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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER IS, 1927,
; House Plan Is Distinctive
A
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An attractive house for the medium
- sized famliy has been designed. A house '
that skillfully combines a pleasing exter-"
' ior and a maximum of interior comfort.
, v The sloping roof lines, porch, terraces
:and dormer windows give the house a:
very distinctive apearance and ? will
r :blencf !with almost any setting to be
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BEING 1LY ilDLED
Salem Brick and Tile Com
JpanyJ Member -qf Two
: Associations' Now .
elephone 1830
f ' Promotional work .for the clay!
Industry la taken fare of by. three
associations -the .Common - Brick
Manufacturers association, "the
Hollow Building Tile association,
and the American Face Brick as-.
Bociatlon. Each of these . associa
tions Is conducting -a campaign of
education through the leading na
tional magazines. ; h.
' The Salem - Brick & Tile com
pany is an actlre member of the
first- two associations? They are
Just in receipt of a report from
Ralph P. Stoddard, secretary of
the Common Brick Manufacturers
association ; of which the ' follow
ing is an excerpt:
"During the recent weeks I.hare
attended two meetings, where
large numbers of trade association
men were gathered. The progress
made In the common brick indus
try in the past eight or nine years
was a subject of discussion at
these meetings. " .'
. "Some close students' of busi
ness trend outside of our indus
try, hare said., that they do not
know of an example In American
usiness of a product adrancing in
neral estimation wiSsr the stim-
advertising and coopera-
promotion as common brick
done.
e very name of the commod-
as unquestionably a handicap
years ago. Common brick
sed for structural purposes
n apology for Its appearance
thought of as a mater-
for hidden places in con-
i. Today, people boast the
t their home is built of
brick.-
on brick is glorified
s acceptance by the lead-
eets of the country. The
es among modern con-
n practically every city
ntry are common brick
The finest schools on
p coast;, the most re
sidences m ine suburbs
and on Long Island;
finding apartments in
Philadelphia, Wasfilng-
bonspicuous Tudor,jcity
Sn and the best exam-
fse types In many other
of common" brick. .
! remember, about tpnrj.
jatezjaay wnn tne
s H. Bryan TisiUng the
Chicago to marvel
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people away from brlckword. Then
we came to the great variety of
color and the artificially rongh-
ened brick. .Now the people teem
to be turning away from artificial
effects to. natural surfaces and tex
tures, and that has brought 'com
mon ; brick into 'faror. The rug
ged, antique appearance .of skin
tied brickwork in Its infinite va
riety of textures Is not a fad or a
passing fancy. It just as surely
Is a step in the evolution of build
Ing : materials -as was . the; change
from Philadelphia pressed to matt
faces. Stone never has gone out
of style and never will,, because
its ruggednesa is picturesque. The
effects obtained by the natural
surfaced common brick and by the
Irregular laying of the brick in
the wall are practical and sensible
and they- enhance the beauty of
the picture which every man likes
his home to present. . . '
"Common " brick will : not " dis
place face brick, but face Tbrick
will , be made . more and more to
look like common brick. Com
mon brick, by Its great economy,
will . displace less enduring ; types
of construction, and it is In that
field exclusively that common
brick has been promoted by this
association. Common brick Has a
vast opportunity and . I hope that
brick manufacturers, collectively
and individually, will appreciate
this chance and make the most
of it."
First Nine Months of 1927
Exceeds Entire Year 1926
UUbltSin SOFT
iODLlBEBSL
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Early Developments- Calcu-
lated To Offset Present
j 31 Slowness Soon
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-Tnjts weekly review of the lum-tf-maiTteTrthe
African number
'man, Chicago, says: , "
V Business Jn softwood lumber
continues rather slow for this sea
son, but so far this year the prin
paI mills of the country have
-hirped nfare lumber I than they
,'rod uced."- And shipments ofthe
nrdwood mills have exceeded
!;ir output to a considerably
r';tcr extent. i
1 The ; impression . gains ' ground
ht. the' destruction caused by the
flssissippi Valley floods, the loss-;
sr fslng from the cdaljstrike, and
.e holding up of about a million
r dtrs for motor cars j until an--"UncemeBts
of new models clari-
the competitive situation, are
1 gether acting as powerful brakes
business activity. Sales of lum
Vrespectlvely for home building
no timbers; automobile body
fhting and crating are directly
ected, and those for oil field
rk: and steel mill uses are in
ectly affected. .
