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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08
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Meets first Thursday In l. o. o. F..
hall, Cosmopolis. Fred King, presi-
dent; C. o. Merchant, financial sec
rotary.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08

Allied Printing Trades Council
Aberdeen Hoquiam-Meets LIST Sun
day in each month. alternating be-
tween Aberdeen and Hoquiam. Elmer
Salstrom, Hoquiam. secretary.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08
Central Labor Council.

Aberdeen-Meets each Friday night
at 104 No. G st. Mrs. Adria Johnson,
secretary.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08

Sailors Union of Pacific.
Aberdeen-Meets on every Monday
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08
Blacksmith

bTack8n1ItHB
Aberdeen oquiam--Meets End and
4th Tuesdays at 102 No. g St., Aber-
deem. T. Lund, secretary.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08

Machinists.
Observation-Disclosures the sec
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-02-08

MEETING DATES AT TRADES
COUNCIL HALL. HoQUlAM
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
HAS HEAVY WEEK

IL. Mccoy, MeConnell- White Ferry, closed his fourth deal Saturday which ran his sales total for the week up to $176,0O0. Three of the sales Mccoy engineered himself, while in the fourth, a corner at First avenue and Twenty fourth street, he was assisted by Roscoe Mcconnell.
 The transactions reported by the firm Saturday are
 A twO-story brick building on Fourth avenue between Eighteenth and Nine teenth streets occupied by the Hill Grocery company from q. w. Greer to Mrs. Harry Norris for an approxi- mate price of $75,OOO. The property has q 25 foot frontage and 40 foot depth.
 G. W. Greer purchased from John Harduval the northeast corner of First avenue and Twenty-fourth street, q two story brick building on property measuring 50 by 100 feet. The price was reported near $60,000,
 A brick apartment building at 131O Twenty-sixth street, north, bought by l. l.. Odom, Dora, from J. o. Kendrick at $20,O0O.
 Mrs. Harry Norris sold to 5. B. Slater a residence at 1014 Twenty eighth street, south. The deal involved S14,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
BUILDING COSTS
 TOHOLD STEADY,
Harmon Declares Little
 Punctuation Is .1 Expected

Building costs will remain atapresent levels, W. Burke Harmon declares in a booklet, 'srhe Earmarks of a Bad In- vestment," written for the American Trust company of New York.
 "There is a great fundamental truth which the average individual has not yet grasped, and that is that the United States has adopted new cost level of material, wages and necessities of all kinds and that that cost level is here fo stay. Of course business conditions will produce a temporary difference of perhaps 15 per cent in costs above or below of what may be called stabilized costs, but these variations will only be temporary" Harmon says.
 The average man is likely to make but one purchase of real estate during bis lifetime-his own home. Harmon points out dangers which the real estate purchaser should recognize and heed.
 Before prohibition the practice of breweries paying high prices for corner sites gave these locations a false value. Since prohibition the middle sites gre frequently chosen by chain stores in preference to corners. Drifts of pop ulation, stagnant locations, peculiarly constructed edifice or building erected as monuments, neighborhood rentalssare all significant t-s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
COMPLETE MAIN
 WAREHOUSE UNIT
Power Co. To Centralize Stores At North
 Birmingham

Completion of the North Birming- ham warehouse of the Alabama Power company was announced by Thomas W. Martin, president of the company, Saturday. Removal of stores from the old location at 23O9 Morris avenue was effected during the past week.
 The warehouse unit consists of four concrete and steel buildings, especially designed for the particular type of service required. The struetuFes in- cluded are main warehouse. 6O by 300 feet, a heavy-dUty machine shop, an electrical repair shop, and field warehouse measuring 60 by 100 feet. It is served by two spur tracks and the company has installed other ap- paratus to facilitate the handling of heavy equipment The North Birming- ham warehouse will be the center of the storage system for the company and the "feeder' for 55 other ware houses in other portions of the state. Over 5000 items, ranging in size from a light globe to q 90-tOn transformer. are to be handled here and a force of 75 men required for the, operation of the unit.
 The warehouses were designed by Power company engineers working in cooperation wtth J. B. Thomas, man ager of stores, and are said to be the last word in structures of their kind. The buildings are so constructed that equipment may be handled with a min mum of effort and the full amount of storage Spae6 c available.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
TWO NEW FLATS
 FOR SOUTHSIDE
McDavid Agency An nOunces Projects For
 Spring Occupancy

