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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-08
ANOTHER CHAPTER
IN UTILITY BOARD.
SECRETARY FIGHT.
]. P. Hanks Seeks Mandamus
to Force Payment of His
Salary as Whites
Successor
Confined from Page one,

secretary and Governor Kilby has NOT
approved a greater salary and the
statute limits the amount to 5000 a
month without the approval of the
governor
In his petition Mr.. Hanks asked the
circuit court of Montgomery county
to issue a writ of mandamus re-
curing the state auditor to issue the
warrant covering the amount.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
RIGHT OF BUILDER
DEMANDS CAUTION
Can't Force Removal If House
Is Partly On Another
Mans Land.

II does not necessarily follow
that because mans building
stands partly ON another man {
land the latter can insist upon the
removal Of the offending portion Of
the structure. II the house has
stood on the same site certain
number of years and the adjoining
owner failed to start proceedings
Tor the removal of the portion pro-
teCting over his land. owners in
mIny cases acquire title to hat
portion Of the adjacent lot upon
which the building stands.
Chicago publication recently
pointed out an interesting case.
The owner of d frontage of 200 feet
erected eight buildings. each If
which WAS intended to be on a
separate lot. but owing to the fact
that the owner thought that he
had only 1891. feet. all of the di-
vision walls were erected six inches
too far 10 thf west. The lots We're
sold separately to different persons
and as a result each acquired a
right 10 maintain his wall on the
land of his neighbor. The total de
structiun Of these buildings might
b..Vc abolished this easement hut
should tine block stand for twenty
years 1t Is quite possible that v
reason of adverse possession for rhe
period each lot would to all intents
be shifted six inches to the west.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
SEES HIGH BUILDING
MARK FOR CAPITAL
Construction Money Much
Easier to Obtain, Says
Zepp.

Guy S. Zepp. local representative
If the Lewis Manufacturing Com
pany. predicts that 1923 will estab-
ljsh a new high record for home
building.
Notwithstanding the reaction from
he discharge of thousands of war
workers. the present population of
he District is nearly so per cent
greater today than it was at the
beginning of the war. indicating
an enormous steady growth" said
Mr.. Zepp.
There is still a pronounced short
age OF homes and it is still neces-
sary 10 maintain a rent commission.
No. O.withstanding this commission
thousands of people in Washington
today are paying enough rent for a
three to five room apartment to
cover the cost of building an at.
ractive home.
"One more important reason why
mere will be many homes built this
-'Uming year i the fact that build.
.nS money is easier TO procure now
han at any time since the war,
making it possible for many people
10 build now; who have been unable
u nuild before on account of this
andicap." Mr.. Zepp declared.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
CITY may HAVE.
8 MILLIONS FOR
BUILDINGS HERE
Representative Langley Urges
Great Erection Program to
Hold Government Business
WANTS LABOR BUILDING
Would Locate Structures on
South Side Of Pennsylvania
Ave-, Near Fifteenth Street

Washington may have an appro
priation Of $s.00o.000 for a public
building program.
In series Of bills to be presented
to Congress by Representative John
w. Langley, chairman Of the House
Committee on Public Buildings. pro
vision is made for an elaborate
erection program to house Govern
ment business in Government
owned property.
The bills will be urged for the
erection of a permanent Depart
ment of Labor, a special building
for state documents to be known
as the Archives Building, and ia
provide new buildings for the Bo.
tanical Gardens.
Plans for the new buildings have
been. under consideration by com
mittee members for months and
tentative agreements have been
reached regarding their size and
location. Both the Labor Building
and the Archives Building would
be placed on property already
owned by the Government on the
south side of Pennsylvania ave
nue. between Fourteenth and ~Fff'
teenth streets northwest.
The buildings will be in keeping
with the finest type of architecture
In Government-constru build
ings, Representative Langley said
and will add another beautiful block
to Pennsylvania avenue.
1T is my opinion. and. / might
say, that OF the committee as we'll
that we must discontinue paying
enormous rents for buildings In
which to house Government de
partments. The most urgent need
at this time is for the Department
Of Labor" Langley said.
Speaking in behalf Of an Archives
Building, he declared that the need
for this building is one of the most
urgent now before the committee
While the need is not direct, he
pointed out, the present means ol
handling Government archives ad
mits Of loss through fire and theft
As a matter OF preserving histor
ical data and state papers II is
imperative that Congress take this
construC, i've step.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
T|VOL| THEATER
TO EMbODY ALL.
IMPROVEMENTS
crandaII's Motion Picture at
Fourteenth and Park Road
Expected to Aid Northwest
PRICE SET AT ss5o,ooo
Riggs Bank and TompkinsBIdg.
Mark New Era of Activity
for Uptown Section of D. c.

