Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 75

i ,4 A SUNDAY flDaalanD Crfotmc JUNE 1021 HlflSOfJ-liU'OUFFIE CHINA TOGGERY China (Toggery in New Home ROJVNEBI ANNOUNCES LARGE-SALES Oakland unit of largo chain, tot ttorei tn new quarters. Views of ground floor, exterior basement. CE0RC ATKIN17 (, Mchmloat.Kglnr E. E. NOBLE, Engkttw STREET-HOI GHAS.

W. McCALL P. E. Marquis Reports Fifteen Transactions Totaling Company Now Has Stores in Nine California CHAS. T.

DAVIS ar IN1SHING0N 1 1 4u ip )f frl 1 'ffr2 4 Tha China Toaraerv is now estab Real estate Bales approximating 1108,000 were consummated lished In Its new home at the through the Mason-McDuffie Com northwest corner of Washington pany of Berkeley during the clog- 'and Eleventh streets, four stories high building, with basement and hgPW fff Fto' 'l mezzanine floor, giving over JO, 000 ARCHITECTS ANNOUNCE THE REMOVAL OF THEIR OFFICES TO THE EIGHTH FLOOR OF THE ALAMEDA COU1XTY TITLE INSURANCE BLDG. square feat of. floor apace. The lng week, according to Btatlstlca released yesterday by P. E.

Mar-. quia, office manager. A total of fifteen dfeala were mad ty the firm In establishing the reo- ord week for transactions during May said. By exchange, the Mu Zota chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha sorority turned ownership of its house at new atora carries everything In lf.dles' wear as well aa apparel for I children and for men. In fact the China Toggery'a new home is a veritable department store, it Is 2717 street over to the poiniea out, ana compares In varied stocks and equipment with many Of the finest in California, i The China Toggery was founded In 1907 by J.

Shoong. startinsr with "ZM one rnall store on Fillmore street, WHERE SPECIALLY DESIGNED DRAFTING ROOMS HAVE BEEN BUILT. Rodivia Clubhouse Association of women students in consideration for a lot on th northwest corner of LeRoy and LeConte avenues and a cash payment. Thomas W. Cook purchased a home at 260S Durant avenue and Theresa Rust acquired a house at 2610 Etna street in the larger horns deals.

Another home at 1860 El Dorado avenue went to in nun xrancieco. rne ousineas y-- USE OF BARK D. T. Cone, while F. Watson grew and a new store was opened in 1909 at 929 Market aft-eet.

Today the China Toggery la listed as one of California'! great mercantile organizations, operating stores In nine cities, Ban Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose, Fresno, 8a Diego, Long Beach, Pasadena, San Bernardino and Oakland. J. Shoong, founder of the la president of the' China Toairery Cor bought the Hammarberg proper ties at 2421 Martinez avenue. "Four bungalows will be con. 1401 FRANKLIN ST.

ALAMEDA COUNTY TITLE INSURANCE BLDG. PHONE OAKLAND S99S Taft Union High School Planned By W.fL Weeks type of roofingr utiliiatlon of the redwood bark tbafeeven when rags dropped lower than ibark iji price It continued td use the redwood. "Most of the j-edWubd' birWused by The Paraffine Companies, comes from the "forests, of Humboldt county. Until the company began using the bark lumbermen considered tha material wast product. "The use of bark In roofing Is an mnovatibn, but it has proven so much better than rags that I am positive it will be of necessity, tha base used oir an ever-increasing scale In tha future." tructed on lots purchased in the ROOF State University Homestead tract poration," and Andrew Lows Ir the by Charles F.

Brown. The bungalows wHl run around J5500 each. Erlo H. Swanson acquired the Oakland manager. Hawkinson home at 9B2 Ventura MSHSTOtO avenue.

Lot sales, for construction of new homes included a lot in Oak Ridge tract to L. H. Bennett, a half dozen pieces in Thousand Oaks and Northbrae, mostly by new arrivals in the city and two lots in the Claremont tract by AV, C. Ambrose and F. E.

Romie for Imposing new homes. How -j the World War proved a factor which induced the use of redwood. bark as a base for roofing was told yesterday by W. H. Lowe, executive of the The PaAf-fine Companies, during a visit 'T'lIE plans and specifications for the new Hbusohold Arts Building for the Taft Union High Sihool District, have been approved and.

dedvertisement railing fotiflTs on Jfjte 16th has been authorized by tleV)oard, it is announced. This tinif is one of a group of six buildings comprising the new Taft Union High School, all of which were planned by W. H. Veeks, architect, Tribune Tower. The other buildings under the build ing program have already been completed, and the erection of the Household Arts unit will consummate building program.

