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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY .1. 1003. '.'.!, I Tsl II' ' X. V V vw LUMBER r.lEETS . PRICE OF BRICK : IS : BETTER DEMI ; Inquiries From Utah, N?- IIASHOIJIllEII . v- . , ml : .: vada and Colorado Look ; ; Encouraging. ; PEICES ARE DOWN ' TO LOWEST LEVEJj Local Demand Shows Improremrat , Duing Week Log Remain Quiet , aa . Compared' With Arerago De mand at Thla Time of Year. ,.4;:.v..- r That lumber haa reached, the bedrock price at preaent la tba opinion of all en. , rated In. Ita manufacture and aale, and , there la a strong belief that prloea will gradually adrance aa bualneaa improves; .. - Lew prloea hare Induced considerable bualneaa, but report from the Utah, Ne- Ivreda and Colorado dlatrlcta Indicate that aw uwhii mrw wning up UU1 uiei Dei ter demand from there might be looked for In the "near future, California la till practically out of consideration, el. though Portland alone ant (,000,000 feet Into the coaat porta during the month 01 Lmcmo9T. Miua urougnout the country are gradually reeumlna ooeratione on an eight-hour baela, with the Intention of increasing u 10 ten noura aa eoon -aa Dueineaa warrants it. . Little la doing In the logging camps, owing to the alack demand for material this winter, but operatlona will resume when eondltiona ao Juatlfy. Several camps are extending the logging roada Into new bod lee of timber preparatory to a rood eeaaon'B work. Shingle men report a continuation of iow pnoea. put tne market appeara o be strengthening, and plants that have been idle for aereral weeka Intend re suming operations in a rew aaya The University Lumber t Shingle company's plant, en the Peninsula, will begin cut ting ounng tne weeg witn Ita increased , capacity. , 1 1 .1 "1 . r eV . VT v ' New Hazel wood Creamerr Building, Third tad GllaanStreeta. MOSAIC FLOORS WIDELY USED BOiLDine Boon Oil IN EARNEST EEPLACES FOREIGN kramic Patterns Rabidly Architects Busy With Plans Displacinsr Styles Long for Host of New Con ilTsed by Architects. struction Work. Ir. Auruet Dyckerhoff. a noted Oer- - i authority on cement, has been! Mosaic-floors hare become quite pop-I From the offices of Portland architects traveling in America, and in a recent in-1 ular in American architecture. Twenty-1 come reports of new construction tervlew la quoted aa follows by Cement I five years ago they were almost un- ordered greater in velume than at any Age on the subject of the decline In I known:, todav thev are met with every-1 time durlnr the oast six months. A GlrS?2n-mfI;lS.nJI:- .v- rr.i where, In .bathrooms, vestibules, hall- large amount of the new building - 0 v vfva v v kuej ua now ted Statea has tlmo.t .nfir.i I ways, kitchens and dining-rooms of pri- Deing piannea is in a large meaaur oui Since the American cement tnanufac-1 vat residences and in hotels, railroad to cheaper prices of building materials turere have introduced the rotary-oven stations and publlo buildings of system, they can eompete with the Oer- "2rt; f n- 'ct; many enterprising mer- ;Nmaa oament. which, before the Intro- chants in our large cities have adopted 15Kr1-ni : duction of that Invention, had almoat moeao pavement for the aldewalk 1 entire control ef the Anirieu m.Vwlt In -front of their stores as a method ef Pl'Ci.P1, all I ..a . Mn. n h. ..... nf In. fact, manv enterorialnB mer- I " g tha more Important lmprove i&na of which are yet In the architects' effloea are the following: Amerlcii T ciment "manVfiuTe'rtcoTld " attention of the pa-wrby. awetr ernoe. brTck'waU 5? ."aS"""? the Oe" Numerous material, have been used lgg "j tiit . "stTekn. i""" "". ocuee wagee in tiie I . -r-"' ""'':r 1 for the St. Johns Gas, Ugnt eai higher." I ; iIj I . I oomDanv. to ooat $20,000. plans for .,ITr .r'.uM,r",'?.,: whic-h are. being prepare In the oflloe v,.;,- " i io"r, . rCl- v..