The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 15, 1928, Page 9

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1928 PAGE NINE Bismarck Demonstration Home Opens Sunday; Public Invited PROPERTY WILL |______FesrianotDemonstatntiome monstration Home BEOPEN DAILY THROUGH WEEK Visitors Asked to Keep in Mind That House Was Built on Economical Basis HOURS ARE 2 TO 9 Furnishing and Labor Saving Devices Being Shown by Bis- marck Dealers Arrai rear are complete for the opening of the Bismarck Home which will be displayed to the pub- lic_ tomorrow. u The home is located at 811 Mandan St., just north of Avenue D, and all residents of Bismarck and vicinity are invited to inspect it during the Demonstration period which will last a week. The house will be open from Z to 9 p. m. daily. In order to give the effect of a home, rather than an untenanted house, the structure has been com- pletely equipped with furniture and other accessories embodying the latest ideas in home decoration and arrangement. Many articles which have rei value as labor savers also will displayed by various business firms. In_ inspecting the home, visitors should keep in mind that it was not designed or constructed as a model home but asa demonstration of how much the home builder can get for his money in Bismarck. Some things have been done in th home with a view to making it tractive for demonstration purposes. The painting in four of the rooms is stippled whereas plain paint would have been just as efficient although not as attractive. The front entrance of the home is approached over four concrete ste} which are both wide and deep. The appearance of these steps will be improved when shrubbery is planted in the corners on. either side of them. Over the front. door is the usual out- side lighting fixture. iy The entrance, or combined porch and sunroom, has four windows in addition to the door and is connected with the furnace so that it may be heated. It will be an ideal place for children to play in the fresh air, either summer or winter, and will be a comfort to older persons as well. The sunroom opens onto the live ing room, almoSt directly oppo: the inside place. This fireplace is made of plaster and is painted to harmonize with the rest of the dec- orations. It is equipped with a gas radiant fire and has four windows. The walls of the living room ara stippled in several colors and. are ~ painted, as is: The dining room, which is longer than it is wide and not very large, is separated from the living room only by a wide arch. Lighting fix- tures in the two rooms are of sii ilar design. A five-lamp fixture has Deen installed in the living room and a three-lamp fixture in the dining room because of the difference in size. The lighting fixture in the sunroom is especially well suited for that place. The dining room also has four windows. Entering the kitchen from the din- ing room the visitor sees an electric refrigerator against the north wall, near the outside door. It is flanked by the kitchen sink and a cupboard takes up most of the space along the west kitchen wall. The kitchen range is against the south kitchen wall, north of the doorway to the dining room, and the southeast cor- ner of the room is left vacant so - that a small working table may be pages The kitchen has two win- 'S. ’ One of the unique features of the kitchen is the pot closet above. the sink. This is designed to make use of the room over the cellar stairway and is half as deep as the stairway is wide. Its use will eliminate the necessity for stooping to obtain pots and pans from the lower shelves of the cupboard. The cupboard was built by the con- tractor and contains ample room for chine, glassware and other kitchen equipment. Plenty of drawer space is provided and a hardwood work- bench is a part of the cupboard ar- rangement. Special attention is called to the manner in which the electric refrig- placed soars tt 2 pearance is that it was particularly desi for the Demonstration Home. Instead it is a stock model and the built-in appearance comes because of the way in which it has been enclosed by molding and other cabinet work. The bedrooms are to the left of the door through which the visitor enters the living room from the front of the house. A doorway opens into ahall.. At either end of the hall are the Socinays leading to the bed- n le along the north side is the doorway to the bathroom and two closets, one for linens and one for clothes. The lower part of the linen closet is equinned with drawers, generally considered a desirable fea- has three windows. In the door of the clothes: closet, is placed full- walls are lighting the mite uel Bed. Room Won ze” Bed Room N32 WE than the second. The lighting fix- tures are of blue in a new design and one of them has a place for an elec- trie connection to which a curling iron or other appliance’ may be at- tached. The bathroom fixtures of white enamel, rods and the toot * The toilet has a special white seat which is more attractive and easier to keep clean than the old-style variety.. The bathtub is built in and occupies the west side of the bath. room wall. A combination soap dish and handhold is placed in the wall itself. The door to the medicine closet is large and is faced with a mirror. The medicine closet itself