LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDEOREV
'MondaMay 13; 1929
EUIUHKG'S LIFE
IS DETERMINED
Give Report of National
Study Homes Obsolete
After 50 Years.
rHIOACIO. Mny 18 In the ma
jority Of CHHt'S OlMOlPHCOnCtf, cllitS to
icoiiomlo chunsc not the phyalcul
' wwir and trar an a bullillnir deter
Inlni'K thn end or Ha uwiful life
and, olthouith physical wear and
lour and oliaoUiaronca run purullul
and tolnclilitnt OiroiiKh tlio yrurn.
- tlm date at which the bulldliiK In
vacated and left ukoIi'hh In reckoned
hy that duto of lis olwolrKeenr.e and
not by the fuel that the building !
worn Out. 'Hie one family dwell
ing niuy look forward to the lonif
vat period of uncful lire or uny typo
of huildlnK. Thn modern ateel and
eonrrete Hkyaeraper, however In.
ilratructililn II h material and liow-
. ever perfect Ita arehllocturul lines,
Is purt of a bunlncm reirlon where
Hr expeclaney rannot be meoHurod
In lerniH or bow lonif It may with-
, utand thn wear or lime, but muni
be reckoned on how Ionic It will
hold It own nicainHt new Ideuti.ln
Interior equipment and . iiuulnat
rhangea In the 'city - Uxeir. The
theater' building niay'puan rupldly
through Ita day of popularity und
i-onaeiiuent unefulne, deaplte ex
pansive efforts to prenervo Ub youth
nd'deMlrablllty through ultcrutlonH
and rehabilitation, .and. no Itinuxt
reckon on a relatively abort lfe be
fore It la claancd aa ohaolete.
' Tlieae aro aouiu of the. outntund
Ing conclUNlonit In a report on 'de
preciation and ohftolcncu of build
ing Juki made public by the Na
tional Amorlution of Heal lfttnto
Hoards, .
Typed of building Included in
the report arc: ofllee - buildinga,
storea, warehoum-a, loft 'liuildlnga,
fue.torlea, public gurugeH, IheuterH,
hotcla . and elevator ilpnriinenta,
aimrtmentn and--riutH without ele
Vutora, atorea with olio or two alor
iea of rooma or apurtMiejiia, two,
three and four fumlly riwelllngis
row houses, and oun family dwell-
Inits. ' Types of coiimrurllon con
aidered for each type of pudding
were: ateel frnmu fireproof; re
inforced concrete; - alow burning
nmnonry - ,with or without iitcci
frame; muaonry with frame Inter--Jora,
sod frame conatructlon. 4
One family dwelllngi) were rati
Mated to huva a firty year period
of uavfulneM In every typo of coii
alructlon caoflpt frume, when their
uaerulneaa wus enllinuted to con
tinue about thirty three and one
tlilrd yeur, Theater wore ultowed
thirty three anil one-third year's
erlod when built of fireproof ma
terial Vlth a ateel frumo or of re
Inforcod concreto; u twenly-flvn
your period when tho conatructlon
wus of niow-iiurnlng iituHunry; u
twenty-two year period when they
were of musunrv oonalruolloii with
a riunie Inlerior, aHU yi
period of tiai'fulneHH when they
Wore built or riarno,
Wnreliouaea, In tho report, wore
given a period of UHcrulneHa of BC
yearn when built with the moat
permanent conatructlon and a per
iod of SO years when framo con
atructlon wu uaed, The commit
tee atute that, In general, ware.
house buildings am (lompanatlvely
' easily adupted to fluctuating use..
, However, ono type of wurchouso
gets thn lowest ruling for useful
duration of all types of butldlnm
Jlstrd In tho report, This I the
pier and commodity warehouse,
framo constructed and covered
with a frumo skeleton, which Is
Judged to have a Usoful period Of
twoaty year.
Htores und public garages wero
estlinutrd to havo a fitly year per
iod ot usefulness when of the two
most permanent types of construc
tion. Jn slow-burning masonry
construction with or without a steel
framo the store useriilness was
estimated at forty years and the
public garage at thlrty-rivo; !u
masonry with frame Interior tlio
store was given thiny-tlvo years
and the public irurage thirty, und
In frame construction the store;
building' usefulness was estlmutcd
at twenty-right years und the ga
rage building nt twenty-flvo years. I
, t'mtrul I'vrlMlN Vary Widely i
Loft buildings were given periods
of usefulness varying from forty-i
five to twenty-five yeurs. The
longest period for row houses was
forty-five years nnd the shortest
period. I ha period calculated for
tho frame row house, was thirty
years. Tho useful period ror two,
thrr and four family dwellings
ranged from forty-two yeurs to
thirty years.
