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And rhey Talk Of city GoIdbricis..

A farmer has just been compelled to
return city property which he had OBJ
tanned in exchange for his farm land as
a result of an interesting decision
handed down by an Illinois court. The
owner OF the city property alleged that
he had been deceived by the farmer. and
the court upheld his contention that the
bargain should be declared void.
1t was brought out at the trial that
part of the farm was marshy and there
fore OF little use unless drained. The
city man declared he was assured that
the farm was of good. rich garden land.
on which anything could be grown, and
that he was shown only the better part
OF the property. The farmers conten-
tlon was that since the city man had
visited the land and had had ample
opportunity to ascertain the real facts
he should be held to the bargain.
The court held. however. that this
tres not the law and that when one
y.vrty makes a statement as fact which
Es knows. to be false he cannot charge
f.se other party with negligence because
ba believed the statement to be true.
The testimony indicated that even our
s>@ise" city residents are as much like
Srubes" In the country as farmers arc
nsprsosed to be In the city.
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@ @ sv

This establishment, known as the West
chester-Biltmore Country Club was
opened on May 25 by John NICE. Bow
man, head of the Bowman chain of hotels.
Recently word came down from Mount
Vernon of the sale of The Knoils, on
Chester Hill, the country home of the
late James A. Bailey. the circus man, to
group of interests which contemplate
the promotion of a scheme along lines
similar to those followed in the case of
the Westchester- -Biltmore project. The
original owner of the estate was best
known as the partner of r. T. Barnum
in Barnum & Baileys Circus. If the
plan of the syndicate is carried out the
elaborate home which he built ,or him.
self will have its place in the group of
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OFFERS
404 JAMAICA LOTS

A tract of 4o4 lots on Sutphen Bouie.
ward (Rockaway road. in the heart of
the rapidly growing section OF Jamaica,
will be sold at auction on Friday and
Saturday. June and 10. by T. r.
Archer, auctioneer. of jamaica The
properties are within easy reach of the
main station of the Long Island Rail-
road and they have city improvements.
Surface cars run past the sections to
be sold.
subject to city coming restrictions.
Buildings have been erected on all sides
of the tract to be sold and buyers of
these lots II they improve them with
residences before the end of the year
will derive the benefits Of tax exemp-
tion.
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bers. each Of whom must purchase ten
shares of stock to be eligible. The charge
for the first one hundred members will
be $1,000 each, for the second hundred
$3.50 each. for the third hundred $500
each and for the last fifty $4,000 each.
A plan of financing has 'een adopted
which, 1t is expected. will. place the club
on a solid financial basis.
Under the leadership of Nelson Macy
the club hopes to provide for expansion
into all fields of country club sport, so
that in its completed stage IL will be
in a similar class with organizations
such as the Piping Rock Club of Long
Island. The first task undertaken will
be the construction of a fine eighteen
hole golf course. Preparatory to this
The New York herald., 1922-06-04
Rivers Change Property Lines.

Supplementing a paragraph published
tn this column recently. calling atten-
tion to the strange division OF property
by State and county lines. reader de-
ciares: Perhaps the most curious loca-
tional changes occur along the Missis-
sippi River, where, as a result of ex-
traordinary rises in the river, and the
consequent overflows, county lines and
even State lines change. 1t is matter
OF frequent occurrence for a resident of
one county in Arkansas. Mississippi or
Louisiana to find himself resident Of
another county, or even of another
State, after a great overflow and change
in the main current of the river, the
river itself often forming the boundary
line between these States.
when the river reaches It's highest
level. sometimes fifty feet above normal.
dts flood volume reaches 100000 yards
q. second, and as II rushes onward 1t
either makes islands or destroys them"
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CITY BUILDING FIGURES
DECLINED DURING MAY

