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The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-02-17
INDIAN WRITER
CLUB GUEST

Paul Wapato, Indian writer and
newspaper man, will be a guest of
honor and principal speaker for the
Demosthenes Club when it meets next
Thursday at the home of Dr. Roberta
Ripple. W21O6 First avenue for din
ner The Americanization committee,
headed by Mrs. Doris Bates, has
charge of the party, and will act as
hostesses. Other guests will be Mrs
John Bruce Dodd and Mrs. Katherine
Clausen. Mrs. Clausen will speak of
her work in the night school at Lewis
and Clark high school, and will have
one of her advanced pupils with her
to illustrate some of the work
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-02-17
IRENE HUNT
TO LECTURE

Miss Irene Hunt, supervisor Of
speech methods for the public schools,
will lecture before the parent-train-
ing class of the Spokane Council of
Parent-Teacher Associations tomorrow
night at o'clock in room 107, Lewis
and Clark high school. Her topic will
be Forming Correct Speech Habits
for the Pre-school Child" This will
be the third lecture in the Pre-School
Course arranged by the parent-train-
ing class committee, headed by Mrs.
George McCallum
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-02-17
MICHIGAN CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS

The Michigan State Club met Mon
day evening and elected officers to
serve for the coming year. !. G. Nc
Cormick was made president, Mrs. F.
A. Noteware vice president, and Miss
Monica b. Thompson, secretary-treas-
urer. More than one hundred and
fifty former residents of Michigan
attended the meeting in the Knights
of Pythias Castle. The program in
cluded community singing of "Michi-
gan, My Michigan; an address, THE
Hold of Ones Birth State" by Rev.
A. X. Graves of Dishman; vocal solo,
AT Peace With the World and YOU"
by Maynard Kent; readings by Miss
Mary Thomas; tenor solos by Fred De-
Reimer; readings by Constance Nix
dorf; poems, Washington" and "The
Flag read by r. +. Trowbridge
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-02-17
Women Democrats Meet

Mrs. Mary WEIGH will preside at an
important meeting of the Women's
Democratic Club Tuesday at D. m.
in the Dessert Hotel, when officers
will be elected for the coming year.
Mrs. Welch is now serving a second
term. Following the business meeting
a program will be given, and recent
proposed legislation will be discussed.
hogan County as well, giving us about
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-02-17
February Is, 1927.


At midnight, Tuesday night of this
week the first half of this session end
ed, so we have a good start by now
on the second half In fact there
are three full weeks left and four
days of another, and as the clock is
set back and we usually do not ad
journ until or o'clock Friday morn
ing, about four weeks remain.
The first event of the week, from
the newspaper standpoint, was the
coming of Gene Tunney. You may
have seen that he came by airplane
from Seattle to Camp Lewis, with Jack
Fancher of Spokane as his pilot and
from Camp Lewis by auto. He was
not given the floor, and did not enter
the state house at all, but was enter
tanned at a luncheon at the hotel. !
was invited as a guest, but declined.
or course, stood around to see him,
but | couldn't see myself as the only
woman in the senate attending
luncheon for him. And when | read
in the paper the next day that he had
expressed himself to the effect that
women had no place in public office,
though 1t is all right for us to vote"
| was glad | had not gone. | have a
perfect alibi. he did not see or meet
me, so doesn't know how politics has
affected this office holder, at least.
The day after he was here. the box
ing bill was on the calendar for final
passage in the House. II would pro
vide for a boxing commission, permit
ten-round bouts and knockouts, and
the state would get a commission of
the gate receipts. / knew / couldn't
vote for it, but didn't dare hope that it
would fail over there, after the pub
licity attending the visit of the cham
pion boxer. But it did fail, lost 46 to
81, | believe, and the next day when
they tried to reconsider, IL again
failed. as only one member changed
his vote, and that was the 22-year.old,
their youngest member.
The big subject just now seems to
be roads, and ! almost feel as il
should write it ROADS. | have paid
very little attention to roads since
have been here, as the chief question
involved is where the money will be
spent first, making it politics" How
ever, find am sold to the state road
system, which rests in theory that the
rich and populous parts of the state
should send their money to the other
parts of the state for the building of
what we know as a state highway sys-
TEN. At first, they were built by a
tax on property, but in 1923 the real
property tax was taken off and the
gasoline tax substituted, under the slo-
gan of letting "the joyriders pave the
roads,"
Being politics, there has always
been trouble over the allocating of the
funds. and some fourteen years ago
the plan was adopted of dividing the
state into two divisions, each division
allotting the money it raised Accord
ingly, the eastern division lies east of
tho Columhia River and includes ok a.
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-02-17
GOOD MEN IN RACE
FOR SCHOOL BOARD

