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REAL LONG LEASE PLAN MAY BE ADOPTED Twenty one Year Rentals Do Not Always Prove Satisfactory LONGER PERIOD IN FAVOR Leasing Forms' More Highly Standardized in Western Cities The traditional practice of creating twenty one year leasee with a aeries of twenty one year which haa been followed for three quarters of a century, may gilve way to tha lonr lease system. long term leases have Been familiar to the real estate world for many generations. In England they are even more common than In the United States, and the greater part of the valuable business property In London Is held under leasehold grants from the crown and Individual landholders. ItV all of the big cities of the United States leasee for nlnety nlno years, 100 years and even up to 999 years are common. Can Be Blioontlnued.

wuld seem, therefore, that the old practice or creating twenty one year terms with renewals can well be o'sSontlmicd. If the tenant defaults In his covenants he will be dispossessed in any event by the landlord. If he does not do so he will be entitled to his re nawals. so that the result is the same fur both parties. On the other hand, it may be said there will tie some cases where the parties will the old practice.

Twenty one years has become tlio customary yardstick. At the end cjf these periods many leases have special provisions. Often the tenant Is not rii qulrcd to take a further period unless he ko desires. The forms of long term leases in such cities as Cleveland, Chicago and Kansas City seldom provide for any. options as to duration, and are drawn In a greater spirit of fairness for all parties.

The typical long term leases in the city of New YorK are tenancies created ty wealthy estates for whom the actual income dervied is not so important as the control of the property, and the control of the personnel of the tenants, long Term lease. In' the western cities the long term Icase'Js more highly developed and the forms are more standardized. The tenant as a matter of course is given the free right to assign, after the completion of a new 'building, as well as the free right to mortgage, in order to finance new construction, subject, of course, to safeguards contained in the lease. Insurance nolicle are srenerallv ffiiade payable to a trustee for the bene fit of the landlord, the tenant and the mortgagee. The lease Is more valuable to the I tenant, since it is readily transferable ESTATE and the rent realited by the landlord may accordingly be greater.

The landlord looks to his building as his security, and as matter of fact he gains little control through preventing assignment, el nee any holder can transfer the stock dn the customary tenant holding corporation which would be followed by a change of directors, and officer. INFLUENCE OF WOMEN ON BUILDING CONSTRUCTION The Increasing influence of women In public" and political affairs has become a factor in the planning of skyscrapers. Ja report of the building planning service of the National Association of Building Owners and Managers discloses that women must be acoorded as much consideration as that given the sinking of caissons. Building managers have found, according to the report, that if the project is to be successful, it must have the good will of women, who may be either employes or visitors. This consideration is reflected chiefly in plan nlng for adequate and attractive rest rooms which, the report cays, nq longer can be classed as luxuries lq office buildings.

The report covers a variety of "human frailties," Including the habits of meeseneer boys penciling corridors and Jumping down the stairs. The pencil habit has given rise to the term "pencil line" for the height of marble wainscottlng 'in corridors, which Is raised to such level that the pencil line may be easily cleaned from' the walls. Landing places at the turn of stairs, the managers report, have become landing places In fact for messenger boys, whose duties have compelled the installation of specially constructed slabs to withstand the impact of their jumps. Awning fires are being prevented through the dipping of the fabric in a flreprooflng substance, another item shows, while thefts of brass fire hose nozzles has been stopped through the use of cast Iron nozzles. ALUMINUM MINE FOUND UNDER SOUTHERN HOTEL ATLANTA, Dec.

IT. Workmen excavating a wing of the new Biltmore hotel here recently ran into a peculiar stratum of light colored earth. When a blowtorch was turned on the material it fused into a light, metallic mass. At the laboratories of the Georgia School of Technology the earth has been pronounced hlghgrade bauxite the ore from which aluminum is made. The bauxite layer, grown wider and deeper underground.

The fact that the Biltmore hotel ts underlaid by an aluminum mine Is causing the official no concern. "Tile Biltmore hotel will cost approximately $10,000,000 when completed," says manager H. B. Judkins, "and if the mine were a gold mine unless it were an unusually valuable one there would be nothing in it for us. Tn fact, it would have to be a diamond mine to interfere with our RADIO HOME TOWN TAXXS Facts about the city and the statu of Colorado are being broadcasted by radio each Tuesday night at 8 o'clock by the Denver Real Estate exchange.

