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f- SECTION THREE BUSINESS NEWS r M ORE .THAN 3000 buSding permits for the erection of riar,-' af M Y-ramkt,tt awnn.1 r-ntlw -rtmnWr1 a .bv.,. w . . . . - there is a large fireplace in the attractive Irving room. No. 2 by automobile sales rooms and shops. Houghtaling & Dougan and Kill inssworth avenue, desiened bv i William Gatke for ,T. rid Multnomah streeU for G. P. Bbseit at a cost of $7500. re eight rooms in the house and two tiled bathrooms A hot Senn, . at 1291 Division street $1,250,000 DEAL . HOLDS RECORD IN I'SBI Sale " of Weils-Fargo Building to Porter Brothers Is the Out standing, Feature of Season. 5 ' Transfer of the Weils-Fargo build ing ffbm the Express Building company to j6Kn 1. Porter of Spokane and .An drew A. Porter of Portland for prop . erty and collateral valued at $1,250, 000 xrma the most Important realty transaction of the past week and is an ootstandins feature In a year of un usual real estate activity. The F. E. .Taylor company represented the Ex ; press, Building company and Robert -;frime acted b.4 attorney for the -purchasers. ' ' Tha Tells-Fargo buildins is a 12 story fireproof structure, covering the quarter blocK -at the uhwes corner pf Sixth nd OaX streets. It was erect ed in 1907 by the Weils-Fargo Express ;ompany -and has been .tenanted con tinuously since that time by the gen ,,eral offices of the O-W. R; N. com . pany and the Union Pacific system. rThe property was purchased in May VbyTV. C. Crittenden and E. Tropp of San FJrancisco, -president . and vice "president of the Express Building com pany, for approximately $1,000,000. .-: iThe Union Pacific lease expires No ;yember 30 and it is understood taat efforts .are" beitig made by Porter Brothers to reneW the lease 'for a 10 - 'ear period. The present lease Is based on a rental of, $1.43 per square foot, jt .was stateid, and demands of Tropp and 'Crittenden for $1.4 per square-foot vwero followed; 1 i announcement, by "Union Pacific officiaus that the gen- -ral offices would be mowed- trpm the a. lease on , temporary qauwiii. Itne Ptttock block, and the Montgomery Ward building at Guild: take vis taken i-by the Union- Pacific A tptan also as secured on six additional slories to "te erected on. the Stark street side of .he structure as permanent quarters for the railroad's offices. The rental rate asked for . space in the addition to the -Tlttock block' was given as '$1.50 per square foot, compared with prices rang ;l tog from $1.75 to $3 per square foot i iother first class .office buildings. . "- fc- 'Several proposals for new buildings have been-submitted tOjtHejUnle, Pa ' cifio apd Its of f icials are said He be " jflvlng 'serious consideration -to int of fer f H. 1m. Corbett and his brothers ':i erect.Si If story office building-, 200 V? by 75 feet in dimensions, on Vanihill, ttween ?ftjian4 flxth. streets. i i Property- accepted : br the rExpress flSullding" oornpahy in part payment fop the Weils-Fargo t buildtag.- included , '?20 acres of land near White Salmon, iWash.. . covered with .70.000.000 feet; ot ,'tfir timber, a sawmill, and J10- acres of commercial orchard, valued at $230,000. VA ; tract' 'of 41 'acres ' facing Unnton road aad mnnlnK back -" to the Jew Northern' Pacific terminal at Guild lalte -was accepted at. St valuation -of . J150.00O. In. addition . these prop-'a-ties the Porters paid $200,000 In eash -and collateral and assumed a mortgage -jof $850,000. t , ' " - ' , - PLA-ST KEW TBEATEK ' Bandon, Nov. 4. , The Hartman building- on the corner of First and fjCJleveland streets is being torn down t and vwiIt' be-Tep!aesdv- by- a- theatre '! building of iohc-rete- TWs buildins U "i a of the oldest in Bandon.' -: ........ ITI, tJii jrrTTT : v? x " r 1 1 ; rasroENCEVCONSTRUCnON; - .w. The interior arrangements Carbon Plant. . Only; One West of The Mississippi The- plant. of the Sten no Carbon Pa per company, quartered in a, new con crete, building at East 22d street and. I Sandy boulevard, is ' the only , plant west of the , Mississippi river engaged in the manufacture of carbon paper. The building contatns 8000 square, feet of floor - space and total cost of the plant, including the site, was" $70,000. Special machinery installed gives a maximum capacity of 1000 boxes of carbon paper per day, besides a largo putput of typewriter ribbon, with a Small working force. The company is incorporated under Oregon law with a capital jf $100,000. Officers are II. H. Ward, 'president ; F. E. Thompson, vice president and production manager ; George L. Koebn, general manager and secretary ; C, K. Bland, sales manager. The firm's