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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
BabsOn Sees Fine Investment
Chances in Utility Plants
Recent Broker Failures Lead Economist
to Urge Study Safety More Closely.
Water Po,Cer Securities Praised.

Here is a resource which nature has
given us. 1t needs but capital and
legislation to put it to the service of
man. BY its development and use
millions of homes will be brighter and
the work of millions of housewives
easier. Scores of communities will
be cleaner and more healthy as cleo
trio power is used in place of coal
Thus. i'm water powers. invested cap
ital can be of real service, and in the
measure that it serves. IL will profit.
Business is still holding up not
withstanding the pessimistic views of
certain stock market operators. The
Ba bsonchart shows general activity
at ] per cent above normal compared
with II per cent below normal for
the same time last year. Whatever
may happen next year, business is
normal today-not overeXpanded nor
depressed. Those who try to render
service instead of scalping commits
sions have nothing to fear"
(Mr Babson. the noted statistician. who is
regular contributor to The STAR will con
tinue his special articles business and
financial conditons.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
LUMBER BUSINESS
REMAINS SPOTTY
Activity Returning Slowly to
Market, Trade Magazine
Reports.

The wholesale lumber trade re-
mains spotty Reports received this
week from important manufacturing
and distributing centers indicate that
the lull is being broken and that
activity is slowly returning to the
market, says the American Lumber
man, Chicago Retail yards. having
enjoyed a big volume of business
throughout the spring. are rapidly
cutting into their stocks and are be-
ing forced into the market for re-
refreshments. Transit cars, of which
there are comparatively few now
afield. are being quickly picked up
and close watch is kept for any
kind of bargain. However. dealers
still show strong disposition TO
postpone mill buying on any large
scale. expecting that the recent price
decline may be carried farther before
their needs become imperative. bis
tributors are of the opinion that re-
tailers, If they persist in their pres
ent policy in this respect, will all
reach the bottom of their piles about
the same time and rush into the
market simultaneously with long
lists of requirements, in which event
seeing that stock conditions at mills
are none too good. prices would
quickly shoot upward again and deal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
HON0RS AWARDED
FOR HOUSES HERE
Local Architects Win Praise
for Small Dwellings in
Capital.

The Washington chapter. American
Institute of Architects. at its June
meeting, held at the University Club,
announced the awards made in the
recent exhibition at the Arts Club of
work by local architects, members of
the Washington chapter This exhi-
bition was limited in scope to small
houses containing not more than nine
principal rooms. The jury. consisting
of Edward w. Dom and Louis Simon,
made the following awards:
Group A. houses containing from
seven to nine rooms-First mention,
house No. 20 at Edgemoor, Md, H. +.
Cunningham and Manning F. Stead,
architects; second mention, residence
of Justice HitZ. Horace w. Peaslee,
architect; third mention, house at
College Park. Md. Flournoy & Flour
noy, architects.
Group B, houses containing six
rooms or less-First mention, S7,09u
house. l.. Justement, architect; sec
ond mention, house of Fl. +. Cum
ningham. Edgemoor, Md. III. +. Gun
],
architects; third mention. mount.dn
bungalow, Harpers Ferry, w. Va,
l.. NJ. Leiscnring, architect.
Albert l.. Harris. municipal archi-
tect, who was elected fellow OF
the American Institute Of Architects
a t the convention in Washington, last
month. thanked the chapter for having
unanimously nominated him for this
high honor, which was conferred upon
him largely in recognition of his work
in connection with the School OF
Architecture at George Washington
University.
Mr.. Hatton of the quantity survey
bureau made a talk on the WORK OF
this organization and the savings i,
would ultimately effect to contractors
and owners. The architects present
showed considerable interest in the
idea in the discussion which followed
Mr.. Hattons talk, though some doubt
was expressed concerning some of the
features Of this method of quantity
surveying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
HIGH COSTS OF BUILDING
CAUSE INDUSTRY TO LAG
Fear of Financial Loss In Case of Break
in Peak Prices Hold Back
Construction Plans.

