DUBUG buildings planned for construction during 1923 promise to swell the volume of new construction beyond the aggregate of the record-breaking campaignof-the past . 1 2 months.-j New school buudings alone will .add approximately. .UUU.UUU
1 to next year's construction program. No. 1- Apartment bungalow type of dwelling, .popular with small families fond of out of door life.- The picture shows the dwelling recently ererted for O. C. Potter at No. 387 East 38th street north. A XAVz by
70-foot Imnff rnnm wifK laa firenlar.e. and a sWninor norrli IWIroom ar th nririr.inal rooms in the house, the dinine room beinsr combined .with the kitchen as a nook 8 bv 11 feet' in dimensions. Cost was aDDroximatelv $4200. No. 2 -Meier & Frank
company s new warenouse, unucr consuutuuu
department store. -: It is of reinforced concrete
pendent children to be established by the Oreg
C. Gauntt and submitted to the
REALTORS LINE UP
FOR ELECTION OF"
BOARD OFFICERS
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Hints of Dark Horse Candidate
Excite Interest in the Coming
Contest for Presidency.
Interest of realtors centers in the
election of officers of the fortlknd
' Realty toar4 to be held at the next
regular meeting In the assemply room
of the Multnomah hotel. January 5, at
13 :15 p. hi. Hints of a "dark horse"
to oppose Harry G. Beckwith'a.candi
dacy for the presidency have piqued
tas curiosity of board members during
I the past week and the election
promises to prove excltlns.
Beckwita succeeded to the unexpired
) term Of A. R. Rltter as president of
the board.- when Hitter was elected
president of the Northwest Real Estate
association at the annual convention
of that organisation in July. Prior
to his slevation to the oreaidencv
' Bfcckwith was chairman of the enter
' talnment committee and first . vice
president of the board; He had charge
of a course of educational lectures on
i real estate sales methods and handled
. a line of effective publicity for the
' local realty organisation.
Paul A. Cowglll. who has been sec
. retary of the board for several years,
has no opposition for reelection and
it is generally accepted that B.
Paget will find no opposition, to his
reelection as treasurer. Vice presi
dents -named for reelection are John
H. Mariels, J. Ixgie Richard son of
the frank I. McGuire company, and
Frank B. TJpshaw. manager of the
Iadd Estate company. -
$250,000 Spent for
New Construction
Hoquiam. Wash.,"S)eo If. With 308
. WUUUtlia, a UltlA . tOOUU ss A SSJL WUH
year, Hoquiam will have ' spent more
! than ?2S0.e(r for new 'buildings dur-
tng 1923. , The largest 'and most ex
I pensivs structure put up during the
j year was the new Ford garsge, a. con
acre te building coating approximately
, SJ0.000. Several buildings costing
! around $10,000 were put up and a large
J n timber of bungalows ' costing about
tt S3000 wers constructed.
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- 1. The entranc and vestibule of the
1 new school of architecture and allied
S arts, which' is being srected on the
r university campus is to be assigned by
' the students of the department, t The
sculptor work Is to be a panel com-
. posed or a group or Xlgures in relief.
: The nanel is to be, mtda in cast mob.
I a process which has rarely been used
vw. MMWjmm mm rv -t f'T. IUW UiUl mm
jreneral use. according ..to. Professor
i terms;. . .r. - . -
5EWIT WM IS XS BESTED
Chehalla. Wash, - Dec - lt.W. CL
, Hubert, recently married, was arrested
in Grays Harbor county and taken to
Montesano to annri-r the charge of his
' oi.voTcea .wita. that he : failed .to p
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OREGON WOMEN'S CHRIST1A. N "TEMPERANCE UNION BUILDS INITIAL UNIT
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school board
Quarter Section of
Land Left Colfax
By Pioneer's Will
Colfax, Wash.. Dec 16. Coif ax was
left a quarter section of land in the
Almota district by tho will of David
W. Adams, pioneer farmer and school
teacher, who died here in August,
1920. Mr. Adams, a bachelor, left an
estate values at 1 100,000, mostly in
farm land. He made his friend and
physician. Dr. Frank St. Sure, execu
tor and trustee for a part set aside
for charity. Another quarter section
and a residence in Colfax were willed
to Mrs. Laura Asbury, a cousin, who
cared for him in his falling years,,
and the remainder went to his only
brpther. An attempt to break the will
by about 20 nieces and nephews
failed.
