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' THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM,, OREGON ' I :. ..... j.:,. ...... i. ) i ..- - SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5, 1924 . - f.. .... , soing into the enterprise in earn- tsbi. ...... Vtj .-' '. .. A number of former Washing ten 'citizens are finding-homes Iti Oregon, among them being' Matt Pasisch ( of Enomclaw; Washing ton, who has purchased 35 acres near Tuaulatin; Bert Walton. Spokane,' ' who has ' located on a 21 acre farm, and A, P. Anderson, purchased 6 acres, the last two being located near Damascuus. rres-ttle-past arari--bout i and eturn I his nently hased near pities nd'-is YEM: SO FAR EE M1MSE 1923 The honeymoon Is - oVer when she no. longer tries to look her best at home. First Three-quarters of ! 1 924 Show Gain r of $184,448 Over Entire Preceding Twelve Months With $1,471,730 Against $1,287,- 282; Many Fine Structures Are Erected and v t r : ' Conntrj Work Promptly ! Attended to -! More Promised for Future .r.-'.-Tf ' ' ' ' 1 1 MM l P7F3IVI BRANDON Pcintinff. Contractor ; 4 -2f la All its Branches 2Uih Church Street JRWACES . ; i . i , . - , , . itdlsd in Your Hoina at Factory Prices Over 200 Satisfied Users in Saleca A FUEL . SAVER PERFECT CONTROL risu factored . and ; cold bjf 7. E2. BERGEiT CZO North JUgfx Btree ' ; rnoxn 104S3I Clo? CC3 Nortfc Iifberty EU I J iOaeSsver. Pipe T7Q Steps Ahead In -3 . : a crete 1 e 85 :a New rou ligation jnde t HeS of anltary rvice la , Ore,j ' la Salem 11. 1 -Longer joints making fewer joints and saving labor and mortar in laying. Yon have less joints to make with Milestone Pipe. : 2 Self-centering bells Slaking .; absolately smooth joints ; inside an improvement found only in Milestone Sewer Pipe. - Made by Salem People and dis tributed in many valley towns MILESTONE Concrete Products 1ZGON GRAVEL COMPANY Trent. . : " Phone 180 With building permits for the first nine months of 1924 exceeding those of the entire year of 1923 it is expected that December 31 will see Salem with a new building record. : Figures compiled by Marten Poulsen, city recorder, for the' first nine months of this year aggregate $1,471,730 while the twelve month total forl9'23was but $1,287,282, making a gain at present of $184,448 and three months yetftofgo. The total for 1922 was $1,082,270. r f I ! Permits for September were '$107,230 against $64,200 for 'the corresponding month last year. August thip year had a total of $124,300. X 1 " ; i 11 ! , ; During the month Just passed there were Z perm Its Issued,' of which 28 were for new dwellings with an aggregate value pf $75, 0S0. Other permits issued were for a brick and concrete building, $15,000; 2 church and'uilding halls,: 912,000; 1 garage and warehouse. $1200; 1 filling sta tion and parage, $1000; and - 4 permits for alteration and; re pairs totaling $2450. In Septem ber 1923 there were 27 'permits issued, of which -24 were for new dwellings aggregating $63,100. The remaining three permits' for a total of $1100 were foi- alter ations and repairs. ? Some of the most - inportaat buildings for which permits were obtained during the first nine months of thlf year and which cume BUILDING MUCTIOf GIVEN Defective Flues are Held to Be Cause of Heavy An : nual Fire Loss i A good practical way to observe Fire Prevention week, October fi ll. If one is building a home, is to give immediate attention to the constructon of chimney's; or, if one is not building at present, to register a determination to see that when he does build his chim neys shall be entirely free from defects -and fully protected against every risk of communicating fires to surrounding construction Defective chimneys, flues and fireplace rank next to carelessness in the use of matches and in smoking in point of fire losses. Such losses in the United States amount to from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 a' year. ' Very few dwelling house chim neys are so erected and Insulated or fire-stopped as to be without fire hazard; yet an additional cost of about $15 a chimney should ef fectually abolish all risk of chim ney originating fires. I The architects and engineers of the National Lumber Manufactur ers' association, after a careful study extending over a number of years, have formulated ,, definite specifications Ln .regard to the construction and insulation of chimneys. These specifications appear in the association's "Rec ommended i' Requirements . for Building Codes", and in a