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The Washington times., 1928-06-09
Realtors Coming To
Convention By Plane

The Pontiac, Mich, real estate
board is planning to use the air
lanes to bring It's entire delegation
to the coming annual convention OF
the. National Association of Real
Estate Boards, to be held in Louis,
willie. KY. June 1922.
The delegation. to be made up Of
II members. expects to make the
trip in, three.motor Ford plane,
furnished by the Stout Air Service,
Inc, of Dearborn,
The plane will be available to
delegates from other cities for sight
seeing trips over the convention
city on the afternoons Of June 20
and 81.
Three planes will carry about
nine realtors from indianapolis to
the Louisville convention. They
viii go in planes manufactured at
Indianapolis. The trip is expected
TO be made In little over three
hours.
The Washington times., 1928-06-09
To Be
GUEST Of D. c.
REAL T0RS

Members of the Washington Real
Estate Board have completed their
plans to attend the Louisville con-
yention OF the National Association
OF Real Estate Boards, according to
Clarence F. Donohoe. chairman Of
the convention committee.
The delegation, accompanied by
realtors from Norfolk, Alexandria
and other nearby points in Virginia.
win leave washington Saturday
afternoon, June is, arriving at Gin.
cinnati Sunday morning. A sight
seeing trip has been arranged and
the local realtors will be accompanied
by Cincinnati realtors in a tour Of
that city.
Lieut.. Col. Clarence o. Sheriff.,
former Washingfcnian and one time
officer in charge of public buildings
and grounds and now city manager
Of the city Of Cincinnati. has been in
vited as q special guest Of the local
realtors at their luncheon. Among
the delegation are al number OF
prominent realtors who were actively
engaged with Colonel Sheriff. In the
developing Of the zoning and park
plans for me District Of Columbia.
The committee in charge or ar
engagements, in addition to Mr..
Donohoe. consists OF M. p. Candy,
Earl e. Gosa. Theodore III. Judd Leo
Walshe. Kari e. FARRELL. r. Bates
Warren, w. Waver1y Taylor, jr., and
Percy II Russell,
The Washington times., 1928-06-09

Building permits issued the past
week totaIing s64s,56O exceed those
OF the previous week BY 100000.
The permits as issued allow Tor the
construction of IS new homes. four
store buildings and one church.
The cost Of these new projects II
placed 1T $57s,10D the balance of
the total amounting to $g4, 4sO wa
spent for building repairs and add.
lions.
The outstanding permit FOR the
week was that issued to the Church
OF the PilgrirnA Tor the erection or
three stone and brick btiiIdings Tor
sunday school and residence at 1916
Twenty second ST. ~.
The cost II said to be approxi-
mately $250s000
Additional building reports for the
week are as follows.
Henry a. Willard I'd AZ 900 !. to
build one two.stofy stone dwelling
at 1901 Tilden ST. n. w. Lot s .24i
square 223S.
E. w. Sphinx s36 900. ia build
three two.story brick and tile dwell
iflgs 1T 3056-60 Porter ST. NJ w.
Lot SOLOS; square 2067.
EndOra B. Johnson 81 900, 10
erect four tw0-stopy brick ard tile
dwellings ut 2S05- ell Thirty ninth
st. n. w. Lot 17-zO; square 1906.
Ten.story Building
Phillips Genuine Sausage Com.
pany. Inc. so, 900, to erect one 10
story brick building at 1921 Benning
I'd. ~. p. Lot 1892; square 5O22
II. r.. Breuninger e Sons 81 Z 900,
to erect one tw0-story brick dwell
ing 1T 1890 Hemlock st. M. w.
Lot AS; square 2775.
Owens Motor COmpany--$17,0 900,
to erect one second story brick addi
ton to 6322 Georgia Ave. ~. w
Clara g. Mckay $14 900, to build
one tEree-story brick and tile dwell
ing at 1902 I1lingle I'd. N. wv. Lot
40; square 2IOI.
b. j. Grady SIS 800 to ereci
three two-stOry dwellings at 3S16-
1920 Twenty second ST. N. E LOl
49.5O-51; square 1921.
Alvin M. McNish 40, 900, "a
erect one two-story brick and tile
dwelling at 1417 Holly st. m. w
Lot 3: square 273s
Sarah III Somn1erraan---$1O,0 00, Il
erect two Oae-story frame dwellings
at 3709-I3 Twenty-fourth st. N. e
Lot 17-1s-19-2O; square 4294.
Herbert IL. Brooks 30 $50, n
erect one twO-story brick DWELLING
at 400 Asbury ri. NV Lot 1sSO
square 1892.
Robert X. Koontz So 900, to erecl
one two-story brick dwelling ait 145s
Minnesota Ave. 3. r. Lot 1850
square 56O5.
Tile Dwelling
Joseph M. Stanle ,O00. Il
build one two-story brick dwelling
at 1926 Oliver St N. nv. Lot 40
square 2O22.
M. Alma Rawlings and Ella "
Ryon So 200. to erect one onesstory
brick and tile dwelling at 241t
Thirty.third st. s. r.. lot S-9
square $685.
w. C. and "A. N. Miller IS 100
to erect one two.story frame
dwelling at 1850 Lowell ST. N. w.
lot IT-fS, square 1908.
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CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMS
To BUILD new BUILDINGS