One of the most novel Innovations
In the construction of the Trivoli
motion picture theater. to be erect
ed at Fourteenth street and Park
road northwest, will be the location
and arrangement of the projection
booth.
This essential portion of the mo-
ton picture theater will be so con-
structed and so located as to be on
q direct line with the screen-thus
precluding the possibility of distor-
tion of the picture image-and COM
pletely visible to the public. The
projection room will have a fire
proof wired glass window opening
directly upon the meZzanine. thus
enabling the patrons of the house
to view every operation within the
booth and observe precisely what
mechanical processes are necessary
to project an entertainment upon
the ciiver sheet The interior of
the projection room will be of white
non-glaZed tile and the operators
will be uniformed in white coats.
The Tivoli will he the eighth
Washington thaaier ir the Crandall
chain and will be operated upon an
exalted plane of house conduct.
Special care will be exercised in
;he selection of attractions for this
house.
The Tivoli when completed. will
represent a total investment of ap-
proximately $3.50. 900. which will De
covered 10y the issuance of $500 900
Of guaranteed per cent cumulative
preferred stock and $25o.OOO of COM
mon stock
The construction of the theater
will be upon the 'antilever Svs'em
with tn steel s'rJ," u-n aui walls
entirely iudept nGNn zach = The
other. The dstailn% and fahrica-
tion of the steel : Il sH1y W II un-
der way. The property is at the
present time in lOSeh n she huild
ers' high jish. board nee and the
raZing of the present improvements
will be begun Immediately upon
the vacation o. the Sacred Heart
Church. following which the exca-
walton will ls made for the founda-
tiOn work.
y FuW Wf,er ia itr,,t Ju~ins 81
boom iS .OT' S"rn o. - ~U,: Of the
erection OF Cr:,ndall'S TivOli di~actly
across rOU. Hth S.T.ri = the
New Riggs bJnl. and Tho. pkins
buildings. The illumination AMI en-
livement of corner at present
dark will create new center of
activity in a rapidly expanding com
munity of dense population. II is
believed. in he E-ht of si"! ;ar de-
velOpmcntS in he lm>i. Lat The
stimulating eff,c; On upp q. Four
tsenth street business which the
opening -: tEaI >. IL
hav" will be quickly reflected in
materially increased proper values
in tn" vicinity OF TN imprOV emo mt.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
WOOdside Cts
To Hold Xmas
Kiddies' Party
Residents Preparing Novel
ChiIdren's Program for
tuesday.

Home owners Of Woodside Park
will give a Christmas tree entertain
ment at the Noyes Mansion next
Tuesday night, according to an an
nouncement made last night by the
Woodside Development Corporation.
Assisted by DIR. ]. Henning Nelms
and DIR. r. ID: Smith, the residents
Of that section expect several hun
dred children to attend the party.
The tree is thirty-two feet high and
decorated with hundreds of crystal
balls and electric lights. A special
program of entertainment has been
prepared.
The Woodside Development Cor.
poration has purchased several hun,
dred pounds of candy and novelties
for the children. Approximately 200
letters have been sent to the child.
rem of Woodside Park and Silver
Spring urging them to attend the af.
fair.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
BROKERS PROMISED
ROYAL Time At FLA.
Jacksonville Assembly te
Feature Variety of
Entertainment.

The social side of the mid-winter
meeting at Jacksonville, Fla, jan
uary II to 20, promises to be as
delightful as anything which has
occurred in connection with any
of-the activities of the National
Association of Real Estate Boards.
Reservations so far indicate that
in a large majority of cases the
officers of the association, and the
national committeeman. as well as
the other realtors who will attend
the meeting, will be accompanied
by their wives. The Jacksonville
hosts have planned an attractive
series of social events for their
guests. Trips about the city,
lunches and an informal dinner are
on the program in addition to a
popular form Of entertainment in
Florida. which will be a novelty to
many of the visitors-an. oyster
roast on the beach.
The six-day tour down around
the coast of the peninsula of Flor.
da, will be a prolonged progressive
party. All the usual inconvenience
OF travel will be eliminated and the
attention of the travellers will be
free to enjoy the beauties of the
coastal cities. BY careful planning
the schedule of the special train has
been so arranged that the travelling
will be done at night and the max
iinum amount Of sight seeing will
be made possible. Principal points
OF interest in Florida wifi be visited
including West Palm Beach. Miami,
st. Augustine, Tampa. Orlando, st.
Petersburg and Clearwater, and at
each the party will be the guests
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23

