Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 21

s'Spj? Sfr'Vfiy38Gn Vww 'tsssasm ms kssss' pssssss tana asm sss I -r VOLUME XCIX- OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 9, 1923. NO. 162, PALATIAL Gothic Structure-for Hebcrn Electric Code Harry Leimert Takes over sales management of company's Lakeshore (vroertiei. new home of the Hebern FJectrki Code-Company, at Ninth and Harrison streets, Oakland.

Here is manufactured, one of the most In genious devices' known to technical science. Inserts EDWARD HEBERN. president of the company. COMPLETE JAHK SURVEYSHOWS GAINS; pLIS ALDERMENSAY iSil EIG HTiS By E. VAN RIBBINK.

First Intended to Retre lilililllii An Increase in Oakland bank a "The pivotal port for the water commerce of the Pacific world." Ilehrrn Electric Code Inc. to. Occuny New Structure jit Ninth 3nl Harrison; Control' 02 Patents Now From Stage in Los AnneJei But Give Preferenf 1 1 But Crve Preferenc to Oakland for Future Home These are expressions of the committee of the Board of Aldermen of St. Louis, who made a tour of Oakland and the Eastbay Satur- imMmmu "With 'ttic completion ho Tine m-w. building of the Hrbern Eleo- The opening sale, of WTTshlre learlngs for October of this year 111,498.253 over 'October of last jear, a gain In October department tore sales in Oakland, of appro Imately nine per cent over the corresponding month of last year, and vni Increase in building permits for i he same comparative periods of ii approximate value of re some outstanding facts in a urvey just made public by the i lakland Bank.

survey states: bank clearings for the Inonth over Votober. 1922, the. totals for the ') wo periods being respectively eights tract last Sunday wft ever trie Code company at Ninth anil I InrriHon Oakland has a 1iuitP(l a unliiie factory in which is day. They were sent by the city of St. Louis to visit Pacific, coast cities, and to bring him Ideas to aid in the proper distribution of an $88,090,000 bond issue which the people of St.

Louis recently voted to complete a city plan. During their visit to San Francisco they were Induced to "come over to Oakland and the Eastbay as the guests of Kred K. Reed, realtor, who took them on an au niaiiufucturpd one of the most Iri-gennnus devices known to technical science. The instrument enables transmission in code by radio, messages ure automatically printed in ilecoded farm on a receiving machine, and (he Instrument further- tomobile tour of Oakland and and IS the top with a' record ofM according to iVrsa Brothers, who are conducUny the sale and who predict that the entire tract will be sold out Christmas, i "Wllshire is the most wonderful spot I have fourrd my twenty-twi years travetlg about the world; '-Roger F. Imriof, who, together with Mrs.

Imhof Jsppearel at the Oipheum' theater ift Oakland durrftg the' past week, taldMyraa Brothers, Irahof purchased three "lot fn Wilshire HeightSjAnd sketches have been made for his future home in thfs tract. He expects to retire, feora tha stage la a fetf years and In the. Louis party were Ed permits for October 1275 in number with. a myro insures secrfecy against sys- Jalue-'of $2,751,208 as against a lue of for October, 922. Over 95 per cent of the ork projected during the past BEIHG BUIlrT BY PEPPIN for new buildings, ward L.

Kuhs, chairman of the ways and means committee of the St. Louis board of Aldermen; Alfred Berkmann, S. L. Wimer, 'William J. Studt, Martin D.

Lehmann. Edward Hirth, members of the committee, and E. R. Klnsey, president of the Board of Public Service. welllnr houses and "apartments i enresenting practically one-Jhalf temHtlc The new, biilMIng of the company has been constructed at a cost of and is of gothic architectural design.

The -cost of equipment will run close to $450,000. Tho company has a totsU-capitali-SMttiOH-Of WJua.ttitacviIu-oiA-102 latoiits in the United States RJid abroad, and has SJj.OO stock h(Uerw mostly local lfceiuts officials declare, When WtVning to capacity, 1500 men will be. employed In this great (Want. bt the total. The other cities of IhA.

