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YOU TOO CAW BUILD AND
OWN YOUR: OWN HOME
Salem is one of the great home cities of America.
About one half of our houses are owned by fami
lies living in them, but what -about the other half?
Thousands of ther families can and should know the
Joys of home 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 start help you "with your plan advise you regarding the financing of
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your
iioiiie give you mruugiiuuL um wuciu ui my luxij CAperieiice.
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; U v
: rTrge Buildings Are In the Offing - Suburban and Far m
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.lying Activity m MiiJopenyrrmtnenUiiraxBiis
!Out-Salem Will Be a Big Gity.
i
r 1 etstate firm are as follows:
f Wood has purchased a lot
o proadway from H. O. Buff man,
ai contemplates building. R. P.
has sold a lot on North
p$h to Allan Beckett, a recent
ral from Canada, who expects
direct a home in the near future.
lf Blivens has purchased' a lot
the new Capital addition. In
vicinity of the Parrish junior
h school, and will build soon.
Qon Is Building.
Fine Stucco Residence
. stucco residence , to cost
00 is now under construction
145 John street, in the Fair-
riunt . addition, according to a
laing permit Issued by City Re-
cider Marten Poulsen to O. A.
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JTIFUL WITH AGE
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iklLUHIIL
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62 Per Cent- of Homes are
Owned Here 54.8 in State
- and 45.2 in Nation
SIGN A-500 -
ie -! c& but we have just an average
w i rogue.- We would like to have a
S ljck home, but bow can . we affordr
I- Is- often the spoken or un
d ibken comment. The fact is that
n Titte John Smith has probably
is 3 Jit his pretentious home of brick
n i pdttise oflts aristocratic appear
r i ce, the tan of average means
if j sat to build his home of perma-
int material because that is the
iiterlal be can best afford. It is
m- ': ally more expensive to build or
". i Ja-permanent- construction, :tak
VjHnto account the high cost of
I Jntlng and repairing , the more
Hforary structures. . Most homes
T taid for over a period of rears.
,rJei saving in upkeep expense of ihe
tfck borne during those years is
?: tre than, enough , to wipe out the
j re to five hundred dollar inlilal
Terence In cost between a brick
C-JQB and a home of less substan-
ftl construction.
. j Tbe Atego has an -excellent plan
fat would fit well on a forty-live!
. ottlot The outside dimensions of
.a house (excluding porch . and
i iy) are thirty-two feet wide by
" xty-three feet deep. The living
r hta Is a splendid room thirty
et wide by fourteen feet deep,
it lots of wide windows. The
. iiing room Is sixteen feet by thlr
f .en feet, excellently lighted with
iiple wall space. : The bay recess
A 4 very attractive feature of this
w om. - The two bedrooms are ap-
tcpched through a ; short bail
'.Jch leads tiiso to the bath room.
veh bedroom has. windows on two
. -is, giving cross ventilation. 1 ,
WIth a well developed plan, a
' roof, with wide spreading
-c3 and a well designed appear
lae, this simple home of brick will
;peal to jnany., .
' McUtioa, ClTUnd. Ohio, caa furalik
m kiick. coaatrnetioa sent apo riMt.
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Sixty-two per cent of the homes
In Salem are owned by those liv
ing in them, according to an es
timate made on a conservative ba
sis by the Chamber of Commerce,
In a r?cent bulletin issued by . the
Chamber of Commerce emphasis
Is placed upon the fact, that no
other 'city with a population of
22,099 can boast of . so ' many
homes owned and such a small
percentage of renters.
In arriving at its conclusion, the
Chamber of Commerce took sta
tistics available for; 1920, when
there were 4157 homes owned and
1901 homes rented. Due to the
many hundreds of homes built in
Salem since January 1. 1920, Jt is
safe to say that there are no more
homes rented today than there
were four years ago, the bulletin
says. The Chamber of Commerce
also feels safe in its estimate that
there are nearly, 1000 more homes
in Salem .today than there were
four years ago. : -f 'y ':
Pride is taken by the bulletin
in announcing that the United
States census taken in i 9 20 states
that 45.2 of all people in the
United States owned their homes
and that 54.8 of the people of
Oregon owned their own homes.
Based upon these figures. 'Salem
has 7.2 more homes than the av
erage in Oregon and -16.8 more
than the United States that are
owned by the occupants.,
c4 j&red road one mile out of
1 juse, electric lights, bath, fire
.:; city property up to 13500.00.
j Tt? road and electric railroad,
if iS.jSarage, good spring piped
iauts with prune , fillers, well
t
131. acres under cultivation, on
-.11 trade for an apartment house
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:Iin, Realtor
Paving Operations Obtain
' An Early Start This Year
Paving operations got under
way this week and will continue
through . the ; summer. . Several
rrwles -of . city streets are' to be
hard-surfaced thi3 season,' as well
as a good mileage throughout the
county.