; iappily, early developments
calculated toresg.lt ja-a-desree
lnTTFtcYwIir more than
et the presenf slowness. The
ieral executive -has ;been pre
ias nlans - whereby. Congress
speedily , start Mississippi re
ilitatlon and controifwork; the
e difficulties are at last, on
arbitration basis, and already
;t four hundred thousand or
have been booked for the
? Ford car. Iftcreased return
Y crops are aiding agricultur-
rosperity, and that of the na-
of a whole by stimulating
, hases of jteneral i merchan-
1 It is indicated that the, sur-
! of railroad freight ears that
ted from the speeding up of
rortation" Is . now about ex-
ted, renewals not having
! pace with, the growth in mo-
' ptjwer. "Railroad executives
ct say that a normal traffic
r.e would cause a shortage of
r.ent.-so that a larger num
f lumber orders may be ex-
1 ffcm a group of consumers
; &u2y ajhtphly important
Ja tba market. rA All these
tive events ; point to ' a
; upward turn in the lumber
- - . - i j
l-ttter part of. present de
fer LuUdicg items Is coming
i-r.ialj : towns and farms
fanners are not yet t-uymg
1 an they were expected to,
rtovidlcar a good vol
ume. The small cities and subur
ban towns not Included in bundl
ing werm it reports are, according
to a recent survey, doing an Im
mense amount of construction and
their activity goes far to offset the
small decline In city building. In
the cities, the trend is toward ad
Justmenfs that will put construc
tion costs on a slightly lower lev
el, and release a large volume-of
new contracts.
.Most retailers of, lumber and In
dustrial consumers are taking only
what material they need for im
mediate use. . Their general de
sire is to keep their funds liquid,
but many lumber sellers by forc
ing sales have weakened prices of
both hardwoods and softwoods.
Returns of manufacture are at so
low a point that the industry Is
developing a strong tendency to
curtail output. Foresighted. lum
bermen realize that doing so will
enable. them to get more reason
able prices as soon as buyers be
come more liberal with their or
ders. J ! :
RELIGIOUS. CiViC
KBITS COMPLICATE
Radio Snarl in United States
- Growing As Many Things '
situation and the question of the
right of free speech, for minorities
13 raised as new stations have had
to be denied,- now that the radio
channels are filled to the shriek
ing overflow point. Political ques-
tions cannot help being involved
despite all care taken to exclude
politics from radio administration.
The . enormous 'political : power of
broadcasting becomes more and
more manifest. : " "l
"Underlying all these other con
siderations Is that intense com
munity pride which dictates that
town A shall have as many watts
and as high a wave length as town
B, and that the composite or 'hay
wire outfit, which i3 the sole
broadcasting pride of the State of
X, shall have no lesser assignment
in meters than some pioneer sta
tion In. the State of Y, although
the latter station after; years of
faithful service may have become
the favorite of half a continent. i
"These are the- stubborn .human
obstacles around which sound tech
nical theories often have to detour
They, account for the difficult
progress. which is sometimes macTe
by governmental authority, while
broadcast listeners grow impa
tient." -
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WASHINGTON, (AP) Untang
Uas the radio snarl is not an en
gineering problem alone. ReligH
lous, political and legal complica
tions beset the federal commis
sioners In their struggle to bring
order out of chaos in the broad
casting field. . X': ' - y-l
The fitting nto 89Twave lengths
of 700 broadcasting stations, so
that there will be a 'minimum of
interference, seems' essentially an
engineer's job". . Orestes H. - Cald
well, New : York member of tXe
commission and a radio technician
of note, says, a competent engineer
might sit down at his library table
and evolve in a short time a work
able assignment of broadcasting
stations, based upon, elimination
and time-sharing. - t . -
; "But the actual radio situation
is not so simple," Mr. Caldwell
finds. "It is complicated by legal
question of personal and property
rights, under both the radio law
of ' 1927 and the constitution of'
the United States. ; 'uJ X --y
"It Involves some ? very human
problems of justice and fair deal
ing,. In the light of ; past service
rendered i by stations, ( and their,
organization and equipment,, to
render greater . service i a.nd pro
gram value to the -public In the
future, y Religious : Issues, are
brought into the KlttiaMo" -lengths
and wattages become ve
hicles for opposing beliefs. .
