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The Washington times., 1924-05-10
Queer Contract Keeps
Vanderbilt House
From Sale

The mezzanine balcony and
marble staircase in the Wander
bilt chateau is responsible for
the fact that the Vanderbilts
are still the owners of that
conspicuous property.
Twice in the past four years
has the New York chateau of
the Vanderbilt family, on Fifth
avenue, just south Of the Plaza
Hotel, been close to a change
of ownerhip.
This famous property, ad-
mired by visitors from every
quarter of the globe, occupying
q most commanding block Of
Fifth avenue between Fifty
seventh and Fifty-eighth
streets, came close to passing
three years ago from the heirs
of Cornelius Vanderbilt and the
dowager Mrs. Vanderbilt, who
has a life interest in it, when
Robert E. Dowling's terms and
payment Of $5,500,OO0 all cash
were accepted.
This negotiation, considered
as a closed matter, came to an
unexpected end, when in ar
ranging the contract, Henry B.
Anderson, attorney for the
Vanderbilts, sought to infuse
into the contract document the
reservation to the Vanderbilts
Of these sections Of the chateau.
The Washington times., 1924-05-10
LAW RESTRICTS
REALTORS
USAGE
Only Members OF Real Estate
Association Entitled to
Designation

Persistent use of the word Real
tors" in the firm name of persons
not entitled to that designation is a
substantial Misrepresentation, con-
shutting dishonest conduct, accord
ing to a decision just laid down by
the Illinois State Department of
Education and Registration which
administers the Illinois real Iestate
license law.
The Illinois department has de-
MED applications for a real estate
brokers license to a group Of Chi
cago brokers who had used in their
firm name the designation Real.
tors" although none Of the appli.
.cants was or ever had been a mem.
Der Of the National Association of
Real Estate Boards. The decision
Is based on the finding OF the de.
partment that the word "Realtor''
has come to be generally understood
by the public to mean q man bound
by real estate board membership to
the standard and conduct. in bust.
ness laid down for its members by
the National Association Of Real
Estate Boards.
The firm in question, followinS
a hearing Of their case, promised
to give up the unwarranted designa.
ton, but later resumed it's use.
The report Of the department q
committee of investigation states
I'VE find that this Is a deliberate
The Washington times., 1924-05-10
der all normal conditions.

der all normal conditions.
II every man in New York City
decided on May / that he would
go out and buy his first summer
straw hat, there would be a short.
age OF straw hats in New York,
but with the usual manner of pur-
chasing this headgear the supply
will unquestionably be sufficient.
This peak demand in New York
for common brick has resulted N
Offering a market to some ten or
twelve million foreign brick and
substitutes for brick. Germany and
Belgium have been pouring, in the
substitutes which find a market
only after the exhaustion of Amer.
lean made brick. A surprising fea.
ture of the foreign brick situation
on the Atlantic seaboard thus far
this year, is the almost total alb.
sence Of brick from the Netherlands,
which last year led in importations
to the United States.
The brick from Holland has been
burned clay brick, such as the
American market demands, while
that from the other European coun,
tries is an inferior imitation, no!
accepted by reliable contractors, and
reluctantly used even by those with
out regulations to safeguard. Can.
ada is shipping some brick into this
country. finding its principal mar.
ket in Vermont. Maine, New Ham.
shire and Washington. A small
quantity has also come into Alaska
During March, Mexico put one small
shipment in San Antonio.
Generally throughout the United
States the month of April found
the brick manufacturers facing a
favorable season, rejecting a con.
tinued high volume Of construction.
The Washington times., 1924-05-10
BRICK DEMAND
CONTINUES
To RISE
Two Largest Cities Experience
Highest Pressure for New.
Buildings

