SUNDAY, MORNING. NOVEMBER 29, 1925
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A PROPER SETTING THIS H0I1E IS REM1Y A PICTURE
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ONNORTH CAPITOL
Modern Stores and Homes
Make Attractive Residen
tial Section
Building activity throughout
North Capitol has become so
marked of late, that a little model
suburb has sprung up around the
enterprises of those -who are
building and buying homes there.
Some five years ago, John Wil
liamson and his wife came from
San Antonio, Texas, and began ac
tivities on North Capitol, then
marked only by open fields. Dur
ing the first year Mr. Williamson
of oils. An auto camp, occupy
ing a ful block and bating about
20 cabins, is open all year round
and veil patronized.
Williamson Addition, opened up
recently with many new homes,
has been veil settled only one
house remaining for sale. Six
teen: new homes will be erected
this spring, completing the addi
tion.; which' has sewer, light and
water. Myrtle avenue," from High
land avenue to the fair grounds,
has been graveled this year and
will be paved next year.
Centering about this activity
are many other business enter
prizes. Early in August. W. P.
Holcomb came from South Da
kota, where he had just sold a
small city electric light plant. Ten
years earlier he had been in Port
land and .liking the country, took
his first opportunity to return. As
an electrical contractor of many
years experience, be purchased
land and built the Holcomb Elec
tric store, oh North Capitol,
REAR WALLRISluG
LONE STAR STATION.
Architect's Smart House Scrric. Bureau, Mountain Divi
THE ATCO DESIGN 5B3
Character stands out all over Two especially large bed rooms, so small a house it holds ep'bn
is attractive littls cottage. In w'th bath of fair sire, take up! all al promise of living comfort. Ev-
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any surroundings it would com- """-c v" "1K econa noor. 4 ne ery available root of space is ut:-
mand attention It U above all , un"8U"y e'' v .
.1 ..v vr. iuIPPa . with closet room. For This house is builtof common
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are wont W say. It has good lines.
No owner of this borne would ever
be ashamed of it. It is a picture.
Designed for a narrow lot and
a small family it fills the bill in,
every particular. -, Its arrange
ment is ideal; its rooms adequate
in size. Living room and dining
room are virtually one! and when
occasion necessitates can be made
so. The kitchen just big enough
to save steps. - -
To many open fire places are
mere ornaments. Not so this one.
Consider the chimney and- fancy
how a glowing wood fire would
crackle on that hearth on an eve?
ning of crisp coolness in early au
tumn or late spring. This is no
fireplace , to waste upon an imita
tion gas log.
Th Common .Brick Manufacturers' Associativa. Cl!3ni
Leaflet on brick cob truction sent ioa rnjurcV
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living boo g
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brick with solid fire 5af; walls ard
the rowiipr's sckki? of f-i-tirity can
be great iy increase:.! iv -..:ing it.
with sonn? fire r-sintaMt ma'eria!
instead of wooden sli ingles as
shown hero.
Ouio. caa faraiak complete drawing far tsia dia.
HOUSES BUILT OF PERM ANENT MATERIALS COST BUT
LITTLE MORE THAN THOSE CONSTRUCTED OF
MORE TEMPORARY MATERIALS
Jt Ae AUpkeep Expense of Such Houses Is Small . . - -
See ii'J torcommon brick, face brick; Building tile, partition tile, silo tile, drain tile,
. - , vertrified sewer pipe.
SALEM BRICK & TILE CO.
