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U1ST OCTOBER L IIOOUBIED f Entire Year 1933 Already Exceeded in Values of Darn-lite in 1QOjl - i btiiiiio hi I -r . Marlon county's bouse modern ization campaign, 'launched when lumber prices' ar'f at a 4ow ebb, is believed responsible for the phe nomenal business reported so far tbls month by building dealers in this section. : .." According to reports : received yesterday by L. It. Schoettler, manager ot the Lumber Promo tion ot uregon, inc., Dusiness lor this month' will more tban dou- - ble the reports for October, 19X3, In 8alexn. Likewise, business In . Marlon county, outside Salem, has .been reported brisk. i Building permits for altera : tions, improvements and new eon- fstructlon. are keeping pace with lhe general business trend and are t showing a marked increase over former months, the records show, ? Permits Issued In Salem during the first 15 days of October, ex . ceed in number those issued dur ing the month of October, 1932. Permits Issued since the first of the year already hare surpass ed those Issued for the entire 13 months of 1933 or the year 1932 and are expected to exceed 1931 before the close of the home mod ernizatlon drire. This will stamp the fall season of 1934 as one of the' banner building1 years In the last seTeral years. One of the startling features of the permit report for the month shows that although the permit total for. 1934 exceeds the totals for 19 S3 and 1932. the new con struction is but a fraction ot new construction in the two preceding years. The new construction this year Is approximately 30 per cent of the new construction in 1933 and-25 per 'cent ot the total in 1932. , There has been considerable talk among home owners, of the possibility of breaking the lum ber eode, ScheetUer said yester day." Our reports from Washing ton show there is no likelihood of this, and although we do not look for any Immediate change in the la other price, the next Quotation wiU be higher. "The home modernization cam paign has caused a pickup la the building .Industry of this county already. Dealers throughout the territory' show they are experl- encing a pnenomenai ouBiness spurt which is directly attributed to the present program.' COMMETTEE GIVES Education of sales personnel in all features of the home moderni sation campaign's being sought by members of the- governing com mittees as a valuable means of in forming property owners ot the possibilities of the housing act. Managers of local stores were called upon Saturday by Sheldon F. 8ackett, chairman, and mem bers of his executive committee te school the sales force in all angles of the campaign so that home owners may. receive the greatest possible benefit from the program. One of the first concerns of the city to aggressively back the cam paign is the Sears-Roebuck com pany which has schooled the en tire sales force In erf phase of the program. The store person nel attends all lectnrs sad dls eusslons i possible. Manager Eridgemaa reported. , "We are attempting to give the home owner the best possible ser vice in this campaign. Brldgemsn reported. "Erea though the pros pectire customer Is not Interested In any of oar .merchandise we at tempt to acquaint him with the workings of the get, assist him in filling out bis application for a loan, if this is necessary and en able him to take .the fullest ad vantage of the program. eried. Many liabilities have been turned into - valuable - assets through modernization. - The ac tual examples that follow are ty pical ot hundreds of such eases. A shrewd Michigan forester bought a dilapidated shack with practically no visible possibllltes. But he remodeled ft Into a com- fortable small home for a total cost of. iS01.4.;and mado 3r $99 on a resale. -' It New Jersey, thesre was a rela tirely new Colonial house of poor architecture. At a cost of II,- C 0 0, which lncladed -; t wo new wings, a new chimney, shatters and landscaping the grounds, the value of the house was Increased $13,290. The owner of this house made 11,100. . ! Another Michigan resident tad a small houso of Victorian vint age, completely equipped with the shapeless front porch and endless rows of "rlneerbread" character- istiee of the period. -;, The cost ot modernizing was . only $929.91 but the increase la raise v a s 12.900. In New Tork state there was a proud old rambling house la fine location. It was bought for $5,000. remodeled into a three- family apartment house for $7.