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VOLUME CIII OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 1925 NO. 61 In Melrose Highlands New addition to the Columbia Park School, MelroM Highlands. 4 PARKER 1 EBB I Nl Parker-Webb Co. in New Structure Above: New headquarters (serving the Northern California district) occupied by Parker-Webb subsidiary of the Allied Packers of Chicago, at Third and Madison, Oakland. Below (left) W.

F. Colladay, president and general manager of Parker-Webb Co. of California, and (right) J. L. Ingram, manager of the Oakland headquarters.

1 BUILDING RECORD IS PREDICTED 'tJZH. I I I) I II II HI I Illl 1' I "I ii mi nil bit 4 5 IliilliiiPi 3 la i mmmmrnmm fr i' Large National Program Is NortKern California Head iiiiiiiipiiw Planned for Next Six HIT HI irSJS -Ai Months Survey Shows quarters Established by Nationally Known Con-eem In Model Structure At General Upward Tendency Third and Madison, Oak. The building Industry has rounded into the second half of the 1926 period with a momentum which, at the moment, presents every indication of placing the threat Interest la evinced in Shutter business. Industrial and home elrclea In tha announcement year's construction total far ahead that Parker-Webb and Company of the record breaking volume of 1924. For the first six months of the year the gain throughout the country was per cent over the Detroit, Michigan, have established their Northern California headquarters In thla city and have Bow occupied a handsome new same period In 1924, when, it will be remembered, there was a gain of per cent over the first half of 1923.

atrnoture at Third and Madison treats. The building, which Is According to the national monthly building survey of S. W. Straus from which these figures were the highest type of construction throughout, Is modern In every detail and Is scientifically equipped te present the nationally-known products of the company to the MELROSE TMCT H.F. DOM GO SECOND UNIT Auto Exports JJ.

S. for Year Make Record consumer. Parker-Webb and Company are producers of the widely-known HAS EXCELLENT Money Brand hams and bacons. REALTY DEPT. IN the company being a subsidiary obtained, the June gain in permits Issued and plans filed In the 370 leading cities and towns of the country was S3 per cent over June 1924.

The general tendency of building activities is distinctly upward at the present time. It will be recalled that In January there was a loss of 3.6 per cent; in February, 7 per cent; and in March 18 per cent. The distinct upturn began with April when there was a gain of 82 per cent over April 1924. In May the gain was 16 per cent, so that or tne Allied Packers. Allied Packers own and control fourteen of the largest packing plants In the United States and are rated as the SCHOOLS, HIES IMEW QUARTERS PLACED I SALE third largest pork packing house In the country.

Two years ago Parker-Webb and Company were a new factor In the with the June Increase of 83 per Because of pressure upon their With the first unit of Avenue cent there was an average monthly gain during the second quarter of 27 per cent. The figures during the first Terrace sold out the E. B. Field quarter of the year moreover can space previously occupied In the main arcade of the Ray building. H.

F. Dow Eastbay investment securities and real estate organization, have fitted up one of the Broadway front stores In that structure, and during the week moved their "real estate department Into the new quarters. Company, which bought and aub-dlvlded the property, has announced the opening of the aecond unit of this east-of-the-lake sub not be taken at their face value, inasmuch as the losses were confined largely to New city where comparative declines were recorded as the result of the ex AUTOMOTIVE exports from the United State during the first half of 1925, amounting to $185,000,000 not only exceeded the figures ef the corresponding period of 1924 by ever but suggest a record figure for the full year trade, according to the automotive division of the department of commerce. This half-year figure is almost three-fourths of that of the entire year of 1924, when our total, foreign shipments of this commodity ap- Eroximated $252,000,000, and it as only to maintain this rate during the second half of this year in order te exceed by. a comfortable margin the record figure of 1920, when abnormal shipments brought the total to over' It is to be remembered that the automobile-dollar of 1920 effered only about 60 per cent of the purcasing power of the pres-ent-day dollar.

division on Thirty-fifth avenue. Just above Hopklna street. The cessive filing of building plans This department is managed by prior to the expiration of tax ex F. Joseph Lauck. who for seven first unit enjoyed an unusually years was manager of the Oakland School bella are summoning: East Oakland children to the'nevr term this week within sound of Melrose Highlands, the new read- dentlal subdlvlalon now being aeld by C.

P. Murdock, Incorporated." Melrose Highlands la located near' the Chevrolet factory between the old National Guard rifle rani and the upper San Leandre filter plant of the East Bay Water Is now under "Every prospective purchaser at a house and lot'who haa family 'i la deeply Interested in school facllU ties," states P. preal. dent of CP. Murdock, Incorporate ed.

