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"THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 29. 1923 EHT WAIL SHOULD BE KEPT WASHABLE Easiest Methods for Wash ing Walls Presented . By Real Expert GOOD WEATHER AID FIVE ROOM HOME ITALIAN STYLE January J Will Fall Short of 1927 ! But Will Pass 1926 First Month New Residence Is Attractive III BUILDING STRiDEI 5 ism I liu.i Cspjrri-ht, 1924 Axcaltsct's Small Hsasa SrTics Smrn. Pisa V. 8450. otfi totci i :4 11 ' I I Jcuvrr 'V' - "pHI0 flva room homo la an adaptation of Italian ' A style to present day nseds. It la a typo which because of lla Individuality and refinement la pOpu lar with many small homo builders. The plan Is an especially rood ono because It S-ota five rood rooma into a limited space. Thar are practically no hallways wastta" room. Tha plan heloasa to th popular can tar hafl type. Tha 11 rtn g room runa from front to back of the house. This persons ight and air from threa aides. Tha GSnlnf room and kitchen divide tha other half of tha flsst floor. This house baa been daalaTnad to faca north or wast, but can be reversed for other facings. Tha honaa la planned to be built of hollow tile walla with stucco ext&ior and shingle roof and brick base course. Tha window show an Interest lnf treatment In their brick sills. The first floor windows have wood panels below and recessed arches in the Italian style above with tile inserts relieving tha atucco with spots of color. The iron COID f LOOK. raQ above tha door and the wrought Iron lamp en hance the Italian effect. This home should be reasonable to build if you use simple materials and inexpensive equipment. The cost will depend upon what the bouse is made of and what you put Into It The coat will also i be effected by the locality In which it is built. ED IT OX'S aTOTB: The visas fer small somes are Toraiaaed ay the Bagtenal Bsreaas ef the rcaftecte mall Hesse Service Barer of the Unites uses, las, aa exsaa&sattoa suae a ef the rspi aials tpraetlalnf ercsiteeas frees Uerttwy aressteeftaral efllees tareefBeas the Uattea eases. Tate ear tea is een trallil ay the Aaterfcaa Xastttute ef Axeaisscts, ana has the eaaersestsat ef tte Deaaitmen ef Oesuaeree. Vastea Stetes geeeramena. XX is practtcaUy a non roll milrtTH yaWlo service, as4 aaa aa tts yareeae the famiahlag ef a very eesiplst aaa aepenJahle sasall haase slsa service at Moderate ease. Tar Infer smattoa regardlns the Mae prlata and sperHseWeas. aaarsae the Heae BaOdlnc Bdlter ef this sever. The Vasted States bareaa lulntalri an Information de yertnent te aaawer aesae bonders' qeaataena at no charge. Tnslsss stiiyad addressed sevalspe. Oesyslche, ltSeT-AgcaUeaVs saIl Qomo Baildars OUdJc. Ml E 0 BRICK ATTEf-JTIGN Brick Found To Be Most Ancient and Most Modern of Building Materials By V. J. Howard Of all building materials brick Is the most ancient and most mod ern. "Granite disintegrates and crumbles Into particles of mica, quartz and feldspar; marble soon moulders into dust of carbonite of lime, but hard, well burned clay endures forever In the ancient landmarks of mankind." said Sir Charles Lyell In The Antiquity of Man. Wherever men have lived and reached any degree of civil ization, brick of one kind or an other have been unearthed. In the Euphrates valley, the cradle of civilization, sun baked blocks of clay were used and at a later period fire burned brick. ; There are pyramids In the Nile valley built of brick. Roman bricks were of such a distinctive size and shape, long rT - MV WIFE l?!?" l WAMTED TO ArTP". kHOW WMCRcy rA-isori I WAS HICrHTf A FRIEND CAN HURT A MAN More than AH ENEMY-, The Mout-of-lghtw plnmblng can bring; mora dissatisfaction than the "in-sight" fixtures. The right plumbing's worth what It costs. "When you need a plumber, you need a good on!" H. EGNER 1615 Center Street Phone &53 and 1810-W - Fine Fixtures Standard Equipment and thin, as to make the name receive permanent application to Present day brick of this type. Much of the great wall of China is bullded of brick. Both sun dried and burned brick have been used probably for centurle3 by native American tribes. Romance Holds Intercut The old tales are interesting, but the romance of the. story of brick is hardly touched until one gets to the modern work In brick making. Older builders took the clay vbich they found and from it manufactured the best and most beautiful brick that they could make. The modern manufacturer does not accept any such limita tions. Through research work In the laboratory and through observatlc vf the kilns, he finds out what the materials bring to the kilns in the possibilities of color and of qualities and the ef fects of texture. He selects what he wants. He decides what re sults he wishes to