"Social - philosophies .enter the
Kisseil Adopts Ryan-Litcs
Ryan-Lite headlamps that gain
ed national publicity through the
recent " recdrd shattering run of
F. B. Miller,' have been chosen as
standard equipment by. the Kissel
car company, according 4.0, word
received : by the Western ' AutcH
Supply Company.
Isorth iiU'
at the development in the use of
common brifk in residential ar
chitecture, Mr. Bryan said, "I
didn't think it could be done with
Chicago brick and it doesn't seem
possible that it could be done with
our brick in Detroit."' That was a
natural viewpoint. Last week I
spent a day driving through the
better residential . sections of De
troit and suburbs. I saw more
than one hundred magnificent res
idences built of Detroit common
brick. '
"Cotfmon brick has not changed
materially in the United States.
The quality, has improved, no
doubt, but the appearance has not
greatly'cbanged. The point Is that
the same common 'brick which
very few "of us thought could be
used in such an artistic way as it
is used today has become the fa
vored material of many of the
country's best architects. This
development In the use of common
brick in residential construction, I
believe, is the first real dent that
has been made In the practical mo
nopoly of wood as a home build
ing material' in the U.. S. Nothing
else has seemed tobreak into this
field. Stucco- has been tried and
had its day, and now along, comes
common brick, a good, sound ma
terial possessing at the same time
great ; economy In use and the
country is learning that there is
.practically no first cost difference
between a "beautiful .home of com
mon brick and one of frame.
"Some people refer to the!
change in the styles In brickwork
as sthe oscillations of the pendu
lum:' I do not believe that this is
correct. I -t.hkk it is evolution;
We tired of the smooth, monoton
ous effects. Philadelphia pressed
brick and its kin did much to turn
Commenting upon the Corpora
tion's .earnings for the nine
months ended September 30, 1927,
Alfred. P. Sloan, Jr., president of
General Motors, said:
"Earnings of General Motors
Corp. for ' the nine- months ended
September 30, 1927, not only ex
ceeded any nine months in Its his
tory, but also was greater than the
previous r record earnings for the
full year 1926 and almost equal
to .the earnings for the full year
1926 had Fisher Body corporation
been consolidated for that entire
period.. ' . - -
."Sales of cars to dealers and
dealers sales to users in these
nine months also, exceeded any en
tire previous calendar year.
Net earnings of General Mo
tors corporation applicable to Hiv
ldends and including equities in
the undivided profits of subsidiary
operations mot consolidated for the
nine months ended September.; 30 J
, were 1S3,75S,30Z. For the
purpose .of making-a fair comparir
spn with the corresponding period
last year it Is, necessary to Include
pr, that period earjUnKi'Jt.
to the minority interests of Fisher
Body " corporation outstanding
prior to June 30. 1926. "This re
sults in 4157.731,833. This means
that the earnings, for this period
in 1927 as compared with 1926 on
a comparative basis show an in
crease of 136,026,469..
BEnno;i costs
LOIR III II
Early Winter Declared Fay
arable Time for Exterior
- ' Work By Expert
By "Jane Stewart
An almost universal practice
exists of renovating houses, out
side and ' in, during spring - and
early fall months. Strangely
enough there 'is no good reason
for this practice, and a good many
real I argn ments against it. r Be-
ment from a; newly renovated
home during the time when you
are confined to the indoors. The
winter months ahead are long
cheerful: home will help to pass
them pleasantly. -
. Finally, there is the considera
tion ' of convenience. Spring and
fall are all too busy without ad
ding unnecessarily to their list of
activities. Putting away summer
or .winter clothes; getting children
prepared for school , or making
ready for. their; return, house
guests' and other entertaining r
these things do not permit even
the 'short interruption' necessary
to having painting work., done.
