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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-01-20
LARGEST STILL ON
RECORD DISCOVERED.
300 GAL. CAPACITY
STILL FOUND IN CAVE FIVE
MILES Up TARPISkIN CREEK
IN COLOCkUM MOUNTAINS.
GUY WHITSON ARRESTED.

World: The largest, most complete
and most modern still ever found in
Chelan County was seized by Sheriff
Forsyth and Deputies Wine and Pot
ter Thursday morning and Guy H.
Whitson, formerly a coal dealer in
Wenatchee, was arrested for conduct
ing the illicit manufacturing plant.
The still was located in a cave five
miles up Tarpiskin Greek in the Co
locl5rm Mountains. All day and ali
night vigil was rewarded by the find
ing Of the still There is no possible
road leading to Whitson's place which
is almost on the line between Chelan
and kittitas Counties, so the officers
had to hike up the creek over an al
mos+ impossible trail, and in bringing
the evidence, they were compelled to
cut down their load to the smallest
amount possible.
Tie still had capacity of 800 gal
Ions. and was equipped with a Tralles
Scale hydrometer, to test the proof
Of tie liquor" Oil stoves kept the
stil' going night and day.
After tramping through the snow
for several miles the officers located
the still by its odor, and found it to
be carefully hidden away in a cave
along the rock canyon of Tarpiskin
Greek. In order to get to the cave it
was necessary to climb down steep
declivity.
Two oil stoves were lighted under
still and it was working" merrily, the
rumblings being plainly heard for
some distance, but no one was in the
vicirity. After waiting for eight or
nine hours, Guy H. Whitson. who
lives about a mile away from the
sti appeared on the scene and was
taken into custody.
The principal parts of the still to-
gether with one gallon of moonshine
whiskey We're brought to Wenatchee
as evidence in the case. The remain
der of the finished product. about %
gallons was burned, the blaze rising
to height of 50 or so feet. About
2F0 gallons of mash in the still was
destroyed.
Whitson accompanied the officer,
into Wenatehee, and helped carry the
evidence down to the Columbia River,
where they had left their cars. He is
charged with operating an illicit
still.
The cave was so carefully hidden
that it was impossible to detect its
existence. all trails leading to it being
covered with brush.
The still had evidently been in use
for two years. and the only ingredi-
ents for making moonshine foun
about the place was large quantity
of raisins. Whitson denies any
knowledge or connection with the
still
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-01-20
FINE HERDS AT W. :. c.

The L. s. Department Of Agricul-
ture's dairy cattle breeding special
ist, R. R. Graves. visited the State
College Of Washington and compli-
mented Dean Johnson and f. C
Woodward. head of the dairy depart
men5. on the progress made in de-
veloping the herd.
"You have a very high class herd -
he said. with lots of fine young stuff
coming on. In year or two il should
be enc Of the outstanding herds in
the country"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-01-20
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to thank all our neighbors
and friends for their kind assistance
and sympathy at the illness and death
Of our beloved brother. William Bris-
key and for the flowers and other
kindly remembrances.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fromm.
Mrs. E. f. Andrews.
Mary Cahail,
Owen Briskey.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-01-20
ST. PAUL'S EVANG.
LUTHERAN CHURCH

No services next Sunday as the pas
tor will conduct church at Waterville.
Sunday School al 10. Review the
lesson Of 'Eliiah and the Prophets of
Baal." New lesson. ''Naboth's Vine
yard"
FeXt church services Jan. %, a.
1915 a m.
Everyone welcome to attend our
meetings.
VIM. LUECKEL, Pastor.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-01-20
METHODIST CHURCH SERVICES.

