LUMBER PRICES
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Advance in Price of a Week
Ago Slightly Stimu
lates Demand.
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PLANS COSTLY
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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.
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New Market Building First and Washington Streets.
BUILDING KEEPS UP
PACE RECENTLY SET
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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
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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. -
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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. '
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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.
PILES 0TTS.ZS tn TO 14 SATS.
PAZO OINTMENT la rnaranteed to enr in
eaaa of Itcblnc. Blind. Bleeding or Pmtrqdlni
Pll In n to 14 rty or mwij refnnilwl. B0.
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Manufacturer of
iteel Ceilings
Galvanized Iron Gutters and Dow
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doing her work the way you want It
done. Don't blame her if you do not pro
vide her with the proper cooking uten
sils. Everything she wants for cooking
purposes is here in reliable qualities at
reasonable prices. We pride ourselves
upon the neat make and splendid wear
ing properties of all our kitchen and
other hardware.
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The one best place in Portland to buy.
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-Seeing is believing. Better go i
construction and tha improvements going on.
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Geographical center and most de-
and see the many choice residences under
"Bay Stale-Fail
FISHER, THORSEN & CO.
The Big Paint Store"
FRONT AND MORRISON STREETS
EI anofaefnrers and Jobbers Everything in Paints
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Repair Work Given Prompt Attention Founders. Machinist and Boilermakera
Building and Structural Work. . oouormMr'
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treat, near Mala.
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Office and Store Fixtures bulit
. . . v and remodeled.
Altering and repairing
bouses, v-
Shov.-ses and Counters bant.
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