Total construction contracts awarded
in the five boroughs of New York city
during May amounted to $51. $50. 300. ac-
cording to the +. w. Dodge Company.
This was an increase OF 81 per cent.
over the figure for May. 1921. although
1t represented a decline of IS per cent.
from the very high figure of April, 1s22.
For several months contract letting
in New York city has been going ahead
at such a rapid pace that a reaction
has been expected. In the building re-
,vival New York has been practically a
year in advance of the rest of the
country.
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AN IDEAL PLACE
FOR REST AND
REERESHMENT WHILE
WATCHING NePLANiNG
ON THE EiGHTEENTH
GREEN

much interest the Gustav schwab prop
erty and the property adjoining 1t.
am very enthusiastic about this tract
for golf purposes. 1t is really an ex-
ceptional tract for such usage. The
ground Is undulating and works UP by
easy stages from both directions to table
land where the fine country house OF
Mr.. Schwab is situated. Here you get
a wonderful view and in so central To-
cation that 1t will be very easy to get
the ninth hole back to this point. There
are great possibilities for golf all over the
Schwab land. I find very little rock
and scarcely any trees to remove. With
proper study to get the greens in ex-
actly the right places an eighteen hole
course of championship caliber can be
laid out at reasonable cost"
But this is not the only respect In
which the Schwab property proved it's
ideal adaptability to country club uses.
The stately mansion. completed only
a year ago.ehas all the charm of the
early American architecture with all
the up to date features that modern
structural genius Is able to devise. 1t
Is SO well laid out that but very little
change will be necessary to make It
as comfortable and homelike club
house as the country boasts. There are
outbuildings on the property which can
be used for caddy houses and other
necessary purposes. The sale of the
estate and the contiguous tract was
arranged by the Greenwich office of
the George Howe real estate organization.
Thus while outdoor sport continuesl ito
consume the big estate the latter be-
comes less and less necessary. For
who but the nulti-millionaire who must
devise ways in which to get rid of some
of the surplus cash that clogs the en-
trance TO his safe would ever under
take the expense of maintaining a vast
country property when he can get most
OF the major advantages of the big
estate In the country club not far from
his home?
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master bedrooms, two or three SER
wants rooms, with an equal number of
bathrooms, and a two car garage"
But even that does not tell the whole
story for 1t leaves out of the narrative
the important part played by outdoor
sport As the Americans love Of games
played In the open grows apace and the
popularity of the big eoxhtry estate
wanes what more raturaYthan that the
former should help to Absorb the latter?
Many of these country places with their
commodious old bruises and their pictur-
esque expanse/of ground make ideal
country clubSand those who control the
destinies oEthe latter organizations have
not beep>slow In realizing the opportuni-
ties hat abound in the rural districts
outside Of New York CITY, especially In
Westchester and Connecticut. A we'll
known writer on golf sensed this trend
when he stopped a real estate editor on
Park Row recently and observed:
Well I see all your real estate Is
being turned into golf courses"
Hyperbole? or course. But the face
tious sporting writer had the evidence
or his eyes that the Unsuitable god of
sport was gobbling up famous country
places as fast as his godlike digestion
would permit. The records of the past
few years have detailed the conversion
Va many line properties INTO BOlr courses
and country clubs. In addition to nurner-
Gus sales Of vast undeveloped tracts for
the same purpose. These transactions
reached their climax in the purchase of
Idle Hour, the extensive country estate
of the late William X. Vanderbilt a.
Oakdale, Nassau county, to a syndicate
of prominent New York men who intend
to use 1t for an elaborate country club.
fully equipped for all year round sports.
The deal was negotiated by Col. Frank
Elbridge Webb and one of the leading
members of the club which took over the
property is Harold S. Vanderbilt, who
inherited the estate under the terms of
the elder w. X. vanderbilt's will. The
estate will need but few changes to fit
1t for its new life. 1t comprises 500
acres and Is fitted up with glass en-
closed tennis courts, miles of bride
paths and facilities for fishing, hunting,
yachting, golf and winter sports.
Another project of somewhat similar
nature. but even more unusual, in its
way, was the erection of large country
club and suburban hotel combined on
the old Hobart Park estate between Rye
and Harrison, in Westchester :ounty.
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100 per cent. gain on the average cost
to him.
Another interesting sidelight on the
conservatism of the old John Jacob
Astor was the will, 1sis bequeathing
this strip of land to his three grand
sons. John Jacob. Henry and William
B.--parties of the second part-to be
divided one-half to John Jacob, an one
fourth TO each of the other two; and
to William B. Astor. their father-party
OF the third part-with this instruction:
that '1f at any time during his life, Il
ne shall consider either OF his sons un-
worthy the enjoyment OF the lands con-
veyed, 70 convey the share or shares
of such son or sons to the other or
others OF them by deed" But the
boys ail proved worthy" and In 1ss7-ee
the property was duly partitioned and
the trusteeshlp dissolved.
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buildings designed for the combination
club and hotel. The ambitious scheme
calls also for the erectiop of a twelve
story, five hundred room main structure
and the ultimate expenditure . about
$4,000 900.
The latest hostage cl1imed by the
monarch of the mashie Is rhe sixty-eight
acre estate of Gustav Schw:,b. one of the
finest in the hills Of Greenwich, Conn.
This property, with it's stately Colonial
mansion, was purchased last Wednesday
by the Dingletown Country Club, which
has also bought seventy acres adjoining
The club is newly organized and perpet-
yates in its name one of the oldest resi-
tential neighborhoods in the exclusive
Connecticut town. Its limi- is $50 MEM
The New York herald., 1922-06-04