The construction of two new apart ment houses on the sOuthside which will be ready for occupancy early next year, was announced Saturday by Jack McDayid. vice president of the MeDayid Real Estate aud Insurance company. Expenditures involved will top $llO,- GOO. E
 Larger of the two will be erected by the House Building company: new organization which plans considerable future development in residential prop. erty. It win be located on Caldwell Terrace, just off Higland avenue.
 The second is to be built on ths north west corner of Sixteenth avenue, south, and Beach street, by the Redmount Apartment corporation, also recently organized and headed by Basil A. Wood, Sterling Wood and Ida Mae Wood This structure will consist of two brick units, each containing four apartments each. The size of the apartments has not been determined.
 The House Building conpany's pro ject will incorporate several new ideas, McDayid declares. besides beirE of par ticnIarly attractive architecture. Buff brick with high colonial pillars have been chosen for the exterior cOnstruc- ton while the interior contains, among other Innovations, something new in airshafts which will insure low tenn perature during the summer months. The building is to be erected as one unit with 12 apartments, The apart ments will be arranged into four 5, 4, and 5-room suites.
 Listing of these two apartments with the McDayid agency brings the total of new apartment buildings which the company represents up to seven. Thls total of new stuff together with the older buildings acted for by the firm is considered an exceptional record for an organization which entered the rent al field slightly more than year ago. Jack McDayid, who with his brother, Ed R., controls the agency, is man. ager of the rental department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
ACIPCO SITES
 MOVE RAPIDLY
Agents Report Brisk Sale Of b-DivisiOn
 Property

A record sale for moderate priced residential property is claimed by the Ben Cheeseman Real Estate company for Acipco Highlands, q fast develop ing subdivision in the Acipco section.
 During the past few weeks consider able sums have been expended on the Identification and improvement ot this properfy. Graded streets have been pushed through, approaches smoothed. and inc wooded tracts transformed into a section which has the real home at- mosphere.
 With more than one-half of the sub division already sold, many buyers are making plans for the construction or homes, and within a short time it IS anticipated that a settled colony Of home owners will occupy the mountain slopes which overlook the busy indus trial valley. Since the opening of the Southern railway shops there has been a big influx of workmen into the Acipco section with an attendant incEease Tn the demand for desirable honae-sates'
 Concentration of industry in the North Highlands section around Aelpco has been one of the signlrlcant uesel. opments in the Birmingham distIlct within recent years. In the opihion of many this ultimately means .ne building of an industrial section winch will threaten the supremacy Of the Fairfield -Westfield district.
 Acipco Highlands is elevated ana from the crest lots and those on the mountain side half q dozen plants can be seen with the tall skyscrapers or the downtown forming an attractNe view in the background.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12

