THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL.' PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, 'AUGUST
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MM HIDING
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George S..Keeler Takes, Out
Termit for $50,000,
. Apartments. !
. One of the latest of the big brick
apartments, tor which permit has just
been Issued,, Is to be erected by George
8. Keeler on Fourteenth street, be
twon Clay and Market. .
. The building Is to be four stories, BO
by 100 feet in ground dimensions, and
will contain it tnree ana tour room
apartments. ' wniie me ptrmu issueu
lor the structure crovldea lor an in
vestment of 145,000, ' the completed
building will come near costing f 50,000.
Plans for the Wheeler hotel and room
ing house, to be erected on the triangle
at Twelfth And, Burnside streets, have
"boen tiled with the building inspector,
The building is to be a, thrje story
brick and will have a frontage of about
80 feet? each on Twelfth,- Couch, and
iiurnsuie streets.
The Swiss association, which is com
posed of many of the most prominent
Swiss residents or tne city, la contem
plating the erection of t 70 by 100
thre story brick building at Third and
Jefferson streets.' Plans-of the pro
jected structure have been prepared
and are now la the hands of the build
ing Inspector. Although a permit has
not been applied for, all of the details
connected with the building of the
structure have not been arranged, but
it is not doubted that the improvement
will be made In the next few months.
J. ' M. Berry has taken out a permit
for the erection of a $5000 frame resi
dence) on Clackamas, between Twenty-:
wraa ana a wemy-rourm streets, in
rtoiladay Park addition, , .
OLD STYLE BRICK
SAFEST III FIRE
Government Geological Sur
vey, Develops Data of
. , Interest. .
rnvrrssmv an a Trn?T
STREETCAR COMPANY
Hereafter the Portland Railway,
Light & Power company will be per
mitted to lay brick on the outer edges
of its tracks where these run through
a paved street The space between rails
will be paved with the same material
as the rest of the street Instead of with
Belgian blocks- as- heretofore. Permis
sion to make improvements in this man
ner was granted to the company by the
street committee: on the recommenda
tion of the city engineer.
The railway company's request for an
extension of time in which to complete
its underground electric system was
also favorably acted upon by the com
mittee, which recommended that not
only this company but others affected
be allowed a two year extension.
FAYIXG MICROBE ,
BUSY AT ALBANY
Albany, Or.. Aug. 21. Preparations
for paving Iyon street began this morn
ing when a gang of men began raising
the streetcar line four, inches to the
proper grade. The company has asked
the Southern Pacific company for per
mission to extend the ; track several
hundred yards nearer the union depot.
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Tests recently made by the United
States geological survey of the firs re
sistive qualities of the various , build
ing materials showed that the old re
liable brick, tha material out of which
houses have been oonstructed since the
Egyptians and Chaldeans first learned
to bake mud bricks In the heat of the
sun. Is still the safest and best build
lng material known to man. ,
These tests were made under circum
stances most favorable to developing
Just what amount of heat, brick, natu
ral stone and ooncrete will stand, and
the result was a complete surprise to
the trained minds at the , head of the
United States geological survey.
The report filed with the chief or The
geological survey stated that the condi
tions of the tests were unusually se
vere and that none of the materials
pressed perfectly, the temperature used
being much greater than that expected
In an ordinary fire. The one thing most
clearly demonstrated by the tests is the
low heat transmission rate of Portland
cement mortars and concretes, this be
ing one of the essential Qualities in
materials Intended for fireproof con
struction.
Brick withstood 'the severe tests bet
ter than the other materials. 50 per cent
of new brick being split by. while 60 to
70 per cent of the old brick came out
without damage. . The Kydraullo pressed
brick stood the test better than the
sand-Urn brick.
Natural building stone of several va
rieties was tested and all were so se
riously damaged that no comparison of
their firs resistive qualities was made
in the report.1 :
The results on hollow concrete blocks
showed that while the strength of the
webs Is sufficient to withstand the heat
of any ordinary firs and the eubse
quent quenching with water, when put
through tne severest tests there is
danger of the webs splitting.