The bequest to .charity, which at
the normal value of land is estimated
at, $18,000, will be divided equally be
tween three Colfax institutions, a
third to St. Ignatius hospital, where
Mr. Adams spent his last months, as
the nucleus of ja fund for a nurses'
home; a third to the Colfax park
board for a swimming pool, and a third
to sustain a children's department in
the Colfax library. Mr. Adams came
to the county in 1877 and homesteaded
land, adding to his holdings till at
the time of his death be owned about
S00 acres.
Aberdeen Work
Costs $300,000
Aberdeen, Wash., Dec 16. More
than $300,000 was expended In pub
lic improvements in this city the past
year In the way " of additional per
manent streets, sewers and rebuilding
of bridges. The largest Item was $140,000
which was spent in putting: in a sewer
system In the west end of the city.
About $100,000 was expended in per
manent streets and nearly $60,000 In
rebuilding bridges. Chief Hem in the
rebuilding of bridges was the expendi
ture of $45,000 rebuilding the West
bridge, formerly the Morrison street
bridge In ; Portland, which tha city
purchased several years ago from A.
J.;West, who had operated -it as a toll
bridge. West was paid $25,000 for the
bridge after it had earned him a com
fortable fortune from tolls. -Since! the
city purchased the bridge it has spent
nearly, $75,000 in rebuilding it- and
making it safe.
East Side Parcel
Sells for $40,000
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Transfer of the half block on the
south sldo of East Washington ? be
tween First and Second streets, from
he Park Union Foreign Banking cor
poration of San Francisco to William
Reld for a cash consideration of $40.
000. was announced Saturday by Coe
A. McKena A Co. "The property ; is
served by terminal trackage and will
be Improved for industrial uses dy
the purchaser. Reld recently boM the
plant of the National Ice A Cold S tor
are company, on East Washington be
tween Front and First streets, to the
Southern Pacific company for. $460,000.
First Street Store v
Bought for $10,000
A one-story concrete store building
located on the west Bide of First street
south of Madison, was transferred last
week from the Bank of Woodburn to
O. Rtarvlgee for $10,000. and will be
ued" by the new owner for the. expan
sion of . his busines'sThe transaction
was handled by Kii . Lowe & Co.-
on uie nail ui OCX ou'ine suuut suic ui. irving ucci uciwccu i jui uiu- iiui atjcu. . , iuc jjuuuiu yy ucsttiicu uy v. y uuucjr uuuac tt uuitjait cuivi iuau viua w.paiuu-uu rV , T -
construction. 1 00 by-200 fe&t in dunensions; and cost is estimated at $350,000.' : No. 3- TThis Dutch colonial residence structure, 38 by S6 feet in ground dimensions, is. the first unit of a farm home for de
for approvaL The building contams 20 rooms and is estimated to icost approxiraately $1w,00U. lhe site purchased tor the Chapman school is bounded by fettygrove, Kaleigh, zjui and zoth. streets.
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an "Women's Christian Temperance Union on a tract of land two miles east of Corvallis. Construction cost is $18,000. No. 4 Alfchitect s perspective of the proposed Chapman school designed by Newton
BfWNCH PLANT OF
EASTERN CONCERN
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Five-Year Lease on .40,000
Square Feet of Floor Space
Taken for Distribution Plant.
Superior advantages of Portland aa
a shipping center were effective last
week in securing the Northwestern dis
tribution jplant'of the Winchester Com
pany of ho Pacific. After compara
tive "anafysis of the faculties offered
by Portland, Seattle and other distrib
uting centers of the Northwest. A. K.
Piper of -San Francisco, president of
the Winchester company, closed a five
year leas on 40,000 square feet- of
flodr space in the Montgomery Ward
building and equipment, for the new
plant is being installed.
