Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 2 D SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST 7 1938 Demand for Homes and Building Lots Holds at Good Pace HomcJChviiei-Populatio- ReportcdSold-- D n uringPastWeek IirSrLr&ovl The paper’s editors followed the 'Printing of the above'by this advice: “Choose any definition you like or devise your own but be cure to make financial preparations for the proper maintenance of your home in case of sickness or re- verses "Your home is one of your dearSurely jou should be wise enough to safeguard and "conserve it by saving “If you haven’t a home there could scarcely ’be a more joyful e objective for saving than the to acquire one” est possessions pur-"pos- Buying English Homes Since the war the English government has gone to great lengths tc make it possible to buy homes Terms have been easy Interest When Tates low contracts long purchased on the installment plan payments are made weekly instead of monthly as they are made here but because of the weekly payments forfeiture clauses are severe— hence the editors’ recommendations to "be sure to make financial preparations for the proper maintenance in case sickess” etc Out of every depression we have in this country sfhce our first days Of Independence something good has (always come Out of the past several years of worry and fret has :ome a movement hat has become nationwide and probably Is here to stay That giovement Is homertwnershlp Salt Lake City has always been a city of homeowners In 1930 out of 31614 families 78 per cent owned their homes During (he past two months more than 2D0 homes have been purchased in our city and construction on more than 100 new ones has been begun Realtors forecast that by 1940 Salt Lake City’s percentage of ViH lead the nation in cities of comparable size What Others Thlnk It- - is alwaysNInteresting to read What the other fellow thinks abut us Recently in’ thVLondon Sphere the following appeared: "The United States contains dper cent of the world's area and per cent of its population It nortnally’con-sumes4- 8 per ceat of the world's coffee 53 per cent of its tin 56 per cant of its rubber 21 per cant ' of its sugar 72 per cent of its silk 36 per cedt of its coal 42 per cent of its pig iron 47 per cent of its copper and 69 per cent of Its erude )d home-owne- -- petroleum “It operates ' 60 -- per cent of the -- world’s telephone andtelegraph facilities owns 80 per cent of the motor cars in use operates 33 per cent of the railroads It prodQces WE CAN FURNISH EVERY WANTED BUILDING SUPPLY at REASONABLE PRICES ANDERSON LUMBER 22KB SO BTH E CO HY 692 61 degrees The tem- perature of the water in Los Angeles is 75 degrees San Francisco is 62 degrees Portland is- - 64 de-grees Denver is 75- - degrees and Omaha is 87 degrees Cooliilg by Cold Water When the water aupply is 61 degrees or colder and sufficient supply present water cooling makes a very v M W ywv & &(' answer to most cooling satisfactory & V t problems The city main with v ' s f water is a line coming up y r svw from the artesian basin east of Murray This line flows by gravity to East Twenty-thir- d South street and is pumped from there on to East Fifth South and Third East streets Enough cold water is flowing from this line to cool eight theaters the size of the new Centre Not only is the equipment cost much lower but operating costs likewise are more reasonable Artesian Basin The artesian basin around Ninth East and Forty-eight- h South streets is created by melting snow seeping into the ground around Brighton and Alta and emerging at a lower elevation forming the artesian basin Much of the temperature of the melting snows is retained The temperature of the water at this source ranges from 48 to 51 degrees Most of the water at the present time is used for irrigation Plant life would be better off with warmer water and Salt Lake City homes and stores would be much cooler in the summer if the wafer were used for cooling Water at 54 degrees being used for cooling will extract moisture present in the air on the few days where moisture content exceeds 35 per cent relative humidity All it requires is a little city planning to make available the cold water and in all probability the city can operate at a substantial profit in the sale of this cold water The water after it has been used for cooling can be sent back into the city mains returned to Liberty park for irrigating of laws or returned to the farms for irrigation Salt Lake