The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 3, 1935, Page 7

t i Bismarc WATER DEPARTMENT TO SPEND $30,000 ON SETTLING TANK ‘Permits Issued for New Apart- ment Building and Four New Houses in City Construction this year of a $30,000 addition to the Bismarck waterworks ‘was the chief item of interest on Bis- marck’s building program this week. The new addition was made neces- sary, it was explained, by the growth of the city and the fact that present Yacilities soon will be unable to care for the demand in periods of high consumption such as occur during extremely warm weather or drouths. Even if the city continues to grow ‘at the same rate as during the last few years, the proposed new settling tank will enable the municipal plant to care for the increased demand without appreciable addition to the present capital investment. Next in importance in point of in- ‘vestment is the plan of Frank Everts to construct a small apartment build- ing in the rear of his present apart- ment house at 314 Third St. In the official permit the value of the build- ing wa listed at only $2,000, Everts explaining that he will use some ma- terial already in his possession. The building will house four apartments, each with one big room, kitchenette and bath. John Strop was listed as the contractor. Dr. J. O. Thoreson awarded the contract for building his new home at 815 Mandan &t., to Robert Aune and ‘work was begun last week. It will be a frame-stucco house of six rooms, & story and a half high. The value is put at $6,000. The Northwestern Bell Telephone ‘company took out a permit for the brick garage building built by it at 415 Thayer, listing the value at $2,000. James W. Guthrie was the contractor. Other permits issued during the ‘week were: Laurence Nelson, frame house at 1023 Eighth St., $3,000. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, MONDAY, JUNE3, 1935 ’s Growth Forces Continuation of B ate) ‘Windows have ed both upstairs and downstairs to atlas better ht and ventilation. Sturd; jumns now sup the poreh roof. New roo! two landscaping ments, also add to the modern appearance effected with oalliy, well within the ecus of modernization credit. Effective Modernization Mirrors Add Space and! Charm to Modern Room Illusion of Spaciousness Creat- ed by Their Use; Many New Designs Offered The use of mirrors of many sizes and shapes has become more wide- spread within the past few years. Popularity from marked improve- ments in design and manufacture and Godfred Gebhardt, frame house at 820 Tenth St., $4,300. Clarence Robideau, frame house at 221 Sweet Ave., $500. Where the edges of wood shingles about or overlap at the hip joints of @ roof, it is considered good practice to use small strips of copper or other corrosive-resistant flashing. They should be bent and nailed in place to cover the joint between the shingles. WHEN THE KITCHEN THER- MOMETER GOES ABOVE 100° FRIGIDAIRE NEVER FALTERS EVERY MODEL HAS THE Surer Freezer because of their general utility and decorative effect. In modern home construction their use has been found an effective method of creating a sug- gestion of spaciousness. i Modern mirrors are obtainable in numerous sizes, shapes, and designs. ‘They may be plain with polished or framed edges or have sparkling bevels and clear-cut miter lines. Others are decorated with crystal rosettes or col- ored stars, or they may be embellished with various motifs to give novel and Striking effects. * Various treatments are possible in mirror installations. If the interior finish of a room is ivory, miter-cut lines on mirrors may be of silver to harmonize the finish. The illusion of space is easily ob- tained by the use mirrors in- niture, windows, draperies, and other furnishings reflected give a room the effect of practically double size, Make Fireplace Frame The treatment of fireplaces with mirrors has always been one of the most usual methods of obtaining at- tractive and charming effects. A large Plate-glass mirror, rectangular or of curved design, may be installed above the fireplace, and in some cases tall ones may be installed on each side of the fireplace so that the hearth and mantel are practically framed in the mirrors, giving a luxurious and spac- ious effect. In various modern treat- ments narrow mirrors are installed around the fireplace proper, below the mantel. A dining room, praticularly, has an added charm for a