The present cost of building con-
struction has been brought sharply
to public notice within the last few
try, as well as the individual who
has contemplated erecting a home, is
puzzled over the future trend of
prices.
Many construction experts, reck-
oning the national shortage of houses
and the general wave of prosperity
now sweeping over the country, de-
clare that building costs. though
high, will not come down to any ap-
| probable degree within the next year
( or SO; while others believe costs have
reached a point where people will
| not pay present prices on account of
their fear that a fall in costs is about
| due and that they will suffer financial
| loss through the depreciation OF their
properties. This latter theory is held
particularly by those who build
apartments for rent.
| The man who builds a home to live
! I'm is not so much concerned about
| possible future depreciation. though
most people building homes for them
| selves take into consideration, and
very properly. the fact that some day
! thev may wish to sell and build
again.
| Big Raise in Ten Years.
| Statistics gathered from all parts
Of the United States by the Depart
! ment Of Labor show that building
costs as a whole. including both the
! items Of materials and labor. were
; 104 per cent higher In April than in
! the same month ten years ago, while
! the prices of commodities as whole
| were only 80 per cent higher. This
| would show that building costs are
| out Of relation to other prices gen
orally and that while the prices of
the things the ordinary family uses
| have dropped considerably from the
high peak of 1920 building prices still
! are. as some express it, unreasonably
| high.
The home builder is particularly in
! terested to learn whether response
| bility for present high. construction
costs is TO be laid more to materials
or to hight labor prices. Cnfortu-
with construction costs is able, to
! give figures which would show
whether the proportion as between
materials and labor costs in the
building Of the ordinary home has
! changed much one way or the other
| partment of Labor has gathered fig
ures which indicate that increases in
materials and wages have kept close
pace with each other. For instance
in November last. when materials had
advanced to a point So per cent higher
than in 1913. wages in the building
trades had jumped about the same
percentage.
i Question of Efficiency.
But in figuring out which of these
two ctsts has advanced the most In
work on an actual building there
must be taken into consideration the
efficiency of labor. If labor is less
efficient than formerly, a wage in
crease that has just about kept pace
with material price increases would
mean that the proportion Of labor
cost is higher today. On the other
hand, if labor has become more eff
cient than formerly, the greater de.
gree of responsibility for increased
costs is to be laid to materials.
There is another element entering
into the situation and that is the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16

ers lose what advantage they now
have. The advice of the distributors,
therefore, is to buy now, leveling
out demand and thereby insuring
greater price stability.
Industrial demand also appears 20
be Improving and an excellently
maintained export movement con-
tinues to feature both softwoods and
hardwoods
Production in the south continues
to be hampered by bad weather, par
ticularly in the hardwood sections of
the Mississippi valley, where many
mills have not produced a board for
some weeks on account of lack of
logs. and are not likely to be able to
start up again before July /. Con-
ditions in the inland empire and on
the Pacific coast have been more
favorable and the output remains
heavy in those sections. The trans
portation situation generally is fav-
orable and shipments are moving
promptly. The mills are. therefore.
able to make material progress in
cleaning up their old orders, so that
they again are in a position to book
fair volume of business. Stocks.
however. are not much improved and
there is still trouble in placing orders
for badly mixed cars or for material
needed Immediately
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
BY ROGER w. DABSON.
snecjal p'spatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SCHENECTADY, n. Y. June 10
Recent brok erage failures have
tended to emphasize once more the
continual loss suffered by the invest
ing public Losses from unsound
practices in brokerage concerns can
be overcome by proper regulation.
Losses from investment in poor Sc
curities cease. however, only when
= the investor becomes more skillful
I'm the selection of his securities.
The reason people lose money on
many OF their investments is due to
the fact that they select them with
an eye only to possible profits with
out considering the service rendered.
If you will be sure, instead, to put
your money where Ii will render a
service, profits will come almost auto
matically. l have just been visiting
the sites of some proposed water
power DEVELOPMENTS in the Adiron-
dacks, and water power. to me. consti-
tutes the most fascinating field for
sound investment.
Huge Waste I'm Power.
'In New York state alone there is
1000. 900 horsepower available which
is now going to waste. The develop
ment of this idle water power would
in year, save in coal the equivalent
of a train of loaded coal cars extend
ing from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and back again. The Panama canal
was ten years in building. During
this time the available water power
- wasted in New York state would have
been sufficient. translated into dollars
TO have built five Panama canals
This is figuring a horsepower worth
$50 Il year.
Some one has figured this waste
In the terms of bread and found il
equivalent to 4.250.000 loaves of bread
q day. Thus. when this waste in one
state of New York alone is trans
lated into commodities 1t is found te
be sufficient to supply the bread re-
quirements of that entire state
When you consider that the popu-
lation of this state is nearly one
tenth the population of the United
States, you gain some idea of how
which needs only capital and govern
ment cooperation to develop for the
service of man.
Power Plant Advantages.
Water powers are a comparatively
permanent investment. In the case
of railroads and even steam power
plants. there is high rate of depre-
citation If this depreciation is al
lowed to continue. the efficiency OF
operation is greatly reduced. In d
water power plant the depreciation
is comparatively small item
Water power plants are almost in
dependent of the fluctuations in the
labor and commodity markets. This
means that when profitable rates are
once fixed by the company or a state
commission, the profits are not liable
to be absorbed by an increase in
either wages or commodity prices
OF course. there are a few other
lines of business which offer a SINH
lar advantage, but they also enjoy
this advantage owing to the service
which they render.
There is a constantly increasing
demand for household electrical APP
pliances. and an increasing number
OF homes are availing themselves oil
the convenieEces of electricity. More
and more factories and mills are be-
ing electrically equipped, in place OF
steam driven.
This all means that the use of
electricity is constantly increasing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16