Tho period of usefulness lor
permanent construction in the case
or orrice buildings, factories, apart
ments und flats without elevators,
und stores with one or two stories
of rooms or unnrlments wos ronv
years. In each of these four types
of buildings, when the construction
wus of frume the period or useriil
ness wus esilnmled nt twenty. five
years.
"The modern steel and concrete
akyseiupcr bus not been In use long
enough for us In be able (o deter
mine absolutely what it period or
usefulness might be," Mr. Hehmldt
declared, In conunenilng on the
committee's estimate or the ilepro
elation or ofriee buildings. "Ho far
us the construction of these build
lugs Is concerned, it Is perfectly
possible that they mny he In eicrl
lent condition ut the end or fitly
or even one hundred years, but we
feel that they period of usefulness
as regards Income will proluilily b
ubout forty years,"
Hotel and elevator apartments
were given comparatively short
period of usefulness. Kor perma
nent construction their figure was
thirty-five years. This period vsr.
led with the typo of construction
IS) aa low as twenty-two yeurs.
Comment In tile Atchison Ololw
to the ertect that the niuo wh)
talks u lot la usually uuthrlttly
must In wrong In one respect at
leaat. We're thinking or the Ina i
who can work up an Interesting
monologue about most anything
while the waiter U trlng-to give
eomeone the check. 1
PondosaP.-T.A.
Elects Officers
J For Coming Year
Hy Mrs l. K. Huyiuond .
(Observer t'orrespondent) .
John fttoddurd was elected pros!
1'ONIMJHA, Ore. (HpeclulJ lr.
dent of the Parent .Teacher asso
ciation for the coming year ut a
meeting held ut the school hnus:
I'btirsduy evening. Mrs 1). K. Nel
son will b vice president, .Mrs.
luviu Johunsen, secretary and Mrs.
Hell llrown, treasurer. After the
election, a lesslon, tho subject of
which wu 'The Need I'or I'lity"
wus given hy ilenry Maxflcld an I
dlsoussed In generul,
A birthday party and election of
officers was held ut a meeting of
the Medical rlprlngs Women's club
Thursday afternoon, It was two
yeurs ago that the club was or
ganised und now bus 60 paid, up
pteinhers und f IDO.oft In the treus
nry. Airs, l. iltuymond w-as
elected president ' for tho coming
year. Mrs. Jtuymond hus icld tbut
office since October of lust year
when Mrs Johrt I'effh-y, who wus
the president, moved uway, Mrs.
W. 11, luncait wus reelected secre
tary und Mrs. K. 10. Whitten
elected treusurer. Itefreshments
which.-Included a large' bin hduy
cake, were served, Mrs Itayinond
was given a handkerchief shower
and received muiiy liouutirul hand-
kerrlllefH. ;
j. . tlve -of fleers of tho Primary as
sociation , from la Orunde und
Hnker attended the . Primary, con
ference held ,ut thn school hous
Hunduy ' afternoon. ' This Primary
Is a brunch of thn Maker ward und
la the children's organisation of Die
l l H. church.- .Mtrs. John' Htod
durd"' Is' jireslilenf of tho-' loctil
branch 'and .with thn cooperation
of the, Primary teuchors, urrange.l
an Intoreellng progrum of songs,
and. reiiltutions In which 4') child.
rch took purt. Illsliop J...W. Kurd-
Ty of the Maker ward, spoka briefly
on the good of Hie pi Unary, as
did Allss Kxinu Ilnxtor, of I'nlon,
a Vrlmury board aid, Mrs.' Klden
Rloddurd, president of the I'nlon
make was ulso present
An enjoyuble reunion was' held
ot the homes of Mr, and Mrs, Met
Lerwlll and Mrs. und Mrs. Kdwui'd
I-urk Hunduy. Mrs. Mury ijirk. of
K'mmett, Idaho, molher of Mrs
lrwlll and Mr. Ijifk, hud spent a
week visiting here und on Hat'.irdiiy
Mr. und Mrs. Wllllum liik und
fee. t.urk, of Kinmett, Idaho, and
Mr. und Mrs. llohert I.ark, of Hal
ey, Iduho, arrived. They returned
to their homes Hunduy evening
. Mrs. II. W. IteDell left Hutur
day for Ha 1 1 esc, Mont, Mrs. W. II
llahnokamp will accompany her
la far as Hpohnnn. Mrs. William
Hurko, mother of Mrs, IteDell, will
return with her daughter und spend
the summer hers.
