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Natural Mortar Beds.

Who invented mortar? Some pre- historic person, who in all likelihood hit upon the combination by sheer luck. The mortar used by the ancient Greeks and Romans was the same stuff that we use.
 But nature was in advance of the human discoverer by some millions of years. In Texas and Kansas, extend ing over vast areas, Is a geological for nation known in that region as the mortar beds" It is stratum con- posed of sand. clay and lime, which, originally fluid, has "set" and become rock.
 The process by which the sedi- mentary rocks of the earth were formed is successfully initiated in the sidewalk pavement of artificial stone, which is spread in moist condition and allowed to dry. It is better for the purpose than natural stone-made in slabs larger than can be quarried and often formed with grooves so as to expand and contract without break ing.
The Seward gateway., 1923-01-05
ALL U. s. COULD GO MOTORING AT ONCE

WASHINGTON, D. C., January 5- There are enough motor vehicles in
 the United States to take the entire population of the county for ride at the same time, says the bureau of public roads of the department of az riculture. At the beginning of 1922, there were Az motor vehicles for each
 mile of road in the United States. One hundred and twenty vehicles per minute was the rate at which mo- tor vehicles passed bureau observa- tion station on a trunk line highway
 in Massachusetts recently from noon
 to, ten p. m.
 A tourist recently driving through four different states was required to
 buy four different sets of lenses1 to make his headlights comply with the state regulations. In this the bureau sees great need for more uniformity
 in highway regulations.
 Federal aid highways placed under
 construction in September amounted : to 1,1S9 miles.
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CAME FROM DAMAGED STOCK
Idea of RIotting Paper Was the Direct Result of Act of Careless
 Workman.

Rlottfng paper, like many another valuable discovery, was found entirely by accident. One day in paper mill In Berkshire, England, a careless work man forgot to put in the sizing and it was necessary to throw out the entire lot as spoiled. Later the angry pro- prietor sat down to write note and possibly for reasons of economy used a sheet of the condemned paper. To his increased annoyance the ink spread all over the paper and he was about to give up in disgust when the thought struck him that it might be possible to use the paper for absorbing ink in place of the sand then universally used. After some successful experimenting he was able to dispose of his entire damaged stock under the name of blot ting paper. .5
 From that time on plotting paper came into general use. At first 1t was always pink in color, red rags being used. Red was fast color and diff cult to bleach, hence the red rags were useless in manufacturing writing pa- paper. But as the color of plotting pa- per did not interfere with its useful ness, red or pink was as good a color as any other, and thus provided a means of utilizing otherwise wasted material.
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BUNYAN ACTIVE TO THE END
His Last Years Busy Though Peace. ful ones and Death Result of
 Act of Seh-Sacrifice.

The closing years of the life of John Bunyan were peaceful, unlike in that respect the years that had gone before, but they were busy years, devoted to preaching, to the work of pastor and teacher. Of these closing years, Froude, in his Life of Bunyan," ed ited by John Morley, writes, Happy in his work, happy in the sense that his influence was daily extending spreading over his own country, and to the far-off settlements in America, he spent his last years in his own land of Beulah, Doubling Castle out of sight, and the towers and minarets of Emmanuel Land growing nearer and clearer as the iays went on."
 His end was brought about by ex- posture when he was engaged in an act of charity. A quarrel had broken out in family at Reading with which Bunyan had some acquaintance. The father and son were at variance, and In the hope of reconciling them Bun van iourneyed from Bedford to feauIIS OH IltISebdCh 1ie SuSSSCuCu, but at the cost of his life.
 Returning by London, he was over- taken on the road by storm of rain and drenched to the skin. This brought on a chill. He reached the house of London friend, Mir. Strud- wick, but he never left his bed after ward. In ten days he was dead. The exact date is uncertain. It was to- wards the end of August, 1888, be- tween two and three months before the landing of King William. Bun van was sixty years of age. He was buried in Mir Sstrudwick's vault in the burying ground at Bunhill Fields.
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Shame Makes One Forget.