Il. w. Reilley 900. To erect
one one.stcry brick dwelling at
sOO6 Broad Branch I'd. n. W.
lot AZ, square 200i.
q. Cusato 81 500, To build one
two-stOry brick dwelling at 2AS
First 81 s. w. lot 500. square 635.
Joe Apolonia 900. 10 build one
two. story brick and stone dwelling
sat rs III .St m. VIZ. Lot SOL: square
5s662.
w g. ana Al. N. Miller 81 900. 60
erect one two-story frame dwelling
at 1883 Lowell ST. M. W., lot 47-4S.
square 1905
M. b. and Al. N. Miller IS SOC.
to erect one twO-story frame dwell
ing st 45SS Lowell st. N. w. lot
45s46 square 1905.
Sanitary Grocery Company 81.
900, to erect one 0ne-story brick
store building at 1904 Connecticut
Ave-. N. W.. lot ] square 1865.
Ri. w. Chase S6.OO0 to build one
one-story frame dwelling 81 1901
Eighth ST. N. W. lot 3. square
S3176
David weinberg .000. IL build
two one.story brick stores and dwell
fngs at 1635-37 Kenilworth Ave.
mi E., lot S0s31 square 5167.
G. WI Chase 500 Ia build
one one.story frame dwelling II
1913 Eighth 81. n. WI. lot s. SQUARE
3f76
Robert 3. HooIe "a 500 70 erect
one one-story brick and tile dwell
ing AZ 1890 r ST. s. Fl. lot 1851,
square 56O2.
Frame Residence
Frank Barinott 81 900, to erect
one onevetory frame dwelling Ar
1243 Irving st. M e. lot ~
square 1888
b. 3. Pabst, So 900 To erect one
1-story brick store at 1921 & ST..
IN. I'M. lot s04 square 107
Richard H Russell $500 TO
erect soYle history frame dwelling 1t
1901 Forty-fourth Pl. s. Lot
i8l 100: square 5S64
j. Is. Mcdonald, 81 800 10 erect
one story concrete brick dwelling
AZ 34S LIST. n. W. Lot 1a2; sqaIars
Raleigh Hotel. 81 ZOO 10 build
new pent house ovar existing shaft,
Twelfth and Pennsylvania Ave,
M. W..
w. I. Koontz. $500 TO erect one
kcOnCfeLe ana Tile HEDOI s UNeL 8EceAS
pit at 1901 Good Hope Rd s. r.
Fl. II. Schreiber, SIN 900 no bbild
one 2.stOry brick rear addition end
install baths Il 1716 Rhode Island
Ave. n. w
William Il. Ballard 81 600 10
erect rear porch lit 4898 Conduit I'd
nj. W. Lot 10; square 1888.
Charles and Agnen Bell, 500 =
build one room frame addition Ct
l1212 Torty-eig hth St. u.
Hanson 5000 fo erect one
sstor brick addition AZ l0I6
Fourth ST. m. WI.
Francesca GIgliotti, &5.500 TO
erect one history rear addition 70
apartment building at 33S indiana
Ave. 1T. wv.
Archie savoy, $1,000 no erect
one I-story frame addition at 1888
Lee st. N. +.
&. j. Battista, 81 100 To erect
one 2-sfory front brick addition All
l1624 Fifth SIT mi WI
The Washington times., 1928-06-09