A (Seroto ndee LVAN30N riesf ri QOB pun I When the place in which you pother lovingly grinning from ear lorj't want to 6poil your Christmas, roine on?" Art and Economy in Home Design Sumbitted by the National Builders' Bureaii, 1. i live is ringing with Christmas spirit the kids wild in happy exctement, to ear and you are sitting back watching the whole thing well, we but ask yourself this question, ''Do I own this house where all this fun la If you. don't, see us. We'll show you bow you can do it by the time Santa Claus comes again. For Further Information Regarding tho Above Plan Write, to the Building Editor of the Scranton Republican.

WASHBURN, WILLIAMS CO. Wholesale and Retail Lumber Dealers Cabinet and Architectural Woodwork 'Manufacturers of Show Cases, Store Fixtures, Sash. Doors, Blinds, Mouldings! Veneered Doors, and Hardwood Interior Finish Yards and Mills, Meridian Street THE SCRANTON REPUBLICAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1U28 AND BUILDING OBSTACLES ARE MET BY PIONEERS OF FORESTS $2,000 Offered for Best Suggestion to Conserve Timber Lumber manufacturers dn all parts of the country are keenly desirous of developing suggestions which' will effect a closer utilization of forest resources. To this end the united lumber' Industry, through its agency, the National Lumber Manufacturers' association, '1b offering a reward of $2,000 in the form of a scries of prizes for the best. moBt constructive and most practical suggestions whlcn, when applied to actual present day manufacturing conditions in the.

industry, will result In salvaging lumber which, for one reason or another, drops out of the picture and la lost somewhere betweei) the woods and the consumer. This series of prizes is offered as an evidonco of good faith. The conversion of our mighty forests into usable lumber is ho child's play. The forces of nature nlust be overcome. Railroads must be run up into the Kills and all of the hazards imposed by hill and vat ley and river and lake must be surmounted by the men who produce our most essential building material.

Ser ious obstacles are met by the pioneers of Our forests. Tremendous difficulties are dm Posed at every step from the time the tree is felled' until it comes out of the sawmill in the form of fln' lulled lumber. Manufacturers themselves have made every effort to reduce the wastes whicH naturally follow in the wake of an effort to utilize a ready made production of nature. They are doing all that they can to utilize fully the logs cut from Our trees. But there is still room for improvement and, in the belief that the employes in the Industry will be will.

ing to co operate with them and give the industry the benefit of their sug gestions, the lumiber, industry of the United Sates is offering the sum indi cates REALTY COURSES AT COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ATLANTIC CITV. N. Dec. 17. Princeton university and Rutgers col lege have received favorably the pro posal that courses be established to train students for the real estate busi ness.

George H. Morse, of Boonton, president of the New Jersey Real Estate league, told 600 delegates to the leagues' convention today. Changes in state laws advocated by the league, he said, will include an educational tost for applicants for real estate licenses, restriction of licenses to citizens, a bond of $1,000 and heavier penalties for fraud. DEEDB BECOSOES. Robert Roberts et ux.

to William Ollendyke et land in Scranton, $4,000. W. S. Badger et ux. to Thomas Brav et land in Scranton, $1.

E. F. Kell to W. C. Roth, land in Scranton, $925.

number of other realty boards through' out the country are adopting the radio metnod of publicity. Building Washington, D.C. plan tYANSON SCRANTON, PA. ENORMOUS ANNUAL WASTE IN LUMBER Insistence of Buyers for Even Lengths Responsible for Losses' PROBLEM IS GIVEN STU0Y Committee Recommends Plan to Effecj Big Saving in Timber Thflre Is an annual waste of 140 900,000 feet of luifibtr in th United Suites each year, feeeause th public's Insistence on buying lumber cut to even lengths. This waste tepre.

Vi averacre anrtURl rowth of over Rcros, ctuvf to One half the area of New Jersey. Discovery of this enormous waste In building of housen, ttttli Its correspondingly hlfcher eosts to the consumer was maile by a special committee of the consulting committee on lumber This committee, representative of manufacturers; retailers and consumers, was composed of B. S. Mailt architect, chairman; William Babbitt, secretary, National Association of Wood Users; fe 8. Curtis, millwork manufoturer; John ni' fnroqt.r.

Pennsylvania, railroad: Frank "Ward, retailer; 1, E. Jones, chief Inspector, Southern Pine 'association, and T. F. tiaist, architectural advisor, National Lumber Manufacturers' association, secretary. Vies Odd tent ths.

