The Syracuse Journal, Volume 23, Number 4, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 22 May 1930 — Page 2

■ y 1 "" *~ |) J 11 - r I I tkW n r«aMiK B- ' j t-OSiw vLaj j View In Chengchow, China, center of fighting between Nationalist and northern troops, which foreigners have been asked to evacuate. 2—Reverlv Hills, Calif., celebrating its lead among swiftly growing American cities. B—John Masefield, new poet laureate of England. 4—Owen J. Roberts 01 Philadelphia, nominated for associate Justice of Supreme court by President Hoover. k

NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS ’ Senate Votes for Transfer of Prohibition Bureau to Law Department. By EDWARD W. PICKARO TRANSFER of the prohibition bureau from tlie Trensurydcpnrtnient to the I Apartment of Justice was voted by the senate. This measure, the first and one ff the most important of the law vnforwmefit bills r<»c- --' omtneitded by the ’Wickersham conimission arid urged by the administration, was pass,.4 without a record vote and having previously been put through the house It went to the President for signature after a few minor changes had been .concurred- in by tlie house. Several of the senators criticised certain features of the bill, especially the dual control of industrial alcoholby .the Treasury and Justice de-' partinents. but Ty.dings of Maryland was the only one to offer amendments and li'is suggestions were speed, y voted down. Mr. Tydings arg led earnestly in favor of an amendment to permit the use of only honpoisbnous denaturants in Industrial aicohdf, asserting that present practice in effect ••giving the death penalty to a than who commits Bo greater -crime than violation of the prohibition law." But a large majority of tlie senators’ evidently believed the statement of ' Sheppard of Texas that "poisonous matter put in . industrial alcohol Is not used in sufi’uTent proportions to kill." ~ Senator Carter Class of Virginia said the transfer of the prohibition bureau should have been made years ago. but he attacked ti e, Wickersham ’commission for ■'wust.ng” heafljL|2so,<XW> and asking for that much more. He said he would propose a resolution calling for a statement of the commission's expenditures before any additional money Is appntpriafed. lie asserbd that the commission had 1. . • dellquents. the depth of and such things." t’nder tlie terms of the bill Dr. James M.< Horan, present commissioner of prohibition, will reimt.n in tl.e Treasury d-y .irtmeiit. with th- tr - Os commissioner of Industrial nkhmol. Att,. r General William’ ’ D.. Mitchell " ointment . . ■ I > partn ent of Justice. I ‘ In conniption with Tyding’s attack «n the p«dsnnltifi of-alcohol it) s!tpuld be st; ted that Commissioner Horan. s;iys his I’hemists have fotiiid that the many cases of “Jake paraiysH’’ affi • Ing the drinkers of fake Jamaica ginger are ■ iu>»d cre<- ■ ;h .7 m>t by isopropyl, the industrial alcohol denaturant prescribed by federal regulations. FS< ’OIT M<BRIDE, -er • intetident of the Anti Saloon 7 league, was before -the sennfe lobby 1. committee several days rand Ayas an interesting and combative :witness. l*espho the vigorous attacks of Senator Blaine of Wisconsin and some rather damaging admissions, he upheld his side of the controversy-fairly well. At one time he admitted that the league does not interest itself greatly In the economic views of a candidate, that its principal aim is to Insure the election of men who will vote fight on prohibition, and that it sometimes supports dry voting, wet drinking candidates for office. Plans ‘to force a showdown vote on pending proposals to authorize a national referendum on repeal of the Eighteenth amendment or legalize the manufactuYe and sale of 2.75 per cent beer were agreed upon by members of the house wet bloc. Examination of the London naval treaty occupied the time of the ‘ senate committees on foreign relations and naval Affairs and the hearing before the fotmer body attracted capacity audience* Secretary of State Stimson and Admiral William V. Pratt were the main witnesses heard by that committee, both of them defending the pact vigorously. Answering objections to the cruiser provisions of the treaty, which limit the United States to eighteen S-inch gun cruisers and require the construction of 6-lnch gun vessels if this country Is to build up to the pact tonnage levels. Mr. Stimson said that the American delegation had followed the wisest course when it decided on • larger percentage-of the smaller cruisers. By building a larger proportion of 6-lnch gun cruisers. Mr. Stim•on asserted the United States had a .batter chance of obtaining actual par-

