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PAGE 4 Zagelmeyer Cast Stone Cos. Manufacturers of WET PRO( ESS CON( RL I K Blinds. * We also make the Celebrated Zayrelrm y* r GRANITE VENEERED Block. Twelfth street an* Detroit Ter Ml eel. »’hm,r Hemlork ’ !*•■* L -- - - - Many a Man is Sorry When His Now Ro. f I i SSJSSi FOR TEN YEARS AT LEAST is Reynolds Asphalt Shingles ard Rocflng A full st • grade* at Hamtramck Lumber and Builders Supply Cos. Innli Jn.rpk I ampau an*l H C. H K * We also handle a full line of lumber. ‘ f ' THE OLDEST HOUSE IV MI(' IMt ■ V N [ 1 ¥ Twenty-one years in the Investment Ilu-. • ~ 5 • ' H. W. Noble & Company 814-318 Dime Bank Bldg. Telephones Main bl»2t>-7-*-9 STRUCTURAL STEEL WORK Trusses. Columns and Girders. Cast Iron Building Work. Russel Wheel & Foundry Company RIDr.K JMO D/;iMOIT. Mil M. c lht Frank Farrington Cos. Building Construction 201 Scherer Building, Cad. 4855 Detroit, Mich. at- —————— Michigan Ornamental Iron and Wire Works Manufacturers of OmUMatal Braatr, Bra.t, Iron tat Wire Work Factory and Office, Sheridan and Bt. Paul. Phone East 107. DETROIT, MICH. ThEßoberts Brass Mh. ( o High Grade Brass Goods (Cm 4 for Steam, . * Water, Gas and Gasoline CONTRACTORS l&X M. BUILDERS SUPPLIES, GOAL COKE WOODLAND AYE. AND GRAND IHI \K It. H. DRINK HABIT Oaagerea* It Health. Htmr aad Ptaltltt. i.n forever rid of It hy the NEAL THREE-DAY WAY Na hypaderatlc Injection*. 4l>«n|utrl, bad „f|er effect a. Aliwnlale prltaey mnlntalnr.l DETROIT NEAL INSTIII I E *ji uimim ird “POLYGLOT PRINTERS J. SriIEMAXftKY. Mgr. GENERAL PRINTERS !■ Fwflo I.MiuaiM, II Ifalrfd. " 104 Handolpk. Mala 4371. ESCO MOTOR LOCKS . HAVE NO EQUAL Stftntuafly Why Not Now ESCO MFG. CO. 25 Warren, West Daigle-St eger Iron Works STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL IRON Royal Cycle . Company IM MICHIGAN AVK. Gasoline Station, Auto, Motor cycle and Bicycle Supplies See Us Northwestern All-Steel CONCRETE MIXERS Easy Terms The Machinery Sales & Electric Cos. 26 East Woodbridge St. Main «217. : CADILLAC 3902 „ -Jl'r NATIONAL ROOFING & PAINT CO. ROOFERS • r N , r) —l|, H.Millmk » • l* b||,, 'jP6^Swilni 1 i rf f iur .ia|rT mmmiu .»*,\\ k. Taepke-Zept Paint Cos. Paints, Varnishes, Glass, Brushes 231-2.12 Itaadolph-ot. Phone < h ITU Wholesale and r*-ta‘l d..*trihuters of Forest City "Ttm*-Teaf‘ r.-vint* and Yarn;*hes. - - - ... . ——————— I 1 11 ■IW-'. 11l I ■■■ II IMI Frank H. Davis CONTRACTOR 301 Penobscot Building. Phone Cherry 2800 Detroit • • • Michigan ■■■■■■ 1 ■■»■ ' '■ » Frost & Winchester Cos. Architectural Engineers and Constructors Mala 1440. 407 Realty Uld«. DETROIT C. E. FALES MACHINERY CO. New and Second Hand Machine Tools and Supplies Ist Floor Kerr Bldg. C-d. 3962 "■ * Kdwiril llirlon, Manager Detroit Towel Supply Cos. Ramtihi mui i -i:r\ilf 457-# Maker «4t. January Towel Servt ?. White Coat and At ron -ervlce. Hotel and Restaurant Service a .-jn*- ctalty. V—— R. C. MUELLER & SONS 73 MIKLB) 9TRKET MACHINISTS AND LOCKSMITHS Keys of all kinds made and repaired. Uwnmowtr« repaired and sharpened Telephone Main 4812. \ mu MIH K. IKK G1.44* 40. I*e- mr i and mak'-ra of Or n;tn.< mat »'t;i n< and Claes Win dow r, H*-vrl I'lat- • Ground and I’ollsho.l ',| f,. r Tab].- Top*. Mirror*. ): |\. n • Opalite " ilt'Jal >» l ,; •• pa I. etc l/iult c K- I, I<>|. -r ii, r i>• uirner and Mar..-- Mala 41.14. | «,r4 Street Kaat. >=■ - ' EAT Butter-Flake The Quality Bread VAN DYKE B \M ’ • Worlds Most Poverty-Stricken Slum Is in Wall-St.'s Back Yard BV KENNETH W. PAVNE. N'KW VORK. June ID.—ln Wall * s backyard- right around the cor i **r from the w-.