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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1925)
SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 15, '1925 MOKE - THAN ONE HOUSE A DAY BEING" BUItT : HERE": IN THE CIT THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON S7s fPS-. '.. V aT S bV - Willi U1I I IIU11IL. I CARRIED ON RAPIDLY Concrete Walls and Roof of Building Are Now Com pleted; Stucco Applied . Work on the Interior of the new YMCA building - under . con struction on Court street between Church and Cottage streets is be log carried on rapidly now that the concrete walls and the roof of the building, cate been com pleted, and the Inside is now protected from the rain. Also, some work is being done on the outside, the first layer of stucco being applied to the west wall. The stucco work, however, need not be huried in the opinion , of the jnen on the job, as the building is now protected. The plumbing is practically completed on the first, second and third floors, and is rapidly reaching completion in the base ment. The electric work has been completed on the third floor, and is all but completed on the sec ond. It is expected that this branch of the work, that of wir ing the building, will be accom plished by the end of this week. 1 The partitions -have been laid completely, on the first, second and third floors. The lathing is ovr two-thirds done on the third floor and has been started on the second floor, the plan being to work downwards on this phase of the work. 1 Plastering will com mence as soon as the lathing is completed, which will in all prob ability be before the middle of the week. - The court In the center of the building' has been worked over, and has been' sealed with boards covered with tar paper allowing only the windows that will flood ' the various parts of the building with light. The rough work on this will be finished before the end of the week. The auxiliary gymnasium on the third floor is being given the finishing touches already. The finished . ceiling Is being placed, and two standard enclosed hand ball courts are nearing completion. Educators Who Broadcast Elementary School Lessons Through WLW Station j KnilEGER SALES ARE IF II 00 0 BEE Continued Sales in Real Es tate Furnish Basis for High y Expectations As proof that Salem is grow Ing continually and -rapidly, real ty sales about town are if any thing on an increase rather than on a decrease. During the past few days, for example, V. fG -Krueger,. local realtor, ; has an nouced the following sales: G. A. Hillman I of the Hillman Fuel company buys a block of ten lots on Maple avenue from '. ' """" J!! Inwl w All ; t Z ffg 3 4 W( ' A new departure in making elementary school lessons available to t great number of pupils at the same time has been undertaken by The Crosley Radio Corporation, through its super-power broadcasting station WLW in Cincinnati These lessons wUl be broadcast Monday, Tuesday and Friday mornings from nine to nine-thirty by some of the most prominent educators in the vicinity of Cincinnati. The classes will be supplied with talks upon current topics, agriculture, history, spelling, arithmetic, music, calisthenics, etc. The pictures in the top row are: Dr. Louis A. Pechstein, Dean of the College of Education, University of Cincinnati; Miss L. E. Aldrich, English Teacher; Powel Crosley. Jr., through whose station the lesson are transmitted; Mrs. F. G. Richards. Associate Professor of English, Miami University and William N. Stradtmann, Y. M. C A. Physical Depart meht. The centre' pictures show a class in the WLW stuiio and in a rural school room. Below are the pictures of Dr. E. J. Asbaugh, Assistant Director of the Bureau of Educational Research, Ohio State University; Dr. W R. McConnell. Professor of Geography. Miami University; Miss Sarah Yancy Cline, Director of the Public School Music Department, Cincinnati College of Music; J. W. Schvib, Associate, Animal