Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 13, 1928, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextMEDTOED MAILTRIBUNE Second Section Six Paget Second Section Six Paget Xaily Twenty-third Year Weekly Fifty -seventh Year MEDFORD, OREGON. TI1URWIUY, 8KPTEMUKH 1A28 No. 174. Touches Put On Leverette Block Finishing IWLHTIE K III. K UNI- III-: U k. W V I I Milk. V I CITY'S FINEST I through radiator system. The the- Building Represents An!""'6 lie"K arrangement, which is I 1 1 ftlrtC rtnn mvesimeni Ul $IO,UUU Hnll!P! Wlnntnnm'prV uuuoeo muiiiyuuici v 1AI,-I r,.,,, -J iu. vnaiu ouill(Jctliy ctnu mcue basement also delivers warm I biaie I neaire OOn-; By struction .: Handled Medford Firms. , ', Another milestone has ,been reached on MetD'ord's pathway of progress with the completion of tfo new Leverette block on the 'cor ner ot Central avenue and Uighth street, ground for which was brok en May G of this year. The fine new business structure, which has a frontage of 12(1 feet on Central, avenue and 100 feet on Eighth: street, covers three parcels of property, formerly owned by " Carrie K. G. Carnnhan, John A. Perl and William Hammetl, and represents an Investment by tho owner, Walter U. Leverette, of ap proximately siafi.ooo. The largest user of Bpace in tho building is the Montgomery-Ward company store, which has nego tiated a ten-year lease for the south 76 l'eot on the Central ave nue street level and will also use tho corresponding hnsement area. This location gives the local branch of the great merchandising corpora tion a magnifieont sweep of show windows and a vast expanse - of floor space. Tho specifications for Iho equipment installed in the Montgomery-Ward section of tho building were prepared by tho con struction department of the corpo ration's Chicago headquarters and . are the most, modern development, nf mercantile experience, including stool freight chutes, elevntorsj dis play counters, etc. Tho show windows are eight feet deep, with copper trim and so ar ranged ns to preclude "fogging" In the winter time through condensa tion of moisturo on the slims. The window display space is finished with birch panel backing nnd sus pended ceilings with the new Tex tone finish. Immediately north of the Montgomery-Ward store Is the State theatre, owned and operated by CI. A. Roy. The theatre occupies a room 25 by 100 feet and is equip ped with the moat modern Instal lation of projecting machinery, il lumination, air-cushion Dents and other features with pleasins Inte rior decoration and convenience for patrons. Negotiations are now pending for the lease of the large corner store room opace, fronting on Cen tral and Eighth. It is tho desire of the owner to accept only perma nent and substantial tenants whose requirements will Include the 4000 square feet of basement space available for the .street level occu pant. Tho Wardwell V"ur company will occupy quarters fronting on Eighth street, especially designed for the needs of the rapidly expanding bus- : iness of the concern which hns j been located in. Medford for some: years. E. C. Corn, Medford realtor, will move his office to the room east j of that occupied by the fur com ' pany. Mr. Corn hns been ldenti- ! fled with a number of large realty i transactions In Medford and vlcln-! ity and the growth of his business : requires the more commodious ! quarters. ! ' The second story of the new j building contains 34 rooms in which ! tho plumbing nnd heating systems , have been roughed in, although the i work of finishing the rooms Is awaiting negotiations with pros pective tenants whose special re-, qulrements will necessitate ar-1 rangements peculiar to their needs. , General construction work of tho I Leverette block was contracted by j W. H. Morrltt, whose experience In major building operations ex tends back over a period of ninny vears, the past eight of which hav-i l)een spent In Medford. Remodel ing of the Masonic (emple. building an additional story on the Hotel Medford and the Gates garage building are a Tew ot the Jobs han dled here hy Mr. Merrltt in recent years. . From foundation to