minimum of when mirrors reflect furni- ture, draperies, candles, flowers, cry- stal or other chandeliers, silverware, and the like. Popular for Bedrooms Large, specially designed mirrors are popular for bedrooms. A large wall mirror with sparkling beveled miters cuts not only adds to the brightness and cheeriness of the room but, aside from furnishing the desired illusion of width and depth, is of © If you think it was bot where you live last summer, you should have been down in the Desert Country where the temperature stayed above 115° in the shade for days at a time. Here was the real test for any refrigerator —yet Frigidaire, equipped with the Super Freezer, never faltered. Now every Frigidaire ’35 has the Super Freezer. It freezes more ice faster and keeps food delicious and wholesome no matter how hot the kitchen gets—or remains. Last summer's terrific heat proved that all refrigerators will tun, but sof all will provide ade- quate refrigeration, or freeze enough ice cubes fast enough. Come into our showroom to- morrow and let us show you why Frigidaire is a true General TAVIS MUSIC CO. Bismarck 417% Broadway Phone 762 can be purchased on Me- Plan for as little as 15 cents per day. | tar-Alor genuine service. If desired, such mirrors may serve as a background for a flat-top vanity table. In many cases full-] mirrors are installed on doors. Bathrooms offer exceptional oppor- tunities for the full-length mirrored door with sparkling bevels and polish- ed edges and a charming and ex- quisite mirror over the lavatory. A large mirror installed to cover almost one entire side of the room creates an atmosphere of luxury and space. It may be plain or built up in beveied, rectangular squares or framed with a border of crystal rosettes or stars. If preferred, a large mirror may cover the wall above the tub. When well designed and installed large mirrors are both pleasing and practical. They furnish the most simple and exquisite effects and lend an air of distinction and elegance. Government Grants Fence Repair Loans The advent of warm weather pro- vides an excellent time to build new fences and to repair old ones, Even the truck garden should be fenced to keep out chickens. Deteriorated fence posts should be replaced with new ones, preserva- tively treated, or of very durable wood, concrete, metal or other suit- able material. wires should be tightened and broken wires, fence boards, and woven fences of various kinds which will no longer furnish adequate protection should be replaced with new, durable material. Spring is also an excellent time to paint fences before grass or other plant growth becomes sufficiently high to interfere with this kind of work, A fresh coat of white paint on the posts not only serves as a guide to assist the automobilist who drives at night but white posts and fences surrounding verdant fields, farm woodlands, and orchards make beautiful and attractive landscape settings. Loans for repairing and installing fences are available through private financial institutions —_ cooperating with the Federal Housing Adminis- tration, which. is insusing such loans under the National Housing Act. | | a Ti eae | Question Box for 1 Owners of Homes | a es Q—Thin sheets of aluminum have been recommended as a satisfactory material for insulating my home. Since heat goes through it rapidly when used for cooking utensils, I do not understand how it could make good insulation. Please advise. A—The principle involved in the use of aluminum for insulation pur- poses is that of reflection of the heat. The practical application of heat reflection from the surface ts similar to that employed in electric heaters, which reflect the heat from a sheet of bright copper used as a re- flector. Therefore, the thickness of the material is of comparative insig- nificance. The surface of the ma- terial is customarily very bright. It may be used in flat or crumpled sheets. When more than one thick- ness is used, some air space is left between the sheets. Q.