bulletin recently issued entitled "Chim neys, Flues and Fireplaces." LAXD SETTLEMENT WORK . Over 7500 inquiries from east ern . people - seeking information in regard to Oregon have -been handled by. the . Land Settlement Department of , the Oregon State Wide Development Fund, Port land Chamber of Commerce, as a result of the various advertising and, publicity campaigns under way at. the present time. These inquiries have come through the Oregon Development Fund pub licity campaign and the Portland municipal auto camp. In addition to this, so "far this year appro- Imately 500 families have come to the state, and it is felt thai with complete information on all new settlers this figure would be considerably increased. Three Small Dwellings To Be Built By Morley ; Three small and modern resi dences costing $1,000 each are to be erected ln the Englewood dis trict by Lane Morley. Permits fof the construction of these were issued from the city recorder's of fice Saturday. The dwellings, all one-story each, will be built at 915, 925 and 937 North Seven teenth. ". ''" LOANS On Modern Home Semi-Annual Interest Year Loam Win Loan Up to 50 of Value 1 .IV- ALSO ?3i C2nt Monthly .Payment Loans. IV.r C:'t:i ir" Tbzift Acy : JSxiSs & Lo Co. in the, Northwest ' r -fry -x&ZZr v i.vW -r, , uwmtmkmlmiimiiMtmlimmimmaimHi uikMMtiimmitiUMi --ir mm- urnnm- nmr -iiummii J EVEWSPAPER SPACE USED BY REALTORS Public Confidence -Is Being Strengthened By Adver- ttsing Campaigns are included in the r tqtal ' , of following: v j T" Apartment, $12,000; warehouse $6000; : concrete store building. $22,000; warehouse, $5000; a partment, $12,000; cone re t a store, $10,000; concrete j garage. $10,000; concrete nortuafy, $20. 000; new residence, $65,000; Un itarian church, $25,000; I J. L Parrish junior high schocd, $166. 000; brick store and hotel, $10 000; concrete store buildiiig, $15 000; two store frame welling. $15,000; filling station,! $4000 apartment, $75,000; warehouse and cold storage plant, ($15,000 and a concrete block and stucco dwelling, $24,000. ,r. Aside from the natura building permits there Is $17a,000 which was taisea out the L: j first of this j ni on a that for the new Elks temple Excavation for the basement has been completed and work delay ed 'for a little while : uijtili con- tracts for the construction Could be let. As these are out of th way it is expected that, actual work, on the building yrilf ge under way in the Immediate future. f ? : i Two large developments ar assured for early next yiear, pn the new YMCA building Which with the maintainence until 19 2 4 will cost $200,000 and the bthef a new and up-to-date modern laundry, the property hiving al ready been acquired. j t ' ? rdn of one fo Tax Expenditure Plan Will Receive publicity Judge William A. Hough, of the Indiana tax commission which under the Indiana, lawfhas the power of review over all state and local bond Issues and tax levies, Is preparing an account qt the In diana plan of control of tax exT penditure, and ot the results in savings of millions of dollars, of public monies which has; resulted in that state from the adoption of the. plan.; The account will be issued as a special panjphtet by the National Association In its campaign jto call public jattention to the rapidly increasing! tax bur den! entailed by state and local expenditure. -.; ?" f .: Forty-four states have already made inquiries, of the Indiana tax commission as to the working of the Indiana plan ot safeguarding iue eiaie against possiDie exirara "gance or corruption In tax : levies and. bond issues. j It is held that under such a plan of Check on tax expenditure millions of dollars can be saved in the state's tax outlay A stala taxpayers league is beig organ ized under the ' auspices of the Minnesota Realty association to bring to , general public attention! the actualities, of the present tax situation. -t . - x The Seattle "Washington Real Estate board is ' ; leading a cam paign for an amendment to ux forty mills as the limit of taxa tion on real and persona property in the state of Washington. Havesville School Is? t Rushed to Completion Work on , the ' new llayesvirle school is being, rushed jand it is expected to be completed in 36 working days. ' The building will cost - approximately $8750. j The old frame building was. Jdestroyedf by fire several weeks agoyJJf yes, . .. .