Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.
Page 1 8 Thurs., Feb. 21, 1952
Office Building
Readied for Use
Timberlane Moves
To New Structure
Construction of the new Cascade
Building at 12th and Pearl Sts. is
nearing completion, E. H. Robbins,
of the Timberlane Lumber Com
pany, announced this week. Tim
berlane has already moved its of
fices from 170 E. 11th Ave. to the
new structure.
OTHER TENANTS in the new
two-story building will include
Attorneys W. P. Riddlesbarger and
Charles Porter, who will maintain
a joint suite of offices; The New
York Life Insurance Co., which
will have its central Oregon of
fices there; Union Pacific Rail
road; and Herbert R. Jones, engi
neer. Completion date of the main
structure is set for Mar. 15. Ten
tative plans call for construction
of a wing extending from the
present building to Pearl St
which will be built by Mr. and
Mrs. Paul G. Wciser. Also under
construction at the site is a cloth
ing pick up station for the Club
Cleaners.
LANE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
By DAN WTANT
BUSINESS FARM
Defense Bond -
What's Poing?iSae ncregses
BUILDER OP the main struc
tur Is Elmer Bissell. Clare Ham
lin is architect. Sub-contractors
Include Dirlam Heating Co., heat
ing and air conditioning; Perkin-aon-Beech,
floor tile; Vern Nelson
Electric, wiring; Eugene Plumbing,
plumbing; Rubenstein Co., carpet
ing; Earl Silts, painting; Eugene
Mirror and Glass Co., glazing;
Hess and Devercau, concrete; Eu
gene Truck and Machinery Co.,
steel fabrication.
Decline Noted
In Construction
' Pacific Northwest building stag
ed a nosedive in January with a
general decline of 33 per cent
from December and 59 per cent
from January 1951, it was re
ported this week by the statis
tical department of Equitable
Savings & Loan Assn.
Combined volume of January
building permits of 46 cities of
the Pacific Northwest was $10,
374,506, compared to $15,415,418
in December and $25,262,052 in
January 1951.
Home construction showed less
of a decline than did total con
struction which includes com
mercial, Industrial and public
building as well as dwellings.
Home construction was down 17
per cent from December and 46
per cent from January, 1951.
On a national scale, total con
struction was 4 per cent under
December and slightly above Jan
uary of last year. The national
figures war supported to a large
extent by military, Industrial and
publia utility construction, which
was virtually absent in the Pa
cific Northwest, Equitable report
td. Eugene's January permits to
taled $186,769, and Springfield's
totaled $111,388.
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DAVID B. SIMPSON
Guest Speaker Friday
Local Realtors
To Hear Simpson
David B. Simpson, Portland
realtor, will address members of
the Eugene Real Estate Board at
the group's annual banquet, Fri
day, at 6:30 p.m., in the Osburn
Hotel.
Simpson, who is associated with
the property management firm of
Norris-Beggs-Simpson in Port
land, was named that city's first
citizen in 1950. He is a past pres
ident of the National Association
of Real Estate Boards, a past pres
ident of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce, and a member of the
board of directors of the U.S. Na
tional Bank of Portland.
His topic will be "The Little
Things That Count," a discussion
of current factors in the national
economic situation.
In addition to local members,
representatives from the state as
sociation of real estate boards and
other organizations have been in
vited to the annual banquet.
F. M. Bennett will serve as
master of ceremonies.
THE LANE COUNTY Court this
week called for bids to provide a
28 foot by 160 foot metal building
which will be used for county
shops at Junction City. Bids close
at 10 a.m., Mar. 4. Specifications
are on file at the county clerk's
office in the courthouse.
GAR REAR, of Rear's Farm
Service, 755 River Ave., last week
attended the fourth annual wade
Rain dealer meeting in Portland
where he heard a series of speak
ers on all phases of irrigation
developments in prospect for
1952.
J. HENRY HELSER & Co., Pa
cific Coast firm of investment
managers, opened new San Fran
cisco offices this week in a 2 hi
story structure, the Helser Build
ing, at 341 Montgomery at. rne
Helser firm was established in
1932 and now has offices in prin
cipal Pacific Coast cities including
Eugene.
GEORGIA - PACIFIC Plywood
Co. has announced tentative plans
to sell 250,000 shares of common
stock in the near future, proceeds
of the sale to be used to reduce
existing bank loans by approxi
mately $5 million. Springfield
Plywood Corp. and the C. D.
Johnson Lumber Co. are among
Georgia-Pacific holdings.
Oregon's Food
Pack Totaled
Westward Ho
Additions Due
Two more additions have been
platted in the Westward Ho sub
division, on the south side of Har
low Road, Realtor William B.
Stenwick reported this week.
He said sales in the original plat
and its first two additions have
exceeded 100 lots the past year.
Most of them have new homes
completed or underway, he said.
Several more homes will be con
structed this spring and summer.
The new ground is part of the
property of the Harlow family and
part is property of Dr. and Mrs.
George I. Hurley.
