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' THE OREGON" DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1808. ;-ssrr 'nD u T TTT TTT 3I1S ;;.lMOTLdMI i iljs y . ' 1 ' - - .-' : " ;' .-' , , ,j . -i ';. " f ! : ' - - - - We Stand, Behind ; Our' Goods ; And stake our reputation upon their being right , and honestly represented. In the matter of '-.price buying here means many dollar saved In the course of a year, AVERY&CO. 8 Third St., Bet. Pine & Ash t We'll Be Frankjn Telling You Whetlier We Can TRAViS BROS. LOIBER CO. ; v 451 Hawthorne Avenue 1 . - . . Common Fir Lumber, $8 . M. East 202 . v- B 2020 CHEAP LUMBER STILL TD DE HAD V V"' ' 4-"' '' nHaaaMHeMaM A- Market Shows No Advance and Business Kemaihs About Same.', . FOREIGN SALES HELP : vPEESENT STAGNATION ?....'- ,' I i ij'n' ' : ' - - ;V." ;."," V ' 1 .. ' V" BoiJders Take Advantage of Low : Prices and Many Structure Are " In Course ' of "Construction, AJ- , .though Weather Interferes. . . a , The. Inclement -weather of the past several days has . Interfered . somewhat wlfh wqrk Id ,the building line and as a result business has not been remarkably brisk wUu , lumber dealers. The mills about the city report the outlook Indi cative of a cohtlnvstlon of a good local trade, 'however, as soon as the weather becomes more' settled.- 5 . Prices continue low and buyers - are fretting the. benefit of a -market oonsld erably lower than a year ago. How Ion this condition of affairs will re Main- In effect Is a Question no 6H seems aoio 10 answer, most lumner men bellevlngr that Improvement will be noted Immediately following a; decision from the Interstate commerce commis sion In the eastern rate advance case. Others .. again contend that- the market nas-jttue c nance or recuperating oeiore the 'presidential '-election. .-, -.- California purchases are - about the same as during the past several months, nd great improvement having been noted. Some cargoes -are being sent south continually but the total quantity Is not nearly as. large each month as a year ago. Crop prospects being good In lh Interior or the Paclflo northwest. lumber-yard men in those ' territories expect -a revival of business with sum There quite a demand from foreign t'ountrtea, a fact which materially steadies the market. Without . thi foreign demand competition - for local business would b much greater and not a . few mills wojild probably have . to closedown. . ! " " " - Hardware dealers report business bet ter than ever, due practically altogether to the great activity In the building line since the beginning of spring. Compe tition Is reported quite keen, however, so that even In this .line purchasers are fetting their money's worth. -; Building Permit. Mrs. I -Fullmsn, to erect dwelling, East Nineteenth, between Tillamook and Thompson. 12000; W. D. O'Regan, erect dwelling,' Salmon, between - East Klgnt eenth and Bast Nineteenth. $XS0O. HOTEL ANNEX IS UflGER IW : New Building' Will Largely Increase Accommodations of the Oregon. . .. When the new Oregon, hotel annex Is completed the building will probably be the costliest one of Its Inches la the city, yThe structure, which .win com pels ievea atorle v iand a' .basement. when , rintsnea wm cost. iyo,uuu. -ins foundations have , been laid so that eventually three more stories can be added. . 'i " ' -'"'v' There are to be 100-rooms In the an nex, making 20 in the hotel altogether. Jrty of ths new- room are sample rooms, many of them beln fitted with privata baths so that the traveling men who patronise the hotel may sleep wlta their- samples and yet - an joy the com forts of .regular sleeping apartments. . . BxtsaslOA of Ortll. ' i ;,rh basement of the new building Is to be- used for a" grill, room and will be an extension o the present grill. The new grill will seat TOO guests. Manager Dickinson has already, purchased the equipment for 'this and has It In stori age. He says It will cost 110.000. " The equipment of the new building and fur Hshlng will oost .ln the neighborhood of f 60,600. The new bar will cost at lesst fin non unit a lika sum will be exoended lA installing a tiandsorna barber shop. Thla represents a toiai ouuay at ap proximately $100,000 .