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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1005. BUILDING PERMITS ARE STILL CLIMBING UPWARD Eecord of Past Week Shows July Will Probably Run. V Ahead of June in Amount of Construction , - - Work Done. Diseases of Wireless Operators. ' --.From La Tflbuna Medicate.. ' A French naval surgeon has observed facts which he thinks warrant him in attributing certain morbid conditions to overexposure to the electrical wavea Ecsema, too, has been observed, and the author thinks that many cases of salssa M . A. neurastnenia are attributable to tne cur rent. He remarks that induced current 1 are a common product of the action of me apparatus, ana intimates mat tneae may cause trouble among other persons than those immediately -concerned in the telegraphic operations. ' He recommends that operators . be provided with blue or yellow spectacles. '. ' . . . J employed; In wireless telegraphy. For the most part thev have affected the eye, f enerally in conjunctivitis, though in one nstanoe there, was keratitis. . . N1 J 10 "With new construction in Portland $oiarng"well -trp-towar --aHy-evrage 1 of $50,000, t little , eomfort u noraa the fellow WHO is always reaar who his forecast of . midsummer dullness; lrt fact July so far gives every prom im r oi r,ntf rlnninir June In the vol time and character of new buildings under way and projected. Tuesday of this week, building per mits -were issued to the value of $94,- 130 and for the three oays louowing, the aggregate value of new construc tion authorised was slightly in excess ' of $100,000. . i , . , The largest permit for the week was taken out bv W. U Morgan and pro vldes for the erection, of a three story brick -store and apartment house for Cook and I-ease on the quarter block at the northwest comer of Grand ave nue and East Stark streets. This is To be a mill construction . building and will cost close to $40,000. -a ' Another important permit Issued this week was taken out nv lynn ana wu ' son for the brick work, that is the out side walls, of the new Arlington club building; at Park and Salmon streets. " This permit calls for m expenditure of 11 7,000, i and is the third, permit that has been Issued for work on that struc ture, the first being; for the founda tion excavation and the second for the reenforced concrete. . The sggretrate amount of these permits. is nearly $70. 000. which is considerably less than half, of the architect's estimate of the cost of the structure. ,, ' Court Considering1 Bids, f . The county court has under consid eration the bids submitted for furnish ing; the steel reouired for the skeleton frame of the proposed addition to the courthouse. The bids ranre from $S3.- ooo to $36,ooo. Judge weoster. and other members of the county court ars considering theadvisabillty of using; as "far as possible nothing; but Oregon ma terials and products In the new court- house.. -'-'i. ", ' Judtre Webster is of the oninlon that the plan jl feasible and is inclined to sneclfv in the contraefs that where .possible Oregon products h used in the construction- of the building;. It was originally planned to use Dressed brick and tiling; in the walls, but this idea may be abandoned and stone, from a Iongli-cointv-- narry-be robstituti. .Tdce Huntington. "formerly of The Patles. is bavins- 'plans prepared for a 10 room. ' $10,000 residence, which he nronosos to erect on a ouarter block at Tburtnan-an- VWorlawt'iBets. -Willam- 'ette Heights. The building; is to be "two wd a hlf stories Mtrh. f modm Rnerllsti srcbltect'irn and Till b fln Jwhod throughout in the best' of selected materials. "Will Be Tins Church. Plnns of the proposed ' Caholic cfmrch t Twelfth and F.ast Pine rtrepts ( have been completed and bids fo the entire contract are inw being s"bmltted to the Architect When com pleted this will : be one of the hand pomppt churches in the citv and will cot not for from Mno.ooo. . , . ; . .. The contract for the ewtlnn df the rnny.lner bulldinnv cn tlfth street bc !''" Msdlnon nnd Jefferson, has been let, and work of . excavating for the fonnlnlon.i8 ..under-way Tills Ja to be a three story brick. 