-r : or Goodrich ft pooancn United States are ao much higher." V ATifTITT TWlTrrrvTilTl -n l -r-rr I "oug marois una ccramio mosaics NORTH POWDER BANK hav "l"? imllarltlea . they have also Fire In Saloon at Echo. (Special Dispatch to Tbe JeeruL) Echo, Or., Feb. 1 Fire from a de fective flue thla morning caused dam age by fire in the Owl saloon to the amount of about IS00. The Echo Are department managed to save the build ing. The dama was done by fire and moke. The saioon is conducted by George Ireland and the building Is owned by the Echo Lumber company. Present Stocks in Yards Were Made by Ifigh Priced Labor. . LOWER FIGURES WHEN FRESH KILNS BURNED Probable That Not AH of the Four teen Tarda In the Vicinity of Port land Wfll Ron Full Time Thla Spring. Unlike that of ether building ma terials, the price of brick has not been reduced by the manufacturer The II, 000,000 brick now la the yarda In the vicinity ef Portland were all made by bJgb-prleed labor, and the manufactur ers aay that the present quotation, 110 thousand, delivered, Is aa eheap aa they ean be sold and leave a fair mar gin ef profit, ' r W. Nottingham, of the City Brick agency, aaya that no reduction from the oreeent Quotation may be looked for until after tbe yards begin burnlni areah kilns In the late spring, and no even then unless the demand continues alack. It Is reported that one or two companies have cut the price to IS per thousand, delivered, but lnvestlaatlon shows that, these were of an Inferior quality. There are 14 brickyards In the vicln Ity of Portland, with a combined eapao Itv of about 10.000.009 a month. Theae operate for six months In the year, mak ing the annual output aomethlng like 0.000.000 brick. It la not probable that all the plants will operate for the full brick-making season, unlesa the demand Is laraely Increased by more extensive building operatlona than are now In eight. Half-pound box See announcement page. of chocolates free, on the "Want Ad" TRAVIS BROS. LUMBER CO. - 451 Hawthorne Avenue Bait 202 Common Fir Lumber. $8 M. PHONE B 2020 Sneelal DisnatA ta Th. Immii i 9 North Powder, Or., Feb. 1. The h financial condition of the Farmers' eV Merchants' State bank la greatly im proved. Ita capital stock, which waa ft 110,000 before the atrltogenoy la In creased to izs.ooo, and after 30 days I from January S the nationalisation of the bank will take clace. t This arrangement was brought about at a called meeting of the depositors wnn tne uawnee, j. tr. Myers, When the former agreed to receive one half of their deposits in cash and the balance In stock at S100 a share, the assignee agreeing to buy up such stock at the end of the first year and paying inter est thereon at 0 per cent ! ..TSf.KrriT' ' two-etonr . brlc enrolling ror B. h inn 1 xrnmn i rm i tha I narmon. is do erecieq i yam nsu j n, rvA if Tift ArPAink",., .,. xxvejoy street ana to coot tie.vuu, uuo xli A XXUXO builder or ether pereon Intereeted in nJvii L Patterson, architects. Dunamj upw.u.ni suuuia wm iinir. . four Berie frame Hat. at tne cor- AiacDie in- wl naiuru oioiio, s. iiruumn nf atantnn onrl Rnrthwlclt etreeta Assignee Deals With Depositors on l?,J,uF5e' , Tn.e marble teaaerae, ae the for Mrs. Drewe and to cost 17,000, called, have to e cut and are limited in Remodeling ef the Burkhard building. coicr u mi iiuon in vnicn mwun hki jit surname street, Dei ween union urallv occurs. Ceramic mosaic la made I and nranrl avenues, at a cost of 110,000 of clastic clay and la a silicate of alum- lotto kimihu. architect. lna, to' which other materials In small! McNaughton Raymond, and Laurence quantities have been added. I announce that bids will be asked for ThA ceramic teaaerae are usually I tha construction or the nroDOsea x. w. molded' in steel dies, although In art orlc. A. building at Seventh and