Neville Von Htlne arrived this
und at a lute hour refreshments
Were served. About J 4 couples
wore present.
Mrs. t'hurle I law eon and little
son. Junior, returned home Wed
needuy. Mrs Mawson has been
III ut the home of her mother, Mrs.
It. A. Mugull'C in l.a Orunde Mrl.
Kay Kuril, of Iji Orunde. und Mrs.
Mugulre brought Mrs. Duwson
over, returning the same day.
Mrs. Kvelyn Itosenbnurn. Itellef
society slako president, and Mrs.
Lester Hlnddnrd, both of Iji
OtaiKle, visited the relief society
meeting hold ut the homo of Mrs.
J.oren Nelson Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs J. '. I.uy of iho Park, wu"
urlso'u visitor at thn mooting.
HIGH SCHOOL
CONCERT IS
HELD AT COVE
My Mm. A. (1. Conklln
(Observer Correspondent)
rOVK, Ore. (Hpeclnl) The con
cert presented by the high school
chorus with J. It, Price ss director
wus u very pleasing affair und
much enjoyed by a large audience.
The program wus us follows:
Port 1, "'Gypsy l.ovo Song." Vic
tor Herbert, hy the chorus: "Moon
light Trull." Kleher. chorus; "Thou
JArt My Hunshlne," chorus; ' "Indi-
un Pawn.." y.urncrulk. chorus,
Part' Z, "The Knbln's Itetllrn."
l-'lslfer,' piano solo, ,olu Krothcrs:,
"When Hong Is Hweet," San Konri,
vocal'solo, Vernoiiu Ooodeli; "Star
ry Night." Smith,' piano solo, l.ee
Kllen llreshenrs: ' "Little Pink
Hose," llond. ' vocal solo. Archer
Amies; "Herenude,". Krunz Schu
bert, and "IntermcKzn -favnllerla
Itusllcnha," Mascagiie, Covo siring
ensemble. - . ,
Purt t, "Klegle, Massenet, chor
us;. "Hong of Indlu," Kunsky-Kor-snkov,
ciiorus: "t'omrades at the
Ituad," Wilson, chorus.
X. A, VOKK MKH
llllOOKI.INK, Muss., May 13
(AP) Wlllard A. Vose, In, presi
dent of Vose and Hons Piano com
pany, und known as the "dean of
piano makers" in manufacturing
circles. Is dead here.
Improvement
Gossip
din rri i
The re-deoo-rutlng- of tM PI rut
MHhodJut Kplwoput church lit well
untfer wuy, wllli pn In tern niorti
thnn tin If covfrltifc tho Hide front
ing on Fourth utreot durlntf the
liml ntfrk. The w.w voUnu, a isri-y
with ii Ki't'cn. ti-fnimlnjr, are very
ultrmUlvp,
IiiHinll -fJiuml Hll
The. vlty Ik tnHtitlllnff ttunrd nil 1m
on Howvul IiMIh (n Iji O inn do thul
nt'o iltintccroUM to mntorlHtH. In
rhiilcd In thcito in tho O avenue hill
hctwiM'n Knurl h arid Hcrond ntroctfi.
Thin fcni'p wan coruilctcd liiHt
work. . . . ,
Point Klnro IVonl
Thn front of I). Ptitiiiiin'n T-n
dlfH Itondy to Wcnr Btorn hn hiton
rcdoporutcd with a frown rout of
paint.
Work lttnwlii(p-
Tho di'OoratinK of IH'l HudHpoth'
"Orvon I'ariol" In the Foley hotol
liiilldlntf Ih proRrcHHlnir rapidly.
Tho Uukk I'ulnt com puny Ih dolnjf
thiH wnrk. A new noon hln has
ii o lii'fn purt'huned and hircd
uhovo tho ontranro. Furniture ho
tfun arrlvinff lat work, .
