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Section Two
Pages One to Eight
Ben Lomond Park
Home Special Section
FOUMDCP 1651
The OREGON STATESMAN, Salens Oregon Sunday Morning. Jnne 23, 1929
-HOME IS NOW R
R VIEWING OF PUBLIC
Niceties of Modern Home
Are Built Into Interior
Of Attractive Dwelling
The interior" of the model home contains many of the
nice features which go to make a house a home. Feeling that
the Ben Lomond model house should be more than a common
place affair, Mr. Bond saw to it that the niceties of modern
construction went into every detail of the new home.
Start with the entrance of the house and procede through
out the home and you woll be impressed by the finesse which
has marked the interior construction.
The front door has the air of distinction to be found
in new homes. Heavy and solid in its construction, it is given
grace by a semi-circular top and by a narrow window slightly
to the right of the center of the door which gives the entrance
a mark of medieavel distinctiveness.
Across the arched doorway
leading into the hallway Is a brick
construction which makes a most
attractive entrance way. To either
, side of the front entrance is a
fringe of stucco which adds an
other novel note to the entrance.
Stairway Attractive
Once in the entrance hall, one
is immediately Impressed by the
attractive stairway which leads to
the second floor of the home. With
a graceful railing to the right of
the stairs, is an ornamental bit of
Ironwork to relieve any harshness
which might appear to the casual
viewer of the flight of stairs.
To the left as one enters the
home is the living room, a dream
room if ever there was one. It is
at a slightly lower level than the
entrance hall, causing the visitor
to step down a foot to reach the
level occupied by the attractive
furniture which fits readily into
the scene.
Iarge Fireplace
Of course the center of the room
Is the large fireplace which is as
distinctive as the room itself. The
fkeplace is built in as an unusual
manner as any in the city. The
tipper shelf is tiled, below this
shelf is a large plaque scene, and
an attractive tile hearth is the ba
sis of the fireplace and adds its
note to the general effectiveness
of the scene.
There is a large window look
ing from the living room over the
entire city and from the fireplace
one may glimpse the town it all its
many moods.
Opposite the living room is the
coxy dining room which, has the
attractiveness of a tidy room com
bined with the practicability of
utmost convenience.
Kitchen Glory of Home
In the kitchen is the special
glory of the house. Here are built
ins. galore, the coxiest little break
fast tahle and slide-away seat
which can be used whenever de
sired or neatly tucked away to
hide it from vie wwhen not in use.
There is ample space for an el
ectric' refrigerator as well as for
an electric range while over the
range apace is a draft with which
- fumes from cooking may be car
Tied away from the kitchen.
Neatly plastered, tidily linole
nmed, so efficiently arranged that
not a step will be lost, the kitchen
-is quite the pride or Mr. iona in
hl3 creation of the model home.
Turning to the upstairs, one
finds three exceedingly well plan
ned bedrooms. All have spacious
windows with attractive French
panes, all have beautiful views of
the neighboring city, each one is
of easy access to the well arran
ged bathroom which adjoins the
central hallway leading to the bed
room.
As an example of the niceties
which make up the rooms, one can
see the fhoughtfulness of the ar
chitect in providing lighted closets
when the doors leading to the clo
sets are opened. A great sufficien
cy of wall plugs and other elec
trical appliances are included in
the equipment of the house.
FIREPLACE ADORNS
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You're Invited to View This Home Today And All Week
To acclaim a fireplace as
"unique" is not always to speak
of it as beautiful. Yet, a fireplace
both beautiful and unique is that
which adorns the south wall of
the living room in the Ben Lo
mond Park Home.
A pattern definite yet indistinct
is woven into the soft rich color
ings of the art tile, only one exam
pie of the masonry work Edward
Viesko has done on the Ben Lo
mond Park Home.
The dreamy atmosphere which
always clings around a fireplace
is further enhanced by the
placque, picturing scenes from his
torical times, which forms the
mantel-piece.
The fireplace is in "the very
modern and popular art UJft wqkx
which in Salem is done only by.
Mr, Viesko, and which is" being
used in some of the loveliest new
homes in the country.
The gable front in red brick is
the work of Mr. Viesko as- are
also the two chimneys in which a
design of red brick and white mor
tar has been used very effectively.
Mr. Viesko was selected to d)
the masonry in the Ben Lomond
Park Home because of the unusual
ability he has shown in his work
during the last few years in Sa
lem and vicinity, and because of
the great desirability of the art
tile work which he does so well.
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BEN LOMOND
DEVELOPS
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- Tills attractive English-type construction home, complete in every
detail including the furnishings for every room, is now ready for pub
lic inspection. And the crowds which see it this week wilT give a
favorable verdict to the work at least, if they appreciate good work-
manshio and fine design. Hostesses will be on hand to show visitors
through the new house.