sty than if all 8-inch gun cruisers were built. Before the naval affairs committee Secretary <>f tlie Navy Adams, undertook to reply to tlie attacks of Chairman Hale on tlie treaty. Mr. Adams said that Japan had insisted upon this country's coming down from its proposal for twenty-one 8-imdi gun cruisers And that tlie American delegation pushed its demand as far as possible without breaking off negotiations vvitli Great Britain ami Japan. .The naval secretary aidded that he considered tlie delegation made a fair comprbjnise with Japan. In England arid in Japan there are groups opposing tlie treaty, •■mh insisting, as <h> tlie, Ameri. art objej jors, that the other nations got the best of the deal. . W ith Arthur Henderson. British foreign secretary, as mediator, conversations were held at (ieneya by Aristide Briand and I'ino Grand! looking to a solution of the Franco-Italian, deadlock over naval parity. Satisfactory progress was made, and further negotiations will be curried on through diplomatic channels. PRESIHENT HOt’VER S nomination of Owen J. Roberts to till tlie vacancy on the Supreme court bench was referred to a su'.committee of tlie senate committee on judiciary and it was believed a favorable report would be made soon to the full committee. Confirmation by the senate .also was anticipated since little opposition was voici-d. Certain of tlie dry senators at. first objected because Mr. Roberts was said to have made a speech against the Eighteenth amendment several years ago, but afterwards appeared satisfied with explanations of that occurrence. President Green of the American Federation of Labor indicated that organized labor was content with tlie appointment. •' BY A vote of 34 to 27 the senate passed the third of the bills sponSored by W agner of New York for the '.purposing of relieving unethployiiH'iit through federal aid. This mens j tire provides for an appropriation of s4.oOO.t«tM f<>r Ihe creation of u fed-; oral bureau of tuhemployment headed by a director who would co-operate" with, state and local tmemplojmetit agencies.. The other’ two bills provide for the gathering of labor statistics: _and for a Joint commission to ex . :■ . ii. construction work. < Another in.i|H>rtant measbrb passed by the tu'tiate places Mexican immigration under the pationsil origins qii'Ca system'aipl,. If ft becomes luWA \...i redm e. the num 1 er of .Mexican I mmlgrants from 'sßJk>o. a year to :. a . er than P ItESIHEVr HOOVER Is making * plans for two long Jaunts this year. The first, recently. annouheeA - is to be a’ trip in August that will take hitn through) the national parks ih the R,m 7 \ : n ..ion,, to the Pa roast and Stack Hast byway of the Grand’ cahyop. a,nd the southern route. This will take about one’mohth. Then, prob ddy late iii Vctolter or in Noveinl<> r. tl.e < . of Executive will make his h>ng des.red 'is t to the 1 West Indies, it is prestutiol he will sail on-'a- battleship, and lie w. I go to Cuba. Haiti, Santo-Hotningo, Porto •Rico and tlie Virgin islands. GoV. WALTER J KOHLER of Wiscmsi’n was acquitted by a Jury in Sh»-l»'Vgan of the charge of having violated the state corrupt practices act during Ids primary campaign in I!EX.’ Tlie attorneys for the state prepared to carry the case to the State Supreme court, but the governor and his friends consider that he has been fully vindicated. D WIGHT W’ MORROW, in a Speech opening his campaign for tlie Republican senatorial nomination in New Jersey, declared he favorer! fepeal of the Eighteenth amendment and restoration to the states of the jvowex to determine their policy toward the liquor traffic. He tlilnks national prohibition is a mistake because it is not ■'practicable, but he is against the return of the saloon. UNCLE SAM wishes to know whether or not the Radio Corporation of America. Westinghouse Electric. General Electric and seven affiliated concerns are violating the Sherman antitrust law in pooling their patents and operations in the field of radio equipment manufacture. Therefore the Department of Justice has filed suit against these companies. Owen D. Young, head of R. C. A., professes to welcome this action, hoping It will clear up a confusing patent situation in the radio industry. Rear admiral richard e. BYRD, returning from his epochal exploration of the Antarctic regions, landed in the Canal Zone last week with five members of bls expedition.