If there is a fly in the con-
struction ointment, as some peo-
pie insist, it must have dropped
from the ceiling, because there
appears to be no communication
between the ointment and the
basis upon which construction
rests.
With the two largest cities in the
country experiencing the highest
pressure in building demands in
their history, and with usually de-
pendable statisticians figuring there
is still a housing shortage, there
still seems to be in the atmosphere
a feeling that something is going
to happen.
No Slump Revealed.
The current months reports from
lib manufacturers Of common brick,
well distributed over forty-three
States. fail to reveal any slump.
The orders on the books for brick
have increased during the past
thirty-day period by a little more
than 26 per cent, while all other
figures in the table below show
similar favorable changes from the
report Of thirty days ago. There
are less burned brick on hand and
greater quantity Of newly made
brick not yet burned and a consider
able increase in the quantity moved
from the yards.
There has not been a sufficient
price change during the past two
years to make an interesting para
graph. Builders are going into the
active 1924 season with the most
thoroughly stabilized marke. on
brick that they have encountered
In many years.
The Common Brick Manufacturers
Association has been endeavorlng
to put its finger upon the eluAve
fly. We have tried to determine
why anyone thought there would
be a slump. The rumors seem to
come principally from New York,
and a careful inquisition reveals an
attitude similar to that Of a man
watching small boy initiate a toy
balloon. The balloon continues to
expand and the onlooker simply
knows there must be a limit some
where and braces himself for the
explosion. Building in Greater New
York has simply mounted higher
anus nlgner IN volume as the months
go by, and it is no wonder that the
most accurate observers say there
will be a let-down shortly.
In Chicago there is the same ex.
pansion, but they are more opti-
mistic about the ability of the bal.
loon to hold the pressure. Frankly,
1t would be no misfortune If there
should be a let down in both these
markets. The superdemand for
materials creates false impressions
| and builds up unstable sources Of
supply. There are facilities, both
in New York and Chicago for sup.
plying all the building materials If
every sort that are needed. There
only appears to be shortage, at the
extreme peak, and a source that
would take care of such an emar.
gency would be an over-supply un.
The Washington times., 1924-05-10

To invest in well-selected real estate in
growing section of prosperous COM
munity is the surest and safest way of
becoming independent. In the Sub
division of
The Washington times., 1924-05-10
SEVEN PERCENT
BUILDING RISE
NOTED
Statistics for SO States Show
increase Over Operations
of Year Ago

February building contracts in
the thirty-six Eastern States dnclud.
Ing about seven-eighths of the total
construction in this country
amounted to $2ss. 1928, 100, according
to F. w. Dodge Corporation. This
was decrease of per cent from
January. and an increase of Z per
cent over February Of last year.
January showed an increase of %
per cent over January, 1928. The
combined total for the first two
months Of this year. $601, $3.50, 800,
shows a Is per cent increase over
the corresponding period of 1928.
This increase Is principally in
The Washington times., 1924-05-10

eEuAoan O. GsnGn M ub
tionAl 6sliI@ngs ard puAno W0Efrs
snd pttlitAes, and aecTsesc A. iParar
In detail the February record IN
ciuded: e142.070v 200, or ~ per cent
for residential buildings; 447,113,-
500. or 16 per cent, for commercial
buildings; $3T, 966. 500, or 10 per cent:
for public works and utilities; SAL
$4,000, or 10 per cent for educaz
tional buildings: and SIS, 069, 700, or
8 per cent. for Industrial buildings.
The Washington times., 1924-05-10

New York and Northern New JOA
sey and is mainly due to q 6ontin.
ued large volume OF speculative res.
identiaI building-in New York Ci.y
New England and the Southeast
show very moderate increases over
last year; the remaining sections
show moderate decreases, which arc
normal for this present phase Of
the building cycle. The large in-
creases In the New York district
are abnormal.
The February record showed IN.
The Washington times., 1924-05-10
BRITISH WILL ENJOY
REALISM BY RADIO

LONDON, May 10.-The British
Broadcasting Company is determined
that British radio fans shall have
realism.
When three one-act radio plays
Were broadcast, the comedy, 1.-The
Man Who Sang in His Bath" was
broadcast from bathroom in the
Savoy Hotel, where the actor
splashed and sang and recited his
monologue.
The Washington times., 1924-05-10

attempt on the part Of each Of them
falsely to represent to the public
that these applicants are memberO
Of such constituent boards; and we
find that this is a substantial mis-.
representation, and that 1t consti-
tutes dishonest conduct. Wherefore,
we find that none of these appli-
cants has made proof of his truth
fulness or integrity as required by
law, and We recommend that each of
said applicants be denied"
The Washington times., 1924-05-10
Enamel for Kitchen

Enamel paint is recommended as
a kitchen wall covering, with COM
mercial oil cloth wall covering as
an acceptable substitute. II the
room Is a very light one. white
should be avoided because of the
glare. Pale gray, pale green or
pale blue are recommended for
rooms with a southern exposure.
and buff for northern exposure.
The Washington times., 1924-05-10
Some Reasons Why the Apartments in
This Beautiful Building Are Renting
So Readily

