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LUMBER PRICES : rausnw Advance in Price of a Week Ago Slightly Stimu lates Demand. 3 f $ VX Is if o , t W. F. Fliedner Will J?uild K $60,000 Structure on : St. Clair Street. - - -j v- PLANS COSTLY 7P and'1 Architect W. I Morgan Is preparing to duplicate. the Madison ' apartments, at Madison and Park streets, for W. V. I-Teldner, wt)0 is going to build on fit. ' Clair street, between Washington and Wayne streets. The building Is to be a five story pressed brick strue lure and will cost about 160,000. ,. , The concrete I foundation for the s w eaver-Jaeger one room apartment building at King and Washington b i reels, is weji under way,' and worK on the superstructure will begin within inn next ten aaya. this is to oe three - story brick veneered, structure, and will contain 10 single living rooms, each provided wltti a separate bath. W. Im. Morgan,- designed the structure and will "superintend Its erection. ' Mr. Morgan has just completed the jursea Home at rourteenin ana mar ket streets. This -.structure contains 46 separate apartments, each provided with disappearing wall bed and a kitchenette. -b He has also just completed the build. Ing of the Hanover apartments on King street, Just south of Washington, a three story structure containing SO three room : apartments, all of " which were rented In advance of the comple tion or the building. Plans for the Martin Winch business house, under contsruction by Mr. Mor gan, at Thirteenth and Washington streets, have been changed, making . a three story instead of a two sin structure, as originally designed. The foundation of this building, which has Just been put in, was made sufficiently heavy to support several and it inn a i stories, which will be built on when the development of upper Washington street justifies the Investment. BEGIN WORK ON BIG DEPARTMENT STORE bemm Monday morn In on the Olds. AVtrtman King building on the Pennoyer block, which. when completed will be, with two exceptions, the largest department store buildlnr on the Pa. clflo coast Contractor Mason, who Is doing- the excavating, has about 30 teams and 60 men on the Job, and later on will double his excavating equip ment. It is estimated tnat it will re quire about 0 days to remove the 27, 000 cubic yards of earth that will be removed in making the excavation, so that earl In April the contractors will begin rVuing' in the foundation and 100 foot square concrete basement upon which the huge structure Is to rest. The building is to be five stories high and sn absolutely class "A," fireproof structure. It will be constructed of steel, concrete, brick and glass, all four walls of the ground floor being of steel and glass. It is the Intention of Olds, Wortman & King to have their new building- com pleted In record time, and they are planning" to occupy the new structure by January 1. 1910. ST. JOHNS SOON TO HAVE STOVE FACTORY The Pacific Stove & Range Manu facturing company, is the name of a new concern that will begin operations Having secured the old shipbuilding plant at the root or nicnmona street, St. Johns, the company will begin at once to install the necessary machinery for manufacturing stoves and ranges. The company was incorporated by N. A. Pcery. E. M. Hitchcock. M. A. Shlr lev. H. R. Biersdorf and XJ. H. Mc Kenzte and has a capital stock of $50, 000. Mr. Shirley Is a practical stove man and will be the general manage ment of the concern. The organisers of the company figure that on account . of the excessive freight rates from the rant on the finished product, no diffi culty will be found in competing with eastern manufacturers for the local market. t i l. r :. L New Market Building First and Washington Streets. BUILDING KEEPS UP PACE RECENTLY SET r . ' ' 11-11 SBMH I ,a . Activity in Residence Districts and Large Number of Fine Homes Under Construction Shown by Record of Permits News of the Construction Trade. New construction. In the building line announced during the week was about on a' par with, that of the past several weeks, while no Plans for larsre struc tures In ths central district were made public by either architects or builders, t is Known that Plans are under way ror several new warehouses and at least one large structure in the retail district. Permits for new dwellin to the PLANS FOR SEWELL BUILDING READY Plans for the Sewell building (o' be erected at East Third and East Morri son streets have been completed and construction work will begin as soon an the contract can be let. It is to be of the slow burning, mill construction type., three stories high, and will cost about $30,000. The Morrison street front will be divided into three store rooms, and one storeroom will jfront on East Third street Each of the two upper stories will contain 23 rooms. This will be the second building In Portland to rest on a foundation of cement piling, 63 of these having been driven to a depth of 25 to 30 feet through the -sand and gravel fill that was made In that district two years ago. Iff s value of over $100,000 were issued and nearly the same amount of new brick construction was authorised by the building Inspector. Victor Carlson was the successful bid der for the cement and concrete work on the Bollam building to be erected on the corner of Fourth and Everett streets. Flvnn A Wilson will do the brick work. This is to be a