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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16

HULL. Eng.-To prove she was
Drawer than men, 1s-year-old Euniee
Claven climbed the outside Of a 40
foot church steeple.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16

Champion officials point out that
Lockhart has, in the last three years,
established nearly 200 world records
With his Miller Special racing cars.
he has used Champion spark plugs
tzeIusively throughout his racing
elreer and has credited them, in fire.
daeat dispatches to that company,
witt contributing heavily to his rae
ing success.
'Lockhart is already one Of the
greatest race pilots the world has
eve SEEN" IL Mr.. Stranahan's trib-
ute. "Still under 25 years old, the
future would seem to hold a career
for hin that will eclipse that of any
Of his predecessors"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-10-16
Red Ink Means Death
On One Scrap of Paper

LONDON P1-One of The most
gruesome objects in England Is mere
~ a sheet Of paper.
1t is affixed to the mantelpisee in
one of the secretaries rooms IN the
Home Office.
II is the list of names of men and
women awaiting execution after ven
tence Of death. After their namts IA
the date fixed for their end.
As other names are added at the
bottom. names at the top are crossed
out with red ink. They then becoze
the names Of persons who no lonEsl
exist.
The list stands in the Home 0ffie
because the Home Secretary. actin
for the King, has the right Of RI
prieve and ~commutation.
, 1927-06-15
AN EVENT OF IMPORTANCE

A few years ago, (not so very many an eastern gateway
was developed into Yellowstone National Park. The road wend-
ed its way through a mountainous section and its development
came very slowly and at a tremendous cost in dollars. 1t was
many years before the Cody-Way began to attract any consider
able attention.
However the eastern gateway had merit. Being a most
mountainous section it was equally scenic, and commended itself
highly to every one who passed this way. In more recent years
it has come to the forefront with rapidity, until it stands at the
top as to motor tourists going to and from Yellowstone.
On next Sunday, June 18th, we will celebrate the complete
victroy of the Cody-Way, with the holding of the formal opening
of the Yellowstone park here. In former years the honor of
this event has been divided between the north and west gateways,
and the decision of the park department to permit the opening
to be held here is but an indication that we have reached our
majority-that we are now a ful-f1edged park entrance, and
one to be reckoned with from a competitive standpoint.
The people of Cody are much interested and fully impressed
with the Importance of the opening of the park this year at the
Cody galway. Many of the business men of the town have
worked long and diligently in their efforts to bring about this
crowning event, and with the cooperation of the Burlington
railroad, which is also keenly interested in the Cody-Way, the
program of the opening this year will far outshine the formal
openings of former years at the other gateways.
, 1927-06-15
ROB

Man-through care, scientific breeding and training--has
made the horse the noblest, most beautiful and most intelligent
of all animals. The thorobred is a living monument to the
ingenuity of man upon which man, although it is his own model
ing, can not gaze without awe and admiration. Why do men
go to the race track and the circus? Is it to gamble at one and
to see the clowns and acrobats at the other? Those are the
attractions for many, but vastly more are lured there by desire
to see the sleek coats, classic heads and fine proportions of finely
trained and wellbred horses.
The trorobred horse is the favorie Illustration of the pro-
ponents of eugenics, which is only scientific breeding applied to
the human race. They point out that man demands thorobred
horses, cattle, sheep, dogs and cats and they dream of a Utopia
such as H. G. Wells describes-in which men and women will
be thorobreds, mentally, morally and physically.
None will gainsay that most, if not all, of society's ills
spring from those who are subnormal, morally mentally and
physically. Normal men and women are not found in the jals,
asylums, sanatoriums and poor houses. But doesn't the fact.
that only a small portion of civilized man is deficient mentally,
morally or physically, indicate that humanity was well along
on the road to the eugenics' Utopia long before the first eugenic
invented a title for himself?
Man cannot apply to himself the same laws of directed
propagation he observes in the breeding of horses, for while
man is master of the lower animals he is not yet complete
master of himself.
, 1927-06-15
SELLING THEIR BIRTHRIGHT