—Some of the doors in our home stick and are difficult to open and close. How can this be overcome? A—The sticking of doors is usually caused by settlement of the house structure, loose or ineffective hinges, or swelling or warping of the door and frame. If “necessary, reset the hinges in the wood so that the sur- faces are flush and then screw them up tight. If any of the boards in the frame are loose, then renail them. If there is any settlement of the house, jack up the sagging joists and sills and reinforce them. If sticking is due to swelling of the door, sur- plus wood can be planed off the edges of the door. However, wait until the wood is dry and do not plane off more than absolutely necessary. The door should be lined up so that it swings freely and fits snugly into the frame. Built-In Mirrors Found Convenient Built-in mirrors are valuable aids in maintaining personal appearance, and, properly placed, they contribute to the decoration of a home and tend to give the impression of added size to a room. In bedrooms or dressing rooms, if @ mirror does not fit in with the general scheme of decoration or sur- roundings, it may be attached to the! inside of the closet door. j They are very essential but must be used with discrimination. | Sunporches Add to Health of Families: An open sunporch makes {t possi- | ble for members of the family to en-| joy the health-giving rays of the sun/| on warm spring days. } ‘Phe porch can be erected on any side of the home, except the side, having a northern’ exposure. A| southern exposure is preferable. Per-| manent flower boxes built around the) porch can be finished to harmonize | with the color scheme of the home,’ or they may be in gay, complementary | colors. Contrasting colors add a note! of cheer and charm. Do You Know You can wallpaper an average room for as little as $1.79 Let us help you in choosing the combination that will set your home apart as one of livable, personal charm and lasting beauty. } We carry 500 wallpaper pat- terns from which you may choose. We also carry a complete line of Benj. Moore & Co. paints and varnishes, We have a list of tompetent painters who can do an A-1 job for you. Vantine Paint & Glass Co. . BRITISH BUILDING = BOOM GIVES PUSH TO OTHER GROUPS New Homes and Revival of Shipping Lend Impetus to Commercial Activity London, May 28.—()—England, which knew the pangs of depression long before 1929 and has trod a slow, painful path toward recovery, is be- ginning to take giant strides toward @ new era of prosperity. Both in shipping and building, headwaters of the money-stream which flows through all the channels of trade and industry, the nation is setting up records month by month that make memories of the past de- cade seem like a particularly bad dream. Building Boom Appears On top of Chancellor Neville Cham- berlain’s second successive “prosper- ity” budget, with its consequent re- duction of income tax rates, has come word of a building boom that prom- ises to release millions of dollars of idle money and to reduce unemploy- ment materially. In March, it was officially announc- ed, plans were let for almost $50,000,- 000 worth of construction of all kinds, an increase of $7,500,000 over the same month of last year. In the first three months of this year British ships laid up for want of cargo decreased by 285,000 gross tons. There is every sign of the im- provement in the figures being main- tained, even quickened. The plans passed in March includ- ed more than $33,000,000 for dwelling houses alone. More than $3,500,000 is to be spent on churches, schools and public buildings, and there will be 14,000 new homes. Real Apartments Appear The building boom is perhaps most noticeable in the number of great, modern apartment buildings that have sprung up in London within a year and a half. A year ago, even, Americans settling in London found their quest for up-to-the-minute liv- ing quarters a discouraging proposi- tion. There were a few buildings with steam heat and the other amenities to which Americans have grown ac- customed, but they were in such de- mand that the prices were clear out of reason. A simple two-room and bath apartment with sfeam heat cost at least $125 a month, with plenty of extras. And even those were so eagerly sought that their occupants, upon leaving, passed them on to their spe- cial friends, ‘Luxury Flats’ At Discount ‘The unhappy foreigner who didn’t happen to have either a special friend or the $125 a month to spend on quar- ters, usually ended up in one of those ancient “luxury flats” indigenous to London, with a grate in the living room, a canopied bed in which King Edward I once tried to sleep and a cold-water bath in a disused hall- way. All that is ended now. Modern “american flats” have mushroomed in their hundreds. A trip through