Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1921, Page 30

" SOUTH DAKOTA-PLAN FOR AIDING ! ~ FORMER SERVICE MEN SUCCEEDS = Loans Have B:;n Made by Land Settle- ment Board to 140 Ex-Soldiers—Reports Fgom First Fifty Are Satisfactory. Bpecial Correspondence of The Star. SIOUX FALLS, S. D, December 29.— Tae South Dakota land settlement I which was enacted for the special benefit of the former service men who have returned to the state is proving very successful and of great benefit to such of the ex-goldiers as have thus far taken advantage of its provisions. The South Dakota plan been in | operation for only a short time, but, | nevertheless, its practical value and | financial soundness have been demon- strated. The loans of the South Dakota land | settlement board are made at 6 per cent | interest, and Jloans on real estate are | re-payable upon a thirty-year amortiza- tion plan, whereby a small addition to the yearly interest payments will ex- tinguish the principal in thirty years. Method of Repayment. As an illustration, taking $100 basis for figuring, under this plar yearly payment will be $7. Of this sum in the first terest and $1.26 will be principal. By the tenth year the pring al will Ve n so far reduced that on! $5. he interest, while 4 will be deduc- tion from the principal. In the twen- tieth year, $3.44 will be interest and $3.83 will be principal, and in the thir- tieth of last year 11 cents will be in- terest and § will be principal. the Jatter amount being the last payvment and_completely extinguishing the prin- cipal. The administration of the loan fund | was not given into the hands of a poli- tician, but was placed in the hands of i an ex-soldier, in the person of Col.} Boyd Wales, who commanded the 147th | Field Artillery Regiment of South Da- kota throughout its fighting in France. as a unit of the 32d Division. He knows the needs and the capacities of the ex- service men as well as any man in the state or country. - As land settlement commissioner, Col. Wales has been attending to the de-; tails of the work of the board since it began to function, and he is said to be enthusiastic over the resul “One hundred and forty ex-soldiers up on lands. Of this number Col declares that “100 per cent are making good, and they have all made some im- Provements and raised some grain.” The loans to individual ex-soldiers have averaged about $4.500 each, and they have been scattered all over South Dakota, although about 70 per cent have been_in that part of the state west of the Missouri river, where land is yet comparatively cheap. while the other 30 cent have located on_higher-priced Ed in the eastern portion of South Mout of the ex-service men have put in_about 10 per cent of their own capi- tal, using the balance of it for live stock and improvements and paying out most {of four head each, and thir {ed 195 calves, an average ar, $6 will be in- |7 of the money borrowed from the state on the land i Reporis Some idea of the industry ing displayed by the former who now have turned farme: gathered from facts compiled concern- ing the results thus far obtained by first fifty men who were settled on land by the state land settlement board. Up to October 1 of this year fort of these fifty ex- ce smen owned in the aggregate 1.015 head of average of ¢ two head exch two of them ow: of fourteen he: them owned 144 milch cow From Fifty Borrowers. which is be- coldiers can- be > own- each. In the cours of :mu faaming apers. tions, forty th age of | twenty-five have average of thirt ller numbers verage of nearly 100 acres May Select Any Land. The plan under which the ice men obtain loans from'the