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CONSTRUCTION
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Six building permlt.s, cull I Kg for
an expenditure of $:M30, worn (h-BtK-il
dining tile past wwk, three
for new jiiil(liru; mid three for re
pairs. One heme,' In he loeated on 8ec
, oinl Hln-i-t between X and V ave
niH'H. Is to lift built by . ,M. Han
'on at an approximate cost of
Uulldins, In general, In . I,n,
Ornnde, If jus) about holding nn
Your Floors
Are an important factor
in the beauty of any
room of the home. They
receive hard usage and
naturally become marred
and unsightly in Hpots.
Our new electric sand
ing: machine will make
your floors look like new
at small cost and with
slight inconvenience to
you.
Ask for Estimates
La Grande
Construction
Company
Chas. Harris. Prop.
even keel with no pronounced gains
nor noticeable Iohhc. Compared
with lust year, the record year In
,u (Jmiide's history, tins permllH
are not great but when compared
with the five-year averag.-, the re
sult is aatlHfactory q sIuUhUch fol
lowers. Itesidence building, although not
an umbltloiiH as curlier In the year.
Is continuing at a fair rut-. Three
or four more new honien will be
started In the next . fortnight If
preaent plans materialize.
Small liomnH, of the four and
Ave room type, see in to maintain
their popularity, although a few
la-ger residences have been built
and are under conntnictlon now.
The trend toward Binaller liomcH
is noticeable throughout the coun
try and building experts expect the
type lo become evn more popular.
This elaxH of homes range in priec
from flfiOO to $r000 although the
average In La (liando ranges a
Utile more than fsnoti.
HouMlng conditions In I. a Grande
following rive' years of building up
tho residential district mid eon-
Hiructlon of more than 4 homes,
have Improved and Hie enngeHled
condllloiiH of the past two or threi
yea i n n ru gradi i ally b eco i u 1 n g
pilHHQ.
A Dutch Colonial Bungalow
niritcir coiNfj vi.
HAKKH, Oro. (flnrc-lul) llPBnltr-
Ullfuvorulilo weather . c'.omllliuliH
work is itoinir iilmuil aliiullly on
the; new lliintlHt church huthlliiK ut
tho corner of ('enter ami Third
hi reels.
The old building hrm already
been moved from the Hlte 01' the
work nnd the linnenient 1h IioIiib
(Juk. The concrete work will he
put In this week. Hulny weulher
liiHt week Ima delayed the work
eonslderahly,
Kor the present the nervlcea are
helnif held In the Odd I'Vllown
building on Valley nveuuo between
First and Main slreoW.
Truth In ureal slufr. Hut If nil
of It were known practically every
body would be arresled.
,; , If you have a small house
' or bungalow please let
us show and explain to
, you this effectiveheating
D1aAC outfit- Day and night it
'.CCIaC keeps the whole house
f Lfet Us fuIf of. soft' diant
' i- warmth everv room
OtlOW l'eate alike- Automatic
kuiiiiui icjjuiaics lilt. UIG
from juat enough heat on chilly
. Spring or early Fall days to am
. pie heat in bitter zero waathar.
' ARQQLAchangesahouaelnto
a noma and uses so liuN
Yfan
" km"
!fl fuel.
Clean and easy to run.
Send to ui (or (FREE) illustrated book. Avoid Uie rush
Fall lenson, and get the benefit of slack -period prices.
Fred Spaeth, 108 Fir St.
Hot Water Hadiator Heat
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(Hy W. W. Piuily)
fan you ilclure a llitlo home
more attractive than thl.s? Hrlttht
red brick for foundation walls
above crude, wide slcllnw painted
white, Kreen roof and blinds, a
true comlal, net nmong treeo on
a well-landscaped lot.
The exterior treatment, while
simple In detail, In most interest
Ib: . the. Interior how practical.
Htudy the rioor plan arranttement,
notu tho lariro bed rooms, bath off
a small hall. The lonttuorch ex-
teiKlliiK alonK the side with French
doors opcninir from Hie llvlnc room
and one from the kitchen for serv
ing a real meal. The breakfast
nook off the kilchen Is a Kood fea
ture. The attic Is hlffll enoilKh for
Kood storanc space, or a slalrway
could be placed so as to ko up out
of the hall, dolntv away with the
present) linen closet, nnd Iwo fair,
sized bed rooms finished off, one
in each of Hie sable ends. ,
Tho cost, without rooms on the
second, floor, but with full base
ment, riulshed In pine enameled,
with hardwood floors .Is placed nt
about $4(100 exclusive of liculins
and plumhlnf,-.