cornice the building represents the highest class of material nnd workmanship, according to Mr. Ixjverette. The foundation work of extra heavy re inforced concrete was done with the idea In view of adding two more stories in the course of time. The basement is full cement and waterproof and a solid cement wall runs the full course of the struct ure, from ground to roof, dividing the portion occupied hy the Montgomery-Ward store from the bal ance and making the fire, hazard correspondingly less. The wiring, plumbing and, In short, every fac tor entering Into the work, was .dnnp. under specifications drawn lo meet the latest Inspection requirements. j Steel lath throughout, nil cietnl 1 iceiliiiKa and modern heating instnl jlutlon are further siU'cKinirils de ' slsned to make for permunenee and reduce fire danger. The Fox electrically welded holl er! wolghliiK "000 pounds, furnishes steam lor the three distinct heat- i ing systems used. As described hy William A. Aitken, nlninblns and heating contractor, the street level j I rooms, with, the exception or the 1 ataie tneatre, are heated By direct, niiiMvii us intj uiuveni, uunvers .nn .... - 'f-V Pf' '" 01 r ""llntors In the auditorium. A.!win "Hlr,y uppio-xrtiiuioly forty j ,siKhtly (1f(eren, nrransement in 'People. thirty-Hunt of whom are! the .Montnomery-Ward portion of l-Mi-dfoid fi'sMouis, has a 7 5-foot; air without the use of radiators. Ceramic tile, a material which; piesents a non-Hlip surface under jmont stock room. lull weather conditions, was used! --Slock will bo handled under 48 i In the vestibule entrances. This iKencral divisions, with division I material, installed by Gllmore & (Lowe, tilo experts of Salem, Ore., also adds to the' attractive appear- ' iance of the first floor entry ways. i . w H lwiSi painter, handled , the exterior and corner store room : ! paint work, while the Montgomery- warn space was finished by It. It. : Treinnine nnd crew The Campbell Sheet Metal Works ! furnished the Oil-O-Matic pil burn-1 .noppiiiK trip, the price of unods or which stokes the heating plant j in which they are Interested. 1'nr lioiler without manual attention, jtlal payment buying win apply ami the same firm also installed a where specified In the Montgomery Inr-'io porlion of the metal work of j Ward catalogue, (hti building, the balance of thei The policy of the store, accord metal work being done by the Show-j ing to 1. F. Andres, the manager, ers Metal Works. who was formerly with the corn- Interior fixtures and glass work puny In Helena, Mont., will bo the was largely handled hy the Trow-1 same as that which has governed bridge Cabinet Works, the plate glass installation probably being one of the largest Jobs of the sort in the city. A guaranteed ten-year Pabco roof furnished by the Big Pines Lum ber company will sheathe the build ing against the elements, while substantial coat of succo applied by llrandt & Jenson also serves to seal the building against action of winter's cold and the summer sun. During ills nine years' residence in .Medford, Mr. Leverette has de - voted his time to drchard and ranch property transactions as well as. city residence deals. His faith In Medford and tho ltogue River valley has been rew'arded each year in: the substantial growth of prop erty values and the now Leverette block is an outstanding pledge of his faith that the future will bIiow a correspondingly satisfactory con dition for the investor, L GOTHAM IS 4638 ; NRW YORK. Spet. 13. ()' hardware, plumbing future s. Accidents caused the death of 4(138 i paints, household ware, builders' persons In New York City last, equipment, electrical fixtures, auto year, the New York safety con-(accessories and the famous Ulver gress announced toduy. Of this! side tires. ' number. 942 were children be tween the. ages of 5 and 14 years. Automobiles caused 1135 deaths, falls H40, 10H0, drownings 475. burns street cars 13ti, rnllroad 51. and the: others died from various causes. 