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"
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