SOFTWOOD DEMAND
CONTINUES HIGH;
BUILDING ACTIVE
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Temand for softwoods' Is well
suslalni'd. ssys the American l.ntn
berman, TlilcaKO. Notwltlislandlns
the fact that the Labor Hay boll-
lay renitlti-rt In less than (he usual
number or reporls from the soft
wood mills coverltiL- the week end
ed Kept, r,, lotal orders were but
lour per cent and shipments threo
per cent less than the nKftreRato
cut, which ran ten per cent above
normal, llulldluir In tho cities con
tinues active and Is the main out
let for softwoods, nllhouirh rural
sccllona are buying more heavily
In anticipation of Increased farm
If Iium .'f .:
tuil spin at a helrrbt of f.on feet
during a nalloaul guard air circus
here. Sundity. IJoth men lived in
Hpokane,
'itA(;f(j.NiGj; Italy. Two very
modern young people will be mar
rled next Wednesday I'rincnss
Mafnlda, second daughter of King
ictor Emmanuel nnd Queen
Helena, nnd Prince Phillip of
Hesae,
a 1 VMiiiiiriin-fTrm
I Blue Mountain
Oregon Lumber
The chsiiiRe in wcathor should remind
you thai Winter is on the wny. Kepair
your huildinjis now before bud weather f?ets
here.
We have all grades and -patterns at prices
Hint will please you.
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KXTKA STAK-A-STAR SHINGLKS
Bowman-Hicks
Lumber Co.
MAIN 8
Chain and box Wood. Main 517
J. L. Munluill
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consumption growing out of bump
er cropn, ltetall yards, as a whole,
have low Btocka and their con
tinued ordering of cars containing'
a wide nHortment of items indi
cates that they are not limiting
any significant additions to their
holdings. lOxpectalton that they
mum soon enter the market on a.
more extensive scale, luus given
prices a firm tone with a tendency
toward further moderate udvanees.
Southern pine trade continues to
expand. During" the week ended
Sept. 4, orders were more than five
per cent nbovo production while
shipments were about four and
one-hair per cent above produc
tion. Mil) stocks are accordingly
lower and' prices tthow stability,,
Tho west coawt mills, now general
ly resuming; operations following
thijfire liazard period, aro appar-
nuy milking some effort to build
up stocks. Aggregate bookings for
the week ended Hept. 6. however,
were but two and one-halt: iter
nt below tho enlarged produc
tion.. Atlantic coast consumntlon
of fir is large and, while yards in
that section are well stocked, pros
pects of a healthy activity In tho
building Industry during the fall
Indicate that considerable buying
will yet be done before winter nets
In. The California movement, while
heavy, promises to expand during
the next three months as fruit pro
duce rs increase their purchases.
The rail movement lo the middle
yesf. appears to he holding up well.
Advances made by southern
hardwoods during the recent cur
tnllment are well held as the mills
resume cutting. Furniture, fac
tories aro most active among gum
consumers nnd prices on red sum,
particularly, are very firm. Oak
Is in active rail from the flooring
plants. Automotive consumption of
southern hardwoods is somewhat
larger and overseas buyers are en
tering the market. Northern hard
wood business with the nitltwork
and maple flooring manufaeturers
continues heavy.
Here And
There
FORT WAYNE, Ind. Ono man
is 'dead and 2 8 persons nre In
hospitals here as a result of
crossing crash Sunday nipht. An
intorurban car of tho Indiana Serv
ice corporation was derailed and
turned over on Its side after hit
tine an automobile at the Wayne
dale crosalnff, four miles south.
nert Wilson of Peru, Ind., was
killed instantly when the car
struck his automobile. It is be
lieved lie was alono in his ma
chine. All tile injured were pass-eng-ers
on tho Inlerurban.
NEW yOl'.K TU'verly T.
Thompson, said to bo a wealthy
ChleaRo oil dealer, was held Hun
duy in $11100 ball for examination
pcndlns the outcome or Injuries
received by Mrs. Mnr lierer who
was struck, by .his. machine Katur
duy nlffht.
Thompson said he recently ac
companied his son to Harvard and
had stayed over in New York a
lew days before returning to Chi
cago. Mrs.. Herger is said to have
suffered a fractured sltull.
DES MOINES, la. John Jcn
ney, city superintendent of public
safety, has announced that a spe
cial polico detail has been assigned
to Investigate possible sale of In
toxicants to high school children.
A conference Is to be held between
Jenney nnd II. T. Stci-per, princi
pal or West high school, regarding
lo mode of operation of the boot
leggers and to what extent. If any,
it is being sold to high school student:!.
(Hy tho Associated Press.)
TOKIO It was established def
initely Sunday afternoon that tho
fire which destroyed the mansion'
of Prince Tol:ugnw'n earlv Sunday
morning wns caused by a leakage
of electricity.
Incendiarism was suspected nt
firm.
CHICAGO Advancing n whole
snle defense of western conference
football against the criticism of
Its detractors. Mnj. John 1,. Grif
fith, "Htg Ten" commissioner of
athletics, predicted Sunday that
"football will endure so long as
there are young Amor leans who
like a fight.'
1" AY TON, Ohio. Seven persons,
all members of one family, were
killed six miles west of Oayton,
Sundity night, when the automobile
In which they w e re riding w a s
struck by an lilterurhan car.
Witness mild the accident' wa?
caused when the driver of the, car
attempted to cross the track in
front of the npproachlng trolley.
Tho dead ure Noah Uulroff. his
wire and five children.
They were returning to their
home, a short distance from the
scene of the accident when killed.