When a man decides to build his
own home and thereby deliver him.
self from the major and minor ills
that beset rent-paying he finds 1t
comparatively easy to decide what
type of house he wants, where II Is
to be located and what materials
are to be used in its construction.
But when II comes. to arranging
for the financing of the new home
there's the rub! Too little is
made Of this overwhelmingly impor-
tant side of the proposition; most
intending home-builders. when they
finally confront It, are totally unpre.
They haven't seen any textbooks on
the subject-although voluminous
textbooks might be ,written-and
only after going through the actual
process of financing a home do they
begin to realize the ins and outs OF
the business.
For the purpose of extending prac-
tical aid In this connection to the in
tending home-bu1ders who see this
page, it may be worth while to out
line the important steps in a $4,000
program. l. e., to show. as concisely
as possible, and with as close regard
for geographical price difference,
how a $4,000 home might be
financed and about what 1t would
cost to maintain:
The first step is, to select your
site. The second Is 10 develop your
plans to conform with
the site and the amount you are
willing to pay for the building
itself. viz, $4,000.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
TIRED HOUSEWIFE
IS POOR PLANNER
Performing Domestic Duties,
She Walks 7 Miles In
One Day.

The tired housewife who wanted
TO show just how much it meant TO
have nothing to do but housework'
wore a pedometer to count her steps
in house-cleaning. and found that,
besides all the bending and reaching
and twisting and stopping. she had
walked seven miles in one day.
The tired housewives first reform
was to do away with the general
cleaning day and clean one or two
rooms every day. Her second reform
was to collect her equipment and
keep it all in one place; not only the
brushes. brooms and dust-clothes,
but soap. cleansers. floor oils and
furniture finishers as well.
In the early part of the week she
works on the top floor: at the end
of the week she cleans downstairs
so that the living rooms, which are
used most on Sundays, may be spot.
less when the day comes around.
Instead of removing the lighter
furniture, rugs and bric-a-brac from
the room. as formerly. she disar.
raSSes the furniture as little as
possible. She places the chairs on
the bed or couch and covers them
with sheet. She puts china and
ornaments into drawer. She
leaves the rugs on the floor and
uses q vacuum cleaner.
III two closets are available, IL is
just as well to have an upstairs and
a downstairs cleaning closet for
equipment. 1t Is a great saving of
labor and involves little extrava.
gance, since, of course, every article
wears twice as long.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
Names Men to Serve
On Real Estate Group

q. " Chadbourn. of Minneapolis,
has chosen the following men to
serve with him on the ''realtor''
committee: Telfair stockton, of
Jacksonville; Thomas F Carson. of
Indianapolis: Ivan q. Ackley. of
Chicago. and Heaton Pennington, of
Clevela nd. The committee will
make a report consisting of some
constructive and concrete plans for
promoting and protecting the use
of the word 'realtor" before the
national committee at its mid-winter
meeting in Jacksonville. Fla. Janu.
ary Il and %.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
Financing, Of Homes
Proves Difficult For
Th0ughtless Firms

Supposing that the site (the land
itselfD costs $4,000. The home
builder then has a proposition In
volving q $4,000 capital sum In all.
His next step is TO secure q mort
gage loan on the property com
plete. CThat IL. this will be the
next step. unless the home-builder
can. and wishes to, pay the outright
cost in the beginning. As most do
not wish to proceed this way. pre-
ferring to maintain their cash re-
sources; +. 80 far as possible. undi.
minished. let US assume that our
home-builder Is one OF the majority
and prefers the mortgage routs.)
!. On newly constructed home,
costing $4,000, and a plot costing
$4,000, It should not be difficult to
secure s. per cent on first mort.
gage. Assuming the house and lot
were held to be worth their cost to
the builder 412,000). a total OF
$500 might then be obtained in
this way,
There would then remain $4,000
which the home-builder would have
to put up in cash. or else secure
lin ,parp Through q mortgage agree.
Hehe. AShiB dSSuHiuB tne uot =
gage route to be- preferred. 50 per
cent of this sum might be obtained
via assecond mortgage of $2,100.
Here It may be said that the in
tending home-builder need have no
qualms or shiverings regarding the
ways and means of securing this
mortgage money. In the great ma
jority of cases. the contractor will
attend to all the technical details
in this connection.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
N. J. REALTORS MEET.

