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'4 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM,- OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH i; 1925 in nim in i nMiimn Hainan nfiimii i iiifimfcwiiniiiiiiininni ? hwm$ . . . . - - - lfflr: It Alt I TWO bedrooms are usually required in a home and . many families prefer to eliminate the dining-room and Dtilize Its space for the - extra bedroom. 1 ' - : In a four-roora Home, br pro per arrangement, . the . kitchen can be made to serve both as kitchen and dining-room. , . . This idea has been developed in Lind. The exterior is de signed in the southern-cottage type so popular now in the mid dle states and in the western section. There is no heavy cor ' nice or clumsy protections to (poll the restful appearance. A dainty front porch - with small columns and . neat balustrade; the wide windows with tasteful wood mountings and shutters, and the wide ; siding all lend their influence' in carrying out this charming design. The house Is only 26x30 feet in size just right for the av-. erage city lot. : The basement is the full size of the home, and contains the usual layout of laundry room,, storage, etc. Watch this space for new plans each week. , . rurcTCD r i w contractor tnLOlLK t. JLIIJlY and Builder 740 Stewart Street Near ParrUh School v Let us figure with you on your new home. ii BROOKS TELLS OF TRIP Long Journey Thru South ern California Related in Series of Letters UH ESTATE ST 1 TIM All Bearings Before Commis ; sioner. Are -Under Oath j ; Moore is Pleased The new real estate law, known as house bill No. 13S, passed the house and senate and the governor has given his approval on the new bill "Which reinforces or strength ens the old real - estate brokers' law passed in 1921. Will Moore, insurance commis sioner; as ex-of f icio r real - estate commissioner, spent considerable energy working with both mem-! bers of the house, and senate to get this' bill over, 'as Mr Moore ; has always maintained that the present law-was not of sufficient strength to combat the many prob lems which are presented by the .innocent public through actions of unscrupulous .real estate brok ers..,.; . ". , ? j . .: . The new law calls for all hear ings to be under oath and in a measure places, the real . estate commissioner on a par with magis trates in view "of the fact as per the quotation in section.' 14 of the new.law, which reads; "The com missioner shall hav the power to subpoena, and bring before him any nerson in this state! to swear witnesses and to take testimony of any such person by deposition, with the same f ee3 and: mileage in the same manner as prescribed by law in judicial, procedure in courts of this state in civil cases! All hearings shall be under oath." The law furthermore is very ex plicit in stating what a real estate broker really is. and has "been made to protect the innocent from the unscrupulous broker who trades on titles: without securing a license. , : The commissioner's discretion with this new law will be very elastic. The act becomes effec tive Jan. 1, .1926. - j 3 ' "SsjjjS " 5 Worlds Use Burned Clay Hol low Building Tile for Beauty, Safety and Comfort. I m iMiicArTUDED BV THE Boathouse Owner Pians To Rebuild This Spring ra na In Snnne owner of the W c. - . boathouse at the foot : of - Court street, which was destroyed by ice during the winter; will I rebuild this month, he , has announced. The boathouse will probably ; be just above the dock . where ; the Northwestern ties up. while in Salem. ... -: : - With the boathouse was a bath house, the property of Charles K. Denison, - which operated in con junction with the boat. house.. Mr, Denison is not positive, but is not considering building this spring." : i Both structures were demolish ed, the only ' things being saved were the rowboats and canoes. Even the logs upon which the structures were erected were car ried awoy by the high water. ' Customer, to Baker Your cur rant buns are no good; I found two files in' them: i , Baker Nonsense! If they were no good - the flies wouldn't like them. Trouveur de Sentiers. Dr. Mayo, who says insanity is increasing alarmingly, has been digging Into statistics, or driving in traffic. . . y ! j . . :. ' . . : I Ii ' v.