state{ of South Dakota through the land settlement board is quite simple. The | applicant for a loan is not confined | in his choice of a farm to free home- ctoai lands. He may make a selec- tion anywhere in the state of the farm which he wishes to buy, the only requirement being that he shall furnish from his own resources 10 per cent of the appraised value of the farm land selected and 20 per cent of the appraised value of improve- ments. When he has notified the land set- tlement board of his choice an. e: aminer places a value upon the la; and two disinterested persons ma an appraisement of the land for th applicant. If the title ea the valuation reasonable, the will then loan to the applicant any sum between $500 and 310,000 neces- sary for paying 90 per cent of th appraised value of the land and §9 per cent of the cost of equipping i with machinery and live stock; or, in | another contingen for paving off | any mortgage previously carried on the property. Loan Limited to $10,000. The state money will be loaned on real estate to the extent of $10,000, on_improvements to the extent of | $1,500, and on live stock to_the extent of §1,500, or $2.000 on either one or the other of the latter items, al- though no loan exceeding $10,000 will be made to one individual ex-soldier for any one item or for all of them together. London to New York in 55 Hours By Air for $300 Is Predicted | British Engineer Foresees 100-Passenger Plane Makmg 'l Semi-Weekly Trips; Says Mail Could B z Carried at Eight Cents l”qmd. By MAJ. W. T. BLAKE. ] Cross-Atlantic Cable Service to The Star. " LONDON, January 1—For aboy#] $300 the air traveler of the very gear future may be able to make the trip from London to New York bly"d’if’flmp in | about fifty-five hours. the prophesies madepls” r. Pratt in| 1ifore detall of the cost of running the airship _services than has. any other n. | As chief engineer to the airship rtment of Vickers, Mr. Pratt can With authority on the subject. | Would Operate Three Ships. | His idea for the future Of ‘a cross- | tic airship service is to have not than. three ships _operating, each lDDromealely of about 4,000,000 ibic feet capacity. As the )o\lrney 1d occupy about fifty or sixty hours, week, carrying on imum revenue load of about twenty- tons. Mr. Pratt estimates that ac- | modation could be provided for| qbout 100, passengers, with 100 pounds of luggage and thirty pounds of food apiece. This would leave over ten tons for light welght freight or mails. If the | trip was made twice a week in each direction, all theifirst-class mail matter of England could be carried by airship. As to running costs, a capital of £2.500,000 would be required. - This | Would provide three ships costing £500,- | 000 each, two airship sheds, {wo_Inoor- ing towers, land, offices, working cap- ital and the usual accessories. The to- tal running costs for each crossing are . |and freight £575 per ton. “Commercial Airshipe.” and be goes into 10 TIERt, BT PEL ton. ity wo [} RIGA IS APPREHENSIVE OF BOLSHEVIK UPRISING Russian Soviet Forces Mass Great Numbers Along Baltic States. By the Associated Press. DANZIG, December 30.