Interesting Features Which go to
Make Ben Lomond Home Attractive
RADIUM PREVENTS FIRE
Radium has been installed in
a rubber factory at Leningrad,
Russia, to prevent fires. A small
capsule of the element permits
the great amount of electricity
that jumps from the rubber fabric
while passing over rollers, to leak
slowly and harmlessly into the
air. Only one milligram of radium
is necessary to thus minimize the
fire haczard caused by the static.
HiLLraumii
CREATES BIGTASK
Excavating on a hill offers
problems not found on level land;
the only answers to these are ex
Derience and equipment, which
are the answers to most excavat
ing problems.
J. A. Gipson. who did the'exca
vatnig for the Ben Lomond Park
Home, has" been exCevating for
Salem houses for a number of
years during which time he has
met and solved all sorts of dim
cult problems and has gathered
together equipment which permits
rapid and well-done work.
About the Ben Lomond model
home are a host of minor features
but Important additions which
give to the house its distinctive
ness and charm which is sure to
bring delight to the owners.
How a housewife will exclaim
with delight when she views the
pretty tiles in the kitchen! Along
the draining board are laid orchid
tiles which glisten in the sun as
milday does the work of the morn
ing. Back of the draining board
are laid tiles of green which har
monize beautifully . in the color
scheme of the room. Absolue
cleanliness is augmented by ex
act beauty to bring a very definite
charm to the use of these tiles.
"Staggering" the shingles on a
roof by a new term to the unitiat
ed but to the contract it means
having the shingles laid unevenly.
with the lower edges protruding
in varying lengths. The result is a
roof of uneven proportions but
one which is very attractive to
look upon. While more shingles
are required for a staggered roof
than an ordinary one, the effect
gives an unusual touch to the
roof.
California stucco is used for the
interior of the home, .the stucco
Lbeing treated as a brocade finish
and the result is extremely pleas
ing to the eye. The harshness or
Diananess which often accompan
ies a plastered wall is entirely ab
sent and its place, a soft, colorful,
harmonious wall is found in which
every way the eye looks.
There are any number of good
reasons lor a living room places
at a different level from the re
mainder of the house. But the
best one is the fact that the
sunken" room gives distinctive
ness, individuality to the room; it
seta it off apart from the remain
der of the house and makes one
feel that here is a place he would
be, secure, content, a true room in
which to live.
Of course in the 'Ben Lomond
house the living room has this
added advantage; it fits well into
the lie of the lot on which the
house is built.
Place yourself in one of the
comfortable chairs ii. the living
room and look towards the en
trance half. It is a charming scene,
which confront the eye as you sit
in your chair on a level slightly
below that of .the remainder of the
first floor. You are In a retreat.
secluded, at peace and much of
this feeling comes from the var
iance in level, just a small touch
in the architecture of the house.
it is true, but a very major part
in giving to the room the subtle
qualities which make it so vital a
factor
home.'
in calling this a "Model
All modern colors are nicely
blended together In the shades
employed in the home. For exam
ple, in the bedrooms, different
shades have been empolyed to' give
unique effects to the room. One
room is of the basie color of can
ary yellow trimmed with lavender,
another is finished with an or-
ehid waU trimmed with a light,
soft green. Still another bedroom
employs light soft green waif with
a rose ivory trim. The hall har
monizes with and brings all the
rooms together with a color of
sovereign gray.
It is easy to say that the "work
manship of the house is perfect."
Carrying out this statement is
more difficult than making it. But
the Ben Lomond model does bear
close inspection as to workmau-
shlp. You'll find no hammer marks
even on the closest Inspections;
the Joints of the room are fitted
to a perfect nicety. Contractors
who did no .work on the house
have inspected it and been loud in
their praise of the workmanship
employed.
Wilamlna "red rug" bricks
were used in building the fireplace
of the home and give a touch of
color and serve to this feature of
the living room. Ed R. Viesko did
the masonry work and he exhib
ited unusual ability on making the
fireplace a very marked feature of !
the home.
What would a Hying room com
manding such a wonderful view as
Ben Lomond affords, be-without
suitable windows? Very insuffi
cient, to be sure. Looking out for
this need, Mr. Bond provided the
house with a lovely, large plate
glass window looking out over aS
lem. On either side of the window
are casements so if Romeo seren
ades, Juliet may have some place
to drop her handkerchief.
Some homes have one room
with the floors finished in hard
wood, other homes have the down
stairs finished with hardwood but
every single room In the Ben Lo
mond model home has a hardwood
floor and that means that small
rugs can be used just as effective
ly as the large rugs or carpets
which used to be required in the
home of class and distinction.
Bond's Interest Grows as
He Sees Ideas for Homes
Patterned in Actualities
Delmar Bond, builder of the Ben Lomond mode! home,
began his work as a constructor of homes in Salem three
years ago when he launched into the field on his own resour
ces and erected a number of moderate priced dwellings, sub
sequently selling these to home owners in the city.
His business has grown rapidly. Mr. Bond finding little
or no difficulty in disposing of his properties. In fact, in the
last three years he has not held a house more than 30 days af
ter it was completed. As Bond's activities increased, he be
came more nd more interested in building finer residences. .
