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The Washington herald., 1922-05-07

ship. and not be subservient to jan
itor or landlord. And young mar
ried couples should not be forced
into .childless apartments for lack
of sufficient initial capital of ST.
900 or so for the purchase of their
own homes. If they had this
money. we should not need to look
to undesirable, immigrants for an
increase OF population.
Large Demand.
Never in our history has there
been such a multitudinous desire
expressed for individual home own
ership as today. and never such an
opportunity on the part Of the great
financial institutions TO respond.
thus making an inestimable contri
button to. the general betterment of
the municipality. But the bother
of bookkeeping is in the way. In
stead Of having 500 accounts of ST.
900 each. amortizinG monthly. life
insurance and trust companies pre-
fer one account of Sl.OOO.O 900. even
though they would have a safer in
vestment in the small loans.
Money is plentiful. especially for
The Washington herald., 1922-05-07
HOME OWNERSHIP
CAMPAIGN GIVEN
SPLENDID START
New York Real Estate
Men Encourage Move
Among People.

Own your home campaigning by
financial and civic leaders in New
York City is getting under way.
Conferences with real estate and
building operators last week re-
vesled that ss-a-room apartments
cannot meet current population re-
quirements. Public welfare seems
to call for a large increase Of home
ownership as well as better homes
than can be supplied in moderate
cost tenements.
Help Home Buyers.
IF. therefore, trust companies
and life insurance companies would
only forget about bookkeeping and
encourage the small loan for home
ownership. they would not only Sc
cure to themselves the safest and
most profitable Of all investments.
but would perform a great civic
service" said Vice President will
lam NJ. Greve of Prudence Bonds
Corporation. New York, yesterday.
Take, for instance, the 500. 0.000,0 900
project launched by the Metropoli-
tan Life. This expenditure is de-
signed to produce $4,000 small
apartments. The families occupy
ing these at 50 a room must be
kept small in numbers. and with
never a thought OF proprietorship.
II. on the other hand, this capital
were put into small mortgages of
say $4,000 each, II would, enable
$4,000 young families to own in
divtdual homes. with one or two
more rooms than the apartments
provide, together with little
garden space. grass plot and sun
shine for the children.
This would cost the home owner
less than 50 a room. at the top. to
carry the Investment and amortize
his debt. Can any one doubt which
proposition would contribute more
to thrift. health and happiness Of
the family itself or to the general
betterment of the community at
large?
Plenty Of Money.
Bookkeeping stands more in the
way OF home ownership in Greater
New York than any other one
thing" he continued. The one
great need of today Is home life.
and there can be no real home life
in rented apartments, especially
when the everlasting sign Is up:
No Children Allowed Nothing i'm.
parts more stability and permanent
cy to State or municipality than
the family hearth. Growing chill
dren should be imbued with the
feeling of freedom and proprietor.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-07

shades in their hybrid offspring.
Growing on long stems, their mas
sive heads Of bloom delight in color
and fragrance.
Owning a place separate and dis
tinct. the hardy pinks. with their
ancient claim on flower lovers, have
never been supplanted in the afec-
tions of our parents and grandpar-
ents, way back to forgotten ances-
try.
As cut flowers. they hold an ad-
vantage really unassailable. Bril-
liant ooloring. all favorably con-
trasting. fragrance and free bloom
are characteristics that incline
them to all flower raisers.
Scarlet sage. SALIVA, is the fam
ing torch of every garden where
yellow and green must be contrast
ed for effect. II is an annual. easi =
ly grown. prolific in it's return for
food and httle care. and blooms
from July until the heavy hand Of
frost rudely destroys its beauty.
With yellow, and a background or
setting of green. il is without a du-
pllcate for effect.
Aside from the interest in grow
ing odd-looking, amusing. and yet
decidedly effective cut flowers.
snapdragons are as old as the hills.
Available in such a strong variety
The Washington herald., 1922-05-07
|COMFORT SOUNDS
KEYNOTE OF HOME
LIKE ATMOSPHERE
Lixing-Room Should Be
Friendly Place of
The House.
LIFE OF HOUSEHOLD
In the Average Home a
Cozy Fireplace Holds
First Attraction.

