SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT BUYERS OF HOMES URGED Local Committees Being Or ganized to Watch Profiteering Washington, June 26. —e Local committees engaged in the Own Your Own Home campaign, which the United States Department of Labor has been conducting since the first of the year, have as one of their chief functions the safeguarding of the interests of builders and invest ors against profiteering in land val ues or building materials. Wherever a town or city has un dertaken to stimulate building as part of the nation's reconstruction program, the interests of the com mittees have been co-ordinated in such a way that speculators in real estate or contractors willing to ex ploit the builder have had little chance. Real estate exchanges, chambers of commerce, mortgago investment companies and building associations have worked together for the common good. With the first idea that shortage of housing gives an opportunity to start con struction work, which provides em ployment for returning soldiers, the Own Your Own Home movement was started in a few enterprising 100 Oities in Campaign It quickly spread until now more than 100 cities are regularly en rolled in the campaign while sev eral hundred more are co-operating in the work of stimulating busi ness. In co-operating with the United States Homes Registration Service, whose local committees have provided valuable information and support to building enterprises, important results have already been accomplished. Towns of every size have taken an interest in starting these improvements. Where there was not an organized effort, activ ity has been encouraged, and each month shows surprising progress in all parts of the United States. The Own Your Home campaign has been primarily an effort to re- 1 THE FORWARD IOOKBiG MAN N | •1 V s elects Jus food wilK refer enceto present efficiency & and future Kappiness. J Insure long life and 1 j oood kealtk by eating | Shredded Wheat f J, Biscuit witk terries g |]j and fresk fruits - a nu- j 1 jj tritious, detcious com- j j tination. Crisp wkole S ; >!| wkeat skreds combined ' witk tke wkolesome, laxa 8 live properties of fruit- jj ; a Summer life-saver for ckildrenand grown-ups. Famo Stops Seborrhea and Grows Healthy Hear We ask you to put FAMO to the most exacting test. Have a member of your family examine your scalp before you start the use of FAMO. Apply FAMO daily for one month. Have your scalp examined again. If they do not report the growth of new hair, return the FAMO bottle to where you purchased it and yon will receive your money back. FAMO DOES grow new hair 'luxuriantly. Jt makes the hair fluffy and soft. f'AMO intensifies a natural ten dency to waviness and retards grayness. It contains no harmful .-/.tcohol to dry the scalp and pro duce gray hair. Every woman should use FAMO regularly. Its use is a daily habit you will enjoy. But not only does FAMO beau tify the hair. FAMO kills the deadly sebor rhea microbe which is the cause of dandruff. It stops all itching of the scalp and nourishes and feeds the hair roots. It the scalp without massage and gives life and sheen to the hair. FAMO was evolved by scientists in one of the famous laboratories of Detroit THURSDAY EVENING, vive building, but naturally it has awakened ambition to buy as well as to build. Here, again, it has been emphasized that local general committees o£ the Own Your Own Home campaign should appoint var ious subcommittees to deal with special branches of home-owning enterprises. On such subcommittees it has been stipulated that there should serve representatives of or ganized labor, of building and loan associations, of the United States Homes Registration Service and oth er civic agencies, as well as a rep resentative of real estate interests. Where Harm Is Done It Is recognized that more harm than good might easily be done in a community by persuading men to carry financial burdens heavier than they can bear successfully. Any family may be forced to pass through a period of illness or un employment. It is pointed out, therefore, that prospective purchas ers should not be encouraged so to bind themselves financially that they will Jeopardize their entire savings should periods of unemployment or misfortune come to them. Nothing more surely discourages home ownership than the practices of what are commonly known as "mortgage sharks," who lure pros pective home owners into bad in vestments and then foreclose on the first default. Local Own Your Own Home and Build Now committees are being counseled to warn men and women against unscrupulous persons and organizations and to recommend only mortgage compa nies whose methods of business are reliable. Special subcommittees to advise on mortgages are always de sirable and the members of these should be public-spirited citizens, familiar with financial problems and able wisely to direct delinquent purchasers as well as interested buyers. State Druggists to Meet Here Next Year By Associated Press. Chnmbomburir. Pa, June 26.