Careful analysis was made by th special committee of 410 examples of house plans. This revealed that the consumer, although demanding even lengths, actually saws over fifty per cent, of purchased joists Into odd lengths. The plans upon which this deduction is based are divided into these five groups: (1) Better class homes designed by architects; (i) ready ent houses: 3) builders' designs: (4) plan bAoks atid builders' plan service; and (5) high grnrte architects' plans. 'tVaste due to this cause Is not confined to architects, the committee said, hut builders are equally neglijible in failing to the most out of their timbers. Examination made of plans In the five different groups showed an average of 54.5 per cent, of the Joists used were odd lengths.

In studs the waste due to even lengths is also large, but not as great as in Joists. The committee recommended that manufacturers produce standard studs In lengths of 8 to 11 feet, in addition to the even sises now produced. It was recommended that dimension lumber be produced In following lengths: 2x 9 and 11 feat; 2xS 11 nd 13 feet; 2x1013 and 15 In addition to tho lengths now on the market. Summing uo Its investigation, the committee said: "The practire of only uslne vti lengths which has always prevailed In this country causes not only waste at the buildings, but coresponding waste at the sawmills. "Lumber manufacturers saw logs In IC foot lengths.

If a defoct appear near the end of the 18 foot piece, it is now necessary to saw off full two feet. L'nder the new rule, if adopted, in many cases the loss wil be only one foot. In a similar way short pieces are produced where these may come from the slabs due to the taper of the log. A large prcentage of these short lengths are now burned because no market can be found for the short lengths owing to tho prejudice of the retailer and consumer. "Investigation by the forest products laboratory showed that, based on observation in mills, the waste due to even length manufacture In sawmills and planing mills amounted to 7.29 per cent, of the whole.

Of this a certain per cent, was necessary aste. The unnecessary waste was equal to 1.27 per cent." SHIPMENTS OF LUMBER MATERIALLY DECREASED Production of Mills Also Curtaied Rpports showing the trend of the lumber movement of the country for.the week ended December 1 received by the National Lumber Manufacturers' association from 377 of the larger commercial sawmills of the 'country, as compared with revised reports, Indicate a falling off in production and shipments and a slight lnorease In Production decreased 21,254. S3 feet, shipments 19,084,001 feet, and orders (new business) increased 2,662,953 feet. The 13S reporting mills of the West Coast Lumbermen's association and the 139 reporting mills of the Southern Pine association show an Increase in unfilled orders on hand from 632,000,678 feet of the preceding week to 630.400, osi reet for the week ended December 1. Kor all the mills of the seven, reporting associations shipments were (I per cent, and orders (9 per cent, of production.

For Southern Pine association mills these percentages wars 16 and 96. and for the West Coast mills 100 and 98. Most of the mill have a normal production for the week, ac cording to which actual production ws 1U2 per shipments 2 per and orders 98 per cent. NEW CHURCH FOR GREEK CONGREGATION PLANNED Edifice Will Be Located on Washington Avenu Work is to started within a few days on the foundation for the nets' Hellenic Orthodox Greek church, whldn will be erected on the vacant property directly across from central high school in the (00 block of North Arl ington At present the con gregation Is conducting services In the Itookery building. Morris McHale, architects, Tiava which wilt be 32 by feet In Rise, or brick and Indiana limestone.

The auditorium Is to hav stating aecomo fations for 250 persons. Provision had been made In plana for a basement! room and gallery overlooking the audi torlum. A new high sehoot for the Spring vllle school district Is to be Construct ed in tho Spring from plans prepared oy stoma a McKaie. leeai architects. The building will ba (4 by SO feat tn alse, two stories high above basement and contain six large class rooma and an auditorium.

MUCH ILL HEALTH AMONG W0KRERS IN ENGLAND The value of ouhllr health v.nr tand may be Judged from the follow ing statistics. During the Inst twelve months, per sons with health Insurance lost 19. 600,000 weeks of work. Add those who are not insured, and experts say this total would reach 30,000,060 weeks of work lost to the country through 111 health of the working population. At an average wage of $10 a week, the figures mean (360,000,000 for the year ANOTHER THEATER OPENS ITS DOORS (Continued from page Nineteen) should make overybocjy feel at horn.

Our group pf foreign visitors 13 leaving us. Dues has already terminated what was a singularly brilliant season In Italian, and'the Moscow. Art theater finds such encouragement among our playgoers that their own season has been extended. Our French speaking players of the Grand Guig nol, and plir Swedish movement dancers have each fmlshed their locul engagements, Tlio plays which Appealed most strongly to playgoers the past week included "in the Next Room," which is an Intelligent mystery melodrama by Kleanor Robuon and Harriet Ford, Mies Robson, as all will remember, was one of our favorite actresses until her marriage to August Belmont and her subsequent retirement from the stage. She has aided In the concoction of a highly diverting and exciting story of crooks for the concealment of booty of untold leealth.

