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Evening star., 1928-05-05
Owning Building Page for Washington Its Suburbs
PERMITS ISSUED FOR TWO
$2OO,0O0 BUILDINGS IN WEEK
Total New Construction Plans for District
Call for Estimated Cost
of $752,521.

Plans for two building projects cost
ing 100000 each, for the construction
of % dwellings Of various types and
other operations in the District of Co
lumbia. the total estimated cost Of
which is In excess of $751;, ,521, were
approved during the past week by Col.
John W. Oehmann, building inspector
The figure represents considerable in
crease over the preceding week.
Plans for one of the two largest
operations call for the construction of
a five-Story brick apartment house at
Ais Wisconsin avenue by the firm Of
Goldsmith & Keller. The other 5000, 900
project will be the building of a four
story concrete service station and sales
Office of William E. Gore for the Se~arnes
Motor Co, to be located at Twenty
first and L streets
L. E. Breuninger & Sons obtained per-
mits for the construction Of six two-story
brick houses to be erected in the 3700
block of Yuma street, to cost a total Of
$4,000. and the Terminal Refrigerating
& Warehouse Co. obtained permits for
the construction of a two-story public
garage building poultry store and lunch
room to be located at 1147-49 E street
and at 1924 Twelfth street southeast,
to cost $40, 900.
Permits Issued In Week.
Permits were issued as follows:
Goldsmith g. Keller. owners and
builders: George T. Santmyers. archi-
tect; to erect one 5-story brick apart
ment. AIS Wisconsin avenue tlotS 10,
as, 46 and part A, square 1920; to
cost 5000, 900.
Fulton r. Gordon, owner; r. L. In
gram. builder; to erect one frame gar
age. 3119 Oliver street dot 43, square
23121: to cost S400.
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Miss A. Burd Shryock, owner; Fred
eric B. Pyle, architect; Schneider
Spliedt Co, builders: to erect one 3
story brick building for Offices, l503-10 L
street lots 20 and 30, square 1897; TO
cost $4,000.
w. G. 81 A. N. Miller, owners and
builders; G. E. MacNeil. architect; TO
erect one 2-story brick and frame dwell
ing. 4530 Cathedral avenue Cots II to
20, square 1922; to cost $4,000.
w. c. & A. N. Miller. owners and
builders: TO erect one stucco and frame
garage, 4530 Cathedral avenue (lots II
to 20, square 1922: to cost $500.
Southern Construction Co., owners
and builders; Claughton West, archi-
tect: TO erect one 2-story brick and tile
apartment, 800 Kennedy street (lot 300,
square 2993) to cost $4,000
Winthrop A. Roberts. owner; r. w.
BriScoe, designer: Henry Herbert. build
er: to erect one 2-story frame dwelling.
1885 Lawrence street northeast (lot l9.
square 1862: to cost $4,000.
Six Two-StOry Dwellings.
l. E. Breuninger &. Sons, owners and
builders: George T. Santmyers. archi-
tect: to erect six 2-story brick dwellings.
-0406l216-20 Yuma street (lots
83 to 88. square l891): to cost $4,000. =
Terminal Refrigerating & Warehouse
Co, owners: Pringle & Arnold, civil en-
gineers and builders: to erect one 2
story brick and tile public garage build
ing. poultry store and lunch room, 1147
and 1149 E street and 432 and 434
Twelfth street southeast (lots 80. "a, IS
and Sol, square 327); TO cost $40. 900.
Mrs. William Asher, owner: Harris
Bros. builders: to make repairs. 2026
Third street northeast (lot -. square
3564): 10 cost $500.
Cola A. Neale. owner; to erect one
Continued on Eighteenth Page)
Evening star., 1928-05-05
BY DON s. WARREN.


