The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-05-26

| house which is 1SX40, well lighted and
equipped with ,ventilators. Here are
| housed some 145 spring pigs and 70
brood soWs, mostly all Chester Whites.
A garage and machine house is combined
and is of sufficient size to accommodate
all the machinery and the auto. dou-
BILE corn crib and granary is 24X32, IL
feet high and has a driveway, from
which the corn is elevated from the
wagon to the bins, as is also the grain.
A chicken house is another new build-
ing, and it is 14X26, and like the hog
house is well lighted and has q number
of partitions in order to separate@the
different strains of chickens. A chick
en- tight fence surrounds the house, the
buildings are well painted, and 1t Will
not he long before this place will be one
to attract the passcrby. Mr.. Gehring
finished planting so acres nf corn last
Thursday, and he has in 80 acres of
oats. He keeps six head of horses and
mules and some time since sold 81
head of fat cattle for which he received
$l1.00. The family is made up of the
father and mother and four children,
three boys and one girl. Mrs. Gchr-
ing S maiden name was Schade, she be-
ing daughter of Louie Schade.
MAX A. HOLLlANDER'S. HOME
One driving to Schleswig over the
bottom road cannot fail to notice the
new home being button the place more
Familiarity known as the Gus Gerard
farm, near SchlesWig. This place is
now owned by Max Hollander, and he
is going to make one on the scenic
places to be found between Denison and
SchlesGig. The contractors are now
working on the new house, and the
work is far enough along to enable one
10 get q good impressions of the build
ing. The house is l32x32, 1Syfoot posts,
full basement, fireproof shingles, well
rodded with lightning rods, and equip
ped with two splendid porches, one TO
the west and one to the south. The
mammoth columns to the porclles are
Of fireproof brick, and the foundations
are of the same material. These porch
es add very much to the appearances of
the home. In 1.-THE basement TO the
building there are four rooms, fuel
ROOM vegetable room, wash room and.
furnace room. Then leading from the
basement and to right under one of the
pOrches is a fine cave, four feet deeper
than the cellar, provided for the care.
of butter and cream and perishable
foods. On the first floor are five rooms,
an all modern kitchen. and by all mod
ern is meant with built-in cabinets,
sinks and the like; large dining room.
living room and bed room. Beautiful
colonades open between the living and
dining rooms. The upper floors contain
the sleeping rooms, OF which there are
four, bath room and large hall. The
lower rooms are finished<i in oak, while
the upper rooms are finished in hard
pine. "A hot water system is installed
for heating purpose, and there will be
hard and soft water piped all through
the house. Storm windows and screens
are also provided, and the house and
all oltbuildings are wired for electric
lights A line has been built out from
Schleswig and Mr.. Hollander will get
his lights from this line. Mrs. Hcl-
lander Is a daughter of julius Schraed-
er. of Denison, and has been married
five years. The Hollanders are going
to enjoy their new home immensely
when it is all completed, and to help
them all the more the Review will he
q welcome visitor from now on.
HENRY JENSEN R1A1ODELS 81 AZ
Henry ]. Jensen, Of section &c. Nor
gan township is one of the busiest men
in that township at the present time,
for he is remodeling his home, as well
as doing all his spring work, and he
says it's some job. Henry had q pref
tyE good house before he started to re-
model, but now he is going to have AL
the comforts of a home" for sure. He
is building an addition to the front of
the house, and this addition will be
called the parlor. 1t is 14x14 with 16
foot posts. On the west Of the house
he is adding a bed room 10x12,. and to-
the south and west he has built a fine
enclosed porch, and from this porch
entrance is had to a fine cooling cave
that extends back under the porch. New
openings are being made from the diff
ferent rooms of the house, the entire