No phase of public life in any city
is of more importance than the citi-
zens who accept service on the Board
of Education. Spokane is fortunate
this year in having several representa-
tive men willing to serve. Some of
them are introduced here, and others
will appear next week.
Dr. Theodore b. Burger, who has
been a resident of this city since he
was thirteen years old, has wide
circle of acquaintance. He attended
the Garfield school, then graduated
from the old Spokane High School be-
fore going East for his medical train
ing. In High School he was president
of the senior class, and took an active
part in athletics. The alumni of the
old school have been instrumental in
getting DIR. Burger to be candidate
for the board, although he feels that
he owes the service to his home city
il the people wish to give him the
responsibility.
Still a young man, DR.. Burger has
two children in the Hutton school, and
is a member of the parent-teacher
association there. He is strong
advocate of the new ideas in visual
education, and is concerned about
better lighting systems and better sani-
tation and ventilation in some OF the
buildings. I'VE ought not only to
keep up with present standards in
education and in buildings" he says;
1--WE ought to raise them as rapidly as
possible. Get thoroughly competent
teachers, and keep all our standards
high"
Spokane has always been his home,
and although he has travelled great
deal he comes back here with feel
ing that Spokane is the place to live.
He is identified with many local
organizations, including Oriental lodge
No. "A, F. q A. M; the Spokane Ath-
letic club; the Country club, the Uni
versity club, and the Episcopal church.
r. E. Hubbard, who has also many
friends and supporters in the city,
came here from Iowa when six years
old. He lives at 1916 East Ninth.
He attended the old Emerson school.
which used to stand at the corner of
Jackson and Monroe Street. After
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leaving North Central High School he
went to California, where he gradual
ed from business college. and since
that time has been with Western Elec-
trio, coming back to Spokane as man
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ager of that company, in the local Of
flee. Mr.. Hubbard is 35 years old, has
two children, one little boy being in
the fourth grade at the Grant school,
Close contact with the schools through
parent-teacher work has given Mr.
Hubbard many ideas about the posi-
bilities and responsibilities of the
school board work. He advocates also
further application of the visual edu-
Continued on Page 81
Evening star., 1927-12-10
HOLD OWN THROUGHOUT U. s.
S5,So5, ,69l 900. Total for II Months
Shows Slight Decline.

New construction operations
throughout the United States virtually
are holding their own in total value
as compared with he record-breaking
activities of the preceding year, the
+ w. Dodge Corporation reports on
the basis of a survey of contracts let
iE the 81 States east of the Rocky
Mountains. which represents about 81
per cent of the toal construction vol
ume of the country.
During the II months of 1927 just
past there have been new building
and engineering construction opera
tons started having a total valuation
of s5.S25. .691 800. in the 81 States, as
compared with $5.S43. .51S.900 for the
corresponding period of 1926, the de-
crease being less than one-half per
cent.
During November however the to-
tai value of all new construction and
engineering work amounted to but
S466, ,393. 400. or decline of II per
cent from the figure of October of
this year. The decline from the toal
for November of 1926 however, was
but 4 per cent. Also new work con.
templated last month amounted tc
sS27,456.700, this being an increase of
36 per cent over the amount reported
for October this year and gain of 81
per cent over the amount reported fol
November of last wear
Evening star., 1927-12-10

