' THE OREGON" DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1808.
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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
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We'll Be Frankjn Telling
You Whetlier We Can
TRAViS BROS. LOIBER CO.
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- . . Common Fir Lumber, $8 . M.
East 202 . v-
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CHEAP LUMBER
STILL TD DE HAD
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Market Shows No Advance
and Business Kemaihs
About Same.', .
FOREIGN SALES HELP :
vPEESENT STAGNATION
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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
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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
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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. .
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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
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-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
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LONG FIGHT ON
III SOOTH TODAY
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Stanley Ketchel" and Jack
. Sullivan to Go 35 Hounds
1 .at Arena. .
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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. .... -
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- 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
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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.
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If anyone thought that Connie Mack
waa .getting a dead one when he took
over Jimmy Collins ha had better gtart
over again;- ' ,
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Pitcher Elmer Steel will surely help
Manager Kittredge . and bis- Scran ton
team to a high position - In tha New
York state league race. ,
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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
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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, .
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- 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.
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Manager Bill Armour has hia-Toledo
team going at top speed in the Ameri
can association race. ;, - . ,
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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. -.
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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.
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"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
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OREGON CITY TEAM TO
MEET VANCOUVER NINE
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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.
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W. G. McPherson
Heating Engineers
328 Qllsan Street
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On" any unsold lot in
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LOTS.NO y $450 AND UP . ; ;.;.
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Buy now! Sell later! Make money! Others have bought and sold at a profit; : r
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STREETS GRADED, CEMENT WALKS, BULL RUN WATERi
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TWO CAR LINES
JIM SHARKEY COMPANY
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. . I22y Sixth St. Phones A-2537; Main 550.
N. B. :Take-W-R car arid get off . East 35th street. '
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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
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8ho. mtm and Counters built.
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For Electric TTIrlsj tni Eleclrlc vScppllea
HOSBJtV WXKZJVO COWOUIT WOftX "
, Estimates and Speclflcatlons Furnished.
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- -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.
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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
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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