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Cost Of Lumber Is Small
Item In Making Liveable
Modern Home, Writer Says
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 Romance and tradition
have invested the dear old homes of our ancestors with
a wealth of poetic charm. How we love to enter the
vine-encumbered garden gate and give free rein to rap
turous imagination over the subtle beauty of the weather
worn buildings. From room to room we wander reani
mating Uiem with the life and laughter of by-gone days.
What a thrill the great kitchen gives us with its smoke
darkened beams, its deep worn tiles, and the roses peep
ing in at the quaint old casements. There through an
arch doorway we have a glimpse of the dining-room that
many times rang with bounteous hospitality. Beyond is
the ancient "parlor," darkened and austere, with its
stiff haircloth furniture frowning out of the chill of a
seldom-invaded sanctuary. And above are the low
ceiling bedrooms, prim and precise, yet with an air of
restful invitation to untroubled siumoer.
Yes, we rhapsodlic over these rare
old homes of our forefathers, but
would we live in them os they are?
We would not. BUI and Mary of
the modern day view the old home
from different angles, but both agree
that a lot of things must he "done''
to the place to make it livable. Bill
lookB sadly at the garden and spec
ulates about the garage. It would
have to be where the withered grape
vines cling to weary old trellises.
The driveway must run straight out
to the street and that would re
quire cutting down ' some apple
tres. .Mary begins with its plumb
ing. There Isn't any. and of course
it must be put in.. Then there is
no wiring, or electrical fixtures, no
heating system, no screens, no kitch
en gas and no sun room. The kitch
en range is picturesque but that
won't do. And. the tile floor must
be covered fur comfort. Indeed.
. there is so much to be done that
the task seems almost hopeless.
Uomance and sentiment are all
right when the poetic fancy is on,
but living in the place is distinct
ly something else. The comforts
and conveniences of the old house
were few, while they are distinctly
dominating in the modern residence.
, And just here we have practically
the exact ratio of the cost of mod
ern homes over old ones. Most of
us have little patience with cost
statistics, which ordinarily are as
drab and proslac as n row of milk
cans. Hut we are compelled at
times, to take a furtive peep at the
price tags.
Mrs. Grace J. !,andon. statistician
of the National Lumber Manufac
turers Association, loves abandon
ment to aesthetic speculation as,
"well as anybody, but her practical
mind snaps us back to certain
"facts and figrues" that are quite
significant. She says, after a study
of dwelling cost data made by com
petent authorities, that nearly thirty
per cent of the cost of the present
day home is expended for "modern
conveniences" comforts that the
last generation did not know or was
just beginning to learn about.
According to one such tabulation
which averaged the cost of nine or
' ten houses, costing from $9,000 to
$23,000 each, the following per
centages were spent:
Percent of
For: . total cost
Sanitary Ware and Plumbing 9.3
' Electric Wiring and Fixtures 2.7
Heating System 7.0
Screens 9
Landscaping 3.0 J
Architect's Fee 4.5
27.4
Add to this, that part of the car
pentry cost which goes into sun
parlors, sleeping porches, hardwood
floors and into built-in pantries, buf
fets, etc.. and thirty per cent is a
constructive figure.
"And yet who wants a house now
without an up-to-date, bathroom,
built-in laundry tubs and perhaps
a lavatory or two comforts our
parents may not have known in
their youth?'' usks Mrs. Landou.
"Electric lighting is such a con
venience, so clean, effective and
safe, thut we almost forget that
the first incandescent lights were
put into operation in the early 80's,
not much more than 10 years ago,
replacing the odorous kerosene lamp
and the 'dangerous gas jet, and
hat prior to 1900, electricians were
so fuw in number as not to be sep
arately listed even in detailed cen
sus reports.
"The parents of the youngest of
us will remember the buseburner-
forerunner of the modern furnace,
und will recall that hot water and
steam hentlng was not generally
adopted in this country until thirty
or forty years ago. And in kitchens,
coal and wood were burned with
their consequent dust and smoke.
