The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 2, 1921, Page 22

Loan sharks, scores of them » What infest certain downtown of fice buildings—salary and mort Face loan sharks and every other Ketting ready for their we. annual cleanup, i holiday season, Deeds ready cash img and that, ix the eean shark fattens. le Feaves behind him always, after he holidays, a trail of hopeless, im “poverished victims “DON'T BORROW MONEY FROM THE LOAN SHARK” This is the emphatic and timely Warning of Prosecuting Attorney Muleotm Dougias ‘The widow, the man out of work. ‘the low salaried man or woman who feels he MUST have a little money to tide her over, the family visited BY sickness or death that needs Money for doctor’s or undertakers’ Pervice—these are the loan shark's ‘Vietims. ‘The shark usually sets his trap in & Suite of two or more office rooms he of which is fitted out to resem Bie a small bank You think you MUST have money A friend, sonletimes, who, under over, is a hireling of the shark, Pirects you to his office. ENTER AND ATE YOUR W: You enter and state your wants. you have property «to mortgage. Will loam you cash on that, If : Rot, he will advance you money on |) your salary, taking your personal when every for this season when Tt is very easy to get money from ) Foan shark. TELLS YoU THAT atch Loan Sharks at Christmas Time there are but two ways to get out yne is to pay them all that they do mand, PELL COURT IT IS USURY The other is to refuse to pay, Then f the shark sues you. timost certain to which he do, gurnisheeing your salary or seizing your furniture y whatever it ix that you have mort gaged, you can’ © wffer as your defense you are bein, into court and the claim that | charged usury, In this case, the law says, the shark shall recover only the prin ipal, less the amount of interest ac crutng thereon at the rate contracted | for, and the nant (you) shall re cover thé costs of the lawsuit If interest has been paid, the law saya) the judgment shall be for the | principal less twice the Amount of interest paid and less the amount of all accrued unpaid Interest This, it would seem, would discour- | age the loan shark from tryin io do; business, But it the reason that, in the end tim, find it} count your time for up and avold the r called repeatedly to court before the | suit actually comes to trial The moral ie: “DON'T BORROW MONEY | rROM A LOAN SHARK,” ‘Broadway | Pupils to Give Play, for the vic does not you, s expensive, anything sity of being | if to pay you AND HE NO HURRY ABOUT WING IT BACK. le charges you interest, of course. ‘ is interest ts usually at the rate et 12 per cent. Twelve per cent a is legal interest. Rut 12 per i “gent @ month is not. It is usurious, © Megal. It is 12 per cent a month | that the loan shark charkes _* You borrow, say, $100, giving your Mote to pay him $100, with interest, fn return. At thé end of the month you go to the lair of the shark and pay first month’s interest—$12 You fad intended, when you took “the Joan, to repay the $100, too, at ‘he end of the first month. You find "you cannot do so. You offer him $25, telt him you'll repay the princt ‘at the rate of $25 a month, in ad- nt, you have been vic- Perhaps, after four months, you saved $100 to pay off the princt- you on the note, Each month ¢ signed a new note, the old ‘Being destroyed by the shark in your “presence. If you pay off the $100, @hd interest. in four months, you have returned the shark his money “nd paid him $48 for the use of it More than likely the debt will along for a year. You have paid in that time $144 interest on '@ loan of $100, and you still owe __ the $190 on top of that. "Sharks, in the eyes of the law, are “not criminals. They cannot be pros- “ecuted as such. Once you are in their clutches nn —Elia Drake, 1726 Summit lave., suffered a fractured when struck down by an auto by C. E. Wheeler, 505 Second Ne Sid W., at Seneca st. and Second /@ve. Thursday night. The woman “ she was struck as she crossed nos age and did not hear or see —Kuni Arata, 1631-A King st., was bruised when an @riven by