The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, October 03, 1908, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextTHE ORpGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENINO, OCTOBER , 3. 1003 HAMMERS KEPT BUSY BY EAGER HOME-SEEKERS you to We want vermlta and building aOBtraota for eaw -dwelllng-houeee were a numeroue irint the Mat week aa At My time !oo the heavy movement In thJa clasa of f onstructWn tat la. An Interesting iwmre of tha weelfa percnlta la tha growing tendency toward tha araotlon of unora erenslve home. ' The average mi of tha realdencaa raoantly bru In Port !nfl la considerably abova I J. 000 iwt will nrohablv reach Il.fcQO. Contractor K. B. Rice haa oommaBoad ,th aractlon of a hendeome two-atorjr iMiiiitnm on Kaat Taylor street, be tween Kaat Twenty-nintn ana jlbmi Thirtieth atreeta for lslte Scott. . Tha building- will coat about 17.000 and will . ba one of tha moat pretentloue homes In that aectlon of tha city. , M. J. Delahunt haa let tha contract .to Rockbaugb Weld ror tna aractlon of a two-story residence on Thompson atraat, between Eaat Fifteenth and East (Sixteenth atraat a. Tha approximate coat of tha building Is H.ooo. - M. Hovenden haa broken rround for a realdenca on Waaoo atraat. between iirut Raventeenth and Eaat Eighteenth streets. It will coat about 16,000 and '.will ba an attractive addition to irnar ton homes. . A. Scott la building a lH-atory frame realdenca on Scott avenue, corner mm Slty-elghth atreet. - Robert McConlgle haa begun the erec itlon of a lH-etory frame dwelling on .Capitol street, near Shaver, which will coat IS.tioo. Mrs. K. A. Mare ha 11 haa taken out a Fermlt for the erection of a two-atory rame dwelling" on Johnson, between Twenty-llfth and Twenty-slxtn atreeta, to eoat $4,000. ' Contractor Georre Raamuesen baa taken out a permit for the erection of zs.ono frame dwelllnr on Kaat Thirty seventh, between Tillamook and Thomp aon atreeta. . - . . E. J. Ellison haa begun the erection of a two-atory frame residence on Eat , -i-wenty-inira imn, di.woii uiuiuu and Thompson atreeta, to cost $4,000. . The following recent dwelling-house contracts are announced from the local architects' offices: Prank Carlson, for, a fl.000 dwelling for Andrew Peterson, Caatle atreet, be- t tween Shaver and Mason atreeta Frank Carlson, for a $8,000 dwelling for IX Anderson, Missouri avenue, be tween Shaver and Mason streets. - C O. Norbeck, for a $2,100 dwelling for William Schabehae, at Overlook. Smith A Dodge, for a 12,700 dwelling for O. F. Roberta, Kaat Fourteenth, be-1 tween Beat Mala and East Madison atreeta. . I T. P. Swennea, for a $1,000 dwelling ror J. p. Paquet, Eaat Twentieth street, near Frederick. I Oeorge Haamuasen. for a'd welling fori M. A. Utile. Kaat Fortieth, between Till amook and Thomnaon. H. N. Hitchcock, for' a $1,000 dwelling! ror A. Scott, at Tabor Ilelsnta o atore ouna- J. I Angell, for .400 tng for J. Bolonsky, Alberta street.be- jsaai and ngeii, ror a ii . Bolonsky. Al tween Baat Tweotr-elahth Twentv-nlnth atreeta T. C. Relchle. for a $1,100 home ror TO CnHlinl. k Btk.l. m t nuf h.l WHMTI I Second and Third afreet. Horaebullder In large nnmberi an nounce new bulldlnr enterprlaea. .! wood Wllea will build two dwelllnre to coat $S,000 each on Kaat Eignm atreet. between Knott and Stanton atreeta R. a. Conklln la nreparing to buna a It. 000 cotUa-e at Eaat Twenty-fourth ana Alberta atreeta. W. A. Starke will build a ll.ooo cot tage on Kaat Twenty-aeventh street, be tween Alberta and Wygant atreeta. A 11.600 home la being erected dti j. C. Lana: on Tabor avenue, between Parnella and Francle atreeta Jacob Klmbell will build a ll.uoo dwelllnar In Thurman atreet. between Twentv-aeventh and Twentv-elchth. hi. Black will nuua a ii.vuu aweii- Inr In Vanderbllt atreet near JFlaK. If. Keamev will build a ll.ioo home in Mlaaotirl avenue between Jea- aun and Church atreeta. j C. M. Culleaen la preparing to put up a 13,600 home, on Kearney atreet. between Twenty-third and Twenty- fourth atreeta. J. A. Lara-e will build a 11.600 dwell ing In Eaat Twenty-alzth between Wy-j gant and Alberta atreeta. J. J. Oliver will erect a $1,800 home In Eaat Eighteenth atreet between Skid- more and Maaon