At this time the "Astor" tract COM
prised seventy acres, and may be
roughly defined now as extending from
Broadway a little below Forty-third
street and a little above Forty-fifth
street diagonally across Eighth, Ninth,
Tenth and Eleventh avenues TO the
Hudson River between Forty-eighth and
Fifty-first streets.
A narrow road called verdant lane
ran along It's northerly boundary from
the "Bloomlngdale road" broadway
to "Ye river commonly called Hud-
sons"
During the year of his purchase (1soN
ittor sold off few interior strips
: yond the present Ninth avenue
Ned Tots" 1o0x52o feet or 40. or a
title more than an acre each. for about
4b0 lot. thus turning these less favor
aNe fractions Immediately at more than
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running back 10 1867. when sir Rich
ard Nichols. Governor, gave a patent
grant to Johannes Van Brugh and four
others to an area including this prop
erty and extending from II to the Hud-
son River. In the eighteenth century the
whole or large part of IL came into
possession of Medcef Eden, and was
thereafter known until 1850 as the Eden
Farm" Medcef Eden died In 1898. be-
queathing the property to his two spend
thrift SONS, wl.o Immediately involved
it 80 heavily that in 1901 It was laid
under tribute to their creditors.
Hero is where John Jacob Astor ap-
peared with third interest. In 1903,
on foreclosure of the mortgage. the
property was bought for $4,000 by John
Jacob Astor and VIVIAN Cutting, the
Cutting interest. for 2ne most part oe-
Ing later eliminated
The New York herald., 1922-06-04
Etymology vs.. Accuracy
and Other Whimsicalities

do you know the origin of the word
realtor?" asked one Congressman Of
another recently. at hearing on rent
control measure. Tho Congressman
questioned confessed that he did not.
"Well." continued the first speaker. with
n twinkle in his eye. sit Is derived from
the Spanish words real meaning royal,
and 'toro,' meaning bull"
Now. what have you to Say to that
realtors?
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work. which will be begun as soon as
the details incidental to the purchase
have been all cleared UP, Devereaux
Emmett. the famous golf course archi-
tect, looked over the chosen site and
made the following report:
''I have examined with great care and
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Public Funds Build Hotel.

Out In Altoona. Pa. citizens. tired Of
waiting for a speculative buildsr to
erect suitable hotel. pitched in them
selves. subscribed the necessary capital
and erected a building that meets
every requirement. 1t contains 200
rooms and is the biggest Improvement
OF the kind the town has ever known.
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where First New Yorker Lived.

Aldrich Court. one of the lower Broad
way office buildings of the older type.
covers this site of the first structure
Island. A tablet to this effect is on the
present building. At No. IL Broadway.
Capt. Adrian Block built four huts.
This settlement preceded the Dutch Col
onists who came to establish trading
post in the New World. The present
building Is the homo of the United
States Shipping Board.
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1919 The survey is expected to be In
.teresting. since brsweries were exte -isive
realty owners. Manufacturers Of soft
drinks are to-day in possession OF a
great many former brewery plants. and
in such cases there will be little change
in value. Great depreciation has re-
suited. however, in the many breweries
that continue idle or partly used.
The New York herald., 1922-06-04
prewery Property vaIues.

