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The Washington times., 1925-11-12
AGRICULTURAL
BUILDING IS
PLANNED
Congress Will Be Asked to
Approve Big Program Of
Construction

/ Congress will be called upon next
month to approve great building
program for the Department OF
Agriculture, regardless of the fate
Of the proposed national public
buildings bill. it was indicated to-
day at the Capitol.
The Department of Agriculture
building commission, headed by AS
sistant Secretary OF Agriculture
Dunlap, will meet within the next
ten days to decide upon the final
details of tho plan which will be
submitted to Congress.
The commission during the past
summer has considered three al
tentative plans.
The details Of the plan finally de-
cided upon probably will not be
made public until after they have
been presented to Congress, Secre-
| tary Dunlap said
Congress will be told by the De-
partment commission and by the
public buildings commission that
the Department OF Agriculture is
the worst housed Federal institution
, in the National Capital.
: The department is now scattered
throughout the city In forty-five
buildings, twenty-eight of which are
rented and many of which are
mere shacks, according to data
compiled by the commission for
presentation next month.
The total rental bill paid each
year by the department Is $1S2,S50,
the commission states.
The cost in waste overhead mo-
. tion and inefficiency as result of
, the scattering of the bureaus runs
i into millions Of dollars annually, it
is declared.
Only nine of the forty.five build
ings used by the department are OF
fireproof construction and 2,3O0 of
the 4.200- employees of the depart
ment are housed in structures
which are continually menaccd by
fire hazards.
In thirty-six of the buildings, in
valuable scientific and business rec
ords are exposed to destruction by
fire, thea commission will tell Con.
gress.
Many employees are working in
conditions Of such congestion that
their health and efficiency Is being
endangered. the commission has
found. Large numbers ere crowded
into basement rooms which are
poorly lighted and badly ventilated.
The Washington times., 1925-11-12
CATHOLIC WOMEN WILL
CONVENE HERE SUNDAY

Delegates to the fifth annual con-
vention of the National Council of
Catholic Women. beg nning Sunday
at Catholic University, will register
at booth now being installed in
Union Station.
The convention opens with a
mass at the National Shrine Of the
Immaculate Conception at 10 o'clock
Sunday morning. Business meet.
ings will beg n at the New Willard
Hotel at $50 Monday morning. The
convention will close with O ban
quet Wednesday night.
The Washington times., 1925-11-12
UNIVERSITIES
BODY MEETS
lit
80 Urban Institutions Repre-
sented at Convention at
George Washington

The Association of Urban Univer-
sites, enrolling delegates from thir-
ty.two universities and colleges,
opened a three-day convention at
Corcoran Hall, of George Washing
ton University today. The local
university is host to the convention.
The program for the convention
calls for discussions of problems
affecting all phases Of urban univcr-
sity conduct and development, with
dinner at the Powhatan Hotel to-
morrow might and participation In
the dedication services for Stockton
Hall, the new law school building
of George Washington University.
as special features.
Discussions by Delegates
Doctor Thyrea w. Amos. of the
University Of Pittsburgh, f1ve an
address at the opening. Sc sion OF
the convention on faculty RESPONSE
bility for the conduct and discipline
of students in urban universities.
Professor Spurgeon Bell, of Ohio
State, also spoke at the session,
his subject being university bureaus
of business, their organization and
functions. A discussion by dele.
gates followed each address.
w. Fl. Page, jr., will address
the delegates at the afternoon ses.
sion today on 1.-THE Relation of
Educational Institutions to the
Movement. for the World Court
All meetings of the convention
will be at Corcoran Hall and Presi-
cent William Mather Lewis, of
George Washington University
head of the Association of Urban
Universities, will preside at all ses-
sions.
Speakers Listed
Speakers at sessions tomorrow in.
clude Doctor John J. Tigert, U. s.
Commissioner of Education; Dean
David Mackenzie, of the College OF
the City Of Detroit; President John
Ds Finlayson. of Fairmont College;
David A. Robertson, assistant direc-
tor Of the American Council on
Education, and President Frank
Aydelotte OF Swarthmore college.
At the dinner tomorrow night ad-
iresses will be given by President
William Mather Lewis, of George
Washington University. and Joh,l
Hayes Hammond, noted engineer
Saturday morning the delegates
will gather at Corcoran Hall for a
discussion Of problems pertaining to
Urban University development.
President Frederick Hicks, OF
Cincinnati University, will lead tbs
discussion.
The Washington times., 1925-11-12
THE PRESIDENTS
ENGAGEMENTS