To present TO prospective home buy
ers and builders in a graphic and con-
crete way the value of home owner
ship and methods of house conStrlc-
ton from preliminary work TO the flnA'
finishing and decorating touches The
Star again this Spring and Summer
Will conduct model home demOnStTa-
tlon similar III outline TO the program
staged last year which attracted many
thousand home lovers of Washington
and vicinity TO study the several houseS
built for exhibition.
Plans for the 1928 demonstration
concluded in the past few days and an
nounce6 today by officials in charge
calT for the construction Of four Spc-'
clally designed dwellings, of varied
architectural style to be erected in d.f-
serent sections Of Greater Washington.
The program viii be sponsored by Ths
Star IN cooperation with local builders
an0 the Home Owners Institute Of
New York
Unusual care has been taken in the
planning Of the homes to make them
both attractive and suited 10 the needs
OF families Of various needs and size
and financial means. and ample time
has been allotted 10 the construction
WorS IL order that the houses may be
properly built and furnished through
out before they are thrown open for
5ormal public inspection.
An additional feature Of the program
will be that the public Will be invited
20 watch the progressive stages Of the
construction OF the homes to see the
amer secrets OF the building opera
lions. the problems to be confronted
and how handled by the builders.
Week Week Progress.
From week to week there VIII appear
n the real estate section Of The Star
stories describing the progress of the
construction of each of the four DEM
cnSt-ation dwellings from the laying of
The foundations 70 the work of finishing
~
Evening star., 1928-05-05
MODEL HOME DEMONSTRATION
WILL INCLUDE FOUR SECTIONS
The Star Again Sponsors Program for
Prospective Buyers and Builders of
Own Dwellings.

The starting of the erection of the
four houses and the dates when they
will be open for formal inspection Will
be staggered SO that ome-loverS de-
string TO inspect each one individually
viii have ample opportunity.
The first of The Star model homes
will be located in Aurora Hills, Va. and
Will be built for the demonstration by
Aurora Hills Homes, Inc. of which
Henry c. Morris is president. This
house is to be completed. furnished
throughout and appearing as an oc-
cupied home by July Is. when the
dwelling will be thrown open for four
weeks of public inspection.
The second model home will be To-
Gated in Shepherd Park. near upper
Sixteenth street. and will be constructed
by the real estate firm of l.. E. Breun-
niger & Sons. 1t is 70 be ready for
formal public study by August 10.
Third House at Kenwood.
The third of the 1928 series will be
erected in the new subdivision. Ken
wood. Md. and will be built by the
Kennedy Development Co,
Of which E. S. Kenned, is president and
Donal L. Chamberlin. vice president.
II will be completed by September Is
The last of the four to be completed
and placed on formal exhibition will
be located in FoXhall Village on @
street between Forty-fourth street and
Surrey lane. 1t will be ready for ex-
hibition by October II.
The demonstration conducted last
year brought out visitors to the model
homes IN numbers far beyond expec-
tationS and many thousands visited
each of the homes during the month of
formal public inspection, while large
numbers also availed themselves of the
opportunity to watch the houses grow
from the basement to the completed
homes. decorated. furnished and land
scape6
The public interest displayed in the
model home program of last year was
seen as convincing demonstration of the
economic and esthetic value of home
ownership
Evening star., 1928-05-05

public concern 1t. therefore becomes
a duty to improve the appearance Of a
dwelling. even II the occupant be salts
fed with the interior.
Even If self-satisfaction and respect
for the opinion Of the neighbors do not
prompt Improvements. substantial self
interest does. About as simple and sure
a way of making money as can be found
is to modernize the old house in appear
ance as well as in plan.
Evening star., 1928-05-05
HOUSE IMPROVEMENT.

Attractive Home Exteriors Urged
as Aid to borhoods.
A family lives in a house, but the
community lives around 1t. The ap-
pearance of the house thus becomes a
The border vidette., 1928-11-17
SUGAR BEETs ENRICH SOIL

The growing of sugar beets
enriches the soil. Experiments
have shown that land that yield
ed 269 bushels of wheat to the
acre before sugar beets had been
grown, yielded 43.1 bushels to
the acre after their introd uction.
Corresponding increases are
shown in barley, corn and oats
after rotation with sugar beets.
The extensive root system of
the beet opens and aerates the
soil. Beet roots frequently 60
down into the ground from seven
to eight feet. The abundant
growth under the surface en-
ables the soil to retain and utilize
greater amount of air and
moisture. Moreover, the thor
ough cultivation required by the
beet crop pulverizes the soil and
rids the land of weeds, while the
fertilizer applied to the soil by
the beet crop remains to benefit
other crops.
The border vidette., 1928-11-17
FIRE IS PRevENTABLE