—The Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Asso ciation has decided to hold next year's convention at HarrHburg, the last week in June. The committee on drugs repotted that the quality of drugs is good, and that American chemicals are satisfactory. Regarding vegetable drugs, however, the report said, the condition is not good owing to a shortage of foreign production./ Three years were spent in per fecting it before it was offered to the public. The ingredients in FAMO have never before been used on the head. But they have been well known to medical science for many years. They work differently from any other hair preparation. FAMO stands alone. If your hair is thin and lacks lustre and the dandruff scale causes constant irritation of the scalp, you should start the use of FAMO at once. It destroys the dandruff bacilli. FAMO is sold at all toilet goods counters in two sizes—3s cents and sl. The dollar bottle is extra largo and contains four times as much as the smaller size. Applications of FAMO may be had at the_ better barbef shops and hair dressing establishments. Seborrhea is the medical name far 4 morbidly increased flow from the sebaceous glands of the scalp. The seborrkean se cretion forms in scales and flakes and is commonly known as dandruff. Mfd. by The Famo Co., Detroit, Mich. C. M. Forney Croll Keller SpseM ffmenm Atssitm. TEMPLETON IS DUE ON JULY 1 New Superintendent Arrang-! ing to Take Up His Super intendency Next Week _______ Thomas W. Tern superintendent of pub 11 ° Brounds ment was con firmed yesterday, - IdWlT 1 Mi " 111 u - aaume hi.s 'lay of next week, Templeton was sent congratulations by many friends yesterday and Is planning to take up his residence here next week. Until he comes here George A. Rhreiner will remain in charge of affairs. Mr. Shreiner will have supervision over many of the details of the Capitol improve ment under the new chief and will give him the benefit of his advice in the reorganization of the department which is to be undertaken. Some friends of Mr. Templeton, in commenting upon his appointment, remarked upon his success which has attended his life and the num ber of avocations with which he is familiar. He is a builder, having started life laying stone and brick, a druggist, a lawyer and is now not only engaged in several enterprises, but is the active head of the big Dorrence greenhouses at Wilkes- Barre, the largest establishment of the northeastern section. He has made a study of landscaping as well. Public Service Hearings—Chair man Ainey, of the Public Service Commission, is sitting at WUkes- Barre to-day in the railway cases. There were several hearings held at the offices of the commission here and a large list taken up at Pitts burgh. Deliver Bonds Soon—The first of the State's road bonds will be deliv ered next week. The State authori ties are getting ready to send them to the syndicate which was awarded them at such a handsome premium for the State. lleiiu Starts to Work—Fred A. Heim, of Williamsport, appointed a bank examiner, has resigned from the General's office to take up his now duties. Walker Bill Off—The Walter anti rent profiteering bill was struck from the Senate calendar by a 35-3 vote last evening, after Senator Eyre, Chester, had assured his colleagues that the measure was unconstitu tional. Senator Vare spoke in favor of the bill, calling it up for second reading, after he had described some of the work of profiteering in Phila delphia. Bureau Report Stands —The con ference report on the bill reorgan izing the State Workmen's Compen sation Bureau was adopted without comment in either House. It fixes salaries at $7,000, creates the office of supervisor of reference at $6,000 and salaries of references at $5,000 with various changes in the bureau, which remains a part of the State Department of Labor and Industry. General Sisson Here—Ex-Auditor General A. E. Sisson, of Erie, came to attend the final session. A num ber of other former State officials were at the Capitol during the eve ning. Name Mountain as a Memorial to Roosevelt Announcement has been made in New York by the Roosevelt Me morial Association that on July 4 the Black Hills Pioneers would honor the memory of the .dead ex- President by naming for him the highest peak In the Black Hills. Timed to take place during Home