The living-room is the friendly
room of the house. Sometime II is
on the first floor and sometimes
above stairs In any case II should
be the honey" informal and at
the same time dignified center,
around which the life of the house
hold revolves. Its decorations and
furnishings should serve the double
purpose of a slight formality to
meet the guest and sufficient infor-
mality to suit the comfort of the
family.
As each room in the house serves
a different purpose, so should each
be furnished distinctively. The liv-
ing-room often Is a repetition in
aide the house Of the exterior archi-
lecture. That is. the character CT
the architecture is to some extent
repeated either by the general plan
or the. furnishing of the living
room, and the period idea, IL car
ried out anywhere in the house.
finds its best expression in the liv-
ing-room. All sorts of attractive
odds and ends fnd their way to this
room. for with all its touches of
formality the living-room must be
comfortable or it fails of its pur-
pose.
Fireplace Is Center.
In the average Iiving-room the
traction. Furniture should be
placed about IL. People naturally
sit around an open fireplace and
have sat for generations.
A couch may be placed directly in
- table
behind II holding lamps that give
plenty OF light for reading. Books.
magazines and other things should
be on the table. Couch-end tables
may complete the group. or one
may have couches on either side OF
the hearth with couch-end tables to
hold the lamps. or there may be
floor lamp. Small stools or low
tables will be convenient adjuncts,
or the group may consist of two
big upholstered chairs OF a winged
chair on one side and a couch on
the other.
The main points to consider in a
fireplace group are comfortable
chairs to sit in. comfortable couch
to lie down on. good light TO read
by. small tables that are con-
veniently placed for the things
which one uses constantly and a
restful arrangement of the orna-
ments on the mantel shelf and the
pictures OF mirror above 1t.
a Comfort Is Key.
Thf formality or informality of
this -fenter viii depend entirely
upon the way the furniture is
placed. Its occupants soon will
find II livable. or by a slight rear
rapgsRent of the different articles
of fI1niture. will make IL livable.
The key to the attractiveness of
such a place is its comfortableness
and il one must sacrifice anything.
comfort should be the last thing
The Washington herald., 1922-05-07
Builders In New
York Busy With
Huge Erections

NEW YORK. May s.-MetropoIi-
tan builders have fled plans in
four months for total outlays of
$3.50. 500. 900.
This compares with s11e,500, 900
for the first four months last year
In the Greater City alone the total
has been s214.1o0. 900. against ssI.-
100000 a year ago.
Although the figures seem to
show q rapidly expanding building
boom, they are somewhat deceptive
because conditions now are almost
the reverse of those a year ago.
The building spurt. due to tax ex-
emption on residential operations.
started with April last year, the
first three months of 1921 having
been almost bare Of such new
projects. This year, however. the
great rush to get home building
operations on file at the building
bureaus before the end of the first
tax exemption limit for starting
such work, on April 1, caused
huge volume during the first three
months of the year and a startling
slump In the fourth.
Comparatively few plans for
apartment houses are going on
record now and private dwelling
construction has fallen to 10 per
cent of the March high-water
mark. Operators generally expect
the reaction to continue through
the rest OF the year, most OF them
being confident that enough pro-
jects are under way already to re-
store the housing surplus to nor
NAL. This would mean that the
peak of the after-wsr reconstruc-
tional revival has been reached
and passed, the tide now being in
the ebb.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-07

relinquished. This advice applies to
the placing of furniture in any
room in the house. A good rule to
follow in placing furniture is to
move it about until you find the
most comfortable. as well as the
most symmetrical place for it,
The middle-of-the-f floor space in
living room should be kept open.
The old center table with its read
ing lamp. by which no one ever
could read. happily has been rele-
gated to the mistakes of the past.
This open spacing in the center
gives an added sense of size and
freedom and really is more beauti-
full.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-07
Advertising the Realtor.