Sunday School, 9:45.
Epworth League, $50. Topic,
christian Education" Leader. Wei
con-c Sauer.
Preaching services. Il a. m. and
7:3C p. m. This will be the last Sun
day of the evangelistic services. Rev.
W. 0. Beadles will preach both morn
ing and evening Everybody vel
come
VIM HOSKINS. Pastor.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-01-20
GAMES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

no not forget the basketball games
al the Community building this (Fri-
dayl and Saturday evenings-Quincy
". the All Stars. We know from
past experience that the visitors viii
stage a good game against our team.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-01-20

The X. P. dropped in on the Pythian
Sisters at the close Of their regular
meeting Tuesday evening and sur
prised them. The Knights brought
along luncheon and the evening va.
spent at dancing.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-01-20

NJ. G. Hoffman left Sunday morn
ing On No. for his old home at Glen
haven. Wis, TO remain with his
parents for a time.
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
TEsHl BETA lSEAg rA0sIt1EesT CORNER
SoNsTRucTiors CO. Wit APARTMENT.

street on land which was acquired from
the Chaplin Home for the aged. This
site was covered with badly run down
buildings. Mr.. Culver paid 5000 a front
foot for the property and he says 1t Is
worth $4,000 a foot to-day.
The next Culver operation was at the
northwest corner of Lexington avenue
and Sixty-ninth street. Later julius
Tishmann put UP the fine apartment
house at the northwest corner OF Lex
ington avenue and Seventy-second street.
The northeast corner of Lexington ave-
nue and Seventy-second street was the
site OF the Temple Beth Israel. Mr..
Culver bought 1t from Andrew Lazare
and he has engaged James Gable Rog-
ers. designer of the Hardness Memoria!
dormitory and tower at Yale University,
to prepare plans for a fourteen story
apartment house with one suite to floor.
Half OF the suites will contain twelve
rooms and FIVE baths and will be duplex
i'm style. The other half viii contain
eight rooms and three baths and will be
of the nonduplex type. The entire plot
measures 45x102 and the house will
cover the plot. A well known trust
company has advanced loan OF $500
900 on this project and the house Is to
be occupied by a large number Of
wealthy bankers and their families. II
will be sold on the joint ownership plan.
Another deal which will soon develop
into an apartment house project was the
sale last week of the plot, 1i0xl02, at
l57-163 East Seventy-second street. on
the north side, between Lexington and
Third avenues. SHREDDER g. Koppel and
J. C. and M. @. Mayer were the buyers.
They VIII probably put UP fifteen story
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
HOLDINGS OF OLD TIME
OPERATORS TO BE SOLD

A number OF attractive properties IN
Manhattan will be sold at auction for
the estate OF Heilner & Wolf, old time
operators. on Wednesday. April S. by
Bryan l.. Kennedy in IL Vesey street.
The parcels include an eight story busi-
ness building. 37.6x1Si. at 5 East Seven
teenth street through TO East Elgh-
teenth street: a six story loft at l6
East Seventeenth street, Tx73s: an
eight story loft, 25xs2. at 20 East Seven
teenth street; four story dwelling. isx
100. at So West Nlnety-first street: a
four story dwelling at IS West Eighty
seventh street and a five story apart
ment house, with stores and a vacant
plot adjoining, 6exl25. at Central Park
West and 107th street
Mr.. Kennedy will also offer sixty-six
lots In the best residential section OF
Yonkers adjoining on the north Grey
stone," the estate OF Samuel Untermyer,
fronting on North Broadway. The prop
erty has all city improvements. The
Cooperative Building Bank OF New York
has authorized the sale. which Is TO be
held on Saturday afternoon, April 10.
In Philipsburg Hall in Yonkers. The
westchester Trust Company and the
Peoples Savings Bank, according to Mr..
Kennedy, have agreed to consider ap-
plications for loans to buyers who will
improve these lots bought at the suc-
ton.
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
NOS i57-l65 EAST II No
BOUGHT as the SITE for A
APARTMENT By SHROPER
kOPPELL ano J.c. SH0 Nc

