Faga SIX
THE LA GEANDE EVENING OBSEHVEH
Monday. September 14, 1925.'
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uu i muii mi u i
nmi nimn I
Pur'ng the. month of-AiiKunt
builfflf, permits In 1-41 Urinific to.
Vlalcil -il.U7f, a figure (hut is
nearly no rum I for tills lime of the
year, . '
For comparison .flanm) nhow
that during- Auiifit, 1U24, permits
here totalled f nnd 11)34 wufl
the bluest liiilhlhiff year in. the
lty's hintory. Compared vtth thP
month before thn perniitH hIiow iin
Iricri'imn, July's totnl was .-$14,800,
' $7,67G U-ati than AuKiist.
A ffoodty nhfiro or Iho" AiiRimt
perm I Ik were for njmiifl uml ul
temllonH utlliotiiih a few new liumci
v Wfp listed In thn permit.
t'oupuriMl with the 1 ratlin ft eltle.i
or the ninlii, Iji (itNindn's AilRiiHt
t figure do-H not show up no well.
AiiKiist biilMIng perinttH Jlielu1
edi AHlorla $!l2.S2r; lOutfene' $2KH,
750; Kliiniuth KiUIh $af.r,2Uf; Alert -torrt
4K,214; I 'oil Ian .1 J3, 544. 110;
Haleni $ 1 .1 l.iino. (liner rltlea ih the
west included; Logan, (Huh $23.-
800; I'rovo 1,'ti'h 2li.li00; Vinieou
ver, Wuali. 124,042; Wiilla Wullu,
ELECTRIC
WIRING-1
Expert Wiring
for
Your House
conimci wiiii us to do your-com-
plete electric wiring and It will
liMVH'"W,',,CUy,iafivll will, be
free from flaws, and will u-i,v
loriit and satliifactory service. We
tine the highest Brade wire and
materials.
Hstluintes Gladly Given
H.&S.
Electric
.Summer Hotel Khl.
i :tu mm
We Carry The .
Lumber
To suit mn ntx'ds. at any price you want to pay. Hight now we
have some special prices on Flooring: Coud Floorinp;. and priced very
low. Shingles! does your roof le ik? Ask for our prices on Shinnies.
Knights Spring Canyon Coal
"Heat hy Test in Your Own Furnace"
UK'ITER OKDKH A LOAD TODAY
Grande Ronde Lumber Co.
Kctail Yard Across the Tracks on Greenwood Ave.
I W turn. $21.1 (ifi: Yuklmi, Vnh.
i?:i7,74o; liolKe. Idu. M2.ti7ft; Twin
nl In, dn. $13,000.
Portland, Ore., was fourth in
permits In the went, trulllug Ijju
Anifi'len, hong .IJeueh and Han
Kraiicbteo.
A grand total of $43.fiIH ,r78 In
hulhllnff permit h were tHHiieil during
AuRUHt In HO principal etlieti of the
Puelflci eouM Hint en, which repre
sents a 2 per rent IncnHine over the
record pf Inst August and nil 8
per cent Rnln over July's figures,
according to 8. W. Btraiia c 'o. .
' Rept, 8Iermit ismied to C.
Huughton to erect u wood shed
on Monroe between Oreenwood
And Hemlock to cost $50, '
'
Rept. 8 Permit Issued to TOdnn,
M, Reynolds to alter and repair
tt two-story dwelling on Ri-eond
between (Irainly and Jefferson to
cost $1000. .
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Rept. 8 Permit Ismicd lo IMnn,
H. Iteynolds to niter unl repnlr
a dwelling on Rrtrond between O.
and Pennsylvuniu to catt $100.
Rept. fl Penult funned ' to W.
O. Kelly to alter and repair the
municipal building- on Kim be
tween WusliliiKton and Adams to
COSt $12,000.
Rept. 9 Permit lHued to O. N.
Spears to alter and repair a
frame business building on C be
tween Hecond and Third to cost
$2&0.
