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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1924)
TUESDAY-MORNING 'OCTOBER 7, 1924 4 SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 12, 1924 . ' KlMUIIt! : flMVf'l .;.. , :;'Sy::; "V : No store beautiful THE CHICKA8AW DESIGN A 525 or perma- permanent. Painted substitutes ently attractive home can be uilt tlfcn one that Is faced with rick, and in this case either a elected common red brick Or face r ick " may . be used. An adran ommoij brick is that the latter re Invariably red, while in using ice brick one has a wide range f colons from which to make se sction. ' ; : ! -. I In tt&a connection it is ; well to ;Iat'6ut that in real burned clay .ce brick the colors are obtained y selecting clays that burn to lose colors the color Us Ideterm :ed by the mineral Ingredients In le clay rand these colors are do not have this quality. '"' There are three possible ways of using brick for facing abuild ing. First, there is the solid wall, consisting of selected com mon brick or face brick for the face with common brick backing, and second, the brick facing- may be built with a load bearing wall of hollow tile, or worked in with the so-called Idea, Brick Wall. Of the strength, permanence, and structural value of these methods of construction there; can, be no Question. Objections, of course are made that any of these meth ods of construction increases the cost of the building. It is true that the first cost' Is materially greater than the first cost of a frame building,. but this increased cOst is quickly overcome by the lower Insurance rate and the less ened cost of upkeep and decora tion. ' ' The third method is ffame con struction with brick veneer. By this method the builder has sur rounded his building by a solid I ptV X OOM S BET BOOM- I jt-Cx' -or r i7Kir-0j I ir-rxie-o i m 'DININOROOM 1 I 1 gk i ,- y - -.-LVWga 1 ca-o" -J mwm it , ; : " t -mimiim s (ki " r 1 L'uiMih start 'to finish." With Copeland; Material . j 'We Have Everything to Build Anything' J : ;alwAys a complete line of LUMBER LATH j- SHINGLES I LIME AND CEMENT :: , :: :: J. W. COPELAND YARDS Salem Yard at West Salem Phone 576 " Yards in iwest Salem, Albany, Lents, Hubbard, - - Yamhill, Hillsboro. i H i f 1 i f brick , wall, and to a certain ex tent has reduced the fire hazard particularly j from communicated fires. : ! " ' Of the methods outlined, great er value satisfaction are to be ob tained from the masonry walls. With the hollow tUe there is a material saving in costs of con struction . without a loss in , 4 , ? 1 i - -a 'floor ; .. pUflfij I ied-(boom , UGCE5TErAtlBANCESNTC!, ADDiTIONALCOOM-iiiATTIC'I strength, and the hollow dead air spaces act as heat insulation, and gives a drier, jwarmer wall. There are many agencies stress ing ' the use of permanent and beautiful burned clay 1 products from which ideas for the building of the home may. be obtained sim ply by the requesting that they send i copies of their I bpoke. Some make nominal charges ,jCr plan books. , But it Would pay the persons .who are contemplajttng building a new home to make use of these sources of Ideas' Tbr home ' construction. ' Thej Amer ican. Face Brick association, 110 S. Dearborn street, Chicago, Illi nois, publishes several yery inter esting and attractive booklets for which a nominal charge In made. Booklets A may also be obtained from the Common Brick I manu facturers association, jSl. N. Dis corint biulding, Clevelandj Ohio; the Hollow Building TiU associa tion, Conway Buildthg, Chicago, Illinois; and the Pacific North west Brick Manufacturers Associa tion. Burke Eldg., Seattle, Wash ington, j Of popular magazines : dealing with home building in particular. The American Builder should be mentioned. While this) magazine does not advertise exclusively the use of permanent materials, it always contains the pictures and plane for beautiful brick : and stucco homes. In addition, they have gotten out a 164-page book let, Radford's Blue Ribbon H&mes which it is sending ; to 1 new. sub scribers and which contains the pictures and floor, plans for 157 beautiful moderate priced -homes and seven garages. This! magazine may be obtained from any of yie book stores, or library pr can be gotten ' from the publisher in Chicago, I j i I The Salem Brick and Tile com pany, which has its plant and of fice on the Tile Road, near the Fair Grounds, is particularly in terested in developing the idea of permanent construction; not only from a selfish view point, but because it feels inf so doing it is rendering a real piece of service to the community and to the home owners of the! commun ity. ; It has a small collection of plan books which its officers would be glad to show, and ex plain methods of construction, and comparative costs. This company is one of the Salem's genuine in dustries and deserves your : inter est. ; Its active members are also actively Interested in the Cham ber of Commerce and the; three service clubs in Salem, and are thoroughly imbued with their spirit of service and square deal ing. . ' j " i New England Hen Makes : ; ; y Record in Old England 1 LONDON, Sept ' 23 ( ''.CAP) England has a world-record lay er in a Rhode Island Red hen from Wiltshire county, . Which produced 312 eggs in 308 .days. The hen laid an egg every day for 44 weeks and on four; days doubled up. i ., j t The hen was entered in egg laying trials of the