60 by 100 feet, and will cost approximately $26,000. The ground floor will ba divided into three 1 foot store rooms, and the up per stories will bo divided into living rooms and apartments. r t r J. 8. WinsloW has taken out a permit for a two story, four series frame flat building to be erected on East Wash ington, between East Nineteenth and East Twentieth streets. The approxi mate cost of the Improvement is 48600. The Blake-McFall company has let the contract for excavatlnsr for the brick salesroom and warehouse to be erected bv . this firm at . Fourth - and Ankeny streets. -The cost of tha . ex cavation will be about $804)0. Bert Haney has taken out a permit for the erection of a two story fram residence on , East Fifteenth", between Thompson and Brasee streets. ., Th building; will cost $4000. Another $4000 dweAing to be erected at once in a high priced east side resi dence section is that of A, K. Holromb, who is prenarltia to build a handnnmt home on Hawthorne -avenue."' between East Thirteenth and East Fourteenth streets. The building; Is to be a two tory frame of modern construction. Mrs. I. A. Beall is building a mod em' cottage home on East Twenty. fourth street, between Glisan and Hoyt at a cost of $3000. M. Patterson has taken out a . ner- mlt for a one story cement bloak dwell ing to be erected on IDerbv street, near Wlnchell. at a-cost of $$000. - Many Swelling; Houses. ' On East Couch; between East Twen ty-ninth and East . Thirtieth streets, tawin iteming nas broken ground for a two a tory frame residence which will cost $2800. ., i M. J. Merrick will erect a $3000 resi dence at East Eighth street, bet ween Knott .and Graham streets. J. T. Ennls has taken out permits for the erection of two two story cottages to be erected on the ; block on . East Tenty-thlrd street, between Alberta and Bralnard, each to cost $2260. - John Harbka has let the contract for a one atory frame cottage tp be erected on Eaat Seventeenth, street between Al berta snd Vernon. The building will COSt- 12000-.; & t., n n- -! 2 Captain A. P. Pearson has had plans drawn for a two story frame dwelling which he will build on East Twenty seventh and Freemont streets at a cost of $3600. - - ... -I R. Dingle has purchased a lot at East Twentieth and Everett streets on which ha la preparing to build a mod ern two story frame dwelling. ? A. H. Hickman la building" a hand some one snd a half story bungalow on East Fifteenth street, near The Alamda. The -building; is a frame structnre with . pebble stons front and will cost $5000. - C Morris is having two $4000 residences built t ih. Kast Forty-fifth and Brasee' streets, one a two storv structure of modem design and the other a one and a half "y iruiiwiuw.. air.- Morris plans t ? . r ,mPvemenis in that ais- n'ti man Bummer. - ; til H : . ii':M.Ji-!i' ; . ' r- - 'ft mm i'i New Apartment House at St, Clair and Wayne Streets, a District Rapidly Filling Up With Modern Brick -N ' -'..,' Apartments. ' ' r -' 1 " FREIGHT RATE CASE 10 DPEH Railroad Commission Will Visit Coast Cities for First Hand Information. , WILL KEILY BUT". BEIISO!! TIMBER 3Iichiffan Lumberman Is in - Portland Ostensibly to ; Close $1-,000,000 Deal. - M. H. Kelly, .of the Wrlght-BIod- ett company of Saginaw, Mich., one of the largest concerns In the country owning timber. Is here from ; Duluth. : ostensibly. It is understood, for the pur- pose of closing negotiations for tha purchase and Bale of the Benson Log ging company's large tract of timber near ; Clatskanie, on which the com- pany is aupposed to be holding an op tion. ..The transfer, if made, will in volve close to $4,000,000 and will ba . the largest ever closed In this district, the timber covering an immense tract ; In Columbia county, including some of the finest bodies of fir to be seen anv where in the world. . , " B. Benson, owner of the immense . tract, recently disposed of his sawmill at Ban Diego and the log rafting branch of the camp at Clatukanle, so far as , it refers to the Ban Dleo nlsnt . r,.4 retired from active, business .to recover i ' bin. hfl.)th . whiff, harl rtnt v.f . - , ; , ..." f"- . vuv best for aome time. For several weeks he toured California in his touring car and returned to Portland last month much Improved. Consummation of the sale of "the timber would Include, the - transfer of me ugging railroad and camp equiD- ' mnt nnM. rf . I. a ... 1 . . w. MID UIU0V uvuiuicm IVHIPmB jii i-aciaio nonnweFi logging operations. A-1 HEW 1IL0IIIG EIGHT STORIES 31. W. Hunt and I. C San ford Plan Fine Business , Block Up Town. Alt Who Would Eryoy good health, with its blessings, must un derstand, quite clearly, that it involves the question of right living with all the term Implies-TWith proper knowledge i of what is best, each hour of recreation, of enjoy merit, of contemplation and of effort may bef made to contribute to living aright. Then the use of medicines may be dis pensed with to advantage, but under or dinary conditions in many instances a simple, wholesome remedy may be invalu able if taken at the proper time and the California Fig Syrup Co. bj3da thatlt is aliks Lnportant io present the subject truthfully and to supply the one perfect laxative to .those 'desiring & i,:iT-'C' Consequently the Company's Pyrup