Sept. 0 Permit Issued to J.
K. C;harlton to erect a fpirngc
and woodshed on Kir 'between T
and Jackson tp cost $175,
Rept. 10 Permit Issued to C. Tj.
)uvldaon to alter and repair a
dwelllnff on X between Ulrch nnd
Depot to cost $150.
' flepl. 10 Permit Ismicd to Joe.
Thomns to alter a dwelllnfr on I
between Heventh nnd Kbrhth to
cost $000.
Rept. 11 Permit issued to V.
P. Mohr to alter and repair a
dwellliiK on Third between AVnsh
iiKton and Adams to cost $:io.
coiOMAij kitchkns,
Colonlnl kitchens are In vogue
(today. An engaging kitchen is one
with soft apple IiIomhoiii walls nnd
trlhiminrfH'ti cHeerVul "gln. T6
have n well arraiiKd kitchen one
must have plenty of cupboards and
drawers, and these can often be
put In the corners which would
otherwise be Just space wasted.
i.ovi:itif; a ci:ii,ij
When the bedroomi celling; Is too
IiIkIi. maklim It a cold and tinlnvtt
intf room, tt is a kooiI plan to car
ry the celling color down the walls
all around as Tar Jis the lops of
tho window canlnRH, formliifc a
"canopy" which can li separated
from the wall with n moulding or
a simple line of color.
Permits
Thatched
(By V. W. Pimly)
This home, plunnid for on east
rronl lot, BloplriK nllBhtly north and
Houtli, permits the Kuruxe belnu
built In, a purl of the home. While
this requires an extra wltle lot, and
adds somewhat to tho lnsuranoe,
yet there are many advantages, es
pecially to the physlelun, who Is
called out day and nlKhl. This gar
ae In convenient, car always
warm, while the long sweeping roof
lines Rlvo tho house the appearance
Demand for Softwood
Shows Large Increase
Hcmnnd for softwood Is hei:vy
ami .Increasing, three, hundred six
and Inerenalng, 307 of the prlnelnpl
mills reporting the hooking of or
ders during tho week ended Aug.
29 for three per cent mure than
they produced. Though. fall is un
ually n period of large consump
tion on the farms, .the mills tills
year so far have shipped practical
ly the equivalent of their output.
Mill stocks or southern pine and
noughts fir, according to reports
lo the American I.unibermnn, Chi
cago, are so low and broken that
rilling orders for a wide assort
ment of Items Is becoming very
difficult, nnd In tho south the
: aSL,- taut "-l;; 3?-s, -iSii . .
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i , . niirtrtinnrii nunii
Rooj Home With Gables
of helng a much larger home than
It really la.
The front steps are convenient to
the Karate, -while tho plan provides
an entrance from the Kitchen, down
three steps to a toilet. O? the cen
ter hall type, It would be difficult
to pla.n a more practical home. Kv
ery known convenience -has been in
corporated In the plan.
In the bascnirnt,
beclde the
usual laundry, (hero
ls a good-
heavy movement of cotton is be
KinniiiK to cause scarcity of cars
for shipping-.
Although tho Inrge southern pine
mills are opefutinff morn actively,
they received orders for almost 18
per cent more than theyicnt, and
the west coast fir mills booked or
ders for six per cent more than
their production. Tho K""eat 'mid
dle west grain growing region in
malting heavy dcmumls on both
groups of itiillH. and fir continues
to move In large volume to f'all
forula nnd the Atlantic const. IJuy
Ing is largely of building items.
There is still a heavy movement ct
framing lumber, boards nnd ahlp
Inp, and upper grades o such items
na flooring and finish In both ma
jor 'fioftwood.s are in large request.
In view of depleted Htoeks at both
mills and retail yat-dn, the market
Is strong and nhows an advancing
tendency.