Taylor cut ceramic they are cut from strips streets on February 28. and that bids of baked clay. Different varieties of for the structural steel for the T. M. clay aaamue different colors when sub- C. A. building at Sixth and Taylor will Jected to the Are of the kiln, and by the be aaked ' for on March 1. Contracts addition of metallic oxides the clay covering all classes of work on th Y. tesserae can be provided In almost any W. C. A. building will be let at the Baals of Half Cash, Half Stock Plana for the Future. TO FUTZaTT TEX 6HIT. 1' LAX A, TTY I BROMO QUIMNB removes tbe L eaaae. T&ere is only on. "BROMO QUIMNK." 9 Look for (lgnatars of B. W. OEOVB. 25c. color,, shade, or tint. same time, while separate contracts fer the- i. M. c A. win do let as me con atrimtlnn. nroareaaea. Plans for the frame residence ana double flat of Otto Rothcblld, to be erected at the corner of Twenty-fourth ami K,nrn,v atrenta. will be ready for contractors' bids early next week. They are being prepared in the office of l I ... . .. - f . mi .a aw T n.,njd r.h 1 9on,i,.l T Ronih I Aronueoi jacoDDerger. inecui i m . ' -y -" W ln h..Minira will ha In th nlahbnp SAYS .HE BECAME -BENEDICT BY FRAUD (Soeclal Dlipateb to Tbe Jouraal.) ej A v J ii uauiuci ajvfita. . iu has filed a suit for separation from his I nJ,i,,,n". i m. . . . . - . j it a. i iiuuu ni aiu.uuu. 73Z!UZ tSSMr Afehlteifi: Goodrich ft Goodrich have ;YainHff ; f ham. T ha, hnihand. Mr" preparation plana and apecincationa . . . - i ror a aaven-room nunraiow 10 oe ercciea .... rU- D.i.1, tnw Xlr MuuthDm una Mr. ootn were mameu in in i p,.t, Mr MdS.ab,,?t th:M WMk8 g- B00th t a cist of Vo.000rk The sai The ACM EQUALITY Paint Store STe matter what ytou want' to accomplish with Paints, Enaro- eia, buuhs ana Tarniaaea, tne neat poastme gooas xor tne pur pose are the Aomt quality kind. . . New Era Paint and Varnish Co. 172 FIRST STREET . . ' HOLLADAY'S ADDITION and MOST DESIRABLE residence ' property of the city. THE OREGON REAL ESTATE COMPANY 8854 THIRD STREET , M U R e '$S c o THE IDEAL WALL FINISH W. P. FULLER & COe Pacific Coast Agents Needham same firm is rettlna- ud the design of a two-story. eight-room frame residence for Miss Fredenthal,- to be built on Broadway near Main station on the waveriy Woodntock carllne. .The structure will cost about 14.000. . Contractor H. B. Stout has begun the erection or a two-storv frame resilience, modern type, at the corner of Twenty- third and Raleigh streets. Arthur Oldham will soon beam the erection of a handsome four-room bun galow at Northern Hill, near Ports mouth, which will cost when completed about $2,500. Doyle & Patterson are deslrninff new far tha TJartman-ThnmnRnn NEAR YAMHILL bank in the Chamber of Commerce. jura, m. j. uranam nas let me con tract for the construction of three one story frame . cottages on East Hoyt sireei oeiween itaei xnirieenin anu Bast Thirty-first streets, to cost about $2,000 each. on isast seimont. between nst streets, James A, Gray has begun the The OE BEST place ,n Portland to buy. v GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER jwrtyijfhth "dn1fVaJhhi"itha erection of twe two-story frame real dences to eost 12.000 each. A. I,. Whitten has broken around on Going street, between East Ninth and East Tenth etreete. for a two-story frame dwelling-to cost $3,000. Arcnitect ueioa u. iueer is ereDannir the plans for a county courthouse to be erected at Baker cltv. The buildlne- ta to be of stone construction, three stories hlRh and will cost approximately 1100, 000. L The .plana will be ready '.ror con tractors' figures about March 1, the con tract to be let aoon thereafter. Inspect Rosenthal'a shoe store win dow and net busy. CEMENT - LIME - PLASTER VIGARITE LIME, WHITE'S AND OTHER CEMENT, , OCCIDENT CEMENT PLASTER GEO. B. RATE & CO. 182 MADISON ST., WEST END OF BRIDGE