The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-25
DEMONSTRATION Home TO BE ERECTED
BY BISMARCK ASSOCIATION TO SHOW
PROFITABLE Home BUILDING METHODS
Tribune Will Give Complete,
Minute Details of Building
Process
Sixteen Local Companies Com.
bine to Erect Average Mans
House


Demonstration Home Association
was announced today by a group OF
local business men interested in pro.
noting home building and home
ownership in this city.
The association will build a home
in . section Of the city to be an.
nounced later, and all the details of
the enterprise including the mater
ials entering into the house and
their cost, will be disclosed in news
stories which will appear regularly in
the Tribune.
The house will be built by the
Demonstration Home Association for
Kenneth w. Simmons, state corre-
spondent for the Associated Press,
with headquarters here. Mr.. Sim
ons has his office in the Tribune
building and has agreed to tell the
Tribune building editor, and through
him the public, of the joys and sor-
rows, trials, tribulations and tri-
umphs Of the home builder.
The object Of the Demonstration
Home association is to prove to the
public by constructing the demon
stration home, that homie owning in
Bismarck is a profitable proposition
for the average householder and that
home ownership-waan all phases of
the situation are considered, is far
superior to rent paying as business
proposition. to say nothing of the
greater satisfaction which everyone
experiences who lives in his own
home.
First In State
The proposed home will be the
first demonstration house to be built
in Bismarck and the first of its kind
to he constructed in the state.
In some other cities model homes
have been built from time to time
and have attracted a great deal of
attention. Few of these. however,
have cost less than $4,000. Mem
bers of the association agree that
$4,000 is more than the average
man can afford to pay for home.
That figure staggers scores Of per-
sons who have treasured in their
hearts the idea Of home ownership.
These same persons, members of the
association point out, might be able
to pay for home costing between
$4,000 and $4,000 and would be will
ing to "scrape and save" to do so,
whereas the idea of home costing
$4,000 or more would be out of the
question.
In view of the desire to make their
project real demonstration Of con-
Nditions which prospective home
owner must face, the association has
selected the house to be built for
Mr.. Simons as best suited to it's pur-
pose. It will be five-room bunga-
low, six at the most, and will cost
somewhere between $4,000 and &c.
900. Certainly not more than the
latter figure.
Discussions Of the type and kind of
house to be built, of conditions con-
fronting prospective home owners
here, and Of the details of construct
ing and financing the project will
appear regularly in the Tribune. All
phases Of the home building enter
prise will be discussed in detail and
the articles will form a sort of text
book for the information of the pros
pective Bismarck home builder.
Is Not Model House
Members Of the Demonstration
Home association made it clear that
they are not building a model"
house as the term has often been
used.
"A model house costs more than
the average man can Afford" Mr..
Simons said today. when you say
a model house you imply a house
constructed and equipped without re-
gard to cost. A model house makes
enc think Of cedar-ined clothes clos
cts, Of kitchen sinks with built. in
dishwashers, of special storage space
for furs and the thousand and one
things which the average man would
like but can't afford. The idea is to
demonstrate what the average man
can do with q given amount Of
money"
The plan contemplates, however, a
demonstration period during which
The public will be invited to visit
the house and see for themselves
what given amount of money will
buy in the way Of shelter and conven-
fences. A plan also is being consid-
cred for cooking demonstration to
be conducted in the demonstration
home during the proposed week
demonstration period.
Member Firms
Members of the Demonstration
Home Association, all Of whom will
furnish labor or material for it's con-
struction, and all Of whom will pro-
vide data regarding their particular
specialties, are: J. C. Beattie, .on-
tractor and builder; The Central
Lumber company. French and Welch
Hardware company. Skeels Electric
company, Ray Hancock, painting
contractor; Bismarck Paint and
Glass company: H. A. Larson, plas-
terer and stucco expert; FARRELL
Hardware company, Frank G..
Grambs, plumbing and heating; The
Montana Dakota Power company,
The Hughes Electric company. Webb
Brothers, furniture; Bowman Fur
niture company; Owens Insurance
agency, the Bismarck Building and
Loan Association, the American Met
al Weather Strip company and the
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