Stenwick said the general theme
of the new areas will correspond
with the existing development
with paved streets, concrete curbs,
sidewalks and recreational areas,
In order to provide a downtown
office for Inquiries, Stenwick has
opened an office at 1603 W. 11th
Ave., with J. A. Morgan In charge.
Morgan, who is a resident of West
ward Ho, has been associated with
the M. & K. Market and other
Eugene properties.
Oregon's 23-pack of canned
fruits and vegetables passed the
200 million case mark last year.
From 1919, the first year for
which reliable statistics are avail-
pack of canned fruits and vege
tables totaled 197,186,365 cases,
according to the American Can
Company.
During that period the annual
pack of fruits and vegetables rose
from 1,340,000 to 12,471,000 cases.
U. S. Department of Agricul
ture reports indicate that last
year's crops of fruits and vege
tables were sufficient to push the
33-year total far above the 200
million case figure.
Oregon's major fruit and vege
table crops Include snap beans,
beets, corn, peas, apples, cherries,
pears and prunes.
HoveConsiders
Split of Stock
Janitor Supply
BusinessOpens
A new janitorial supplies and
products dealer, Barco Supply Co.,
has opened Eugene offices at 1658
W. 11th Ave.
Horace Spiller, who formerly
worked for Barco In Mcdford, is
local manager.
He said his firm specializes in
supplying repair shops, service
stations, and garages and has a
complete line of waxes, floor
brushes and mops, paper products,
disinfectants, and other janitorial
supplies.
Barco Is also state distributor
fee Wynn's Friction Proofing Oil,
I gasoline additive.
Plans Listed on File
At Builders Exchange
The following plans were on file
Thursday at the Eugene Builders
Exchange, 260 E. 11th Ave.;
Clear Lake Grade school addi
tion, bids close Mar. 4; Willamette
High School girls' gym, bids close
Mar. 4; addition to Adams. Harris,
Howard, and Washington Schools,
Eugene, bids close Feb. 22; addi
tion to Colin Kelly Junior High
School, bids close Feb. 25; Riddle
Housing Project, Riddle, bids close
Feb. 28.
:ie directors of Howe Sound
Co. last week announced a pro
posal to split the stock of the com
pany, on a thrce-for-one basis.
Shareholders will vote on the
proposal at a meeting scheduled
for Apr. 15. The directors of the
company also declared a dividend
of 75 cents per share on the pres
ent stock.
Similar action was taken by
the directors of Phelps Dodge,
who proposed to split the stock
two-for-one. The proposal will be
acted on at the April 15 meeting
of stockholders.
A dividend of 40 cents a share
has been declared on Bank of
America stock, payable Mar. 31,
1952, to stockholders of record
on Feb. 29.
Other dividend action included
declarations by Twentieth-Century
Fox Films of 50 cents a
share. Chrysler Corporation $1.50
a share, Northern Pacific Railway,
75 cents a share, and J.C. Penney,
50 cents.
Buys Stationery Store
OAKRIDGE Mrs. Essie Hugill,
formerly of Woodburn, announced
this week that she has purchased
the Oakridge Stationery and Of
fice Supply from Dean Stevens, of
Springfield.
She said she will keep the store
open evenings.
Mrs. Irene Miller was
manager of the store.
State-Wide Purchases
Total Three Million
State-wide purchases of defense
bonds during January were over
three million dollars, which re
flects one of the highest sales
volumes in months.
A total of $3,026,525 was pur
chased in all series. Of this
amount 83 per cent were in Series
F. bonds. Purchases in Lane Coun
tv amounted to $241,687 in all
series.
"Aside from the increase in E
bond sales, the redemptions
throughout the country during
January show an encouraging
trend," Gus Arneson, county de
fense bond chairman, stated.
'Purchases of E bonds exceeded
redemptions by 21 million dol
lars.
"IN ADDITION to this," Arne
son emphasized, "only 12 per cent
of matured E defense bonds be
gan maturing in January, 1942,
werp nresentpd for Davment.
Since the first E bonds began ma-1
turing in May of last year, close
to 75 per cent of bond holders
have elected to hold on to their j
bonds." I
Under the Treasury's new ex
tension plan, defense bonds may
be held for another ten years af- j
ter they mature. The interest rate j
on the face value of the extended
bonds is 2.5 per cent for the first j
7'4 years of the extended matur
ity and 2.9 per cent if held for the
full ten years. j
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which could do no better than a
$50 offer for a 1914 Stutz fire
truck, got $350 for the obsolete
former vehicle on a trade-in, commission
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CUSTOM BUILT FARM EQUIPMENT
755 RIVER AVE.
PHONE 5-3735
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STANDARD FEED CO.
18 East 7tth Ave.
Phone 4-2116
89 WEST BROAD
PHONE 5-333
(ReB.-Guard photo, Wiltshire engraving)
EUGENE AREA dairymen last Saturday were hosts to members of the Oregon State
College Dairy Club, in a tour sponsored by the Lane Co-operative Warehouse, 532
Olive St. Some of the members, above, inspect aquipment at the Eugene Farmers
Creamery, 568 Olive St.
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