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Appearance and Durability Both Considered
AT FAST PACE
No Ballyhoo Accompanies
Big Forward Move; De
fies Weather Evils
Without any ballyhoo pre
ceding it, building activity in
Salem in the last month and
a half has taken rapid strides
forward and there are more
than significant in view of the
unfavorable season.
In October, with the annual
flow of families to Salem,
drawn here by the educational ad
' vantages offered, and the usual
speeding up of activity in all lines,
It was to be expected that a num
ber of new residences would be
started, and no surprise was ocea
stoned when building permits
reached a total of S9,S50, espe
dally In view of the unusually
rood fall weather which pre.
vailed.
Permits Increase
But in November, with heavy
rains commencing, a slackening of
building activity was to be looked
for. Yet in the first half of the
month, building permits have
reached a figure almost equal to
that of the entire month preced-
lag. The total up to Thursday,
November 15, was 82,350.
Twenty-two permits were Issued.
If the second half of the month
brings an equal amount. Novem
ber will far exceed the figure for
November last year, which was
1123.550. and will also pass all
of the months of 1928 so far ex
cepting March, April and May;
the two latter being the only
months this year which have
brought more new building than
the corresponding month of 1927.
There doesn't seem to be any
way to explain November's except
ionally good start unless business
conditions are just simply becom
ing better and are being reflected
in building activity, and that is
- the only conclusion possible. j
"Presidential Year" j
It ha3 beeft freely predicted inj
recent months that the slack i
period in construction would be
brief; these predictions have gen
erally been put down as the state
ments of incorrigible optimists,
but they are being borne out by
the facts as recorded at the city
hall this month.
.Building this year kept up to
standard for five montjhs and then
' dropped off markedly, but no more
so than elsewhere, due to general
" business depression incident to the
I presidential year, which had its ef
fect despite vociferous claims to
the contrary.
Figures for the year up to the
- end of last month are:
January. $118,650.
February. $109,800.
March. $217. 275.
April. $260,518.
May, $250,985.
Juda, $116,150.
July. I1S8.475.
August. $33,725.
4tamber. $44,165.
October, $89,850.
PLAWSURVEY
Government Holds Economy
May Come From Right
Method of Financing !
la "How To Own Your Home," a
publication with a sal of more
thaa $50,000 copies to Its credit,
which was put out several years
ago by the department of com
merce as part of its program to
promote home ownership and to
encourage voluntary local efforts
to safeguard the interests ot fam
ilies who build or buy their homes.
These publications may bo ob
tained from the Superintendent of
Documents, Government Printing
Office, Washington, for five cents ;
THE TAHOKA DESIGN A707
i-i PPTTAT?AMfm which alwavs counts is laree. unusually deep for a house of this
tremendously in insuring a high resale site, and supplied with an open grate, .with
M M value, is coupled with durability in
this engaging little bungalow type of com
mon brick home. It
is a combination one
should always try to
attain for your never
know just how soon
you may desire to
sell.
There is nothing
staid, commonplace
o r tiresome about
thia cottage. Its lines
are) broken with
more, than ordinary
taste and regard for
interior convenience.
It attracts instantly,
lends itself well to
landscaping effects
and for a moderate
sized family makes
an ideal home
the mantel built of selected soft toned brick.
Directly back of the living room is the
dining room, of ample
dimensions, entered
through portiered or
French doors as the
owner may elect.
The kitchen is just
opposite, also roomy
and well equipped.
A small hallway leads
from the dining room
to the bath and two
large, well lighted
bedrooms in the rear.
On the second
floor are two addi
tional bedrooms and
bath, behind which is
a commodious stor
age attic:
A very complete
home.
From the Dorch one enters the living room
through a vestibule behind which is a coat
closet f acinar the stairway. The living room
Tb. Common Brick M.nuf.etaiW Aatociation. Cllnd. Ohio, caa furnUh oomplata drawin. for this 4mig.
n brick construction sent upon rcqmat.
Built of common brick this home has cost
different amounts varying from $10,000 tc
$12,500 according to locality.
LMltt
COMMUNITY CLUB
MEETING IS HELD
LADIES' NIGHT IS
B
BY CLUB
Nov.
night
Lions
17.
. was
club
MONMOUTH. Ore
( Special) Tuesday
ladies' night at the
and featured at 7 o'clock dinner
and an excellent program with an
attendance of about 200. Dr. A.
8. Jensen gave the address of
welcome; and President J. S.
