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Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 51

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Oakland Tribunei
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Oakland, California
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OCTOBER 22, 1022 WATER POWER. The leading states in the Union in developed waterpower are New York, with 1,300,0011 horsepower, and California, with 1,111,000 horsepower. TELEPHONE SERVICE. There are in this country every year 6,000,000,000 more communications by telephone than by letter, and 1350,000,000 more telephone messages than telegrams. INSURING BOOZE.

An enterprising insurance broker in Lancaster, says that private stocks of wine, in at least six of the cellars of that town are insured against burglars. Building Their Own Montclair Home The new home of John W. Martinsen ovTthe corner of tho Moraga Road and Estates Avenue Montclair. This is a $10,000 home and is being built entirely by Martinsen and his wife, who have raised every stick of timber and-driven every nail themselves. Mrs.

Martin sen are seen standing in the window of their new home looking out. MATERIAL TRADE New Factory For the Manufacture of a New Product ESTATE1 SUNDAY BUILDING BOOM raw HOLLOW TILE in until uinr I lb IlUt I I OF CONCRETE' 1 I if-i i a iFi im Oakland Agents' Supply Not Only Local But Out-; side Demands. A nnw hollow tile made of rein 1 forced concrete is being made and used extensively in the Eastbay district. Lawrence of Ban Leandro has taken tne rignis ior the "Woodward Wonder" building tile, and is manufacturing this product at his headquarters In Broadmoor. Two carloads of Certalnteed roofing paper to Fresno, and shipments of roofllngl paper and other Certalnteed products, to Santa Rosa, Napa and Santa Crua, were rec-cently sent by the Pacific "Wooden-ware and Paper Company, 86J-387 Fourth street, distributors of the "Certalnteed" line.

According to A. F. Glmbal, president and general manager of the Paciflo Woodenware and Paper company, the building activities now going on In tha Eastbay region are reected in similar operations lri the smaller towns and out-of-town orders are Increasing ra p-Idly, 1 The Pacific Woodenware and Paper Company are the main distributors in the Eastbay region for the entire line of Certalnteed pro-ductswhich include roofing paper, linoleums, oil-cloth and paint. They also do a general Jobbing business In kitchen and household goods, paper bags and wrapping pe'per. Glmbal says: "The fact that the Certalnteed Products Company now have a factory in Richmond, makes It TlnRslhln fni ua tn aimnlv The points claimed for this particular kind of tile is coolness in summer and warmth In winter because of the air contained therein, waterproof quality and a surface that permits- of any kiid of interior or exterior finish.

There IS already an oil station for the Associated Oil Company being erected of' this material at Grove and Forty-flrst streets and a building at Grove 'and Sixty-third streets. Inspection can be made at either of. these buildings or at the production plant in Broadmoors The wisdom in buying a homesit in Estates is bulwarked by the ever increasing joy of ownership. Take your map of the eastbay cities mark the business tenter and note the relative position of Montclair Estates note how solid city growth has followed the water line north and south compare distances and reflect that Montclair is but twelve minutes from the business center by auto. Reflect that there is now but limited opportunity to select view property, such, as may.be had at Montclair Estates.

You will agree with us that Montclair is the closest in, choice residence-site property offered on the market today at favorable prices. Realty Syndicate Co. jiliisiMiraftiiltWrrirri'iiiiirrTwrrf'rri couple of hours can be taken for 4 An Enterprising Family and a thoroughly w6rKmanlike manner. Martinsen has a complete eet of WWi SHOW CONFIDENCE III HOLLiD LAI fcuiUJers with whatever they require blue prints from which he is work Their New Home in the Montclair District. lng, just as if -the construction was under the supervision Of an archi toe way or roofing material at very short notice.

Thematerlal is nrmiffht i. i work in the evening, Martinsen7 was for many years With the Moore Shipbuilding Comi-pany at West Qakland, but is now retired, from business, and in this work he finds his recreation The work is being carried on in tect and a contractor. The new home will be finished and occu Mr. and Mrs. John W.

Martinsen Top Floor Syndicate Bldg. 1440 Broadway, Oakland. ov vj uq uuun uirem irom the factory, and we deliver to dealers in other towns either by truck Or ralL nilt.nf-tnnm Tallin In Telephone Lakeside 1600 for appointment to see Montclair. How to Get There 0uT Autot wil1 CflU 'or you Prom San Franrlnen TnV pied before the early rains set in, of this, tiity are building their own home in Montclair, and itr is no building materials, household and kitchen utensils, look upon Oakland 4s' the main distributing Denier of mean tsructure, to be erected whol The World's Telephones Loans Approaching Half a Million Dollars Made on Bottom Land. me jf acino coast because of its oirect shipping 40th Street Key Route to 40th and Piedmont, where buses meet trains.

From Oakland Take Piedmont (A) car, transfer to Montclair at 40th and Piedmont, or drive out Pledmoivt avenue to Moraga Road, or out Park Boulevard. ly by one man. and his wife. There have, been many small cabins and cottages and even a few bungalows erected by their owners since the suburban home craze' swept over the Eastbay Particularly true has Alt Other Countries this been of some of the East Oakland tracts and of Pinehaven, but the erection of a home in the uuu class ana in aristocratic jM.oni- Bring Bakery Standards to Those of Home clalr is something different. United Stoles Martinsen is doing this work himself because he is a practical construction man, and because he wants to have his house "just so." He figures that wheh the building Is completed tha if there are any complaints he wants to know just CLARKSBURG, Oct.

