Evening Star Newspaper, August 28, 1926, Page 19

* REAL ESTATE. REALTORS SURVEY THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1926. ! REATL ESTATE. ern Pine and West Coast mills at | per cent, of actual production. For FARMS N FLORDA Desire Complete Knowledge | of Agricultural Develop- ment of State. A survey of farm land development projegts under way in Florida is now being made by Florida real estate hoards under the leadership of the Florida Association of Real Estate Boards. The survey will cover a complete description of land and its ownership, avaflable means of transportation, roads, purposes for which the soil of each individual tract is best adapted, and selling methods being used. It is belleved by the association that these records when completed will be in- valuable in making a general survey of the agricultural development of the State, Attention to the development of the agricultural sections of the State, in the realization of the importance of the hinterland to the e's urban communities and in a further realiza- tion of the importanc: the future of the State that agricultural settle. ment be carried on on a sound basls, has been made a first purpos Florida Real o 10 be take: Kentucky | Real 3 : An effort ivertising and ring into the State who have nsified and be named by the | station ke up the | on with United L in a i o d 1, swamp ki cut-over timbe: ay best be developed. Ay Shest e Large Rail Terminal for La Paz. | ave heen oved for a al for La Paz u E ' report from | | Consul rt E. illin, which | [ will probably begun some time, during the The station is Al building planned. 2 the departmental abamba to issue the end of last week amounted to | 3 feet in excess of production, but|424741,951 feet for 107 mills a week DE! E COMPLETEB LUMBER BUSINESS S it oriess “were $31.000060 | ““Altogether the 152 comparably re- STAR MODEL HOME COMP! Jarger than last year. . | porting softwood mills had shin SAME AS LAST XEAR The unfilled orders of 229 South- | ments 99 per cent, and orders 9% the Southern Pine mills these per Upper, left to right: The house at Thirty-fifth and Massachusetts avenue, Huilt by Hedges & Middleton, and designed by Robert Beresford. A view of the side garden. Lower, left to right: The entrance and the dining room. |/ RADIO BOOSTS MEMPHS. Realtors Give Weekly Talks on De- ! velopment of City. Talks on the progress of Memphis and on flnancing, transportation and agricultural conditions that affect the ports to the National Association of Real Estate Boards. The addresses are given every Friday at 8 o'clock. A serles of 21 talks by authorities has been planne - o Expert economists agree that the United States, with its soil and re- sources, could easily support 400,000, centages were, respectively, 98 and " " ¥ ,778,629 t, as against 656,178,- 499 Major Mills Report Week's| oo rns y oS us n e o vious | 104, nd for the Weut Const ma e N week. The 120 Southern Pine mills | 97 and 90. Conditions Corresponding t0 |} *%e group. showed anfilled orders| . Of the reporting mills, the 324 : of 236.499,802 feet last week, as|with an established normal produc- Those of 1925 Period. against 121 mills® and 231,436,128 | tion for the week of 219,035,092 feet, feet for the week before. For.the | gave: Actual production, 104 per 109 West Coast mills the unfilled or- | cent; shipments. 103 per cent, and According to reports from 499 of | ders were 423,278,827 feet, as against | orders, 100 per cent thereof. the major lumber mills of the coun- e Mamuaccurers Assoctston. ) the volume of business for the week MUTUALLY FROFIT_ABLE | of August 7-14 was almost the same as a year ago. Compared with the Houses on which both the buyer " and seller make a profit preceding week, softwood produc- tion was the same, shipments in- creased slightly and new business fell off about 6 per cent. The 124 reporting hardwood mills reported virtually no change in any factor. For the first 32 weeks of the year the mills of seven softwood asso- clations, having comparable record: B ric k constric- tion. Colonial archi- | Combination Bath and Shower had cumulative orders of 222,000,0! tecture. Seven large lfit}n St. Heights rooms and reception 1303 Geranium St. " hall. Large front Completed last Fall; a semi-de- T . concrete porche<. tached house containing— Lo : 3 . % b Five Large Bedrooms i iron rmhng. [ile 5 bath, built-in Pem- broke tub, showers and pedestal stands. Breakfast Room, Dining Room - Kitchen and Pantry Living Room and Rec. Hall Garage in Rear i s ccently b du.?e‘\;sf]r‘oov:l:(e Sipzecelinhcen ) Plenty of closet $14,959 to $13,500 i space. Floor plugs i x ! in all rooms. Open fireplace. Attrac- —with no_advance in price. With tive lighting fixtures. $6000 cash can be purchased for Storage water heat- §12500. Inspect—then act quickly. ; . ers. Built-in garage. Cleaveland & Son - e Owners—Builders Adams 5260 s = SAMPLE HOUSE 6220 Georgia Avenue N.W. Steadily Georgia Avenue forges ahead. and good reason there is. Tt is in the path of inevitable progress. Values increase where the people go. See Them Sunday Open Daily and Sunday Until 9 P.M. —and now_we ‘have installed Frigidaire Inspect 1722 Upshur Street West of Sixteenth Detached brick dwelling of cight rooms, two tiled baths, hardwood floors throughout spacious kitchen, large light cel- lar with servants’ toilet and il wash trays, thirty-gallon auto- il matic storage heater, open fire- region are broadcast every- week by | 000 people. So it may seem that there the Memphis Realtors’ Association |is really nothing to worry about when from station WMC, the association re- | you see a crowded street. : Floyd E. Davis Company 733 12th St. N.W. Main 352-353 i place, large attic. i . = g Shapiro-Katz Realty Company REALTORS—BUILDERS 1416 K St. N.W. Main 9111 A 0000 7777777227777 222727 Jameson-Built Homes 1800 to 1850 Potomac Ave. S.E. = Over 100 Sold Priced at Less Than $7,000 and Up Easy Terms Here is a home within the reach of any purss. Moderatels briced— yet complete in every detail. 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If you will stop to think that plaster represents 85% of the visible interior of your home, you can readily appreciate that the plastering job can either keep a house new or make it grow old, years before its time. ~How often have you.entered a home which is only a year or two old, to find the walls cracked, soot marks along the cracks, streaked and discolored ceilings! These are almost sure signs of a CHEAP plastering job. The owner or builder saved a trifle by skimping the job, but the results scarcely justify that false economy. . . Y. Ave. N.W. ik L Phone Main 5526 2 T e This Is One of a Group of W. C.«*A.N. MILLER 'CHOOSE Walsbach Water “Heater _ ~ for Star Model Home In the beautiful Wesley Heights. section, at Forty-fourth Place and Hawthorne Street, W. C. and A. N. Miller are now erecting a strikingly handsome Star Model home done in the stately manner of the tradi- tional American Colonial style. Mr. Delos H. 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