obtain and he works and tests and tests again until he has finished his product. Texture la completely under his control, from the excessively rough to a comparatively smooth surface. The present trend, however. In the country at large is for a mod ified texture. Any effect can be obtained or any color scheme car ried out In modern brick. As someone has said, brick's greatest disadvantage is that It is such an old friend. It has always been with us and Is taken for granted while newer materials have ap peared and drawn out curious and intent scrutiny even as the new baby becomes the center of at traction and little brother Is for gotten for the moment. If some one should discover and DUt on tfia vnttrlrAf tt name malarial with! all the advantages of brick, the kilns pf the country would be taxed to the limit of their capac ity to supply the demand. When English and European visitors come to this country: es pecially if they come inland they remark upon this aa a country of wooden houses, and possibly com ment on our tremendous and un necessary ftre waste, more than ten times per capita that of Euro pean countries. To be entirely fair one must remember that our fire loss is not entirely due to wood construction. We expect fires and we take few precautions against them except insurance, which spreads a tax on all ' to make up the loss. This oblivious ness to fire waste is a matter In whichthe next generation must effect a change. Fire resistance la only one of he good qualities of brick. The phycbology of an earlier period when brick was the build ing material, par excellence, of wealth and aristocracy still tinges oar present thought until It is with surprise that people realise, how small a margin of first cost there is between wood and brick third painting the margin of dif ference in first cost is entirely eaten up and after it has stood for this period the beautifully built brick house shows its aristo cratic lineage in the way It car ries itself and in the value which Is still put upon it. If one may judge by the signs. we are at the breaking of the dawn of a renaissance of brick building in this , country. The stage is set, but the players have just come or are only beginning to appear. The romance of brick is still unfolding in the long, long building drama. Appreciation of Fire Waste To Cause Change Increasing appreciation of America's annual waste in fine losses will inevitably lead to great er effort toward the erection of fireproof homes and,. commercial buildings. This conclusion is in escapable. When Americans fin ally become aroused to this ne cessity brick buildings, especially homes, will predominate. The adaptability of brick, its strength and fire resistance, coupled with its permanent beauty, burned in and unfading, makes it an ideal material and one that Is certain to lead in popular favor. Especi ally so when one considers its moderate first cost and remark ably low up-keep expense in lat" er years. This Is apt to be a prosperous year for most of us providing we work hard enough to make it so. By Jean Overton Every wall should have a wash able surface. For only such a surface can be satisfactory from an economical and a sanitary viewpoint. In addition, only if you have walls that are washable, can you manage to keep the fresh, trim look that contributes so much to the charm of any room. The most simple and inexpensive scheme can be cozy and attractive if it is fresh and neat at all times. Walls are especially important because their surfaces form such a considerable part of the room. Any painted wall may be success fully washed, whether it is plain or decorated with some novel treatment. Scumbled walls, sten cils and Tiffany glazes are as easy to do as a plain wall finish. Wall paper that has been varnished may also be washed. The easiest way to wash a painted wall Is to prepare a solu tion as follows: Shave a cake of pure neutral (non-alkaline) white soap into a quart of boiling water. Dissolve about two ounces of glue in another quart of boiling water, and mix the two liquids together. A little flour may be added to make a thicker solution, and a little sal soda or washing powder to make a stronger solution. This Jellied cleaning liquid Is applied with a soft sponge, working from the bottom up. The wall is then wiped down with chamois. If the surface is quite soiled it will be easier to apply the solution to a wall area with calcimine brush, al lowing It to stand two or three minutes to loosen the dirt. Then wash off with a clean sponge and a pail of clear water. Walls in kitchens are some times coated with a thin film of grease. In this case "a stronger glue size solution with more than the usual amount of sal soda and a little ammonia will