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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10


Mary facts of reminiscent interest
are 20 be culled from the New York
Directory for 1885," the first volume of
its hind ever published, a copy Of
which was loaned to the Odd Para
grapher by Lewis Phillips. For in
stance. in the general description of the
city. written by Noah Webster as a
preface to the book. Is this passage !:
~ want of good water is great
Inconvenience to the citizens, there
being few wells in the city. Most Of
the people are supplied, every day, with
fresh water, conveyed TO their doors
in casks, from a pump near the head
of Queen street. from the city. Several
proposals have been made BY indi-
viduals to supply the citizens by pipes;
but none has yet been accepted
In the very next paragraph Mr.. Web
ster informs us that New York Is one
of the most social places on the con-
tinent. The men collect themselves
into weekly evening clubs. The ladies',
in winter, are frequently entertained
either at concerts or music or assem-
blies. and make a very good appear
ance."
IL il were merely the want of good
water that troubled Gothamites to-day,
Little Old New York. might still hold
an enviable record for sociability.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
FORMS NEW REALTY FIRM.
4. II. Lefcourt Organizes New
Finance Corporation.

A. r.. Lefcourt. who has for some
time been engaged in erecting lofts for
the use of the garment and needle
trades, has organized the Lefcourt a.
Haas Finance Corporation. which IN
addition to catering to these trades.
will speciaIlze IN buying and selling
high class properties. financing of build
ing loan mortgages. SC. The new con-
Germ has taken headquarters In the
Snickerhocker Building, Broadway and
Forty-second street
Mr.. Lefcourt's entire real estate hold
ings consist Of the Alcourt Realty Com
pany, the Alan Realty Company the
Felcourt Realty Company, tho Land
court Realty Company, the Haascourt
Realty Company, the Courtlet Realty
Company and the NJ & NJ. Leasing and
Holding Company.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN
ii4 EA ST 4Orr STREET

- EMAND for small apartments Is
increasing constantly, according
to students OF real estate condi-
|tions. Although this is due to some
ktent to the high rents which have
breed families to move into smaller and
instantly cheaper quarters, the princi-
|al reason Is of a social nature rather
han because of motives Of economy. The
emand has grown most rapidly per-
laps in the section surrounding the
|rand Central zone or in the mid East
|Ide district bounded by Fifth and Third
venues and Thirty fourth and Fifty
|inth streets. Its close proximity to
heaters, the opera house, clubs, hotels,
hops and restaurants and its transit
kcilities have made the section one
Il unusual advantages.
The residents OF these houses may be
lvided into three classes: Young mar
led couples without children. older
Luples whose children have left home
|hd who have country houses and thus
red part year residences In the city. and
|hchelors who have servants. Such per-
|ns are especially DESTROYS 60 live where
ey will be near to the opera, theaters
hid clubs.
The call for the small apartments is
pecially keen for suites of two, three
lid four rooms.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
.7.eas 1877 seoss n.7or .ss7SS ,so.ssssi ,els i
MORTGAGE EXTENSIONS.
NEGOTIATED RECENT LEASE.

Henry shapiro & co. negotiated the
recently reported lease TO the st. Regis
Restaurant Company Of the southeast
corner Of Broadway and Fiftleth street
II was q three-cornered deal Shapiro &
Co. rented for Neither & Mcdove store
ut 1928 broadway for the Paramount
shirt shops store AZ 1880 Broadway. and
for the Hartford Lunch Company store
at 204 West Fiftieth street. The res
tsurant previously took q twenty-onc
year lease through the same brokers on
754 ana 7a6 seventh avenue Waen al
torations are completed the restaurant
will have three frontagcs and floor
area Of 1000 square feet The total
rentals aggregate 100000.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
BROKERS PLAN OUTING.
staten Island Board to Have Tax
OmciaI ms Guest.

