HERE IS EXPERT OPINION
r ABOUT BUILDING SCHOOLS
Because everybody In Salem Is
Interested In the city school build
ings, the ones built, and building.
and yet to be built. The States
man presents We iiowinK author
' ltatlve discussion of types ot build-
1 rigs, by w :it.r. authority on
: materials and building conditions
Generally the public has agreed
with the Salem school board in its
deferring of the Grant c school
building at the present time, for
the r various reasons ; ot excessive
cost that will perhaps be reduced
within ... the next few months, of
doubtful suitability of the plans
proposed, and of the practicability
or necessity of some of the fine
lnnninnil In thfl Grant
school plans. Nearly everybody
can build a scboolhouse , exactly
-: right, except tbe directors who
1 actually have to make the con
1 tracts. But here are some of the
renditions as .the local architect
... l J . .4. In fha
' building outlined: -:' t
; J'ia there seems to be consid
erable controversy over the erec-
, Hon of this . building ; and some
criticism of our local school board
for their having proposed the er1-
i ection of what Is termed by some
of our citizens an elaborate school
? building, it is believed to be the
proper time to enlighten the gen
J'eral public on the matter.
t "As a matter of fact It Is said
bj- those well Qualified ' to read,
plana and pass Judgment on the
' merits of the building which such
puiuo i rerereut, uiat iuu Pw-
'posed 'new school building is in
no way elaborate though it may
seem as such to those not posted
in modern school bouse construc
tion. '.' !'
'Thli Vtiflrf If m as st kYaiesat tsi f
- wsss y a as gv as v
; the same type as the school bulld
: ings now being erected throughout
, the United States and particular
ly on the Pacific coast, In cities
: of the size -of Salem. The plans
1 for this building, were , recently
: examined by John O. Donovan, a
prominent California architect and
: a recognized authority on school
buildings.- who pronounced the
scheme and type of building pro
posed as .being exceptionally good.
"This building as proposed Is
the first unit of what is Intended
to be tu complete . and modern!
unit necessarily' makes, it more ex
pensive to build than any. of the
future units should be as in addi
tion tn tn ' a)ws1 knIMIn . It.atf
is provided boiler house large
eaouzja 10 nouso ine nesting ana
ventilating noC only for the first
unit, but for the completed plant.
Including an 'SO foot smoke stack
of brick which will take care of
all future boilers and Quito an
item ia Itselfc?... v-'-'--i
; 'While , not 'entlrelr fireproof
this building as proposed Is what
is termed a semi-fireproof struc
ture, i In many cities no 'larger
than . Salem all school buildings
are made entirely fireproof, not
only for the protection of the
children but because .buildings of
that type have proven to be- the
best - Investment lit the long ran
due to the lower cost of mainte
nance and the absence of ' neces
sary repairs. ; .,-
. "The reason some of those who
have examined the plans' tor this
building are opposed to Its erec
tion Is probably because it is so
far superior to any of our present
school - buildings that to them It
seems' elaborate yet it is of the
same class , and ; type : of building
as . has been adopted and erected
In most cities where, permanent
schools .have been erected within
the last few years.
I should be remembered that
Salem has not erected any school
bnlldings since 1915 and also that
our: present ' school buildings in
most cases .were not really mod
ern schools even at the time they
were erected and have since been
found to be lacking in i many re
spects 'atid consequently if new
taodern , schools are to, be erected
they cannot be compared either in
cost . or planning to : the present
buildings. . ,
The cost of the proposed new
Grant school has been compared
by f some of the cost of the new
addition" : to the present high
school.- It is In reality Impossi
ble to compare these two . build
ings because of the; fact that the
proposed new; Grant school build
ing -is ot a much j higher class
than the pew addition to the high
school .and also because the pub
lished cost of the - Grant ' school
was for a -complete building in
cluding1 - everything necessary to
put the building in shape for oc-
cost of .the ; high school addition
did - not 'include the' cost of many
Items, which are necessary to com
plete a modern and up ? to date
school building and which" were
included in the published cost of
the Bew Grant school. v .;' . .
"La orderto- give the "general
pulsHe and idea of what the pro
rosed new. Grant school, will; be
when completed and why Unneces
sarily will cost more to erect than
the thigh school addition.-the fol-
lewing comparison is given:
"As before stated it is neces
sary to' build a boiler house with
an SO foot smoke stack at the
new Grant school, which however,
it "large enough to.. house all " of
the - boilers . and ventilating fans
for. all-of the future units. The
erection "of av new, boiler house
and stack is not necessary at the
new high school addition as the
. new beUer. can be housed i In " the
present boiler room. A complete
mechanically! operated ventilating
system is to be installed in : the
new Grant school while this is not
the case 'with the" new high school
addition."- This . is an important
item as thorough ventilation - is
without question one ot the most
important features of a modern
school building. J . y "...
