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SOS FURTHER RK
II
s. W. Straus Says There Is Suf
ficed Indication That Stabiliza
tion Is Far Off.
Further increases in building costs
are to br anticipated before any re
cession and before, stable ?ndmons
reached. according to an anii-ic
bv S. W. Straus commenting on t
general building situation of
"There are abundant indications
th.Thuild^g cos,, are farfroma
condition of stabilization Mr ^trau.
writes, and we may reasonabl> ex
nect that thev will continue to seek
biahei" levels for an indefinite period
While the industtry is <ont.nuall>
making new high records f"i con
tracts awarded and the amount of
actual liew building is efTecfilg li''
if any inroad on the general sbortage.
preliminary estimates
the contracts throughout, the countr
for the month of May may reach the
half-bill ion-dollar mark a Ba,n ]
substantially $ 100.000.000 ?ver ApnL
However, contractors and
are not able to go ahead With their
work to this extent owing J"**1*
to the freight tie-up. ^hich has ac
centuated the acute material short
a*-\Vith improved transportation con
ditions ami" more favorable weather
much progress may he expected dur
Ing the ensuing summer months The
industry will not reach its ? 'u" a""j
rightful stride, hoiwver. until all in
terests come to realize that ?
conditions in this countrj can
be brought back to normal
are all willing to settle down to a
period of hard work, thrift, efficiency
and increased production.
'It is encouraging to note that the
various efforts that are being made
throughout the country to increase
the supply of homes are beginning
to bear fruit and the percentage of
now residential structures to other
operation is increasing. In this
work some of the producers of basic
materials are lending: assistance to
good purpose. One of the large cement
companies, which has heavy contracts
on hand for road work, has secured
the consent of the purchasers to al
low the company to divert these or
ders to other customers who desire
the material for home construction.
While there Is a shortage in all types
of construction, the most acute deficit
ia in homes. .
"The co-operative idea is being
worked out with success In some com
munities both in detached houses and
apartments. On the whole, conditions
? in the building industry have been
somewhat improved during the past
thirty days and announcement of
large new building projects are com
ing out with greater frequency
throughout the countrj-."
BREAD PRICE INQUIRY
TO CONTINUE MONDAY
Senate Subcommittee Calls Three
Witnesses?Corby to Give
Cake Data.
? Investigation by the Senate com
mittee of the increase in the price of
bread in the District of Columbia will
be continued next Monday regardless
of the holiday, and the subcommittee
of the District committee has called
a hearing for 10 o'clock on that day,
when Charles 1. Corby of the Corby
Baking Company. E. G. Tonker of the
Sanitary Grocery Company and R. O.
Dawson, representing the Piggly
Wiggly stores, will be heard.
Mr. Corby already has been heard
regarding the bread business of his
firm. but he was asked by the com
mittee at its last hearing to submit
figures as to the costs and profits of
his cake business. He is expected to
conclude his testimony before the
other witnesses are heard.
Senator Ball of Delaware is chair
man of the subcommittee investigat
ing the bread prices, and Senator
Capper of Kansas, who introduced the
resolution calling for the inquiry, is
a member. It is expected that the
hearing Monday will not continue !
after noon. i
2,000 D. C. TEACHERS ASK
FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF
Petition Award of $500 Is Pre
sented on the Floor of the
Senate.
An efTort to get a J500 emergency
relief measure for District school
teachers incorporated in the pending
general deficiency bill today resulted
in a petition signed by two thousand
teachers being presented on the floor
by Senator David Walsh of Massachu
setts. a member of the Senate District
committee. The petition was deliver
ed to Mr. Walsh by Duncan McLaren,
chairman of the teachers' committee.
Representative <?ood told members
of the teachers' committee that it
would be impossible to get their
amendment attached to the original
bill in the House, but they hoped to
have it passed by the Senate and
adopted in conference.
CHURCH OF COVENANT
WILL HONOR HEROES
Memorial Services for Six Victims
of War to Be Held Tomorrow
Morning.
Memorial services for six men of
the ehurch who lost their lives in the
war are to be held tomorrow morn
ing in connection with the regular ]
services at the Church of the Cove- ;
nant. lStli and NT streets.
Of the 143 men and women of the
church who enlisted in the various
branches of war service. Alan A. Cie
phane. Donald H. Manning. Alexander
Itodgers. jr. Williari| Strong, jr.: Al
bert I>. Sturetvant and Benjamin Stu
art Walcott made the supreme sacri
fice. It is in their memory the serv
ice has been arranged.
A program giving a sketch of the
life of these six men, who are desig
nated on the church records with a
mold star, has been prepared. Rev.
F>r. fharles Wood, pastor of the
church, is to- deliver the sermon.
M. N. Richardson Wins $100 Prize.
Mason N. Richardson. I'nited Stales
commissioner, has been notified by the
editors of I.ife that he has been declared
the winner of the third prize of $100 in
a picture title contest. More than 100.