Many members Of the Staten Island
Realty Board attended meeting OF the
organization held September 5 In the
Staten Island Savings Bank. Stapleton.
Cornelius G. Kolff offered a sugges-
ton that the board arrange an outing
some time this month to be held in the
woods or Arden" at which Deputy
State Tax Commissioner J. s. McCaffrey
will be the guest Of honor. The object
Of the outing. Mr.. Kolff explained. was
TO get the staten Island brokers ac-
quainted and TO promote a spirit OF CO.
operation.
The new organization expects 70 ac-
drlrc a 100 per cent. membership IN
Richmond Borough before the end Of the
year II 10 also expected that the young
organization viii send a large delega.
ton OF members TO the convention Of
Associated Realty Boards In Albany
October 10 to 81 inclusive.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10

New York city has 2si of the 90 700
hotels In the United States, according
to a survey by the Hotel Association of
New York, and nearly twice as many
hotels az It's nearest rival--San Fran
cisco. Eighteen of New York's hos
tclrIes contain more than $50 rooms
each while San Francisco, with a
total of if9, has only four of large
capacity. Chicago boasts eleven big
hotels OF a total of 1f2. Philadelphia,
with 149. has only one big structure
Los Angeles has five with more than
40 rooms. Boston, Cleveland. Detroit,
Minneapolis. New Orleans and Pitts
burgh each have three OF the larger
hotels and Cincinnati st. Louis and
Washington two each.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
MISCELLANEOUS LEASES.

Duross Company leased the second
loft In 1903 West Fourteenth street 20
the Weiss window Trimming Company !:
store and basement in 500 Washington
street for tie Namlaw Realty Corpora
ton TO Alfredo Maspero.
Wood, Dolson Company. Inc, through
Charles j cuinlan and with William r
Ware leased FOR Slas X. Everett tie
three story dwelling 2T2 West Elghty.
fourth street, adjoining the corner ~
Wcst END avende, 70 Grafton Wisgins
sho viii occupy.
Samuel W. Martin rented tho second
f1oor loft in 1889 Broadway for a. n.
Mayors.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
AUCTION ar HrcKsvILLE.

ephen II. Petit. Inc, auctioneers,
sell number OF villa sites and
IN farms in Hicksville, T.. l., next
rsday and Friday. The sites will be
on the premises on an easy pay
L plan. They are near the Long
nd Railroad station and churches
stores. The plots vary from one
rer to three-quartcrs OF an acre IN
They are ON New South road
lining the residence Of Justice c. II.
and are short distance south OF
Old Country road.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
RECENT BUYERS.

Miss FLORENCE VI. McComb Is the buyer
Of IS East seventy-seventh street, -four
story dwelling, recently sold by John ].
and Theodore A. Kavanagh. for the
estate OF Mary Parker.
The Broadway Novelty Company Is
the buyer Of the Ave story fiat with
stores at 23s East Tenth street, sold by
Samuel Braunstcp as broker
other purchasers Of properties soto
recently are: Marion v. Reynolds 81 81
Yves. Ninety fifth street. Anna Kuzyl Of
1877 West Eiehtv-second street and Felix
ISlinstier of 1861 Lexington avenue.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10

[uge mushrooms of the poisonous
}. known as phellium cryptarium.
wing on the large wooden beams
me Versailles Chateau. are reported
rave weakened the building to such
extent as to make necessary Inn
late repairs II the one wing is to
saved. Phellium cryptarium mush-
lbs, which hate fresh air and sun
t. were discovered recently In an
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
SALES IN THE ORANGES.

Eugene Hughes & Bro. sold for
James Mulvihil. new dwelling on Yale
Terrace West Orange TO Bessie r.
Lewis for A. l.. Palmer, new dwelling
on West Fairvlew avenue, South Or
ange 10 y. j.. Hughes also for Maurice
r.. Gilbert, new dwelling on Irving av-
enue, South Orange TO J. w Casterton
for c. u. Baldwin TO Eugene Forker,
dwelling on Forest Road.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
An Impression of New york.

Years ago" writes Gordon Nye in
} Florida Real Estate Journal, "the
re OF the church standing at the head
Wall street used to pierce the sky
NY feet above the surrounding build
Is. but to-day 1t is buried amid the
mense business blocks that surround
church and that tower hundreds
feet above the pavement. That Is
put the situation throughout the great
Y. 1 remember New York when the
rich spires with their tuneful bells
d to dominate the city. but to-day
skyscrapers of nationwide corpora
hs hold the altitude field. | am Won
Ing II the spiritual morale of the
York people has likewise shifted
h this noticeable change In archi-
Lurc."
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10

- UROPE. is trying something new and
unique in building materials In con-
= ncction with the great reconstruc-
n movement in the battlefield districts.
is converting the boxes In which shells
ere transported to the front into
Hiding blocks. The boxes are filed
tn cement. allowed to dry and then
sempled like hollow tiles. They are
I'D to form walls of great strength.
the present shortage OF brick the
ment filed shell boxes not only COM
tse a very acceptable substitute but
eatly reduce construction costs.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
JUSTIN o,BRIEN,s HOME SOLD.