"All stairs and : stair halls in
the .new Grant school are to be
absolutely fire-proof while In the
new 'high school addition and in
all of the present schools as well
tbe stairs are alt of wood 2 con
struction. . This. is . of great im
portance for In case of fire the
stairs must necessarily; provide a
means of exit for the majority ot
all students within the building
for. steep and narrow tire escapes
have proven to be Inadequate
means of escape from a burning
building housing hundreds of
school children J ; : 'i A i
"The cement stair treads with
steel nosings in ( the new Grant
school mean many years of service
without repair.i and the maple
flooring which the plans provide
for will outwear four or five fir
floors as are to be found in all
of our present- school buildings.
Including the new high school ad
dition. We need only to visit
our present school buildings and
note the - condition, ol! some ; .of
the fir floors and fir stair treads
to realize ? the folly of Installing
fir lumber for ; these purposes in
what is intended to be a perman
ent school building. In tbe new
high school addition all wood
floors are to be of fir including
the gymnasium floor. Every
school building erected in the city
ot Portland in the last several
years has been equipped " with
hardwood floors.
-The new Grant school is made
seml-f ire-proof by the use of me
tal lath which ; in case ot fire
would retard its spreading while
in the new high school addition
and in the present schools all lath
Is of wood. All plastering in the
new Grant school is to be what Is
known as a smooth troweled put
ty finish, which Is much more dur
able and sanitary than the rough
sand finish specified for the new
high school addition. " " '
"A considerable saving is made
In the cost of the addition to the
high school ; asj compared to ' the
cost ot tbe new Grant Bchool in
that it being only an addition to
the present building only three
exterior walls are required. Also
the gymnasium occupies the en
tire third story wherein; no plas
tering ; or interior finish is re
quired. .. . . .. i . ; ..! -
"All toilet room floors and base
in the new Grant school are to be
of. ceramics-Jlle- whieh has been
found to be one of only two ma
terials satisfactory for , this pur
pose as It is absolutely impervi
ous to water, acid or stains of any
nature, and will remain sanitary
while cement i floors as specified
for toilet rooms In the new addi
tion to the high, school are sub
ject to disintegration': from .the ef
fect of the acid with which they
necessarily 1 come in . contact and
therefore is not - a sanitary and
suitable material for this purpose
although much cheaper than tile.
It is doubtful If there is a general
toilet room In any of, our present
schools which' could be declared
perfectly sanitary and sanitation
is one of the most desired features
of a modern school building. ,
'It is necessary to provide two
complete toilet rooms in the new
Grant school as against only one
in the new addition to the high
school. All toilet stall partitions
and doors in the new Grant school
are to be of steel with baked on
enamel which is about the only
material that will withstand the
abuse to which" they are subject
ed In a. public school building and
are tar more durable and sanitary
than wood doors and partitions.
All Uoilet fixtures- In the Grant
school are to be of vitreous china
Including the uninals .which are
mare expensive and far more san
itary than slate urinals as specifi
ed for the addition to the high
school. - MU.V'-: ' - ""'
"The roofing M j specified for
the Grant school is of the asphalt
and gravel type, more expensive
of course, but far more durable
and fire resisting: than the wood
shingle roof specified for the high
school addition, i s
" "Coppered steel chains which
never wear out are specified for
the i window . sash ; in the Grant
school as compared to cotton cord
specified for the high school ad
dition. . " I ; :- A:;-- ; ;.-'.-.; ;,: ? :.
"AH window glass specified fori
Orant school , is double strength
as compared : to single' strength
specified for the high school ad
dition. : j i :'f -: i- Hf- -M
, , "Genuine slate: blackboards are
specified for the Grant school and
included in the published bids
while no black-boards at all were
included In-the bids for the high
school addition. It will be neces
sary for the school "board to furn
ish these as an extra. t"'v..
, "The painting specified tori the
Grant school includes the paint
ing of all. plastered walls with a
wall paint 5 which while . more ex
pensive than the ordinary cold
water tint specified for the addi
tion ; f o the ' high school is much
more durable 'and sanitary All
wainscotings'ln the Grant school
are to be covered with canvas to
protect the plastering and finish
ed -with a -paint job that can be
kept clean' , and sanitary. .The
f
The three story apartment house in Federal street. Chicago,
where fire trapped 160 negroes and caused the death ot ten persons
and injured a score., The cause ot the fire Is believed to -have been
the explosion of a moonshine still. Many ot the occupants of the
building jumped from the upper floors and some of these, with their
clothing afire, burned to death on the sidewalk, L
wainscotings in school buildings
are subjected to much abuse. Thi3
Is not to be, done in the addition
to the high school. - .