"If screens were in use in those
not-So-far-away limes they were
homc-mado and were not included
in the general building bill. Land
scaping with Its necessary grading
anil sodding of I lie grounds, with
,H..ra. wtm.- 111'iwi.imintaJ. jlunUi
u
ot shrubbery, is one ir Hie iniWiM'H
y' liomc-blllhjliii; Appurtenant1
"Prominent architects are author
ity for the statement that the pro
portion of dwelling house construc
tion thirty or forty years ago that
was put up in accordance with archi
tects' plans was almost negligible,
as compared with present day prac
tives. Sun parlors and sleeping
porches make for better health,
hardwood floors mean elimination
of the unwieldy and unsanitary car
pets and al seem well worth the
extra cost."
Although today's home builder
will not wish to eliminate or over
look any of thesis ''modern con
veniences" which mean so much for
the health and well-being of his
family', he must remember that it
is they, making up nearly one-third
of the cost of his home, which
largely account for the difference
between that cost now and what
it was some years ago. The lumber
built house costs more than it did.
the brick house costs more, the stuc
co house costs more, partly because
building materials are somewhat
more expensive, because labor costs
all along the line are heavier, and
particularly because the house itself
is incomparably more convenient,
comfortable and wholesome than it
was a generation ago. Information
Service. National Lumber Manufac
turers Association.
Coos Veneer
Plant Opens;
40 Working
Factory Produces Bat
tery Separators
Only
MARSHFIELI). Aug. 26. The
Pacific Veneer plnnt opened this
morning with 40 employes after
being cDsed sin?;e the first of July.
The company will manufacture
battery separators exclusively, and
Frank Lowe, president and manager
reports that some time will be re
quired to fill the orders now at
hand.
The pa; roll of the plant nrlB
not be Increased immediately, he
Baid, but additional employes will
probably be taken on later in the
year.
Night Shift Plan
of Shingle Plant
TEN1NO. Wash. With improved
market 'conditions, a nighj shift will
soon be put on at the Russell shingle
mill, according to announcement by
Mrs. Ella Russell, who has managed
the business since the recent death
of her husband. A new shingle ma
chine was recently installed in the
mill. Eighteen men are employed.
PLANT AIIOLT READY
Mt. Emily Lumber Co., La Grande
has Hi sawmill about complete and
contemplates starting operations in
September. The building is 210x
144 feet. The capacity will be 150
000 "feet daily. ' The company Is
building a logging railroad ',t
miles into the timber. i, gs will
be brought over this road to Hll
yard, where transfer will be made
to the Union Pacific for shipment
to la Grande.
Sam, walking in tho woods late
one night was surprised hy a wild
cut which proceeded to chase him
to the top limb of a large oak tree
on the edge of a deep canyon. The
wildcat was climbing us fast as Sam
and soon bad forced him perilous
ly near the decaying end of a large
limb extending beyond the edge of
a precipice. Sum decided it was
time to remonstrate. "Wildcat," he
said Impressively! "wildcat, does
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Eddie Off the
New Lumber
Company Is
Incorporated
Cottage Grove Firm
Has Large
Holdings
COTTAGE DROVE, Aug. 20
Fred W. Bradley, of Hay City. Mich.,
who owns large tracts of timber!
land in the vicinity of t'ottage
Drove, has become associated with
W. A. Woodward, lumberman of
that city, and the W. A. Woodard
Lumber company has been incorpor
ated with a capital stock of $1.600.
000, of which $500,000 is common
stock and $500,000 preferred stock.
The articles were filed in the office
hf the. county eler her vesteritiiv.
Mr. Woodard owns two mills near
Cottage drove, besides seven miles
of lumber flume and logging rail
ways. One of the- mills, which has
a capacity of S5.o0w feet of lumber
dally. ;":i now in operation. The
third incorporator is f'harles A.