"In our Melroae Highland) tract questions aa te. schools pre easily answered. A large grade school is so close by that the bell can be heard easily, and Fremont High. Is convenient for older ehll- quick sale, and the E. B.

Field offices of R. Whltenead ee finance and mortgage organization. emption laws on April 1, 1924. Throughout the entire country there has thus been a steady and consistent Increase In building activities throughout the year 1926 as compared with 1924. In his department are M.

E. Ward, provision business of the Pacific oast. Today they have five western branches located at Oakland, l.os Angeles. San Diego, Long Beach and at Seattle, Washington. W.

F. Colladay is the president nd general manager of Parker-Webb Company of California and J. Li. Ingram, residential manager In Oakland, has been associated for several years In a managerial capacity with leading packing houses In the state. The new Oakland headquarters the company constitute the last In plant equipment and have been specially designed to provide that environment through which the "Honey Brand" ham and bacon and other products of the company will retain their best flavor and quality.

The company la at present establishing a produce department for butter, eggs, cheese, and a full line of the finest brands of canned and smoked meats and general provisions. The company's "Honey Brand" hams and bacon are smoked by a special patented process. The management states that the public Is invited to visit and Inspect the plant. Company anticipates that tha second unity will be even more popular both with home-seekers and Investors. in charge of sales and rentals; Louis H.

Sparber. conducting the The total cf June permits Issued business-opportunities department; E. B. Field, In placing the sec ING HEALD'S NAMED ABC 00 Mrs. Jessie Gladmon and others.

In the 870 centers was $898,697,666 compared with (299,366,049 In June 1924. ond unit on the market, states: Leland 8. Shay, vice-president or "Avenue Terrace affords a mag In regional activities the South the organization, is in general charge of bond and securities sales. Howard F. Dow, president of the company.

Is in -active personal nificent view extending from San Rafael almost to San Jose, includ-ign the Golden Gate, Angel Island, San Francisco, and the Bay cities. In the second unit now being IN REBUILDING L. MEMBER OF NAT charge of all departments. continues to outstrip all other sections. The 12 southern states gained 93 per cent over June last year.

The East gained 28 per cent; the Central states, 24 per cent and the Paclflo Coast region, 36 per cent. Wren. F. 1. CALDWELL TELLS OF FRESNO offered there Is not a single steep lot and no view property was ever more easy of approach.

convenience ef schools -eoupled with the nearby location. -of East Oakland factories and good transportation service make Mel' Cites Figures to Prove Wire Shopping Pays SANTA 'The nrst unit," continues Field, ASSOjlAIIOli 'sold much more rapidly than ex Highlands an attractive placex World-Wide Demand For American Goods pected. The second unit is even Htot only for children who are (otaff, more desirable, en Joying all the Claiming that in more than a score of years she had never carried a bundle, aet foot in a grocery advantages of the first, haa a bet SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 19. to achool, but also lor men en- ployed In Industrial plants andt women going to downtown Oak land to ahop." ter and adjoins a fully re store, seen a clerk and been caught MEET PLANS stricted, rapidly, developing The first building to be constructed American trade envoys stationed in the principal commercial centers of the world have advised the department of numerous opportunities for the sale of a large assortment' of American Industrial and In Santa Barbara since the recent' "Every sales contract guaran earthquake Is covered with 10,000 tees that all street Improvements feet of Fabco roonnir.

which is street paving, cement sidewalks. manufactured in California, by The The railroad commission has revoked the authority heretofore granted to Southern Pacific company to construct a drill track at grade across Eighteenth, Cypress, Seventeenth, Sixteenth, Fifteenth and Fourteenth streets and across the double track rail of Key System Transit company at Sixteenth and Cypress streets In the city of Oakland, the applicant having notified the commission that it does not Intend to construct said track. agricultural products In forty- Fred R. Caldwell, president of Specialists in SELLING the Oakland Real Estate Board, eight countries. Not alone do butchers and bak-.

Paramne Companies, Inc. The roof Is laid on the courthouse, the building upon which reconstruction was rushed so that in a crowd while marketing, Mrs. Oeorge Elliott, wife of a prominent Brooklyn, New York, merchant, says that she has saved 286 days in twenty-two years of housekeeping. f'I have telephoned every order," says Mrs. Elliott.

"I think I have saved an hour a day, six hours a week a total of 6864 hours or 286 days. This has enabled me to do many things more enjoyable than the humdrum of marketing, and the monetary value of the time saved la not less than $3432." concrete gutters, sewers, water mains will be finished by a definite date or all money paid by the purchaser of the lot refunded. Today, in the first unit, you can see the Improvements being made. and Thomas F. Brennan of Oakland will be special delegates te at AMD LEASING the official business of the city would not be Impeded.