east Clots 10 and 20, square 567S), to
cost $4,000.
". S. Kenworthy & Co, owners !;
William I. Harper, builder: to re.
model 1919 to % Fourteenth street
Got 145. square 240), to cost $4,000.
w. +. Ochsenreiter, owner and build.
err: to erect one concrete block garage
429 Quincy street dot 81, square 3236),
to cost 500.
A. Di Nena owner; to make repairs
1874 Holbrook terrace northeast Oot
49, square 4055). to cost $500.
Brick Dwelling Planned.
Margaret c. Dougherty. owner
Ward Brown, designer; George l.
Williams. builder: to erect one 2-story
brick dwelling, I'LL r street DOT SO2
square 15D. to cost $4,000.
William =. McGee, owner: Franl;
Nichter Construction Co., builders: to
make repairs. 500 Fifteenth street
southeast dot "a, square 1879, to cost
$500.
George w. Dorr, owner and design
er; k. A. Oxenham. Bethesda, Md.
builder; to erect one 2-story tile dwell
ing, 1918 Thirty-fifth street Oots SO
and 80, square 1866, to cost $4,000.
Hall-Johnson Construction Co., own
ers and builders: to erect two metal
garages. 2603-2605 Third street north
east dots as and 40. square 355D, to
cost $780,
X. II. Sanford, owner and builder; to
erect one brick garage, 3115 Thirty
fourth street Got 80, square 2091), tc
cost 5000.
William Cannon, owner; Morrison
Bros, builders; to erect one concrete
block garage. 3007 Porter street DOT
IA, square 206D. to cost $3.50.
r. +. Philpitt, owner, designer and
builder; to erect two 1-story frame
dwellings, 3036 and 3040 Vista street
northeast Qot Z, square 1920, to cost
So, 900.
+. NJ. McConihe, owner; to erect re
tanning wall, 2435 kalorama road dots
and s, square 2502), to cost $500.
Columbia Sand & Gravel Co., own
ers: to erect one steel storage bin, $685.
X street DOT SOB. square 1879, to cost
S2S 600,
Evening star., 1927-12-10
REAL ESTATE LICENSE LAW
FOR DISTRICT WILL BE SOUGHT
Creation of Commission to Regulate Bro
kers and Statesmen Proposed in Measure
To Be Presented In Congress.

tent to transact the business of a real
estate broker or salesman in SuCh ~
manner. as To safeguard the interests
of the public.
Mr.. Blanton also proposes that the
application for brokers' license shall
state the firms with which he will be
associated and include the applicants
address, list of former places of en-
ployment, and other data. The license
fee COR broker would be $50, with an
annual renewal of SIS. and for
salesman SIS for the license. with an
annual renewal fec of S8. Mr.. BIan-
ton proposes also that the application
for license be accompanied by a bond
of 81. 900, executed by securities.
Provision is made that in case of a
refusal to license an applicant or 70
revocation of license the Dis
trict Supreme Court shall have power
to review questions of law in any such
decision
Revocation of License.
Revocation of a license would be on
the basis of:
'(a) Making any substantial mis-
representation, or
"(b; Making any false promises of a
character likely to influence. per.
suade, or induce, or
tel Pursuing a continued and fla
grant course of misrepresentation or
making of false promises through
agents or salesmen or advertising or
otherwise, or
'(d) Acting for more than one party
in a transaction without the knowl-
edge of all parties for whom he acts,
or
"(e) Accepting commission or val
uabIe consideration as real estate
of the acts specified in this act, from
any person. except his employer. who
must be licensed real estate broker,
or
"O Representing or attempting to
represent real estate broker other
than the employer without the express
knowledge and consent of the en-
ployer. or .
"fg) Failing, within a reasonable
time to account for or to remit any
moneys coming into his possession
which belong to others. or
"(h) Being unworthy or incompetent
to act as real estate broker or sales
man i'm such manner as to safeguard
the interests of the public. or
ri, Paying a commission or valuable
consideration 10 any person for acts
or services performed in violation of
this act, or
"O Any other conduct. whether of
the same or different character from
| that hereinhefore specified. which con.
stitutes improper, fraudulent or dis.
honest dealing"
Evening star., 1927-12-10
Owning Building Page for Washington and Its Suburbs
CONSERVATISM MARKS BUILDING
SO FAR THIS YEAR IN DISTRICT
Almost Complete Absence Of Purely Spec
ulative Type of Work Shown In
Records for Ii Months.