The residence Of Justin G. O'Brien at
119 East Seventy-eighth street is re-
ported sold 60 William r. Maloney. II
IL four-story house. 1s.6x10o, valued
at $4,000
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
WOMAN SELLS TENEMENT.

Spear & Go. sold for Mary r.. Morri-
son the hve-story nineteen foot tene-
mont 2i2 West Eighty-third street to
Rose a. and William J. Kelly. This Il
the nrst time this property has changed
hands In thirty years.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10

From the proceeds realized through
} sale of the progcncy OF a pig. an
Ilahoma farmer is building modern
Hdence for himself and his family. To
he credit where credit Is due, the
-mer has named 1t THE House that
se Built"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
~ PRACTICALLY no change marked

~ PRACTICALLY no change marked
the course OF last weeks mort
gage market. Experts declare
that it is likely to remain a 5A per
cent market for considerable time and
that IL will stay around that rate In
definitely as enough money is available
to keep It there. The tendency to sink
to per cent. level, they say is not
to spread.
For the best class OF loans on realty
collateral the rate Is SO per cent. for
Manhattan and The Bronx. 6 per cent.
for second class loans and 6 "a per cent.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10

are made out of well built dwellings
formerly the private homes of well to
do people For small apartments in
the best houses the demand comes from
those who want them for the sake of
convenience for short period of time.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
Europe Beating Her Shell
Boxes Into Building Blocks
by THE ODD PARAGRAPHER.
EARLY Life In New York city.

/ abandoned schoolhouse in Etampes and
| they caused the building to collapse.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
BROOKLYN

BROOKLYN.
1922. 1921.
Aug. 20 20 Aug. 80 70
Sept. .. Sept. 8.
sst 7ln
s3.sss, io5 s4.ol5. 200
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27
RUSSELL HECKER
ASKS NEW TRIAL
OF MURDER CASE

Motion for new trial for Russell
Hecker, convicted July 1 for the mur.
der of Frank Bowker, Portland muci-
clan, was filed here Tuesday be Heck
ers three attorneys.
Insufficient evidence to constitute a
conviction, misconduct Of the jury and
errors of the court on points Of law
are the three reasons given for the
petition.
The charge of misconduct of the
jury are made on the basis of four af-
iidavits to the effect that during the
course of the deliberation the five
women members of the jury left the
petit jury room and unaccompained by
the bailliff, walked into another room
some distance down and across the
hall. The affidavits are signed by
George S. O'Nea. and T. T. Shea, who
were representatives of two Portland
newspapers at the trial, by Percy M.
Johnson, one Of the witnesses for both
state and defense and by B. J. Heck
er, father Of the 24-year-old murderer.
Oregon City Enterprise.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27
Southern Pacific
vii! Run Specials
To Beach Resort
Beginning Friday, July 20, Spec
iaI Train From Albany to New
port Will Run Three Times
Each Week.

| According to word received by
by Mr.. Dale Kimes, local agent Of the
Southern Pacific company, from ]. M
Scott of Portland, special train will
operate between Albany and Newport
three times each week commencing
Friday, July 2S. The Special will run
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
and will continue each week until
after Labor Day.
The telegram received by Mr.. Kimes
is as follows:
Beginning Friday July 2Sth We will
operate Special train Albany to va
quina and return three times per week,
Friday, Monday and Wednesday until
after Labor Day, leaving Albany 1850
p. m, Corvallis 500 a. m, arriving
q aoledo 11:49 a. m, Yaquina 1920 p. M,
Newport AS p. IN. Returning leave
Newport Z p. m. Toledo s p. m. ar
irving Corvallis 80 pm. Albany mid
night in connection with this train
~e will operate standard sleepers three
times per week from Portland to va
train SO one a. m. Friday, Wednesday
and Monday, returning sleeper will
be hauled from Albany to Portland on
train No. g."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27
Fire
Wrecks Business
Section nMarshfield
Believed One Man Dead; Many
Injured and Have Narrow Es-
capes; Valuable Records Des-
troyed.

