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powerful that it can produce ton OF sheets
in 40 seconds.
Naturally, Clark went to these interests, who
were looking for a market for steel sheetS Dig
ger than all the culverts, the roofing, the retrlg-
orators and the autos put together. People
who wanted to sell not merely acres Of sheets
but square miles of sheets!
In the American Rolling Mill Co. OF Mid
dletown Ohio Clark found his backer. inls
concern perfected the automatic continuous
sheet mill only few years ago and had built
three of them and licensed several others Its
officers saw the possibilities of a great patented
market for sheets and decided to cooperate
with Clark.
\A/IIHIN few weeks Clark was starting 70
w build his house In Cleveland. Insulated
Steel Inc. Is the corporate name OF the venture.
Now the essential idea in all this work Is not
that steel is cheaper than wood-it isn't espe-
cially-but that by building house Of steel it
is possible to take most of the work into fac
tory Instead of forming and welding the steel
pieces together on the lot as wooden boards are
cut and nailed together on the lot or bricks are
cemented together on the lot, Clark does most
of his construction in manufacturing plant
In the efficient layout of factory, where
power tools are at hand and work goes on In
smooth and regular schedules, this sheet steel
is formed up and welded into whole walls.
Pieces Of room length and story height are as
sembled at time, as large as the side OF box
car The window frames and the door frames
are incorporated into these pieces of house in
the places where the blueprints show they
should go.
When enough pieces have been made, the
manufacturer loads them on couple of trucks.
as a Snowman would load up scenery for
stage. About 16 tons of walls and floors and
roof are hauled out to the lot. There another
welder stitches the pieces together, and you
have what looks like house.
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In fact the house is steel and insulation; in
sulation against heat and cold, and against
sound and rust The steel company could sup
ply rust-resisting metal if it thought it essen
tial but its engineers have assured the builders
of the house that if the steel walls are shielded
from air currents and moisture, there Is no
danger of rust, any more than there Is OF rust
in metal lath.
In looking around for somebody TO make
the materials Clark decided the people who
would be most interested were the company
which had developed fast new method OF
manufacturing steel sheet. This was the con-
tinuous sheet mill, machine so huge and SO
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IF the reader will do this while reading this
] article he will see that piece of paper folded
thfs way is many times sitter than piece OF
smooth paper.
BY making up a number of these z-shaped
pieces Clark found he could weld them together
overlapped and get straight and strong floor.
The wall materials slightly more complicated,
but sometimes described as S-shaped, are put
together in the same way, overlapping and
welded.
The effect is to produce sort of honey-comb
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NWU

