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' THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM. OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1925
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FIVE ROOM FtC&R PLAN WIS FAVOR
ECONOMY aa well as beauty
. of . design rnled in plan
ning: this fire room ban-
galotr. ' The plastered archway
between the Uring and dlnins
room serres a doable purpose of ,
emphasizing, spaciousness and -enhancing
available heating and
lighting facilities.
The kitchen is so arranged as
to save steps for the busy
housewife. The .-- adjoining
breakfast nook is of generous
size and will serve admirably
for an arerage family. -.' '
The central hall, with open
ings to the two bedrooms, bath
and stairway is a cenTenience
which any housewife will appre
ciate. The bedrooms are
equipped with wardrobes, which
occupy less space than the av
erage closet.-.
Floor area of the bouse to-'
tals 1024 square feet.' .Two sets
of blue prints and specifications
will be provided. ' ;
,. ;TOTJ CAN GET THB ABOVE PXiAH A T TUB
SPAULDING LOGGING CO.
Front & Ferry Sts. : i . : : j
Bricklayer Productivity Sets Record; r
; Average Craftsmen Lay 1364 Per Day
Southern Citici Show Jlighevt' FtgvrM With IndbiaapoUs at Foot
".,.?. It? Average Costa S43 per Thousand, . - , .f
Mot only is brick production at
Its highest; level In America, but
bricklayerprod'uctiyjty. also Is at.
a new record. The" United States ;
department of labor finds that the
average number of brick laid per:
day by the crafstmen .In typical
cities la 1364. -This Isthe lar
gest prodnction attained since the
"introduction of 'modern architec-j
tural requirements la brickwork.,; j
The consumption of common
brick in the United States in 1924
will set up a new record. It ap-,
pears from advance -reports now
available. What is equally in
teresting and Important. Is that
the new year promises to convert
this record Into a normal volume
of consumption for the venerable
building material. The volume of,
production rarely holds up to this
late date in any- year as It has
In 1924. but the element of great
est promise to the brick industry
la revealed through a government
report. - -.
The production of all the brick
yards finds Its outlet through the
gateway - of bricklayer produc
tivity. That outlet, considerably
narrowed by cost-plus 'contracts
and other abnormal :' conditions
daring the war, seems now to hare
been folly opened and freer, than
ever. The bricklayer," probably
not more or less than other skill
ed trades, dropped somewhat in
efficiency during the" high pres
sure of the war time and the
years Immediately following.
Ethelbert Stewart, commission
er of labor statistics of the United
States- department of labor, has
Just concluded a thorough Investi
gation In typical cities of present
day bricklayer productivity. His
findings show that the bricklayers
of the country, generally, haVe
reached an unusually - high, ef
ficiency r-"v" ' ' ' ' - :
The department of labor's Jn
Testigation In fifteen cities shows
an average of 1364 brick laid per
man per !;;M-hoar day.' In tmly
ttrea clt.'ra does tie -product:;-
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eight-hour day. Birmingham
shows the ( highest record, with a
daily average, of 1938' brick, while
other southern cities show a near
ly equal efficiency. . Indianapolis
has the lowest bricklayer produc
tion of any 'city Investigated but
even here the men are averaging
765. brick per day.
When it Is considered that' the
cost of brick themselves -on any
job Is an almost insignificant
fraction of the total cost of the
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building, this evidence of .reduced
cost for the placing of the -brick
in the wall will work as a- power
f ul stimulus to the brick indus
try. The cost of laying brick, as
shown by the department of labor,
runs as low as $4.82 per-thousand
In Birmingham and this amount
plus the expense of material pro
duces a permanent, tire-safe con
struction at a cost within . tfce
reach- of every builder.
. Below is given the list of cities
Investigated by the department of
labor with .the number of brick
laid per eight-hour, day in: each:
Atlanta, Ga .......I... 1.482.4
Birmingham Ala -' 1.938-0
Chattanooga', Tenn.; 1,868.8
New Orleans, La . . . . .. 1.628.0
Norfolk, Va. :.. .' . .. . . . 1.854.4
Cleveland. Ohio ......." 1,182.4
BUILDII1G FOR THE
FUTURE: .CONCRETE
Lons List of
ucts Madejh Salami By
i Oregon Gravel ;Co.
