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development that may not ma
terialize, leaving your home the
only one, or one Of the few, on the
development. Or in an area
going to seed"
Choosing the Lot
II you already have such lot,
perhaps your realtor can help you
dispose Of 1t in favor of better
situated one.
If you are fortunate, perhaps the
value Of your lot will increase
during the years and your invest
ment maintain its cost to you.
That's a pleasant thought COM
pared to a stack Of old rent re-
ceipts.
You would probably want to pick
a lot on or near an arterial high
way leading into the center OF
Washington for the sake Of con-
venient transportation. You
should pick a lot in an area where
houses of your standard will be
built. You should have piece Of
ground sufficiently large for land
scaping and recreation space
around your home.
If you bought a lot before or
during the economic depression,
take trip around the District and
metropolitan area to see whether
there is any other spot that strikes
your fancy. Perhaps you can
better yourself. That is a pleasant
task for a Sunday afternoon.
With a lot and the urge to build
a home, by all means consider the
problem more seriously now than
you ever have.
1t is no miSstatement to say that
never has there been better time
to build a home than now. For one
reason, building costs are still low
but they are rising, with the i'm
proVement of business conditions,
annually at about 10 per cent OF
the cost of a home.
Advantages
Prices still are below the 1925
level but we have no assurance
that prices will stay there, con-
sidering the business conditions re-
Elected in Christmas shopping.
More money is causing higher
prices.
Building experts all agree that
the American people have never
been offered more advantages in
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reception, and in the receiving line
with the officers of the branch
will be Mrs. Arson Stokes Phelps,
commissioner of the Girl Scouts
for the District of Columbia; Mrs.
Louis Daschel, commissioner for
the Girl Scouts from Prince
Georges county, Md; Miss Ange-
line D. Lubke, captain of Troop
81 of Cottage City, Md, and Miss
Dorothy Davidson.
Mrs. Harvey C. Kramer, chair
man of the camp committee of the
Girl Scout Council of the District
of Columbia, will be the hostess
at the tea. Assisting hoSteSses are
Mrs. Gerritt Miller, former Girl
Scout commissioner; Mrs. A. L.
BarrowS, Mrs. w. L. Fulton Shear
man, Miss Emily Clark and Miss
Erma Brown.
A dinner meeting Of the Busi-
ness and Professional Women'S
Club will be held Monday eve
ming at $50 o'clock at the Ham
ilton Hotel, sponsored by the In
ternational Relations Committee.
Mrs. Dorothy Benedict. who
was living on the island Of Ma.
jorca and saw the outbreak Of
the Spanish war. will be the
guest speaker.
Marietta Park Meet
Marietta Park Women's Club
will meet Tuesday evening in the
Albright Memorial Evangelical
Church. Mrs. Ray Curtis Brown
ing, first vice president, will have
charge of the program.
Outstanding current even t
topics will be discussed by Mrs.
John D. Kiley. Mrs. Bernard G..
OStman will sing selections from
the operetta, The Vagabond
King"
Hostesses assisting Mrs. Brown
ing will be Mrs. Alfred, L. Flem-
ing, Mrs. Carl C. harrington, Mrs.
Conrad A. Nix, Mrs. I. L. Stor-
mont and Mrs. Edward J. Hickey.
The January meeting Of the
Washington Section, National
Council of Jewish Juniors, will
be held Thursday, January 7, at
the Jewish Community Center.
The meeting will begin with a
prayer by Bella Schwartz, religious
chairman of the group, A report
on plans for the Dorothy Gold
smith Recreation Fund will be
given by Goldie Rosenberg. chair
man. The aim Of this unit is
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The January program Of the
Womans National Democratic
Club gets under way Monday at
a luncheon in the clubhouse, 1925
New Hampshire Ave. N. W., when
Senator Elmer Thomas of Okla
homa is the guest speaker. He
will discuss the mandate Of the
people in the last presidential
election.
Two outstanding events of the
month for the Democratic women
will be the meeting of the affi-
lated clubs on January 18 and
10, and spirited debate January
21, between the business and pro-
fessional group and the education
committee of the club on the
question Should the Constitution
be Amended to Give the President
One Term of Six YearS?"
Debaters Prominent
Mrs. June Fickel, who cam
paigned to women in the farm
belt at the recent election. and
Mrs. Joseph M. HoWorth, lawyer,
now serving on the Veterans Ad-
ministration Board of Appeals,
will take the affirmative side rep
resenting the business and profes-
sional group.
Mrs. Charles Hamlin, wife Of
the governor of the Federal Re
serve Board, and one-time preSi-
dent of the Woman's National
Democratic Club. and Mrs. Albert
A. Jones will take the negative
side for the Education Commit
tee.
Other events scheduled for
January, in addition to the purely
social gatherings each week, in
clude a lecture on foreign affairs
by Mrs. Robert E. Nelson, at II
a. m. Monday. when the education
committee meets; book review Of
Cluade Bowers jefferson and
Democracy" by Mrs. Hedley v.
Cooke, and a discussion of the
Presidents inaugural address Jan
uary %. by Emily Newell Blair,
lecturer and writer.
An interesting program will fol-
low the tea at the Washington
Branch, American Association Of
University Women, Monday after
noon at the clubhouse. 1884 I ST.,
when Miss Dorothy Davidson, local
director of the Girl Scouts of
America, will take on Girl Scout
ing and It's Place in the Com
munity."
Before the tea there will be q
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into a large living room, which is
13 by % feet in size. The absence
of closet at the front door is COM
pensated for somewhat by the
placement Of a bedroom at the
front of the house. There your
guests may leave their wraps.
There is a closet Immediately IN
side the bedroom door for your
coats.
For Convenience
The large living room, sur
rounded as it Is with other rooms,
presents a fine problem Of window
lighting. Here provision is made
for sunlight at each end, through
the terrace and loggia.
An item seemingly demanded in
every home in this day and age is
a fireplace. 1t may be opened into
the den mentioned for the second
floor" of the garage, too, and pro
vide temporary heating for that
mans hideout.
With the large living room is a
pleasant and wise placing Of other
rooms so that one need not go
through another room to reach any
one of them.
For convenience sake the two
bedrooms are on one side so that
single bathroom serves both.
Each bedroom has cross lighting
and ventilation. Each is of good
size, half as large as the living
room. And the location Of the
bathroom makes provision for ade-
quate closet space.
The loggia is walled with win
doWs to throw sunlight through
the wide doorway Of the living
room. The loggia should be on the
south, if possible, to take advan-
tage of the longest arc Of the sun.
1t makes a delightful place for
summer breakfasts and entertain
ing. The loggia might well have
a door so that rear lawn or gar
den may be easily reached.
From the kitchen. guests in
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cult landscaping problem. 1t is
half the home" in the opinion Of
many experts. And it certainly
enhance home in great measure.
Yet, it is wiser to forget land
scaping entirely than to spoil ap-
pearances with poorly designed
landScaping.
The small home, more than any
other size, must be adapted to the
contour of the lot. You have seen
the type that fits nicely on the
lot. You have seen the type that
doesn't, for so many builders fail
to consider outside appearances
at all.
Landscaping
An ingenious architect can do
wonders with any rolling piece of
ground and make your small home
a thing Of beauty. Silhouette it,
if you please. with simple lines
that blend with the surrounding
country.
This particular bungalow, pic
tured on this page, has a floor all
on one level. If you could see it
without the white fence around
it, you would see that it is a blend
of several types of architecture
which are surprisingly pleasing.
Note the ornamental iron work
on the porch and the French doors
at the garage, with dark portion
on each side, for the remainder of
the doors width, to further the
balance Of Shuttered windows at
the other end Of the house.
Over the garage, you will note,
is space for den, using space that
otherwise would be wasted and
probably used as a storeroom for
discarded furniture and old hats,
first-class eyesore for a small
home.
But shall we consider the floor
plan? Study it before you read
further.
The front entrance leads directly
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HOMIE DESIGNED TO MEET NEED OF AVERAGE FAMILY
Experts Claim Material
Rise in Costs Will
Be Seen Soon

