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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM,- OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH i; 1925
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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. , .
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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. -
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Use Burned Clay Hol
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Beauty, Safety and
Comfort. I
m iMiicArTUDED BV THE
Boathouse Owner Pians
To Rebuild This Spring
ra na In Snnne owner of the
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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 !
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Convenient for The Farmer
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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'
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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
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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.
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