Forgetting is strange phenomenon According to the modern psychologists we are most apt to forget those things that we do not want to remember-es- pecially those of which we are ashamed.
 In an address on criminals who are on the border line of insanity, deliv- cred recently before the Clinical So ciety of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Wash ington, Dr. Leon Emile Duval told of many mentally unbalanced men who in their normal state could not remember disgraceful deeds they had done, and said this was to be explained on the basis that it is the thing of which we are ashamed and which conflicts with the customs of society which is soonest relegated to the realm of the uncon- scious."
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SQUARE MILE IN NEW YORK
 HAS LOWEST INFANT DEATH

NEW YORK January 5-One square mile on the lower east side, where 800, 1000 persons live, shows one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world, Dr. Royal s. Copeland, United States seuator-elect, declared Sunday, in an address to the congregation Beth Hamilrash Hagafor
 In this crowded area, Dr. Copeland said, among every 1000 children born, fifty die in the first year of life. In contrast, he said, in the upper Fifth avenue district, 100 out of every 1000 children die during the first year
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Tremendous Speed.

used as the original detonating charge in torpedoes, expands at a furious rate. A writer in the Illustrated World makes comparison between this rate of expansion and an express train trav- cling at the rate of 60 miles an hour.
 Imagine" he says, ''24.O0O feet a second-instead of the 89 feet a sec. ond made by a mile-a-minute train and you will know why illuminate of mercury going oil in your hand will carry a finger with 1t and yet not burn your coat" That is the ultimate in speed
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
MAKES IL SALES
CONFESS Reports $4,000 Worth Of
Business Last Week.

The CONFESS Realty Company report
a total of eleven sales for the last
week. the total consideration amount
ing to more than S31, 900. The follow
ing are the sales reported:
Fred Luna and wife to Leo I. Burns.
business property on North Flores
street, $500: Thomas c. Lowe to
Catherine Adam, store building, with
living apartments above, at the corner
of Carolina and Cherry street, $3.50 (:
Hearne & Weaver to ]. c. Moser. fire
room cottage at 221 Weaver street.
$3.50: G. A. Mcconnell and wife to
J. II. Zipprian. four-room cottage and
two lots at 40 Paso Blanco avenue,
$1,000: Southland Life Insurance Com
pany to ]. A. Pursch, five lots on the
north side of Linares street, 500:
John Alcott Jr. and wife. Mae Belle
Alcott, to Harry NJ. Doyle, five-room
cottage at 1926 Wcs Craig Place,
S4925: W. II. Ferguson to p. f. Full
wood, lot on the south side of Wood
lawn avenue, S1400; Campbell Lum-
Der Company to +. W. Began and
wife. five-room dwelling at ABB West
Huisache avenue for S69j0; Mrs. NJ.
!. Kelly TO DIR. G.. NJ. Duckworth. two
lots on Bushnell street for 5000; ~.
G. NJ. Duckworth to Mrs. NJ. ]. Kelly,
lot on Glenwood Court. for $1,000 one
lot on Avenue b to Charles Miller for
$40.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
FOUR JOIN EXCHANGE
l.. w. Fox. Industrial Educator at
High School, Tells of Courses.

Four new members were taken into
the San Antonio Builders Exchange al
the last meeting. They are: Bexar
Decorating Company, 81! Moore
building; +. Hensel, 1O14 North
Cherry street; Texas Blue Print and
Supply Company, 121 Broadway !,
Henry B. Vodrie, 204 Nacogdoches
street.
The meeting was IN many ways e1-
ceptionally interesting. l.. w. Fox
supervisor of industrial education at
the high schools. gave a description OF
the courses that are being given at
the night schools and urged the CO.
operation of the members OF the Ex,
change in sending young men ana
women to the schools. The classes at
the Main Avenue High School begin
this week. The hours of instruction
are from Z 80 to 80 o'clock, two
nights a week.
The courses include: automobile
mechanics. machine shop practice.
drafting for machinists, industrial
mathematics. drafting and estimating
for plumbers, pattern drafting Tor
sheet metal workers, estimating for
building tradesmen, pattern drafting
for tailors. electrical work, architect
ural drawing for building tradesmei,
roof framing and the steel square:
dress making, art needle work and
millinery.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07

