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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-05-22
Overwhelming Majority
Endorses Bond Issue
Woodstock Gives Almost Unanimous Approval To
Water Project 373 For. So Against. Work
To Start At Once. Election Day Quiet.

By the overwhelming majority OF
go ont of 37s votes cast. Woodstock
ratified the effort to secure an addi-
tional supply of water for the town.
The vote by wards was: No. l.
211 for, Al against: No. 2-162 for,
&c against
This in brief tells the story of
years of cooperative effort. unselfish
activity and arduous work on the
part of the progressive citizens of
Woodstock to lay solid foundation
for the towns prosperity. The sue
cess with which these efforts have
been so signally crowned is due
largely to the conservative manner
in which the entire proposition was
handled by the town council. for
there was no definite move for more
water until the situation had been
viewed from every angle, and until
every project had received the con-
sideration it merited
The City Fathers" as council
men are sometimes denoted, refused
to be satisfied by clamor for action
when such clamor had the founda-
ton in ignorance of the many things
involved in the undertaking. The
essential things to be considered
were cost, purity, volume of supply,
and availability. Several projects
were considered and the advantages
and disadvantages of such projects
were fully considered and expert ad-
vice was sought for and obtained.
In the final analysis it was found
that the logical and most available
source of pure mountain water was
at the headwaters of Little Stony
Creek, in the mountains 10 miles
west of Woodstock. Here was found
an unlimited supply, with a flow
which does not appreciably diminish
during the most acute droughts. tt
was found by engineers, who made
the preliminary survey, that even atl
the distance stated, water from Lit
tie Stony could be furnished Wood
stock more economically than from
any other source considered.
A chemical analysis also disclosed
that this water was absolutely free
from organic matter, was soft" and
of the same quality as that now sup
piled the town. In fact, all other
projects were SO paled by COMPARE
son that Stony Creek was finally Sc
lected by the councilmen, and the
vote on Tuesday, while directly an
endorsement of the proposed bond
issue of 100000, was indirectly an
endorsement of the wisdom of coun-
cilmanic selection of the source indi-
Gated
Election Day Quiet
The mountain of verbose opposi-
tion to bonds had shrunk to q mole
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-05-22

hill of actual strength when election
fiay dawned. ana safly ballotine ii
dicated that the bond issue would
go over by -four-to-one vote. House
wives Joined their husbands In a de
termination to put Woodstock in tn,
progressive procession. and you'll
and old age were one In purpose t.
make Woodstock. already the best
town of its size In Virginia, still
better.
The ante-election activities of the
anti-bondites persisted a short time
after the rising of the sun, and
whatever clamor there was for the
defeat of the bond proponents be-
came murmur before the day had
progressed far.
However. there was little iil-feel-
ing displayed ON either side of the
contest, the minority realizing the
hopelessness Of their cause to such
an extent that they saw no use in
getting peeved and the majority was
SO jubilant over the way In which
things were going. that they had no
time for discord.
The victory viii indicate to the
outside world that Woodstock will
not be content to lag behind in the
development Of the Shenandoah VAL
ley and that the citizens of the town
believe in progressiveness. 1t DEM
too. that through cooper
alton the town can accomplish what
ever 1t needs accomplish for its
betterment.
Following the announcement of
the return there were several hours
Of general jollifcation. participated
in by citizens generally, the cadet
band from Massanutten. numerous
and the frrepressible
small boy. A campfire ON the Court
House pavement contributed to the
gaiety OF the occasion
! II IL a matter Of seif-satisfaction
that the Herald has been consistent
In its advocacy OF water for Wood
stock. In the 1900 campaign, when
the original proposition was submit
ted to the people. the then editor
and owner Of the Herald was an ar
dent advocate of the improvement
and at that time favored the selec-
ton OF Little Stony Creek as the
logical source of supply.
The columns of the paper at that
time. as they were during the cam
paign for more water Just closed,
were used freely and unreservedly
for the cause which won. and the
prophetic statement of Capt. John
H. Grabill. made a quarter of a Gen.
fury ago, that Woodstock would
ultimately go west for water, and
get its supply from Little Stony
Greek" has at last come true.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-05-22
WOODSTOCK BOY PROMOTED