Hoao the ,oalIs of the
aU-steeL house are as
sembIed in the fac
tory. Once assembled
they are hauled to
the building site like
so much stage seem
cry, and yielded to-
gether into a COM
pIete house in a few
hours.
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wall or floor, in appearance not unlike piece
of corrugated boxboard looked at from the end.
1t becomes in fact, continuous series of light
box -girders, immensely strong.
OF course, this steel sheet is an easy con-
ductor Of heat and cold, and SO these walls
have to be insulated with heavy layers of the
same insulation which is employed on
most high-class residences. The insulation is
just as important a part of the house as Is
the steel.
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for so centuries in houses of brick, but
the houses of today are still put together
as they always were, of materials as
sembled upon the place where the
building is to stand.
In that respect no change has been MADE
In house construction since the beginning OF
time Man still builds habtation as the
bees, some birds and the beavers do, of small
pieces which he arranges to form large
structure The house is still creation OF
handicraft, though most other things are In
factory production.
Some houses now being built of steel may
change all this
Steel is almost untried as house building
material except as it has been used for franz
ing or roofing; but new development in the
handling and finishing of steel appear to make
it possible to take the house into the factory
If the new steel houses are fully successful
the way is opened to manufacture the parts OF
the horse in a factory as the parts of
motor car are made in factory.
The parts of the house would then be taken
to the lot-not more than six different shaped
piecec-and welded together silently and swiftly.
The house welder would replace the carpenter.
Most of the work the house would then
be done in the factory, leaving the actual time
spent in building the house upon the lot a
matter Of only a few days. Using six men, the
erectors would get the house under roof IN
8 hours.
THESE are some of the dreams of practical
men who have watched the completion OF
two steel houses in Cleveland, Ohio.
One of these houses is remarkable chiefly for
its first use of porcelain enameled steel shingles
as exterior finish, but the other one has not
onIy these steel shingles but an ali-steel method
of wall and floor construction.
The walls and floors in the second house
are of steel sheets pressed into boxhke corruga-
tions or conduits. These are welded together TO
make so stiff a wall or floor that no frame is
used at ALL The house is supported py ltS
own skini
Both these Cleveland houses have just been
completed Word of their construction trickiing
over the country, has brought numbers OF steel
and housing experts from this and foreign
countries to look at them Because they were
the first houses of their kind, they have broken
no records in time taken for construction, but
this has not been any longer than the time
required for ordinary houses.
The use OF the enanleled steel shingles was
thought of by the Ferro-Enamel Co. of Cleve-
land market for porcelain enamel, and to
show what might be done it decided to erect
a house Of its own.
The other house, much the more revolution
airy in its construction methods, is the inven-
real estate man. who found himself with vacant
lots on his hands and wanted cheap way of
putting houses on them.
He decided the possibilities in wood and brick
had been pretty well explored, and so he turned
to steel. He invented first a floor and then
wall. Both made up Of sheet steel approx
nately as thick dime, bent lengthwise into
angles or channels, much as a person might
take sheet of letter paper and fold it length
wise into Z-shape.
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These Experimental
MetalHouses, Hailed
as Forerunners of the
Home of the Future,
May Pave the Way for a
Gigantic New Industry
Employing Millions.
BY JOHN W. LOVE.

OR a hundred centuries mankind has
lived in houses of wood and stone, and
for SO centuries in houses of brick, but
the houses of today are still put together
as they always were, of materials as
sembled upon the place where the
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-22
How To Relieve
Head Noises
Good Advice For Those Who
Fear Deafness

Catarrh sufferers who are grow
ing hard of hearing, should take
warning from that stuffy feeling
OF pressure against their ear drums.
those buzzing, rumbling head noises.
like steam escaping, and take
prompt. effective measures to stop
this trouble Head noises due to
catarrh are almost always the fore
runners of deafness and most deaf
folks suffer from them constantly.
Often the neyer-ending, nerve
racking hum drives the sufferer
almost frantic and may result in
nervous breakdown
Thanks to a remarkable medicine,
it is now possible to lessen these
head noises and often completely
overcome them, and with their dis
appearance the hearing also greatly
improves, and frequently can be
restored TO normal. From Clements
or your druggist secure | o. bottle
of Parmint double Strength, take
THIS home and add to 1t 4 pint of
hot water and little sugar. Take
one tablespoonful four times a day.
Parmint is used this way to reduce
by tonic action the inflammation
and swelling in the Eustachian
Tubes. and thus 10 equalize the air
pressure on the drum, and also to
correct any excess secretions in
the middle ear. Parmint usually
gives quick. effective results.
Every catarrh sufferer should
give Parmint a trial. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-22
Bedtime Stories
BY HOWARD E. GARRIS
Copyright, 1928, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE WIGGILY THE INDIAN

Uncle Wiggily was hidden in a
barrel that was sticking upright IN
a snow drift, some distance away
from his hollow stump bungalow
No, the rabbit gentleman wasn't
playing hide and go seek. That
IS. he was not playing that game
Though, as a matter of fact. Uncle
Wigeily was hiding and the old
Bear was seeking to find him.
It happened just as ! told you
IN the story last night. After send"
ing to school his boy rabbits, who
we're bowling and playing Indians,
Mr.. Longears went looking for an
adventure. All of a sudden ne saw
the Bear and the rabbit jumped
into the empty barrel to hide. lie
did it so quickly and cleverly thot
j the Bear never saw him. SO tie
Bear didn't know the bunny was
in the barrel.
But I know he's around here IN
/ the snow somewhere" groWled the
Bear, and I'm going to sticl:
around until he has to come out.
Then III catch him.
So. though he did not know the
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-22
Don't
Quote Me-