Northward Hol has so long been the
battle cry of the developers of Manhat-
tan Island that there is hardly man,
woman or child in the United States
that doesn't think of New York city as
being very likely, sooner or later, to
capture Albany and make IL a vassal
State or a suburb or something OF the
sort Manhattan's excessive population
Is now duplicated in some spots in The
Bronx and in far away Brooklyn, and
the suburban development of Westches-
ter. the next county outside the city
limits on the north, is progressing at an
Astounding rate. But there is new
kind of growth going on on Manhattan
Island that hasn't yet been grasped by
the popular mind. This expansion Is
River.
There is certain class OF New
Workers which simply will not consent
TO being driven off Manhattan Island.
Business may push ever SO relentlessiy
from down town and the tenement
dwellerS may press on either side.
These hardy Gothamites refuse to
evacuate. The folk who used to live
over on the lower West Side have been
scattered to Washington Heights and
then to the four winds. The weather.
classes which have clung to the back
bone OF the island are now facing evic-
tion because of high rents. Fifth, Mad
ison and Park avenues, no matter how
many lofty apartment houses they may
rear. cannot house all these stubborn
persons who are determined to stick to
Manhattan Island or die. So there is
now under way a literal mushrooming
growth across the island between the
Tcrties and the Seventies.
The New York herald., 1922-03-26

the East River north of Fifty-seventh
street and announced that they we're
satisfied TO live there surrounded by
tenement houses and the unsightly busi-
ness enterprises incident to citys
waterfront The Erskine Hewitt dwell
ing development which converted the
old houses on Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth
streets. about four years ago, was an
other one of these mile posts OF the
eastward trend OF discriminating city
dwellers.
During the last week the real estate
market has witnessed several significant
deals which point Enthusiastically TO the
fact that there is soon to occur an un-
precedented wave OF apartment house
building OF the better class eastward
along the ridge of Lenox Hill beginning
at Lexington avenue. Two factors have
contributed to this. During the last
fifteen or twenty years this Lenox Hill
section has been almost entirely re-
claimed from the invasion of the foreign
born. AS far east as Third avenue in
some sections, and even to Second ave
rue in others, the properties, mostly
dwellings, have been owned by native
Americans. That is the first factor.
The other. and fully rs important as the
first, is the fact that land values east OF
Lexington avenue are from one-half 70
one-Quarter those of Fifth and Park ave-
nues. This has attracted the astute
builders of apartment houses. who were
quick to realize that there is a surplus
of apartments at $1,000 room. and
what is wanted now by these moderately
well to do city dwellers are suites Of
four to six large housekeeping rooms at
prices which deflated purses can rea-
sonably meet.
The vital and most interesting phase
of opening up of cheaper land for apart
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
Bill to Legalize Frozen
Titles Reaches Governor
BY THE ODD PARAGRAPHER.

This is neither a human interest
story nor an odd Paragraph. II Is 2
plain presentation OF some interesting
facts dealing with a subject OF vital Inn
portance to property owners and real
estate people in general
Among the bills passed during the re-
cent session OF the Legislature. and
now before the Governor. IL one which
would compel municipalities TO begin ac-
tion for the removal OF encroachments
within a year OF the completion Of
the building affected Particular inter
est attaches TO this bill because Il aims
TO remove one OF the greatest causes OF
defective titles TO real property
There are in every important city
hundreds OF frozen titles" Cities
which cannot be guaranteed because the
improvements on the land project be-
yond the building line). Manhattan is
said to have hundreds Of such cases.
Under tho proposed law the city must
order the removal OF tho projection
within the statutory limit or accept and
legallze the Improvement as i stands.
thus eliminating the possibility of per-
manent cloud upon the title 70 the prop
erty.
Back in 1899. and again in 1905.
building encroachment laws were passed
which helped to clear the title 20 thou
sands OF properties which were under
a cloud because improvements extended
beyond the city building line. About a
decade ago George McAneny, then PrcJ-
ident OF the Borough OF Manhattan, COM
pelled the removal OF building encroach-
mcnts in certain congested sections ot
the borough. This campaign resulted
In wholesale slicing OF building fronts,
removal OF railings, platforms and other
sidewalk distractions, and cost property
owners many millions of dollars. AZ
though owners opposed the order at the
time. removal Of the encroachments IN
certain Instances proved highly beneh-
cial. since 1t increased the rental value
OF these properties by many thousands
OF dollars.
Common sense assures us that 10
owner crosses the building line deli6-
erateIy. for the reason thet he would
hardly ieopnrdize his entire investment
FOR the small gain involved.
Carclessness probably Is responsible
FOR the greater number of theao viola
tons in the metropolitan district tx
The New York herald., 1922-03-26