Harry w. Henry. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Caywood Henry. of Woodstock.
who has been working on different
barges for the Southern Transporta-
tion Company, in Baltimore for the
past hve years. passed the United
States Steamboat Inspection service
and has been promoted to captain
on barge Choptank, owned by the
company.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-05-22

ing done during the school session.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Geary and
Mrs. r. N. Wunder spent Thursday
on a business trip to Staunton.
Rev. Lester Smallwood returned
home last Thursday from Norfolk,
where he attended the Grand Lodge
OF Odd Fellows.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-05-22
Other Local News


Mrs. Spengler, of Strasburg, spent
few days this week with Mr.. R. NJ.
Hisey.
Snyder Bowman and wife, of
Washington. spent the weekend with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Bow
man, on the river
Mr.. Haney, of Washington, spent
the weekend with friends here.
Subscribe for the Herald, the
brightest and best newspaper in the
county
All of her neighbors and friends
are glad to see Mrs w. A. Wren
back in her old home again, after
an absence of several months.
Mrs. L. C. Mitchell and two chill
dren. of Williamson, W. Va, arrived
here Saturday night for an extended
visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Mahlon Glenn
F. w. Aiken, Of Philadelphia, ac-
companied by his son, a student of
~ W. a. HlOAt ANOgdi, were NlSllOIS
of Mayor and Mrs H. H. Newman,
lyast week.
Grace varrick. of Winchester, is
visiting relatives here.
Mr.. julius Miller and wife of
Roanoke, are spending their vaca-
ton with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Walter are
spending this week with Mrs. Wal
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. o.
Hisey.
4 The Home Coming" committee
met on Monday to perfect the organ
ization. Complete details will be
given later.
A revival service beginning Mon.
day night in the U. B. Church al
!, Conicville will be conducted by the
pastor, Dew D. G. Brimlow, assisted
by DR.. w. g. Clagg, of Elkton. The
meeting will continue two weeks
] Everybody invited
Miss Lizzie Artz, who has beer
making her home in Detroit, Mich
for several years, is visiting hel
niece, Mrs. C. F. Headley
Rev. NJ. D. Elmore will preach t.
the graduating class of 1925, Sunda,
May "a, IL a. M
Commencement exercises Tuesda,
!, night, May &c.
Leave your subscription for Shen
andoah Herald at the postoffice
Chuck full of news for every mem
. Der of the family
!, Miss Irene Brill. of Middletown
: has been visiting her aunt, Mrs
Harry Rinehart.
: Miss Maggie Hisey, who has bee
spending the past winter with he
nephew, Walter B. Hisey and family
at New Hope, w. Va, is expected t
return home this week.
:. Howard Merkley and family spen
! Sunday with Mrs. Merkley's parent
:. near Maurertown.
Ray Allison. who has been en-
ployed in Washington for some tins
is home again.
5, Mrs. Joseph Swami. of Front Ro.
: al. has been visiting Mr. and Mr.
w. G. Swami.
Mrs. Fannie Dinges and daughte
n. CONTINUED on last pagel
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-05-22
RECITAL AT ACADEMY

There win be recital for the ad-
vanced students in music at Massa-
nutten Academy. on next Thursday
evening at o'clock. In Lants Hall
Auditorium. All are welcome and
cordially invite dto attend.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-05-22

Attend Locke's Anniversary Sale!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-05-22

coffee's. a2c lb. at Locke's.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-05-22

GET INSURANCE from Jacob
Haun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-05-22

HAIL INSURANCE Jacob Haun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-05-22
Election Day Quiet

The mountain Of verbose opposi-
ton to bonds had shrunk to a mole
Evening star., 1925-09-05
REAL ESTATE DEALER
OPENS SUBDIVISION
w. Gilbert Dent to Improve Acre.
age He Acquired in Prince
Georges County, Md.

w. Gilbert Dent. president of the
real estate firm of Gardiner & Dent,
Inc, has opened a subdivision at Clin-
ton, Prince Georges County, Md, to be
known as Dent Terrace.
1t has been subdivided into one-acre
lots, and has many features. among
them being $50 feet of front parking
for each house, and private driveways
and walks, which are controlled by
the various home owners. All homes
are modernly equipped A contract
has been let with a landscape arChi-
tect for trees and shrubbery.
There are 25 acres in Dent Terrace,
on which will be built 25 homes, with
restrictions against business or other
features. The price of the homes
ranges from $12 500 to S25 900.
Mr.. Dentssalso is the owner of an
adjoining 75-acre tract which, like
Dent Terrace, has a large State road
frontage. This will be subdivided into
half.acre lots and improved by at
-traCtive bungalows. The name will
be Country Gentleman Park.
The State of Maryland is now adding
concrete shoulders and resurfacinE the
road from the District of Columbia
line toward Clinton. Negotiations are
pending with the Potomac Electric
Power Co. to extend current from Sill
Yer Hill to Clinton.
Evening star., 1925-09-05

