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Show II I. LEV! Ill 1; HIS PRICE FOR I MONTICELLO I 'It 'III ! I MltuH H ILtllifli With the rcluctnnt decision of Con- B KKll pressman Jefferson Lovy of New I Irtrl I Vork to part with tlio one time home B liflifjl! ' Jofrr8nn for tho modest sum of H 1 nil) $500,000, Interesting figures have been H ! j jj; unearthed in connection with his own- HJ i jjj crshlp of the, place. Mr. Lovy con- H j ;ij skiers tlio prlco ho nsks ridiculously Hj 'I I'tljlj I low and would mako him "half tlio H M tfjl ' donor of Montlcollo." Mr. Levy, ap- Hj I ' i pnrcntly, regard a this as a supreme I' sacrifice, tills qfTorlng tlio United H 1 j States TOO acres of Virginia farm BBS? i il il'flfi I j l Ml I lnnil with the, fuinotiH mansion stand- HJ $ lijjj I lug on It at thp prjco lio sot In his H ill' 'I ' lcttor to &Ir ' '''"" 'rll lN'ow York HJ llL'l il Ulobo Is uiithoiity, for tlio Btatotncnl HJ ljj I that when thl-j cntutu was sold short- HJ 8i I ly after Jeffe'sou's death to James HJ Sfl'lllj M..Hurclay thp prlco was $7,000. Ten H Hi I eius later Uriah Lovy paid $2,700. HJ 11 It Is evident that estates In Virginia, HJ if 111 J especially If occupied hy tlio good and HJ ' r i great of tlio punt, nro going up in HJ ililll'l value. It is also ovldont that that !1 ' assessment for taxation la as wild In St. Virginia as elsuwhcro, for Montlcollo, Bjl Mil by its owner to ho worth $1,000,- it I oi'v, although lio will sell for half, is b iijji .1 assessed for less than $150,000. Mr. HJ 'Em) J . levy has long resisted proposals to H :! I J him to sell. Mrs. Martin Llttloton H it fell ill' ulu' 0"ler "llu"1 havo besieged him Hi IB' HI! Av'"' uvcr weapon but howitzer. Mr HJ i Bl IPI v Levy has at last hee'ii Induced to cap Hi I Sill I itulnte. , HJ jjj' I Tlio Boston Transcript dips its fa- HJ 1 1' I j cctlous and Ironical quill and pro BBBj HEJi J iceds tq say: Mr- Lovy s suggestion II II that tlio homo of Jefferson bo con- I j ' verted Into a Virginia Whlto House, 111 a sort of summer capital, is new. I Thuro are several objections to th'ls J Cornish, N. II., wouldn't like it, nud I for another thing Mr. I.ovy ought to il Know, for ho is in a position to real jjj isso It, that President Wilson lias nl I' ready decided to upset tho cherished Ji traditions and maUo Washington the B summer capital as well as tho spring, IjH fall and winter capital. Another ob" Jectlon.ls to bofoiind In Mr. Lovy's i 1 statement that ho has spent upwards of n lnllll-n dollnrs on Montlcollo. What on eurth would a president, most of nil a Democratic, Jcffersonl-nn Jcffersonl-nn president, want with a million dollar dol-lar 700 aero farm, nil decorated with Itnllan ninrblo pig sts, onyx hitching posts, hand caned solid mnhogany fence rails, and ebony cow stalls, Inlaid In-laid with precious gems. No, Monti-cello, Monti-cello, In nil tho olegnnco hinted nt, would be too gaudy, almost as spectacular spec-tacular In Its inagnlllccnco as Mt. Wcathor, that candidate for summer capital honors In tho Uluo Itlclg'o which has already been rejected bo causo wo havo no presidents ablo to measuro up to its stylo. |