' Cr 2 i 1 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, : PORTLAND, , SUNDAY .MORNING. NOVEMBER. 18, 1913. PERTINENT HINTSTTOlHGiyiEBUILDERS' WORK OF REMODELING LUMBERMENS BAN K HAS BEEN FULLY COMPLETED BUILDING OPEHS ON PROPER DIMENSIONS OF ROOMS -XT MUCH FL UCMIN IS NOTED THIS SEASON i i j vj - ' I i H 1 -.sMwv' i 1 1 ir 1 - 5 ill idiifef?ftei mi ftiilfthfrfrtiititfKiiiiu niirnrf-TTii'iiii(i finnmri mit'iffiiflmi m rn" Aumi ''"JTlSi Top Line of eagea 100 feet long In Lumbermen National bank. Bottom Lobby of Lumbermena Trust & Savings bank. 7 ' p- TM uuituiauon or in iigniiny xix- nm tut ween compieiea in romoaei-f&ar-of th quarters of th Lumber men National Bank and the Lumber- fmens Trust Jb Bavlngrg Bank at the , northwest oorner of Fifth and Stark , treat. Tha work haa been under way i ainc early lummer and tha banking i buslneei was carried on almultaneoue tlr whlla tha carpenters and marble outtara war employed. Tha twa Institution now occupy al Kmoat tha entire lower floor of tha 3Lambermen 1 building;. Tha entrance to 5tha National Bank remain where H ganas on Fifth street and an additional entrance ha been provided for the Lumbermen Trust & Savings Bank from tha publlo lobby of the building. In expanding the quarter of thee financial institutions, the original treat ment was preserved, the finish being In ttcyroa marble and mahogany. The demand for more apace was oc casioned by the rapid ' growth ot tha business of the bank. For a time the management considered seeking a new location, but when It was found that additional space could be obtained In the same building. It was determined to remain in the Lumbermena building. The bank now has a line of cages one hundred feet long, forming two sides of a right angle. An officer's station is placed at the angle in the cage Una, the station being In touch with all the cagea. The accounting department of the bank which was formerly on the second floor of tha building, has now been removed to the first floor, direct ly back of the cagea. A room is main tained on the second floor for the board Of directors. The quarters of the Lumbermena Trust & Savings Bank are finished In the same style as the office of the National Bank of which they are a continuation. SYNDICATE INVESTS I IN LOGGED-OFF LAND tLarge Tract In Union County to Be Cleared at Once; - Country Realty Active. , A. syndicate of investors has recently purchased a square mile of logged off I land In Union county, eastern Oregon, ' with a view of at once clearing the I entire tract. A member of the syndi cate wa in Portland last week buying a stump pulling outfit for use on the 'land. It is expected that' 150 acres I will be cleared this winter In time for the plow in the early, spring. The land la located on Cabin creek near La Grande and 1 a part of a 10,000 acre tract which the same syndicate has op tioned and will probably buy. The 800 acre wheat ranch In Uma tilla county known as the Dellwo ranch, was sold last week to Idaho investors.-for a price said to have been In the neighborhood of (40,000. What la said to have been the record price for Umatilla county land was paid last week by Lowell Rogers, a prominent Adams farmer, who bought 160 acres for $134 an acre. This land formerly belonged to an Indian, Nar clssa Lavadore. There was spirited bidding for the tract, as many as a half a dozen people submitting bids ranging from $106 up to the purchase price. The land was originally ap praised at $105 an acre. Eagles " Are Growing. Marshfleld, Or., Nov. 16. The Marsh field Order of. Eagles, at its last meet ing, initiated 40 new members. This addition makes the lodge One of the largest of any kind In the county. Fol lowing the initiation a banquet was served to the members and a number of Invited guests. The Eagles have their own building in this city and have plaftned for further Improvement of the structure. DAMAGES TO AMOUNT TO NEARLY $360,000 According to a report ' Tiled -with tha commissioner of publlo works by C. F. Fisher, damages to property for widening East Burnslde street from the river to East Thirty-Seventh street will aggregate nearly $360,000. In widening the street It will be neces sary to appropriate 146,227 square feet of the abutting lots.' No assess ments or estimates of the benefits have been made, but it is expected that the bill of damages will be greatly re duced when this feature of the work la completed. IMPROVED ASSESSMENT METHODS NEEDED BLOCK" I 0 Z30OCKOund 2300 6aoyNO a .2 ED-R.EEO 4 C,H.FUCHS & B DUDLEY I400U,0 v4400 IMP"" !.'