products will have equal advantages with those of Eastern-, carbon paper manufacturers in the territory west of the Missouri river. Ward said, and it is proposed to develop an extensive market in the Orient. South Bend Is Short of Houses South Bend, Wash., Nov. 4. The city of South Bend Is facing an acute housing shortage. With one" new lum ber mill starting in a few weeks and another new mill starting in a few months, large numbers of workmen are flocking here and housing space is at a premium. The situation is made worse by the fact that the larger mill towth of Raymond, only four miles up the Willapa river, is facing a like short age ' of houses. A building boom was predicted for the past summer, but tiw local builders wished to invest their capital until prospective buyers or renters were on the ground. The re sult is that winter- has set in with every basement and .attic housing a family and conditions are becoming worse. Next summer should see a big building movement here. 1 CONCIBKTE WAREHOUSE Aberdeen,? Wash NW. 4. The con tract has been awarded- to the Greene Engineering company for building a to-story concrete warehouse for the Star Transfer company.-. - The - founda tion will bei made strong enough, to carry several . additional stories when necessary. The Alger-Fowler company of Seattle has purchased a site of the former wholesale grocery company known as tWfc West Slad for a. consid eration ibf ! $25,000. The SeatUe : firm will construct a -warehouse - on- "the Itperty,tO;ost $75,000, . - t. OPEITS Tf EW' GABAGE ",. Kalama. Wash Nov.' 4. -John Keid ,has opened a garage In his new brick building on1; North First street." to be known as the Columbia garage, and reaching siop. - New jp-to-date ma chinery has been installed and ma chinist from ; Seattle employed. The upper floor! is' almost finished. It will contain off See rooms and a large dance hall, which i win be -opened to the -public with a big ball the-evening of No vember 11.) The building Js steam heated throughout. : MOTITTG FBAHE BCIUOIITG Kelso. JVash., NovV 4. J. H. Swager. former-rnayor &t this city: and a pio neer reside D 1 no$, permitting his 87 years to iterf erelfwlth his : .progress siveneas ana is having a. frame build ing removed from a lot on Allen street adjoining his two-story building and asr soon as the old building is razed will start "construction f a two-story brick building adjoining hisresent building. new dwellings were issued during the I U months endmg with 'October and indications point to a continuance ot the movement during the balance ot the year, i Io,j l-r-lomeor veorge a irat of $7000. The house contains f ive rooms, all on one floor, -a laree basement and a -double, garage. A hot water beating system has been installed. Floors are of hardlwood and -- - ---- .- -,.V- - , : Architects perspective ot a are the architects and cost of J. Power. The live rooms 1 he house was designed by U. rvl. kers and Duut oyiXw. r. rutcnie. ino. d resioence aesignea oy nanes w, cnz, to De erected on a site onuameaa water heating system will-be installed. Construction cost is estimated at $14,000. No. 6-Fivg room dwelling designed and built by the. Matot Construction arepbfjexcepiional merit and cost Plans of I Northwest Real Es tate Men to Benefit by 1927 Fair Await Election Returns. Indorsement of the 1927 exposition at Portland will be urged at a meeting o the executive committee of" the Northwest Real Estate association at Kverett, Wash., November 15, accord ing to A. B. Rltter, president of the association, and plans already have been studied out insuring benefits to small towns and farming sections of Oregon and; other Northwestern states through participation. In the fair. More than 100 delegates will attend the meeting from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia and Alberta. Initiation of a. campaign for the or-4 ganizatlen of nest realty boards in the Northwest will be a feature of the com mittee , meeting:. Rltter stated. There are now. 44 boards affiliated with the association. This is a poor showing compared with many K as tern states and is far behind the organization work accomplished in California, where a total of 88 boards are in operation. Officers of the association are : Pres ident; A. R. RJtter; vice presidents, D. P. Hays, Carstairs, Alberta; Alfred Carmichael, Victoria, B. C : W. D. Potter, Nampa. Idaho: Austin North, Billings, Mont.; , Frank B. TJ pshaw, Portland ; George A. Spencer; Seattle ; secretary-treasurer, i T. W. Zimmer man; advisory, committee, F. E. Tay lor and Frank McCrfilis of Portland, Fred K. Jones of Spokane. E. S. Good win of SeatUe, E. B.1 Arthaud