Show -- 12 THE OQDEN Prospective Home Owners Are Urged to Pick Location W ith j Care Rents Show Big Decline demonstrated to b lower pi course if one Is paying rent which wojuld be about right for & $60jJC hoyse and compares this rent with the cost of owning a house worth $15000rhe will find that the latter! is higher If however he U co4tenjt to build or buy more neatly jin 'jkeeplng) withf thef'value: joi the hejuse no has ben renting h will find In the long run that he is better off to own than rent het us takei for example tvyo young couples with incomes $3000 a year One is a renter ana the other la a' home owner As$ume that both (houses are worth $8000 The landlord must get 10 Pe cent grossj or $800 a year Jif he Is to make a profit oxt the rented house Thai means 16 a month rant That isl all he has to the landlord takes care pa repairs taxes eto Now let consider the owner of an $8 house! He roust consider the i terest ion his 'ewn capital aii wall because if it were ncjt tied upintte nouse jit coma pe arawing interept elsewhere His interest charges at 6 per fceht amount to $480? taxes and insurance abotit 2 per! cent ' The taxes if ambunjt to $160 codrse will vary somewhat in different localities but 2 per cent isja fair average One per cent should take care - of upkeep and repairs thii would amount to $80 (These charge's together will amount to $72:0 ejqulvalent to $60 a month ft may-- be argued that houses depreciate In value in spite of adequate repairs because of changing styles tf architecture or other factors causing obsolescence As a matter of fact however the history oi the past fifteen years h4£ been ctae of increasing real estate values Some of the earlier type houses! may not be so much In demand but the great increase In the value of the land in most instance will be found to have fir more than offset any decline in the) vale of the house There Js situated! lanjd just sp much well in this country — there can inev4r be any) more Consequently if the prospective home owner selects hfs locjitiokr with an eye to the future grdwtfy of the community he wijl find his investment in a home fif- - STANDARD-EXAMINE- SHERIFF AND HER DEPUTY sf i -- aft t- £ hi I Oct PARK Mass clearly show that rents for the country as a whole are declining Nation wide- averages show a drop of slightly over 4 per cent from July 1927 to July 1 9 2& Moreover they indicate an accelerated rate of decline this year compared with the two Compared-wit- h previous years the- post-wa- r peak of 1924 13residential rents are now about per ent lower according to information gathered by the national industrial conference board Conditions in the individual localities may differ from these figures which are national averages but the general tendency of renta of siinall houses and apartments such as are occupied by families ojf moderate means is definitely toward lower levels "Out of 180 cities 123 show no rent change from last year 47 show decreases and only 10 increases Geographically rents appear most stable in the east and south The majority of the cities in these sections show no change from! last year Even in jthese steadier sections however there are more cities showing decreases The than there are increases greatest changes seem to be takHere ing place in the middle-weout 'pt 68 cities 42 showed no change Z2 showed declines and 4 advances BABSON 19 — "Statistics - - 1- -2 j st In far west section In the far west the majority showed no change from last year but there were increases in four has caught up with the demand and in some Instances has considerably exceeded it "Advocates of renting points to the lower figures at which suitable accommodations can now be obtained also call "attention to the ease of : living in heated apartments Undoubtedly they have their appeal to many people J In fact the department! of labor shows that ' during recent years there has been a very rapid growth!! of apartment house living in Ameri can cities Nearly $0 per cent of our families Tare now housed in apartments or two family houses compared with 40 per cent J six years ago We are indeed becoming a nation of cliff dwellers In spite of the great number of single family houses that jiavej been constructed in the past six years the fact remains that proportionately we are today far more a nation of renters than home owners CHEAPER TO OWN RENT? "The stopping of the mad upward rush of rents and in many instances the reversal to lower levels revives the tld question) of whether it is better for the average man to own hla home or rnt There is probably no Question that comes up for more frequent discussion between husbands fnd wives In America than whether It is cheaper and better or them! to build or buy their own home or to rent Certainly if there arc children in the family it Is ai question of extreme importance There are those who believe firmly tjhai it is cheaper for them to rent than to buy or build However for Ihe cities! compared with decreases in three) These reports indicate that the downward movement is gradual rather than violent but is broad and fundamental Furthermore same quality of accommodation they show clearly that the supply that is being rented the cost oi of small houses and apartments owning home repeatedly — " '' v unknown except to a Land was the chlei Commodity the subject of most trading the thing most coveted and nearest to our great- - grandfathers