Sheriff Blackburn has a couple of boys at the county
jail, neither one of them hardly past their majority in years,
who stand charged with the theft of a sack of wool, the penalty
for which will send them to the state penitentiary.
1t probably took these lads several days, and many uncom-
Portable hours to plan and execute this ROBBERY. Never from the
start did they have much of a change to escape detection. In
selling the WOO, and dividing the spoils each lad received about
SIT for his time and trouble, certainly poor wages for the time
and labor involved.
Aside from the fact that those who follow this sort of a
life are considered mighty useless and undesirable citizens, from
a business standpoint is it worthwhile? For the SIT each of these
boys received they will have to serve the state possibly a couple
of years. They will stand IN the eyes of the law as convicted
felons. They have sold their birthright for less than a mess
of pottage.
1t is unnecessary to ask if it is worth while. Anyone with
an iota of intelligence knows that it is not, and the plight of
these misguided youths should be q lesson to those who through
a similar weakness of character might stray from the straight
and narrow path.
, 1927-06-15

Announcement is made this week
of the engagement of L. l.. Newton.
n of the towns young and popu-
lar men to Miss Lulu e. Hohan-.
shelf, m of our most accomplished
teachers.
, 1927-06-15

The town council has passed its
license ordinance, raising the liquor
licenses from $40 per quarter to
$175 per quarter. This is a rev.
enue measure for the town.
, 1927-06-15

w. Dean Hays has severed hi
connection with the Hays-Wilsor
bank at Meeteetse.
, 1927-06-15
TRADE BUILDS CITIES

That community profits most that keeps the largest per-
centage of its trade at home. By the same token, the citizen
who buys away from home is helping some other community,
instead of his own, to grow.
Business is the ifeblood of the community. A city or
town can grow no faster than its business grows. And the
retail trade is a vital part of this business.
Many patrons of mail order houses and out-of-town stores
do not realize the extent they injure their own community and
themselves by diverting their trade from home town merchants.
They do not realize that they lose far more than the few cents
they may save in the immediate transaction.
Industries bring money to a community, but the community
, 1927-06-15
THE CODY ENTERPRISE

benefits only when that money is spent at home. 1t gets no
benefit from the money if it passes directly from the pay en-
velop to the mail order house, the degree it does benefit being in
direct ratio to the length of time it remains in local circulation.
The wel-meaning housewife reasons with herself that Cody
merchants will not miss the few cents accompanying the mail
order or the small purchase in the nearby city. She is at fault
only in that she does not reason far enough. Those few cents
would remain at home and that small purchase would be made
in a local store if she multiplied them by the number of house
wives in the community.
Anything that can be purchased away from Cody can be
obtained here, and with equal economy.
, 1927-06-15

The Cody Cowboy band gave {
splendid concert on Tuesday even.
ing.
, 1927-06-15
Cwenty Years Hso

Cody's baseball team won an easy
victory over the team at Corbett-
A party of chess players con-
sisting of M. Chamberlin. Geo. T.
Beck and j. T. Bradbury journeyed
to Billings last week and won a
series of six games from the Bill
lings champs.
Plans were started this week for
the building of a new Masonic
Temple in Cody. The building is
to be located on Third street and
Beck nj Already some $4,000
has been secured in subscriptions.
The county commissioners have
appropriated 5000 to spend in inn
provement IN the Northfork road.
which it is expected will place this
thorofare in very good shape. a.
, 1927-06-15
STREETS IN FINE SHAPE

The streets of the town of Cody at the present time are
in the best state of repair and improvement we have known
them to be in fifteen years, and certainly bears the wisdom of
the town council in purchase of the grader equipment a year
ago and the employment Of a man who knows his stuff"
Wonderful Improvement has been made in road work in Cody
this spring, and we would feel remiss did we not express our
commendation.
, 1927-06-15

