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SECTION THREE
BUSINESS NEWS
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ORE .THAN 3000 buSding permits for the erection of
riar,-' af M Y-ramkt,tt awnn.1 r-ntlw -rtmnWr1 a
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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
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Sale " of Weils-Fargo Building
to Porter Brothers Is the Out
standing, Feature of Season.
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' 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.
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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 , ' " - ' ,
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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.'
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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
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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.
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- '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
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-. -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- ,
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REALTY DEALERS:
OF NORTHWEST TO
AID EXPOSITION
PORTLAND,' OREGON, ' SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER
FE"ATt9E
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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 ,
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-.-Hf'.' PORTLAND'S ' RECORD- BREAKING . BUIliDlPfelS G ARIPAIGPjf a ,: 'f, .' n ; .- v ;
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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
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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
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"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
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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,, ,
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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
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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
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anve near.vjuenn avenue, incrc
company for Mrs. Helen Miller
$15,000 Spent in
rovements on
Office Building
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" 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(;:'-
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Aberdeen Planning
! New S10.000 Ebad
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. 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. , . ;
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