I Mi i mli I nit; Jolw ,
Nnto Xwolfrl hn tho plumhlnir
work on Mih. Hhcrnian's now homo
hohiir oriTtod on Flrnt Htn'ft. Hp
Ih also working oi) tho plunihtnif
nnd tiontlns for tho Clronje Hloh
ardiion n-Bldrnco on I'mnnylvanla
nvenuo. nnd linn tho plumhliiK work
for tho Jt. A. Crawford homo on
Klfvcnth Hti-iM't.
l-Ilwtrlo Work
C. V. Talhott In nt proHont work
in ft; on thn electrical work lit tho
W, II. Itohnpiiknmp oomininy, To
iiioitow ho Ih to- wire William Ilol
llnn now houM. l aIho hun con
tracts for tho wlrltiK and elfctrlcul
work nt tho ntato hlKhwny . nliops
and at Iho . (loorg-o KIcfiardKon
homo..
wook from I'lttHhurnli. I'onn., t
iu0 ah-h ri s.t Htfi 4 whMtmmi wAcmc Quality Painf,
rama lioro a your ujto. Thn rnoi
prolmhly ho In foiOHt Hnrvlco
OiIh iiummor,
Mm Vlrtfll noamlctto nnl
ttiffhtr, Darhni-a HohoM, who woh
born lu llukor Ihrco wookH
oamn homo Hunduy ovmlng.
A buliy hoy wuh horn to Mm.
K. W. Hrnlth In a hOHpllul nt Ttukor
ThurHilay. Mother nml baho arc
roporiod to bo irettlnjr aioiur nioo
ly. Mr, nd Mra. Ocoriro OurtU drove
ovor "from Jleroford thin wook to
YUlt Tom ArvtdMon who Ih taklntt
trrutniont nt Medlonl HprhiKi. i
Tho lOKftlhir rump In the Park In
an ununually tmny phioo IIiIh iipi lnR.
Ahout SU men lire now employed
veUlnv out loft for tho doubtn
Hhlft at tho huw mill More truck
U bnlnir lulil tn order to rench tim
ber further back In thn hill.
v Mrn, W C. Hower nnd Mih. Tro-
vul lunion. whom birth tliiH oc
Cured durloir the week were Klvon
urprlHo party by tho Hellef mo-
olety at tho homo of Mrn. V. W.
Orny Wodnomluy ovimiIuk. Oame
wero tile dlvrrwlon of tin evenlntr'
No risk
Varnish or Lacquer . . . Don't
hesitate'to redecorate . ..don't
delay painting because vou
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smart, up-to-date shades.
They insure successful dtrco
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artistic use of color is nu
premely important. ,
... And they are lasting.
"Lasting" i a big feature, for
colors must be durable to
hold their beauty and protect
your investment.
There is
a correct,
beautiful
ACMEfinish
for every room in your home.
ACME is the top quality
exterior paint, too. Everything
in Paint, Enamel, Lacquer
and Varnish.
Bring your painting problems
to us) we will gladly serve you.
T 11 Ii HOUSE
W. K. Gilbert Co.
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THERE'S ECONOMY
IN BUILDING THIS YEAR
Building costs arc low this yenr. It is an opportune time to make
an investment of your rent dollars.
Our retail department will lie glad to give you quotations on the
entire lumler bill for a new home. Our stocks are complete we
offer you the advantage of buying direct from our manufacturing
plant where we make the finest lumber from best timber in this
Bcction.
Bowman-Hicks Lumber Co.
RoUtil Dept. Phone Main 8
"Quuke again hit Itolnirnu," Miyw
a nwnpMr headline. Hut, uh
your olJ friend Al Hmith might
nay, "no matUr how nmny quuke
hit It. It's Mtlll bologna."
Home of the new "a'Jtohlogra
phieM" remind uh thul Arthur
Kchnltzler one suld "writina; one)
reminisirenceH Ih eaay when one ha
u poor memory " . :
Brace.
and
your bit-
f ar,"l""y ' don't want to bore .
II vnil B!IV Rill tUn
I don't want to bore .
you, says Bill the ''
BuildcI, but I would
like'to drill this Into vour mind. There will nevrr he a
better time to build a house a -garage a store a
public building a barn a fence a chicken coop and
a reputation for having good common sense than right
now! And the best way to prove you hayc the latter is
to buy your building material from
Home Lumber & Coal Co.
Successors to Cliiude G. Pratt
Building Materials of all Kinds
1802 Cove Ave. Phone Main 248.'
? .
Need
an
Electrician?
Not often' perhaps
But when you do
"You Phone for us we'll wire for you"
H. & S. EITRIO.vInc. v
Sommer Hotel Bldg. T .Phone'Main 127. '
You can't believe
your ears
THE NEW
KELVINATOR
is so silent
in i
THE New Silent Kelvinator is so startlingly
quiet even in starting, that listening intently,
you will wonder whether it if actually running.
And matching its nouelesa operation, is its time-tried
automatic service without attention or regulation.
More reliable, more economical, more beautiful in
design, the New Silent Kelvinator comes to you
with many new and exclusive features. See it today.
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i
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V
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