S75; April, S4,4S5.67O; May, S3,522,725: F.:
June. 50 ,962 $50; July, $2.512.S35; Au-
gust. S3.J96 $40. September, $1,114,-
22O; October, s2,272 $50, and Novem-
Der, S3.023,125.
Apartment Building Declines.
While there has been a heavy dc
cline in the construction of apartment
houses in Washington this year, tn,
total value of such operations thus faI
in 1927 being about $9,000,000 as com
pared with nearly $l9.000,000 during
the preceding year there has been a
greater decline in the construction q
new dwellings. Such a comparison
OF course. does not take into conSid
Grafton the great number of new
homes erected in the suburban area;
beyond the boundaries of the District
Considering apartments. hotels and
dwellings, there have been total
AIS housing units this far this year
which would provide housing for be
tween 10000 and 1900 persons. as
comnared with housing facilities foi
an estimated number of $4,000 person;
in 1926 and SO, 500 in 1925.
Evening star., 1927-12-10
BUILDING PERMITS FOR WEEK
SHOW INCREASE OF $235. 900

New building operations authorized
in the District of Columbia during the
past week amounted in total estimated
value to S6i0. .495, or an increase of
more than S235.000 over the report for
the preceding week, according to per-
mits issued by the building inspector.
The largest project in the new list
is the construction of an History apart
ment house at 2019 | street, the actual
building cost of which has been esti-
mated at S450.000. With the cost Of
land and equipment included. the val
uation of the property is estimated at
above $500. 900. A. Joseph Howar is
the owner and builder of the new de-
velopment, which has been designed
by David L. Stern. Three small apart.
ment houses and a number of dwell
ings also were included in the new list.
Permits were issued as follows:
New Apartment Approved.
A. Joseph Howar. owner and build
er; David T. Stern. architect; to erect
one History brick. tile and concrete
apartment, 2019 / street dots S07, sos.
500 and S23. square 7S), to cost $780,
600.
BarryPate Motor Co, owners: Will
liam p. Boyer, designer; William P.
Boyer Co, builders; to make repairs,
1925 Sherman avenue Got 9l3, square
2SS2), to cost $1,000.
John +. .Javins. owner; James
Moore. builder; to make repairs, 724
and 726 Eleventh street southeast (lot
Sc, square $3.50, to cost 500.
Queene F. Coonley, owner; to erect
wall and fence. 1901 Newark street dot
!, square 1850. to cost $780,
B. L. Lightbown, owner and builder;
G. Stanley Lightbown, designer; to
erect one 2-story frame dwelling, 3409
South Dakota avenue northeast dot
10, square 4245), to cost $4,000.
James +. Jones, owner: George n.
Ray, designer; Davis, Wick Rosen-
garten Co. Inc. builders; to make re-
pairs, 2511 Tracy place dots Is and
16, square 2502), to cost $4,000.
William B. Waterman. owner and
builder; Sears, Roebuck & Co, de-
signers; to erect one 2-story frame
dwelling 1928 Branch avenue south
Evening star., 1927-12-10

with zinc oxide where desired. or a
good grade Of ready-mixed paint shall
be used. Interior trim to receive two
good coats Of flat paint and one coat
of fiat enamel. Finished floors to be
vanished or waxed throughout as
directed.
Electrical Work.-Complete system
of electric wiring from meter to all
outlets, including all panel boards
junction boxes and other fittings. The
installation must be in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the
Evening star., 1927-12-10

Legislation providing for the licens-
ing of all real estate brokers and sales
men in the District of Columbia Will
he sought at the present session of
Congress.
The Washington Real Estate Board
has been studying a licensing act for
Washington for year or more and it
is, understood it will have it introduc
ed in Congress and will sponsor a
measure modified after the McChes-
ney bill, drawn by the general cOun-
sci of the National Association of
Real Estate Boards. which has been
adopted as the basis of real estate Ii
cense laws now in operation in many
of the larger cities throughout the
United States. The local realtors
board, however, as yet has not for
mally announced just what move il
win make to this end this year.
Another proposed license law for
the District which is regarded in local
real estate circles as drastic was in
trcduced on the opening day of Con
gress by Representative Blanton of
Texas. His bill is similar to the one
he presented at the last session and
which died in committee.
Would Create Commission.
The Blanton bill proposes the Great
ing of a real estate commission which
shall have power to grant and revoke
licenses for local real estate brokers
and real estate statesmen and to car
rying out the provisions of the act.
This commission would be composed of
seven residents of the District, to be
appointed by the President. whose vo
cation for period of at least 10 years
prior to their appointment shall have
been that of real estate brokers or
statesmen. The secretary-treasurer of
the commission would have salary
of $500 per year and other members
of the body would be paid not exceed
ing so per day for each actual day
spent at work. The total cost of the
operation of the commission would be
limited to the amount of fees received
Must State "True Consideration"
Among the main features of the bill
it is proposed that it shall be unlawful
for any broker or salesman to execute
any deed. deed of trust or other con
veyance that does not state the real
true consideration" and that the same
provision shall apply to leases and
rentals. 1t would be unlawful ais,
under The Blanton proposal for any
person or real estate organization to
attempt in any manner to prevent the
full and free competition in real estate
renting or to fix rents within the Dis
trict.
Any person violating these provi
sions upon conviction would be pun
ished by a fine of not more than 81 l.00C
or by Imprisonment of not more tha'.
two years. or by both: that any corpo-
ration thus convicted would be fined
not more than $25
The bill proposes that a license b.
granted only to persons who bear {;
reputation for honesty. truthfulness
and fair dealing and who are compc
Evening star., 1927-12-10