Contractors and i buildera ' the
world over are today realising the
neceseity, as neye before,, ojf build
ing for the future;. ; Tears Of serv
ice must he: added! to! tlfej first
great strength. 1 With this thought
in view the j Oregon Gravel com
pany.1 of I'BalemUhas bixiltup a
large manufacturing plant Tor the
manufacture of Milestone, concrete
products. !j The company! manufac-.
tares burial yatilts.1 shope, brick,
hollow : tile, drain tile, sewer pipe,
septic tanks, 'gravel sanld, and
crushed rpck,M)eidee diojg a big
business '"in cemejnt, I plaster, lime,
fireolace IliaCceSsdries. fire : brick
steel j reinforcing, (metal lath. Mur-
i hy In-A-Dor Beds, concrete water
proofing, mbrtarj colors,! aad celo-
. in ; 'Mi -i-r - -1 i - .
j A Wonderful Growth 1
The growth inlthe poputrlty of
concrete products, for building ourr
poses is shown by the phenomena
growth in , Itii jiisej all; over the
country. 'i p.: 1-1 y n . ;
In! 1920. 5P,600.00 niU of
concrete tile) werie ueedj for build
ing purpi8es;! land jin 1934, Just
four jyea-g at;er, 462,000,000
nnUsj wefe usedi making an in
crease liniitha use of this ti rod net
of almost ,10.00 Pfr Cent inlthe last 4
four years. Tnls growth lean be
due 16 only one! thing, and that,
that the public! has come to realize
the necessity 0f jusing a building
material jthat 'is! fire proof, and
at the i same time Will give years
of faiultlees service. It is interest-
Denver: Colo. I i .
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1,699.2
1,232.0
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1,546.6
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Minneapolis
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and 1st,
Paul;
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Boston. Mass
i 781.6
1,260.8
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New York. N.
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Chicago, 11L
1,254.4
1.052.0
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Bricklayer: ' production Is Influ
enced by several rather important
factors. A man who knows how
to set nplhls job aid lay out: his
world wilt get -nruch greater pro
duction than a na'n who .builds
in a I haphazard 3f A,f foreman
who knows how o jtreat his men
as they desefye! tp be treated will
get inoreiiLbrlck! laid a day than
an inefficient j f ereman. i Brick
layers are human jjust like all
otherj men. , They are among the
most Intelligent i and responsive
men in all the building trades. J
A jcomparison I between (todays
production: and i thai of the past
decade ! mfeans ' nothing, for ball
ings iof today can be "built wttfc
much! thinner; Walls) and are also
cut up a j great! deil more ; with
openings, iwhich i Aieans that more
time Is required is; building np tb
wallsJ In many; eases where face
brick are! laJdlal aj veneer lover
concrete walls, ' ithe bulging j forma,
projections, and , he; tie wires ex
tending from , he wall Interfere
with the jbrlcklayer's work, for
he must trim; off ihej backs! of the
brik and work abound these ob
stacles. All this iterids to reduce
his output I very j materially.
through no fault pi his own.
iOonicrete Prodi-
ing to note that when it was de
cided - to . build a" permanent, , me
morial to the writer of that wide
iy sung song.. Home Sweet Home,
in -.Washington, the material used
in the; buildings construction was
concrete tile. ..;' U . X "J !
' Ia Up to Date .
Some of the physical properties
ot'Milestone hollow tile butiding
blocks are: Crushing - strength,
J 000 pounds per square Inch' on
gross1 areai absorption approxi
mately 1 0 per cent by weight. Hol
low tileb look-?, as manufactured
by the Oregon Gravel company, are
made! on the - Duntile machines.