of Ho quiam. Wash.; Ira iE. High, Boeie, Idaho, and ; Percy liivesey of Belllng ham. Wash. The annual convention of the association will be held here during the summer of 1923. and It Is proposed to organize attendance clubs In all Jocal boards -in the Northwest. - ' m - -' . - 'jTEW SEWSFIPEB PJ.5T j Bend, Nov. 4. -Cbnstrufetion of a new building to house the plant of the Bend Bulletin started Monday; It wll be a one-story brick building,, costing abott $7000 and will be completed about the first of January; New equipment which will be Installed will Include a Gobs "Comet, flat web press, printing 3500 eight-page papers per hour. -; Rapid in crease in circulation, and .the expected continued growth. In Bend's population; caused the. newspaper to plan new Pwurters,-- ,., :t : j.; " ,; i -. -KOBE BCIliraeSCiTDEB I Kelso, Wash." Nov. 4.-Six additional blocks within the "growing business dis trict of this city are included la the expanded fire limits adopted by the city council as an emergency measure. -The council is opposed to permitting con struction of frame buildings within the business district and , the resolution ended issuance of permits for mil but brick or concrete or similar structures. AW ABBS BUII.IH5G .C05TBACT 'Kelso, Wash.,-; Nov, 4. Mrs. Rose Strain - has awarded the contract for the construction of a brick building, 25 by 60 feet, on Allen street, between the former First National Bank build ing and the Rnlifson Mercantile com pany building, to Blows Jt Tuefl and work on - the foundation has - been started.4 -The building has been leased to a mercantile establishment," 1- , l 1 ., t -i-- i nru txt; t- niinurn ni inn 111 REALTY DEALERS: OF NORTHWEST TO AID EXPOSITION PORTLAND,' OREGON, ' SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER FE"ATt9E . , .1,. .1 one-story concrete Duucung to De erected on a iuu dy zuu root siteon r-acinc avenue Deiween cast rirst ana occona streets, ine Duiiaing wui dc occupicu the structure is estimated at $33,000. The Roberts Motor Car Company is owner of the property. No. 3 House at the northeast corner of East 34th street of the house are attractively treated and construction cost was approximately $5000.' No. 4Six room Dutch colonial house Tecendy completed at East 37th was approximately $4000. Construction Firm Has New Method - For Material Sales A scientific method of salesmacship, designed to save time and 5 labor to tha home builder, has been evolved by ; the " Matot Construction company and is being worked out satisfactorily at the new quarters of -the company in the Morgan building. By Its new method the Matot company is able to show the prospective customer pho tographs of scores of houses of differ ent types, ranging. In price from J2000 to $20,000, which have been erected by the concern in Portland and Its suburbs during the past three years. ' Besides the photographs, which are of large size and fitted in convenient wood frames, the display Includes a carefully selected line of building ma terials. lighting and plumbing fixtures, and builders' hardware. Samples of various kinds of construction work; are also shown and it is possible for the customer to sit down with the sales man and select from samples practical ly every material entering into the construction of his home. The firm' also employs a staff of architects to draw up plans and specifications after the patron has chosen tne type ana dimensions of the house he wishes to build.' Spokane Land Office Expects Big Eush Spokane,' Nov. 4. When" the 147,000 acre Colvtlle reservation is thrown open to the general public for filing November 18, the United States land office here expects to do. a "land of fice" business again. Until that date filings are open only to-e-servlce men. Up' to November 1 only "nine applica tions had been filed, but a large num ber of prospective' settlers have been making inquiries and investigating-the tract. These are mainly farmers and stock men" who expect to make appli cation November 10. Those investigat ing the land "come from' nearly every state in the ..Union, one man having driven from Indiana and another from Kansas in the last few days, to in spect the land., : Building Is Bought For Music Students Philomath, Nov. 4, Because of the increase, in number, of students In the music department of the school. Philo math college has purchased the White College building, 'which has been idle for years. This property .belonged to the radical, faction, of . the ' United Brethren church of Philomath. The building win be used . for' music, only Under the directorship of Professor R. C. Norton, who has been in charge of the. music depassnnent