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fTHE ROSS COMPANY , 87 QRANO avunuo vi;;y.v ardwarrootm, 8oah otul Poor v . wr DhTAIL AT WHOLQ8ALO PWCG8 Our '.tart of Builder.- Hardwkr. t Jf. that skilled labor can produoe. BAttt TOcn0th good, can b .old.. la trlotly the ww."'..... .11 atandard well-known orana lo "v;i. .7,. ni nrloaa you WW naroir piiw wain you m" ' , , . .. .. ' is Thla JO, re nutar Yankee Bcrewdrlver. 50. ilia at $1.60; our price ..iiao i 1 ins DlssWs D-l M-inch. Hand ; Saw. retalla t. : . our 1 price .1.4t .-Genuine Peck'a IcarO ' raw.ru , Hatchet 1 JL0i $l,&o; oar. price U 85 Genuine Stanley ' Iron Plumb nd Leyel, retail at 41.10: our Thla level ha genuln ground lasses with Eollps. proteo &o U full nlckel-plata. A AW BOOBMh.r. U bjtUf f lln. f Vrly"?". wVit WSft Wta? write'-, for Price, when J h. market for BuUder-i Buppllea. .. ( . , TRAVIS BROS. LIMBER CO. 451 Hawthorne Avenue ti ' New Depot, Bale m glectrle Line Front and Jefferon Btreett. COIICBETE HOW OBLITERATE THE QUESTION ef hardware eatlatactlon quality. rt.tr, price-by knowing th. ftaplay we preaent. the prlcea y "a ad th promptneaa of our ,.u7'- heavy or bulldere material, they re here at eaally-pl4 prlcea. AVERY & CO. I Third St, Bet Pine & Ash Common Fir Lumber, $8 M. PHONE East 202 B 2020 LUMBER PRICES GUI STIFFEH Opening of Spring Trade Ex- to Be D elt lo- ,cally. pected HOME DEMAND SHOWS ACTIVITY Building Project! Are tinder Way la AH Part of Countrr a Rault H of Low Prlcea on Material arid ' Abundance of labor. ..ipi mct Drlcea : to .tirr.n a little In the near future. Bet tMment of the atearo achooner engineer strike, opening of aprlng buelneaa in the eaat and good local demand are given; aa the cauee to Which a atronger i... ha attributed. Hint ac. 11.0 " w price - ar etlll low, however, and most of the mllla are largely aeektag hn.innna. It la admitted that the local market 1. better than, for a long Una. Wh lncreaalng activity, xnia pr.ve Unifeaalng to a number of the mill that bave been unable to gei ouame.- AJTratlona thia week in anticipation Of an . lncreaalng . i-mand .fori0?:; gome mill- have" returned- to double ahlfta and hope to be able to continue. nJii .nrtnoeri' atrlke gave the California market the knockout blow VSntll aalling vessela . began to make their appearance b i"nv Sltd that liberal purchasea might be SSt clpate" from California. Compar. SuvelyVamall . Suantnie.; have , f.-n fonaWU .ad to be Pretty we .WTL.-rrE,,, Piv a. ?e"d mftla ' the Columbia that ,1T1rtn wit.r trana- P0J?"u,"M.r krVet contlnuea fairly brlVkT Judging from lnquiriea. but no week. Two large eteamere are flniah u - tor the orient and three othera are Ing for R--.,n loadlna:. Two ailing veseela, the American ahlp Acme rnW.u.sn bark Albynar. here I2adfngy.tWe mill -of thX Portland t umber company for New. York, and Jh- latter preparing to receive cargo it tb miuof th Nortb Paclflo Lum erompany for Port NaUl, , South A That the' low "price. -are being jaken a van tag of in other parte of the n?ry bcsldee Portland la- evident S- Jeoorta gleaned by the American J!?. VT;hieae5 which in ita latent iasue make, thla comment ;h '"rhft most obvioua feature, bearing local lumber trade. If thla tenaenoy hall become aa pronounced In other allies aa in i;nicao iv wi ward restoring life to the general lum ber bualneee. 