of Tig and Elixir of Senna gives general eatisfaction. To get its beneficial effects buy the genuine, manufactured by tha California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sals fry alj leading drupgisto. v-- -- 31 That an eight story reenforced con crete building will, go ud at once on th. 80 by 100 foot lot at tha northwest corner or Park and Morrison streets seems, practically certain. - M. WV Hunt, who has operated extensively In land rtalty for the past two years, pur chased this property about two months aao from H. M .ir. .i... iias been on the lookout for a desirable tenant to occupy a building- which he inwnaa erecting on the site. It is now underatood that a tenant has been found who will take a long lease on the ijiiijvicu Duiiaing, ana that Mr. Hunt and I. C Sanford. whn h chased sv half interest in the property, will Imwiutlo,.! . . . . . ' 7, " ""'-vciy yrvuvBa wiin tne erec tion of a building which will be one of in" uinaaomut structure In th n. town business district. T Mr. Hunt paid $160,000 for the nrnn. erty, and a half interest In it was sold to Mr. Sanford for 176 onn - Rumors of other new building enter prises for that immediate district ar frequently heard on the street and in the real estate offices. One of the most persistent of these rmnri. la ,n - ,v. effect that Joseph. M. Healy is contem plating rating the three story framo Duiming; at the northeast corner of , Park and Morrison streets and replacing It with a modern 10-story steel or con crete structure. Another is that the owners or me, soutnwest corner of Park and Morrison will remove the frame building; there and erect In its stead' a building in keeping with tha importance of the locality and the value of the property. .. It 1 safe to say that within a year irom me completion or tne olds, wort man St ' King building on the- Pennoyer block, not a frame house will remain standing on Morrison street between beventn 'and Tenth streets. BERT E. IIAXEY WILL BUILD A NEW HOME Architects Travis and Wilson have completed the plans for a modern two story f rams residence to be erected by Attorney Bert E. Haney on East Flf- leenta street Detween Tnompson and Brasea.r The building Is to be a one And a half story six room structure and will cost $1000. . The same firm of architects Is at work on tits plansfot a two story brick tire engine house for the cltyi-Which will be erected at Fifteenth and Mont gomery streets. : ; . -; r - Mnch Bnlldlng at Eugene. : fSoeciil Dlsnstrk tn Thm ln.rn! I Eugene. Or., July 10. According to a report Just made by Building Inspector V. McFarland, 196 new residences were built in. Eugene during the yeax . end ing June SO, and $51 elncafie' office lniDm,fxor w" established. April 1, Th vrage cost has been about $1500, though many have cost between $1600 BJid $10,000. - - -. . " -Defects fh glass Insulators, due to Im perfect annealing, ere searched for by revolving the insulators tn a beam of polarised light "" v--r-'-v;""," '. : Beginning October ' 1 the -'colossal freight rate battle between the inter state commerce commission' and the. HUV and Harrlman railroad systems will be resumed, v The' commission,' .according to advices received here by W. W. Cot-; ton; general attorney for the O. R. & N. will make a complete tour of the Pa cific coast and the- commercial centers' west of the Kocky mountains. , The pur pose of the tour will be-to get first hand information reaardina the trans continental freight rate situation Etpoxane, Portland, Seattle, Ban Fran claoo, Lus An galea and-Salt- Lake City will be among the western cities where th hearings of the interstate commerce commission will be held. The first stop will propably be made in Spokane. Oc tober 4, where further testimony will be taken on the supplementary petition of me cposane cnamoer or commerce against, the transcontinental railroads; : Other cases of a like nature against tun ana tiarnman hang lor, decision on tne cposane litigation. ' Two cases will be riven a heaiinr In Portland, that of the Portland chamber or commerce against - the O. K, & pi., which alleges unfair discrimination in the matter of freight nates, and the is sue Detween tne Astoria cnamoer' or commerce ana tne. ureal Northern lea turlna Similar alleaations. , ) - . The Beattle and Tacoma' chamber of commerce, and the Seattle transporta tion bureau will be given a hearing for tneir complaints in beattle. At Ran Prancisco the commission will hear a number of cases. Including the oral arguments in the San Francisco and Los Angeles switching rate cases. At Reno there is further testimony to sa. taken In the case of the railroad commission of - Nevada against . tha Southern Pacific, and at Salt Lake City