here for the. past year; Under bis efforts the school has gained many times its former students, and a. large orchestra was . organized last year. . ; TO "ERECT APABTKB5T ' ; Xiewiston, Idaho, Nov. 4r-Mis Mary McGahey. a member of the Lawiaton state normal faculty, has recently -purchased a building site for the purpose of erecting an- apartment house, especi ally planned to accommodate-teachers and students. . ' 'ALBERT BA3TCH SOLD The Dalles. No'vf 4. The I. W.' Al den ranch, consisting : of 357 acres of Unproved land - near -. Klngsley, was purchased last week by Mrs. Belle-M. Brookhouse for 1 0,000. The place ad Joins the fan- of eland- Hendricks,- a. son-in-law of Mrs.. BTooknousev i , - s. . - . , . -.-Hf'.' PORTLAND'S ' RECORD- BREAKING . BUIliDlPfelS G ARIPAIGPjf a ,: 'f, .' n ; .- v ; . t - . swv r . U. OF 0. $3S, ART BUILDING IS ERECTED All Departments of Sculpture and Normal Arts and Museum fo Be Housed in Structure. . University of Oregon. Eugene, Nov. 4. The walls of the new $35,000 art building are beginning to rise over the place where the charred ruins of the old structure lay less than a month ago. All departments of sculpture and normal arts, besides the university museum, will.be housed in the new building, , according to Dean Kills F. Lawrence of the school of architecture. The' structure will be ranged around a court In order to keep the several de partments. In, close touch. . It w"ill con sist of but? one story, except the cen- " tral portion, where a second floor will be . added to . accom nJodate three class rooms. The section of the new building set aside for sculpture will contain three studios, a casting room and a room for basketry and weaving. . The normal arts department will have two "studios and rooms for home decorating, ce ment tile work and dyeing.' An inter esting feature of the building is" that all the interior decorations will be the-) product of students of the university. These decorations will include 'paint ings, carvings, tile "Inserts and .Other types of Interior decorating. - - - It Is believed this .plan will encour age individuality and, initiative on the part of the student ; and "will be an incentive to higher standards. The hall set aside for the museum wm.be 23 by 48 feet. Realizing that fire may destroy thousands of dollars' worth of valuable collections as welt as consume priceless articles that can sever be, replaced, tha architects have made the" museum absolutely fireproof. The growing ' schools of -architecture and fine arts will remain in the ar chitecLure building after the other de partments move to the new structure and . will take advantage of the badly needed room space that wilt then be available. New Hotel ; Planned At Cost of $75,000 ' Architects plans have been- prepared for a four story concrete building, cost ing approximately $75,000. to be erect ed At tbe northwest corner of 12th and Alder streets for J.-- Jennings, The ground floor of tbe building wiy be oc cupied by six retail shops and the t&ree upper stories will be . used for hotel purposes. . The building will be 62 by 5 feet in dimensions. Leases will be handled, by the Co A. McKenna com pany. -.. ---tt'i BUILDS ' 3f E W i WAEEHOrSK i 2 Eugene. Nov. - A. Construction of - m two story' concrete warehouse, . 100: by Ua feet, on the Southern Pacific tracks near the depot, will be started soon by K. B, Parks,' local manufacturer, ac cording, to his, announcement. ; The building wfll nse- the site now occu pied by the ld Ingham vinegar factory. which. - is being raea- t - Wny 000 BEING 5, 1922. T- 1 . ' Portland Property Offers Opportunity To Wise Investors Portland offers more opportunities for profitable investment in real estate than any other 5 -city in the country, according to General Charles H. Mar tin of Washington, who arrived last week after a- two-years' . absence. , In crease in property valuations has not kept pace with the industrial growth and increase in population of the city. General Martin stated, and e.t present market prices there re .many oppor tunities for excellent real - estate . ln vesrmenfs.' .