The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 30, 1932, Page 6

r ? . elder. working on the estgte, in his weak: brother = {on the g phases of his life, because it | p:” pe phase which is always near ;... gur hearts and experiences. As a |} " nation we are composed, for the Wh most part, of home lovers, and it |, .. eomes natural to us to pay homage | $0 a man who was not only gre: 4n the eyes of the world, but great gnough to be ‘chiefly interested in fiis home. Times and fashions and Politics may change with the cen- furies, and even the manner of dealing with them becomes dull and antiquated with the passage of time, but home life never loses its @glamour. 1In the case of Geofge #Washington it only adds 0 OUr o.ings are owing to his creative |fame as a horticulturist. jove and esteem for him, and in hand.™ | gollowing his example of home life futerest we ar> emulating a de- & gerving idol. That is why this past, Mount Vernon of Washington’s lifé should help us' The t extensive improvements | L€ s0 much today. He loved his home, made on Mount Vernon by Wash he believed in it and nutured it, ington occurred during the summer | S€rvice, china and crystal. There Epiring no expense nor effort in Of 1758 when he put it in order to|are many letters left to us, telling Sbitny it aik nik saxeting eqiics. 5 T, S pride, whom |Of the beauty and charm of Mount ents. When we consider the he married in January of the fol- V rnon and the exquisite hospital- times’ of Washington, we can real- lowing year. With the growth of |1ty of its owner. jge what a terrific task it must his popularity and fa he began have been to build and improve a to find the house wholly inadequate home. Then when we remember ! B0 TS COBEMBN | e o, o improving the one you that today, every modern conyen- St e g no uwuv rem('mi)ex' George Wa:fih- dencs is at our elbow, ata cost that Was then that he v plans for| on's hibit of nesie puitting off bas rarely been so low, we should additions to }lhli Iho " {)X'Ul);‘r ml‘d tin U)l:mr;’o{\' that which can l;(’ he eager to take advantage of our buildi also for the| . fimes, to build or improve our at of the grounds includ-| S toce¥: Wot only ean it be buildings. autiful flower and kitch-|'yoné: more economically than sthos before the war. labor is forty-six cheaper, materials of every kind for e ai Mount Ver-| building have come down in price, R 2 topped improv- while their quality has remained George Washington at the time he and grounds. In the same, science and other modern came into piossession of an inh fact, shortly before he died, when |inventions have made the utmost ance that included Mount Vernon. he was ill, his wife chided him for'in luxuries, pertaining to your com- In Washington, the home build- r, t inte: Potomac, the immortal reply: Vernon in |know that through a long life i West Indies. |put off till the morrow the dul then only |which should be performed today. possession of his 1 included he now ¢ That it was not al-|acres he was ahead of his times. today roved by | Wi on's Recollections an femoirs of Wa : “When Colonel V ed at Mount V o a 1c both the m were inconsid ble. All of the|varieties, which he Washingion Improves {zo the exterior of this home but |was discriminating about the in- or fu hings as well, paying ticular to his tahle attention A Lesson n rome Making Washington Ingerits Mount Vernoa Let us look back for a moment to BUILDING MATERIALS #hatMEET SPECIFICATIONS BUILD WITH THE BEST : It Costs No More EVERYTHING GUARANTEED-—This is Headquarters for all kinds of HARD WOOD and other FINE LUMBER Also WINDOWS and PLATE GLASS Our WORK and MATERIALS have no SUPERIORS and our sidewalks get as HARD AS HEL-P yourself— P4 TRONIZE US Morris Construction Co. &y - his home, fened conditfon, "to’ which ‘he"made ‘o4 gnd enjoyment of home 1i “You well 3 under whom | has been my unvaried rule never 10 with all the beauty and elegance ne into the |He had, this great statesman, angardening, china 's estate | appreciation of trees, and in the | ware of that j famous matter of farming his many vast p.ve it at a cost he died in 1799, he left in- |4 in his will for the pro-|ggain gen, where lie was operated upon | hington.” | cedure of rotating his crops to the | ning- |end of the year 1803, Many of the | Mr. Ryan is still unger obser-- rnon, | trees on his estate he imported | ion and the estate|from Europe and those of American home can be desired by & true| juneayu friends that he has gained transplanted | American. embellishments of the house and |about his own grounds, brought him :Sired by