the case of the Commercial club of that city against 15 transcontinental lines, In which the commission Is asked to es tablish new and' reasonable rates be tween Salt Lake City. Offclen. Provo and Chicago, tha Mississippi river and Mis souri river common points,, will., be opened. t . . ; These hearings will' likely consume several months time and will be very teoious ana involved in an tneir details, While not officially given out. it is re garded as proable , that the Northern Paclfia and Harrlman lines will pool interests in the northwest and make a common fight to retain their present scneauie or rreignt rates to cities on tne Racine coast and to spokana. WALliS BOOKLET SHOWS PGRTLAHD BEAUTY a, M.:&-St.-P, Prints Beau- -tiful Pamphlet of Lo cal Views. 1 YUM LAUGH If It be true that every laugh makes a man a aay younger and no good ar gument to the contrary has yet been presented it will be easy for - any one to' live a year- longer at a very -nominal expense.: Think of it! $65 days of re newed youtn zor trie price or a circus ticket I Who ceuld withstand such W barsrainf When tha small bov nerV snaoes his -father to take him to - seeV tne big show the youngster does not know that he is. giving to his parent a new leans of life. . . .,. It may be said that there are not two persons on this earth's surface who wui equany enjoy a given runny action or a witty speech. One man will not see the point to a. story that to another! appears the most laughable thing im- aginaoie. , An incident tnat in action almost convulses tha onlooker with laughter will not appeal at all to the tnira party to wnom tne incident la re cited. But let 10,000 people witness at the same time 1000 funnv actions and queer-antics and It will ba Impossible to find on individual In tlve tM aggregation or 'spectators whose -ribs nave- not reen tickled with , laughter ira wnoss sense oi numor nas not been excited. ' The Hagenbeck-wsllace shows, whth appear here soon, carry on their lists of entertainers , a troupe of laughter making stsrs a collection of artists wnose wnoie existence is devoted ts the task of provoking laughter. -If there are neoDle In wnrM do not want to laugh let thera be wamea mat inev are courting disap pointment In this direction If tklw visit the Hegenbeck-Wallacs - shows. They will ba compelled to laugh not once, but a hundred times, -for the laugh ter-maktng kings who travel with these great shows have sworn an oath that no one will escape them. - . " W7iy not laugh . and . live an extra yearT The expense Is nominal, the en tertainment la excltlnv mnA ,( devoted tp the enjoyment is well spent Tou awaken the next day with added uS"JuyT,J, 'T"111" problem of life with lighter heart., eager to con front the difficulties snd overcome tfaem. . For thM tnan whji t-..-.!.. -.11 1 , -. ' a Joke when seen -in the proper light taken from the philosopher's point of Booklets graphically illustrating the great resources and remarkable beauties 9t -Pprththd .and tbs ; Oregon.; oountrs hays beeh' received by the' local repre sentatives of the Chicago.. Milwaukee and St Paul railroad.' Portland is described as the gateway to the west; the view is of a narrowed -path leading directly to the Rose city, with. Mount Hood serving as back ground. Beside making the announcement that in usini the O. -R. ' N. tracks Into Portland the new road will give equal, freight rates from 8eattle, Tacoma' and Port land, the quiet intimation is mads that it will hot be , long until the present name, Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul, la changed to read, Chicago, Milwaukee & Pacific Coast.' ,v ;, - 'Neither must it bo inferred i from our temporary use of the O. U. & N. tracks that we have abandoned any plans the management of this company may have entertained to ' build their own track into Portland," ; said Henry S. Rowe, general agent for the C, M. & St P- this morning. "Wp regard Port land as fair territory for our business and we shall do everything we possibly can to win the favor of local business Interests. It cannot be expected that we could do -. everything: at once,' but when it is remembered that In-three years a line costing $100,000,000 cross ing thres of . the , highest mountain ranges In tha country and two of the largest t rivers, has been constructed, some idea of ' what has already been accomplished, may be gotten." By recent arrangements with '' ths North Bank road the Great Northern has been able to secure , a division of tariff satisfactory to ths management of - the road,- and concessions equally satisfactory have .been secured by tne C, M. sBLP, from ths Q. R N. r :.. 5. Bnildlng Permit.'". 