City's problem in the future for cooliing can either be a continuation of the use of electric power generated a long way from the point of or Mrs J D H Tooele writes: leaves give off more moisture than the use of cold waterconsumption which is availmo If tell crocus fall the roots the of can the draw up able in an almost unlimited supply you plants more than one color? to make a balance The only thing The use of cold water is muck more comeg of roots move is a to do I Andean give as much water as economical but requires some city tq of delphinium now th‘at are dlg possible to the shrubs I enjoyed planning Tourists coming into Salt tlnctly in the wrong place? Thanks the rest of your letter which I Lake City on an so much for your trouble and your haven't room to quote very much bus train or plane would not say Sunday page which Is such a joy and hope to see you when you come Salt Lake City is so warm if we to Salt Lake again So glad you would take full advantage of the to me” natural cooling that exists in this Ans— Thank you Yes you may enjoy this department b move the delphiniums now valley Cut SMrs E Blnghanr Canyon them back take up a whole shovelful of earth with each pop into writes: “Can you tel me what to do for' a Christmas cactus that the new hole and water thoroughturns yellow and finally falls off?" ly and they’ll soon develop little new Ans —Probably you are giving leaves at the ground level Autumn crocus comes in white and two or your plant too much water Once a three shades of lavender or purple week is usually enough to water An insufficient flow of water this succulent from taps or spigots is a frequent C B Y Duchesne I tah writes: Mrs M H Magna writes: "I source of annoyance to the entire T certainly enjoy your page of have been a reader of your garuseful and interesting articles and family den column for years Inclosed are This is generally due to rusted wonder If you will tell me the some infected with name of the insect on the leaves snapdragons pipe lines or other clogging and some kind of growth which has should be corrected when first I am inclosing and what I can no loots but starts up the plants noted The defect occurs usually spray them with They have killed and chokes them to death Please in horizontal pipes particularly several plants for me ” tell me what It is and the treatbranch lines from risers to taps Ans — The leaf of coleus was atfirst Later the corrosion extends tacked by the mealy bug and the ment” When severe corAns— This is a parasite a plant to main lines only spray that I have found effec tive is volck sold by most nursery- with no roots of its own called rosion has taken place and pipes 0 men the standard dodder As you say it will choke are badly clogged they should be remedy for sucking insects such as plants It also spreads The only replaced Careful selection of plumbing his is will not kill this insect be- - thing la to pull up plantsto which use of the protective white woolly it has attached itself to prevent its systems choosing a noncorrosive coay Coleus is especially prone to spreading Burn them never leave metal whenever it can be afforded will prevent this nuisance be attacked by mealy bug as are them around -- fk- Ji iiai I'1 r ’3' 12 h 4 m-stor- Nt yv Residential transfer continued active last week and brokers reported numerous sales Upper Is 923 Diestel road which was purchased by George W Grimsdell from Frank L Perkins Center is 1595 East Thirteenth South street sold to Dr tyilen O Bolden for F L Whaley Below Is 1147 Herbert avenue which was purchased by H W Cohenour from George W Aiken Nearly Half Insured Loans Under $4000 of all Approximately mortgages that have been insured by the federal housing administration have been for principal amounts from 2000 to 3999 Loans within these limits account for 461 per cent of the mortgages now under the federal housing administration’s insured mortgage system Only 91 per cent of the Insured loans involve amounts between 7000 and the maximum limit of 16000 one-ha- lf Leaking Faucets Leaking faucets are not only an- noying but wnen certain minerals are present In the water supply are the cause of sinks and bowls becoming stained As a rule they are for the common easily remedied cause is worn washers In the ordinary kitchen or bathroom fixture they can be replaced by taking out the spindle that Is attached to the Garden Questions Answers handle per cent of the oil 60 per cent °J tth‘ "heal and cottonv“ pe5 copper 40 p e cent of the