atreeta. r. el Biaco win buna a ii.eoo nweu- Ina- in East Caruthera atreet between Eaat Thirty-fourth and Marguerite Btreata. R. E, Blaco will build a $1,600 aweii- ng In East Thirty-fourth atreet be tween Caruthera and Avon streets. O. w. West & Son win build a i,eoo house In Ellsworth atreet t Chinese Syndicate Building," Second and YamMll Streets. STILL ANOTHER FOB OAK STREET Lewis Property at Fourth to Be Utilized by Mod ern Building. street. FAMED BAKER MINE, THE GOLD . - COIN, TO AGAIN BE OPERATED (gnecUI Plipatea to Tha otb1. , Baket City. Or., Oct. . Tha .Gold Coin mine is to be operated again. That la the statement given out by T. W, 'Ayer, a Pendleton man. who la heavily Interested In the property. Mr. Ayer has been In Baker attending to details regarding the mine, ,;. The Gold Cola Is one of those mining properties which ha been 111 fated np to the present time. Located and devel oped as a Quarts mine, a mm was erected and in a six days run $1,200 wea taken rrorn tne plates, xnen came trou ble. A rancher had some farm land a distance below the mill and he claimed that the muddy, water and tailings in jured his premises. He accordingly en joined the - Gold Coin people and tied them up. The case went to the circuit court, and the rancher was beaten, but the supreme court reversed the lower eourt'a finding. ' Then the mine owners conceived 4he Idea of building sluice dams, which they did and began operatlona again. Shortly after thia the mill burned, greatly to. On the quarter block at the northeast corner of Fourth and Oak atreeta Mra Lewis, the owner of the property, haa between I decided to erect a buelnaaa houne to Inr In East Thirtieth street between tenant Nothing deOnlte with reference Emerson Se Kllllngsworth. I to the height of, the proposed etruc- Herdman Bros, have takfen out a per-1 , v,. K. . . .v.. mlt and begun the erection of a $5,5001.. . . ... . . , . realdance on Waaco atreet. between East th foundation will be of sufficient Seventeenth and Eaat Eighteenth 1 strength to support an eight or tea story building. The frame buildings oc cupying the alt are to ba removed and the excavation for the foundation of the proposed building will be made at once. Less than two years ago three of the corners at Fourth and Oak streets were encumbered with frame structures of little value, and yielding a return on the value of the property amounting to little or nothing. Since that time the maanlflcent Board of ' Trade - hnlMinv mo aurpriBB oi in wwnn, x hdt wm i naa Deen ereoiea, worn is unaer way on the in a nuandar values la a dneomnosed araolte forma' tlon and a final inveatfgatlon proved The ledge carrying the f8 that It could bo washed down and Dla- eered Instead of milled, This wai tried and proved aatlafactory. Colonel Jaraee A. Panting owned the water rights In Cow creek, and that water la necessary to . work the Gold Coin as a placer property. Mr. Ayer negotiated with the colonel for this . 1 ,K mtmn d4 I I . t n del-stood the deal is closed. A 12-mlle ditch Is about one third completed and contracts have been let for the remainder of the work. When nnmnleted tha flold Coin will have from 2,000 to $,000 Inches of wetter at Its dls-1 nosaL A MMrvnlr la .rielnar constructed on tha nremisea. and Mr. Ayer states that ny early spring mo company win or washing the gold from the granite mountain aide. It Is expected to work about five and a half months eacn year. Ti n Keadv. a Portland man. is orest- dent of the company and T. W. Ayer of Pendleton is secretary treasurer ana manager. fmlldlne now th i on the six-story Henry mainlng cofneiw-the Lewis Brooertv- is to be Improved in' a manner In keep ing with Its value.. " ,. ' , Sr The first modern business building to go up in that Immediate vicinity was the welnhard building, which was erect ed several years ago and was the fore runner of the modern wholesale busi ness structures, many of them now be ing found in the district north of Stark street nr. SCOTT BUT HOT ST. JOHNS JJandamus Suit Decided, But Today Is last Filing Day. porated city of St. 