'home building, with moderate lurn-
ber and labor prices and the ease
with which mortgages may be ne
gotiated with the aid of the Fed
eral Housing Administration.
Before the new conception Of
financing brought on by the Ma
tional Housing Act, banks loaned
on the value of the home and
ground, regardless of the ability
of the owner to repay the loan.
Now this more important factor
is considered, and your mortgage
is scaled over a period Of twenty
wears with that in mind. In most
cases the mortgage payments are
less than monthly rental pay
ments. And better investment.
You should know before start
ing construction just how much
your debt will be and just how
much you will pay each month
to liouidate it. In order to keep
your house at low cost, the small
details of construction must bo
carefully planned.
Most of the low priced homes
do not have more than one bath
room, garage space for more than
one car, a pantry, a basement,
custom sizes of windows and
doors where standard sizes do
the trick. In some cases a break
fast nook is replaced by q
dinette.
Financing
The problem of financing low
cost house is great, and economies
Of this nature allow for better
flooring, insulation in walls and
roofing, and provision for air con-
ditioning, which is the coming
thing of the future. The built
in furniture and the features Of
carpentry which beautify the ap-
pearance of the home, you can
have.
The house as pictured has
many features that will endear it
to its owners. The vertical lines
of a clapboard are repeated in
the shutters and wide panels on
either side of the garage door.
The design Of the grill work
on either side of the porch is
repeated on the motif OF the
door. Such harmonious use Of
lines provide a pleasing, distinc-
tive appearance to the exterior
of the house.
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TODAY