three story brick covering a quarter block and will have even store rooms on the trround floor. The two upper stories will be arranged ror rooming purposes witn apout so separate apartments! . v. rioiman nas lei me contract tor four etnry brick warehouse on Fif teenth between Marshall and Northrup streets. The building Is to cost about 20.000 and lias already been leased to a wholesale firm for a term of years. On the corner of Twelfth and Flanders streets J. B. Heusner has be gun the erection of a one story brick wagon shed to cost $10,000. A. Ij. Ievy has taken out a permit for the erection of an elegant two story frame residence which will cost approxi mately $10,000. Mrs. IN. Martin nas contractea ror me erection of two handsome two story frame residences on Wasco street be tween East Seventeenth and East Nine teenth streets to copt $6000 each. Doyle to Patterson, wno are getting un nana ror tne addition to oi. Vin cents hospital announces that In about 10 days the plans and specifications will be ready and that bids will be received as soon thereafter as practicable. The Northwest Bridge Works has se cured the contract for the concrete flooring rn the stockyards pens et the Swift plant. The contract calls for the laying of between 27,000 and 30,000 square yards which will cost close to $60,000. This work, together with put ting hi the concrete bulkheads, will be rushed to completion as rapidly as money and men can do it. Bricklaying on the packing plant buildings will begin as soon as the spur track from the North Bank line is completed. This track is for the Furpose of conveying building materials rom the main line to the plant proper. It Is Impossible to move the heavier material from the railway to the site of the buHdlng operations by wagon on account of the Impassible condition of the roads. ,, . The Phoenix Stone company is build ing a two and one-half story stone resi dence on the corner of AinRWorth ave nue and Mallory street. The lower story of the building is to be of St. Helens stone with trimmings of Phoenix stone and the remainder will be of frame construction, it will con tain 10 rooms and will cost about $8000. Conklln brothers, architects and build ers, are erecting a number of handsome residences and one four series flat on the east side. At East Twelfth and Di vision streets they are building an apartment house containing 20 rooms, which will cost about -$7000. . At East Fifty-third and East Salmon streets this firm is putting up a nine room bunga low for M. Shimomura, a local Japanese merchant. The same builders are erect ing six room bungalow at East Thirty ninth and East Taylor streets and a five room building of the same class at. East Thirty-fourth and Harrison streets. These buildings will cost about $2000 each. On East Eighteenth, near Vernon street, the Morris-Emery Construction company Is building a modern stx room bungalow at a cost of $3000. The same firm is building a $2000 bungalow for J. C. Tice," on the corner of Skid more and Kerby streets. Architect Faber Is preparing plans for an eight room stone residence to be erected on the corner of Alnsworth and Garfield avenues. The building will cost about $9000. E. D. Gierson hss nurchased a lot on Vancouver avenue near Pearl street and will erect at once a $3000 cottage on the site. , . , Professor E. H. Whitney, principal of the Penninsular school, will erect a $3500 dwelling on a quarter diock in Piedmont. , . Li. T. Sebolt has the plans for a mod ern cottage which he will build on Ta bor heights at a cost of $3500. Architect Palmer Is preparing plans for a six room bungalow, which will be c.T.tA h Mrs. Oretchen Sanclstrome on Portland boulevard at a cost of about 3B00. .... . .fl ri. w. otone nas iiwvru vuu a " - ' - tnr tisnn rn ilence to be erecieo on. Thirty-first, between Savler ana inur man streets. . v w. Mvers has begun the erec tlon of a two story frame dwelling on East Taylor and East Twentieth streets. J O. Hannum has taken out a permit for a two story frame residence to be rwtwi t 241 Williams avenue. The t...iisifr,. n.lll fnr about $2750. At 268 Hamilton avenue. Thomas RohnAirier la building a modern two ..., .ttii. tn rust 12500. M. O. Thorsen has begun the erection of a handsome home on Schuyler, be tween East Eleventh and East Twelfth streets. It is to be a two story frame building, carefully finished and will cost about $6000. plant and 'Is : noted chiefly for raising watermelons and lowering chickens, The reason the coon doesn't raise chick ens is because they are usually too high ror mm already. When he sees one on a limb he tries to lower It to pre vent its getting hurt If It should fall. If he can get a hold of It he puts it where it can't get hurt. . Coons are mostly Republicans and believe in pro tection. There are not many coons In this state. The most of them don't look like thoroughbreds: thev mav he hybrids. If Oregon should be the first state to make "All Coons Day" a state holi day it would bring lots of coons In here. Coons would help build up the popula tion. They would raise the price of eggs by removing the cause. The slate wouldn't lose anything on this transaction for a good big black coon Is worth 100 cents on the dollar,, or 100 cents to the dollar, that Is when he gets a dollar. With 'Em In Spirits. Now I -hop this little epistle to the legislature will be received in the same spirit