SELLW00D CLUB AT
WORK FOR OWN HOME
If the dans of the ' 8el wood Com
merclal club materialize as now seems
assured, . that ' organisation will . be
housed In its own home before ths end
of the year. -Bids
for the construction of ths club
house have been made by a number of
contractors and are now In the bands
of the board of governors. ! One bal'f
or the stock from which the building
fund , Is being raised has been placed
among the residents, of Sellwoodv and
the committee-, having charge of "this
feature of the club's work report that
no trouble will be had In placing; the
remainaer or Tree stock, ... ( ,
The contractors bids for the erection
of the clubhouse have been examined
by the building committee of the club.
and It Is probable that the contract will
os formally awarded early next week
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0RE60II TinOER
I'.'Ell GUARDED
Government and Owners
Employ Large Force
of Men. ' , v
Store and Apartments, Eleventh, Street, Between Alder and Washington
r"'V ELECTRIC v
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The Most Economical Incan
descent Electric Lamp Made
40 watt 32 candle power .......... .85
60 watt 48 candle power !. r .... .$1.00
100 watt 80 candle'power . . , ; ?1.30
250 watt 200 candle power ?2.50
These Prices are the
Lowest in the City
IT GIVES TWICE THE LIGHT OF THE
ORDINARY, INCANDESCENT LAMP
FOR 'THE SAME COST. PES HOUR
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PCRTLMD RAILWAY
LIGHT "fi POWER CO.'
147. SEVENTH STREET,- "
COTTAGES FOR
H0f,1E BUYERS
Dr. Hutchinson Will Build
on Tract on Peninsula.
'partmept for girls In ths trades
hool, which had ben recommended
Contracts for th erection ; of three
attractive : cottage homes on Portland
Heights have been awarded In the past
few days. , Sanford Smith, is building s
two story, 7 I'oora, house near 'the Pat
ton road .In Oreenway addition, which
la to cost about 14000. - , -1
On Terrace Road. K. n.. nardner hua
begun ths erection of an 8 jroom frame
dwelling, of modern design, which, will
cost in the neighborhood of $4600. i
The third of these new Heights
names is. ins bwiss cnaiet, wmcn u
being . erected ' on Cornell oad at (ht
head of Overton street tar- Vmftttmnr H
H. Herdman,, principal of ths Uncoln
High school. This bulldlnar will int
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SCHOOL OFFICES
Board-of Education -Decides
to Kent Out district
Building. - '
' The board of education at . Its mnt.
lng yesterday abandoned Its Intention
of moving the offices of the school
ciem and tne superintendent to a build
lng owned by the district near Seven-
teentn ana couch streets. This build
lng wil be rented out instead.
The establishment of an Industrial
OP
sc
at a former meeting by the head of the
department ofr-domestio science was de-
Q.a.A"w w wjf lui uwoi u. a. rwm in
the Atkinson school building will be
uuuzeu ana ie is exDeetea uut &a a-iria
will enroll .next month.' ! '
ismming Insoector Jones renort nn
the condition of proposed new struct
ures and additions shows that all ot
mess , DUl two - Will be readv Tor -the
opening of schood September U. . The
lavls school will not be completed by
ths opening day but It will be finished
within a few weeks after. The Ockley
Green school will not be entirely com
pleted but a few of the rooms will be
used at tne start. Alblna Homestead.
Creston, Eliot. 'Vernon and Irvlngton
schools will be turned over to the board
before the opening day. - .
