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Building Light So Inspectors Take Vacations Building activities as well as build-' ing ins pectors have vacations. In Winnetka, where the builIding industry since, the middle of May had. been going at a. Pace approaching that of the "good old days" o,<f a feWý years ago, the pace wvas much slower, during August., R. L. Anderson, building inspector, accordingly clecided th is would be a good time to take a littie "tine out," He expects to return about Sep- tember 7. A. B. Cook, of the office of the >Engineering firmi of, Windes &' Marsh, is ini charge of Mr. Ander-_ -son's office 'during bis two -%eeks' absence. Qnly .Seveiiperiiits Nvere issued the past rnonth for iimproôveinleis, amounting to $15,590. In july there wereseven permits and the improve-, ments tâtaled, $144il100;,Frornthe~ middle ýof. May to the « last of juIy, twenty. pcrniits for b1uilding 'work amounting to more tlian. $1,00,000 were taken out. The %Vork on the Hcnry Ilg, build- ing; the florist shopý1, iecessitated by improvenients now under wvay at Piiie .and Center streets, wvas authorizïd in one of the' perniits.' The cost is given as$750 A permiit w~as issuied to William P. Sidlev, 739 -umboldt avenue, for a dovecote, costing $,3,860)C. Orval Simipson, 865 Auburn road, is erectinig a porch addition to bis hosccsting $1,250. A permit. vas taken out by J. D., Thomi for the ýrepair of, the residence at. 300 Sunset road, damiaged by fire. The estixnatedl cost is $1,500. W. E. Sm ith' is miaking alteratiolis to biis residencie at 1161 Laur-el ave- nue, Costing $700. Mrs. Emmàn Loriimèr is.erecting a tlire e-car garage at 979 Spruce street, costin.g $700, and XV'arîver Raleigli, C ho oses English Design for Wilmette Home n The A. B. LaSallc residence just comn let cd oit the southcst corner of Walnlut avenue and Sevcneitnith street, zv'ls desigkicd by James J. Gathercoal, Wilinette architect., The strmcture is of 1Bnglis h design. Ther-e is a splenizdd- r44of inaterials in the e.terior. and a natisral adaptat.,ion to the location. 11fr. LaSaile, forncrly of Rogers.Park, . 7$ as,-istant to the treasurer of the Pullman comipanv. a tool ueaia1igi mitarins lin ie M lVUe- West report increasing demand and more sales for this type of property. Realtors in Seattle and Portland declare that they are not only ex- periencing ýa rise in residence sales, but that sales are n. eain.o which ail cash down to, the. first mort- gage, is paid. be in session until 6 o'clock. At 6:30, there will be a cinner and at 7:30d the conference wiIl be resumed. 'flese conferences. arc conducted infortnallv, no papers wiIl be read, no speeches given, and those attend- inLy.have been, urged to interrupt whenever they wish and. ask ques- its annual convention ini Tulsa, Okla., shôuld be understood bY those en- on 4"Selling Real Estate.» Me also gaged in the realty business, was stpoke hefore the association's Home prepared by Professor Leo V ' As- Builders and Subdividers division at pinwall of the Extension of the Uni- the annual co.nvention in Detroit,, on versity of Colorado. It contains "The, A. B. C.'s of thé, Succes9f.ul: material:taken f rom the educational Sale" courses prepared by the. National As Mr. Ellisis, a member* of' the, ad-. scitin f Real Estaýte,,boards,, 1