2926-2930 Porter street; cost, $4,000.
Mechanical Restaurant Company. to
repair. 1417 New York avenue; cost,
$4,000.
w Macobie. to repair. 1902 II street
northeast; cost. $4,000.
H r. Howenstein. to build. 1909
lib y street southeast: cost. $4,000.
A. r. Clarke ct al. to build three
houses, 5S05. 5S07. $500 East Capitol
street: cost. $4,000
A. b. Rupert, to build, 2S0S Evarts
street northeast; cost. $1,000
John w. Gaver. to build. 2S21-2S25
Myrtle street northeast: cost. $4,000.
James r. Colburn. to build. 1908
Jenifer street: cost. $4,000.
Martin Roth, to build, 1l13-lllj ii
street northeast; cost. $4,000.
Fl. c. Kinder. to build. 2675 Rhode
Island avenue northeast; cost. $1,000.
Wilfred Royce. to build. 410S Sher-
rier road; cost. $1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
C. P. GREY TO SPEAK.

Charles =. Gray of Chicago will spea K
before the coming national conven-
ton of the National Association
OF Real Estate Boards at Cleveland
on the fundamental principles to be
considered in selecting land to be
developed into new subdivision.
Mr.. Gray's talk will he part of the
program of the associations home
builders and subdividers' division
Wednesday, June 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
INDIRECT SYSTEM
OF LIGHTING FAVORED

The best way to get illumination
for living rooms is through the in
direct system of lighting. The amount
of light so obtained will be dependent
upon the amount of wattage OF the
LAMPS in the fixtures. upon the eff
ficiency of the reflector in the fixture
bowl and upon the color values of the
walls and ceilings.
For a certain type of reflector and
with a lamp of given wattage, more
light will be reflected from white
ceiling than from a blue or green
one. 1t is advisable not to depend
wholly on indirect illumination. Put
in wall brackets and wall plugs for
additional fixtures and lamps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
SUES PENNsY FOR $4,000.

John Longworth yesterday filed suit
against the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany to recover $4,000 damages for al
legged personal injuries. He was pas
senger. November IL last, and when the
train stopped at the station at Perth
Amboy, y. j., he says he stepped into
an unprotected turntable pit and sus-
tanned serious injury. He is represent
ed by Attorneys William r. Harr and
W. c. Prentiss.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-11
NOTICE TO 3PAY. SCHOOL TAX

. '.-
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the. undersigned has. been duly ap- pointed School Tax Collector TOT the ato~sassf THward in. conformity with Chapter 29AAlaska Session Laws. 1919 and amendfAents thereto. - >1> ,aAll maleEpersons, between the ages of twenty one and fifty years, except saiIorsm Us $. Army or Revenue Cut ter Service, Volunteer Firemen, Paul. pers and Insane Persons, are subject to tax in the sum of Five ($5.O0) Doi- lars.
 Should you be living in Alaska on O. prior to the first Monday in April, 1923, said tax shall be due and pay able on said first dale, and shan L> delinquent after May l, 1925. Shouiu you arrive in Alaska later than first date above mentioned, tax will be de linquent thirty (30) days after your arrival, or within ten Q0) days after notice is given you.
 All persons, firms and corporations employing labor shall furnish list oi employees to collector and are au- thorized by law to deduct amount O. tax from wages of employees. Fines and Imprisonment are provid- ed by the Act above quoted for those who fail or neglect to pay tax or furn- ish list of employees.
 Dated at Seward, Alaska, April II 1923.
 CURTIS R. MORFORD,
 School Tax Collector for Seward. Publish Apr. II, 12, 13, IA, 1923. 1t
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-11
RADIO RAGTlME