IODA1
Women's National Democratic
Club-Tea in honor of Mrs. Will
liam B. Bankhead, 4:30 p. m, at
1926 New Hampshire Ave. N. w.
TOMORROW
Y. w. c. A.-At Home Hour, 4
p. m; Music Hour, S p. m; Ar
menian Club Christmas service, 8
p. M; headquarters, Seventeenth
and K Streets Northwest.
MONDAY
Business and Professional Wo-
mems Club-Dinner meeting, $50
p. M, Hamilton Hotel.
Women's National Democratic
Club-Forum luncheon, 1890 p.
M, 1926 New Hampshire Ave.
N. W.
Girl Reserves Glee Club-Meet-
ing, 4 p. M, at Y. w. C. A.
Washington Section, National
Council Jewish Juniors - Board
meeting, 8 p. m, Jewish Commu-
nifty center.
Washington Branch, American
Association Of University Women
Tea and program, 4 p. M; meet
ing of International Relations
Group, 8 p. M, 1884 st. N. w.
District Branch, Women's Inter:
national League for Peace and
Freedom M e eting, 8 p. M,
Friends Meeting House, 2111 Flor
ida Ave. N. w.
TUESDAY
Adas Israel Sisterhood-Gunch-
con, Mayflower Hotel.
Marietta Park Wemen's Club
Meeting, Albright Memorial Evan
gelical Church.
Women's National Democratic
Club-Lecture on the Constitution
by Ellis Meredith, II a. m, 1926
New Hampshire Ave. N. w.
Women's National Press Club
Buffet supper, $50 p. M, Willard
Hotel.
D. C. Chapter, Catholic Daugh-
ters of Misunderstanding, 7:3O
o. M, Willard Hotel.
Business Women's Club Of the
Y, w. C. A.-Dinner meeting. $50
D. M, Seventeenth and K Streets
Northwest.
Women's City Club-Book hour,
S p. M, clubhouse, 1856 jackson
Pl. N. w.
Excelsior Literary Club-Meet-
ing, home of Mrs. Harry S. New
man, 2804 Twenty-seventh ST.
N. w.
Judge Lynn Chapter, D. A. R.
Meeting, home of Mrs. John S.
Spratt, 6331 Utah Ave. N. w.
Abigail Hartman Rice Chapter,
D. A. R.-Meeting. home of Miss
Phebe Stine, 1883 Columbia Rd
N. W.
WEDNESDAY
Xanos Club OF the Y. W. C. A.
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Hostess to P. E. O.

Mrs. Sidney R. Jacobs, 1473
Harvard st. N. W., will be hostess
to members of Chapter B, P. E.
o. Sisterhood, at a meeting in
her home Tuesday night, January
IL. at 8 o'clock.
The P. E. o, Reciprocity lunch
con will be held January 6 at
1890 o'clock at Woodward &
Lothrop'S. Chapter M will act
as hostess. All members of the
SiSterhood are invited to attend.
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.. A. r. Units Plan Series of MeeHnSs

nChapter, January 10, at the home
of Miss Margaret Esther Mayher,
1925 Calvert st. N. W., are asked to
bring knitting wool and crochet
thread to send to Ellis Island to
be used for handicraftS by the
convelescent men at the Marine
Hospital in the island.
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Educational, Charitable
Work Combined
With Social
By MARY PADGETT

Womens organizations of Capital beginning the New
Year with plans combining educational social and phantopc
Many the clubs have brilliant records for 1885
their work in educational charitable activities and their
goals for 1887 they that they will go forward to
greater accomplishments And for socabty bigger and
better parties being arranged.
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Prospective Owner Must
Give Careful Study
To Many Factors

There is nothing cute about this home described in to-
days article and pictured on this page
It is practical onefloor bungalow with pleasing ap-
pearance and it is good for the family Of two
or three persons-or the family" OF one.
T. should not cost more than $4,000.
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Annual Meetinq