Industry, Purdue University and Dr. Homer L. Morris, Professor of Sociology and Economics. Eerlham College. HLTY LISTS nnis "requent Inquiries for City and Suburban Property Received The Home Realty company re ports business active through the past few days as shown by trans actions fully completed and de clare that many inquiries are be ing made concerning city and suburban property for sale and rent. Among recent transfers are 1 listed the following. ' Sold 10 acres South Salem for P. H. Anderson to Fred. Hanan of Salem, consideration $1800. Sold for L- J. Turner the Parish grocery store. Consideration $4000 cash. - 4- Sold for F. Hannan S room house. 2434 Oak St. Lot lOOx 150 to P. H. Anderson, r consed e ration $1500. , . Sold foe Mrs. Paige ' 6 M" acres on Silverton road for investment to a local business man. Sold H. Barne's , Hollywood, California, apartment building to Mrs. Fisher of Silverton, consid eration $10,500. Sold for A. D. Baker a farm mortgage note- $2500 to Mrs. Nancy Rape, Woodburn.- Sold to H. Barne's 8.55 acres unimproved on Silverton Road " for . ' investment. Consideration1 $4000. V ...Ui Sold to A .E. Hank, 2343 North Capitol street, ' 5 room ' modem house twith ; 140 feet frontage. Consideration $3350 cash. Sold for Mrs. Rape of Wood burn 13 acres to A." D." Baker tf -Salem for subdivision ConsiGc--ntion $6000. judge burnett buys home Judge George H Burnett has purchased a modern home located , at 130 South Twenty-fourth street, from J. B. Nesmlth for a consider-, ation of $6,000. This transaction was handled through the offices of JVUliam Fleming and Cbllds & Bechtel, realtors. R. P. Boise, consideration $3500. Harriet Cook of Earlville. Iowa sells lot on Trade, to Philip Littke consideration $500. A. J. Barham buys two lots on the corner of Market and North Church, consideration $1700. Felix Weinman buys a lot on Maple avenue, - tor investment. Price $400. Ralph Gesner purchased prop erty at 385 S. Twenty-fourth, formerly owned by Ray Gilbert. Consideration $2200. Wiley Weathers sells property at 1830 S. High, recently owned by W. R. Patterson, to A. H. Krueger. Price $2800. HolgerTfeilsen' purchased home at 1450 N. Fifth formerly owned by E. M. Law. Price $2600. A. J. Barham ouys modern home at 2707 Brooks, considera tion $4400. Sarah Stephens relently from California, buys property on the corner of John and Miller streets! adjoining Ralph McCurdy's Court, t A A A price f.ouv. Phillip Littke purchase three lots fn Falls City. Consideration not given. Earl Strausbaugh buys a lot on S. Cottage, price $506. Frank Sharp buys beautiful lot in the Oaks addition on North Winter, from Dan Shirman. Price $1300. W. G. Krueger buys 1-acre tract in the Fair Oaks tract from Anderson of Washington. Dr. A. G. Bates, manager of the Staples Optical Co., buys a modern home on the corner of Lincoln and Saginaw, formerly owned by William Anderson, con sideration $4000. George Smith purchased a mod ern home on Highland avenue from Roy Wilbanks. The con sideration was $2800. Portland Steamer Narenta takes 84,000 boxes of aples for European ports. Prince's Taste for Dish Is Akin to Other Babes' OXFORD the Prince of Wales did not like porridge any better than thousands of other children who make wry faces over their oatmeal in spite of all the Scotch manufacturers can dc to popular ise it in the British Isles. In an address befcre the Indus trial Welfare Society, Mrs. M. A. Cloudesley Brereton told .an anec dote of the prince's youth. On his last morning at home before he was to go into t:iw naval service, when the porridge was set before hfm he said: "We'J thank good mss, there is one thing about go i:s into the navy. T wont have to cat this beastly stuff every morn ins of my life? But to the surprise of i.he prince his first breakfast in the navy be gan with stiff porridge handed about in wooden bowls. He knew what his duty was when he saw the knowing look exchanged by