The cost of the entire scheme will be approximately $750,000. The Household Arts building will be of reinforced concrete construction, and will contain cooking laboratories, sewing and millinery depart to the eompany'g large Emeryville plant. When tha jrlce of rags rose to an exorbitant figure during the lmji -V yl? I. 1 NOW BUILDING World War, officials of the com pany conceived the Idea that bark could be substituted for rags, says Lowe. MQNTG ments, advanced household arts, and a large This unit will cost $50,000.

Any local contractors wishing "'to figure on fame, may secure plans at this office, Tribune Tower, Oakland, it is stated. Members of the research of the company examined scores of types of wood, realizing that paper hag wood as its base. In the course of the he declares, sulphites and sulphates made from Northern wood and also redwood bark was tested. "Each laboratory test conducted on the bark came out favorably," declares Lowe. "In fact, the testa were so Overwhelmingly successful that the Paraffine Companies, engineering department began seekingthe means of conditioning the bark so that It could be used on an extensive scale.

"Soon Jt was forced upon the company tYiat no saw waa available which would Btand up under the constant drive of cutting the bark. The teeth of all that were tried broke within, a short time, so we invented a steam-operated aze that chops the hurk up so thnt it Several mora" new homes for Montclair are scheduled to start oon according to the announcement of the Syndicate. "It aeems," says an official of tha company; "that each new house In Montclair prompts the building of two or three more. Along Moraga Road the development la rapidly approaching the point' where every, homeslte will be built upon." One of the newest houses to ba completed is that of J. B.

Perona on Liggett Drive. It. is a low Spanish type' structure, splendidly adapted to the wldehomesites of Montclair. It sets in a beautiful grove of trees that form a atriking background for tha colorful can be shredded for use In the manufacture of' the felt. Three such machines are now used, and they represent a cost of $100,000.

"During the war the company was ahle to save quite a bit of money by the use of redwood bark when 'rags had advanced to such a high figillre, buf it had been able tn sneli a Tpe new city 'month no led) There are plenty of places in Oakland where you can build a home now if you can afford to put several thousand dollars into it But therenfiOESIRiLE see tions where you can start with a. little home that you build with your own hands arid add to as your income permits. MILLSMONT offers you that oportunity. Here as little as $60 cash will give you possession of a big 1 L. tl I ml buys edwoo of these big garden lots at your 111" level lot with fine garden soil.

A fully, improved lot including nr Now thers will He more demancl than fver for the rharvelously beautiful prop-jerty in Joaquin Miller Acres. The big redwood park purchased by the city lies lust across the road. a 5th Unit A 'i i A MIA: Iff? streets, water, gas, electricity, etc This isn't a shacktown, unclerstan3. But yon can put up a very small house, or even your garage, provided you show that you are really going ahead to make your housg a credit to yourself and the community. Just think of the joy of getting rid of rent forever of seeing your own little home develop from week to week.

Do it! Bring the whole family out Sunday and decide. There are 600 beautiful lots in Millsmont They; will g- like hot cakes, for there are hundreds of people like you seeking a home of their own -seeking an opportunity to have one that fits their finances. The sale starts Sunday. Be there early. Tear, out the map and directions below NOW I CALIFORNIA SUBDIVISION GO.

SI5 14u Street Phone Lakeside 9700 XV. Miller "if- ml A DIRECTIONS: offers a most unusual investment. Here will opporunity for be built many By street car: Take car on Broad- By autot Drivej out Foothill Boulevard fine homes. Values will rise with in- Directions and turn north at oemmary Avenue. Uo way or East 1 4th street It goes directly to MilTslmontr "-TA5 FTVIills "College- iritr miiisrmmfcr -creasing "speecr; i ou can Duy now op Drive out Park Boulevard or Moraga Avenue to Joaquin Miller -Road.

Signs direct the way. such" easy terms that $5 to $10 a month will make a homesite yours. Come out-this Sunday' while there is still time to buyj Realty Syndicate Co. J440 Brpadway Phone Lake. 1600 a A east i ess -s.

vest 5 EAST 14m ST a month riiTOlakland's growth.