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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1916)
THE STJITDAY OREGOA?T, POTITLATTO, MAT T, 191C. " $50,000 CLUB IS PLANNED BY UNION ASSESSOR WEIGHS COUNTRY ESTATE, 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTLAND, IS IMPROVED EXTENSIVELY BY PORTLAND MAN. INSURANCE OFT PROVES "COMFORT MISSIONARY" Dr. Henry Waldo Coe Explains Vast Benefits to lie Derived by Invest ments, Even at Cost of Luxuries or at Hardship. VALUE OF A 12 CORNERS Vomen's Organization De cides Upon Erection of Handsome Home. HOSPITAL PERMIT ISSUED '.Dr. Noble Wiley Jones Financing Tew $24,000 Institution A. S. Ellis flitting tTp 3-Story Apart ' mont - House on Glisan. Decision on the part of the Portland Women's L'tiioti to erect the proposed $r0.000 club building on Tenth and Montgomery Ftreets, the Issuance of a $24,000 permit for the erection of a two flory brick hospital building at 616 lfarshall street for Dr. Noble 'Wiley .lones, and the announcement that A. S. 'iillls contemplates the construction of three-story apartment building at Twenty-first and Glisan were the fea tures last week of a rather listless poriod In Portland building circles.' The members of the Portland AVom ph'b Union are determined to go ahead with their building' plans, but the de tails of the proposed structure have not bien completed. Many suggestions were made at the annual meeting last week, find the order was given to rush the preliminaries as rapidly as possible. The plan i.s to build a structure three morles above a. 60xl00-foot foundation at an approximate cost of $50,000. The original plans were prepared by White house & Fouilhoux. Mrs. J. B. Corn stock is president of the union. Husby fe Tollison have commenced "the erection of the new two-story brick hospital building on Marshall street upon a permit issued last week to Dr. JNoble Wiley Jones. The plans were drawn by J. I. Dautoff and the prob able cost is given as $21,000. Plans have been prepared by A. S. Kills for the erection of a three-story brick apartment building at Twenty first and Glisan streets at a probable cost of $30,000. The site is 40 by 100 feet in dimension. The plans call for 20 apartments of two and three rooms each. "Wemme llnllding Being Planned. The trustees of the IS. Henry Wemme endowment fund have opened offices M-nd ordered preliminary plans for the proposed building to be erected under I he terms of Mr. Wemme's will. About 40,000 is available for expenditure on the buildincr and $15,000 on the site. !No architect has as yet been named iiy the trustees, J. J. Cole, H. A. Weis find Miss J. Carson. Contract Is Let for Caragr. N. C. Paulsen has been awarded the contract for the erection of a one-story brick and concrete garage on land 100 feet square located on Weidler street and Union avenue at a cost of about $7000. The building is to be erected for O J. Nelson. New Apartment Projected. H. O. Triplett, who recently sold the Balboa apartment building, is consid ering the advisability of erectine- a four-story brick apartment building on . norm i-ortiand site. The location and the further details of the plan are not yet available for publication. School no nd Issues Acted On. At the recent bond election the voters in the Hood River district decided in favor of the expenditure of $45,000 to finance the erection of a new school building, and as a result C. J. Crandall n architect of The Dalles, has been flirected to draw plans for the struc lure. The voters of Springfield, Lane County, rejected the proposal to bond that district for $30,000 to erect a school building, for which plans were drawn by Tourtellotto & Hummel, of Port land. Church and Brick Store Planned. The architectural firm of Stokes & Cellar has prepared plans for the $10,- 000 church building that is to be erected for the Hope Presbyterian con gregation on East Seventy-eighth street between Everett and Davis stree"ts. The same Ami is also drawing sketches for a one-story brick store building that is to be erected on the East Side for clients whose identity i.s not made pub lic, i ne cost is given as $do00. Bank Will Cue Home Materials. J. C. Ainsworth, president of the T'ntted States National Bank, has an nounced that home-made materials will lie used exclusively in the construction of the proposed banking structure that Is to rise soon on the northwest corner of Sixth and Stark streets. Because lerra cotta of the required grade is not produced In this territory it will be necessary, however, to purchase that material away from Oregon. No an nouncment has yet been made of the oontract award, though it Is reported the Dinwiddle