They were given an enthusiastic welcome at Baibba ami agaih at I’anama.’ and planned to remain on-the isthmus about two weeks. In another month the admiral will come back to Virginia and ids, home state will greet himTn Richmond with highest honors. Gov. John Garland wjH present to him a . sword purchased by njmre than ten thousand of his fellow) citizens, and there w ill be banquet,* And receptions. The sword, designed) in silver and' gold, commemorates the famous flights over the North and South poles and the. Atlantic, crossing, j One feature is the listnf his companions, engraved on tlie blade; The hilt will bear tlie coat of arms Os Virginia on one side and the arms of the Byrd family onl tlie other. Below the lived crest will be Admiral Byrd’s insignia as a naval officer. An airplane, a dog sled and the ships of the Byrd Antarctic expedition are designed in precious metal along tlie body of the scabbard. At the heel is a chart with nautical’ symbols showing tlie route of the expedition to the South pole. 7 LAST week saw tlie passing of an- z other famous Arctic explorer. Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, w'ho died of phlebitis at his hojne in Oslo; Norway, at the age of sixty-eight yiears. For many years he had been (devoted to scientific explorations in) the Far North, the most important Jpf his trips being the expedition of t|ie Fram in 1893. But Doctor Nansen was more than an explorer, having gained distinction as a teacher, author, humanitarian, statesman and diplomat. Duri.ng the war he was high commissioned for repatriation of prisoners, and later was Norway's representative to tlie League of Nations Vnd head oS a Russian relief commission, ''i'hese ae- . tivaties won liini the Nobel peace prize. LEADERSHIP of the civil disobedience campaign in India passed last week into the hands of Mrs. Saironji Naidu. a distinguished Hindu poetess, and she proceeded to lead her forces against the government salt works at Diiarsana. Tire police prevented the raid by blocking the road, and once arrested the poetess but released her. In tlie northwestern part of India tlie rev-dt was increasing in seriousness and the situation, in Laimre and other important cities was said to be growinu worse daily. A great mob gaii ed possession of Sholapur after severe tighting with the but later tlie soldiers ousted the natives and martial law was proclaimed there. To add to the trials of tlie British, they are having trouMfe with the wild tier ah I have subjected Omm’to aerial bombing. \ PRI 81 DENT Chiang KHrirelTTif < 'hit.l is proc(*eding w ith the ntmost vigor to crush tlie rebellion of the northern provinces and his Ger-man-trained troops are reported to have gained a great victory in Anhwei province in a six-day battle, taking lihmxi prisoners and killing many. Pursuing the reliefs, the Nationalists captured their new base at Kweiteh in Honan province. Capture of that city, the Nationalists asserted, would fi ace the northernera to fail back upon Kaifeng to consolidate their shattered ranks. All foreigners were asked by their consuls to get out of Ihe city of Chengchow- in Honan, which has been repeatedly bombed by Nationalist planes and was expected to be the center of m-iere tigtiling. 1 , SUCc’ESS crowned the efforts of the first of this year's Atlantic ocean flyers. Jean Mermoz of France and two companions, carrying mail from Paris, hopped off from St, Louis, Senegal. Africa, and landed at Natal, Brazil. 20 hours and 16 minutes later, having flown the 1.975 miles across water unerringly despite a terrific electric rainstorm through which they passed. Col. PaQfd Sidar. star aviator of the Mexican army, and Lieut. Carlos Rivisora, who started on a nonstop flight from Mexico to Buenos Aires, were killed when their plane crashed Into the sea off Port Limon, Costa Rica. They were attempting to land during a sudden storm. It was announced in London that plans have been completed for the construction of a new giant dirigible, named R-102, which will be larger, faster and more economical than the two recently finished British airships. The R-WX which is destined fol* transatlantic service, will combine the best features of its two predecessors, together with a number of striking new features which are calculated to make it a pacemaker in lighter-than-alr craft construction. Where the R-100 is driven by gasoline and the R-101 is driven by heavy crude oil, the new sky leviathan will operate with semiDiesel engines driven by shale oiL 1»»». WMtera K« wap«p«r Vaio*.)

