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Bungalow Most Nearly American
Type of Residence Architecture
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hospitality, Th* light above the dpor,
•Mr. William A. Radford will answer in keeping with the rest of the house,
sfl-sttons and give advice FREE OF carries out this suggestion. The win
CpST on alt subjacta pertaining :o the
agbject of budding, for the reader.« of dow boxes dress the whole front of
tlgis paper. On account of his wide tlie bungalow Immensely.
expertenee as Editor. Author and
Tbe Interior arrangement Is eminent
Manufacturer, ha la. without doubt. ly “liveable." The door from the porch
tt»e highest authority on all these sub
jects. Address all Inquiries to William opens directly into the living room,
At Radford. No. 1S27 Prairie avenue, the largest room In tlie house. This
Chicago, III., and only inclose two-cant Is of pleasing proportions, 18 by 14
stamp for reply.
feet, with the fireplace between win
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^The bungalow Is probably th« n>ost dows at the end of the room further
hourly American type of residence from the door. It Is well lighted from
architecture. Although the word It two sides and eoitltl be made most in
self is adopted from the orient of viting through proper arrangement of
Kipling, this type of archltectuiJQJOHC iMraiture.
reached Its highest development In
A sunny dining room Is a pleasure
America wliere It has enjoyed an in In any home and adequate lighting for
creasing popularity because of its con the dining room in this home is as.
venient size and its decorative possi sured through the windows on three
bilities.
«ides. This room opens directly on tie
A great majority nf the bnngalows kitchen which is of an efficient size
built in the United States, and espe and is well planned. The adjoining
cially those erected when this type of pantry 1« lighted by a single window
house was Introduced flrst, were great and is arranged so that its conveni
ly Inflnenced by the Spanish type of ence will be appreciated by the house
architecture of the Pacific coast, keeper.
where they first gained foothold. But
The two bedrooms, with the bath
the bungalow has shown Itself to* be between them, are pleasing in that they
capable of assuming the characteris both are lighted and ventilated from
tics of almost any type of architecture two side*. Both have adequnte closet
end has been much varied.
space. Entrance to tlie bedroom hall
it Is particularly fitting that the may 1« gained either front tlie living
colonial type of dwelling design, so room or from the kitchen. This hail
conspicuous in the homes of the ger- also give* access to the basement
tiers of the eastern coast of North stairs. The bathroom shows a com
America, should be combined with the pact and practical arrangement of
contribution to the American Inoue units.
building which entered the country
Since cost of labor varies so much
from tlie West, In the home fllustrat- In different communities snd material
ed here, this Is done.
prices must be varied by the distance*
This charming little bom« of five the material mu«t b» shipped, it i* Im
rooms fairly radiates comfort and possible to give a definite price which
cleanliness. It will lend Itself to in would approximate the cost of this
expensive construction und at the same home in all part* of the United State*.
time [»reserve its pleasing appevran<-e. But tiii« can be learned from the archi
Extra wide clapboard Is use-! f.-r the tect, contractor or building material*
siding of ttP building, in !i««|iii>4 vitli dealer in your community. These men
Its architectural design. The are in constantly are in touch with condi
the roof above the doorway adds an tion* and know what building cost.* lu
Inviting touch which seems to suggest | their communities are.
WILLIAM A. RADFORD
Little Things Important
Varnish and Paint Help
Cut Down Li<?ht Bills I to Make Satisfying Rooms
It is strange that so few people
realize that ft is the little tilings which
go to make up ,-oinplete and satisfying
rooms. Room* which are well fur
nished In the essential« a«« often
-polled because til» wrong curtains and
the wrong lamps are chosen.
It Is not. ne-’dfttl that lamps should
b» cot «red in matching materials nor In
the identical colors used for the hang
ing« and curtains, but It Is necessary
th-t tlmy should be pleasingly related.
In a mom where the curtains are
of cldntz ’laving h tone of rose In th»
deslipi, lamp -hades In neutral tones
lined with r««e, or mad« entirely of
rose color would be lovely, and would
repeat again n delightful color making
the room seem more complete In d -c-
unit ion.
