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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-05-30
CAN'T HOLD WORKERS:
CANNERY TRUST LOSES

SEATTLE. May ga Hindu and
Filipino who were arrested on COM
plant of a Chinese labor agent for
breaking their contract have been
discharged by Police Judge Gordon.
The Orientals signed for employ
ment in the Alaskan canneries and
received money from the labor agent.
They. were housed on one of the can
merry trusts hell ships" and escaped
because of unspeakable conditions.
Their violation of contract is a
violation of state law and they were
arrested, though the prosecuting at
torney declared his repugnance at be-
ing compelled to enforce legalized
peonage. The Sailors union inter-
ceded in behalf of the victimized men
and they were admitted to bail.
In Diminishing the complaint, Judge
Gordon said conditions on the hell
ship are so vile they were Justified
in quitting. The contract had al
ready been voided by the Gamers be-
cause Of their failure to provide suit
able quarters. said the court.
1t is believed Judge Gordon's de-
cision has dealt hard blow to the
labor agent evil. During the winter
agents of the cannery trust advance
small amounts Of money to Orientals,
who are told they will be jailed under
the state law If they don't live up to
the agreement they signed when they
received the money. Through this
state aid the cannery trust and the
"hell ships" enforce peonage.
Attorneys for the Orientals have
filed suit for damages against the
Northwestern fisheries company and
the labor agent. False imprisonment
is charged. The bill of complaint
states that more than 100 workers,
destined for Alaska, were crowded in
a space ON the hell ship" 40 feet
square between decks, with a small
hatchway the only ventilation. The
unfit food, an inadequate amount of
water for drinking and bathing pur-
poses, and no tables for eating are
other indictments.
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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-05-30

transportation and that If they will
stick to their bushes and leave
propaganda alone, they will be better
off, which seems to be a reasonable
way of looking at the matter.
Adoption of ethical codes by va
vious trade associations seem to be
quite the style.
Latest to adopt code is the Amer
lean Drug Manufacturers Associa-
ton, which has condemned piracy
in the manufacture of drugs. Imi-
tation of the products of competitors
ana false statements by employers are
also barred. The code asserts that
the essence Of ethics is honesty
and takes as its guiding principle,
Whatsoever We would that men
should do unto you, do We even so
unto them"
Though the cynical may sneer at
the idea OF mixing business and eth
les, action such as taken by the drug
manufacturers marks a step in ad-
vance. In the first place, adoption
of q code of ethics indicates that in
dustry is awakening to the fact that
it owes a duty to the public and to
its employees. In the second place it
is a definite beginning at self-govern-
ment by industry. II is an attempt,
perhaps futile in many instances bnt
successful in others, to remedy in
dustrial abuses by the action OF in
dustriy itself. Industry is tackliIg
the job Of clearing up its own evils
and is thereby laying the foundation
for a better order Of society.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-05-30
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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-05-30
ONE THOUSAND cHARrERs

WASHINGTON, May 2s-The Ma
tional Federation of Post Office
Clerks, affiliated with the A. F. of
L., has issued PTS one-thousa1dth
charter to Wellsville, N. Y. The first
charter was issued to Chicago post
office clerks on August 81. 1906.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-05-30

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
SURVEY
 AT ODDS WITH
 STRAUS REPORT
Expert Declares Building Has Approached
 Normal

One of the most striking conflicts with the Straus report which estimated a national building shortage of $4,OOo,- GOO, ,OOO, is found in recently completed Babson survey. Babson disagrees with the bond house in several striking par ticulars and declares that the rental trend must necessarily be downward.
 This decline, the statistical expert believes, will not result in drastic cuts since the current improvement in busl- ness will act to prevent this, but eventually, he says, lower rent schedule should be expected.
 A large percentage of the reports received by BabsOn tend to show that most localities have an ample supply of surplus store and office space which is said to be in some contrast to condi- tions existing a year ago. New York and Chicago. which Straus stated had enormous building shortages, are as- serted by Babson to have more vacant offices than at any time since 1919. A check on newspaper advertising de- velops that the shortage in apartments has also been largely overcome.
 Babson notes demand for Moderate priced single dwellings that Is better than for any other class of rental pro perty. A list of contemplated projects shows that these are fewer than for sometime which leads Babson to be- lieve that there is a more normal de- mand for new property.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
BUILDING COST INCREASES SEEN Trade Paper Says Trend Of Construction
 Inclines