Construction Company sjnd the Boyajohn-Arnold Company are the competitors. Woodmen to Build nt Salem. It is reported from Salem that the 1 Woodmen of the World in that city are planning the erection of a $15,000 build ing on a site 50 by 160 feet in area, it is said the first tioor of the proposed building is to be divided into two large balls with double entrance, and the other floor into banquet-room, kitchen and supplementary quarters. Home Is to Cost ST500. Bids are being received by Architects Clautisen & Claussen for various alter ations and extensions to be made in the country -residence of Dr. W. L. Woods at Garden Home. It is estimated the new work will cost about $7500. Work, to Start on Big Apartment. K. E. Bowman announced last week that work would begin probably to morrow on the construction of the $35, 000 apartment building which he has planned for erection at Nineteenth and Kim streets, opposite Bishopcroft. Port land Heights. The structure Is to ex tend two stories above a foundation 100 feet square. Rose City Park Homes Planned. Pursuant to plans drawn by P. A. Twitchell. Ford M. Converse is building n, one-story frame residence at 655 East Sixtieth street North, in Rose City Park. At 615 East Forty-sixth street, in the ame addition. George Bauman is build ing a story-and-a-half residence for P. B. Powers. The former residence will cost about $2000 and the latter about 12500. a.tOOO I.aoi-elhorst Home Started. P. Dolph has commissioned George E. Mangas to erect a story-and-a-half residence at 1240 Hassalo street, in laiurelhurst. The building permit, is sued last week, cites the probable cost na $3000. F. B. Turner is building a $3500 bungalow for J. W. Green at 601 Mulberry street, in Ladd's Addition. Two 500 Homes Started. Following plans drawn by Lewis Ir vine Thompson, J. L. Karnopp is now erecting a story-and-a-half residence v at 203 Kingston avenue, Arlington Heights, for George M. Vinton. Ground has been broken along Willamette boulevard, in St. Johns, by Kerr & Son for the erection of a two-story frame residence that has been ordered by T. Autzen. Each of these residences ia to ost approximately $ouuu. r &C 1 f ,c&- a- J -r ... ... HOI IS BEAUTIFUL R. H. Jenkins' Country Estate Is Known as "Lolomi." ARCHITECTURE SUITS SITE 'Cooper Mountain' Affords Entrance to Estate That When Completed AVill Bo Maze of Lakes and Fine Driveway. Xrolomi is tlie name Riven to one of Oregon's most beautiful Summer homes the country estate of It. H. Jenkins, 11 miles southeast of Portland, in "Washington County. The name is taken from Sioux Indian lore, meaning place for an ideal existence," ami better word could not have been chosen, ay the home is a rao.H inspir ing one. Mr. Jenkins, who is a brother-in-law of J. C. Ainsworth. in one of the few men who has expressed substantial ap preciation of the great possibilities of fered by Oregon's climate and topogra phy. The natural beauty of Oregon s hills, its valleys', its rivers and streams. ts ftrs and oaks and all of its wild flowers have been taken advantage of in laying out the Jenkins country home, which is to be occupied this Summer, A visitor enters the 67-acre estate at the foot of Cooper Mountain and passes along a beautiful driveway winding up the mountain side through a forest of giant firs. After reaching the top of the mountain he enters an open field which slopes to the north. This opening in the woods is to become a meadow of wild flowers, bordered on all sides by beautiful trees and shrubs. The main building, a large residence with log columns in front and rustic siding, is situated on the south side of this wild meadow upon a terrace. Architecture Suit Environment. The style of architecture is well suited to its Oregon environment. The main lines of the house are all hori zontal, which causes the building to appear nestled down upon a moxtntain side, all of which is pleasing and home like. From the broad veranda one com mands a view of deep interest, one both restful and inspiring. To the east one beholds Mount Hood standing guard in silent splendor; to the far northeast, beyond the Colum bia, one sees the majestic Mount St Helens holding her head aloft to the clouds; to the north and to the west. across the spreading Tualatin Valley one looks upon the coast range, which is ever changing in color and grandeur. Conveniences Are Modern. The estate has all the modern con veniences of the city, combined with the best features of the country. Some of the buildings besides the main resi dences are the servants quarter, power plant, the greenhouse, stables and pad dock for Mr. Jenkins fine horses. Other features of special interest are