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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1915)
J (UHOS Sttll tttttfS Won Two 1 ZZZZZZ . MKMIlKlt OP THE ASSOCIATED PKKSS H Section Tw Vol. No. XXXIX. Established 1878 Ab Tho Const Mall. "MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1915 EVENING EDITION. A consolidation f Times, const sun No. 65" H "'! inwrt Ittl.T tHUVUIMTi f L TUB fnct that Mnrahflcld Lodgo of Elks Is Just now considering tlio crcctJo;i. ot a. now homo will ndd Interest to tlio accompany ing Illustrations ' of tlio beautiful new $50,000 Klka homo recently dedicated by the Mcdford Lodgo No. 11C 8, 11. !.' 6. E. For tlio ' accompanying Illustra tions and tlio following description Tho Times Is Indebted to tlio cour tesy of tho Mod ford Sun: "Nearly flvo years ngo Modford lodgo secured tho slto for tho new home. This wib tho first move to ward tho construction of tho homo wo nro dedicating today. Nearly (no years ago Hip lodgo appointed tlio first committee to Investigate tho feasibility of financing nud building tho structure. Tho result of th's woik Is tho magnificent Klks' homo thut stands as ait en during monument to tho principles of our order. "Tlio building Is of Orcok Corln tlilnn architecture, particularly ap propriate for a moil's club build ing. Tho foundation Is of rc-ln-forcod concrete nleoly finished whllo tlio two upper stories are of gray pressed brick laid with recessed joints of snow whlto iriortnr. Im- mrnsu reinforced roncrctb' plllais support large crandns 'to both floors on tho two street elevations of tho structure. Mnsslvo, substan tial and magnificent, the building Is a credit to tho artistic, yet prac- E tlral, Ideas of tho architect, Rrothor Frank C. Clark, of Mcdord Lodge. The building being situated on a comer lot 100 foot squat o per mitted the architect to design n splendid 2C-foot clrculnr stairway approach to tho broad portico en trance to tho club room on tho sec ond floor. "Passing through n hnndsomo marblo wnlnseontcd vcstlbulo Into tho main rccoptlon hall tho visitor Is first grooted by tho secrotary of tlio club, whoso office Is directly In front of tho main entrance From tlio secretary's office tho visitor passes through a splendid rccoptlon hall (it tho opposite end of which a largo red ltomnn brick flro placo 17 feet wldo and reaching to tho high celling of tho room calls forth tho admiration of everyone "On tho loft of tho rccoptlon hnll tlio ladles' parlor occupies n prom inent placo. Tho parlor opens onto the wldo vorandn on tho west eleva tion of tho building, whllo through largo disappearing doora access Is given to tlio library nnd writing room. Tho parlor Is of colonial architecture, finished In Ivory nnd hlto eiiamol. Tho floor Is of high ly polished quortorod oak. A dnlnt- I TIIOS. h. SIIKVM.V 18 WKhh I KNOWN Ll'MIIKKMAX I B W HinOi of ' I JTil 1 IPkP' Goodriuim ESiffiK I I zJkmwmW WF3 HS I iTl WM h Kr Saturday and Monday mt ,. THir uesi i rAiiur adtfpi itc pc imm ix f'2a wiijl rit sra.n Rirrnw TMirro flBAi 1 autiful N Medford Elks'; Dedicated Handsome $50,000 Structure is the Result and Realization of the Efforts of Years Full Description of Building ana its Architecture. lly furnished rest room adjoins tho pallor. "For tho handsome, yet dainty furnishings ot this room tho lodgo owes its grntltudo to tho motliors. "Leaving tho club rooms from tho main reception hall ono pusses up a wldo stairway to tho lodgo room or third floor. This floor li given wives, sisters and daughters of the j over entirely to lodgo and social membership. Thcso ladles through purposes. Tho lodgo room Itself, their generosity and deslro to help! 73 feet long by fir. feet wldo, with toward tne success of tho home, earned tho money that paid for tho furnishings ot the room that has a colling of 2.1 feet Is In ltcelf suf ficient to Insprlo tho members whoso "Spnco would hardly permit rt completo description of this many advantages obtainable that go to mako this ouc ot tho most complete buildings of Its kind. For Instance a prlvato lntcr-communlcallng tele phono system, automatically oper ated, connects all departments of tho building. Phones nro oven pro- thoughts and Idenls seriously turn jvtdod for tho different stntlons in been dovoted to their exclusive use. toward the "Good of tho Order. The, tho lodgo 100111 nnd tho cvnlted T'j I'll m v )mmtmmamT-1 hHr j'" mT'WmSm i i Jl inI ! THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES WILL BE SOLD BELOW THEIR. COST FOR CASH ONLY $1.25 can Non-Fluid Transmission Grease $1.00 !wo 65c cans Star Compound .! ' $1.00 iliree 40-cent Dry Cells ,.. $1.00 Iwo 75-cent Cans Cemontloss Patclics $1.00 iwo 75-cent Spring Spreadois $1.00 One $2 Can Caibonnit ,.... $1.oo Two 30x3'- Blow Out Patches -...