Hardy, of Eugene, his name being
used to make a full board of di
rectors. Extensive improvements art ex
pected to be made in the two mill
plants and the logging plant, and the I
second null Jpay soon be placed
in operation, according to announce-
I ment.
Tlie Noti Lumber confpun-y yester
day filed articles of ineorpation in
the office of the county clerk. The
incorporators are Carl Fischer,
George McOill and V. A. Smith, and
thp capital stock is i 10,000. The
principal place of business is Noti.
Klamath County
Mill and Manutactur
ersy Directory
Ackley Bros., Klamath Falls.
Algoma Lumber company, Algoma.
Anrifi Creek Lumber company, Fort Klamath. . -Big
Lakes Box company, Klamath Falls.
Bryant Mountain Lumber company, Malin.
Christy Lumber company, Kirkford.
Campbell-Towle Lumber company, Sprague.
Chiloquin Lumber company, Chiloquin.
Ewauna Box company, Klamath Falls.
Illinois Lumber company, Langell Valley.
Kitts Lumber company, Bononza.
Kruse Lumber company, Klamath Falls.
Klamath Lumber and Box company, Shippington.
Long Pine Lumber company, Bonanza.
Lamm Lumber company, Modoc Point.
McCullom Lumber company, Keno.
Modoc Pine company, Chiloquin.
Nine Lumber company, Klamath Falls.
Pelican Bay Lumber company, Pelican City.
Shaw-Bertram Lumber company, Klamath Falls.
Shasta View Lumber and Box company, Klamath Falls.
Sprague ,Eiver Lumber company, Chiloquin.
Topsy Lumber .Co., Topsy, Ore. (P. 0, Dorris, Cal.)
Wheeler-Olmstead Lumber company, Klamath Falls.
Planing Mills and Remanufacturmg Plants
Big Basin Lumber company, Klamath Fills.
Lakeside Lumber company, Klamath Falls.
Klamath Moulding company, Klamath Falls.
Swan Lake Moulding company, Klamath Falls.
.White niic Moulding company, Muniiilb FiUlp.
H R r, U II H E RLOG
Field
r.ddie
ni.in.ie.or
Chicago
Sox.
nothing
Collins,
of the
White
r n i o y
. better
& good
than
of toll-
after a
tahv
hunt day on the
lull Held. II
lliuts It Netful
rcci cation. Ed
die. by the way.
is quite a curd
ahtu-k und c.m
hold his own
with uny of
them. The above
photo was taken
in the cast Just
after the White
HQ h.ul ilnlshcd
a tough .-erics.
ahlle seotr.s to
l u In a o o p
tbouuht over the
next play-
Young Lumberman
Sues; Says Fraud
Caused Huge Loss
. WASHINGTON. A suit for $S93.
850 damages against the Seattle
Hardware company, the Ctivano Log
ging company, the Andron Logging
Compari tint! four Individuals has
been filed here hy Frank K. Day.
19-year-old president of tho Day
Lumber company of fllg Lake, who
charges that he has been plunged
into bankruptcy because of "false
representations, deceit and violution
of a trust agreemeut."
Resides the three companies, he
names Mr. anil Mrs. ('. S. Willis and
Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Anderson
us defentlants.
t The young Skagit lumberman usks
$689,ST,0 for loss of his equity In
the Day Lumber company, which he
inherited from his father, and $2iH.
'd00"ior personal liabilities.
Two old Scots were discussing the
domestic nnhapplness of u mutuut
friend. '
"Aye." said one. "a salr time has
Donald wT that wife of his; they
say they're aye fechtln'."
"What eL.e'can ye expect?" chim
ed in the other scornfully. "The
pulr feckless, creature tnarrlt after
ooortin' for only seven years. Man.
be Bad nao chance to ken the wo
man in sli'h a short time. Why, when
I was coorllrt', I cborted for twenty
years."
An amused listener ventured to
ask whether this long courtship had
insured connubial bliss.
