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1 E MID: IB 4 Small Home Builder! Needs Competent Advice in Erect . "ins Residence . . It is more important for tile mall home builder to have an architect than for the builder of a more pretentious dwelling, yet the average person believes that the architect's service are unneces sary;. -V." '; The. small home usually repre sents privations, sacrifices and hardships. The small home own er matt save in a hundred ways, deny hid family nearly all luxur ies. In order to secure the necessary- funds with which to build. Ills Investment is, therefore, vast ly more important than the in vestment 0( the builder of a man sion, for if the small home is poorly planned and built and costly . repairs and replacements are necessary, the undertaking may end In failure. Every : year countless unfortunate people who have built such homes find the burden too great and lose their homes through foreclosure or are forced to sell at great sacrifice Such people rarely attempt a sec ond Inline. They lack the funds and the courage! The small home builder should make ever penny of his money go as tar as possible. lie should be protected against unscrupulous contractors , and dishonest manu facturers of flimsy or poor substi tuta materials and equipment. But there are things concerning which the average person Is ignorant For this reason the architect is , necessary. lie will guard the home builder against Incorrect construction practices and the sub stitution of hoddy materials. He will neo that the prospective own er receives full value, dollar for dollar, tor the money expended. He. will-lx-gin with the archi tectural plan. Thousand of home builders every year seleet arehi tH:tnral designs because they are charmed by the exterior appear ance, yet many attractive designs are badly planned and it is only by, careful study that the defects can be ascertained. A dream of , loveliness may be too expensive to build, too expensive to keep up and , vastly uncomfortable ' to live Hn choosing plans for the small home, careful consideration must : be given to the economy of spact achieved in the floor plan and th general appearance of the exter ior elevations. ' The small homi" builder, cannot afford to select a plan with waste space and un necessary: features. .Nor can he afford d decide on' a house, how ever' attractive, if there Is exces sive 'ornamentation which wili greatly increase the building and upkeep' costs. Here the advice ot a competent architect Is invalu able Ilia practiced eye will see 'things. that Hhe average home builder wilf never notice. Ja selecting - the architectural plan for a small house, the family requirements, the climatic condi tions! the availability and suitab ility, of materials and their com parative costs should be consid ered. It is .manifestly unwise to decide to build a brick house, if the prospective home owner lives a great distance from the brick markets and. lumber is plentiful in his locality, or vice versa. Yet many , many home owners have made this costly mistake costly he-aiute a good home can be con structed of any . of the available materials and the home can be cheaper If built ot materials at baud. Here'agaln the architect's advic may save several hundred dollars. The architectural plan should provide or the economic use of .Wot Ice of Intention to Improve Thompson Avenue From the Ninth Line of Center Street to lite South Line of Frederick Sreet. "' i, ' . -Notice is nereby given that the Comtuun Council of the City of Salem, Oregon, deems It necessary ud expedient and hereby declares "rpofe and intention to lm irvtt Thompson avenue from the north line of 'Center street to the pfath lice of Frederick, street, in th City or Salem. Oregon4 at the rvrmsc of the abutting and ad jacent property", except the street vnd - alley intersections, . the ex ronse of which will be assumed t.v he City of Salem, Oregon, by bringing said portion of said street to the established grade, construct ing Portland cement concrete curbs, and paving said portion of said ; street: with a six-inch Port land .cement , concrete pavement, thirty feel in width. In cccordance with the plans and specifications therefor 'which were adopted by tfce Common. Council on Novem ber 1 6th, 1926, now on file In the office, of the city recorder, . and which are hereby referred to and' made a part hereof. ' The Common Council hereby de clares its purpose and intention to make the above described improve ment by and through the Street Improvement : Department of the City of Salem. Oregon. Ry order of the Common Coun cil the 15th day of November, I6 v . - ......... ' . f&. POTJLSEN, City Recorder. Date of first publication hereof iec. 8; m. Date of final publication hereof labor and men materials as tire home owner can afford. Borne very good designs are costly -to build and these should be avoided by the small home builder, with a limited 'amount of money to spend.: ' i The architect will plan and de sign the right kind of home for the small home owner. He wili write the specifications for it, let contracts, mike payments to con-, tractors and P supervise the con- sf ruction. On the making ot pay ments alone, the experience of the architect is valuable, for this Is often a pitfall for the inexperi enced home builder. The competent architect knows legal requirements of buildings, city