near-suburbs brings them to light in serried rows, many of them 80 hurriedly thrown together that va- grant mortar still clings to the brick. They all boast of “central heat- ing” and many even have mechanical refrigeration. So fast have they sprung within a twelve-month that there already is talk of “over-building,” a phrase that somehow sounds familiar. At least, they are to be had for much less than $125 @ month, and they; have brought a new standard of liv-| ing to London. | ILLUMINATED PLATE | An illuminated house-number plate | installed where readily visible from the street is a great convenience at night. It will assist visitors in locat- ing your home and probably elimin- ate the annoyance often caused by perscns ringing the doorbell to ascer- tain the location of some other house number. PHONE 62 for Black Earth, Fertilizer, Ash Hauling, and Garden Plow- ; ing. Wachter Transfer Corporation 121 South Fifth Patronize Home Industry Consult Us Before Building That New House We are experts at built- in features and interior woodwork and practically all of our millwork is pre- pared in our own shop. AUNE Glass and Carpenter SHOP We are general contractors. We can handle your whole job for you. 313 Main Phone 544 614 Broadway Phone 205 Convenient Kitchen Layout photo- graphed interior and a floor plan of two similar and effi- cient kitch In many instances outmoded kitchens may be modernized along similar lines well with- in the ee of insured mod- PANT SALES RISE ALONG WITH HOMES Increased Activity in Construc- tion and Motor Trades Is Given Credit Washington, D. C., June 1.—Paint, varnish, and lacquer sales figures for the first quarter of 1935 showed ap- preciable increases over the same pe- riod last year, according to the Na- tional Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Association. The figures, showing percentages of increase, indicated marked im- provement in both industrial and re- tail dealer sales and reflected im- provement in the automobile indus- try. A general industrial expansion and retail business increases, were also indicated. The comparative figures: Total sales reported by 586 estab- lishments: 1934, $61,409,630; 1935, $70,749,836—increase, 15.2 per cent. Total industrial sales: 1934, $18,- ‘759,619; 1935, $22,500,219 — increase, 19.9 per cent, Industrial Sales Gain Total industrial sales, comprising paint and varnish sales to industry and lacquer sales to industry, showed the following percentages of increase over 1934: Paint and varnish sales to industry, per cent. Lacquer sales to industry, $5,985,704—increase, 14.9 per cent. Trade sales of paint, varnish, and lacquer (344 establishments), 1934, $22,231,676; 1935, $25,856,487—increase 16.3 per cent. Unclassified sales (242 establish- ments), 1934, $20,418,335; 1935, $22,- 393,130—increase, 9.7 per cent. The 22.3-per cent increase shown Frank G. Grambs Co. Plumbing and Heating Supplies Pipe and Fittings Valves, Faucets, Fixtures, Repair Parts, Gas Stoves LOWEST PRICES Rear 112 2nd St., Bismarck, N. D. Behind Corwin-Churchill Motors $12,773,915 — increase 22.3) ‘in industral sales of paint and var- {Nish was credited by an association {spokesman to the recent expansion {and building improvement programs instituted by many industries and to the increased use of quick - drying enamels in the automotive industry which come under this classification. Lacquer sales increases were consid- ered due to additional automotive ac- tivity. General trade sales, showing j@ 16.3-per cent increase over 1934, , were said to be due to a great extent to the effect of the modernization and repair program of the Federal Housing Administration on the sales of retail paint outlets, . REPAIR CRACKS Cracks which may have developed in stucco walls during the winter should be repaired before the walls are saturated by driving spring rains. Rainwater may cause deterioration of interior portions of the wall and be a contributing cause of further cracking of the stucco necessitating complete replacement of the exter- jor -surface, CEMENT! Sidewalks, steps, curbs, driveways, floors, etc. No job too big—No job too small Call REINHOLD DELZER For Estimates Phone 1546 OTTO DIRLAM LOCK and GUNSMITH MACHINIST —— Sharpening Lawn Mowers Our Specialty Expert Bicycle Repairing 218 Main Avenue PI 251 Electrical Wiring Using First-Class Materials Electrical Fixtures - Appliances Recommendations made cheer- fully upon request SERVICE ELECTRIC. SHOP JOHN B. KOTTSICK, Prop. 117 Fifth St. Phone 85 Electricity Will Serve You IN THE LAUNDRY Only proper equipment can make laundering while. Inquire worth about a washing machine, an elec- tric mangle or an iron. automatic IN THE KITCHEN An electric range, a kitchen mixer, or a refrigerator. All of these make foods easier to prepare for the woman who sets a tempting table and constantly tri prove it. ies to im- FHC LOAN SYSTEM RE-STATES METHOD OF DOING BUSINESS Administration Makes No Loans Itself But Private Insti- tutions Do | Washington, D. C. June 3.