the ex tensive flower gardens, the bridal and foot paths in the forest, the tea-room rock gardens and pools, as well as many other features. The landscape architect employed to develop the estate is H. K. Burdette, a Western man, who is well acquainted with Oregon's natural conditions. Approximately $70,000 Is being spent on the entire development of the prop erty, including the residence and sup plementary buildings, the landscaping, paths and roads. The entire programme will perhaps not be completed short of two years. NEW CLUBHOUSE UNIQUE BEAIT1PI L GROVE . Sl'RROl'XDS 10,000 B11LD1XG. Provision Is Made for Every Comfort of Players and Some Kvrn Are to Spend Summer on Course. The new $10,000 clubhouse of the Portland Golf Club, now under con struction, is in a grove of beautiful fir trees and the architect. Kolger Johnson, has designed a building that will use to the fullest ex tent the beauty of its surroundings. The build ing will be finished in cream, with brown trimmings and a. rose-colored roof. The interior decorations will be Elizabethan in style. Entrance to the clubhouse will be through a porte coehere on the west side of the building into a hallway from which access will be had to the coatrooms, the living-room, the ladles' locker-room and stairways to the sec ond floor and the basement. The base ment, which really becomes the first floor on the east, will be devoted ex clusively to the use of men. Here are the . men's showers and lockers, and a comfortable buffet (Oregon model). A covered porch will be at the east of the locker-room and buffet, which will be a favorite lounging place during the Summer. Meals will be served on this porch, as well as in the buffet, during pleasant weather.. The main floor contains, in addi tion to the women's locker-room, large living-room, which adjoins the dining-room. By an arrangement of folding doors it will be possible to make one large room of the living and dining-rooms so that ample space may be had for large dancing parties. A wide porch surrounds the mala lioor "LOLOJU," HMMER HOME OP R. II. JKK1S. on the north, east and west. It is pro posed to glass 1n the north end of the porch and use it for part of the dining room. French windows open on the porch from both the living-room and the dining-room, so that in pleasant weather practically the whole maiik floor can be used as a porch. Spe cial attention has been given to the location and arrangement of the kiehen. It is expected that during the hummer the members will" find that the new clubhouse is an attractive place for dinner after an automobile drive out over Council Crest. The quarters for the club employes are on the second floor, which is also to be made into a dormitory for men who may desire to live at the club during the Summer. Several members have already made applications for quarters. The needs of women golfers have received much attention. Their locker room will be light and airy and will have a separate entrance, so that they will not have to go through the club house to reath the links. ROSE FESTIVAL' LAUDED lfl.lK('H OX IIOMF, BIIIIIIM. IV rilRTLAD FELT. People WHI, Mean form I lam At tracted, Orrlarri Hud nt Local Asatoclatlou. 'Kver Eince our first Hope Festival. 10 years ago," tays Oliver K. Jeffery. president of the Oregon Home Build ers, "I have watched its effect on the Portland people from the viewpoints of a home owner and builder of homes. I am convinced lhat this annual af fair is one of the most practical events ever undertaken by any city. It seems lhat these festivals carry a message to the outsido world that Oresonlans are not the staid, matter-of-fact oeoole they are repquted to be that out here n our glorious est the sunshine and xiowers means a part 01 our dally lives and that the pictures of happy children ana prima parents Indicate in no uncer tain measure the healthf ulness of our climate. "People with means are the class at tracted by these messages. They come at first to enjoy with us this and other events. They like it here meet new acquaintances which develop and grow into irienasnips. The vast undevel oped resources of our city and state appeal to their desire for investment and where a man invests his monev he is apt to want 10 spena tils time and to call Portland 'home.' Once settled in Oregon their means will enable our existing industries to enlist the addi tional capital to put them in a world competing market with their products. This increased production means more workmen, more homes, more schools. and It means that Portland is destined to become the leading city of the P;i cific Coast. In our efforts to promote our busi ness affairs let us not