Bow WOW WOW! Hot dogs
 Too hoo; Cinderst Yoo hoo, Ashes! Try this on your mouth organ: "Is there any doubt about the man in the moon being married?" sss'SI,nS say not; ain't he out every nightn :' ~. 4 '''@. :. An. right grab. this. himbo: ,-.,,.-., :. -.'>.'Nhy is a poor man like baker, } M He needs the dough. y '%'> ''''' 'F'
 Rfghto, Get, this one: 7 What did you say when the. s1rsn ger stepped up to you as you were watching the funeral procession pass by, and asked you who the dead man was?"
 T said, The man in the hearse.''
 Bring some real jokes next time.
 All right, I'll bring you.
 Ouch, Pm shot
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-11
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the interior

t. ;. Land Office at Juneau, Alaska,
 March 13, 1923.
 Notlce is hereby given that Bertha A. Fulmor, sole heir of Albert Fillmore, deceased, of Eureka, California, who on Febr. 20, 1922. made homestead en- try No. o5299, for Lots 2, 8, and G.. Section 32, Township SS, Range 14W, Seward Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make final five-year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the United States Land Office at Eureka, Califor- mia and to submit the testimony of two of my witnesses before Ralph V. Anderson. U. 5. Commissioner at Sel- dov1a. Alaska, CT. the fifth day of May Claimant names as witnesses: 1G. Nj. Chambers. of seldovia, Alaska < James CIegkorns of Seldovia, Alaska, c. B. Peterson. of Seldovia, Alaska. Mrs. Jaunita Anderson, of Seldovia, Alaska.
 First publication April 2, 1923.
 Last publication May 2, 1923.
 FRANK A. BOYLE, Register.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-11
FORFEITURE NOTICE

seward, AlaSka. March 23rd, 1928 To A. F. SPRAGUE, his heirs, execu-
 tors and assigns:-
 You are hereby notified. that have expended, curing the year 1920 and during the period Jan 1st 1921, to July 1st, 1922, the sum of two hundred dol lars in labor and improvements on each of the following lode mining claims, situate on Gilpatrick Mt. in the Kenai Recording precinct, Third Divi- sion, Territory of Alaska, to wit: Sum- init, Lisbon, Olympia, Hattie, Meat-in- the-Pot and Clara, recorded respec- lively at page 132 Book 4, page 133, Book 4, page 132 Book 4, page 46 Book 5, page S4 Book 5 and page 46 Book 5. Said Books mentioned being records of mining locations of the Kenai Re- cording precinct aforesaid.
 All of the said expenditures were made to hold said claims under Sec tion 2324, Revised Statutes of the United States, and all amendments thereto, concerning annual labor on mining claims, being the amount re- quired to hold said claims for the year 1920 and the period ending July 1, 1922. And if within ninety days after the publication of this notice you fail or refuse to contribute your propor- tionate share of such expenditure, which amounts to $33.33 each for the Summit, Lisbon, Olympia and Hattie claims, $50 for the Meat-in-the-Pot Claim and s25 for the Clara claim, then your interest in said claims will become the property of the subscriber, one of the .co-owners, who has made the required expenditure as herein stated, by the terms of said section, and laws. z.
 GUS BROWN
 Date of First Publication: April 2nd, 1923.
 Date of Last Publication: April r, 1923
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-11
AUDITING TOWN ACCOUNTS

By direction of the Common CoUn oil of the Town of Seward, Alaska, l hereby call for bids fer auditing the accounts of the Town of Seward, Alaska, of the" preceding fiscal year. Proposals signed by the bidder gre to be placed in. sealed envelopes address ed to the undersigned and delivered at the office of the Municipal Clerk before five o'clock ?. III. of SaturI,t April If, 1923.
 Dated at Seward, Alaska, Apr II, 1923.
 VIM. H. WHlTTLESEN.
 Municipal Clerk Publish Apr. II, 12, 13, II. 1923. fl
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-11

