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,'6 RECORD
LAST YEAR
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mber of Permits Same But
Financial Condition 1 '
j Is Much, Less
rhe Building record of the past
: nthAi is somewhat under the re
d of January 1924, as indicated
th reports filed with the city
..order. ;j . The number of permits
jjedji or the respective months
Wliiithe same; but the amount
'money Involved falls short dur
i the! year of 1925.
Tjiej record shows that daring
V past month 26 permits were
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issued to erect nw dwellings en
umerating aj costlof $59,7j50 and
one permit iwaa issued to erect a
store and dwelling costing $5,450.
Thirteen permits Iwere issued ; to
erect a store, and dwelling costing;
111,250. Consequently the forty
permits for building purposes for
the past month totaled a sum of
$76,4 50. j j j
-During Januar last, year, 26
permits were issued to cover the
erection of dwellings totaling 70,
900 and on4 permit for a brick
store building costing 1 4 0,000. In
addition to khe tliree permits is
sued jto alter! and Repair buildings
amounting to $1,50. The 30
permits coveted au eipenditure of
$112,1050.
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Official Organ Of Salem
Realtors Reaches Many Men
L: I H. Roberts, ! Salem Realtor,
has received
sires! to set
man I related
"List" from!
an inquiry frftm a re
sident of Bil, Wyoming, who de-
tle ihi Oregon. The
thatj he received a
agents of the Great
Northern railroad- company dur
ing the paslj month. The list is
published bjf the Marion-Polk Co.
Realtors, who arejmembers of the
Multiple .Llsiting Bureau.' j ;
Inquiry isj made! about the topo
graphical fejaturesi of the Willam
ette valley. the schools of Salem,
the kind of soils, and ends his let
ter with thej statement that he in
tends to visit Salem during the
coming sumjmer and plans to set-
THE 315,000 HOME AND THE GIRL WHO
WON IT, AND THE WINNING ESSAY
i iuJjii j j t j j 1 B i j t im Hih ft'lit ttto Hill itM 1 1 i t tttf ' f Hti W HI
Julia S. Qroo of Portland, Oregon, the winner of the Home Lighting Conteest'ln: which 2,000,000 children
took part and the 15,000 home that will bo built for her. In Portland. ! . .
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sc ! Burned Clay Hollow
afety and Comfort,
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ocffisfva:trsi2Es
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I tie in the Willamette valley, . J
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(There has been a great deal in
the newspapers about the. 15,000
home and the girl who won t;
but the following Is the first ar
ticle' that includes the winning
contest) : j
Tile for Beauty,
MJsftfl ISEftlCS vay
, ovm HOME
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And if it is built of rwoo3 you are
certain to be satisfied with it
It is not a bit too early to start planning it;
! Come, into our office and let us
! your problems. Our advice is
help you with
yours for the
: asking and it is possible ; that ur ejcperience
7:' i may be of great aid to you.
; ; i Jf you build th materials vve cll you, you can be
assured that your home will be built of the best.
; ! V. COPMD YARDS
West Salem Phone 576
i Yards in West Salem Albany, Lents, Hubbard,
; i;" YamhilL Hillsboro j ' J - ' i.
; A $15,000 Electrical -Home,
finished from top to bottom, built
on her own lot In Portland, Or
egon, will be. the prize that Julia
8. Grod wUl receive for her essay
as first prize in the International
Home Lighting Contest just con
cluded. Miss Groo. a winsome
maid of 18, was adjudged winner
.....
from among two million school
children In the United States and
Canada who entered the contest,
of which a million submitted es
says for the prizes.
Local contests were held In
4784 communities and the 45,000
winneraof these - contests had
their essays submitted to .the In
ternational Judges for the eleven
grand prizes, of which Hhe home
was the first. The other prizes
were ten scholarships of $300 to
$1,200 and 1600 distinguished- ea-
ay medals and were awarded to
children scattered . over a wide
area. -
Besides the essay, the contest
ants were obliged. to make light
ing Investigations and thoroughly
study the 'subject of Home Light
ing. Their essays were supposed
to, tell how they would light their
home, giving the specifications of
wattage for each room.