08E CONCRETE FOR EI1G1 ELY WHEELS South African Pumping Sta tion Finds New Use for Valuable Material. Ill IWDBESS Result of H Years' Experi menting produces Vhite Portland Cement. GREAT VALUE IS ADDED TO PRODUCT gnow Colored Material Can Now Be Used In All Ornamental Work Prom Which It Haa Heretofore Been Excluded. BUILDING PERMITS SHOW ACTIVITY IN RESIDENCES In one ouality.'that of beauty, Port land cement haa heretofore been lack in, but new that a enow-whlte eement la being manufactured thia most useful article in the builders' trade aeema to have about reached perfection. A vaat amount of ornamental architectural work In concrete la being proaucea. much of which le of a very artlatlo .i ... . tmr tnrm la concerned. but ahowing, of course, the drawback of an uninviting color. When eompared with the red, buff or 1.1. . nntta ih. warm tlnte or i.. .nna n the clear white of marble, the monotonous blue-gray or ordinary Portland cement offers a dreary contrast Tor thla reason the ' Portland cement in the field of orna mental architecture has been limited and haa been confined for the most part to a class of buildings in which beauty la not an essential consideration, such aa the towering office building In a crowded district, warehouses, factories, -tThe announcement haa Just been made that Spencer B. Newberry, after a es of experiments, extending over a period of 14 years, with a large deposit f suit able material discovered near York Pennsylvania, haa perfected a process tnr the manufacture of a true white Portland cement It la stated that tnis x .w .na novel use for cement ha. product la of a pur. whit, co or am, been put Into effect In Johannesburg, j, " and hardening Qualities to the iMa. . At an. or ine p'i"i i n bast rray ronwnu " :onrnrhe Hand, the gln. U marketj JJffi. Building parmlU to the total value of 1112.4(0 were Issued from we omc of Building -nspector npencer ior m first five days of thia week. Thla la a gain of nearly 110.000 a day over laat weeifa record, and only paruy w atory of the building activity now on in Tortiand. The whol. number of new dwelllnga for which, permlta were taken out la that time waa f 1. or an of 11 a day, at an average coat of $2,600 each. t in aauiw fl'tm rasldencea. there wer. four nw flaw ...th.A at a rost of about IS.BOO, ana .warehouse at 118.000. The ware house la being put up oy r,. j,f " nd on on OH sen street between BUtn ana Seventh streets, and Is to be occupied by the W. O. McPherson company as a '.,,,,,,: anT ehop. The building la o be a ftuatorV brick and will cover " C. M'Mh took out a permit for the erection of a thrje-atory frame flat, containing alx apartments, and to d. built on Tblrd atreet, between Hall and Lincoln atreeta. n A nermit waa laaued to Mrs. F a. crT,, thLrection of a two-story frame xiat on ,.-",!. .7,0 Broadway and DUon. to coBtj4,000 frame flat onRosa roadway and uiwn. V"V.; 'fiVtV to Construction of two other flats, to cost 14 000, wa. authonxea; on. uy J Bulier on Clay atreet between 8eo LFmlSi T Third streets, and the ether by MrT gemler on Seventh, between coi lege ana w.ninr-houeee Among in. ii...u.u..-,n . tnta ween, hj and .w? nrvden residence, on East h.tn Tnomoson Lw7'ir-Zl. irWi. 1. to be a two ana w u w-j ".""V; h. in the ere& tlon of four frm. cottages, on East nvia atreet. miwmu ,-- ind East Sixteenth .treet.. foJ'twS "modfra two-story dwelling, on BroadwayV between Eaat Twenty-ninth and Erat Thirtieth atreeta. to coat about "Ste'rKlelaer have torn out th. old frime bulldog on their i0-foot lot on Sfh street between Wa.hlngton and Stark atreeta. and will ereci a on--7 nrica um ""."r-.,,!,-- ivn two-atory W- J- ttSt Elahteenth am. V"11"-""" 7T. .n.i JT tmt.etw.n ? if ooo'ch: "SrraSil fca. let the contract for th reciion twv - equipped with two eoncMt rwn;J or ground white sandstone, it will pro- Eaoh of these weign aoou r" auce a. brilliant wnue concr or pound, and meaaur. H feet In dM artincla. fflJiZ'J'SS with a reenforoed concrete rim. A ca.f