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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1924)
IMPORTANT TO HOME BUILDERS OR HOME BUYERS l V f ! t I 3r rn iii i 'i 'hi "i iiiiiiiMimnmmwiWMMiwMaMMWMBnwwn , ... ' '. ' . .S; v.-.-. S'.- I- ' A California Misrion a Light . "We have burned more homes In America In the last three years than hiTe been erected in that length of time, and then we wail about the boosing shortage. In the burning of $500,000,000 worth of property last year, the fire took along ' with It theUlves of 15,000 persons, more than were lost in. the "Titanic disaster, the sinking of the Lusitania, the East man horror In Chicago, the an Francisco earthquake, and any dozen other world calamities that you can think of. Yet no one aeems to worry about it, and we go on building our homes to burn. The solution to this problem of annual criminal and ruinous waste Is the better construction- of homes. Brick and burned clay building tile furnish a solution to -most of this loss and at a price that is insignificant compared to what that slightly increased cost for safe products Bares. There is a reason why 85 of the homes in America are built of combustible materials which ' re- r LOOKING AHEAD FOR lc . Plan now for winter comfort by asking for further Informa tion regarding the most econo mical heating plant on the market. Eastman Sibloco . . Furnaces 079.60 and up A lc post card brings the information without any obli gation on your part. Silvcrton Blow Pipe Co. ; SIlTerton, Oregon 5 - Mercantile Business for Sale : . Due to business connections in Valley, owners of pro fitable mercantile business located in best small town in Eastern Oregon will consider sale or trade for smaller business in Valley. Stock around $30,000.00, can cut to .half ifwanted. Larger payroll to start soon cente? of fruit, dairying and lumber section. Good lease and best location. f - i ; , , Also Willamette Valley Farms for Merchandise J Same owners have three fine farms for 'sale or. will trade for going mercantile business. Consider any size from $10,000.00 to $75,000.00 stock. Outline what you have and will arrange for conference soon. Address Box No. 1, Care of Statesman Style Banjalow, constructed of Burned Clay Hollow Building Buff Stucco. The roof is Mission Style Burned Clay Boofing quire expensive upkeep and which quickly depreciate and decay. Certainly no person who is well informed about building materials would select such a 'house if he could as easily get a home that was permanent in its construction, which would be beautiful through generations,: with practically no expense for upkeep, and which on the whole would be much safer and more comfortable to lire in. The reason that so many per sons lire in homes that are so expensive to maintain is that they do not have their own selection of materials. ,The vast majority buy homes that are ready built, or that are built -by speculative" Builders' or contractors from stock plans. The matter of choosing an archi tect, making the plans, and con tracting for the erection of the house seems to be tasks that are avoided if possible. Most people take the ieasiest way,' - which is really the most expensive way in most instances when yon consider values, and buy what is offered them" ready built. Most persons who are In the business of building and selling homes make cheapness of con struction their first consideration. They say that people want some thing Inexpensive, making cheap ness a synonym of inexpensiveness. They do not seem to realize that they themselves are to blame for this,' because by false arguments they have educated the people , to believe this. Their great concern is to" get the home completed and sold, with the greatest margin of profit-economy of upkeep, safety and comfort is not so much a matter of concern to them. , But it is of vital Interest to the man who is going to live in the house and who has to pay-the bills. His safety of investment and his satisfaction can be assur ed if he will see that his house is built of burned clay building ma terials because the properties of burned clay Insure the difference between satisfaction and dissatis faction with home ownership. The right material is worth what HUle extra cost there may be at first because it will be saved many times over. Every man faces the possibility of having some day to sell : his home. He may move from the lo cality, or desire a larger home, or through reverses need the money. If his home has depreciated rap idly, and he can get out of it only a fraction of what it cost him, he will be slow to invest again in a home. If, on the other hand, the house is so constructed that it re tains its value and allows the own er to realize on the natural appre ciation of his land, then he . will get from his home as- much as he paid for it, and, la many cases, more. In this latter case he will be a booster for home owning. . The entire difference j between comfortable occupancy of a home, low maintenance and retained val ues and the exact , opposite of these conditions is bound up in one word CONSTRUCTION. O good house may be built of frame, of brick, of stone, or of concrete, or combinations of these materials.- v- ; i While a good and durable home may be built of frame, this ma terial has the one handicap of hav ing continually to be painted and repaired, because lumber, the in stant it is cut from the tree, begins to decay and ; deteriorate. Thor ough painting greatly retards this decay. . but painting costs money. Of course, the wooden house is more likely to burn, with attend ing disaster, and on this account It costs more to insure, just as it costs more to maintain it. , , The house constructed of brick or burned clay hollow building tile then, has the distinct -advantage of being permanent and ; fire safe, and in addition Insures greater comfort. It does not have tobe painted, except the small amount of exposed woodwork: and it lasts practically forever. It Is common in what we call the older countries to find brick homes 300. 