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Homes Weeh i4 re Being Prepared By
'Local Committees For Annual Event
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Each ; year Better Homes ; in
America conducts an annual cam
paign, through hundreds of local
committees, to raise' the standards
of housing and home life, especially
among families of limited Income.
In order to learn what permanent
benefits have resulted from Better
Homes demonstrations last year.
Dr. James Ford, Executive Director
of this educational organization; of
which Herbert Hoover is president.
Questioned the local chairman j in
those cities and towns which won
prizes or honorable mention in the
1 9 2 1 campaign. : The d emonst rat
ion at Charlottesville, Va., repres
enting all of Albemarle County,
won; ilrst prize as a rural demon
stration. The dining room of this
'75 year old remodeled home j Is
shown above. The otheri. picture
Is an exterior view of the , "better
home" demonstrated at -Albert
Lea; Minn. ' - : t! -i-
frs. fM. M. Cavls. state.' home
demonstration leader, commenting
on results of the 1924 campaign
In Albermarle County, wrote: -"The
demonstration la Albemarle County
was put-on in connection with a
Living Room Improvement Contest
In which 71 women entered their
living rooms. These living rooms
. wero scattered all over the country,
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VfllLEV CITIES TO
GAlfJ POPULATION
Sat em Ex pected - to H ave
Nearly 27,000 by 1930
I and 49,000 in 1950
The Willamette valley is to i see
a tremendous growth during the
next few years, according to the
'.tenth biennial report of the state
engineer. It is estimator that the
population of several cities in the
WLtlamette valley might be as I ol
lowst - !; - ! .
1930
Salem . . .26,923
Albany . . . . 7,365
Corvallls ..12,331
Eugene ...18.213
.... J.713
1940
37,692
10,311
17,263
25,498
1950
49.000
13,404
22.442
33,147
2.400 3,120
However, with the development
of the flax i industry and linen
manufacturing plant here, the pop
ulation for 1950 may l)e realized
by 1940, according to the Bulletin,
of the Salem Chamber of Com
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Two Women of Galveston
Win in Long State Fight
AUSTIN Texas. Gor. Miriam
A. Ferguson of Texas has signed I
a bill to pay $20,000 for the site
on which the Texas capitol stands.
By this signature she ended a
claim : that originated almost a
century ago, and brought Joy to
two aged women residing in Gal
veston.. Shortly, after 1830 General T. J.
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In every district, and belonged to
women in every walk of life.
I "There 1 was not a room In the
contest which did not' show, in
some way the effects of the de
monstration house, either in the
color of - the walls, i the arrange
ment of: lumiture.; pictures, .type
andj color of draperies, rugs, and
othr furnishings."
i The local chairman at Albert Lea
JmsJ written; to the office of Better
Homes In America that "the city
mpiroved , the streets about the
model home. , An epidemic of home
Improvement seemed to attack .the
neighborhood, the infection gprfejtd
Chambers was; awarded 56,000
acres of land-in lien of salary as
k superior judge of the circuit oi
fTexi&s, then a part of two Mexican
ptates. When .Texas- won - inde
pendence and the new stats
bought a place for a capital city,
about 5,000, acres on the Colorado
river whjat j was then Bastrop
county was selected. It was a part
of the Chambers grant. '
j General Chambers "ut in the
claim, but the ;CivlI War Interrupt
ed the proceedings. The claim
wa4 inherited by two daughters.
Mrs.' Kate Chambers Sturgis and
Mrsj. Stella : Chambers McGregor,
of Galveston, j, -
fl'he area ot the city of Austin
and the capitol, now on the Cham
bers grant, are worth millions of
Jlollars, but I the two - women in
in Galveston are content with the
settlement effected. -
Description of Star's Inside
likc Hew TorKUixy iranic
LONDON'The inside of a star
was described as a hurly-burly of
atoms, electrons and ether waves.
dashing about In all directions and
continually colliding, by Profess
or a. S. Eddington, Plumian pro
fessor of astronomy at Cambridge
kuniver8ity, la a recent' lecture be
fore the British Royal Institution
The atoms and electrons never
get anywhere," Professor Edding
ton explained, 'as they merely
change places, f ,The ether waves
make a slow general flow , out
wards,, and this flow, when It
reaches the surface, makes the
heat that the energy of the star is
sending out.' ! :
Builders
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Paints, Oils,
Varnishes
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HER8BRT
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over the town. Several old homes
changed hands and were ; remodeled.,-
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"The Better Homes committee
feels fully repaid for its efforts in
the 1924 demonstration. On every
hand we hear comments of : a
nature that show Better Homes
Week was most educational and in
teresting as well as stimulating."