Active winter and spring building programs are indicated by continued up ward trend in construction demand, Engineering News-Record reports. The demand is heavier than a year ago, The same number of building laborers is available as in 1923.
 Possibility of a shortage in materials and a consequent rise in prices is an outlook resulting from slowing up in production, which for the present period is under that of 1923. Cement is an exception; its output having continued well above 1923 snice the first of this year.
 Comparison of industrial construction contract awards for the first ten months of 1924 with those of the correspond ing period last year shows that the 1923 record for the whole country is unbroken. New England, the South and Far West, however, did exceed their 1923 totals, achieving respectively in- crease totals of $10S,000, $6,439000 and $3,S60,000. Contract awards for the first ten months of this year total 1889, with average money value of S153, ,U0O, as against 1889 with average value of $140,000 in 1923.
 Construction materials prices quoted here include steel structural shapes, 100 pounds, $3.34; cast-iron pipe, inches and over, ton, $55.60 and $56.60 cement without bags, barrel, $250 and $260; lime, finishing, hydrated, ton, $1S.20: common brick, delivered, 1000 SIS; linseed oil, raw, barrel lots, gal lon, S1,11.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
NORTHSLDE SITES STILL FAVORED
 IN REALTY MART
Newton Investment Co., Central Figure Of
 Deals

The section to the northeast of the business district continues to hold a fair share of attention in property and although the Newton Investment Com- pany, central figure in the trading, was reported to have acquired all of the pieces deemed advisable a week ago from recent development it is appa- rently still holding the buyers end in some cases.
 Speculation in real estate circles re- garding the motive power behind the investment organization which has been managing most of the activity, results in little. The name means nothing since 1t is only another company using dummy" officials. It is said that the firm represents Birmingham and for eign capitalists and particularly the foreign capitalists" [ remain in the dark.
 That the company does represent moneyed interests is shown by it's oper- ation hero. Roughly, over a million dollars worth of sites have been taken by the group, among them some val uable pieces and the site of the new six-story hotel at Second avenue and Twenty-sixth street.
 Some of the properties now held by the Newton Investment Company are the northwest corner of Second and Twenty-sixth purchased from A. Scaccla at a figure near $50,000; the south west corner of the same intersection for a like amount taken over from Sig Steiner and J. M. Levine; and 166 feet on Fourth avenue between Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth streets, bought of R. Fl. Hamerick, J. A. Sellers, C. w. Greer, and w. M. Worely.
 That other structures for the sec tion besides the new hotel are planned are rumors on the market. Announce ment of a new garage by the Super Service Company on Third avenue be- tween Twenty-thiry and Twenty fourth street may serve to hasten these pro- iects as it is believed that another sim liar building is looming for the local | ity.
 Among the realty agencies which have figured heavily in the trading to the northwest of the downtown district are Moseley, Henderson and Davis, and Meyer and Engel. Tillman K. Wood of the latter firm, is reported to have turned close to $4OO,000 in deals there in the last ten days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
AUTO DISTRICT EXPANDS INTO
 OTHER SECTIONS
Firms Seek Sites Outside Of High Rent
 Area

Expansion of the automobile district on the south side is declared in real estate circles to be a significant trend. It is taken to mean that, while South Twentieth and Twenty-first street will remain for some little time the backbone of the business, they can no longer be considered the only desirable location.
 The new office building at Avenue Q and Twentieth street, it is said, will not strengthen the hold of the thorough fare on the automobile houses as some believe. The structure will accomplish the effect of boosting values and rents in it's immediate surroundings, and, while some motor branches require cen tral buildings for display purposes, this is not true of the rank and file.
 Granting that some of the larger companies" says one automobile head, "can afford to maintain their present offices, no matter how greatly the sec tion develops as a retail trading center, the smallest concerns and repair shops will have to seek new headquarters If rents score any abrupt rise. The loglcal locations run both to the east and west as near the nucleus as possible, but out of the area of high rents"
 Building Evident
 This statement appears to be even now being borne out. Brownell has just completed a new service house for it's machines at Avenue E and Twenty fourth street. Efficiency of operation is in no way impaired, it is said, while the site was a great amount cheaper.
 Officials of the General Motors Truck company spent considerable tiMe in sur yeying south side property before enter ing contract for building at Avenue F and Twenty fourth street. This ter ritory is now practically barren of traces of the automobile business, but 1t is believed that it will become more settled by the trade in the next few years.
 Mack Builds
 The Mack Truck company, with their new structure, went further out than many would have ventured, but still are holding the same pace that would have been expected in close-in building. The company built it's showroom and service station at Twenty-fifth street and Ave nue F some months ago, and fHom re- cent developments the automobile dis trict is building to the location.
 Among the other outstanding improve ments outside of the Auto Row proper is the program of the Alemite company, which recently completed a building which doubles the floor spare of the plant at Twenty-third street and Ave nue G.
 Although most of the new buildings now seem to be going to the east Of Twentieth street, there has also been some branching out to the west by the motor district. Among these is the Dixie Tire company at Avenue c and Eighteenth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30