-. -tr 'l6catec' on Strengthening of public .confi dence in the real estate values of their communities is the purpose of extensive newspaper ' advertis ing- campaigns now being carried on or being planned, in a number of real estate boards affiliated with the National .Association of Real Estate Boards. - Together with this purpose the campaigns are directed to impress upon the public mind the .distinction be tween.' a real estate . agent who isn't ; vouched for by the .local, real estate board and one who as a member of the board i3 "bound by. the code of ethics of the Na tional Association and is entitled to the designation realtor ; A large emphasis will be plac ed not only on home ownership and on the advantages of real es tate as an investment, but also on the special qualifications which a realtor must have and the advan tage to the public in dealing with a person or firm entitled to the designation Realtor. ' g "The effect of this advertising was far more extensive than the pbtainisg of new members," the board reports. "It was advertis ing of the word Realtor, and of; the additional security that the' property owner ! and , dealer has in doing business with a Realtor. It has added wonderfully to the prestige ot the board." J The Kansas- (Mty, Missouri, real estate board which has car ried ont a two-year pioneer. work in real estate institutional adver tising that attracted attention of real estate boards as far away as Melbourne, Australia, has recent ly beem conducting an eight weeks newspaper campaign to advertise its multiple listing bureau. The Minneapolis Real Estate Board re ports that the effect of its two recent advertising campaigns, as shown 'by inquiries, has been an aroused Interest s throughout the northwest in dealing with a Real- The first campaign was center ed on real estate Investment,' with attention to the local advantages for such investment. The second was divided. , Half was given over to advertising the city itself,' and half to explaining the advantage of dealing with a Realtor Funds for the campaign. $7,000 for each, were raised by the local newspa pers, financed by private real es tate advertising contracts,! copy for which. was under, control of the board's publicity committee. - Advertising campaigns report ed as being planned by real es tate boards of Atlanta, Georgia; Buffalo and " Utica, New .York; Fort Wayne, 'Indiana; Manchester, New Hampshire; Pawtucket," R. I. Alliance, Ohio; PItcalrny Arizona; Pasadena, Redlands, Venice and Pomona, California; Portland, Oregon, .and Johnston Cityj Ten nesscev ' - j ' Co-operative advertising carried on byj pooling advertising appro priations of individual Realtor as is being used successfully in a number of cities.' The Roanoke, Virginia, Realtors. ; for example, have found this plan an advantage !n getting -commanding position for their copy. ' New Pamphlets are Aid To Real Estate Dealers ; Thei exact processes through whirh it ban' becoma" nossible for scientific appraisers ' working in-q dependently to 'appraise- the value of the lanid under a modern sky scraper with such a t degree of accuracy that their estimates will correspond- with"' a dispersion; of only 5 per -cent, or less are the subject of 'a complete study on "The Appraisal of Real Estate." by Frederick H. Babcock', which, has just been published-" by the MacmlHan company. The book Is the. third volume in the standard coursa in real estate outlined by the National Association of Real Estate Boards in Joint-conferenfe united T.JCA Bcaoois Land Economics and Public Utili ties. ', - - . j . - i " The first): book on the series,. "Principles I of Real Estate Tiy Practice," , y.. Ernest M. Fisher, published last fall, is now in its third printing. The, second, "Ele ments of Land Economics," by Dr. Richard T. SEly and jE. M. More house, published a: few months ago, has already been adopted as a text book by fifteen universities and colleges- , . Simultaneously with the publi cation of the Babcock work the National Association announces the preparation of four manuals for the use 'pi its member real es tate boards; in the organization of classes in real estate. " The man uals are Ie$son-by-less6n' outlines of courses on real estate apprais als, on realt estate' selling, on real estate principles and practice, and on real estate transfers and con veyances. ! ;"I MultipleXistirig Bureau Proposes New Sale Cards In " oreder ' t stimulate further Interest ; in the multiple listing bureau of the Marion-Polk County Realty association,, a special sale card may be adopted and placed on all properties listed with the bureau. . ; ; .. i A small card