Marshleld July 24-Fire which
started at o'clock Monday morning
swept large portion of the Marsh
led waterfront, destroying 25 business
buildings and four residences and
causing loss Of probably 100000.
The city hall and many Of the city
records and maps were lost.
Henry Horstman is believed to have
been burned to death in the Portland
rooming house, where the Ire started
Henry Lecocq, one of the fireman, was
injured when he fell through sky
light. Clifford Brault received an In
jured to the head. Frank Miller's feet
were badly burned before he could get
out Of the Portland rooming house. He
was trapped In his room and crawled
out of a window to nieghborins
roof, from which place he was carried
MAN MANY BARELY ESCAPES
Several others reviewed minor in
juries and many had narrow escapes.
George Carlton. operator at the West
ern Union office, barely escaped with
his life when his residence burned.
Four rooming houses were destroyed
and many of the roomers were forced
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27
Coat Killing
Animals Must
Be ErddiCatGd
Meeting of Lincoln County
Farmers at EddyvilIe Adopt
Plans to Rid County of Prey
ing Pests.

At the meeting of the Predatory
Animal club at Eddyville last week,
at which time they worked out a
plan of cooperation with the Biologi-
cal survey of the U. S. department of
agriculture, it was decided to try out
the governments method Of eradica-
ting the predatory animals from the
ranges of Lincoln county. This meth
cd, briefly stated, is the employment
of government hunter and trapper
who, provided with the traps, proper
dogs, animal scent for trap bait, and
the experience and supervision of the
government hunters who have been
in this business for years, is able to
cope with the predatory animal crisis.
In financing the project, the Coun-
ty Court has set aside $125, and the
Predatory Animal club expects to raise
$275, making total OF $4O0, which
amount will be matched by the Bio
logical survey in money and equip
ment. The Biological survey will al
so direct the activities Of the hunter
and Mr.. Williams the department, as
Sured the covers resent at the meet.
lHS tndl, lIt thC COopCi-
alton OF the Lincoln county people, he
will be able to handle the situation
as has been done in other places.
The Predatory Animal club is put
ting on an intensive membership
campaign, and is meeting with the
hearty support of all sheep and goat
growers of the county, but as there
are less than one hundred sheep and
goat growers 1t will be necessary to
go out side of these men to get the
$275. However, since the encourage
ment of the small stocks industry Is
of Importance not only to the grower,
but to every person in Lincoln coun-
ty, the growers expect to have no dif-
'ficulty in securing membership out
side the club. Consequently. any per-
son in the county who is interested in
the small stock industry
will assist the Predatory Animal club
II they will remit the $1.00 member
ship to the secretary, Earl Weltin of
Eddyyille
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27
WALTER PIERCE
SPEAKS TO DIG
AUDIENCE here
Bourbon Candidate Greeted by
Full House at Chamber of
Commerce Rooms Thursday
Evening.

Declaring that unless drastic cuts
are made in the spending of the peo-
pies money by public officials and
the enactment and enfCrc :nent Of
a law that will force capitalists to
stand their share Of the tax burden
that is sucking the life blood of the
common people this country may be
plunged into even a worse catastrophe
than France experienced at the time
of the great revolution in that country,
Walter Pierce, Democratic candidate
for governor force?ully told an aud
ience of some $50 people that gather
ed in the Chamber Of Commerce
rooms Thursday evening.
Mr.. Pierce denounced in plain words
the fact that millions of dol.ors be-
longing to the wellto-do class are
tied UP in tax-frce securities, while
the farmer and working man is COM
PEELED to pay outrageous taxes on
every particle of earthly goods he
possesses. "The people should never
vote bond issue of any kind whatso-
ever unless an emergency exists" he
stated because, bonds are tax free
securities and the wealthy class are
waiting to gobble them up and store
them away in bank vaults while the
farmer and working man labor inces-
Sently to pay the interest on them"
Twenty years age" Mr.. Pierce
stated, the cost OF government in Ore
gon was fraction over one million
dollars per year. Today it is a frac.
ton over s9,O0O,O00.,' He gave as the
reason for this the fact that hundreds
OF unnecessary clerks and commits
sions are drawing attractive salaries,
''the prisoners on the prison farm are
useing expensive tractors where in
past years they used hand plows,
and this sort of extravaganza is going
on all down the line"
81 am heartily in favor of state
income tax" he stated further, be
cause this, In my estimation, is tnL
only practical way of making the tax
dodger stand his share of the burden.
Why should millions of dollars be ly-
ing idle IN safety deposit boxes be
tax-free, while the tiliei3 of the soil,
with their invested in the little farm
of home, are compelled to pay heavy
taxes? There is no alternative. Tax
free securities mus. be eliminated or
we VIII Sledully uTllt 10 tue time Wueh
the common people will strike to
throw off the yoke that is now holding
them in bondage. Oregon today ranks
at the top Of the list among the states
of the naticn on high taxes, according
to wealth and population.
Geo. A. Mansfield of Medford, pre-
sident Of the state farm bureau, ac-
companied Mr.. Pierce hero, and fol-
lowed Mr.. Pierce on the platform. He
made a forceful address, appealing
to the farmer to gel lined up with his
local farm bureau, because, he stat
ed. "the TIME is here when the farmer
must act and organization is the only
thing under the sun that will get re-
suits He reiterated Mr.. Pierce's re.
marks and said that "the governor"
was too mild.
Mr.. Pierce and Mr.. Mansfield left
Thursday evening for Newport where
they transferred to Yachats, being
scheduled to make addresses at that
place.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27
ON BOTH
SIDES OF QUESTION

