THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING; FEBRUARY 8, 1910.
MEETTOPRAISE
AND ADVERTISE
as to residences. The same .Is true 'of
other, cities. . ,pf course, a part of this
came about by reason of the let-up of
the financial stringency, ' buf not all
of it can be explained this way, as the
ratio of Increase was larger In thrf case
of brick houses than of those built of
other material. ' . - .
The contractors say 'the fashion In
brick construction is changing. Here
tofore It hss been the custom for walls
to be made of brick of uniform slxe
aifd color,, with the smallest possible
the purpose of protecting the train
growers against the high' handed meth
ods at the large grain elevator concerns,
which have formed a trust Inimical' to
the interests of the grain .growers. For
the two days of the convention an In
teresting program has been prepared
and many matters of the greatest In
terest to the farmers and grain dealers
will be discussed by competent and ex
perienced men, - -
Kdltor Gather In New Orleans,
. New Orleans. La., Feb. S. Every ar
riving train today brought its quota ef
delegates, ami visitors , to the annual
convention of the National Editorial as
sociation, which is to begin Its sessions
In New Orleans tomorrow., The conven
tion this year will be In the-nature of a
sliver Jubilee celebration, as It waa Just
26 years ago that. the association was
first organised at a meeting In this city.
Pendleton Is YWlor,
(ftperlal IXtpltrti o th Jmirtu)
"Pendli ton, Or.. Feb. By 40 t i
Walla Walla Sunday night th !
ton bowling team won the lt ami i t
deciding game In a rls of lUu be
tween the two cities.
'Did you cut The Journal picture cou
pon from Monday's Journal? It ap
peared On page 2.
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mortar Joints. Now the tendency in the
finer types of buildings is to have the
bricks of Irregular sizes and shapes. A
western house was built recently so
that by the difference in the color of
the brick a beautiful tree was portrayed
In one of the walls, whtls la another an
old-time court; scene was represented.
If this becomes a'unlversal fashion the
houses of the future may huve as much
art on the outside as on Hie inside.
'. Tomorrow Moving Pictures. . .. ,
Five Conventions in the Inter
est of Clay Workers in Ses
sion - Brickmakers Find
Need of Publicity. V.
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.IS j .Frederic J. llaskln. :
Washington, Feb.; Pittsburg- 'will
, ; live rivs convention this week, all of
i which Will be In Hit Interest of th man
; Ufaeturs of clajr product. 1 Tlis National
i Brick Manufacturers' association will
meet li Its twenty-fourth annual con
( ventlon; the National Clay Machlne-mak.
, era',, asportation will hold It seventeenth
' annual meeting; the American Ceramic
" society will come " together for Ita
" twelfth annual session; the National
Paving Brick Manufacturers will gather
' ror their mth .annual conference, and
, the National Clay Products association,
, the latest recruit to organized activities,
win meet in Us second annual couven
' . Hon. . Between - the five, organisations.
which maintain fraternal relations, Uttla
will be left uncovered In the clay manu
facturlng world.' Every phase of, the
- SUDjectwlH be discussed. :
. - Must Advertise Brick.' .'
First and foremost in .the minds of
, the brickmakers Is the problem of keep
ing brick- In the foreground of publio
' favor. The growing popularity of con
crete has been exerting an adverse Influ
ence on trie demand for brick, and the
( use of asphalt and wood paving, blocks
for atreet paving faas been no less hurt
full to the brick business. . 80 serious
has the situation become that the brick-
makers were forced to adopt a campaign
of publicity In favor of brick; nor have
they let It Test there they are using
their publicity against concrete.:
The trade Journals of the clay Indus
try are bold la. their fight against oon-
. Crete. When a concrete, bridge col
lapses, as happened at Peoria, 111., some
months ago, pictures of the collapse are
, published, nsvlth such Inscriptions as
' Sacred to th memory of defective con
crete," : When the wall of a house In
course of construction falls and kills
someone, as happened In Washington a
j ear or so ago. Illustrations of the dam
aged house are shown, under such In
scriptions as "Stained with human
blood,? When sewer gaa destroys a sec-
lion 01 concrete sewer, as happened In
, a Wisconsin town,' the camera tells the
tale of "The Failure of Concrete In
Sewer Construction." When a piece' of
asphalt pavement gives out for ope rea--son
or another, pictures of "The Short
comings of Asphalt" are used In the
trade papers. Wlien a Baltimore fire or
a San Francisco earthquake makes .a
record against concrete construction, the
. brickmaker wrltes a story of -the in
, efficiency of concrete and perpetrates
a pun by . heading It "Some Concrete
Facts." , -. ' - , .