hearts It is only natural there- fore that we should have deep Within us a longing to own a piece of it and to have our own home on it Also the development of our children depends much upon their surroundings and the sense of freedom and independence which home ownership give s These are all advantages to the Individual From the national standpoint from the standpoint of citizenship and community development the advantages of indifidual home ownership can hardly be mated Business by Babson- chart now stands at normaUr Copyright 1928 Publishers Fi- nancial Bureal practically very few I x over-esti-t- 7- V - a tr r Z he I NAMES BOARD TO AID MOVIE OUTPUT PARIS— (AP)— A bation&l office of motion pictures Is pro-- £ 1 Out in the "wild and woolly the law is enforced' by women in at least one Texas county Above are Sheriff (Mrs) Matilda Stevens of Bexar county San Antonio and (with the gun) Mrs Cecile Newton deputy sheriff They were prominent at the recent BOth annual convention of the Texas Sheriffs' association wst"- " t HIDAY EVENIHG OCTOBER IS 192$ R - teen years from now one of the that he could have made ADVANTAGES OF HOME j'The question of cost alone although It works out to the advantage of the hoirte owner is not the only consideration There are oth eri advantages The desire for Ownership flf land ia a natural heritage of the American people It is an inborn desire in most of us handed down vfrom our ancestors In he old days land was practically the only form of in vestment Stocks and bonds were be)st ! HARRIS SIGNS Saturday Special WITH DETROIT DETROIT Mich Oct 10 — —Stanley "Bucky" Harris has (UP) been appointed manager of the Detroit Tigers for the season of 1929 President Frank Navin of the Detroit Baseball club announced today Harris succeeds George Moriar-t- y who resigned this week after trying for two years to place the Tigers at the top of the American league AT— v Our delicious fruit-fille- d coffee cakei 15o each Try one of our Blue Bonnet fruit cakes 30o and 50c Home-mad- e bread of all kinds' also g and Boston brown bread All goods strictly h6me-mad- e We use I no substitutes GAINS JUDGMENT sail-risin- AGAINST LOST MAN Ixmis L Miles obtained a Judgment Thursday afternoon in the Second district court totaling $33882 against the estate of John Homer Miles who disappeared from Camp Lrewls Wash while serving in the army during the World war John Homer Miles has been declared civilly dead and August Anderson is the administrator of his estate The suit was on a note The judgment was accompanied bv an order for the sale of 2032 acres of land securing it Condon's Home Bakerv — tj 2584 WASHINGTON i nri HU MmB ounces for m lor mi SSced l-- Eastern Sugar Cured Pkg Lb T7r3S il Stock I" rresb Max-I-Mu- — Im4 E - quarter "I didn't know Sandwiches could be Jbrover so fascinating Saturday Have youitried it! 41 mo t: i uciiiuau wmcu - x axxecxs -- a great saving it large Tokay ?rapes are sweet Z 1 Large pkg 33c Buckwheat Flour buckwheat flour makes the real hotcakes A side of pork sausage with steaming hot buckwheat cakes covered with savory syrup for breakfast Old-tim- e 9-l- bl 55c bag Rolled Oats ctopj jcocloanuts Priced everyone can enjoy them - i Maximum itins We believe Maximum is the coffee can and we know )canned( coffee users 1 -- lb 2-l- b - 4-l- b Salmon one-poun- d i The Pound 20c Lard Bulk Puritan pure leaf 2 pounds 38c 100 L Street Phone 2572 ' We suggest that you notice the unusually low price on PORK LOIN roast and smoked Liani This is just another examplo olj the bene- fits you derive from careful eco- - nomical operation and Tblume buy inc I Savin srs in nnr wlnltt' always substantial : You should be prof itiner bv them j i 359 24th 2275 Washtnaton Phone 940 Phpne At' irrf---- iiilnfaM l Street 28c Bacon Briskets - ni tviiri nil - — -- PAiimWI UUIIU $5tj 10o CHARGE 2364 j 1700 2465 Washington Phone 651 Washington Phone 407 FRESH Mrs Henry W Whits intrigued hy her sandwiches 23c fj - - tir ITrtHlnY r'ufn "T 1 J I 1 FOODS 'with Your Sandwiches aLJ& I I Yoif too con win Compliments REXBKIN(r HPHE nost important part of sandwich trV4tg is X the bread Bread for sandwiches always should be firm and of a fine even texture of sales per store makes it possible to operate profit-ablon a small margin of profit and assures the buyer of always re ceiving fresh foods There are many other advantages enjoyed by every O P Skaggs System patron and you will not be slow to discover them if you'll try shopping in our store ai timft nr twn j If s very simple to make just—the right kind of bread with Dependable Rex Flour white bread raisin bread nut breads fruit breads Rex takes the uncer- tainty oat of all baking y Sugar-Cure- d i ' Big volume Pound JT ' ) ' Sys-te- n -- Sugar-Cure- d ' k 5 vol-um- a steaming hot bowl of good clam chowder size tins LESS THAN Store Locations v a ? w£ll-l?ui- lt FIVE DOLLAR ORDERS DELIVERE5FREk— ANTTijNQ £87 24th ' ' ' j 9-l- Loin Young Pork 0 P Skaggs stores are small in number as compared to many chain store concerns but they have the distinction of ene joying a greater of business per store than any other food organization in this country This is because we believe in quick sales at small profit and because our operating plan enables us to serve many times more people in a day than is possible by any other plan 1) i ' ' - VQ tUME ? 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