The story concerns the mysterious death of at least two people brought In contact with the cabinet, and the narrow escape of the suspleion cast upon all the members of the household and the final capture of a notorious crook, tho master mind of the affair, by the little heroine, aided by her valiant sweetheart. The piny abounds in thrills, and it has been staged with such good taste by Win throp Ames and Guthrie McCUntock, and acted with suoh effectiveness and intelligence by Wright Kramer, Mary Kennedy) Merle Madden and in fact the entire cast, that the Indications are It will remain at the Vanderbllt for. some time. Another first rate melodrama Is "The Lady," acted by Mary Nash, Leonard Willy, Elisabeth Rlsdon, Victor Morley, Austin Palrman, Irby Marshall and a very large and highly Intelligent supporting cast. In fact it Is one of the best casts on Broadway, and Includes a group of real French players who act and speak as French actors act and speak in France.

Miss Nasht however, is the versatile star, the former music hall artiste, who, in a strange and mysterious (manner meets in a 11 tie French pub the son shs was obliged to desert to save in her earlier days. The play takes the form of "cutback" scenes, depicting, In full action, the story the old keeper of the pub is relating. Miss Nash becomes at once a typical music, hall singer, and this Is something that even her closest friends did not suspect. In this role she meets a young rounder, whom she marries he is disinherited and the two, supremely happy, go to Monte Carlo. She tries to meet his social elevation without success.

She is finally deserted by him and once more takes tin her nomadic life as a singer. He docs and father seeks the wife to take possession of the son who has been born to her. She refuses to rive un the child and by a subterfuge. manages to have mm taaen away by a friend. She hears no more of him until now, when he enters her little place in France and listens to her story.

Then the truth comeg out Hera is a play full of sensation, thrills and commanding interest, and It has become one of the popular plays of Broadway. Jane Cowl, encouraged by the Sel wyns and Adolph Klauber, revived Maeterlinck's "Pelleas and Melisande" this week. Hollo Peters acting the youthful and romantic Pelleas and Miss Cowl making a most fascinating and sympathetic Melisaiide. The settings have been designed with great skill and present pictures of beauty aa they unfold. The aotlng of this play, too, is of a high order, although it does not lend Itself to popular production.

It has been presented here aar an opera, and In foreign languages, but this Is the first pretentious production of 4t in English. Whether the revival will make a general appeal to the playgoing public tima only will toll, but the entire theater word will encourage this most Interesting actress In her progress as an exponent of the classics. There are few aspiring players for these roles, and thiB star has all the qualities essential to ultimate success. Leo Ditrlchstoln is due this week with his new play, tho second attempt this season, and at the Plymouth tho American comedy series by J. P.

Mc Evoy called "The Potters," will be displayed, Mary Carroll will enact the rolo of tho effervescent daughtar; Donald Meek ta the unstable "Pa," and Catherine Calhoun Doucet Is AMUSEMENTS (Continued from Pin 7T ivt the usual big and enthusiastic crowd. Tho company is w'e'nal farce entitled Where Issy. it is In two acts onil six scenes and Introduces a very fine nnm I MMtuni. 1. 1 mon principals are particularly good wine nous ti very oiever younf woman, and at much may winning mannerisms and general cleverness win much applause.

The trio of stage beauties Is concluded by Miss Doris Stone, who has the ro' of a girl who always Imagines aha Is in love. i ne various maie roies are also well the role of the Becond comedian and also a great make up. Ed. Davele Is very capable In the straight role of tltA ttntlni. I again.

rwuu: lraig a.f:'J has a part of which considerable Is being made. Specialties are Introduced by Blchev Crang and by Miss Caroline Rose ax Salomay, an Egyptian dancer, who wan received with much applause. It was the verdict of yesterday' audience thui In talent, chorus, scenic effects and areas urn ta on me superior pur leSflUe comnanlea now nlavlnv in this country. Awma maoHT. "The Eagle's Feather," a Metro plcturisation of Katharine Newtln Burt's famous story of the same name which appeared In Cosmopolitan maga ilne some time ago, is the feature attraction at the Regent theater this week.

