Corvallis Gazette-Times from Corvallis, Oregon • 36

B-12 Gxttt-Tlmt Corv.lllt, Monday, Dtcambar 21 1970 i I -71? CMII 1 SALE ITEMS AT 922 CIRCLE BLYD idhav -v mm a i i 1 i i STORE UNLT1 rT 7l -ti OPEN MOM, TUES, WED WOODEN 9 AM to 11 PM ATTACHE SALT PEPPER CASES ALMOST INDISTRUCTABU CONSTRUCTION 1. SLIM STYLE i5 fr 12.99 ONE GALLON I MONEY-BACK I J' Uftwuraw110" I Salt (halctr, poppor mill in groan, orange, and yellow OUR REG. 1.47 "1 i PLASTIC tCOAL GREi CONTAINER A- -J 1 PEN SETS LUGGAGE NEW AQUARIUS BY PAPERMATI FROM AIRWAY 21" WEEKENDER 14.88 SLIM SET a3no'5pIil 2.97 AND PtNCIt list 18.88 MARX IV 4.47 34.00 .7,50 24.88 CACIUIIVC VALUE 5.67 7J7 COSMETIC CASE 2ust 13.88 GOLD EXECUTIVE IN BUSINESS AGAIN The Baker Hotel, a landmark overlooking the Baker valley for 40 years, has been reopened and again is attracting large numbers of people. (AP) Remodeled Landmark At Baker Does Brisk Business As Hotel Very durable in green, gold ft bhie ALL PENS PENCILS REDUCED! 24 IN. BIG BOY BARBECUE WITH ANTI-LEAK FORMULA MODEL 2400 We now have a complete selection of GRUIYIDACHER ART SUPPLIES COMPLETt STARTER SET oilssSSns 1175 with any purchase of 3.00 or over.

mm 19 GAL WITH HOOD ELECTRIC SPIT AND MOTOR OUR REG. 12.97 REGAL BEARLEY LOOK! Lighthall bought It He kept it open during Paramount's filming of "Paint Your Wagon," which brought a large number of movie workers to the city, then closed it Jan. 1, 1969. That was the end until Laeger and Dinger bought it and began their remodeling program which has included all new wiring, new plumbing fixtures, new carpeting on the lower floor, a new roof and new stone facing on the lower exterior. The Baker cost $275,000 to build.

The new owners have already put $83,000 Into remodeling and say another $100,000 will be spent, to complete the work. The hotel's reopening has been a sharp, morale-boosting change from the business closures that have confronted Baker in recent months. OR CHILTON stock market crash, and the local ownership was an important factor in its success. Leo Adler, Baker magazine distributor and one of the original stockholders, says the Baker unlike the Sacajawea and Marcus Whitman which were built In this region at the same time repaid stockholders their original investment and returned a dividend, too. When national conventions came to Baker, local women's clubs volunteered to help out in the kitchen.

And the hotel had a reputation as the finest place to dine in Eastern Oregon. Beginning in the 1940s a series- of ownership changes progressively diminished its popularity. Finally it went up for sale at a U.S. marshal's mortgage foreclosure auction- and BATHROOM COMPLETE AUTO GAUGES TIMING LIGHT TACHOMETERS ACCESSORIES HAMPERS, BATHROOM SCALES, WASTEBASKETS, BRUSH HOLDERS. PADDED FINISH IN ASSORTED COLORS SINGING TEA KETTLE Color Crafted Aluminum OUR REG.

3.97 BAR ACCESSORIES AND NOVELTY DECANTERS AND ICE BUCKETS AT LOW PAY LESS PRICES! FFS LOW PAY LESS PRICES REGULATION Reg IIIBACIII BAR-B-Q 4.97 BASKETBALL GOAL IS 3.27 WITH NET ENAMEL ROASTERS IKW 1.37 NAVIGATOR COMPASS 4.99 By BOB PFOHMAN For ASSOCIATED PRESS BAKER While the seven-story Sacajawea Hotel was being torn down in La Grande last summer, workmen 44 miles to the south In Baker -were preparing the nine-story Baker Hotel for reopening. Now, more than three months since its the Baker Hotel is doing a brisk business. It had faced the fate of other hotels that once were famed in their areas but gradually deteriorated, were unable to cope with changing times, and finally stood as empty landmarks. But the Baker's main dining room and lounge now are crowded each evening with local residents and tourists and the convention and meeting trade is growing. More than 60 ranging from 25 to 150 persons, are on the books for December alone.

The decision to reopen the Baker Hotel, closed for more than a year, was made early this year by Lyle Laeger and Lloyd Dinger, partners in a Baker real estate firm. They bought the building from Cuyler Iightball, a local businessman, who had bought it at a foreclosure sale in the late 1960s. "The hotel was just sitting there like a tombstone," Laeger said. "Without question it is the largest and finest building in all Baker. We believe it is a good investment.

Since real estate is our business and we're selling 1 nBaker County, we figured it would serve a mutual Interest to reopen the hotel. Hiey made many major changes and still more are planned, both In the interior arrangement and in the way the hotel will be operated. "We won't be able to call It a hotel when we finish," Laeger said. "Only 11 rooms on the second floor will be available for nightly rentals." The rest of the, hotel's 82 rooms are being converted to 22 one- and two-bedroom apartments to rent in the range of $130 to $20 a month. "Already we've had twice as many applications as we'll have apartments," Laeger said, adding the remodeling was to be completed by spring.

The lower floors have been leased to Dan Verges who has i a 1 1 a bar and restaurant. He also has the Frontier Room in Lakeview. The remodeling Included putting a ceiling across the old banquet room, creating space for 250 diners on the second floor. The former lobby was converted to a small dining room. More than 500 persons attended the grand reopening in the main ballroom.

"For something that sat here dormant for 21 months, we've had an enthusiastic response," Laeger said. The Baker was originally owned by local residents. It opened in before the TOOL ORS ANIZfR CRtAtGIrt IDEA TOOL CADDY 3.29 PUNCH B0VL SET 11.08 OUR RIO. KODAK INSTAMATIC 105 MOVIE PROJECTOR Automatically rewind! kieaiM Far awser Film with projection mm and zoom kin, Exceptional versatility ana comranranc OUR REG. 119.87 mm KODAK INSTAMATIC 109 MOVIE PROJECTOR Utea eapar ami regular mm Rowmda onrtomatkofly and hae 4QV taaotlty SAMSONITE CARD TABLES 1 The word "love" has been hurled at us sa many times, sometimes we don't even hear it any more.

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