simplify the work. Never try to wash spots off a kitchen wall, or any other wall for that matter. It will leave rings. It Is easier In the end to wash the whole wall. For varnished surfaces that have become dusty and perhaps sticky, luke-warm water to which a very little household ammonia has been added, is the best solu tion for cleaning. Where a staroh coat has been used and you are ready to remove it, Bimply wash with a pail of clear water. Starching is a simple process mat deserves much wider pracT tlce. By applying a protective coating when the wall fs new, the surface may be kept in perfect condition. When the coating be comes soiled it is removed and be neath in all its freshness is the new finish. The coating may be applied several different times, saving as many bills for redecor ation. A handful of starch is dis solved in Just enough cold water to cover it, and boiling water add ed until the mixture has a thick Jelly-like consistency. It is then thinned with cold water until it has a consistency about like, that of milk and brushed on to the wall with an ordinary flat wall brush. Thorough brushing Is es sential to good results. A pinch of dry color, If desired, may be added to tint the coating. In case the wall has a gloss finish, it should first be wiped down with vinegar or alcohol. A coating of this kind does not alter the ap pearance of the wall in any way except by removing glossy spots and giving greater uniformity. It should not, however, be applied to a poorly painted wall as It is liable to emphasize laps and streaks, or to any wall that has an Insuffi cient number of coats. Pasteurized buttermilk serves the same purpose as a starch coat ing is usually easier to apply. It is brushed on and stippled with a wall stippling brush. It Is so easy to keep walls in top notch condition with starch ing and washing that there is no excuse for carelessness in this re spect. If we live with shabbiness. we cannot help feeling its de posing effect. Fresh clean walls are as big an item as any In ward ing it off. Despite two unfavorable peri ods, when cold and disagreeable weather discouraged the starring of new construction activity, pros pects for acceleration in this line are noticeable In the daily build ing records at the city hall. Because; of these stormy perl-, ods, the amount of new construc tion started in January will not reach the total of the same month a year ago. but it is closely ap proaching that of Jaunary 192. which was the start of Salem'8 record year in building. In fact it Is practically certain that the January 1926 total of $112,650 will be surpassed, for on Friday there remained but $3,- 250 margin to overcome. Up to that day 1109.400 worth of construction bad been started. and excellent weather was renew ing the rapid filing of requests for building permits. The month has . seen rapid strides made on a number of larg er buildings, notably the Presby terian church, on which exterior construction is nearing completion. Work on remodeling the old Lar mer warehouse for use as a cold storage plant Is also proceeding rapidly. Numerous remodeling jobs on downtown: buildings are under way, including that at the Marion garage and at the D'Arcy build ing on State street. The month has seen completion of the new Senator hotel building which was formally opened Fri day night, and work is nearing completion on the Market build ing and other important down town structures. COAST HEMLOCK GAINING f Silks Sxtertor and Interior Paints House Paints, Barn Paints and Stains Manufactured in Salem Guaranteed white lead and linseed oil base, manufac tured by experts with more than fifteen years experi ence with the largest paint manufacturers. Cut your paint cost. Boy a home product direct from the fac tory. Save (1X0 per srallen. Phone us for free estim ate on painting and sutr"estiona. .White Lead Oil and Turpentino Varnish for Less Factory 2649 Portland Road Phone 2786. LONGVIEW. Wn.. Jan. 28. West Coast hemlock, one of the four major woods of the north west, is gaining great favor with home builders in the east as in terior finish, according to C. Hugo Nelson, Philadelphia salesman for several West Coast lumber mills. who is in the northwest on busi ness. Philadelphia builders are ob taining beautiful effects by using this wood, Mr. Nelson says, and appreciate its merits more than do home builders in the region it is produced. Jlr. Nelson says that he has re cently sold four carloads of West Coast hemlock finish, two cars of hemlock moldings and a quantity of. hemlock flooring. Since living in Philadelphia he has built three houses himself, using Douglas fir timbers. Western red cedar siding, and West Coast hemlock finish and floors. He has bad no trouble in