- 600 and sold t?n days after the completion of the remodeling for S1S.S0O -an 18 per cent profit; With Federal Housing adminis tration loans op to $2,000 being made by financial houses for pro oertr Imnrovement. many home owners should bo inspired by the success of those who have already mndr!zed. and improve - their lESIlMM HOWES AT PROFIT This Is the Way the Old House Looks Now li Upper left Is long, non-useful hall kitchen, below left is the rather tures should be an red for comparison with pictures of the completely renoTlzed boose. II Object Lesson to Possible Home Buyers Found in Special Project Under the. auspices of the Bet ter Housing program of the Fed eral Housing administration, sev eral eld and dilapidated houses tn various parts ot the country hare been attractively repaired nd furnished by the respective local organisations with the purpose of presenting an object-lesson to pro spective homo buyers as well as to owners of old houses of the additional home comforts and conveniences to be obtained by making necessary alterations. This movement is primarily based upon the home repar fea tures of the Federal Housing act. whereby a maximum loan of 12009 may bo obtained for mod- ernitation work. A concrete ob ject-lesson of what it is possible to do with a neglected, uncom fortable house has the effect of stimulating any backward ot thoughtless owners to undertake the job of putting their own dom iciles in the best possible mod ern condition, and these exam pies of well-repaired homes have led. report the housing officials. to many new applications for re pair loans la various parts ot the country. Ia the national campaign for home ownership these modernized homes supplement the newly built model homes which have been sponsored by building and loan associations, trade organizations and scores of other local bodies In hundred of villages and towns in the United States for several years. More than twenty of these model homes, fully furnished and representing a total cost varying from $5000 to $10,000, have been built and opened this season. The study of home repairs has brought many new possibilities before the owners which hitherto had barely been thought of. One ot these is the possibility of pro viding certain articles ot built-in furntnre. Such furnture is con sidered immovable under 'the Housing Act repair lead and the money obtained for refitting the house may bo need for that pur pose. Certain built-in fitments are practical and - may bo achieved with a minimum of labor and ex- pease. Any plan to completely re volutionise the interior of the house by discarding much of the furnishings aow in ase and re placing it with built-in features aheald be considered first from the standpoint of utility, then from locality and ; finally from practicality. It Is possible to discard worn oat desks, tables, beds, bookcas es, ironing boards and other un inspiring articles of furniture and replace them 'with- furnishings that become defnitely a part of the home. Many old-time country homes hare attics of more or less ample size usually put to little use beyond that of storing unnecessary arti cles, in the present home-renov ating movement many owners are discovering new possibilities for the neglected attic It may be finished to provide additional bed rooms or for some kind ot room to please the fancy ot a member of : the household or to meet special need. It may be utilized as a sewing- room or a stadia or perhaps as a den for the husband or a children! playroom. f ; ; Large, - old-fashioned V kitchens offer, many possibilities tor mod ernizatlon. It lees space is desir able, a big kitchen can be divided off to provide dining- alcove; household office " with . flannlng desk and telephone - extension, pantry or storeroom. : Many kitchens have a bare, an- buildings for the comfort of their families and to their own profit, HI HOUSES RESTORED. If ES i i -1 $ g . 4 i" I 1 i r'-i at the center of the structure ; above, right is the large. Inefficient plain bedroom a ad lower, right, the present bathroom. Three pic Bankers Take In Modernization Program Arguing That it Pays Well It is Quite the vogue to hare your house modernized and dress ed up, prominent bankers from typical American cities declared in articles written by them and sub mitted to the Federal Housing ad ministration for distribution to financial institutions throughout the eontry. The bankers who are meeting with success and profit in extend-! Ing the loans authorised under a federal guarantee urge their as sociates to take advantage ot this opportunity to put stagnant mon ey into circulation tor the mutual benefit of all and rebound from the depression. W. H. Ownby, president of the National Bank ot Mattoon, 111., says: "It is getting stylish to havs your houso fixed up; just as it was stylish two years ago to wear shabby clothes and talk about your troubles. And if you dont think this is having an effect lo cally, ask the lumber yards and the paint dealers and the con tractors. "Applications are coming tn at the rate of several daily. Loans are being granted at the rate of four acceptances to one rejection. Tet the stsndards of credit &ave in 'no sense been lowered from those maintained by the bank tor open leans. used wall apace that could be at tractively transformed into re cessed shelves, painted in contrast ing colors conforming to tne kitchen scheme, and used for eook books, recipe files and other items of