A communication from the Portland
Fair and -Livestock association asking
ths board to set aside Mondav. Sentnm.
ber 20, as a holiday so the school chil
dren can attend the fair was referred to
a committee. The committee will en
deavor to have the fair management
postpone children's day until Saturday
of fair week. -
INTERESTING BOOKLET
OX WELL IRRIGATION
Well Irrigation, which in India. Es-vnt
and Italy, and other countries of large
and frequent, crops,' has Increased the
productive value of land to a remark
able extent, is advocated for ths Wil
lamette, valley in a new brochure issued
by the passenger department of the O.
R. & N. and the Southern Pacific,, and
written by R. M. Brereton, ths well
known authority on Irrigation.
The DOOKlet was issued In tine for
distribution ' at the irrigation congress
in Spokane, but permission was refused
Mr. Brereton. to pass It among the dele
gates, the reason . for this action not
being vouchsafed. In the book Mr.
Brereton advocates the driving of wells
and the using of the bountiful subsoil
waters of the Willamette basin for Irri
gation during the months of June, July,
August and September when the rain
fall can not be depended upon. It makes
the farmer sure of maturina- his croos.
and the expense is said to be slight
Horse and bullock power, steam power
or cheap gasoline engines are advocated
for use In pumping the water. .Tin
close similarity between the Willamette
vallev ana the Lomhardv' vallev in
northern Italy, where "well Irrigation Is
used with great success Is bliv.H 1a
augur well for the practicability of the
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i ne rauroaa company nas ordered that
10.000 of these books he sent arenta In
Oregon for free distribution among the
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Woman Bnyg Proptrty.' -..
V.prdsl DIstwtcB-to Tb Joflmd.t
Athena. Or.. Aug. 21. Mrs. Watts has
bought a house- and two lots on the
corner of Third and College streets. In
the center of the town, where she will
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SOUTH FOItTLJIIID
Mason - Ehrman' Company
Will Soon Have New
, Quarters.
; Ths Mason-Ehrman company has be
gun :. the construction of a two story
frame. warehouse on, the block recently
acquired by this company at Harrison
and Water streets. South Portland.-Ths
structure Is to f cover a ' quarter block
and will - be of - the slow burning mill
construction type. ,
With a- frontage on the west Bids
Southern- Pacific and the .Oregon Elec
tric railway, the site Is considered Ideal
for warehouse purposes.' A part of the
building will, be eaulDDed as an un .ta
janie prune panning pianc, wun a Ca
pacity or 1Z3 cars per season. The con
tract calls for the completion -of the
building by October 1. which will' be
in time for handling this season's prune
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THINK MACJjEAY PABK
SHOULD BE IMPE0VED
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Ths city nark board held a short sea.
sion yesterday afternoon, at which only
Mayor Simon. Dr. Wetherhea and Ton
Lewis attended. Commissioners Clarke
and Lanar are out of the cltv. so no
Dullness or importance was transacted.
Tne mayor instructed Dr. wetherbee
to maxe a report, as to what he thinks
nouio De done to improve Macleay
park so that It can be used by the gen
eral puDiio witn convenience. The
park Is, though one of the most beauti
ful of its kind in the world, entirely in
accessible at present, not even a road
way ha vine- been bullt'through It.
Dr. wetherbee will also Tenort as to
tne leasiDiiity or constructing a great
spiral boulevard .up to and .around the
top of Council Crest. It is planned by
Dr. Wetherbee to use the county road
now winding around the Crest as a nu
cleus for a 100 foot way. . : , , .
Oregon need fear nn hlo ir.t
this season, - according ; to one of the
prominent tlmbermen In Portland. . The
forest rangers are a' thoroughly ' dis
ciplined and skillful body of men, and
' aauuion to mm government protec
tion, the big timber Interests have en
gaged and sent out-from Portland crews
of several hundred ,men to watch the
various forests of the state. These
men make it practically certain that
no fires can get' sufficient headway
to do material damage - to the . state's
great resource. ,
"Fire Is the ' greatest ' enemy of the
tlmbermen," was the . statement made
this moring. "It- has ahnuallly des
troyed an amount of timber beyond cal
culation, and Oregon has suffered bil
lions of dollars loss . from this cause
aione. now that the timber has been
oougni up at nign - prices and 4s be
lng held for the mills, the tlmbermen
and mlllmen have to carry tremendous
risks, especially at this season of the
year. But there need be no alarm among
me smaii noiders, 'who tear having
their earnings wiped out by fire. Hun
dreds of active, carefully instructed
men are In the forests of Oregon,
equipped vt iigm any lire tnat may start
vrews or mem nave been gathered
here and all over the state and for th
three months of - July. August and
September they wlu remain at their
posts.