Frank T. Wurzburg Hunt's Point, knocked her down “at 16th ave. and Jackson st. Thurs car motorman slipped ag he ran across the “street at Second ave. and Madison @t. Tharsday night and fell beneath the wheels of an auto driven by @ K. Stewart, of Mercer island, accord fing to police. Two wheels passed ‘over the man’s legs, bruising them. He was otherwise unhurt _ Whree Are Jailed as Auto Thieves ‘Three alleged auto thieves were Jailed Friday on open charges by De tectives W. E. Worsham and J, P. Smith. They are H. E. Dotson, 28 ©. Joselyn, 45, and J. C. Kline, 31 Kline was arrested in Tacoma, the others in Seattle, MOTHER! DO Get Maplewood! BABY KNOWS A PRIZE WINNER Leave it to baby to find a milk that has won so many prizes of national and international importance. .No milk inthe Pacific Northwest is more care fully and constantly inspected than Maplewood. THIS 1S IMPORTANT Your grocer knows, and he can supply you, or call Capitol 0224 + | received a fair price for the bonds,” Miss Ruth Hecht will appear tn the leading roje in a threeact comedy to be presented by Broadway high school students at the high sqpool Friday and Saturilay nights. The scene is laid in England, and the players will wear costumes of the year 1805. As “Marjolaine,* Miss Hecht wilt be supported by Bert Burnett, lead ing man, and Winfield Herman, car. rying the leading character role. All three acts are carried by one scene. . Burglars Active “ . During the Night Many burglaries were reported to the police Friday. W. J. Lawson, 911 Western ave., jlost two suits of pajamas, a dozen collars and a dozen shirts. | diamond lavailiere was stolen 5. B. Mitchell, 5826 Sixth ave . ond another lavaliiere was taken from the home of Mra A. Chapman, 9305 44th ave. 8. W., in addition to a wedding ring. Raids by poultry thieves netted four chickens from N. Pthier, 4412 \4ard ave. 8., and dozens of chickens jand rabbits from F, J. Harmon, 921 N. 36th gt. A. E. Barrett, 1019 W. lost a sack of grocerics. ‘The Moulton Drug company re ported a window smashed and $1 Garfield st., City Can’t Back Out, Bond Houses Assert That the city cannot back out of ite sale of $2,000,000 worth of Swan Lake extension bonds was asserted Friday by the three Seattle firms who purchased the issue. Mayor Caldwell charged the city lost between $50,000 and $100,000 on the bond deal, which was made by the council at a private sale. Carstens-& Earles, John E. Price & Co. and-R. M. Grant & Co. were the three dealers that took over the issue, They "asserted that other bond houses in the city knew of! the bonds being authorized for the Swan Lake project since last June. “We fully believe that the city they added Theatre Is Accused by Fire Inspector Two warrants, charging violation of the fire hazard laws, were filed in city court Friday against Bert Walton, proprietor of the Notch the- atre, 217 Occidental ave., by Fire In teid. d charges the management of the theatre with closing one fire exit and blocking the other. Reid asks that bail be set at $30 on each count and asks trial to be set for W. B. Vv AN VAL IN, leader of the John Wanamaker expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska, will give an illustrated lecture on “The Tip Top of the Earth” Saturday at 8 p, m. at the ¥. M. STAR MUTT PARADE WINNERS TO APPEAR FOR MOVIE CAMERA Prize winners in The Star's Community Chest Animal pa rade will meet Saturday at noon at the office of the Robertson: Cole Motion Picture Co. at Third ave and Virginia s#t., where movies of the winnera will be taken. The youngsters have been asked by the movie company to come in their prize-winning cos. tumes and to bring their animals, Later in the afternoon the win- ners will be the guests of the company at the Winter Garden $100.00 CASH _|Three-room new modern house, with fine view, lot 40x105, Price $2,100.00. Very easy terms. There’s No Place Like Home “For a man’s house is his castle.” —Sir Edward Coke. SEATTLE’ Real Estate an ro ACREAGE Victory Heights One of Seattle's beautiful suburbs. lopated on the new atate highway VICTORY WAY, one mile