—Unsettled conditions in Riga are reported in dispatches from that city, which say there are grave apprehensions of locgl Bolshevist uprisings, encouraged L. the massing of Russian soviet forces in great numbers along the bound- aries of the Haitic states. It is rumored in many quarters, the dis- | pagsengar car. patches assert, that defcctions among | Washington and 014 Dol N | was the only street rail the Letvian troops and a change the government would not cause sur- prise. Most of the French officials and civilians, especiaily the women, have left Riga, many going to Kovno, Lithuania. Bitter criticism is being dirccted against Minister-Fresident Uliman of Letvia, much of which un- doubtedly has been inspired by Rus- sian communists, whose efforts to earry on propaganda work in Letvia have been vigorously opposed by the Ullman government. The unsettied conditions in Esthonia also have been aggravated by the ose upproach of the Russian bolshe- ts to the border. One clash already has occurred between the Russian nd Lo‘vian troops. The American commissioner to the Baitic states, Capt an E Young: 1he military attache, Col. Hollyday, and Consul John F. Haurley still are in Riga, as also are Col. ward W. Ryan, American Red Cross commis- sfoner to the Baltic states, and the Red Cross staff. STRINGED MUSIC CONCERT. A concert of stringed music ‘was miven by the Peoples School of Music for the benefit of the Russian Medical Aid So T yle, Friday ni neluded S A. D ompanist for the evening was Hiss Elvira Katzman, ¢ f.|lous of b egtihated at £2,250. The life of an air- #Mip is taken as four years and its break-up value as £€10,000. Allowing for a 10 per cent dividend on capital and an average of 8 per cent mamimum load to be carried on each trip, Mr.| Pratt comes to the conclusion, after considering insurance, repairs, wages is one of land overhead charges, that the per passenger would be £77 each Mails would cents) per ounce. All Comforts and Convenfences. It is generally admitted that airships will be used on these transatlanti services, and as the fares nnot be considered excessive, especially as the | crmm would take less than If the time en by steamer. we may confi- dently hope to see these services run- ning in the near future. The airship to be used in these services would be provided with all comforts and con- veniences and passengers would not be confingd to one seat throughout the Journey. “Commercial Airships” also contains interesting accounts of the early air- ships, the new mooring out methods, the long trips of the Zeppelin which | flew from Bulgaria to Central Afri, during the war, and the flight of lh:| R-34 and the R-33. Gen. Maitland's 05 of the Atlantic crossing is added as an appendix, and Sir Trevor Da son, who read a paper on airships at the recent air conference, contributes an_excellent introduction. The book s well illustrated and is an authari- tative work—the first authoritative work—on a most important -branch | lof commercial aviation. U. S. ELECTRIC RAILWAYS BUY 3,598 CARS IN YEAR Only One Street Car Bought by | D. C, Says Railway Journal. Rolling stock ordered during 1920 by the electric railway companiessof the United States totaled 3,598 cars, which is 1,151 more than were ordered last vear, according to the Electric Railway Journal. ther ihe Washington Railway and Electric Company nor the Capi- tal Traction Company ordered any mew cars during the y ington and Old Dominfon railwa being the only electric carrier op’-/ erating in the District to purchase | new rolling stock. It purchased o At the samu District to extend its tracl of one mile. The miles of its trackage and the Wash- v rebuilt 160 miles, Washington and Old Dominion re- built one mile. Many companics, according to the | journal, are claimil to oper: they are tain. Slectric Company and D in use in the District. 1,343 STILLS WRECKED. Out 16,166,000 Gallons of Beer. 000 gallons o 1s|lfl4uu gal to figur tained in nu; Plerce, head of the Alabawa force, r. the Wash- | age, in its | case the extemsion being one-tenth | 3 pital Traction | Company during the year rebuilt 1.74 | ingson Railway and Electric Com- | v while the | ) ) 52 e =57 78 adopting the one-man | equipment on electric ex- right street railway companies | ating in the District of Colum- | its | ies, own 413.30 miles in the on which 1,124 passenger cars te. There are 263 trailer cars Alabama Dry Officers Also Poured BIRMINGHAM, Ala., January 1.