Atlantic City will shortly be
studded with signs advertising the
realtors of that city as a body. The
signs which are to be Sx2O feet
Will define the term "realtor' and
explain why the public should deal
with members of the Atlantic City
Real Estate Board. which is con-
structinS this campaign of educa-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-07

investment in real estate securities
mortgage bonds broke all records,
in February the business of the
corresponding month last year was
doubled; in March 1t was tripled.
and this month It is running Ave
times as much. Which only shows
that the country is being lifted
upon a wave of prosperity and peo-
pie are turning away from specu-
lative forms of security TO back
their faith in real estate. We be-
lieve this money should go back to
a large extent to people in small
mortgage loans or homes"
The Washington herald., 1922-05-07

The Pennsylvania States Highway
Department proposes to test mirror
danger signals to warn motorists of
bad curves nt night The signal con-
sists OF a huge red 'bullseye" with a
strong reflector behind the glass. No
light is placed in the warning signal
but when the rays of light from a
motor vehicle strike it ii reflects a
red danger signal to the approaching
motorist.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-09-07
ASSISTANT LAW PROF.
APPOINTED AT j. OF |

Announcement of the appointment
of Philip r. Mechem, son of Professor
Mechem of the University of Chicago
law school faculty, as assistant pro-
fessor of law at the University of Ida
no has been made from the office of
President A. H. Upham of the uni
versity Mr.. Mechem will take the
place made vacant by the resignation
of Professor Alvin E. Evans, who ac-
cepted faculty position with George
Washington university.
The new addition to the Idaho law
school faculty is the son of one of
the country's foremost law teachers.
He took the first three years of his
bachelor of arts course at Harvard,
completed the work at Stanford and
received his bachelor of laws degree
from the University of Colorado last
June. He is a member of Phi Delta
Phi, national honorary law fraternity.
81 consider Mr.. Mechem one of the
best teachers of law now available
in the country" said Dean A. G. Hall
of the University of Chicago law col
lege in communicating with Dean o.
P. Cockerill of the Idaho school re-
garding the appointment.
Professor Mechem will arrive in
Moscow about September Is to enter
upon his new duties.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-09-07
Former Student Wins Award

University of Idaho people feel
honored in the award of first prize
in the Pictorial Reviews essay con-
test on the American public school
system to Talbot l.. Jennings, for
merly of Nampa, former Univers
ity of Idaho student. He entered the
university in 1914 and completed two
years of the bachelor of arts course
before entering military service. Since
his return from overseas he has been
assistant state purchasing agent in
the state department of public works
at Boise Mr.. Jennings was given
first place in the contest against 5000
competitors He plans to return to
the university this fall to complete
work leading to a degree.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-09-07
Today's Wheat Quotations

+ Despite the volume of wheat I
+ that is flowing into the ware I
+ houses and elevators, the local 1
+ market quotations are greater I
+ than at any place in the sur
+ rounding country. Club wheat is 1
+ quoted at 80 cents sacked; SO,
+ loose; and Red wheat at 81 cents 1
+ and 83 cents.
= z 2 + = 2 2 + = = + + = = = = I
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-09-07
SPOKANE c. c. INVITES
LOCAL GROUP FOR TRIP

Special Inducements will be Offered
citizens of Moscow who wish to at
tend the roundup at Pendleton, Ore
gon, on September 23, as result of
arrangements made between the Mos
COW chamber of commerce and the
Spokane chamber which has arranged
to equip special pullman train to the
roundup.
In a letter to the local chamber of
commerce, F. S. Lane, chairman of
the special committee appointed from
the Spokane chamber to take care of
the matter, invited the organization
here to appoint man to work m
conjunction with Mr. Lane in making
arrangements for whoever might wish
to go from this city.
Robert Morris, agent at the North
ern Pacific station was appointed and
will take the name of any citizen
who may wish to take advantage of
the special train from Spokane to
Pendleton Several from here are al
ready planning to attend and others
are expected to go.
From Spokane to Pendleton and
back $24.28 will be charged for a
lower berth, three meals and railroad
ticket. An upper berth with ticket,
and meals will cost $227S. Both
these prices are for roundtrip tick
cts. Tickets from Moscow to Spo-
kane for the occasion may be pur-
chased at one and a third fare.
The special will leave Spokane at
II D. M, Friday evening, September
%, and will arrive at Pendleton early
the morning of the 23rd. The return
trip will be begun at twelve Satur-
day night, September %.
The invitation of the chamber of
the chamber of commerce Of Spokane
has been especially gratifying to the
members of the local chamber of
commerce and every effort is being
made to secure number of people
to attend the roundup by way of the
special.
Anyone desiring further informa-
ton regarding the trip may obtain
the particulars from Mr.. Morris who
will handle all details connected with
the arranging of the trip for Mos
COW people," said B. c. Rowe, secre-
,ary of the chamber of commerce.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-09-07
FORSYTH dies
In SPOKANE HOSPITAL