'Johns to Portland upon the November ballot, but today they learned that action by fortiana s councilman ls necessary, and as there will be no meeting of the council today, the last legal filing day, their plans must wait until next year for fulfill ment That the county clerk must place the question of Mount Scott's annexation on the ballots waa the decision of Judge Gantenbeln friendly suit brought by O. N. Ford to determine the law. Mr. Fields had held that the No vember election waa not a general elec tion and for that reason be should not use the taxpayers' money In placing the question on the ballot - BAY CITY IS BEAD TOOK THE T.-M. CONGRESS Spcll Dll patch to toe Joeraal.t San Francisco. Cal., Oct $. Every thing Is In readiness for tha opening of I the nineteenth annual meeting of the story frame dwelling, $1400; Union avenue between Wygant and Going, F. J. Clarke, erect two-atory frame store and flats, $3,000; East Fifteenth street between Shaver and Mason, ft. Kaxner, Hlbbard street between Hunter and Cason, I. R. Dodge, erect one-story ntuno Darn, aou; cTont street Between Curry and Pennoyer, Mra Mary Gil lette, repair two-story frame dwelling, $500: Fourth Street between Ankenv and Burnslde, Paclflo Paper company, erect Bix-siory DricK warenouse, o,000; Third street between Taylor and Sal mon, Gambrinus Brewing company, re- fialr two-story frame saloon, $250; Mal ory avenue between Mason and Skid more, Cpnrad Knlss, erect one-story frame dwelling;. $460; fourteenth street between Clay and Market, Martin Winch, , erect three-story frame rooming-house, $18,000; Columbia Park, city of Portland, erect one-story glass and frame areenhouae. 13.800: river Mm Overton and Pettygrove, Balfour, Guth rie uo.. repair one-story frame grain elevator. $2,400: East Seventeenth street between Alnsworth and Holman. J. C. Thompson; Madison street between East Thirty-ninth and East Fortieth, L. A. Pelton, erect one-story frame dwell ing. $2,000. DORK EMS Oil BIG WAREHOUSE 1 : , The contract has been let' and con structlon work begun on the big half- block warehouse for Crane company, which will occupy tha entire Irving atreet ' front between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets. Contractors Blng ham & McClelland have the main con. tract, the plans having been prepared by Arcmtect W. C. Knighton. On the Fourteenth street auarter- block the structure will rise to a height of six stories, and for the present the remainder of the bulldlne will be two stories, with' foundation and walls of sufficient strength to support four ad ditional stories when . required. The building Is to be of fireproof construc tion: the outside walls to be of brick with steel Interior frame and concrete floors. The total cost of the building will approach the $200,060 mark, and together with the original cost of thrs site, the Investment will call for an ex penditure of nearly $250,000. Under the terms of the contract the building is to do com Dieted in iu worKinaroavs or acout seven monwa. , CE HIS OF GUM HERE The closed American Chicle company has l deal for' a 60-foot lot on the corner or Fourteenth and Johnson streets and will begin the erection of a four-story brick building on the alts as soon as the contract can be let The building la to become tha principal fac tory for the manufacture of chewing gum on the Paclflo xoast . frier to the flr two years ago In San Francisco that city waa the prin cipal place or business or the American Chicle company on the coast Since that time the company has operated In this city, and after a recent trip to mis city or some or tne new. xorn orri clais or the company the' order was given to concentrate, its coast business here. It is announced that the new factory building will cost about $40,000, and that 150 workmen will be employed in the factory.., ; ;. 