The Home Upon the Hill

Good morning, John! And how are you?

Is there something you wish us to do? Draw the plan and figure a bill

To build a house upon the hill. Well that is fine-we will do our best. We will put our figures to a test. You haven't a carpenter as yet And you don't know just whom to get?

There is George or Gus or Andy or Jess, Any one of these will do I guess. The foundation sizes. thev will be Twenty-eight by foriy-thiee.

A cellar to store your fruits and cans, And other products of your lands.

The foundation will be of concrete, Eight inches wide and two feet deep.

Proportions will be one, three and twoThe government says that that will do. One of cement, and two of sand, And three of rock, will make it grand. And then we will use a redwood sill, And creosote the termites to kill.

The joists will be of six by two, And naught but number one will do.

Sixteen inches the center will be, And brace it well, as you will see.

The subfloor will be next in line, To be covered o'er with oak or pine.

The studs will be of two bv four

To be doubled at the win<lows and doors.

At the bottom will be figured a single plate. Two at the top, to hold it straight. We will brace it well before we stop Then the ceiling joists next on top. The rafters they will then be made Of Oregon pine of the best grade. The sheeting we will make it tight For we think that this is only right. With Celotex we next will deal And line the house with vaporseal. Oh ! Yes, I've heard the salesmen tell You can use it on the roof as well, And then, along your rafter cleat, And then put on your strips to sheet. And by the makers I am told It will keep in the heat, and out the cold, The sun's rays cannot penetrate, This insulation sure is great.

Redwood siding is not dearWe will make it of surfaced clear. And it is made right from the heart, There is no sap in any part.

The shingles will be number one, We will make it good as we have begun, They have to take the sun and rain, We will only use the vertical grain. And next the floor space we'll divide In five rooms and a bath beside-

Also a dainty breakfast nook, Where you may all your breakfast cook With electric appliances from the store, The like you never used before. The living room we'll fix up fine, Also the room in which you dine, When your friends you entertain And they will be glad to call again. The kitchen then we'll handy make, So that your wife need never take An extra step her work to do As she works the morning through. A drainboard along one side, A closet small her brooms to hide.

Above, a cupboard we will make, The plates and cups and saucers to take. Below we'll fix. the best we can

To keep her kettles, pots and pans. A small cupboard here beside the stove To keep her spices and her cloves. A shelf up here, a gadget there, That reallv is no more than fair. Paint one-bedroom blue, the other rose, Two closets for to keep her clothes. A closet here for which she pines, Which we will make with Cedarline. The bath we will line with I-M Flexboard. We can make it plain or mike it scored In colors green, buff, rose or slate, The wearing quality sure is great. We will call the salesman and have him come To call on you out at your home. He will quote a price that is installed, There will be no extra cost at all. Throughout the house oak floors we'll lay, But little more you'll need to pay, Then fill and sand, a coat of shellac, A coat of varnish or some wax. It will fix it up in real style, Your wife will greet it with a smile. And Glidden's paint we will use throughout- It will be the best there is no doubt. And on the roof we will use some stain To protect it from the sun and rain. We will send it out iust as you choose So the men will havi no time to lose. We are interested in your plan And we will help you all we can Until the house is all complete, When you move in your home so sweet. When Christmas comes its joys to bring, And youths their Christmas carols sing, We hope your cup of joy will be filled With your new home upon the hill.

F. G. Hanson Shows lt Can Be Done

Cheap-cheaper-cheapest, seems to be the selling talk of the vast majority of firms that are trying to secure the signed contract from building contractors. Entirely too many manufacturers and retailers of building materials have lost sight of quality materials which can be sold at reasonable prices.

So it was a genuine satisfaction recently to follow through with the West Coast Screen Co., Los Angeles, and the policy they are so successfully following. First they purchase the best of materials in large quantities, paying cash and taking all discounts; second, they use the most modern machinery (many machines being especially built for them, which permits rapid production) ; third, they set a fair price including a reasonable profit for themselves; fourth, they go out and sell their products on merit-not price.

Hundreds of manufacturers and dealers selling to building contractors say this can't be done but we want to refer each and every one of them to F. G. Hanson at West Coast Screen Co., who is in a position to show them it can be done.-Reprinted from the Building Contractors' Forum.

Going and Coming

W. F. Fahs, secretary-treasurer, California panel & Veneer Co., Los Angeles, is leaving August 16 for a business and pleasure trip to the Pacific Northwest. He will call on a number of mills and will attend the convention of Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors Association at Victoria, 8.C., on August D-31.

C. R. "Bob" Taenzer, Angeles, recently had an Island.