There arc type* nf rooms In which
th» lump shades could he covered with
th» same materials as th» curtains a
bri-aktaat room with flowi-ry cretonne
Coloring Stucco
nt the windows might have such it
preferable method of coloring lump «hade, and this gayety would
st itero 1« by u«lng white port liuid <«• nut be overdone, but only In rooms of
merit and colored enrol or singe < liip-. this tip« would It be wise to use cre
These gito most delicate and interest tonne in this wav.
In the mor» staid rooms where, fur
ing color effects, and yet nt the rato»
time gli« n e'lnr which I- iili-olut-ly Insiance. golden brown velour over
permsnenr. This method also Im« ill — hangings were used, what could be
velile nf giving n texture ulili-li I* better than lamp shad»« of gold, bring
Itself sets off mar* perfectly the com Ing a glowing spot «f cplor Into th»
general decorative Ida»!
bination of riMterinli.
Fresh paint and varnish upon walls
snd floors and the attends it re-ponsa
of lighting to the rejuvenat- d sur
faces Is a very Interesting slidy.
A dark or dull interior who t, hns
been given a coat of light
it will
not require nenrly the same »1 nnt of
light »» formerly.
Cutting down the light bills h paint
ing the interior walls with light re
flecting shades has been done In ninny
factory owners jo as tn provide their
workers with efficient lighting, a prime
rciptlalte to good work. One such fac
tory owner spent MTi.inW in doing just
this, with results which more than Jus
tified th« expense Involved.
Similar treatment« can frequently
he given tn the dark room’ of a home
and the expense will he more than
Justified In the added cheer of these
rooms both by duv and l.v night.
Mine.
The reopening of (ho old Green-
buck mine lias been the Hem Of out-
City Planning Dates Back
•standing interest in southern Orufon
Over Five Centuries Ago during the past week
Samples of
City planning, nt which we hear so the quarts from the Irish Girl vein
much these days, aa though It were a and the Greenback have been placed
new Men, began in America over live in the Bureau exhibit, and have been
centuries ago under the etiff-« of Mesa welcomed as old friends by many
Verde, in south»estern Colorado. Here who knew the Greeuliack while In
may be seen the oldest and most fatty
realized civic center scheme in Amer- operation More than any other, this
mine has been a refutation of the oft
‘rvhlstorlc civilization in our South- made assertion that this is a pocket
It two miles of under
west is second only to tlx» develop- country.
nient in IN-ni, Central America and ground workings and twelve hundred
eonthern Moxti-o where architectural feet of depth Is n pocket operation,
«eue
ruins of astonishing beauty are tislay it would take a whole county and a
crumbling under the Jungle. This clv-
MAPOY
albyrintli to Hades to make a mine
Illzatieii was rutblessly destroyed by
The
Greenoack
lie*
in
the
Riddle
the Spanish conquest following the
discovery of America, The remains quadrangle, about 2S miles north of
of the cliff dwellings nt the Mesa Grants Pass, on Tom East creek, a
Verde are being ¡»reserved iu a great branch ot the Graves crock. It
national park set apart by congress. joins the Columbia mine, which
The builders of Mesa Verile’s prehis placer property, and is about
toric dwellings were of the Puebla miles from the town ot I’laeer
type.
about five miles from the Pacltlc
Two herdsmen. lUclianl and Alfred
Wetherill. while hunting lost cuttle one highway. It was discovered in 1M7
December day in lflfiN. dtseovered these by local men. and worked increasing
ruins. Uoming to the edge of a small ly. first by Victor Junior, and later
canyon, they saw under the overreach by Moffatt and Smith of Uenver
ing cliffs of the opposite side, appar 1902 it was [lurch a sell by Mr I
ently hanging above a great precipice, voort. who with Frank M Lelaml aa
what they thought was a city with manager, worked It tor some years
towers and walls, latter they explored
at so great a profit ths teastern en
It and called it Cliff l’alace—an unfor
tunate name, for It was not a palm-e gineers were put in charge with th"