Manager Decker of the Irma n,
tel is having a sample room ell
closed on the forth porch.
, 1927-06-15

mlSSiOnerS returned from the meet
ing at Basin this week.
The town council has passed its
license ordinance, raising the liquor
licenses from $40 per quarter to
$175 per quarter. This is a rev.
enue measure for the town.
The Cody Cowboy band gave a
splendid concert on Tuesday even
ing.
w. Dean Hays has severed his
connection with the Hays-Wilson
bank at Meeteetse.
Manager Decker of the Irma no.
tel is having a sample room en-
closed on the north porch.
A much needed improvement is
the cement crossing which is being
constructed between the Shoshone
bank and the Newton company
store.
Frank Kurtz was awarded the
contract for erecting the basement
walls of the Cottle building at Their
mopolis,
Bill Boron is to be in charge of
the Vina Grinder ranch on North
fork this season.
Dave Jones embarked today for
Billings where he will buy clothing
for boys. Mrs. Jones and Eugenia
accompanied him.
Gus Holm left Monday to fry be-
meath the sultry skies of Nevada
to make his everlasting fortune
among the greasers and gold miners
of hat benighted but wealthy state.
Harry Robertson has accepted 4
position with the Wallop-Moncreiffe
LUMBER company in office and as
solicitor. He is well known and
thoroughly liked and will be a val
liable addition to the already strong
force.
Announcement is made this week
of the engagement of l.. l.. Newton,
one of the towns young and popu-
lar men to Miss Lulu e. Hohan-
shelf, one of our most accomplished
teachers.
, 1927-06-15

Pay your subscription and get
N of those Auto Strop z
, 1927-06-15

C. Newton, one of the county com
missioners returned from the meet
ing at Basin this week.
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Uses Angles to Make Home.

Just as an artist paints a picture,
SO an architect uses angles and ovals,
plaster and wood to achieve a home.
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Preventing Freeze-Up.

To prevent freeze-ups do not run
the supply pipes within an outer wall.
And if they are in exposed cold places,
cover them with good insulation
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Products Manufactured in District
During Year 1925 Valued at $83 SIC, 1876

While the District of Columbia is
not looked upon generally as now be-
ing place of great manufacturing
activity, statistics showing the actual
volume of manufacturing here is
revelation to the more skeptical.
According to figures compiled under
the direction of LeVerne Beales, chief
statistician for manufacturers of the
Bureau Of the Census, which were
quoted in the current issue of Greater
Washington, publication of the Wash
ington Chamber of Commerce, the to-
tai value of products manufactured
here in 1925 came to a grand total of
$83,576,S26
This figure thus shows a consider
able increase over the year 1923, when
the total was reported at $71,700,075,
according to the statistics of the Blu
reau of the Census.
The figures quoted by the bureau,
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BY DUDLEY F. HOFFMAN

To the salaried man contemplating
building his own home, the dlfference
of $500 to $500 in the cost of the same
means either building or not building.
By the economic use of short-length
lumber. the home builder can save
between 5000 and $500 on a house
averaging $4,000 or less.
The cost of construction today has
become a matter of vital concern not
only to the builder and contractor, but
to the consumer or ultimate home
owner as well. In the struggle to re-
duce these costs, it is often claimed
that the quality of building construc'
ton has been materially lowered.
Not less than $500 to $500 could be
saved the individual home owner by
better utilization Of the present
amount of timber cut each year-that
is, by using that portion of the prod
uct which, while of equal quality, is
now wasted.
This waste is short-length lumber
which in close utilization would be 70
per cent or more of the total product
Contrary to common argument, the
carpenter labor in trimming is not
much greater, because most OF the
short lumber has at least one END
trimmed on a swing cut off saw table
instead of at the SaWmill green lum-
Der trimmer. and probably true
enough for use without retrimming
by hand in framing. sheathing and
other uneXposed joints.
The saving in cost a thousand feet
should, however. far outweigh any
small added cost of trim waste or
labor, since it is the general practice
of mills throughout the United States
TO quote short lengths 80 to So per
cent below the prices asked for long
length of equal grade. Because the
buyer for building uses has shown
little or no interest in short lumber
his retail yard may not be carrying it.,
but any new volume of inquiry would
soon bring the material within reach,
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Route to Virginia
Star Model Home