acter ornn ord,nary iron boss la ..cured to the ahaft. and Portiani cement The source of this Into Inch ends inch iron P:.?r:r Neth0. WW?: uZSl SSt attainment. ormVrlngof onequ 1 laa all nuta. ana " :rnd .heetlron l1" manufactur. of me arm. w. "V-i.r. o th I opened up by this (.000 Pounds.' A. tn.wn. fore the ornameu-i.oa ; th. very highest ring.. whlcb form. th. Pfrip '. n" Portland cement Whur Th. concrele N,. .rV imm.n Buridlnga of rim 4i Treenforced with four j ffwrter- t Jon,tructlon tt the moat beau fnmh rodsT The rim alone weigh; about JJ-, dM, n ar6 now poaelble. Hereto- ktO revoluuona per mS ld.nt Latrwtury. wnen r'JSu." te : have proved ? .r ..H.Vatr on "iocount and ther ar. reported to have '.Proved "fes,' unsatisfactory on account very satisfactory; The. f"?y S. of the unaUble character of auoh work. transDorting Irqo I. aala to nave iea w 1 OREGON ELECTRIC tu. aaopwun w""- PORTLAHDERS WILL EXHIBIT AT SEATTLE Architect Arranging Their Display for Sound City in May. ESTABLISHES DEPOT Jlallory Building on Jeffer son Street to Be Used by New Line. have four- Sterv eottagee, on Coleman street, be tween Bandy and Blaklyou acreeta. to COSt $3,000 each. -wM.An Architects Travis tc Wilson .a a mahm Mtff inn or awaraeu ui- "-; v- the corn" of Park' and Clifton treet The ffllng'wKost 00 will be built by Contractor A. C, Meyer. Architect Erneal Kroner .haa let the contract for A B. Coulter a re-.aen at Piedmont Johnson Dranga will do the work for IM00. Mr. Kroner wants bids lor the con struction of a two-story frame school hose, Sear the Base tine aUtlon, on the O. W. P. line. ffn. WorK has oeirun on -residence, at the corner of East Tenth and Hancock streets. Thla b ouse la to be a five-room bungalow and will coat when. completed. I.000. O. O. rJaen.nas iaii uv r'-""j-,,3-the building of a cwo-atory frame bulld- ruYVrrT:tor;.ndth; UTrchW.,n0S ..warded to J C Crosby the contract for John D. Clark.rr-.ldence. at tt. , corner of Northrup .treei " u"" . - estimated coat of the Improvement la 6,Thetwo story frame "tor. building to be ."cted in ifnlver. ty Park I 'or F . M Filter will D. ereciou uj - B Albert J.'M'urohy has begun the erec Aiueri j. Oanten- beln av.nueV beTw.en Sellwood and I Stan S doing the vork! which will coat about ""-. mt v. freeman haa begun work on he new alirciom achool bulld wora on 1 ul e0,t of It?. r:.,-or,t will be about 127.000. Within th. r nant 10 day. cv.ilng h. jmmdatlon of the Burkhart-Cald- well bulldln. on. Second rw,!bt.w!f ?hr& lu-ijm completed by Ar- .tory-ttureTeVembllnVth.Oerllnger structure? which It adjoin, on tt. eoulh. Tt. .attmated cost IS I6Q.000. It WW be a class "B" structure, metai-iamea throusho". and all the foundations PUr. snd footing, will be of reentered C0Archit'ect Berndt 1. engaged In Kettlr,g un the plana for the Odd Vellowa- halT wlch lS to b. built on the corner of Fait Alder and East Sixth streets. The building Is to be of brick construction, three stories high and will cover a full 60xl00-rooi ioi. . If you want ash pit doors for chimneys call on us. Wc have them in stock. Cast iron and the best doors made The W.G. McPherson Go. 328 GLISAN STREET Main 852 Telephones A 1852 OREGON PAINT & VARNISH COMPANY JOBBERS AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN , Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Painters' Supplies 53 qraND AV. AND 389 E. WASHINGTON ST. Telephona Eaat 2898 DUtrlbutort fpr the Green-Marahan Company's Palnta and tha Loa Angeles Varaiih Compana Varniahea New Era Paint & Varnish Co. ADDITION TO BE MADE TO CHURCH Tha Henrv-Mallorr building, occupy ing a triangular half of the block bound- . ... - a 4.1. .a. n7aiVitntr "nul'"a"; ;.n l bVt. Columbia, Jefferson and t0tt. l .rt.::rZA to take Water atreeta. wa. today for the first Ze "l- th. BeaTtre 55 Tllbrary. May lW U to 0.. Arrangementa ar. being made ffiW $ZnttT-&M .gV bv the Portland chapter to make an Bt?ucture and cost, about ISO 000 . It 1. JlUSt. dl-Pla? of the drawing, of it. Kr in the announcement Bent W th. Oregon Electric, la to imvm. .