Although there lins hewn nn In
crease in southern hardwood pro
duction, bookings for the werk
ended Aug. 22 were two per cent
ahead of output, for both furniture
and automotive ludiiAtrlct) ore now
buying more actively, and demand
for building purposed, from mill-
work and Mooring inciorles, in well
sustained, the oak flonrmg fac
tories during, the week mentioned
having booked ordt-rs for 27 per
ri'in more nooriug mini fin-y manu
f ictured. Northern hardwood trade
shows expansion, both birch and
maple moving well, while there is
especially good call for lower
grades for box making.
JAZZ OUSTS
Iii
IIOXOT.rLH. (AD Hawaiian
troubadors. the wandering musi
cians who once filled the island
nights with the melodies of the
olden days with voice nnd ntrlng-
! eel instruments, have traded their
ukelelea nnd banjos for saxo-
phones nnd are making "the night
j hideous with thi'tr walls."
This is the statement of Charles
i K. King, former territorial sen
j ator and composer of mnny Haw.
jnliiin tongs, who in taking an
I active part in a movement to re
vive the ancient custom of sere
nading by night with ukuleles nnd
other strjnged instruments.
"People want to hrnr tho old
songs,' Senator King said.
They want to ftfir.iv, too. nnd
can dunce to nothing that has
rhythm. Hut there Is nothing ?n
th world which ninkes lovier
dance music than the songs of the
Islands, which provide k wide var
iety of time and rhythm - so
any sort of modern dance music
can be achkvid. The tendency
new, simply- because people do
not discourage It. Is to play noise.
The dance orchestra today, using
largely the saxophone, do not
produce melody. Sometimes the
men who plsy the wnnophorrc do
not hn:w either their instru
ments or music. Hut they are
OLD IViELODIES;
slzod amusement room with fire
place.
The
exterior walls are white
cenient plaster, troweled smooth,
with thatched roof of varlgated
colors.
With hardwood floors through
out, linoleum in kitchen, bath tile,
hardwood trim, balance In pine to
pulnt, it Is estimated that this at
tractive home can be built, exclu-
jsivo of heating and plumbing, foi
from ?l(!,uoo to. $12,000.
natural musicians 'ntl ao pick out
their own way of4- playing, with
the result that an orchestra
sometimes is led by a group of
two of three -saxophones all play.-;
ing the same air and producing
tho effect of all noise and no
music.
"The great harmony nnd mel
ody in Hawaiian songs came iur
gely through the efforts of Theo
dore Richards who taught part
suiting. Previously the Hawat
laiiH had aung and played only
melodies. Hecauae there was
nothing else to do the young peo
ple developed, this form of cnter
tnining themselves and their nei
gh bora to a high degree.
We haven't hnd altogether clear
sailing In the city of I -a ;minlu
mTnn.sc there art) those who ninke
slitri;ir, ntiinrks nlioiit us nnd
letters have Ihh'ii written to
wholesale Inmses trying to influ
ence them to eut us off. That
kind of work Is stlU going nn.
.lust bemuse we are iintlor-s'lling.
w expect lo stick like n blind
dog to n root. We nre iimklna
liM'iiey on the low-innrgln plan,
nnd we arv growing like n miMi.
itHiiii. We weie oikh a mhu
num's friend mi l we are still a
in-Atr mnn's rrieiitl.
niK Sl.95 Iwim In keg lots.
s-rtH'ii hiom, ench.
Claude C. Pratt
Lumber Co.
"The Toor Mnn'n Friend"
Oppa Foimilry. rhnne M-SI8
BUGO PAINT
COMPANY
Paints, Oils, f;lnv. Vnnii
Unishes and Painter's
Supplies
l.O. 0. 1 r.t lMHMi
l:ntrniiee on asbingtn
1
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M NEW PLANT
The new residence and lumber
retail plant of iho, Claude C. Pratt
Lumber company is now ncaring
completion, representing nn invest
ment of approximately $16.(i00. The
evidence faces on Cove avenue 'near
his former location, and the ware
houses, coal yard and the like nre
sHuated to the rear of the hou.se on
a two-acre tract.