8tar Brewing company, J4-4 Tirst street. ' between Main and Madison, re- Sair two story brick saloon, $1000; R. . Prink. East 81xty-eighth. street, be tween Glisan and Hoyt, erect one and a half story frame dwelling, $2000; A. R. Pearson, East Twenty-seventh street, between . Freemont and ' Klicki tat. erect - two - story frames dwelling, $2760; H. J. Ahrendt Eaat Seventeenth street, between Wygant and Alberta, erect one story frame dwelling $2000: D. M, Watson, " Cornell road, head of Northrop street, erect -two story frame dwelling," $8000; C M. Zadow, J Kast Yamhill street, between Twenty-fifth and Twentv-slxth. erect two story f ram dwelling, f $$500; St' Vincent's hospital. comwi roaav oetween uiuan - ana Hoyt streets,- er ect five story brick and reenforced concrete hospital, $150,000: Rt, Glllan, East Seventeenth street, be tween Clackamas and Wasco, erect two story frame dwelling, $4000. - --: Journal want sds 1 cent a word.' POOR PEOPLE; TO HAVE RICH STREET - .-.-. r'--r ' SBBSBBBSSBBBSSSSSBPISSMSBSBSaHB ;, Committee Decides -It Must ' Be Asphalt f6r East 7th ' Over Protest. . Despite the repeated protests of prop erty owner along East Seventh street against the. paving of that thoroughfare from Thompson to Klickitat street with asphalt the street committee yesterday afternoon recommended such action to the council. Proceedings were begun for an asphalt street several months ago and the council after much discussion acceded to the wishes of the property owners by rescinding .' the proceedings and beginning new ones for a macadam improvement - Tha committee rescinded tha ' mats- adamJl proceedings .aaain . veaterdav. Councilman Menefee objected vigorous ly aociaring mat tne people wno must pay for a Hard surface are .poor ...And . to put in such an expensive Improvement would confiscate their homes. Another right is expected In the coun cil when .the matter comes up before that body. ' At a former meeting many women came to the city hall and with tears in their eyes begged to ba allowed to build a macadam street ' Opponents of macadam say that East - Seventh street is in a hard surface district and that it will spoil the appearance of. tha district to break the paved area with a macadam strip. ; 7;1,; ; ,ijz vj: . - The committee also favorably recom mended the passage of , an ordinance making the whole city a cement side walk district If this is passed the day of the wooden sidewalk is done. Coun cilman Rushlight objects to the' ordi nance on the ground that it will work s hardship on the small property owner. 66 lay mat MM FisiMt, monscrj & CO. f1,',i" V''1", -V ,,'r-.'- ''(f-'V'' '' "'J',: V'vl-,b-iri'' I v.'' :.-i'.s, The. Big Paint Store" FRONT AND MORRISON STRECT3 Haccfaclnrcrs and Jobbers Everytbisg la Palnls ft??. .-fr. Sr.xCNs. , DON'T BE RECKIESS In your hardware buying. Remember i that every penny really saved in that .direction is as good as two earned. Tou can save many pennies by making; this - store, your- headquarters for fine tools, kitchen utensils ana general hardware. Our prices are always below the regu - lar, though our qualities are always up to the standard, ..The more money you, . spend here the more you save, figure jit out , ' y AVBRY&CO. 43 Third St. Bet Pine & Asa ii'mmui.i,)i''f trirr D ah iua - jj ufisi iBMSa . SL SAsrtffesaa! !AI I v 771 . ' 1 1. i i m.iwmropfitwTDRfNn.(Biiiifi 1 ., i , i"rH LtT(Jt3iSTAIR0imBlC0N1lvjL .,y.k. ' -Kf 1 RAIUNCiflHt DUPOITC! ,1 -i T r " hORTlANn Hronnn : EXPERT WIREMEN to "wno Tomi zoucra in ' ' n 'I wr ' I ' - II . . . . I 1. . I O. Jaggeir " - - J. '32. Uaxoa MorrisonElcctricCo. '- ELECTRICAI.' CONTRACTORS B91 East Morrison It. Phone East 8128 B-1828 : . FOR MACHINE AND STRUCTURAL WORK - J ; f The Independent Foundry, Co. TWENTY-THIRD AND YORK STS. Phones Main 2323. A424 John A. Melton CASpsarrsa astd bvxxssb Factory and Offlsc ISS Becond street, near Mala. ' phones: Mala 1T$J; A-XTtI ; Office and Stors Fixtures built and remodeled. ' Altering; and repairing bouses. : - Shov and Countsrs buflt. Repair Work Given Prompt Attention Pounders, Machinists and BoOsrmakerst Building snd Structural Work. ; PHOENIX IRON WORKS BMCiMMERI Office and Works Xawt borne A venae and East Third Street- Phone East as. ' POSTUsTB. OBXOOsT. HOLLADAY'S ADDITION " The one best place in Portland to buy. ' Geographical center and most de sirable residence property in the city. Seeing is believing. Better go and see the many choice residences nndsc Construction and ths improvements going on. . THE OREQON REAL ESTATE COMPANY 54 OHAsTn ATE. . PORT1AETJ. OKXQOV. I. liiii Pleasant to talie and does not gripe or nauseato Cures Chronic Gpnstipation Stomach cxnd Liver Troublo Stimulation Without Irritation. 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