1t was built of brick peculiar to
that period and destroys the gener-
ally accepted theory that the
Romans were the creators of the
arch which for many centuries has
been given as the best example Of
their handiWDrk.
Some OF the Roman work was Of
stone and some of brick, and there
was no positive record of which
had been utilized first But both
had stood the test OF time and the
elements for nearly 1000 years.
This ancient Sumerian.built arch at
Ur. however, dates back almost
5000 years, and was d remarkably.
accurate bit of masonry. Testified
by the fact that ii had supported
great quantity Of earth 20 feet
deep over this period of years.
The Sumerian arch was part of
the Enclosure Of Queen Shubad, who
had been buried with barbaric splen
dor In all queenly trappings and
with several score of her waiting
women grouped about her. Unusual
number of articles of personal
adornnent in gold and silver and
precious stones were recovered and
altogether the find was one Of the
most enlightening the expedition has
made.
The brick Of this early day we're
unusually large, about IL inches
square and two to three inches thick
and were either sun dried or lightly
The Washington times., 1928-06-09

burned. The burned brick have
been found in such q good state Of
preservation that the inscriptions
on each OF them can be easily de-
ciphered
The Washington times., 1928-06-09
1900 Old
Lead Pipe Found
Under Hotel

A recent comparative test Of 2
piece Of an 1.s0O-year-old Roman
lead pipe and a modern sample re-
veaIed the fact that the Roman pipe
was of practically the same purity
as that manufactured today.
The example of Roman crafts
nnanship that figured in the analy
sis was unearthed by workIncn
while excavating for a sub-cellaI
under the Palace Hotel, Via Veneto,
Rome, and dates back to 50 "A. ID.
1T is now preserved as relic IN
the offices OF the National Lead
Company in New York.
Mention OF lead is found as far
hack in the history OF the world as
written language. In all probability
it's use was known to primitive men
even before written records were
kept. 1t il found in almost all
parts of the world and the ease
with which it may be melted and
beaten no doubt accounts for its
early use.
Lead is spoken of both in the
book of Genesis, and In the hook
of Ezekiel. More extensive ways
of employing 1t are mentioned in
the New Testament.
The Asyrians used lead to secure
iron bolts in holes drilled in rocks
or building stone. It seems like
a far cry from the Assyrians TO
the present, but lead expansion
anchors are used for the same pur-
pose today in the Holland tunnel
which provides an automobile road.
way under the Hudson between
New Jersey and New York.
The variety of places in modern
industry where metallic lead fills a
need are almost innumerab1e
Among other things it is used in
anti.friction bearing metal for au
tomobiIes, airplanes and many types
EFF machines: as a packing for pipe
joints: in the lead Games that hold
stained glass windows together: in
lead wire fuses for electric light
wiring and in shea thing to protect
telephone wires and transatlantic
cables: it is used in rubber. enamels
and vitreous gIazes: storage bat
teries and type metal contain large
quantities Of it; fishermen use II to
hold down their lines and women
once did the same to hold dowr
their skirts. but this use is nov
distinctly obsolete.
The Washington times., 1928-06-09
Material for Roofs
Is Matter of Taste