Landers acted as toastmaster and
delivered the address of the eve
ning. Lion Archie Parker pro
nounced the invocation. Vocal
numbers by Kenneth Thompson
and Paul Penhollnw and a read
ing. "The Pudding." by Kather
Ine Olday were well received.
Mrs. Fred O'Rourke won the
prize In a special Ftunt of pinning
on the lion's tail. Mrs. W. R.
Graham was acclaimed the best
story teller present; and in a ball
room blowing stunt Dr. Jensen
carried off the honors. All Lions
present, unaccompanied by their
wives, were sentenced to publicly
opening a bottle of milk using
only the fingers. E. M. Ebbert.
. Lockle Cooped and O. M. Partt
, ridge were the unfortunate vic
tims of this fine.
Each ladjy was given a clever
paper hat to wear during the
evening: and Chambers & Powell
presented each with a Lions em
blem bookmark. Various Lions
songs, and a local orchestra ad
ded to the pleasure of the affair.
STAYTON'. Ore.. Nov. 17
i Special) The reguar meeting of
the Women's Community club
was held at the clubhouse Thurs
day afternoon. Mrs. Hattie Flck
lln and Mrs. Frances Fox were
hostesses for the occasion.
A number of Important matters
came up for discussion. Mrs. R.
O. Ward, librarian, said that folk
from the country and some who
live in Stayton, especially the chil
dren, have said they wished the
clubhouse would be open longer
on Saturdays, so that they might
spend more time there reading.
It was decided that smal tables
j should be purchased to equip the
room oeuer ior recreation.
The club has taken over the
health center work, and Mrs. Ma
yo la chairman of the committee
in charge.
Suggestion had been made that
the clubhouse be equipped with
a stove, plumbing and cooking
utensils so that meals could be
prepared, but following a report
on the cost, this plan was aban
doned for the present.
Mrs. Fickin, chairman of the
delegates to the county conven
tion at Jefferson, gave a report
of that meeting.
The hostess served apples and
home made candy. Fifteen mem
bers were present, a small repre
sentation of the membership of
90.
The space devoted to classified
Stda in the New Statesman is con
tinually being forecasted; the
growth of these small want-ads is
keeping pace with the expansion
of the rest of the paper.
Cast is Chosen
For Class Play
ST. PAUL. Ore., Nov. 17 (Spe
cial "That's One on Bill," the
comedy drama to be presented by
the Junior class in the Knights of
Columbus hall November 26 and
27. has a cast of ten characters.
They are:
Uncle Jimmy, a young bachelor.
Bill Ross; Bill Haily, his nephew,
Elmer Gooding; Battling Benny
Bozo. Lester Ernst; Harry Dover.
Charles Pelland; Ned Collins, too
rich to work. Leslie Sprogls; Pa
tricia, Frances Eder; Lil Haily.
Helen Rasmussen; Mat Allen, un
cle's choice for Bill. Irene
Schneider; Mrs. Haily. Loretta
Jewett; Rosie, the maid, Gussle
Dnke.
ANALYSIS OF COUNTY VOTE
SHOWS INTERESTING FACTS,
Ten Precincts of Marion Which Were Carried by
Smith This Year Went for LaFollette in 1924-
A FOLLETTE'S vote of 1924 has been divided about evenly be
tween the republican and democratic forces In Marion county,
a glance at the results of that election and the one of this year re
veals. La Follette carried ten precincts in this county four years
ago, and of these five are to be found in the Smith column this year.
Ths Is not considered an indlca-
tion of waning republican
strength, since the La Follette
forces drew as much strength
from the democrats as from the
republicans. Scollard precinct
was the only one carried by Davis,
democratic nominee for president
in 1924.
In the La Follette column was
listed Croisan, Elkhorn, Monitor,
East Mount Angel, West Mount
Angel, Riverside. East Salem,
Shaw, Sublimity and Woodard.
Of this list Croisan, Monitor,
1920
Precinct
Aumsville ...
Aurora
Breitenbush
Brook
East Mount Angel. West Mount
Angel, Riverside and Shaw are in
the Smith column this year, the
other five being in the republican
column. Scollard and Fairfield,
the most consistently democratic
precincts in the county, have been
in the Bourbon column In 1920,
1924, and 1928.
Following is a table showing
how the precincts lined up for the
three last presidential contests,
and also the unusual gubernator
ial contest of 1922:
Hundreds of thousands of fam
ilies who set out to own their
homes each year find financing the
most trvtnit problem they have to
surmount, according to the divi
sion of building and housing of
the department " of commerce,
which has Just Issued the booklet
"Present Home Financing Meth
ods." This booklet, which has
been prepared with the co-operation
of leading home financing
agencies. Is written to assist home
buyers and home builders who
have to borrow, and also for per
sons an dorganlzations who are in
terested In improving local home
financing, facilities.