"I tell ye I coorted for twenty
years." tin- obi Scotchman retorted,
"and In that time I kent what wo
man was and so I dlnna marry."
Sawmill, Planing
U E
French Won't Buy
U. S. Box Shook,
N American States
"An Investigation of the box shook
Hlluutiiiu In three fourths of Fraiice
shows that at present there In uo
opportunity for the u of Amori-
can boxes In Francos, even consider-,
ling the drawback provjslou of the
il nlled States tariff regulations."
said Axel II. Oxhol. chief of the
lumber division, department of Com
merce. "In the first place the tariff
on box shook In France Is prohibit
live and It seems thai box shook are
tint received from any foreign COOP1
try. not even from northern Europe.
Resides. France bus very Important
timber resources of lis own Well
suited for the manufacture of box
es. This material Is so cheap that I
do not Hro how any foreign shook
can cotnpeic. I hnvti Just vlslieif tho
most Important lumber regions in
I Southwest France and It is my ttu
! dci-standing that the raw material is
available at about tf.o to 100 francs
yer cubic meter illt; to $22 per M
feet i . It Is easily seen that Utile can
be expected in the way of u shook
present. It Is also safe lo assume that
In the future the French will en
deavor to utilise Ihclr own lumber
to the greatest possible extent and
I have been Informally told by com
petent people that should any for
eign shook be Imported in the com
ing years the lumber Interests of
France will immediately sin to It U
that the duty on box shook will be
raised. In talking with people repre
senting central, eastern and north
European producers of box shooii
I have been given to understand that
they are nut looking forward lo any
market at all In France In the fu
ture for this material. For this
reasou I believe is would be advis
able for American shippers of box
shook to disregard the French mar
ket at the present lime."
I'lltES ON (UT-OYSR AttKA
The State Hoard of Forestry and
tho California Forest Protective As
sociation are co-operating n the
work of obtaining accurate infor
mation regarding the results of for
est tires on private logging oper
'tttlott'.i. Forms have been printed
and distributed to operators, upon
which ii record CSn be kept of all
fires occurring each mouth, and n
request made that a copy of each
monhly rep-rt be forwarded to the
California Forest protective Asso
ciation for compilation. The -report
from provides for recording
the date, locution, cause, ureu, cost,
damages, discovery and control of
each fire. Tho ncrurate record of
fire, fire causes und fire losses that
will be obtained will be of cal
value to the lumber industry, es
pecially in the event of excessive
newspaper reports of fire dtimuge.
Vernonia Mill to
Run Double Shift
6 Days Per Week
VKUNONIA Ore. Kleven million
feet of finished lumber was Hhlpped
by the Orenou American Lumber
company's mill lal thin place durlnK
the month of July, Mostly lo inld
dlo twest and eastern pdlrits, Bridge
timbers, cross ties and othor rail
road material is reported as havlnif
found ready sale to western roads.
The mill Is about to ohanito from
n five day to a six day week, oper
ating two shifts, tile avcrUKu dally
cut being approximately 600,000
feet.
Coast Mill Makes
Big 16-hour Cut
HOQUIAM, Wush. The flruys
Harbor Lumber company's mill set
what is believed to bo u harbor
lumber record by turning out 800,
004 feet in 16' hours. The mill's
average eight-hour output ranges
between 200,000 and 2IiU,000 feet.
The cut was mude In two successive;
eigbt-hoiir shifts,
Work Proceeds on
Long-Bell Plant
I,0fiVIKW, Wash. ConslrittHlon
Is progressing rapidly on the east
fir unit of the I.nng-llelt Lumber!
company plant with the head mill
the hemlock stacker, cooling shedsj;
dry kilns and unatackor sheds well
under way. About two-thirds of
the trusses for tno unslnekei- and
one half of the trusses for Hie head
mill urn In place, the siding has
hell started on the hemlock stacker
sheds and concrete rounds! Inns and
wins nie in mi mivcu oi inn ury
kilns.