to induce the Board Of Aldermen to lay
a stone walk across Fifth avenue at
Sixtieth street The mud was so deep
at that particular point of the metropo-
lis that women simply could not get on
the other side of the avenue in bad
weather without running their dainty
boots. That was in 1882. and the man
who secured this much needed public
Improvement was Frederick Culver.
president OF the Joint Ownership Con-
struction Company. Inc. Mr.. Culver was
born In that district and has spent his
life there. He has confined his efforts
In the apartment house development
line solely TO the joint ownership plan.
In 1908 when Mr.. Culver went over
to the northeast corner OF Lexington
avenue and Sixty-sixth street and put up
an eleven story high class apartment
house back of the Seventh Regiment Ar
mory his Judgment was honestly ques-
toned by many hard headed realtors
Tho operation was so successful that an
other house OF about the same size was
built on the remainder of the Lcxing-
ton avenue block front. taking In the
southeast corner OF Sixty-seventh street
Not long afterward Mr.. Culver put up
the house at 90t Lexington avenue,
northeast corner OF Sixty-seventh street
which Is virtually on the summit or
Lenox Hin. In 1915 he built the eleven
story house at 1S7 East Sixty-seventh
The New York herald., 1922-03-26
Urges Divorce Between
Politics and Government

the alleged over assessment in a GER
tiorari proceeding.
THE provisions OF the existing char
ter therefore, practically. leave an ag-
grleved taxpayer at the mercy OF the
Tax Board. the members OF which are
removable at will by the Mayor in case
they do not carry out his policy respect
ing the assessment OF property for the
purposes of taxation. This condition
not only leaves the door wide open to
the general initiation of assessed values
for the purposes. for instance. of de-
feating the salutary debt limit provision
OF the state Constitution, but also opens
the way to favoritsm and graft, as well
as to political reprisals and the gratifi-
cation OF personal grudges.
THE mere statement OF the possibili-
ties OF the tremendous powers that may
be exerted by an unscrupulous Mayor.
through a plant Tax Board, demon
strates the imperative necessity or an
absolute divorce of the tax department
from the control OF the Mayor or any
other local officer who participates In
the making OF appropriations.
whether or not the charter revision
committee sees it's way to accomplish
this much needed reformation of the
local system for the assessment of tax
ables, II Is hoped that the commission
may be able to devise way to insure
either a uniformly fair and competent
assessment for the purposes OF tax
alton or an equitable and fearless re-
vision or such valuations as are pal
pabiy arbitrary or erroneous
There are many other features OF the
existing charter that might be changed
to the advantages Of taxpayers and the
genera, pubic. But enough has been
said. IL is hoped. TO bring home 70 all
who have an interest In real estate,
whether as owners, brokers or tenants,
the urgent Importance OF "A thoughtful.
fearless and far sighted revision OF the
laws under which the business Of the
city is administered. Bear in mind that
an incompetent and improvident admin
istration Of. the municipality causes high
taxes. which In turn contribute to raise
rents and increase the cost of every
other expense OF living.
"Tutelligcnt charter revision and the
addition OF real home rule amendment
TO the State Constitution will provide
the machinery for a proper administra-
ton of the business and government Of
the city. but II will not function to the
satisfaction of orr people unless they
sec 10 II that honest, capable and un-
selfish men are elected to manage and
operate the plant. The financial turn
over OF the city of New York. coming
and going, is over 81 900, 000. 900 a year.
II involves transactions too vast and too
complicated to be entrusted to the con-
troll OF men who have never had hnan-
cial training or business experience.
But when have men so qualified con-
troiled the Board of Estimate and
ApportionmentT
The New York herald., 1922-03-26