-althiest spot in th* ' >r:j—the mo*t poverty-stricken >lt!E .a t!;«. acrid ha* just txu?n dis ovored! ’n the ven »hadow- of palatial ik> xcraper* there lies a mass of | r. »y« .ir-old hovels. And among ’h«* business men »ho.-e ! vunous offices tover above til.- -! :m are some who hold title to the den? of death It contains! T.e wooden Tenement buildings .'hrre tx. ie- die like flies in sum r. • r ah owned by members of New Vork > lan led aristocracy. Th ' amazing contrast has Just *-en roii.: t ’<> light by the annual rt port of the Bow ling Green aaso eta ion, a: oriraruzauon wtrking to i!o away w:ih the described condi tion'. It i? being us* and today by so cial workers as an example of the n* e-d of- '•me bill like the Grosser colonization bill pet dine In the hon-e of representatives While the Crower bill, establish ing government farm colonies, is planned primarily to alleviate unem ployment. its operation would aiso help clean up slums. Dow n in Wall-st s back' ard 10.- OOft itiimigran’s are huddled together into vile-smelling tenements where the baby death rat" is three times that in other pans of the city! A third of these immigrants com* from farms in Europe, and if they could only get onto farm* in Amer ica they would lead useful, healthy live?., r-nd brng up sturdy children Here their children are weak and sicktv In the dense-packed streets some child Is crushed or killed daily by a heavy truck’ The tenements swarm with a doz en families to the floor, having only one common among them The houses are perfect bedlams. Tuber culou- mothers and babies, cripples and defectives largu.?h in the un vent tinted bedrooms. And >et while our immigrants ar« h< ing herded into slums like this, the New York congestion committee FRANK P. MILLER INVESTMENTS REAL ESTATE BUILDER |\M Rt ME. RENT \l * Suite 708 Free Press Building High Grade Paint 51.25 Gal. Guaranteed S »rtr»| 27 ehatfea. VARNISH SI.OO GALLON I'alnt \\ ar.hnu.ri 332 fleaahlen 42M Mleklgen C adfllar 4510 Grand 427* . i I3URANCE M.4IN4T WANT l> OLD AGE N. REESE General Agent PROA lf»E>T LIFE Sk TRUST CO. 121 A-19-20 Ford Bldg. ■ ■- ■ - The Fibre Package Cos. Grand 6066 88 Isabelle SL CORRUGATED FIBRE SHIPPING CASES - - DONALDSON Contractors and Builders I.et up figure on your plana for Those Tor whom bur. built *r» our teat r*<-om rnrndatv.n N't a dVeoat ItflM owner 317 Ford Rlilg. fad. Bd*»7 BICYCLES ’TrT-.f'V earth. 8 3 0 -$6 O. Ivor-.Tohne> n a!n pie bar, ISO, arrhed double frame. 140. Dayton, 830. double bar I**, “nrlng fork double bar. ISO Guaranteed break and guard* $17.50 Juvenile lit; T.ad!»>a' Ju v. nrlea, |H. Tire*, fl 50. WANDERSEE CO. M* Gratlnl. Main V»l*». Rriark. IMMi Woodward. Ilrmlork 22W1. Cold Drawn Seamless Steel Tubing Made by DETROIT SEAMLESS STEEL TUBES CO. Insure With Detroit Life Insurance Company M r in'* Rapidly Growing Com* and help to build a Detroit n*t!tutl'n. Home Office—733 Majestic Bldg. ~ ■" " ■ People’s Building Cos. General t ontractors We sptcalife m building four family flats on 30 foot lota. »’b. ne Main I3 VS I*o 4 .'ft:. Hammond Bldg . Detroit. DETROIT TIMES i jUiA. ••«••••» -••AeSO. 4.«, .. 4 1 J p ♦til' ■j? Scene in world’s most poverty-stricken slum at the back door of mil lionaire bankers—Carlisle st., looking toward Wallet., with the tower of the Bankers’ Trust company budding, in the heart of the Wall st. district, rising over the tenements. has published "srures to «how bow much they are needed to work on our now uncultivated farm land. "We h ive room ir this count rv for several time- our present popu lation. provided access to the land is afforded and exploiters are elim inate i.” sav« Benjamin C. Marsh, executive «» cretary of th* oonge'tion committee, auvo arlng passage of the Grosser bill “It is important to en courage more people to become di reef producers on ’he soil. “It fakes fron: SI,OOO to $3,000 In ready capi al for anew farmer to SPORTSMANSHIP IS PREACHED TO FOOTBALL MEN BOSTON. Jun*- 19.