Word was received in Moscow
Thursday morning Of the death of
little Agnes Forsyth, daghter of DR.
and Mrs. w. H. H. Forsyth, which
occurred that morning at the Deacon
ess hospital in Spokane, after sever
al months illness with valvular heart
trouble, the result of an attack of in
fluenza. She made a noble fight for
life, and nothing that medical skill
and care could do for her was over
looked by the anxious parents. She
is survived by her parents and a twin
sister, Martha.
The funeral will be held Friday af-
ternoon from the Hazen-Jaeger un~
dertaking parlors in Spokane, the
service to be conducted by DR.. H. O.
Perry of this city and the Rev. John
of Spokane. Internent
will be at Spokane.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-09-07
JUDGE EDGAR C. STEELE
GRANTS DIVORCE DECREE

Cruel and inhuman treatment were
the charges brought by Bertha Weav-
er who Thursday morning secured a
divorce from her husband, Edgar N.
Weaver, in the district court here
Judge Edgar c. Steele handed down
the decision. Custody of the two
minor children born to the couple,
was awarded to the plaintiff.
The allegations stated in the COM
plant affirm that the couple was
married at Vancouver, Wash, Sep
tember 13, 1913. The plaintiff fur
ther stated she had resided in Latah
county two years prior to the insti-
tuting of divorce proceedings.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-09-07
GREEkIARMY HOSTS Want ARMISTICE
TOIEvACUATE ASIA MINOR REGIONS

the government during the war, will
probably be filed in Wilmington, Del,
Saturday, Attorney General Daugh-
erty said today. He added, if the pat
ents are recovered their disposition
will be left to congress.
Expresses Hope of Settlement
Cincinnati, CA. P)--John J. Wall, a
member of the national policy COM
mittee of the federated shopcrafts, to-
day expressed the belief that the meet
ing of the policy committee in Chi
cago Monday would be to discuss
means and terms of a general set
tlement," but refused to disclose the
basis for such belief.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-09-07

ers in the Boise valley were getting
1925 per 100 pounds at their neares
shipping point for potatoes. Toda,
growers are advertising in Boise pa
pers to deliver potatoes in town fol
40 cents a sack. This will not pay cos
of production.
There is good crop of alfalfa and
other hay but the acreage is much be-
low former years due to the fact thai
plowed up because of the alfalfa
weevil. A year ago it was difficult
to sell hay at $4 per ton, in the stack
the price paid by stockmen who drove
their cattle and sheep into the alfalfa
districts and fed them during the
winter. Today alfalfa is in demand
at $3.50 to $40 per ton.
The acreage of sugar beets is be-
low normal but the yield is expected
to be better than for several years
and the price will probably range
about 81 per ton as compared with
Sc last year. An average yield of II
tons per acre is expected. Sugar beets
are grown extensively about Weiser,
Buhl, Twin Falls, Jerome, Bur1ey,
Rupert, Blackfoot, Idaho Falls, Sugar
City, Ashton, ST. Anthony and other
sections of the Snake River valley.
sugar DSSI ldTHeES Will Uldh6 DlOuGy
this year.
Fremont county, of which st. An
thony is county seat, specializes in
peas for seed. 1t is claimed that one
third of the seed peas grown in the
United States are produced in FIRE.
mont county. The peas are grown un-
der contract and the growers know
before the seed is planted what price
they will receive. There is a total
of $4,000 acres in peas in Fremont
this year. The pea farmers
will make money.
Bingham county specializes in
Grimm alfalfa and produces nearly
one half of the Grimm alfalfa seed
produced in the world. This variety
of alfalfa is in great demand and the
seed is shipped to all parts of the
world
Twin Falls county has S179 acres
of beans that are being grown under
contract with seed houses at price
that insures a good profit The crop
is unusually good and the bean grow
ers will make good money this year.
But the most prosperous sections
Of southen Idaho are the districts
where dairying is carried on extern
5ively. Canyon county leads the
state in dairying and in prosperity.
One of the largest condesories in the
west is located at Nampa, and there
are two big creameries there. These
,hree plants pay an average of $125,-
300 per month or $1,500,0O0 per year
TO the farmers and dairymen for milk
and cream The diary industry is
nearly always accompanied by hogs
and poultry and these ''side issues
add to the prosperity of the district.
Wherever dairying is carried on ex-
in southern Idaho prosper
ty abounds.
The slogan, "The COW, the pig, and
he hen,' has been adopted in many
counties in southern Idaho and is
having an appreciable effect on the
of many sections.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-09-07
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
VERY COOL AND WET

