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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 19, 1925)
tl THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 1925 7 ' ! V HOUSE BUILDERS 51 it i -jy.j!t Ul ,1 U m , 'J V-kS 7TV- , ' i- I i !'J i 4 v I, 'I U$s Comfort and Economy in Six Rooms nrrn - -irj ..ru -Lnnrij- rurixuxJTj urijurmr w ww wiwwwwwiiwiw : ''.j . i i f . i ;r -! i s '..w'; Ur f !i :!Uv. H- jtrrrrrnfruir I "C - . -i I . i . -". f - .. .....! ! i ! ' i! 1 ; . II' I iii I III,' I i :,f. CEWiT IKK 'LOST ART npIIE colonial type cottage makes a strong appeal with the home-builder ot average means, where economy of funds mast combine with comfort and good taste. The accompanying design unites these elements in a pleasing design that has proved popular with many builders during the 1924 sea son. - c Treatment ot the entryway is excellent and the two coat closets are a convenience which will be appreciated b y the' housekeeper. The railing alongf the top of the porch adds an ornamental tuoch to the front facade" and the two dormer windows fit pleasingly Into the design. Wall plantings will add materially to the exterior ap pearance. 1 The ground floor- Is nicely portioned and the position of the fireplace will compensate In extra heat for the space oc cupied. The living room is of ample Blze and is well lighted. Arrangement of the dining room and kitchen Is ideal. The downstairs chamber Is large enongh for ordinary use and its windows afford cross ventilation. The central hall , 'ties In all the rooms on the ground floor and a stairway leads to the upper story. The upstairs bedrooms are of excel lent dimensions and well sup plied with light, ventilation and closet space. '. The sleeping porch shown In the plan Is located directly above the bath room and if the owner desires this space may be easily altered for use as an upstairs bathroom. Cost of this house should be well within the means of the average family. l I i1 ' H 'ilL : 111 It ' n 1 - I'H'M'i-i I --BOOL -gJwU-J yiItiL. a cu m ui . fr-J tUCBLI. 4-J I -I:;- ..Ft n -:i'!i,i ) LLUO JLt oot r i a.i ,'V.f.;;; ;vi'llil -. ' . : :hr-i ill (OS I J ' j I . k IXUfttL- ! 1 ':' . lojo.w-o- i LLCl. ' i'i.jii , 1 LCOI0 I lOOtL fill j fin l 609 Two sett of blue prints and specifications for the above house or other houses will be sup plied at nominal cost upon application ito j ; : j -. SPAULDING LOGGING CO. - f I SALES!, OREGON ' Warehouse Going Up For Gabriel Powder & Supply Gabriel Powder & Supply have f tar ted actual contsruction upon their bew warehouse on N. Capitol stree arid will hare it completed soon.jThe new building is to serve as a iput from the Southern Paci fic railroad and is' no situated that HOW TO COMFORT INTO A FRAME HOUSE i I ! ; . Use Cclotex, an insulating Inmlw, In construction of; tlie outer walla coots jrctic'Jy same a wood, save i fuel bills. It is Just like having an outer wall of : "Cork." around your house. f ! 'j I ' IiC us show you how to use CVlolex Tor profit in Home; Building. " i ' ' ' Oregon j'&aelS'Co II-; Hood at Front St. ; immediate service on building suDolies can be given buyers' here. The firm plan . to put in a full lin of builders equipment1 and supplies. ! Lloyd's New Home To Cost Six Million Dollars LONDON. April, 18. Lloyds the famous English, underwriting organization, has begun the build ing of its new home on Leaden hall street. The excavations al ready are under way. and it Is expected that Iving George Wil lay the cornerstone the latter part ot:Mayv:v-f;i';-i1i,1:J 'jllllitf - The structure la to j be ; tone Of the most Imposing in London; and will cost $0,000,000. There will be nine stories above ground and two basement floors. The under writers room or hall Is to be 16 feet square, and one of the upper floors will be devoted to the famous captains' room, with smoking lounge and special din S 4 Scientists Have Puzzled for Centuries Over Works ; of Early People Of all the much discussed "lost arts" of antiquity, cement making is the only one wnicn nas oeen ediacovered In modern times. For centuries scientistaj real and pseudo have puzzled; over malleable glass, which was a fjrm of glass said to have existed in the days of Rome's gaandeur and which; could be bent or worked like metals without breaking. t-any Historians had quite- a little to say about this substance, lleging that it was introduced to the court I of Nero by a Roman who had ibeen held prisoner in Africa. Accordkie to the account. the ex-prjsone brought back a glass goblet which could be tossed abouti freely, and could be straightened easily wherever dented or crushed. Modern glass makers are skeptical of the ex istence oj such a glass at any time, and Sail efforts to rediscover the art of jmaking it, if there ever was such in art, have failed com pletely. I ! That copper was tempered to the hadness of steel centuries ago Is now pretty well established. Copper chisels have been found in Peru of ail hardness far greater than any which it is nosslble to impart in this day, although mod ern metallurgists have trid (dili gently to find a method, and in one or two instances it has been possible to harden the! metal slightly. Every once in a while someone announces the rediscov ery of the lost art, but the jfact that such claims are not followed by the appearance of manufac tured tempered copper : jon j the market is the best disproof of the assertions. Could copper be tem pered to! the ; hardness of iteel there Is no doubt that manufac turers would utilize it for some purposes ,in which iron and uteel labor i' under disadvantages.' ; The dyemasters of ancient t'yre are asserted by historians to have evolved a shade of purple so beau tiful that it was eagerly sought all over Europe and northern Africa by nations ; which had themselves progressed well! in the art of dyeing. Except thatLthe extraordisaiy shade was obtained from clams or other mussels. nothing is known of its manufac ture, una an eiions 10 reproduce it failed. With the fall of .'