To inspect the progress of work on
The Star model home being built in
Lyon Village, Va, the following
routes may be taken:
Starting from The Star Building. at
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue, by automobile, follow the
Avenue to Georgetown and the Key
Bridge. Cross the Key Bridge and
turn to the right at the Washington
and Old Dominion Station into the
Lee Highway. A few minutes on the
Lee Highway will bring you to Lyon
Village. Just beyond the Lyon Viii
lage Office, on the other side of the
highway, is Granada Terrace. The
Star model home is the structure now
building on the Terrace overlooking
the Lee Highway.
The demonstration home may also
be reached by street car and bus by
taking a Georgetown or Rosslyn car
from The Star Building and then one
of the ashington- Maryland Virginia
Motor Coach Coz buses, either from
the terminal on the District side of
the Key Bridge or at the street car
terminal in Rosslyn, where the Lee
Highway turns at the w. & o. D.
Terminal corner.
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More than $4,000 buildings were
constructed in Buenos Aires in the
past year.
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HOME IN WESLEY HEIGHTS is
FAST NEARING COMPLETION

With but four weeks remaining be.
fore the formal opening of the house.
workmen today are pushing ahead
steadily with the construction of the
Star model home, which is being
erected at 2910 Forty-fourth place.
Wesley Heights. Plasterers now are
completing their work on the interior
walls of the house and soon the land
scaping and other decorative touches
will begin to take form.
This demonstration house, the first
of the series of five being sponsored
this year by The Star, is to be COM
pleted by July 80. when it will be
thrown open for formal public inspec-
ton. 1t is of the English cottage type
with exposed timber work and is of
brick and stucco construction. 1t is
beinb built by w. c. & A. N. Miller,
members of the Washington Real Es-
tate Board.
Arrangements for the ceremonies
incident to the formal opening of this
house now are being made and soon
will be announced by The Star model
homes committee which is in charge
of all details of the better homes DEM
onstration. This committee is head
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ed by Capt. H. c. Whitehurst and in
cludes Robert +. Beresford, John +.
Maury and Rufus S. Lusk.
Prospective home owners and others
interested in house construction are
invited to visit the place and study
the methods employed in the build
ing of the home. The Wesley Heights
home may be reached by the follow
ing route:
From The Star Building at Eleventh
street and Pennsylvania avenue, drive
north on Eleventh street to Massa-
chusetts avenue, then west on Massa-
chusetts avenue, crossing over Wis.
consin avenue, and Immediately there
after bearing slightly left from Massa-
chusetts avenue, down Cathedral ave-
nue. for a distance of y mile This
will bring you to the front door of
Wesley Heights, where you should
proceed west one block, turning left
or south on Forty-fourth street for one
block, then turning to the right on
Hawthorne street, and travelling in
westerly direction one block to Forty
fourth place. The site is then to the
left, and on the righthand side of that
block-Forty-fourth place, between
Hawthorne and Garfield streets.
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Plasterers still are at work on The
Star model home which is being
erected by Lyon G. Fitch. Inc, on
Granada Terrace, Lyon Village, Va,
affording a valuable illustration of the
methods to be employed in the con-
struction of the stucco type of home.
This demonstration house, the sec
ond of the series of five being con-
structed in Washington and its sub
1lrbs this year under the auspices of
The Star and the Home Owners In
stitute, is Italian mission in architec-
tural style. The home will be COM
pleted September 27.
Plastering Important.
The work of the plasterer plays a
highly important part in the building
of home of this type and thus great
care is being exercised in the stucco-
ing and the interior plastering of the
demonstration house in order to illus
trate the best methods of producing
the rough-walled effect which charac-
terizes the Italian country house.
The final coat of white. heavy
stucco. mixed with waterproofing. will
be dashed on top the two coats of
stucco already applied early next
week, ample time having been given
the undercoat to dry thoroughly. The
white coat will be dashed on and
smoothed down to give just the right
effect of irregularity to the house wall.
Shadows caused by the projecting
ridges, which have been smoothed
down, will lend a twe-tone effect to
the stucco that is very pleasing to the
eye and is characteristic of the Medi-
terranean type of house wall.
Walls Unusually Thick.
The plastering of the interior has
proceeded to the final coat, which will
be applied next week. The substan-
tial character of the interior plaster
ing, over the wall board, which was
used as plaster base, with the thick
masonry walls and the heavy, rough
succeed exterior, will afford outside
walls of unusual thickness, another
characteristic of the Italian country
house type. This thickness of exterior
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vided by the specifications, all the
walls and piers were started on foot
ing course of six parts small broken
stone or gravel. three parts of sharp
sand and one of cement. Practically
all of the stone walls are 16 inches
thick, of large, sound building stone,
having bond stones over six feet in
length and every three feet in height.
all laid on natural beds, well trowel-
pointed outside.
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Warned About Floors.