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. - The
name of Paul Bestor has been get
ting into print from time to time
in the past few months, and now
the reconstruction finance corpora
| ton bill MAKES him a director of q
two billion dollar corporation. Yet
he had a narrow escape from being
school teacher, decided he would
like farming better, got interested
in politics and suddenly found
himself knee deep in finance.
BeStor is comparative new
conner in national affairs. He got
his first taste OF public life in 1870
when he was elected to the
Missouri state legislature in the
Harding landslide of that year He
j served there two terms, then was
! appointed registrar of the federal
land bank at st. Louis. Since then
/ his career has been entirely de-
voted TO farm finance. He was
head OF the st. Louis Farm Loan
bank in May, 1929. Wher he was
appointed federal farm loan COM
missioner at a salary of $4,000 a
/ year, and with a billion dollars
worth of farm mortgages to keep
him busy
Bestor took the farm loan re-
sponsibility when things were in
bad shape Joint stock land banks
were in receiyership and farm fl
nances were at skies and sevenS.
! He had haroiy gotten under way
when the crash which heralded the
depression cane looming along.
Since then he has worked tirelessly
and has accomplished much in the
face of terrific obstacles.
Extremely Nervous
He is a large, strongly built man.
His burdens have left him nervous
He is seldom still. But a less
J rugged individual perhaps could
not have carried the load at all
For recreation he plays golf and
rides. When time will permit he
likes to fish and hunt, but the
streams and the woods have seen
linn little of late.
Up to his embarkation into poll
tics in 1920, his career had been
chiefly that of a teacher. A ma
tive Iowan Cborn in 1882 he went
to California in 1910 and for two
years taught school out on the
edge of the desert in Riverside
county. He resigned to join ma
tional geographic society expedi-
tion to Peru and a year later went
to Yale where for three years he
was an assistant in Latin
American history.
Then farming called him and he
went to Pemiscot county, Mo
Since then he has grown cotton
and has devoted much effort tc
reclamation of land and to move
ments for the betterment of condi-
tions among the people of back
ward regions. 1t was his work In
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-22
REAL ESTATE
LEADER TO BE
SPEAKER HERE

Three speakers of note will be
on the program of the Associated
Chambers of Commerce OF I'M
perial County, at the next meeting,
to be held in Ell Centre on Janu-
airy 20, with the Ell Centro Chamber
of Commerce acting as host. Peter
Hanson, president of the California
Real Estate association, will be the
chief speaker. his address to be on
the benefits of organization as ap-
piled to real estate and communi-
ties Other speakers will be Glenn
d. Willaman, secretary of the Cali
fornia Real Estate association, who
will talk on taxes and real estate,
and c. f. Grier, chairman of the
board of supervisors of San Ber-
nardino county, whose subject will
be tax equalization.
Willaman is well known in this
! community, having visited the val
ley on many occasions, and Grier
has also made many friends m
Imperial county. Hansan, who re-
sides in Glendale, has been active
in the state and national work OF
the realty board. He organized the
| appraisal work of the California
Real Estate association in 1927 and
has served continuously on the ma
tional appraisal executive commit
tee since its organization. Hason
is now national chairman for a
second term and is considered one
of the highest authorities in the
country on this subject. He is at
present on the faculty of the Uni
yersity of California at Los An
geles, teaching condemnation APP
| praisals.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-22
JAPANESE GETS
JUDGMENT FOR
HEAD INJURIES