National Board of Fire Underwriters
Plumbing.-A complete system and
fixtures ready to use shall be pro-
vided, as shown on plans and in ac-
cordance with local regulations. Brass
piping for hot and cold water lines
Gas or coal fired hot-water heater.
Where sewer connections are not
available use Of reinforced concrete
septic tank recommended.
Heating.-Steam or hot-water boil
er: coal. Oil or gas fired.
Tile Work.-Tile floors and wainscot
Evening star., 1927-12-10

in bathroom, with built-in china ac-
cessories.
Insulation. on.--Throughout with in
sulatinc building board tor insulating
quilting il preferred) used as plaster
base on ceiling operates as roof in
SulatiOn
Evening star., 1927-12-10
BY Don S. WARREN.

A survey of new construction opCr-
atIons, throughout the District of Co
lnmbia during the first II months 81
this year, exclusive of the Federal
building program now under way.
shows that conservatism has been the
Keynote in new enterprises, WITH an
almost complete absence of the purely
speculative types of work. Due l.
the unusually heavy amount Of opcr
atiVe building here during l9@6 anG
1925. definite reaction was expected
this year to enable the natural growth
of the city to catch up with the physi-
cal development of the District
While building activities thus far
this year have been considerable il
volume bringing many new changes
in the skyline of both the downtown
and the more suburban residential
sectors the recession in the total
amount OF construction work is stiik
fnCly shown in a tahulation of month
hy-month reports OF new projects.
This recession has had the effect to
strengthen confidence in the value and
stability of real estate investments in
Washington. while at the same time
ample provisions are held to haVc
been made to meet the demands Of tn
city.
S3I,32f $50 Total to Date.
Building operations in the District
OF Columbia this wear 10 December
in fact. amount in total value to $3i,
21,450. as compared With approXi
mately sci 900 600 for the correspond
ing period of 1926. according to the
record of construction permits issued
by Col. John w. Oehmann. building
inspector. This leads to the forecast
that unless unexpected projects o.
huge size are launched during this
month the total value of work dur
ing the entire year of 1927 viii
amount to something less than $40
100000 The total figure for last year
was S63 900 600: the corresponding to
tai for the year 1925 being $64.711 900
The decline in total operations thus
far. this year. then. as compared with
the figure for 1926, amounts TO ap-
proXimately "A per cent. While TIL;
decline in new operations has beer
even heavier than many expected anC
predicted at the beginning of the year
there has been Ste3 ~ increase il
building here during the past three
months and contemplated work which
may he started within the next mont,
or two is running heavier
A monthly month study of building
operations this years shows the fol
lowing figures: January, s2.9e5.775
February. $3.SSS.745: March. S3.425.-
Evening star., 1927-12-10
Forty-ffth Street House Sold.

Comdr. and Mrs. Preston .B.
Haines have purchased the new house
at 2911 Forty fifth street. Wesley
Heights. from w. C. & A. ". Miller.
They formerly resided at Cathedral
Mansions
, 1927-06-22

finally completed, he, it or they
shall be deemed to have waived
his, its oil their claims for pay
'ment of such work or material fur
nished the State of Wyoming.
AT the expiration of 80 days from
the time of the final completion
of the work on this project all
moneys due the contractor must
be paid to the contractor unless
claimants against said money shall
in addition to filing claims common
ce an appropriate legal action again
st said contractor attaching any
money held by the State Highway
Commission. or secure an assign
ment from said contractor.
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
First publication June %, 1927
Last publication July G.. 1927