10 a. m.-United States dele.
cation to the Pan-AmericaN
Roads Congress.
1890 a. M Congressman
Arthur M. Free, of California.
1915, a. IN. Congressman
Thomas M. Bell, of Georgia.
Ii a. m. - Former Senator
Calder, of New York.
11:15 q. m.-Russell Bower,
Of the Muscle Shoals COmmis-
sion.
1880 q. m.-DOctOr Charles
ID. WaIcott, of the Smithsonian
Institution.
11:45 a. misrepresentation
of the Farm Bureau Fedora
ton.
1915 p. m.-WilIiam H.'Balr,
president of the National
Founders Association; r.. III.
Ashton, president of the Amer
lean Railway Association; Fred
BrOuck, of the National Grange
and EnOcI Lee, of the AHmef'i-
!. can Farm Bureau Federation.
1890 D. m.-DelegateS to the
meeting of the motor truck
Transportation interests.
l p.m.-LuncheOn to Rumarl-
Ian Debt Commission.
The Washington times., 1925-11-12
PARK PROMISED
ARLINGTON
COUNTY
Contract for Large Tract Is
Signed With Lee Highway
Association
ARLINGTON COUNTY, Nov. II

ARLINGTON COUNTY, Nov. u.
According to Doctor Samuel M.
johnson, director of the Lee High
way Association, owners of q large
tract of land in Arlington cCuntv
have signed an agreeme mt with the
Lee Highway Association that ille
land shall be converted into IA
park, which with it's massive oaks
and natural beauty, will equal Rock
Creek Park in Washington.
Options are being taken daily,
said Doctor Johnson, for the necas-
sarv right-of-way for the 200-foot
boulevard leading from the new
memorial brioge through Arlington
county. He also said thorough in
vestigation will be made before the
location of the Lee boulevard is
finally determined.
Forcing a rear window in the
Alcova garage, owned and operated
by Joseph Mettauer and Harry
Everly, thieves Tuesday carried off
full stock of tires, tubes, tools
and an electric drill, valued at 800.
Mr.. Mettauer said today the plant
was about cleaned out, the only
|. thing that was left being the cash
register which, he said, contained
a small amount Of money.
A contract for the erection oi
the firemen's hall at Bon Air wal
awarded to James Harris, o. Falls
Church, by the Bon Air Fire AS
sociation, at $780, Work will start
tomorrow and will be completed
about December Is. Chemical en-
gine, No. 2, of the Ballston fire de
partment will be transferred to
Bon Air.
The triennial meeting of north
ern Virginia of the Holy Name So
ciety will be held in the audito. ium
of st. Charles Parochial School
Sunday afternoon at 2:S0 o'clock.
This sect on includes eight parish
es, Alexandria, Mount Ida. Bailev's
Cross Roads, Clarendon, Cherrydale
Ell Nida, Falls Church, and Fair
fax.
More than forty members of the
Ballston Klan band viii leave to
morrow night for Brunswick, Md.
to take part in the parade which
will be part of an all-day cele
bration Saturday, accompanied by
delegations from Ballston, Potomac
and Alexandria. There win be o
naturalization ceremony at night
with Grand Dragon Bell, Of Mary
land, as the principal speaker.
The Washington times., 1925-11-12

/ men are bronze-faced MosIems, but
one is almost ashy gray. His loose
shirt and pantaloons flop about
| arms and legs as emaciated as
those of a famine sufferer. 1small
Mahomet believes he is slowly dying
of his brothers curse. He left Cal
cutta a robust man of perhaps
thirty-five:
The quarantine doctor at Boston
pronounced Ismail free from phys
| ical ailment.
The Washington times., 1925-11-12
SEAMAN SLOWLY DYING
OF BROTHERS CURSE

NEW YORK, Nov. 12.-New York.
shalfway around the earth, is not
far enough from India to elude the
whitening curse which, they say
Around mess tables, kills.
The Kentucky of London, q
freighter. unloaded cargo of tea
and rubber in Hoboken, nearly two
months out of Calcutta. Her sea-
The Washington times., 1925-11-12
DEAF, DUMB AND DRUNK
AUTO DRIVER IS JAILED

BIRMINGHAM, England, Nov. IL.
George Brown was arrested for
driving an automobile in a danger
Gus manner.
The court found Brown was not
only deaf and dumb, but drunk as
we'll. He was sentenced to twenty
one days Imprisonment.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-01-01

And we want it to be a
munity welcome in VIII
child in River Falls will
With the dawning of |
men of River Falls WI
thank the people Of til
territory for the busine|
ored us, and we sincer(
have rendered and the
sold have proved us
patronage.
With our best wishes
family for a
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25
The Middleman.