The international judges of the
Home Lighting Contest were Wil
lian McAndrew, superintendent of
schools, Chicago, III.; Mrs. Wil
liam Brown Meloney editor Forbes
Magazine; Sarah L. Rhodes, prin
cipal, P. S. No.. 28, Brooklyn, N.
T.; Geo. D. Shepardson, profes
sor of electrical engineering, Univ
ersity; of Minnesota; George R.
Anderson, professor of illumnat
'ng : engineering. University j of
Toronto, and M". II. Aylesworth,
executive manager of the National
Electric Light Association, repres
enting Franklin T. Griffith, presi
dent of that association, who was
unable to be present
Miss Groo 's essay that won the
prize follows:
, "A Well Lighted Home
"We do not keep a horse and
buggy simply because our fatber4 one. watt per. square foot, and,
since, the walls are light, very lit
tle light Is absorbed by themthha
avoiding, the necessity of larger
bulbs.'?.-- v-f-.- ,i
The. center fixture in the giving
had one. Instead, we use the new
and more serviceable means of
travel.- - The man in the office,
the factory manager, the contract
or, all continually strive to find
labor saving - devices. They do
away with antiquated apparatus
and replace it with machines for
increasing output. Greater pro
duction by the individual is a de
mand of the times.
"Yet when these same men
reach their homes the thoughts of
advanced methods and conveni
ence seem left behind. They re
tain lighting equipment which was
probably considered the best when
it was installed, but which is now
obsolete because of ' the develop
ments in the Industry and the
knowledge of proper lighting
learned from experience annd nin
vestigation. "Careful thought was given to
the lighting of our house and has
resulted, I believe, in our having
a well lighted home.- It is well
lighted since each fixture was se
lected : to provide sufficient . light
where it might be ; needed. A
center light gives general illumin
ation, while portable lamps placed
by easy chairs for reading and
sewing bring the Ugh)'., dfreptly
where desired.', A shade in har
mony! with the' fixture and the
room coven each bulb, but all are
dense enough to prevent glareor
eyestrain L Some are glass,' some
are silk, and some are parchment,
each be'ing adapted to its surround
ings. . The basement shades are
metal J t V : e
"Small bulbs are used. In decor
ative lamps to prevent annoying
bright spots; frosted bulbs,, where
there is a possibility of their being
seen with discomfort. ' Portable
lamps are placed on each side of
the mirror on the dressing tables
and brackets on each side, of the
bathroom mirror to illuminate the
feature on boh sides, thus avoid
ing shadows. The shades prevent
a bright llight from being reflected
into the eyes.
i "Each: room has bulbs in excess
room has. two 150 watt bulbs,
There are two floor lamps and one
table lamp, each containing two
40 watt bulbs. ;The brackets over
the mantel and two small decora
tive i lamps each have a 15; watt
bulb. Four single convenience
outlets permit rearranging the
furniture.
A fixture with four 40 watt
bulbs hangs 26 inches above the
dining room table, while 15 watt
Candles are at each side of the
buffet. A double convenience
outlet is under the table and an
other by the buffet.
"Our kitchen 13 lighted by a 150
watt ceiling fixture with a 40 watt
lamp over the sink. Appliances
may be attached to a double con
venience outlet. '
Each of the two bedrooms has
a 40 watt lamp at the head of the
bedj The three double conveni
ence outlets make rearrangement
of the furniture easy.
The two 40 watt brackets by
the bathroom mirror furnish suf
ficient light. The 40 watt center
fixture is unnecessary because of
the smallness of , the room. The
double convenience outlet Is for
appliances. j
"The basement has 40 watt
lamps in the trunk room, in front
of the furnace and at the coal
p He. . A 100 watt lamp is over
the laundry tubs. A double con
venience outlet is available for all
appliances. Two 40 watt lamps
should be placed over the work
bench to prevent shadows on the
work. " ' ': '
"Our long hall has a 40 'watt
ceiling fixture and a 40 watt
brackett." M ' " .