Thope who have read the story will remember the thrilling cattle stampede, the great fight between John Trent and Tits accusers, the delightful banquet scene, the forest fire and many other Incidents which made "The Eagle's Feather" one of the outstand Ine stories of the year. All of theso have been Incorporated with unvarying fidelity and thrilling realism In the screen version. A fine cast, headed by James Kirk wood and Mary Alden to make "The Eagle's Feather" a great entertainment There ar minor Fair, Lester Cuneo, William Orlamond, John Elliott, Charles McHugto and George Siegmann. "The Eagle's Feather" was West Scranton Departs TREAT RAILROAD TIES. MAKE TREES SALEABLE Railroads Make Foreotry Pay By Using Valueless Wood Preservative treatment of railroad ties has made many trees which prior to 1910 had little or no value, marketable, John Foley, forester of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, said recently, declaring this treatment has been a "distinct contribution toward forest conservation." It was pointed out that "by thus making saleable every kind of wpod growing in Penn sylvania, the railroads brought about the day when, forestry would pay.

which Is when the private owner will practice Mr. Foley said the railroads were Interested in any movement toward In creasing the local supply of trtjes, and asserted they "have steadily striven to lessen tho hazard of woodland which Is Inherent In the operation of steoin trains in wooded areas." He declared mat Bincfi renn wooas oegan loriy years ago not to 'supply all the forest produce the railroads in, tho commonwealth demand, they have followed the advice of those active in forest perpetuation." "In the 0's," he added, "they undertook to lessen the drain on the forest by the use of substitutes, end this has progressed until in the more permanent railroad strctures wood has been displaced by brick, concrete, steel and stone. Early in this century, by which time the prescription for forest perpetuation had changed, they began planting trees, and have set out over 5,000,000 to date. The. start of tree planting was soon followed by proper were owned and likely, to bo retained management of suoh wooded areas is required for operating purposes.

Then about 10 years ago began tlje extensive use of preservatives to lengthen the life of tics. Now over T5 per cent, of the ties inserted by the steam lines in the state are given preservative tratmnt' GERMAN STEEL MEASURES ARE ELASTIC Peculiarities of certain steel yard measures, made in Germany and exported for sale In England and other parts of the world, were brought to light recently at a meeting of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce. A buyer found that cloth delivered him aa thirty one inches wide measured a little more than thirty inches. Another case was of cloth marked thirty six inches, which actually measured thirty seven. Investigation showed that the German measures wer used.

adapted by Winifred Dunn and directed by Edward Sloman. All "uur unng comeay, Staee." faaturin Hal Roach's rascals. and the Regent News will also be shown for the week. AT BTATB THEATER. A motion picture which is entirely out' of the ordinary was shown las night at the Stale theater which interested the audiences which saw it immensely, and made a profound im pression upon them.

It is called "The Day of Faith and was made for GoM wyn Pictures Corporation by Tod Browning from Arthur Somers Roche's novel. i The story ran serially in Collier's Weekly and was then published in book form; it aroused a great stir in the literary world and judging from the screen production shown last night, It will make an equally big atir among motion picture patrons. "Life of Beilly." a new comedy, Kinograms and Inkwell Review were also shown. fiflAClLEV Club Plan Come in and let us tell you all of the good news 1924 Hurley Davidson Catalogue on Request French Bros. 121 SO.

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A Pair of Winchester Skates, Winchester Skates and Shoes Do Better at Doyle's. at Money Savings Prices. Wagons, Knives, Razors. "Buy in West ScranW and Save Money The James B. Doyle Co.

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Bell, 7 1311 New, 1448 D. D. EVANS CO. 507 and 509 South Main Ave. A Visit To Our Store Will Certainly Help Solve Your Gift Problem A complete stock of Table Linens, Napkins, Bedspreads, Cotton and Wool Blankets, Fancy Pillow Cases, Ladies' and Gents' Umbrellas, Silk and Wool Hosiery, Handkerchiefs, Neckwear, etc.

Our, Grocery Department is well stocked with Fresh Line of Canned Goods, Nuts, Candies, Figs and Dates, Citron, Lemon and Orange Peel, Pickles, Olives and Fresh Fruits for Xmas. D. D. EVANS CO. 507 and 509 South Main Ave.

Old Phone, 7 2839 JOHN E. REGAN Offering the Services of the Largest and Best Equipped Livery and Undertaking in the State 30 Years In Business Profit by Our Experiences All Calls Personally Attended to by Myaelf and Son 24 Hour Service Bell 7 8658 432 RAILROAD AVE. $1,363,704, of which sixty one per cent, was due to Arcs in farm barns. Very nearly all of such loss is preventablr by proper roddlng, says the weather bureau of the United States department of agriculture. 0 1.