PhonesMain 981, A3981 OREGON PAINT & VARNISH COMPANY JOBBERS AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Paints. Oils, Varnishes and Painters9 Supplies 93 GRAND AV. AND 389 E. WASHINGTON ST. Telephone East 2898 Distributors for the Green-Marshall Company's Paints and the Los Angeles Varnish Company's Varnishes THE LUTKE MFG. CO. . Kaaof ae toren ef SHOW CASES Bank and Store Fixtures Zoyt ana Sixth Sts. roBT&AVB, omsaox. IP TOU HAVE A ROOF TO COVER FIGURE WITH US ON GENASCO ROOFING Carried In stock for all kinds of roofs and fully guaranteed. Central Door & Lumber Co. 13th and Olisan treats. rhonea ifala 4793. A-1T95. Stevenson & Paulsen Practical Plumbers. Oas, Steam and Hot Water Fitter All Work Guaranteed First Class Estimates Cheerfully Given. 253-255 Flanders St. Phones: Main 7354, A3352 This Bank W$y& More Per Cent. WAVER LEIGH Lots NOW $225 and tup; $25 down; $10 per Month Buy now, sell later; Wake money as others have done V JNO. P. SHARKEY COMPANY 122 Sixth Street, Cor. Washington PHONES: MAIM SSO John A. Melton CABPEITTXK A2TD BtrrLSEl Factory and Offieo 235 Second street; near Main. Phones: Main 1787; A-1787 Office and Store Flxturea built and remodeled. Altering and repairing bouaea Shov.-aea and Countera built Repair Work Given Prompt Attention Founders, Machinists and Boilermakers, BuUdlna and Structural Work. PHOENIX IRON WORKS ESG1M KERS Office and Works. Hawthorne A venue and East ' Thud Street. ; We sincerely hope that the' present cold weather will .serve to remind you that your meats will possibly require something of a sim ilar nature next summer. NOW is the time to install an ice plant I Any size! the w. g. Mcpherson co. REFRIGERATING ENGINEERS 32$ GUSAN STREET , ' Jo) nows YOUR WIRING AND BOW ARE TOUR ELLS" We have added to our suppir depart neat a fall line of eleotrio and com blnation fixtures. - When the ne house la betna; eaulpped, ean and sea us. mil uae of SiIeOTJUCAX. UVT- ruEsj. jupair work a apeoiaity. WESTERN ELECTRIC IVORKS si bxxtx ax, roBTiAvs, ob. rKOaTza vat xna. Aise, Ever Swop Knives Unseen It la the same as buylnc ordinary hardware. But you always know what you are -ettln when you buy from, thla store. We don't need te make mis statements, aa we keep the beat la all line. Tools and pocket knivea that you can rely on, kitchen utenslla of the new est and best patterns. AVERY & CO. 45 Third St, Bet Pine & Ash I FIR CORDWOOD FIRST GRADE Long ...$6.00 SECOND GRADE, J X Long . $5.50 Sawed $6.50 Siwed ...$6.00 Travis BrOeS. Phone East 202 B-2020. 451 HAWTHRONE AVE. WE RENT ELECTRIC SIGNS : m.'t & i.l 41 Second SL Celween Ash and Pins Pfcjse EIs!a817) rhone Sast as. POBTSAjro. OBSOOV. More Light at Less Cost star Inverted Qas Light Burns Three Hours for One Cent Cheapest and beat light on earth. Fits jroruana. Aiameis ox au snnoa, aTesae Those B-aHaa. STAR LIGHT CO. all flxturea. Dlstributoxa .for lea dzaaad Are. A. T. SAMUELS . Pbooes Main -4SS4; A3SS1 W, W, SANSOM TLs EJsctrical Applhncs Co. "488 tihnMiBbB'Lai VJuurtyfiiflaQgEia' JSVOlllCS SOS. HORNUNO .,.,-. riSCIIEU ravafl Kan 7109 ;t x CITY IRON yORICiS BLACKSMITHS, MACHINISTS, BOILERMAKERS Tanks, Sawdust, Qonveyera, Kydraulls Pipe, Oratlnis,' Iron Doors. Fire Escape , ' General Hepalrlng. WOBXS, 803 7BOSTT 87.' ' ' FOBTtUTDl OSSQCX T-1 THE ADAMANT COMPANY'S Celebrated HARD WALL PLASTERS are the best. "CROWN BRAND" Hair Plbered WOOD PiBRB PLASTER RINISMINQ PLASTCR i (Unflbercd) Oflloe. Woroester Blaf. rhoae Mala 718. Home A1318. - tij-.Xmrtotj, loot 14(4 St- Ttone Mala til). Rscbe HsrVsr Ham, Alaeerw Purfhmd Cement; NepM ; Bnill1n;. Pa : itouu nurar, urportaa inrm nnca, imported nl Dementia tir i ; . Ftbered HavdwaU P buster. Fitttrrtng Ralr and YHer, Allumtcd tiwl HerrlegtxrrK CnwwW Sierl JjtK Botort 8hft Mu! J,'W f si" -Vi '-'s i": $ ' '' : ' - - V- . n . f 'A ' . Iff. '. 'I. - I -:Vjj-'- -1