Arrangements are being made
by the Woman's Relief Corps for
it's annual convention. to take
place January 27 to 20 at the
Mayflower Hotel.
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Birthday Party

Killeen Unit, American Legion
Auxiliary, will hold a birthday
party, January 16, at the Lafay-
ette Hotel.
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that may building with moderate lu
erae leaving vor home prices and the
ony one or one of the the with which mortgages be
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-04-29
WILL OPEN NEW
VARIETY STORE
N. ID. Underhill, of Sleepy Eye, Has
Leased Building Now Occu-
pied by Barr0n's

N. d. Underhill, of Sleepy Eye,
MIMI, has rented the store build
ing Of the Bruce Block, now occu-
pied by Barron's, and will open q
variety store about June LIST. He
signed a lease on the store Friday,
April 23rd. Mr.. Underhil Is now
engaged in the restaurant business
in Sleepy Eye.
Don Barron stated Wednesday
that he expects to clean up his
present stock before that time,
following which he and his wife
viii move to Sacramento, Calf,
where the Barron's recently open
ed a store. The store in California
Is known as Elias Style Shop.
A letter from Roger Barron, who
Is In Oh urge Of the California
store, indicates that the business
SO far received, has exceeded all
expectations. He also stated that
there Is prosperity on the West
Coast and that there Is consider
able building activity.
0dr. and Mrs. Don Barron expect
to leave as soon as possible for the
West Coast to join with the family
in the conduct of the business and
with that In view win make every
effort to dispose Of the local stock
at once.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-04-29
Rainfall For Friday and
Saturday Measured 2.26 In.

years electric storms; hast week.
ends lightning raised havoc with
electrical devices, and caused no
little concern to local linemen
maintaining long distance and local
telephone communication. For fiji
teen hours Saturday, following Fri
day evenings electrical disturb
ance, hnemen sought to uncover
trouble on toll lines, and repaired
disruptions in local service.
Sunday afternoon strollers were
out aplenty viewing the little seen
spectacle in late years Of water
splitting over the dam. Since the ice
breakup on the 10th, one day ear
lier than last year in the lower
lake, water had risen to a high Of
more than eleven feet during the
rains. From the Third Street bridge
could be seen acres Of the Doggy
lowlands flooded in high river wa
ter. Backwater raced through plac-
es ordinarily dry in recent seasons.
This week waters began to recede
with a report on the lake head at
about II feet 2 inches, but with
gallons of water still splitting over
the dam.
This week as clouds hung darkly
over the community and a frisky
barometer oscilated between rising
and falling, expectations ran for
6urther rains and unsettled wealth
er.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-04-29
Precipitation For April To
tailed $50 Inches-Crop
Seeding Halted

Harrassing to the farmers seed
ing. the heavy rains that measured
2.26 inches and boosted the April
precipitation to a three year high at
1858 inches, coupled with heavy
winter SHOWS and the ice breakup,
sent water crashing over the dam
as Sank Lake rose to a head of
more than II feet flooding low
lands surrounding the meandering
course Of the river.
According to measurements made
by FIR. Henry Reflex, West Union,
tabulation for the three day RAIN
fall ran as follows: Friday, SO inch
es; Saturday, 1852 inches; and Sun
day, IL inches.
Farmers scurried back into their
fields this week to resume crop
seeding halted by the three-day
rain period. Many Of them express
ed Joy over the rains and the bene-
fits it will bring. Though many
were caught by the wet weather
with their crop only half seeded,
some equipped with tractors, It IL
reported, were able to sit back and
watch the rain come down on fully
seeded crops. Farmers said that the
rains were of untold value to the
revival Of pasture lands.
Heralded as the earliest Of the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-04-29

Project Now
Under Way
Sidewalks On North Side Of
Bridge To Be Installed
Soon
SPONSORED BY STATE
Five Hundred Bushes And
Trees Will Be Set Out
"A Beauty Spot

