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Newspaper Page Texta SECTION THREE J TWELVE PAGES . .MARKETS. FINANCE . 1 - . LR1NE REAL. ' ESTATE, BUILDING , PORTLAND, 1 OREGON, - SUNDA Y MORNING. ' AUGUST 1; 1920. a 1 m. mm m m - f t k u m m m m : - - t tf r u. "vi " -v . 1 v m w w m m 1 m -t a 1 - 1MIM NAMED COUNTY REALTY MEN MEET; PLANS TO BE PERFECTED Prominent Dler? p Attend, Ban- quetj Ctarke: -County , Will : Have Organization Started. : NEPPACH BUILDIN6 SOLD FOR $90,000: - BUNGALOW HOMES' FIND READY MARKET 1 i .vn::;:. III. .- x..M-::,.:-..xt:,.,Tl'', - .. . I 1! -!?" 4-- . t t V , .J' ""(o. ., i 4c T0REV1SECITYS BUILDING CODE A ' - - ! .! Jesse A. Curry Made Chairman h 1 of Board Delegated to Under- . if Stake Important Civic. Task. i 1 - - ' . -; Portland's building code is to be revised; The work of rqplsion has been delegated t a committee ap pointed by President H. B. Van Duzer of, the Chamber of Commerce at the request of Alayor George ; L.- .'iJakor.'" Tb committee Is headed by iJeese A. Curry, and other members , lire Tohn T. Dalyj E.'tt. Sensenlch, . JPeorge Mason, Carl Stebinger, Rob rt L. Kan kin. Roy T. Bishop, H. C. Huntington, Coe A. McKenna, T. II VIlHams and II. A. Whitney.- ; Aceordlng to Van Cuzer and other y members of the Chamber of Commerce, V. . It-,! J m ty . a 1 many Important details with the codes . Koverninr building construction In other Cities. Requirements of the local code added $25,000 to the cost of structural steel used in the new Montgomery Ward building Hearing completion at Guild's Jake, compered to the cost of a: similar structure In Kansas City, Chicago or a number of other eastern cities. JpaESEJTT CODE EIOID ' I !The American Can company . was obliged to make many modifications' to Its specifications for a million dollar " jpfunt in Portland, though Identical spe- . cificationa had been used in the con struction of 60 .buildings erected by the concern th ma'jor cities of the United States. ' The protest of the American Can company's engineers- was largely re- sponsible for the appointment of - the mayor's committee., ' v: According to Coe A. McKenna, who as chairman of the industrial development committee of 'the Associated Civic clubs has made an exhaustive study , of . the (building codes of various cities, it is im- possible to develop many desirable . in dustries here because of building re strictions. He believes that ! the Port land code should conform with those in effeet in other cities so far; as public safety will permit. fr CAREFUL .STUDY PROMISED ; Commissioner Barbur of the depart ine'nt' ot public works is in, sympathy, with the movement for essential modi fications: of the building rules, and H. E. Plumber, chief of the building de- partment at the city hall, states that certain changes in the present code will - lessen the difficulties fof passing, upon plans and specifications submitted y prospective builders. ' . jy .-. Through the efforts the' Portland Realty board and Ute Chamber f Com merce, concessions already; have been, made by the building department in, the i restrictions -governing the erection. :f.6f dwelling houses. .. The-, effect of, these modifications is reflected in an increas ing number of residence permits. - -. r.; - v Jesse A. Curry, chairman of the com tnittee 'appolnteil from the . Chamberpot Commerce, announced , that .before any ehanee in the buildings code . is recom- p. mended, careful study will be given to the rules in force -in Other ernes, i . , gust2WiUSeeJ; k : Realty Dealers in I High Jinks ohBoat The aggregate mentality of . tHe enter tainment committee of the . Portland vJtealty board is being taxed to -the ut most to . outline" a proper- course" of stunts for the realty dealers excursion on board the good ship Blue Bird, Tues-, day evening. ' The Blue Bird- is a two decked steamboat 210 feet long and 48 tt -arm -pftrrv-1000 s nassen- gers. according, to -FjO. Brockman,; seo- itary of the boara. . : , ... I - j Over 300 tickets have been sold sat : ag.ii fi th round trtn. . The boat will leave the east end of the Mor rison street bridge at s :3.0 p. m.