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The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-27
For Ladies LADIES VOILE AND MUSLIN
 WAISTS Reg. price $2.00 and up ...-.......- $1 25
CLOSING OUT THE YARD GOODS
 DEPARTMENT

Gingham, reg. price 25c yard, sale
 price .l5 Gingham, reg. price 30 and 35c M 20 Flannel, White, Pink and Blue, 3 Pongee, 50 in wide, reg $2.50 w 1.95 Pongee, 33 in. wide, reg. S2.OO . 1.45 Pongee, B in. wide, reg $1.25 zee 90 Crepe de Chine reg. $2.50 .......... 1.65 Georgette Crepe, reg. $3.25 -.......... 1.95
 q Serge, reg. S325 ..........................- 1.95
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-27

SPECIAL Ladies' Wool and Corduroy Bath Robes Regular Price $1O.OO to $500 your choice S5.50.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-02-27
Everythimg Redmced!----N Nothimg Reserved!
For Children CHILDREN'S STOCKINGS

s1.O0 Black wool, sizes 5 to lo..S.,.$ .5O 100 White wool, sizes to 10........ 50 Black, Brown and White Bear
 Brand, sizes 5 to 10, per pair. .25
 We are closing out our Hose De- partment because we are getting ready for well known brand which Mir. Michael has purchased.
Evening star., 1923-09-22

be possible to soothe the frigid ter
rors by means of artificial heat and
ample covering, it will require an ed
ucational movement to change GUS
tom.
Lengthening of Season.
The lengthening of the construction
season. the committee believes, will
be one of the greatest assistance to
certain manufacturers who cannot
easily produce in advance of orders.
Standardization of types, sizes and
dimentions will also go a long way to-
ward alleviating material congestion.
and the committee expresses the wish
that designers, in so far as practical
and proper. will be. willing TO forego
their particular hobbies in specifying
goods. Steel manufacturers, for eX-
ample. and various sash and door fac
tories have practically agreed on a
number of standard patterns in order
to insure constant operation of their
plants and permit prompt delivery of
orders.
With the assurance of longer con-
struction season, many contractors
would be justified in investing more
of their capital in power equipment
If, for example, contractors equip
ment cost 100000. and the cost is 4
per cent a month, based on eight
months use. or $4,000 a month, and
the actual operation is twenty work
ing days per month, the cost of the
equipment is $500 per working day
Lengthening the construction season
will go a long way toward reducing
such costs.
Concluding, the report points out
that in order to secure a greater
quantity of construction by fixed
number of men working certain hours
per day. it will mean increasing the
length of the season in order to ac-
complish this result
Evening star., 1923-09-22
Increase Your Bank Accounts, !
Urges Babson, as Thrift SteI
Economist Explains Ho,U Funds May Bt
Used for Speculative Profits-Huge
Sums Wasted on Temporary Purchases.

finance the venture. but the man with-
out a bank account cannot: -
Therefore. L. say that a. bank acS
count offers an opportunity for
speculative profit because 1T puts one.
in a position to make big profit
when the opportunity comes.
l especially emphasize the importance
OF bank accounts at the present time
because many people have not increaseu
their bank accounts. materially esinef
the low prices of ten years ago. Fora
great many years prices ran along "a
certain level and people got into the
habit of carrying about SO much -tn
their savings account and a certain
amount in their checking account. an
business men, from the large manufaG=
turers to the humblest retailers feft
that a, bank account of certain size
was about what he should carry and f7A
has held the same idea up4to the pres.
ent. time. Yet; during the past; ten
years. prices have increas sed from so to
100 or more per cent. according to the,
commodity considered
Taking into consideration all factots
entering into the cost of living, the
dollar of ten years ago is worth orf4gs
about sixty cents today. AS prices iTts5
crease we should increase our bank aa-
counts to correspond.
We take out increased insurance To-
day on a building which was built ten
years ago, even though il was then frss
sured for all it cost. The fact Is that
the cost of building has gone up and@R
we had fire we would have to rebuild
at much higher prices. Therefore, We
insure not on the basis of the cost of,
ten years ago but on the basis of re-
placement as of today. It seems to me
that we should follow the same prfu-
ciple regarding our bank accounts.
One great trouble with business to-
day is the amount of money being
wasted on things of only temporary
value and the small proportionafe
amount which is being banked fer
things of more permanent value. This
is one reason why the Babsonchart
has again so radically declined, stand.
fhg today at 10 per cent below, normal
compared with per cent above nor
NAL in February. -
Just as things got better around
the first of the year. people again get
careless, bank deposits fell off and
the safety valve began to let off
steam. Increased bank balances
would help start business up toward
normal again.
tMr- Babson. the noted statistirian and
economist. will continue his special articles on
business and financial conditions in next Sat-
urday's Starr
Evening star., 1923-09-22
BY ROGER w. BABsOS.