246 SOUTH Nf iiiiitiiiaiiiii iiiaiiiiilii iwiiiii!!i;!!Iii:iimiii iiiiiliii iMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigM NEW LOCAL STORE 'j,,, September 1 n, the MontKim, cry arcl company, one of the world's greatest merchan dising concern's, V 111 open a chain j store In .the new Leverette block. ; tituu.. mm uihoiii Wot. n. establishment which frontage on Central avenue with M5.uou square root or tioor space, 3. HO.O foot of which is in the base- j heads In clun-ite of each, except in I in few Instances where two or more ; related typos of merchandise will permit KrouplnH; under one head.: The method of transactlmr husi-; nous will ho the same as any retail ! store, so far as the customer is! conccrnou, except mat patrons ai-o j ;. f ,i.v consulting a catalogue, to dotermine in advnnco of their the Montgomery Ward mail order business for tho past fit, years "satisfaction guaranteed or your money back." Uoth Mr. Andres and Assistant Manager It. M. Mc Claflin. the latter coming to Mod ford following a year's connection with the company's retail store In l'o'rtlaod. are enthusiastic over the' prospects for tho new Medford branch, and declare the Levcrelle block to be one of tho. finest chain store locations the firm has ' - secured so fur in Oregon. Interior arrangement was car ried out according to specifica tions furnished by the Chicago headquarters and fixtures which follow the latest and best practice were built' "by the" Grand Itupids Fixture company. Lnnison cash system equipment connects all sec tions of the storo with the office. Illumination follows the .stan dard used hy the company and the show windows were especially do- signed and Installed meet the Montgomery Ward requirements, The main floor stock displays In clude drygoods, shoes, furniture, men's furnishings, toilet articles, musical Instruments, Jewelry, no tions, sporting goods and radios. The mo2zaninc floor has ladies', infants' and juvenile ready-to-wear while the basement stock includes the hffnvler merchandise ' such as In connection with the wide di verslty of goods handled, it is in terestlng to note that over half of the goods sold in Ibis territory are! manufactured in the west. Ac - , cording to the storo manager, It the DOlicv of tins comnanv to nlaco Lveverette WM. H. MERRITT GENERAL CONTRACTOR This Firm Handles Contracting Work Specializes in Particular Jobs Like the RIVERSIDE j ..... . Visions of Down on the Farm - , I ; caW ' rO"W mifiWn W'kMwWJ 'I" manufactures .-on, 'the-market-: -iis r largely its possible in the districts In which they are produced, and to base stocks upon the particular demands of the community served. Thus the Medford house while en- j deavoring to carry an assortment sufficient lo meet the needs of this territory, would not, however, have the same layout as, for example, one of the company's chain stores In the Croat Lakes district. Expansion of the Montgomery Ward chain store system has been rnpid, nnd It is said the concern will establish 1 500 stores within the next three years. It is pro posed to install such stores . in every town In - the country which boasts a population of tinao more. or Weekly conference of store per-) sonnel will be held here for the! purpose of tutoring employees in .Montgomery Ward methods, Mr. Andres and Mr. McClaflln I will establish permanent residence isjin Med lord and are much pleased with their new env ronment THE Is a miuiufuclurcs .m the- moftots iV 1 B Bp ftl j PTfin largely as possible In tho districts-; V A IU I- Ml II IkY UTi!!IU UI.U l I WIS I ! AT THE GROSSING flAKY, Im. Sept. 1 H.---f7P)--SeV-on persons were killed and antoher was Injured, probably fatally, when a westbound tlrand Trunk freight train struck their automobile at a urade crossing on the edge of (inry early today. The dead: I). S. Pollock, !!, Liibourn, Mo. C. C. Malnord,' 37, Mathews. Mo., believed to have been the driver i of the car. - , i A. woman, 3.", believed lo be Mainord's wife, Mrs. Anna .Jones, Mathews, Mo. A boy. 0 months old. A niri. nhuut four months old. Howard Smith, 'AH, Dearborn, 1 Mich BEAUTIFUL ,.v-ii-v,';ir-nl(l hm n nlrlcnt I- ' 'lull MHIIIIIIMIIIIIMMimillimilll' Credit as to the Ability of fled, -was-.nenr death' In a hospital. The tarty was-en route