People who live here will have i'm.
mediate access to the best equipped
and best patrOOi1ed = playground in
the world.
The grounds Of the magnificent
new home of the National Academy
of Science win be equally as fine As
those surrounding the Lincoln Me-
mortal. The cost Of this improvement
will be 100000. 1t is directly across
the street.-The front yard of the Po-
tomac Park Apartments-21st and G
streets.
People who work in the, vicinity,
and live in this splendid apartment,
can sleep later in the morning-they
save all transportation costs, and
avoid all Of the inconvenience of
travel across the city during the hours
of congested traffic.
The time saved for rest or recrea-
ton, by those who work in the vicinity
and live here, win mean adding two
weeks to the annual vacation.
Buses ON the way to the park stop.
at the door, and the street car line 10
only two blocks away.
II 10 only few minutes walk past
the Pan-Amefican Building, and
through the White Lot, to the cafes,
shops, banks and theaters.
One Of the largest and best equip
ped garages in the city 10 located in
the adjoining block.
There 10 nothing cheap about this
building except the rent. Its con-
struction and equipment arc absolute
ly first class in every respect.
All kitchens and bathrooms are on
the outside.
The Washington times., 1924-05-10
''Sixteenth Street Heights"

i offer for sale Is lots right in the path
way of the city's most rapid growth, on
the highest elevation north of the city,
between Alaska Avenue, 18th, Floral and
Holly Streets, overlooking beautiful Rock
Creek Park. Lot values today between
Buchanon and Montague Streets are sew
eral times greater than few years ago,
and so it is rapidly coming to be at SIX
TENTH STREET HEIGHTS This
property offers you an OPPORTUNITY.
Ask your banker or member Of the
Washington Real Estate Board Lots so
to 100 feet front; reasonable cash pay
ment, and we will take second trust for
part OF the purchase price of the lot and
assist you in arranging building loan.
Plat and full particulars upon request.
Statesmen on the property Sunday from
Ito P. M:
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-10-30
Unnecessary Expense to
Grind Beans for Swine

Fattening hogs will eat whole soy
beans more readily than ground soy
BEANS according to c. M. Vestal of
Purdue university. A series of ex-
periments just finished at the agri-
culture college shows that lot of
pigs fed ground beans made an aver
age daily gain Of 1.56 pounds during
a To-day test. They ate 301 pounds
Of corn and 80 pounds of soy beans
for each 100 pounds gain. A lot fed
on whole soy beans made exactly the
same daily gain. They ate 282
pounds Of corn and 95 pounds Of soy
beans for each 100 pounds gain. The
feed cost for 100 pounds gain was
$5.77 for the ground soy beans and
$3.50 for the whole soy beans, with
corn at 70 cents bushel, ground soy
beans at $150 a bushel and whole
soys at $1.45 bushel.
In a check experiment with three
lots Of hogs, the lot fed on ground
soy beans made daily gain of 1.64
pounds with feed cost of $6.O5 per
hundred pounds gain. The lot Bed on
whole soys made gain of l69 pounds
daily with a feed cost of $500 per
hundred. A third lot fed on I'M
threshed soy beans made an average
daily gain Of LA pounds at a
feed cost of $60S. These figures
show that grinding beans for hogs is
an unnecessary expense.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-10-30
To Control Round Worms
Keep Sanitary Quarters

The best way to control round worms
in hogs is to keep sanitary quarters
and prevent the spread of this para
site when it is once found. Veteri-
narians do not have any real success
full treatment when round worms once
become serious. These worms cause
the disease known as ascariasis and
infection is internal and hard to treat.
Santonin and calomel or oil of chen
opodium and castor oil are about as
satisfactory as any treatment.
When round worms are discovered
move the infested hogs to clean quar-
tiers and do not let any stock get into
the lots where the hogs have been.
Pillow up the infested hog lot and SOW
1t down to rye or rape. The disease
is most serious If the small pigs be-
come infested. Clean narrowing pens,
clean pasture hog lots and plenty Of
exercise will prevent most of these
troubles
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-10-30
Filthy Quarters Cause
of Disease in Swine