— Prohibition enforcement officers oper- ating_ in Alabama during 1920 'de- s valued at al report of N. Ln DAY STAR, JANUARY 2, 1921—PART 1. £ T (AT i w LIUS LANSBURGH [T il T [ UJJIWHM | T I s | t | 1 | f T HIHHWHWI[I]]I[HHHTTIH [HIMIIIOT mlH]Il]l]]]l mummuunfluuflfilmnnumnm T T lLUHIHfilTIJF | I 4 No Extra Charge for Credit Yours for the Asking DRESSERS $3800 Golden Oak French Plate Mirror. $60.00 Louis XVI Old Dresser. Reduced to $35.00 Old Ivory Dres duced to $120.00 Dresser. Dresser, Reduced to Colonial Reduced to... /CHIFFORETTES 50 Old Ivory Chifforette. duced to .... 00 American \\ Inut forette. Reduced tg. $63.00 Bird's-cye fonier. Reduced to. §70.00 American \\ fonier. Reduced to.. £7000 Louis XVI Old l\ory $6 Chifiorette. Reduced to...,..... /DRESSI‘\' Three-win Maho, dn\ L d = Dicecng Teble Hesiced tor $39.75 §90.00 Large Colonial Thn(‘- wing Mahogany Dres Reduced to .. $105.00 Louis VL ) Three-wing Dressing Table. R e $S() 75 duced to $6000 - Golden Oak Three-wing Dressing Table. Reduced to $42.50 IRON BEDS $2400 White Enamel Full Size ¢ 15 & Bed: 4-in. square posts. Reduced to $13‘23 $1400 Continuous-post. Full Size & e e e 0 59.90 $4250 Heavy White Enamel, Full Size Continuous Post Bed. Re- $7/ 50 duced 0 ..-%.iiviciieicaiiiiiien. $4500 Heavy Post Brass Bed, 3 ft,, 3 in. size. Reduced to...... $29- rMATTRESSES §28.00 Combination Cudahy & Co. Mattre: Full Size Hair duced to .... $18.00 All-cotton Full 'w tress. Reduced to - $15.50 e $12.50 KGO -CART $4850 All-Reed Go-Cart, Hood. Reduced to..:...... $81.50 Reed Carriage, uphol ed in Corduroy. Reduced to..... stered in duced to ........ $70.00 Blue and White upholstered in C duced €0 .izivia oot iiiiatas ODD SETTEES $47.50 Fumed Oak Settee, up- holstered ~in Brown ams}? $3S.OO Leather. Reduced to $40.00 Fumed Oak Settee, up- e A A s Py anish $27 75 holstered in Brown Leather. Reduced to $42.00 Mahogany Settee, nphuL stered in Tapestry. Reduced to. $31.50 £30.00 Early English Scttee, up- holstered in Brown Spanish $18 50 Leather. Reduced to.. $36.75 Fumed Oak Sett WASHING MACHINESfi $79.50 Solar Electric Washing Machine; metal body. Reduced $54 50 to .. Elcetric Washing $125.00 thd Reduced $85 50 Machine, with Wringer. $140.00 Cruiser Vacuum Electric to Washing Machine, with Wringer. $3550 Queen . Water | Motor Washing Machine. Reduced to... $25.50 Reduced to Bonbon Plate and = Holder Special, FURNWURE co- . NINTH t A Dominating January Clearance Sale of Furniture and Rugs From Inventory—Savings of 10% to 40% L TTEAAN Another Big Clearance Ad— Jin-good quality velour; January Clearance of Rugs §75.00 Mottled Velvet Rugs, size 9x12, reduced to. . . $49 50 ze 9x12, reduced to $42.50 e 9x12, reduced to..... $49.75 $54.75 Tapestry Brussels Rug Axminster Rugs, s A Bedroom Suite of Distinction ADAM PERIOD BEDROOM SUITE in Ol Ivory. Dresser, Three-wing Dressing Table, Chifforette” and Wood Bed. We've marked it at a very special price for Monday at ANOTHER AMERICAN WALNUT BEDROOM SUITE from the Queen Anne Period, ¢ Bow-end Bed and Ch Sale from $542.30 to ALSO., A MAG Walnut, comprising four rette, Bow-end Bed and Vanity Table. the January Clearance Sale } of American ghtly pieces—Large Dresser. Chiffo- Reduced from $700.00 in This suite comprises prises Large Dresser, Vanity Table, Reduced in t anuary Clearance 425.75 $542.00 This Dining Room Suite of