- :f Convenient for The Farmer ' - - - . . No more hurriecT trips to town,hef ore the bank closes to transact your banking, Mr. Farmer. , . V- No! All you have to do isto make arrangements to bank ly mail here at the United States Nation-, at, 'During' bad '.weather "and the busy' season. ; this-plan will no doubt prove of great convenience' . to you, . --..f ; - i T United States ; .National.Bank -Mli saicrn.uregon prirtC): Letters written by C. V. Ash baugh, of Brooks, who recently re turned from an extensive trip through Southern California,' have been edited and placed ' in one article. The letters are as follows:- The Southern California sun of song and real estate agent's story had pushed most of the fog back into the Pacific ocean, where It be longed, and was brightening the day. Albeit somewhat bleary-eyed, when we turned from Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, on to Santa' Moni ca 1 Boulevard: We were intent upon seeing things, , with no'per ticular objective, the wholes day before us. and for our guide, our eyes, for beauty and, our nose, for news." - r ' V -,. The "car's ensine was in, perfect order, . the pavement smooth and Wide giving plenty of room tor the hurrying traffic on both sides as we '.slipped ! past the, business part. Ahead.; rows of palms that would please ,!"the" eye : of ; any .northern tourist, spoke' the beginning of the residences." ; ' ' ' ''.' : Santa Monica, ' no . doubt,? will soon ! be embraced - by its faster growing sister,. Los Angeles, but to date its citizens are still con tent to call it Santa Monica, as was proved by the last vote upon the subject," a subject much dis cussed by all towns, cities, suburbs and districts within umpty umpb ' miles of that metropolis. It, is the oldest of the beach . resorts and. is proud of this fact and its name; but more of Santa Monica and its charm, later: We are go ing some place. - Near , the outskirts - we actually came to some opes .grounds A movie corporation, Christie's was at work putting up a studio and preparing ground for other con struction. A country,-cluh also had a good golf course here, and ever and anon is the real estate sign,': setting- forth the cheapness of-so fair a prospect, j At .Waiden drive ' which turns left toward ; the higher lands, and about a block' from our boulevard, we noticel a house which at once attracted all attention and' as its picture possibUities shrieked at us. we turned in, stopped near It and unloaded the two cameras for im mediate action. I had just taken the 'range and was about to shoot when my friend who had a closer position for a different angle, was halted from viewing' this carica ture of a dwelling through the lens by the owner himself, who de manded In rather peevish tones what we intended doing. - He saw that: such a question was super fluous as the evidence was all vis ible, as soon as he had asked it, so he modified it to. "What do you intend to . do with the ' pic tures? Not knowing the proper answer, or at least what he expected- us to answer, we sparred for time. "Wellf he enlightened us. "I don't : want them commer cialised.' 7 We assured him that commercialization of the resultant photographs wag the most distant thing from our minds and inform ed him that we were two amateurs who , were out merely-to see and learn for-our own enlightenment only, where upon he became more friendly ; and told us i , something concerning his dwelling. It might be well to attempt a description here although words will not; do it the justice that a picture would. : v.1r. - ':; S I should hazard that it was orig inally seen in a nightmare and the man who brought it into being, whether the owner or his architect we did not learn, added all he could to the original vision.; It consisted of many angles and some curses although none of which are generally sanctioned by capepters as a class. Its roof, very curved and sway-backed, was . shingled with multi-colored shingles laid with the idea not to get any two in line, or any two of the same shade near each other, while the eaves were ragged , and un even. The windows were shut tered with rough looking slats ant these were odd shaped and irregu larly placed in the walls. Brace of clumsy design were used here and there for supports, the chim ney was large and tall, tapering toward the two smoke ; outlets which were of metal, one high and the other very short, ; The main structure; was of brown, concrete or stucco, the out buildings were of -the same material while the general design of uscouthsess was followed in them. A small moat which was. crossed by a crazy lit tle, bridge, ran along the front, and a pile of stones also adorned (?) this portion of the premises. The fence was made of what ap peared to be charred pilings dri ven Into the soil. These were of any length that came to hand. More might be said but I think this will suffice. The owner, a Mr. La Verne, informed us. When we apologetically attempted to ex cuse our " curiosity by explaining that we mistook his wonderful house for one of those freaks so often erected by real estate men on one corner of their plats to at tract attention, that this building was far from that sort, going far ther to say that it had cost him $35,000. This was not hard to make us believe; for no architect of my acquaintance would attempt anything approaching this for less, v ';.: We left reluctantly after mak ing several exposures, hoping that he would satisfy our longing to see . the inside, for if" it: kept the scheme, it would, have.' been well worth seeing once; but he must have thought