But the time before the holidays
generally sees a lull. ' There is
little it anylnconvenience in hay
ing a room, or two vacated for a
few days at a time; 1 " ; ' :
: It seems strange that a practice
persists of insisting upon paint-
cause : the erroneous idea Is prev
alent that spring and Jail are the tng work during the time when it
best. In fact the only good times lCOStg the most, when it is,inevl-
EMPLOYEES BTJYIXG HOMES
Three hundred and thirty Olds
mobile factory employes vi re buy
ing homes through the General
Motors Savings and Investment
Housing plan. This permits them
to make monthly payments Von
their homes and at the same time
participate in the investment fea
tures of the plan. -
for: exterior painting, 'home own-1
ers have fallen into the habit : of
having Interior work done at the
same time.- In reality, as far as
weather is concerned, there is. no
more favorable time for exterior !
work than early winter. And for
interior work weather considera
tions are comparatively unimport
ant. Tit may well be done the year
around. . y " r'V' . .
1 There are, however, other fac
tors to be considered, and " these
make late fall and early winter
the most economical and advan
tageous time for , renovation. ln
the first, place you are apt te get
better vy-ork done at this time.
EaiE5,t rushed to the limit dur
ing fall and spring months, ?are
able to devote more time and care
to a job during dull seasons. The
first Requisite in painting economy
is getting a good Job rit looks
better,! lasts longer, and protects
the surface . more efftctively. Of
course, 'the application r "is only
half; ; the quality of the Mint is
equally important. And railing
below standard in this respect is
just as detrimental to good results
and to economy." But as far as
workmanship requirements go,
you can assure yourself of the
h&t if you select a month that
falls 'in the dull season.
Another point from the dollars
and cents standpoint Is this. - The
seasonal character of the trade
necessitates a charge sufficient to
tide the painter over his period of
unemployment. If his price Is
high, it is simply that the con
sumer.ls paying for his own short
sighted' policy. Painting during
winter months .will alleviate this
condition, and therefore offers a
very definite economic advantage
by. helping 'to' lower the . general
cost of painting work. A 'more
immediate saving, and sometimes
a very"WatDlte;flsr,JS'
sibilltyJ of getting a lower' esti
mate at this time.
In addition,, you must consider
that ybu are putting ,ont money
to improve the appearance of your
house (as well as to preserve it).
Naturally, the longer - the house
looks well, the better bargain you
have made. If the work is done
in the spring, by winter the dust
and dirt that ome . In through
open windows have left their
mark. On the. other hand if walls,
woodwork, ajid floors are freshly
painted and Varnished at the time
of year when windows are gen-j
erally kept closed, you will have!
new, finishes practically unlm-j
paired I when summer arrives.
Then too," you get more en joy-
tabry done. In something of a rush,
and when the Interruption is most
inconvenient,-: unless there : Is
some" good. rVasoh for its persis
tence. ; Yet the practice has no
other justification, than : habit. If
yfcu want to get the most for your
money "with the least V trouble.
break away from your custom
bound neighbors and renovate in'
late fall or winter.
Women Admire New Dodge
Six;. Upholstery Favored
"It remained " for the women,
however," says Ernest Bonesteele
of the Bonesteele Motor Co., lo
cal dealer, "to drive home more
forcefully than it could be ac
complished in any other way the
excellence of the body finish and
the high character of the body ap
pointments of Dodge Brothers
new six. j " V' - -:
'They immediately notice that
the mohair or broadcloth is of the
finest quality. --
They comment on the depth of
the soft velvet floor carpet, the
arm rests, assist cords, vanity and
smoking sets and the pattern and
finish of the body hardware. All
these details reflect the care
which was taken in planning every
Item and . the skill with which
master craftsmen have carried oat
the ideals of the designer."
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