Oftft contested. Mr. Richardson says. He
sent in several guesses, but has not been
Informed which was selected as a prize
winn*
of 14th and H
Landscape Department
1141 Connecticut Ave.
Estimates, Plans,
Gardening and
Maintenance 01
Landscape Developments.
CHARLES H. DIGGS,
Landscape Architect.
Franklin 5333.
AN INCREASED DEMAND
FOR WOOD IS SHOWN
I
Exports and Manufactures Show
Big Advance in Nine Months,
Ending With March.
Exports of wood and manufactures
of wood for the nine months ending:
March. 1920, show a big increase over
the exports of the same commodities
for the nine months ending March.
1919. according to the last monthly j
summary of the foreign commerce or*
the Cnited States issued by the bu
| reau of foreign and domestic com
merce. The exports show also a
slight increase over imports of wood 1
and manufactures thereof for the
same period ending March, 1920, being
about 7 per cent more.
Total figures for the same periods
for three years are given in value of
merchandise:
Nine months ending March. 1020.
$117,S43,94n; nine months ending
March. 191?. $69,345*13; nine months
ending March, 191S. $57,760,015.
More than half the sawed timber
and almost Tialf of the railroad tics
exported in the last nine months have
gone to Great Britain, with Italy re
ceiving the second largest amount of
sawed timber. China. Japan and
Australia have each received more
Douglas fir lumber than any other
countries. Cngiand being fourth on
the list. The I'nited Kingdom. Can
ada and Argentina lead the list for
oak exports, and Cuba for yellow pine ;
lumber.
Only a ii?tle more than $2,000.^00
worth of wood pulp has been export
ed. while the imports of wood pulp
equal $38,775,001 for the last nine :
months. More than half of this lias
come from Canada, with about one- I
fourth from Sweden.
Mahogany valued at $1,623,224 has;
come to us from Central America dur- j
lng the same period, this being about
one-half of the total imports of tha*
wood. The lumber imports for the,
nine months reached almost $10,000,
000.
IlTTLE ClOPIES
J&bw IMEr j
BY THORXTON IV. HIRtESS. j
A Smart Little Haymaker. |
Who mik?, hi* h?y while the win doth shine
Cnworried when it r?in? id?j dine.
When Old Mother Nature mentioned
the barns of Little Chief Hare such a
funny, puzzled look swept over the
faces of Peter Rabbit and Jumper the
Hare and Happy Jack Squirrel and i
Chatterer the Red Squirrel and Striped j
Chipmunk and Johnny Chuck.
"Barns'." exclaimed Happy Jack. ;
"Barns! What do you mean by j
barns?" j
Old Mother Nature laughed. "I just
call them barns," she explained, "be
cause they are the places where he
stores away his hay, just as Farmer
Brown puts away hay in his barn. I
suppose you would call them store
houses."
At the mention of hay Peter Rabbit
sat bolt upright and his eyes grew
big with astonishment. "Did you say
hay?" he exclaimed. "Where under j
the sun does be And hay up there. |
and what does he want of it?"
There was a twinkle in Old Mother I
Nature's eye as she replied: "He
doesn't And that hay: he makes it. He
makes it just as you see Farmer
Brown make hay every summer. It
is what he lives on in winter and
in bad weather. Little Chief knows
Just as much about the proper way
of making hay as Farmer Brown does, i
You see. Little Chief's family, 'way
back In the days when the world I
i was young, learned to make hay be
fore ever ir.an thought of such a
thing:. The secret of making good hay
has been handed down in the family
jever since.
"Even 'way up there among the
rocks there are places where grasses
land pea vines and other plants grow.
Kittle Chief lives on these In summer.
Rut he is as wise and thrifty as any
Squirrel, which is another way in
which he differs from the Hare fam
ily. So he cuts grass and pea vines
and other tender preen things when
they are ready for cutting and spreads
L1TTMC i'.ilKY KNOWS J' ST AS
MI/OH ABOl'T THK PROPER WAY
OK MAk'iXi; HAY AS FARMER
BROWN DOLTS.
them out 0:1 the rocks to dry in the
sun and wh.d. He knows that if he
should take shorn down into his barns
while they are fresh and green they
would soon sour and spoil. So he first
spreads t.ier.i out to dry thoroughly.
Then * he> become hay, for hay is
nothing but glasses and other plants
cut before they begin to die and then
dr. d.
* f a shower comes up Kittle Chief
hurries to get his hay under cover,
and then brings it out again when
the sun comes out and finishes drying:
it. When his hay is just as it should
be he takes it down and stores it
away in his barns, which are nothing
but little caves down among: the rocks.
Then he has it for use in winter when
there is no green food.