kitchen business. Aaamonai cioset space is ones readily prorlded. Practically or ery home has some waste space mat coma do convercea uto cios ets. The space under a stairway Is a possibility and odd nooks in the rooms many be easily convert ed into extra closet apace. The metal parts of the home are among the more important fea tures that require attention after years of neglect because of in ability of property owners to car ry on ordinary maintenance work. The metal portions of the heat ing plant, after years ot use, may bo found rusted at the point of contact with the floor, a situation that demands immediate attention if the home-owner is te gain fall value from a warm-air heating plant. ; One of the most interesting and. often, most difficult phases in homo, modernization is the build ing of a fireplace. A tew point ers os some ot the more difficult steps, are given by one fireplace builder Jn the following state ments: "When a chimney contains more than one flue, each should bo entirely separated. "A fireplace tluo should net be smaller than 10 per eent of the size of the front opening ot the fireplace ; "Probably the most important part ot the flue Is its throat. It should have a flat slanting sur face and should not do siantea back by making steps. MA tall fine should decrease In size as It gwea up at between one per cent and two per cent to con form to the redaction in the space occupied by the smoke it cools. -. "An Inside flue Is best because it keeps warmer and draws bet ter when the tire Is firsts built and because the house gets the benefit ot the best from the flue. "A proper sized flue needs no cleaning . . the 'draught keeps it clean.' FIREPLACE RULES FOUI IMPdRTATlT Plto by KeaneU-Ellii. Active Part "We consider the modernize tion loans a godsend as a means of employing money profitably. We look for a greatly increased demand for loans in the late win ter and spring when homo own en' thoughts lust naturally turn to brightening up. extending and otherwise bettering their hous ing." G. Franklin Lens, executive vice president of the Citizens Ma rine Jefferson bank, Newport News. Va.. says: "The restoration and repair work lust has te be done. consider this the biggest and most important legislation ot the ad ministration. It is a real oppor tunity for the bankers. It be hooves every bank to decide cnat It Is worth while to get into this branch of business. "Call it hope, or unselfishness or what you will, this bank be lieves that when the project gets rolling Us effect will be tremend ous. in. Virginia alone szo.veo,- 000 has been spoken of as the goal. J. P. McRae, vice president, Merchants National bank. Mobile, Ala., said that his bank had ap proved of the project so heart ily that they were prepared to make loans the minute the plan became operative. He ssys that the bank is making l large lum ber of loans and finds it "a sst- Isfactorr and pleasant business It Is relieving unemployment and making its benefits felt through out the country." A similar brisht pcturo Is painted by Herman Jones, vice president of the First Nations bank. Atlanta. Ga. He says: "The modernization work gets men to work in a harry, past men ey into active local circulation and inevitably betters the entire eco nomic set-up. The thing is cum ulative and when- a longer time has elapsed there will unqnestlon ably be a substantial climb of lo cal employment figures." SO MUCH ' MONEY, PRICE NOW CDogg DitoOCdoits APPLIANCE STORE 45G State SL SHE DEE IDEA FORKS Clapboards, Cod Fishermen Found, Kept Out Chill Winter Sea Winds - To the Tankee .ingenuity of the early American, craftsman. the home lover of. today owes the fact that he is able to build a comfortable,, attractive, wooden house at a moderate cost. The story ot the evolution of the modern sided house is a unique one in building. It was not long after the first settlement on the Atlantic coast that the colonists began to strive for better homes than the first crude shelters they had built Be ing of English birth and training, It was not strange that they fol lowed the traditional English cus tom of using heavy posts, girders, sills, plates, and bracing members and filling the spaces between the masonry, brick and mortar ot elay and straw. After freezing for a winter or so in these houses, the colonists called a consultation to see what might be done to keep the biting north Atlantic winds from racing through the cracks where the elay and mortar had pulled away from the timbers. Among those present were several ship carpenters who offered a solution. Planks Defy Cold Cover the outside with planks. overlapping at the joints, as In the' clinker-built boats in which the fUhermen went after cod! These! planks ot native wood made a durable and tight covering for a boat, why would theynot servo the same purpose on a house? The boards were accordingly split in wedge-shaped pieces from 4 to I foot log sections. The' thick edge came from the outside of the tree