Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 6, 1920, Page 10

raese* tt ir ot 1 a rm ud eS ee es | HIGH RENTS 70. THY FOR FE. YEARS, BELIEF United States Housing Head Says | Country Is Short More Than Million Houses at This Time By RALPH F. COUCH (United Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON, April 6—High rents high building costs have come to for years. ident LeRoy K. Sherman of the ‘TU. Housing curpora-| tion, predicted | YThere is ® indication cf a} arop,” h acute as 9 year ly estimated™that the short about 1,000,000 dwellir opinion it will ta to catch up and @ y now is least ack to the 6,000 af the as president of tion, has built in all sections working unde cost sheets in ever. angle of the building % Sherman has figures showing tails of building ranging from per cubic yard to the cost per 1 of roofing, wall building, ing, plastering, and. so on Furthermore, the housing corporation head has tried to keep in close touch with the building situation in every big tdwn and city in the country. Here is his verdict “Only in Washington does ther® seem en the beginning of relief from ndous pressure of the short- hous- homes coun- him k elzborate able ess. most minute ¢ the cos age of dwellings th: row up during the war period,” he “In Chicago, New York and other big cities the shortage of dwellings seems just ute as ever. ‘ The cost of labor and building ma- terial holds little promise of going down. The general cost of building has ased from 65 to 70 per cent since according to accu cost sheets yerts in the corporation. Their have been tested by careful ap jon to the construction of dwell s of almost every variety. “Many people who have money to buitd houses now are holding off be- cause they hope prices will drop. This has a tendency, of course, to keep pr up. To get the nation’s housing situation back to normal we must bulld at a rate calculated to keep abreast of the normal increase in demand for dwellings plus an additional rate which will make up the shortage of 1,000,000 homes now existing. So far as I can now, we are not building even at a rate fast enough to take care of the increase in demand. normal conditions T mean condl- to those prevailing in pre- s when in every big city there eneral change of tenants ev- In some cities it sustom for landlords to ¢ to Incoming tenants. Such conditions indicate a nearly equal balance of supply and demand. This is normal. It will be at least five years, before this condition is restored, I think. “There is one hopeful sign that build- ing costs will be reduced eventually. Architects and contractors everywhere are working continually to devise new and short processes of building. They also are experimenting with new ma- Thus many builders recently a national convention called to attended uss the proposal of building con. crete houses which are poured into moulds nd can be turned out much more quickly then the ¢ age brick or frame. house can be combi- citizens in houses in “Another hopeful of nation esen building many localities to cooperation, a rate for the money Quantity pro- duction of this makes for eco- nomy in construction. Housing corporation experts have worked out figures showing the com- parative cost of erecting in 1913 and 1919 a six-room dwelling of a model used by the corporation in many cities in 1918. The table reads: 1913 1919 Net cost of structure-$2,293.36 $4,930.58 Cost of land at $1,000 per acre - 143.00 143.00 Cost of public utilities 400.00 680.00 Contractor's _ profit and oyerhead, 15 per cent... - 439.85 739.59 Architect's fee—plus plans and supervi- sion, 6 per cent--- 340.21 $4,117.54 oa Owing to the high price of cotton, which staple it has more than one ¢ three-quarter qillion acres under cul- tivation, Egypt is today a richer coun- try than it has been since the days of the Pharoahs. TOTAL $6,833.38 Let us take.the DENT out of ACCIDENT Get Aetna-ized TieG.F Bell aN gence GENERAL INSURANCE 303 Oil Exchinge Bldg. story. Short Story Contest for saa CHE School Seniors. Announced from (Special to The Tribune.) LARAMIB, “Wyo., school students thruout the state ‘will be interested in the the fifty-dollar scholarship at the uni- YVersity, to be awarded to the high mghost senior Submitting the best origi This award is being made ur LIVE N SCHOLARSHIPAT YE: Laramie Aprit announcement of ginal shi |\COLONEL DUGAN | COMMANDER AT CTATE Ul. PRIZE FORT RUSSELL (Special to The Tribune.) , Wyo., Apri 6.—Colonel }) Thomas Buchanan Dugan Sunday took command of Fort D. ceeding Colonel McNamaee. Dugan waas~until recently a brigadier general and was stationed at Camp 6.—High} Reed, Pennsylyania, a supply depot. ——.—_— $760,000 APARTMENT 10. A. Russell, ‘suc: Colonel ‘on account of the absence of wwiinensen | tonsils; and will spend severni Weeks in the case. Wilson, the ‘testimony being tréated for rheumatic infection, showed, has been operating a dice table. He gave notice of intention to appea his case. TALLEGED RAMBLER FINED ~~ SHOO WILL APPEAL CASE P, Wilson, one of the alleged gamb- lers caught in the raid staged by Capt. W. B. Kilgore late Sunday night, was fined red in police court yesterday aft- ernoon, whilé the others were released — oo = Mrs: M. J. Foley returned Saturday from Thermopdlis. where she spent a week at the Carter sanitarilum with } Mra;'C, W. Beckett who ig taking treat: | ment ‘there. Mrs. Beckett underwent an sitio for the removal’ of her (COMPENSATION: | PAYMENTS: UP | Gainof’ ‘$31,000 in Claims Award- ed under State Law Shown in Report CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 