And on the Other KsaO.
But not all of the campaign' is devoted
to attacking other building materials;
. a prdper effort belli made to oremote
-'is brick.; When the new brick automobile
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"Falu?tto Trio," composed of Raphael Gelsler ' and , Francia Curtla of
"! Portand and Alexander Martla Of ..Klamath Falls, who appear with
the University of Oregon Glee club at Bungalow theatre Saturday
. night. ' " . ' ' ' .
feet at the top. It Is connected with the
furnaces by -a tunnel 1800 feet long.
The bricks were made especially for It
If they had been common bricks nearly
6,000,000 would have been required. The
weight of the chimney Is' equivalent to
mat or a battleship like the Virginia.
How Railroads Tlew Brick.
urn 01 me most interesting cases
that has come before the Interstate.com
merce commission In recent. yesrs was
brought there by the brick manufactur
ers of Cleveland, Ohio. The railroads
made one rate for one kind of brick
and another rate for another. kind. The
brick manufacturers - claimed that 1
brick Is a brick, when it goes to rate
making, and that It costs no more to
haul a vitrified or a pressed brick, than
it aoes to transport one of the common
everyaay variety. Tne railroads an
swered that their rates were made in
accordance with the value of the thing
nauiea, ana .mat the tariff on high
priced brick was really lower in oronor
tion than the rate on common kind. The
interstate r commerce commission could
not see how It cost more to haul one
Kind man another, so It decided in favor
of the brick manufacturers. The 're
sult will be the saving of 4 cents a 100
pounds , on , the shipment of brick from
Cleveland to New York. '
' " First Brick la 1618.
The annual output? of common brick
in the United States amounts approxi
mately to 10,000,000,000. In addition to
these there are, made 600,000,000 'front
I tracjc at' Indianapolis was opened, many j prion, nuo.ooo.eue vanned paving brick
! pictures of .If were Tubl!aned in thVn4 others In proportion. The total
hoisting I
trade journals, with the comment that
though the drivers were benumbed by
cold, the track had proved itself the
fastest In the world. Pictures of brick
1 castles that were built hundreds of
years ago are published to show the
durability of brick. Prlxes were offered
for well designed brick houses, 'and' a
book of these designs has now been
published. Every brickmaker is urged
to send a book of these designs to the
prospective builder in the hojie that heJ
win decide that ,hls building material
shall-be brick. The claim la made that
a house costing $10,000 as a frame house
will cost 110.750 If made of concrete
and 11.000 If built with brick.
The waning popularity of brick for
construction purposes Is attributed by
me oncKmaaer more to the high wages
demanded by the bricklayer than to any
other cause. An effort Is being mads
10 evive pian wnicn wm eliminate
the hod carriers, and It Is said that this
ancient and honorable on 'of toil will
soon nave nia place taken by
machine and fountain trowel.
Oeramlo Boieaoe.
T W.American Ceramic society Is the
broadest nreanlcuHnn h .. .ki.L
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wllr meet in Pittsburg.. The average 1
person thinks that ceramics la the scl-
cute i cuina painting ana ornamental
pottery, and , he Is warranted In this
conclusion because , everywhere that
fashionable society Is to be found one
encounters a Keramlo klub, made, up of
iiiina pamiera ana admirers Of hand
painted and. ornamented ware." But the
American yeraimc society protests
ngainsi mis nmjiea use or the word,
and asserts that Instead of being merely
the unusefut science of fancy china and
pottery, ceramics Includes, the making
vi - an . ivinua w wire irom silicates.
Whether it be an ugly brick worth less
than a single penny, a beautiful terra
coua aesign worth hundreds of dollars,
or a magnificent vase worth thousands,
inejr are au.proaucea through the bcI
ence of ceramics -A .: i
inis society tninks there Is not
enough research going on for the up
building of its science, - It believes there
Is yet many opportunities for profitable
research, and is aiming to stimulate such
in.TesuEuons as promise to: Increase
xne useruiness or ceramics. Foe
tlons the trade secret was guarded care-
juuy, pui unaer the labors of the Ameri
can Ceramlo society the barrier to prog.
ress mat resulted f rom1 the guarding
vi iu Bocreis nas oeen Droken down,
and now the : whole ceramic world de
pends upon -universal up-to-date meth
ods rather than Individual secrecy to
keep It abreast the tide ,ff competition.
f-H:' '&.. ' toads , 4a . Books. ;?(. :'-n .
t-0n?Jsomet,me reads of the finding of
, toads encasedrtin solid stone. ; It is a
mystery how-they got there, and more
particularly how they managed to. re
sist the tremendous pressure to which
they were subjected. - A remackable ex
periment of this kind, was made recently
at a brick machine plant at Bucyrus.