"The way they stoi fires Is with
spade. . Water Is needless. Every forest
fire - starts from some spark or small
blase. - With . the present number of
iorest rangers ana mm employes scat
tered through the woods it is prac
tically impossible for such a fire to
gain any headway before the watchers
would find it and put it out by pll
earth on it. - .
Some may wonder that the timber-
men should, spend so much money In
prevention. But It must be understood
that the Investment in Oregon timber
is immense, insurance cannot oe got
except at prohibitive rates, and yet th
owners cannot afford to run risk of
loss. So they have adopted thls-system
of adding to, the force of forest rangers
by a number of men sufficient to assure
speedy extinguishing of any fire what
ever. Th homesteader and small owner
iroflts in this way by the interest or
he big companies. Oregon will likely
save over a million dollars this year
alone through the work of the mucti
ahuaed hlar men."
Other mlllmen call attention to the fact
that all dangerous nres start not in
the forest, but In slashing. Owing to
the dampness of the climate It Is prac
tically Imnossihle to start a fire In any
of the big forests and the f ire fighting
crews have thus -only to surround the
larger - bodies of timber and keep any
slashing blazes from creeping In. In
the eastern forests, however, the heart
nf th. tlmher mav raich fir. , i, ,:Jf
. "The system Is to have one man- to
every 6000 acres," It Is explained by one
of the heavy holders. "This land is
worth from $75 to 200 an acre. We
pay the man 17$ a month and he is
expected to keep on the trail along the
ridges and watch his section with the
greatest care.' it is cneap; insurance.
We are not all doing this, but the most
nt na are and bnfnrs Inns' all the big
companies will Join In this right against
fire.' You can easily see the loss If
even one auuv itrw nuiucu uu, -
FISDEn, TflOnSEM :& CO.
Th Biff Paint Storo" ,
FRONT AND MORRISON TREJQTS
llasufsclsrers snd Jobbers - Everytilsg la Pals
NEW ENGINE HOUSE
3IEETS . WITH DELAY
Pending the action of the city coun-
clL in the matter of an additional im
propriation for the proposed fire ' en
gine station at , JJ irteenth and Mont
gomery streets.1 construction of -- the
new engine house will probably be de-
layeo. xor raiinin or more. '
The-lowest bid submitted was SIS.-
000 which was 13000 above the orig
inal appropriation, but well within the
estimates made by Architects Travis
and Wilson, who prepared the plans for
the structure; The building Is to be
a two story structure. 43 and 16 feet. -
PREPARES PLANS
FOR WAREHOUSE
Architect at Work on Hand
some New Home for
.' " Eilers
Plans - for the new Ellera warehouse
and salesrooms to be erected at Fif
teenth and Pettygrove streets are being
prepared In the offices of a local archi
tect The building, which will be used
as a piano warehouse and factory, is to
be a five - story , structure, SB by 90
feet In dimensions, and will rest on m
full' cement basement. ., s
The structure is to be as nearly fire
proof as It -Is possible to make of the
slow burning mill oonstructed type. The
wans' are to De or dnck. unusually
heavy, and it is the Intention to use
metal window sashes and. frames, while
tho glazing la to be done In wire glass
throughout the building. -
One of the unusual . features of the
construction will be the -floors, which
are to be 3 by 6 timbers on edge, with
a top layer of hard maple. . .
excavating ror the foundation and
basement Is already under way and
bids have been received for the ma
sonry work. ; When ; completed v the
building will cost about 140,000 ' and
will be the best appointed and 'most
In the Long Run
J It DSTI to bliv hlMaiM WhaM mialltv ,
. ' Is the first consideration. - Bargain
-.; prices are not bargains when acoom
; panted by Indifferent qualities. Why not
: get wise to this right now and oome
; here for your needs? We study Quality
first and prices afterward. If a to your
interest to do the same. -'
AVERY&CO.