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PffierJ KEEP BULL UNTIL QUALITY PROVEN Sire Should Be Kept Until Daughters’ Work Shown. The value of a dairy bull cannot be determined until the production of his daughters has been tested. Then It often happens that the bull has been slaughtered for some reason and his valuable influence lost to the herd. John A. Arey. dairy extension specialist at the North -Carolina State college, says the bureau of dairying at Washington had proven the value of ' 834 bulls up until September. 1929. 1 through records kept by dairy herd ' Improvement associations, yet when 1 the bureau began to search for these bulls, only 126 were living. The remainder were dead or no authentic inforrntalon was available, tor that reason, says Mr. Arey, the herd sire should not be disposed of until his value has become known through the production of his daughters. After the bull has had a chance to prove his value, he should be kept ijs long as he is tit for service, provided he is a good one. If a poor One, he ■ should be slaughtered immediately. Many bulls are sold to the butcher when quite young because they have developed a vicious disposition. 11ciousness is not a characteristic on I which to condemn the animal, thinks Mr. Arey. Frequently such aniqial is one of the most valuable that tlie ; dalrvmen could own ajid there are ways in which a dangerous bull may i be easily handled. One of the best Is the method used by a group of farmers in Caldwell county. These men have an eleven-year-old animal owned jointly. They have constructed a pen with shelter and with a breeding pen adjoining. This equipment was built at small cost to each individual and yet it provides phiple facilities for handling the bull and at the same time insures his safe handling. Such equipment is recommended by Mr. Arey to other farmers who may wish to keep a herd 'sire that has grown dangerous with age, ’ A Good Pasture Essential to Keep Up Milk Flow To keep up the milk flow in summer It is essential to have good pasture. Grass probably provides the cheapest feed that is available for dairy cows. Because of Its succulent character it produces a la’rger flow of milk than an equal amount of feed furnished in some other form. Cattle showing a mineral deficiency on many other types of feed will generally show no mineral deficiency when they are on good pasture. . Overstocking Is probably as great a cause as any other for damage to pastures. They should be top-dressed with manure or a complete fertilizer to give them the proper amount of nitrogen and minerals. Lime and phosphorus also have been found • helpful. New York State College Favors Early Cut Hay Plan to cut hay early and feed some of It. Feed well on grain. For Hol ) steins and Ayrshires, New York State I college recommends one pound of j grain to five pounds of milk produced during, the early summer, and one to j four as soon as pastures show any drought. Jersevs and Guernseys need more. The college recommends one to four of milk early and one to three i later in, the season. ' The grain mixture the college sug- ' gests is 3<k> pounds wheat bran. 400 j pounds hominy. C"*» pounds gluten I feed and 100 pounds cottonseed meal. Feeding in summer boosts the yearly average of cows; and all records show that the higher the yearly average of a cow the greater the profit from her. l-I 1I 1 ! M-Db M-i I H-1 111 1I I H-» Dairy Notes 4-11 11111 i I H 1 l"l"l' 1111 11 I-H-l-Halves should have ail the milk they will take without causing digestive , trouble. . E • • • • . Finish In calves is highly Important, and it can only be produced by the j liberal feeding of whole milk. • * • Breed cows in December and Janj nary and try to avoid breeding in March, April. .May and June. •:• • ■ 1 ■ The bull, that is falling to give service may be too fat. It is also possible that he Is not getting sufficient exercise to keep him in good condition. • • • The bam should .be whitewashed at least once a year. Proper gutters should be constructed, so the cows can be kept clean. • • • The milk pail should be so con structed that the minimum amount of dirt can get into it during the process of milking. • e • After the milk has been washed from the surface with warm water, boiling water or steam should be used to sterilize all dairy utensils. • • • Veal calves should be delivered to the market weighing from 120 to 140 pounds, and with good finish. • • • Milking cows should be fed all the com silage they will eat twice a day, which will be from 30 to 45 pounds, depending on the size of the cew. • ♦ • Where soil conditions tn regard to acidity and available phosphorus are favorable or even half-way favorable, sweet clover should be seeded on every acre not seeded to red clover, alfidfa or a legume mixture