A smoldering cigarette butt, q
match dropped into a waste. pap
er basket, an iron left heating
on the board, q discarded pile OF
dirty, greasy rubbish. or endless
other such petty risks caused by
carelessness. may be the means
of transforming a home or fac.
tory or Office building into a
smoking ruin.
A large majority of homes
have fire hazards that can be
removed with q small amount of
work or at slight cost. Poor
wiring, carelessly handled heat.
ing and electrical devices and
collections of rubbish are among
the most common risks and &C
count for many serious confla
grations. The danger lies in
these everyday risks being over.
looked or disregarded.
Fire is practically entirely pre-.
ventable. Authoritative estim
ates state that 80 per cent of all
fires result from carelessness or
ignorance. With little caution
and understanding of possible
hazards, homes and buildings
can be protected. Preventing
fire is better than trying to re
pair damage.
The border vidette., 1928-11-17
PROSPERITY FOR ARIZONA

Prosperity is just around tho
corner for the copper camps OF
Arizona. 1t will be doubly well
come because of a long period of
adverse market conditions for
the red metal.
Copper selling at over sixteen
cents a pound means increased
working forces for the produc.
ers,. with pay-rolls, and conse.
quent general Improvement of
business. 1t means old copper
mines now idle will be re open
ed and new prospects developed.
1t will make a market for pro.
missing copper prospects whose
owners sought vainly for q buyer
or capital for development, while
the metal was at low figure.
More men at work. more
money in circulation in the cop.
per camps means better and
bigger markets for the mer-
chants, manufacturers and agri.
culturalists of the state.
Good prices for copper means
good times in Arizona. Tomb.
stone Epitaph.
The border vidette., 1928-11-17
OLD GRAVE FOUND

Tucson, = Bones of a family
|of California-b -bound argonauts
massacred by Indians IS years
ago. and the weather-worn pine
head-boatd that marked their
rude grave, have been found
near Harris Mountain. on the
east slope of the Chiricahuas, by
Fred Winn, supervisor of the
Coronado national forest, and
Judge g. Hancock of Para
disc. Arizona.
Announcement of the recent
find was made here recently by
Vim, who has turned the bones
and the head-board over to the
Arizoaa Pioneers Historical So
ciety. @.
Times inexorable finger has
blurred part of the carving on
the head-board. but the pine
wood still bears this inscription
Family murdered by Indians. !"
In 1873, a family of pioneer
pilgrims came to Arizona in q
covered wagon, bound for Cali
fornia," VIM said. Little is
known about this family, except
that the last name was Harris,
and that they consisted of the
father, mother and two daugh.
ters."
When they reached Harris
Mountain, northeast of Tucson,
they were attacked by Chirica
hua Apaches. The father, mo
ther and one of the daughters
were killed. while the other
daughter, IS, was abducted by
the redmen.
The border vidette., 1928-11-17
ARIZONA GROWING POPULATION

The birth rate in Arizona dur.
ing the month of September ex.
ceeded the death rate for the
same period by 302, according to
report issued recently by the
state board of health.
The report, compiled by Mrs.
Ruby Jacquemin, statistican for
the department, shows that 781
babies we're born in Arizona in
September as compared to 8
death rate of 479.
OF the total number of babies
born in September, 4l2 we're
boys and 369 were girls. There
we're eight pairs of twins during
the month but no triplets. Four
pairs of the twins were boys in
Maricopa county, two in Pima.
one In Yuma and one in Gila.
There were q hundred ninety.
five of the babies born of white
parents, the report shows, 316
Mexican parents, 45 of Indian
parents, 10 of other races in
cluding the colored while Is
we're born of mixed parentage.
Two hundred fifteen of the
new arrivals in the state were
the first child in the family, the
report shows while $40 were
from the second to the fifth
child, 148 were from the sixth to
the tenth. 81 were between the
1ith and Goth child in the family.
This information was not given
in the case of IL babies.
The border vidette., 1928-11-17
MINING ACCIDENT RATE LOWER


According to a report just
completed by the United States
Department of Commerce, the
metal mining industry is making
pronounced progress in reducing
accidents.
Practically every type of min.
ing showed appreciable improve
ment during 1927.
This is in line with the gen.
eral progress made in recent
years by mining. The chaotic
conditions OF pre-war days, with
violent price fluctuations. waste.
full producing methods, and poor
adjustment of supply and de
mand, have practically disap.
peared.
Instead. there is a new status
of scientific mineral recovery.
The industry has made q thor
ough house-cleaning and has
modernized itself on sound
economic basis.
The tremendous demand for
such metals as copper and zinc,
much Of which has been caused
by rapid electrical and telephone
development, is being met at q
iair, stable price, by improved
producing. refining and market
ing methods.
The border vidette., 1928-11-17
THE COMING OF THE AIR MAIL