National headquarters of - Better
Homes in America, at Washington,
D. C. report that 1,500 local committees-are
already organized to
observe Better Homes Week this
year, which will ' take place Hay
11 to 17. . '
Salem Architects Employed
For Corvallis Man's Home
Freeman & Struble, local archi
tects are to draw plans for a $12,-
000 residence for George : White
side of Corvallis, Oregon. Definite
plans have not been released, but
it Is expected the exterior finish
of the dwelling will be in tile stuc
co. Mr. Whiteside Is a, well known
theater man ot Corvallis. "i
Nightshirts Returning, Says Paris
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PARIS. Nightshirts for men
are replacing pajamas, say the ar
biters of fashion in Paris. They
base their assersion upon the fact
that more nightshirts have been
sold during the past winter than
at any other time since the vogue
of pajamas became worldwide. :
Turned down collars and cuffs
in colors, affording a strong con
trast with the remainder of. the
garment, are. a feature, s I i .
lLa(dldle2,
20c a Foot
Made of Spruce, exceptionally light ;and
strong. While intended primarily ! for
orchard use,: these ladders in the . shorter
lengths are very convenient for use around a.
house or yard. They are so light that ;any
woman cari handle one very easily. j i
Screens
Now is the time to put in your order! for
screen doors and window screens while lour
.. stock 13 complete.' P'umished with black or
' galvanized wire in a large variety of sizes
and designs. We are particularly well equip
t ped to fill screen orders for extra large doors
or windows, any odd sizes or to match ia ,
- particular architectural style, i ;
" Orders filled promptly. '
Order Flower Boxes Now .
Window Boxes, Porch. Boxes, Flower Stands
VouelatTirLiimbsr
CITIES REPORT !iG
GilBUILB
Percentage Ranges From 5
to 207; Portland is tlev-
I enth on List
The fact that eighteen of the
twenty-five leading cities of the
country, (in volume of permits
for the first quarter), report gains
ranging from 5 to 207 -per cent
for the three months of the year
and from 5 to 326 per cent for
March, shows that building from a
national standpoint is progressing
at a substantial rate, according to
the national report of 8. R. Straus
& Co. The loss in New (York for
the first quarter produced a loss of
15 per cent In the 25 cities; ex
cluding New York the others gain
ed; 16 per cent. y
Among the large cities, where
permits are on the increase are
Chicago, which had a gain for the
first quarter of the year of 31 per
cent and for March over March,
1924, of 10 per cent; Philadelphia,
the third city on the list of 25
leaders for the first quarter, had
a 26 per cent gain and; a March
gain of 42 per cent; Detroit took
fourth place for the quarter, with
a gain of 5 per cent. Cleveland's
gain for the quarter was 17 per
cent and 45 per cent; for March;
Washington 94 for the quarter and
66 for March; Boston; was the 8th
city in the country for: the quarter.
San! Francisco was ninth, with "a
large gain for the quarter and a
10 per cent gain for j March. St.
Louis was tenth with a quarter
gain : of 42 per cent and 57 for
March. " Portland, ' Oregon, Was
eleventh, with ft , quarter gain ot
46 per cent and 43 per cent for
March. Baltimore ' was twelfth
with a March gain of 5H per cent.
Pittsburgh was thirteenth, with a
quarter gain of 31 per cent. Kan
sas City was fourteenth, with a
quarter gain of nearly 94 per cent
FURNACE
For Your Home
Why Not Try An
Eastman Sibloco
It's a Marion County pro
duct. Scientifically in
stalled in your home by
our own men, J anywhere
in the " Salem district.
Low in first cost. Users
will tell you 6f I its ex
treme economy in fuel
consumption. (Easy to
control, and durable.
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inf or mation.
Write or Phone
EASTMAN 1 BROS.
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and a March gain of 63 is per cent.
Oakland, .California, was 15th. with
a- quarter gain of 36 per cent and
a . March, - gain of .15 J j per cent.
Louisville was 16th, with a. gain
of nearly 71 per cent for the quar
ter and 12 per cent for March.
Seattle was 17th. with 61 per
cent gain In March and : a large
gain for the quarter. Miami, Fla.,
19th, had a quarter gain of 207
per cent and a 326 per cent gain
for March, the largest; percentage
og gain In the leading cities for
both periods. Denver j held 21st
place with a quarter 'gain of 33
per cent. ; Columbus,
Ohio, was
gain of 54
22nd, with a quarter
per cent. Birmingham, Ala.. was
23rd, with a quarter
gain of 22
per cent.
Healthy Trees From China
May Stop Chestnut Blight
WASHINGTON, April 2 5 With
a view to relieving the! tanning In
dustry from the blowj Buffered as
a ' result of the blight that has
swept over the domestic chestnut j
trees, the department! of agricul
ture is experimenting with Chinese
chestnut trees which, lit Is hoped,
will be found blight proof.
Seeds of two' kinds! of Chinese
chestnut trees hare been imported
one of the wild chestnut in south
ern China, and the other of the
hairy chestnut in northern China.