'TheTelectric wiring specified
for the Grant school includes a
complete system of power wiring
and motors , for the ventilating
system, a complete fire alarm sys
tem, a complete program and sec
ondary clock system and a com
plete telephone i system. ; These
different electric systems are all
found in the modern school build
ing ot today but are not inclnded
in the published cost of the high
school addition. ,
-"The hardware specified for
the Grant school is of a good ser
clceable quality and includes panic
bolts on all exit doos which sim
plify and make positive tbe open
ing of the doors in case of fire.
These panic bolts are required by
law on all exit doors ot schools in
all cities which have an up to
date building ordinance, but, are
not specified for the addition to
the high school or. in many of our
present schools. Also most of the
doors throughout the Grant school
will .. be equipped . with ; door
checks which Insure a positive
and . quiet closing of the door.
"The brick specified Mr the
Grant school are not an expens
ive imported brick but a brick
that is manufactured in Salem. I
"By a careful study of the above
description of the two proposed
new school buildings it can -readily,
be seen why the cost of erec
tion of the new Grant school Is
greater than that of the new addi
tion to 'the high school as .it is
clear that the proposed 'new Grant
Hchool Is a superior class of build
ings ;-v -p'l - 4-. f- .: r ;
a "All Items - mentioned fn. the
above 'description of the new
Grant school with the exception
Of the plumbing and the Seating
and ventilating systems are in
cluded In the low, bid of 181.426
for the general construction of
the building, j 4 t . . j .
,h "It has been said that the' local
school board employed-an archi
tect for this work whose buildings
all ran higher in cost that the
buildings designed by1 other arch
itects. This Is' found , to be un
true if the buildings compared are !
of the same class. For instance,
bids were opened recently ..for the
erection of a new boys dormitory
at the state school for the Blind in
this city, as designed by an archi
tect, who ranks high in his profes
sion.' This building is of the same
class as the - proposed new Grant
school, and the lowest bid' receiv
ed was at a cost of 25' cents per
cubic foot exclusive of plumbing
and heating as against a cost, of
22 cents per cnbic foot exclu
sive of plumbing and heating for
the new Grant school. Therefore
it can be seen that the local school
board is not endeavoring to build
any better class of building than
the ' state is .building', for its
schools. .; ! i ;
"Due to the present cost of
building construction the cost of
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erection of the proposed new
Grant school was found to , run
$103,000 Including the architects
fees and, all expenses connected
therewith which Is $11,000 above
the original estimate for the com
pleted building of $92,000. If it
Is necessary this $11,000 can be
eliminated by cutting some fea
tures; but no more eliminating or
cutting should be done than is ab
solutely necessary,-for this build
ing as planned would give Salem
its first really modern and up to
date school building.; It would
mark ..the beginning of a new era
in school building in this city, tor
within one year after , completion
it would no doubt prove its worth
and , also prove that the first cost
is not all that should be consider
ed in the erection ot permanent
buildings. r
"If it is necessary to cut down
the cost of this proposed new
building, and as a cut to the orig
inal estimate would not cut its
desirable features to . any great
extent, would It not be better to
cut the, cost and erect a perman
ent building than to erect more
temporary structures?
"While there Is an Indication
of a drop tn construction costs It
is said by those posted in.-tha
matter that a drop of more than
1 0 per cent cannot be expected
and probably it will not be that
much. ' IT-"- '""j
"If the half million dollars re
cently voted is to be expended for1
Salem schools, would' it not bj
well to make the first one modern
and no to date - as the proposed
new Grant school would be and
such as other cltlesare- building?
' "The general tendency in ei
ecting buildings in Salem has 'ail-
ways been ' to make them Just
barely good enough to get by and
let it go at that. The quality of
the buildings erected in Salem has
always been below the standard
set by other cities of the size of
Salem. With the erection of the
new schools to be erected here we
build better buildings."
Swain? Propose at 24;
Maids Are Won When 21
LONDON, June 30. High taxes
end unemployment cannot stop
Dan Cupid, or at least they could
not in 1921, which is the last year
for which full vital statistics have
been completed in Britain. That
year tho marriage rate was 1.9
persons per 1000, a rate that has
not been exceeded since 1874, ex
cept, for the war and post-war
years ot 1915-1920.