at all. hut a village, with 2lk> room* result that an enormous, and it
for family living, with 22 kivas, or proved to be, unnecessary overhead
sacred rooms, for worship. Later on was inenrred which no mine could
they found another similar commu stagger under. For nine years the
nity of dwellings, which once sheltered property, with its expensive equip
350 Inhabitants.
This they called ment, has lain Idle. That the
Tracy of Jacks Creek, manager
Spruce Tree house, because n large
was not only not exhausted, hut
Minea
the Oregon Consolidated
spruce tree grew near it.
A great mound on the top of the not even completely developed, has Co.. Is In town on business, lie ex-
mesa. «tilch IY. .7. Walter Fewkea. been known to many local men. but pects to leave for Portland to attend
chief of the bureau of ethnology, un- it seemed impossible to acquire it a directors meetln
C-
earthed in the summer of 191,\ shows under any workable conditions Mr.
Ed. Haerlocher letl in a hurry
that, probably about 1800 A. I»., they W D. Howard, however, having sat
had begun to emerge from the raven isfied himself that It had a value, Tuesday for bis mining claim ou
to build upon tbe surface. It Is sig persisted In his efforts until he se Rancheree creek, where it empties
nificant that this building is partially
into the Chete», A phone message
sculptured and architecturally utuld- cured a transfer fo parties able and was sent to him that a rich strike
tlous. It is still more significant that ready to place the mine in operation, had been made on
his
property
it was not a house tor temjioral need» and under hts management we expect while the assessment work was be-
to
see
the
Greenback
come
again
nor a fortress, but a religious struc-
Ing done, No particulars have yet
ture. It was a temple to their god. into Its own. stronger than ever.
been received, but great excttemeit
the sun.
The equipment at present consists
has been created over the report.
of 10 stamps with the necessary
It is reported that the Robert E.
Cuts Building Cost
crushers, tables and comprwwr out-
Ernest Flagg, designer ot tlie Slug fit. Two six-foot Pettons with sti-ani Gold Mine has struck a ledge of very
er building in New York in recent auxiliary were th« original power, high value. This property Is operat
years ha« built more than live hun and are still in place but have been ed by J. F. Peck, and has been run
dred ilweilinas with a saving of one- superseded hy electric installation ning steadily for qeite a time on a
third of tbe ordinary coat. He lias costing over $60.000. and at present very profitable basis.
studied tlie construction of dwellings
The forest fires burning around
available.
The original Greenback
with an eye to beauty and comfort,
and many of Ids lnnovatlpns are holdings were augmented by the the county have been very close to
astonishing. He tells of bis work in purchase of the Manila group, mak some of the mining propertw-s.
ing a patent holding of 240 acres threatening loss of buildings aud
Collier’s Weekly.
timber.
He believes that stone houses besides the lode claims
should be built because they are
Roughly speaking, the production
Henry l-ancaster has gone to tk«
cheaper than frame house* In tlie long from this mine has totaled about one Caves for several days.
run. Recently lie ¡mt up a stone
and a half millions, with about on»
I-. II. Van Horn was in town on
wall for (J cents a cubic foot, the
Values have run Wednesday, on mining business, lie
average cost of that sort of con million profit.
struction being seven times as much. from $8 to $40 on standard ore. brought several very good samples
He eliminates the high priced stone with high grade running from $300 of copper and manganese.
mason by placing tils nibble stone in to $3000. The present management
Samples for the exhibit are com
a form ns if he were going tn make is planning to sink on the Irish Girl
ing
in slowly. Every one is entitled
concrete. The stmies are fitred to vein and the Greenbai k vein to th«
gether dry and concrete Is slwiveld point of contact, where It Is reason to bring in their samples, bnt they
should be marked and all data given,
into the form behind the »coie. After
able to look for an enrichment which l.i-aie them at 511 II street.
the form Is taken down mortar is
will cause no little excitement here.
si|U«ez«d between tlie ston««.