building ordinances, state building codes, zoning laws, kinds of materials, their strength, adapt ability and use. He knows 'what is best for the site chosen to build on, what kind of ground will safely, carry the building, what kind of footiirgs are proper on each kind of ground, the proper materials for construction of foundations, how the remainder ot the building is set on the foundation and constructed to withstand wind, rain, cold and heat. He knows two doors and windows shoald be built and put in place so that they will be tight and windproof, how stairs should be erected, what space they should occupy, bow steep they should be to make them both comfortable and safe. He is qualified to ad vise on the right method of heat ing a house, what Htind of plumb ing fixtures are best suited tor each particular case, the proper method of sanitation and sewerage disposal, the right way to con struct fireplaces, chimneys, how to properly insulate a house, how to keep vermin out of the house. how to construct the roof, and what to cover it with to make all the parts wind and water-proof, and a thousand and one other de tails that are necessary to make a real home. The architect must be able to visualize the needs of the people for whom he is planning, even the smallest cottage. Most people suppose that the plan of a small home is simply the desult of fol lowing a few "rule of the thumb" that by a few trials and shufflings of mere spaces for rooms, with wails on four sides, and some .kind of a cheap roof, a house can be compiled. The sorry truth is ihat many so called houses emerge from this method, but certainly no correct solution of a home builder's problem is thus achieved. Every room must have its ap propriate size, shape, aspect and relation to other parts, of the House. Proper relation of rooms aeans no waste of time to the ccupanta when going; from one I .art or tne nouse to another. A raving In steps is a real comfort o the busy housewife. All parts f the house must - be properly . ghted with sufficient .window area; doors must be properly plac ed so as to leave suitable places for furniture. An architect never studies plans for a home without placing properly the necessary pieces of furniture, and being sure that there is room enough for them. Now all this may seem simple enough) and it is, was not the In evitable factor of cost ever pres ent to determine the limit of what can be done. This most import ant item can be controlled most properly by the architect who makes complete preliminary draw ings for his client and secures pre liminary bids before final con struction is begun. The plans made by an architect, complete in detail, show the contractor exact ly what is expected of him. The architect eliminates "the extras" so often incurred by the unen lightened using poor plans or possibly ho plans at all except "their builder's" sketches. Every little thing in the house should be planned out before hand. Stairs, doors, window's, chimneys, tlues, closets, all the housand and one things that Notice of Intention to Improve Cross Street From the East Line of South 12th Street to the West Line of South 13th Street. Notice Is hereby given that the Common Council of the City of Salem, Oregon, deems It necessary and expedient and hereby declares its purpose and Intention to im prove Cross street from the east line of South, 12th street tp the west line ot South 13 th street, in 4 the City of Salem, Oregon, at the expense of the abutting and ad jacent property, except the street and alley intersections, the expense of which will be assumed by the City of Salem, Oregon, by bring ing said portion of said street to the established grade, construct ing Portland ' cement concrete curbs, and paving said portion of said street with a six-Inch Port land cement concrete pavement, thirty feet in width. In accordance with the plans and specifications therefor which were adopted by the Common Council, on Novem ber 16. 192c. now on file in the office of the city recorder, and which are hereby referred to and made a part hereof. The Common Council hereby de Hares its purpose and Intention to I take the above described Improve ment by and throufch the Street Improvement Department of the City of Salem, Oregon. . By order of the Common Coun cil the 15th day of November. 1926. M. pbTJLSEN. City Recorder. Date of first publication hrof i Dec. 8. 1926 Date of final ir'bUuUon hereof CONGRESS - . Chaplain Montgomery at prayer of the sixty-ninth Congress begins. mw Macgaret cajaecom CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE Roberta lifted her hand from the box over which . she had been stooping and tipped it toward the woods. As the cover fell, five terrified and spitting cats, tails bushed and fur on end. streaked into the underbrush. At the same instant Piggy clipped the lower strands of wire, with a sibilant, make a house, don't just happen. Any of them misplaced, entirely spoils the utility or the appear ance of the house, or both. It has been . said, and there is quite a little truth in it, that if you want perfection in your house, you should take as long in planning as it takes to actually build. The well planned and properly built house will have considerably less upkeep and annual deprecia tion than the house that is poorly planned and cheaply built. The home builder employing a compe tent architect will save the