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REAL. ' ESTATE, BUILDING ,
PORTLAND, 1 OREGON, - SUNDA Y MORNING. ' AUGUST 1; 1920.
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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
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T0REV1SECITYS
BUILDING CODE
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Jesse A. Curry Made Chairman
h 1 of Board Delegated to Under-
. if Stake Important Civic. Task.
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-; 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
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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
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- $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. . -, ; ; - -
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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 ' -
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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
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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. '
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BUILDER AND OWNER
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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.
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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
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ROSE CITY
666 63rd Street North
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-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.
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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"
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