Arizona will enjoy much
needed service with the estab
lishment of the air mail to this
state on December Is, says the
Tombstone EpitaphI Daily col
lections and deliveries of the air
mail are scheduled to Douglas,
Tucson, Phoenix and Yuma, the
points of stop for the planes.
Air mail for othter communities
in the state will be assembled
and distributed from these cen
trail stations.
The air mail has become an
almost indispensable adjunct to
modern business. Arizona has
been under = handicap because
of the lack of this service.
Senator Ashurst and Governor
Hunt worked hard helping to
get the air mail for Arizona. An
amusing feature of the work lay
in the almost total lack of infor.
nation about Arizona OF some of
the postal officials in Washing
ton with whom the matter was
discussed. They could not un
stand why anyone should seek
to obtain air mail connections
for country which they under.
stood to be composed almost en-.
tirely Of vast uninhabited des
erts.
In short, they didn't think
there was much of any body in
Arizona to get mail.
That is the sort of hazy idea
of the west which too many
bureau clerks in Washington
possess. The result of such
lack of information and sym
pathy on the part of official
Washington are frequently un
fortunate for the western states.
The border vidette., 1928-11-17
THE FARM or THE FUTURE

Electricity is solving many
farm difficulties. BY doing away
with slow, expensive and ineffi.
cient physical labor. it is today
bringing about an agricultural
revolution similar to the great
changes that took place during,
the period when power was in
troduced into the industry. Il
A practical experimental farm
established in Illinois is a good
augury for the future, Its Of
go acres, stocked with COWS,
hogs and chickens, the three
great enthusiasms of those who
advocste diversified farming.
All of the cows needs are sup.
piled cheaply and quickly by.
power. The hay is pitched by
an electric motor, and the water
pumped into automatic drinking
cups. Electricity cuts the feed
and lifts it into bins. Electric
mixers do the ard uous milking
job and electric refrigerators
cool the milk. a
Flies are kept away from the
cows by an electric killer that.
attracts them with bait, and
when they touch it,, electrocutes
them.
The feed for the pigs is like.
wise electrically prepared and
their house is warmed by an
electric stove.
Electricity operates the incu.
bator and young chicks are treat.
ed with ultra violet rays to pre-.
vent sickness. By use of cleo.
trio light the hens working day
is heightened to as much as IS
hours, increasing winter egg
production.
The farm house is equipped
with almost every known and
perfected electric labor saving
device.
This farm, Established as an
experiment, is proving an out.
standing practical success. Un.
less all signs fail. it is a model
for the future. -Manufaturer.
The border vidette., 1928-11-17

Kingman-$25, 900 new plant
of Union Oil company completed
recently.
The border vidette., 1928-11-17
ARIZONA WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL
REVIEW
November IL, 1923