6—The fourth annual report of the workmen's compensation department of the state treasurer's office, which hus been de- livered to Governor Carey, shows that during 1919 a total of $131,162.66 was paid to 695 claimants for compensation from the state industrial insurance fund, pt} | Thorn Rune, the Wyoming chapter o: _|the American College Quill club, and is; in line with the policy of that society to “| promote interest in literary work by! The manuscripts | every means possible. must be sent in on or before May 2 | They will be judged on merit only by board of impartial judges,-and the isuc as possible. Professor Becomes Editor years, as secretary to the board of trus- Laramie Repubjican, — Mr. the exception of a year of overseas serv- continuously since that time. his departure. the Republican Mr. in the state, and his. previous experience in the business him to continue the success of that in- fuential daily. Promotions in R. 0. T. C. Promotions in the R. university were announced this week as follows: To be first lieutenants, First Sergeants Samuel Neff-of Cody, Wilmer Stevens of Cheyenne, Denver and Nelson McKaig of Laramie; to be second Heutenants, Sergeants Glenn Parker of Sheridan, Irl Pritch- Paul Essert of Laramie; to be color sergeant, Jack Gage of Worland; to be mie; to be first sergeants, Arthur Lauder of Kemmerer, and William Blenkarn of Lusk; to be sergeants, faurence Smith of Douglas, Oliver Cur- ry of Hillsdale, Robert Thompson of Rock River and Walter Jensen of Lara- mie. eee $8,000 BUILDING 10 60 THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., Apr. 6- The Chamber of Commerce will detér- mine on a permanent location .for a tourists’ camp ground this week,” fol- lowing which a $5,000 building will be erected, equipped with kitchen ranges, tables, toilets and retiring rooms. The grounds will be well lighted. ee BENEFITS FOR RE-ENROLLMENT Former naval reservists will be inter- ested in recent decisions affecting re- enroliment, which are’ now on file at the recruiting station in the Post Office building. Satisfactory benefits are held out, deails of which can be secured by applying to the station. BE BUILT IN’ CHEYENNE (Special to The Tribune.) CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 6.—The Cheyenne Apartment company will be rganized here this week, for the pur- |mose of building a $250,000 apartment if During the preceding year a t $100,729.93 was paid to 828. claimants. |The fact that in 1919 a greater amount ieee paid to fewer claimants than 1918 resulted from the increased com- pensations provided by amendments to the workmen's compensation act made by the legislature, of 1913; D al of in uring 1919} cessful contestant notified as promptly F. S. Barrage, who has been connect- “}ed With the university for nearly twelve tees and later as registrar, left last week | to take up his duties as editor. of the! Barrage came to the university in 1908,.and with) ice as Y. M. C. A. secretary has served | He has been very active in the advancement of university interests, and it is with re- gret that friends of the institution view) In becoming’ editor of Burraga becomes head of one of the strongest Newspapers, colleges and universities, will no doubt enable | O. T. C. at the) Clarence Rue of ard. and Ben Gregg’ of Worland and} sergeant bugler, Emory DeKay of Lara-} UP ON CAMPING GROUND: NAVAL RESERVE| house. ‘The building will be the largest of its character in the city. |LETTER MEN AT || STATE U. FORM LARAMIE, Wyo., April 6.—Twenty- one University of Wyoming athletes who have won the coveted athletic let- \ter, the “W", have formed a “W" club for all men who win athlétic letters at the univérsity and similar to other athletic-letter organizations of other Twelve new jmembers were initiated into the or- ganization last week. “Red” willis, football captain of 1919, is present president. Emick, Parks, Wilson, Garbett, Thomp- son, Smith, Hegewald, Sheldon, Gregg and Alers. STATE HIGHWAY TO BE IMPROVED AT THERMOPOLIS | THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., Apr. 6.—The three or four mile stretch of state high- way immediately north of here, which has been impassable since the work of contractors was stopped last fall, was ordered placed “in condition following a visit to this city of the state highway engineer. Hauling Contracts Wyatt-Wolf- Motor. Co. Call Temporary Office Wyatt Hotel Dealers—Federal and Re- public Trucks i STORE formerly And are now in a position 236 East Second Street JOS. 1. SCHWARTZ ART JEWELER—DIAMONDS We have a bargain in a perfect carat Diamond Ring for $500.00 We have purchased the GROCERY conducted by. the Citizens’ Equity Association at 236 East Second Street to give the public of Casper and vicinity service, quality and prices in Staple and Fancy Groceries Fruits Vegetables. and the Best Quality of Meats Free Delivery to all parts of the city. Please give usa call. Albin & Crissey Phone 304 ORGANIZATION, | The members of the “W” club are as! the number of employers paying into the state fund was 1,032 and the amount they paid in $240,408.40. At the end of 1919 there was in the workmen's com- | pensation fund # balance of $748,663.21. a papain” amas. CHEYENNE FRANCHISES ILLEGAL, MAYOR SAYS CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 6.—That the franchises under which electric light, street railway and telephone con- cerns are doing business in Cheyenne are without foundation in legal au- thority, is asserted by Mayor Edward P. 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