"He is so nearly the color of the
rocks lhat it takes sharp eyes to see
him when he is sitting: still. He ha^'
a funny little squeaking: voice and he i
uses it a great deal. It is a funny ,
voice, because it is hard to tell just
where it comes from. It seems to
come from everywhere and nowhere
in particular, much as does the voice
of Winsome Bluebird. So- times he
can be heard squeaking: 'way down
under the rocks. Like Johnny Chuck,
he prefers to sleep at night and come i
out during: the day. Because he is
so small he has many enemies and
must always be on the watch for
them. At the first hint of danger h^
scampers to safety down among: the
rocks and there scolds whoever has
frightened him. There is no more
lovable little person among all my
children than this dear little hay
maker of the mountains of the far
west."
"That haymaking is a pretty good
idea of Little Chief's," remarked Peter
Rabbit, scratching a long ear with a
long hind foot. "I've a great mind
to try it myself."
Everybody laughed right out. for
everybody knew just how easy going
and thriftless Peter was. Peter him
self grinned. He couldn't help it.
(Copyright. 1020, by T. W. Burgess, i
Three G. W. U. Trustees Elected.
William C. Rives, Charles I. Corby
and Edward H. Everett have been
elected trustees of George Washing
ton University, according to an an
nouncement made today by President
William Miller Collier.
THE BEST BARGAIN OF ALL IS
ABSOLUTE SATISFACTION
HOLLOW
TILE
Court 011 Hollow T_ile to leeistcr the
very limit of service. It is the best "buy"
in building materials for many reason-.
? It is readily handled and saves in labor.
It reduces Fire Insurance rates. It costs
the least in maintenance.
? It tempers the air of your structure
both in Summer and in Winter.
If von arc a possible huihrcr. it'll pay
von to investigate.
VVc deliver any quantity, any size, any time..
Asher Fireproofmg Co.
915 Southern Building
FOR SALE
Very Desirable Home Building Sites
"The Best Suburb of
the National Capital"
All Improvements
A Comparison of Prices With Others Will Mean
Your Accepting This Suburb
ALL WE ASK IS A PERSONAL INSPECTION
Terms to Suit Make Your Selection Now
Thomas, J. Fisher & Company, Inc.
738 15th Street N.W.
Phone Main 6830
FOR SALE
"OLD CHEVY CHASE"
MARYLAND
JUST COMPLETED COLONIAL RESIDENCE
Northeast Corner of Connecticut Ave. and Kirk St.
OPEN SUNDAY
Representative on Premises Sunday From 10 A.M. to 6 P.M.
Daily From 10 to 5
FIRST FLOOR: Living room, library, dining room, kitchen and pantrv:
glassed-in breakfast porch and sun pa rlor, with radiators and open fireplace:
open fireplaces in library and living room; covered porch off of library.
Covered entrance porch.
SECOND FLOOR: Four large master bedrooms, each with private bath,
tubs and. showers. Ample closet space, and back stairway. Open lire
places in two front rooms and porches on both sides of house.
THIRD FLOOR: Two master bedrooms and baths. Two servant's
rooms. (Servants' bath in basement ). Large closets.
BASEMENT: Laundry, servants' bath and storage space.
APPOINTMENTS: Paneled walls throughout: tile floors <?n porches:
hot-water heat and electric light: instaneaneous hot-water heater; GAR
AGE DOUBLE, with private driveway.
HARRY WARDMAN
Sales Department
1430 K Street N.W.
*isaa
|! swstsrafflaiwms ?
Which Will You Have in 1931?
#
Eleven and One-Half Years' Rent Receipts?or^
Full and Complete Ownership of Your Apartment ?
Reduce this proposition of "Owning your
own Apartment" to plain dollars and cents?
and you will see the powerful argument the
actual figures make as an economic invest
ment.
?Under Tenancy--?
The Apartments still
renting for the old tariff
at $42.50 per month?
would mean that in 11 Vz
years you will have a
bunch of rent receipts
that have cost vou
J
$5,865.00?
But They Are of
No Value!
We are offering Apartments in this thor
oughly modern Apartment House, possessing
exceptional features of plan and location?
for example?
As Purchaser?
If you buy this Apart
ment, at the end of that
1 1 Vz years' period you
will have paid?includ
ing everything?$7,182.
Or, in other words, for
$9 per month more than
the present low rental
you will become
__ Absolute Owner of Your
Apartment
Such figures as these must be convincing?first of the expense of continuing to rent; and, second, of the economy of ownership.
Owning your own Apartment is preferred to owning your house?because it has the double advantage of greater enhancement and
contentment, removing forever the worry and varying expense incidental to living in rented quarters.
We have many Apartments in numerous Apartment Houses in various locations?all of which may be bought upon equally
favorable terms?and all showing equally advantageous investment.
Details upon inquiry at our office.
813 Fifteenth St.
Allan E. Walker & Co., Inc.
Office Will Be Open Until 1 P.M. Monday
Southern Bldg.