THE SUNDAY OREGON IAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 14, 1900.
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Central Oregon, with its vast resources, wili '.
have Opal City for its metropolis. ' Everything
points to that one end. Big money is sure to
be made by those who are early in the field, j
Choice lots are still to be had on. easy terms. ;
Investigate. .
FLIES ARE DEFIED
Fireproof Home Planned for
Blaine R. Smith. .
COST WILL BE $25,000
Handsome Dwelling W ill Be Vnlque
but ArtUtic in Design, and
Provide lor Fine
View.
A residence built as far as possible
along; fireproof line? wifl be constructed
lor Blaine R. Smith on the northwest
corner of East Fifty-third and Belmont
efeets. The residence will be a hand
come home, in addition to being of
unique construction, and will cost about
JJi.out). The property on which the
building will stand Is H:15J feet in
size and was but recently purchased by
Mr. Smith.
The plaus have bee.n prepared by
MacNaughton. Raymond &. Lawrence,
architects, and are now about com
pleted. The tireproofing of the house
has been made one ot the features of
the plans. The exterior of the first
floor will he of selected firebrick, laid
with an old English garden bond, and
t!ie upper story will be of old English
half limbered construction. Pebble
dashed. The walls of the second story
are to be roirstructed of terra cotta tile
and all interior partitions are to be of
hollow terra cotta tile blocks. All
Iloors are to be of reinforced concrete
construction carried on concrete col
umns and footings.
A large brick terrace with tile floor
l-.as been planned from the north side
of the house, from which one of the
finest views of the East Side is obtain
able, as well as of the mountains and
tnc bluffs on the West Side of the
driver.
The interior of the home presents
Viaay unique features. The vestibule
opens Into a large reception hall which
In tuftl opens directly into the music
, room. From this reception hall one
wilso enters the drawing-room and din-ing-ro;xTTfie
floors tn the reception
liall mnfi "room and drawing room
are to be if ceramic tile, while the
dlnlng-room-ts: to have a quartered oak
floor. The OTftirwny .from the reception
. hall, to the second lqor is to be con
structed of marble :-. treads with a
bronzed ornamental iron railing.
The living room is to be finished in
old flemisn oak oak and w it It. a hand
some carved fireplace designed along
the lines of that period. The dining
room is to befinlshed la-tsaisto Domingo
mahoganr; .ml-has a paneled mahogany
wainscotting. The music-room and re
ception hall are to be treated in Ivory
white finish.
The second floor has five bedrooms
and two private baths with ample pro
visions for linen closets and wardrobes.
Each chamber will be furnished with
I running water and the entire building
I will be heated by a vapor system of
I steam heat- Provision is made on the
second floor for two sleeping; porches.
In the attic of thltl house are the
service quarters, which are complete
in their appointments. A sewing room
will also be Installed as well as a liv
ing room, private bath and a sleeping
porch. Mr. Smith expects to have his
home finished by early next bummer.
APARTMENTS- TAKING FORM
"Rose Festival" Building Is Well
Vnder Way.
The Rose Friend apartments, under
construction at the southwest corner
of Seventh and Jefferson streets, ac
cording to the builders, will be the
finest apartments in the Northwest
when completed. The building, which
will be 100x100 feet in dimensions, five
stories high and of the finest con
struction throughout, will cost 1S0
000. The work is now well under way,
the walls being up. and the building
will be completed and ready for occu
pancy -within three months at the lat
est. s
Tne structure was designed by Archi
tect Williams for Rosenthal & Friendly.
It is comprised of suites of three, four
and five rooms, arranged so that all
are entirely separate. The partitions
between the apartments are deadened
with double walls and the ceilings are
also double.
The equipment is fine throughout.
The floors are of hardwood, the elec
tric light fixtures will be of cut glass,
the best tiled baths will be installed,
and the lobby will be one of the finest
ever Installed In an apartment house.
It will be finished in solid mahogany,
marble of the finest quality and beau
tiful ornamentation.
A feature of the building will be
the flower court tn the front, which is
so arranged that it will make the
building one of the most attractive In
appearance In the city. The location
is in the best part of the apartment
house district.
PROVINCE'S OUTPUT LARGE
Lead, silver and Gold Marketed by
Brltish Columbia Reported.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 13 (Special.)
Consut-General George N. West, of
Vancouver, reports the output of lead,
silver and gold in British Columbia
during the four years ending with
1908. as follows:
Lead. 199.923.2ji pounds, valued at
$8,990,857; silver. 11. 808.57 ounces,
valued at S7.S94.446: gold. 472.088
ounces, valued at S9. 75S. 018. It Is diffi
cult to state where the foregoing out
put was marketed.
A large amount of the silver went to
Hongkong and Shanghai, while a con
siderable amount went to the United
States. Now that the Dominion has be
gun the coinage of silver currency, a
much larger amount will be consumed
at home than heretofore.
PROGRAMME IS PLANNED
REALTX BOARD WILL HAVE
NUMEROUS TALKS.