Mr. Pratt, who started in busi
ness here about 14 months ago,
derbres that the growth of his
business demanded a new plant.
Tho new location gives him a
greater opporluniiy to belter serve
hl-j patrons and ut-o provides for
the natural . expansion tbt will
come later.
Tho residence building, of -a
bungalow type,, has ouvim rooms,
well arranged. The exterior is shin
gled. .. .
The. warehouses, including .the
paint' building, th nr.sh and door,
giari, etc., building, a wareliouse
for kiln dried .tuff, and a ware
house for .short, length lumber,
mostly flooring, nre now HOi
Ordinary , lumber that Htands the
wenilu r is piled outside. Another
ffiTTEa
Cleaner Jleat:
No oil burner can side
step the laws of nature
and get away with it.
Oil-O-MiiticisthefasteM
selling burner on the .
market because it oper
ates, according to the
four natural laws.
WIIMMMS
NATE ZWEIFEL
HI;' ; ; Blue - Mobntadii-"-" -.fH;A
Oregon Lumber i ;
ill Free Advice l
! j i u ' Make 'your repairs and alterations now l
i 'j j M ! ;jj ' before the snow and rain get here. fj I J ,
U jlll' j! Wo ,,:lve a" Ei"wlcs and prices to suit l fj
j' l I any requirement. ! jj l
ji j - Bowman-Hicks - 1 .
B Lumber Go. H
S ml ill I Lllbr- Sash- Doors and Shingles I ill
"i! J cham anfl Kox Wood. Main 517 g J Si M
yU" J. L. Munhall
building owned by Mr. Pratt houses
the H. 1. Neilson cabinet shop.
. HMAt AT WAIJjOWA
is ni;uin; tOAii'ijrnox
WATJ.OWA, Ore. The new two
story Knights of-PyihuiH hall here
is nearlng completion and if all
goes well will be finished by the
oimdle of October. Tho steam fit
ting and plumbing work Is now
being done and the electricians are
to start work Wednesday. The
stucco contractors will be on vhe
I ground this week.
; ' :
Bull Demolishes Plane
I'oreeil Down In Pasture
SOIGNIHK, Itelgium, (AP)-An
infuriated bull vented its Ire upon
a disabled airplane recently and
when tho aulinul concluded that
its job had been done the machino
waa beyond repair. The airplane
carrying eight passengers from j
Paris to lirusseiH waa forced
down by a defective motor and
landed In a paalure JS mites from
llj-usselH.
Th bull aroused by the chug
A brush ful now saves
two later.
Quality Right
Price Right
At -
Noah's Paint
Store
SH&SBflGBHnHSEHCIBLIRIIIBBBn
f l I I- 4 S
1 i I
At New Low Co ?'
Buy On Tinted iili s.
.olhlns else ran ninli'li tin; pleasant, siilisfjlMK, ilepeiulnblc '
TOinrort or AIU'OliA Hot Water Ilailiiitor Heal. .Just Hie
thins for the roltagej basi'inent not reii'nlml j tmnis any fuel. "
r.RT rs snow voir tub akcoi.a
FRED SPAETH -
I'lnnihlng - HeathiR - Sheet Metal Work
"Quality With Service" ' 1 ';
ging of thn motor, made straight
for it. while the pilot und pasav
enpers jumped out and jnado
their escape in a nind rush uerosa
the field. The animal charged
the machine again and again and
kept at his work of destruction
until the pass ngera got out of
the danger zono. "
Spend your days, doing as you
nre told to do und you will never
be told how to spend them better.
Snake bit an American .tourist
in Culm. Could have been worse.
Suppose it had bit Mm in Amer
ica. Those pesky riles will lie
wllh us ull lull. We '.Tail
inake oi repair any.' size or
shniK.' of .screen. , .
ri.ooii SAxniNr; , '
Ask f(ir Kslliiinles ' '
La Grande
Construction
Company
CIiiis. Harris. Prop. ;
if