English: The Baker Community Hotel, Baker City, Oregon. Now the Baker City Tower.
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Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
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anslife.—His first chew of tobacco, his wedding and hispurchase of a plot of ground. He tackles the delicious chew with pleasant antici-pation, he approaches the nuptial ceremony with trepi-dation and faltering step. In neither case does he sus-pect what is in store for him. But when he buys a lot he is all business. Heshrewdly insists on surveys, abstracts, quit claims, rec-ords, deeds, etc.—all stamped, sealed, sworn, and dulydelivered and all bound with a woolen string. Theseservices are accomplished by surveyors, abstractors,lawyers, bankers and public officials all of whom knowtheir business. There are fees to pay and the manpa>s them. When a man builds a building on his lot there isno accounting for his behavior. Some go about itimpetuously, sign contracts on the spur of the mo-ment and suffer from that strange illness which fol-lows a rancid deal. Some go about it fearfully, fur-tively and haltingly and have the bee put on them August, 1930 The ARCHITECT and ENGINEER 111
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The baker community hotel, baker City, Ore. Architects: Tourlellotte <&• Hummel, Portland, OregonGeneral Contractor: John Almeter, Portland, OregonRoofing Contractors: Cook &* Emele, Baker City, Oregon (chosen bij Ofrckilech (^oiir\ Pioneer lO Year Guaranteed Roofing leLLolle & <jtummeL IN the designing of the new Baker CommunityHotel, Baker City, Oregon, ArchitectsTourtellotte and Hummel have wisely insuredtheir client against costly maintenance and re-pair by writing Pioneer lO Year GuaranteedRoof into their specifications. Permanent roofing protection is made certainin selecting Pioneer loYearGuaranteed Roofingbecause you may rely upon these four things:the highest quality of materials... a provenmethod of construction...skilful application by authorized Pioneer roofing contractors...rigidsemi-annual inspection by the Pioneer Engi-neering Department. For more than forty years, the name Pioneerhas been linked with every important advance-ment in roofing construct
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