Various Subjects Related to Oregon
Industries Will Be Taken
Up and Discussed.
The Realty Board will have an in
teresting programme during the com
ing Winter. This programme will con
sist of a number of talks by prominent
business and professional men of Ore
gon, who will speak at the regular
monthly dinners of the board. The
subjects which will be discussed will
be transportation, agriculture, lumber,
water power, manufacturing, shipping
and mining.
The transportation question has al
ready been handled before the board
in an address by C. H. Carey on "What
Hill and Harriman Are Doing in Cen
tral Oregon." The next transportation
question to be discussed will be "The
Oregon Electric In the Valley," and
there will be a report on transportation
from the Chamber of Commerce.
Agriculture will be handled under
several subdivisions, such as the cut
ting up of the large farms, irrigation,
dry farming, poultry, stockraislng and
kindred subjects.
The question of shipping will In
clude talks on the flour industry, the
lumber, fruit and other like industries,
as well as discussion of the sea chan
nels and facilities, and the effect of
the Panama Canal upon the Coast.
IE TABOR SALES MADE
SEVERAL GOOD PROPERTIES
' ARE TRANSFERRED.
Building Sites Are Purchased and
District Will Be Scene ol
Many Improvements.
Robert Brook has purchased from
George Clark, of the Clark-Cook Com
pany, a tract' 90 by 200 feet on East
Fifty-fifth and East Taylor streets.
Mount Tabor, for $3500. It is a fine
building site. Mr. Brook will erect a
home on the property next year. Dora
P. and Marie A. .Cook have also pur
chased at Mount Taior an acre for
which they paid $6000. In Central
Park, Mount Tabor, Mr. Lewis, of the
Crane Bottling Works, bought a lot,
80 by 200 feet, for which he paid $3000.
Montavilla is making rapid growth,
and at present more new buildings are
being put up than at any time during
the present year. Carpenter .work !
progressing on the building to be used
as a department store. Seth Lind Is
putting up an eight-room two-story
frame house on East Morrison and
Eightieth street to cost about $2500.
W. Sleuer has started on a $1200 cot
tage on East Taylor and Eighty-first
streets. George Petty Is erecting two
dwellings on East Salmon and East
Eightieth streets to cost $1700 each.
Charles Porter has started the erection
of a five-room bungalow to cost $1200.
You haven't seen Rose City Park?
Well ! Wall ! Well !
GAREY TO BUILD FLATS
KENTON WILL HAVE NUMBER
OF FINE STRUCTURES.
Deals Made on Peninsula for Large
Amount of Property Bis Im
; provcmenls Planned.
; At Kenton land has been cleared for a
two-story apartment-house to be erected
for C. H. Carey. This structure will con
tain V eight apartments of five -rooms
each. The cost is estimated at $30,000.
The Kenton Building & Contract Com
pany has charge of the work.
Charles Rowley, a Troutdale business
man, recently purchased two lots in Ken
ton, and will start on the erection of
a two-story re-inforced concrete build
ing with full basement. This structura
will be 50x70 feet. The lower floor will
be devoted to stores and the upper to
offices. Plans for the 'building will be
drawn at once. The cost will be about
$15,000. Excavating for the Dupuy- and
Bingham blocks will be completed next
week. The Dupuy building will be of
red brick and the latter of concrete
blocks.
Grade work has been started on the
rite of the Davis Safe & Lock Company's
plant. Contractors Ison & Burns were
awarded the contract for the excavating.
It will take two or three weeks to do
the grading, after which the concrete
work will be started. It Is estimated that
35.000 cubic yards of gravel will be re
quired. The contract for the concrete
work has not yet been let.
Nearly all the buiminps in Kenton are
either of reinforced concrete or con
crete blocks. Buildings under way and
projected will cost about $200,000.
The concrete block residence of Dyer A
Co. at Kenton, erected at a cost of $5000.
is being complfted. Edward Countiss. a
bridgs builder, .is erecting a dwelling in
Kenton to cost $2000. The Kenton Build
ing & Contract Company is receiving fig
ures for the erection of two cottages and
a frame dwelling.
Eastham & Co. have prepared plans
for a six-room bungalow to be
erected at East Alder and East Thirty
second streets, for J. O. Leonard, em
ployed at the postoffice, to cost $2750.
The same firm has prepared plans for
two residences to be built for Mr. Win
termute in Irvington Park, each to cost
$2600. Plans are also being prepared
for a cottage to be built at Milwakuie
and Insley streets to cost $1600.
BACK TO NATURE.
Nature supplies a remedy for most
disea.sus, and when such a remedy Is
found it should be used. Oregon Herbs
(a feu) Is a combination of herbs pre
scribed by nature (or kidney and blad
der diseases, and should be used as
nature intended her medicines to be
used, namely as a tea. No alcohol to
Irritate, no plllB to dissolve and punish
the system. Just a good old-fashioned
tea easily prepared and easily taken.
All dealers should have it. Price 60c
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