BY a verdict returned yesterday
afternoon a jury in Judge A. C.
'Finney's court awarded Soichi Fu-
juiani $3.50 damages against Earl
V. Northrup, Mrs Agnes Northrup
and Earlene Northrup, because of
injuries suffered by the japanese
in an automobile accident last May
l3 at Mason's Corner two miles
south of the Date ranch.
Harry Horton was attorney for
Fujuiani. The defendants were
represented by Joe Spray and r..
b. Whitelaw.
The accident in which the Jap
anese was injured happened when
he was driving north and Earlene
Northrup, a minor. was driving
east, both reaching a blind inter-
section at the same time. Fujui-
ani's complaint charged the girl did
not use care in approaching the
intersection. He was injured about
the head.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-22

bunny was in the barrel, the Bear
kept tramping around it, watching
and waiting for Mr.. Longears TO
show himself.
Meanwhile Uncle Wiggily was
getting tired of being cooped up
in the barrel but he knew it wasn't
safe to come out as long as the
Bear was near.
I'm not very comfortable or
happy here" murmured Mr.. Long
ears. Being cooped up inside a
barrel is no fun, but it is more fun
than being cooped up inside a Bear,
I suppose. So I'll stay a while
longer. But if I could only think
of some way to make that Bear
go away I could pop out and run
home" Then Uncle Wiggily had
his jolly thought.
Il know what I'll dol' said the
rabbit gentleman to himself. I'll
be an Indian as my rabbit boys
were playing the game a while
ago. Yes, I'll be an Indian In
dians know what to do when
trapped by a Bear. Let me see,
now. what was the first thing
Buster and the other bunny boys
did when they played indiana
Then Uncle Wiggily remembered
that his boy rabbits had loudly
howled. making terrific noises like =.
"Wah! Wahl Hoo wah' He
thought he would try that. So,
putting his mouth close to hole
in the barrel he gave shout.
wee Wah! Woo Wah. BoOla boola
bahl' Uncle Wiggily howled as
nearly like an Indian as he could
and the Bear was much surprised
at the sound of the yelling.
Luckily for the rabbit, the old
Bear did not have very good ears,
and though he could hear the
make believe Indian yells, he could
not tell where they came from. He
didn't know they came from the
rabbit hiding in the barrel a
young and clever Bear would have
known this and would have at
once run to the barrel and clawed
out the rabbit.
But this Bear was old and rather
silly so he did not guess that Uncle
Wipeily was Mountaineering at him
from the barrel.
Hum" growled the Bea"
That's a funny noise. 1t sounds
/ ike the wind blowing down a milk
bottle. And, speaking OF milk bot
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-22

a county residence on account Of
following the vegetable crops from
one section to another.
Little was spent for clothing on
account Of the generosity Of local
residents. it was explained in the
report. Baby layettes prepared by
members of the Methodist Episcopal
church missionary society filled
great need as there we're many
calls for them.
The three registered nurses who
donate their time and the work of
the Americanization group came in
for words of appreciation in Mrs.
Winans' report. Mrs. Hill with the
folloW-up work among needy fam
lilies also received the heartiest of
praise.
Mrs. Winans said in the report
that the work of Miss Ruth Young,
whose full time salary is paid by
service clubs, has lightened the
burden of the tasks in the office.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-22
WINTER MONTHS BUSY ONES
FOR LOCAL RED CROSS WORK

phone, stamps, stationery, fuel
mailing charges, janitor service and
expenses incurred in moving the
office from the court house to 430
Main street.
Individuals from six nationalities
were represented in the group re-
ceiving help from the chapters. ac-
cording to the report.
During the two months 81 fam
lies were sent to relatives. TO
points where they had employment
awaiting them or to places OF legal
residence.
In all cases where gas and oil
were given for transportation the
chapter verified the story as to
work and support upon arrival at
destinations.
Eleven cases were given emergen-
cy treatment by local physicians
and dentists upon recommendation
by the chapter. A 16-year-old boy
was admitted to the county hos
pital on the chapters recommended
ton when it was found he was
threatened with an attack Of blood
poison as a result Of getting a
cinder in his foot while hiking
across country.
Much Of the relief given in Dec
ember was necessary because the
lettuce was late, according to the
report. and regular lettuce workers,
that is, state residents, had TO be
maintained temporarily. Contrary
to October and November, most Of
the aid given was to those who
have been IN California three or
four years. They cannot establish
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-22