There Is very prevalent idea that
the hog is naturally a filthy animal
and that 1t is more hardy If allowed
to roll in a mud wallOw and eat its
feed from unsanitary troughs; but
modern methods have clearly demon
strated that hogs are more healthful
when they do not have access to stag
nant pools and filthy mud wallows. 1t
has also been proved that unsanitary
troughs are responsible for large
percentage of the ailments of swine
Digestive troubles, especially, can fire.
quently be traced to filthy feeding
quarters, points out L. V. Starkey,
chief Of the animal husbandry d.
vision at Clemson college.
Fresh water, shade, feed and shell
ter are all essential, but they can be
had with sanitation.
Perhaps the best way to keep swine
thrifty and clean is to have them
where they have the run of a fairly
large pasture. If such pasture has
running water the hogs will thrive.
1t Is true that hogs love to wallow
in the mud, but it is not necessary for
them to do so. 1t is a part of the
job of the modern hog raiser to see
to it that hogs have quarters which
are as sanitary as are those for the
other classes of live stock
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-10-30
FARM
,Ss.E;!Q !1
MINERAL MIXTURES
FOR STEERS PAY

During the past winter the Iowa ex-
pertinent station fed bunch Of two
year-old steers weighing around $50
pounds to see If simple mineral mix
lures paid.
One lot Of seven steers was fed
shelled corn, linseed ollmeal. corn sill
age and clover hay. Another lot Of
seven steers received In addition to
the above. one ounce per head dailS
Of a mixture containing A.90 pounds
Of high calcium limestone; 1880
pounds Of spent boneblack and .O2
pound Of potassium iodide Still an
other lot, In addition to the standard
ration, received two ounces per head
daily Of the following: high calcium
limestone. 24.99 pounds; spent bone
black, 24.o0 pounds y potassium iodide.
OF pound, and powdered sulphur, 50
pounds.
The mineral-fed lots showed 4
slightly better daily gain, approx
mately the same daily feed consump-
ton and almost the same cost of 100
pounds of gain as the steers fed the
check ration. The estimated selling
price was S5 cents a hundred pounds
more on the mineral-fed lots, making
the margin per steer over feed cost
after crediting hog gains at 1878, IS
more than the check lot for the first
lot and $4.SS more than the check
for the lot which received sulphur.
Ground soy beans and soy bean OIL
meal as substitutes for linseed oil
meal were also tried out. The check
ration consisted Of shell corn, corn
silage, clover hay and linseed oilmeal
In the test one lot received ground
soy beans in the place Of linseed
oilmeal and the other received soy
bean oilmeal. After crediting hog
gains at 1878 hundred the check lot
showed margin over feed cost per
steer Of So more than the lot that
received ground soy beans and $4.48
more than the lot fed soy bean oil
meal In the case Of the ground soy
beans the rate of daily gain was lower |
and the cost Of 100 pounds Of gain
higher. The soy bean oilmeal lot |
showed practically the same daily
gain and cost Of 100 pounds of gain as I
the linseed ollmeal group but the es-
timated selling price was lower Lin
seed oilmeal was valued at $45, |
ground soy beans at $45 and soy bean
Oilmeal at $50 per ton.
Soy bean hay when used to replace
-ed clover hay produced steers that
made margin over feed cost $4.S8
ess than the clover fed lot. Glover
nay and soy bean hay were both val
led at 500 a ton.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-10-30
LIVE
s STOCK
CARE AND FEED FOR
BROOD SOW AND PIGS

After the pigs are born the SOW
should not have anything but water
for the first twenty-four to thirty six
hours. For the first feed a handful Of
bran In little lukewarm water Ii
good. A mixture Of bran 10 pounds,
shorts % pounds. ground grain IS
pounds, and tankage 10 pounds. makes
4 suitable ration for a SOW In milk. In
feeding a brood SOW in milk 1t should
be- kept in mind that her requirements
are the same as for q dairy COW In
milk. At first only light feed should
be- given, ASA heavy feed win mduly
stimulate the milk now, making 1t
more than the pigs can use ut nrst.
The ration should be increased grad
ually 10 that the SOW will be getting
4 full feed at about the end Of two
weeks after narrowing. The appetite
Of the SOW sucking q good healthy lit
ter II pretty safe guide to follow.
She will usually lose weight with the
best Of feeding.
old they should be out In the sunshine,
as 1t Is well known that sunshine has
= very beneficial effect on the little
pigs. Because Of the exercise as well
as the feed which they get there Is NO
better place for them than an alfalfa
pasture. The SOW and litter should be
moved on the alfalfa as soon as it is
up three or four inches; they should
also be provided with a colony house
for sleeping quarters.
II an examination Is made at the
time of birth 1t will be found that the
pigs have on each side small short
black tusks called needle teeth, with
which they often injure each other as
well as the sow's teats. These should
be cut Off with small pair of forceps,
care being taken not to lacerate the
gums.
When the pigs are three or four
days old it will be noticed that they
are taking an interest In their moth
er's feed, and this should be encour- |
aged by fixing creep for them, so
that they can be given feed which will |
not be disturbed by the SOW. Pigs |
handled in this way will be very easy |
to wean. If it is the plan to raise two
l1tters year the pigs should be
weaned at about eight weeks of age.
Where only one litter year is the
practice the pigs need not be weaned
Until ten weeks of age If properly
ed they will usually wean themselves
~ this time.-H. H. Smith, Assistant
Professor, Animal Husbandry, Colorado
agricultural College.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-10-30
Lambs Properly Docked
and Trimmed Are Best