George Washington, the | He did not confine his interests | In considering puilding a home of | your own home, you are putting many men to work, you are spend- ing money, a patriotic thing to do at this time, which will work not only for you but for others, and in your small way decreasing the num- ber of unemployed. America’s Shrine fer all America. It typifies the true spirit of the American people, the goal of all home loving people. | Today this noble ambition is easy to realize, for today’s savings will be temorrow’s gain, in land values, !monetary returns, and the dividends t are always forthcoming from an investment in happiness. EDDIE RYAN IS IMPROVING; MAY BE BACK IN MAY hings, lands ystal and silver- The many friends of Mr. and And you can Mrs. Eddie Ryan and family will is lower ti be pleased to learn of Mr. Ryan's n in ov fifteen years, improved condition since leaving than it may ever be the Coffey Clinic in Portland, Ore- available to you at rzally nmominal You can even have a home b cost colonial designs wallpapers, furni vith furni “1it ha It Is Patriotic to Build Now for an infection in the neck. Certainly nothing better than 2a|yation of the Clinic and .writes Nothing better was de- |99 pounds in weight, is feeling nation’s foremost American. In tr eight years that he was away from {home, he longed to be back in his | | garden smoking, in his library with | : | his' books, but since he could not IN !be thers he sent messages con- JU U stantly for its care and protection When you either build or improve { 1 Mount Vernon is now the shrine | | | | i at less COST . . . . Headquarters For PIONEER STRIP SHINGLES (For your Roof) PURE PREPARED PAINT (For the Outside) FULLERGLO OR DECORET (For the Inside) BUILDERS® HARDWARE GOOD TOOLS Juneau Young Hardware Co. § \\\"‘«A sesevvv iy \\“\< i CHANGE that musty, dusty, unlivable space in your home into a room of new and de- lightful charm. It is easy and in nsive when built with our Perfection Plaster Board, which, because of a special treatment, keeps it warm in winter and cool in summer. Then furnish it to your taste, ann ‘your home will have a new popular room. Juneau Yowig'Hardware Co. Ask for prices Estimates are free much beiter and expects to re- | Under a revised program 01[ Awlator Bd Young of the Alaskan turn to Juneau during May. | simplified practice recommended | Allways recently returned to Fair- e in"re@se.of“‘loo = g iby the Bureau of Standards, the ‘;1"“5 ‘m’“d UNIG R Dwwso. ] 21 2 cel in " [e Toport U] the number of ink beife raisod |TUber Of iz and types of | uu MRN8, KIGEe LD o) by fur farmers in British Colum- |Wheelbarmrows, has been reduced | dents are hopeful of quartz devel- bia has been made sihce 1929. 'from 41 to 27. | opment. . \ Mr. and Mrs. | Tomebuilder WE HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY MATERIALS, EQUIP- MENT AND TOOLS TO DO ANY SIZE JOB— 4 : And We Know How to “Concrete” ‘ Anid there is no “Guessing” about the quality of materials we use in our work nor the class of workmanship. As proof of our watertight concreting is the recently finished basement under the California Grocery — built on tidewater where there are tide pressures to overcome and poured in freez- ing temperature. Ask the owners if they are pleased with the i jOb. o -3 3 Maybe you would like to put in a concrete basement under i your home. Or, maybe there is. some other conerete work you g would like to have done. We are glad to talk over.your wishes ; and ideas with you and give estimates. “ Plastering Over Nu Wood Insulating o : Lath ; T N That well known and proved plaster base. NU WOOD is an all wood product, the fibres are interlaced in THREE directions, o making it remarkably resistant to expansion; ‘contraction and warping. It is a WEYERHAUSER product. You get double value for your money using NU WOOD lath. Aside from the uniformity, rigidity, waterproofness you get a splendid insulator. we i We use Standard Gypsum Co. Plasters on our plastering jobs, whether the base is NU WOOD, metal lath or the ordinary 4 8 fir lath. ' i Our mechanics are proud of the first class work they do. We can show a number of plastering jobs we did last: year in Juneau using NU WOOD and every job is satisfactory to the ?Wlilers. It Pays and Pays Well to INSULATE—it saves on the fuel, bill. : | STUCCOING—Exterior Plastering Yotk can stuoeo over the present outside wall, you save ‘flifin nt- 1l ing costs, you get insulating value, and a pli:gsii_;g(.wktfi‘-.gialw appearance to the exterior. ; AH | Bigantar-it I GENERAL CONTRACTOR—Dealer in Heavy Building Material