. y,y. . 6 iC !Wowo CENTRAL TRUSTC0 ' ' (t $1400 . V 6 ' 9 MUkAD V cJ-E JONELS , V" v l-00 Si3U . . "3foOO IMP $l850aww6. E.r. PETERSON 6CIKD I ... ..-.....juv--- . -i . - - BLOCK 2 Fl m 5 V7 M. WINTER r t J ' -."Si''-'- ' E.KASEE ANMIE GRAHAM9 $ZOOO IMP. COTRALTOST CO R;HK 8 -rP7rT """" 4 Toao mp. 0 in ' "-v '. . E...MAft,XBT 5J : ;lt aaseinnent of enbdivlBlons of blockg i" and 2 la Colonial Heights, adjoining Ladd'a addition on the . east The plat shows- Hawthorne avenue frontage, having a depth of 60 feet; assessed at 123 .VfoQi.'' I Inside Jots are assessed at $1400 and $1500, which is abotot 60 to 5 per cent of the market Value " ;' of tha nronMr. ; :.' - . v . . Both Madier and Later Por tions Gains and Losses Al ternate, Characterizing tha building operations of tha country for the JO months of tha year ending November as shown by the monthly reports from the leading cities, are the frequent fluctuatlona, As an example of this the figures for August compared With August one year ago, were distinctly unfavorable; but September came forward with a com fortable lncreuse over the same month last year. In October, the pendulum swung back to the unfavorable aide. In the earlier, months of tha year the same alternating between gains and losses was noted. Reports for October to tha American Contractor of Chicago, from B6 leading cities, representing every section of the country, show a decrease of 14 per cent compared with October, 1912. with the exceptions of Pittsburg and Kansas City, the larger cities of the country showed losses, while a majority of the cities below 200,000 in , population re ported increases. Some Increases Voted. Among the notable increases were Al bany, 114 per cent; Cedar Rapids, 135 per cent; Chattanooga, 65; Columbu Ohio, 72; Dallas, 89; Kansas City, 72; Peoria, 82; Pittsburg, 71; Toledo, 115, The total for the month from 88 cities was $46,004,118, as compared with $62, 167,800 for October, 1912. Twenty-three cities show gains , and S3 losses. The tabulation for the 10 months ending with October also makes an unfavorable showing compared with the construction work of last year. Comparisons in detail are as follows: Comparison for Month. October, 1913. 468,485 781.965 888.340 697,608 1,847,000 496,000 89,470 $.314,100 581,345 1.979,075 690,005 Akron Albany ...... Atlanta .... Baltimore .. Buffalo ..... Cedar Rapids Chattanooga Chicago ..... Cincinnati ... Cleveland ... Columbus ... Dallas Dayton Denver Duluth Fort Wayne .... Grand Raolds . . Hartford Indianapolis ... Kansas city .... Lincoln Los Antrelea ... Louisville Manchester . ... Memphis ....... Milwaukee ...... Minneapolis .... Nashville Newark New Haven .... New Orleans New York- Manhattan Brooklyn ........ Bronx Total Omaha Paterson Peoria Philadelphia ... Pittsburg ....... Portland ....... Richmond ...... Rochester St Joseph St. Paul 8t. Louis Salt Lake City .. Ban Francisco .. Scranton Shreveport ..... Spokane ......... Springfield Toledo Topeka ......... Washington .... Wllkes-Barra ... Worcester 619.435 252.225 241.703 212.463 165.385 267,863 608.605 -?a.e4- 1,640.708 89,037 1,701,650 882,580 149,02a 196,990 1.110,123 1.240,950 73.498 876,630 214,785 208,750 2.999.843 2,653,080 907,897 8,457,820 294,025 172,605 291,909 2.716,860 L862.387 784,240 147,060 735,403 61,128 804,262 820,073 171,795 1,118,280 102,261 84.485 140.S40 110,015 868,165 51,695 860.932 206,687 494.044 October, 1913. I 490,846 S65.675 1,116,667 1.019.554 1.676,000 211.000 67,840 8.745,600 798,625 1,916,260 841,983 274.875 196.650 450.510 178,785 227,415 818,09 422,865 T6T.445 893,835 74.525 J.677,780 684,010 638,789 760,891 1,189,766 1.117,380 66,518 773,748 399,466 187.632 8.221,485 3,879,847 2.460,189 9,061,621 225.865 169,587 161.875 8.644,225 797,999 1,036.885 426,620 916.121 112,325 869.946 1,454,125 209,476 1,722,860 . 