north « the city Gimits, just yond. th new Roosevelt high school and th Rreat University of Washington. Offers beautiful view actea for ex clusiyg country homes Acres of rich soll for and garden culture berry, fruit Ideal locations for poultry raising When you consider what an acre tract added to you savin it will pay for a nice country home in a few year WATER, LIGHTS AND TELE PHONE all available Mapa giving the exact location of this beautiful glose-in property prices and terms, furnishéd on ap pication in person, phone of Foeter We will gladly take you by auto at any time to see this rty Appoin ents can be made by phonii the GOODWIN REAL ESTATE CO., Inc (Owners) Main 4357. git Leary Didg 73 FOR SALE—REAL ESTATE: THREE BLUE RIBBON BUYS No, 1—4room Bungalow on lot 120x 127 feet, with a splendid view, close to car line and boulevard, Just outside the city limits. Bunge low practically new. Price only $1,400. $300 down, $15 month. No. 2—3-room shingled Bungalow on lot 90x135 on corner only 3 blocks to car line! garage, about 300 strawberry plants, a little chicken house and run. Price only $1,000. $150 down, $15 month. feet, No. 3—2 rooms, large enough for 3 room Bungalow on halfacre of cleared land, only 3 blocks to car line, 1 block to cement boulevard, Price only $680, $50 down, $10 month, H. M. NELSON 210 Hinckley Bldg. 2nd and Columbia. Phone Elliott 4887 UNIVERSITY $4,450 $500 Down! BUNGALOW home of 5 delightful rooms, built two years ago; condi tion like new; lot 40x103; OAK floors; fireplace; modern built-in features; full cement basement; fur ace and laundry trays. AN OP. PORTUNITY to secure a home in this popular district at a reduced price and on such easy terms. Must be seen to be appreciated. JASPER & McDONALD 309 MADISON 8T. Elliott 6067 Elliott 4085, ANOTHER SNAP Six-room new house, not quite fin theatre, ished, large lot 144x100, on paved street; all improvements in and paid; good view; 10 fruit trees. $4,400.00. Basy terms. Look this up right away, NZ 912 Leary Bidg. Main 4519 = 75 FOR SALE—REAL ESTATE North End Bungalow Snap Onehalf biock to car; walking dis tance to Lincoln high and univer sity; 5 rooma; in perfect condition 40x100 lot in lawn, flowers» and bearing fruit trees; nice reception hall; large living room and dining room; first grade OAK FLOORS: builtin features; 2 nice, light bed large ets and complete FULL cement baser laundry and furnace with just been redecorated thruout, and has new roof; indirect fixtures food grade linoleum and gas heat er included in price; IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. Should sell to the first party who sees it at the pre war price of $3,500; only $600 cash, balance as rent. rooms, ole bath; WARREN REALTY CO, Realtors 207 Eastlake Ave, at “U" Bridge or’ EV G&S CAPITOL 1056. ONLY $250 CASH WILL GIVE YOU IMMEDIATE Pr SEARION oF we ee BEST PUY IVERSITY PRICE REDUCED TO $3,250 Houre is practically new, only 2 rare old. Price is reduced from 4,600 to $3.2 i for sell ing, owner oat of wn Laving extending full width of dandy hardwood — fle Freoch di ting living and dining built-in buffet; bedrooma, lots light Rice lawn and shrub! OWNER GOING TO COLORADO WANTS TO SELL THIS WE 2 SACKIFICE For $3,500 6-ROOM MODERN BUNGALOW T COMPLETELY, FURNIBHED PLAYER VICTROLA EVE RY Mina’ Gors This bungalow has living room ex- tending full width of house: tractive dining fireplace; built-in bu room: ‘genuine inn: pretty curta’ drape wt $850 ra) Vietr tically new. This ix fice, Will give terma. BURROUGHS REALTY CaO Phone North Inquire 1310 N. 5-ROOM BUNGALOW $1,800 Place In good condition; has nice entrance hall and additional den or sewing room; front and rear porches; double constructed; plas tered; lot 650x100; faces south; paved streets acrosn end of block This is clone to school, car lines, stores, in Ballard. $500; $25 a month and interest at 7%. (377) NE BUNGALOW $3,500 5 rooms on first floor, 3 more rooms; full laundry tubs. This house is with attic for cement base. ment in first class condition. Large lot; near paved street and line, $1,000 cash, car 35 per