Special Disnatch to The Star.
WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass, Sept
22.-why is it that people differen-
tfate between bank accounts and in
vestments is more than ] can COM
prehend. Apparently men and women
feel that the money which they nave
in the bank is not invested" They
seem to think of it as tied up in
bags in the vault of the bank. -The
fact is that jIfst as soon as you de-
postt a dollar in the bank. that dollar
is loaned by the bank to some one to
build home, or to buy merchandlse'
or is used for the purchase Of bonds.
When these bonds are bought, the
money is still used by the company
issuing the bonds-perhaps for the
developing of a water power or the
buying of railroad equipment or some
other equally useful purpose. There
fore, money deposited in bank is
invested just as truly as any other
money. The main difference IS that
1t Is invested. by some one with eX-
perience and training instead Of by
one who may know little of financial
matters.
Bank accounts have all the advan-
tages of the-most attractive invest
ments. Among these may be men
toned the following three: % Bank
accounts are safe. Statistics would
probably show that smaller losses
come from DdUh dCCpullo IMAM diiS
other field of investment. (2) Bank
accounts are very liquid-that is to
say, we can quickly get our money at
any time. Other foras of investment
may be permanent" investments.
Many of them are so permanent that
they cannot be liquidated when de-
sired. CD Bank accounts offer a
good opportunity for speculative
profit. This may seem a strange
statement but let us examine it.
The real opportunities to make
money are through chances that
come to take partnerships, to make
special purchases or to do other
things, which, if undertaken, often
bring success. One never can tell
when these opportunities will come
but they do come to each of us two
or three times in the course of our
lives They almost always require
a certain amount of capital. Perhaps
the new position offered means work
ing for less than a living wage for a
while. Perhaps it means taking a
year or more for travel or study.
The man with bank account can
Evening star., 1923-09-22
REALToR IN SPECIAL LIsT.

Special listing in the telephone
directory under the head .'reaitor," is
a recent recognition reported to the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards by the Atlantic City Real
Estate Board
Evening star., 1923-09-22
August Building Surpasses
Record of Month Last Year

last year by 90 per cent, gains in the
southern states. central western states
and Pacific coast states more than
offsetting decreases in New England.
the middle Atlantic states and the
western states.
At many of the cities outside of
New York there is a larger volume
of new building planned for than was
the case last year. This is true at
Hartford. Conn, also at Rochester, n.
Y; Newark, n. j.; Baltimore, Mem
phis and Nashville, New Orleans, Lit
tie Rock. Chicago. Detroit and st.
Paul. The decrease that appears for
some sections in the comparison with
August of last year is in some in
stances due to exceptionally large
operations for which the plans were
filed in the latter month, this being
noticeably true in the case of Boston.
In the accompanying tables compari-
son of new building permits is made
for recent months; also, for a number
of leading cities.
Evening star., 1923-09-22

After several months of decrease,
building statistics for August show a
gain in permits issued, which in
volved an estimated expenditure of
$2O5, ,230,374 at leading cities Of the
United States. This is the heaviest
amount reported to Dun's Review
since last May. and shows an increase
of 1879 per cent over the total for Au-
gust. 1922. The larger aggregate last
month was mainly due to expansion
in Greater New York. where the per-
mits-$47, ,920, ,56S-exceeded those of
August, a year ago, by 56.4 per cent.
While the boroughs of Queens and
Richmond showed only slight gains.
there was an increase of 1880 per
cent in the Bronx 1903 per cent in
Brooklyn and 34.4 per cent in Man
haitian.
Evening star., 1923-09-22
CUT BUILDING COST
NL0NGER SEASON
Idle Period Hurts Labor and
Increases Overhead
Expenses.