400 and even 500 -years old. " There are homes In England that have been continuously occupied as such for 400 years. There are a few ex amples in this country of brick residences more than 1 0 0 years old. :,.- 'f ' s (This is compiled from a series of articles found in the June. 1924 Issue of the American Clay Mag azine.) ; Reimann States Business Is Not So Bad After All While building and real estate trades are not as brisk aa they were during the last few months, there is still some decided elgns of activities along this line, ac cording to Rich L. Reimann, lo cal realtor. J During the last week Mr. Rei mann has sold everal properties, including a 40-acre farm near Dal las to a Mr. Gay, a recent arrival from Idaho. Mr. Nathman, of Woodburn, has purchased a lot on Market street near Capitol and will erect a mod ern residence in the near future, while A. S. Campbell has acquired an adjoining lot and will alao build. George A. Codding, of the corporation commission, has pur chased a lot in the Pleasant Home addition and will build. ;: vi - :' vr " Tile and covered with Tile Total Loss Through Couiitry Is $506,541,000 Duririg Last Year A total of 1506.541,001 worth of American property went up in smoke in one year, according to the report just issued by the Na tional Fire Protection society. With headquarters in Cleveland, O. The report shows' that 40-per cent of the fires may be attributed to inadequate and inflammable building construction, another 40 per cent to general carelessness, 10 per cent to simple ignorance and still another 10 per ct to purely accidental or "fortuitous circumstances." According to Charles E. Worth ington, member, of the society, a great percentage of home fires Is due entirely to architects and builders who specify inflammable material and roofing because, in some instances, it is cheaper than safer grades. "North Americans probably are the most careless people on earth" according to Ralph P. Stoddard, executive secretary of the Common Brick. Manufacturers of America, whose headquarters are In Cleve land. "We burn our homes in far greater proportion than people of Western Europe, for instance," he said. "It is evident from almost every available table of statistics, that this is due largely to our lack of foresight in constructing homes. There are plenty of outside wall materials' and . roofings that will not- ignite fom sparks of nearby chimneys or other neighborhood fires." Building Permits, Will s Show Decrease, Report June build ng permits will snow a decrease over those issued , in June, 1923, it Is estimated by Mar ten Poulsen, city recorder. . During the last week there were seven permits issued, representing a total of only $10,000. Three of the permits were for small dwell ings to cost $300 each. v. THE GROWTH AND DE VELOPMENT OF OREGON (Continued trom page 6) Don't weaken, but keep on hoping, and fight In regular pioneer mood. . Hard luck and misfortune are hard to endure ' But history has made it clear. That victory will come to all who : fight. Like the Oregon pioneer. IVAXTEn TO STAY IX JAIIj YUMA, Aris.. June 28. An In dian known here as "The Ace of Spades" became so attached to the county Jail that when his sen tence recently expired he had s to be ejected forcibly. At the end of a ten-day term he indicated . his intention of remaining Indefinite ly, 'anfr it required three deputy sheriffs to propel him through the back dpor. FLAMES DESTROY MUCH PROPERTY m . -i ' - " . : ADAM Phone 1337J RADIO By P. S. BARTON In the July number of Radio, published in San Francisco, there is tome radio verse by Mrs. F. S. Barton, entitled "Isn't It the Truth" as follows: The first attacks of radio Had no effect on me; But it was well I did not know And could not then foresee " The changes time would make. I felt Insidious desire L My inhibitions slowly melt. At last I got some wire,' A paper tube, a dial, a knob, Some sliders and a bit Of silicon I found the Job Would tax my brains a whit. Then when at last the thing was done Successfully, I swore I'd never make another one Nor tinker any more. I've lived a hundred syears since i then And now I cerebrate So agilely. It shames me when 1 That set I contemplate. This . now the fulcrum, of my ' schemes. This some day shall be mine Concrete projection of my dreams, A super-hetrodyne! - C. V. Barton. The veteran BCL. finds that summer, has not such a choice se lection of noises to let loose upon his long-suffering ears as it had in the early days of broadcasting. Both sending and receiving sets have been wonderfully improved since.then. tThis is especially noticeable in the .tone quality of the music. A complete range of vibrations is now transmitted so it Is no longer necessary to put up with ; the grim, attenuated notes that were characteristic of pioneer broadcasting. Trumbull Cheer has a good story of Boyd A. Propert. It ap pears that Propert asked a friend: "What kind of a radio set have you?" . -'v "Iodyne," . the friend answered. "What do you mean? Neutra dyne, Ultradyne I know the whole list but I never heard of Iodyne.'..