- ana head for the big rlver-i' Daneing, sing ing and general high jinks .will prevail until a late hour. The committee .will distribute 600 balloons atnong; the-passengers. There will also .be eats and Other surprises. ?' Tickets ;,are "on -sale at the office of , the : secretary In he .Ore gon building.-. :;!y " 'i'' "'"i'- v "e f Fraternity. House 'Assuretl Moscow Idaho. . July . 31. Subscrip tions to the fund for building " a home for the Phi Delu Theta'fraternitywent over the top" when A.' Tr.West. owner of the Moscow Telephone' & Telegraph company, gave $500. . .Today, it Is an nounced the -full sumv has . been" sub scribed and . the house is assured. . It VlU cost $30,000 an4 - be 'erected near jthe University of Idsho.- The."'-Delta Cam ma sorority house is nearing com fcjletion and will, be ready , for occupancy ith the opening of the university about jgfeptember 15, ,ia F the- announcement made today. ' r ' 1 0 S i K ' ' ' "y-lvhih f Power Company Sale i Raymond, Wash., July 31. After sev eral: weeks of dickering .the Willapa PRer company, owned largely by South Bend people, has arranged to sell out to the Willapa Electric .company of, Ray-' tnond. The latter .company is owned by Sanderson & Porter of New Tork. TheJ souna joena company : accept" J50.OOO, in payment for itsf property, taking J 16)00 from the people of "South Bend and 134,000 worth of . Wapa Electric bonds, bearing I per cent interest. ,.-.- LIGHT ON A DARK SUBJECT Most house owners are much in -tie dark about the things that make their fuel bills too high. Thfere are lots of things that affect comfortable heat ing which are , apparent only to ex perts. If your heating equipment failed to operate economically and satisfactorily last winter, ' better let us look it over. We canVrobably im prove conditions at small expense. Now is the best time to do it. . Alaska Plumbing & Heating';Go 411 X. Morrises St. - ait 29 J4. ill- g1gZt iuif&' j, s ' 'V. ,,- : . ' . .:.-;v !,..:- i- ...... .. - . s ; , ; . ' . .. . . . Tiiree tory structure at the northwest corner of Third and Bnrnslde purchased, last week by Dr. Sol Miller. -The building waa.erected S5 years ago and was considered one of the finest structures" in" the business district at that time. -.- . '- : - J ... sr ---I r. v One of the most important real estate deals of recent weeks ; was closed j laiSt week in the transfer of the Neppach building at the northwest corner of Third and Burnside streets-from the Nepach Estate company to Dr.' Sol Miller for $90,000. y The transaction was handled by Fred J. Iteverrrian of Wakefield, Fries & Co. and the firm of Dekum & Jordan. The building jsvas erected in 1885 and Demand Exceeds Supply; Lumber U sed . Mostly in-General Con-" . . stniction. in U. S. ' . Washington, : July 3 V-More 1 lum ber used in the -United States for general building and construction than' for any other purpose, says the. tJ. S: forestry service reportjof June 1, 1920. before the senate. In normal 'years1 probably 28 ' billion bbard feet is used ; in 'this way "put of tia . average annual "cut " of 40; bil; lion feet. ; vt. .-V V '; ,. 'i;.' . . For vthe ? f iyeyeara before the war, 1910-14, the average: annual building bill of ; the country shown by building per mits, was ' approximately 1670,000,000. COSTS 15 CREATE 'Ltr ; ' I -'.Y ' -Ifteri dropping ! to - 45,549,49a; hT 191S, It rose .in i ifllt to t,326,36,702 ; but with, building coats .increased - If 0 percent or more, actual construction did not much, if 'any,; exceed, the pre-war average. Ap parently .construction work , throughout the United States . is; i behind require ments. . The deficit; la greatest . in dwell ing houses. ) v ; . . .v. , : The . building permits issued, in, 21 cities of various sires widely distributed over- the- country show that, . in values, housing construction formed 36 per cent of "all -building in 1913; 21 per-cent an 1918 and 17 per cent in-1919. The amount of housing: construction in 1913 