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PERFECT ACOUSTICS mm Compactness Is Feature of Home Plans BY BF1 I! Sound Absorbing Factors Institutional Building Seem -., to be Running Ahead ' . . Last Year Call for Porous and Flex ible Type Always ' . BUM r Chai'ming English Typo pt ujoaorato uoox IIR i i r SHI THE KISHOWAMi. DESIGN A7U ODIFIED adaptations frequently, prove more satisiactory in ineir irnenoi cozrmleteness than do the homes which conform strictly to the architectural demands of th true English type. And almost always they are decidedly cheaper to construct. English type homes are attractive. Their harp lines, their abruptly upthrust chimneys from un expected corners, 'their broad sweeps of steep roof and their small paned win dows give them an undis puted air of distinction. ut in f interior . results the achievement 'isn't always so gooct In this house something 4f the English atmosphere has been attained in the broad sweep of roof, the long roof lines, and the treatment of the windows. -And inside it is almost free of the objec tionable features frequently encountered in the true English home. Here the upper floor rooms have walls with nearer full ceiling height than usual in this type of architecture and excellent lighting throughout. Tha Cmimi Brick Bfaaafactarera a brick ilimtm tit upa nqmrt. It is a house that will fit into any surround-inf-although where possible it should be se lected for a wooded setting. Trees are. helpful but, not imperative and even in the open it can be very appealtngly -dressed by appropriate land scaping and a judicious se lection of shrubbery. The lower floor is delight fully arrangechwith a living room of good size lighted by - windows on three sides and furnished 'with a large open .grate, always a desirable feature. " Likewise the din ins, loom ia cheerful and a cozy breakfast nook and pantry s between it and the 'kitchen. Beyond the latter ia well equipped laundry. The arrangement through out this floor is ideal. On the upper floor are three exceptional sleeping rooms and the bath. These are also well Jighted and each has -ample closet room. While not a large house the rooms are all of good size, larger than one would expect. Built of common brick it insures 4ong service with small upkeep expense and always the assurance of the highest resale value. iaUoa. Clrvclaa. Ofcta. aa faraiak coatplata 4rawia far Uia 4aaiga. LceSat iij - a"- r kM0aB44 FHp1- St ".5 ilETCOMIS TO GROW STRONGER Export Prices Advanced; De mand for Lumber Develop ing Rapidly The market during the past two weks has continued to strengthen In most departments and many manufacturers are raising prices on some Items. Notwithstanding very stubborn resistance on the part of buyers prices are being well maintained. There are. two outstanding features adding strength to the market, whereas sixty days ago one factor was largely responsible for rising pric es. Today the curtailment is Just as much In effect. If ot more so. than at any time this summer and In addition very few mills have any surplus lumber to dispose of. In fact most mills are supplied with orders well into:! August and JO I Tm rlli-l As dependable as your electric light small current; as quiet as a electric fan and economical to operate these features have! won; for Copeland the preference of home owners everywhere Come in and inspect the 9 complete, models, or select the right size of Copeland separate unit to fit your present refrigerator You need pay only, a few dollars down ! ! I Copeland Refrigerators are priced as low as $210.00 Completely Installed m m rii i n n in Trrr in Woirtr frfuj'ft BfWt 9M I 337 Court St., EXCLUSIVE AGENTS in no position to take on business for prompt shipment. A first class demand for lum ber Is developing from all markets and while Atlantic Coast retailers are fighting harder than anyone else against higher prices the cate that the usual amount of lumber Is going forward to the Atlantic Coast through the Pana ma canal. There is no reason why Atlantic Coast buyers should not pay the higher prices, although some of them are objecting very much to letting the price situation get out of - their-hands and into he hands of the mills where it rightfully belongs. Export prices have been ad vanced, although these prices axe not considered quite on a par with rail business or California and At lantic coast. Inland, Empire manuafcturers feel that their quotations are still out of line, but they are having difficult in harmonising market views. I The lath market remains firm, notwithstanding that the Callfor la demand seems to be pretty well supplied. The Atlantic coast lath market which has been quiet is now becoming active and there Is every indication that lath pric es will be maintained for some weeks to come'in all the various markets. The log market is steady. The supply of logs is ample for the present reduced operating sched ule of mills. A number of the large logging camps will shut: down until the middle of August.' There is not very much change in the shingle situation other than a steadily tightening lor market. There Is a great scarcity of good shingle logs. The mills are paying outside prices for raw material. (Reprint from West Coast .Lum berman July 15, 1S28.) " By MARIE HTTLSEIt , Is your office too noisy eTery time yon .speak does -.your own With one-hair of the year hack of us. construction work seems to be Just