A nationwide survey IN said to be
planned to determine what change has
4&ks1 place in the value of property
msse esd ewnsd By breweries prior to
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PAGE ELEVEN II


cettanje. Montenegro.-ThsxeaB
been an alarming decrease sfhsg4saite
birth rate of Montenegro. dueMtortlSe
loss during the war OF ID lM9nzssSsNfs
the Black Mountains. nighttime 1fkA.
The government ~ offerjngEprANnf1tllt Inns
to mothers who bear male cliiAsesa.
Thu. females now greatly sontnii4AAe
The incentives offered bystks ~
eminent to mothers of male hllAtss4ns
have resulted in pathetic App4hlls
from the untutDred peasant wQMestl
to the American Red Croa1 nurset astc
give them some medicine ~ ntaakss
a boy" hs Ss ;s,#ls
In Montenegro, boys are conAidsred
much more valuable than girls, md
the constant prayer. OF the mountAtn
dweller is that she may be blessedaa
with4a male child: TIL disparity III
this sexes is largely the sOutkr0wthss.Qf
the days when Turkey held dominton9
over the Balkans land when hthe
liberty-loving Montenegrins had An
ever-present need of men to defends
the homeland. ,s
In Montenegro the women do,sn1iE
the. work. the men considertnK
manual labor undigniied. They feAls
it their chief duty to carry Areat1hs
and swords. talk politics and prepare
fer the next war, 84s44S
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Music FIRMS Of .
ENGLAND WOULD
BOOM INDUSTRY

London.-The Federation Of Britt
ish Music Industries has been dis
cussing the best "a of starting y
boom for British musical instruments.
Joseph Riley of Birmingham thinks
best way would be, to Light. ii
huge bonfire of old pianos. That he
says, would only be following the exlfs
cellent example set by the music
trade in America. 1T would make
the finest sort of a display advertise
ment." he adds, for it would show
the country that the old pianos with
which we are overstocked are not
worth having. VIZ
"Wc could easily collect ten thou
sand of them,' he said in an inter-,
view, land nobody would miss them:
Such rubbishly tinkling bundles of
disccrds do incalculable harm to the
music taste OF the public. A child
taught on one of them has all htE.
musical instincts outraged and Grows
up, unsteady speaking, a sorrow 70
his pr~ematurely aged parents" ss
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M|lj0,||R[lES;'T]|UDENTS
STUDY ! FARMING
1oo,Per Cent Increase inaEn-
rollmentin Minnesota in
Past Decade.