-.7 j 1 """r. - . -a.... Kflolr afT-iK-v- V&&?JSl r & wlllbeutUUea bV'thatcom- mllieo u " X .1.-- Si-rfr.ni.lun r l.h Hanot. mtttee the name o: appear, although S ad'v'tsld'that Notification.' wiU-be -t Vff4 ;SSSt-, to let the con-".'T.H'r?- 1" Ii.ri4 hr whom their t.t . rr tta construction m a anon tnem aa i v t 1 r: " t "W'ond" ".rffltSST ire not inclined to -ent thia.omls i"",.,""- .Within tha week on in. i "iaau-buHd- i Y,a 1 a frr gltlAsl P"-Vi- :-r in Chicago there "Lt alnc. th. first of . March, th. Samoi ' ofally-termita having shown 2"Smld enlargement ainee , the middle Tthls. .," "IV onn Vni unward nb? i-'hC?21r Sul cturlng bulldingr' and enlarge rSSl F f actories. , Undertaking. s gjr n.ti, that the people are taking the ntunity of . cheaper material jo SEJkS bermanVnt Income, Investmenta In make Perl1'"'' . L 'ti, iMIi. manv !? RiSl rlZr dlitrlcTs-rNo r l'r:'; betterJ transporU- farUItles T by th. traction compan tlon. faciire"my t t builder. In Jfistrta remote f ron th. buslnessf cen oi.tnr" jy lroJ aftterrrlse. ar of rNa'. which will call for a large per B clesa wnwn w ca the bundings an'd"wUl be a benefit ta the First Presbyterian Will Ex tend Main Edifice to Thirteenth Street The board of tru.tee. and other official bodle. of the mt Pr jUri an church have under consideration the plan of building an addition to the church, to be ua.4 aa a Sunday achool room. Tha plan under consideration nrovldee for the removal of the manee, which now occuplea tne quarter Mock immediately west of the church, and the extension of the main edlflco to ThlKeento street. of the church the following committee wai ( pointed and Instructed t lnves ateTe feabillty of making the Im provement: H. C. CampbeU L W M. nd tor ' S Nlc"nola. Several local r??u...-;.- hun aaked bv the com- reuiiTOw -' .T-r,-. . Ar th. rrv. mlttee to BUDmu arwiii Sosed addlUon. It haa been decided by fhS church offlclala that the archltec . tha nreaent building shal bSpreservid In "the addition It 1. eStlmatef that the new buiWlng Will uire an expnaiiu . rSTL a 1 A A AAA UUSL,??, V'::,:.rhi. that th. addition .J7uirr thta aummar. members of the bS E lding committee are of th. " .l.i .v.- not be com- opinion m u : " " . menced until early next year. . - -l haa iaan laaued bV the col ored campaign vigilance committee to th nearo voters of the southern states tS brtngbout the election of delegate. I?.w"Tli.v.iioan national convention at Chlcago'Vho wlircast their vote, fir senator Forak.r for the presiden tial nomination, IIEVJ BRICK OH SECOJTSTREET Chinese Merchants to Build Four-Story Structure at Corner of Yamhill. Tha onlv new building project In th. down town business district announced this week la a four atory brick 10 go up at the aouthweat corner of Beoond and Yamhill atreeta. Moy Back Hln, who owns the 80-foot lot on tn. corner, and his son, Moy Hack Wing, who re- recently acquired from Samuel MCK.ee a e.fnx int tn tha south, have completed tnr hns-lnnlnr th. erection of the building early tn AprlL The old brick structure", now occupying the .it. are to be torn oui ai ones, cavattng for the foundation of the pro posed .tructur. may begin. Th. build Ing will he of the regulation type, .tore. ha a.rnunf floor and llvlna apart ments above, and will, be occupied by Chinese