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SALEM, OREGON
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GET STUCCO COAT
Plastering Interior Will Not
Begin Till Lathing Is
Complete
Work on th new YMCA build
ing, under construction on - court
street, has gone ahead with rapid
strides during the past week. The
first coat of stucco has been ap
plied ; to the, outer side, walls of
the building; lo the first -coat
of stucco has beep applied to the
walls of the court in the center of
the building, and in this court the
root portions on each floor hare
as yet been covered with the water
proof roofing. ; 3 i ; - "
The lathing has been completed
oa the ihird - floor, vnd Ja orer
two-thirds done on the second
floor. It was originally the plan
to start plastering the third floor
as soon as the lathing was com
pleted on that floor, but now, the
men will not plaster until the lath
ing: throughout, the building; will
be completed. It is expected that
this will be done before the end
of this week.
t In the auxiliary gymnasium on
the third floor two regulation size
handball courts have : been ' pe
titioned off with the finishing
walls, leaving only the wall on the
concrete end, or the north wall,
and the putting in of the lights,
and the laying of the floor. The
remainder of the auxiliary gym,
or about , half of it, will be used
for the purpose of general exer
cise workouts and volleyball. -
The main gymnasium has been
used for a workshop for the rest
of the building since the roof : was
put on, but during the past week
finishing work was started in this
part of the building. The ceiling
is being put on-and is about half
completed.
The main chimney . that is to
convey' the fumes from the engine
room has been constructed, three
layers of brick, deep, np through
the : roof, where the 'finishing
touches will be added 'before the
end of this week. The fireplace
in the boys' department lobby has
also been started. The fire bricks
for this fireplace have been ' laid.
and the rough work; of .the' fire
place is over half completed.
Work in. the basement of the
building has been going on slowly.
and will not progress much; until
the ' work; from the first floor np
is practically completed. !
REM SALES III
CITY ARE ACTfV
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Several Good Transfers of
Property Are Reported by
Grabenhorst Co,
W. H. Grabenhorst & Co., local
realtors, report continued demand
for city property, building sites
and moderately priced, homes in
the most demand. Among recent
sales are the following: 4 -
Mrs. Ada : Wallace Unrnh and
C. ,A. Hoover , sells fine r quarter
block on North. Capitol to Adam
Engel, local contractor, for apart
ment house site. Consideration
Milly Hilborn sells modern slx-
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ON WILL BUILDING
Boards for Final Roofing
Have Been Laid, Inside
Work to Start
The two-story concrete build
ing under construction for George
C. Wills, local music mm. on Lib
erty street between State and Fer
ry streets, was developed rapidly
during the past week. The walls,
side and front have been poured
completely now, and Saturday
work was commenced on the erec
tion of the rear wall.
The boards to receive the final
roofing have been laid, and it is
expected that before this week is
over the work on the interior of
the building will be started. Work
on the back wall had been delayed
because it is the plan to construct
it out of brick as well as of concrete.
INSURANCE FIRM HERE
Mohney & "Gray,' . who have re
cently formed a partnership in the
insurance business business, have
engaged as their office a three
room suite in the office building
at 147 North Commercial sC Hay
ing moved into .their new off fee
durng th past week, they now an
nounce that they are ready and
prepared to handle general insur
ance, being prepared to write-insurance
for anything imaginable.
Mr. Gray - for some time has
been a banker in Tuner, where
h is well known. Mr. Mohney has
been in business in Salem for
some time, and for several years
has specialized in life insurance
Later on the company expect to
add a real estate, with the plan
of paying special attention to the
city property in Salem, and to the
selling of homes. When the real
estate department has been add
ed, they plan also to loan money.
Both Mr. Gray and Mr. Mohney
are prepared to write Insurance
tor the Guaanteed Fund Life In
surance company of Omaha, Ne
braska. .
STEEVES BUILDIN6
ROOF ALMOST DONE
So Constructed That Addi
tional Stories -May, Bo
Added as Needed . . , ,.
The roof on the new B. L..
Steeves building under construc
tion on South Liberty street ln!
back of the Salem Bank of Conv
merce, has been laid, although the"
final water proof roofing still re
mains to be put on. The building
is constructed In such, a way that
other stories may be added as the
demand necessitates. At present
the building is one story high. " ' -
All of the walls have been"
poured, the front wall having been
poured this week, all being con
structed out . of reinforced con
crete. Work on the interior, now
tht the outside work has been
completed except for the finishing
touches, will be commenced :this ,
week, it is believed.
