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1JU OIIEGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 5, 1925 ...
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Wilnun2tpn--An Interesting Design
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HE exterior of Wilmington, i while not
. strictly colonial, has enough of the colon
ial to make it-an Interesting design. The
rather formal entrance with turned col
umns, the seats at the (sides
corners add attractiveness.
The Interior is arranged for six rooms, all on one
floor. An enclosed stair leads to the attlc which
can be used for storage! or in case of necessity for
sleeping quarters. Living and dining rooms are
separated by a large arch. This and the fireplace
at the end of the living room, with built-in seats
and bookcases, are features of these rooms. A
china-closet ' is located j at r the end of the dining
room. . The kitchen is exceptionally complete;, being
provided with cupboards and bins J a cooler and an
ironing-board. j A generous-sixed ! breakfast-alcove
is prorided at the rearj Besides having two good
bedrooms and a bath, all accessible from the hall,
there is a den at the front, directly off the1 'living
room. Closets and linen-cases are arranged for the
bedrooms.' The stair to the basement and attic is
placed at the rear of the
The basement, being 'the full size of the! house,
provides ample space for storage, laundry, fuel and
furnace.
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CEiESTER
1070 N. TwentiethL
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SITSICIAXS DECIDE TO HOM i
FESTIVAb DT PRAGVK
PRAQtJE, April 4 The Inter,
music will hold its annual festival
this year again in Prague, duriag
Hondo
Charter Oak Ranges
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range on the ; market today ; regardless or
price. : - v.'tl '.'K'" . -fl 1
Cast iron construction assures you a maxi
mum of heat frorrt a minimum of fuel
So cure aire we that you will be satisfied,
that we give our pcrconal guarantee that
the range will givd absok te satisfaction tn
every respect, . I : I " - ' ' 'v
Frieda G70 16 GipO.Op
. The 51C0.C0 RaniG 13 wholly cnaTnclcd-grivinff
entire cb2cr.ee from hU class cad polishinff.
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and the trellis at the
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Figure With You on Your New
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xLiSLtSlt and Culldcr
b ! ;. :'i il ! . .. f . '-1 1 ;- . Near Parrish School
space for; new plans each week
the month; of May. Three inter
national concerts will be given,
leading modern composers being
on the program, The second part
of. the I festival ; will be heard in
Venice! j in : September. ;
are absolutely the best
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BUSIK BLOCK
IS COrJTEMPUlTEO
Nelson Bros- Acquire Prop
erty on North High and
i Will Improve Same
Further .development -of the
northern section of the downtown
business section is Indicated In a
sale consummated this week t by
the W. H. Grabenhbrst & Co. real
estate firm. . , V ?
A. C. Kelson,, A. J. Jacobs and
E.- E. X.Inff, who are In the plumb
ing and heating -business under
the name" of Nelson 'Bros.,- have
purchased a fnll lot on High, two
lots north of the Newton-Chevrolet
agency at High and Chemeketa
streets, and Intend to improve the
property. The consideration is
said to have involved $12,000. )
The lot has a frontage of 82
feet on High and a depth of 165
feet. - At present an ' old frame
dwelling 'is located on the prop
erty but this wll be removed to
make room for a modern business
building.:-:' i . ' ?.:,. u'.'
The property was purchased
through i the Grabenhorst : . firm
from Mrs. Ella B. McDowell of
San Jose, Cal.
YMCA Building Plans Are
Expected to Be Ready Soon
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Within a period of ten days the
plans for the new YMCA building
will be completed, according to
the latest word from Portland.
Kenneth Legge,' local T architect
who has been working in the
plans with George Whiteside are
doing everything, possible to .get
the papers ready, for the contrac
tors. It is expected that the con
tractors will start active building
operations by May 1. ; 4 ;
VOUR PLUMBING- IS
THE THING- '
YOU SHOULD
sTHIflK OF
THIS
SPRING-
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ELKS' TEMPLE
ALMOST DONE
Building -Will Be Ready By
July; 1, Opening Date;
Work Is Being Rushed
Without a hitch the new-Elks
temple will be ready for the open
ing date by July 1, according to
the statement of those in charge.