By direction of the Common Coun cil of the Town of Seward, Alaska, notice is hereby given that any per- son who is desirous of applying for the position of Chief of the Seward Fire Department and Special Police Officer may file their respective ap plications with the Municipal Clerk o said Town before five o'clock D. m. of Saturday, April 14, 1923, at the office of the undersigned.
 Dated at Seward, Alaska, April II. 1923
 VIM. H. WHITTLESEY.
 Municipal Clerk. Publish April IT, 12, 13, H. 1923.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-11
NOTICE TO APPLICANTS

Publish Apr. II, 12, 13, II. 1923. fl
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-11

The halibut schooner Gladstone, Capt. Peter Peterson, came into port this morning to have repairs made to its rudder. The crew report a fair catch, although they were compelled to knock off after half days fishing and come in., Capt. Peterson reports heavy weather on the banks.
Seward daily gateway., 1923-04-11

The water main on Fourth avenue, below Adams street, sprung leak this morning. Residents in that sec tio nnow have a small spring in front of their places. Repairs will be made tonight.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-06-09
NOTICE TOPAY SCHOOL TAX

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been duly appoin ted School Tax Collector for McCar- thy District in conformity with Alaska Session l. ws. 1916, and amendments thereto
 Al male persons between the ages of twenty one and fifty years, except soldiers in the US. Army or sailors in the Revenue Gutter Service, volunteer iiremen, paupers and insane persons, are subject to tax in the sula of i've j$5.CO lolllrs.
 should you be living in 4 laska pri CT to the first '.!onday in April, 1928 said tax is delinquent after Fay 1st, 1928. Should you arrive in Alaska I;,- ter than the .ir5t date above mentioned tax vii. be delinquent thirty days after your arrival, or ten days after notice is given you.
 All persons, firms or corporations employing labor shall furnish list of employees to collector and are author- ized b. law to deduct amount of tax ffon wages of employees.
 Fines and imprisonment are provid ed by the A ct above quoted for those who neglect to pay tax or furnish list of employees
 Dated at Mccarthy, Alaska, May 10th 1923.
 F. E. Lander School Tax Collector for Mccarthy District
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-06-09
The Most Maligned Toy. n
 ln Alaska

Every now an d then we pick up q paper and read that Anchorage has Ian ded new plum of some description; and in a short time almost every town in the Territory sets up howl of pro test over the "greediness" of the rail
 road town According to our way of thinking no one has kick" coming, If Anchorage can sell herself to Wash ineton and to investors, above othe7 communities competing with her sLe is to be complimented On her success full salesmanship. She is merely apply lying the tactics of hustler in the selling game. She has everything neces sary to land the prospect firm belief in herself and the goods she is selling, the ability to display her wares to the best advantage, and a selling talk that hypnotizes the buyer into putting his signature on the dotted line. She knows that competition is keen, and she is pre- pared to meet it. Some of the towns in the Territory remind us of the drum mer" of bygone years who came to town, called on his customer, and ask ed him what he wanted He didn't aeed to know anything about saleman- ship; he was secure in the knowledge that if he didn't make the sale no one would, as he was alone in the field.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-06-09

Perhaps it is to be deployed that modern business is so invading Alaska as to make 1t necessary to be as alert as if we were outside, as the country will undoubtedly lose that rypically Alaskan air. but such IS the case. Ancho2 age, being the newest large town in the Territory, naturally has business men with the most modern methods oi handling their own and the com munitys affairs. The result is that Anchorage makes the biggest impress ion on those in the states who are inter ested in Alaska. Instead of nursing a grouch againt the ,'up and coming metropolis, let us simulate her methods let us tell the world about the advan tages of Our Town, let us stick togeth- CT in our individual communities; and by so dolng, build up not only Bigger and Better own; but also a BIGGER and BETTER ALASKA.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-06-09

The boat train today brought about thirty passengers for Ken necott and a few for here.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1923-06-09
THE MCCARTHY WEEKLY NEWS

Entered as second class matter. Septeni Der 17th, 1918. at the Post Office. at Mccarthy. Alaska, under the Act of March g. 1879.