Choosing a helpful home financ
ing agency and a good plan of fi
nancing may save a family from
much unnecessary expense,; or
even determine the success of the
undertaking. In order to avoid
costly mistakes a family, particu
larly If It has to borrow more than
caa be obtained on a first mort
gage, needs to know something
about the sources of home loans,
and the types of services furnished
by the agencies supplying them.
Describes Services
"Present Home Financing Meth
ods" describes the services ren
dered by building and loan asecn
ciations. life insurance companies,
savings banks, trust companies.
and other agencies which lend to
home seekers, and also takes up
second and. third mortgages and
the land contract method of pur
chase. It points out various pit
falls to be avoided, and gives
much practical information,; such
as suggestions for use in applying
for loans.
The discussion cf the second
mortgage, a subject of vital in
terest to thousands' of homeseek
ers, deals with the methods and
practices of second mortgage len
ders, and the effect of discounts
and commissions on the interest
rate paid by the borrorer. j Since
the borrower is usually required
to curtail the loan periodically,
and therefore, does not have the
use of the whole amount for the
entire loan period, the discount
rates of 4 to 10 per cent a year
which are common in many local
ities, actually work out to be con
siderably higher.
Discount Rates
In fact, under the usually reg
ularly amortized loan the real dis
count rate is approximately double
the nominal rate. On a typical
second-mortgage lean, for exam
ple, running for three years on
the monthly payment plan, and
at a 7 per cent nominal interest
rate and with a IB per cent dis
count (6 per cent annually, so
called) the actual rate of interest
paid by the borrower on his out
standing balances is approximate
ly 18 per cent a year.
The appendix of the booklet ex-'
plains in. simple terms haw an-j
swers to similar problems may be'
found by prospective borrowers
who wish to compare different
loan plans available to them.'
In many communities the high.
rates cnargea ior seconai mort
gage funds have tended to dis
courage home building, but In
stances are given of successful ef
forts by public-spirited local
groups to Improve such conditions.
"Present Home Financing Meth
ods" is designed to cover the sub
ject more fully than was possible
HQFER WRITES
OF M
MORAL
Student Center at Corvallis
Distinctive Architectural
Accomplishment
GENERAL BIS
DISTINCTIVE LABEL
In the field, of modern mer
chandising the use of color has
played a very Important part. The
days of the open tub of butter, the
lickle barrel, the box of prunes,
and other well known commodi
ties displayed in unidentified bulk
packages nas gone. Today the
up-to-date grocer has his mer
chandise in packages, each un
mistakably identified by- a dis
tinctive name and label.
The purpose behind this im
provement in selling methods is
to protect the purchaser against
substitution and to assure him
hat he is getting Just what he
wants, the label acting as a guar
antee of the known quality of the
product and a quick means of
Identification.
The same principles are now
being applied In the gasoline busi
ness. If gasoline were sold in
this counry as It is in some parts
of the world, in five gallon cans,
the problem of Identification
would be simple, merely calling
for a label to place on the con
tainer. However, in this country
with the bulk turnover of motor
fuel too great to be handled' in
this manner, the problem of iden
tification was more difficult. A
study of 4he situation of course
brought out the use of color but
it was found that one could not
merely color gasoline with any
sort of dye or compound and have
the plan work in a satisfactory
manner.
The General Petroleum corpor
ation. In putting General violet
ray anti-knock gasoline on the
market, surmounted this difficul
ty by developing a color on a pe
troleum base so that the product
as it comes to the consumer is
still a 100 per cent straight run
petroleum product. Introducing
a new fuel on the gasoline market
in this day and age really neces
sitates the positive identification
of the product in such a fashion
that the consumer can readily
recognize it and then be sure of
getting what he wants. The dis
tinctive violet color of General
violet ray gasoline Is therefore
used both as identification and
as a guarantee of the product.
By COL. E. HOFKIt
The wonderful memorial union
building at the Oregon State col
lege is occupied and made use of
by all Its various student activi
ties for the first time this year.
Interior decorating and finishing
is nearly completed, construction
having been in progress for more
than a year.
Home for Students
The union building is one of the
highest class achievements in
structure abd architecture of any
of the college and university build
ings in the state, representing an
Investment of $600,000. No part
of the expense of the student cen
ter was borne by the taxpayers of
the state, the capital having been
by donations from alumni, facul
ty, students, officials, friends and
families interested In the school.