is deep oust a Doors room for a large number of toilet accessories and alles ticle: On the east the. waarcthe en-| ihe clothe chute which to laundry in the basement. The clothes chute is equipped a door and a small drawer and is bathroom has one mall window. ‘ Passing through the kitchen the visitor goes down three steps "to the landing at the rear entrance. To the right js the outside door and to the left are the cellar steps. At the bottom ofthe cellar steps a door to the left leads into the basement room. room is plastered and has a lighting fixture but ther- wise unfinished. If nece could be finished and used bedroom or recreation room. A doorway leading from this downstairs room reveals a closet under the cellar~steps which con- tains the machinery for the electric refrigerator in the kitchen. Going straight ahead after com- ing down the cellar steps, the visitor enters the combined furnace and laundry room. At the left and ap- roximately: in the center of tl use is the furnace. A doorway along the east wall to the right of the steps leads into the coal bin. At the north end of the large basement room is the laundry room. A drain is conveniently placed in the floor near the laundry chute. The chute has a door at the bottom sim- ilar to the one at the top. Electric connections and faucets with hot and a water are BEET aM as laundryer is against the we: ean of the taundry dvier and the gas mangle js comyeniealy. Placed as is the el washing machine. At the other end of the large base- ment room a gas furnace placed to show what these contriv- ances look like. They are expected to came into use on a larger scale when natural gas’ comes to Bis- marck. Because of the design of the house a rather large room is located on the west side of the basement and under the front yet of the house. It will be used for. storing fruit and for other storage.- Shelving has been built against one wall for fruit stor- age. ox unusual feature about the walls are plastered, This brightane walls are ni its appearance and makes it easier to keep the basement, as well as the the house, cl Some filling haa been done on the lone 4" ¥d up to. level hich sl ray from .it in all directions. Additional ‘filling -will be done to give better contour to the lot. A terrace will slope away kitchen Sor 120" Dining Rm, 86° x 20" Living Room 126° 193" tion Home is simple in arrangemen t, sk 1 Cosets and < nt SALIENT FACTS ABOUT THE NEW DEMONSTRATION HOME Located at 811 Mandan St., just north of Avenue D. e The public is invited to visit the home during the week beginning Sun- day, December 16. The floor plan of the Demonstra as shown by the accompanying etch. Close examination of the s ich will disclose the size of the rooms, the location of the size information of i erest to prospective homeowners. ‘All visitors are invited to open all the doors, look into all the closets and otherwise acquaint themselves with the property. Total cost, exclusive of pp! This figure does not inclu e Furniture in the entrance hall or is displayed by the Webb Furniture drapes for the lows in Bedroom furniture displayed by Drapes in the bedroom, the beds: exception palin? furniture, Ei a Hfurntehed ‘te’ win mee The French & these room: The preads and Welch Hardwate company’ I and other cooking utensils in the kitchen. liances and electric refrigerator, $5,550. . living room and dining room company. Webb's also furnished the is. Bowman Furniture company. other furnishings, with the Co. The Lucas and eryeherr iéplaying the aluminum Gas equipment, in addition to the radiant-fire, kitchen range and gas water heater, is not a part of the drier, incinerator and a mi The house will be kept clean by the Bowman Furniture company. house. The last ineludes a laundry gle for ironing. 2 Hoover suction sweeper, shown by The Servel electric persreseiy Aly was installed by the Hughes Electric company. INSURANCE IS PROTECTION TO MODERN HOME Damage from Fire, Wind and Hail Is Common; Type of House Fixes Premium After working and saving to buy a home, the average head of a family wants to be certain that it is pro- ted against damage as completely ie. e has no guarantee against ges of wind, rain, or fire, the intelligent:thing to do is to insure it. Insurance is the only thing which makes sure that dam- age to the house will not be reflected in a heavy loss to the owner’s pocket- book, according to J. P. Wagner, secretary of the Mortgage Investors Security company, which wrote the ed on the Demonstration jome. The value of insurance as protec- tion ‘against financial disaster is demonstrated by the fact that build- ing and loan associations require home owners to carry insurance on properties in which the loan asso- ciation has invested money. _ In such c the loan association holds the insurance policy until its interest in the property is retired. When this is done it turns the in- surance policy over to the home own- er along, with the satisfaction of mortgage, * x ki Except in certain localities insur- ance against flood is not commonly written in North Dakota. Hail damage, however, is common and may be obtained at slight extra cost. Many persons who have never had occasion to collect on fire insurance have collected on their insuarance policies because of hail dama; The type of