G. H. Hambrlght has been appointed
resident manager of the company and
has announced that the plant would
begin operations. The Winchester Com
pany of the Pacific handles the prod
ucts of the Winchester Arms company
of New Haven, Conn., and the local
plant willj supply &11 Pacific, North
west territory including Oregon, Wash
ington. Northern Idaho and Alaska.
The plant will employ about 40 men,
Hambrlght stated.
The lease was handled by Coe A.
McKenna A Co., and it was due largely
to the constructive efforts of McKenna
that the Winchester company was se
cured for Portland. The new firm
handles arms, ammunition, tools and
hardware.
Yamhill Street Site
Sold as Investment
The property at the northeast cor
ner of Yamhill ana TwelftH streets,
comprising- 50 by "-50 feet "of ground
space, Improved with- a two and a half
story frame dwelling, was sold last
week. by Herbert Gordon to Glenn E.
Husted. Consideration was not named
but Husted. stated that he valued the
property at $20,000 and Svould hold It
as an Investment.' The Building on
the premises will be repaired and
leased. - ;
Helix- High: Scliool
Planned at $60,000
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Pendleton. Dec, 1 6. Construction of
a new high school building; for , the
district . about - Helix - will i start j in
March. The new building' . will tte
called the Griswold,., Hlb school t In
honor of the late Dr. John Griswold.
one of the pioneer citisens' of Helix,
where the school will be located. Esti
mated cost of the bnUdmgr is $60,000,
and? the contract has been Jet to the
Waala ft Shattnck Construction , com
pany of Portland. The structure. will
be of Granger mission red brick with
trimmings of architectural terra cotta.
It b to b completed in; August. 1923.
CffEHAXIS LiCSlTSES
CnehaUs, Waslu, Dec IS. Marriage
licenses were' issued here yesterday to
Watson Sturgilt. Chehalis. and Mary
Emlry Johnson Klma. ; Joseph O'Burfce,
Saatili and Irene Cluehie.- Centraita 'f
Karl Loiier. Ceritralia, and Mrs. Monie
Dluhosh.- Onalaka. ' - - - - ' -
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Construction Firm
Plans for Building
Campaign Next Year
The hom building .campaign of
1922, which has surpassed' all previous
records In the history of "Portland," will
continue With increasing1 momentum
during 1923, acocrding- to X J. Matot,
head of the Matot Construction, oni
pany. The firm erected 124 residences'
in the city during the past year, rang
ing from $1850 to $14,000 in construc
tion cost, and is laying plans for a
more extensive business - during the
next 12 months.
. Matot will leave .Wednesday for a
month's trip through Pacific coast
and inland cities, studying new resi
dence types", and securing contracts
fo building materials. Slight ad
vances in the price of several lines of
material over existing contracts are
anticipated, according to the head of
the firm. Mrs. Matot will accompany
her husband on the trip.
U. S. Takes Steps
To Obtain Quicker
Warning of Storms
( Bj International News - Senrloe.-)
Washington, Dec. 23. Closer cooper
ation between the weather observa
tion stations In the Bahamas and
the weather bureau of the agricultural
department is being established in
connection with the hurricane warning
work, it was announced recently.
In giving advance information of the
origin and progress of the storms, it
was stated, reports from the West
Indies are essential, particularly d ur
ine: the early part of the hurricane sea
son. The Bahamas lie In the path of
many of the hurricanes originating
in the Gulf of Mexico and the Car
ibbean sea. .
A meteorologist from the weather
bureau has been sent to Nassau and
to Inagua, in the Bahamas, to further
the necessary cooperation, install
equipment and arrange for -observations.