Reduction of building costs by means
of longer building season is the OBJ
ject of a national movement just inau-
gurated by the Associated General Con-
tractors of America. A committee of
this association, which has just COM
pleted study of the construction in
dustry, reports that one of the most
important elements of waste in the In
dustry is the present short construction
season.
1t is pointed out in the report that in
the latitude of Louisville and st. Louis
the present active season is approxi-
nlately six months. If in that latitude
the season could be extended to eight
months, that alone would increase the
season one third, thereby helping to re-
duce building costs. The report con-
tues:
Seasonal idleness always costs
money in accumulated overhead
charges. inefficient labor and increased
plant rental"
Winter Discounts.
In order practically to present the
merits of early lettings of winter con-
struction, the committee suggests that
what, for want of better name, Will
be known as winter discounts. The
amount of this discount, be what 1t
may, should start with the men cutting
the timber, mining the ore or digging
the clay, and should follow down
through the manufacturing concerns,
the distributors, retail dealers. design
ers, constructors, transportation COM
panies and labor If each of these
groups adds it's mite to the total Ale
whole winter discount in the opinion
of the committee, would be very mate
rial and would offer a substantial and
tangible reason for owners authorizing
their work TO proceed during the win
ter
Work awarded in the fall benefits
all.' is slogan suggested by the COM
mittee which might be regarded with
/, favor by the entire construction in
dustry. 1t has been recognized by
numerous state highway commissions
with excellent results. and there is
equally good reason for it's applica-
tion to other public works. railroad
construction and building operations.
Custom, not climate. in the opinion
of the committee, is the greatest OBJ
stacle to be overcome in lengthening
the building sea son, and while 1t may
Evening star., 1923-09-22

dealt with extensively in How to
Own Your Home" 1t is pointed out
that. in making sure that a satisfac-
tory house is being acquired. certain
factors, such as transportation facil-
tiles to place of work, character of
the neighborhood restrictions and
location 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 a 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 If 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 scatter ed
stores. If there are no coming laws
it is explained that private restric-
tions should be given careful atten-
tiOn.
Evening star., 1923-09-22
Three Attractive, Splendidly Built Homes
OF PRE-WAR CONSTRUCTION IDEALLY LOCATED

A Picturesque Home of Unusual Charm
In Washington's Most Exclusive Suburb
Just II Square East of Connecticut Avenue
Near Fashionable Chevy Chase Club
Evening star., 1923-09-22
CO0NEY rs PROMOTED.

B. F. Cooney, president of the
bridgeport, Conn. Real Estate Board,
has been appointed New England
vice president of the National Asso-
citation of Real Estate Boards. Mr..
Cooney succeeds Z. S. Carey of Provi-
dence, r. l..
Evening star., 1923-09-22
Descriptions:

First Floor: Reception
Hall, , Drawing Room,
Library, Dining Room,
Buffers Pantry. Second
Floor: Three Master
Chambers, Two Baths.
Third. Floor: Three Mas
ter Chambers, Two Baths,
L arge e Linen Room.
Fourth Floor: Two Serv-
ants Rooms, Bath. Base
m n t :: Tiled Kitchen,
Laundry, Large Furnace
Room. /.
Evening star., 1923-09-22
Premises Tomorrow From | p.
A Charming Residence ON Fashionable
Massachusetts Avenue at Dupont Circle
1922 Massachusetts
Avenue
Having a 30-Foot
Frontage

This strictly modern
residence, which is To-
Gated among Washing
toms most palatial homes,
has just been completely
remodeled and renovated
throughout and contains
every modern conven-
ience and comfort.
This Home Is Very Req
sorabsy Priced and the
Gunner Will Consider
ena Exchange for Other
Property.
Evening star., 1923-09-22

the suburbs that will with this house for the
dfrontpo
tain
of max
mprov An
Sd families
menti n ad.
Evening star., 1923-09-22


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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-09-07
COMFORT FOR BOY BATHERs
They Swim in Forbidden Waters and
Then Dry Themselves in Hot
Air Grating Blast.