learned the, habit of saving, and have
continued it as a step toward financial
independence.
"A first mortgage up to 5O or w
per cent of the value of q house and
lot is considered one of the safest pos
sible investments, and it should be
easy to obtain such loan from
building and loan association, saw
ings bank, insurance company, trust
company, or from some individual
perhaps the seller of the house.
Advises Building ard Loan.
"Building and loan associations,
will, in many cases, prove the best
means of financing a home, for they
are often able to loan as much as ~
to so per cent of the real value of q
home, which is generally above the
limit allowed by law for savings banks
and insurance companies. Such
loan, therefore, may avoid the added
complications disadvantages and ex-
penses that may be involved in case
both first and second mortgage arc
required. Building and loan associa-
tons are often especially helpful in
providing means of financing during
the construction of new home. They
are usually organized with the chief
aim Of assisting home-buyers and
home builders. Their system Of SELL
ing shares on which payments must be
made weekly or monthly has proved
an invaluable aid to hundreds of thou
sands of future home-buyers in ac-
cumulating savings and furnishes a
sound and helpful scheme for paying
off the principal of loans"
General property considerations are
dealt with extensively in How TO
Own Your Home" 1t is pointed out
that in making sure that satisfactory
house is being acquired, that certain
factors such ms transportation tacili-
ties to pltce of work, character of the
neighborhood, restrictions and loca-
ton with reference. to schools and
Fairgrounds for the children, should
be taken into consideration. Other
factors listed have to do with the
danger in buying lot too long be
fore building; extent of street and
public utility improvements such as
paving, sidewalks, water supply, sew
erage, electricity and gas; possible
assessments; proportion of lot value to
total outlay; examination of title and
other similar matters.
1t is suggested that il a city is
zoned it is almost always safest to buy
in a residential district where there
is safety from intrusion by fac
tories, public garages and scattered
stores. If there are no coming laws,
it is explained that private restric-
tons should be given careful atten-
tom
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
TO BE ONE OF FINEST
CHURCHES IN SOUTH
To Haze Auditorium to
Seat 5000 Floors
and Roof Garden.

One of the finest churches and Sun
day schools in the South is being con-
structed by the First Presbyterian
Church at the corner of Avenue ID
and Fourth street. Adequate space
for entertainment of the young peo-
pie of the church is provided for. a
Sunday school auditorium TO seat 1000
and a church auditorium to seat APP
proximately 1900, are included in the
building. 1t is expected that work
will be completed shortly after the
first of the year.
The new Sunday school plant will
have three floors and roof garden,
each floor being 16S by 81 feet in dl.
mensions. With its three floors and
roof garden arranged according to the
latest approved methods for a modern
church school, it is expected that the
First Presbyterian Church will be pre-
pared to render great service to the
community.
Early in the new year when the
building is expected to be completed
full program, not only of religious
and Bible instruction. but of social
athletic and recreational activities will
be laurieheti.-f-
Courts for BASKET. volley and indoor
baseball as well Nv tennis will be pro
vided for. Bowling alleys and Other
athletic facilities, recreational anC
game rooms, shower baths, rest room;
for employed girls and Others, anI
many other features will be IN
stalled.
A thoroughly modern kitchen. with
service elevator to each floor and
the roof. will aid in serving for ban
quets, supDers, church business men )
clubs and luncheons. large stages in
both the auditorium and on the roof
will furnish space for all kinds OF en-
tertainmt.ts.
The first floor will have separate
rooms for cradle roll classes, begin
ners and primary departments and q
beautifully finished ladies' parlor. Inc
second or main floor will have thC
junior department rooms. a large audi,
forum and mems parlor. The thiri
floor will have the intermediate de
partment's rooms, church Offices
kitchen. senior department rooms and
ladies' rest rooms. The roof will have
clear floor space of IA by 90 feet
Giving n constructive course OF m
struction for every grade from IN,
cradle roll class to 3 and 4 years OF
age. up to adults Of all ages, experI-
cnced teachers and officers will launch
a new and improved plan Of mstrue'
linn
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
STRAUS-FRANK MAY
. OCCUPY NEW HOME
BEFORE JANUARY /
Four-Story Factory Build
ing, Costing $35O,0O0
Nearing Completion.