—“ There la a code of ethic* for football players beyond th*> poin* where the ruled now atop,” declared E K Hall, chairman of the foo’ball rule* rom mlttee, in a statement made p ibllc today Holding, sideline coaching. beating the ball, talking t.o our opponents, talking to oflU'.al.a are all branded aa unworthy of a college player, and the suggestion- will b* added to thin year’- rule. HURRY, BOYS, H AIR CUTS GOING UP Declaring tha* everything f rotn rents to hair tonic has gone up, '•boas" barbers, of Detroit, ha'e an nounced that after June 30, the price of hair cut* will be "ent* Instead of 2’ Most of the downtown PESTS. A*E 'COP.NEe ORNAMENT' Ijj j 3... I II I ll' ; — i wxev Come on • send o-ie m* Bronx i get fairlv well rst.iblisbed even on Ir*land. And the value of farm <n l- i> estimated today at $4\55 an acre as again and $-.2 40 in 1& 10. , "Evidently, while the cost of set- I fling on the farm is so grear as this, he very families vhc need the farm life most and who would be most useful in ra;.«’ng far i produce can not hope to get out into the country • b.R must herd themselves into th.» sIU.T.S, "These facts indicate the great need for just what the Grosser col onization bill will achieve.’’ f*hop?i will b* affected, and onMjrlng -hop-* are exported to follow suit To Visit Cleveland, Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo real «stare boards will meet In Cleveland. June 29. in the first of a series of tri-city gatherings. The Detroit delegation will leave on the boat at 11:45 p m, Wednesday night, June 2«. and arrive home *t 7 a. m . FTiday morning, June 30 Detroit will entertain Cleveland and BufTalo in August. Visitors at Exposition. The sales force of the H A, Jone« Real Estate Cos., numbering over 100, mill make an inspection of the Builders ft Traders’ permanent building exposition on the fourth floor of the Penobscot building, Thursday afternoon, June 22. The Building Co’s force were guests of the exchange, Monday morning. Pristlsf —ts» StaU irat kind—that to rt*4t—Ttan Jmh n* D «.—Main 4AM WILL GIVE AWAY SSOO GARAGE Builders Have Big Prize List for Their Annual Outing, June 28 A SSOO garage will be one of the prizes that the visitors on the Build ers A Traders’ annual excursion. June 24. will contest for A mint her of other pr.zes hav** al.-o been donated. All contestants must hav* a special ticket issued by the Build • rs a- Traders’ exchange. The steamer Put in Bay w ill leav* the dock at the foot of First at 9 a. m. Among the athletic event* scheduled to be h* 1 don the Island will be the annual ball game b« tween the Builders and the Archi tects Following are the members of the committee on irrangetnents R H Marr, F Gordon Pickell. G. \V Brandt. Chas Gllppert. F. R. Wer neken, G Ray Bhilbrick. J B Webb and William l»ie*lrich Pure Water Fr*»f from duos'*#* ''arrvlnß K»*rn;s and cl* *r a« crystal, ran bo had instantly with a Vic**r Wafer tiller attached to >our faucet. Egle Bros. Mfg. Cos. Cor. Sylvester <1 Bellevue Ridge 208 — t —■ — N PHONE MAIN 5846 A. T.Knowlson Company Wholesale Electrical Supplies 99-103 Congress Street E. r The Henslev Trolley & Hff. Cos. Of*rr end Fsrlsryt .I*3 K.Mra A»». Trlrpkunr North 7M Brass, Bronze & Aluminum Castings -« Candler & Oehring Cos. SIM" ROOFING \ll Kln«l« of Ituof Hrpalrtn* JS.I-ftH.l H»-n n hlrn-al., nr. Harm. I’hone t u<lHim- .11.1.1. I " Sewer Crock Builders* Supplies H. H. DICKINSON & CO. IMO KOI H rEFNTII-%VE. I'bonr M alnut " Safety First in Plumbing and Heating Mhrn In >ffd Iff Asche & Nyhus 62N < ONI OKI) S\ R. Fallmilf. (•liri. !