FfIVLTgY EGGS PRESERVED IN WATER GLASS Take Advantage of Opportunity to Store for Winter. When eggs are at their lowest price during the spring and early summer, many people take advantage of the opportunity and store a few dozen for home use during the winter when prices are unusually high. The water-glass method for preserving eggs is one of the most reliable, according to O, C. Ufford, extension poultry specialist for-the Colorado Agricultural college. One quart of water glass is mixed with nine quarts of water for preserving ten to fifteen dozen eggs. (»n)y dean, fresh eggs free from cracks should be preserved in water glass. Eggs with soiled shells should never be washed and used for storage. Infertile eggs are preferable whenever they can be secured. Here are the directions: 1. Use a 5-gallon earthen jar, well scalded. 2. Boil water and allow it to cool. 3. Mix water glass and boiled water in proportions of 1 to 9, as given above. _ 4. Place eggs in Jar and keep covered with at least two inches of water glass solution. If one .does not ! have enough eggs ,to fill the jar at ! one time, additional eggs may be add- i ed at any time and more solution, poured over them. 5. Cover jar when full and place in j a cool location. ' The quality of the eggs removed from the preservative will depend ■ upon their condition and quality 1 wheh put down. They will serve the . purpose of strictly fresh eggs for Ml | household uses, but for boiling, the shell should be pricked with a needle ] as the preservative seals all pores on the egg sliellL which prevents the es-. cape of gases when boiling. The eggs should fie! washed before using to re- j move tlie white deposit that forms on j them. One should never use an old solution for a new batch of eggs. Prevent Coccidiosis Among Little Chicks ‘ Bloody diarrhea or coccidiosis is a fatal, parasitic disease of poultry. Its effects become apparent during warm, rainy spring weather vyhich is favorable for the development of the parasite egg in tlie soil. The symptoms ’are unthriftiness,7 diarrhea and leg weakness. Chicks from four to six weeks old are most susceptible. Losses vary from 25 to TOO per cent. A chronic type of the disease may appear in tlie late summer and fall. An ounce of prevention is worth j many pounds of cure, says Dr. I. B. Boughton, chief of animal health at the University of Illinois. He has had opportunity to investigate hundreds of outbreaks of this disease. His recommendations call for new, clean lots each spring with the old, ones plowed and planted to a crop. Thorough disinfection of houses and brooders at regular . intervals is also necessary. Light Colored Fowls j Best for Marketing tn the dressed poultry trade today. | the preference is for light colored | birds, whether chickens, fowls, or ; turkeys.- Well fattened, birds, properly bled and picked, bring the best ; prices Defects in bleeding and picking may. cause a price reduction of several cents a pound. Fowls weighing four ami one-half pounds or more . 4»riiig a premium ovbr lighter birds. 1 Broilers rtiust weigh at least a pound jat the - beginning of the season and a I pound and a half or more later and j be well finished to satisfy the trade, ' Fancy heavy capons weighing nine j pounds or more top the market. <’a- > pons weighing five pounds or less frequently sell for less than ordinary roasting chickens. Smaller geese are | v.;inted than yr: ■ rly and young birds weighing idne to eleven pounds are most in demand. Ducks should weigh 1 four and one-half pounds or more ami ) white ducks are preferred. . Feeding Chicks . Don’t feed the newly hatched chick ) too soon after .hatching. It should , not be given food for at least-48 to 72 hours after hatching, says Orville Ufford. poultryman at the Colorado Agricultural college. The yolk which is only partly used up as food during I the incubation period is taken Into the body of the baby chick just before it emerges from the shell. This furnishes sufficient nourishment to, maintain the life of the chick for a--of days. Mash for Eggs Although feeding poultry for egg production at the present day baa reached a very high standard of efficiency, it is still noticeable that some poultry keepers disregard the advice that is obtainable through many sources as regards the composition of mashes—-ingredients to use and those not to use. The general farmer in particular is often at fault. He has many advantages over the commercial poultry farmer beside home-grown feeding stuffs. Natural Duck Feed The natural feed of the duck is both vegetable and animal in nature. In the wild state It gathers its feed from brooks and marshes, consisting of flag, grasses, small fishes, water insects, etc. When the birds are raised in confinement this diet must, in a measure, be imitated to get results. The duck has no crop, the feed passing directly from the throat to the gizzard, and as a consequence the food must be in a soft, mushy state and easy to digest