was ex ceeded ii 1918 invonytwo of- the 21 cities and . iir 1919 in only six, 'in spite of the4"build-a-horne'r campaign. j COX8TRUCTI0X IiAGS . . V' -, ' The failing; rff .in house construction, continues the forest service l-report, 'gen erally appears to have been particu larly - marked . since the" latter part of 1919, 5 when the -greatest . upward move ment of lumber prices, began. ; . v t f, The United Stati housing corporation states that normally 30 : per . cent .of the number ' of i buildings constructed.1 are dwellings ? that - in -1919 -dwellings were only: 15 per cent ; that 1,000,000 families in the .United States desired houses-even before .the war that jthe shortage has since increased veryf rapidly ; that, there were . but i 70,000 houses 'buift' ihr 1919, when to have :?met " th'e. requfrements there should have been 600,000, and that' in -1890 ah average -, of 1 110H , families occupied 100 homes,. but today 121' fami lies occupy -100. homes. ' r , , .. '-r Vvf- ;v ' Portland Man' Buys Tract ;t t 5 Sandy July 3L-?-Atract" Of '295 acres of logged-off , land two and a half, miles south , of Sandy, belonging to the J. W. Root, estate," was sold last ;week to II. Rettlg ; of Portland.;' RetUg' will move three families onto the tract and: will personally supervise its . . development. George Seers of Sandy handled the deal and the. price - paid was . $8000. Another sale reported byBeers was the transfer of six acres-four miles from here on the Bluff road from T; Thorsdsen to CX-Mc-Gourty of Boring,? consideration being 12300. - ; ;- ytr. t . r :i V ' '" ' ' : ". Ttecruise Shows Big Timber Gain : . v, Kelso. Waah,'; July 31. The' latest "re; port submitted .by Thomas & Meaervey who are recrulsing the timber lands of Cowlitz county. , show an - increased cruise of 72 per cent on approximately 6000 acres of land. The new cruise shows '364,000,000 feet, compared with 20,000,000 feet on the old cruise. " An other report on 6000 ! acres . shows ' a slight decrease. This is due to the fact that several sections Included In the recruise have been partially logged off in the intervening1 time. - - 4 - DVVELLNG HOUSE BUILDING LAGS has been in the hands of the Neppach estate for many years. It is 'three stor ies in height, of brick construction and has a frontage of 100' feet on Burnside and 50 feet on Third street. This corner is considered one of the choicest In the west side retail district, being a transfer point and easily accessible to all bridge approaches. :; . t : The purchaser operates drug stores at Third and Couch and Broadway and -AT LAURELHURST Ainv ofj Meeting" Isv to. Discuss . Plans for Portland Convention : to Be Held Week of August 9. Members of, the, local ? branch of the American ' Society of, . Civil ? En gineers will old a picnic supper' at Laurelhurst , park Friday evening, followed by dancing at Laurelhurst club. The purpose of tha meting is io announce; plans , for 't!he fifteenth annual convention of the national so ciety,' which" will be .heldhere the week beginning August 9 ' i vi 1 i '.. The convention will bripg to this city distinguished engineers v and L. technical men from all 'parts of the United States. The; society Is the oldest organization: of engineers ' In tthe country - and has approximately- 10,000 members Its mem bership is not . confined to resident en gineers and the society 'has- representa tives -in i-remoter-. provinces'' of .. India, China, Si am and Africa. ; f - HEETIirO IMPORTANT j . The meeting in Portland is one. of the most important ever held by, the society for. it will not only mark the passing -of the half century mark of the organiza tion but it is -very; probable that .the plans "of reorganization which have been In : contemplation i tor,, some. time, -will be given ' consideration; i No , part ? of the Portland meeting will be devoted to the discussion of technical subjects but will be. entirely a .business. gathering-looking toward ftu-ther; development of the or ganization along with the other national technical organization, -.including the mining, 'electrical and 'mechanical -engineers, all of which are now co-ordinated. The first Portland . meeting will be held ' on - Monday, . August 9, ' when the board of direction.