La -r,l.t . nsi - 49, .I1+.I .-r.. r I-.
minneapolis, Mimi, June s.-Keep-
Ing Minnesota infa high place among
the agricultural states by turning out
increasing numbers of scientific
farmers in the past ten years, the De
partment of Agriculture of the Uni
versity of Minnesota has increased its
enrolment practically 100 per cent in
the past decade. In the year 1911
1917, 40l students were registered in
this DEPARTMENT, compared to- the 947
enrolled the year just ending, figures
enc activities Of the agricultural
.aneh o. b university are centered
In state-owned tracts at the univer-
=. " tainl,aSt. Paul, Duluth, Cloquet,
Grand Rapids Crookston, Morris,
Waseca and Excelsior. Then also,
there is the College of Agriculture on
the main, eampus-s.of the university.
Experimental: and research work,
carried on ate the experiment station
at. the university farn.. besides i'll
creasipg in~:popularitv. which was re-
Elected in heavier registration dur
ing the several years past, mas been Of
untold value to the state. 1t is i'm
possible. to estimate an dollars. it is
said, the value. Of the studies on the
feeding Of liye.s stock, y. the improve
uhcHI anu 6I0OluS OIf Wnedt, the QG-
veropn1ent ,'of new varieties, Of corn,
new varieties Of strawberries. the
testing Of mich. cows. control Of dts
eases and insect. pests in plant crops.
the study fofhwhite pine :: rust, Nthe
eradication OF, the; barberry and many
other betterments on behalf of the
farmers welfare.
Started With One.
Inception Of the course. Of agricul-
Stire. forestry and home econ omics
was IN the: year 1875-1S7e. when.one
student was officially listed in this
department. For the next fifteen
years, but several students each year
took up the Agricultural work. v 1t
was not until 4 9p7-190S that this de-
partfnentg5 var looked. upon as an in
,tegrar part OF the university when
the registration jumped from IS the
preceding year tolls. From then on.
a. conttant increasing percentage was
noted, with the Exception Of the war
years, when ssregistration' dropped off.
During the quarter just ended. the
enrollmentfof Agricultural students at
the university. was 947. exclusive Of
the many taking up similar work at
the VARIOUS stations throughout the
state. f.s y N.s #
The rapid strides OF this college
raMs 49, ELA III ,F.aAIE LaH n
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Nine hundred games without a
day off through an in-timed rum
in with On umpire.
Nine hundred games without a
severe batting slump of fielding
slump that would force any fair.
minded manager to bench, him
temporarily to give him u rest.
Nine hundred games-uninter-
rupted by a jump from a medi-
OGRE club to a championship out.
fit-an all-star aggregation where
evcn star players warm the bench.
There ought, to be some. recogni
ton for such work.
lie has demanded a place among
the leaders in fielding quite often. He
is known as a brilliant shortstop. But
the men who have led their
in batting. in home-run hitting
or in hanging up hurting victories, he
has gone almost unnoticed.
And yet he has shown himself to be
one of the most valuabletmen-if not
the most priced man-in baseball.
He is in a class by himself.
If he isn't "the Perfect Player
name one.
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Everett. Scott and his hands. which
have helped make him brilliant
shbftstOp and enabled him 10 set
his record. X.
h. {. tBy .NosmansE. Brown)
Everett scott--Perfect Bail. Player.
&Why4not? ~ IN PM,
Much has been written about the
"supereplayers of the great national
game. Batting and fielding records,
hurting statistics. home run clouting
figures and what not have been pro-
duced from time to time to boost the
nomination of !Ty Cobb, Bate Ruth,
Christy M~athewson and other heroes
for the ball Of fame. And these men
deserve the glory accorded them.
They have been super-players all, in
their lines.
There are, though, some players
who While running through their
spansin the big shows never soar, to
the dizzy heights in Any one depart
ment ofsthe game. They deserve
some distinction. Their value has lain,
not SO much in their super-playing as
In their consistent, conscientious work
under any and all conditions. One or
two Of these jewels are to be found on
any bal club. They play a big part
III weiuaHS any baseball machine into
e aggregation by their steady,
heady, cooperative ways.
Why not give these men the elory
that is theirs? Why not call them
perfect, players?" q. z
Everett. Scott is hereby. nominated
for that class.
E Consider his case. 4
On June 80; 1916, Scott trotted
modestly out to short field with the
Red sox team after a brief absence.
And from that day to this he has not
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-30
NEGROES AIDED
IN FARMING By
UNITED STATES

Neutrality-suspicious. than 1900
negro farmers in North Carolina,
Texas and Virginia VINO raised so.00O
acres Of corn last year under the adj
vice of county agents, employed CO..
'operatively by the department Of
agriculture and state agricultural
colleges. obtained average yields -sof
IS bushels an acre. The average Tor
all farms in these states ranged from
II to 25 bushels an acre., h depart
ment said.
In Virginia. nearly 5000 of + the
e demonstrators planted pure
seed and about 5000 selected seed
for their 1922 crop. All these DEM
onstration plats of corn were harvest
ed except 81 which were "hogged
down" 1t is estimated that 70 per
cent of the negro farmers In Virginia.
are following methods of growing
corn taught by extension workers.
Scott is said to- havegSwritten
'waverley'' in less than six weeks
Earth of many different varieties.
obtained from all parts of hes world.
is used by a well-known English artist
in making up his colors. ~
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1913 in Shanghai and a number of
preceding conferences at Canton,
Shanghai. Tsinanfu, Picking. Hankow
and Mukden. Since it was forined
this committee has served as a means
of communication between the Prot
estant Christian forces of China and
mission organizations of western
countries. Its aim has been to pro-
mote cooperation and coordination
among Christian forces in China and
generally to serve as a clearing house
in connection with all aspects Of
missionary work in China. -
Through the change effected at
the conference this work is being
taken over and its scope enlarged by
a National Christian council having
100 members, representing Protest
ant Christian denominational inter-
'ests and acting in an advisory ca
without, however, having n
powers in connection with doctrinal
or. ecclesiastical questions.
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oHOaCS 1AUdCl1ClIC. IN. -
Minot and other cities towns and