merchant. , 1 Moy. BacK run ana aocia,iB lu.t compteiea juur u"u"' at the aouthweat corner of Second an Salmon atreeta, alter wnicn io hill atreet building will be patterned. MTHEKS0N TO ERECT F0UR-ST0RY BRICK 172 First Street Neal's Enamels Produce a RBAIi ENAMEL finish upon furniture and woodwork. Artistic, sanitary and anally kept clean. Near Yamhill' Granite Floor Paints - For Interior floor, atapa and facea to b. walked npon. Qntok ' drying and durabl. T9 TOO HAVE A ROOF TO COVEB 110UK3B WITH C8 OH GENASCO ROOFING Carrie tn atock for an kinds of re fa and fuHx farantaa4. - Central Door & Lumber U. 18tk an CHlaa Btr-eto. rnoM Kata 475. V1T. REX FLINT KOTE ROOFINO W. P. FULLER & CO., Pacific Coa$t Ageati THE J. McCR AKEN COMPANY ot,- H.rhnr Lime. Alsen's Portland Cementi Neptr BuOdIng; Casting v o gch9. Itr, imnortid Tin Brio. Imported and Pome stl. Sir. Clay, Balr. , lrnTT. PU.UrtngHrir.nd irib.r, Alluntt.4 Btl Studding. H.rHhone Expanded Steel Uth, BoHon BBi Jifuu wn. . 831-B3S ram btbbbt. Vhaa. 'laia gTO. rOBTAjn, OaUBOOV. Ranair Work Given Prompt Attention Founder, Machlnlata an BoaermakarB. nepvr Building and Structural Work. ( PHOENIX IRON WORKS Offloe and Works, Kawthorn. Avenue and Ban Third atreet. ENGINEERS Vhon.Xa.ta. rosTuuro. Obsoov. W. O. MePheraon haa broken grouna on OUsan street between Sixth and Sev enth streets, for th. erection of a Jour atory brick building of the latest type of mill construction. The structure will coat between 118.000 and IjMOO, la to be occupied by the W. O. MePher aon warehouse and ahopa. now localea at Nineteenth and Wilson atreeta. Something like four months will be re quired to complete uin uiiimhiiw- i UU nominauw. - lime. - ' a ' ' I . , " , ' . . .... . . . . . WEfSCQMMITMENTl TAKES SELF TO JAIL MUItUI Man Admlto Dronkennea and Get Four Days, but In sist on Ten. Brldgeton, N..! J, March .--Thoma. kr of MlllvlU. th. flr.t of th. week, urprleed th pollc. official, by appear ing at th. city hall and demanding to I 1 ..n i hi mma drunk. WhinTh. waT glv th."u.ual four v,i amanded 10 davs' commit ment, which was declined by the mayoR He Inalstsed that he would goto the Jail alone a. the pollee force of this city worked entirely xoo naru w im Taking th. commltmenx writ, n. pre sented It. to th. sheriff, who acoommo- daud him w-tn a ceii., ,,( This BankJPa WA Lots.NdW $22S and up; $25 dbwn; $10 per Month Buy now, sell later. , Make money as others have done JN0. k SHARKEY COMPANY 122 Sixth Street, Cor. Washington PHONE Sl MAIN SCO For Electric Wiring tad Electric Snpplles XODZXH WXBXHa COHBUXT WOBX Estimates and Specification Furnished,., -: . PMOWW KATW BOeet A-1M4 : No Trouble to Call on You. ; COMET ELECTRIC CO. ia Monrlaoa Btr-wt, smi BlorMth. -nXD 9. WTX.BOIT, Jrea. a w. mis, rr. The Adamant Gbmpariy'o Celebrated HARD WALL PLASTERS ar th be.t- i-' ' "CROWN BRAND" Hair Fibred : , f; , WOOD FIBER, PLASTER. . ' FINISHING-PLASTERUnfUre(J Offlc WoliWla.TawnTaMSTlS. Home A1818. ' . OT ... ...TT" Factory. Foot 14tH Ft. Fhon. Kata tlW, aaa -aaaaaaa , , aa . I John A. Melton CAXFXVTZm ABB BTJTtTtmi ' Factory and Offleo tSI Beoai treat, near Mala. . Phone: Main 1717; A-1TI7 , Office and Store Fixture. baUt . , - and remodeled Altering and repairing . . .. .. ) tlOO.i f BhftA. -.. and Counter built HOLLADAY'S ADDITIOr ! Th. one best pl.c In Portland to buy. Geographical eerier and mo.t .treble .reaidenc.. property of th city. - - ... re,.1ences v. r an iu mauj v... Seeing la believing. Better go and tlon. ana in improvemeni. going construction and th improvement THE-OREGON REAL ESTATE CO t)i TBX&O 8TBEXT, ; .' '? , , c" : . '. ' -'.!:..:' , . - : v " 0 .-, r , : ' v. ' ...,! t .