/ = .e
Kingman - Road connecting
tunnel workings on Black & Tan
with Stockton Hill Highway
nears completion.
Kingman-Gold ore discover.
ed while grading for new mill on
P. & M. Mines property.
Winslow-Leupp road being
repaired and improved.
Kingman-Hangars and ma.
chine shops will be located at
local airport site for planes of
Transcontinental Air Transport
Inc, which will make Kingman
q junction point.
Kingman - Activity renewed
at Louis mine in Cerbat Canyon,
eight miles north of this city.
Safford-Arizona Utilities com
pany making survey for new
n lines between here and Solomon.
Vile.
| Kingman-New shaft started
on property of Grannis Mines
company and new machinery in.
stalled.
4 Saffo -d-Arizona Pima Cotton
! Growers Association reports 3O4
per cent increase in cotton de
livery over corresponding period
! last year.
! Phoenix Greatest mineral ex
hibit in southwest feature of
Arizona State Fair held here
November 1918.
! Holbrook-First National Bank
resources total $508, SOB.
i Arizona state and national
bank resources increased $12,
| SOB, 425 in one year.
| Yuma New $4,000 PIGGY
/ Wiggly warehouse completed.
/ Tom mbstone Canyon road being
resarfaced.
/ Phoenix - Preliminary pro
/ jects necessary for beginning
construction on new Stewart
Mountain dam completed.
| Clifton--Work on new $4,000
mineral hot springs bath house
nears completion.
j Yuma - Boulevard lighting
tsystem will be installed in Main
street.
/ Winslow = Pine. Payson road
survey completed.
Jerome $4,000 bond issue
will be voted on here for civic
improvements.
| Yuma-Cotton crop of Yuma
Valley project estimated at &c..
600 bales.
! Coronado Trail highway i'm.
proved by state maintenance
crews.
i Ajo-Six new transformers in
stalled by New Cornelia Copper
company.
n Duncan-Flour mill here will
j resume operations.
II Yuma-Bids opened for fur.
i nishings in new courthouse.
\ Kingman-Winze of Tom Reed
continues in good ore.
Holbrook-U. s.. Highway No.
66 will be paved through this
place.
Kingman-Second drill hole
drive into Katherine vein from
900 foot level with good results.
Coolidge-San Carlos dam pro.
ject nearing completion.
Miami-Concrete bridge will
be constructed in business dis.
trict of this place shortly.
Phoenix-Salt River Valley
markets 10000 carloads fall let.
tuce
Winslow-Contract let to local
firm for construction of new
$4,000 administration building
at Grand Canyon.
Phoenix-Salt River Valley
Economic Survey Conference,
first ever held, opened with 800
farm experts representing fed
eral. state and county agencies
in attendance.
r. Globe-Site chosen and presi
dent on hand to oversee building
of new $4,000 Tungsten Mill
and lean up" plant.
Riverside county exhibits dazz.
The border vidette., 1928-11-17
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA NEWS

Tucson, Ariz., Nov.-Further
support of the campus Y. M. G.
A. work at the University oi
Arizona was received this week
in the form of q 500 check from
the New Cornelia Copper com.
pany of Ajo, Arizona.
The check is the second aid
received from the company this
year; the first money sent to
help defray expenses being re
ceived in March. The contribu
tions have been made through
Michael Curly, general manager
of the company.
The donation will be placed in
the general fund. it is stated
and will be used toward the gen.
.eral Y. M. G. A. campus pro
gram. This program includes
the freshman Y club, the, Asilo
mar conference. the employment
service and the promotion of re-.
ligious activities.
DR.. Homer Leroy Shantz, pre-,
'sident of the University of Ari.
zona, will leave Tucson, Monday,
Novemver IL, for trip East
during which be will attend sew.
eral conferences to be held in
Washington. DC.
President Snantz will first at.
tend a meeting of the National
Association of State Universities
that will be held at the Hotel
May flower, November 19 and 20.
He will also attend the meeting
of the American Association of
Land Grant Colleges and Un.
iversities to be held at the Hotel
Willard, November 20 to %. In
connection with these meetings
the president will be in attend
ance at the conference of the
American Society of Agronomy
on November % and %.
President Shantz will visit at
Chicago; Urbana, ILL.,; and New
York City during the course of
the trip. According 4 to present
plans he intends to return to
Arizona the lstter part or the
month and will probably be in
Tucson in time for the Thanks
giving recess.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-10-27

on me. Find enclosed 81. / could
use lots of literature, if could only
pay for it.-R. 81,
Other contributions have been re-
ceived from workers coming to the
campaign headquarters at 43 East
125th st. to bring a personal word
of encouragement with the money.
The National Election Campaign
Committee asks contributors to send
with each contribution a short letter
on the local conditions of the Com
munist election campaign News
about the invasion of the "Solid
South" and our Negro campaign, as
well as the Gitlow case in Arizona,
have been so dramatic that they have
crowded out to some extent news of
the campaign in the industrial
states and in the important indus
tries. More should be heard from
the campaigners there.
Also the nuclei and Party commit
tees are urged to report on the pro-
gress of the emergency drive in par
ticul2r and Of the election campaign
III general. Send in news of the
struggle in your locality.
One contribution that we show
among others in the photo accom-
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ski, who is now working as an cleo
trician in Leningrad. He is a for
mer member of the Workers Com
munist) Party, and sends IA rubles
for one and half days pay, with
the hope that the Party will sue
coed in getting on the ballot in all
the states of the country One other
check shown is from Oslo, Norway.