Already the scaffolding has been
removed and most of the exterior
work has been done.' The new
$200,000 edifice for the local
order of the Elks, makes a new
era in modern buildings of the
city.r : ; , j ..; '
Three sides of the temple will
be faced with brick of a buff, or
grayish brown color. '' The corners
and windows are marked with
stone slabs of white, 'while the
doors and entrances are distinctive
with the arches of the same stone.
The rear wall is to be finished in
a stucco that will match the color
of the brick. I
' The main entrance of the build
ing is on the north side and faces
State street, ' open directly into a
vestibule, which is j bordered on
the right by a cloak room and a
writing room on the left. '
The plaster work within the
building is nearly finished, the
plumbing has been completed and
preparations are underway to pour
the cement for the floors. Some
of the detail plaster work will be
done at a later date. f
. Floors are to be j covered with
a rubber tiling and it is absolutely
necessary that; the 'cement work
be dry. In order to prevent check
ing of the flooring, j ,
i Rooms of the new building are
to being appropriately placed. The
lounging foyer measured 54 by
28 feef. is to bi in thetwtj front
comers of' the lower floor "k'A
billiard, room will be located in
the southwest corner and. will be
about' twice as large! as the loung
ing room, while just back of thess
will be the secretary's office, the
kitchen, pantries and entrance to
the stairs.: ;''.) ..; ;
In the southeast corner Is to be
the dining room, measuring 2a by
40 feet. . .. However it will be-pos
sible to serve dinners in the dining
room or in the large! banquet room
that will be located on the floor
above. A modern lift will serve to.
bring, the food-' from the kitchen
to the serving rooms, which . is
designed to adjoin the magnifi
cent dining room, j This room,
which is equipped with a stage at
one end will be 52 by; 70 feet.
The women are tp cared for by
the rest 'rooms that have been
placed at the east 'center of the
first floor.- Entrance to this place
may be made, from- Cottage street!.
- The lodge room at the south
west corner of the flooir ig 52 by
70 feet and Is also equipped with
a platform. A fireproof moving
picture projection room is at, the
north end of the hall. A balcony
has been made close to this room.
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Father Ricard Explains
Method Weather Prediction
Father Ricard of Santa Clara
college, nationally known as the
"Padre of the Rains," as a recent
guest of the Sacramento Chamber
of Commerce spoke before a meet
ing of that organization, which
was devoted to a discussion of his
astronomical ' work of the past
twenty-five years j at the Santa
Clara observatory. J v
He declared that without ques
tion the studies of this time in
dicated the relation of sun spots
to the weather of the earth, and
from his long years of. work he
haa been able to make weather
predictions which are made public
each month. . t ' . , - j -,;
Questioned' regarding the fact
today is not stormy and rainy,
according to his Hast forecast.
Father Ricard smiled and remind
ed his questioners that ; Sacra
mento is . not the I center .of. his
California prediction and that the
storm, he predicted had visited
Coast points last night and today
with a rainfall. He also reminded
them that storms often come and
go much more quickly , than anti
cipated v so - the : impression Is
given his predictions, are not de
pendable. , j : r ; ; ' -." - ;.-
- Ot particular interest to Call
fornla farmers was his .statement
that a study of drought conditions
in the State show a regular recur
rence of such conditions. It r is
from one of : these periods that
California is now emerging and
hence the next few" years will
doubtless show a greater'5 rainfall
than the past three. --
lie said: - ,
"It is well tzT iLa t -:;la to
know about the periodic harjen-
ings and actions which
droughts' In California, . ;
My studies sow, that a sun
spot period of 11.178 "years gov
erns droughts. That is,1 every
11.178 jrears there is a drought.
The Bum of these, or practically
twenty-one yearsj shows an even
sixty-two years, there is an even
greater drought and an even more
severe drought.
These drought
periods last froox two to three
years. The present period began
in 1921 and hence is just about
over. ' ,
"If our observations had cov
ered a greater period of time we
believe the facts (would show, the
culmination of these in a period
of 163 years. . j ' ' ; ;
"The fundamental reason for
the 11.178 year period is based
on observations of the sun spots.'
We know that ivhen the latter
give out drought is at its worst,
while upon their reappearance
conditions become better at once
and a rainier period is at hand.'
"The reason tot these sun spots
seems, from observations, to lie
in the planets Saturn and "Jupiter.