SPOKANK, Wash. Lieutenant
HchiiyW I'rlestley, a forestry pa
trol flier, and Private John S.
Avery. Jr., of the Washington na
tional guard, were killed Instantly
when their airplane went Into n
Oenr I'nele John mid Aunt Kate:
I Just wnnlel to tell yoti that
another carload of Stnr-A-S(nr
-hiimles arrived Saturday. Vo
sId 4.(100 the same tiny, this rnr
ly MiMiilny nmniini; wo Imve
nintiy ordei-s to fill for Kiihher-
old Itmifln, hinii-s, Strnlgbt-irrnhi-
ed rkvring, ete. "Wo have threo
deliveries ruipilng steady now. I
know Hint I nclr .John will lie
so glad tn hoar UtAt wo nro soil
ing so much stuff nnd doing so
woll. AVo eneet to niovo tnto
our new homo this week. Hut
ymi will ho Jnt n welcome lo
ooinc and soo us t horo ns yoit
won lit tho old shnck. Tho Inleh
iHlng bait-N on tho oittslde. fr
miw to tell liobf rt that If lo
vnnt any of this Strnlit-grnftieil
I'hxirlng for tbnt new gmne linil
ho will have to hurry, a- It I
going fast. Well. I gucxs I will
rloM for this tlmo.
CI.AriH".
V. S. It Is onsy lo romtwtr
with n tall order houses. ospnclaltT
nlion stuff ntvs like kooo fenth
ers In an Oklnlionto wind 5tonit.
Claude C. Pratt
Lumber Co.
"Tho Poor Man'' PrlrrvT
Oppo. rrmn.W. Phnnr m ils
Permits
and Z. Cost $200.
Lsheil the same us the -woodlrlm.-
September 17 Permit is.iued
lo C. M. Hansen to erect a one
ftory dwelling on Second between
X and 'v. Cost $ 1 Goo.
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September 17 Permit Issued
lo E. W. Kou.sh to ulter nnd re
pair a dwelling on iJiv'iilon 'be
tween Cedar and Oak. Cost 12111).
September IS Permit issued
to (jeoige J. Stager to erect a
building on Seventh between E
nnd K. Cost $ y 00.
September J 8 Permit Issued
to E. Jacobfion lo alter and re
pair a dwelling on (Ircenwood
betwe en Adams and Washington.
Cost 930. ..
September IS Permit Issued
to C. .M. Kloberg to crert a gar
age on Second between Crook
September 21 Permit - issued .
to C. I). Coodnough to alter and
repair building on Adams be
tween Kim and Depot for Mar
garet Anson. Cost $120(1. . '
PHOTWri.VC. SCKI-'.ENS'
Screens Hhould be painted either
when put away In the rll cr when
put up in tho spring. All particles
or dust must be removed befurc
applying the paint nnd this is done
by scrubbing the surface thorough
ly with a brush and hose- 1' takes
two coats for the frame and gen
erally only one, painted on lightly,'
for. the wire screening.
-IU II.T-1X C'i;i'UOAItlS
Built-in cupboards are proving
more and more popular for display
ing collections, especially cl)ina,
ghiSHwnre and silver. They also
greatly nssisl In decorating n. room
and if tho room Is small are fin-
pam:i.s roii r..vcK(iiiorNis
A fitting background to n par
ticular line piece of furniture is n
wall panel. A fine old damask or
French brocade fits into a formal
rooui: while batik, cretonne and
chintz ore effective in a loss' formal
room.
BUOG PAINT
COMPANY.
I'nlnls, Oils, Olnss, VninH
Ilraslics mill I'ninler's
Supplies
T. O. O. I'. P.IIHilINO
J'.nli-niKo on Washington
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With Oil-O-Matic heat,
you can stay away as long
as you like. If you are
home all day, you can do
other things, but they
won't be shoveling coal
or cleaning up because of
. the furnace dirt.
WIIMMMSj"
lHllEATEH
Nate Zweifel
For the "host buys" in House Paints and Varnishes?
You will find the light quality at the right price here.
Our stock of Wallpaper shows the best on the mar
ket to the cheapest that is good. ...
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and yenra without any upkeep whatever. For this 'rea
Bon wo. Insist on doing the job in. the rlpht 'way with
the best , mute rial obtainable. Consult its about-your
wiring whether for the new, home, a remodeling job
or perhaps only some additions to your present lighting
equipment.
1-Mlmntes gladly given. ,
rHrSf-S;' 'Electric- Z-
Sonimcr Hotel Hlilg.
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' ' Yoii are favored by the present lumber -
' market but all indications point to a streiiff- Ik 'sIm
" thening of prices before long-. We have all " W fJljM
Trades and all prices of lumber if you
want some real bargains in "out" stuff, we f?M SflPlI
are able to offer you some big savings on iflP Willi
just what you need for repairing farm )J
buildings not a lot of ungraded lumber, tP'
but odds and ends of high-grade stock. It
will pay you to look over this lumber. .
j Grande Ronde iffS
Lumber Co. -
. 1 Retail Yards Across the Tracks on AffjS'
jj Greenwood Avenue.