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TIIE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY HORNING. APRIL" 13; 1924 i a .1 I if a&MManHiBBBniiai I HB&BSIBinaUBBailSBUBH i 1 1" I t ! YOU TOO CAM BUILD AND Salem is one of the great home cities of America. About one half of our hotlses are owned by fami lies living in them, but what about the other half ? Thousands of other families can and sh6uld know the -joya-ofhome ownership. , What about you? ' Let me help you now. to plan your own home. For twenty years I've been' helping owners to build their homes .economically and. well. I can help you too. My book of house plans, at my home, contains hundreds of suggestions. Call and look them over.' ; " I -'will; help you from the very starthelp you with your plans advise you regarding the financing of your honied-give you throughout the benefit of my long experience. v i Come in and talk with me or phone and I will be glad to call on you without any obligations. PHONE 1337-J 1420 N. FIFTH ST. . d in Salem - - - Realtors Express Unusual Confidence and ls, Many Large Projects Give Foundation for Optimism in ii Its Perfection - - - A City of Boosters - - - Watch Us Grow ' ', TARIFF vs. FREE TRADE By JOHN T. ADAMS, Chairman of tha Republican "Rational Committaa LYj rising from rilQUAKE t i tin - 0 A -X! ''it If -2 f rwin Dairy Farm Bought Attracting Many Purchasers One of the large .rural deals completed this week was the pur chase of the Irwin dairy farm, by Mr. Holman, who recently came to Salem from California. . The ranch is located near Salem on the Tur ner road and has CO acres. The consideration was $12,000.' , Mae Lawton is ; the J(W, owner of an half acre tract just outside the fcity limits at the end of South Twelfth street, which she purchas ed j from James O. Heltzel, , local attorney,- for $630.. ; Gustay Schunke," a retired min ister, has bought the W. P. Lewis residence at 1 3 4 5 North; Commer cial street, for a . consideration of $5300. .,; - - ' The deals were handled by the W. H. Grabenborst company, 5 real estate firm.' " ';". . I :er wb.cn Japan's capital -was lal4 st -5 by 'quake apd fire. ! O , ' '' I' n. PO'PDDGDBS rre Modern Structure fo Local Firm Will Cost Around $25,000 at t lit a:: . I Lbc it plins for the new' Rigdon tnor- ry are progressing rapidly, ac Ung to Frank Struble. of Free- i & Struble, local architects vbave charge of the specifica- '-.s. .-The mortuary wben com ed will cost approximately ,600 and will be one of the t complete on " the coast. It be located at the southwest xer of Cottage and Chemeketa Hill face on Cottage. , , . IvLlUln's will be approx: ly 65x105 feet, of concrete traction, with stucco finish ill be prorided with a chapel 3 feet, with a lobby so arrang that ; the . two rooms can be wn together and make : one a room. t ' l ; . ' 1 t addition to a large salesroom ie aecond floor, there will be a -room apartment with a sep f sleeping room; The base t will have the heating plant, pand storage space. An ele t service will connect the tnent with the. second story. eliminary work has already a, and excavation is' expect get under way la the near e. ..... Purchasers of tracts in the lo cality this week were M. J. Stone and C. M. Aldrich. The consider ation in each Instance was $600. Mr. Aldrich is expected to build on his new property in the immedi ate future, i " ; , ; Two Fine Residences, are Purchased Dunng Week Two fine residence properties changed, hands ' this week, kccord- ine to a reoort from Becke & Hendricks local' realtors. f C. Farmer purchased the house and lot at K50 South Jli&h fox $6500. The property was formerly owned by J.- A. Cobb of Marsh- field, t The property has' en abun dance of fruit and is well located A. C. Bishop has purchased the large house at 245 South Cottage from Fred Lamport, and is going to remodel, It into an apartment house ' The consideration ; was $5750. ; , F. F. Faught will biild on a lot In Fairmount Tark" addition, ofl Superior between Commercial and Saginaw which he purchased from John Harbison. The consideration was $800. ; ' Oakhtirst Tract Properties By Han From California With the sale of two more lots in the Oakhurst tract this week, the number of lots in this addition is diminishing rapidly and the section is being developed at a fast rate.. . The Oakhurst tracts are lo cated on the Garden road at the outskirts of the city and adjacent to .the Englewood school. , Origin ally the tract was divided into 24 lots, but only nine of these remain. The tract is being disposed of by the W. H. Grabenhorst company. Employment Situation Reported Much improved That the employment situation is, improving is evident from the weekly report of the United States employment bureau at the YMCA, for while there were 60 more men registered two weeks ago than during the week ending Saturday night, 10 more men found work during, the past six days than in the preceding period, according to Sim Phillips, who has charge of the office, f Of the 124 men who registered this last week, there were calls for 68, this number re ferred and 60 reported placed. Common labor headed the list. with 40 registrants. There were 21 seeking help. 21 referred and 20 reported placed. Agricultural workers came second, with 37 re gistering, 23 seeking help, 23 re ferred and 20 placed. Farm hands hands followed, with 26 register- -ing. 15 sought, 15 referred ana 15 placed. " ' ' Woods , laborers are not In de mand, for of the . 