When these' get on the same side
of the sun tberej is a shower of
meteors on the equatorial; zone of
the sun. This causes a great agi
tation which renders the spots in
visible and lasts for two or three
years. This happens every twenty
years, but every ten years the
same two planets: are on opposite
sides of the sun. causing less
trouble on the equatorial zone of
the sun and consequently less
heat is. thrown oh the earth and
the drought conditions are not so
bad." . ' , ' .i
He concluded by urging cham
ber of commerce, city and state
leaders and governing bodies to
take into consideration the effect
of drought and jproflt by the
knowledge of coming droughts eq
as to protect thej farmers.
' "You are particularly fortunate
in this part of the state in having
the " great Sacraiiento river for
your water suppler," he said, "but
other parts of the state are not
so fortunate, ii should be the
duty of chamber of commerce,' the
legislature and jthose who , have
the keeping of the temporal pros
perity Cf the 8 tat t in hand to prep
are in: some maimer .for these
droughts." j - ' .
GUI SALES
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Increase Over Corresponding
. Month in 1 924 Is Nearly
: 35 Per Cent I
' The state tax j on gasoline and
distillate collected on sales made
during the month of February,
1925, amounted to $201,309.25.
according to a statement compiled
by f Secretary of-j State Sam A.
Kozer. - ; '
Taxes were remitted On 6,505,
573 gallons of gasoline and 248,
005 gallons of distillate.! Of the
total collected, he sum of $ 6 6,
295.78 resulted from the operation
of the original law Imposing a tax
of one cent per gallon on gasoline
and one-half cent per gallon on
distillate, while (8135.013.47 was
returned under the additional tax
law providing for a uniform rate
of 2 cents per gillon on all kinds
of motor vehicle fuels.:
As compared with the month of
February, 1 92 4, gasoline sales In
creased approximately 35 per cenC
distillate sales increasing approxi
mately 70 per cent. ;";.-:.
;' To date the motor vehicle fuels
tax measure hate brough to the
sUte treasury the total sum Of
$8,087,366.50. Of the amount col
lected under the jaw of 1921 there
has been returned up to March 30,
1925, the sum f $245,789.64 to
operators of farm tractors, motor
boats, commercial cleaning estab
lishments, etc.. pursuant to that
provision authofliing; refunds of
taxes on such motor vehicle fuels
as are used tot purposes other
than In the operation of motor ve
hicles upon the j publlc highways.
Two Important amendments to
the refund law Were made by the
recent legislature. TheUlme for
filing claims for refunds, at pres
ent 90 days. wa extended to one
year, and the rate of . refund on
distillate was Changed to 2V4
cents per. gallon, to include the
tax paid under jthe la w of 1 9 1 9.
These changes will be effective on
and after. May 28th next. The re
fund rate on gasoline will remain
at 2 cents, as at present, and the
increased rate oQ distillate will ap
ply only1 to purchases made after
the new law becomes effective.- -Motor
vehicle fuels taxes are
credited to the state highway fund
becoming available for expenditure
in the construction and! mainten
ance of state highways. N
To trade1: $60 lidy's plush coat,
tlto !rls, for load of hay. -Littleton
Independent. I
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FEBRUARY
iJ MORTUARY
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SITE PURCHASED
Property Adjoining ;Valiey
Motor Company Pur
: chased By Company
Purchase of , the property for
merly occupied by the Rigdon
mortuary by the Valley Motor
company, which adjoins, the Rig
don property, was made this week.
Trie consideration involved was
approximately $17,000:
The old bu tiding.; which" faces
the west on jligh street between
Cquft . and Chemeketa; will either
be torn down or moved to some
other location.. It lis -understood
that the Salem Business and Pro
fessional Women's club is con
templating its purchase and utiliz
ing it as a club house, some place
further removed - from ' the bus!"
ness district: V r
Construction of a modern fire
proof building within 30 days will
begin by the Valley Motor Com
pany, who' will use a portion of
the new building, leasing, the
ground floor. The new building
wjll match the construction of the
present location of the motor com
pany. -4 f i--. ,;?
NE WHOME OX, X. CHURCH
iL. A. Jacobs has given a con
tract to Chester E. Lee, local con
tractor, for the erection of a bung
alow on North Church streets The
estimated cost of the house is
$$000. ' The finish will be stucco
with a red composition roof.