During November and December
of last year the Imperial county
Red Cross chapter was required to
dispense relief TO nearly double the
number of families cared for dur
ing the same period in 1880, accord
ing to a report submitted by Mrs.
Mae Sherry Winans, executive sec
retary of the chapter.
The case or family load carried
by the chapter in the Imperial
county area was very large, num-
bering 253 cases. In the 1876 tran
sient families receiving relief there
were 285 children. Single trans
ient men TO the number Of III re-
ceived aid and 20 local families
were cared for This makes a total
of 538 individuals receiving relief.
In the two months the chapters
expended S533.03 for groceries;
S224.41 for transportation; 1926
for meals; s44.25 for lodging for
families; s66.55 for lodging for sin
giles and couples; S5.32 for cloth
ing; s16.75 for prescriptions and
drugs; $40 for clothing and shoes
for ex-service man and family at
Winterhaven; SLAP for laundry and
luggage for stranded eX-serYlce
man; S3.40 for fuel for a needy
family; s2.75 for advertising TO Sc
cure work for needy women; s43.79
for kilograms and telephone calls
10 secure aid from relatives Of the
needy. Red Cross chapters and
county welfare organizations. This
makes a total Of s94l
The balance Of s3l.40 cents Gov
cred office expense such as tele-
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MIGHTY MESSY WORK
w. c. COSTELLO
Manager

IN indication as to whittier we are
II drifting, is found in the activities Of
the Chicago chauffeurs union in con-
nection with funerals being held in the
Windy City.
Down through the ages. deaths and
funerals have always been more or less
respected, even by outlaws, bandits and
others who live in violence. Those who
abide by the law considered them sacred.
Even a fallen foe on the field of battle
was buried with respect and honor Il
the circumstances permitted.
But Chicago's chauffeurS' union seems
to hold to no such ideas. They have
been interrupting funerals recently be-
cause those making up the funeral cor
tege elected TO drive their own cars IN
the procession instead of hiring public
conveyance as the chaufteurs union says
they should.
There have been acts of violence in
which many have been beaten and at
least one fatal crash when agents OF the
union forced a car of youngsters from
procession directly into the path OF an
oncoming truck, killing a young girl.
We do not know whether this chaut-
feurs' union is affiliated with the AM
erican Federation of Labor, but II 1t Is,
the officials of that body had better get
busy without delay.
These chauffeurs are not only doing
an injury to those whom they moleSt and
to all laboring men, but they are insult
ing all who believe that funerals at least,
should be allowed to be conducted in the
peace, quiet and order to which they are
entitled.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-01-22

ties, I wish I had some milk to
drink. I'm hungry. OF course, I'd
rather have a rabbit than milk, and
think I'll catch Uncle Wiggily If
/ wait long enough. He's around
here somewhere. I must be pa
tient and wait and I'll get him
So the Bear again began march
ing around the barrel, never think
ing to look inside to see Uncle
Wiggily hiding there. AS for Mr
Longears, he soon saw that no
matter how much or how loudly
he yelled like an Indian, he WASH t
soaring the Bear away.
There's only one thing left for
me to do" said the rabbit. Il
must be more of an Indian and
make a bow and some arrows TO
shoot the Bear on his nose. That
will make him run away. But how
can 1 make me an Indian bow
and some arrows?"
Then Uncle Wiggily remembered
that his rabbit boys, in play, had
made a bow out of half barrel
hoop and some arrows out OF
sticks.
"I can do the same" chuckled
Mr.. Longears. He reached over the
edge of the barrel and pulled off
a hoop. Cutting this in half with
his knife and tying on string
which he had in his pocket, the
bunny soon made himself a fine
Indian bow. Then he whitfield
some arrows out of sticks he cut
from inside the barrel and he was
ready. He fitted an arrow to his
bow string, pulled it and away the
sharp arrow flew, sticking right in
the Bears soft and tender nose.
"Oh, molassesl" howled the Bear.
I'm stuck! An Indian has shot
me with his bow and arrow! Oh
molassesi" Then the Bear ran
away and Mr.. Longears hopped out
of the barrel and ran to his bunga-
low. He was glad he knew how to
play Indian and make the Bear go
away. And if the safety pin doesn
fall into the button hole where the
eve of the needle can't see 1t, III
tell you next about Uncle Wlgglly
and Mr.. Toothpick.