The usual ages for the newly
weds were 24 for the men end 21
for the women. Divorces were
more numerous than ever before.
Except for the war years, the
birth rate ot 22.4 per 1000 liv
ing was the lowest recorded since
1837.;; - - f -r " i.J! -
About 15,000 boys end almost
50,000 girls married before reach
Ing 21. Sixty men and 12 womeir
married efter attaining the age of
80. -,' "
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SENTSCIEI1TISTS
WM. King of Snakeviltel Col
lects Venom From Souths
- r em ; Rattlers
;BROWNSVlLiL.E. Tex., June 29.
Three glass jars,; hermetically
Bealedj each filled with yeilowish
crystals, repose on a' shelf in the
offlce of W. A. (Snake"), King,
at "Snakeville." on the outskirts
of Brownsville. The crystalsvln
each jar represent the ; collection
of poison from approximately
8000 f rattlesnalkes, : and, accrd-r
lng to Mr. King, there is ; enough'
poison in the jars to kill several
regiments; If it weTe 'properly ap
plied, f ; . j-;;-..V-N;v. Iv ---ly--.
: King 1 annually buys and - sells
thousands of rattlesnakes, and at
"Snakeville" there are at all Umes
hundreds of rattlers of all sizes
and 'descriptions. ! For" several
years he has been' collecting poi
son from the reptiles, crystallzing
it in a small kiln sending theVjry
stals to . scientists in all parts of
the world who are endeavoring to
find a remedy for' snake bite.-
J 'Tew people Ion Brownsville' rea
lize the volume -of business which
flows through "Snakeville.' They
daily "see - scores of boxes loaded
labeled "Dangerous Reptiles Han
dle With Care," leave and enter
the express office; but it is an if-customed-grown
, sight; Dozens of
Mexican snake ' catchers are re
quired to keep the stream of rep
tiles moving ' into King's pens. '
' "j have never charged a cent for
the poison crystals, nor do I ever
expect to .charge anyone for the
antitoxin.' King states "I have
saved the poison and crystallzed
it for the benefit of- science, and
I' have the antitoxin tor the bene
fit of any one bitten1 by a rattle
snake; . . j :
. "Scientists, throughout the
world have asked me for crystals,
and I have never failed to respond
provided I was assured tb,ey were
to be used tor legitimate scientific
purposes nly." ; f . 4 ; , . " L
1 It Is a curious fact King points
out, that the pqison nsed to pro
duce the antitoxin works well
only when it comes from the fam
ily of snakes from which tpe bite
has come, j In the casei op rat
tlesnake .bite, King asserts, th
serum used is made from the blood
of a horse Inoculated eith rattle
snake, poison injectec into, . the,
blood 'as near and as soon after
the bite as possible, f . ' . ; . .
: f When the snake farm at 'Sao
Paulo. Brazil, was established by
the Brazilian government; and
placed in -charge of advanced sci
entists,; King was asked by them
for some , crystals and antitoxin.
King supplied several quarts of
the crystals, . (representing the
collection front, about 20,000 rat
tlesnakes, i . : 1; : U -!"",' i "
King has branched out 'his bus
iness to include birds and animals
of diversified variety. (Parrots.
Iguanas, ant-eaters. I horned toads.
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wildcat. .Mexican ; lions.'' leopards
and scores of other specie of ani
mal life of Mexico and the. south
west, are found on his farm. :
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'- The - book agent I was dying.
(They are; tough, but5 they do die.)
"Jt is hard, very hard," he mut
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as I had been given the. exclusive
right to canvass 'Hayseed County
f4r sRipsnorter's Universal His
tory 'work that was bound to
sell like botcakes." . .' ' . '
. Then .glancing at bis sobbing
friends who stood around his bed
side, he said: "Soon all that will
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memory I shall have 'departed,
as Shakespeare whose .works,, in
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One by one the. sorrowing
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. 'That little stroke of "business
will get' me ah A 1 monument,
said the book- agent ' to his wife.
"And bow suppose you : send
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I'll see if I can't land him, for a
set of the Blarney library at $60,
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Quick Drop in. Price : ;
"Yes. sir." bragged the artist,
I Value this painting of mine at
$10,000' ; . , .
"I thank you for your, frank
ness," responded the . stranger.
"I am the. tax assessor."
At $10.000, . from V", ah - artist
standpoint"; went- on the: artist
without a break. "Of course you
Know, however, that 4 painting
Is actually what the materials
cost. Id this case that would be
$2 for canvas, and for paints, say
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