The building was formerly one of the sev tend the Farm Land conference October I and 9 at Fresno, to be held in conjunction with the Con Avenue Terrace has airect era and candlestick makers the world over ply their trades with American equipment, but needle-workera, dentists, sawyers, laun-derers, bookbinders and numerous other trades and professions find use for American accessories in their everyday activities, according to the report Mating foreign sales direct transportation and is close to schools, churches and shops." eral show places of the Mission Business Propsrty. vention of the State Real Estate Association. City, and the new structure is even more beautiful, In the opinion of prominent builders. A large program has been out America's Biggest Jerusalem Port The roofing manufactured by The Parafflne Companies, was openings for meats, paraffin wax, breadmaking machinery, laundry' In Great Growth SjlM OaklamS Southern Paclflo company haa applied to the Railroad Commission for permission to close the agency atatlona at Brookdale and Mt. Hermon In Santa Cruz county during the period September 1 to June 14 of every year.

Word haa been received of the election of Heald's Business College, Oakland, to membership In the National Association of Accredited Schools, an association devoted to maintaining the highest educational standards among business colleges. Accredited schools, according to T. B. Bridges, Managing Director of Heald's, admit those schools which have long maintained competent teachers, standard courses of study, and up-to-date equipment, and which follow In their relations with students and the general public, the very highest ethical business standards. Bridges said: "An advantage to Heald graduates ia that In going to any city in the United States where a member college ia located such graduates will have the assistance of the local member college in securing employment.

In addltloij, through the Interchange of grades and standings, the student who goes from one section of the country to another will be able to continue his education without Interruption. "Through membership In this association we are able to cooperate with the leading business colleges of the nation In maintaining a high standard of Instruction, with a constant lnterohange of ideas on all subjects' pertaining to business education." lined for this convention which constitutes the twenty-first annual meeting of the California Real Estate Association. A large caravan of Oakland realtors will proceed from 'this city to Fresno, president Caldwell states. Real Estate Values a ta Oakland wltmta your (rasp Twelfth mm aUeajaheay machinery, bookbinding machin Tel-Aviv, the port city of Jeru selected by officials here In line with their plan to rebuild the city, with products made on the Pacific Coast. ery, dental fillings, saw blades, dancing dolls, automobiles, radio sets and numerous other articles.

salem, before the world- war was a sleepy little village such as It has been' since the early days of history. Now, however, Tel-Aviv is a city of nearly 40,000 people, full of life, with factories running at full speed and Its homes and prin Ralph A. Knapp AS Realtor cipal buildings electrically lighted. The San Joaquin valley district manufactures Z6 per cent of California's total output of creamery butter; San Francisco Bay, 28 per cent; North Coast, 11 per cent; Imperial, 10 per cent; South Coast, 6 per cent, with the remaining 6 'per cent scattered. aT I 1769 Franklin St.

CREDITS-CASH PRICES1; aV I Tel-Aviv also has a modern opera house with a full complement of electrio lighting equipment where performances -of grand opera sung Laktrid 9080 AWT in Hebrew are given. VI SSf WVkY M.B.Jack Steyer I dirsxtom rih TmETiTCnniiTfr lw -No Interest Charges -No Carrying Charges i NAKRV e. ANDKIOH Specialist in Business Properties DIRECTORS LMTIK W. HINK B. C.

LYON P. HUROOeK DWIN M. OTIS B. I. PKKIN STAHLIV J.

SMITH B. H. TILDIN N. WILCOX I nh s. a.

roMimn 421 Nineteenth St. As compared with the previous month, increases were noted in the July production of cement, oak and maple flooring, and. in the receipts of turpentine and rosin at southern ports, while declines were recorded in the. production of copper, steel and Douglas fir lumber. In the consumption of cotton.

In tha sales of steel castings and structural steel, and In the sales of new life Insurance. Notice to the Public-- Bet. Bdway. and Franklin OAKLAND PAone Oakland 3071 I I Title Insurance Building OFFICERS A. poesrieia.

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() t') () (') We aim to sell all merchandise on Credit at the standard Cash Prices, We urgently request that if you should find an article in. our store not so priced tell us that we may correct the error. BOAB.D 0T DIRECTORS Carl Abbott Irk Abraham Arthur H. Breed H. 0.

Capwell J. F. Carliton Wm. Cavalier Wm. B.

Donahue John 8. Drum A. 0. Greene T. W.

Barrle Stuart 8. Hawley Goo. O. Jamieaon Irvine B. Kahn Joa, Knowland A.

8. Lanntoa John J. McDonald Arthur W. Moore H. 8.

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