-Rastbav district all report a' tro make Oakland nisi permanent hi i rmiirnT ell sustained building activity, rketey especially having made a "Weare amazed at the tremens gain over (au previous rec- Announcement Is made that B. This week the news stands, as well as nationally, are IS." n.LLLiiviLni fftlrc PUHDPP dous development of your harbor;" said Chairman Kuhs. "Tour industrial growth is surprising. It la Peppin, the, well known builder, this month acauired twelve choice "Dnnartment store sales In Oak showing, the December number offr in a recent statement, Kdward i lots in Grand Avenue Heights from the talk of the middle west and the Home Dcs-iffrtcr: the home neoern, president of the com- R. "Whitehead and has started the eastern I believe the manu Pany, aini invenror cr an tne pat- HI 1 1 1 1 1 1 111 factoring production of the world cnts owned by th cuninaiiy.

sulri I I I I II I I I I Sind during October, made a ain if aproximately nine per cent over the corresponding month of last Vear, and have been maintained, in Vnorl volume for the first half of erection of some beautiful homes of Spanish deuign and a few Dutch Colonial. It is stated that theno houses are being designed with will shift shortly and center about "The naval experts have been San Francisco And Oakland working for over a year to find some way of breaking down the building magazine published In Oakland. According to W. W. Dixon, editor of the Home Do-signer, the December number is one of the best yet issued.

It is devoted largely to gardening, a ttopic of timely interest when treated from, the viewpoint of the is destined to be heart of this OF BIG SALES Industrial area. Anybody can see (he current month. A' good demand continues for house furnloh- hut ensonal buying of winter that If they observe the develop gard to the needs of the average family, that the floor plan is mem practical and that they are built with regard to durability and great care has been given to the ment that has already taken place, wear and furnishings Is noticeably home-owner who 'would plant now in order to have an early spring and the way the world's commerce is turning toward the Pacific. It's raw materials that make" Industry erection of the frames and founda- work of this machine. The Italian, government has just sent for full information' nnii photographs.

The company was orgahlzed eleven years ago. Fred Hoffman, expert code dwnonstrator, was the first to see the full value of Ue-bern's Invention, and has been working with tho' company ever since. i Hons. These homes are in groups- garden. in the uecemDer i-iome Veneta' Ooutd, another player, famous for hex.

character Impersonations, purchased five lots) in Wilshire Heights' and, remarked that, she not sees "Wilshire Heights, she probably Would hare bought In Los Angel i J. Quin-livan, also of the Orphem group, secured two homesitf Both Miss Gould and Quinlivjjlnf hail from New York City, andCeve ntually expect to come to CaHfofnia. James A. Donnettjvone of the feature member of the De Lyie musical group, alswwas taken with the natural property and purchased twej of the lots. From this it seeitis-that Wilshire Heights tract is developing Into theatrical colony! Clem- Pope, managing directof the T.

D. theater, purchase a hemeslta and stated thai he would inierest many of his friends in fle theatrical pt e- -fession the tracts H. C. Trucks, retired capitalist of Oakland, pttTClasedTive 'lots, and Mrs. Odatte B) Levy is on ree- ord as a Wilshire investor.

Oakland's dekttt rate is tea pe thousand population, as against fourteen per thoifcand for the tire counly the' lowest rate" per cupita in the CnJJed States. four, on Boulevard and twJf (Designer; is the first of a series of and commerce. Three-quarters of bflOUND BflDKEN FORNEVV T1-. STORY BUILDING on Wildwood avenue, in the Pjl-articlerf on gardens mnd hindsoape the raw.undeveloped the earth is on the Pacific." Harry Leimert has taken over the sales of Lakeshore residential properties. In this residential tract, there Is something like ll.OOO.OQO in un- Waaa.il'Vit4iUa5i5J: '0 Leimert.

liarrv Leimert stated that con architecture by John William Wr-'ggv-pwfeswip-jjf flpricumire and Viewing Berkeley, Ala 6 fjcf erred as the result or me ex-' Optionally long period of mild leather ve 'are nor experiencing, follectlons continue very, good and 'nployment conditions for lhl8 VistrloUare generally satisfactory. The Oakland Bank has just a comprehensive survey i 'the retail drug business la this Sty. "It would appear from the Sports received that this business shared in the general pros- the. llni-F landscape gardening in meda, Piedmonts-Emeryville and I Peppin reports the sale or-six of his housos in this section during the past month. They were fo Joseph Arata, 241 Palm -Mrs.