construction in a house has considerable to do with the remium charged. If the roof is ‘ireproof the house takes one rate, if the walls also-are fireproof it takes a still lower rate. After determining the various factors entering into the rate, the insurance man applies the standard rule supplied by underwriting com- panies for rating such structures and arrives at the amount to be charged. Total destruction of an average home is rare but minor damages occur frequently and the conse- quences of a total loss would be so tragic, in most cases, that adequate insurance is a necessary. Bismarck the fastest growing city in the state because of its nu- merous advantages as a city in which to live and rear children Many traveling salesmen are mak: ing their homes in Bismarck beca: it is centrally located in one of the richest ‘ategs in. North Dakota. Persons with desirable houses to rent say they are besieged with ap- hic for them. Féw good houses railable for renting in Bis- marck and these are quickly snapped up. Canfield School to Open Monday Canfield Consolidated school will cone again Monday after a recess of three” weeks. The schoolhouse burned down November 26. Although the frame part of the building was entirely destroyed, the 9 foot basement was only partially harmed by the fire, and the school board has had this cleaned and re- orated. A roof has been placed over the structure and it has been divided into classrooms. 3 The building will be used as it is until the end of the present school term, when a new schoolhouse will be erected, d FLOOR CAREIS MADE EASY BY LATE METHODS Liquid Wax Used in Modern Home After Initial Treat- ment With Shellac Care and treatment of hardwood floors is one of the problems which has been made easy for the modern housewife. The floors in the Demonstration home are waxed, the liquid wax be- ing applied after a filler coat and a coat of quick drying varnish shel- lac was applied. In many. homes the floors are var- nished but in the Demonstration Home only the floors of the kitchen and bathroom will be so treated. The reason for this is the fact that wax is affected by water which fre- uently is spilled on the floor in those rooms. Elsewhere in the house, however, wax commends itself because it can be applied to spots as they wear out and the places where new wax has been applied are not apparent. When varnish is , however, it is im- possible to varnish a worn spot with- out, giving the floor a spotted ap- pearance, This is true, painters say, regardless of how carefully the var- nish is brushed out. Electric machines, which may be rented from the Bismarck Paint and Glass company, now are available to the woman who wishes to go over her floors thoroughly. This should be done at intervals in order to keep the floor looking its best. Concrete work on the basement of the Demonstration Home leaves little to be desired. It was put in with the idea of making the base- ment easy to keep clean and was so laid that water drains off the floor evenly instead of leaving some wa- ter stand in shallow pools as is the case in some basements, Modern building practice reduces the cost of home construction by per- |} mitting the work fo go on winter and summer. This enables contractors and others to distribute their over- head costs over the entire year in- stead of a short season and so re- duces the cost. Construction of many homes is going forward in Bis- marck this winter despite the cold weather. Insurance on the home was written by the Mortgage Investors Security | Spe company. The Hughes Electric company is showing the portable electric heaters in the bedroom: id the electric washing machine in the basement. Table electric appliances are shown by the Skeels Electric Shop. Appliances which are merely in the ho: will WALL PAPER RETURNING TO POPULARITY Attractive Prints Turn ‘At- tention to Old Material for Home Decoration Wall paper is returning to popu- larity. Even the casual r to the well- equipped decorating firm learns that these days. Another thing he learns is that the decorator must have a world of pa- tience and a well-developed, though carefully suppressed sense of humor. Decorators have many impulses to chuckle during the course of their day’s work—or they would have if it weren’t for the feeling of sym- thy with their customers which ates of their business brings. To the ordinary homebuilder the selection of paint is one of his most vexing questions. The question, in the case of the Demonstration Home, ‘was not what quality but what color. The best quality is always advisable, | °! in paint as in other materials. The it used in the Demonstration Eome is Jewel Brand and was sold by the Bismarck Paint and Glass| tor. company. Teason why color becomes a. troublesome proention is there are so many beautiful colors and shades from which to choose and the pur- chaser can’t use. them all. It re- quires some patience and a sense of humor on the part of the decorator as-he watches ple st le with from | ¢) the backdoor toward the clotheslines, ‘wood The closet utilizes a part of | the*space over the cellar stairway and is a) imat ts tne cliet in ts loi than it is wide. i ate is wees i a 4 2 e for demonstration purposes removed when the demonstration period is completed, LOCAL FIRMS TAKE PART IN