From the first Druid Hills proved popular with the public. Rigid build ing restrictions and a zoning of the property made it desirable to the work CT seeking medium-priced residential sites. The lots sold rapidly and al most before the first deed had been filed, building operations had begun.
 In less than TOUT months time Druid Hills has become a community in itself. Just now there are over score of houses completed on the property. Num- erous others are in various stages of construction and H. l.. Sudduth, one of the promoters, confidently predicts that there will be 200 homes on the land by the middle of next year. Sudduth passes on all plans for building to make certain that they meet the restric- tions of the property.
 The Sudduth company has found an exceptional demand for all of it sub division property. In the last IS months 1t is claimed that over 700 lots have been sold by the organization in three sections, Druid Hills, Walnut Hills and Norwood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
MDAVID TO GET
 NEW PROPERTIES
Subdivisions To Be Placed On
 Market Soon

The McDavid Real Estate And Insur- ance Company is negotiating for three new subdivisions, it was stated Satur- day. One of the pieces will be placed on the market within ten days while the other two will be ready after the first of the year.
 McDavid has met with considerable success in the suburban market and it is expected that this line of develop ment will become more and more, spec ialized in by the firm. Only few lots are left in three pieces developed by the company recently, Grove Park. First Addition to NIilner Heights, and Uni versity Heights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
Reality Transfers

George Huddleston and wife to Henry Bowman and H. B. Blach, lots IS, 19 and 20 in block 333 of the present plan of Birmingham. $12,OO0.
 Susan l.. Minter and husband to Charles E. Peterson, SEE 50-feet of lots 16, IF and IS of block 4-B, according to the survey of the East Lake Land company. $5,00O.
 A. Page Sloss and wife, Everett Shepherd and Hattie W. Shepherd to w. J. Wheeler, east one-half of lot IF in block GA, according to the sur vey of the Elyton Land company. $5,0OO.
 W. J. Wheeler and wife to Sig Steiner, east one-half of lot 17 in block 64, according to the survey of the Ely ton Land company. $14,500.
 Everett Shepherd, Hattie W. Shep- herd, A. Page Sloss and wife to G. r. Hamilton and T. V. Crumpton, west 231a feet of lot IS in block GA, according to the survey of the Elyton Land company. $6,250.
 William Ross Halliday, Jane Emily Wakefield Halliday and F. J. Halliday and D. c. Wakefield as trustees of Jane Emily Wakefield Halliday, the ostui que trust, to Phoenix Realty company, undivided one-half interest in lots II, 12 and 13 in block SS, according to the present plan of the city of Bir- mingham. $165,000.
 c. Wade and wife to Nisbet Ham baugh, lot in block 77, according to the survey of the Elyton Land com pany. $25,5O0.
 J. Zingeser and wife to Madeline Solomon, lot IS in block 80, according to the survey of the Elyton Land cam. pany. $21,5 ,500j
 Everett Shepherd to Julius Fries, lot T in block 14S, according to the sur, vey of the Elyton Land company $25,OO0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30


 Druid Hills may not be typical subdivision of the district since unlike most similar pieces of property it was well surrounded by homes at the time it was opened but il. does offer a good example of residential development in high gear.
 Less than six months ago Druid Hills was an unoccupied 60-acre tract of land held intact by two estates, the Martin and Bradley interests. That it afforded favorable opportunities for development is attested by the fact that a number of realtors attempted to obtain its release. These efforts were unsuccessful, however, until last June when it was turned over to the Sud- duth Realty company.
 Land Attractive
 The lay of the property was found particularly advantageous for attrac- tive homes-sites. The piece was we'll wooded and rolling and its elevation one of the highest on the northside. Streets and lots were surveyed on the land and the subdivision placed on the market.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
FARM PROPERTY
 MART IMPROVED
National Survey Reveals Optimism. Over
 Future

The number of farm sales made in 1924 shows an increase of 32 per cent over the number in 1923, according to a national survey of the farm land market which has just been made by the National Association of Real Estate boards. There has been an increase Of A per cent in the number ot acres sold, and an increase of 65 per cent in the total consideration paid for the farms purchased.
 People who are buying farms at the present time, the survey finds, are peo- pie whose purchase indicates a contin,, uing healthy condition in the national economic life. They are not specula- tive buyers but the farmers themselves.
 How far the feeling of confidence has spread is indicated by the fact that 50 per cent of the replies to the question naire point to a market which is more active than last year or equally active. Only IS per cent replied that the mar ket is not so good. As to the future the outlook is almost unanimously optl- mistic.
 Slump Passed
 Conclusions of the present survey bear out the forecast made by the sur vey of November, 1923, that farm land prices nationally had reached the bot, tom and were destined for an upward climb. The rapid recovery of the price of farm products during the summer hastened this development. Eighty eight per cent of the present reports in- dicate that prices are either stationary or up. Several counties in which there had beeh almost no sales in 1923 have reported a market which is gradually assuming normal proportions.
 The greatest activity is reported in the central states including the great corn and wheat belts of the Mississippi valley. The southern states show an increase 220 per cent in the number of sales, an increase of seven per cent in the number of acres sold. and an in- crease of 49 per cent in the price paid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
PREPARE TRACT
 FOR SUBDIVISION
Thompson And Go. To Push New Property