ments each; another t76 New York
avenuel. 19 apartments, and the last
Q20l First street. contains IS apart
ments and stores.
The Wardman Organization states
that, through the low cost obtained
by the construction of these five build
lngs at one time, ii has been en-
abled to meet "a present-day need for
modern apartments that can be
bought at reasonable fgures-less
than the usual rental of similar apart
ments would be-
Evening star., 1925-09-05

baths, OF
Unusually wall of
rubbey Large colonial front poches
Double hardwood floors throughout
drain porcelain sink fored open
House 40
0oot porches INSPECT AND BE CONVINCEDIMMEDlATE
POSSESSION.
Evening star., 1925-09-05
BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSETS S1OO, 100000
Baltimore Associations Are In
creasing at Rate of 20
Year.
special DISPATCH to The Star.

! Special Dispatch TO The Star
BALTIMORE, September 5.-Assets
of the building and loan associations
of Maryland total at least 100000,
600, according to an estimate made
by Samuel T. Richards, treasurer of
the building association section of
the Real Estate Board OF Baltimore.
This would compare with total re-
sources of Sl67, ,969 ,299 of the Is
mutual savings banks of Maryland
on June 80. 1925, as computed by the
State bank commissioner. and assets
of $393S76,52l of the State banks
and trust companies.
Building and loan associations have
been increasing in Maryland at the
rate of one and a half a week. or 70
year.
While. in good many States, build
ing and loan associations are safe
guarded by State supervision. this is
not the case in Maryland. A bill was
introduced at the last session of the
Legislature whereby the local or
ganizations would have been placed
under the supervision of the State
bank commissioner, and their opera
tion confined strictly to a building
and loan business, but this failed to
pass.
About l35 associations located here
are members of the building associa e.
Evening star., 1925-09-05
LITTLE CHANGE DUE
IN REALTY PRICES
Baltimore Rents May Show
Slight Downward Trend,
Board Official Says
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
BALTIMORE. September 5.-Lit-
lie change in rents is looked for bv
local real estate men this Fall. A
slight movement downward may be
noted, but that is all.
The fact that 5000 houses are
vacant in the city will make little
difference. Secretary Pitt of the Real
Estate Board said.
He does not look for any pronounced
downward movement in the prices of
houses, either, he amplified.
THE fact is ii is about the normal
number. and is the first time since
1917. when the housing shortage began.
that Baltimore had anything like a
normal number of houses vacant" :"
Pitt says.
The average citizen does not
anaiyze the figures as found recently
by the Real Estate Board. OF the
5000 houses vacant. more than 5000
are new ones. of which l 800 were
not finished at the time the survey
was taken.
Rents or sale prices will not de
crease much for two reasons:
First, The cost of building houses
has not decreased.
Second, When builders cannot sell
houses and they are put up at mort
gage sales the public does not benefit
y mortgage company or a sales com
pany buys them and sells them on
time or rents them pending a sale, at
prices little lower than first pro-
posed"
Pitt said the situation was virtually
the same regarding apartments.
we have no figures on vacant
apartments. but it is certain there are
many he added, from the number
Of for rent advertisements in the
newspapers.
But let US say there may be l 900
vacant out of the total of more than
10000 in the city. That is | in 30.
The apartments where cheaper
rents may be expected are the con
Nerted apartments in big houses for
merly used as single dwellings.
Rents on these have come down.
because with the building of new
apartment houses people can get mod
ern flats, with janitor service and all
conveniences, as cheaply as they could
formerly get flats in the older houses
Evening star., 1925-09-05
MARIA GUERRERO HURT.
Noted Spanish Actress Injured
When Motor Overturns.