Preparation work for the pav
ing of North Twentieth between
Chemeketa and Center was start
ed Thursday under the direction
of" Walter Low, street commis
sioner. The curbing for this was
laid last fall.
Considerable work has been
done on the extreme end of Lib
erty street, - lying between Ferry
and the 'railroad tracks. This
has been rocked and . rolled by a
steam roller.
SteJner Slakes Trado
Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner. superin
tendent of the Oregon state hos
pital, 'has traded : his' 81-acre
farm near Macleay to Sam A.
Manning., Dr. Steiner's new
property is known as the Derby
home and is ' located on South
High, directly across from the
Fry property.
Suburban Tracts Attract
Prospective New. Settlers
Suburban tracts and diversified
farms are the subject of many in
quiries received by the multiple
listing bureau of the Marion-Polk
County Realty association, accord
ing to A. C. Bohrnstedt. . i -;
With, the listing bureau cooper
ating with the development pro
gram of the land 'settlement com
mittee of the state chamber of
commerce, owners of rural proper
ties will have these looked : over
byr hundreds of prospective set
tiers. - All listings made with the
multiple listing' bureau are re
corded In Portland. This record,
not only Includes the. price of the
property, 4but , a good description.
All nronrttoa nn llsteil will havO
been-carefully appraised to prevent j
owners from inflating values' and
to prohibit them from making a
price r so. high that there is no
chance of the property moving.
The appraisement plan also insures
the newcomer of a good and fair
price for his purchase.- . I
10H DWELLING
PERMITS ISSUED
Total for Week Ending April
2b Is $30,650 Future
; Outlook Bright
Phone 1185W.
AH Work Guaranteed
VASBY BROTHERS
PAINT CONTRACTORS
Estimates Given Free
Painting, Kalsomining and Decorating
Paperhanging
1703 N.1 Broadway.
Salem, Oregon
Ten building permits and four
permits covering alterations and
repairs were issuued during the
week I from the office of the city
recorder. The " building ' permits
ranged between 11200 and $4500,
with the majority around $3000.
Total permits issued for the week
had a valuation of $3-0,650. -
So far this month permits rep
resenting large expenditures have
not been numerous, as nearly all
of the more pretentious ' buildings
were begun last month. One" or
two-ot the local churches are plan
ning to spend large amounts in
building, while the new YMCA
building and the Elks' temple will
have a combined -valuation oi
nearly $350,000. The buildings
will be begun late this fall or
early , in the spring.
Total permits issued so far for
1924 amount to $1,547,195, in
eluding; those, issued' last week. "
and 1.3 per cent ahead of Janu
ary, while in March they were 3.2
per cent ahead of February,
though 3.9 per cent below March
a year ago. For ; three months.
i they "were 7 per cent ahead ;of
1923.' : j, .... -. ?!wV '; ;:;
Car loadings for the third
week of March were one per cent
below last year, this loss mainly
in coal and certainly not in lum
ber, but I for three months they
were 2.5 per cent ahead of 1923,
or , about i the same gain ; as was
shown in v the - country's "bank
clearings. : ; . . ;" 7
Pig Iron' output for March was
1.7 per cent below a year ago
while the the three months total
was 2 per cent below 1923; Steel
output in March, however, despite
all the talk of leisurely buying
was little below . the ' peak point
reached last May. February gross
railway earnings.gained 7 per cent
over February a year , ago, while
net operating income was 82 .per
cent larger than In February,
1923. - '
In failures, i the features . in
March and the first quarter were
the "dotie- approximation in num
ber to the- totals rolled -up in the
corresponding periods a year ago,
coincident with the second largest
quarterly total, of liabilities ever
To Salemand
- v Vicinity '
We pay transportation on
houses at prices listed be
low. Send for Catalog
No. 3009. -
Portland, Oregon
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LirJn
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MM witii pacli ha. din-
W, aieovca, put mnm
cnr inrrinrw.
Mvln, rMtn. tfiln
room. kUHMn. pmntrr, t bed-
IIMiia, cmm. ciinaia, Dtw.
Eaini-epeit MuttHiH nmt
imda ntnra, mom prim.