Those who enjoy bathing at. Bailey's
beach, Rye beach, Manhattan beach,
Coney island and dozen other places
would possibly proclaim that their own
favorite was superior to all others and
dilate on it's qualities and attractions
They would, however, be at a loss to
produce evidence of convenience
such as is made use of by the Is or
16 youngsters who enjoy a dip" in
Madison square,
These youngsters, all boys, take their
bath fully attired-the possibility of
the arrival of an unfriendly cop has to
be at all times considered and the
means of hasty retreat provided
and so when they are finished their
clothes hang in dripping folds around
them, says the New York Sun and
Globe.
This would be a decided discomfort
but the Madison square bathers are
well taken care Of They make imme-
date tracks for large grating In the
sidewalk at Broadway and Twenty
second street from which energies a
warm drying breeze untainted by cook
ing or other odors. Over this they
stand and in short while they are
completely dried.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-09-07
NAMES OF MARRIED WOMEN
Writer of Note Puts the Matter In q
New Light-Right to Perma-
nent Appellatlon.

The special demand of women for q
permanent name of their own is wholly
right, and has no faintest bearing on
the matter of sex misconduct In the
old days when women had no social
relationship whatever, and were TO be
distinguished only by which man they
belonged to, as with slave or a dog,
it would have seemed absurd for them
to claim a permanent name. Any
question about them was not "Who Ia
she?' but Whose is she?''
Now, however, as women enter into
one profession after another, really
counting in social relationship, It il
necessary to know them by name.
Moreover, it increasingly often occurs
that woman may make a name for
herself perhaps more widely known
than that of her husband, so that he
is disrespectfully spoken of as Mr..
Jane Smith," Mrs. John Smith" we
have not thought ignominious, but
"Jane Smith" we do. So the man whose
name is. so to speak, taken away from
him, becomes willing that his wife
should have one of her own-and leave
him his writes Charlotte Perkins GILL;
man in Current History.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-09-07
No Static Above 5000
Feet, Balloonist Finds

Static, that mysterious interference
TO the reception of radio signals, per-
haps one of the greatest puzzles to
radio experts, may be confined TO an
atmospheric belt about the earth. AT
least that is the possible conclusion
reached in special tests made by Ralph
Epson, aircraft engineer, and con-
testant in the balloon race which
started from Indianapolis on July A.
Upson's balloon was equipped with
a powerful lightweight radio set. He
was familiar with static and also
learned that it was particularly an,
noying when there was an electrical
storm in the vicinity, and planned
through the radio TO detect thunder
storms before the lightning might be
visible.
In report after the race. Epson
writes:
Zone of the outstanding happenings
in the use of radio in the balloon race
was that at attitudes of 5000 feet and
above we observed absolutely no static
whatever, although we could see light
ming at various points Oh the horizon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-09-07
Novel Detector Can Be
Built for Small Sum

A new detector stand. The control
is universal and when once adjusted
will stand quite jar. The principal
sum for which it can be made. The
pencil, which is of the ever-sharp type,
can be purchased for 10 cents and the
rest of the parts are found in nearly
every amateurs junk box.
The lead from the pencil is removed
and cat whisker is soldered to the
bar that runs through the center. If
the type of pencil you purchase has
no bar through the center, but just a
clutch, use piece of copper wire the
size of the lead that is used in the
pencil and solder the cat whisker to it.
Next a one-half-inch ball-bearing is
soldered about one and three-quarter
inches from the blunt end of the pen
Gil; this can be done very neatly by
heating the ball with a gas flame and
putting drop of solder on it. A little
flux is put on the pencil where it is to
unite with the ball, and the pencil is
applied to the ball while the solder is
still soft. You will then have good
joint. Next make two little angles of
sheet brass, through which drill hole
three-quarters of an inch and two holes
one-eighth of an inch. The former hole
is to form socket for the bali, which
sets between these two angles of brass
when mounted on the base
The crystal cun which is SoIdered or
riveted to another brass angle is then
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-09-07

