The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 21, 1924, Page 19

FRIDAY, LUMBER TRADE IS CHAOTIC Condition May Prelude an Improved Situation MARCH 21, 1924 BY FRANK FOSTER uation ts practically hanged. BUREAU OF MISSING RELATIVES The Star tevites tte readers to use this departent as an aid tn finding relatives or friends, The department ts te help in rewniting these whe beve bees erparated. whose relatives of friends are missing are invited report the disappearance directly (« The Star. Readers whe may know the whereaboets of persons mentioned in this columm as tnele readers, eee MISS DIANA KNUIRK—Former- of Winnipeg, Man quested to write A. Hurtig, care of Vancouver hotel, Vancouver, B. C., or at Winnipeg. OLE NASS EGGE, or Olaf Nash, Norwegian, 37, is asked to communt cate with bis mother tn the old coun try. His 80-year-old father ts dyin Search for the man or for a friend, Annie Viken, who reported him in Seattle in 1920, has been instituted. Eggo 's also asked to communicate with his cousin, Alf Anderson, Box $2, Westwood, Cal. DAVID PARDUN’S family ts Sought by his nephew, Isaas W. Par. dun, Route 4, Gresham, Ore. David Pardun was a Tacoma-Seattle boat | engineer, drowned in 1890. ee JOE THOMPSON (MORRIS) has) left an estate and the attorney for the executor, Benjamin B. Goodman, 925 Yeon building, Portland, Ore., is seeking a married sister, name un known, living in or near Seattle ‘Thompson, or Morris, as he was also known, was a Russian and worked thruout Washington in lumber camps. eee R. C. DICKSON, believed to be tn Seattle, is asked to write to Jean- nette Dickson, 1023 Third ave. N., Moorhead, Minn, | eee | A. J. MILLER or MARIE MII- LER are asked to communicate with | Marie Huston, Pryor, Oki. ROY JACKMAN left his home a Cedar Rapids, Ia, January 31, pre- sumably to in employment in Sioux City, rom which place} ‘0 his family before Jackman is a large man, y built, 40 years old. He rk brown, curly hair and | blue eyes. Weighed 165 to 180 pounds. From 1905 to 1908 he was at Fort Flagler, Wash., in the army air service, Fifty-dollar reward of. fered. Mrs. Roy Jackman, wife, may a 627 Eighth ave. E., ids, Ia., or Sher. {ff Thomas Avery, Marion, Ia. aoe * {AMES KT BELT, who spetvee Nis mail, General’ Delivery, Seattl until he disa tember, 19: est daught ‘. Post st. Spokane, Belt 1s 60 years old, 5 feet, & inches tall, with blue eyes and | Diack halr streaked with gray, | ® @ CLOVIS ALHISER, last heard of in Seattle two years ago, 1s askéd | to communicate with his sister, | M Redmond, Richmond He ja 21 yoars old, dark-haired and has brown eyes. Was omioy ed by an auto supply station while here. Informants may commuricate with Chief C. A. Sherry, police de- partment, Richmond, Va ne | COLUMBUS A. CHAMBERS, farmer and mechanic, is asked to commun: with the Canadian Bank ot Co ce, Ladner, B, C. ‘Wash, JOHN BRUNA, a tallor, ts sought | to settle an estate in which he in| named heir, by Helen Bruha, 2027 W. Fourth st. Davenport, In. He | ‘was In Seattle until two years ago. | eee MRS, ROSIE BROWN, believed | living somewhere in Washington, in| Weing sought by he: brother, | Charles Bont, Regina, Canada, she jy about 29 or 40 years old, 6| feet, 6 inches tall; fair complexion wud auburn hair, PLANS PLANS PLANS DRAWN TO SUIT YOU, $10 UP Do You Know? That We DESIGN FINANCE BUILD HOMES APARTMENTS BUSINESS BUILDINGS OUR 1924 EDITION NEW of Indi PLAN BOOK $1.00, Sent GARDNER J.GWINN, Inc. 1703-4-5 Hoge Bldg. EL iot-6: iduality” Anywhere $842.14 buys all the lumber, doors, windows, frames, shingles, lath, finish hardware and outside paint for this home, called our MINNETONKA design More Strength for Y our Money Do you know that all Stetson & Post 2-inch framing lumber is made thicker than the stan- dard size? More strength for your money! A standard 2x4-8-ft., 4% cublo inches. $ft., ta 6. ecublo inches. CUBIC INC AT NO ADDITIONA A standard 2x8-14-ft., contains Our sizo 2x$-14ft., contains 2,253 cublo inches. 