MADRID. September CP-Maria
Guerrero, who often has been referred
to as the Sarah Bernhardt of the
Spanish stage. received severe injuries
on her head yesterday when her auto
mobile overturned at Medina de Rio
seco, small town about 125 miles
north of Salamanca
The actress is greatly beloved by
the Spanish public. and was the cen
tral figure in a special festival in
1922. She is 81 years old.
Evening star., 1925-09-05

During all the variations in the
calendar September has always had
30 daVS
Evening star., 1925-09-05
NEW APARTMENTS FIND
READY SALE TO TENANTS
Wardman Project of Five Coop
erative Buildings About Half
Taken UP.

The Wardman Construction Co. re
ports that the five apartment build
ings under construction at New York
avenue and First street already have
been partly sold to cooperative own
er-occupants. About half of the
apartments have been allotted
Occupying the entire west section
of the square bounded by New York
avenue, North Capitol, First and M
streets, this is said to be the largest
development of cooperative apart
ments in this vicinity. Three of the
structures (55 and IS NJ street and sc
New York avenue) contain 35 apart
Evening star., 1925-09-05

of Baltimore. Every member is re-
quired to submit statements of its
finances and the personnel of its
management in order to obtain and
hold memberships
Evening star., 1925-09-05
REAL ESTATE COURSES
ARE OPEN TO STUDENTS
School of Business Administration,
University of Maryland, Plans
to Give Instruction.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, September 5.-ln co
operation with the Real Estate Board
of Baltimore, the School of Business
Administration of the University of
Maryland this Autumn will offer
courses in real estate.
Prof Peter Peck will offer a course
of lectures on real estate law, espe-
cially prepared and adapted TO the
needs of students and real estate
brokers'
Evening star., 1925-09-05

SO they move out of the latter. Rents
in those houses have been coming
down until they are now very reason
a hle -
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new SHIP! HERE
FOR DISTRICT
SAILORS
Destroyer Allen Anchored OF
Navy Yard-ReserVe Unit
to Drill Aboard

The U. 8. s. destroyer Allen. re.
Gently assigned to the District OF
Columbia unit of the naval reserve
as a training ship, has arrived and
is now anchored off the Washington
Navy Yard.
The local reserve sailormen viii
make their annual cruise aboard the
Allen next summer, and plans have
been made for them to drill every
Monday evening aboard.
In time of war the District sailors
would man destroyer vessel OF
the navy, Tonight win be the
first training evening on the new
ship.
The u. S. s. Eagle, No. Sc. for
many years the training ship Of the
local reserves, has been replaced by
the Allen.
The Eagle has now been placed
in full commission and assigned to
the Naval Research Laboratory with
station at Bellevue.
When she has completed this de-
tail, the Eagle Sc will be sent to
Baltimore port for duty a. train
ing ship Of the Maryland reserve
unit, relieving the U. 8. s. Chey-
anne.
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WASHINGTON MAN
MARRIED TO NAVY GIRL

Announcement is made of the mar.
riage of Kenneth Gordon. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Smith Golden,
and Miss Adelaide z. Conard, daugh-
ter of Captain and Mrs. Charles
Conard, stationed at the Naval
Academy, Annapolis, which took
place on Thursday, September ID,
at Rockville, Md. The Reverend
Willard F. Minnick officiated.
4 =
Mr.. land Mrs. Paris Gordon are
in New York and are staying at
the Chatham Hotel.
= X
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter, with
their son, Thomas, and their daugh-
ter, Miss Nancy Letter, are return
ing to Washington early next
month for a stay, following the
closing of Edgewater house. their
Beverly farms home.
= X X
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Schlesinger,
who are in New York, will come
to Washington this week and open
the house of the lat.er's mother,
Mrs. Robert w. Patterson, Is Du-
point circle. Before her marriage
Mrs. Schlesinger was Countess
Eleanor Gizycka.
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NOTES OF SOCIETY