-Tyre the secret was lost and has never been brought to light. j Cement was discovered by the Romans, who used It extensively for the foundations of theirl tri umphal arches and temples. Ex cavations': in the Forum clearly show s on the concrete, marks of the ancient wooden forms, much as present day concrete shows the an Englishman, S Joseph Aepdin, succeeded in making a stronger cement from materials which na ture had not already prepared for him.' This he called Portland ce ment, because it resembled a dur able building stone from the Isle of Portland, used in building Westminster Abbey. ; A highly developed form - of this early Portland cement i$ the cement of modern commerce, so that the secret of the ancient Ro mans in this instance has not! only been rediscovered but also has been improved upon. j I 0 T 1 IS II Activities Throughout United State Indicate Gain From Reports j : pent for the first three months, of Of tke 23 leading cities of the' the year, ! country. IS l!al substantial guins 1 There was a loss in Greater New York of $ 100, 5C0. 220 over March last year and $15J,S44,540 over the first quarter of 1924. These immense j losses howeVer, Cannot be taken ion their face val ue as they were brought about by the abnormal issuance of build ing permits prior to April 1, 124 when the tax exemption law pired. ; j. The eastern section of the conn try outside of New York showed a March gain of 22 percent; thej central region showed a gain- of t 9 percent for March; the south 18 percent, while the Pacific coast states just about broke even for the month. I over March of last year. Chicago's; gain ras 10 percent and Phihitlel-: jihia's was 4 2 percent. ! ! pKsiaxi i p: Fornpoi.u LONDON. April 15. Great Urit ain has expended in war pensions $3,000,000,000 since 1917, accord ing to Major Tryon, minister of pensions. Incidentally the ministers points out that the pension paid ai totally disabled man today is four times greater than before the' World War. Maybe the stage censors could do romething about the bad actors, too. New York Herald-Tribune. Building activities throughout the country are increasing in vol ume as the year advances, accord ing to the national monthly build ing survey of S. W. Straus &icom fkany. The survey covers i 350 cities and twons outside of Great er New York, there was a J gain throughout the country of 1$ per cent for March as compared with March 1924 and a gain of 10 per- Kennedy Paint Shop 261 Court Street, Salem, Oregon quarters tor Vitralito Enamels ltipolin Knamcl.s Mu ron ic Enamel Harrcll Sun Light Enamels lratt & I-ambort Varnishes . Murphy Varnishes llenjamin Mcon. Wall Fjntsh Efecto and Dnkoto Auto lluamcli Old Enlih Floor Wuv ' ' ! fal-O-Tint Calcimine Varnish Stains Wall Pa nor Urushes same patterns. As with Tjfrian purple, the art of cement making was lost ;when Rome fell before the Vandals, and during all the Dark Ages and the Renaissance the secret remained buried. But enough information re mained so that some time prior to the American revolution investi gators lnvarious parts of Europe began to snake cement of varying qualities in a small way. The first nota!ble use of cement In modern times was in the Edy- stonej lighthouse : off the English coast; Th?3 was in 1756. It j was also employed in the Erie canal about 1820.' i " i. 'i i i ; i These cements were much like the Ilomajn t variety, which has btood for pearly 2,000 years. They were mad of materiafT-hich na ture naa iaireaay mr&ea in me proper proportions, lmt in 1824 Let Us Help You ; SOLVE YOUR HEATUiG PROBLEM mt-l'::- L---J -----i -;:-Just give us your name and address and we will have our salesman! call and go over your heating problem with you with out;any obligation on your part : MEASTM AN SIBLOCO" i FURNACES $79.60 and up, Installed. Complete 1 EASTMAN BROS. (Formerly Silverton Blow Pipe Co.) i j Snverton, Oregon: ; i , ELECTRIC esxssssss - 1 ' ! - i i ! ! 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This range is your servant you're not its slave. Come in see for yourself its conven iances 3-ou can pay for one as you cooks in a comfortable, cool, clean kitchen! J Daily Demonstrations at the i $1450 Portland Electric Power Co. 237 North Liberty Street, Salem, Oregon . ,sm jT"- r jr r O O VI 1Z Prices You Can't Afford to Pass Up Plain brackct--similar to above $1.40 with glass, $1.G3 15 r ' 1 I Complete with 1 6-inch glass $4.98 Two light Bar fixtures ?3.50 ; with glass, $4.00 Kitchen Fixtures $2.25 mm Complete with j glass, $2.10 Modern two-light high I grade ivory and poly chrome bedroom fix j ture $2.50 Get our special prices on glassware and save money! Beam Lights high quality, each $1.43 Porch Lantern each, $1.98 Fixture for kitchen, $1.05 Using these prices you can equip a five-room house with good fix tures for about $20 just figure it out. Full line of Strap Iron and Ball Light Fixtures SALEM ELECTRIC CO. F. S. 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