The Birmingham Real Estate board,' stated Secretary Starke Saturday, 'is directly interested in seeing such q sue cessfui opening of the new auditorium us will give the promise of long and useful career in the advertising Of this city abroad and entertaining and profit ing it's citizens at home.
 Tt is certainly to be hoped that every social and business organization in the city will do it's part between now and the opening day, October 18th, to make the dedicatory exercises and the follow ing week of entertainment momentous of civic loyalty and pride It is just such occasions as the opening of this auditorium that serve as sort of touchst0ne to reveal the true spirit of city, More is involved than mere successful opening of new public build. ing and a week of unusual nnd high class entertainment of alternate pay and free attractions. A challenge to the Birmingham spirit is here offered. Aft CT a decade or so of more or less con stant agitation of the question of build ing an auditorium, Birmingham now hns very ereditable auditorium and convention hall of some 5000 east"
 OufAuo 0uppVtt
 Tn line with this Starke went on to ex- plain that every luncheon club and all similar orEsniza tions could do much in the next ten days to direct the attention of every loyal citizen of Birmingham to the importance of making the opening of the auditorium epochal in the his tory of the city. It was suggested that the city authorities might well afferd to furnish hundreds of thousands of leaf lets ta the business houses to enclose in their hail, thus givingaa wide publicity, both here and throughout the state to the opening of the enterprise. and throughout the United States to the fact tha Birmingham now has a building Jorge enough to take care of the majority of conventions held in 1925.
 "Is 1t possible to estimate" questioned the secretary, "the enormous advertising value to the city in having one of these leaflets announcing the auditorium, en- closed In every business letter that will
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
REALTY NEEDS
 EXPERT TENDER
Owners Should Consider Supervision Of
 Property

There are many reasons why the own CT of business property or expensive residential property should employ a capable manager, says an article ap- bearing recently in the National Real Estate Journal.
 First. the owner is relieved of the labor and detail involved in the c0llec. tion of rents, the keeping of accounts and the physical care of the property. Second, capable manager, because or his long experience and contact with the renting world, and bis intimate knowIedge of the best uses to which q property may be adapted. is able to make leases that are more advantageous to the owner.
 Through the care exercised in the selection of tenants and in the prepaFa- tion of lease terms, the loss in rents due to vacancies is reduced to q min imum, and last, bat not least, is the superyision which a capable manager may give to the maintenance and op- eration of a property through a min imum property management expense.
 One of the principal factors leading to success in the management of any business is experience. The progressive business man considers money well suent for management that is based on practical experience. However, many men who have large interests in stores, factories and manufacturing enterprises will exert every effort to secure thor oughly experienced managers for their various departments; yet they will un- hesitatingly entrust the care and man agement of valuable real estate to some clerk in their organization who, be- cause of lack of experience, is incapa- ble of securing maximum results from the property and big investment i'm yolved.
 Briefly, the management of property is summarized into five beads, all of which require expert attention. These divisions are: (a) marketing of space or securing of tenants at the best pos sible rates: (b) collection of rents tc) maintenance aud purchase of supplies
 (J) service and leases; (e) accounting
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
CITY PLANNING
 GAINS INTEREST

The extent to which far-sighted com mupities are undertaking, not only city planning but regional planning, the planning of suburban and country areas to conserve their natural resources and develop them along the lines of the highest community interests, is shown in a state survey just completed by the New York Real Estate board. A more general awakening of public interest in the application of the planning prin- ciple is indicated in the report.
 Control of subdivisions developed outside the city limits is reported by four of the cities. Definite control over development of subdivisions within the city limits is now in the hands of 12 cities through restriction of zoning ord finances as to the height, use, and like. .
 Coordination of main thoroughfares outside the city with those within it's limits is a problem that is beginning to demand solution. Separate traffic high ways for automobile freight outside the city is one suggestion. Trolley prob Iems and billboard control are other matters which are coming under scfu- tiny of New York suburban planning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
Starke Urges Cooperation
 In Opening Of Auditorium
Realty Board Secretary Suggests Plan For Ad~
 vertising City As Convention Center