A dining hall to seat 300 stu
dents and a commodious modern
theatre and dance hall are includ
ed in the building. Lounge rooms
for men and women are equipped
with every comfort. The union
building is a college home for the
students, standing as it does in
the west quadrangle.
Alumni, College Connected
The beautiful, substantial and
artistic structure known as the
memorial union building has at
tracted a great deal of attention
for the public" spirited charcater
ot Its construction, projected and
built entirely on donations. The
alumni feel that It identifies them
with the work -of education from
this school scattered all over tho
state and the Pacific coast.
The Memorial union was
planned and financed and is niai.
aged by a board of directors ou'
side the college. Members of t in
board .governing - the union nr.
Percy A. Cupper, alumnus, cha::
man of the board, Salem; R. k
Riley , alumnus. vice-presid -;r
Portland; E. E. Wilson, alumnuv
treasurer, Corvallis; E. B. Ai,j
rich, alumnus, Pendleton; it, k
Clark, alumnus, Portland; K,b. ;
Cahill, student, president of me
morial union, Corvallis; and John
Warren, student, Corvallis.
Architects who designed the .stu
dent union were Thomas and M-i-cier
of Portland and W. M. Sum
merville of Los Angeles. Parker
and Banfield of Portland were th
contractors in charge of construe
tion.
Street Lights
Will Be Placed
SILVERTON, Orj., Nov. 17.
(Special) At a special meeting
of the city council four 250 Watt
lights were ordered installed. The
locations of the lights will be
Water and Main streets; Oak and
streets; Main and jFirst street
and Oak and First streets. An or
der was also issued to repair th
railing at the west end of the steel
bridge on Main street
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A New Method of
Saves You Money Adds to Comfort
No need to remove your old roof
by Red Cedar Shingles right over
ths eld rood,
A thoroughly practical Bcthed has
been worked out saves removing
old roof, avoids litter, improves ap
pearance of house, adds aaaxingly
to warmth, and comfort.
Well be glad to supply details, fllae-trsted-
folder, estimate also As
abiftrjssv Wo provide a complete
htpffaf and re-ebi&gHsg service.
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Mutual Savings and Loan Association
A. Salem Institution Organised In 1910
Place your savings with us
Let us finance your home on weekly
or monthly payments
142 South Liberty Street
PONY
CUSSES
FOR PUBLIC PUN
SILVERTON, Ore., Nov. 17.
(Special)- Warren E. Crabtree,
instructor in the Smith-Hughes de
partment of the Silverton schools,
announces that beginning Novem
ber SO community classes in poultry-culture
will be conducted each
Tuesday and Thursday evening at
8 o'clock at the Smith-Hughes
l,n.numJ ar -all nfilmia wha rjil
e .J".- v "nr.".- .".-"Tr"-
interested In poultry raising.
The classes vrill be open to ev
eryone absolutely tree of charge.
There will be at least ten lessons,
lasting through the remainder of
November and all of December.
The classes will be In the form of
conferences rather than lectures
and will be conducted along prac
tical lines instead of theoretical.
The Smith-Hughes class room Is
directly back of teh high school.
The space devoted to classified
ads 1b the New Statesman is con
tinually being forecasted; the
growth ef these small want-ads is
keeping pace with Ithe expansion
skf the net, j isJte W9i&gs&
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The man who can't tell one note from another
enjoys 'Home, Sweet Home. The man who can't
tell one wood from another enjoys buying lumber
at this dependable yard."
-says Practy C&L
LUMBER
and All Building Materials
Gabriel Powder&Supply Co.
Office. Yard and Warehouse
010 North Capitol
Telephone 2UI
and it's really
economical to
build with brick
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gU i r course we d longed for a brick
homehad been charmed by
the beauty and permanence of brick construction,"
declared a recent builder of a modern brick residence,
"but we never really realized that one could be within
our meant until we began investigating costs. Then
we found that building with brick is an act of thrift as
well as a source of pride."
Because walls of brick grow old gracefully, they do
not require frequent painting or repairs to keep them
looking smart. Their beauty increases with the passing
year.
Where solid brick construction is used, a worthwhile
saving is effected in insurance and in cost of heating,
while plaster does not crack nor doors and windows
get out of plumb' because of the shrinkage or swelling
of timbers.
If you are planning to build
a new home or buy one, it
will pay you to consider the
advantages of brick.
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The Salem Brick & Tile Co.
Information about brick construction, costs, plans
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