- which, is. the govern ing r body of the society, will meet. - RECEPTIOK : PliAJOTED J, . I , t On Tuesday the convention .win.Jiold an - all-day session and in j the evening there 'wlU"; be a reception i and dance. Wednesday -will be devoted to -a trip on the Columbia river highway with Junch eon. at Eagle Creek, preparations .being made to serve about '400 persons. - In the evening there will be a smokeat the V Multnomah . hotel; at which -Frank Branch: Riley will- deliver his. famous lecture, on the' great outdoors of -the -Pacific Northwest. Thursday v will be de moted to varied interests,, as there win be excursions .to the ; power ' plants ' at. Estacada, the paper mills i-at ; Oregon City,; a tour of the harbor, including the development at SC Johns. , the engineers visiting those in which they are ; most Interested. - , While the engineers are in-, business session, entertainment will be; provided for the ladies. ' Tuesday afternoon there w411 be. a tea at the Waverley Country club and on Thursday golf and other di versions. Details' of - the convention -are in' the hads of a local commtee of the national society.: : .. . . ..a " . - $14,000 Ranch Purchased Eugene, Jujy 31. One of the most im portant recent real estate sales recorded here was closed last week In the trans fer of a 70- acre dairy ranch five miles west of Eugene from Jens V. Olsen to K. J. Boyd of Davenport,! Wash., for 14,000, The property is highly Improved and the dairy herd includes a number of registered Holeteih cattle. The purchaser secured the herd, crops and other per sonal property. . -, ; ; - - ! . . - 4 fell Glisan, ., . and' 1 chose the Neppach corner - as : the J location I for - .an other store. " He. has been a resident of Portland for. the past 12 years, and is a close student of realty values and of jthe development of the . west side business district. The building brings in $1000 per month in rentals. The purchase of this property by' a man of keen Insight and vision speaks well for the - soundness; of real estate investment- in Portland,. - VISITS PORTLAND Thams Shallcross Jr. of Philadel J phia Avers Home Building Is of Vital Importance. ' Thomas Shallcross Jr., I of Phila delphia, accompanied by Mrs. Shall cross and their two daughters, ar rived from California last week and spent several days in Portland as guests of Fred E. Taylorf president of the National Association of Real Estate; Boards. Shallcross Is one of the biggest realty8 operators in Phil adelphia. ' He is a past president of the - national association and past president oft the Philadelphia Heal Estate board. ! ' - !This Is my ; first visit to Portland," saidt Shallcross, "and I am more than satisfied that the city is deserving of all the splendid advertising it. is receiving from Shriners and Kiwanls who r at tended the conventions here in June. One of the best assets of the Northwest in the advertising lie is Frank Branch Riley, whose lectures in Eastern cities have turned the attention of thousands of men and women to the Pacific coast." The housing shortage Jn Eastern cities - -continues acute, according to Shallcross, and will assume the nature of a ; crisis during : the winter months unless -immediate, action is taken to stimulate building. . "In 1 Philadelphia only 8800 dwellings .were built during the past year," he said,! "compared with a normal construction of 7600. The im mediate needs of the population call for the erection of at least 10,000 homes. : "This condition prevails generally throughout the country and its only remedy lies in a nation-wide building Campaign.