leave the city between now and Octo- Der 10? Of course, it would be linrea- sonaole to expect absolutely complete CO., operation fin such n gigantic scheme of advertising, but it would seem certainly feasible to have not less than 2OO,O0O of such leaflets sent out through the country in the ordinary business core spondence of the next thirty days. The announcement of the auditorium could be so worded as to make 1t possible to use these leaflets in business mail oyer much more than thirty days, thus avoid ing the possible waste of an over-supply to any business house."
 Convention Bureau
 "Any city that is large enough to op- crate successfully an auditorium of the capacity of 6,O00 seats Is likewise large enough to have a convention bureau suf- ficiently supported with funds to secure conventions that are at once so essen t.al to the successful operation of an auditorium and 80 profitable to the hotels and merchants of that city. In fact, convention bureaus are the usual medium through which conventions are secured, and these bureaus are generally supported by public subscriptions. In connection with this auditorium, Blr- mingham should have convention bu- reau made up of loyal, self-sacrificing, broard- guaged business men. free of any poIitical or entangling alliances that might in any manner hamper their func- tioning in the most harmonious and suc- cessful way possible"
 "The vision is just this" he concluded, 'a nationwide announcement of the fact that Birmingham has an auditorium in leaflets furnished our business houses by the city authorities, followed by an epochal demonstration of our civic pride iu patronizing the entertainments of the opening week, and this in turn followed by the organization as early as possible of an efficient convention bureau supported by a public subscrip- ton sufficiently large to secure many conventions in the future. Certainly the Birmingham Real Estate board may be counted upon to help in such a pro gram"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
REALTY DIVISION
 TO STUDY LOANS
Compare Tax-Exempt With
 Mortgage Securities

The National. Real Estate assoeia- tion, through it's finance and mortgage division, wa attempt to find out how tax-exempt securities compare in re- turn value with real estate securities.
 The division will appoint a special committee to survey. the two types of in vestments stripped down to the matter of net returns.
 Adjustment of mortgage laws, and the desirability of licensing mortgage bond houses will also be subjects of study by the association with q view of legislation in the various states in securing equity in the taxation of mort gages and proper protection of the pub lie in mortgage investment. Other subjects to be part of the divisions work are investigation of housing loans, insurance company loans, amor tized loans, construction loans and dis bursements, business property loans, bond issue loans, long term loans, new methods in first mortgages and utili- zation of the second mortgage, farm loans, appraiaais for loans, participat- ing certi ates. contract sales and sub division finance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
AMERICANS INDIFFERENT
Only About One-Thlrd Of COIOnlsts In
 177O Were Openly For Independence.

115o WoFe Opciuy rVE Au0pO'~o'S~'
 As it looms in the past on the pages of our history books, the question before the American colonies in 177B, whether 10 continue in allegiance to the British government or to declare independence of if. looks like one of the most mOmen- tous with which Americans have ever had to deal. But a scholarly exami- nation of the evidence in the case has led to the opinion that about one third of the American people were then de- cidedly in favor of independence. about one third were decidely oppOsed to it. and about one tihrd were neutral.
 There is no difficulty now in imaSin- ing an American of 1776 to whom re- belliOn against the government under which he had been born and reared was as disagreeable as it was Lee in 1861, and who was not attacted by the pas sionate and eIamorouS partisanship on either side Certainly after the event, an overwhelming majority of the people may hold a given opinion; but that is a different thing from the situation while the decision is in the making.
 In 1861 a very large parry in the north was opposed to war with the se- ceding southern states, and up fairly to the end of 1916 majority of the Amer ican people held aloof from the World war-re- -electing President Wilson in November of that year partly on the slogan that he had kept us out of the war. But comparatively slow burning material like aDthracite may make the best fire once it gets started.--Will Payne in the Saturday Evening Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
NO EXPORT DUTY ON sNAHs
London Restsurant- Keepers Welcome
 Cheaper Supply From France.

NNltWUH NNGEE08
 Cheaper Supply From France
 The French governments removal 1t d tbe export duty on snails will be wei. comed by the restaurant keepers or Soho, for every edible snail in London comes from France, where the demand creates the supply and snail farms yieid a hendsome profit. The snails are ied not only on green stufts but on wine dFegs or bran soaked :n wine, dlet which imparts special flavor
 An edible snail (EIelix pomatia) was brought over to England by the Ro- mans, and still abOunds in the neigh- borhood of certain Roman settlements Many bushels of the species are gatn- cred by the old Roman road from Glou- ,ester through Birdlip Woods on sum. n,er afternoons following showers oi rain. These find market in Bristol. where they are sold by the pint, shelied and boiled in the oyster and shellfish saloons"
 Apparently snails are not popular food in any other part of England, yet they are clean feeders compared with their sea brethren the whelk and the wrinkle. Abroad snail broth and snail jelly are given to children with weak chests, and q cough is often treated with ioEenges made chiefly of stewed Enails.-The Manchester Guardian.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
. RnsENHAIN ACTIVE.

