Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-14
BUILDING NJ
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MATERIALS
TO Be SOLD
State Has { Immense Supplies
On Hand Bought at Top
Notch Prices

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 14.-North.
Dakota is attempting to sell the build
ing material collected during the,
regime of the Home Builders ~associa-;
ton. Collected in three yards, vari-
Gus sheds in Bismarck and one big
shed in Fargo the state owns an as
sortment of material that might be
in many emergencies. The three
lumber yards are at Bismarck. Man
dan and Fargo. In each one various
kinds of dimension lumber ia piled.
also bricks. both red and white. build
ing tile Of the .i~nterlocking variety,
shingles and rougher lumber. Sheds
hold finer grades of lumber. various
and hardware beyond the imagination
of the uninitiated in building myster-
les.
Home of the material is without
value. Plaster. which has been stored
in one of the sheds at Bismarck for
an unknown time, vas checked off as
valueless in May. 1921. A vast
amount of hydraulic plaster also is
listed as lacking value. Some ma
time In good shape and except for
the lowering of prices. has as much
value today as the day it was pur-
chased. Its t~serviceability has not de-
preciated. Efforts to sell his materi-
al in bulk to either dealers or con-
tractors are being made at the present
time. the different articles being held
at present wholesale rates. Men con-!
versant with building material condi-
tons have indicated their belief the
material will bring a larger amount If
sold in bulk than If peddled in small
er amounts. with the state holding
some of it for an untold period.
E. F.. Diehl in Charge.
Details of making the sales is In
the hands Of Mr.. E. F. Diehl Of Bow
man. new head of the Home Builders
association. Mr.. Diehl is a practical
contractor n is leaving no stone un-
turned to get at the exact value of
the material on hand. MIR. Diehl also
is acquainted with the places where
the material is desired. Invoices. I'M
der the personal direction of Mr..
Diehl are being made. When these
are complete. the selling campaign
will be, pushed until every possible
dollar has been realized.
Big Stocks on Hand.
Part Of the material may have slow
sale in the opinion Of Mr.. Diehl. He
, considers he has enough different
kinds Of plaster backing, sounding felt
and hair. insulation to supply all the
houses in North Dakota for which this
material is desired in the next two
years. Also. he has a mile of window
cap moulding in the Bismarck and
Fargo yards. an article that is used
very s%paringly. according to Mr.. Diehl
in present day building. He has six
million feet of other mouldings and
enough sizing to ...fix" the wallis 81
$40 rooms. He 2lso has metal mater
ails for fifty-fve screen doc sets.
Running through the first inventor
les. $4,000 feet Of lumber is listed at
Mandan.. Other items listed are fir
finish and fir mouldings, white pine
flooring, medicine cabinet. storm sash,
screens. coal chute doors, a dozen or
SO of a particular brand. plaster. ny
drauiic plaster. wood fibre plaster, fir
ceiling. Goa and hat hooks. varnish
brushes. steel. wool. towel bags. red
barn paint, calsomine, thing spades
| Varn;sh. mortar hoes. wheelbarrow,
hall tree, refrigerator. desk.