New Jersey realtors met at At
lantic City recently for their an
nual convention.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
For Sale Posters Give
Way to RealtOr Title

For Sale" signs have been elm
mated by the realtors of Clear.
water, Fla.
BY mutual agreement all the
members of the board have taken
down all their signs and substituted
one or two signs of standard size
bearing the simple announcement,
Blank and Co., Realtors" These
signs have been placed on the prin.
clpie highway entrance to the city.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
Philadelphia Realtor
Board Has New Home

Laying the cornerstone of th,
new home of the Philadelphia Real
Estate Board was the occasion of
an impressive ceremony last week
Addresses were delivered by John
q: williams, president of the board
Mayor j. Hampton Moore, and
Frank Craven. the first president
OF the board. Many congratulatory
messages were received by the Phila.
delphia board.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-23
REALTY FIRM ACTIVE.

That real estate activities con-
tinue on an Unwar4 :renA is evi-
denced by the report Of Hedges and
Middleton. Inc. whose sales record
for last week reached the two hun
dred and twenty five thousand dol
lar mark. Seventeen dwellings and
one apartment iOuse building were
III bV that firm.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-14

|vsnainsa aslulms w1n not fazt wttn1
In any one year, meanwhile cur
rent assessments wfll be coming
In to augment the fund. No more
than ONE assessment Of one
twentieth Of 1 per cent has ever
been made In any one year, though
the lazy authorized five such as
easements to be made.
This detailed and accurate In
formation from the department IT.
self concerning the actual status
Of this fund h Of exceeding value,
alike to the banks and to the peo-
pie whose interests are vital and
altogether In common.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-14

back to the Koepke farm, a dis
tance Of almost so miles, by mid
night, and searchers then took up
the trail as described by the COLI
ored woman.
Another theory comes from an
unknown man who said he had
an instrument that led him over
a trail taken by the boy. He said
the machine told him that the boy
had been picked up by q motor
car. He followed the trail, which
according to his story, led him
toward town, to the East Sixth
street bridge, across the Smoky
Hill river. There, he said, the
machine told him that the boy
was thrown from the car into the
river
Fort Riley troops are working
on the matter and have secured
the country In vain search.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-14

state road fund, we would have,
at the present rate, 100000 a
year.
"The average tax rate over the
state Is about 2 per cent. Based on
the 1920 valuation Of cars, the
average personal property tax is
about $6.78. BY a constitutional
amendment the entire tax could
be placed on q license basis.
"This would create a fund of
500, $4,000 In twenty years
which could be turned to the con-
struction Of the state highway
system. 1t does not take into ac-
count the federal aid, which would
approximate 40 per cent Of the
entire cost Of the system.
ITO provide for the mainten-
ance of such system, q gasoline
tax could be assessed. Other states
have adopted this policy and
found it successful"
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-14
ROAD HELP
IS NEEDED
What Federal Aid De-
mands of State

At the meeting Of county COM
missiOners at Topeka the state
road condition was discussed:
"Fortunately congress was very
specific when II passed the federal
aid legislation declared B. E
James, chief engineer for the
United States bureau Of public
roads. ''It decreed that federal
aid cooperation should be only
through state highway depart
ments and laid out, in considerable
detail, the duties Of this highway
department. { =
This highway department
must be equipped to furnish plans
specifications and estimates Of
work to be done; IL must have
authority to supervise the work
Of construction and the work Of
maintenance.
Roads built with the help Of
federal aid must be maintained In
definitely. The state and it's sub
divisions must maintain the road.
The new law provides that the
funds to match federal aid must
be state funds. After November
o, 1928, when this provision goes
into effect, state funds. not coun-
ty or improvement district funds,
must be used to match the federal
appropriation. -ss. sE qr
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-14
Obltusry--Mr.. Amanda neer