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Amory
Houghton will return this week TO
their house at 2725. @ street for
the winter.
Mrs. Leigh Palmer and her
daughter, Miss Laura Palmer have
returned to town from visiting
Mrs. Arthur Lee at her home
Gracelands, at Eikins, w. Va. Miss
Bessie McKeldin, daughter OF Mrs.
Palmer, who spent the summer In
Europe, will sail on November 3
on the Leviathan for home.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Isdale, of
Paisley, Scotland, arrived in Wash
ington today and are guests at
the Mayflower,
Miss Rosalie Drake, daughter OF
Assistant Secretary of Commerce
and Mrs. J. Walter Drake, went
last week to Wellesley College to
resume her studies. She will join
her parents here for the Christmas
holidays. when she will make her
formal bow to society.
~ u
Doctor Charles Cheney Hyde, for
merly solicitor for the State De-
partment, and Mrs. Hyde have
taken an apartment at 1405 Park
avenue, New York. Their son, Mr..
]. N. Hyde. has returned to the
Choate School at Wallingford. The
Hydes have leased their Washing
ton home on LIE Roy place to the
Solicitor General and Mrs. Mttshell.
#fA y
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Legare have
bought the residence at 17aT ~
street and will take possession OF
1t soon,
Mrs. /. T.. Mann and Miss Alice
Mann, who are now in Paris. VIII
sail in the liner Olympic on Sep
TENDER 80 for Washington where
the marriage Of Miss Mann VIII
take place on October 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lucien VanDoren
are receiving congratulations on the
birth of a son. Mrs. VanDoren
was formerly Miss Katherine Shaw.
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BLIND, Is BEING HELD
ON STAYING CHARGE

Shavus Brown, thirty. colored,
2326 Connora court northwest, q
blind man, is being held on a
charge of murder to await the &C
ton Of a coroner's jury today.
Brown, 1t is alleged, welded the
knife that cut Walter Carter, TWEEN
ty-five, colored, 1880 Wards court
northwest, in the throat and
stomach.
Carter and Brown were elinched
in q fight when Brown pulled a
knife, It IL said. Carter was rushed
to Emergency Hospital, whore he
died yesterday.
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THE PRESIDENTS
ENGAGEMENTS

II q. m.-WiIlIam B. Stout.
OF Detroit.
1880 Q. m.-President ReA.
Of the Pennsylvania railroad.
11:55 Q. m.-Members Of the
Civil Service Commission.
IL nOOn-Resldent Commits.
siOneF DRv1la, Of Porto Rico.
1910 D. ml.-Georgo b. Pratt
Of the American Forestry As
sOclatiOn.
1890 D. m.-MeInbers Of the
washington Baseball Club.
$50 D. m.-Push button open.
ing Tooth Anniversary Of the
opening Of ForeyNecQnd street,
New York city.
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POPULATION or ITALY
GROWS HALE a MILLION

ROME, Sept. 2S.--Italys popula-
ton Increased by half a million
during 1924, according to census
returns Just issued. Sicily provided
the highest percentage Of births,
Sicilian women bearing 104 triplets
and 16 bankruptcies during that
year.
There were also SIC pairs Of twins
brought into the world there.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-28
FIRST ELETRIc ARCS
WERE USED IN WABASH

A tablet ia to be placed upon the
county court house at Wabash, In
diana, to commemorate the fact that
here were installed the first set OF
electric arc lamps ever put in serv-
ice in the United tates.
One Of these original arc lamps
has recently been round but VIII
not be put back m service since
present-day electric illcandescent
lamp bulbs have completely re-
placed arc lamps Cor interior illu-
mination.
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Continued from Page Al.


tain at luncheon tomorrow at
Chevy Chase Club in compliment
to Mrs. Curtis Munger.
y X u
Mrs. Emory Land and her
mother, Mrs. Dwight Chester, have
returned to Washington after pass
ing the summer in New England.
y X n
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hamilton
Brown have reopened their suite in
the Hotel Roosevelt after spending
the summer motoring in the White
Mountains.
X y y
Mrs. Alexander Gibson and daugh-
tiers, the Misses Gibson, of Birming-
ham, Ala, are spending few days
at the Willard, where they arrived
today.
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MID CITY CITIZENS WILL
BEGIN SEASONS ACTIVITIES

The Mid.C City Citizens Associations
will open the fall and winter sea.
son at a meeting at 8 o'clock to.
night in the Thomson School,
Twelfth and L streets northwest.
A. ]. Driscoll is president of the
association.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-09-28
intelligence

IL you are intelligent you are not
bound by tradition or superUtition.
You do not subscribe TO the per-
nlcious beliefs perpetuated by an
ignorant humanity.
n you are intelligent you are free
from fear, poverty and disease.
If you are intelligent you are
thinking for yourself and do not
blindly accept the dogmatio dictates
Of those who tell you what you can
and cannot do.
II, you are intelligent you will en-
Joy the following lectures Of
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Colonel Sheriff. 10 Sneak

Lieutenant Colonel C. o. Sheriff..
director of public buildings and
public parks, will be the speaker
1890 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
in the ball room Of the City Club.