The new home of the Straus-Frank
Company being constructed on South
Flores street is nearing completion
for occupancy by the first of the year.
The building will have four stories and
basement. 1t will cost about $780,
600 including equipment, according to
ID. j. Straus, president Of the COM
pany.
Expanding its trade to the extent
that the present quarters on West
Commerce street became entirely too
small, the Straus-Frauk Company was
forced TO seek larger and more ade-
quate quarters. Several months ago
the property on South Flores street,
near the NJ. X. & Il. depot, was pur-
chased and the construction of one of
the finest factory buildings in Texas
was begun.
At an approximate cost of $500, 900
the company is erecting this fine struc-
ture and when modern equipment is
installed it is expected that the total
cost of the plant will be $3.50, COO.
The Straus-Frank Company. whole
sale, deals in saddlery. automobile &C.
cessories, shoe findings. automobile
seat covers and tops and leather novel
ties.
On the first floor of the building
the company will establish its offices
and the shipping department; the base
ment will be used as store room and
for a part of the saddlery factory; the
second floro will be used as an auto
mobile accessory store and n display
room; the third flor will be a store
room for the saddlery department anu
the fourth floor will be used as fac
tory space On this first floor the
company will also have display room
for saddlery.
The building has a frontage on
South Flores street of 107 feet ana ex-
tends back to depth of go feet. In
the rear of the building will be pri-
vate trackage necessary for loading
and unloading Of shipments. Atlee Il.
and Robert NJ. Ayres are architects,
Willard +. Simpson. engineer and IL.
7. White is contractor.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
THREE-STORY GARAGE
Avenue ID Building Will Cost Approx
imately $59, 400.

The garage TO be constructed on
Avenue ID by DIR. Ii. III. Ogilvie VIII
have three stories and basement IN
stead of the two stories previously
announced.
Final bids were opened by Adams
& Adams. architects, last week and
although no contracts have g. been
awarded officially the bids already re,
ceived Indicate that the building viii
cost approximately $50. 400. The three
low bidders were J. c. Dielmann Con
struction Company. Moeller Wen
bacher. and Lon 7. Wright x Com.
pasy with bids of $50, 321. S5S,3io ana
$56.795, respectively.
Excavation work is about complet'
ed and it is expected that the con-
struction Of the foundation will begin
shortly. The building will be located
on a site adjoining the City \. NJ
G. A. on Avenue ID.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
PROMINENT BUSINESS
MEN TO ESTABLISH
POULTRY FARM HERE
To Stock 1OO-acre Somer-
set Road Tract With IS,
600 to $4,000 Hens.

The San Antonio Cooperative Poul-
try Farm waS organized here last
week for the purpose of entering the
poultry industry on a large scale. A
100-acre tract of land on the Somer-
set road just, out of the city limits,
will be used and it is announced that
in the near future, modern equipment
will be installed and the tract will be
made into one of the most up-to-date
poultry farms in the South.
Officers and directors of the poultry
farm include some of San Antonio's
best known business men. They are
as follows: Guy LeStourgeon, presi-
dent: Albert V. Huth, vice president !;
IL. w. Anderson, secretary, and Il. Ii.
Ridgeway, Ed Helmer, w. l.. Hoefgen,
Albert V. HUH, William e. Church,
G. L. LeStourgeon, Il. w. Anderson,
A. w. Carr, directors.
The farm has a capital stock of
S46,7 $50. Plans are already being
made by officers and directors for the
construction of a high fence around
the property, a home for the manager
of the farm, poultry houses and the in
stallation of brooders and incuDators.
The farm Will be stocked with hens i'm
mediately upon the completion or the
buildings and it is expected that be-
fore the farm is considered entirely
completed it will have between $4,000
and $4,000 hens.
The farm will be modelled after CO.
operative poultry farms of California.
So far as is known this will be the
only poultry farm around San Antonio
owned by a company operating on a
large scale. 1t is announced that the
management of the poultry farm will
be placed in the hands of some one
who is thoroughly familiar with the
industry.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07
H. S. KELLY WINS
: ALAMO HEIGHTS LOT
s. VALUED AT $3.50
Writes Best Letter on "Why
Alamo Heights Is Best
Place to Liue."