Ohio. At the lnstaneeAof a society nt
physical research, a toad, was encased
,in a piece o ; clayiihlch was placed
in a brick-making, machine, and sub
jected to the remarkable pressure of
,11.000 pounds to the square Inch, .When
the brick' was taken out and opened It
Twas found' that his toadshlp' waa sflll
..very1 much alive and hone the worse for
the tremendous squeezing. He was able
immediately thereafter-to pose for his
photograph, sitting contentedly on top
of the brick In which he had been en
cased. What was it that enabled him
;to resist such' a' pressure?
Ziargest Chimney la World.- v '
The largest chimney In the World is
, made of : brick. It stands at Great
Fells, ilont.,' and was built tar a big
smelting company. - It. la 608 feet hlgh
as high as the windows of the Washing
ton, monument For the first Si feet
the chimney is octagonal m shape ajnd
thereafter circular." Its inside diameter
is 76 feet? at the base, tapering to 60
total
clay products made in the United States
each year are worth about 1160.000,000,
f which $30,000,000 represent pottery
values. The rirst bricks ever made In
the United States were burned In a Vir
ginia kiln In Hit, and some of these
are still in use. Before this time all
such building ' material was Imported
from England, and. f here are dosens of
Old houses still, standing that have Im
ported brick in them., ri ? J . . ..-. :,
The geological ' survey has made 'a
careful test of all. the bulldlna- ma
terials now In use in the United States,
and has decided that no other material
has the fire resisting qualities of brick.
In Europe a vastly,, larger proportion
of buildings . are of .brick than in the '
United States, and all . building laws
there are extremely stringent ; The re
sult U that while in the United States
the annual fire tax amounts to about
$2.60 per capita, in Europe It la. held
down to JS cents per capita. , Emperor
William owns a pottery which nets him
$60,000 a year, and many of the German
buildings are decorated with terra cotta
pieces from his plant Ha himself has
some 40 homes hunting lodges and es
tates, and Is a great believer In brick
as a building material.
Advertising rays. ,
Statistics show that brick publicity
la beginning Vo pay. In New Tork
there were approximately one-fourth
more brick houses built last year than
the year before, and the value repre
sented by them increased in like ratio.
This applies to flat buildings as .well ,
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TASTE FOR SWEETS . 1
CAUSES BOY'S DEATH
Day ton., Wash., Feb. ".Childish curl
oslty, coupled with a taste' for sweets,
caused the death, of Robbie Thorpe, the
2-year-old . son of James Thorpe, ; a
prominent Turner rancher. ' While the
Infant's mother was at work in an ad
joining room, .the child came upon- a
bottle of laudanum and drank the sweet
contents. He went Into his mother's
bodroom and his mother heard the fall
of a body and ruahlnar 1 Into the room
found the boy lying on the floor. Mrs.
Thorpe could not awaken him and she
sent for help. f,-
The child was beyond help when the
physician arrived, from - Dayton. The
poisonous ' draught was taken at '
o'clock and the chad died at' the next
morning. . : ,
"Blind Man Eloquent" 83 Years Old.
Bellefontalne, O.. Feb. . Judge Wil
liam H. West popularly known as the
fblind man eloquent," was 86 years old
today. Judge West formerly was one
of the best known publio men of Ohio.
He wrote the first Republican editorial
ever published in turn state, and served
in the legislature,' as attorney general
and on the bench, -He is best remem
bered by the country at large for his
eloquent speech placing Blaine's name
before the Republican national conven-t
ion In 11S4. ' He ra the only surviving f
member of the Ohio delegation which j
supported Abraham Lincoln . for presi
dent , .
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South Dakota Grain Men Meet. '
Sioux Falls, 8. D., Feb. . Grain men
from all parts -of th state are In at
tendance at the third annual conven
Hon of the Farmers' Grain Dealers ss-
soclatlon of South Dakota, which opened
here today for a two days' session. Some
of the. members of the organisation
came from other states, as distant as
Minnesota and Iowa. The association
s strictly a farmers' affair, formed for (
mm
Do tou couch so hard that, seemincrlr. you are tearing Your throat and
lungs to pieces? Have you shortness of breath, and rattling and wheezing
mtnecnestr a axe care i uet jjr. uuu a tjouga
Syrup at once, before too late. . It will cure the
cough and soothe the racked throat and lungs.