It Is sent In, and when the mem bers line up at the bar for tiro last time they won't any of them worry about me. I will try and he with them in the spirits. I would be much obliged If sump members would let me know If they put through the bill making sui cide a penal offense. Then there was another bill making It a misdemeanor to blow out the gas. It Is hard for me to remember the names of the different members. That Is -where that touching little epitaph applies with unusual force "forgotten, but not gone." This last may be twisted a little on account of the very heavy winds today, but the words are all there and you can adjust them to their proper meaning. Of course this is no Joke, but Is Just pen ciled as an aid to thlnkless legislators. That reminds me of the man who said r, ,ad .been to buy ft'l winter to th nk. He may be In the legislature this winter and up to his old tricks, hhould any member of the house or senate meet with something difficult in perusing this, epistle. I have, prepared a kJ,ey.. ,nr th" who, th'iK and will send It to any address In the United states or Harney county upon the re ceipt of 56 cents. No drafts taken on foreign countries. Yours about as usual. W. A. MAXWELL. A German physician declares thst red haired persons are more susceptible to consumption than those with darker hair. A THOUGHTLESS EPISTLE TO THINKLESS LEGISLATORS DEAFNESS Successfully Treated Br the limplest Method Tet Dlsoor . ered. Ninety-flve per cent of the cases of deafness brought to our attention are the result of chronic- catarrh of ths throat and middle ear. The air pas sages become clogged by catarrhal deposits, stopping the action of the - vibratory bones. Until these deposits ire removed relief Is Im possible. The Innei ear cannot $1 be reached oy prooing or spraying hence the Inability of . specialists to always et feet a cure. Neither can r r n rr tt . wr uruiiis . . - ... t ,, 't. ri J cult)- ura.' vcmJar Canals; C CochUa, tJe is a scientific treatment for deafness and catarrh which Is demonstrated ever day by the use or Actina. The vapoi generated In the Actina passes through the Eustaohian tubes into the middle ear, removing the catarrhal obstruc tions and loosens up the bones (ham mer, anvil and stirrup) In the inner ear. making them respond to the vibration of sound. Actina Is also very successful in relieving ringing noises In the head We have known people afflicted . with thin distressing trouble for years to be entirely -relieved by a few weeks' use. Actina has ako been-Tery successful la the treatment of hay fever, asthma, bronchitis; sore . throat.. . weak lungs, colds, headache and other troubles that are directly or Indirectly due to ca, tarrh. Actina will be sent on trial, post paid. ; Write us. about your case. -.Our advice will be free as well as a valuable book Professor Wilson's Treatise on Disease. Address Actina Appliance Co., Dept.. 68D. $11 Walnut street, Kansas City, Mo. - ii - TTnlon. Or.'. Feb. 12. To the Editor of The Journal There is a little too much knocking the legislature. These legislative fellows who go down to Salem in the big cars that we read about are hard worked and no mistake. Brain work is worse for the system than physical labor. So they say. J. nose wno nay . ' triori atther. It Is no fool of a 4h tn rn down to Salem and be ac cused of not earning your money even if you do overdraw your salary. -1 hvi never tried it. but I would like to. Just to convince myself that I am riaht ; If my opinlon is worth anything thla present legislature nas aone srci work, considering the little it had to work with, because legislating is brain work. -The present legislation is ahead of the times in which it lives. The fact is, they are passing laws that will, put Oregon so much ahead of the times that if some one don't shut down the brakes they may shove the good old state off the map. It is always better to :live ahead of the times than not live at all. That is, it is better for yourself let the other fellow, look out for his end of the tick. , ... ypur niDiio Bervanis. Legislation' should 'do the greatest good to the greatest number. The great est number . being the office holders, the greatest good any on can, do thera is to Increase their pay. The office holders are nothing but public serv anta la that last a dream or a night mark T It has always been' customary for tbe rich to have plenty of servants, the more servants the richer the owner. So with .Individuals, so with states. The tate of Oregon la fabulously rich, so I hear. 'I don't know? who has got the richest but I always believe everything I hear.. Some say my -education was neglected and I - can't tell a He. That's nothing, George Wash ington was just as bad off once, and he turned out alL right, according to our historians. If George couldn't lie. his tory could He enough to make up for it. Overworked XawglTer. It 1s not my intention to criticise the legislature but to praise It. Mark An tony just wanted to bury Caesar, not to praise him. Note the ' difference. I couldn't bury this legislature, if I want ed to. Nothing but an earthquake could do that. In order to keep Plenty '.of servants for this rich state of ours we must keep increasing their , pay. Then it might be just aa well to shorten the -hours. - I would suggest that a good sized hunk of father time be sliced off of each end of the 'Say for-our