Show I CHEAPER HOUSING i t i J some time ago co The Record publish publish- 1 I. I if t f ed cd d an aD n from another news news- f V paper the buying of ot auto auto- With irith the buying of ot hornet homes 4 Ibis article stated that people were buying baying before they bought mua and assigned as the reason that the automobile Industry had put it its ita product within the reach of the masses while home ownership is beyond beyond be be- yond the reach of the average family fam fam- ily Dr Now How Purdue university has started an aD experiment along these lines A tract of ot acres has been acquired west of the university campus where homes of different types will be built bulIt Experiments will be made In heatIng heating heating heat- heat Ing ventilation air conditioning In- In ae sewer r construction and types of building materials material The homes home will be occupied by university It sity atty professors and accurate records kept of upkeep Owen D. D Young Is one of the backers backers back back- ers tIB of this project and he predicts that within the next few years more than a million low priced homes will willbe willbe be br built In this country Here In this locality there Is a de der mand nand for modem modern low priced homes homel but the cost COit is too great for the average average aver aver- age worker 1 This Tills probably Is 11 due to toa toa a 1 number of causes and the Purdue experiment will discover many facts which will enable contractors to build a better home at a lower cost |