Ilarbnrii
(saying her prayer)--;
...xJ'Aij ijbtivguUivldy MII, Mummy und
innke them happy If Irfbyrn not
loo old lor Dial SOfl of lliini;,"
No Falling Off In Demand ,
For Labor; Harvest Work J
Supplants Fire Fighting
PORTLAND, Aug. Wfli no fa'lUng off in
the demand for labor last week, either on the West coast
or in tho Inland Empire districts, axCordiHtf to the 4L
weekly employment letter issued here today. Forest fire
fighters have largely been released, the letter stated,
but this has brought abount no unemployment because
of the fact that calls for harvest and threshing help
have not diminished, anil in some districts logging act
ivity has has increased slightly.
Employment conditions in various districts were re
ported as follows:
BUORNB, oie. Uthof demand
and supply ll ICugeiie mid district ll
about at a balance. The llooth'
Kelly lumber opci'iUl ui al Weuill
ing and Springfield have returBOd
to It six duv week. Many w 'iker-.
continue to migrate to and from the
N.itivu cut-oft but them are few
Idle men u this city,
I'OKTl.ANH I.okkoik were hired
ill Portland last M'ek lor al b-r,i
tli i. mips which will resume MfOrli
nt once. Labor turnover at caillpd
Is lib. ml nOmAl, Forest files lime
I ii subdued fur the pre-eui ,n
least and there lire no fire J ibs list
ed. The Natron QUt-Ofl continues to
require I'eplltcemenlrt each week
There are still plenty of Jobs I ir
nil who want work.
RAYMOND, Wn. Iibor condi
tions on Wills p. i Harbor are g mil
City paving and state highway work
in this district still rOQOjri several
large vrts, Fullers and backers
have been put to w rk at several
camps In this vicinity. I'ew Idle
men In Ituymond or South Bapd at
the present time.
AIIEHUKEN - HUgi'lAM No
change has i.ikeu place on (Irays
Harbor In either logging camps Of
is.iwiiilll operation. Labor turnover
In eanpt and mills Is very low.
I Hulii bus reduced file Siuinrd und
put a stop lo calls for fire fighters.
TACOM A. Few Jobs f any klttd
were listed last week on local em
ployment boards Sawmill operation
I remains unchunged except thai lb
For
By
1925 Hupmobile Roadster
Priced 400 Less Than First
Cost
New Car Guarantee and f
Terms to Resoons-
ible
Phone
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Anything and everything JP
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The most.complete auto accessory
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DIX BROS.
WEDNESDAY, AI.UUIST U)25
DoflAPDO Lumber cptttPgnfjl bus ad
ded it second shift 00 Its plant here.
ThlH are but few tiueiiiploveil Dion,
skilled or nlhomvlso, In Ibis city.
SKATTLH Logging u tlvllly in
several Pugei Sound dltlHola bocamo
more prouounctd tail ivoek. The
St Paul Taoomu camps mi Hie
KUlKhpD He '. ""I "f IN'lllllgluiui.
rMQmsd operations and lallers and
bucket's have b i pill to Work Ul
other camps in the on ti ii I Bound
district. Merrill King will re
sume I igglng dm log the preseni
Neek, H is reported Culls for for
est lire fighters have ceased.
SPOKANE foHowlpj a fw il '
of ralu forest NftS have CMSSd 10
rcintlre more than small patrols of
watchers.' and many hiindieds .1
JlteU have been released from fire
lighting work a targe majority
oi (bet, however, have hired out ut
the .voids Operations which are
iradnilfr roumlni anlvliy after en
formed Idleness There are morn
available men In Spokane today than
there have been for wenks. Advi-r
ttsegnonta for men and woman to
pick lipples III the Yilktma and We
uotohce valleys have bt-gun to up
peur in local paper. The berreai
will start next week. The demand
for wheal harvest hitlp Is greater
than the number of men applying
for tills kind of wok.
Some marry for. better or worse
ami some ii, talk.
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