coming Week for Deadwood and other Black Hills communities, this ceremony will be a manifestation of the affection which all the residents of that section of the country felt for Colonel Roosevelt. "On that day," Captain Seth Bul lock wrote to the Roosevelt Memor ial Association, "throughout the en tire Northwest, the people will carry in their minds a thought of what the Colonel was and what he represent ed in the life of this country." Peak Overlooks Three States The peak which is to be known as Mount Theodore Roosevelt is now known as Sheep Mountain or Round Top. It is a detached emi nence with an elevation of 6,000 feet, three miles from Deadwood, fifteen miles from Wyoming and thirty-five miles from the Montana State line. It is on the Black Hills Forest Reserve, and will be the cen ter of a bird and game refuge also dedicated to the memory of the ex- President. An automobile road is now being built to the top of the moutnain from Deadwood. A new bridle path along a beautiful little creek will also give access to the mountain top and the memorial cairn. Wants U. S. Alone to Finance Liberia London, June 26. —Proposal that the United States alone should un derstand the whole responsibility of the finances of Liberia is made by C. D. B. King, Secretary of State and President-elect of Liberia, who Is visiting Jiere. Mr. King said the negotiations for a loan of $5,000,000 from the United States Government to Li beria had not been completed. At present there was an international receivershiff to which Great Bri tain, France and the United States were parties. "As this loan is to be used in paying off the existing in ternational obligations," said Mr. King, "it will necessarily follow that the United States Government will undertake the whole responsibility to administer our finances. Negotia tions on these points are now pro ceeding between the American, Brit ish and French governments and there may be a withdrawal of Great Britain and France from the Inter national receivership in its present form; as the receivership has not worked altogether satisfactorily. "It would simply mean that In stead of our having financial repre sentatives of three powers assisting us In applying our finances to the needs of the country we would have one set of officers and those nomi nated by the United States Govern ment." Hungarian Communists Mobilizing Workers Paris, June 26.—The Hungarian communist congress has ordered the general mobilization of all workmen, a dispatch from Budapest says. ThA m'lltary situation is said to be un favorable to Hungary and, in addi tion, the morals of the troops is bad. SULRISXKURG TBaaEGTOCPEC m "The Live Store" "Always Reliable" I I < Tv^ r, a ™Wf , \ V J .• A-' W K lijiuo uHiaivwoliCimfr 'J, Key Up, Your Interest I In this "Live Store" for you are going to think and talk I more of Doutrichs than ever before—Not because we are going to do anything different (except improve our service to you whenever possible) but because we are going to continually and everlastingly "insist" upon doing everything we can to please, satisfy and attract you to this "Live Store." We know it costs money to do everything we are asked to do but it's a pleasure to serve you, and your splendid co-operation, confidence and good will has been responsible for our Extraordinary Growth 1 ■I The greatest growth in the history of this "Live Store" is shown by 4 the records of April, May and June —The first six months will show a greater gain in dollars and cents than we had any reason to think would be possible. Every I day is a busy day at Doutrichs. We have plenty of the finest Clothing, Hats and Furnishings the country produces. If we hadn't foreseen the tremendous demand we would have been short long ago. But we knew what the demand would be and we prepared in a "big" way to meet it. H I Young Men's Suits ll] 5 Running true to form, we are one of the few stores in the I I United States to be able to keep pace with the I S ( unprecedented demand for young men's clothes. This whole section of country ) B • I throughout Central Pennsylvania is talking about our clothing values. The people r I are coming here expecting to get (and we don't disappoint them either) better clothes than they can C J get elsewhere for the price paid. You'll wonder how we can sell such extraordinary values— ( l But they are here if you will but take advantage of our big purchasing power and invest your money 1 | where there are such actual savings as are at your command riglpt now— , I i Try This Dependable Doutrich Service 1 B I That Everybody Is Talking About | Bj | B 1 iB ! JUNE 26, 1919. 11
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