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POSTAL FOLK
liMKre speed anrl accuracy tare iha mperrd by improper , w rHntMs bai)
' comclicaled Vlth "Clirbtiuas ruiiu K
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BOARD TO SELL
TAX LIEN LOTS
OWNED BY CITY
Will Offer More Ttian 2000 Par
cels of Tax Lien Property and
1000. Delinquent Assessment
Negotiations calling for the sale of
approximately 2000 parcels of real
estate held by the city on tax liens,
are . pending., between the Portland
Realty board and the city council. A
.list - of the ' properties was completed
last week by the city auditor, and pre
sented to the committee of realtors In
charge of the proposed saje. In ad
dition to the ' tax title lots the. city
holds about 1000 pieces of property
on improvement assessment lelns and
the .council has, arranged for liquida
tion of . portion . of these holdings
each month.
An issue of $1,260,000 in bonds bear
ing interest at 6, 5&. and 6V4 per cent
was authorized about four years ago
to finance the city in the purchase of
porperty sold to satisfy delinquent
taxes. Of ' this sum approximately
$318,000 already has been spent In the
purchase of lota at public sale. Most
of the property is in 'Improved ' resi
dence districts bonded for sewers, pav
ing and other construction. .
The expense Involved by the city In
holding Its tax lien property, coupled
with . the loss through removal of the
property from the tax roll, make It
a matter of. Interest to every tax I
payer that the city's holdings be sold.
A committee of the Realty board was
appointed several months ago to ar-
range with the council -Tor tne sale or
the lots. Members of the committee
are H. G. Beckwith, chairman ; Frank
L. McGuire. Coe A. McKenna, Fred
W-. German, A. R. Rltter, Dean Vin
cent, Dorr Kasey, Joseph Healy, P.
C. Murphy and H. W. Fries.
The committee proposes to organize
a corporation capitalized at $25,000
for the purpose of handling sales . of
tax lien property for the city. All
members of the board would be eligible
to purchase of stock in the company
and all real estate dealers in be city
would be entitled to participate in the
sale of properties. The board's pro
posals, covering commissions and
terms of sale, will be submitted to the
council this week, i-
WORK HARD BEHIND SCENES
, OF 'HOME; FOR
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Oregon .Women Plan
Rural Retreat for
Dependent Children
Construction5 work on the first unit
of the Children's Farm ;Home of the
Oregon Women's Christian Temper
ance Union will begin this week, ac
cording to announcement made by of
ficers of the organization. The build
ing will be located on the Mary Syl
vester donation land claim three miles
from Corvallis on the Albany-Corval-lis
highway and wixl be the first of
a group of 18 similar buildings pro
posed for the care of dependent chil
dren. . :
Plans-prepared' by John V.' Bennes
call ' for a - two story - and basement
frame residence of Dutch colonial de
sign, 83 by 62 feet in. ground dlmen
siona. The basement win contain a
play room, laundry, storage and boiler
room. On the ground floor will be the
living room, dining room." study and
matron's room, guest room and:' bath
room,; kitchen, pantry and , lavatory.
The upper story will contain four en
dosed' sleeping porches ' each equipped
to accommodate - five-, children, two
large dressing rooms,- two - bath rooms
and two largo lavatories. Gronnds
win be parked and equipped for use of
the children. Cott of the building is'
estimated at $18,000..
10th Street Furrier
Takes More Space
A. R. Feuthert announced last week
that he had secured a lease: on store
space adjoining his furrier shop at'No.
151 10th street, to meet demand of an
increasing business. Interior of the
store will be altered to afford addi
tional display and sales room . space.
Manufacturing, equipment and large
fireproof storage . vaults will be in
stalled. Pethert and his store mana
ger, Arthur Baylls, formerly were associated-
for many years with H. Lle
bes & Co.
CLABE5CF, E. WOICOTT - - - -Centrajia,
Wash., Dec. 16. Clarence
E. Wolcott, 84, member of the Eleventh
U. a cavalry, while on a three months'
furlough ' was found dead In -bed at
Dryad, Thursday, death being attrib
uted to stomach trouble. His father.
Harry Wolcott, of Raymond, and four
brothers survive. ' '
CHECK PASSER FREED
Chehalis, Wash, Dec 16. Milton tt
Lough, charged with issuing worthless
checks on a Raymond bank Including
one to, Eva Knight, county auditor,
for a marriage license, paid all his
accounts, which amounted to about $20,
and was released.