126.218 163,613 163,613 78.815 404,658 76,267 803,123 281.104 739.509 Totals 345 792.406 $63,204,686 Ten Months Are Compared. Akron ....... Atlanta Baltimore .... Buffalo , Cedar Rapids. Chicago , Cincinnati .... Cleveland Columbus .... Dallas Dayton uuiuth , Fort Wayne ., Orand Rapids. Hartford . . . . . Indianapolis . Kansas City . , Lincoln Los Angeles . . Louisville ... Manchester .. Memphis ..... Milwaukee . . , Minneapolis . Nashville Jan. 1 to Nov. 1. 1913. 4.750,465 4,616.039 7.966.223 11,245.380 2,676,000 77,069,800 7.498,697 10,627.740 4.677,080 7,461,015 4.942,234 3,737,481 1,943,097 8,743,011 6,883,600 8,280,793 9,170,795 1.484.892 28,284.813 8,731,450 1,408,890 3.825,761 11,265,006 10,888,300 1.636,078 Newark 12,682.782 New Haven .. 8,175,356 New Orleans . 3. 746,411 New York- Manhattan ... 65.949.678 Brooklyn 29,167,618 Bronx 20.143.021 Total Omaha Paterson Philadelphia .. Pittsburg Portland Richmond .... Rochester .... St. Joseph .... St Paul St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco. Sr-ranton Shreveport ... Spoknn Springfield ... Toledo Toveka wnshlnurtoii .. Wilkes-Barre . Worcester .... 115.250,313 3,692.668 1.185,646 85,384,850 13.854,983 12.307,180 8.184,088 8.267,864 721.603 8.088,355 13.496,236 1.774.185 17,937,939 1,052.736 . 1,068,271 '.8,287,000 " bJoHS? ' 776,604 T.SK5.711 1,656,890 4.261,970 Jan. 1 to Nov. 1. 1912. t 4,147.862 7.826,804 6.838.899 11.797,000 1,832,600 76,550.900 8.088,876 14.481,836 4,269,843 4,402,515 8,007,763 4.009,345 2.423,630 2,091.771 4,462,711 7,923,217 9.881,313 935,110 J6.499.592 6,161,220 2,580,720 6,199.286 18.002,984 10,568,600 1,005,466 9.762,267 4.212,853 8.175,235 103.776.318 85,469,684 81,303,845 170,649.847 4,054.511 1.797.019 82.694.865 9,927.914 13,904,831 5.638,082 10,517,361 961,884 6,746,741 17.988,007 3.052.638 20,337.605 1,118.478 1,354,483 2.020,022 1,115.271 ' 4,909,048 857,159 20.483.383 2,188i817 5,694,679 lrvr: .?.m .-Softs' '.lWs fr'V hit v? ' - ' ; T 'r -r' i ' if 1 - -. J ,1 t " BSBBSllaSBaBSBBllliaiBlSBB hmmwi fl ,!!!)SJj j1 iJ mr 1 MaV Exterior and interior arrangement of ideal residence. By Arthur C. Clausen. Few people can judge distance by floor plana or by printed dimensions. and the proper dimensions of rooms Is always a difficult problem to the average home builder. Whlla It seems improbabla at first glance, rooms hav ing the same dlmepaeens do not always appear to be of the same size. Take tf)f example a small living room, 11 feet wide by 16 feet long. Place one window In the side, one window In eaoh end and one sliding door not over four feet wide connecting it to the hall; a room of these dimensions would ap pear too small for living room pur poses, even though it had plenty of wall apace for piano, couch, bookcases, easy chalrr ate . Take a room of the same dimensions and extend a bay window seat from the broad side containing three large win dows, and connect it with the reception hall by an opening ten or 12 feet wide, with or without columns, and the room, while, having actually less wall space and no more floor space for living room furniture, would appear to be much larger in size. Effect Of Distance. The effect of distance is a very Im portant thing to be considered when planning a home. By placing large openings between the dining room and the hall, or the dining room and the living room, as the case may be, and between the living room and the hall, so that upon entering a home one sees practically all of . it from the rront entrance, except the kitchen, a sin all homa with room a of small dimensions appears to be much larger than it really is, especially wnen Day winaows nave been added. When