Baldwin, 42 WJldwood avenue; Albany from the Skyline boule vard, E. R. president of tracts for Jill remaining street work the St. Louis board of Public have been let to Bates A Borland. service, declared: vompany ire lueiuuiea as nuio.ws: "-Jrfoventy-three of those paten's cover code inventions In practically eve'O couhtry in the world oT importance, twenty-nine of the patents are on twenty-one other inventions, among which is an electric typewriter for ordinary writing and twelve different styles of direction Indicating signals for The city Planner -who would U.

wains. lu. bcou su-eci; Sewell, Maxwell avenue; Samuel Heck, Maxwell avenue, and J. Maher, Maxwell avenue. undertake, to lay out the city of ierity.

About ss per Ground was broken last Monday for the construction of the Pelton versity of California. An of particular Interest is that Dudley state horticultural commissioner, entitled: "What Every Gardener Should Know-About Growing Sweet Peas." Other gardening articlos in this same issue are that of Howard Oil-key, city landscape engineer, Oakland, on Color in California Gardens," and a column by Allison M. Woodman, landscape gardnr of Berkeley, entitled VSIghtlng Garden Pests.t Mrs: Ce. Oakland must plan ahead for reporting druggists show increased city of people. Yoju and Faustina building to be erect This work Is proceeding regularly and will continue throughout the winter It is also understood that the Key System will extend Its Lake-shore line up to lkrshore Manor, the uvpermos portion vf the Lake-shore propei-ticr; Le' tu-t says.

are hlJly flensed with the The have ajl, the elements wnicn go ifie same month a year ago automobiles and ruto trucks. to make world cities great. That ed on the northwest comei" or Thirteenth and Harrison streets, across Harrison street rom, the business BLnes. A i. Lharbor magnificent.

Look at Verage increase is .10,5 per cent, sales for' the month of )ctober are reported by. 12. ter ant. the average declinejln Hotel Oakland. The building Is being erected by rect to Eastern points.

Tour year round working climate! I have iiiia- JNerspn-contnotnes montniy Mayof vi.Wen.-K Peltop San' Lean- nnPT flWR "i feature, showing ny diagram a dro. and his associate. J. ii Faus never seen 'Such scenio beauty In The following are officers 'directors of the company: Kdward presidfcftt. has beeh rtianag'f the corporation, since4 its fcH'tnation; J.tB.

'MctJauley, first vice-president, Vallejo, 8. ii. Jensen, second vice-president, Oakland; J. A. Wright, secretary and treasurer.

Oakland; Gordon A. Murphy, assistant secretary; Joseph Sing, di Well developed garden planting a any city In the world." i tina, realty broker and operator of that city. IIUUI I I UIC13 ull bullae. Tn t6i fwajt protect hia interest, and tlibse at hia neighbors. tne -next few" weeks score of naw om will be under way.

And early apringr tiiere will be a la rye eolony of new home In the lakeshore district. We look The property has been acquired fr their "home;" r-hU: leimert, yesterday. "Those who liav ealready bought bomesites are preparing to build. Kvery day we have scores of plai.8 submitted to us foe approval. We have certain building restrictions which require the home builder to submit' plans before he plan, and listing the shrubs, vines and plants necessary for it.

While gardening has occupied much of the reading matter in the December Home Designer, it has ot crowded out the prlmamry feature on ninety-nine lease frora A. B. Cary and Charles Hale, bankers of San Leandro. total City Advertising FOR EXTERIORS forward to a. steady and increaaina rector, Fresno; Geo.