has been prepared by Louis Bechtel and Is offered as sample.! The words "For Sale" appear in : heavy black let ters, followed with "By Any Mem ber of the Multiple Listing Bu reau." The last three words are also- in heavy letters. The let ters M.L.B.i standing for the words Multiple Listing - Bureau, are imposed on the other wording and are ln 'bright red. j TRflCTOF 1,148 ACRES TO BE USED All Kinds of Roads Ready to , Test General Motors . " i Products Paul Revere's famous ride was a veritable canter of ' Joy. compare to the ride given the 23 zone sales promotion representatives of the Chevrolet Motor company of the General I Motor testing grounds near Milford, Michigan, last week. The ride was the final feature of their meeting at the headquarters of the company in Detroit. Bad as the roads seemed , to be in the various sections ; of; the country represented by these men, they all: admitted 'that human in genuity even went nature; one bet ter in devising the hills with gra des from 12 to 24 per cent, tor tuous gravel roads, . : rock-ribbed meadow; driveways and sharp turns on concrete roads, with all the obstacles of bridges and cul verts, that might be encountered on the I most dangerous of rpadr beds all of which are ' included in these great testing grounds. These. General Motors proving grounds,, where all the cars .of the various7; General Motors units will be tested include an., Immense tract of . 1,146 acres. . On these ,1 grounds , Chevrolet cars are often driven continuously for days and nights at a time and are subjected in two or - three weeks to the actual usage a car might encounter in . two or three years under normal driving condi tions. ' ' j , Eight miles of concrete and gravel roads constitute part ot the proving grounds. " There' are- ap proximately two miles of concrete roadway, 20 feet wide; one mile a perfectly level straight-away course, with 20 foot travel turns: and , the other mile built' with , varying grades up to 12 per cent. All of the n concrete construction, has been Installed in- accordance with the specifications of the Michigan State Highway .depart ment. ; Six mile of 20-foot gravel road has also been built, with culverts, and hills. There is wide variety of grade In this road, reaching a maximum of 24 per cent. , ' , The zone sales promotion re presentatives not only rode, in Chevrolet ears aver these testing grounds but also in other makes of . cars . in the Chevrolet price class. ;"...':.' vV' u 4 . They stated after the tests that the next time they are asked to ride in cars -over ' this testing ground, they want Chevrolets. City and Farm Property Changes Hands in Week Two cash sales 'Involving a double transaction are reported bx p. D. Socolofsky, local realtor. Oscar W. Hogan has soid his North Church residence to Mr. Notdurft, recently of .Oregon City. Mr, Hogan, upon the completion of this deal, purchased the R. II. F. Struckmeler acreage . east ot tie city.- , ; '. .. . Both parties will take Immedi ate possession. . . ;Mr.c Hogan will build on the house already on the property and make other modern and substantial Improvements. ' Collections are Good , t . - ; . irade line : y i , j ,-"; V.; ; ; 7 A HE AGON We handle lumber from Qur mill -no pick-up stuff to get it cheap. Our grades are all standard and our prices are as low as inferior manufacturing material. :We have low grade lumber as well. We can't He undersold. Come and see us. Prompt delivery. , i Agent Sherwin-Williams Paints ML I ' f ' Upson Wall Board and Tile i ! , i s j Columbia Plaster Board a Specialty 1 ' ' j j COBBS & MITCHELL CO. I Successors to Falls City-Salem Lumber Company 349 South Twelfth (Opposite Kay's Woolen Mills), ' - A.. B.'Kelsay, Manager . , fi' J ' 1 1 M ' f Blanks TMt Are .Legal ) fWe carry in stock over 115 lejral blanks suited to most any business i transactions. We may have just the form you are looking for at a big savins as compared to made to order forms. . Some of the forms: Contract of Sale. Road Notice, Will forms. Assign ment of Mortgage, Mortgage forms, Quit Claim-Deeds, Abstracts form,' IBifl of Sale, Building Contract, Promissory Notes, Installment Notes, i .; General Lease, Power of Attorney, ? Prune Books and Pads,- Scale Re ceipts, Etc. These forms are carefully prepared for the courts and private use. Price on forms ranges from 4 cents to 16 cents apiece, and on note : books from 25 to 50 cents, j PRINTED AND FOR SALE BY The Statesn P LEGAL BLANK HEADQUARTERS At Business Office, Ground Floor