>l. Fnat 11*1 flrpnlr wnrli itnnr <lnr or nlfkl. r " \ For Ihr hf.l, moat rfflrtmt training In lluatnra*, «hortkand, 1ip»«rllln*. ■tlrnd The Business Institute 163-169 Cass Ave. I «n»il. hrnl r«|nlpprd hnalnraa arhonl In tllrhlaan. t : *\ Bicycles New 1916 Models ’17.50 up Smith Motor Wheels *60.00 Easy Terms if you wish. Haverford Cycle Cos. 239 Woodward. r - Detroit Clean Bedding Cos. 98 Russell St. Cherry 4211 R We rlr*n and repair Maffrraaes, K«-ntli*-r Hrd* and I'lllows Moll Krafhrr Mattresnen made. We Buy and Sell Feathers r N Vote Yes For a Dry Michigan Call or Write 70H Kre*ge Bldg. for Literature or Information Wayne Cos. Dry Campaign Committee Call at Henry C. Weber Cos. for a demonstration of tho CAILLE 5 SPEED MOTOR Turns any row boat Into a launch. Made by the CAILLE PERFECTION MOTOR CO. Second and Amsteruam ICE NATIR4I. 4ND AHTIFICIAG. Crystal Ice Cos. Ltd. I3l!» VV l**(Ter*on-Mve. th* Me' We.t 2S, \NVnt irts. JT.’O W \\ ai ren ave \V n)n<it 4140 - ASK YOCR GROCER FOR “OUR SEAL” MUSTARD Pure, Smooth and Delicious [jCFFfRY / Q£T*OIT, MiQH. llr||. I . I’m. Olltff M \ »V. JN Y H v Detroit Marine Contracting Cos. 1070-1072 Penobscot Building fit ne., Csdlllac sn<l s*'> W. H. ELLERY, Mgr. (has. Raymond & Son 93-103 Meldrum Ave. Cabinet Work Carpentry Jobbing and Repairing Promptly Attended To I’hone t'.aat «'«3. W. J. Baird Machinery Company Deair rm I« Machinery, Tool* & Suppliet ll M \tt. Di.l H oil, sii it :t> -*, - 4 ■— J. C. Automobile Painting and Trimming Cos. J. C. GAYNOR- Manager 701-707 Grand River Ave. Phone Grand 4677 Detroit, Mich. m^mm mm im mmmmmmmm Ualnnt torn* Milmt SWe Builders A Pavers’ Supply Cos. BRICK IN STOCK Sewer Pipe >. W. far. 17th. Jk w. llaneark. F R. Dickinson, Pr*» 14th Ave. Cartage Cos. Work I n»lr»rffd h r Day, Hour, Month or Year. 1 l I.arge Motor Trucks in Operation (•rand 6399. 441 Po«rlf#ntb-aff. t WISCONSIN BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY Ortlgnrri, Miimlirtiirrri and Iterator* of ilniinril rhiinc Ind. SAM. IHS'i IVanhK-tl Hide. M. T. f'Mrtla. I ontn>-tla| Knglnrrr, Detroit, Mirk. - - C. R. WILSON BODY CO. BUILDERS OF AUTOMOBILE BODIES AUDUBON CLUB Protect the Birds - R.A.Lenhardt Construction Cos. trlnfarrrri ( onilricllon. rirlag, Aapbalf, Omrnl Urlm, Malka, Kir. Offlre and War*hou»e: (.rand River and l.tarwla-avee. I'hnnr (.ran.l «HH 'W' PRODUCTS Semet-Solvay Company Solvay-Collieries Company COKE POCAHONTAS COAL FOUNDRY EGG NUT PEA BUCKWHEAT LUMP EGG BREEZE RICE NUT Sales Department—Detroit, Michigan THE NAME GUARANTEES THE HIGHEST QUALITY JUNE 1918. Telephone—West 2723 J. A. PETERS Provision Dealer .... WHOLESALER..- 620 Dix Avenue Detroit Tank &Seat Cos. \tiii iifartiir.-r- of High Grade HI SIDKNI K 4ND KAC'TOKV < I.lHirr 4 DMHIN 4TIONS "rrond and llaltlmorr. t I’honn North 1121. OTTO A. WURM, Proprietor CLOSSER BROS. General Contractora 777 Fort St. Excavating. Phone W. 2767 Candler Dock & Dredge Cos. CONTRACTORS Special Concrete Work Docks, Bridges. Sea Walla and Pile Orivmg 305 Moffat Bldg. Main 112 BRENNAN TRICK CO. Teaming Contractors Machinery Movers, Riggers and Erectors DETROIT, MICH. r ' 1 ' >■ Schroeder Paint & Glass c “:"z" Company ssr Polished Plate A Window Glass Paints, Oils, Colors, Varnishes. ■ i ■■■■■ ■ RUSSEL I>TKH\W. I.KtH niUVK \\l.l* for Molar Trarhe. Write for literature. Rt **KI. MOTIIH Atl.E CO, >orth Detroit. N————————— r E. 11. Moretva E. 1 water Mtrrtea Moreton Truck Cos., Ltd. Katahllabed IH7I. Math «A - r H. G. Christman Cos. General Contractors and Engineers 31.> Stevens Bldg. - - BUILD NOW! Engage Home Contractors if you can, but BUILD, anyway k-.i 4 * —> Millenbach Bros.Co. Hides and Tallow