The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 3, 1924, Page 15

. verything Mapped Beforehand i 6, 0. P, MEET IS CUT AND DRIED Out WiLL PICK GELLATLY| Attempt on Foot to “Get” Senator Groff POWER PLANK Is ONLY UNCERTAINTY dors Meanwhile ide is th ip of Guy ¢ man and T known for some time as “the govern or of Eas Washington.” The Groff-Herman-Aston to hold Spokane in line for Kell has fa ws to latest re , thru the insurrection, | likely #© lose his chance to §0 East as delegate to the national cop vention, while Frank M. Goodwin is kely to go in his stead. REFUSE PAUL A MANDAMUS Declare Action n Against Fer- guson not Regular Mandamus proceedings to compel! County Auditor D. EB. Ferguson to/ audit the payroll for the South dis trict must be faken by men affected, not by the prosecuting attorney's of-| fice, Prosecutor Malcolm Douglas tn- formed County Commissioner Frank Paul, Thursday. ‘The opinion was given Paul after | Paul had appealed to Douglas to start court action to compel Fergu-| son to audit the payroll for the/ South district and approve the issu: ance of warrants totaling $649 owing employes of the district. | Paul claimed thet Ferguson refused | audit the accounts because Paul ind been active in urging a probe of @ toll system alleged to exist in| the auditor's office. Ferguson claims he refused to ap-| prove the payroll becaune two of the| employes had worked on a highway | that is not an arterial highway and| therefore the employes could not be paid from the fund on which the| warrants are to be drawn. Deputy Prosecutor Arthur Schramm, who handled the case, said | that the prosecutor’s office cannot represent Paul in the matter, but must represent Ferguson should the employes, who have $22.50 owing them, bring mandamus proceedings | against Ferguson at their own ex- pense. | | SENATE TESTING COOLIDGE MAN © New Attorney General’s Law Firm Under Spotlight | JAM J. LOSH | ‘orrespondent) — | ‘ON, April 3.—With eyes sharpened to pin points a esult of the scandals investigations, the senate tod jong look at H New attorney general. Stone’s nomina the years connected with the law firm of Canfield, Satterlee & Stone, Satter- Jee being the-son-in-law of the late J. P. Morgan. That. circumstance wan enough ‘to cause ral pro gressive senators to-say today that a careful inquiry into Stone's quall fications and connections would be made. The judiciary committee has the ination. It will be taken up in y or two and requests may be Htheoming that Stone be called be fore’ the Gomifiltice leaders wy resi n to take a ske Stone, the | Administration such step. tain to be fore congress gram recely hy the s a tele-| morning | ttle Chamber of Com. Merce from itt Washington repr Thursday ( PLANS PLANS DRAWN TO SUIT YOU, $10 UP Do You Know? That We DESIGN FINANCE APARTMENTS BUILD BUSINESS BUILDINGS OUR 1924 EDITION NEW PLAN BOOK—“Homes of Individuality”—$1.00, Sent Anywhere GARDNER J.GWINN, Inc. 1703-4-5 Hoge Bldg. EL iot-6359 HOMES $842.14 buys all the lumber, doors, windows, frames, shingles, lath, finish hardware and outside paint for this 14 home, called our MINNETONKA design MoreStrengthforY our Money Do you know that all Stetson & Post 2-inch framing lumber is made thicker than the standard size? More strength for your money! A standard 2x¢6-ft. Our size 2x4-8-ft. 74% CUBIC INCHES MORE AT NO ADDITIONAL COST A standard 2x8-14-ft. contains 2,047 cubie Inches. 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This show the esigner and the Permits and Sales Show Seattle Realty Gaining Experts Declare Values Are to In-|? crease Following month that set a new high record for March in the issuance of building permits, esti- mates mado today of the activities in Seattle real estate and construc- tion work indicate a year of un- usual growth in Seattle real estate values, With permits for the first three months of the year totaling nearly $8,000,000, and with approxtmately $6,000,000 an tho estimated value of property sales; a grand total of $13,- 000,000 has already been invested or | s planned in local realty. While some sales of high-priced downtown properties, such as that of the Lowman building at First ave. and Charry st. have figured in recent sales, an unusual demand in small resiilential properties and building sites has been the out standing feature of the early months of the year. An interesting illustration of the growth of land values is afforded in the appraisal of four lots at the northwest corner of Fourth ave It ts more than six years since Peace was declared. In these six years how much havo you paid out in Rent? At $50.00 a month this would be more than $3,600 worth of Waste Paper. Six years from today will you autographs? If anything should happen to you tomorrow will vo a roof over them? your family h Under my plan you can apply towards your home and it will be almost paid for in six years. Own a lot And you can own y Edward L. Merritt Architect and Builder of “Homes That Stand the Test” 660 Empire Bldg. Seattle. CONCRETE For Permanence Rapidly jand Pine st:, now ‘occupied by the |MecDermott tullding, These lots have Increased in value 283 times in the course of 40 years. Records show that in the years 1881 and 1883 the lots were sold by A. A. Denny individually to 8. E Davison, the First Baptist church and Mickelson & Peterson. One of at $500 cach, and the fourth was sold for $400, making a grand total of $2,400, In 1916 these same four lots were Id for $403,031, having increased in value 168 times. years later, they have been ap- praised at $680,000, buildings, a gain of more than 60 per cent. Appraisers declared that their value would increase in the next nine years at a greater rate than they gained in the nine years just past. This belief 1s based on the activity in Seattle realty that has already started, coupled with the inquiries that are pouring in from all over the country as the result still be collecting your rent money our Home! MA in-3243 Offers Art Tablet for New Structure Beginning in 1925, the Seattle Fine Arts society will award an an- nual tablet of art and honor to the owner of the most attractive struc- |ture erected in the clty during that ear. Architects designing the building will be awarded a certifi. |cate of recognition. Announcement wag made Thursday by Irene Davis, society secretary Want Industries for Penitentiary Permanent organization of a com- |mittee to develop a new industrial program for the state penitentiary |was effected Wednesday night at a the lots brought $1,000, two went | | A Home or Rent Receipts Have you noticed how fast the years go by? meeting at the Rainier club, under the chairmanship of James Nell, mayor of Walla Wala. Individual development will be the keynote of the program, and it will be arranged so as not to compete with private Today, nine |{ndustries of the state, David Whitcomb, president of the exclusive of |Chamber of Commerce, and William M. Short, president of the State Federation .of Labor, are working with the committee. of railroad and Chamber of Com. merce national advertising. All Seattle property, experts de- clare, should share in the same in- crease in value, varying only as to location with respect to the areas of construction activity. 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