we had seen enough. We again took Santas Monica boulevard, passing many elegant buildings, among which were the church of the Good Shepherd, Be verly hills community church and one of the public schools which would gladden' the heart of any child just to get to attend, as the grounds are laid out for. beauty and, to make play time a real plea sure. ;':V5'' v' ' ': ' ,The broad tree-lined drives leading to the. left lured us and we turned onto one,' pausing to snap its elegance with a typical residence in .the foreground, , Be verly hills hotel could not be pass ed without trying for a picture of it from the park. We got two dif ferent angles, either of which was a picture. Maids with their charges were sitting or strolling about the grounds and walks in front, and On the bridle path that centers the street from end to end.: thor oughbreds cantered wanting a panorama showing the length of this extensive ' hostelry, with the grounds and trees, I set the cam era upon the topmost step of the park entrance and was about to shoot when a man, seeing, our j photographic equipment, inquired excitedly if we were not reporters. Not waiting for our . reply he gushed the fact that a movie actor had just been killed a few blocks op the driven and if we hurried, we might get something good. We hurried. I shot and got a Ford touring car so Immediately in the' foreground that the hotel was a side issue. The cameras were tossed Into the car and we sped to the area, of movie calam ity. ;.v..-v-;f4.- k' , At the intersection of Foothills road we found a small subdued group of actors and upon Inquiry were told that one of their number had fallen beneath a horse in do ing a stunt and had been hurried to ; the hospital still unconscious. They did not know how serious the injury was. - Our informant was a middle aged man taking the part of a genteel horseman. ' I should like to have known him better for he was a true gentle man even when not acting. As the set , was temporarily stopped ; until some one could be had to fill the vacancy, we passed on toward Hollywood's business district. Here we found activity and bustle, indeed a very business like place, showing commerce up to date, with ' good : stores and buildings everywhere We passed the ; Fairbanks-Pickford : studios and wished that Doug had known we were coming, so that we might have had a look in behind the frowning high board fence and stem looking office doors. . Then there were the Harold Lloyd and the Wm. Fox, all apparently very busy. A truck was 'loading; up for some out: door work and if they 'hadn't taken ' so long we might have trried and tagged along, to see what even npeople that live here stop" to Iwatch. t , By way of variety we turned in to the more quiet, district where there is a charming little canyon that holds a ; park. The canyon is named Mocuhuenga. from a mound used by the Indians as a council, but I am sure had they known that the white man would attempt to speak it, they would have ; caUed it something easier. It is ' known, too, as Fern Dell. which is more symbolic. Here lorn lovers love to loll, singly and in pairs.- We got some very pret ty, negatives of. the little stream and pools reflecting the whitened sycamore branches; but to go back to the life.' i ":.. studio on: Sunset: caused us to pause long' enough to exclaim over the exhibits, modern photog raphy at its best, with Henry Wax man's name etched upon It. More' film corporations. Columbia" pic tures and the Christie Film Co.v were .passed.. Turning a .aer, we came ;to the stud" t : riel burne SpurrJ It la c a c! (he portrait, or real photographic art studios. The exhibits are placed in brick : cases with large plate glass fronts at each side of the en trance walk:. .That day, special poses of Nazimova were shown. Excellent work, large and strong, superb lighting and an indescrib able finish proclaiming the artist that has arrived. Naturally we spent quite a while looking over these beauties. ' .' v' - . Being new we longed for Infor mation., A sign upon a Hot-dog stand told us that here could be had, beside the ;, hunger-killing, pleasure-resort I standby, a" chart that would lead any-one -who knew enough to read the streets, to the various homes occupied by movie stars. "This was what we wanted;. also we felt the need of a hot-dog, W when sufficiently re vived and armed with the chart which. : was indeed '.very, cleverly made and easy to' follow, we start ed to run down some of the dwel ling places of celluloid celebrities. I will not here take the time to enumerate all that we found or make any attempt to describe them individually, but all were magnificent, some showed money, merely, while others showed the artistic sense, and a few, common sense. The grounds about them, the drives leading to them and In general their location was wonder ful and inspiring. But the lesser homes in and around - Hollywood are to my mind, just