21. Bank loans aggregating $364,000 have recently been made In this district, a ordlng to a compilation of the Holland Land Company, which has subdivided 20,000 acres hereabout. These loans are secured by 2005 acres of the highly productive land of this downriver section of Yolo county and are regarded as substantial evidence that bankers are observant of the progress of the district, the high level of its land values, and the stability of farming operations. Most of these loans, It is reported, have been made at lower interest rates than the prevailing rate, so sound is the security regarded. In size the tracts whose development is thus expedited vary from 40 acres to more than a section of land.

OfiB that hns ttAAti thninnflVi1w where to place the blame. And so laiten up ana considered by the a i 1 1 ivi liii rf iNin i i ii Mr. and Mrs. Martinsen drive out every day in their automobil, parK the machine in the back yard and fornla. In.

the Interests of their excepting only Great Brit The 'telephone has reached itsf product they have devoted a great go to work. deal oi time to research work in an ain and Germany. Chicago has more telephones than France, Mrs. Martinsen plays no rtean average housewife Drefera to hake part in the task. She dresses in a Spain and Portugal combined.

As for rural telephones, practically the only farm telephones the regulation feminine hiking cos her own bread, pie, cake, cookies and Other such pastries, or whether tume, and Is an able and effective I world are in America. ine inclination seems to be to cur- highest point of efficiency and utility in the United States, the land of. its birth. With only one-Bixteentri' of the population of the world, the United Sates has almost two-thirls of the world's telephones. Forty-six years after the invention of the telephone by the late Dr.

Alexander Graham Bell, Europe has only one telephone. to each 100 of the population, while in America there is an instrument ossisuuil iv Jici uuouauu, Wilis chase them ready baker from a 4 Wi wears his overalls in the proper INDUSTRIAL TRACKAGE. fashion. Daker or grocer. Interesting results were ob Stockton Terminal and Eastern The two have built a little cabin stained from this investigation; It is said, and the outcome, as far as the ralBln growers are concerned.

SELL AtJTO LINE. P. K. Sakaki has asked permission of the Railroad Commission to sell to Joseph Fauci, an automobile freight line operated between San Jose and Oakland and San Francisco, the consideration agreed upon between the parties being $512.35. In the back yard and Installed a stove, and Mrs.

Martinsen serves a Railroad has asked permission of the Railroad Commission to construct a grade crossing over the Stobkton-Belotta road-f or-a spur hot -lunch and generally- a-hot may mean-astep-forward-in the Increase in sales of baked products to-every eight personSrThera-are more telephones in New York City than in the whole of any foreign track to serve the Pacific Sand and ner on these long days when the sun goes down -late and an extra Gravel Company, tnrougn the merchant, Warm weather, of course, dis courages home baking. Merchants report a greater volume or Business during the summer months than during the cooler seasons. With this as a basis, the Sun-Maid Raisin Growers determined to in augurate an eduoatlonal cam palgn amQng the bakers and groc ora ir on aPtmrt trt Imnpaca tham with the great possibilities In bak COME OUT TOD AM 'Vs ing the kind of breads and pies that the housewife takes pride in baking herself. Bakerfe particularly to have this argument and realized on it. Hundreds of them vArv rinv ora falling In linA And today the average baker sells the TO bread that one customarny expects In hava hnkfifl In fun own 110 me, IThe same has become true ot raisin pies.

Bakers take pride in making i 1 I l.t ifrom fresh California rasins, and I many report increasedsales and cores of favorable comment from the housewife. MULTIPLE LISTING. Twelve realtors of -the Tulare Realty Board have been operating tinder the multiple listing plan of selling real estate for the past three months. The system is a big help to the dealers and to the owners Veterans HospitcilNo.24 real property, C. E.

Taylor, sec retary of the Realty Board, de dared. PRINTING Built The U.S. Government is rebuilding Veterans' Hospital No. 24 at Palo Alto of Dickey Mastertile through-, out The temporary frame buildings of the old base hospital will be abandoned as fast as the 22 new permanent structures are completed. r- Government engineers specify this studied by visiting the Hopital standard hollow building tile be- grounds just outside the northeast cause it combines every quality city limits of Palo Alto.

Numerous. engravings desired in modern hospital con- UT6 Your Lot types of structures are represented, including two and three story ward buildings, mess halls, and a group of attractive bungalows to house the hospital staff. Dickey Mastertile is the best and most economical building mater-afor your home, store, garage, or office building if you desire the same good construction represented by Can etruction. Dickey Mastertile provides absolute safety from fire because it is made of hard burned clay. The dead air spaces in the walls insure dry, comfortable and quiet wards because they insulatehe interior of the building against moisture, changes in temperature and Setj The application of the following rulei by those who tue photo engravings, will be -reflected in the printing they buy in iti higher quality and better appearance.

Line cuts print on any kind of paper. 4 Half-tones of 133 screen and 1 50 screen print well on toated papers. HalP-tonei of 120 screen and 133 screen print on super paper or a good quality English finish. Use the cra- tut not coarser than uo when in doubt. these modern hospital buudings.

sound. Dickey Mastertile buildings in all It isthe loweslpricedof st'uges of construction can now be manent wmtsrials. Take Car, or motor out Lalce-shore Avenue to Trestle Glen Road. Do not. try to print on uncoated paper.

CO. EIMEPJ The Standard Hollow Building Tile Madebythe CALIFORNIA BRICK COMPANY 604 ftisslon St, SAN FRANCISCO Builders Exchange, OAKLAND See the Dickey Mastertile Housb at the A' California Complete Homes Exposition, Oakland Write for our new Dickey Mastertile Book (now on the press) "Makinq -The BurUUwa DOLUJUDQ MORS" WA R. S. Kitchener iy-H; PRINTER 1 MfSpW i i 91618 Clay Street, Oakland Telephone Oakland 444.

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