shown in the diagram with lock wash
ers under the nuts at the points b and
c. A round-head wood screw with a
lock washer under the head is used
TO hold the joint TO the base at A.
A plain washer is placed between the
wood and the angle piece TO make 1t
turn easily The knob is put on one
end of the horizontal arm and the cat
whisker on the other. A wire is sol
dered near the middle of the arm and
a pig-tail lead is made over TO one
binding post.
The screws at points A, and Q
should be adjusted to give the de-
sired stiffness of operation.
The crystal holder is shaped from
the strip of spring brass. This is bent
hairpin shaped as shown and an angle
piece is soldered on one side. A
wood screw is used TO fasten it solidly
TO the base This holder is connected
TO the other binding post. The holder
should be made so that it closes all
the way when the crystal is not in it.
If lock washers are not to be had,
small stiff springs can be used in their
place.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-09-07
Laying Age of Pullets
of Different Breeds

An observation of the average num-
Der of days required to. mature Leg
horns, Rocks and Reds as handled at
the Nebraska college of agriculture
shows the following: Single Comb
White LeghOrns, 205 days; Barred
Rocks, 239 days; Single Comb Rhode
Island Reds, $50 days The age at
time Of laying the first egg was taken
as an index of maturity. Therefore,
such medium maturing breeds as
Rhode Island Reds, Barred and White
Rocks, Orpingtons, Langsnans, etc.,
should be Matched as near March
as possible if they are to be old
enough TO lay by November !, or in
time to catch the highest prices of the
year. The necessity for early hatch
ing is not so great with Leghorns.
They mature so early that April
Matched pullets seem to have the ad-
vantage.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-09-07
In 55 Years Increase Has
Been "A Per Cent-High
I. Grade Seed Is Urged. a.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
AS potato growers, we are still In
the small potato" class, If we are to
judge our standing By the gain in the
average production per acre made In
the United States in the last So years.
Statistics gathered by the United
States Department of Agriculture dur
ing the last half ertury show that
the average production per acre dur
ing the five-year period; 191S-1922, was
9S.7 bushels. Our grandfathers did
almost as well 90 years ago, produc-
Ing in the five-year period, 1S6S-1S72,
an average of 94.5 bushels to the acre.
In other words our ability to grow
potatoes has improved during these
% years only enough to raise the
average production by A per cent.
From 1868 to 1888 the average yield
decreased steadily until it was but "a
bushels to the acre. Since that time
the average yield has been steadily in
creasing until 1t is now the highest it
has ever been. A number of reasons
for the decline in yields during the
first half of this period are given by
the department, the most important
among them being the ravages of the
Colorado potato beetle during the
early period of it's invasion of the
eastern United States. the financial
depressions of 1877 and 1893, which
brought about a well-marked decline
in agriculture in New England, New
York and other heavy potato-produc-
ing areas. and a gradual depletion of
soil fertility.
This downward tendency has been
checked by number of factors which
have helped to increase the yield and
average production per acre. Some of
these beneficial factors are the infiu-
ence of the agricultural experimental
stations, agricultural colleges and the
United States Department of Agri-
culture, through experimentation,
demonstrations and extension work
the influence of the bordeaux mixture
treatment in the control of fungous
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-09-07
WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROOT

Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp-
toms of kidney trouble
Don't delay starting treatment. DIR.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions
Get medium or large size bottle inn
mediately from any drug store
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1923-09-07
Crystal Detector May
Be Easily Constructed

Experimenters are constantly bring
ing out new designs for crystal de-
tectors. A fine adjustment can be
made on any point of the crystal with
the one here described.
1t is mounted on a wood base,
6 by by q inches. The materials re-
Quired are a base, two binding posts,
a strip of spring brass 21s by II
inches, a wooden pot-lid knob, three
small lock washers, and several pieces
from a structural toy set such as
"Erector" or "Meccano."
To make the universal joint first
get 2h-inch strip, three small angle
pieces, and several nuts and bolts from
the toy set. These are assembled as