The practice Of selling ram lambs
and lambs that have not been locked
would seem to be one of those GUS
toms that are common in other lines
Of 'business-they are the results OF
ignorance or carelessness. 1t belongs
to the same custom of putting good
feed into scrub animals; In wasting
manure; In burning straw stacks; in
leaving high-priced farm machinery
out in the weather; ETC., etc.
From all the evidence we can
gather, the practice of trimming and
docking lambs seems to be pretty
well established as money-making
proposition. says the Farmer and
Breeder. Prices Of sheep and lambs
averaged IS per cent higher in 1923
than In 1913. Active consumer de-
maud exists for choice quality lamb.
Tie problem of supplying this quality
will be. solved II buck lambs are made
into wethers and all lambs are locked,
properly finished and marketed at the
right ages and weights. These oper-
atoms should be performed when
lambs are eight to fifteen days old.
There 10 abundant proof that they
are profitable for the individual sheep
producer. Trimmed lambs command
higher prices and return larger profits.
Conclusive evidence Of this IL fur
nished by the extension division of
the college Of agriculture Of the UNI
versity Of Kentucky. which obtained
records of $1,000 lambs marketed last
year. This data shows that wether
lambs returned more than 81 per hun
dred above the price paid for buck
lambs.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-10-30
Changes Urged In
State Auto Laws

Continued from page one)
for stolen cars. By requiring that
nonresident licenses be registered
law enforcement officials will be
able to detect stolen cars. Further
more, it will be possible to find many
cases in which Idaho citizens who
are not entitled to exemption are
evading the law by operating their
cars under foreign licenses.
"The motor vehicle license depart
ment has expressed itself many times
in favor of the correction of certain
unintentional errors in the law.
Even efore the amended law went
into effect January 1, 1924, the de-
partment anticipated the injustice
which would result from light de-
livery cars being classed as trucks.
However, we were confronted with
the fact that the law very definitely
prevented licensing them for fee of
$15. The secretary of state, F. A.
Jeter, is confidently hopeful that the
legislature will act favorably upon
his recommendation, made several
weeks ago, that refund of $3.50 be
made on all light delivery cars
licensed as trucks.
Before the laws were amended
in 1928 this department strongly
favored the graduation of fees at
each 100 pounds in weight, instead
of 1000 pounds, as the law now
calls for, but the legislature did not
accept the proposal. We also pub
licly recommended, several weeks
ago, that the manufacturers weight
be the basis for fixing fees"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-10-30

Instead of giving cheap coal.
which he has held out as an alluring
bait for votes, there has not been
mined since the workings were open
ed under his management enough
coal to supply one of the medium
sized cities of Idaho-and there are
several hundred of them.
1.-THE administration did all it
could to aid the Samuels' mine, for
the state of Idaho wants to develop
its resources. In the face of these
facts, the Progressive candidate has
been widely circulating the state
ment that he was Disseminated
against"
The governor said that he stood
with union labor in it's fight to bet
ter working conditions. He spoke
of the wonderful results already Sc
cured by the unions, but condemned
the Progressives for their attempts
to cause trouble between labor
against capital. He attacked Mr.
on his war record and
spoke of the dangers which would
result If the Progressive plan is put
in operation. The governor made
special reference in his address to
the attacks being made on the SUI
preme court. The governor closed
with an appeal for devotion to gov
reverence for the flag and
observance of law.