bay windows do not contain seats they actually do add to the floor space. When rooms are openly connected. eenectallv when this has been done to rive a small room the effect or ais tance. It is best to decorate the walls and ceilings the same. One room then has more of the appearance ef being a continuation of the other rooms. Thore are some rooms that depend as much upon the arrangements made for furniture as they do upon their dimensions for the appearance or sue, Frequently a bed placed in a certain JENN1NG BACK FROM HIS COUNTRY ESTATE Furniture Man Ardent Booster For Southern Oregon Section, Total 8532.800.859 $696,852,682 Portland's Showing Extraordinary. Portland's total for the month of October of nearly $800,000 is extraor dinary, when it is taken Into considera tion that the building operations of this city for nearly 10 years have sur passed Jhose of any other American city in the .250,000 population clans. "CLASS A" BUILDING NOW CONTEMPLATED A. "fMaaa AM HAVATI HfOrv hllllAtnfl '.A cover a , quarter blflclc In tha down town district is contemplated. The structure will contain not less than 125 two. three and four room apartments and will have for the convenience of the tenants, ball rooms, billiard rooms, servants' quarters, Turkish baths; "swimmings tanK and all the latest conveniences. The building Is estimated to coat approximately $210, 000 ana wm oe xmancea. by eastern capital. The representative of the owners Is here' and has retained a lo cal architect to get up tha design and working drawings of ' the projected structure. Tha location Is withheld for the present, - - Henry Jennlng, senior member of Jenning A Sons, furniture dealers of this city, has returned to Portland from his fine country estate near Ashland, southern Oregon. Mr. Jen nlng comes back mere than ever a booster for tha Rogue River valley, Its wonderful climate and remarkably productive soil. His place Is one of the finest fruit ranches -in Jackson county from which he took , an aver age of 1000 boxes to the acre this season. Peaches and cherries are the prize orops on the Jenning place. Mr. Jenning Is building a very handsome country mansion bn his places the house being less than a mile from the 8. P. depot at Ashland. ART AND BRILLIANCY Coma to every residence where our lighting Fixtures Reading Lamps and Fire place Appliances are installed. , It win b td youf interest to -T consult us. M. J. Walsh Co. 11 BTAUX BTBSXri Beta Phones. Everything Bleotrloal Installed. position will make the chamber appear much smaller than If it were placed In another position. In one position the bed would cut the room up into pass ageways, while In another position it would combine all of the space not act ually needed for the bed in one place. Also in the bathroom, the actual size needed depends a great deal upon the arrangement of the fixtures. Kitchen Arrangements. In the kitchen the arrangement of tha wall spaces Is everything. Borne kitchens not more than 9x9 feet are mora conveniently arranged and have more In them than others of far great er dimensions. One of thsT highest praised kitchens ever planned by tha writer waa for a flat building (in which there are 12 of them), and tha ale was only 74 feet wide by 12 feet long. A kitchen of this size would, of course, be too small for two persons to work In at the same time conren iently, but this was not contemplated, for in this instance there was no pro vision made for servants. When a kitchen is used as a dining room for tha morning meal it should be even larger than the regular dining room. While rooms can be any size that the size of the house, and incidentally the sice of the pocketbook, permit, and while It must be admitted that the larger tha rooms are up to a certain limit the better, the writer will give what. In his opinion, is the smallest practical size for each room, with the rooms in each Instance correctly planned as to looatlon of doors and windows, so as to leave proper wall spaces for all wall furniture which