county coun cils show, and its performance is given by the secretary as a world's record. ; ':- ;. f- . to REGioiiAtpnine Gill III EAST Zoning and City Planning Given Attention Through-- out Country . ! The extent to which far-sighted communities are undertaking' not only city planning1 but regional planning, the planning of suburb an and country areas to conserve their natural resources and dev elop them along the lines ofhigh est community interest, is indicat ed in the returns of a survey cov ering city and suburban planning in the state or xsew lor wnicn has just been . completed by the New York State association of real estate boards. , j, , The New York report covers twenty six cities, exclusive-of New York City, whose growth relation ship to its surrounding , territory is being studied S by the i special committee on the plan of .New York and its environs. j Control of subdivisions develop ed, outside the city limits is re ported by four of the cities. ; De finite control over development of subdivisions within the city limits is now In the hands of the autho rities in twelve cities, through re strictions of zoning ordinances as to height, use, and the like. Of the fourteen cities reporting' no subdivision' (Sontrol one is consi dering, legislation to create con trol, and one mentions good re Suits of private restrictions. Zoning is in force in sixteen of the cities within the city limits. and in the case of two cities the zoning provisions extend to new subdivisions, within three miles of the city limits, i - Necessity for such zoning outside the city lines is suggested in .the replies, ;' ; County ; park commissions ' are already providing for parks in territory Surrounding three cities. The city plan commission In one city is at work on a project for extra-mural park provision look ing to the community's: future One city has a plan nearing com pletion. ; j Co-ordination of main thorough fares Outside the city -with those within' its limits is a problem that is beginning to demand solu tion, p Separate traffic highways for automobile freight outside the city is one suggestion. ;Trolley problems and bill-board control are other matters which are com ing under scrutiny of New York suburban planning. j Chitds & Bechtel Report On Several Good Deals Two i land sales, and exchange Of residence property and an apartment! deal are reported for the last few days by Childs & Bechtel, local realtors. j E. H. Bliven has purchased a 6-acre tract in the Auburn district two miles east of Salem from A. E. Chenowetb, consideration $1500; H. C. Carpenter has sold a 10-acre fruit tract three miles west of Salem in Polk county to J. A. Gibson for $2600. j Harry E. Young has purchased the Lester: A. Wiles bungalow at 576 North' Twenty-first for $2500. ,. ' i " The apartment house, furnish ing and lease at 365 North High owned by George J. Parker, has been purchased by Mrs. : Lucile Baker ' for a consideration of $1000. : i j - : Misuse of Realtor : Is Basts of Campaign The campaign of the national association of real estate boards to notify persons,- firms and cor porations improperly calling them selves .Realtors that the term can be properly used only to mean a member of a real estate board affiliated with the national, asso ciation is meeting with results. The Milwaukee real estate board, for example has recently notified fourteen non-members that their action in calling themselves Real tors was in violation of, an estab lished trade right which has been upheld by court decisions, and has secured promises that the misuse will be discontinued. - The Detroit real estate, board has taken up fourteen' cases of infringement - of the use of the word In the past six months. The Louisville, Kyi, real estate board since January hag slopped I eight non-Realtor firms from advertis ing themselves as Realtors. " la addressing notices to infrin gers calling their attention to the association's exclusively right tor the designation Realtor for its' own membership, . . the Detroit' board's plan is to use registered letters and to demand a receipt for them . ' : The Buffalo, N. T.,, real estate board announces that It will pub lish each week in its official cr.an ; "The Realtor," the names of any person, firm or -corporation in Buffalo unlawfully using the de signation Realtor. . SMOKERS IGNORANT GRAZ, Austria, Oct. 9. (AP) The fourth international con gress of opponents of the tobac co smoking was held here recent ly. According to the speeches de livered, the harm done by liquor is little indeed compared to the ravages inflicted upon . mankind by the smoking habit. Use Burned Clay Holl P low Building Tile for B ea u ty, Safety and . Comfort.. , MiuiicArTiiDCn nvTUP -' ' v Yr -P i-H:-r p v r i- 1 " 4 .. - ... l! I. ... t ! I- By t r 2 Oth TT TT H liliMW THE TRACTS Between the Two Highways Just North of the Oregon I " , . "--',- i ' :- " , i -. . :' - : - . i ' j I -, ' State Fair Grounds WiU Be Ready to Put on the Market to Sell in ONE-HALF ACRE TRACTS s - -. .! ocatoifii 5 uibuiirbaini TT TI Mean You May Select Your Tract Now. All Will Be Plainly m Delay As First Choice Will Be Best. Three Roads Across and Silverton Highways Making All Tracts Easily Accessible. Jnlome 7: .P;-PPr:mPPP (- - With Price Connecting Portland " 4 I. vi i f ... 4 PRICE RANGING FROM $400 UP ACCORDING TO LOCATION ! MICH 307-308 OREGON BUILDING LjRE IMA MH TELEPHONE 1013 ! - . f - 1 -.