getting into its stride. vote lean heck, or become lost Using brick eonsirueuon iu i- v t t , t.Mi.M ani t indicator, it would aDDcar that We hope that the formation of this new Commercial League of Nations will mean that no nation will be allowed another war un til it baa paid off the Installments on the-last. London Punch. echoes? It may be that such a condition Is dne to the defective proportions of a building, or to spaces above the celllrfg. below the floors, and beyond the walls, hot uite Uksly ft la merely because the walls are hard and solid, caus ing definite reflection of sound. In. such an. atmosphere of con fusion, whether it Is In a factory, or an office, with Its peculiar me chanical equipment, fatigue of the nerves is inevitable, and tha ef ficiency of the warkers 4s greatly lessened. This doubtless means loss of production Just as surely as does poor lighting, or working in gloomy, nnpainted room. Such a noisy condition can be greatly decreased, by making the reflecting wall a good absorber so that the sound Is swallowed op and little or none thrown back. Fainting the wall can accomplish this. It la less expensive than 'other treatments, .'paint Is easily applied and, at the same time lends Itself to decorative .' treat ment, j The paint, however, to have the .greatest sound absorbing factors should-be the' porous and flexible type, which, means that thickness Is an important requisite. High plasticity is desirable . for many finishes. Paints having a high volatile content, which causes the formation of minute. pores in the film, would be excellent for this purpose. This suggests a flat wall paint, whereas In many cases, such as in factories, it may be desirable to use a gloss or egg shell finish In such cases, undercoats may be built up with flat finish Where there is an excessive amount of unnecessary noise, finish of ground cork against "tacky" priming coat of paint, with a finishing coat of any de sirable color. Is advisable. A sand finish, which Is merely sand spray ed upon a. "tacky" priming coat of paint, with a finishing coat in any desired color, la equally effective in absorbing sound, due to the porousness of the surface thus created. The reduction of vlbera- tions and noise will depend as stat ed before on the thickness of paint the roughness of surface and its porosity. The successful effect of paint In perfecting acoustics has been pointed out In an instance of large country club, having a high arched ceiling. A confused bab ble of voices prevented intelligible conversation during the dinner hours. It was decided to give the ceiling and walls two additional coats of paint, which were then stippled. The improvement noted was marked. ALso in a certain auditorium where the reverberation was ex cesslre the smooth plaster walls were changed to rough plaster sur face created by the circular mo tion of a barbed trowel, and. then painted and stippled. In this case the reverberations were material ly reduced. Paint bears a similar relation to sound as to light. It is com mon knowledge that when light waves strike against surfaces coated with light colored paints they are reflected many time. whereas light coming upon dark colored surfaces are absorbed. The analogy here, however, is that a ray of light when striking a polished white tile surface is very little dimmed, and the same is true with a sound. And when light falls upon the walls of a very rough' painted surface, less Is thro nwback. as with sound waves, i which are absorbed by such a fin ish. Where noise is loud enough to be distracting, an economical plan is to call In the painters. The sav ing of energy, and . consequent speeding up of work, will more than cover the cost for this effec tive remedy. The "liberal's" idea of good prohibition officer is one who will enforce the law and yet not Inter fere, with the supply of liquor. there is eOnalderanie pieaup-over the early months of the year. Present indications are ' that forecasts 'of a volume in If 21 equal to that of last year will be Justified. - t; The one class of building con struction that seems to be slight ly disappointing In its volume is the small residence. In Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, New York 'and many smaller cities there is from 11 to 26 leas construction In this field than there was in the same period of 1127. " ''-- Institutional buildings seem to be running above last year with rather large programs -of schools, churches, and hospitals being car ried on In nearly all large build ing centers. Chicago, which started 122 with a lower volume than in any recent years, has been picking up during, the past thirty- days. The situation ia New York Is quite satisfactory. A very .good market- for brick is disturbed from domestle manufacturers stand point only by larga importations of cheap-labor brick from Bel glum. If tha brick Industry was protected as nearly all other man ufacturing Industries in America are. the Atlantic coast manufac turers would have little to com plain of. Importations of cheap foreign brick made under work ing conditions that American workmen could not tolerate will reach, during the year, one hun dred and twenty-five million If the present rates of arrivals are car ried through the year. ' The volume of brick moved from the yards of the country dur ing the- past thirty days accord ing to the table below shows only about a 5 decline. The orders on