O. Pond, w- rental under' this lease will be sale Of thexe nie oeing i v1- car to date 86 per cent report ains of 11.4 per cent and 16 per sat losses of 8 per cent. The survey states that: "In the 'ty of Oakland there re 130 drug fiorea This compares with 59 1914 and 89 In 1921. The great nerease-in the past two years is ccounted; for by the tremendous QMhe city's outlying shop-ing disttlcts. as well as the great ucreas our population.

The present. ratio of drug stores to si. in rnnnii fisrures. one I i'-e which Is home frrtcto'r. Whim! $892,000.

Plan Discussed This corner was one of the few i building. I'Jlgnc pages ot oeauu- 1 A Ytripud linmp aft mvwi.i n.v shown. That seven" out of. twenty new remaining unimproved pietes of desirable close-In property and the improvement of this piece with a modern buildirir will add greatly STORE Oakland, business buildings now in the course of construction have Himt-ittfinnl The question of raising a. large to this rapidly growing section.

East Bay Title Insurance (W Seronrf Ferrv Kldr 414 Thirteenth St. popular fund to advertise Oakland The Dronerty consists of 100 feet frontage on Thirteenth street and fifty feet on Harrison street and tore for- every yi' iUle more than the national aver-e. Berkeley" has 26 drug stores is to be Improved by Feiton ana adopted plastered exteriors in t(he interest pf beauty and durability is the disclosure of a survey made during the past month by William F. Bruer, secretary-imanager of the Master Plasterers' Association of Alameda county. The investigation was made for the purpose of ascertaining the scope of the use of -nlastered exteriors.

Specialists in Busijxss Property Management 71 TlMr. Omklaae Ink BUtK Faustina with a two-story loft and mezzanine building, to consist of TO LEASE Small store with, full basement on upper Washington Street. Apply 't Maiden-Rittigstein Company ud Alamedall. une county v. has and the entire For Membership IIone- of -ing th first body within the National Association ot Real Estate Boards to propose an educational test for admittance its membership goes to the Mjidi-son, Wisconsin.

Real Ketatn Board. A resolution calling for such a test has been passed unanimously by the board, and a committee has been anointed to set up minimum educational requirements for board membership. as a.home city, an Industrial center, and a city of Unsurpassed scenio discussed at last Friday night's dinner meeting of the Achievement Committee of the Oakland Real Estate Board at the HoteUJIarrison. The meeting was presided over by Fred R. Caldwell, chairman of the Achievement Committee, 'and director-at-Iaree of the State As seven Stores and four lofts above.

1735." An Ectglbay Institutiutt Cuder i he Supervision vt. lb Inmuranca' CoititnlMionet 'of th Suit rm The" building will be constructed of light buff brick and terra-cotta "Oakland Is a city which shoddV exterior which will give a colorful planned to meet the cnts of a population o( 5,000,000, Title Insurance and attractive appearance, to the locality. A predominant amount of plate glass will be used in the con. 's serous 420 15th St ople!" "If I owne'4-real estate In any mil tvin California. I'd sell it at once ni put.

the money into Oakland. sociation of Real Estate Boards. In the course of the meeting It announced that Chairman Caldwell had been asked by Henry P. Barbour, president of the State Association, to head the forthcoming "Own Your Home Campaign" in northern and central California. A strong plea for a "city, beautiful plan" was made hyFred E.