1 NEW CUJOECH TO BE OF CONCRETE BLOCKS LUMBER VALUES II see our new ware house, offices and salesroom at 328 Giisari Street You'll find there the very bst furnaces possible to build, you'll find His courteous, and no matter whether you want a furnace: or not; . we want to show you the most complete display of heating apparatus in the northwest MACE California Demand Revives and Local Trade Remains Active. Ti.eW.G. McPherson The lumber market continues Improv ing and values are, . if anything, firm er than a week ago, tha base of values being about $S.S0 per theVisand feet The demand for uppers continues strong and there Is by no means an oversupply In the market California business haa shown a de cided Improvement during the past I week, several large orders having been booked by local dealers. San- Francis co has been buying very sparingly for the year past and It is understood that atocka throughout California have been allowed to dwindled own, to very small Dronortloas. Eastern rail business Is considered very satisfactory and considerable for eign business has been closed recently. Mexico has been buying railroad ties and a coudIo of cargoes will be set afloat from lower Columbia points for Ouavmaa in- the near future. A carro of large timbers is being loaded here at present ror ouaymas. - Local business continues active al though the closer approach of winter Is expected to have a checking effect to er Company HEATING ENGINEERS 328-30 Glisan Street Portland. Ore. certain extent v- Mount Scott people may vote upon annexation to Portland at the presiden tial election in November, but as today js tne last day for filing petitions and because the Portland council must' con sent to the annexation there la s chance for St Johns people to vote trans-Mlsslsslppi commercial congress. themselves Into the city next month. . wnen ri lie Journal announced last 7lng that the annexatlontata of ' d naa won tneir right several residents f 8t Johns at once concluded ' iy wiuiu uhi nave me question "niiiing me wnoie or ut lncor- Commencing tomorrow the congre gation of the First United Evangelical church will hold regular services In tem porary quarters at the southwest corner of East Seventh' and Stephens streets. An architect has been engaged to pre pare drawings for. the new edifice which will be built of concrete blocks. Nego tiations are under way for the Durchase of a site In L&dd addition, near Haw thorne avenue, although the exact lo cation has not yet been determined." Ically the lumbei business has been better' here this fall than, for a long time, perhaps better than ' ever in the history or the city, al though general conditions of the mar ket has held prices down to a reason able level. The loa- marKet is firm at about 17 for red fir and $9 for yellow fir. Some yellow fir Is said to bring $10, but they are the choicest logs to be had on tha river. Shingles are meeting with a fairly .good demand at unchanged prices. ARCHITECT KNIGHTON IS RECOVERING Architect W. C. Knighton, who suf fered painful Injuries in' falling from a ladder In a dwelling at Mount Tabor, Is reported to be making satisfactory progress toward recovery. Mr. Knighton is now taking contrac tors' estimates for the tiipman, Wolfe & CC. building to be erected at Fifteenth and Glisan streets at a cost of about $60,000. The building when completed la to be oooupled by the Irwln-Hodson company. It is to be a two-story brick with full basement Mr. Knighton is also having plans prepared for a one story and basement building for the Portland Marble Worka 1 8100.00 SEWAJKD Would gladly be paid for a cure by many people who are crippled with rheumatism, yet If they only knew It thev can be cured by a few bottles of Ballard's Snow Liniment and the pries Is only 25c. 60c and $1.09 per bottle. Sold by Skidmore Drug Co. Tfcel uxery of Perfect Cleanliness can only be acquired by making; your home appear aa clean as It actually Is. Fresh, clean paint la a great factor. We make It for all pur poses, and In all ahadea and tin te. Cornea ready to apply, THE CIO PAINTSTORff Fisher, Thorsen & Co. FRONT AND MORRISON STS BEST CATARRH DOCTOR jOta Cured Thousands wm One Ton . . or Homey Back. which will begin a five days' session in this city next Tuesday. Those in charge of the local arrangements estimate that there will be more than 1,000 delegates preannt when Chairman T nomas Walsh of the executive committee calla the meeting; to order. Among tne states from which lsrga renresentatton la promised are oreeon Colorado, Texas. Nebraska, North and South Dakota. Montana. Idaho, wash' lngton, California, Oklahoma, Kansas, Minnesota. Arlsona and New Mexico. Iowa. Missouri Illlnola and a number of atatea iartner eaat aiao win aena