disposing of these, all of which were built originally for his own family. In addition to West Coast hem lock. Douglas fir dimension lum ber and timbers, and western red cedar siding and shingles are being sold in increased quantities in the territory about Philadelphia and the adjacent towns and cities of New Jersey, according to Mr. Nelson. They say that Secretary Mellon is holding the key to the 1928 campaign. That is better than be ing left to hold the bag. Buffalo Courier and Express. An attractive four room bungalow is shown in the house design for today. With the semi colonial lines for the ex terior the house would make an attractive dwell ing for the small town lot, or with proper land scaping for the suburban home. Four rooms are pro vided for on the ground floor, and the spacious living room, equipped with a fireplace, is es pecially desirable. It will be noticed that both the living room and dining room are at the front of the house, while bed room, bath and kitchen at the rear are entirely separated and form a complete compartment on the ground floor. By means of the archway pi LIVlfiq t3Dn jj PIBIttq Kn fotcii riGDL run TUB HO. 40 between the living room and dining room those two rooms can be used as one. The kitchen space is economically arranged so as to lessen the steps of the house wife, while the breakfast nook opening at the rear of the kitchen gives the occu-r pant ample room to serve informal family meals. It will be noted that all of the rooms on the ground floor have two exposures, thereby insuring adequate ventilation. The attic, if finished, has plenty of room for two chambers. Blue prints of plan 430 are available to readers of this paper at nominal cost. For complete information write the Spaulding Logging Co. Salem, Oregon Telephone 1830 Ask Cities and Suburbs To Link Traffic Plans "Take the choas out of traffic management and much of present' day congestion will be done awayj with," said D. C. Fenner. chair man of the Motor Vehicle Confer ence committee, speaking at the January meeting of the Spring field Safety Council, Springfield. Mass. "Xo large railroad could oper ate under the divided authority that now exists with respect to traffic in many of our metropoli tan communities. No matter how conscientious ea'ch official may be, urhon "e-tf-kii It o tt a o t.-truntlsM'i ixr Vnaro there are from twenty to one hun dred governing bodies within a metropolitan area, you cannot get a satisfactory traffic program un less there is some central authori ty to work it out. Traffic condi tions will, I believe, be bettered a great deal within the next few years. One necessary step in this. direction is -for every large city to have some central commission which shall serve as a clearing house for all the traffic programs in its metropolitan area, so that all of the developments will tie up into a unified common system. Our states have learned the neces sity for state highway commis sions to coordinate all the rural road work, but In most of our modern cities there has been no move to inter-relate the street program of the city proper with that of the suburbs." BOX! OF HARDS" The wo wis?frr the door V; mrtal rc than is th rot of goli.- J1' w.'VJsBBS . esBBV wdnSSA'SWSjilsMVsSSBS can Magazine. THE IIAlfiHTV ONES The reason why eo many wo men are not loved Is because they won't let men love them. Wo man's Home Companion. I TDLP AUNT MARY WRA1GKTTD HE. FACE THAT IP SHE OlPNT TALK WITH, BEFORE SHE BEGAN BuiLDlflfi THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH SENSE AS I GAVE HER. CREDIT FOR "If there is greater virtue than De pendability history fails to record the fact. Our social structure is founded upon it." says Practy Cal. LUMBER and All Building: Materials Gabriel Povder&Supply Co Offkr, Yard aad Warebomse 610 North Capitol : , Telephone 224S jfe YOU PAY FOR A BRICK HOME WHY NOT OWN ONE? You pay for a brick home if you do not own one in extra depreciation, upkeep and insurance. A home is an investment and its cost should be reckoned over a period of years. The answer is the . brick home. Brick : that needs no protective coat of paint, that only mellows with ag. Brick that saves fuel in winter and forms a shell of protection against the heat of summer because of its excellent insulating value. Brick that does not shrink or warp and depreciates so slowly that deprecation is almost nothing. , SEXD .FOR THESE BRICK BOOKS Homes of Lasting CBarm. . ;.2Se Heart of Tha Horn (Fireplaces) j .55c Brick How to Build A . . Estimate (construction) . ,2Sc Pacific Northwest Brick and Tile Association IS Arctic Bids;; Seattle, Wash. v ' ' . - : ! ' i' .... Consult Your Local Manufacturer s construction, Br th time N the toasev :fcasatotHfaarrlt f04t - .' -