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atldrcislng, Ins-umcicnt postage, all
$ , . ; : .
DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Remington Company
Chooses Portland
For Branchygency
Among the important transactions
in business property reported last
week by- B. . Metxger of the Metzger
Parker company was a five year lease
by the Remington Cash Register com
pany, a subsidiary of the Remington
Arms company, on the premises at No.
366 Oak street " from James T. Bar
ron. Genera! Manager: Lebrum of the
cash register company- spent several
days here comparing the relative ad
vantages of Portland and Seattle as
distributing points. " . .
Metzger also reported a three year
lease by Woodard & Clark on the two
story building at No. 46-47 Union ave
nue to XiOugheed A Son, manufactur
ers of taws. A five year , tease was
granted-by John C. Boyer covering
the corner store room In the Boyer
building at Tenth and Tamhill, streets
to . Joseph . Schweitser, who proposes
to open-a ladies' apparel" shop at this
location. " " . ' V
'Seceral smaller leases "oh business
property handled by, the firm - during
the week reflect favorably on retail
trade cemditions. . '.-1 : -. " V.'
Sale of Nortonia ;
Hotel Announced as
Realty Investment
Appreciation of the investment value
of Portland real estate is the moving
factor in several transfers of property
to. San Francisco . purchasers during
the past .year, - according to George
Burtt, a commission merchant of the
Bay City, who closed negotiations last
week for title to the Nortonia hotel
property for a consideration of ap
proximately $400,000., The hotel Is -a
seven story brick structure covering
the quarter block at the southwest
corner of 11th and Stark streets, and
was owned by Joseph- Healy. -f ' J
The transaction was handled'- by
Fred Reverman-of the. Reverman In
vestment company, representing Healy,
and H. II. Burtt. repYesentlrig the pur
chaser.' Consideration' consisted of
$120,000 in cash and - three . ranches
comprising . 2400 acres near Redmond.
Burtt stated that the . purchase - was
made purely as an investment. . The
hotel is leased and operated by Mrs.
A. S. Hogue..
Ashlanrf Makes Plan;
For New Hostelry
Ashland, Dec 16. A Joint meeting
of the Chautauqua association and a
cospmittee interested in the new tour
ist hotel, for Ashland, was held Mon
day evening. It was decided to erect
the new hotel adjoining: the. Chautau
qua building, keeping the Chautauqua
building to be used in connection With
the hotel as an auditorium. Articles
of Incorporation have been drawn up
and will be submitted to the state au
thorities -for filing. - Those- who have
signed the articles of incorporatioa to
date are - Jesse Wiiiburn. Bert R.
Greer, T. IT. Simpson, Homer Billings,
J. P. Dodge, "F. J. Swedenburg. R. -I
Burdlck Jr W. Judson Oldfieid. Syl
vester Patterson, Mrs. S. A,; Patterson-
G. , S.- Butler. The -Chautauqua
building is the largest circular build
ing without pillar or poet for .support
In America. The-hotel f will be incor
porated for $300,000. The site decided
on will overlook the Plaza andrLlthla
park. , Jesse ,WinbMm. ' It is - stated,
will invest heavily in,, the project and
his interest makes the project assured.
Discovers Way to -...IncrLayfel
t Defiance. Ohio, Dec. 23. rtTx.' 8.)
By means of a method - for trapping
egg-producers in their . nests and then
mating : them with . pedigreed male
birds, Mrs. Clarence Yarlott. -residing
on a farm eight miles northwest : of
here, has5 oblaihed a prize - flock : of
bena In one pen of nine WMte Leg
horn S eggs laid per hen averaged 208
a year- Although on of -the .hens
reduced '.: the average by laying, only
139 eggtt. two -of them laid 250 eggs
a.eh- Mrs. 1 Tarlott - Is - beginning .'
new year's ; record ith a - flock - of .2l
trspnest- hens. - Her--entire flock coa
aiats of 125 liens and 175 pullets. -
SEVEN STORIES
prrrocK block
Needs of Union Pacific for Of
fices to Be Supplied by 100j
000 Sq. Ft. New Floor Space
1 Negotiations were practically closed .
last week' for the lease of premanent
quarters in the Pittock 'block "to the
UJnlon 4Paclfic system. The plan pro
posed "involves the erection of .-seven
additional stories, on the Stark street
side of the building' and one additional
story facing ; on Washington street,
In vnlvinir mn lnvitmiiRt at avrl
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hundred thousand - dollars. - 1 Interests
of the Pittock Building company are
being looked after by Samuel Smith,
who is dealing directly with officials
of the railroad -corporation.
