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Show 'IIIE JOURNAL Ward To The Second f ee and it is a fine point for Now lets see what Mr. Average At the present time guessing approxi-whe- n will take. it will stop. How Much Down? mately U'oo 0f the dwellings in the county are those constructed for A Davis county real estate man emergency war-tim- e purposes, such as Sahara Village, Anchorage, and put it this way: When a man comes in with the though of buying Verdeland Park. a house, he generally will pare his desires down to fit his bankroll. Kra Maybe he had decided he needs three bedrooms, a garage and a Subdivision the mass building basement. When the matter of of houses into d residential areas, compact, neat and price, down payment, and monthly well planned has been the main payments has been talked over, he answer to the housing shortage. often decides that two bedrooms Individual building has met the will do, and a garage, without a basement, or visa versa, will suf problem on much smaller scale. fice. Typical of the subdivisions that More important then price to have been built in Davis county is that one known as Golden Acres, the average buyer is the down payjust north of Layton. It consists of ment and the monthly payments. 21 brick houses, modest in size If he finds a house with a down but attractive in appearance. Each payment that wont cripple him house contains two bedrooms, kit- and monthly payments that he can chen, living room and utility porch. comfortably make, and the house There is a garage, but no base- is located where he wants it, then ment. With only minor alterations, the most important conditions for this description could be applied to the closing of the deal are present. almost any of the other subdivisions Most houses that are being built in the county today are in the low and in the county. medium price field where the deWhat does your average person mand almost entirely exists. want in the way of a house? He wants three or four bedrooms, Modest Rut Nice large living room, dining room, Houses are much like people in spacious well equipped kitchen, double garage, basement, sun room, that you seldom, if ever, find one rumpus room, and at least two that is perfect. The good points bathrooms. That is what the av- and the bad are always present. The houses that comprise Davis erage person wants. Sub-Divisio- n newly-create- refinements of civiliza-th- e fear motive in dwellings to disappear, and to be re-- i 5 ere s now ouse ? ,ng." And housing is indeed one Thought of the most manipulated proposito I tions of the day. second thought Ujy the meandered In Davis county there are more was v the wilderness in the market for a house kind. people of some Cr or shelter ever before. Various than oday . ur nrobably theories are suggested by various mlitieal groups and individuals for his housing rush sometimes para. Natural craving phrased housing shortage, but didnt conceive of the real reason is basic and reuntil he had had quires no explanation. The reason fof shelter sabor-toot- h there are more people ldbking for Cfcrush with a a night in a houses today then ever before is simply because there are more two together people. fne two and Sved that some sort of a In 1940 a the population of 11,384 PStof was of the the lived in idea approximately ,3,000 went to work on the in county. After 1040 a either con- houses Eventually had terrific influx of new people into him self a hut high up. in the county began, so that within a Hor had set up housekeeping ten year period the population had he which le, the entrance to more than doubled. A fairly accurWed at night. ate estimate in 1949 placed the ( the idea of a house was population figure at 20,932. of the elements 6 felonies, both four and two All of these new Davis county residents had one thing in comf mon a desire to secure a house. t Fear Motive Their combined desire created a I the need for approximately 4,000 new a long time in history houses. The building program to motive was the guide for the meet this need moved at a snails cf dwelling that men built. his-espace during the war because of a the pages of i through the cliff dwellings, the shortage of materials, but when ended the pent up clamor built up on stilts, the moat the war a houses burst forth into tjdes, the walled cities all be for domicile of such building jng the idea of protection splurge e as Davis county has never seen. it enemies, rather than com-lThe building splurge is still on living. mankind gradually assimulat 1 Page countys existing and contemplated subdivisions are no exception. in size and not modest are They with any of the over-endow- ed frills and refinements that the bride envisages for her dream house. In many cases the buyer must decide whether he wants a garage or a basement. On the other hand these houses are attractive and sturdily built. Their zoning, street layout, and location is planned and perfected down to the finest detail. Perhaps you want to buy a house. If so, you share the same desire with many. Its a well populated category. Its a very simple matter. Heres all you have to ao: Walk into any of the real estate offices in Clearfield or Layton or anywhere else in the county, lay dollars on the table and say: I want to buy that much worth of house. The odds are 99 to one that the agent will offer you that much worth of house as quickly as he can pick up the money (which is Your $8,5(X) very fast indeed). house will in all probability have two bedrooms, a garage, a living room, kitchen and utility room. There may, or may not be, a basement. It will likely be a brick house. It will be small, it will be neat and it will be well located. It will be one of a group of houses, very similar in appearance and structure, collectively known as the subdivision. And the subdivision (Continued on Page 19) irtain 9 for comfort. As a quence, today many families bed without bothering to lock oor, but at the same time are chagrined if the front room a quest by fS-'y- v ui , M . ' '' out being earliest dwellings, built by ioneers, in Davis county were ailt with the idea of comfort-ivin- g, . on present day stand-bu- t primarily as protection t the elements. The truth of amply demonstrated by an Ination of the memorial cabin me courthouse grounds at ngton. idea of comfort had gain-endan- i cy when the pioneers valley, but the dic-lnecessity forbade it being into the of practice. The ito t shelter. first thought With meager tools tore herself the only source materials, the refinements to a more pleasant dwel-rer- e as remote as the civili-the- y had left behind when tarted out on their quest inwilderness. r nd Good Old Fireplace log cabins which homes in Davis were the county were jhy notching the ends of logs nh ptting them together. The filled W itheloglQgsroofwere was fin-- j Q?u,The a layer of brush and (Which was functional except r ,and wben it rained PMnside as well as out. ,ne Cf' dor, one window blessing of all-- one replace was the gn s,ourc.e of both cheer It furnsbed warmth, to cook- - Life d ralP ab!nAwork or leisure, ndk-hreplace. The tbp S' in-e- he of well e nt cieaner. It Would old tlVacum firma the good i in thif ankd s on, L Si re-la- in Untyj-Th- ln for quest Quest e di- - I'Z" fits ln expression more neatly" Sheher To i Housing 'within, p'oneers were .Problem of ith manipu-lpseves igma of h hous- - Net horsepower . . . the power you use, the is the true power dervered at tha dutch measuring stick of a trucks ability to haul payloads. And for net horsepower, Chevtrucks with Loadmaster rolet heavy-dut- y most engine have no equal among the five their popular standard equipped makes in cartiM rating, or angina, noJa tanM weight class- - 13,000 to 16,000 lbs. G.V.W.? trucks load them all! 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