4S Third St, Bet. Pine & Ash
HOLLADAY'S ADDITION
The one best placs In Portland to b uy. Geographical (enter and- moat do
slrabls residence property In the city. - .v
Seeing la believing. Better go an d see the many choice residence under ,
construction and the improvements going on. .
THE OREQON REAL ESTATE COMPANY
BB4 OBim ATB. K. POBTIuUTB. DSEOOV.
. ' FOR MACHINE AND STRUCTURAL WORK
The Independent Foundry Co.
TWENTY-THIRD AND YQRK STS.
PhonesMain' 2323. A424I
John A. Melton
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Curamn-AXB avtuj
Factory and Offlec" ISB Second,''
v street, near Main. ;
Phones: Main 17IT; A-lTSf
Office and 8tore FUturea built
' . and remodeled.
Altering and repairing
. bouses. '.
thev Jti and Counters bunt
Repair Work Given 'Prompt Attentions-Founders. MachlnlsU and Boilermakers. '
. . , Building and Structural Work,
PHOENIX IRON -WORKS .
,' Offlea and Works '
JSavthorne Avenue and last
.. Third Street.
EMCIMtBRS
.Phone last 8.
POBTXA1TD, OUSOOlf.
up to date piano warehouse and fac
tory In the northwest. The Kilers plan
to make It their principal distributing
house for ' Oregon; Washington : and
Idaho. , , -
WHEAT GK0WER WILL
LOCATE IN PORTLAND
C W. Brasee. an eastern Oregon
wheat grower, has purchased a lot on
Bast Thirteenth street, between Oak
and Stark, and has begun the erection
of a six room, two i story residence to
cost about $3000. . ,
Miss Elizabeth Caldwell has let the
contract for the erection of a two and
a - half story, 18 room brick and con
crete residence1 on Ravensvlew Drive,
Portland Heights. -The house will cost
between 000 and 110,000 and will be
one of the handsomest of - the new
Heights homes.' .
Last Trip Steamer Potter
The O. R. & steamer T. J. Potter from
North Beach will make her last trip,
leaving Megler 9 o'clock p. m., Monday,
September . Labor Day. ,
Artistic Fixtures
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work ou ' y wvH
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B. O. Jagrr - J. B. MastOB
Morrison ElcctricCo.
ELKCTRICAL CONTRACTOK3
. 891 East Horriaon St,
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Cures Chronic Constipation. Stomach and Liver Trbublb
Cumulation Without Irritation.
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i laxative syrup combined with the de
licious flavor of fruits, and is very
pleasant to take. It will not gripe or
sicken. It is much more pleasant and
: effective than Pills, Tablets or Saline
' . Waters, as it does not derange the
, Stomach, or irritate the Kidneys, Liver
Or Bowels. - , -
.Constipation.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup will
positively cure Chronic Constipation,
as it restores' the natural action of the
Intestinal tract.
If you are constipated '
If your tongufc is coated " 4
If your breath is bad
If your eyes are dull
If your head feels heavy
If you have heart-burn.
If you are troubled with belching
If you have indigestion ,
If your food does not assimilate
If youWe too thin ' !,.-"
If your complexion is bad
; Your stomach, liver and bowels
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Clears the Complexion.
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laxative for women and children as it
is mild and pleasant, and does not gripe
or sicken. '
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food so you will get the fall benefit of
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