- Laws regulating rents would prove useless. .The only legislation which can : prove effective in relieving the housing shortage must "have for its purpose the encouragement of home building and home ownership. The na tional association of real 'estate boards is backing such a movement and it has the indorsement of the national i educa tional association- andall students of social and economic conditions." Iowa Man Bays Barlow Farm Canby. i July - 3L The ' largest sale made in this locality in some time con sisted; of the transfer of the old Sleat erger place of 100 acres near Barlow by John McGowan to Ray W. Smith, a re- cent arrival from Knoxville, Iowa. The place, which is in a high state of culti vation, was purchased by McGowan only two or three yearsrago at 313,000. The deal . wa made . through - the - Hargove Realty- company of Portland. , "Want Xogged-pff Land t -bee, July 31. Ten people arrived here this wefek by automobil from Mmot, North Dakota,, with the intention of ac quiring logged oft land from 'the Oregon Lumber company. - They report that a party of 14, farmers from the same .sec tion of North Dakota is ' headed vthia way and that others will follow, befose autumn to take up logged off land. i '' 917,000 Paid for Jersey I-'arm 5 Albany, July 31. E.- H. McDonald, Malheur county man, is reported to have purchased from Robert It. Burk hart one of the finest registered Jersey stock farms In Ldnn -county. The farm comprises 57 acres and the consideration was $17,000. If is located near Albany, adjoining the site-of the Albany Lum ber company's plant. Mr. Burkhart will retire after selling his cattle- at auction. EASTERN REALTOR v Ira E. High of Boise.-Idaho, pres ident of the Interstate Realty associ ation, accompanied by Paul A. Cow gill,, secretary of the association, E. B. Arthaud of Hoquiara, Wash., and officers of the Portland -Realty board, will be the guests of honor at a banquet tn the main dining room of the St. 'Elmo hotel, Vancouver, Wash., Thursday night. Steve - Thompson and? George Floyd ef "Vancouver head t' the . committee on arrangements,1 and 25 real- estate men of Vancouver. Washougal. --Camas and Tacolt, Wash.,; will .. participate, in the events The meeting ; is called 'for the purpose of organizing the Clarke county realty , board and all realty-dealers in the -county ; are eligible ,- tot membership. TAYLOR MAKES STTOGESTIOX The movement for . -the organization of county; real estate boards, was start ed at the suggestion of KredE. Taylor, president of the r National Association of- Real Estate Boards, and It is pro posed, that everys county In : the .United States and 4 Canada shall be organized during' the next year., The movement had its Inception in the Northwest and several counties in ' the jurisdiction of the Interstate -Realty association -already .: have', been organized. ; . Not only-Willi. special advantages ac crue : to dealers in farm: lands . and large acreage propositions- through the county organizations,; but- the realty men .will.' be . jn, a ..better position, to study the needs of., legislation govern ing their profession. : Interest in real estate license laws, similar to the. one in effect in Oregon has been' aroused in- other Northwestern states through the. work of the local organizations, but' is little understood "by dealers in outlying " sections. Prejudice .against such legislation will be . removed by open discussion in the county boards. -OROASIZATIOS TO- BE MADE Fred W. . German, president of the Portland Realty board and ' vice . presi dent of the farm land division of the national- association, is-fieartily in sym pathy with the new' movement and be lieves that it will result In a more sci entific handling . of the colonization of the idle ' acres of the Northwest. Through cooperation with real estate dealers in the East and Middle -West it will be possible to study the needs of '. prospective settlers V and.' place ,: them on land suited to their ' particular., op erations at a great saving In time, and money. - - -,'V"- ' r . - Organisation of ; -the farm land di vision of the National Association of Real Estate Boards will be perfected at a meeting pf the executive commit tee of the association at Denver in September. The work outlined for this division by German embraces