18, who sought work only four were demanded. these were referred and one man placed. Others seeking work were seven salespeople, with ppenings for two,' the same being reported as! placed, r Seven cSauf feurs re gistered, with two in demand and one laced. Three male ' nurses and attendants registered, with two in demand, and one placed. -. Twenty-three women registered with five In demand and placed Cooks and chefs led. with 11 re gistering and two in demand and rlace. Six salespeople registered with-none' demanded. Five do mestics 'registered, with two In demand and placed. .One female nurse, registered and found place, , . Liberty Lot Is Sold to : Salem Newspaper Plant One of the largest transactions of . the week was consumated through the W. H. Grabenhorst & company firm, when the Capital Journal printing company acquir ed the G. F. Kurtz property on Liberty, joining the Elks temple. The consideration was $21,00. It Is understood . the property ' was purchased - as an Investment with view of building for the news paper plant some time in the fu ture. Vyr . - . : . The lot has a frontage of 82 1-2 feet and a depth of 165 feet. At present there is a two-story apart ment house on the property in ad dition to a cottage, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz." -0 r 2ars co ho vculd lour son? . Help YOU so you ' t 31013 REALTOR ON TRIP .After spending the greater por tlon of last week on business in Central Oregon, A. C. Bohrnstedt, local realtor, returned to Salem last night In order-to be here t to day to have charge of his Sunda7 school class. , - : i i CANADA'S BEST FOOT FORWARD AT BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION (BfMUl) , LONDON. March 2 6.--Canadas gleaming white building, contain ing an essence of the works of God and man in the Dominion, will be ready when the bands begin to play ' for the opening of -the British Em pire Exhibition at Wembley, on St. George's Day, April 23. ; J The' men arranging Canada's display of herself at Wembley have worked with a gingery speed alien to the mother country, 'and expect to prove their Anglo-Amer ican: aptitude, for getting - things done by opening their show a week ahead of the Exhibition as a whole. Many of the. other dominions and outposts of empire which make up the melange of east; and west that is rising from the mud at Wembley, may be a Jittle be hind schedule, but not Canada. Her building, almost In the center of the Exhibition grounds. covers nearly, four acres with. Its hand some neo-Greek structure. A few yards away from it at either end are smaller buildings, each con structed by the railroads that cross the continent through the Domin ion to encourage immigration to the lands along their route, c Half of the Canadian 'exhibit is devoted , to the natural resources of the country; vast timber lands, rushing rjvers and water-falls,far-spread fields of grain, coal mines and asbestos beds, sheltered ports on both the Atlantic and the Pacif- ' One of the fun damental differences between - the Republican and the- Dem ocr at ic par ties Is their a 1 1 1 1 a de on the tariff. The Repub lican, party believes in a tariff whieh not only pro vides reve nues, but nrhioh - In Ai- ' dltion protects Americarf industry- from .foreign competition. The Democratic party ,1a a free trade, or tariff for, revenue only, ; party. -; " ' . A tariff for protection has been lenown as the American policy sinee the days of Henry Clay. Thi operation and the results of a tariff ior protection fully justi- - ... . w-a tiaL ly tnis cnaractenzaiion. wun three .exceptions, and those of hnrt rfnrtion. the United States has had the benefits of a protec tive tariff slnee the KepuDUcan '. party eame Into control of the government over 60 years ago. ; ' During that period has occurred . fhA ; Industrial develonment of thA ITnited States. Since the Civil war. America . has becomo the greatest Industrial producing na tion in the . world. Wit-s tle development of her Industries and their , prosperity came, inevitably, the develop ment of transportation, agricul ture and business, for the prod ucts of the 'factories, had to be moved, the wage earners bad to be fed, and the goods produced had to be sold. It is not an exaggeration to state that Americas position as the foremost, most prosperous na tion of the world is due, in a very -large -measure, to the pol icy and operation of a protective tariff during the last 60 years. ' The greatest beneficiary . of such a tariff is the wage earner. America has a higher level of wages and a higher standard of living than any other nation in the world. This is made possible by the policy of protection. The fact that wages are higher today than at any previous time in the history of American 4ndus try is mainly due to the Fofcdney McCumber tariff. Not only has that tariff