed by Director Dawes of the
budget bureau. The Office was de-
signed. it was explained. to effect
economy in the purchase or lease of
government buildings throughout the
country. All transactions above $500
are to be under the supervisor.
Annual meeting Of the West vir-
gfnia Real Estate Association was
held this week at Huntington, w. Va.
Evening star., 1921-08-20
Dupont Circle

For a school, fraternity or
high-cfass boarding house this
house can't be excelled. About
IA rooms, 4 baths, new hot
water heating plant, etc, hard
wood floors, etc, and a fine
yard. This is we'll located, also,
and altogether a wonderful op-
portunity for any one wanting
a large, bright, comfortable
house.
Price is $27,50O
with extra lot. Make offer.
Come in and let us see what
we can do for you.
Saul's Addition
A very nice Groom detached
house, we'll built and finished
with parquette floors, etc. Also
garage.
$4,000, Open to an Offer
Evening star., 1921-08-20
IMPORTANT NOTICE
An Important Event

in your married life
will be the day when you
come to Our Office and
take title to that house
you have set your long,
ing eyes on all these
months. Use our. excel
lent facilities to help you
find just the right home
for the future.
Evening star., 1921-08-20
FOUR NEW HOMES SOLD.

Four new homes at the corner of
Warder and Quebec streets northwest,
ereSted by 9. U. Small. have been
SOLO by Mckeever e Goss. The homes
are twenty-seven feet wide ana con-
tain eight rooms and bath, with built
In &arages.
Evening star., 1921-08-20
APARTMENT HOUSE SOLD,
Building at 1869 Mintwood Place
Held for 47o,oOo.

The four-story apartment building at
1869 Mlntwood place was sold this week
through Allan E. Walker & Co.. Inc, III
conjunction with Harry wardnah's Of.
mons was the owner. The building con
tains eight apartments Of five to eight
rooms, bringing a"totaf annual rental re-
turn Of $4,000, The property was held
for $4,000 r-r
Evening star., 1921-08-20
Mount Pleasant
Near 18th and Park Road
Price. Sl2.IS0

One of the prettiest new
homes in Mount Pleasant. 6
:. fine rooms and 2 baths. hot
water heat. electric light, hard
wood floors; built-in garage;
maids room in basement. Metal
weather stripped throughout.
Large glassed-in sleeping porch.
This is a nice house.