$l.00 Iwo 32x3 VI. Blow Out Patches $1.00 One Raja Plug and Porcelain $1.00 Two Champion Plugs $1.00 Iwo 75cent Cans Radiator Compound $1.00 Ihree 50c Cans Graphite Cup Grease $1.00 One $5,00 Trunk Rack for Foid $1.00 -our light Globes w . $1.00 Two Antl Rattlers for Ford $1.00 One $1,50 Folding Wator Pall ' $1.00 One $2,50 Cocoa Mat for Ford ' $1.00 iifteen feet Rubber Tubing $1.00 Ono $2.75 Ford Valve Reamer $1.00 Tivo Head Lamp Connectors $1.00 two 75-cont Horn Bulbs $1.00 GoodrimVs Garage Beautiful Home of Elks Lodge No. 1168, B. P. 0. E. Erected at a Cost of $50,000 "To tho right of tho reception hnll coloring of the lodgo room Is of n a largo billiard hall has been pro-1 rich brown blending Into a heavily vided. Furnished with tho most j beamed celling of a boft light shade. uiodoru equipment, this room af fords ninny pleasant hours to tho membership. "Adjoining tho billiard hall tho Magnificent Indirect lighting fix tures add to tho richness of tho room, whllo n splendid organ loft In tho room suggests tho, tones of HI Thomas L. Shovlln, lumber manu facturer of Minneapolis, Is a man who has extensive interests in tho lumber world and on the coast and k nell known amonp the western lumbermen. Ho is president of a large number of lumber companies and has extensive connections In the lumber business. Mr, Shevlln was born at Muskegon Michigan, graduated at Yale Univer sity and came to Minneapolis In 1882. He entered tho lumber trade with Shevlln-Carpenter Company In 1907. nd was made general" manager of the Crookston Lumber Company In 1908 and become tho president of all the Shevlln Companies hi 1911. card ployor is delighted with a room I the plpo organ that no doubt will dovoted especially to IiIh favorlto'somo day bo a realization. A pol pastime. Finished In scorched nn tlvo fir wnlusoat of unusually high paneling nud blending into lighter shndos of brown with n dclluito bluoj Ishcd ninplo floor affords splendid dnnclug nt social functions. "A largo banquet hnll, waiting nud auto rooms, wlioro necessary, colling heavily panelled, tho card i occupy tho remaining space on tho room Is most artistic. "Tho grill room, located on tho cast sldo of the club rooms, attracts available ruler, should ho desire, may com municntu from his station to any pnit of tho building, almost uuob bervod by the other niombora In tho room. Soven removable ring poles havo been provided for decorative pur- Kposcg nud f i om thcso poles stream ers ot electric lights and pennants may bo suspended should such dec oration ho dcslied. Tlio building Is protected against flro by special two-Inch wnlor mulus direct from tho city's high prmisuio four-Inch mains. Flro hydrants located at lodgo room floor, whllo on cither street elevation wldo verandas are j different uintngo points In tlio available building nnd equipped with flro $. -it DOLLAR DAY Dollar fell Mar Pay will draw interest throu tt i o o o IB nt m m r O O O Interior View of Lodge Room much admiration. Coved ce ling with deeply recessed panels behind which soft lights aro shed Into the room give this room something en tirely different In architecture from iany other part of tho building. The i many brothers who enjoy their rnonn-day or evening lunch nt tho grill attest Its popularity. "Tho Jowor or basement floor ot the building has been planned for a gymnasium, bowling alleys, shower baths and stng entertainment features. With a celling 11 feot high and u floor spate 75 by 85 feet, room In abundance Is provid ed for nlmost an use that might bo desired. hose, affords ample oppoituult) for uso In case of necessity "The building commltteo to whom; credit must bo ghon for the flnan 'clng TTnd conbtructlon of the build jug was composed ot Drothers Leon fl. linsklns. A ( Burgess, L M, Jon, It. H i:iel, Rcott V, Davis. C i: dales, s I Urown. William lllnes ind T. K. Daniel " J You cam start a savnirags accooimt wiitlhi Oirne Dolllar or more A SAVINGS ACCOUNT will " prepare you for all "Dollar Days" where adlvaetage of Ready Moimey counimtSo First Natiosial in oaim of Coos Bay un V v. ! ar'3KH!!i GoodrMm -jmmimr, 1 n ' n ii $1 . .W