tne dooks, on tne Oasis ot the number of plants reporting, show an Increase during the past thirty days and Is approximately equal to the unfilled orders of one year ago. - Cl TELLS OF BUILDING CMS Better Understanding of Cor rect Design Partially Helps Why the automobile industry constantly keeps young, and why its achievements are a continuous source of amazement not only to the American public, but even to well-known industrial leaders. both here and abroad, was point ed out by J. W. Fraser. Chrysler sales manager, In answer to a query put to him yesterday. The question asked Mr. Frazer was this: "How Is Chrysler able to build more luxurious, more comfortable and finer performing cars in every way "each year for less money, and by so doing con stantly give the .purchasers of Its cars considerably greater value per dollar?" The Chrysler sales manager's eyes lit up in a twinkling as much PLAN No. 405 With a ground space of -2S by 20 feet, today's house plan is one ideally adapted for a small town lot or for nse as a cottage at the' beach. - While but one bedroom Is provided for Iq the plan, a wall - bed In the living room is an auxiliary chamber for emer gency use. One of the features of the house lslts general compact oess In the arrangement of the kitchen. This room Is 2 ft. by 2 ft. and is designed for use with the minimum amount of walking by the housewife. It will be noticed that the- sink is directly under the window where ample light is provided for auch culinarjroperationa as are conducted In the sink or on the adjacent drain boards. The dining alcove Is adjoin ing the kitchen and at the front of the house. The kitchen, dining alcove and enclosed back porch, with a bultt-in Ice box, form one unit of the house, a unit which is separated from the rest of the rooms. The sets of blue prints of this plan will be furnished at nom inal cost on application to the real estate editor of J- emm fi If! d I . - mi?-fjr- "jfct .,. ' . Pin-too- St jc" '- ' : ' V. ,ri i T LOQt -UAH "2 6 e TUJl-HG-fG5- Spaulding Logging Co. Salem, Oregon Telephone 1830 as to say: "Here's an easy one," as he started to answer. "To "begin with," he replied. "the basic, fundamental design of Chrysler cars has alwaya been right. Fred M. Zeder, our vice president in charge of engineering. and his associates, went directly to the fundamentals of proper en gineering for their designing, test ing, research and metallurgy, long before the first Chrysler car was; built. They worked always with the Ideal of an entire motor car in their minds body, chassis and engine from the standpoints of appearance, performance, duraou ity and freedom from service. This basic design, when completed, was therefore correct and has always been correct In every Chrysler car built. "That achievement of the cor rectness in fundamentals from the groifhd up was probably the big gest .engineering achievement In motor car history. It represented improvements fraught with such tremendous significance that the public, generally, does not even yet understand their Import. It revolutionised the entire automo bile Industry. Chrysler, with its definite knowledge of the fundamental cor rectness of its basic designs, has. In its new- cars, combined: with Ithat knowledge new developments design, plus new developments dU- and features which have resulted covered and perfected from tlmj in cars that are finer In every, to time, can, therefore, bring ouly one result the manufacture of . .1.. V I nan produced and sold at less- money. 'That result you see on tlia streets and In Chrysler salesrooms throughout the country today iu the new Chrysler creations." way. The principle of Standard ized quality enables these Im provements and refinements to be made in each of Its cars upon the completion of satisfactory tests, thus economizing in the expense of experimenting, research, manu facture and other processes. This is one of the greatest phases of the workings of Standardized qual ity. "A continuance of correct basic Mayor JImmIe Walker of New York City has gone to Hollywood for a rest. What does he mean by rest, anyhowf J- A New Method of 's). Sorts You Money Adds to Comfort No need to remove your old roof -. lay Red Cesar ShiafW riht over the eld roof. A thoroughly practical method has oeen worked out caves removing old roof, avoids Utter, improves ap pearanc of house, adds amazingly . to warmth and comfort. WcH be glad to supply detail, iCus trated folder, estimate alao the shinglee. ' t We , provide a complete .ehragting and. re-ehingUag service. Don't re-roof until you investigate. A brcctical and . proven method . Csff or Phoa for Fuller Fsrtk&r - J. W. Copeland Yards Yards ia West 8alem, Albany. Lenta, nubbaxd, Tarnhni, WEST SALKM TULEFllOXS 570 - BUILD WITH PJCSa RIGHT '''liniilW Practj Cal Says: There is a smile upon the face of Irnth like the brightly shining: mid-day son. There's vitality in the truth and a profit for those who use it." LUMBER - and All Building: lMateriaU V GrisI Powder Supply Co. Office, Yard amd WarOhoaso " 610 North Capitol Telephone 34 ', is the man whotliveym one: if you : ask him if the Brick Home costs too much to build, he will . say You pay for a brick home Why not own one? Homes of. Lasting Charm FREE. " V Brick-How to Baild & Estimate ' Heart of. the Home (Fireplaces) .25c 2Sc MOKTIMvCST ' Q VAnOOATIOM jor ptaxif' - 913 Arctic Bid.; Seattle In Salem: Salem Brick c Hie Co. C