Type of Home Building That Will Appeal to Family of Small Means S' - -’ -Wils.H n This attractive colonial home is distinctive without being extreme; it bears the test of good taste, right principles. The floor plans are conveniently arranged, each room being allotted ideal dimensions.

By W. A. RADFORD Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to practical home building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as editor, author and manufacturer, he is. without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 407 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, 11l .' and only inclose two-cent stamp for reply. It requires only a slight addition to an otherwise plain home to make it attractive. A good example of this idea is shown in the home building design illustrated here. This is a plain rectangular two-gable house but by the addition of the porch, the outside fireplace and the irregular wall of the dining room, it has been made riNINGrEM. " N■' \ •**» *•• o- ° w I 2! • J.; —J—Ji LIVLNGTM T 17 Co K II ' 4» ' First Floor Plan. a home which in outward appearance is out of the ordinary. This is _the type of home building design which will appeal to those who want an Attractive house at a comparatively small investment. It contains six good sized room* and yet its dimensions are only 22 feet by 26 feet. Both the living room and’

Walls Hide Important Part of the Plumbing A very important-part of the plumbing of a house is hidden In the walls and under the floors, and for this reason the man who expects to build should deal only with plumbing contractors who can submit,,a list of homes in which they have installed plumbing that, has given lasting satisfaction to the owners. The usual specifications drawn up by an architect, cover the fixturesoery definitely, but are quite general wirh reference to the pipes, valves, and fittings—the essential yet concealed part of the plumbing system. It is in part of the plumbing system that the owner must depend on the plumbing contractor. . It is in the concealed part of the plumbing system that quality is of the highest importance. Any breakdown in this part of the system necessi fates the cutting of walls and subjects the family to a great deal of expense and inconvenience. 1 ... Therefore, to the man who Is build ing this spring, this suggestion is offered: Peal with a responsible contractor so that first cost wijl be last cost in your plumbing system. The reputable plumbing contractor -will use pipes, valves, and fittings of good quality for his ■•roughing in” materials. He will not try to save money and thus come out even on a low bid by substituting inferior ma terials where they will not be seen. Workmen employed hy good con tractors have been taught the meeban icai installation of a plumbing system that will not be noisy in operation. For instance, the soil pipe which runs from the basement up to the roof of the house can De made sound proof with a onfi-inch thickness of hair felt. The use of felt has another advantage in that it will absorb condensation and thus prevent unsightly spots on the wails of the house. For this reason it is advisable’to