and the thin edge from near er the heart. They were made from 4 to inches in width. These boards were then secured to the timber framework of the house by hand-wrought iron nails, the thick edge of each board lapping over the one below it. From this came the name, clapboards. Occasionally only a gable end or side nearest the sea was covered but usually the entire house was given a durable wooden coat of these boards. Building 800 Years Ago This style of construction prov ed so serviceable that Deputy-Govern Symonds wrote to John Win throp the younger la 1831, giving the following Instructions tor the building of a house: "I desire to have the spam reach down pretty well at the eaves to preserve the walls the' better from the weather. I would have it sellered all over and soe the frame of the house accordealy from tho bottom I think it best to have the walls to be all clap- boarded beside the day walls." Other "builders besides the gor- ern or of the colony found clap boards filled their needs fa house construction and the style became generally adopted. On the older houses the clapboards were laid over the English alt-timber struc ture but gradually the latter was eliminated and the covering boards nailed to the sheathing, as is tho case today. Not only did this wooden cor ering make a warmer house but It was soon developed into most attractive forms. Tho next gen eration took the Georgian style ot architecture which the English had worked out In stone and re produced it in wood. They found that narrow clap boards, painted white, gave a beautiful texture and finish to the wall of a house and harmon ized well with tho characteristic elassie cornices, mouldings, and columns. Clapboard Typcally American The clapboard thns seems to be a true American Invention, typify ing the skill and alertness ot Am erica's founders. Oceaslolly an on old English farmhouses boards are found on a gable end, lapped over one another in the same way, bat in no other country are there rows and rows of houses, covered with lapping boards as are found in America. the watfeer yee've elver wanted te owe ot a price tees yes ever sssedsd to NOW U CZtTAMir the e to by ! ymm weet te M FORMERLY SOLO FOR Phone 022 ", Creating Character ;i Ji V'- i - i f ' f Sy' " -J.-.' I Ordinary boose that lack Character may be converted into home like dwellings by the application flects tho character of the occupant. The above fa a otrucins example. Colonial Design, Services Of Competent Renovizing, Work Wonders Transformation ot a nonde script house Into a home of real architectural beauty is not as dif ficult as it sounds. Many home owners are discovering that the selection of an authentic Colonial design, eoupled with the services of a skilled architect, will work wonders on old dwellings long considered ugly and out-of-date. Often only a tew changes tn the roof lines, elimination of super fluous gingerbread and porches. snd particularly tho application of tho new type wide siding on the exterior may be all that is needed to effect the transformation. Once remodeled into a Dutch Colonial, New England Colonial, Cape Cod cottage, or any of the other Colonial types, tho houso is at once stamped as a home of true and lasting beauty, always in good tastes and always saleable. The homes built by New England colonists two hundred years and more ago are still accepted by modern day architects as exam ples of lasting good architecture. Here on the west coast it is especially simple to obtain tueh result for from tho locally grown and manufactured western red cedar comes the widest, thick est, most perfect siding possible to obtain in America today, an especially appropriate exterior finish for the hoase whose design is derived from the colonial peri od. This eedar siding, known as "clear bungalow" Is inch thick and 13 inches wide. It Is eat from old growth cedar and is 100 per cent clear and 190 per cent vertical grain. 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No family or individual can function properly, if the home, is Insufficiently or irregularly heat ed. The perennial problem has been greatly minimised in recent years . if not banished from thought, by the invention ot automatic home heating devices, carefully install ed and moderately priced. Automatically controlled o 1 1 burning furnaces have gained popularity, especially in the past decade, as more and more intelli gent home owners, realize the ad- . vantages they afford for keeping ' one's health through efficiently controlled heating without the slightest labor. Automatic Heat One may well ask, what family can afford not to have automatic heat, since it so vitally concerns health, comfort and convenience ot every member of the family. That an automatlrally heated homo is a more attractive one to live In none will gainsay, nor will one find any community, large or small, where automatic beating of some kind Is not In use. 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