Says Good Farms
Can Be
Sold
Editor Statesman: ,
Good farms prices at their true
value will soon be in demand, but
not for speculation, as speculators
can hardly bej; expected to invest
in land as long as there is so
much agitation, from every source,
telling the public that the farmers
are still livrng on, or depending
on government aid.' liowever, the
farmers who, did not lay aside
their better judgement and specu
late and get heavily In" debt during-
the exceedingly prosperous
years 6r the World War period,
can now handle ther farms proa
eronsly, and very few of this class
o farmers are offering ' their
farms for sale. These are farmers
who save up 'their surplus money
received from high war price farm
products to tide them over the
lean years,- which any carefully
thoughtful person, could not fail
which would follow the extremely
high prices caused by the tremen
dous destruction of all kinds of
farm products, due to the sinking
of vast numbers of ship loads by
the submarine warfare.
Well, some will say that the
farmer who was so thoughtless as
to not lay by, and save his Income
while the opportunities were so
unusually favorably Is not deserv-
In'g of .much sympathy.
Now this view of the matter, if ak for some kind of -teller, and
think, would be unjust: due to the
fact that practically all the people
engaged in the various. industries
and occupations during the peaS
of world war prices, seem to have
been 1 terribly intoxicated with a
mania for j speculation. So wby
should we criticize the farmer
alone? I am sure the farmer. Is
far more deserving of our sym
pathy than those of other occupa
tions who still had an opportunity
to quickly reimburse themselves,!
due to the high scale of, wages.
and the still higher prices main
J to anticipate, as a natural result i talned for all klnds-.f . maulac.
tured goods, while the . farmer's
products suddenly dropped to a
price far below the cost of produc
tion, while the, price of what he
had to buy, with the high priced
labor and excess profit added Into
its cost; all tended to Impoverish
the farmer to such an extent for
several years during the period of
low prices for farm products, that
it was no wonder the farmer be
gan to stagger under the load and
wjiile the farmer-still. -has; to pay
.excessive prices for- his farm
machinery, and all other factory
goods, he caa now make good with
the greatly advanced prices paid
for all farm products, and many
who- left the farm during the
period of farm depression, are
now turning back to the soil once
more, as the surest and best way
to obtain a permanent home and
steady employment. -'
il am jsnre I cannot speak too
highly of the wisdom of this class
ofconverjs. when I see so many
unemployed persona who left com
CONSERVATIVE YET DISTINCTIVE
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THE AROILA DESIGN A630 .
"Typically a clean cut American befter built homes t here Is an In-,
home" would be a tittlnt des-mp- creased demand for biirk ivsl-
jtiin for this pleasing des.rn. Tne:e dences. i
-are many of us ordinary morrwls Today it lriossIble to ' huIM an
who Insist on having all our tcs- artistic brick home at a c-nst.ltlcle
sossiotis express IndivldnMlity and or no higher than for g!od frnme
yet remain within the lines of con- construction. In tact it will not be
so vpry many years nnt Am-ri-a
will find herself In the snme p..sl
tion as fc"urie with r.tect to
building. Scarcity of lumber has
fo- centuries forced practically all
M.nstructlon In European connlrles
to be of brick or stone, mason. v,
and such , construction nenetits
everybody ' becanse j It :fult3 In .
greHter value for ; evers dollar
spent for building. Inftdenta.ly, .
notwithstanding the fart that most,
houses In European rifles are mult
right against each other,, oft en ra
Ing a common party wnll, the yeelly
fire losses are negligible in propor
tion to ours. ""' - " '
Kerurnlng to this partl-n:ar r.-Ick
house, the Ardila, this ir1gn las
a number of very deslrahl teataes.