"Following the address of Carol Aronovici. the city planning expert, at the recent banquet of the Master Plasterers' association, interest developed as to the number of Oak. land buildings which were really making use" otplastered exteriors." explained Bruer yesterday. "Aronovici pointed out that the plastered exterior was a sure means toward the city beautiful, both in the residential and the business district as well as a propertv safe-guard in that plaster offers definite fire-resisting qualities. "Our investigation indicated that seven Out of twenty new buildings aw In tha.

course of construction Half a million dollars spent Sn improvements at LAKE 0RINDA struction, Mayor Pelton said: "Being adjacent to the Hotel Oakland, the stores and ldfts of this building are much In demand by business establishments seeking locations between the Hotel Oakland and the retail section. One of Oakland's leading title insurance companies has already arranged for space in this building. It will be ready for occupancy about April 1st of next year." The architect is W. Cannyrn with offices in the Central NationsBank building. White Pollard Reed, who declared himself willing to bring to Oakland at his expense the famous city planning engineers, Harland Bartholomew, or E.

P. will make use of plaster both in- Goodrich," in case a concerted movement tor a city plan was launched. Mtt out. The Rooa buiimng, reeentlv completed, is a sin King Many of the members present are agents for Pelton and Faus- the beauty of plastered made suggestions as to the best una. evterlnrs.

In San Francisco, It Is methods to conduct a drive for as sociated membership. Among the speakers were Wiilard White, of interest to note that the famous old Claus-Spreckles building is now being finished wh an exterior coating of Plaster. The tendency ninster -on the exterior of Shealey Goard REALTORS Real Estate East of Lake Merritt s. F. Brown, Arthur Finn, Rob-unlap, M.

C. Billman. Lews Gear, Fred Kaiser, B. Myran and COMPLALVT IS DISMISSED. The railroad commission has authorized 'the dismissal of the complaint of Richmond Navigation and Improvement company versus Bay Cities Transportation company.

Oakland has 445' miles of paved streets enough to make a first- others. buildings Indicates a trend toward adding the element ot beauty to the downtown business district." I factories last year was $227,000 per Oakland will add morethaa people to her population In factory, compared with $176,000 in San Francisco and $109,000 in Los Angeles. class highway from Oakland to Los 1 1923. j.s: SmnUmry 6J Crt Tiling- -for fid FTf I I Firm tools icoal butktt luMHHthotcUrt -1 -fOf glS 1 he outstanding Structure in Si We Know Our District $500 CASH will sectfre one of our homes in BEAUTIFUL MAXWELL PARK downtown Oakland is the TRIBUNE TOWER YOUR LAST CHANCE buy a 'real home in a stringently restricted HOME PARK on the most convenient termi to Consti Ui for REAL BARGAINS ever offered. COME OUT TODAY COME OUT TODAY Inlerurban traim.

au'pj stages' and street Cars all pass u'ilhin a feu) hundred feet of Oakland's nettesl office building, the home of the OAKLAND TRIBUNE Adequate elevator service is provided fcy two 'Spencer-Hestingfwuie express elevators, equipped with the latest auto The building is especially designed or the use of professional business rrtenl, A fen desirabjt offices' ere still available. Rental rates reasonable, consistent Vi'ii the class of Structure, and service furnished: Ready or occupancv on January 1924. i' i Co matic devices. Five and six room STUCCO HOMES with basement and garage hardwood floors throughout," recessed bath tub. shower, large closets, Imoleum in kitchen, beautiful interior modern hardware, latest lighting fixtures; lawns, feces, water, gas and electricity all in; close to schools.

churches, markets, local and S. P. transportation- (the 55th Ave carline ending right in Maxwell Park), located in the heart of the tract, where values are bound tS increase. IS75Q-00 to $7000.00 $500 cash, balance in monthly installments, like rent Take ear 7 (1 1th Ave.) te end of ear line, walk I orth one block to oar etCee. By auto Foothill Boulevard to Cele.JSt north on Cole St.

to our office Business Property Alontr East th St ts-ur Specialty Shealey Goard RKALTOns 4303 East 14th Street Phon Fruit vaU 3490 Appointment to inspect the premises can be made by communi-. eating with the exclusive 'lesing agent' 1 F. F. PORTER 41 1 1 5th Stl Lakeside 1000 J. H.

A. SHEALEY, Sales Manager 27 0G KingsJand Avenue, Maxwell Park or A. J. Slaght, TRIBUNE JOfRceEake.i'de GOOOr It.