Wanted: ,10.000 "loathsome
black beetles, by a, tenant who
agreed to ' leave premises in the
same condition in which he found
them." Jophan Independent.
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IMPLICTTY does not mean lack pf the small portion in the front serves as an
2m m11 Jam MM A ' AftftNlflUA t TW A W VU-VVll St 1 AC P tl
interest in a
In fact, in the small house sim-
Elicity is essential in giving the
ouse distinction. Meaningless
ornamentation, heavy eaves, pondrous pillars
are the ruination of many a bungalow. ;
The designer of this house haa been ex 5
ceptionally successful in creating a charming j
house without adding costly, features" to :
create interest. He has taken5 a simple de-;
sign, and by skill and attention to details i
given it unusual distinction. ' ,' " i
With this type of house," simple in its outi
line, much thought should be given the type j
of face brick to be used andliow it should
be handled in the wall. J The color of the -mortar,
the treatment of the joint, and the ,
kind of bond are things often overlooked,
but which, If given careful consideration, wil
greatly enhance the beauty of .the brickwork,
much to . the advantage of the whole house.;
The living room and dining room in this;:
bungalow are very large and comfort?bla.
There is a cozy brick fireplace at one end cf
the living.- room, t:hile Preach doors at the
opposite end opento a fine, larre porch.
OThe perch at the sida cf the hcur msy be;
o "Tl T1
Ravines1 art buildinor"
'Hom.e
family in possession of Its 'own property, so that rent
money actually'! becomes an .investment. Building - is
resuming: everywhere. ; Spring is finding many a fam
ily getting; ready to move into "A Home of Our Own."
-You can build this year. ; Don't put it of f longer. JIake
it s point to look over our etock and get prices, we have
everything;, in building material, lumber, Sherwin Will-
saVPaM'Beare lime cement, plaster,
.'shingles, and wall Board. , Our prices are right. , If you
neeil a carpenter; or a man to shingle, we will get you a
: good . reliable man for - either. ; , Just call me up by
phone 813. ' . ; ; (.' '
; Here are a few special prices on good low" grade
materials. -!; ' . -I . i-.'
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M ii.itw.ii t istl ' .S18.00 Der thousand
6-inch rustic ;. . - - ...:.. -
6-inch 4 to 9 ft, best
1x4 and 2x4, not culls .$16.00 per thousand
Standard shmgles .t-L---...- 2.10 per thousand
i I v Good 6-inch ceiling ..i..-..$22.50 per thousand
j Ship-lap,! not culls $16.50 per thousand
COBB & MITCHELL CO.
; A. B. KEL3EY, Manager ; 1 '
349 South Twelfth St., near Thos. Kay Woolen Mill
Mills at Falls City and Valzets
, oiiiiiGiiy mma. b.
! of Distinction
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Designed for
well-designed house.
The table
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manv a. home and Duttinc a
.i.r'. - . - - - $22.50 per thousand
grade $22.50 per thousand
American Face Crick Association
No
entrance only. An always useful coat closet
is found conveniently near the front door. ,
. The bedrooms are well lishtcck have good
closets, and 'are connected with the bath by
a convenient hall. A sleeping porch, is also
provided at the rear of the hcuss.
As many hours in each day are . spent in
the kitchen, it should be as pleasant as pos
sible and so arranged &3 to save time and
steps. The kitchen, here 13 exceptionally
complete and ccn-vcrAcnt. Ths ink is set
.beneath & grenrp of two v;fndcv3, flanked on
the sides by cabinets. , V '( ..
i3 so placed with a serving dxf
above it that things may be Passed directly
frcm the kitchen to the sideboard of tb
- dining-room. The rear porch is larre and ns
space for the icebox. It i3 enclosed and cof
fins the basement stairs. J
A fifty-foot lot would ba required on which
to build this bungalow as shown in the plan,
but the porch may easily- bs moved to tn
front cf th3 houcs, mr,!::.-.T it. adaptable to
cir.-ll a site r.3 thht;.-::v:-i and a na.i
tczt. This bungalow may ba built on a 6lcpi"
rrte by irikins a slight c'r.; in the frcr.r