Overomamenting of House Is Bad Taste The present trend of architecture in the United States is toward the more sparing and more effective use of ornament, according to Louis Le Beaume of St. Louis, director of the American Institute of Architects, the cause is the rediscovery of the ageold principle of contrast. If there is ornament it must harmonize, he ppints out, adding a warning against careless or overornamentatlon, improper use of color and decorative features vzhich spoil so many houses. Wall Shingles Exposed More Than Those on Roof You do not need as many shingles to the square on the side walls as you do on the roof, for more of their length can be exposed to the weather. You can show as much as seven and a half inches, as against four and a half on the roof. The choice of woods is wide, but red and white cedar, cypress and redwood are considered the

dining room are unusually- large and upstairs there are three good sized bedrooms, each a corner room, and a 'bathroom. An attractive feature of the exterior of this house is the use of shingles on the outside walls. These are what are known as weathered shingles, and i' jcZvA IWOF' | , J -BED 134 L Wm* / 9LO I h <2» XU ’<2»* J I zbedvm:. LJ - 1 bl I? ,1 »■ _J • ’ | 1 Second Floor Plan. are reminiscent of the sea' coast where the action of the salt sea air gives them a silvery tint which is unusually attractive, c How the rooms on both the first and second floors a're arranged, and the size of each one are shown by the floor plans'. This is. an unusually good design of a small low-cost home suitable for the average size family. It is of frame construction set on a concrete foundation and has a basenietit of the same the house itself, where there is plenty of room for a basement heating plant and for storage. ' What will appeal most about this design to the is the- number and size of the closets, the convenient arrangement of the rooms and the- manner in which the rooms have been connected.

wrap the downspouts with felt if they are placed in the walls of the building. J A good contractor knows how to install a system that will be free from the noisy water hammer. He will so install his pipes thafi there will be perfect circulation of hot Water. Furthermore, a good master plumber will insulate the hot-water pipes in the walls and under the floors, thus saving approximately 25 per cent in fuel in a circulating system.* Usually specifications call for insulation of pipes in the basement only. The good contractor will see to it that his Workmen ream all cuts of pipes to remove burs before these pipes are threaded. (Sood contractors will also see to it that ail pipes are laid to such a grade that the water will drain out of them wiien the plugs,, are opened. This is essential in case the house is to stand unoccupied. An adequate number of cleanouts in waste pipes will always be installed by dependable workmen. Most of these points which are so essential to the efficient and troublefree operation of a plumbing system are not mentioned in, specifications but must be left to the judgment of the contractor. Welded Steel Structures' Have Great Strength A “Noiseless buildings" are now comercialiy practicable. The United States bureau of standards Ims said so. After an exhaustive test of electrically welded steel building frame joints, made.last year, the bureau announced that the weld was as strong as ; , the steel members. 'Such welds are taking the place of. noisy riveting as a means of erecting structural steel. A number of electrically welded buildings are now in process of construction. The welding process is much swifter than riveting, and judging by experience of contractors in Canton, Ohio, the Cogt is less.

most durable and satisfactory. There are. of course. different grades of shingles, just as with most building materials. For example, cedar shingles are to be obtained in four grades. A, B, C and D. The first grade is suited to houses of quality, <• since in it only edged grain, wood is j used, which is the nearest the sawed shingles come to the old hand-split shingle in durability. The which are common are 16, 18 and 24 inches. The widths vary, but the smallest permitted is three inches. They are sold in bundles of a thousand. In the best grades they are parallel, uniform in thickness and free from feather tips. Insulated Masonry The hollow wall characteristic ot concrete masonry is responsible for a large share of ‘its popularity as a building material. This - dead air space in the block or tile effectively the wall. Extremes of temperature do not easily penetrate tliif space, nor does sound or moisture.