lead and coal output of the tlobe “The United States possesses eleven bill lor dollars in gold or nearly half of the world’s monetary metal It has o( civilization’s banking resources The purchasing power of the population is greater than that of five hundred million people in Europe or more than a billion Asiatics" Xhe article follows saying that “responsible leadership which cannot Hranslate such a bulging econ omy into assured prosperity is destl tute of capacity But pompous statesmens looking over The estate solemnly declare that the methods by which it was created are all wrong ought to be abandoned must be discarded that the time has £omelo substitute politlcai”inan- agement for individual initiative and cn 70 two-thir- ’ Weak Tap Flow Indicates Rust supervision ” Sometimes by going oveT into a neighbor’s lot and looking tack at one’s own property one can get a better panorama of the place kpd a better perspective Undoubtedly the Englishman looking us over saw many things we are too close to notice but which are plain to se when called to our attention He looked us over as a whole saw cacti the vastness of everything but was “Mrs O' P Salt Lake writes: not impressed by the’ pettiness of somg things that worry many of The information you give edeh us but which after ail are simply Sunday far exceeds all the garden magazines that I take and I think annojing I take them all! I came to jour garden last week blit you wire away I should so mikh like to know the name of that plant of which you had several in the e garden at the east looking over the meadows which has filmy lavender flowers It is beautiful and quite new td me Thank you Black-leaf-4- FROM THE PLANS five-roo- dell f brick Colonial at 1595 East Thirteenth South street was V'w sold to Dr Galen O Belden for Announcement was made last week of the change of ownership of F L Whaley with the Lauren W Gibbs company handling the transthe Oquirrh apartments at 825 Fourth East street The three-stor- y structure was purchased by A A Campbell from Wallace G Hunter action of San Francisco Below is pictured a new home constructed at Hillside avenue and State street for T H McConisey A Real Estate Transactions Sales by the Cook Realty company announced last week included a bungalow at 616 Hollywood avenue to Ireta for the H O L C a brick colonial at 1061 Fourth East street to Mrs Ethel Cole for Henning Henderson a brick bungalow at 441 University street to M R Bradford for Arthur Walton a house at 828 Edison street to Marlon Jackson for Freda Welnegar a lot at 1651 Fifsix-roo- Roy-lan- five-roo- m five-roo- five-roo- Think of m PLUMBING & HEATING COMPANY K Sales reported by the Home Owners Loan corporation with the name of the broker handling the transaction were A brick duplex at 551 Trisler place to W A Parker E B Wicks your-selec- SUGAR HOUSE LUMBER & HARDWARE CO M O ASHTON President HORACE B RICHARDS Mgr S K South Hyland 2036 five-roo- 1th East 1 1096-- 7 “7 (Continued on Following Page) teenth East street to Emelia Carlson for Clarence H Warden Sales reported by the Fletcher Lucas Investment company included a house at 941 East Thirty-thir- d South street to Harry J Davis for the Annie C a Butterfield estate brick and stucco at 30 Twelfth East street to Axel Bloomquist for the H O L C a four-roocottage at 1869 Sixth East street to L J McLeon for Archie I Bess PLUMM1VG Redondo avenue to Dell Price for brick at Dick Jacket a 23 Harmony court to J B Hofman for the BeLilyon company Why Shovel Coal? Buy a five-roo- MASTER STOKER AT six-roo- m m Reported by the Gaddis Investment company was the sale of a brick colonial to R J Busath for N L Herrick who built the structure five-roo- AUERBACH’S and cut your fuel bills! m Sales reported by the Lauren W Gibbs company were a frame cottage at 1387 Eleventh East street to Millard Miller briok for the eompanyr a at 336 West Third North street to Mary Jacob for the company three lots on Sunnyside avenue five-roo- m six-roo- m Seving of fuel ii only keif It is your ticket the story to furnece freedoml You cen leeve home for over e end week-en- d return 1o the esect comfort you went No work! 