Herman Rosenhain, former Detroit real estate broker, who has hung up an impressive sales total during the six months he has been identified with the local market, announced the sue cessful closing of another big trans action Saturday. With A: .: Mont gomery, of the Montgomery Real Estate and Insurance company, Rosenhain en- gineered negotiations for the southeast corner of First avenue and Seventeenth street from the Commercial Realty com pany, with L. V. Clark, president, to Drs, W. A. Wilder and E. F. Solo mon at a price near $65,O0O. The property has a 50-foot frontage on First avenue and 156 feet on Seven teenth street, and is considered par ticularly valuable in the enhancement of really values of the western down. town section. The site is now occu- pied by a one-story brick building used by the Hazard Manufacturing com pany.
 Saturdays deal brings Rosenhain's aggregate in the deals he has been as- sociated in for the haf-year close to A million dollars. As a student of property prices he declares he has never Before seen the possibilities that Bir- mingham offers in real estate invest ments and he predicts continuation of the strong market. Rosenhain is now connected with the J. l.. Yaneey Real Estate and Insurance company as manager of the business property Sde- partment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
THE MODERN SALESMAN

There was canvasser at the door trying to sell Mrs. Higgins n burglar alarm.
 But don't need any of your burglar alarms" she told the man, making as if to shut the door.
 That's just what the woman next door said" was the reply.
 What do you mean?' asked Mrs. Higgins, now on the alert. She hated "that woman"
 She said that it was no use my call ing on you," went on the man, 1as you wouldn't need any as you had nothing worth stealing"
 Give me three" interrupted Mrs. Higgins, gritting her teeth.-Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
AN0THER sITE sOLD

Trading in the section to the north east of the business district continues to find Mark HOdo, of Simth-Schultz- Hodo, monopolizing afair share of the activity. Another strategic corner was reported by the firm to have been sold by Hodo Saturday in the transfer of the southeast alley corner of Twenty third street between Second and Third avenues. H. L, Anderson purchased this site from the Eastern Investment com pany at figure near $30.O 900. The pro pertw contains frame dwelling and has e 401oot frontage and 100 foot depth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
NEW HOUSING IDEA

The erection Of 30 homes, designed to accommodate six people, which are to be sold without a down payment and to be paid for with weekly pay ments of $7.5O, is the first step in a housing program initiated in Manches- ter, N. H., by local merchant who has contributed $50l0O0 to finance an extensive housing development for peo- pie of small means.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
CAIN SUCCEEDS HOPKINS
Named As Assistant to Starke at Bir-
 minRham Real Estate Board

w. c. Gann, formerly connected win the Armour Packing company. has been named as assistant secretary to the real estate board to succeed w. (. Hopkins. Hopkins resigned to go with the Realty Service corporation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
OFFICE SHOWS ACTIVITY
 OF REAL ESTATE
Sales Movement Revealed In Figures From
 Title Co.

"The greatest activity in property is now, and has been for several months, in and around Fairfield, West Fair field, Tarrant City and Shades Valley" Paul A. Savage, president of the Ala. bama Title and Trust company. stated Saturday. "A large number of lots in these sections have been sold on lease- sale contracts and no deeds have been filed. Therefore the real activity Is not reflected merely through deeds of con veSance."
 In supplementlng his statements, Mir. Savage made public figures for deeds of conveyance during September which were taken from the. probate offices of Birmingham and Bessefner by the Title company. These figures, which furnish some interesting data on property movement follow:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
BRICK VENEER FAVORED

The most practical and economical house to build, according to Burdetts and Brown, Knoxville realtors and building promoters. is the two-story brick veneer of the sO-called square type.