Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1928, Page 4

- % NEW STAR MODEL HOME OPENS TODAY Public Invited to Shepherd Park House. Second of Four in Exhibit. The made! spon: home demonstration being s year by The Star will “nter its se major phase this morn- A'g at 10 o'clock when the exhibition dvelling erected at the corner of Morn- ingside drive street, in Shepherd Park opened for & month ] co h the four sponsored A< A means of demon- of home ownership ir construc- ompie rr 1 details davs and has been 1as been "Rock Cree Visitors Invited Visitors are house toda: t0 9 pm. and ng out Sixteenth Alaska avenus. to Morning- hen left on the drive ouse has an interesting color vy walls of gray and the light stucco portions al d the garage have | T &% a single unit reached by a gravel v leading in from Juniper stre &t the side of the house. There is a €oor into the living room from the drivewey which will prove most con- venient in rainy weather A winding flagstone walk leads from the corne e front lawn to the main entranc situated at the junc- | 3 f the front and main winge of the Stepping through the entrance. itor will find the house of the center-hall type. There is a large living room to the jeft, with an ndvoln.nz sun room having 14 windows. from which there is a view of Rock Creek Park. A fireplace of special’ design is a feature | of the living room. Stairs Are Broad. A the right front of the house is the dining room. with exposures on three sides. and back of this is the pantry and breakfast room and at the rear the kitchen 1 Broad stairs lead from the center hall to the second floor, where the unusual | arrangement and treatment of the ! rooms will attract attention. A narrow hall. giving a feeling of exclusiveness Jeads from a landing on the stairway | to the rear portion of the house. over the garage. where will be found a large | trophy room. or den, or library. This | s a distinguishing feature of the The high vaulted. slanting ceil- | ing has exposed timbers running from | the walls to the ridge and the walls are finished in a rough texture plaster. The second-floor main hall, which is unusually large, has a window seat un- der an attractive leaded glass window at the front of the house. There are three bedrooms on the second floor. The r of the house, mm assure light afd air aplenty: The two other bed- rooms on b:ms floor are connected by a ith. the latter drivew et | On the third foor is a large playroom, 8 servant’s Toom and a huge cedar closet for milady’s finery. ‘The basement, which is nicely fin- lshed. contains & laundry. heating plant, storage closet, servant’s toilet and other fittings. b MULES IEED TO COfiQUER SAND IN TEXAS OIL AREA Draft Animals Pull Trucks of Ma- | terials in Semi-Arid | Country. SAN ANGELO. Tex. (#.—Sand in the | semi-arid oil fields of west Texas is as much an impediment to motor vehicles | &: wWud in regions enjoying. more | rainfall The oil industry relying much on | motor tation, herd-surfaced roads mre buflt extensively. Mules in- stead of trucks now haul most of the #teel casings and other heavy equipment from the railroads to the well sites Ususlly six mules are hitched to a wegon and their feet sink ankle deep as they tug their heavy loads along the #oft sand tratis Hard-surfaced highways are recog- nized as the only hope for modernizing | transportation but their building takes Him Meanwhile the horse and mule are pressed into service HITS FURNITURE RATES. Wisconsin Governor Aske Suspen- sion of New Freight Tariffs MADISON. W August 18 (P) A réguest that he endeavor to have the Interstate Cemmerce Commission sus- pend rates on furniture, which are to become effeclive August 22, was made nday in a telegram ¢ er James Watson, Indiana, ¢ 'man of the Svrr 8t interstzte commerce committee, by Gov. Fred R Zimmermar The governor made f of the Wisconsin Furniture Manu- fation , Similar protests | retes are being made. | Niinols, Iowa and | he request in be- It is not necessary to have had an Ac- count at this Bank to Borrow, Monthty | «posit | vor 13 | “ontis | $10.66 | $15.0¢ | $20.00 $25.90 $30.00 $45.00 | £1,200 $100.64 Ls»,,orm $200.00 | | | Dncer Suparvieion U. 5. Treasury 1408 A STREET, N. W. | camping THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. T, AUGUST 19, 1928—PART SECOND STAR MODEL HOME IS OPEN TO PUBLIC English stone and stucco house, at the corner of Morningside drive and Juniper street, be opened to the public for a month of inspection this morningat 10 o'clock hoets of w 140 TONS OF SUPPLIES SENT e SOUTHWARD FOR BYRD PARTY & -5 i 5, e Rgabe of CIRInE 1. sad Guiire corned beef. | Most of these stores are for use at tons: corned |the base camp on the Ross Sea. and corned spare- | were shipped direct to Dunedin. New tinned | Zealand, the last point in civilization BY JOHN J. COOLEY. utter, 2 tons; ezgs, 500 cases: pow- {0 be touched by the expedition. Ascocinted Press Science Ediior dered ‘milk. 1 ton; condensed, evapo- | (Copyrisht. 1928.) NEW YORK. August 13.—The man ated and malted milk, 150 e b who finds it herd to figure out the A kit 8 3w supplies to be taken on a two-week |mArmalade, I ton: floir. 15 to EDITOR BURNED IN CAR. trip ought to meet Sydney I ;h ![ t , Greason. He'd get no sympathy but i D& RN et ormea i ik | pounds; <hay A P. Man Was on Way to Check Mr. Greason. who hails from Atlanta. | ggs0 cakes Story of Bursting Dam. is the chief steward of the Byrd Ant- |1 i 3 e arctic expedition. end his job was to h CHARLOTTE. N. C.. August 18 () corral enough provisions to take care of James A. Best, an Associated Press editor here, was painfully but not seri- ously burned on the right side toda when his automobile was destroyed by tion consumption per man. - multiplied | mato sauce, 1500 pounds each candy fire at Forest City, N. C that by the number of days the party 215 e’ Amerin i 1 en route to Lake Lure, where Ham, 2 tons: bacon. 