This tile has a round hole running
through1 the center of it for in
sulating purposes, and becauso of
this round hole. resists force equal
ly from all directions. This is a
distinct improvement "over? the
square bo.e tile which resists
strength from the top all right, but
weak on side strength.
L " Concrete Brick Superior ' '
The concrete brick as manufac
tured by the company has many
advantage, over the ordinary clay
baked brick. ' Chief among these
is. a porcousness not obtainable in
ordinary brick. Various kinds of
brick are manufactured ' including.
mantel brick, for use , in facing
mantels .shiners, which-, are nsed
in making special corner work,
where the flat face of the brick-is
exposed; double ; header bricks,
which are faced on two end and
used where the brick must be cut
in two and both 'ends ' exposed,
yard stock brick, , which is used
(or facing the -outside of buildings,
chimneys, and porches. This brick
is handled in white, cream, buff,
or red colors, and in the "wire-
cut or stipple finish; and common
brick, which is used for ordinary
brick ' purposes, offering a brick
of great etrength and low absorp
tion. : : -- :- -; - ' ,
- . j ' lightest, Best Tile'
Roof tile is used for roof install
buildings where a fire proof, water
proof, and permanent, roof Is de
fired. ; A patented interlocking
feature makes the tile roof water
prsof. The tile is very strong and
durable, , being : made out of one
part I cement to two nr.d a half
parts eacd This roof tile Is sold
undr the name of Waterseal eon
crete root tile. It is the lightest
loot !tiSe on the market, weighing
uly,7J0 rounds per square of 120
tile, j ': ---. -T -t :
' Stronger,' Beter Prod act .
.Milestone concrete products are
all cured iu a steam curing room
Steam pipes are laid . iu troughs
of water, and wheu the steam is
turned on It escapes from the pipo
through litUe boles in the pipe,
end makes It way through J the
water burrouuding ihe pipe. Into
the; room. This method of curing
is iuucb mere rapid than ordinary
tiir curing, and results in a etrong-
er and better, concrete proluct. ;
The -Oregon Gravel company
manufacturers the best concrete
products that experience can de
velop, ana invites any prospective
builder ; to call tor assistance in
wiving his building problems.
" JAPAN TO REDUCE ARMY
, TOKIO. Feb. 7 Four divisions
comprising 40,000 men of the Jap
anese! army will be dismissed by
May 1 in accordance, with the
general retrenchment plan of the
government.. The . divisions abol
ished ! have' been .selected largely
with a view, tp the economic re-
suit in tie regions wnere tney are
stationed. :
SALEM PUBLIC LIKES
? WILLIAM HART BEST
' iCoaaaBd fraa p&x 1) " -
ful engagement;. On , the other
hand, a very moderate priced film
may do an extraordinary business
if conditions happen to break most
favorably at the time of its show
ing. As a matter of fact the Ore
gon theater holds an attendance
record for a single day on a very
moderate priced film. shown five
years ago. That film was "Tho
Lone Star Ranger. featuring Wil
liam Farnum. ' Three years later
a very splendid attendance' was
given to a showing- of "Robia
Hood." yet the showing of "Robin
Hood" met with a financial loss
for the simple reason that the film
rental was exactly sixty times
that paid for "The - Lone Star
Ranger." " if one has good nerves
and .enjoys the fascination of un
certainty there is an undoubted ap
peal In the operation "of a theater.
An inquiry directed to the stan
dard of motion pictures was an
swered by Mr. Guthrie to this ef
fect: "There can be no doubt that
the standard of motion pictures
has been steadily raised year by
year, although there ia still room
for great improvement on the av
erage. This improvement ; could
be greatly hastened, howeveY. if
the public were willing to accept
.more favorably many of the high
er type of pictures. Such pictures
as Maeterlinck's- "Blue v Bird,"
which proved to be a dismal fail
ure a few years ago, are a credit
to the industry and should be en
couraged, j Within the past few
weeks the Oregon theater, has
shown '.'Barbara Frietchie," "Cap
tain Blood,' and "The Clean
Heart." All-of these were high
class pictures though different in
theme. All showed to a very' un
satisfactory business.. When; the
costs' of the film are considered
each took a loss.- The day of bet
ter pictures will be greatly hasten
ed when the public will demon
strate through box office attend
ance that such pictures are really
desired, and the producers would
furnish them just as quickly as
any o, ther type of picture It such
were the case." . .