public servants. In doing this great care should . be . used or the poor servants may. not be able to make the trip to and from their place's of business with out working overtime. It won't do to Cat lb day .too short, just abort tnrfugh. These things are puxxles to me- Just how to get a day short enough without getting it too short. The legislature has to struggle with that has to study It out between drinks. No wonder a man doesn't live long in m rarely longer than one term. Then his fool constituents want tp celebrate nis death Instead of his birthday. That shows how little he is appreciated and how little they know. Then, according to the immortal Shakespeare, the good is oft Interred with his bones. That Is done to giake plenty of room for the bones. Three More Holidays a Week. One good way to prevent overwork inr. mir nubile servants is to make a few more, holidays. Say about three more a week. That will be enough for this legislature, seeing as we will have another before this one is paid for. There was strong talk of holding up the month of February for a couple of days to be placed in the holiday list, about the first of the term, but I am afraid some one has forgotten it. Ore gon day would do for one and Lincoln day would do for another. Then, Just to get things started right I have a hirthrtav that comes along early in this same month and if the legislature Is a little shy on holidays they can have that one and call it what they like, only don't forget the date. If the day is as good to them as it is to me it will come pretty regularly without any calling. Just clip off those three days from the month of February and that brings it down to a workingman's size. Would Sandwich In Nicely. This bill would be a good one to sand wich in between the nine foot sheet bill and the 10 inch hatpin bill. Ii, faot the three or mem ougni to mane a good sandwich, and lots of people would rather have it than a square meal. Of course there are otner montns in tne calendar. There is March with its 17th day of Ireland. ' That would make a good holiday, and the Irish could help celebrate-it. The next conspicuous day that comes along Is AH Fools day. That Ought to be. a national holiday, but a state holiday is -just, as oinaing as rar as it goes. Then it would help us re member the session. - The name would be synonymous one would be all fools day and the other wouldn't. That doesn't look like a synonym, but it la Just dig around till you. find where it cornea in. ' . . . . w ' "ATI Ceona Say." ' :. : ( ' I almost forgot to mention Emanci pation day. They used to call that "All Coons Day" that Is the day that Abe Lincoln-raised the coons a peg or so. Raising coons was a"special order of business en . that particular' day, and there have been more or less "coons ever since. A coon Is a prolific, vmnlveroua, orAhlpresent carnlverous, heterogeneous BABY XAJTOS Will get Into mischief often it means a burn or cut or scald. Apply Bal lard's snow liniment jHst as soon as the accident happens, and the pain will be relieved while the wound will beal quickly and nicely. A sure cure for sprains. Rheumatism and all palna Price 25c. EOc i-nd 31.00 a bottle. flnM by Skldmore Dru- Co. Lumber prices are steady and the advance of a week ago by most mills of .from 60 cents to $1 per thousand feet Is said to have no effect on the de mand, except, perhaps to stimulate it. Foreign business has been unusually active of late, no fewer than four car goes having been placed here during the past couple of week a . The combined amount of lumber rep. resented by these four cargoes is near ly 10,000,000 feet and the mills will be kept, busy -for some time getting this material ready for shipment. California business is keeping up well, lumber men say. and they look for a healthy increase with the spring and summer. Most of the mills In the country are now naumiiir operations alter a loni shutdown. Many would have resume earlier, but the storm came on and It was lmpoeslble to work with two or mree xeet or snow on tne ground and the log ponds frozen to the bottom. But frorn. now on activity will be f enerai, The railroads ere buying quit Iberally now and this gives the in terior mills a better opportunity. Many iii- jmim arv now running exclusively for the Southern Pacific which has been placing considerable business during the past month. The shingle market has Improved a great deal since the storm and prices are getting back to a level where It Is possiDie ror the manufacturer to make a small margin of profit. For a while shingles were selling as low as $1.83 delivered on the Job. and they were ursi ciana sningies. too. PLAHSl5p00 APARTMENTS VS. R. Plttelkau. one of Portland's best known restaurant men. has com pleted arrangements for the erection of a modern four story brick anart- ment house at Park and Taylor streets on a site recently purchased by him. It Is estimated that the buildlnr will cost $50,000. The. plans which are be ing prepared by Architect Emil Schacht, call for a first class, up to date struc ture containing 26 four and five room apartments. The entrance is to be done In mar ble and the whole Interior finish will be of different kinds of native hard woods. The corridors and bath and vestibule flora are to be tiled. Con struction on the building will begin soon after March 1. 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