America is straddling the fence on
the prohibition issue, according to
the results of the Literary Digest's
100000 vote poll, announced in the
current issue of that publication.
"Half-and-half' prohibitionists -
those who favor light wines and beer
and who oppose the return Of the old
wide-open saloon-are in the ascen-
dancy. The percentages announced
last week as a result Of the 100000
vote poll are practically repeated in
the second hundred thousand.
To date the Digest has counted
207, 1884 of the votes in its nationwide
poll on the prohibition question. OF
these, 76,597 favor strict and vigor
GUS enforcement Of the 18th amenS
ment and the Volstead act. This grouI
can be classed as the radical prohibi
tionists.
The second and larger number OF
persons questioned on the subject
favor modification of the law tC
percit light wines and beer. OF the
207,394 votes, S5,151 were in favor oi
the modification-Oregonian.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27
OBITUARY

MITCHELL-Charl II. Mitchey,
aged 80 years, died at his home near
Toledo Wednesday, July 10. Mr.. Nit
chell was born in Merrick County, New
Hampshire, on Sept. 20, 1858 and from
this union five children were born,
all of whom are living.
Mr.. Mitchell was veteran Of the
civil war, enlisting August 2, 1862, at
Fort Gary, Ohio, in the Eighteenth
U. s. infantry and served for two
years and seven msnths. He partici.
pated in he battle In which General
Sherman's army engaged In during its
march to the sea" from Chattanooga
to Atlanta. He was wounded in the
arm at Atlanta, Ga, Aug. Z, 1864. which
,necessiated the amputNtion of one
OF his arms. He was discharged
from the army on March 9th. 1896.
Interment was made at Newport.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27
CORVALLIS FARMER
BAGS COYOTE AFTER
GOAT LOSS OF $500

Corvalis-A w. Hawley, of Alpine,
came to Corvallis this morning with
;,..e coyote that since last January
has killed 60 lambs and IL sheep at
his place, at loss of $500. Mr.. Hawley
shot the animal this morning about
o'clock and is as happy as a June-bug.
"That animal would come into my
place and get five and six of my
lambs a night" he said "and he would
take but one big bite from a single
animal or two. You will sotice he is
as poor as church mouse. He kept
thin so he could run faster, CUES.
This coyote has been hunted by large
parties and dogs for several months,
but he always got away and a $40
reward failed to get him.-Gazett
Times.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-27
GOVERNMENT MAY
SEIZE COAL MINES;
EMERGENCY EXISTS

Washington, July 25-Intersate CON-
merce commission today declared a
national emergency and invested it.
self with wartime authority. 1t has
absolute control Of coal, oil and flood
shipment movement on the nations s
railroad east of the Mississippi.
With industry showing unmistak.
able signs of strangulation in the grip
of the Goa. and railroad strikes, Presi-
dent Harding and his cabinet gave ov-
er their entire session today to dis
cussion of whether the time has ar
rived for drastic federal action.
The coal strike, considered by the
administration as the more serious, is
now in its 115th day. The rail strike
is in it's 25th day.