they would contain. . lsa of Booms Suggested. Vestibule, minimum size, four feet by five feet; reception hall, lowest min imum, five feet, minimum advised not less than seven feet; dining room, 10 feot by It feet; or 11 feet by 11 feet with either size a bay window for additional floor space Is recommended; parlor, 10' feet by 10 feet; living room, 11 feet by 16 feet, with wide opening connecting to adpolning rooms and hall, bay window recommended to Increase size In appearance; kitchen, eight feet by 10 feet, or nine feet by nine feet or seven and one-half by 12 feet; den, six feet by eight feet, but seven feet by 10 feet recommended, as lowest mini mum, since this size permits placing a davenport in the den, which on occa sions can be used as an extra bed; bed room, family chamber, lowest minimum, 11 feet by 12 feet, provided that all wall spaces are properly arranged; In dividual chamber, nine feet by 11 feet; servant's chamber, seven feet by 10 feet; bathroom, six feet by eight feet, or five feet by 10 feet, according to arrangement of fixtures; closets can be very small when necessary to bene fit tha rooms, but should not be less tnan 18 Inches deep. Most closets are too small, and when bedrooms are con veniently planned, with proper wall spaces, it Is usually advisable to re duce the dimensions a little in favor of the closets. The above sizes are, of coarse, the minimum. Larger 6lzes are in each in stance advised when means will permit. BUILDERS' AND FINISHERS' DIRECTORY CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS I WANT your alteration, snd retwlr work. OaU np Old Pet. WUer. T.boc 1027. CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS HOKACH D. JONES JR. I build ANxmiNu rnuu scaitBW doors TO A HOTEL. TABOR 1T4. FIRE INSURANCE LKT OWEN BUMMER writ your fire .nntnee. 833 Morgan bldg. Main 8429. rCRNITURB repaired, repoUabed. npbolatmd, Ht claaa work. Call for prlr . Mala WO. GENERAL INSURANCE MeCARQAB, Batea at Lirelr. 801 Taos bldg. Rvtry form of lnauranr. bondi. GLASS AND OLAZIMO rialMH, CRESS CO., 164-188 ltd St. froaapt awrlc. Ring Main or A-2023. IRON WORKS PACIl'lO 1LON WORKS All Architectural Iroa Cu tings. Beama, Angles, ' Channels. Ul DSC AT E PARPEN III O BBTTKR UodacapM and fenaral garaaajaai SWISS FLORAL CO. ORNAMENTAL WIRE AND IRON PORTLAND' WIRB ANDTlRON WORKS, 2Tm t. Architectural wire Td Iron. PAINT, OIL AND GLASS HASMUSSKN at CO., ' Hlfb Standard" Mlat. N. E. corner Zd and Taylor, M.-A.-1T71. PION EKtt PAINT CO, lb lat SU Mala 184. A.-TU4S. PAINTING AND PAPERING PAINTINU, papering, tinting; price, right; Heater St Prwmau. liar. 2188, BeU. 1X03, Bell. 2188. 848 Klrat. GOOD work tnr motto. A. Oabourn. Siwclal rataa for notela. K. 4214; E. 8002. JOHN BLIR4 beat work In painting and pa- perlog. M. 1872, A-222g. liiO 11th at. PLVMB1NO AND PLUMBING SOPPLDU I5TA.RK. DAVIS CO. I Vf d OVM- - ItCTAlk PLUMBERS 26 SALMON OT BATH TUBS, links. UTatoriea, unoary traye. pipe, pipe fit 1 1 n g a, contracting, lobbtuf. Pbona UaU 787. BATHS, tulluu, uaaius, boilers, pip., ctnacat contractus, jobbing. M. B2UT 887 lit at, SHEET METAL WORKS! JACOB LOSL1. ibeet metal works, betal, rae tauraat work rooting-, cnerat loobinc. Mate 1424. (10 Ftrat. nrt. Columbia ana vutf at.. WINDOW OXsVNXNS BXPEKT WINDOW CLEANERS A-4783, Mala 0827. 20 Henry bldg. WALL PAPER MORGAN WALL PAPER CO. 230 8d St, be tween Salmon and Main. Are you going to be thankful tor having determined to get into your own home? Why not give your family a chance? Why not give YOURSELF a chance? Before Thanksgiving you can know that your rent receipts will be 'issued by your self to you for the payment of your own home. . Learn of this plan In a few brief words. Learr of the guaranty that assures you of the materials and workmanship. And above all learn of the men back of this guaranty arid back of the organiza tion then you'll have, real reasons for a truly ''Thanksgiving." i : , ' , -TheQregon : 1405 YE6'N, building, fifth and alder 0. K. Jeffery. Pres.. C B. Hurtt, Mgr. ,