The southern China plants will be
distributed through the south, and
the other kind through the colder
regions of the country.
The. American blight has been
working southward at times as
rapidly as 25 miles ayear, clean
ing out the . chestnut trees as it
goes. It was first observed in
1904 in New York, M apparently
coming in from the Orient and
crossed Virginia at the rate of 20
miles annually. It has. now al
most covered the chestnut area of
the country, being as far south as
northern Georgia, eastern Tennes
see and eastern Kentucky.
, Chestnut bark is kised in the
tanning j industry, and with the
ravages of the blight and; the con
sequent lessening of the tree sup
ply,; that .industry has been hard
hit. ' ' -It V"" ' f " '
139 Horses Nominated i .
" ' For Kentucky Derby
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LOUISVILLE, Ky.;i Fifty-four
western rhorse breeders, including
31 Kentucky and three in Cali
fornia, have nominated three-year-old
thoroughbreds for the
fifty-first renewal of! the $50,000
Kentucky Derby, to :be run at
Churchill Downs, May. 16. The
east, including Virginia, has 33
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Four I Robm
IN THIS bungalow we! have
embodied all the desirable
features and conveniences of
other homes and climates. The
long low flat roof tends to give
this home a longer, larger ap-
pearance. - By- using r careful
- planting one can enhance the
beauty of this house very much.
From -the large front i porch
. one enters, a large living room
which,, having the! fireplace at
the end; can be made very at
tractive, by very simple decora
tion. :- It V : ' -
The, kitchen and nook open
at the opposite end from the
, fireplace. This kitchen Is sin- ;
gular In i the' respect that. It -
looks upon . the street, has ,a .
side entrance and large, roomy
closets of cabinets. The nook
: is between the .kitchen
sitchen proper
om although it
room. In the
its a space for
stairs to a full
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and the living Toom
is not a separate
- back ntry there
an Ice box. The stairs
cement basement are from the
, - grade -entrance, and back porch.
The two large, airy bedrooms
, have -entrance "to . the living
room by means, of a small hall,
f ,vBothrdomk bar ample airy
f
f el
Twd gets of blue prints and
Slled atf noainal cost npon application to : ! - ' r.
nominations and Florida two. The
race again has attracted Canadian
horsemen; Readinger and Hast
ings having made j eligible their
chestnut colt, Caractus. .
Make Your Home Beautiful
and Comfortable
With Awnings
For
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Tents, Awnings and Canvas Goods
.of All
720 Nbrtli Liberty
Kennedy's
261 Court Street, Salem, .Oregon
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Ask Any Experienced Painter
HOW TO BUILD
COMtjORT INTO
FRAMiE HOUSE
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TTsm rVlntov. mm lnn!tJnff
tile onter walls costs practically same as wood, saves
fuel bills. It is Just like having an outer trail of
"Cork?! around your house. ..-.., 'v - ! -?-.-!
j . Iet us show you bow to use Oletex for profit In Home
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Oregon Gravel Ci.
Hood at
closets and ' are ialso' ably cross
ventilated. The large bathroom
also opens from the hall. . In
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Bunsalow Very Popular
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Ninety-five individual owners or
stables have made . nominations,
practically all of the large breed
ers being represented In the 139
nominees. -;; - . -1 ..
Samples and Prices Call
oaiem lent Cc
Awning Coij
; Manufacturers of .
Descriptions 1
FRANK MONXEB
Street
Phone 614
Salem, Oregon
Paint Shop
Vitralite Enamels P
RJpolin ISnamels ' ,
Muronic nmels
Barrell Sun Light Enamels, ' ' , '
Pratt iAmbert Vamuhes
Murphy Varnishes
Benjamin Moor Wall Flalah :
and Dakota Auto Bmasael
Old English Floor Wax
CaI-0Tint CaldsaiM
Varnish Stalas . J
Wall Paper
Brushea ;,'"':'
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Front St.
A
the hall is a linen closet which
has shelves , over and a set of
drawers underneath.
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rui no 44i
or other houses will be sup-
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Prices , Yea Gm't
Afford to
Pass Up
Plain bracket eimilar
to abore
with tlass, $1.65
Complete with
16-inch glass
$4.98 V
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Two liffht Bar fixtures
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with tlass, $400
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Kitchen Fixture $2.25
Complete with j
glass, $2. 10 t
Modern two-irght hijh
grade ivory and poly- (
chrome bedroom f ix
1 ture - ' ' i i !
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Get our special prices
on glassware and save
I moneyl j h
Beam Lights hih
quality, each $1.4S
Porch Lantern each,
vi-, , ..$1.38 if;;:
Fixture far kitchen,
' $1.05
Usin these prices you
can equip a f i vc-rocra
house with' good fix
tures for about $2'
just figure it out.
Full line of Strap
Iron and Ball
Light Fixtures
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286 N. Commercial. ! 1 Phone 633
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