two senior officers, and swallowed the inevitable oatmeal. Mild weather won't last forever! We Are Still Making the Lumber Prices Tot that aside lob. Building Fpr Shingles -Sidiag Drain Tile Swr Pipe Brick Gravel Any day now may find ice on those rickety steps on which you slipped last winter, or cold drafts and rain -swirling through that cellar window you vowed you'd get fixed this summer! Outside carpentry and oth er improvements can be done with less expense and delay now than later! Phone vs your ' -requirements, ! : (hasKSpauidinoIogg U-Ji VoagUa TlrLumbt y1" Salem M . e. aWHP eaP X3 6 in. Cedar Siding 6 in. T. & G. Flooring. 3 in. T. & G. Flooring. .$1400 per thousand $17.50 per thousand .$ 1 5.00 per thousand We also have a small car of 1x12 which we will make you a price to move it of $15.00 per thousand. These are all good low grade and Can be used for sub-floors and inside sheathing We also carry a full line of Sherwin-Williams Paint, Lead and Oil. aso agent for Pioneer Paper Company Roofing and Building Paper CEDAR POSTS AT ALL TIMES Cobbs & Mitchell Go. 349 South Twelth Street, Salem, Oregon A. B. KELSEY, Mgr. Telephone 813 o The Last One of Three Bungalows Just Completed! Located on Silverton Road in Salem Highway Tracts EACH 4 ROOMS WITH BREAKFAST NOOK $25 0 Dowo Balance only $25 per month city lighU, city water. in fact all city conveniences ' SEfcMEATONGE ,V?-i .". THE" BEST MEDICINE IN THE WORLD! 1 fiaaMo) Let us fill this prescription Quauty Cars . High Street, at Trade A BUNGALOW TYPE WHICH LENDS ITSELF TO LANDSCAPING THE MONET A DESIGN A639 Every once in a while you see an ing about this" home. The shrub- across the front with an open fire exceptionally attractive semi-bun- bery is all low, it clings to the place at the end. An exceptionally galow and wonder just what the ground and adds a softness of gen- large dining room and kitchen interior arrangement may be. eral appearance that is instantly with an enclosed rear porch com Whether it is possible to make it delightful. And the splash of ivy plete the first floor. On the see as cozy within as it is snappy on the stair tower completes the ond floor are three bedrooms and without. For some of this type of picture. . . bath, all .Urge, and with ampla homes are about air that could be Inside it is equally pleasing. The closets. All rooms are well light desired so far a appearance goes. living room " extends completely ed. : - . 1 Altogether it is an ideil home rrvx. i;hu f common u i ' for the average family. A MM 11V " . brick could be dropped unexpected ly in almost any setting and it would be coKsidered an ornament. Not only are the architectural ef fects all pleasing but the owner . of this home fully appreciated the benefits of shrubbery decoration. And that is where many a home owner makes his greatest mistake. Too many home builders consid er that their task is finished when they have leveled and seeded the lawn and washed all the mud off the concrete walk. The small .house needs more than that. More than any other house of them all jt needs shrubbcr and a few trees to complete the picture. They add the missing link nine times out of ten. It is so in this ease. There is nothing extravagant in the plant- TW Com atom Brick Maanfsetarrr. II PoacM I FT II i nttr-e I Obio. can Leaflet ob brick coastrastiOB aaat ape rqucV ; (araUa I aoBaalHaaBaBaaBaHBB. ' f rrTDO- 3COM I J ' . ff boo: jm- llaail : - -1 . coor- I " r ' f ' ' I ' ' 4rawiaa HOUSES BUILT OF PERMANENT MATERIALS COST BUT, LITTLE MORE THAN THOSE CONSTRUCTED OR MORE TEMPORARY MATERIALS But the Upkeep Expense of Such Houses Is Small See us for common brick, face brick, building tUe, partition tile, silo tile, sewer pipe, drain tile, vertrif ied sewer pipe. SALEM BRICK & TILE CO. TELETHOSE 917 8ALEMt OnCCON . " RICH .I,; REiMANN- 147 North Commercial, Room 3 ; YQIOWPENCIL ' -A tvUh th RED BAND , mi. 9-f jfPnn mrew vnnir NPJ , J" u "u XS ULC rtt r wx. iti. rr