- Jn -equipment alone."' 'J-:' :;.'; -A compressed air sweeping plant, an air filtering plant and cold storage ap paratus are also to be features of the new building. The probabilities are that the management will; build an electric light plant as well. enlarge Many' Teat-ares. Tha present lobby, which Is already large,-will-be Increased so aa to oq Oupy (.too square feet of floor spaca making it tha largest In the northwest Tha first floor of the present hotel on the side where the bar is now will be rajaed to the level of the lobby. A new" telephone- switchboard to accom modate 300 rooms Is to be put in and ihm. nnwni clerk's offices will be torn away and larger ones substituted. . ( "Two new eievaiom ar to u dumi, on for passengers and one. for freight. Thia itfar will be In the rear of -the new building and will handle, all freight and baggage. . . - - - Tha annex Is being rapidly ftnishod. The contractors expect to have tha roof on and the work turned pver in two nnn,a inil Mnrr Dickinson will Im mediately begin the task of equipping the rooms, tie expecia w o)n m now grill and annex about the middle of The contemplated grtll will be ao large that a new orr-heatra will have to be procured - besides the one now slaving. The. management Is already making arrangements to secure another set of musicians. ' ; i ' 'i ., :( . . . .i 4 . - . : r ' ' i vj:a - . , ,r . - , ,v ;.'.': ? i v. . : ;.; f::' '( C; . I ' :t' it :V .':?ifi:'.:. vi j - L - - 1 . ' ' ' ' i :v:':,. -i -U ti- ft , V V ,H Mil jjt - !; " v; .Is. i - -ir - V' iu-t ' ' , . ..--rrr. k. IfiL -l ill .v .4 - v . f - LONG FIGHT ON III SOOTH TODAY .... ,.,r . ... ... .' Stanley Ketchel" and Jack . Sullivan to Go 35 Hounds 1 .at Arena. . -. . (Ualtsd Press Uaatd Wbe.1 Baa rranclsc'o. May t As Is custom ary on1 Coff roth fight day,' tine weath er prevails, and ' when Stanley -Ketchel and Jack - Twin Sullivan ; step Into the ring at Ocean yiew at 9 o'clock" thla aft ernoon there la every prospect that the condition wUl'ba Ideal. i ; r ' ' v i '-'Tha fighters weighed in this morning and both jrere under the stipulated lit pounds, neither ; man . moving the beam. BuUlvanv weighed In In his undergar ments, while Ketchel was stripped. Both appeared'-to. be In excellent condition and ready to put up the battle of their lives. ,The batting remained at 10 to .7, with Bulllvan on the short end. this morning, but there is every , Indication that the ringside odds will be 10 to 6. The fight ers will split 60 per cent of- te receipts on a O-40 per cent basts,' which means that they will probahly divide 8,000, aa a SH.OOO hpuse la expected. That 0the boy of unole Bam' navy are great lovers of athletic sports.: and rartfcularly pugilism, was evidenced by he lively demand among the Jackie for ticket of admission ' for the 36-round mill. Promoter Oof froth reported the sale of seats to be much-larger than he had anticipated. . . . - . ' Tha Ketchel-Bullivan milt Is tha first of a aeries of ring events arranged as a part of 'theentertamment for "fleet week." . Next Tuesday Joe Grim and Al Kaufman are to . mix ' It up for atx rounda. -Then 'Will come the big event of -the 'week, the JO-round contest for the-' lightweight - championship between Joe - Qann,'. the : present holder "of ' the title, end - Rudolph - Unhola, the Boer fighter, who has shown; up well In his recent Tlghta Tha 'go ' between ' dans and Unhoia Is scheruled for next Thurs day night, and Is already- attracting livery attention among the ring follow ers. From present Indlcatlona.Oana will enter the' ring, a 1-to-l . favorite -over the Boer. .... - : i Bnk''A8lgni;ir'"."