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Buy on FHA Plan No Bown Payment 650 per month First Payment F H Evanston Wyo writes: “I have five large golden elders at the rear of my garden to give color contrast They turn brown dt the tips of the' leaves every year about this time Is there anything you know of I can — R?” n Ans — This of the leaves often comeson trees and shrubbery in our hot dry summers It is caused by the excessive dryness In October Saves up to Even Temperature Saves Labor Safe and tip-bur- Cleatf thaatmospherenwhrcfrTnakesthe niEEECTItlCAL FIXTURE- SLargest Steam Vapor or Hot Water Tot steam hot water or vapor ' the Master Is Ideal Automaticplants control holds ths temperature even St — nydeetred-potn- t No Smoke Minneapolis Installation v Cost Extra Stock Lowest Prices Newest Designs JVBuckle ElecCo (30 So State Wat 33(0 1st 50 ut With Our Complete Home Service! five-roo- When You Think oi advance” Mrs E Construction of a new Alpha Chi Omega sorority house in the 1300 block on East First South street has begun and is expected to be compieted next fall The building site is just west of the Slima Chi fraternity house including the lot the structure will cost approximately $16000 Lorenzo S Young is the archi tect and Louis Perkins the with a bath The large library living and dining rooms are so arIncluding the basement there will ranged that they can be utilized tobe three storieg The house will be gether td make a large ballroom constructed of mountain red “ruff" On the top story there will be clear brick On the basement floor six bedrooms which will supply will be the chapter room and a sleeping quarters for 12 girls There maid’s room and bath On the first will also be a large room with a floor will be a living room library number of baths for the house resikitchen and a house mother's room dents builder six-roo- m ' “ ker lat-ifol- ia ltV-easy- to were handled by brick bungalow was sold by George W Aiken to H H Cohenwas the broour Frank V Parish ’ Ans —Thanks for your very nice compliments The plant is statlce — builebrhome Ihe Sugarhouse Lurhber& Hard ware way Our complete Home service will take all trouble We can help you in your soma details off your hands all financial details 'and help you plans arrange - in t ion of contractors and materials— OUR ONE-CAL- L SERVICE will assure you of getting the most for your end assure you of getting just the home you money want complete and ready to move in Come in today for a free consultation we will answer all your questions with' no obligation on your part Negotiations the Cook Realty company At 1147" Herbert avenue a lit-tl- In TO THE FINISHED HOME "— Demand for homes continued active in Salt Lake City’s real estate market last week Brokers also reported many Inquiries on lots for residential building and contractors were busy completing structures now tinder contract One of the newly constructed homes noted during the wek wa y a novelty rustic dwell- IHg at the northeast corner of Hill side avenue and State street which wag built for T H McComsey The structure is completely equipped with sin cfinditloning and a water softener Louis J Bowers was the contractor and the negotiations for the building were carried on through the Hogle Investment company Change of ownership of an apartment house was announce last week A A Campbell purchased the Oquirrh apartments at 325 Fourth East street from Wallace G Hunter of San Francisco Brokers in the deal were the McConaughy Real Estate and Investment company and the Home and Garden company The three-stor- y brick building contains six units Each has four rooms with a sleeping porch There also are nine garages A colonial at 923 Diestel road was purchased by Frank I Perkins from George W Grims- -: rs -- ' Many Saks Reported During Week x 54degreesttr where our stomachs ce get three meals a day and our hearts a thousand ’’ j'KV---c By A B PAULSON Member of the American Institute of Architects Utah Chapter Salt Lake City has the unusual distinction of having the coldest water in Its city mains of any city its size or larger in the United States but the city makes very little us® of this low temperature The temperature in the mains runs from ” “The-pla- House JSouglit Of Its Water For Cooling By BLAIR RICHARDSON Some time ago in London England a newspaper invited its readers to answer the question “What is a home" Hundreds of answers came in and the paper's editors selected the following six as the best shut out: a vorld of love sHut in ” "A place where the small are treat and the great are small ” “The father's kingdom the moth- tr's world Lhe children's paradise" 'The place where we grumble most and are treated best ” “The center of our affections round which our hearts’ best wishes twine SHbrmdUse” Apartment is Electrical Appliance Dept — Downstairs T |