- The Union Pacific general offices
for many years' occupied the it upper
stories of the Wells-Fargo ' building,
prior to the expiration of its lease
on November 80. Present quarters are
divided between the Pittock block and
the Montgomery Ward building, suf
ficient space-in one building not being
available' at the time the- move -was
made. - Addition of seven stories to the
Pittock block, together wfth the space
now available in the 'former home of
the Union Pacific, will relieve the ex
isting shortage of office space In the
west -side business district. -- :
Since- the purchase of the Wells
Fargo building by . Porter Brothers a
few weeks ago the name of the prop
erty has been changed to the Porter
building - and alterations are In pro
gress involving the expenditure of
$100,000 to suit the needs of new ten
ants. . These alterations ' are being
made to suit the desire of individual
renters 'and the extent of the Work
under way 4 would i indicate that ap
proximately one half of the ; building
already has been taken. . '
Porter Brothers purchased the prop
erty for a consideration. In excess, of
$1,000,000, anticipating thatthe corner
of Sixth and Oak streets would re
main for many years the heart of the
financial district. The F. E. Taylor
company is handling leases of floor
space. Names of tenants have-not
been announced, but It is understood
that - a prominent bank is ' seeking - a
location on the ground floor. . The
building Is a fireproof structure and
rates unusuauy niga in mcciwnwu
eauipment. " .;".:.
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Horticultural Body
: Elects Its Officers
Spokane, Wash., Dec. 18. -The
Washington 'Horticultural association,
concluding . its 18th annual - session
here; elected First Vice President Paul
Weyraucn to the presidency and M.
I,. Dean, secretary-treasurer,' as see
and ,' vice president. : C I ' Robinson
was named secretary-treasurer. . Pro-.
feasor O. M. Morris and J. I Dumas
were reelected : directora , .
BCIID ISO PERMITS
"E. E. Walter Erect reeideoe 6t E. Bera
rU3, between K 81t and B. 34; buildw.
Piffle Btukliliff frjfci' $5000.
- E. K. Welie Kreet reridenee 956 XL Bure
id. between Slt and t2d etrMt; buildw.
Pacific Buikiinc Co.: S000. -
1 I. R. Bartiett Erect reaklaaoe 1T8S X.
8th atreet. between Minus and - ClMet
builder, . Uatot Construed on Co.: $1100. '
- Utuaf K. and - Uobt. 1 Taal Knot real
deo 1303 Villart a Ten a, between - Aisa
north and Holnuin atneta; . buildar. : Acm
Hum Buiiden; 220. . - - , -
-Bxiiidxnt permiu. vaiaad - at S1000. taaoad
Ueeeaaber 16:; .--J.
S. aiMl Berniee Ketehnm. erect feaMeae, -t&ltA
OnMlev. between, ntlk and ttrjmat
trwtr'. baikfc-r. 4. S. ketelMUB. ,
. I'atl. V.r Hwkbadj. erert mxiervca. 14B
Wooirf street, betweea torn bard and Wtnebell
streets; bniider. A. C. tiaJbraith. $2000.
fcmma J. Waiker,' erect readeace. SS Uof
gmm aueets betwwn I man amme awd Mailary
aeme bulWer, Xautnau Waller KMC Co..
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A': Kelsov-K 'Waths f : Ie. 1$. Eldon
CTholnard,-' Kelso stadent' at : th , Col-leg-:
of : lUKt : Sou nd - at Taeoma , , n a
been elected - to "re'presen t b im class at
tha annual banquet tts eollega, J.
TO BE ADDED TO