Many there are who, knowing the
price received by the producer for a
given article, and the price they pay
as the final consumer, compute the
difference as a tool taken by a dis
tributor and enormously conclude
that he gets a return out of all pro-
portion to the service he renders.
This has been common to most
consumers since the war because,
during those hectic days, when pric-
es mounted so rapidly, the middle
man was denounced as profiteer and
robber, and it was strongly advo-
Gated that steps be taken to elimi-
nate him from business.
The profession is an old, honor
able and useful one, dating back at
least to the days Of Pharaoh in Egg
ypt when Joseph prudently set aside
a fifth of the grain harvests each
year Of the seve Of plenty, held it
in warehouses, and distributed it
over the lean years.
The Bible does not say that JOS
eph was charged with being a prof.
teer, but he probably was.
The great difficulty is that there
is so much transformation abroad
about the processes involved in
bringing commodities from their
source Of origin and delivering them
to the points Of consumption.
Those who are quick to criticize
the price the distributor charges
overlook the important fact that
between origin and consumption
hundreds, perhaps thousands, of
miles intervene; that in between
countless services are performed, all
necessary in our present stage of
development.-Ex
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25
Many Attend ather
and Son Banquet
Prominent Business Men Show the
Boys That They Have Not For
gotten How to Sing.

Thirty-one men and "a boys were
present at the annual father and son
banquet at the Presbyterian church
Monday evening, given under the
auspices Of the Commercial club,
working in conjunction with Rev
Harries. The banquet was served
by young ladies Of the church.
After the trimmings chocolate
covered brick ice cream-had been
slowed away the men cleared their
Threats and joined with the boys in
singing popular and old-time songs
Such fellows as 7. +. Kohl, w. d.
Tyler and L. S. Hagen, who very
seldom are heard exercising their
vocal chords, are said to have joined
in the singing And some even say
that Martin Yickers could be heard
by those near him. Some men no
doubt attend this annual affair on
account Of the opportunity present
ed to show the doubtful ones that
they can sing With Mrs. Delacey
Leichtnam at the piano the church
rafters creaked with the lusty sing
ing Of such old-timers as "Old Black
Joe" THE Old Oaken Bucket, +"
Sweet Adeline," and many other
moss-covered songs that are very
seldom heard in this flapper age.
The men We're strong on these songs,
but were weak and outshone by the
boys in the singing of the more up-to-
date ones.
Rev. Axel Pearson delivered one
of his usual inspiring addresses, the
forming Of habits being the theme of
his remarks. 1t was especially
appropriate to the occasion.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25
Leno Erspamer Will
Pilot Ball Team
Elected President OF Club and
Managers Billy Byrne Chosen as
Playing Manager

Leno Erspamer will pilot the
Hurley baseball team this year. hav-
inE been elected president of the
club and manager at meeting of
players and fans held at the Legion
rooms Tuesday evening. Frank
Hunt was elected secretary, Louis
Sybeldon, treasurer. Martin Vickers,
advertising manager, and Otto j..
Erspamer, ticket sales manager.
Billy Byrue. of Ironwood, was
named playing manager He will
also hold down the initial sack
station
The club will start the season with
Lefty Hoeft as pitcher and later
another HEAVIER viii probably be
taken on to help out Hoeft.
Pilot Erspamer is arranging a
schedule of games. The team will
open the season with Iron Mountain.
the game to be played at the Ford
city on May II, according to tenta-
tive arrangements. The first home
game viii probably be staged on the
following Sunday with a team yet
to be signed
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25
Selfishness.

Working together for the better
ment of the community is little
short of a waste of time unless in
diyidual selfishness is eliminated.
Everyone admires the man who
is continually seeking means to inn
prove his business. but he will have
few admirers if he seeks to profit at
the expense Of community enter
prise
While a certain amount of sell
fishness motivates every piece Of
public spirited work. it is on n
higher plane and places the com
mon welfare above individual better
ment
Every man engaged in movements
to increase the population of his
home town expects to profit individ-
uaily, but if he is working for di-
rect benefits and holds his interests
above those Of the whole community
he is a drawback and should not
slow up the prooession.-Ex.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25
Select County Agent.