One of the holdings of John Williamson in the North Capitol suburb.
built small homes, which - were
sold to persons who believed in
the future of that section.
His interests have now expand
ed to Include the Texas garage,
50 feet by 100 feet, doing full re
pairing, storage, welding and ma
chine shop business, under the ex
pert direction of the Harrett
brothers, who rent the garage
and Lone Star Filling Station
Number 1.
With increased demand for
service, the Lone Star Filling Sta
tion Number 2, was added, carry
ing five pumps and offering
Standard, Shell, Union and Asso
ciated gasoline, with all brands
where he carries an electrical sup
tracting business.
B. F. Stiffer,: 1952 North Capi
tol, has opened what is said .to be
the first suburban reality agency.
For some years, Mr. Stiffer was
eongaged in building an outlying
suburb near Washington. D. C.
Mr. Stiffer has arrived only re
cently, and came because he be
lieves in the future of this sec
tion. D. E. Doherty, plumbing and
heating store, : Thompson's gro
cery, the Cherry City Market and
the Hall grocery, are other busi
nesses helping In the building of
the section.
room home at 1465 Mill st. to W.
F. Brown and wife for a consid
eration of 12,500.
Mrs. Louise Dowling sells mod
ern 5-room bungalow located at
1685 South Liberty st. to W. B.
Lummus' and wife who have re
cently arrived here in the city
from Colorado. Consideration
being $2,600.
John Williamson and wife sell
new modern 6-room stucco bunga
low located at 1265 North Sum
mer st. to F. B. Ireland and wife
for a consideration of 15.500.
M. K. Huntington and wife sell
large quarter block in the new
Kay Addition to G. O. Boyce for
a consideration of $2,500.
E. G- Arnold of Albany, Oregon
sells a fine corner lot in the new
Kay Addition to local people for
a consideration of $500.
J. E. Harrison sells seven lots
in the new Kay Addition to local
people for a consideration of
$2,500.
Carl Shantz sells fine corner lot
in the new Kay Addition to J. E
Harrison for a 'consideration of
$500.
C. A. Hoover buys three fine
lots near North Capital st. for a
consideration of $1,000.
BANK WORK PROGRESSES
UNITED STATES NATIONAL
JOB NEARLY ENDED
Wok on the new addition to
the United States National Bank
of this city has been practically
completed. The floor has been
laid, the new entrance has been
established, so that even now pa-t-
rons are using it, and it is ex
pected that the company will
mov into this wing of the build
ing about Wednesday, according
to Dave Eyres, president of the
bank.
The marble partitions marking
off the various office spaces are
practically completely up in the
new "portion of the" banks home.
Mahogany is the scheme of the
woodwork with which the work
is being finished. The new vault.
hich is in the new wing of the
offices, is already in use.
As soon as the work has been
completed in this part of the
bank's home, 'and the employes
of the bank have moved into this
part, the older portion of the
hank, or the present quarters, will
be temporarily abandoned by the
bank, as far as business is con
cerned, and the men will be put
to work immediately to renovate
this part of the building to be
so decorated as to make the en
tire office, old as well as new, be
in harmony.
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NELSON BROS.
353 Cnemeketa
Phone 1900
"7.20 Per Cent in Oregon's Greatest Public Utility"
You Will Always
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stant demand for Electric Service.
This is an electric age and the 50 or mone communities
with their nearly 400,000 people served by us will al
ways need electricity.
Get 7.20
and safety
with
dividend
checks,
monthly or ,
quarterly,
as you prefer
This Gompany is supplying this modern necessity in
ever-increasing volume. We are continually adding to
our physical property,' equipment and service facilities
because we know there is going to be a steadily increas
ing demand for electric light and power.;
Your savings and surplus funds invested in the 7.20
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to you on an Easy Payment Plan, are put to work by
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year out. Your money is just as secure as the growth
of the many districts served by us.
It will pay you to investigate this attractive investment
opportunity today.
Remember, it takes only $10 down to start you on the
way to become a 'partner!' in this great, utility and
share in its earnings.
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