The monthly meeting of the
The Irish Girl is now throwing over
Much of the cn
reau w ill be held on August 2, at the
away with attic* and cellars. A full $300 In a lo-lmh vein, shot with
hall over the Josephin • grocery, '-els
sized attic for a medium sized house free gold and gali-ua. and the Green
would cost aboirt gl.ws». One-fifth of back is holding to its original val all com« to town on Saturday the
tlie total cost of the house goes into ues. Th« strike of both veins is east second, and come to the meeting, it
will be well worth your while, there
building a cellar.
and west with an average dip of 55
will be some good business to come
He I'siks upon the attic ns a waste,
degrees to th« north. Th» vein fill
llis living rooms and bedroom« often
up, and a good speaker. It is your
run to the peak of tbe roof and are ing is white quartz, banded by high duty to the organization and It* of
ventilated by the little dormer win ly pyrited country rick. Th« con ficers to come to the meeting*.
(lows at tlie ridge of the roof. 11« centrates will run about $2oo a ton.
Several men are working with
eliminates ordinary partition* with a The Greenback vein on th« ninth
kind of construction which seems Im level is displac« I by a fault and th« pans and mortar.* on a claim in
practical nt first. Instead nf being six vein b«yond this fault plan« has Jackson and making good wage*.
inches through, a« in the ordinary n»ver l»e«n ezplored, but there Is
M. Bailey has returned from the
partition, his are onlv one »nd thr««
rea-on to believe that It ian b« pick North where he ha* been for the
quarters Inches thick and are fire aid
'd up again without difficulty, other [last few day* on h'l.-doii**.
vermin proof.
Kirtland, of the Wedge mine at
than 111« labor n> i «ssary. Th« fault
i normal and th« displacement of Galfce ha le-«n in Seattle and other
Lights Beautify City
th« v«in should nut b« great.
northern points on business.
The theory that beauty and pmc-
Within a north and south distance
Perry Wickham returned together
tbahility run counter tn each other
i
of two miles are formed i-ight paral- with some af the Eastern stockhold
has so long existed that until a short
i
time ago th» ordinary places of busi lei veins. A deep drain tunnel from ers, and Is spending the
ness-— Ilio retail stores even In the th« Yellowstone mine near Placer weeks at the mine.
greatest cities nf the country were would cross-cut these, t< rm mal Ing
Frank Silver is now erecting
no’i-d for their frugality m
tn the em in th« Greenback holdings and «in
mill on the Highway, Just above
ploi ment of those tilings Indicativi- dcuhtedly opening up on« of thé
nf artistic nature or r«nl effort tn bar richest mineral I'dts in this locality. Rogue River bridge, at ftoguc River.
The work is progressing rapldfy, und
munire the commercial equipment with
It is not an enterprise for small h« expects to have It In operation
an esthetic atmosphere. .Nowhere lias
this been si, notice-able as in the Utili finances, however, and while there soon.
zation of pr-iper lighting in show win la 1 very indication of Its being cven-
Messrs. Olsen and Johnson left
dons, which lias proved the nin-t vnltt tually done, It is th<- intention of
for Salem on Thursday, having com
ubi.- of merchandising agents and Hie present own«rs to conce titrate
which* has given countless stores sin upon placing tli-i Greenlaxck prop- pleted the preliminaries for the In
npl'i-.-il tn both m<-n and women, ( Hin«! «rly on a puying liasts. as their first corporation of the (¡old Hill smelter.
stori- window Hl'iniiniitlon not «»nl.v
The air is full of rumias und
effort.
helps tn stimulate business but U H
strikes, covering all the territory
Th«
economic
conditions
are
re
real credit tn the mnimunity. It id
I ’. rw
from ill« headwaters of the Chuteo
It a wide-nwake atmosphere that ’ frw markably favorable to mining, a mild
to
the upper Rogue. This is a good
climnle. wood, waler and nearness to
other things can acrmupllsh.
mining ni-tlv-
trail.,porialien all priq««nl.