The choice between shingles and
sidings is largely a matter of taste,
all depending on the architecture
of the house.
Both materials can be bought at
cheap or expensive prices and, as
in all things, the expensive ma.
terial will be the cheapest in the
long run, assuring higher durability
with lower upkeep and fine ap-
pearance. If wide siding is used
1t should be thick. not less than
three-quarters of an inch. If
shingles are used they should be
edge grain, dipped full length be-
fore applying.
Furnished or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. tn
suit the most exartinR tastes can he
located through tOday's Times and
Herald classified rental ads
The Washington times., 1928-06-09
I INES HERALD
EXHIBIT HOME
READY SOON

The Times and Herald exhibit
home will be formally opened to
the public next Saturday, June
is, instead Of one week earlier,
as was announced previously.
Brand new furniture of the
latest make, suited to the construc-
tion and. design Of the home, will
be in place for the opening, Sc
lected from the floors of w. B..
Moses and Sons. Modern appliances
throughout will be in readiness
for visitors and careful thought
has been given by NJ. and r. B.
Warren TO every convenience for
comfort in this modern home.
The exhibition home is situated
at $500 stanford St, Leland. Chevy
Chase, Nd. the community built
and developed by M. and r. B.
Warren. The home faces on Stan
ford st. on a corner lot at the.
juncture of East Ave. and the
route to the home from Wash
ington proper will be carefully
defined by guiding highway signs
for visitors. The most convenient
route to the exhibit home will
follow Connecticut Ave. beyond
Chevy Chase Circle to Bradley
Lane-turn left on Bradlay Lane
three blocks west to East Ave-
then north two short blocks on
East Ave- to Stanford St., where
the home is located.
Visitors who desire to view the
home before it is furnished will
find. Representatives on the prop
erty today and tomorrow, but
the formal opening will show the
complete home beginning Satur-
day, June 16.
Leland. has shown marked devel,
opment appealing to home-seekers,
owing to the fine location as q
residential suburb. containing all
civic improvements and restrIc-
lions that are demanded by ex-
acting purchasers. Apartment houses.
two.fan1ily houses and houses In
q row are tabooed and when q
new detached home is completed
there are no further assessments
to be anticipated. Streets, sewers,
water and gas mains. electricity
and telephone lines are installed.
The section presents a bright, new
appearance, served by. two main
highways and electric car line,
with shopping facilities near at
hand. and there are neighboring
country clubs and golf courses.
Further announcements of the
completed details of The Times
and Herald exhibit home that
will be OF interest to every visitor,
will be made previous to the open
ing.
The Washington times., 1928-06-09
n. !. CUTS TAX
ON PROPERTY

A so per cent reduction in the
direct State tax on real property
has been effected by the legislature
of New York in the session recently
closed. The levy was cut from one
mill to one-half mill. The New
York State Association Of Real
Estate Boards led the movement
to reduce the tax. The cut is esti-
mated to mean a saving to real
estate owners of the State of be-
tween $12, 500, 900 and $4,000, 900.
The Virginia legislature at its
last session made tax reduction
Of approximately $1,4O0, 900. vir-
gtnia is one of the States which
by constitutional amendment has
enabled its legislature to classify
property for tax purposes. This
has enabled the State more nearly
to equalize taxes as between in
tangible and tangible property.
New Jersey through action of its
legislature at its recent session has
created a commission to investigate
the subject of taxation of tangible
personal property.
The Akron Ohio Real Estate
Board has won a fight carried 10
the courts against a blanket in
crease in real estate valuations.
After hearing evidence in a suit
brought by the real estate board,
Judge S. ID. kenfield in common
pleas court. vacated an order of
the Ohio State tax commission,
made last January. which placed a
blanket increase Of IS per cent on
all Summit county real estate valu.
atoms.
The Washington times., 1928-06-09
Modern House Has
Package Receivers

The strictly modern homes arc
Incorporating into them package
receiver. They are used by de-
livery men as a depository and a
place Of protection for eatables;
milk and meat are also protected
from the excessive temperatures of
the sun or from freezing.
They can be easily constructed
in the wall with a door on the
outside and one on the inside and
should be made small enough to
prevent a small boy from crawling
through the openings.
The Washington times., 1928-06-09
Realty Boards Advised
toSubrnit Resolutions
Before Convention

Member boards of the Natiopal
Association of Real Estate Boards
who have resolutions which they
wish to submit for the considera-
ton of the association at its COM
ing annual convention at Louis
vile, KY, June 1922 are requested
by the resolutions committee to
send them to the secretary OF the
association, Chicago, in advance
Of the convention IL possible, IN
order that they may be sent out.
to the members of the resolu--
tons committee for study.
The Washington times., 1928-06-09
Garage Well Built
Has Good Ventilation

When letting the contract for the
building of your garage be sure that
two openings, one at top and one
at the bottom, are allowed for.
These will allow the air to sift
in and out establishing a circulation
of air that will abolish all danger
of asphyxiation by carbon monoxide
gases
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26

beautifully prepared alligator, moe
casin and rattlesnake skins, and slip
pers made from these for special or
defs. We were than taken through
the factory where they made the
state license tags, for every kind Of
vehicle, from blocking out the tin TO
painting and baking, ready for sale
We were then taken over to see the
new prison, which will be known as
the Sunshine Prison." so called be-
cause Of the light and air arrange
ment. IL was estimated the cost OF
building would be $3,000,000, but the
use Of convict labor cut il down 10
100000. II Is built of steel and
concrete, in three units of three
stories each with wide areas for ex-
ercise between, many windows, drink
ing places, everything painted white,
big cells, with cooling system, lava
tory. and drinking fountain, shower
baths on each floor, everything done
for sanitation. The entranse leads
into a wide hall called by a writer,
"the Corridor Of Time" The PRISON
has many industries within its do
main. poultry, gardens, hogs, cattle,
and dairying. The new building will
be completed in another month.
We left Starke for Tampa TO visit
Arthur Webb and wife, and will visit
in Bradenton with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Webb who is county engineer Of
Pinellas county.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
Fair Directors
Plan to Feature
Combined Bands

SAN BENITo. July 26.-The lArg-
est assembled band that ever played
any place in the Valley will be one
Of the features Of the Valley Mid
Winter Fair this wear. according to
announcement made here - +.
Ralph Willis. president Of the Valley
Association OF Bandnasters.
Mr.. Willis has been comforting re-
Gently with John 7. Floore. manager
Of the fair. and announced that ar
rangement are being made for a
massed band concert. in which all
musitions Of all Valley municipal
bands will take part.
The bands Of Valley cities are TO
play at the fair, each band playing
one day. These bands are San Be-
nito. Harrington. Donna, McAllen and
Edinbrrg.
Then on the "band derby day."
the five bands will combine and play
for the visitors at the Valley Fair.
Special training will be conducted
under the direction of Willis and
the other b~andmasters, in order
that the mas'>d band concert may
prove a special attraction in every
way. Indications now are that 500
Valley musicians will be included in
the massed bard at the fair.
The bands will get together for
several massed band concerts In the
Valley before the opening Of the
fair, Willis said.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
Mexican Code of
Commerce Upto
Gales For O.. K
by Treas Agency


MEXICO CITY, July 26.-Draft.ng
Of the new commercial code which
President Gales has been authorized
by congress to ~promulgate has been
completed BY the commission appoint
ed for that purpose and the law sent
TO the president for his consider
alton.
One Of the important features Of
the law is the greater simplicity Civ
en in bankruptcy cases. whether vol
untary or not, and the law is expected
to give much greater protection 70
creditors and TO speed up procedure
Of this kind.
The new law grants a much wider
field Of action to chambers Of com
merce and makes them the liaisson
between the state and the industrial
and commercial activities Of the
country. 1t grants them a specific
intervention in the arbitration Of
commercial disputes and makes this
Intervention legally binding upon the
parties involved.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
OF
CANNERY SOLD
Packing Of Tomatoes
Aid to Growers;
Demand Good
Especial to The Herald)

SAN JUAN, July 26.-The last car
Of tomatoes Of this seasons canning
was shipped out from here Monday
by the Cochran Canning company of
San Juan. The car contained 400
cases, No. I and No. 2 FANS.
Three carloads Of tomatoes have
been canned and sold in the Valley,
making a total of 4.4O0 cases of to-
matoes for the season.
A carload of grapefruit has been
canned and is still on hand at the
canning plant. Canning operations
for this season have practically
closed, but this fall will see a ma
teriai increase in the output of the
plant, the owners say. Products be-
ing canned are grapefruit, tomatoes,
spinach and kraut. There is quite
a demand in small quantities for
cabbage, cut beans, corn, pumpkin,
squash and sweet potatoes. Between
times when the vegetable canning Is
slack, such products as beef, pork,
chicken and other food stuffs are
canned.
That canning is q success in the
Valley is demonstrated BY the fact
that during the season more than
three times as many tomatoes have
been turned away. as rave been can
ned on account of lack of capacity.
NJ. Cochran, owner and operator,
states that during the season the
company has paid out owe $4,000 to
farmers and for labor.
The tomatoes were brought from
the growers at SIS a ton and this
represents what would otherwise
60 to waste in the field. One farm
er in the vicinity who has been SELL
ing tomatoes TO the local cannery,
states that from three acres he has
Melted nearly $1,000. The part sold
the eannery represented half Of the
yield.
Cochran says II is necessary 70
let the tomatoes ripen on the vine.
instead Of picking them green and
letting. them ripen, as this will not
make food canned tomatoes.
Commenting on the market for
canned products in comparison with
that of three or four years ago, the
owner said canning plants in the
Valley already have sold their en-
tire output.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
TIRED. LISTLESS
WOMEN ARE
SELDOM POPULAR

Just look around you, note
the really popular women
among your friends and see If
you can discover the secret of
their popularity.
In some, it may be beauty
Of face and form; in others,
personal m magnetism and
charm; but in nearly every
instance you will find the
i, principal secret Of a woman's
popularity is that radiant
health and youthful vigor
which enables her to take an
active interest in modern
social life.
Healthy, vigorous, active
women invariably win the adj
miration of their friends; but
tired, listless women are sell
dom popular.
If you are rundown, weak
and listless, due to over-work
or physical neglect, why not
start taking a good tonic?
Thousands Of women who
we're in that condition have
gratefully testified to the
benefits Of st. Joseph's G.F.P
This rich, vegetable tonic
contains Natures own medi-
cines in the form of roots and
herbs which have been used
for over a century to invigo-
rate and strengthen women.
Your druggist sells it on a
money-back guarantee.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-07-26
CONCERT PLAN
IS SUPPORTED
Many Sponsors OBJ
tanned by Canvass
Officer Reports
BY Flora VI. Todd

The canvass for patrons being made
by the Brownsville Concert Bureau is
meeting with a most gratifying re-
suit. A first list OF names Of spon-
sors Is to be published.
Enthusiasm for the attractions Of
fered by the bureau is pronounced
and spontaneous. Those who know
anything of the art of music realize
that names like Sophie Braslan, con-
~tralto, (Nov. 26); Francis MacMillen.
violinist andN the New York String
Quartet February 22) are q guaran-
tee of the highest and best and are
proud that the Valley has reached
that stage in her development where
she can bring them to her own door.
Only a partial canvass has been
possible and other lists will have 10
be published from time to time as ad-
ditional names are secured. Already
a goodly number Of prominent people
have secured season tickets and many
others have declared their intention
Of doing so before September Is.
Patrons cards" carrying with
them the additional privilege OF re-
serving seats one week in advance Of
other ticket-holders may be secured
by mail. Address Brownsville Con-
cert Bureau, enclosing check.