Dr. Bull's
v Cough Syrup
' Mrs. Catherine Blanck, I2t E. th St ; Flat 1 Cincinnati, O.
states: I caught cold which settled in my chest, and also
threatened my lung and caused me to cough very much,
ete. By taking Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup I was assured of a
good restful nlcht: and, three bottles of the Syrup cured
me of a very troublesome cough and cold."
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This sale is unsurpassed for GREAT BARGAINS. Our regular LOW
RENT PRICES are as low as the usual clearance and nimmage sale
pricejJ elsewhere. RED TA(j SALE PRICES are further cuts on these
LOW RENT PRICES, offering values never before equaled.
DRESSER Solid golden ash, 4
drawers, two top drawers, ser
pentine shape, oval beveled,
French-plate mirror. Regular
low rent price $14. RED(Q ft A
TAG SALE PRICE... 90311
. TRIAL BOTTLE FREB.
' To convince you that Dr. Bull's Cough Bymp will cure
eoughs and colds we will send at onoe a trial bottle,
tf .til .. fnm I. . 41.1m U nA
IQQ, H f vu mil , mviui I, ,uu iiioiim.il .hid mn7i.
A.. C METEK b CO. CALTIMUKEi MD,
Don't Talc as Sobatltutei It Is foolish and dangerous
to experiment when you can get a pleasant, prompt and positive
remedy like Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, Price, 250. too. and 11.00
arDr. Bull's CousTH Srrun cask b atl-rem wltK pesfe)c mmMr
to tsaei aroiaBat claild witla full eofldtsee of tfood roaulta.
BUFFET Quarter-sawed oak,
long .beveled French-plate mir
ror, 2 silver drawers, large linen
drawer, 2 cabinets, handsome de
sign, hand-polished, Regular
low rent price $23.75. RED
TAG SALE 44 0 rjr
PRICE rJIO.lJ)
DINING TABLE- inch solid
quarter-sawed oak top, solid ped
estal, 6-foot extension; rare val
ue. Regular low rent price
$16.75. RED TAG gA ft A
sale price .... . .. J
ROCKERWell made and very
comfortable, polished solid quarter-sawed
oak,. beautiful design,.
saddle seat. Regular low rent
price $7.00 RED
TAG SALE PRICE ,
4.75.
Red Tag Bargains All Over the Store
Don't Miss Them
Special Prices for
a Few Days
FULL SET, that fits $5.00
GOLD CROWN, 22k $3.50 " Q
BRIDGE TEETH, 22k. i . . . . ... .$3.50
GOLD FILLINGS : $1.00
SILVER FILLINGS 50
BRIDGE WORK
Which works perfectly and chews your food
well as the natural teeth. " A well-made bridge
v is orte of the greatest blessings it is possible for
. a skilled dentist to provide his patient."' A well
placed bridge lasts a lifetime and never causes
annoyance of any kind. Call and have us give
your teeth a free examination and get our esti
mate on' your dental work.' If you are nervous
or have heart trouble, the Electro Painless
tern will do the work when others fail,
work warranted for ten years. '
as ;
. Electro Painless Dentists
v 303Ji Washington St., Corner Fifth-
Across From the Perkins HoteL Office Open Evenings and Sundays. Lady Assistant ik, Attendance.
.BISLlBraiaitWr
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and the I
Great Northwest '
t or Backachej Kheumatism, Kidney and Bladder Disorders. Do not risk
havinsr Bricht's Disease and Diabetes:- Commence today and- be welL
aalOmore Omi Co. ISl.Tbfrd strast.
The management of the Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. and Southern Pacific Co. (Ore
gon Lines) takes great pleasure in announcing that the low rates from eastern cities, which
have done so much in past seasons to stimulate travel to and settlement in Oregon, will pre
vail again this spring DAILY from March 1 to April 15, inclusive.
People off Oregon
The railroads. have done their part; now it's up to you. The colonist rate is the great-
est of all homebuilders. Do all yoii can to let eastern people know about it. and encourage
' them to come. here, where land is cheap and homebuilding easy and attractive. -
FARES CAN BE PREPAID at home if desired. Any agent of the roads named is au'-
thorized to receive the required deposit and telegraph ticket to any point in the east. ' " '
' REMEMBER THE RATES From Chicago $33, from St. Louis $32, from Omaha'
; and Kansas City $25. This reduction is proportionate from all'.other cities. . -, .
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WM. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agentportland, Or.
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