236 CUBIC INCHES MORE AT NO ADDITIONAL COST When you build be sure that Stetson & Post quality lumber, shingles, doors, windows, frames and finish are used throughout. GIVE US YOUR LISTS FOR ESTIMATE STETSON 6 POST LUMBER CO. 3300 WHATCOM AVE ELLIOT T-O71) SEATTLE Fuel Oil Makes Cheap, Clean Heat When this low cost, mod- ern fuel is properly burned by means of a POWER. PLANT EOCNEERING co. MIRRORS AND LEADED you can be assured of even, effortless heat— automatically regulated. At our demonstration plant you can see the ease and reliability of Ray operation. Come in and investigate this practical method of home heating. Power Plant Engineering Co. 1933 Fifth Ave. Elliott 7648 White Enamel Medicine Cabinet If interested In mirrors, lead. sult this company, C. C. BELKNAP GLASS COMPANY Phone MA in-0469 ed glass, plate glass, ote. con- Railroad Ave, and Stewart St. THE AEROPLANE BUNGALOW This delightful one of Seattle's most traveled boule vards, is recognized as the Queen City’s best example of the aeroplane bungalow. Its unique feature is the fine sleeping porch, the only room on three out a range of small casement windows. The floor plan is most conveniently designed with its connecting all rooms. Especially fine is the win- dow treatment, supplying the maxi- mum of light and air. Closets, too, are roomy and well ventilated. ‘Yhe pagoda effect used in the exterior suggests the Japanesque, a new in- fluence in the development of west- ern architecture. This type is par- ticularly well suited to a corner lot, as its side elevations ye irregular projections which lend themselves to artistic planting.: home, located on the second floor, side walls having made up of central lway The plan was submitted by Gardner J. Gwinn, Ine, Hoge Bullding MANY TO BUILD New Constructions to Cost $200,000 Are Planned Following a day in which the 2 artment reviewed plans ‘eregating a total cost lion dollars, Thursday's transactions in the department coy: jered new construction work totaling Big Building Activity Is Foreseen in Survey Experts Think Costs May Be Higher}: in Latter Part of Spring Building activities In the leading alities within the next few weeks. | $200,000, “It ts indicated from the reports! A permit was issued to the Seattle that the preponderence of building| Trust com for remodeling the jactivities this spring and summer| basement and first floor of its build. ume of the corresponding period last / will be confined to the large cities.|ing at 801-80 d ave. at a cost year, unless some unforseen develop: |The 26 centers which led in bullding|of $60,000. ‘The alterations will fur- within the next few | Permits for the month reported $221,-| nish more elaborate quarters for the , or 75 per cent of the total| trust company and the Bank of Cali- its {ssued in’ 339 cities and| fornia. ‘This {s Indicated by official reports | towns, Among other plans submitted to “New York city continued to re-|tho department were those for a figures, the month's | $100,000 apartment house in the Capl- a gain of|tol Hill district. It will be of ma- per cent/Sonry construction, three stories high and will contain 20 apartments, It is to be located at 1128 13th ave, jand 4s to be the property of Mrs. arl E, Jensen. ities of the United States will this) penn eclipse the tremendous vol-| ments occur weeks. from the building departments of 329 | cities and towns as made public | veal aniakiike terday thru the monthly survey of| total being $16 8. W. Straus & Co. These centers| nearly $30,000, reported bul rmits for Febru \c over Febraury, ary of $296,08 100 per cent ov pruary, 1922, In 314 of these places tn which| ‘‘Building material prices in comparisons are available, there was| creased somewhat in practically all a gain of 20 per cent over February, | lines during February, In the. E perigee 1923. ‘Tho Eastern group of clities| especially In New York city, the|Canada Will Help uined 38 per cent; the South gained | rise in starting materials was signifi-| apg 9 per cent; the Middlo West lost G|/cant. Among building material ex British Cattlemen WINNIPEG, March 21.—Canada per cent, and the Pacific coast group | perts the immediate expectation was will send cattle to England to restore gained 14 per cent | for further increases in the spring ‘ebruary,"’ the survey states, | months.’” | the herds depleted by the ravages of “‘presages the most active spring| |the foot and mouth diease this win- bullding season in the history of the} The Jewish population of the| ter, One section alone is short 40,000 country, barring unexpected eventu-' world ts 15,500,000, ‘animals, Homes That Are a Little Better Than Seems Necessary Homes that are designed and built by this office need cost no more but— YOU CAN BE ASSURED that they will be correct in design, convenient in arrange- ment and properly constructed. FINANCING—You can arrange to pay for your home as you live in it. TWENTY YEARS OF BUILDING HOMES in Seattle with never a lien or lawsuit. EDW ARD L. 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