3 tons; beef, 5'on Mr. Greason's list: One ton of he British co-operative movemont tons; pork, 2 tons: lamb. 1 ton: chicken. cooking utensils, 1 kitchen rangs, 60,000 | has nearly 6.000,000 membe Shepherd Park, which will tafl Photo, This is the sixth of iee of siories on iorthcoming ex- one of exploration into the Ant- 1 ton; turkey, 600 pounds tons; salt’ pork. 1'; corned tongue k sausage. 2 tons each: oo arctic there arc | having 2 tal- 1.000 cans: hand soap. | o cream, 150 cans: 60 | packages of biades: | coffee. 274 tons: tea cocoa, 600 pounds: dry some 60 hungry men for & masimum codfich, 600 pounds: brown bread, 45 0 vas O - might be gone. and then found he had | potnas " dehyiimien it cag vepern, | ® dam was reported in danger of burst period of two vears and a half. 80 he | casec: assorted pickles, 1200 gellons sat down and estimated the daily ra-|yippered herring and herring and to- quite a shopping list. It reads like |ples, 4 tons, and dried fruit. 5 tons ing. this | And hers are some of the sundries & erchants- Most intimately interested. per- haps, of all readers of advertsing are the Merchants of the city. They not only produce much of the advertising which all of ues read. but they depend on it for much of the success and growth of their businesses. Naturally, then, the Merchant is one of the first to scan the adver- tisements STAR early every afternoon, for there, alnn( W'l'h 'he me!!.gc his own concern has prepared, are the advertise- ments of his competitors as well! And since much of the strategy of business today hinges on the activities of competing concerns, it in readily seen why The STAR— leading advertising medium that it ia—is eagerly read by every alert and progressive Merchant—every leisurely, more thorou needs and those of his home. Speaking of his own ne are, of course, interestin the merits o motor cars ; tempting inv tions on ; i in The convincing treatises on t gasoline or motor oil; And, being a knows that he will m if he reguhrly reads The of parti interest the advertisaments of local Stores, Habérdasheries, Hardware Sporting Goods Stores, Investm Houses, Automohile Dealers L Painters, Construction Cane. otc. Also the advertising of Deli Trucks, Business Equipment, Cigars, Arettes, Theaters, Vacation Resorts Travel Faciliti to Merchants try this or that brand of * |14 HELD IN ASHEVILLE | DRUG RING PROBE | Physician Man Among Those Arrested by Fed- eral Agents and Sheriff. and Business By the Associated Press ASHEVILL) N. C., August 18.—Dr G. D. Gardner, well known Asheville physician Walke Smith, prominent Hendersoffville business man, and 12 | Asheville people were held today on charges of violating the Harrison nar- cotic act, as the result of a drug ring | investigation carried on by Federal nar- cotic agents and the Buncombe County | sheriff’s department. Mrs. G. D. Gard- ner, wife of the physiclan. was de- | tained pending a further investigation. Dr, Gardner and Mr. Smith were ny»‘ rested today after their movements had been followed around Asheville and &Vr:l Asheville for more than twe! re. The 12 others were brought in | in A general round-up made lhmunhw' | the eity last night. Drugs value: 8500 and $700 were taken from ln' dozen SAILING SHIP. BUFFETED | BY STORM, UNREPORTED Fears Felt for Safety Believed Passing Through Florida Hurricane Area. By (he Associnted Press. | PORTLAND. Me for the safety of the Portland five- | masted ‘schooner Edward B. Winslow was felt here today when the schooner Cora F. ey came into port with her mainsail gone. The Winslow sailed from .Jacksonville, Fla.. for this port on August 2 with a cargo of lumber According to Capt. John the Cressey. which sailed from Hamp- ton Roads on August 4. the Winslow had no favoring winds from the time she sailed until the hfirricane hit the Florida east coast. The Winslow must have been in the hurricane area, Capt. | Brown believed. Since she sailed from Jacksonville the Winslow has been unreported. | U.S. S. CHILDS SAILS. | NEW BEDFORD. Mass.. ) —~Comdr, of Schooner August 18.—Fear August 18 Lassing at the Boston avy Yard this morning announced re- ceipt of a radiogrdm from the U. §. S Childs. which went ashore yesterday | on a ledge off Pasque Island. Vineyard Sound, saying that the destroyer was on her way to Boston, and would re- quire some repairs. No further details were given. i The Childs was flagship of the de- | strover fleet engaged in mimic warfare in Vineyard Sound. She was floated late last night At home, in the evening. he again reads the advertising, more EH_\' and with more thought for his personal amily and eds, there ¢ elucida- { various itations to smokes''; he superi- ority of this or that kind of tires, sound 10|fic about modern home conveniences ; alluring descriptions of plac to forget all business worries—and scores of other advertisementa that are of interest to any man! Merchant, he to go s no 1m- portant advertisement of any kind STAR. are Clothing and ent Printers, erns, very Cig- and Brown of | ROUNTREE'S TRUNK and LUGGAGE STORE Going Out of Business SALE Lowest Prices to Move Stock Quickly! SAVINGS— 25% to 50 BUY NOW Lease and Fixtures for Sale SN 15% to 33%:% DISCOUNT AUGUST FURNITURE I R Entire Stocks Good Furniture at 15% to 33%9% Off and on Convenient Credit Terms The WR[[GHT Co. 905-907 7th St