partlciilnrly with resjie.- to the
room HrrangemenCThe lilne r.Min
follows the quite popnlnr demitid
for ample space and run from one
side of the house to the rher, with
a large fireplace on the.i ok. It Is
also Interesting to note that the
dining room -follows e(Tipncy me
thods In that few steps re neces
sary when going to and from the
serratlsm. This home, the Ardilla, kitchen. For the family uumberina
strikes the pniSKH-tive -.wner at several members it will rm esd
once as of that quet ye ally convenient to have the five,
nevertheless artistic type. 'fn-n. o. bedrooms, two downstnlrs and Mee
this home enn be ImiM eCvH'i inNiiMy upstairs. Milady will be quite
by to kf iiK aiivintjij:e f unr nir-e pleased with a charm tus sewing
building iiiateri.il i-oiiitrwin brn-ir. room lorntett npstalrs In t.ie. center
More and more rx-ople tliroiuh-, of the house. whfle the mere mala,
out the country are' i nmn.iing member of the family will find a
good construction In the letai's of large basement as well as arfc
their homes. The contractor - jvho space to keep Ms odds aiid ends,
slapped up anything to sell at a To make a more cozy tifpiiere
big profit is oeina relesated to he as well as falting advantage of
past,' If I inlerestltis to note that greater economy the basement foor.
alone with thia;pnhlle oo'tiion tor will be paved with brick.
I'ht iinmnn Rrtrk MunuHrlureni Asaoriation. Clrvrland. Ohio, ran fu-l.b
omithfl drawinna for th j deiiEb. 'Leaflet on brick cooaLiuctiqn aot jun rajmt
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fortable " farm homes to' seek the
high priced jobs In the cities,
where many fail to find employ
ment and their expenses while idle
soon consume all they earned
through short periods of employ
ment at high "wages. This condi
tion,, coupled with the high price
of farm products and the much
brighter future outlook for the
farmer, is now not only encourag
ing to the present occupant of. the
farm, but is also tending to cause
others who were farmers until
driven'from the farms on account
of extremely unfavorable condir
tions, to reinvest again. In farms.
While, as I have already stated
we" cannot at present expect the
speculator ' to seek " f arm- invest
ment, while so much is being said
against it, yet, I am inclined to
think, that before the close of the
present year, that the farms now
occupied by good, active econo
mical farmers, will show such
good results, with good crops and
high priced products, that specula
tors will begin to turn to farm In
vestments as the safest and best
investment for money, and will be
willing to invest in good land at
Its true value.
I shall endeavor to discuss what
I mean by true values on land in
a later articles, if the editor will
approve of the articles enough to
allow space.
Wells tallman
After Seeking for Ideal
; City; Man Settles Here
R. C. Davis, recently of North
Dakota, has purchased the Rollin
K. Page home at 00 South 2A tli
street, through the. firm of Child
& Bechtel, for a consideration of
16500.
'Mr. Davis states he has been
three years looking up a city for
a permanent home and schools in
the west, and is satisfied Salem is
the right place with Its bright fu
ture. At present he is president
of the First National bank of Rel
field," N. D., and expects to make
other investments here later, and
bring his interests to Oregon.
Few famous men are modest and
J retiring -
Aucjr uvci nuui Diuuie,u'
duck; -
And up to the time of going to
;l press ;
We've heard none, say, "I owe my
i . truccess, - j
To one continued' 6treak of
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C. W. Robinson In court. "It i .
true that the accused has mur
dered his father and his mother,
but, gentlemen of 'the jury, I ask
you to remember that he is only
a' poor orphan.'
Lone Star-.
Service Station
and Camp Ground
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I 1998 N. Capitol Street
Johii Williamson
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! Builder of Homes
, for sale on easy terms.
j -If yoa are looking for
l a home call on us.
OAIC
FLOORING
have just received a shipment of 4 sawed plain
v v white select, 13-16 x 2J4 in. and x 2 in. 1 Come
and look it over.
Mr. H. M. Perry, an experienced . lumberman, is now
in our employ and will be glad to meet all old and new
customers and give them an estimate on' the material they
- may need. Buy now before the advance which is sure to:
come in a short time. " '
Gobbs & Mitchell Company
A. B. KELSEY, Manager
349 South Twelfth St,' near Thos. Kay Woolen MU1