RiiftinPRR" Nnf OuitA
I In tn Qtanrfaprl recoraea e"eeUnK ne "iteperioa
up IU OldllUcU UJ Ust year by 70 per cent and sec-
of
It is significant that .Mars Is the
only planet that has nerve enough
to .come unusually close to earth
this year.
ANNOUNGMG
A New Shipment of Up-to-the-Mihute
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RIDDLE FIXTURES
If you are planning to build,1 redecorate or
remodel, do not fail to get an estimate on an
installation of Riddle Fixtures and above all
don't fail . to , come to . our store and see ' the
beautiful designs.
' Thcise . Fixtures have . been ' especially planned with
reference to the needs of the apartment, . small house
or bungalow where the outlay for the lighting instal
lation must be kept within restricted limits. . ;
The Riddle-Fixtures have an unmistakable dignity of
design and can be had In two finishes, silver estofado
and cold estofado. . . . , -: - ,j ...
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 2 C.
Trade, and industrly hardly
shaped up to anticipations . in
March and the early part of April,
writes Frank Greene In his month
ly review of business conditions In
the. current number of - the Na
tion's Business. . "In fact," he
says, "trade tended to taper off
and Industry slowed down slight
ly. Mail order sales, bank clear
ings returns, railway car loadings
and pig iron output sagged slightly
from & year ago, automobile oat-
put, dropped below February,
though exceeding that of March a
year ago ' by a fraction, lumber
buying and production slowed
down and : commodity prices re
peated the action of the preceding
three months in seeking a newer
and slightly lower level.
i "Preparations for a record year
In , buUding, however, went ; for
ward at an unexampled rate. All
the old reasons hitherto assigned ,y total ever recarded, but the pre-
iur ma uuuie wi buiuq iuiu&s iu
meet expectations, bad . weather.
ond only to the last quarter
19071 In the latter year as In
1924, .ban k. suspensions were
largely instrumental ln swelling
the liabilities totals but" a cheer
ful feature of,.the3Iarch liabilit
ies was shrinkage indicating
that the liquidation in this direc
tion in the northwest 'and fother
sections' had about run its course.
With all the drawbacks of bad
weather, bad roads, price uncer
tainty, limited foreign markets for
American grain and cautious buy
ing, the constructive trades have
continued as for several years past
the wonderfully sustained course
of activity that has set them in a
class by themselves. Given a sen
Bible course by labor as regards
wage demands there is apparently
ho bar to evn greater activity be
ing shown this year.
Buildings 1 permitted for In
February , were valued at $2 1 4,-
000,000, the third largest month
Flesner Electric Co.
471 Court St. ' i t i Phone 980 V
bad roads, bad. politics and price
uncertainties came in for mention
as reasons for the slight visible ef
feet of all these causes upon! the
total volume of trade and indus-
"WhUe on this subject it might
be well to remember, that trade
reports as a whole have perhaps
taken, undue color from what Ls
called . piacc-meal buying, the like
of which in many trades and in
dustries has never before been
seen; Also' it may be that .the
lateness of the season, with Easter
three weeks later than a year ago
and .winter conditions prevailing
through March may have vitiated
comparisons so that the usual sta
tistics of, movement do not per
haps give a true Idea of the real
proportions of trade output and
turnover.
'Indeed, the first quarter's fig
ures as a wnoie mane a iar oeuer
appearance than . do those or
March, gains over a year ago be
ing general, and it will hardly
be claimed that the first quarter
of 1923 was a slow period In trade
or industry.
"Despite the Jag-. alleged in
automobile buying output for
the Iflrst quarter was '1,040,000
autos and trucks (the latter con
stituting about 10 per cent of the
total), a gain of 18 per cent over
the. first quarter of 1923 and. only
10 per cent below the output of
1,155,281 cars In the peak second
quarter of last year.
"The irregularity In retail buy
ing has been notable this spring.
Mail order sales in February were
16 per cent larger than a year ago
liminary March, total at 150 cities
points to a gain of 24 per cent
over February and of nearly two
per cent over the high record of
March last year.- The . quarterly
total of -building promises to ex
ceed' the hitherto, peak: second
quarter of 1923 by two per cent,
while ; gaining 10 per cent over
the total for: the first quarter of
last year. I ,
It will be recalled that 'snow
balling of wage demands put
damper on last year's building
boom' in April and much work
was undoubtedly postponed. The
luture of the building boom,
upon which-depend so many other
industries, rests and apparently
entirely in thehands of labor.'
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S3. . . 3- Mr latM. rail ilioc
; - . ' 1 oowin room, olomnd
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i . v taina amn diner bc
ifff . plana: MM wita in-
etDorehas. Brad and
inaideoellarer.traaeaa.