—In order’ to eliminate confusion among (the general public, the Federal Hous- jing Administration has restated its method of administering the mod- ernization credit plan authorized by the National Housing Act. The Federal Housing Administra- tion makes no .oans. All loans made under the moderni- zation credit plan are made by pri- vate financial institutions. The Federal Housing Administra- tion insures the financial institution against 20 per cent loss of all mod- ernization loans made. Types of Lenders ; Loans are made by several types of japproved financial institutions, over 4,800 of which have advanced this type of credit to date. Several thou- sand more have been approved and are ready to make loans. Banks make up the majority of these financial institutions, while fi- nance companies also handle a large amount of business, Approved finance companies are divided into three groups: Those which operate independently and transact business more or less as banks do, but usually finance the home owner throvgh a manufacturer, distributor, or contractor; those which are subsidiaries of manufacturers or commercial institutions willing to fi- nance an entire job if a certain per- centage of the product used is sold or manufactured by the parent organ- J.S. FEVOLD Investment, Real Estate Insurance, Bonds Sales and Rentals, City and Farm Property Over Cowan’s Drug Store BISMARCK, N. D. Phone 1326 for Ashmore and Ellingson For estimates on painting, pa- pering and decorating. Best ma- terials used. Work guaranteed. uilding Boom Here ization; those which are subsidiaries; of similar institutions but confine their operations to the branches, or dealers of tel paniny organizations, units, and the like, which are making a large number of modernization Detailed information as to the ope- ration of the modernization credit plan or the mutual mortgage insur- ance plan may be obtained from local better-housing committees or from the Federal Housing Administration, Washington, D. CO, _—_——— PLUMBING “By Men Who Know How” Consult us on all Plumbing, Heating, Gas Appli- ance, Air Conditioning, Radiant- fire Heaters, Fire Extinguishers, Sewer Tile Requirements, H. A. THOMPSON & SONS Plumb! -- oa as wit Heating Phone 64 Ralph C. Forsythe “The ONE-TRIP Plamber” General Plumbing — Heating Gas Fitting Service 318 Main Phone 1887 (1st door west of ist Nat. Bk.) “1? COULDN'T. HAPPEN ‘wirn'aANn AUTOMATIC Gas : RINEATE Montana-Dakota Power Co. Bismarck - Mandan - Hebron Dickinson 401 Fourth St. Bismarck Paint & Glass Co. le Phone 200 Paints, Varnishes, Brashes, Wall Paper, Glass and Artists’ Materials Home of the JEWEL DOUBLE-QUICK HOUSE PAINT and ether quick-drying JEWEL paints, enamels and varnishes . B. SPOHN, Manager BISMARCK, WN. BD. ‘MODERNIZATION ic home becomes obsolete .. . ugly, be- cause it is out of date. lacuian in elena has to do with HARDWARE. FOR HOUSE WORK Vacuum cleaners have proven aids in keeping rugs thoroughly clean and yet preserving their texture and color. An electric waxer does wonders for floors, too. ON THE TABLE Coffee urns, toasters, waf- fle irons, grills. A whole family of little electrical ap- pliances that make the breakfast or the midnight snack a delight to prepare. We Feature the WESTINGHOUSE MOBILAIRE Air-Conditioning Equipment North DakotaPower & Light Co. Bismarck — Mandan —, Dickinson 306 Main Hardware for doors . ,. windows, the bathroom. The latest and smartest in such fixtures may be seen in our store in a most remarkable display. We have performed our part in bring- ing our stock “up to the minute.” Come in and see our hardware line in the modern trend. We also maintain a Complete Tin Shop We Handle VIGORO—Plant Food for your garden. - SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Paints French & Welch Hardware