Welno J He'll, a resident of Iron
wood township. was the successful
applicant for the position Of county
agricultural agent for Iron county.
he having received his appointment
ley the county agricultural com
mittee last week
The appointment was made sub
ject to confirmation hy the state de-
partmeut One Of the states re-
Quirements is that the agent shall be
come a resident Of the county as
soon as he takes over the office.
A salary of $500 year and
travelling expenses was agreed upon.
Mr. He'll is graduate Of the
Michigan Agricultural college and
has had considerable experience in
agricultural work
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25
The Same Old Dsln.inn

Taxpayers who have dreams of
lower taxes through smaller valua-
tions are due for a jolt when it
comes time to pay the taxes because
taxes do not depend on arbitrary
values placed on physical property
by appraisement.
The old delusion will never wear
off. So many property owners still
cling to it as the panacea for all Of
their taxation ailments.
The amount of taxes levied is de-
pendent entirely upon the amount of
money required to run the govern
ment, local, township, county, state
and federal.
As long as our present system of
taxation prevails, government ex-
penses will be the measure of taxes
needed
If valuations decline, as the re-
suit of new appraisements, expenses
remaining the same, the tax rate
will be higher. If valuations are in
creased, the tax rate will be lower,
but the amount assessed viii be
unchanged if the expense of govern
ment does not vary.
This is law that can't be es-
capped No end of slicing down tax
alton values win change it.
The only way to reduce taxes is
to reduce government expenditures.
This is a fact that every taxpayer
should remember instead of building
up false hopes when new appraise-
ments are made.-Ex.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25
A LITTLE TALK ON THRIFT
BY S. w. STRAUS
President Of American Society for Thrift

Now is a good time to think about
owning a home of your own if you
are not already numbered among
one of the ten or twelve million
homecoming families in the United
States.
There is at present distinct
shifting Of population into suburban
and semi-rural districts, owing to
the growth of the automobile, the
development of bus lines and the
progress Of good roads. With this
migration comes an increase in home
ownership.
In 1900, 461 families out of 1000,
owned their own homes in this coun-
try. In 1920, the number had
dropped to 465. Within another
half decade it is not unlikely that the
proportion will greatly increase and
1t would not be surprising if by that
time more than half of our American
families were home-owners.
The steady march of thrift
education and the inroads of
scientific Investigate IN will change
greatly our modes of livelihood in the
next few years.
Home ownership is one of the best
possible methods Of practicing thrift.
Many family that never saved be-
fore has become prosperous because
they took up the savings habit in
order to get a home of their own.
While there are untold advantages
of sentiment and economics involved
in the possession of ones home, it
should be borne in mind that mis-
takes can be made even in this
worthy manner. Better Homes in
America" an organization with a
semi-official government status,
and located at 1886 Pennsylvania
Avenue, Washington, D. C. has
issued booklet that will be sent to
any address for Is cents. 1t de-
scribes many Of the pitfalls to be
avoided and gives wholesome advice
for prospective home owners.
Every rghtful means should be
made use of in the encouragement
Of home ownership.
A nation of home owners Will
always be a nation of happy
homes-a nation progressive and
rightfully prosperous.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25

yawning maws front him both east
and west. He treads his way in
secret fear that coppers dog his
track; he glances there, he chances
here, he looks ahead and back; to
him dread peri's ever near and
handouts click and clack. Bill
Jones, the cobbler, plies his trade
and whistles while he works; he
holds no fear of any shade that
sleuths with careless jerks viii
haul him where the judge so
staid win hand out legal quirks
and send him to the hoosgow grim
for thirty days or so to languish
there in spirits dim while guards
pace to and fro to watch that
sundry birds like him don't climb
the walls and blow. He greets pa
trolmen as they pass with merry
quip and jest; he hands the booze
hounds vocal gas and guys the
cops with zest because his con-
science, clear as glass, is not with
fear obsessed. The bad men can
ter for awhile in clover rich AMI
rare; they spend their ill-begotten
pile with quite some little flare
but some day they will slowly
file to prisons bleak and bare The
law abiding gents the bird who
gets from life his share; for
him no copper's onward herd to
grab him by the hair, they greet
him with a friendly word and tell
him he's a bear.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25

