Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-08-13
BASSETT FIRM
LUMBER PUT IN
HOME BEAUTIFUL

Carrying out the idea of making the
Douglas home beautiful" which is to
be opened to public inspection Sunday,
august 15, truly the finest home of it's
sic ever built in this section of the
country, Albert w. Stacy, manager of
the Bassett Lumber company, stated
thursday that he had co-operated to
the fullest extent with the Fred Hub
bell syndicate in allowing none but
the very best of materials to go into
the dwelling.
Stacy stated that selection of all
lumber and other building materials
had been made under his personal su-
perVision and that in some instances
materials were brought in from the
east especially for the "home beau
tiful"
The lumber used throughout the
dwelling is California white pine, the
best grade of lumber now on the mar
ket.
Realizing that the floors of a home
oft times strike the keynote of the
homes appearance, and that the. good
appearance of a floor can only be main
tanned through a period of years if the
floor was originally laid of superior
materials, the Bassett Lumber company
made every effort to secure the best
flooring obtainable in the United
States.
Because of the beauty of it's appear
ance and the remarkably smooth fin
ish which improves instead of deteri-
Grating with age, maple was the ma
terial decided upon for the floors in
the living and dining rooms. Corre-
spondence was carried on with the
Maple Flooring Manufacturers asso-
citation at Chicago, Ills, in order to de-
termine the best grade of maple floor
ing. When it was learned that a. con-
Germ in Rhinelander,, Wis, produced
what is considered to be the best maple
flooring in the country, the Bassett
Lumber company Immediately arranged
for shipment to be used in the "home
beautiful
The same policy was carried out
with regard to the floors in the re-
mainder of the rooms and a special
grade of oak flooring was ordered
from the Perfection Oak Flooring COM
pany, at Shreveport, La.
Another feature of the new home,
made possible through the efforts of
the local lumber company, is the in
stallation of "Arro-Matic' clothes clos
cts. The four closets of the "home
beautiful" are lined with matched
grain cedar, making them positively
moth proof. The materials are of
tongue and groove cut so that a perfect
finish is attained. The most perfectly
finished cedar chest presents no more
attractive appearance than do the in
teriors of these closets.
In line with the policy of the Fred
Hubbell syndicate to incorporate every
possible new idea in the construction
of the "home beautiful" the Bassett
Lumber company secured supply of
the new "Somozided" paint, a paint
which by actual test has proved to be
fire proof
Tests conducted at the plant of the
E. K. Wood Lumber company, at Los
Angeles, Calf, proved to the salts
faction of insurance underwriters that
wood treated with this new paint can
not burn. Oil soaked waste and other
highly inflammable materials were
thrown on a roof previously treated
with the new paint and ignited When
the oil and waste burned out, the roof
was found to be undamaged, aside
from discoloration by SCOT.
The shingle roof of the "home beau
tifuI' has been treated with several
coats of this new fireproof paint and
as the house is of stucco, the fire haz-
ard has been reduced to a minimum.
Interest in the opening of the new
home has been increasing daily and
Fred Hubbell is already formulating
plans to take care of the large crowds
expected to attend the opening of the
home beautiful at 1414 Ninth street
Sunday.