-.; "Mean! It means I got "burn ed" with the set," snapped the friend. Dr. Alfred Goldsmith, writing on summer . time reception for Broadcast Program, says: - While. excellent radio reception Is frequently possible during the summer months, the best long dis tance records come In the winter. Signals are not quite so loud in the summer, electrical disturb ances are naturally more common and they interfere occasionally with concerts particularly those received from distant points. A reasonable attitude will help the listener here. He should re member that he can not expect every act in even the best vaude ville 'performance to be tremen dously amusing and just what he wants, nor can he expect the weather every day to be clear and pleasant. ? Similarly,' he must not expect every day to be just right for long distance radio reception. Now and then a summer storm may Inter fere with both radio and picnics, The ; listener should become ac quainted with his local stations and enjoy them during the sum mer, and be satisfied with the long distance records he has made, or wll? make, in the winter. If -the listener lives rather far away from all radio broadcasting stations which he: wants to hear, there are several things be can jio. He can lengthen his aerial wires and increase their height from the ground. Both of these measures, make the signals louder as a general rule. He can add an audio frequency amplifier unless, of course, he already his this in strument. He can use a more sen sitive loud speaker, or content himself with headset operation. He should also tune more care fully so as to get the very loudest signal which his set is capable of giving. 'And he should remember that the good results he will then get are going to be even better results in the Tlnter. u In other words he ; should get thebest there Is in radio during all seasons, and above all, he should be reasonable. ENGEL, Builder of Good POLICE DEPARTMENTS SET NEW RECORD, One hundred and forty-eight police and sheriff departments purchased 275 Harley-Davidson fast police motorcycles during the month of May, 1924, according to latest figures Just received by Harry W. Scott, the local Harley- Davidson dealer, fromthe factory at Milkaukee. - This establishes aw record for the Umber ofdepartments purchasing any one make of ma chine, and Indicates the rapid spread in the use of motorcycles In law enforcement work. Both large and small police and sheriff departments are making use of this swift method of patrol and pursuit, as indicated by the wide range of departments purchasing machines. The New Jersey state police purchased" 37 of this make. It is interesting to note that the cost of operating the New Jersey state police motorcycles Is only $ .010C per mile, including everything. v Among) the buyers of smaller numbers is Edmonton, Alta, Can., that purchased one motorcycle. Of the different states. New York ranks first, having equipped 24 different departments during the month of May. while Utah equipped but one department. With the building of hard roads police and sheriff departments have found the motorcycle is the most effective means of combat ing motoring law-breakers. To date the Harley-Davidson Motor company has, equipped over 1600 police and sheriff depart ments. . SCIENCE SEEKS BIRTH PLACE OF MAN IN MONGOLIAN DESERT . . . i Andrews Again Heads Party Hop ing to Find Traces of Man a Million and a Half Years Old Having established to their. own satisfaction that man existed 600, 000 years ago, scientists will now attempt to trace his origin back another million years. Led by Roy Chapman Andrews who returned from Asia a year ago with a nest of '26 dinosaur eggs ten million years old, another expedition sailed from the United States May 25th for China. Thence the party will proceed into the heart of the Gobi desert; in Mon golia, where it is hoped a five year search will reveal further amazing secrets concerning the early life of man, beast and rep tile. As In the previous expedition, the scientists will rely on American-built motor cars and trucka for transportation, although roads are unknown in most of the vast territory to be explored. Mr. An drews recently visited Dodge Brothers factory in Detroit, where five cars were being equipped for the expedition. Mr. Andrews- ex pressed great satisfaction with the new equipment and repeated that he attributed a great share of the success of his last memorable ex pedition to the remarkable endur ance of Dodge Brothers', cars. These made it possible to accom plish a 30-year task in three years. In view of this experience it was only natural that he should again insist upon Dodge Brothers cars for his next expedition. Fifteen scientists representing 12 branches of learning, chosen from 4000 applicants, constitute the party. While scientists differ on the subject, especially since the dis covery of the 600,000-year-old Foxhill man in England. Mr. An drews is of the belief that mac evolved in Asia and that it will be in the younger rocks of Mon golia, if anywhere, that traces of his first activities will be found. He is strongly supported in thh theory by such an eminent scient ist as Henry Fairfield Osborn who was referred to by William Jen nings Bryan, in their famous de bate on evolution, as "a tall pro fessor who comes down out of the trees to push good people who believe in God off the sidewalk." 'When we found the ten-million-year-old dinosaur eggs, we were examining roens older than humanity," said Mr. Andrews. "But now we are going to the rocks where human remains are more likely to exist. It is a gam ble, but we think the prospects justify gambling." HAVE you your own home, or do you need. help to plan your liomef Are you paying out good money for rent nnd yet nothing for it but rent receipts? Let me give you my price on your new home, I do nothing but first-class work,. and I am Rure to save you money. 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