The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 4, 1935, Page 7

lHL DA[LY ALASKA I:MPIRE 'IHURSD,\\ APRIL 41935 gxuuummummlmmmmm lummmmmmmmuuuuulumuluuuu|||umuml|||||||||mumummmuuumu|umumumumuuumumnmmmmmmlnnuuunuumumuummu|mnmmuluumunuuuu l!llmllllllllllflllllIIIlIIIIIIIIII|IIIIHIIIlllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIINIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllmlllflllg 1 A OO RSO AR ORI A R LU Better Homes Mean Better L1V1ng' Go Now and Consult These Specialists in the Repair, Alteration and I mprovement that MAKE A HOUSE 4 HOME g s Economy, Simplicity, Comfort are L e Possible with Built-in Furnishings YO% Ca n | | Improvement HEADQUARTERS FOR e ‘ i : . Loan , Here , Cut Flowers and Potted Plants : Wé can arrange to finance | Al ‘ 3 | repairs or additions to your FOR BEAUTFYING YOUR ROOMS | E ¢ . ¢ L home under the F. H. A. Trees, Shrubs and Plants for terms without delay. Beautifying Your Yard JUNEAU FLORISTS SHATTUCK BLDG. PHONE 31 SEE US TODAY! % ~ 1 | Columbia Lumber msurance | ut we GAN have a Company : BETTER HOME” | = e ‘4LLEN SHA TTUCK An intimate interview by C‘fi.l,u‘ch Towne f CEMENT PLASTER &% 2 for the Juneau Better Housing Committee . Deformed Steel Reinforcing Inc‘ Lucy and Jack Spear in their 12x14 living room. Tt is 8:30 in the evening. Lucy has Metal Lath, 3.4 weight Draintile SINCE 1898 ol Concrete Sewerpipe and Specials “Jack, let'’s DO something about this house. When we bought it we knew we could B e ot B van, it 58, ehtacs: o 13> e Chimney Blocks Conerete Footing Blocks house. But it didn't take us long to @iscover that we wanted fust a little bit more : Fireplnce Da"lpe”, Ashdumps, ’thh than a house.” Jack (knowing this conversation will mean money) sits a bit dejectedly rlght by Tile. M(mtel Tzle the spot in the wall where Lucy has mentally pictured a fireplace. Says Jack: “But we WES LARSEN haven't the ready money to pay for improvements now. So we can't do anything Firecla) Firebri(‘k . Partition Tile A about it.” A L 2 Lucy comes back with a bang: “But we CAN have a better home. It isn't neces- @ . " sary for us to have all of the money to do tne job. I am sure there is a bank or other b : < financial institution in Juneau, working under this new Hcusing Act, who will lend us the money we need to do our job. I have been down to the Better Housing Committee H G, E. KRA USE headquarters and found out about it. We can borrow up to $2,000—not that we will . want that much, but loans are made up to that amount to people with incomes like 32 i - Dealer in Heavy Bailding Magerials ours. You have a good job. We are as sure of our income as anybody can be. We are good ‘credit risks and under the terms of these new loans we can borrow the (‘ENERAL MRACTOR > ) money we need to do the job we want dome, ‘We can pay for it out of our inoomn a certain sum every month. General ContrGCtor “Come on, Jack. Tl economize in other ways. We'll stay home more, for one v 1 2 N . thing. We'll do less gadding m yut. We will enjoy our home more and we can have 'aful uilder cverything we have wanted, everything ve have planned for, and pay for it just like & K R A F F T » S vent fidf 43 ¢ Jack straightens up. “Say, Lucy, my girl, that IS an idea. You do the investigat- | C b nd M ll k EST[\/[ATES CLADLY FURNISHED ing—get estimates from a good contractor—I'm for if, on that basis!” { a lnet a '4 wor ESTIMATES FURNISHED Jack Spear. There is more thinking to be done. And planning very responsible e W home owner whose property needs repairs, remodeling or modernization, should think Satisfaction Guaranteed in terms of doing the job NOW. If for any reason he does not wish to.put out his ¥ savings, he should negotiate a loan With &n approved bank and proceed with the We carry PLYBOARD—any size—at market prices work. The Juneau Better Housing Committee will be glad to give you. full and com- plete information. 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