Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-23
WESTERN REALTORS.
T0ATTEND SESSION
Special Trains Chartered to
Bring Pacific Coast Group
to Big Convention.

Realtor special trains from the
eastern and western coasts, from the
west and middle west, from the south
and from Canadian points have been
scheduled. realtor boats from Great
Lake ports have been chartered and
realtor auto caravans FROM tributary
cities have been arranged to bring to-
gether the approximately 6, 900 represent
atives Of every branch Of business ac-
tivity involving real estate through
out the United States and Canada
who will meet in Cleveland next week
for general conference on present
business conditions as they affect real
estate and for discussion Of business
practices in home building. industrial
development. farm development, prop
erty management, the safe and ready
the sales problem Of making real
estate more readily realizable asset.
The meeting will be the sixteenth an
nual convention OF the National Asso-
citation of Real Estate Boards.
The special train leaving San Fran
cisco and Oakland June Fl will be one
of the several feeders of the "presi-
dental special" to the convention,
carrying President L. F. Eppich of
!25 Denver men, which will also be
Joined by delegations from the terri
tory from San Antonio to Seattle be-
fore II leaves June % for Kansas City
and Chicago. where there will be
stop-overs. The southern California
groups, Joined by the Honolulu Real
Estate Boards official representative.
will come to Cleveland by a special
direct for Cleveland, starting from
Los Angeles on June 20. The Phila-
delphia special will be Joined by
realtors from Atlantic City. Lancaster
special. leaving June "a. and joining
with It delegations from other south
ern cities, Will stop over at Chatta-
nooga for picnic on Lookout Noun
tain by the way. The New England
special. made up In Boston, will carry
Florida and Georgia will lead another
convention group.
Sectional Meetings.
Seven inner conventions will be
tributary to the general continental
meeting of real estate men. They
will be In each case the organization
meetings of national groups of spe-
cialists on real estate mortgage and
finance, on home building and SUBJ
dividing, on Industrial real estate, on
property management and on farm
lands, and of realtor-secretarie s
group. and they make up the seven
divisions into which the association
has this year formed itself
A national conference on protective
license laws to insure the general
public against irresponsible real es-
tate dealers. a national exposition of
building ideas, national competition
on building plans for cottage homes,
a national competition on real estate
advertising and a national home town
five-minute speech contest will be
held in connection with the conven-
ton.
The three great general convention
topics will be: The whole subject of
finance in relation to real estate, with
study of present real estate condi-
lions based on reports from real es-
tate boards in 244 American and
Canadian cities; the great Legislative
topics Of taxation. zoning and real
estate Licensing: and the specific steps
found best in the development of an
Individual real estate business.