Twenty-five homes have been constructed by Bond in the last
three years and with these behind, his mind has turned to
homes more individualistic and more unique as well as in a
higher price range. .
It was to work out some of the
ideas of fine home building acquir
ed through his years' experience
that Bond started the Ben Lo
mond job.
House Aristocratic ConipleN
Here was to be a house complete
in every detail, thoroughly modeifn
yet tasty, distinctive, illustrative
of the finer type of dwelling which
Bob believes Salem should own.
Bond feels that this home should
be of the artistic proportions
which make it blend into the lot
on which it is placed and in carry
ing out the plans and construction
of the Ben Lomond property this
idea has been constantly in hl
mind . .the setting of an Weal
home In an ideal surrounding.
Mr. Bond feels that the comple
tion of the model home marks a
new epoch in his work in Salem.
More and more he will center his
efforts on construction of fine
dwellings; more and more he will
find his pleasure as well as bis
business in doing a type of work
which sets his construction out
and apart from much of the more
mediocre work which is always to
be found in a city.
While but a young man. Bond
is thoroughly conversant with ail
phases of building activity. He
purchases the lot, arranges the fi
nancing, handles all contracts and
suvervises the buying of material
as well as the construction of the
house.
Sold on Salem
A Salem young man is Bond, as
sured of the future of the city and
willing and anxious to spend hn
years here in doing a constructive
service in affording finer homes
for the citizens of the community.
90 Per Cent of Lots Sold
Since October; Great
View Obtained
S SEAMEN INJVRED
PORTLAND, Ore., June 22.
(AP) Three seamen suffered in
juries here today when a boiler
on the steamer Pennsylvania,
backfired as it was docked at the
Portland wharf.
Guy R. Lucas, 82, first engi
neer, suffered burns about the
face, neck, forearms and both
hands; Laurence Chuinard, ?2.
second engineer, suffered second
and third degree burns about the
face and Ernest Cathey, fireman,
received facial and chest burn?.
They were taken to a hospital.
The development of Ben Lo
mond park has been as rapid as
that of any section recently devel
oped in Salem.
With the section opened only
last October in the South Salem
district buyers have found that
the property combined a conven
ient location to the city with other
features such as a beautiful view
and proper restrictions on build
ing. Originally the Ben Lomond
tract was owned by Fred Lam
port, Charles E. Cone and Mrs. V.
W. Ohmart. these parties author
izing the Modern Community De
velopers to be their exclusive sales
agencies for the property.
Of 130 lots in the tract nearly
90 per cent have now been sold.
The property is laid out with
winding streets converging in a
park site atop the slight hill in
South Salem where Ben Lomond
centers. A view overlooking all
parts of the valley can be obtained
from the tract.
The name Ben Lomond comes
from Scotland where certain high
peaks have this name.
HEBREW SINGERS ON AIR
BOSTON (AP) Vocal pro
grams by a group known as the
Hebrew choral singers have at
tracted such favorable comment
that a new series of broadcasts
of this type has been instituted
by WBZ and WBZA of Spring
field, Mass., and Boston. Cantor
Gabriel Hochberg, of Temple Beth
El at Chelsea, Mass., is in charge.
FARM CLASS NETS $2,110
ROBINSON, 111. (AP) Four
teen members of the vocational
agriculture class at Robinson high
school realized $2,11 6 net profit
on class projects during the last
year.
$2.50 RATE STANDARD
PORTLAND, Ore., June 22.
(AP). Meeting the competition
of its three smaller competitors,
the North Coast Transportation
company, largest hut operating
company in the field between
Portland Seattle, Friday standard
ized at $2.60 the rate between tb
two cities.
BIG CORN YIELD CONTEST
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) Mern
than 200 entries are expected in
the Nebraska corn yield contest
this year. Several farmers aav
raised more than 100 bushels of
corn to the acre at a cost very
little higher than the average eoet xj
per acre.
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A. So IFIBII
Home Building
Contractor
Comfort and convenience in the
homes we build and satisfied custom
ers our hobby.
Would he glad to show prospective
builders our workmanship.
Inspect the Delmar Bond Model Home
in Ben Lomond Park, it was our priv
ilege to construct this home.
Could refer you to many others in
Salem. .
Remodeling Repairing
PRICES REASONABLE
. Address R 3, Box 151, Salem .
Phone 88F4
When in need of an Expert
Landscape Gardener
m
Think of Earnest Iuf er
The landscaping at the Ben Lomond Park Home is an
excellent sample of his work.
Earnest Infer
yet
"Landscape Gardner" A.
R.F. D. No. 4 Box 19B
Tdephorw69F2
the
Work
We Furnished
icreft
in the Ben Lomond Park Home and
We Are Pfoum3.
of the Job
JOHN KOENEKE
I960 Center
Phone 655
CONCRETE WORK
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