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WOE TO START
BAND STAND SOON
Medford Concrcto Company Making
Cement Blocks for Ground Floor
Cement Is Given by Different Lum-
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her Companies.
The bnnd stand in the park Is an
assured thing' now and work will" be
xinrtcd on It Immediately. Tho Med
ford Concrcto Company who ore to
make tho com on t blocks which will
form tho ground, floor, start work
thU week on them, It .takes two
weoks for tho block to dry, so that
work la the nark will not bo started
until tho -blocks arc ready to place.
The Concrcto Company liave offer
ed -tho services of two men to furnish
tho gravel and a committee from the
Greater Medford Club has secured
enough cement to make tho blocks.
Tho cement was most graciously do
nated by the Big Pines Lumber Com
pany, the Woods Lumber Company,
tho Medford Lumber Company and
tho Clarjc-Honory Construction Com
pany. Tho "committee from the club
hopo to be able to secure donations
from the lumber company's, mer
chants and evory one Interested so
that tho band stand can be properly
built. Tho public lavatories and toil
ets, will be on the ground floor, the
walls and floor of this part being
built of cement. Tho bond stand will
be about eight feet from the ground
and will seat thirty men. The struc
ture will bo. twenty -feet across and
will bo octagaval In shape and when
vinos and flowers are planted around
It will be very attractive.
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One Million Dollars Being Spent in Building
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ERECT BUILDINGS.
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of the Mirivings nnd dust will bo in
stalled. When completed this will
bo one of the best equipped shops
south of Pdrtlnnd nnd will be able
to put out the best work in all kinds
of houso finishing, cabinet work,
innntiefc, etc. The firm's growing
business necessitated the change to
larger quarters.
EUGENE, Oro. Notification was
received today that tbo Phi Gamm
Delta fraternity, one of -tho most ex
clusive collego . organizations, has
granted a charter to-thc Beaver Club.
000 brick and 30 carloads of lumber.
The contract price for its erection
was $1:20,000. It will contain 100
rooms and will be five htories in
height. Business men of Medfoid
raked $10,000 by popular Mibscripf
tiou, purchased n lot and tendered
it to the sisters ns a bomu. It in to
be completed by January 1. L'p to
date in every respect, it will be a
splendid addition to the city.
In order-to accommodate the great
growth in numbers of school children,
the school board recently let n con
tract for two new school houses, one
oa the -west nnd the other on the
ens.t Mdc of the city. Each of these
buildings will cost $40,000 and will
be ready for occupancy by the first
of the coming school year.
The First National bank, the first
institution of its kind here to pass the
million dollar mark with its state
ment, having outgrown its old quar
ters, has had its old- building erected
some years ago torn down and hut
let a contract for a new building
which will have a. solid stone front
and will cost $50,000.- As this insti
tution stands in .the heart of the city
the building will be a great addition.
It will be well finished in-ido the
marble to be used costing over $10,-000.
One of tlie handsomest buildin
It is two stories in height and cost
$ 10,000.
Many Other HuilnesK Mocks.
Mnnv other business blocks are bo
ing elected, including the following:
ereclr.l in the eitv is Mhe Sparta ilu-mess college. .V-'.,000: garage
bWk. which is inst ready for occu- -fl-'.OOO; Slewing, $1.,(I00; Seher-
jKincy. It cost $30,000 and is bm.t j nierhorn. fl.",000; Smith apartment
of white pressed brick. It stands out
at the east end of Main -street, owing
to n jog in the property line, and has
created much comment owing to its
rich nppeamnee.
Mail Tribune ltlock.
The Mail Tribune block has been
completed and is a handsome two
story building of reinforced concrete
with a white plnster finish. It is the
finest newspaper office in any of the
smaller cities of the northwest. The
building cost $'25,000. Next to it n
four story apartment house is being
erected, at 1111 estimated cost of $30,
000. A local Mnonio building associa
tion bus been formed and local Ma
sons will soon break ground for the
erection of n four-story Masonic
temple, which is to cost $40,000.
The Davis building at the corner
of Central invenue nnd Sixth strce's,
house. $10,000. 'In addition to these
the government has appropriated
$110,000 with which to elect n fed
oral buililin in the city.
A'-ide from these buildings the res
idences in course ot erection range
from the $2500 bungalow to thu man
sion
LONG OFFERS TO C0NSTRU0T
MILLION DOLLAR HOSPITAL
I'OKTLANI), Or.. July 8. An of.
fcr of $1,000,000 for the construction
of a national hospital at Kansas
Cify, the money to be delivered with
in 10 years-. wusmndo today by It. A
Long of Kansas City, beforo the
Christian church convention, in ses
sion here. Long tipulnted, however.
that a like sum should be raised by
the Chri-tinn church for tjic under
taking, tie .said that the monny
would he only given with thu under
standing that the hospital bo 11011-
.is a handsome building of white brick. sectarian.
SUPPLY (RAVEL
FDR THb PAVING
Medford Concrcto Construction Com
pany Closes Contract With Clark
& Hcnery Co Making and Ship
ping. Scwcr Pipe to Ashland.
The Modfovd Concrete Coictnio
tioii company has closed a eoiilnuit
with tit"-' Clark-llenery company for
15,000 yurds of high grade washed
sand, gravel and crushed ook. This
coutr-act nlouu is enough U keep '10
company hi operation for four
mouths nt a steady run.
This company has, within the hA
six weoksj shipped five cai loads of
sewer pipe to Ashland. The payroll
in connection with the sand gravel,
mid scwcr pipu business, is $500 11
week. An idea of the volume of
sower pipe business done by tho
Medford Concrete Construction com
pany tuny he gained from the fact
that in April, May and June the cunt,
pany sold tho city 125,000 feel of
pipe. The goods are "uuidn in Med
ford'' and the concern Ih oi of the
latest Af the local mnnufnctnrics.
With n prospect of lower frcin,
rates on cement the company will put
in a machine for manufacturing fo
ment tilo drains In nil sixes. This
will mean that ranchers, or others,
mny drive to Medford and get a load
of drain tiles and that there will lie
no freight charges or bother of get
ting up a carload order.
Haaklni for-Health.
AH Under Cover
Waiting for you with the best
stock of lumber in Soutnern
Oregon. Try us, corner 3rd
and Evergreen.
Medford Lumber Company
Medford Teni 0& Awning' Co.
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Tlm-o .Minutes Without S-ivu Ky or 'I'aikN, Alio Ail 11 a Ventilator.
Wo nhu)H ker-p on I111111I 11 supply of fn-i.li mint.' ti-nln.
CABINET WORK
We manufacture anything in this line. Store, Of
fice furniture and Fixtures, Mission Furniture, Etc.-
WORK DONE IN OAK, FIR, WALNUT OR ANY WOOD DESIRED
Mission furniture works
115 S. Holly , Phones: Howe I99L, Pacific 3362
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