Work in preparation for the
completion of the new bridge pro-
ject and the Identification program
under state supervision, was start
ed Monday. Several trees have
been cut out and a black dirt COW
ering and riprapping are being
placed along the banks of the riv-
err and the lake, on both sides of
the bridge.
Surveyors were engaged Tues
day in laying out lines for the con-
struction of the sidewalks on the
north side Of the bridge, and we
are informed that this work will
be started as soon as possible. This
program also includes a decorative
iron rail from the bridge, north
along the high banks on both sides
of the road to the private property
lines.
This Identification program will
extend westward around the point
on the north side Of the lake abut-
ting the w. p. Arndt property; it
will extend eastward below the mill
on both sides of the river, and will
include work in the northeast cor
ner of the park.
Five hundred bushes or shrub
berry and trees will be set out by
the state, and the approaches and
banks will be seeded to- grass.
Towering shrubs, we understand,
will be placed inside the curbs
along the sidewalk, at the north
approaches to the bridge. The
Identification program will extend
in front of the Mill, where a new
cement step will be installed, and
from where shrubbery will extend
to the bridge.
This entire program is sponsored
and carried out by the state with.
out cost to the local community
However, the City was required tc
sign an agreement to care for the
parking when completed. This
work will greatly enhance the park
and will be the beauty spot of the
city.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-04-29
May Obtain
Help toBuild
Up Pastures
Financial Assistance Offered
To Stearns Farmers Thru
Conservation Program
FOR ECONOMICAL FEED
Asked To Check With Coun-
ty Office To Ascertain
Allowance

Opportunity to obtain financial
assistance in restoring drought
damaged pastures and at the same
time furnish feed economically to
dairy herds is available this year
to Stearns county farmers through
the Agricultural Conservation pro-
gram.
The dairyman has long recog-
nized the value Of good pasture in
producing milk at low cost, and
DIR. w. e. Peterson, of the dairy
division, University Farm, st. Paul.
says that pasture grass, particular
ly that of any variety not over 6
inches in heighth, immature and
not under 4 inches, stands the test
applied to a ration as to whether
1t Is good or bad. Pasture grass is
valuable to the dairyman because
1t supplies all the nutrients that are
needed, Is the most palatable feed
that can be furnished cow and is
ideal from the standpoint OF bulk.
On dry matter basis, good pas
ture grass will contain about Is
percent protein, IS per cent total
digestible nutrients, and will fur
nish abundant vitamins. On well
fortified pasture, the mineral con-
tent will be adequate. The fact that
a cow will frequently consume so
much pasture grass that she be-
comes distressed is the best evil
dence Of the grass palatability
The effect of pasture upon the
cows system is unexcelled by any
feed for 1T is laxative and produces
a fine condition on the animal.
Should the soil need lime to pro-
duce a good crop of pasture, soil
building practice payments of SIPS
a ton are available for application
on ground limestone under the pro-
visions Of the 1887 Agricultural
Conservation program. If seed mix
lures containing legumes are to be
used, a much more vigorous growth
of legunles will be obtained by APP
plying phosphate where needed.
Payments may be earned at the
rate of $1.20 per acre for applica-
ton of 200 pounds Of 16 per cent
superlphosphate.
The Agricultural Conservation
program payment rate for legume
mixtures containing so per cent or
more of red and alsike clover is
$1.5O per acre. The rate for legl,me
mixture containing so per cent or
more of sweet clover is 81 per
acre. On pasture with a fair stand
of blue grass which is only thin
and weakened, the seeding of Glow
ers will be sufficient. The AAA
payment for pasture mixtures con-
tanning so per cent of blue grass
or grome grass is $1.00 per acre.
Such payments must be within the
soil+building allowance set up for
the farm. Check with the county
office to learn what the soil build
ing allowance for a given farm is.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-04-29
Clinic For
Poultry Men
Sat-, May 1st
Diseases of Poultry To Be
Diagnosed and Discussed
By Specialists
AT COMMUNITY CLUB
Poultry Raisers Are Asked
To Bring Birds For
Free Consultation

Diseases Of poultry will be
stressed at an informal school and
clinic 10 be held in the Comm unity
Club rooms Saturday afternoon,
May list, at two o'clock. This inter-
esting and instructive event will
he held under the sponsorship of
the Main Hatchery.
u. J. Heraly stated Tuesday that
arrangements had been completed
to have Martin Potratz, poultry
disease technician, assisted by Geo.
w. Aldous, Of this city, discuss
poultry disease control. Both of
these men are we'll versed in this
work.
Poultry brought to this clinic
will be posted, opened and dag
nosed for disease. A round table
discussion of each particular prob
lem will follow.
This school and clinic is free and
all individuals interested in poul-
try are invited to attend. All who
have poultry troubles are asked to
bring their birds for free consulta-
ton.
Mr.. Potratz is we'll known as a
specialist on poultry problems and
Is a field manager of the DIR. Sal
bury's Laboratories, Of Charles
City, Iowa.
As stated before birds will be
opened up at this clinic and the
troubles or disease Of each one will
be explained thoroughly. All pouJ-
try raisers are especially urged to
be present at the clinic.