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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1929)
Tuesday, April 2, 1920. LA GRANDITEVENING OBSERVER Property Owners 9) On Real Estate Board Increase That the realtor and Ue proper ty owner throughout the country may unite to work out the solution of civic and economic problems affecting them buth Ik JnlUateJ in the present tendency toward tho formation of property owner di vi sions In local real estate hoards, State associations and local boards have become interested In property owner divisions since the nild-wiu-ler meeting of the National Asso ciation of J(ou Katatu Hoards at which the creation of property owner divisions in local hoards was advised, Since ' the Itirminghnm meeting resolutions recommending such action have been sent nut hy the Rational AHaociation to its GV2 member liourds. Ohio takes the lead among stnte associations to form a property owner's division within Hh organi xation. At the recent meeting of Its brokers and homehutlders divi sions, held at Columbus, the Ohio ; Assocfatlon of Heal Kstate Hoards created a property owners division. Walter fl. Schmidt, Cincinnati, was named eh a i rami n of the division. ( I (loan Is W ork on Problems : '"I'l-ohably liu per cent of the Work done by real estate boards lias to do with civic and economic problems of direct iutttrct to prop erty owners," said Don. tj. Hoyd, president of the Ohio Association qf Heal Kstate Hoards, In speaking of the newly formed proiterty own ers division. "The work of modern izing state and local tax systems so as to provide u more eu.uLtahlo distribution of the tax burdens, the development of sound plans for city planning and zoning, advertising tho city and getting new industries A re all im porta nt to real estute owners, and real estate boards are OUT OUR WAY By William! I.A ;tAXil'; as a no,ii: CTIT , Tl)!' Good Srhool.H. ' Tlui tiood City Ii.niii'ovonicotH Tile; i'ay Itolls. Tin KiirniH. Tlin Nuruiat Koliool, Till' Stuffs, Library, ChurHi-f-H uml many otlir tliiiiKM. 1' Granih will lie the liest roiililcnro plly In Kast'rn Ori'Kon. J bfllcvo in hi'tUMr" Iicuiiph. A KUui'nntMiI liouft"H liul.lt In- Kcil will Kfion be on tli: nmi-kt. S-o tin I Lowell Williamson . Realtor Cairilain' 86 for " " Appointment. . . k WE GAwjdsX H AlKi-r GoT a WAT -The. RAM - BoTrtEMPTV! NO MORE ? caM 00- Q' ' V Am'TUoTTV Ml GAVMK, ARe "Tt-IE ) I MIV.K. KAWES FRCHA l5 v. GROAMUGr i WO. U..PT. Off. 'HE. COW COOWTRVt J.!. eiMrAMIMCt e ' V . ..I.. II ! 1 ' ' NEW WORK Xew Mmlol lit NatP Zwelfel repnru the arrival of the new nmdel Jvivhmtor which are nuWvuii Ui Hp lays They nm taiertor to (he former piodels In several points, hr says. In k citfineotlnn, Arnold Oeiher hus Just returned from UUe. wher he uT tended a Kelvluatur whool. which he reports was very sueeewnful, Ke( vlnator. NUer and the lonaiM re cently Incorporated, gLvIng added Mt re nuth lo the company. Kelvin. tutor, Mr. Zwelfel bays. In one of the ploneera In electric refrlern-tlmn Y'" J'nwlntfs, la being redecor ated Inxlde and outside by Iynch A Lelshtuu. , When the work In completed Mr. and Mrs. Trice will move lnt the residence. IUkIi School vrk Hidslul JnstalUng of fixtures and the byilding of furniture ut Iji Uiunde High school was completed by K. V Heassler, contractor, and hi crjew of men last Saturduy follow ing a two months period of work. A crew of from two to six men has hcn working on the Job during tlpit time. . YACHT IS KKAIU Hi l) NKW YOHK, April 3 AP fkuyvewnt Fish, wcaUhjr clubman and hroker, has complained to Washington thut his yacht was Htopped last Haturday night near the Ktntuo of liberty by a coast guurd boat whose crew pointed revolvers ut hiw and. Ul family and searched his craft far U'tuur. Vpihe4-mcn " near Koenlgaurg. Onripuny, irent)y pulled up an uuelent cru.fl a monoxylon. or boat he.vn out of a tree trunk. .... &::itt AfroiTV ' XT PAI.KM, Ore., April t (AP)- Albert H. Kobrt f The lHe has applied to tho state board of. control for appointment as a mem ber of the new state tax cummli sion created by the legisla ture. Koberts was a member of five regular and two special ses . sions 0 tUu legislature. At Kuinitfrletv Germany, the populace so delighted in crossing ; the ftoxen Khlne on foot that traf fic pal teem en had Jo be called. Xpw llomo-T- Work Is progressing rnpd,v on Lowell WilMiiniHon's new hotvo on N avenue, between Thlnl and Kourth streets. 'Concrete h,nn been potvred for the biiHement and work on the plumbing and heating start ed today. In charge of Nate Kwcl- tfel. It is reported that this will I be one of the most modern new homes In the city when completed. luting Idglit I'Rlts 1 Members of tho city 0 row are. rd-painilng the ornamental light t uplts tn l-u Oi anile this week. Tho oty has ulso spent consiUoraolo I tlpie recently re-palntlntr parkUig lines on the pnveuu'ius throughout tlfo business section. Putting In Klrcpieit Kred Spaeth Is now engaged in Installing Iron Klremen automatic coal stokers in the Kustorn ()regon Normal Hchool building. Two largo.' ones will take aire of the build ing.. - . Airmail Ituildlug W. Vedder has been awarded tho contract for A sntnll building to be j erected at tho government airmail ! field east of I.a Ciraude, for