Henry s. Kelley, teacher OF Eng
fish at the West Texas Military
Academy, has been awarded a 5000
lot in Alamo Heights by the Clifton
George Realty company for having
written the best letter on "Why
Alamo Heights is the Best Place to
Live" Everett ii. Jones received
q S100-paymcnt on a lot in Alamo
Heights for having written the second
best letter and Mrs. I. c. Crea was
third, receiving S50-payment on
lot. There were 30 ten-dollar awards.
The contest was opened to the
public free of charge about three
months ago and last week, when 1t
closed, about 200 letters had been
received by the Clifton George Realty
company.
r. Neil Campbell, Craig ]. Adams
and Winchester Kelso Jr., were the
judges. The winning letter, written
by Mr.. Kelley, is as follows:
The sales talk of the successful
real estate agent can cover the
obvious advantages of Alamo Heights,
its accessibility. its city conveniences,
its freedom from high taxes-without
ever touching on the fine points of
distinction which put this suburb in
class apart from the ordinary resi-
Dental districts of San Antonio.
No "boom" of sudden, artificial
presentation has ever struck Alamo
Heights. Its growth has been rapid,
but always steady and consistent.
Property owners have seen their hold
ings increase in value from 10 to 30
per cent every year, and have learned
that fine homes and well-kept grounds
are paying investments. Improve
ments may be safely made, for the
constantly increasing real estate
values are sure protection against
loss.
A home in Alamo Heights is not
only a sound financial Investment,
but an investment in comfort, which
pays dividends in the form of cool
gulf breezes and freedom from mosqui-
toes. The housewife is not troubled
with dust. for the streets of Alamo
Heights are gravelled and tarviated,
city noises are three miles away, but
city water, city telephones. city cleo
tricity and gas and street car service
are .always present. And where the
city of San Antonio stops, the city
of Alamo Heights starts: the local
mayor and aldermen have provided
not only. artistic street signs, but an
abundance of serviceable street lights.
The presence of high school which
in personnel and equipment is the
boast of the Bexar county school sys-
fem and the easy accessibility TO
Alamo Heights proper of two nation
ally known boarding schools for boys
and one for girls, furnish an ideal
solution of the educational problem
that confronts every family.
Alamo Heights offers the home
seeker all the advantages of an urban
village. Its landscapes are beautiful.
Its breezes are cool. 1t possesses a
strong and wholesome community
spirit. These are the principal rea-
sons why the residents believe that
Alamo Heights is the best place for
home.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-10-07

CONFESS Realty company as a sales
man. This was in 1915. He served
as salesman for this company for
about six months when he again went
into the real estate business for him
self.
Caters to Middle Class.
Since that time Mr.. Sexauer has
been catering to the middle class OF
people, and has been one of the most
active real estate men in San Antonio.
He has built small homes in practical
" every section of the city and it is
estimated that he has constructed,
trader for, sold or located homes for
more than 300 people.
There probably is not more
enthusiastic real estate man in this
city as to expansion. However. he
says he has constructive criticisms
to make as well as some good sug-
gestions.
One project already being worked
out and which is advocated by Mr..
Sexauer is the coming system. This
must be adopted quickly, he says, for
it is yitally necessary to the growth
of the city.
Would Remove Refineries.
"A third hindrance TO the growth
of some of San Antonio's finest resi-
Dental districts" says Mr.. Sexauer.
ais the fact that industrial plants
have been allowed to establish them
selves right in the city limits and
adjacent to some Of our finest homes.
another of San Antonio's great
needs is better and closer cooperation
between the city and the public SER
vice companies. The city cannot pros
per as long as the two cannot agree. "
Mr.. Sexauer has built and occupied
nine homes in San Antonio and after
improving each extensively, has sold
all but his present home in Laurel
Heights. Each of the homes, which
were constructed in different sections
Of the city, brought a profit.
Mr.. Sexauer is known in real estate
circles as well as TO his hundreds OF
friends, as one who will always helr
the other fellow. He came to Amer
lea when sixteen years old where he
entered the "College of Bitter Ex-
periences and Hard Knocks" which
he says. is the best college in the
world in spite of the fact that he is
strongly in favor of a good founda-
ton in book knowledge.