Flooring of imperfect manufacture
is likely to warp or develop cracks; it
does not give the dependable service
you expect from your floor and the
very best workman cannot make its
appearance all that is desired by the
builder. Home builders should be sure
that the lumber they buy will require
a minimum of carpenter work of plan
ing, saving and sorting.
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Owning and Building Page for Washington Suburbs
LYON VILLAGE MODEL HOME
PLASTERIN STILL UNDER WAY
Work Offers Unusual Opportunity for
Prospective Home Owners to
Observe Construction.

walls will give an effect of depth at
all reveals" quite different from the
effect given by the ordinary wall of
most homes of modern construction.
The deep reveals" with the deco
rative iron work of balcony and win
dow grilles, the warm color of the
straight -barreled roof tiles and the
uneven, Swallowed surface of the
stucco will all combine to give this
model home unique, interesting
character which will be quite typical
of it's type of architecture.
The gas and water lines for the
demonstration home were connected
this week and the work of preparing
the grounds for the proper landscap
ing effects is going forward.
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it is pointed out, do not include any
Federal or elemosynary manufacture
ing activities and are only those of
distinctly local manufacturing organi-
cations actually located within the
corporate limits of the District of Co.
lumbia.
According to the bureaus statistics,
which have just been published, there
were 53S manufacturing establish
ments here in 1925 which employed
an average total of 9,753 workers. To.
tai wages paid amounted to $780,
067
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Route to Rock Creek
Park Estates Home

To reach this demonstration house,
drive out Sixteenth street. passing by
Alaska avenue, to Kalmia road; left
on Kalmia road one block to Orchid
street, and then one block to the right
on Orchid street. Another route,
slightly longer, is through Rock Creek
Park to Beach drive, continuing north
erly to Kalmia road, thence to Orchid
street.
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QUALITY STRESSED.
Held to Concern Real Estate De-
veloper Above Others.

No one should be more concerned
with quality of construction than the
real estate developer who expects to
stay in business.
He should be in the front rank of
those who are working for the en-
forcement of reasonable building reg
ulations. for in so doing he will pro-
tect himself as well as the buyers of
his houses.
He will help to make 1t more diff
cult for an inscriptions competitor to
operate.
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Short-Length Lumber Use Saves Cost
to Home Builders, Aiding Conservation

for the retailer can readily secure it.
In addition to the actual financial
saving to the small home owner, the
extended use of short-length lumber
Wherever practicable will greatly les
sen the drain on our timber resources
and will effect an important saving in
the cost Of construction to the cox.
sumer.