as beautiful. Hundreds of them, in all positions and locations, from the , bleak, steep hillside, to the little nook by a stream; r from the broader boulevards to the narrow,' wind ing, private roads, show a marvel ous and every changing beauty. Everywhere one looks there .will be a charming view, stately palms of , many varieties, dainty pepper trees, cian looking sycamores and the gratj-ful eucalyptus, in rows, in groups or singly, grace lawn or slope or hollow.' The senses become bewildered. .The camera, pointed first at one and then at another, as the most typical of the class, finally is abandoned, for to choose is impossible and to take them .all, impractical. ' - We drove toward the new addi tions where construction of both, houses and roadways: was under way. Higher and higher up the hills they go and the drives tax the engineer and the landscape artist, but when finished and clothed, in their garb of tropical vegetation, as many near by already were, a more pleasing view could scarcely be Imagined. Coming down from one of these half-finished high ways where we had climbed for a better lookout, we came out at a point below the : residence of Mr. Thompson, the oil magnate. Near by was a real estate agent's office and as he looked friendly we beg ged some more information. He told us who lived on up where we saw an estate that would have done credit to' any Earl, Lord, Count or Caliph, also . who Jived next them,- etc. We , seemed . to have wandered into a real neigh borhood He told us, by way of advertising, that he now had to move his office as he had sold the last of this tract. ; We craved to nkow the value of the corner lot last sold, "$30,000." and " he never batted an eyet : By chance we turned into Foot hills road where we had left our unfortunate movie bunch '' and found them Just finishing their Sharp Brother Reliable Homebuilders V : U; 'iJp Res. 1315 " North Sixteenth h ' Phone days work. It developed that the lad who had fallen was only tem porarily knocked. out and had been able to resume his part in the af ternoon, .This was to double for the pretty little blond star upon a, runaway horse.' ' The strong hero who happened to me none other than Yakima Canute, him self, was to spring from a taxicab roof to the back of the frenzied animal and save her life, as the star was no rider and as the small lad kept his face from the camera and was adorned at the back with golden ringlets, this was easy and all would have gone well the first time as It did the second had Yak been less bluky and had not knocked the fleeing horse off its pins. But all's well that ends well and soon this film will be scream ed at by small boys in many the aters through our broad land. .We took "another turn around the Beverly Hilli district loath to leave it and its beauties (meaning homes), but time was getting short and we were some .miles from Ocean avenue. Also when we came to lower . altitude we found ' the fog that had sneaked up out of the Pacific ocean where it belonged, waiting for us which necessitated slower driving. It grew much cooler, too, than Is ad vertised for this region," but with al, we cotidtedf it' a day well spent when at last we docked the bus in its garage. . t CECIL VERE ASHBAUGH. Brooks,. Ore. BRINGING ANGORA GOATS ; For a number of months K. F. S.; Hansen, Mendocino county, Cal., has been in correspondence with the Land Settlement Department of the Portland Chamber of Com merce, and has been steadily mak ing his plans to come here to per manently settle, and to bring with him a valuable flock of angora goats. Through efforts of the Land Settlement Department.. 9 permit has been obtained from the Oregon State Livestock Sanitary Board, to ship into the state 95 goats. Mr. Hansen .will settle in Polk county, and is now consider ing a property dealat Falls City. Bookstore for Spiritualistic Literature Opened by Doyle V LONDON, Mar. 1. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle not only writes books nowadays, but he sells them. Sir Arthur has opened a bookshop across the street from Westmin ster Abbey and . has taken over active management of the stock, which consists entirely of psychic literature. . Not' even the "Sher lock Holmes" best sellers will be stocked, , . . The shop has been called the 'Psychic Bookshop and Library" and will be used principally as a distributing house for pamphlets and books dealing with spiritual ism. ' - ' " ' :- NEW HUSBANDS FOR OLD - BERLIN, Mar. 1. More than 200,000 German war widows have re-married, according to orf Icial statistics of nension officials, and 366,000 war widows are still open to matrimonial proposals. A total of 597,380 widows and children get support from the state by virtue of military service rendered by their deceased hus bands and fathers. GETONTHETRA1N1 , M. I.V- Wl II ill 10 WHAT'S THE ISE OFBEIWf ILL NELSON BROS. 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