DEMONSTRATION Those Furnishing Materials or Performing Services in Proj- ect Are Listed Firms and individuals who sup- plied materials or performed serv- ices in connection with the construc- tion of the Demonstration Home are: Centra] Lumber company. Skeels Electric Shop. Grambs Plumbing and Heating company. Montana-Dakota Power company. J. C, Beat Hughes Electric company. Wachter Transfer company. Bismarck Paint and Glass com- pany. French & Welch Hardware com- ny. PM plamarck Building and Loan Asso- ion. Jarrell Hardware company. Ray Hancock, painting contractor. H. A. Larsen, plastering contrac- A. W. Lucas & Co. Webb Brothers Furniture store. ‘ The Investors Mortgage Security company. company. + Bowman Furniture , American bi Metal Weatherstrip company. . The Biemarck ‘Tribune. ; ee, h the electric refrigerator ek Pentateiin Heme is Webb Brothers SINCE 1884 Featuring a complete display of quality furniture, floor cover- ings, draperies, ete. luggage, lamps, In every department you will find convincing evidence that your home may be beautifully and artistically decorated at mod- erate cost. Until Christmas MADE EASY BY WEATHERSTRIPS Window Device Reduces Dust and Cuts Doctor Bill by Preventing Colds Hours of dusting and sweeping as well as saving in coal and doctor bills frequently are the result of the installation of metal weather strip- ping in a home, regardless of whether it is old or new. Metal weather stripping is one of the numerous inventions of recent years which make the modern home a thing apart from the home of 20 or even 10 years ago. It is just what its name implies, a metal strip. This strip is attached to the window frame and fits into a metal groove or slot which is laced in the window casing. They are de- signed to fit closely and hence ex- clude air and dust from the home. Special attachments at the top and bottom of each window perform sim- ilar duty there. In this region, where dust fre- quently is carried by the wind, housewives often find that dust has blown through their windows and settled on their furniture. In some cases window sills have been known to get dirty a few minutes after they were dusted. The reason, of course, is that the windows are not wind and dust tight. The metal weather stripping will be installed in the Demonstration Home next spring and will insure a minimum of dust next summer. The work will be done by the American Metal Weatherstrip company for which W. K. LaPaugh, Mandan, is district agent. In winter, of course, the weather stripping saves fuel by preventing the escane of warr. air and the en- trance of cold air. By eliminating drafts it reduces the tendency to- ward colds and influc..za which are common in houses in which the win- out the cold. It also is claimed for weather- strippin’ that it n akes windows eas- ier to open and close than is the case with ordinary windows. WATER WAGON WILD Minot, Dec. 15.—(7)—A water- wagon partially succeeded in break- ing through a window into the Minot police station last night when the driver lost control of the machine. dows are not tight enough to keep) [KEEPING HOUSE |*3p2¢:s0 5 t'semaay, Funeral services for George W. Snyder, Bismarck dray man who died at 12:15 a. m. yesterday, will be conducted at the First Presby- terian church at 4 p.m. tomorrow. Rev. Paul S. Wright, pastor of the hs Presbyterian church, will offi- ciate, Snyder was 65 years old at the time of his death. ELECTRICITY IS KITCHEN HELP Housewife Now Can Obtain All Kinds of Helpful Devices to Save Labor Nothing has contributed more to te convenience of working in the modern home kitchen than the el tric appliances which now are a’ able. The housewife can obtain elec- tric devices for almost everything, from beating eggs to washing dishes, High among these time and mon- ey--saving items is the electric re- frigerator. It has replaced the old- style ice refrigerator in many homes b.cause of greater convenience and efficiency and because it does for the housewifa many things which she formerly had to do for herself ot sit not do at all. a y maintaining a greater degree of cold under all conditions, the electric refrigerator is the best pre- ventive for the spoilage of food. As a result foods which might otherwise spoil may be purchased in quantity and kept on hand until needed with- out danger of loss. Frozen desserts, which involve considerable work when d old method, are as easy dessert, when an elect ator is used. Sometimes they are easier. Provision for freezing des- serts is made in the Servel Electric refrigerator installed by the Hughes Electric company i. the Demonstra- tion Home. If ice is needed there no longer is need to chip from the block in the old-style refrigerator with conse- quent mussing up of the kitchen floor when ice particles melt. The cubes frozen by the refrigerator are available at onc: and in the form most convenient for use. When the weather makes the practice advisable, the housewife can prepare a meal to be served cold, put it in the refrigerator and spend as much time away from home as sh. wishes. The meal is ready to serve as soon as she opens the Servel door. Bismarck’s Demonstration Home Displays a Servel Refrigerator Beautiful in Design. Quiet in Operation. Porcelain Lined | Webb Brothers §| HUGHES ELECTRIC Phone 222 ~