the ag ricultural development -of millions of acres of land in all sections of the North" American continent, and the suc cess of its activities 'depends upon the proper functioning of county real es tate boards. . r Prune Ranch Sold Corvallis. July 31. A. Wilhelm of Benton county has just sold his. prune orchard for 350,000 to A. H. Laughlin df Carlton. "There are 100 acres .'of prunes and ISO acres of good farming land besides, with fairly good, improve ments; The trees are mostly in bear ing and the crop is good. Laughlin is alreaiiy In the prune business, having a 100-acre orchard near Carlton. He will move to Corvallis so as to be near his newly, : acquired orchard. i ' - The Book. of Iji 9 . ROSE CITY ' ' ' RoIe CITY 20 ' ll ,- E , . .......... r tevf i, I 1 " " . -. I ,; ?,'.-' " - f; ij C ';w -.J .. Hi: '4 I 1 I 1 B II - - - A 1 - .. . , . muni . . -.i -r. r . - - a. i. ' . . it i i Two of the claseiest 5-room bungalows in Rose City. This one faces Sandy blvd., and contains large living room with ft replace, plateglasa windows and doors and ' French- doors leading into beautiful dining - room with builtin-buffet. Two large bedrooms and Dutch kitchen with breakfast nook aad inlaid linoleum. Bathroom with . builtins and floor tub and pedestal lavatory. All Ivory, enamel-5 coat except kitchen and bath' room, which, are white enameL Oak and maple hardwood-floors. Indi-i rect lighting fixtures with convenient plugs for appliances -Olass door knobs throughput. - Large floored attic si "1 212' Chamber of Commerce 1 Three . charming Jioases recently completed by a Portland firm. Top, left Bungalow- home at 1223 Cast v Flanders street." Right House at 1195 llancock purchasel by' C. Ii. Jst. Clair. Below Bungalow at 1033. Oregon Btreetrjljatirelburst bought by;R. J. Peterson. The bungalow home is finding Increas ing favor from year 4 to year anQ houses of this type are sold :aa rapidly as 'they can be completed and placed on the mar ket. ' During the past two months Weller and Rinehart, a newly organized firm of builders, have finished " the disposed of a dozen bungalows, in ; Rose City Park, Laurelhurst and other . east ; side resl- dence districts. The firm has two bun galows in Liaurelhurst, three In Rose E. J. Daly Acquires Two Bears E. J. Daly Is recuperating his pow- ers .for the nntiimn - realtV camnaign on a vacation tour through Yellowstone National park. : In a letter to The jour nal -Daly , suggests that the next an nual convention of the National 'As sociation of Real Estate ft Boards ' be held In iTellowstone park.' He writes that .he has purchased two grizzly-bear cubs , at the park and wills place them on exhibition -at his -.officeiln the -Failing building. . ; '. : " .. Minnesotans Acquire Home in Wilsonville -Wilsonville,' July 31. C. E. Crane and wife, recent arrivals here from Minne sota, having made the trip by automo bile, have just purchased-the river front property of H. D. Aden consisting of a house and -acre of land, fort which they paid $1750. The property, ;whlch occu pies a site overlooking the ' river just above the Wilsonville road to the ferry, will make an Ideal country home, and it Is the Intention of Craine. to remodel the house and greatly improve the place. Craine says he will get a motorboat and enjoy some, of the pleasures of river riding. A son of Mr. and Mrs, Craine resides- in Portland. ROSE GITY 1645 Sandy Boulevard r. ' 1 WELLER & BUILDER AND OWNER f I lpe:- ! City park and four in East Holladay addition nearing completion. I j ; .. One of the recent sales was a five-room bungalow' at 1225 East Flanders, trans ferred, to. E. J. Henrlci for $7250. This home .has a sightly location, jand is well equipped for comfort' and convenience. All floor's are of hard wood ; there Is a large if ireplace In the llvingj room ; . the bathroom is finished In tile and there Is a modern furnace in the concrete base ment.1 . ' ... : . j : ' . . . New Association to Biiilcl Residences in -Peninsula. District ; At !a stockholders' meeting of the Peninsula Housebuilding ; association Monday night Thomas Au'tsen' was choseii president, Harry Bonhaai vice president, A. E. Doyle treasurer,' and Mrs. . is. W." Durham iaecretary. , DU rectors of the association are Thomas Autzen , (chairman). A..: A. Aya, F. C Knapp, J. N. Edlefsen, Harry Bonham, F. , E Drinker - and C.j L.' : Thompson. The association; is capitalized at $25,- 000. The is to purpose of the new 1 organization build and ', sell dwellings . in the Peninsula district. It is proposed to erect I fire houses as ; an initial unit. These j will fee of f ered on liberal terms, first 'payment of 5 perj cent( beings re quired and the balance lof the; purchase price Ito be paid in installments little above! the rental value bf the property. ' ; ', .. . . J -r-- .::-' Lumber Company Improvement Dee; July 31. The Oregon Lumber company is - erecting a stock shed here and preparing to take care of i local -lumber . trade. Officials of the company state that during the i 15' years the con cern lias been operating here it has been too busy with outside orders to handle local trade. . If i Better B ROSE CITY 666 63rd Street North i -iThis one is a beautiful comer lot. Tlvee tw bunralows are built so that description fits tnem botti. Tttey -ontaia Oasco automatic furnaces. - Larre cement basements wu--i stationary tubs and drains. ' -Both are triple constructpi throughout.- Three coats of-lead and ell on the outside. Both nave garage with cement driveways, and new hwns and shade- trees, Sewers -are in and . connected. 1.'-' -e houses are Just completed and ready-to move your fur niture riant in without further expense. They are oiri for Inspection 'from Bunday on.- Tou will find the .owner on the premises, The price is J7C00 each. Terms. '-RINEKAR1 1; r f STRUCTURES RISE AT EUGENE SCHOOL Oregon University Makes 'Many 4 Bjg Improvements as Result ' ,bf Millage Law. "University of Oregon.; Eugene, July 31.-" Material progress has been made Within the last .week on the three new buildings being . con structed on the campus of the Uni versity of Oregoti. Work on shing ling, plumbing heating and wiring is being done on the hew woman's building, while foundation work ia taking place on tfoe new commerce building and the second unit of the women's dormitory. i All of the outside masonry has ,boen completed on the women's building, The swimming tank,, which wlll. be in Hits east wing of this building on the base ment floor, , has : been partially com pleted, and workmen are now dlrgln a large trench leading from the builditv? through which the intake and ou!. t water pipes will run. Bids have been received by the u-, versity for plumbing, wiring, heatii:-, roofing, composition floors, patntin, cork floor coverings, ... glazing, bUuc boards, mill work, finish hardware and plastering for both the new commerce building and the second unit of the women's dormitory. Workmen at pres ent, however, are at work on the founda tions of the two buildings. The work on the dormitory is slightly more advanced than that on the commerce hall, but both, are expected . to be completed at the same time. ; Both the new tromen's dormitory and the new commerce hall are to be dupli cates of fbresent campus Structures-, as far as outside architecture is concerned. The new commerce structure will be a replica of Oregon hall, the present home of the school of law. and school of edu cation, while the second women's dormi tory unit will be ' similar In . detail to Hendricks hall, the present women's hall of residence. Construction of the new building has provided much work for students-of the university. several oe mem oemi? cm- ployed In Various ways on the structural work. . Condemnation Ordered Centralia, July31. An ordinance for the purpose of doing away with certain buildings about town, damaged by fire, and considered public nuisances, -was passed Tuesday morning by the city commissioners. - This will abotlnh such structures as the old I. W.. W. hall on First street, and the buildings on North Tower avenue," which are unsightly and" 1,1: