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T1IE OREGON STATESMAN. SALTH5.T. OTtECON SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1927 The Square House Also Has Its Strong Points t m I art i i fiyLJr ipBSlI I SURFACE CDATIHG coiirnoLSB Hi!',"' ' Sii iV-.i....-iTd-jurjt-.Tr " THE WAUBAY DESIGN A65S 3 ittvniui.uvuan maj uui rani, U r i: u 1 tec lu rally, N amaag the elite in home designs, bat a fea i tux which carries considerable appeal to -many prospective builders is their adaptability for economical con- . .; ; . ,. .- struction and utill "xatLon of the inter ior space. No type I of ' home affords more uniform 5 or better lghted rooms with unmar-" E red walls and ceil ings and convenlent- ly placed and ample j closets., ir.The brief : 1 est study of the ac- companyiug floor' plan will stress this I. fact.-. ; i v . Her f Is a home ; equivalent to a center hall type, v The. attractive entrance pro vide a vestibule.. The stairway leads from the living room, inclosed save for the. lower landing. A living room of delightful size, well lighted and supplied with an open fireplace, has at the rear ; cheerful Sun room of ample sfze. The dining. P"uvi& doom rjr tJTj room Is large, the Kitchen more' than the usual in dimensions and equipment with attached : breakfast nook, pantry and an ample refrigerator inset. -' Off the rear hall is a convenient lavatory. ' On ; the second floor are three well lighted: sleeping : rooms, a small sew ing room and bath. All are reached by- an L-shaped ; hall; way. ' Over the ex tended : break fast room is a . railed in i open porch which .with very, little ; ex pense might be con verted into a sleep ing porch. It is in every respect ; a .complete home. Built -of common brick this home would not-cost, under average conditions, to exceed S per cent more than the same house built of wood. It would last twice as long. It would save its owner money annually : in repair ' bills. It would be cheaper to heat.' r Plans for this home may be had by applying to the Salem Brick and Tile Co. ::. , . ; - ooor "f - dick J : I Bjraww pS rrTi stp noo- Ti ttaloom II nil mrvr . LUMUtHUtMI 0 H T BY WEATHER Qpntmued- Storms)1 Cause Decrease; Some Good ; -J- x -Sfc t aw Reviewing the lumber market, thef American ' Lumberman, Chica to, says: " t ::'...7-. ..J'. - Continuance of bad weather in Ihej greater" part of lumber con turning,' territory has held down temand. but it is encouraging to tote that wherever ' there have been been a few days of sunshine, sales have made an Immediate re sponse.!' The south 'has been most favored in this respect, greatly In creased activity being ; reported from Texas l and Oklahoma: A : temporary break in the weather at New York brought a much larger ; movement, and the .inference, is L clear that spring will ' see an ex pansion In trade." ;. Orders booked by the'principal softwood mills during v the 'first four weeks of 1927 amounted to 12 per- cent more than their pro duction, aiftt shipments were two per cent in excess of production. With mill output, thus below-the level Jot demand there is assur ance" of. market' stability." It Is very likely that any . Increase In production from now on will be at least equaled by an Increase In sales. z And It is only reasonable to expect that prices will stiffen a little as the movement becomes heavier. ;.-;v.-:-;'7v -C ; Buyers. ?howeyer, show no dis position!: to provide . for -future needs,: and most of them ' would prefer to pay a little more for lumber as needed, rather than in crease their investment in stock at once. , In fact the burden of carry ing reserves has been thrown on the mills, and their returns have Included practically no compensa tion for the extra service. - Southern hardwood production is still curtailed by -bad weather, but the northern bard wood mills are now entering their season of heaviest sawing. Total orders for both groups I were 16 , per cent above their i output during the week ended January 29. Purchas es of the major groups of domes tic consumers-have made no mark ed increase, but prospects for sales to the furniture and automobile groups, ; and to overseas buyers. are very good. Labor Two-Thirds Cost ' of Building New Home ; Almost two-thirds " of the total cost of a new house Is the cost of labor., '.This plain but-seldom heard truth Is voiced by C. Stanley Taylor - in. the February -Issue of ''Arts and pecoratlon' Magazine." Wrltlng-'on-'Tour Business Problems as a Homebuilder" Mr. Taylor says, "In' almost "every sec- tlon of this country, the greatest single cost factor In homebuilding is the high cost of labor. Old ra tios have been destroyed. Consid ering wages with performance., the cost of homebuilding labor has increased much ; more than the cost of homebuilding materials and equipment; so that today, when a practical analysis is made in the light of actual field experi ence it. Is found that of 'the total cost of a new house almost" two thirds is the cost of labor.; ' , The above fact is highly sig nificant from the pocketbook view point of the homebuilder, because when the cost of installation Is so high. It is .foolish to 7 buy and build into the house anything .but good materials and : equipment which will at least pay dividends and amortise the Investment thru savings in maintenance and re placement costs." - COTTAGE PEMTS ! FAVORED SUNSHINE $138,505 Value of Building Grants Issued This Month i by Recorder Bureau of Standards Direc tor Recommends Flat Wail . Paint, Radiators : r ; Keeping down operating ex- penses-is a subject oear w.wb heart of every homeowner, : wn,. in his fervor, sometimes practices false economy xlnder the illusion that he Is saving money. In gen eral. the safest 'way to eliminate unnecessary expenses is to make sure that all household equipment is working well and to its best ad vantage, Consider for a moment, that fa miliar object, the radiator. t sufficies to say that If It is throw ing off a maximum of heat; with none lost or hindered by faulty conventions there is a considerable saving; in coal. Provided, of course, that the radiator is me chanically in running order, there Is a very simple factor that has -a profound effect upon its efficiency. ' It has been the custom to paint radiators - with -, aluminum - or hrontA naint. but tests have proy- i thi a. rather noor practiceA Me tallic paints are highly useful in many situations, but as they aen- nitely retard heat convection, they are not the i . wisest finishes for radiators. It has been found that metallic paints, reduces the en ciency - of a radiator by about twenty" per cent, whereas radiators painted with flat wall paint experi ence little or not, retardation in heat convection.- In addition, a radiator painted to match the wall against which It stands. Is less ob jectionable, aesthetically speaking. than one which stands out DeaecK ed In fraudulent silver or gold. ' George K. ' Burgess, director of the bureau of standards, United States department of .commerce, explains the action of metallic paints! as follows: ''When the bureau of stanaaras was asked tos find a material for balloon hangar roofa which would keep them as cool as possible the problem was turned over to ur. W. W. Coblentx. expert on radia tion, and be set to. work to find a combination of .J materials 5 which would reduce to a minimum the amount of heat absorbed from the sun and allowed to escape on the Inside. For this purpose he made measurements of the heat radiat ed or 'absorbed by different kinds of surfaces in order to get for the top the kind of paint which would absorb the least sunlight, for the under side, the paint which would radiate the least heat. The solution of the problem was to coat the top of the roofing ma terial with white paint or with as bestos, and to coat the underside with aluminum paint. The heat 9 heat .absorbed or given out by any surface at ordinary temperatures. and is useful wherever losses of beat - or coolness : through such radiation are an Important factor. It could be applied to advantage on the Insulating jackets of steam pipes, o ntbe Inside ! of awnings and on attic reellings " 1 Used.' on radiators,' the effect is not so desirable. Here the maxi mum: possible heat transmission is desired, and aluminum paint caus es a considerable decrease in the amount of heat let out into the room." . . - 1 - i ; Once again scier gives sug gestions to. the hone owner. Proper use of the important me tallic paints may save him money and wlir Increase the comfort of his' home.' ; -s,-? , , Mr. Burgess explains the phys ical process of heat absorption and radiation in the following: "A body which is warmer than the air may lose" beat by ! convec tion. x:- The , - air near; the , surface becomes, warm and . rises, while cooler air comes against the sur face anil -heated. A' body may also lose heat, and in considerable quantity, by means of radiation, and in this case the process, is al together different. The heat en- eigy, reaching the surface is trans formed into rays which are simi lar to light rays except that they are of very - much longer wave length. They might well be spok en of as "dark light.' The amount of these rays given off depends entirely upon the tern perature'Of the body and upon the character of its surface. But while heat is being lost by radia tion, beat is, also being gained by radiation received from other ob jects,, so that the net rate of loss or gain depends also upon the relative temperature of the out side body or bodies from which radiation is being" received. The sun, being some thousands of de grees hotter than the earth, has a decided tendency- ; to heats its surface while when rthe earth Is exposed to a clear night sky there is a pronounced cooling of the sur face which results In dew or frost. Clouds preYent dew and frost be cause they aie very much warmer than vacant space and the loss oi heat to them is very much less Jian on a clear snight. Spring Is no the way and with its advance notices, many are rush inr tn ttiA nfflrA nt thf pit vr corder for that new home permit from the sun arrives mostly In the that will mean a little Harden to I form of light rays, while the roof, fuss over and a chance to have a family pow-wow without the in terference and static which pre vails in the apartment house. : 'Lots of sunshine and lots of cot tages seems to be the record so far in February, for we have had only five days of cloudiness and rain and in those five dull days only three dwelling permits were issued to match 23 for the beau tiful, sunny daysw ; r Twenty-six residences. In 17 days is a Salem record and i this may. ' be surpassed before the month Is over because there is yet no sign of a slump. . From $67,000 on February 10, the total of permits issued was in creased to $138,505 in seven days or $71,505 for the week. : The most conspicuous building will be that under . construction by Hunt Brothers Packing .company at a reported cost of $15,000. The new warehouse will be located at 145 Division street adjacent to the main buildings. - - ' . Repairs to the Cotton building on North Liberty street - win ap proximate 17500 and the new building constructed by Bowene & Young at 493 Center street is listed at $5250. Both will make attractive additions to the business district. , : : ; : . being only a few degrees warmer than the air, gives off heat rays of relatively long wave lengths. The white paint is- a better reflector of sunlight than the aluminum, but the aluminum is best for pre venting radiation of heat. More recently, some experiments have - been ' made v on the sort of materials used for the tops or au tomobiles, ice wagons, and other xehlcles. It has been found that the use of aluminum paint reduc ed by about 6 0 i per cent . the amount of heat admitted through the top. In this case the alumi num paint can be applied to either the inside or the outside. These are only a, few examples of the uses, k to which aluminum paint can be put. : It is one of the most effective' methods known of reducing the amount . of radiant IIUESTTPEH New Span Adds More to List of Spectacular Lumber : '-. Achievements . ;.: ,. ; -v SEATTLE. Wash. Special The highest known timber bridge in the world, recently completed by the Pacific States Lumber com pany of Tacoma. adds one more to the list of spectacular engineering; achievements in the Pacific north- west lumber industry.' . This Im-! mense structure ' which is 204 , feet from the bed of - the Cedar river and '893 feet long has just been finished .by the company to carry their main line logging rail road from their mountain logging operations to their large mill at Selleck, Wn. Douglas fir,; one of the north west's main products, ;. was used entirely In the construction. - A total of 508. pieces of piling,' scal ing 404.000 feet- board measure, and 432,000 feet of sawed lumber all old growth Douglas fir -wa required to buihl it. . -.This was all cut on the company's own. timber holdings nearby.' . Lu mbe r ''author ities declare that nowhere else in the world could suitable timbers in sufficient lengths pnd quantities for such a hridgerbeprocured on the ground. - In building the. bridge 'it was necessary at' the south ,: end . to make a cut 65feet deep and 300 feet long through solid rock. This required 125 working days of 16 hours each. The bridge itself, built in 110 working days of eight hours each, ' was constructed by Ibe - Pad He States Lumber torn- direction of Cavanaugh and F. It. "Van Campen. designers and en gineers; and under the supervision oj1. Walter. Guske,. woods superla teudent. - . - ' . : : '':'"'"" - ? Ira W. Jorgensen. 190 S. High St. - Parta for all . makes of cars. Best equipped auto accessory store in this section.. Prompt and re liable service the rule. ., () New sweaters. A large ship ment Just In. New patterns, new shades in the. popular pull-over and Coal styles. Scotch Woolen Mills. ,',' ) WHO 18 THAT MAN YOU just spoke to y , r Fry's Drug Store, 380 N. Com'l, ther pioneer store. Everything for everybody in the drug supply line. with standard goods and quality service always. . t'J ANOTHER SIGN OF E! XPANSION HERE The Southern Pacific Giving Gabriel Concern age Facilities -Another evidence of Salem's continued industrial and business expansion is the new trackage fa cilities now being constructed by the Southern Pacific lines for the Gabriel- Powder .& Supply com pany's warehouse located at Union and North Capitol 1 streets. This improvement will "glre-a track ca nacitr of two cars and will be a material aid. to this --large ' and growing business. . -',-v The Gabriel concern, has consoli dated its business' there. That is, the office and the supplies are. to gether. Of course, the powder and such supplies are not kept there. They are stored in safe places near Salem and other cities and towns In'western Oregon, con venient to- the wide ' territory served by the Gabriel concern. ?. , Southern Pacific will buy Northwestern " lumber for con structing 1500 new box cars.. L.-i 1 - 'S ONS OFTKS WIS IH TtfWtf. PEOPLE. HAVE K tor OP FAITH IM A : f HOUSE THEY BUV'OF KIM L1 UP nirVC i MIC OF S It is natural for a dependable builder to ' buy of reliable -lumber people. It advertises his 'business sanity as well as his saleable property. says Fracty Cal. i Buildillutpuls mm Also Explosives, Fuse, Blasting Gaps, Paints 'I. GabrieliPowdeiv.fi Supply Co- 610 North Capitol Of f ice, Yard and Warehouse , We Deliver : . Telephone 2248 6 ,67 (Tf IN O R E G O N ' S G R EA T E S T. P U B L I C T I L.l T Y , H. L, Stiff Furniture Co., lead ers in complete home furnishings. priced to make you the owner; the store that studies your every need and is ready to meet it, ab solutely (..-",.,.- () Cement Mine riaster Lath Corner Bnd ExpanHlon Joint Stucco Prices have dropped on building materials. THE last annual report - of the Department of. ; Commerce- disclosed that since 1923, frame house materials, at retail; have declined from an in dex of 198 in 1923, and 208 in 1924, to 196 in 192GU ' Our prices on lumber products average many dollars per thousand less than three years ago. 1 " . ' - Lefus help you figure the cost of a' new home ,or an improvement in the old home, - ' ) . - 1 ThingM fa plan for now: ' " 'Hot 'lied Shh ' Fence Repairs , Flower lloxcs v Uuilding rians . Flooring ' ralnllng ; GiAsKSPAULDiUG IpGGinG (OL Telephon 1ZZ0 . Douglas Tir Lkrmh Salem Telephone : -! ft J : Mm 'Si Mtm M Mm w I mmm. The kind of lumber that is ! ;, '. V - - -" . :. v. :; , endorsed by the city's lead ing contractors andtarpen ters. . For all purposes,1 industrial or domestic, our" fine grades of lumber, at standard prices, will make your work a better bargain. J. W. COPELAND YARDS Vtt Salem Telephone ,576 . Jr. ' Yards in West Salem, Albany, Lents, Hubbard, Yamlitll, Ilillsboro, Eugene, Corvallis, ' Grants Pass, Park Rose "FRIENDLY" 34c a Day VV'il! Lead to Iiidepend ence Thousands are - buying on Our Partial Payment Plan. Many thrifty men and women have the wrong impression about Investments. They feel that it takes a lot of money to get a start on the road to financial independence.' , ' That is a big mistake. You can become a profit-sharing partner in the Portland Electric Power Company the Oldest and Largest Public Utility in Oegon-Mf you can lay aside only " ; - , 34c a Day Regularly This upl enable you to subscribe for one share of our Firsf Preferred Stockj which is now offered to you ' , $ 1 0.00 a share down and 10.1D0 a month thereafter. v , We allow you per cent interest on your payments as made and when the stock is all paid for your dividends begin fat the rate of 6.67 per cent per annum., ; This Iklonthly-Savings and EasyrPayment plan hns stirted rnanyj a careful investor on the right road. You can do it, too. ' : . . .. i . :'s Just drop in and let our Investment Department tell yri . more about this excellent opportunity. . , Investment Dejmrtment 237 North Liberty St. Salem. Ore. 1 1 i Portland Electric Power Co. ; . . Division 0 flees el Salem, Oregon City, G res ham, Ilillsboro and St. Helens, Ore., and Vancouver, ; 4 Wash.. "tITFre is N'QsubstjY1te for e Te c i h'i cir v.