Walnut —is unusually attractivi tension Table and Inclosed Server. A Suite that splen- didly upholds the traditions of Queen Anne Peuod de- signing. A fine Suite.at a very ':puml price ANOTHER QUEEN ANNE DINING ROOM SUITE, in Ameri- can Walnut, consisting of Large Buffet, China Closet, Enclosed Server and large Extension Table. January Clearance price...... A 0.00 GOLDEN QUARTERED OAK DINING ROOM SUITE froms the Queen Anne Period, including Large Buffet, with Mirror; China Closet, Extension Table and Enclosed Serving Table; Crotched Walnut Panels on Bufict and Serving Table. - A January Clearance price i - A Mahogany Living Room Suite W and Fireside Chair have cane backs and ends, upholstered Fireside Chair has valance. An important value at the special price of................. ANOTHER $135.00 THREE-PIECE LIVING ROOM SUITE, has' Wingback. It consists of Settee, Armchair and Arm Rocker, up- holstered in Brown Muleskin. January Clearance price o : $155.50 AND A $20600 DAVENPORT SUITE, consisting of Large Davenport, Armchair and Arm_ Rocker, upholstered in Brown Muleskin. January Clearance price now. HAVE IT CHARGED IF You WISK ILWS ILANISBWRG FURNITURE co. NINTH STRE with its finély designed Buffet, China Closet, Ex- - #2982 $369.50 $375.50 ¢ sketched this attractive Suite; the large, roomy Settee, Armchair 51672 o - @ o . Y P in Today’s Post fL'ACE CURTAIN $5.50 M isette Lace C ins, vt Valaner, Betuerd o potr.ce 3300 13.. N¢ N+ ins. = d-iedsfiot?;:?) Net Curtains. Re $7.75 22.50 P - e .o.°;25rf‘.'.‘.‘.’..°.‘ff‘f‘.‘ff.. " $16.75 Sy SR A S $9.50 Marie Antoinette Curtains. $() 75 -$11.50 Reduced to, pair $1500 Brussels Reduced to, pair fEXTENSlON TABLES $30.00 Golden Oak Pedestal Base Extension Table. Reduced to.. $22 50 $85.00 48-inch Queen Anne Mahogany Ex- tension Table, leaf decoration on $62 50 legs. Reduced to ...cconueennn... $76.00 54-inch Fumed Oak Pedestal Base Reduced Extension Table. $125.00 Hez\y Colonial Slmch \hhogany Reinforced Extension Table. duced to .Re $69 75 [ SETERE SN /BUFFET $200.00 Queen Anne Mahogany Buffet, wlth Mirror; Crotched panels on $l4 door. Reduced to $95.00 William and Mary ]a:obexn Oak Buf- Mirror. fet, with Reduced o ... $72. 50 $55.00 Golden Oak Buffet, with $4 Mirror. Reduc®d to.............. CHINA CLOSETS $5200 Jacobean Oak China Closet. Reduced to........ 7 $41.50 $100.00 Mahogany Three-wing Colonial China_ Closet. Reduced $69 50 .00_Willi d M: Wi l— n\igoChma lCl’:s‘:l.”;!educ‘e?to & $52-50 $11500 Mahogany Inlaid China Closet. Reduced to... $6250 BREAKFAST TABLE $18.00 Old Ivory Breakfast Table. $12 75 Reduced to ..... £z~ s $50.00 Jacobean Quartercd Oak Breakfast Table. Reduced to.. $36-50 RS;:S:EL r:gogzny Breakfast Tahle. $27.75 0.00 Mah Breakfast Table. g L $4500 Walnut Breakfast Table. Reduced to .$3,-SO LADIES’ DESKS $19.50 Mahogany udles Desk, $15 25 Reduced to ............ Rfiiggdl::higany Ladies’ Desk, $18.50 $65.00 Mahogany Ladles Desk, $49 75 Reduced tO +..cecvernacanonaceneen $56.50 Mahogany- Ladies’ Desk, $45 50 Reduced t0 ..ereessccennnsinnsanns rWlNDSOR CHAIRS $15.00 Barnstable Windsor Chau'. $12 25 Reduced 0 -....ssnsnsses L 0id C d Wind: Clfi?r‘.’o Reduced ?3‘?.‘. e $16 73 ‘Wind Ch: th fret- tefi-g‘ik.v"l‘les::ced at:: 5 i $17 25 Rfifgdl:l‘:l:.s“t ‘Windsor Chaxr‘ $17.50 LAMPS $2900 All-Metal Electric Lamp. $7) 5() Reduced t0 e..encennzcesnnseeses $3200 Art Lamp with shade. $26-50 Reduced to ........ $45.00 All-Metal Lamp. Redu:ed $36‘m l0$15.00 Boudoir Lamp. Reduced $l 1.50 to ..... terecesesseasnssanssnatans [ ble Lamp, Silk B s e it Lamp, th o e . 1 $11.75 Salt and Art Glass, ' metal tops. Special, pair Pepper [ mn = L A AT M I i N e -~ -