Grading on a 40-acre tract two blocks west of the intersection of the Owentown and Tidewater car lines has begun with the plan to open new sub division there within the next two months.
 The property will be developed by s. E. Thompson and John V. Coe, two veteran real estate men here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
SPECIALISTS MEET

Round table discussion for each of the seven specialized fields of real es- tate, finance, home-building and sub dividing, industrial properties, farm lands, property management, real es- tate brokerage, and real estate board organization, will be held at the an- nual mid-winter meet of the National Real Estate boards at Dallas, January 13-916.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
REALTY EDUCATION

Evidence of a general educational preparation which men going in to real estate as a vocation are bringing into their work is found in the records of students enrolling in the American Real Estate institute. A recent check Oi 100 men registered for hOme-study course shows 16 are college graduates
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
RAILWAYS
 BRING BUSINESS

Interesting figures substantiating the assertion that street cars bring busi- ness are presented by the National As. sociation of Retail Clothiers. The as- sociation found the following facts about the amount of business per 100 square feet of space done by clcthiers off and on ear lines:
 At street car transfer pOints-50 stores average annual business of $3,375.
 Not on street car ines-16G stores did an average annual business of only sssy421 per 100 square feet Of space.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
l 3TH AVE No
Realtors Secretary Issues
 Plea For Community Chest
Board Shduld Subscribe One Hundred Per
 Cent, Starke Says

"At this moment there way of telling Sam c. Sarke
 secretary the Real Estate Board said Saturday. How large the Realtors of Birmingham have to the Community Chest Doubtless the amount would many thousands of dollars and it is hoped that the number of real estate who have already contributed would show creditabe percentage of the full membership
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
New Druid Hills Subdivision
 Sets Fast Development Pace
Tract Becomes Settled Community In Few
 Months Time

Birmnghams recent rapid growth has subdivisions develop at which few years would have appeared miraculous. -
 Today there many thcky populated areas with an at osphere of sections far venerable which only short
 ago. presented nothing than vast stretches of rugged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
RAN COMPULSION

Compulsory membership m the null tiple listing bureau was held unwise by directors of the National Real Estate boards at a meeting in Columbus re- gently.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
DIVIDENDS DECLARED

Stockholders of the Gulf States Steel company, on record December 15, will be paid dividend of $2 following ac- tion of the directors at the recent meeting. The company has shown sat isfactory progress during the year, it is stated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
SALES CONTINUE
Elliott Reports $7O.OOO In Deals For
 The Week

II. G. Elliott reported Saturday a continuation of activity by his company Sales totals for this week run near $7O,OO0 while the preceding week topped the $100O0O mark. Elliott de- clares business property features the selling with considerable demand prev alent in moderately priced dwellings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-30
probably be several days before the con tracts are awarded.
 New Hotel Plans


 Progress is reported on plans for the new hotel at Second avenue and Twen- ty-sixth street Several conferences have been held between local and fore ign capitalists who are promoting the structure, and it is expected that the construction date will be officially an nounced within aNshort time.
 Solid rock has been struck for the footings of the Alabama Power com pGny building at Sixth avenue and Eighteenth street, in some cases as great as 55 feet below the sidewalk level. One foundation wall of the struc- ture, running 62x140 feet, has been placed with retaining walls set on two other sides. The building is being erected by the Dixie Construction com pany, subsidiary of the Alabama Power company, with P. M. Bedette, J. P. Woodson and H. L. Meyer head ing the work.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-11-21


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The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-11-21

riage Attached to the horses it car
ried freight, and often children. The
method of it's construction is too well
known to need description. With
the advent of the horse. the Indians
day of rapid transit dawned. Pre-
viously to that he did his hunting on
foot.
The different kinds Oh boats that
assembled the Missouri or were used
on it have been mentioned hereto
fore. One of these-the bull boat
made of buffalo hide stretched ov-
er a circular frame, was known to
many of the Indians east of the
Rocky mountains. In crossing a
river in this kind of craft, it was
necessary to start considerably above
the point where a landing was to be
made las it did not go directly ahead,
but spun around, first in one direc-
ton, and then in the other, and thus
gyrating worked its way across, all
though carried down by the current.
The covered wagon or "Prairie
Schooner" as it was nicknamed, was