to Flint, Mich. ; SAX FIIANCISCO. Northern California re -Parts, of u-oived the asou. witii. . first showers of the the amount varying lrom a bares trace heie to half tin inch at Eureka. The I'nited States weath er bureau here- predicted further preeipitatfon. III INSURANCE First Insurance Agency A, L. HILL, Manager Phone 105 30 N. Central Medford, Oregon NEW IIIMMIIIIII1IIIIII1I1I1IMIIIIIIIII r MwwMM,mwmM Block of All Descriptions and New Leverette Building MEDFORD FIRMS AIDED BIG JOB An Interesting feature In con nection with tho complt'Uiiu of tho new Levin-otto . block is the fact that Meilfon.1 concerns were nble to mipply materials for micb a hti-KC undertaking: at a rate which nabteel rapkl iirou't'ess In all stages of the work. Owen Oregon Lumber company pruiucts were jilaced on the job by the lilt I'IneH Lumber company In iunntiths as needeil and the j wite's relatives, wim was toumt Medford t'oncreto t'onsti'uction : dead in his coll at the county jail coinpany supplied sand, crushed ! rock, plaster sand and drain tile ( from lis plant without delay. I'he .Medford Furniture ami Harrlwnro company with Its larc j committed suicide by taking pni slock of builders1 supplios had H!HOn. A note to hiM wifo foUn(l hy; part in the steady progress, u.s did . the Campbell Sheet .Motal Works ! The fluid Hill cement plant's: i-jivslcians who examined the. Uloaver Portland cement was usod,lin(ly Ilt th(. cilv omerRency ho.spl- in hiiKO quantities and tho 11buo J lal oxprefwort tho belief last nUvht. .Hiver Lumber company filled j lhut tl,.'alh WIlH L.aUH(.fl uy u dose: lame orders for Fuller's paint. of poiilon Jali01.H ut the count v I Klectrical installation, one of the I jlin llro o1- lno oplllion that Ulo I iiiii.il nil mii ki ol iruiurt-H ill liuill- ; ern construction, was handled ex- i liediliously by the Medford Flec tric company. 'I'he Trowbridge Cabinet Works which handled the mill work nnd I Interior finish, furnished and in 1 stalled nppi-oximately 1 r0 ( square feet of plate nlass in the building, besides the second floor windows, ja total glass job rivalling any pre I vinusly sup pi led In the city. I 'I'll,. Minim rnmniinr wmmlln.l .ill 1 windows and doors, all interior I trim, panel work, display windows, i supremo court denied the poti jslairways, and the ornamentnt tlon of trustees of the Wllshlro wont aiiout the state theater loca- linn. j Tho pjantlty of material sup- j tion barring Frank JJyer, pas i piled and the type of service ron-jtor, .from tho pulpit. The Irus- dered by local firms interested in tin1 Leverette block construction job indicates Medford's availability as a supply center. E. C. CORN Realtor 206 Eighth Street Just around the corner from Montgomery-Ward Co,, in the Leverette block. We offer you the services of our new, up-to-date Real Estate and Insurance office, We offer you our services in all lines of real estate, fruit farms, dairy ranches, stock farms, general farming acreage, city lots, city homes, country homes, business opportunities; complete listing of all lines. , Make us a friendly call, E. C, CORN CARL BEEBE CONFESSED KILLER OF FOUR POISONS SELF IN PRISON SACltAM 10XTO, Cal., Sept. 1 !. ' j (fi1) An autopsy Is expected to be ; noi-foriiiotl todav to determine the j cUMfl of ()(llUh of lv ; (J f!iU.m,H, : conl',1KK(ltl of f.U'vf ,lis rx" last niiiht, two days before he was'" to bo arriiiKiicd on a murder I churire. M 1 believed to havop the .side of his body read: "Delia1, remeniher what I told poison Was secreted in Harm's' clothing when he entered the jail. Itariios is accused of having gnno, ion a wild rimpnKO on the nifthi of August 27, hectttiHc of Jealousy over Ills ex-wlfo. He was charged with killing his two brothers-in-law, Charles Curtis and Charles Kleine, his ex-wife's cousin, Len (iearhurt, and her nlleged -lover. V, C. Muncy and with having I wounueu m, i-t. i-.nritin. j SAN FKANClSOO. The stato : Itoulovatd Congregational churcn, I in Los Angeles, for an Injunc ! tees alleged they had terminated. j their contract with the minister ; last .lanuaiy., hut that he had j refused to leave. PHONE 955-J