S and S bodrooma.
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Typteml Amorigon homo wit
oaad raftora,. thult4
1m ond Di-ntv of wiudow
ontilaMn. Grado coilor on
atotaat tnamnd lartohath.
Prico isxlwdaa all lumber cut to fit: Mgbest srsds
intarior woodwork, aiding, flooring, windows
doors, glass. - paints, hardware, nail, lath, roof
Irw.witlioonplatcinstraetioMaaddrawinr. rolgataald
toyoor taton. Pannaaoat Hanw-'W PTiKTAbUC
ilanr 'at Ties to choose from. Write today
for FBE'E Uonoy.Bavisf Aladdia Catalog
No. sooa. v ,. ;. ,..,;:
' THE ALADDIN CO.,
"' r, PortUad, Orecon.
Contractors Rushing Work
On New Junior High School
Rapid progress ?3 being made on
the new Parrish junior high school
on North Capitol. - Preliminary
work was begun before the final
contracts had been signed, as the
contractors are obligated to com
plete the building In 100 working
days from the time the contract
was leu : -
Fleming's Weekly Bargain
While we have over 100 houses to offer,-we are selecting .
occasionally one that we are abslutely sure is a specially good'
bargain. Granted one qualification only, and that Is; that the
property-offered Is suitable to your wants and location, irre-,
specttve of the price. If It is not so, then the bargain feature .
fades away. If, however, it suits ou, ; you will endorse my
statement, that at is a genuine bargain. .
At 290 W. Miller Street
A 5-roombungalow, and with one room above,
in the pink of condition, a large lot, high and
dry, and good garden soil, a cellar (dry,) a cor- '
iter; a fine Polk county view (thrown in.) Price
$2500, $1000 cash balance, 6 per cent.
; ! ' WM. FLEMING
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HERE; MR. HOMEBUILDER
I the-. BEST, SAFEST, STRONGEST,
and, in the long ran, the CHEAPEST
Material oat ot - which to build your
borne, . . . . - .
It Is BTJT.CLAY HOIXOW
INQ TIIiK It Insures
Heal tli ' and Comfort.
Ask for Catalog and Booklet
SALEM BRICK & TILE
Salem, Oregon. -
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Fire-Safety r '-
Phono Oi7
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Ufra. of Burned CUy BoTtov BuHdins Tile, Brick, J
' and Drala Tllo. .
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mDOWvGLASS
All Sizes., i;
Headquarters For
SHERWBi ViTLUAlIS
FRVS DRUG, STORE
SSO N. Commercial St.
;v 20-ACRE BUY :
With stock. 'Crop and Imple
ments'. Good buildings, - on
paved road not far out. Ideal
suburban home. Priced right.
For sale by,
' CHILDS & BECHTEI
Y 540 State Street.
- This splendid 8-room modern bungalow with
i- two full lots, fruit; berries and nuts, only
. 13500.00. ''
A. C. BOHRNSTEDT
147 N. 'Com'L St.': - Salem, Ore.
WHY RENT ?
Close in large house, terms. 642 N. Liberty. $3330.
vacant, v - -
4-room bungalow, just finished, full cement basement,
fireplace, well built-in kitchen, 630 Electric avenue.
?3,300; $500 icash, balance like rent.-
4- room bungalow "one year old, plastered, good plumbing,
garage. $2,150 ; $300 cash, balance like rent.
5- roont bungalow with' sleeping porch,, good plumbing,
fireplace, payed street, cement walks, gas range and
hot water heater, small lot, 635 North 16th street.
3,000, easy terms. r . . '.
5-room house, new plumbing, plastered, completely re
finished, two. large lots. . Academy and north Front
street, $2,100.
6- roqm bungalow, all on one floor, basement, good plumb
ing, $3,300 ; $500 cash, balance like rent.
Large, rtiodern home 1650 south High street, large living
" roorrirdining room," kitchen, breakfast nook and den
on first floor, also large back porch and toilet, three
bed rooms with large closets and large bath room cn
second floor. Full cement basement, furnace, fire
. . place, garage, fine chicken house, two large lots 10 Ox
150 feet with fine assortment of berries and fruit
trees. - Will sell with entire ground' space or will
, divide. v ::' vi . V- " ; :" ,
For Rent-room strictly modern flat, -7C0 lliirfcn
street; $40.00. ; - ( . .. " . ; : . ,
Large corner for store, or garage' Will sell or lease. 74 1
. by 92, half block south of new Elks temple. ' : :
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