A re indlcHlion of renewed
Ity.
On«
of
the
most
unique was
Ornamental Gate Posts
sumption of mining now film t iinilsg
'111* ilecoratlve value nf nell ik»- in muilicrii Oregon will not only I made on a flat near Tolo where a
Ills
spring In
jdffDrrl tfiitP posts * Is so w «11 reenirnize'i i-onlrihute greatly to the gin«rnl ¡rancher deepening
thut tlip.v are often used merely for prosperity of this section, but, will search of mor« water, found both
orna mentation and without th« pur
11ho water and a l«dgc of good grade
I If I sip of enclosure.
Concret» cate lend to cnrrei t mistaken impression I gold ore.
a:<
to
the
character
of
tlie
whole
p» »FlS are mor« «vmwtionly need be
The gold recovery nt tit« Aiielent
i omit ry.
f'aiiHP they last so well and ar«
Itlvcr mine warrants lite setting up
ra*.y to litilld
F«r driveway p«st«
Material fouud la uni
bilia In of double the riffle space. This gold
flm h<M imerits vary frr»ni If
inches ftqnarp tn
inch*»» .«qiirir»», conili tfricii turniahOH a lottgk pine- i.i cxneptlomilly bright in color, run
an4 ihp
fppt in S ft-H ti r wllli wlth-h nativi!* Imlld house* ning ratlwr course nod bringing. Ill
al»»»'<•
HniMlior p»»Ht« ar»* n»»»fp
IJqilld [nel u»d
pulnsli are oli- a fair recovery. Tl*e plant Is wi»rk-
««¿if ;•!»!«• for n-a» r "'v'.r drives ui’l’ Irsi» laiil'd frolli filili lislrilp molas‘.es. Il ng two sMfts, and shipping rack
f^.i-.il U'’,.Akd¡r,.’L
waate uiuduct.
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Thia apace will he devoted to
WANT ANO FoH SALE ABH cov
ering mining properties, mining and
uniting equipment. lubor. etc
Rates are 10 cents per lins» for
one Insertion In each daily uud
weekly editions on Fridays
Copy must reach Courier try Thurs
day of each week for Insertion thut
Week.
F A< TH FOR Ul Bl.I( A VION
Mining men generally are request-
ed to write Bureau weekly of de
velopment work being done, new
discovert«*. aud general mining
news. Such data should reach Secre
tary by Thursday morning to iusuru
publication same week.
M IRRET 111 liti: I
Silver, lb........
Tin. lb
><ead. lb ___
Zinc. |l> ........
Copper, lb
Antimony, lb
Nickel, lb
Iridium, os
Osmium, ox.
Palladium, ox .
Hatlnum, ox
Chrome Or*, ton
Manganese, ton
J 67.00
.4573
.07
.05.10
.0120
.OH 2 5
. - i
$360 to |27O
103
$78 to »83
$1 i«.oo;
$19 to »22
$12 to $Ki
Street Dress of Navy
Flat Crepe for Summer
Medford Rock
Crusher
Weight 1100 lbs.
Size of jaws, 8 in.xl2 in
Price $250, f. o. b. Med
ford, Oregon.
Manfadees Medford
Quartz Mill
Agents for Stamp Mills,
Compressors and all
Mining Machinery.
Dealers in used mining
and sawmill machinery.
General Foundry and
Machine Shop.
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Medford Iron
Medford, Oregon
J. W. Gayetty
General Foundry and
Machine Work
MMi'ibfftffr for < unninglinin
Fly Wlieel starter gears for ull
makes of cars.
West F St. Grants Pass
>
Tbit charming little street drees iS
of navy flat crepe, with Jabots, collar
and cuff» of white crepe canton
trimmed with leather belt and self
covered buttons. It ie worn with a hat
of dark-brown straw, Interwoveif with
ecru georgette.
Printing that niesnoii
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