?' , t ,- ; CPoItes Press Ltae "Wlre.l ' - Cleveland, May. The Euclid Ave nue Trust company today assigned Its property In trust for the benefit of creditors to the Cleveland Trust com pany. - This assignment was caused by overloans.' The concern announced that It would pay dollar for dollar. - BERfJARD BREAKS LEG i ; OH EVE OF C011TEST Promoter Billy Huddy Loses Good Hatchet Trout dale Tonight; : There will be no boxing contest at Troutdale tonight - After training faithfully ' for? threa'week , for ithe 10 round match scheduled with Kid Ervln In tha little railroad, town, Harry Bern ard, former lightweight amatepr Cham pion" of California, yesterday had the misfortune to break his right leg; while riding a spirited young colt on the SSil- ton - road. ' ' ' Bernard Included horseback riding in hi training and each afternoon went out-t Shortly after o'clock yester day he- waa galloping along the . road, when his mount stepped into a miry place and fell. Bernard's right leg waa caught in the fall-and tha bones broken below the knee, - ' . ; . vt la now restlnr easily at his home -on Macadam .road but It will be- some months before be will do awe to straa dle another, nag. - v -Promoter Billy Huddv was In ths dumps this morning good and plenty. He had advertised the Troutdale con teat and waa completing arrangements to charter special care for the run to Troutdale tonight when- tha newa was brought to him. A score or mora of prominent - business men - In Portland had. asked for seal- reservations . about the ringside.; t- - ' ,' Nothing will ba done now until June, when the arena which Billy has prom laed Troutdale will be completed. Johrf ny Frayne or Fred Landers will prob ably be brought north for the opening show If either of these high class boys Is out of an engagement at that time. , ON EASTERN DIAMONDS. -S-.': .H.--- '. I . . .;.,- ' "t-.'.-v .-,'"- 'r 1 If anyone thought that Connie Mack waa .getting a dead one when he took over Jimmy Collins ha had better gtart over again;- ' , it .... ,j, '--'',' '' e e ... ?v ........ Pitcher Elmer Steel will surely help Manager Kittredge . and bis- Scran ton team to a high position - In tha New York state league race. , ; t , ; . Another happy- smile for Manager Jimmy McAleer of St. Louis. Jack Powell has the true ring of a pitcher thla spring. - It takes real money to run a minor league ball club. The -owners of -a south Atlantic team say they lost 14, 000 last year and so far thla season they vyyr y.- :S&yXy.X iV-l-i:.'.:. -:ym-myyy:y:y:y: Park Streeti Front of Seven-Story Annex to the Hotel Oregon, Now Under Construction. are in debt $1,600 and owe a salary list of $950 more. v . ... : ; . j, . "i --' - ; - A; baseball scribe says-that Brooklyn 1 trying out a youngster by tbe name or wiuieim, wno is - aomg nice worx. Wllhelm Is doing nice work all' right, but he is a youngster like Jake'Beck ley. - . - Little MeConnell, the Providence sec ond sacker, is making good, both in the field and at ' the bat . with the Boston Americana. ').- ' " ' Manager Bill Armour has hia-Toledo team going at top speed in the Ameri can association race. ;, - . , , i ' y ""'..M.' 1 :"! '-''' It has been a good many years since Boston baseball, fans showed so much Interest in -a national league team as this season. Manager Joe Kelly and his new team of Puritan are responsible for the awakening. -. .- e . j Manager Clark Griffith of the High landers Is unusually fortunate In hav ing such a good player aa Ball to take Elberf eld's place when the "Kid" Is out of the game. '......- e ,--. "In the opening Lynn-Lowell game In - the New England league last week urt or Lynn nit a hi go ny wnicn waa caught by Duff. But Umpire O'Brien declared Ort safe because Duff wore a catcher's mitt Lowell players pro tested, but evidently the umpire was right In hi decision. It has been hinted that several ef the Detroit Tlgera have not been playing up to their usual standard on account of so much more money being paid by Ty Cobb, than the rest of them. There seems to be a disposition on the part of the Tigers -to let Tyrus win the games himself if the games are won. Farmers $eat Whitman. ' (Special DUpateh to Tbe JoaroaLi ' Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash., May- 9. Washington State college ; de feated Whitman yeaterday afternoon in baseball, 4-1., - The game was somewhat loose at times, but much better than the first of the series. Dutcher pttohed for Whitman and was hit safe elaht times. . -alqulat. for Pullman, pitched a rine game allowing out tnree nit. Whitman went uo In the air In the sec ond Inning and let W. 8. C. make four runs. Whitman's only score came In the eighth.