With a maximum temperature of
sc degrees and a minimum daily tenn
perature of from AZ to 55 degrees the
first six days of September have been
very cool. Moreover the period has
been subject to considerable rainfall.
Not including Wednesday night the
precipitation for the month SO far
has exceeded 29 inches. The exact
amount of rain that fell during Wed
nesday night and early Thursday
morning is not known but it is evl-
dent that it was enough to increase
the rainfall for the first seven days
to more than half an inch.
The daily temperatures for the first
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-09-07
FARMERS ARE HIT
BY Low PRICES
j. e. NESSLY TELLS or CONDT-
TIONS IN IDAHO-DAIRYING DIS
TRICTS MOST PROSPEROUS

South Idaho is growing the best
crop in it's history, according to J. e.
Nessly, field representative for the
Idaho Farmer, but because of the low
prices, and the transportation condi-
tions, the farmers are not reaping the
prosperity that they should. Mr..
Nessly, who is in Moscow for few
days on business, has visited every
county in Idaho during the past few
months and is thoroughly familiar with
agricultural conditions. When seen
by Star-Mirror representative
Thursday morning, he gave out the
following comprehensive statement
regarding conditions:
While south Idaho has the best
crop in it's history conditions are
rather discouraging to agricultural
interests because of low prices and
inability to sell farm and orchard
products In all parts of the Snake
River valley from Weiser to Ashton
all crops are good. Fruit of all kinds,
potatoes, corn, hay, peas, beans, and
sugar beets are setting new records in
yield this year 1t is claimed that
the total tonnage of farm and orch
ard products in the irrigated districts
of Idaho will be greater this year than
ever, but the crop is not expected to
bring the producers as much money
as did the crops of 1920 and 1921.
While there is greater yield of
apples, peaches and pears than for
many years the growers will make
little, if any profit. There is no mar
ket for apples and no buyers in the
field This is due to the fact that
the apple crop of the United States
is the largest in many years, and the
railroad situation-the fear of inabil-
ity to ship, makes the situation worse.
This is especially true as regards the
prune crop which is now being har-
vested Fear that strike may tie
up shipments and prevent the fruit
reaching the markets of the east, |
west, north and middle west, causes
buyers to hesitate about buying |
prunes. AS result buyers are glad |
to get an offer of $40 per ton for
pounds in Chicago and the freight I
to get $50. Nearly half of the prunes
fell from the trees before they were |
ripe, thus reducing the yield SO per |
cent.
But potatoes have been the greatest |
disappointme to southern Idaho |
farmers who planted the biggest crop
in the history of that section. Bon
neville county has $4,000 acres in po-
tatoes, Canyon county has 10000 |
acres, and other counties have pro-
large crops. The yield
is good, but there is no market. Idaho
potatoes are quoted at $1.25 per 100 I
pounds in Chicago and the freight
rate is $1.15 per 100 pounds. Thous-
ands of acres of potatoes will not be
lug unless conditions change.
A campaign to urge every one to
buy a sack of potatoes and save the
'armers from bankruptcy" has been
but if every family in
south Idaho buys one sack or five
sacks it will do but little to help the
situation. South Idaho will have 2O,-
100 carloads of potatoes this year if
hey are all dug. The reduction OF 20
.ents per 100 pounds in freight rates
made by the Union Pacific, which went
nto effect today will do little to re-
ieve the situation. A year ago grow
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-09-07

+ 4. = = + = = = = = = = = = + 2 .
+ Weather Forecast =
+ Idaho-Tonight and Friday, +
+ fair +
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-09-07

the low price of farm products,
coupled with the light crop this year,
there is an exceptionally heavy de-
mand for farm loans just now, and
that the Spokane bank is doing an
immense business.
President Hagan announced that
there would be no further evening
meetings of the chamber of commerce
until next summer, the meetings to be
held each Wednesday noon, as in the
past.