The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-11-03
THE FARM NEWS
/ SPECIAL PAGE DEVOTED 10 THE FARMING
INTERESTS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY.
6 yvAI. IaANvLElS'S NEW HOME
s,3 IN JACKSON

One of the new places being built III
III Jackson township is that OF William
LAWYER three miles northwest of Yves
Side. The buildings will be ready fol
occupancy in about 4 month, as ther,
Is q large force Of mechanics ut WORK
on them now. j. p. Ryan, of Vail, is
the contractor on the job, and he is do
Z ing some extra good work
(, Tho neW'thouSc is 30x30 with II foot
posts, and is situated on high and com
manding grounds. well back from the
highway, and faces to the west. The
house has a cement block foundation, q
full basement, containing the furnace
room, vegetable room. wash room and
= fuel ROOM In the basement is house
a Delco lighting system, and the water
4 tanks. fine water system has been
Installed. an electric pump is opera ted
/, In filling the tanks, and both hard and
soft water as well as hot and cold wa.
ter is piped throughout the house. a
hnc hot air furnace has been provided,
and the floor registers are of hard
wOOd--that is the cold air registers arc
OF. wood, while the hot air openings are
Offonyx.
On the first floor ono finds a large
s living room, a well lighted dining room,
a large, modern Kitchen, a sleeping
room. q good sized wash room and pa mt
ry. The living room is in the north
west Of the house, and is lighted with
windows on the west and north. a
large OPENING with colonades and book
cases leads to the dining room, most
pleasant room. located in the southwest
part of the house. This room has two
large windows to the west and three
windows to the, SOUTH Under the three
windows is q window seat, equipped
with chests and drawers. The upper.
part Of the windows are of French de-
sign. having the long, narrow pnncs of
glass. The floors are of oak, and work
men were busy planning these, getting
them read for the hard oiling. The,
kitchen is a model one, built-in cabinets.
drawers. slides. bins, porcelain sink and
work tables predominant, and the walls
are Of white tile. Leading from the
kitchen is IN easy stairway to the base.
ment. and another entrance is made TO
q well screened porch. The rooms are
hard plastered. and the electrical fin
lures will be. Of the most modern in de-
sign and finish.
The stairway leading to the upper.
floors san open one. panellcd and the
riscrs are OF Just tho right height to
make climbing 4 pleasure. On tho up
per floor. one finds three large rooms
and bath. 4 Each one Of the sleeping
rooms arc provided with suitable
closets, and off from the bath room isl
u very large closet, and this room will
uccoHHHoQate INC StoIllS VI ilucH .pcec,i
ding, clothing and the like. At the head
of the stairway is n. fine linen closet. !
and near at hand a@clothes chute thatI
runs to the basement The bath room
is done in tile, and will be equipped |
with 4 modern outfit. a built-in mcdi. |
cine cabinet Is Il part of the equipments
a feature of the new house, and one !
that will afford much comfort, is a
large porch across the front tof the
III
ed. will be screened, and will make 2
delightful lounEing place during the
summer evenings. The door leading TOT
the porch is a very heavy French plate |;
glass door. and shows good Judgment
In selection.
i The outbuidings at present comprise
a barn, hog house, double crib and sele.|
vator. chicken house and n double ga
rage. The barn Is ,36X60 and will ac.
a number of head Of horses
and milk cows, with room above for Il
large number Of tons of hay. The part
set aside for the milk cows has huilt,in
cement floors and substan.I
tial feeding troughs. The. building is
set on a good cement foundation. sandi
Is well painted. The hog house is mod.
ern. of course, and has II pens and run.
way. This building has Il cement block
basement, and TO west is large feed.
ing floor made of cement. The doublel
crib has Il capacity for Il large amount
Of corn and grain. has an elevator and
sets on cement. The chicken house is
Il modern one, faces the south. is we'll
lighted and has a covered feeding and
floor. The double garage is
ample for two cars and Il workshop. All
Of the buildings are electric lighted,
and there is an arc light in the yards.
The LAWYERS are going to have one Off
The best improved farms in the neigh
borhood. and will no doubt stakc much
comfort when they get settled. Mod
nrn convciiicnccs ON the farms are get
ling to he quite common, but the Law
Ter home il !,,st out of the ordinary.
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