oeie- gatea. Among thoae present will b the governors of several atatea. together with membera of congress and other ThJa la the little Hyo mel Inhaler, the little doctor that haa cured Qrn prominent In public life. many thousands of suf The congreea haa slated for dlacusslon a wide varietr or imDOrtant tomca In eluding river and harbor Improvement I it! rat Ion and drain re. Alaska atata- nood. parcels poet and postal banka, dry larmina;, irui-rvine iraae, lmmlfrt blle- tlon, Hawaii and the Philippine good roads, leasing of public landa public ownership of utilities, the Alaakan-Tu- kon-pacric exposition, interstate com' me pee ana national rinance. ferers from catarrh, bron chitis, asthma, hay fever. cougne, co Ida and grip. It's so easy and pleas ant to cure yourself with KyomeL Just "poor few drops in the little In haler, and breathe It In. 'JSgr- BO ADI GUN .vary nook and cravio. ofl AT HOST KAK0UR0S mi nincwiia Daemeraae or 1 ' s w uowm maa uiroat: tin I John Kakouroa. one of the proprietors .ivp v... urni aumoariof the Stockholm lodging house at Third immediately; will allay and Everett streets, entered the office the inflammation; drive last night about l it o'clock, to be roa- i ioui ooor; aUJl the fronted with a revolver aad a knife la gerraa aa4 ra the die-1 the haada of two men who had entered case. I the place to rob Kakouros ot his val- - . oaii. Kasooroo ylll ror help, and Ma part vauig nyesaet ror tl". jmm etarraa. ana evwa of the months for catarrh .nd I rwmrr. nmmng i Ma aaelataix r.ln.nn.r. t.,.l- ivl 7 ".P5?W? ?? "P T"t- the cimiwwn nHnaaeq r esrape, tHnnali baa received more relief I f thra waa knnrked don wttk a T "and beoeflt tha a frm 1 aoeie 1, j.rferwonvliU a I IWMtaaT Pemlta, h-omH cured me of tarribte esrarbel indrI etrt a East '! (mire In tie bead. I vtH poiiLa) ana un iateeftt1t. J. C Har. r wtrn-t tt la le he ror a lnll nwni, PTtirjiM aiory rrana lv:;in f v L lira. , p. Fu.ler, Columsia. i I Et r'rhtetk Itm, TU,a- - I FTf-w mi i Lwnt mim an ela. F P --1. dka f. ! "-wr(r North x-f erect twe-etory frame 4wi." ' ' i-fr -. e ! f . 1 I we-rf,ry frm 41' trg. $1.;; - i -. JlfiS I-Kc"ts ar.g. repair tva GWUMEVlTRHro PAViG BMCK Have no equal as a paving material for heavy traffic streets. Will not disintegrate and originate dust. ; They are not noisy and rough. They do not wear slippery. , They are easy on horses and vehicles and have a certain amount of elasticity, when laid on a sand cushion with expansion joints and concrete foundation. They are the most economical to, maintain. ffln e cntrc hard-surface pavements laid in the great central states 0v 70 in the year 1908 were Vitrified Brick. Philadelphia, Pa., alone has over 150 miles of Vitrified Brick streets. . ' . ' . ' ...... . - , Denhy-Ren ton Brick & Goal Go. " ' CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PORTLAND, OREGON, . . Dp You Draw the Line ..... . At fancy prices for household utensils, or hardware of any kindT Thai we would advise you to look at tha fine line of hardware that we are offering at prices that will suit tha most eco nomical at Averye. AVERV&CO. 18 Third St., Bet Pine & Ash HOLLADAY'S ADDITION The one beat place In Portland' to buy. Oeo graphical carter and most da. ' alrable realdenca property of the city. . Baeing ia believing. Better go an d aea tha many choice resldenoea Bade construction and the Improvamenta going on. THE OREGON REAL ESTATE COMPANY Repair Work Given Prompt Attention Founders, Wachlniats aad Boilermakers. Building and Structural Work. RHOENIX IRON WORKS EM GIMB BUS . Of floe and Works Hawthorne A venae aad Zaet Tnlrd atreet. Vkoma Cast tt. TOMTXMJtt, OUMI. PLrlNTKOTE ROOFING ' W. P. FULLER & CO,, Pacific Coast Agents John A. Melton oiamrn ajtd bvtxssb j - Factory aad- Offleo III Beeena street, oea Phones: Uala 1117; A-1TIT Office aad Store Fixtures bn . aad remodeled. Alterteg aad rvpalrtng 1 boasea, Bhov and Conatara buflt. XF TOU HAVB A ROOF TO COVER FIOCRB WITH tl OX Q en a sCo Roofing - . - Carried la stock for aU kinds of roofs and fully guaranteed - CENTRAL DQOR & LUMBER CO. n tueta Phewae Mala 4TU, aV 1T CASTINGS FOR' MACHINE kHV STRUCTURAL WORK THE INDEPENDENT FOUNDRY CO. 23d ar.J Tork Strtdi A A rbra Utln 2323, Al