- -j-t.-n-r - --- OREGON CITY TEAM TO MEET VANCOUVER NINE . ! i ;, y S.. ' " 1 , The Vancouver and' Oregon City. Tri- City league teams are scheduled to play a double-header at Vancouver Sunday. Some classy and aggressive ball-should bs furnished to the fana, a Concarmon and Pender will occupy the mound for Vancouver, and will be. opposed-by, Ha bernicht and Robertson. The teams broke even in' their last series and the leaguers are anxious to annex gamea at this stage in the game. Your House or Not , We don't disseminate guarantees to heat , houses that we know no one can heat proj erly. - v . In other words -we won't sacrifice our repu tation to merely sell and install a furnace. 1 It pays in the endcome, to us and well tell you. what you want arid tell the truth. , The . - W. G. McPherson Heating Engineers 328 Qllsan Street e)4 ; !- , '--'.''.'; . rV-'- ',"4 i' .-. -V t - . S ' -' " " v . " . . . . v. . . . i V : ;. :. .- . -v V v... Can be. saved now, today; or any day before the tey fi Play, IM On" any unsold lot in ...i',JV,..i.-V' -: X t ; ' j tr v LOTS.NO y $450 AND UP . ; ;.;. 1 ' V v: '$25:00' DOWN ArD $10.00 PER MONTH.; I, : Buy now! Sell later! Make money! Others have bought and sold at a profit; : r Whynotyou? .' . ' STREETS GRADED, CEMENT WALKS, BULL RUN WATERi .t'w " ;v " - ' ' : ." 'v TWO CAR LINES JIM SHARKEY COMPANY t t a k . . I22y Sixth St. Phones A-2537; Main 550. N. B. :Take-W-R car arid get off . East 35th street. ' ,i--r; OREGON PAINT & VARNISH COMPANY JOBBERS AND WHOLESALE -AND RETAIL DEALERS IN Paints, Oils, Varnishes and Painters9 Supplies T 93 GRAND AV. AND 389 E. WASHINGTON ST. Telephone East 2893 . j Distributors for the' Green-Marshall Company's Paints and the . , Ix Angeles Varnish CompMy Virrdihes ; . CME OJUALITY5 PAINT STORE Acme Quality' Ilalsomino A durable and artistic preparation for the decora , tion of walls and; ceilings of residences, hotels, ": ' churches, schoolhouses offices and all public ' -buildings, where sanitary features are essential.. New Era Paint & Varnish Co. John A Melton OAxnvm ajts wttaBsm Factory and Off lee JSB Second ' street, near Main. ' Phone: Main 17ST; A-17S7 Office and Store Fixtures built ... and remodeled, s Altering and repairing i v houae. - 8ho. mtm and Counters built. 4J For Electric TTIrlsj tni Eleclrlc vScppllea HOSBJtV WXKZJVO COWOUIT WOftX " , Estimates and Speclflcatlons Furnished. ', , MOTO JtaJOrB08J - -No Trouble to Call on You. . COMET ELBCTRIC CO. . . 41S Morrison Street Vea XUerenth. ; rasa . wix.BOjr. ; -, ; ju. v. pasxi, Mgr. IF TOTJ HAVE X ROOF . TO COVER FIOTJRE3 WITH TJS ON GEN A S C 0 R O OF I N Q , Carried In tock for all kinds of roof and fullr, guarantaed. - Central Dodr& Lumber Co. nonet Main 479S. .ulTSS. ISth aad OUsaa tree. REX FLINTICOTE ROOFING W. P. TOIXERiSsCoi ! Pacific CosstAeenU THE J. MeCR MM COMPM' Roche Harbor Lima, Alsen" Portland Cement; Nept.l .Building. Casting and Dental Plaster, Imported Fire Brick, Imported and Domestic Fire Clay, Unlr Fibered Hardwall Plaster, Plastering Hair and Fiber, Alluntted Steel StudUiuff. Herringbone Expanded Steel Lath, Boston Sheet Metal Lath, SSI-ass ram STmggT. vaene riaia ra, roamrfl. omacv. r The Adimaht Com Celebrated HARD PLARTltRS are tha best . "CROWN BRAND" Hair Fibered r ; : . . WOOD FIBER PLASTER ' - '"i'. 5 FINISHING PLASTER (UnEberei) Office WoreatarBlda,.ioa Mato.Tia. Bom AX818. . , - ' - rectory, root 14th 0. Phone Mala SIM. Repair i Work ain Prompt Attention Founders. Machinists and Eolleiwakfra, ' . BuUdlngr and Structural Work, - r . " PHOENIX IRON WORKS Offloe and Work. JKawtktora Arease aad Bart ThirA Street. BM GIAIEBRS Phoae rast re. - H O LLADAV?S A D D IT I O I The one best place In Portland to buy." Oeogrsphlcal cetter an.f rn t t lrabl residence property of the city. Seeing 1 believing. Better go and see the eoanr ,choice ru?nfi u.. . eonstructfon and tha improvements going on. the oreoon real eptate co:::v.r;v