Sweden Warns Against
Breaking American Laws
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 15. The
lure of the Golden West is as
strong as ever in Sweden, and the
application for visas received at
the United States consulates have
practically exhausted the quotas
for the remainder of the immigra
tion year. '.
In view of tbJs situation the
Swedish authorities, as well as the
Swedish-American line, are 1 mak
ing effort to prevent Swedes from
yielding to the temptation of entering-the
United States illegally.
Thus the government social board
has published in its latest bulletin
a warning . against attempts 1 jto
slip over the Canadian frontier by
persons who have been legally
transported to the Dominion.
TOURISTS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. In
tracing out the reasons why un
tight has power to destroy germ
life, a fact long known and put to
use by every; housewife who has
"aired out" things, the Bureau of
Standards and . the Public Health
Service have produced positive re
sults. ;. -
A public document now In
course of publication, by ;W., W.
Coblentz and H. R. Fulton, re
search men assigned to the work,
recounts findings " in the" field
which will he of special value to
OAK FLOORING
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, 7 E have just received a shipment of sawed plain
V v white select j I 3-16 x 2J4 in. and x 2 in. 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 how before the advance which is sure to
- come in ashort time.
Cbbbs
349 South
FJiv Shrewd Business-Man:
-; Did you ever pay a bfll twice? &ot if you knew it !
- Let us show you how; to stop paying:, for your
' home twice. . ' L.'
, ' We are not lawyers, or. ''gold brfok" artists, but jurt
' honest makers of concrete products aiid dealers iu
better building materials. 1 . -
Say when.
OREGON GRAVEL CO.
Hood at Front SU
The oal-i
the'jW Tells:
In the basement is one of comfort
in every room in the house er a .
saving of money from the moment
it is installed. 4,
There is another saving in having your
, Homer installed now beiore everybody
- i t " ' '2 wants theirs at the same time. Order youn
. - now, by phone iaf drop in and u2 ua.
ADAM ENGEL, Builder of Good Homes
PHONE 1337-J 1420 NORTH PTFTTC STREET
professional and scientific work
ers. . ",' - -' ' "
It was long ago established that
the germicidal power of sunlight
came largely from its actinic or
invisible rays, and for the sake of
the experiment, these were . pro
duced in measured quantities and
characteristics by heating mer
cury vapor and screened through
quartz lenses. The Public Health
Service furnished large quantities
of germs for the testing, one type,
bacterium coll - communis, being
that which is most frequently en
countered in sewage tainted wa
ter. -
. The germ colonies, properly ex
posed to the rays, were found to
die in less than one second, in
some cases. " The scientists work
ed out the mortality produced by
each -different wave length of the
invisible rays, and have compiled
the detail of their findings in the'
document: which will be shortly
available. - ": "
SOCIAUSTS TOTATu SET.N
' MIL.L.TONA v
! BERLIN, Feb 7 The Berlin
social democKtic organ, Vorwarts,
estlmatea that the strength of or
ganized ; Socialist throughout- the
world in 1924 was 7,000,600,
k Mitchell Goibd
A. B. KELSEY, Manager
Twelfth SU near Thcs. Kay
shovel travels from coal bin to
leed door of the furnace tells the
story of a furnace. Sometimes it
. tells a story of inadequate heat
under any circumstance.
The story the coal shovel tells
when there is a
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salesman call and go over your
heating problem with you with
out any obligation on your cart
"EASTMAN SIRLOCO"
FURNACES
$79.60 and tip.
Installed Complete
EASTMAN BROS'
(rormarbr Si Wert on Blow Pip Co.)
BUverton. Oregon -
England heads the list with 3,
156.000 members iof the Labor
party. Germany comes second
with" 860,000 and Austria third
with 566,100.
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