Assessors from the counties OF
Ashland, Bayfield, and Iron gathered
at Ashland Wednesday for the
annual school of instruction conduct
ed by Assessor Of Incomes Pearce
Tomkns.
Walter Hodgkins, general manager
Of the Lake Superior District Power
company addressed the gathering in
the morning and Attorney NJ. f.
Dillon and Mi romkins spoke in the
afternoon,
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25

SIS Weekly Man Or Woman
wanted with ambition and industry.
to distribute Rawleigh's Household
Products to steady users. Several
fine openings in nearby cities and
towns. We train and help you so
you can make up to 500 a week or
more. No experience necessary.
Pleasant, profitable. dignified work.
Write to-day, w T. Rawleigh Co.
Dept. w S 2253 Minneapolis, MINI.
1921
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25
THE DIFFERING

The man who breaks the ma
tons laws knows naught of peace
and rest; he ever feels the peel
er's paws upon his shoulders
pressed, for prisons with their
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25

The places in the pictures that bore
You have some value-they give the
fellow IN front chance to get to his
seat and sit down.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25
Plum
AND ---
PHILOSOPHY
By Uncle bud.

Uncle bud Says: Weeds thrive
without cultivation but the good
things in lie must be cultivated if
they are ever going to amount to
anything. 1t would be refreshing
to hear Of young killer" who
doesn't claim that he never had a
chance"
What the world needs most IS
more stage hands and less directors.
Many a good business man has
been spoiled to make a third-rate
politician.
Those who make the most noise
are seldom able to raise any great
amount of dust.
When meet man with a sour
visage | always think he must have
been weaned on lemon juice.
Most men are easy to wait up
on because they are afraid that the
clerk will think them a nuisance.
People waste lots of time wish
ing for things they wouldn't know
what to do with if they had 'em.
1t did not take us long to get in
to the war but indications are that
it will take two decades for US to get
out.
A man may be a go-getter and
still not get anywhere owing to
the fact that he is too much of a
let-looser.
When man admits that he feels
tough after party" it is a sign
that he is getting old--no matter
what he says.
What is the matter with our sci
entists? Why don't they discover
or cross-breed a bug that will eat
nothing but weeds.
A loose nut in the machinery is
the cause of many accidents; but
'loose nut" behind the steering
wheel causes far more,
Man is a strange animal. He
kicks strenuously until he gets con-
veniences-and then kicks just as
hard because he has to pay for
them.
II pays to use your head. A
California woman put would-be
holdup man out Of business by
butting her head into his mid
riff.
The Bible says that the meek are
to inherit the earth, but if there is
anything in the story they won't
stay meek very long after they
come into possession of their her
itage.
An artist draws pictures, molas-
SEES draws flies, an engine draws a
train of cars, a naughty show al
ways draws big crowd but it
takes an ad in this paper to draw
the business.
An Iowa editor criticises the
girls for wearing dresses of the
"clnging type, claiming that the
effect is simply shocking. That
being the case, the vast majority Of
us are perfectly willing to be
shocked.
Pat Murphy was bidding his
German friend adieu and in doing
so said, "Au revoir." 'sVot YOU
mean by dot?" queried Hans. Pat
gave him a whitening look and
responded, Sure an thot's French
for till we mate agin. "So?"
came back Hans. well. earboic
acid" Sure an phat do yez
name by thot?" "0h, dat means
guten nacht in all der langwidges.
was the Germans prompt rejoin
der
TUE NIrr
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25

Every now and then labor is re-
ported to be scarce, but there never
seems to be any shortage of bosses.
Men brag of their assets and keep
their liabilities undercover.
Chickens come home to roost with
painful results sometimes.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25

Everyone Has Someone
Have Only You" is the title of 4
song nit. The girl TO whom 1
sung viii doubtless feel flatteFs-
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25

Mortality records show that there
are still a few men who prefer q kick
in the glass to two in the pasture,
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25

Ever notice that after a man gets
rich, he's never satisfied until he tries
his hand raising hlooded stock
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-04-25
CHANGE IN TRAIN SERVICE
CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN
RAILWAY

Important change in schedules viii
become effective Sunday. April 26,
1925. with earlier departure of
certain trains
For particulars apply to Ticket
Agent