-, -i- - ,- ' "Portland has an excellent reputa tion in cities along the Atlantia sea-i board," General Martin said. "In the East one hears a- great deal about the Tewing Importance of the Port of Portland, the substantial growth of the city; the beauty f its environ ment and the ideal climatic . conditions prevailing . in this section. It is cer tain that during the next 10 years a great deal of Eastern capital will seek Investment In Portland and 'neighbor ing sections of Oregon and "Washing ton." ;-1 jtt -, ' The Hughes estate holdings In'Irv rngton are owned by .General- Martin and are being marketed, by BUtter, Lowe St Co. Three years ago this property consisted of 480 residence lots. and since that time the company rhas disposed of 373 14 - lots, leavings -only 1 06 to . be disposed of. .Though val uable nouses have t been erected on practically all of the sites aold'in Irv tngton during the past-three years, the ruling price on the -remaining sites has nor advanced materially. General Martin stated. '---'"-- i". : j ; :: ' ' 1 Proposed County Seat Removal Big Issue in -Cowlitz Kelso. -Wash., NoVV-4C-Tfie- biggest Issue of the ' campaign, so far as the rank and ul of the' citizens- Of Cow lits county areconcemed.kis the ques-' tlon of removal of 1 the -county ; seat ' from Kalama to Kelso which -will be upon the ballot Tuesday. ' Fonowing the completion of the Northern Pacific railway in the '80s. an election on: the county seat, was helo. and It was -re moved from old Monticello to Ka lama, largely through influence of the railway company., which wanted-the county seat on the main line, i The railway company sold its frame hotel building -at Kalama : to the county fer a. courthouse, and It has been in use ever since. i !-!-'" i - ; In 1906. 1910, 1914 and 1918. elections were held upon; the question of removal of the cqunty seat from,! Kalama .to Kelso. "Bach time Kelso received more than A majority but fell a little! short of the three-fifths vote required.: Contractors Close v Deal for Houses ! J. E. Repass - Of 4 Repass Brothers, contractors,' is in" Portland from; Gari baldi, where he nasi just closed a deal for the erection of five residences for the Whitney Lumber; company. Dur ing the present year the firm has con structed 12 residences and sr new high school at Garibaldi, three, of the dwell ings being for the i superintendent . of the lumber company' and one for " the bookkeeper. Negotiations . are i-also pending for tha erectSonj of the head office building for the. plant,, , : .! I ' - 1: PEB3EITS INCREASE .: 4 Walla Walla. Wash., , Nov. 4.-r-Indl- cations : that - business - conditions are getting better- here . are seen by city officials in tha fact-that 17 permits for buildings, - totaling i -in "I valuation S1S2.S00, were issued during the month of October by Wnilam Met,-building Inspector. Permits for the same period I a year -ago totaled valuation-f but I 5S.'SSS., - r ,f-i '-.- r: SIXTEEN PAGES want, Ads.;; V . . t r . . . t - rfiuilding Is Stimulated by New : Trend "of Business Areas West Vand Soum on?Vest Skle ' Continued activity in business prop erty , leases : during October and , the first week In November reflects an Increasing vofume of retail "trade and may be accepted as a fair Indication of improved conditions compared with the autumn of 1921. "' The trend of the west side shopping ' district " to new areas west "and. south o old estab lished trade centers has "encouraged building construction, and;, space , in the neXv building's has been leased to capacity. - in r many , instances before: construction work was completed. The spur. of, competition has urged altera tions, in older structures to make them more ' attractive" to tenants,' and va cancies are being absorbed at a fairly rapid,. iMal4':-t:; ' . BIG CHAIU3ES.M ADE L,. ' 1 The" most f important lease -of ' "the past week involved, the removal of the general offices of the Union. Pacific system, ,from., the "Weils-Fargo build lnVo. temporary1; quarters; in,- the Montgomery i Ward- building - and C the Pittock block, with nejrotlatioris f or permanent . quarters in j six additional stories to , be erected on the Stark sjreet side ?of ' the Pittock block. Re opening of ' the Weils-Fargo building for i general vbf flee use 'will attract . diversity i of business 'vinterests. and pcove beneficial to- ground floor loca tions" oft 'Sixth street 'between - Stark .-VA'frve-yeai' lease. taken br.the;Co-Inmbla-- Tire , corporation.' on -Aground floor space at the southweA corner ot Broadway ana Bumside street in. .tne Lowengart - buHdisg -adds another -substantial concern to .that district. .The company will operate ' a . retail store for the distribution " of its IS- sices' Of quality 'tiree' and ubesr.to be- manu factured In. a -plant nearlng comple tion at Mississippi avenue and Colum bia boulevard. . A huge . electric sign advertising Columbia Tira corporation tires will be placed on the reof of the Lowengart . building. Cf ' . t ' MAHT LEASES TAKEI? '. '" T.P. Parker of the "Metzger-Parker company reported leases closed during the past two weeks with an aggregate value in ' excess of f 100,000, v Among the important transactions