month, KEAN BROS. 5405 Ballard Ave. Sunset 0127 Take Ballard Car HHHHHAHAHHHHMHH H Hu H _— H H H iw $1,800; $300 CASH Hu H H Hu S-room modern cottage. H H H H ——— H u H H $3,500; $500 CASH H iH H W 6-room modern cottage. H H H u aod H H H H $4,200 Hu u H H S-room strictly modern home, H "W H H -- H H - H H o- — — o H H | J. W. BEL ty om Hu o ni _o H uw H H H u 7300 BE. Green Lake Way H H H uw Kenwood 0166, H u H H — H Hu H HHHHHHAHHH HAHAHA ACREAGE THREE GOOD RANCHES 16 acren north of Seattle, A fine location, thickly settled district surrounded by nice ranches, store and school nearby; 11 acre thoroughly cleared, good nice orchard, 2 acres of berries 2-4 hounes and outbuildings. Price 000, near Bothell; level, real productive soll; 16) acres fenced and cross fenced trees all varictien; 2 00d wells, All kinds of tools and farm machinery, including cider press and gream @eparator; 4 cows 2 heifers, horse, 406 chickens, some pigs, 30 ducks; about 30 sacks epuds, old S-room house, barn, good large chicken house, sheds, ete. Price only $5,500. Some terme 18 acres fine bottom land, all cleared in cultivation, good orchard: all kinds of berries, @room house large barn, 2 chicken houses, hog house, wood shed and granary. All manner of tocis and farm machin: 20 acres Ko A red. 175 fruit ery, gasoline wood saw, 2 horses 6 good Holstein cows, 2 heifers, 2 hogy, 200 chickens, lot of hay, feedg) ete. Price $6,000; terms cash, balance $500 a year, 6 per cent interest. My business is selling acreage and farms. If you want one, see me. Herman Schroeder 512-14 White Bldg. 75 FOR SALE—RE. » ESTATE | Wallingford and University Specials modern bungalow. Modern cottage furnished bungalow. furnished cottage modern bungalow $1,400 1,550 -room furnished bungalow .. $250 TO $500 CASH i4 NEW VACANT BUNGALOWS $4,250 to $7,300, on Terms Lots From $550 Up Also North End Acreage SUNDAYS AND EVENINGS STADIUM REALTY CO. 4018 10th Ave. N. EB. (North End “U" Bridge) North 2671 (Mr. Deterling.) “FEED YOURSELF” Be a part of the great outdoors! Plant f feet on your own land prosperity, ppiness THERES A 5-ACRE POULTRY FARM Awaiting you at Alderwood Manor where education is free. —where poultry raising fot ec production and profit is re- duced to an exact science. The Great $25,000,000 DEMONSTRATION FARM | With ite staff of skilled experts, guides you on to success in a money making industry. Nowhere else in all the world doos such an opportunity exist You can buy 5 acres in this wonder- ful Poultry Community on long- time terms. The Puget Mill Com- any will the building. Call and learn full details. —SINCE 1853— PUGET MILL COMPANY Information Bureau 218 PIKE ST.. SEATTLE Phone Elliott 1470 WANT AN OFFER A nice little cottage with two bed. Fooms, 2% years old, breakfast nook, indirect lights, cement base- ment, good plumbing. help you finance . Located West of Woodland Park, Was sold for $2,750, now asking , but want an offer, SOLD Very easy terms, IT MUST BE Henry C. Ewing Company 200 Alaska Bide. Main 7134 waters! 1,600 | 3,000 9 ACREAGE Berry Land IDEAL FOR POULTRY cn J land $90 an acre: easy | terms. Level and all ready | to plow, in a prosperous, fertile valley, where markets are good; fine class of peo ple, and well developed, high ty productive little farms all around; close to paved high way, half-mile from station school and stores close by; 7 miles from city of 10,000; within 3 hours’ drive of Seattle; close to can nery and two large con densers, Ten or twenty acres, Small payment down, balance long time, 6 per cent. Shown by auto twice | a week. Carter, | MacDonald & Miller 208 Columbia St. Ellijott 5870 FOR SALE—REAL ESTATE a | Furnished | Bungalow Five-room bungalow, Madrona at the Northwest corner of East Pine and 28th Avenue; turnace heat; unobstructed view of Lake Washington; $3,300 with $650 cash, A Farm in the City Large corner, 120x140, with eightroom house; about 15 large fruit trees, blackber ries, raspberries and three large holly trees; fine gar den soll; near Bast Union car line. A snap at $3,500, Only $600 cash, balance $35 a