Obttuary--mr1s Anhenoe fieeS
Mrs. Amanda Noel iHeer was
born May 23, 1888 near Shippens-
burg, Franklin county, Pa, and
departed this life at the state hos
bitaI, Topeka, Dec. Z, 1922, aged
80 years.. 8 months and Is days.
She ives converted and accepted
into church Fellowship Of the
Brethren in Christ while In her
youth. In the year Of 1905 she
was united In marriage TO- Philip
Heer Of Green, Clay county, Kan.
To this union were born 4 sons
and / daughter. She leaves to
mourn her husband and their i've
children, Emerson, Sylvan, Ivan,
Mildred and Everett, also moth
er, two brothers and four sisters.
The mother and sister Jennie re-
side in Abilene, Abram, Ira and
Mrs. Carl Derrick reside in north
Dickinson, Phoebe and Anna are
now in Upland, Cal. The father
and one brother, Jesse previously
departed this life. She was ap-
parently in good health until
Thursday morning when suddenly
she became very i'll after which
she lived only a few minutes.
Funeral services were held from
her mothers home, 1113 N. Olive
Sunday afternoon at 1880 and
from Brethren In Christ church
at 2 o'clock, Rev. G. q. Whistler
officiating, with Rev. M. G. Engle
assisting. Interment in Bethel
cemetery.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-14

II Kansas should In any way
fail to provide funds to cooperate
with the federal government
within five years, it would cease
to obtain federal aid.
"One Of the faults of the origin
al bill was that the aid was so
widely distributed over the state.
As result congress limited the
applicable of all future appro-
priations to a system which
should not exceed Z per cent Of
the total mileage Of the state.
This per cent system must be
interstate and inter-county; must
correlate and connect. In states
such as Kansas and Nebraska the
mileage is sufficient to connect
every county seat. In general
there will be a system Of federal
aid roads, interstate, which will
be connected all the way across
the state. 1
n. w. Watson, state highway
engineer, followed James on the
program and outlined q Progress
sive Road Policy for Kansas.
"The state highway commits
sion," Watson said, shas adopted
a system OF highways for federal
aid I'm Kansas comprising 6,576
miles This system reaches with
in i've miles of 81 per cent Of the
population and undoubtedly would
carry So per cent Of the traffic
tonnage Of the state.
"Such systems have proved sue
cessful In states where they have
been adopted. These roads would
become state roads and no local
funds would be expended.
''Such a system could be adopt
ed in Kansas and paid for by mo-
tor license fees without a cent Of
direct taxation. II all the auto
license funds were deposited in q
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-14
Cedar Poles from Pacific Coast
Direct to United Telephone Lines

est part Of the timber to the open
yards.
For the telephone business is
the leader, the pathfinder. In
order. to make q community ad-
vance, it is our duty to do the ad-
vancing.
1t is a peculiar thing to know
that the smaller poles that are
often used do not come from the
tops of the trees that are useda for
making the big poles; rather they
are actually the smaller trees,
while the tops Of the large cedars
go to waste. Or perhaps these
tops are hauled to farm houses,
towns, and even the bigger cities,
where they are used for furnaces,
rather than telephone business.
oh well, we, will admit that there
are few other needs besides the
telephone-but very few.
Who Wants to Go?
On the next trip to Washing
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-14

from big concerns that can easily
cut thousands Of poles day, but
more often they are purchased
from farmers who own no more
land than do our own Kansans
ef the col. s.s gas
Only the trees of sufficient size
Tor poles are cut, leaving tne
others to grow until they have
reached the stage. for the teie-
phone business. The cut cedars
are trimmed and skinned and
then hauled direct to the await
L cars that hook to the engines
bound for Kansas.
A large amount Of the cutting
a done In the winter time when
the sleek and steaming horses
nun the big timber over the sur
fxce ike .sleds on the Ice The
larger companies have individual
tracks that penetrate into the for
ests and carry eight to ten cars
az Ioes at a time from the deep
Abilene weekly reflector., 1922-12-14

Direct from the forests OF
Washington, Idaho, and Montana
to the construction gangs Of the
United Telephone Company! That
iss the story of the pOles-nO mid
dealers, no extra profits by mid
dIemen, no time lost in shipment,
consequent lower cost to our
company and to our subscribers!
@. L. Brown and v. r. Prather
recently made trip to the North
ern woods to purchase poles for
the United and Consolidated, and
when they returned, their story
was one Of thrills. Of economy for
the company, and Of true inter-
est. Every employee is concerned
In this, trip.
Direct From Forests.
For two years the poles Tor
building and promotion have been
coming direct from the forests to
the construction gangs; some
times these poles are purchased