archi tect's" fee in the securing of a thoroughly well planned, well built house. Architectural supervision of the construction may be on: a time basis, charging for the actual number of trips required to the building site but the usual charge is on a commission basis. On a small home this runs as low as $150.00 to $200.00 certain ly a I small sum for the kind of "security the architect provides. aWWK!HIIHaSillMli !i ill 111 i s f T 3 life a a s 1 III i a ISi i a i 111 j fii 111 RECONV ENEStFIRST" VIEW. - . ? HO" i -Ml A ' in the House of Representatives, "S-s-sic .'em, boy! S-s-sic 'em!" Yipping the three dogs tore past, to scatter in pursuit of game nev er resisted by any proper canine. He cut the remaining lines, pushed Roberta through, and has tily pieced the clipped 'strands with lengths of wire from his pocket, drawing them loosely Into j place again. This done, he snatched up his demijohn. Now run! Those pups may be back before long and they'll rals6 the devil when they can't get in. Hustle!". They ran downhill for a short distance through cleared wood land, jumped the brook at the bottom, and raced up the slope to the terrace, but stole around its graveled sounding-board to the back of the house, where they lis tened a moment before crossing the moonlit yard to the woodshed, in the shadow of the stable. Here they worked swiftly and almost noiselessly, carrying arm fuls of wood around the corner of the shed to the back of the barn, until they had accumulated a suf ficient pile. "Now you get behind one of those bushes at the side of the house where you can see both ways," Piggy whispered, and be gan pouring the contents" of his jug over the wood, while she sought the shelter of -a clump of leafless shrubs affording an ade quate screen in the moonlight. A . i Uu.MuliH !liMi!irtillifclilt.it toJW.tlHlll.lili.ilh.MlWI-.ll..ll..UiMB.Wl IWJSMW.U1UBUHWW mMMMIIHilMlliil THERE KE Make Your Christmas Photographs .2r Vv-T.'AViH -. Telepbtosph, tranamittcd by wtr. Washington, as the final session few seconds later he joined her.. "Yell!" "Fire Fire" Roberta screamed "Celia! Fire!" Celia, awake and waiting, heart? 1 . , At r l iic can. "Mother!" She shook the dor mant figure beside her. "Mother! Fire!" Now fire, as Roberta well knew when she suggested this coup, was the one thing of which everybody at- Birchwood, including her fath er, stood in terror. Owing to the isolated position of the house, they were dependent upon their own resources for protection, and while the premises were well pro vided with hose and a large water tank, as well as with portable chemical siphons, nothing could have been better calculated to through the household into con fusion. "Fire?" Mrs. Scott gasped, rolling out of bed. "Where?" "I don't know," Celia breath lessly replied. "Somebody screamed." Her mother seized, a kimono, thrust her feet into slippers, and scuttled down the hall, sniffing for smoke as she ran. From the dining room she saw a glare in the. direction of the barn and heard a beavy of shrieking maids tumble down the back stairs into the kitchen. The habit of a life time demanded male direction, and she ran out into the yard, screeching for the gardener, whose quarters were over the gar age. He emerged shortly with a chemical siphon, and took charge of the situation, dispatching the maids for hose and other siphons. . Meanwhile, Celia, suspecting Roberta's hand in this diversion, slipped a petticoat over her night IS YET . nne: l'r f a . ; CALL 951 FOR AN APPOINTMENT REN N ELL 429 OREGON BUILDING dress, wrapped herself In a warm bathrobe,, found. shoes which he did not stop to fasten, threw a gown over her arm, and ran downstairs fo'the terrace In front of the housQ. "Itoberta?" she called. "Ro berta?' There was no reply, and she ran to the side, wondering wheth er she had been mistaken In the voice she had heard. "Roberta?" Behind the barn she saw the glare or the fire and heard her mother's wild clamor for the gar dener Desperately she ran along the terrace to the other side, and behind the shrub Piggy said: "There she is." 'They sprang out x and joined her. "Oh. Roberta! I knew you'd come!" Celia flung herself upon her sister, but Piggy caught her shoulders and spun her around to throw Janet's long coat over the rose-colored; bathrobe. . "Don't talk! Run!" he com manded brusquely. 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With some difficulty and delay they hoisted her over It, and Piggy carried her down the road to the: hidden car. Over on the hillside the dogs were assaulting high heaven with their alarums. "Those pups sound agitated." Grinning. Piggy turned an expert sportsman's ear in their direction before starting his engine. "They mast have treed a cat or some thing." - (To be continued) , (Copyright by Margaret Cam eron Lewis. Released through Central Press Asa'n.) Ira W. Jorgeen, 190 S. High St, Parts for all makes of ears. Rest equipped ai.to accessory store in this section. Prompt and reli sh! service th rnl i9 When Roast the Christmas Turkey tEW inCPnP0BAT10KS The West Coast Clay. Products. Inc., "of Central ' Point. 5 Jackson county, capitalized at 250,600 fil ed articles of incorporation with the Btate corporation department here yesterday. The incorpora tors -are A. R. McDonald, J. 1.. Hoffman. J. 11. Hannah. O. F. L Weiss and A A. Weiss. 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