month, interest included. Better get this bargain quick, Carter, | MacDonald & Miller 208 Columbia St. Elliott 58 Office Door, Where you can grow vegetables, fruits and berries your own table and plenty to sell? ACKEAGE ‘HOMECROFT” ACRE HOMESITES INSIDE THE CITY * Within level walking distance of three car lines. Why build on a narrow lot when you can have a little city farm at no greater cost? Where you can keep chickens, rabbits and squabs? Others are doing it successfully—why not you? There’s a Model Acre Demonstration Farm at “Home- — croft” worth seeing. It shows what you can do in : spare time evenings and Sundays, BE INDEPENDENT WHEN THE JOB FAILS—SEE “HOMECROFT” TODAY Fine View Tracts on Long-Time Easy Terms, City Water, Fine Big School, Streets, Ete. We Will Help You to Build. —Since 1853—~— Puget Mill Co. West Seattle Office—téth Ave. S. W. and Spokane Alki, Fauntleroy or West Seattle Cars Bring You Right to Our Phone West 0499 at home? $1,150 BUYS A 4ROOM semi-modern, furnished bun- galow; fruit lot 50x110; garage; trees; chicken house and yard. Terms to suit re sponsible party. c. A. DAWSON 8303 Greenwood Ave. Sunset 2718 Residence Sunset 1757 00 CASH AND $25 MONTHLY WILL BUY Exceptionally neat bungalow, on dou able corner, paved street, West Se- attle; Jot is level; rich soil; large chicken house; garage. Good loca tion for small grocery. PRICE ONLY $2,500 This property owned in this office. No commission to pay. $50 CASH AND $20 MONTHLY WILL BUY Neat 4.room HOUSEBOAT, on paved street and car line. Immediate occupancy, PRICE ONLY $660 The man who will inspect this house. boat will no longer pay rent. He will own his home by paying for this with his rent money, 4-room furnished house for rent; has electric range; West Seattle. $30. 5-room cottage, Rainier valley, 4012 Holly st., for rent at $16, WM. F. HOWE 20 New York Block. Main 7235. 'pyenings Mr, Leighton, North 2oo1,(L2 TTT TTT TTTT CHEAP LAND In the Famous Puyallup District for $45 to $90 Per Acre on Easy Terms ‘This is good logged-off land, suited for poultry, fruit and berries, We are subdividing 1,000 acres, so you have a great many tracts trom which to select. Ten acres cost $450—$50 cash and $10 per month. Water near the surface. A large portion of the land is werved by city water. Why not buy cheap, good land in a good district where you can get work; also dispose of all your produce Will show the land any time it is convenient. WEST & WHEELER “Reliability” Elliott 5252 Second and Marion oe ~ CLEARED LAND WE HAVE 400 ACRES OF CLEARED LAND, LEVEL, ON A GOOD ROAD AND WITH EX€ELLENT, FINE SILT LOAM SOIL; WATER ABOUT 24 FEET DEEP. LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OLYMPIA—AND HAS BOTH GRADE AND HIGH SCHOOL CONVENIENCES, TRACTS, AT $150 PER ACRE, CUT IN ON 10 AND 20-ACRE VERY ATTRACTIVE TERMS. COME AND GET STARTED, FIRESIDE REALTY Co, 314317 NEW YORK BLOCK, ELLIOTT 3928 i] 75 FOR SALE—REAL ESTATE| \ 75 $2,000—MAGNOLIA BLUFF “\tT FORECLOSED PROPERTY—A wou |T Kept cottage 4 rooms and bath: |) front porch across entire front of house, all inclosed in glass; large | gereenied-in back porch: concrete | foundation; full basement; con- iT crete walks; good 1-room h rear; also ‘chicken house; trees: lots of berries and shrubs; | beautiful view; lot 40x100; very |'P easy terms, $1,700-—MT. BAKER PARK DIST. 6 rooms; semi-modern; not new, but ra in splendid condition; neat’ and clean; corner lot, 54xi02; 7 fruit | trees. Owner needs cash, and has made this price to get it quick. $1,400--GREEN LAKE parece r FORCED SA A comfortable 5. | Tom cottage and bath? lot Soxh00; all street improvements Sail paving in and paid in full; e T To iibrary “pad” cat. Very easy terms, T $1,000—INTERBAY District |T AWPULLY, CHEAP—A good S-room |'P toilet; sink; hot water tric lights; 6 fruit trees; lots of berries; fine garden soil; Jot 60x110; view. About $200 cash. |"P H. A. SCHROEDER r 443 Central Bidg. v4 . Main 0061. FOR SALE—REAL ESTATE” ot Ne ls Rs i a UA OUT-OF-TOWN PROPERTY OF \T ANY DESCRIPTION SAMUEL TRETHEWEY T 517 New York Bldg., 133+ =. 3334433343 rs