For the last twenty years we have
had too much politics and too little
sound business sense in the manage
ment OF the affairs of New York city,"
said a. c. MacNulty. counsel for the
Real Estate Board of New York, during
a recent lecture before the real estate
class of the West Side Y. NJ. c. A. "The
high cost OF living is opening our eyes
10 one of its chief contributing factors
the high cost of government This Is
n matter for your thoughtful considera-
tion. Think 1t over in relation to the
rent you pay for business space and for
living quarters"
Mr.. MacNulty's address was on the
subject, The Revision of the Greater
New York Charter as 1t Affects Real
Estate" In the course of his remarks
the speaker said:
'If charter revision would do no more
than to reorganize tho chief appropriat-
ing body Of the city upon lines that
would insure careful and competent con-
|sideration of all propositions involving
the cash or credit of the municipality.
|it would mean much to all who pay
taxes and rent.
The bulk OF local taxation falls first
upon the owners OF real estate, by whom
|it Is shifted, In large measure. to their
tenants. This leads up to a minor SUBJ
sect for charter revision. but one In
-ssssch all taxpayers. immediate or ulti-
mate. are directly concerned. namely.
the overassessment of real estate for
the purposes OF taxation.
Under the existing charter II Is very
properly prescribed that al taxable
property shall be assessed ut Its true
value The chnrter also provides that
any property owner who deems himself
aggrieved by the assessed .aluation
placed upon his property. msy make ap-
plication TO the Tax Board for a review
OF the assessment. Tho intent of the
statute is, OF course. that such applica-
tions shall be fairly considered and inn
partially determined. but this rarely hap
pens. Ordinarily the application Is de-
MED and the applicant Is rclogated 70
his remedy by a oertiorari proceeding in
the Supreme Court for n review OF the
determination OF the Tax Board.
"The drawback 10 an application for
the judicial review Of n tax assessment
is the expense or costs incidental there
N which usually aggregate a consider
able sum and must be borne by the ap-
rlIcant, unless the court reduces the
assessment by at least so per cent. OF
the amount Of the over assessment all
legged. Thus penallzed, applications for
the review Of assessments are kept at a
minimum majority Of property owners
submitting TO the often arbitrary de-
malls by the Tax Board Of their APP
plications for relief rather than taking
the chance OF being heavily mulcted for
costs I'm the event OF failure 70 secure a
reduction OF more than 80 per cent. OF
The New York herald., 1922-03-26

n1ent houses along three lines of rapid
transit is the fact that more living space
WILSON be provided at much lower
rentals than other similarly favored
localities are offering at present II Is
even likely that this particular trend OF
building may be a factor in causing a
softening of the rental scale throughout
the entire section OF Manhattan between
Fifth and Third avenues and between
Fifty-seventh and NiEety-sixth streets.
Brokers who are best informed on the
situation in that part of the town are
not inclined to be enthusiastic about
rental defiation. That is. they do not
look for marked reductions in the Inn
-1ed,ate future. For instance, the sud
zen erection of apartment houses in the
Lenox Hill section along Lexington ave-
nue. and toward Third avenue will send
land values up. Indeed, the trend up
ward has already set in. IL is the
operation of the economic law that Is
causing the activity in that section.
Properties that have been strongly held
for number OF years are being offered
for sale, and apartment house builders
are beginning to flock In. This in turn
tends to make prices bullish.
Production OF apartment houses on
land OF this character will not materially
or Immediately lower rentals in that
section. The more probable result, how
ever will be to increase vacancies in
the higher priced apartment houses
along Fifth, Park and Madison avenues.
How soon this will bring about active
rental competition Is conjecturai The
only sure conclusion Is that the cast
ward trend of building will provide what
is most in demand at present-suites OF
from four to six good sized rooms with
moderate rents In district that has
fundamental attractions comps ring with
Park and Madison avenues.
II one were inclined to be pessimistic
about the Lexington avenue section in
the region of Seventy-second street, ono
transaction alone which occurred last
week might serve 70 dispell gloom
Frederick Brown. the premier operator,
now in San Francisco on a vacation
tour, sent word by wire to his office TO
buy the northeast corner OF Lexington
avenue and Seventy-fourth street.
Mr.. Brown thinks very highly of that
corner and Of the section" was the com
ment in his new offices IN the Straus
Building. Fifth avenue and Forty
eighth street yesterday
One Of the pioneer apartment house
developers in this section east of Lex
ington avenue had a hard time trying