main- ! tenanco use. Mr. Vediler rvitrilH lo start work in tho near future. The llugg l'alnt comptmy will paint tho building. Hlisy lVrUsI .This period of tho an ring la a busy one throughout tho city; with, gardeners digging Into the soil, housewives planting bulbs, prop erty owners painting, plastering and cleaning up their places nnd other similar activities. A few at tractive and ornamental fences are being erected in some parts of tho oily. Organized to speak for all real estate interests." Approval was given to the crea tion of a property owners .division an 0110 of the regular divisions In tho National Association of Heal Kstate Hoards at the Birmingham , meeting of that organization ns 1 well as to the formation of the 1 divisions Within local boards. ! Thrco "Divisions ' Before the Birmingham meeting i (hrco member boards already had property owner divlsiops within ' their organizations New Orleans. ljouisinnu, I'ortlnnd, Oregon, and i Madison, Wisconsin. ( Hince the Hlrmlnghnm meeting I property owner d,lvisojn.a have been , created within the real estate boards of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and Macon, Georgia. The Chica go, Illinois, Atlanta, Georgia, Hcll Inghnm, Washington, and Fort Worth, Texas, boards are now ' working out a plan for tho estab lishment of property owner dlvl ' sions; tliu Beaumont, Texas, board : reports nppllcution hy property i owners for membership, as soon as 1 J.hc, division Is organized; tho Pal-, f'las, Texas, hoard Is encouraging property oners to cooperate with U'AaJtorH to accomplish tiio rehabl-; lltation of decadent partB of tho city; the St. Louis, Missouri; board is urging all property owners to become uffilhited nicmhers; tho Birmingham,. Alabama, and Tole do, Ohio, boards are wqrklng to ward (ho establishment of proterty owner divisions: tho boards of Jackson, Mississippi, Kullerton, California, and Youngstown, Ohio, are interested in tho creation of property owner divisions within their .organizations, Tho Knlanuizoo, Michigan, board has recently organized a builders division, the membership of which is composed of builders and con tractors, . . . . To Knlcr Bids ' It Is reported that W. Vedder nnd JT. P. NMelson, Ia Grande eon tractors, are entering bids on tho new K. O, L. & P. company sub COLOR VOGUE IN THE HOMES . HERE TO STAY One of the foremost questions of tho day Is "How permanent will be tho present eoWr vogue?' ' If history bo any Indication, color has como to stay for many years. Tho color fashion which has so completely swept tho world Is not U whip 1 of a nusiilng moment. Pro- jvlous color periods have endured 1 llltjon to ho built In Baker. Bids I foe great lengths of lime, and tho H).p t0 lo llom,d nll A,ir, 10, n is down as tho most remarkuble color j " . of uU' Ipalnllng AVoohvoilhf Particularly In homo decoration j The Bugg Paint company is corn will tha Influence of color bo felt JjlptiK n,e. redecorating of the nnd for long. Already an alrplano Wyolworth Htore In Ui Grande. 3lo vlnw of city and countryside Irc-'nso reports that his workmen are seina to lie eye, homo exteriors of b on HPVpral smu,pr wllt J(iUrt alluring beauty, and ns variegated - ' ... ,, ... n th. tints of 8Unot Itnolf. A;ovt" ",0 clly "' """'c"t- ; peep Into these an mo homes dls- : , closes decorative schemes and . rlKhW "UU 8hooW beauty of color hllhnrto unknown. 3-ynch & Jvelghlou report that i The age of color Is truly hero to .thoy are nearly finished with the stay, redecorating of the Interior of tho I In keeping with this new color ' hool building. They expect tronrt the Acme White Lead and to complete their contract during ' CoJor Works of Detroit, Michigan the aprlnff vacation. j has originated muny advuncod col-' or or pronounced bouuty and d"r- , I'aUiOuff Jl.owKO-e-1 abjllty. In addition, this company Tho Bay Price home at 703 M . has prepared a rcmarltahla book avuuue, until recently ncoupled hy Ion homo decoration "King; coUn' lt,-v',' I Hulos the Homo," hy pr. C p. lol,- on a sad world. People aro moro ley and his associates of Acme Be-! color wise and color ulert thun ever search Division, In collaboration ( before. To know one's colors Is with Mtss. Nancy McClelland, na-M( be ab scant of the times. And tlonal authority on Interior decor- to; be able to selec(Solors that are at ton. This book may 1m secui-ed atf flu ruble tin they are beautiful Is through Acme dealers who aro the accepted rulo of the multi known ns "Tho Tlouse of Color" In tude today just ns U was tho guard thelr respective communities. 1 ed exception of tho color Hpnclal j Volol- has Imleo'd eoniy to bright- 1st of,. ystewlny, Cfimplcto Two Johf4 llnrry Hoffman, plnsterer. has just completed his contract nt the high school, and .wKhin two moro days expects to complete the plas toiing work tit the court house. Tho court room Is au outstanding piece of work, with California stucco In three tones' on the walls and at tractive appearing , onm mental mold. . 'And for Color there's nothing that can beat these fine Shingles!" CERTAIN-TEED Mineral Surfaced Shingles are avail able tP you in a variety of colors, blends,' shapes and sizes . . '. to meet the most progressive needs of progressive homes. 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