protected the Ameri can wage earner, but it has pro vided more revenue than any other American tariff ever enact ed. Its operations have refuted every charge made against it during the period of Its debate, and have given another, example of the- wisdom of the. policy of Republican protection, '. - , ic,' the- austere- Rockies, mountain lakes, and the north country with tta a'ealttifot'furbering animals. The other- iialr Is given over to Canada's industries. In this sec tion the products of American cap ital and brains will get their place in the nevet-setling'sun of the Brit- . ish Empire. ; By thus demonstrat ing to British Investors what the -American manufacturer has been able to do in Canada,: the Canad ians hope 4o encourage a greater flow of British capital ' into thelr country.----" .' - In paintings - and ' illuminated mural photographs, Canada ,-. will depict her history In her tine buildr : ingj Artistically he will have at least 'one original contribution to : the Exhibition;1 a group of mural decorations 'colored by the seeds from her soil. -J." .-Twenty seeds of as many" shades of color are used in this work, Ibeingft sprinkled over papier mache figures faced with glue. At a short distance, they seem thetwprk oCthe paint brush of an artist. There are black on ion seeds, yeilow mustard seeds, pea seeds of green, the orange and brown seeds of grain, and so on. . 'i 't : : - ,. V.i. : . , ...t-'r-. i - j ; j ' T . f Salem Heights Selected As Future Residence Site . The Fleming Realty compauy report the sale of 325 North Four teenth street residence and apart ments for. F. D. Robbins; also an acre and a four-room cottage on Salem .Heights for : Johnson Mc Donough to William Harris, who . is Improving 4 the place- consider ably and will have one of the fin est view paints on the heights. The same firm also sold to H. 1 Prescott and 5 wife, for Rev. James Elvinr former pastor of the First' Congregational church here, his former residence at Wilbur and South Church streets. " ; All the buyers'' have already taken possession. The .valuations run close to $9.00 O.V 'r . Councils do not lessen evils, but often Increase them. ' FORMER HOME OF A GREAT DIPLOMAT, A mwp m A '' ' i f " - ; Hi" : ' - ij -. .' I.' j , - x, , :. . . ' : 1 : v"";" ' r'. ' . , t . ' ' j "1 OH. K1 " The tatlcwl capital is tiled with old homes that are rich In tradition and distinction, and among them nfatef tie lata Jclm Hay. aa outstanding figure la American diplomacy. He was Ambassador to England a EecLury of EUU uIder Resident McSnley, and . continued in tU Utter -position Roosevelt. In his youtn he was private secretary to Abraham Lincoln. This fin. old horn. U ow th. re ience ct Mr. Hay-sson-Ia-Uw and daughter. Senator and Mrs. James W. Wadsworth, Jr. t Senator Wadsworth U tlie senior senator ;for New York and IsjinaUonal Republican leader. ')'1U , : Before You Buy See Us For MATERIALS Gcment; Lime, Plaster, Fire-Brick, Metal- j - fc ... Lath, Sewer-Pipe, Drain Tile in Stock . Bring uaryour building: problems, ."for our spe-. cialty lirieg may offer a solution, such as water proofing Murphy-in-a-door, beds, etc. There iaA a difference in materials; vWe will gladly give you the technical and practical rea-' sons why ours are of a better kind. " QiregoHi Gravel ' irH s. .An Independent Organization 1405 N. Front. : Phone 180 T l-lAI'-.l-i IS h? :! YOUR:5 REACH Now Is the time to build your borne before the summer rush Is on.' -. r - " . . j Every family looks forward to the time when they will build their own home. When that day arrlves-.don't poil years of anticipation by building with poor lumber. - - Our lumber is all clear,' sound' stuff .that will be as good years from now as the day It Is put into the house. . - , . - ;. -" - . - . :. - : . -- - . W Gopeland Yardo EST SAUE3I Telephone 570 . t 1 . . I - - - -' Yards In West Salem, Albany, Treats, Hubbard, Yamhill, ' :- l : Ilillsborol ', -. . Salem Fifty Thousand in 1930" GOOD BUYS $2700 $55QC $5500 $1700 1 , ; $1800 $2300, $3000. ? $4200, 00 New four-room bungalow on paved street and fear line with built-in kitchen and modern i plumbing. $300 down ; balance $30 per month. Immediate possession. , ,00 Modern five-room bungalow with, basement . furnace, fireplace, built-in features, good lo ' cation, owner leaving city. This is a real bargain. -W-- " :"' "" - .00 -New completely modern stucco bungalow lo cated on N. Church street. Ready to occupy, ;.this is a ? real nice - home , with east front. '-. -Terms.; . . - .00 Six-room house with corner lot, $250 down balance easy terms, , 1 . ,00r Good six-room house on paved street; and t v . ; car line, . garage. 9 $600 down will handle. : Tr'lBalancefnonthly; V : - ' ' ' 00 Four-room home located close in on N. Lib erty street. Price $2300. Terms. $500 down. .00 Good six-room house and three lots located .on paved street. $2000 down will handle. . - .OtJ-Six-room modern home at 660 Union street. $2200 down; basement and furnace and paved -street. Z , ':',- " We Write Fire Insurance. W. II. GRABENHORST & CO. Realtors i 275 State St. Phone 515 HERB, MR. 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