handled by the company I was; a. five-year leased on a two-story -concrete building (0 by-0 feet to. dimensions to bei erected' at the northeast corner of 10th and , Yamhill streets to Louis Klumpp -ot the-Klumpp Engraving company. There ' will be offices in the upper story, and four tng is - being j financed y , Sermon R.J iurKe oi, &an . r rancisco; ana ueorge W. Earle of HermansviUe, Mich.' -' A, five-year lease byJ W. J..Pat,ton on a 60 by 100 foot buUdlng at .26T Third street to- H. J. Blaeslng was ne gotiated Joy thai, MeUceT-Parker conv pany, JSlaasing announced . that sev eral thousand, dollars, would be spent In' alterations on i the - building to accommodate- the offices of the Blaeslng Marble works- Six leases also- were placed In the Apostolic Faith Mission building recently)- completed at - the northeast corner of Sixth, and Burn side streets. .Iv;-? --'o h '...-v- - In , addition to leasing operitlons, the- f Metxger-Psjfker - company . .an nounced the sale of a. warehouse; 100 by ISO feet in dimensions at Gaines street and Macadam road to tha Great Northern iCasket company by.C J. Smith of Seattle., The building baa been used by the casket company , for ctimberf.years.-;.r - .v.- LIJlUL IllUlVLJlUL I t Imp OnUNd uAIIld IN , RETAIL MAIEfS r - l 1 -If -11 1 J anve near.vjuenn avenue, incrc company for Mrs. Helen Miller $15,000 Spent in rovements on Office Building ' r " ."' 1 ' " Improvements on the Chamber of Commerce, building involving an- ex penditure of approximately (15,000 have been ' under way for ' several weeks, and will be completed at an early date, according to officials .of the Spokane, Portland eV Seattle Rail way, r Installation 6f Indirect lighting has added to the attractiveness of the hallways." The 'whole interior -of: the building 'has - been ' repainted, metal work burnished and marble flooring scoured. A great deal of modern Ban Itary plumbing has been Installed. Elevators have been repaired and re painted, new heating . equipment has been- installed and 'other renoyatory work accomplished., . . , , - f .., ; The Chamber of Commerce building was purchased by the Spokane, Port land A Seattle railway, in: January, 121, and general offices of the rail way 'were moved 'from 'the Pittock block to the new location In August of that year...: r.;,, .r. :.- . Building Managers To-Discuss Ethics QtTheirPnifessxon ;.The thica'.of buildinr management will be the subject of a discussion led, by Dean Vincent at tha fifth Pacific Northwest conference of? building i Owners and managers to be held Fri day and. Saturday at Tacoma. W. C. North will address the conference on the. regulation of automobile traffic In relation t6 tha development of down- ' town districts and its effect on prop erty values..- Several members of the Portland association of building pwn ers and managers will attend the con ference, leaving Thursday and returning.- Monday. , . j... , . - Charles E. Horto'n of Seattle, who ia directing the erection of a ll-story ad dition to the Dexter Horton National bank, will present-his ideas on "con struction to the ' building manager and 'Albert .H. Beebe of Seattle will talk on a proposed nerredy for the tax , problem.- Tacomamerf wfll explain -why that city has cheap electrical power and the , workiuv out of the weekly streetcar pass plan, following formal papers by Claude .'V, Allen of the -municipal ra&way and Llewellyn. Bvans f tha Tacoma Electric icora-PMW-h:.6:-:r.;,v.wjV(;:'- . vj."- '.' -s - 1 r ' Y '" i-r rl -' Aberdeen Planning ! New S10.000 Ebad m-t: c-w. -, . ?. . j , , , . Aberdeen, Wash., Nor. 4.-Plans of tne mayor ana city council for a road to connect the north and east sides cf the city.-now Joined by bridges, are progressing. They propose to create an enlarged district o build the road, which will cost about -10.0J3Q, Another plan .under advisement ialcdnstruction of -another bridge across the Wiahkah river as a unit In the Olympic highway. ' The state legislature Is to be asked to ' help - f inane the : bridge plan. I Tha bridge would be bascular. 1" I . ?; Kelso Postoffico " fDeluged-WituJVTail - Kelso, - Wash.; Nov, 4. -Tha Kelso postoffica. U being buried beneath a deluge of malL the business done by the local office having more than dou bled in the last' year. . Postmaster John L. Harris reports . conditions steadi.y growing worss as more people come to Kelso. Inspector C. W. Linebaugh, who viaited Kelso 'last week, sald .be w ill recommend establishment of mall de livery throughout the4-' city. , No room exists , for further expansion of tlie Kehrd office. More than 200 applica Uoos for posse, ara ilatadr t. , . ; - - S I
