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Evening star., 1936-06-06
APARTMENTS SOLD
Denver Group on Chaplin Taken
by UndiscloSed investor.

by Undisclosed Investor.
Sale of the Denver apartments, 10
Gated at 1419 Chaplin street. to an
undisclosed local investor. was an
nounced today by F. Eliot Middleton,
realtor.
The property has an assessed valua-
tion of approximately $4,000. There
are "a apartments in the building.
It formery belonged to the Kaufman
Goldamer Co., Inc.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
Ne,C Bulletin Outlines Methods
of MOdernizing Farm Homes

Ways Of bringing farm houses I'D to
date are described in o new Farmers
Bulletin, No. 174e, Modernizing Farm
Houses. issued by the United States
Department Of Agriculture. It con-
tains comprehensive information on
costs and details on remodeling to
meet o variety Of needs.
In 1t are floor plans, photographs
or sketches Of 13 typical farm houses
which have been remodeled by their
owners, with descriptions and costs Of
the work. There are also floor plans,
worked out by State agricultural col
leges, for remodeling five common
types Of houses. Alternate plans for
most Of the houses, suggested by The
Bureau Of Agricultural Engineering,
are also shown, as we'll as floor plans
Of the original homes.
The plans are Of typical farm houses
in various sections of the country and
are for one and two story structures.
Sizes Of the houses range from 3
rooms to 10, the latter allowing sep
arate apartments for two families.
The new bulletin also includes sug-
gestions for kitchen cabinets and
clothes closets and illustrates conven-
tent arrangement of kitchen equip
ment. It shows types Of dormers and
caves, windows and shutters and
porcheS and hoods.
Discussions cover electric power,
heating and insulation and water sup
ply and plumbing, additional rooms,
rearrangement Of partitions and stairs
Evening star., 1936-06-06
BUILDING UPSWING
CITED BY EXPERT
Chawner of Commerce Depart
ment Says Trend Is Following
Past Precedent.

"If the long g-term fluctuations which
may be observed over the last
100 years or more are to repeat
themselves as they have done with
approximate regularity in the past,
the sharp upturn In residential build
ing this year may be expected to
continue for several years." Lowell
]. Chawner. chief of the construc-
ton economics section Of the Com
merce Department, writes in the May
issue of the oficial publication Of
the Society Of Residential Appraisers.
Since available rent indices make
no allowance for rebates, remission
of rents, non-collectable items, vacan-
cies and certain other factors, it Is
quite likely that the actual rent
return to property owners fell to lower
levels in 1888 and experienced q
sharper revival In 1884 and 1885 than
disclosed by the indices of rental rates. 4"
Mr.. Chawner says that during 1885
construction costs appear to have
changed only slightly, after rising
sharply from the low point reached
between the second quarter Of 1882
and the same period Of 1888. In this
connection he explains that the trends
in construction costs vary so widely
for different types of works and
structures that available indices are
not always in agreement.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
ONE-FAM|Ly HOUSE.
HOLDS ITS VALUE.
Has SIoWest 0bsoIescence
Rate of Any Type Dwelling,
Report Shows.

The single-family house has the
slowest obsolescence rate of any type Of
structure In ordinary use today, the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards reports.
"A study made few years ago at
the request of the Treasury Depart
ment," Herbert u. Nelson. secretary
o. the association stated, showed that
in actual experience Of real estate deal
ers, single-family houses have an
expected useful life Of approximately
SO years. This includes all good
types of construction except frame,
which was estimated to have a life
expectance of thirty-three and
third years.
"The same study found the expected
useful life Of a modern sky scraper
Office building with steel frame and
fire resistant construction to be about
20 years, and Office buildings of ordi-
nary masonry to have life expec-
fancy Of about 80 years.
This does not mean, of course, that
houses may not oe expected to stand
UP after so years, or that skyScrapers
fall to pieces at age 40, but only that
these are the ages at which 1t most
frequently happens that the owners
decide it would pay to tear the old
structure down and build something
'up-to-date.'
"Pre-revolutionary houses, even of
wood construction, in our own coun-
try are still stout, livable and beauti-
full. European experience shows that
where cities are not themselves shift
ing, and the manner Of life is not
rapidly changing, a house may have a
continuous useful life of two centu-
fieS or longer"
Turning for a discussion of the
average age of houses to the n1er-
chandising of modern low-cost hous-
ing, Mr.. Nelson declared that to the
question, Can private industry build
good modern housing at a low cost?"
the answer is, Eyes, wherever the
public is willing to buy such homes"
kIlOW VI OL1C 1Cdl CoIdVC AAAAAA Al
O Southwestern CITY," Mr.. Nelson said,
which is selling a we'll built, small
modern house with modern bath room,
two bed rooms, living room, kitchen
and garage, set in so by $50 lot, and
with all municipal facilities, for $4,000.
Purchasers may obtain these houses
by paying $500 down and s18 month
under the Federal Housing Admins
tration plan. The monthly payment
includes interest, taxes. insurance and
amortization of the loan.
THE rooms Of these little houses
are commodious. The design is SIM
Pile They are stripped Of all ginger
bread ornamentation. Houses of this
type can be duplicated in most Amer
lean communities as soon as they are
in demand. The fact is that in spite
of all the statements that have been
made to the contrary, private indus
try can give the American people any,
thing within reason which they de-
sire, by way Of low-cost housing, and
can give it much more cheaply than
can any Government agency"
Evening star., 1936-06-06

cissus and gardeners are advised to
be ruthless in destroying plants as
soon as the disease appears on them.
Mr.. Ballard cites the experience OF q
gardener who found one plant with
unmistakable evidences Of the disease
in lot of dozen new acquisitions.
Not until two years later was the
disease noticed in one or two others
in the lot, but at that time the disease
appeared In well-established plant
ings Of 40 or more varieties, although
they were planted 200 feet away from
the first lot Eventually, the disease
spread through most Of the varieties,
having become too we'll established to
permit effective roguing.
Because Of the imposSibility of elm
mating the disease from a plant by
any known method, once it has been
attacked, he advises growers to ex-
anime critically the growth ON newly
acquired stock and eliminate as early
as possible any plants showing evil
dence Of mosaic.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
TAX-RATE LIMIT ASKED
BY UTAH REALTY GROUP
State Legislature Is Urged to Pro-
vide Constitutional
Amendment.

The Utah Association Of Real Estate
Boards. at a meeting just closed. voted
to ask the Legislature Of the State this
year for overall limitation by consti-
tutional amendment Of the tax rate
on real estate. A legislative commit
tee hearing on the associations pro-
poSal Is to be held shortly.
The Utah association adopted as
ultimate objectives in modernization
Of that States tax laws the six pro-
posaS advanced by the National Asso-
citation Of Real Estate Boards, which
emphasize. first of all: Cd Overall
limitation Of the real estate tax rate,
ca spread Of school costs to a wider
tax base. 90 valuation Of real estate
for tax purposes on its productivity or
use value. They include also 90
budget control. (S) control for special
assessments, (6) ALLEGATION of a fair
portion Of gas and vehicle taxes to use
for city streets as well as for rural
highways.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
URGES DESTRUCTION
OF DISEASED PLANTS
W. r. Ballard, Maryland U. Elk.
pert, Issues Warning to
Flower Growers.

That virus diseases are now COM
monty found on many cultivated
plants Is a warning issued to flower
growers by Walter r. Ballard, spe-
cialist Of the University Of Maryland
Extension Service. Their presence is
usually manifest, he says, by appear
ance Of nettled and streaked effects
on the foliage.
In some cases, according to Mr..
Ballard. the disease is spread through
the attacks of specific insects. con-
troll Of which checks spread of the
disease. Other forms may be spread
simply by coming in contact with
healthy plants after handling those
affected with the disease.
Particular attention Is called to a
form Of mosaic which attacks mar
Evening star., 1936-06-06

and Of doors and windows in the old
houses. The bulletin lists unit costs
Of foundations, walls, floors, water sup
ply. plumbing, heating and lighting
equipment and Of other major items
to help in forming general idea Of
the cost Of work contemplated. The
costs are for ordinary construction,
with materials at dealers prices and
labor hired at rates common in farm
communities. Methods Of financing
are also discussed.
Farmers Bulletin No. 1749 may be
obtained from the department as long
as the free supply lasts. Otherwise 1t
may be purchased from the superin-
tendent of documents, Washington.
D. c., at S cents copy.
Evening star., 1936-06-06
LUNCHEON JUNE 9

Real Estate Board to Hear Talk
by Lawrence II. Wood.
A luncheon meeting of the Wash
ington Real Estate Board will be held
Tuesday, June Q, at 1890 o'clock in
the Chinese room of the Mayfiower
Hotel, it was announced today by
President F. Eliot Middleton.
One Of the features Of the meeting
will be a talk by Lawrence H. Wood,
nationally known sales authority Of
California and Florida, on Selling
Real Estate in 1886"
Evening star., 1936-06-06

The touStory modern office building at 1881 street.
pied By Meyers Mems Shop for the last % Uhich sold
this 1Ueek to E. Kaufman and NJ Godnaner by the Shan
Luchs Co. The sale made to settle several estates
the Meyer family Arrangements haze been made for occupancy
Of the building By jeOey firm The structure w be completely
renovated The Meyers Shop UH occupy the property
September hen it DH location to be announced
later This OF several important street transactions
made by the Shannon & LuchS Co. in recent months
Evening star., 1936-06-06

Window Shades of Paper.
Paper window shades in a new fin
ish which has close resemblance to
linen are now on the market.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-03-16
NOTICE
10 holders of Circulating Bank Notes of
the National Bank of the Danish
West Indies

t1lS GNdklOudI DdUh VI thO 4%0oAOA
West Indies
Pursuant to Section of Ordinance to
provide for the retirement of the Cir
culating Notes of the National Bank of
the Danish West Indies passed by the
Colonial Council for St. Thomas and st
John on February ID 1885. and approved
by the Governor on February 10. 1885
notice is hereby given to all holders of
the Circulating Bank Notes of the Ma
tionaI Bank of the Danish West Indies
that the Benk is prepared to redeem rel
notes in accordance with the proceduts
prescribed 10 the said Ordinance as
follows:
ID All Circulating Bank Notes presented
during the period April l, 1885 10 April
/ 1886 so the Bank at its principal office
in St. Thomas or either of its branches
10 st. Croix. or at any agency or agencle
designated by thesBank will be redeem
by the Bank on demand.
(2) With the approval of the Governor
the Bank may on April l, 1886 deposit
with Government in fund TO be known
as the Note Redemption Fund an mount
in legal tender coin or currency of the
United States. equal at the legal rate to
fifty percentum of the Notes outstanding
at the end of the business day of April /,
1886.
60 Thereafter. and upon proclama-
ton of the Governor, the Notes of the
Bank shall,be redeemed from the Note
Redemption Fund 10 the order of presen
tation for redemption, and in accordance
with the rules established for the said
fund: provided. however. that the Gov
eminent of the Virgin Islands shall be
under no obligation to redeem any such
Notes if not presented for redemption
before April 1. 1889. or if the Note Re.
demption. Funds shall have been exhaust
ed.
(4) After the issuance of the Cover
uor's proclamation. no action may be
commenced against the Bank for money
due and payable upon any of the
Notes.
The Notes of the National Bank of the
Danish West Indies will cease to be le-
gal tender and will not circulate as money
after September Is. 1885.
ST. Thomas, the 20 March 1885
THE NATIONAL AANK OF THE DA
NISh WEST INDIES
Axel Hoist Thage
Approved
pouI M Pearson
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-03-16
P b cation

It is herby mad known that Govern
ment has transmi ed to the undersigned
Sheriff the list O arrears of House and
Land Taxes TO tn Colonial Treasury for
the year 1881, v b orders to levy for
said taxes if rece IT for payment of the
taxes be not pro II ed within three weeks
from date.
The branches "The Department of
Finance" III Car. ansted and Frederik-
sted are authorized by Government to re-
ceive and give rece pit for the taxes every
weekday at the above mentioned depart
ment from 9 to II a. m. and from to
$50 p. m.
Christiansted's and Frederiksted's
Sheriff Office,
March 9TH. 1886.
D. S. ARMSTRONG,
Sheriff.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-03-16

DIES OTHER THAN THOSE RELAT.
INC TO IT'S CIRCULATING NOTES
Pursuant to Sectional of Ordinance
relating to the pay mentof claims against
the National Bank of the Danish West
Indies other than those relating TO the
circulating Bank Notes. passed by the
Colonial Council for st. Thomas and 81
John on FEBRUARY Ia, 1885. ana approx
ed by the Governor on February l6. 1886
notice is hereby given to a persons who
have claims against the Bank rs credl
tors, deDositOrs, or otherwise, that the
bank is prepared to make payment OF
al its obligations on demand
Within six months after presentation
of any claim which sha not have been
paid in full by the Bank, the Bank Will
notify the claimant, in writing, of the
rejaction of his claim in whole. or in
part.
Upon approval of the Governor the
Bank may on March /, 1887. deposit
with the Government of the Virgin Is
lands 10 fund <tC De known as The
Bank Claimants Fund an amount in
lega IeLder, coin or currency of the
United States equal. at the legal rate
to the amount of the unpaid claims
against the Bank as of Marcn /. 1897
which it recognizes to he valid or which
appear TO be valid. Thereafter, anO
upon the proclamation of the Governor
that the Bank has complied with the pro
visions of the Ordinance, the Bank shall
cease to be Liable On any such claims,
actions may be commenced against the
Bank on un3atisfie0 claims only if com
menced prior 10 the time when such
proclamation takes etfeci. or within
three months after he Back has glver
due notice of ri jecttt IF claims It.stT
ted TO II prior 10 March l, 1887. ~iltf
ever time is aver.
Within fifteen Gays sttf \ ilc' !.
937 the Bank viz also DIT post Wit
he Government of he Virgin Islands IN
, fund 10 be know as he Dispute
Claims unds as a creditin dollars eQna
IT the lega raIe to ht amour Of
= unpaid disputed claIns agans, III
nk as to which demand SHAH have
~ made prior to March |, 1897.
Saint Thomas the 20 March 1885
~ u atonal Rank of the Danish West
sa1.
AXEL BOLS1 1HACE
we'd: Paul N. PEARSON
Governor
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-03-16
Notice

TO ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE
CLAIMS AGAINST THE NATIONAL
BANK OF THE DANISH WEST IN
DIES OTHER THAN THOSE RELAI.
INC TO IT'S CIRCULATING NOTES
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-03-16
i I.I,;... j: 8

The genuine rubber plasticizer
makes the whole finish so elastic
that it never cracks or checks.
Evening star., 1936-03-20

Rama is blessed with excellent hearing
and sight. If you have not as yet
located your pond, look about a bit.
Where moisture-loving plants grow,
such as water lilies, arrowheads, pick
erel weeds and others, there are glor-
iouS places for frogs to hide. Here you
may sit and fish-or, should we say,
harpoon.
The chances are the green giant will
be taking his sun bath on the very
same log where he was seen last year,
and possibly at one end of it another
old friend, Old MoSsback, the turtle.
OF course, if Lady Luck is with you
and she is specially fond of nature
lovers-a fine family of young painted
turtles may be strolling along that
same slippery log.
The size of your bullfrog indi-
Gates clearly there is an abundance
of food for the slight effort of hunting
it. AS a broad jumper. Rama can
make feet, as portly as he is. And
the bullfrog is, as you know, our
largest frog-about or inches from
tip to tip.
Bullfrogs may be found through
Evening star., 1936-03-20
Bedtime Stories
The Call for Help.

| tanning the young Crows. It hap
pened that both Blacky and Mrs.
Blacky were near at hand. Instantly
they suspected that he was going to
harm those children and instantly
both forgot themselves and flew to
attack Redtail. OF course, in Crow
fashion, they screamed at the top of
their lungs. Cav! Cav! Caw!' they
screamed, and this really meant Help!
Help! Helpi"
Now when a Crow calls for help
every Grow within hearing feels bound
to go to aid him, and every Crow
passes along the cry for help, so that
in a remarkably short time all the
Crows in district have hocked to
help the one in trouble.
So in just a few minutes Crows from
various parts of the Green Forest and
Grows that were feeding out on the
Green Meadow were in the air. all
headed toward the scene Of trouble.
Blacky and Mrs Blacky were keeping
Redtail busy. They gave him no
chance to harm the babies.
Mrs. Redtail heard the racket and
headed straight for the scene. BY the
time she got there all the Crows had
arrived. There was quite a flock Of
them. You know there is an old say
ing that in union there is strength.
Certainly those Crows were united for
one purpose, and that was to make it
as uncomfortable as possible for those
Hawks. The Redtails had no chance
to harm the young Crows.
Such a racket as there was! When
lot of Crows who are excited use
their voices at the top of their lungs
there is bound to be racket. To this
was added the shrill whiStling of the
two Hawks. Feathers flew. Some were
brown feathers. Some were black
feathers. Gradually the battle moved
along over the tree tops away from
that place in the Green Forest. At
last the Redtails gave up. They swung
higher in circles, until they were far
higher than the Crows cared to go.
Then it was, and not until then, that
Mrs. Blacky fastened back as fast as
her wings could carry her to the nest
in the hemlock tree where the five
precious children had been left. They
were not there.
Copyright. 1850
Evening star., 1936-03-20
New Peril
BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE.

(Men called persuading engineers
have lately been established In this
country)
II you success and fame desire,
AS you get on in years,
You'll find-alas!-that you must hire
Persuading engineers.
Whatever you may have to vend,
A race horse or a pellet,
These live-wire boys, you may depend,
Will tell you how to sell it.
They seem to have an occult system,
And buyers simply can't resist 'em.
Suppose you own an elephant
You can't get of your hands;
Bright engineers will soon be sent
To you in talking bands.
In phrases that are Greek to you,
Their plans they will unfold,
And all that you will have to do
Is gather in the gold.
Although, of course, must admit,
The boys will want their bit.
Persuasion engineers today
Are greatly in demand;
They 60 in their persuading way
In every cline and land.
There Is no rllse they do not. know,
These busy, chatting souls.
I think that they could sell you snow
At either of the poles.
But if they chance to speak to me
I'll give one yell, and flee.
(Copyright 1880
Evening star., 1936-03-20

out the United States east of the
Rocky Mountains. They are not so
abundant as other frogs we know.
This is not because of their foes, the
herons, turtles, hawks, snakes and the
owls, or, in the South, alligators; nor
is 1t because fish and other small
creatures of the pond have fatal
liking for tadpoles-but their hind
legs are considered a delicacy by their
human neighbors.
Some may say Rama nad 1t coming
to him. Since he grew up he was
the green demon Of the pond to the
many small moving objects. AS a
youth he learned to duck into all
sorts of hideouts. If part Of his tail
was nipped of, he was merely handi-
capped until he reproduced the abbre-
waited portion.
AS he natures the tail that was such
valuable swimming aid is absorbed.
Gradually he grows up until he be-
comes an alert, wise and capable
hunter, who passes his Summer days
fishing and doing, but ever ready.
The cold weather warns him it is
time to 60 below and snuggle down
deep under his blanket of mud.
tCopyright. 1860
Evening star., 1936-03-20

- INCE the visit Of Farmer Browns
Boy to their nest Redtan the
Hawk and Mrs. Redtail had
~ been more or less worried. He
had put a band on a leg OF each OF
the three young Hawks and those
bands their parents eyed with sus-
picion. Of course, they couldn't un-
derstand it at all. They were afraid
that somebody else might find that
nest and it made them uneasy, and'
of course, they blamed those Crows.
They blamed them for the noise they
had made.
Hitherto there had been no trouble
between the Redtails and Blacky and
Mrs. Blacky, but now the big Hawks
eyed their neighbors with increasing
suspicion and dislike and Blacky and
Mrs. Blacky were becoming aware
of 1t.
I'm afraid there's going to be
trouble" said Mrs. Blacky in a Wor-
ried tone. Il don't like the way Mr..
and Mrs. Redtail keep looking over
here. 1 wish the children could ny.
If they could I would soon get them
out of here"
"Oh. don't think you need worry
my dear" said Blacky. IF they were
going to bother the children they
would have done it before this"
Mrs. Blacky shook her head. Il
don't know why feel this way" said
she, but I do. I have feeling that
there is trouble ahead. I just wish
the children could fly"
Perhaps they could if they thought
they could" declared their father
'They certainly are big enough. That
nest hardly holds them now. I have
an idea that if they had good scare
they would take to their wings"
1t was only two or three days later
that those young Grows got the scare
Redtail had been hanging around that
morning in somewhat of bad temper
Those young Crows were unusually
noisy. He didn't like it. He didn't
like it at all. Presently he sailed out
and hovered high above the nest con-
Evening star., 1936-03-20
Belgium Often Shifted.

Belgium was under Spain in the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,
under Austria in the eighteenth, and
then joined to Holland by the Congress
of Vienna in 1915 in the hope that
the two countries would make one
strong buffer state between France and
Germany.
Evening star., 1936-03-20
Natures Children
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

~ ANA, the bullfrog, never ap-
- pears to be in hurry to leave
his Winter quarters. Not un-
Il til May or early June do you
hear his deep bass voice join the
happy pond chorus. I wonder if he
is half as thrilled to greet his mate
and neighbors as we are to hear his
jug O. rum, more rum" Only during
courting season is he friendly, other
wise he prefers to be alone.
The pond or lake takes on deeper
fascination. For the next five months
these places of enchantment will have
more going on in and about them
than a dozen circuses.
Approach your chosen spot quietly.
Evening star., 1936-03-20
ny THORNTON w. BURGESS.

Most fortunate are those in need
whose cries for aid their neighoors need
--Blacky the Crow.
St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1936-01-28
NOTICE

A us~eting of the Organic Act Commit
tee will be held in the District Court
room in Christiansted at at 8 o'clock p,
n on Monday February 3. 1895
Ia Frederiksted on Thursday, Febru.
ary 6, 1886 At 8 O'Clock P. M.
D. G CANEGArA
Chairman Organic Act Committee