At last accounts, the plumbers,
carpenters, masons, and locomotive
engineers were putting dn burglar
alarms, while the capitalists were
carelessly - leaving their doors un
locked,
HEATLH MINISTRY
GIVES PLANS FOR
STANDARD HOUSE
London, Oct. 7. '(Correspondence
of The Associated Press). Specifica
tions of the new standard houses,
complete from the composition of
mortar and cement and the thick
ness of walls to such details as nich
es for bedroom dressers and hooks
for garden clothes-lines, have been
issued by the Ministry of Health.
The standard houses, with alter
ations where necessary to meet local
conditions, will be constructed in all
government-aided housing projects.
The prospective resident, with a
set of these specifications, may follow
the construction of his home from
the excavation stage through the
bricklaying and fitting and painting.
Standard drain pipes, sinks, cis
terns, bathroom and laundry appli
ances, cupboards, cloak rails, doors
and windows are specified.
Indicating the substantial character
of the houses it is proposed to build
under these specifications, no outer
wall is to be less than nine inches
thick. Each house is to have its
own hot water supply system.
TO ESTABLISH
SUMMER
WHITE HOUSE"
Denver, Colo., Oct. 7. The move
ment to establish a "summer White
House" on Mount Falcon, 15 miles
from Denver and in the Rocky Moun
tains, has been revived by Colorado
citizens. The war interrupted the
campaign started several years ago
with the object of providing a pic
turesque mountain place where presi
dents or the United States might find
refuge during the warm months.
The building, it is estimated, would
require an initial expenditure of $50,
000 and leaders of the campaign plan
to raise $250,000 additional to com
plete the entire structure and put the
grounds in shape.