forget that mak ing our city attractive is one of our fundamental means of making business better that is why I say that the Rose Festival Is Portland's primary aBSet and attraction." BUILDERS' EXCHANGE ELECTS Most of Last Year's Directors Cliosen to Serve Again. At the annual election of the; Port land Builders Exchange Wednesday night the following directors were chosen to serve during the coming year: J. S. Seed. R. A. Hume, Oscar Wayman, James Uriggs, W. ii. Cham bers, K, F1. Arndt, Frank Stebinger, K. E. Gilmer, A. J. Bingham, Thomas Muir and F. L. Le Doux. The directorate Is made up mostly of men who served last year and who deserve credit for build ing the exchange up to its present high standard. President Seed. Manager O. O. Hugh son and the various other officers of the exchange read their annual reports at last week's meeting which is said to have been the largest and most en thusiastic ever held. B11LDIG DESIGNED .. . A A I I PLANS ARE COMPLETED FOR NEW HOME OF PORTLAND GOLF CLUB. . t fii'oi',' "i 4 1 ! U-.vi:virr: 1 -.'L rrr. r, ' Vk.iji Jjy,; ;f n 5 s t : mm tfuND totr club a mz 1 t .. . - . -- a- ji.u- 'r r l :-, , .- ...... ... LARGE DEALS MADE Burnside-Street Sale of $55,- 000 Best of Week. SEVERAL RANCHES TRADED Farm of 1250 Acres at Lowell Ex changed for 640 Acres and Busi ness Property in Britlsli Co lombia Lane "Ranch Sold. The outstanding realty transactions in the Portland market last week in volved the transfer of the Otis Kl vator building that covers more than a lot of ground on the southwest cor ner of Thirteenth and Stark streots. at a point where the latter thoroughfare connects with Burnside street. This property has been deeded by Powers & Estes to the Alaska Pacific Fih eries Company at a reported valuation of $o5,000. The building is a one-ftory modern brick structure, erected about year ago. The Alaska Fisheries Company also owns the corner directly east of the building, where a gasoline filling station now Is located. FlatM Traded for Itanvh. G. C. Ruff has exchanged his five flat building, located on Hall street between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, 10,000 square feet of land on Council Crest, several unimproved Laurelhurst lots and about an acre of land near Klverview station for an 80 acre ranch at Hood River, one-half of which is planted to apple trees. The trartn was made on a valuation basis of $15,000. II7500 Residence Deal Reported. At a stipulated consideration of $7500 L. B. Wickers!) am has deeded his residence property on the north west corner of Nineteenth and Thomp son streets to the Fried e Investment Company, of which Leo Friede is sec retary. The tale includes two cor ner lots and a large residence. Courtney Home Sold. Through the agency of the Fred A. Jacobs Company, II. Gordon Beckwlth has passed G. Evert Baker title to a seven -room bungalow and about an acre of land situated at Courtney sta tion, on the Oregon City carline. The sale price was reported as $4500. 36,0OO Deal Made. The Northwestern Exchange of Ku- , gene. Or., reports the closing of a $3ti, 000 deal, in which Professor W. F. O. Thacher. of Eugene, traded his 1-50-acre stock ranch at Lowell, Or., for business property in British Columbia, and 640 acres of timber at the same place to F. P- Allen, of Byron, Wash., formerly of Eugene. 920,000 Deal Cloned. John Baird, of the Great Western Land Company, of this city, reports the sale of J. I. Hayes' farm of 195 acres, nine miles northwest of Har risburg. to G. S. Thompson, of Ta coma, for $ JO. 000, cays the Eugene Register. This is said to be one of the best farms in the L'pper Willamette Valley. It contains the best modern buildings and equipment and the soil is said to be first-class. Mr. Baird says that there are many Inquiries for real estate in Lane Coun ty and the Upper Valley, and he has a number of other lacge deals nearly ready to close. Xye Man Rays Ranch. The Pendleton Tribune reports that Dan Russell has purchased a ranch a mile and a half east of Pilot Rock from J. W. Miller for $25,000. Mr. Mil ler bought the place four years ago fur a consideration of $14,000. He ex pects to return to his former home in Missouri. The farm is on Stuart Creek and is part of the old Jones estate. : ( FOR COSSTBCCTIOS AT RALEIGH STATION AT COST OK 1 0.000. Elements Considered in Mak ing Assessments Are De scribed by H. E. Reed. ALL SOURCES GLEANED Records of All Kinds of Transac tions Tsed to Determine Worth of Realty, Even Action of Snn Being Studied. BV HENRY E. REED. Assessor of Multnomah County. Corner values make the blggeat problem in the assessment of city real estate. Where land is met by the in tersection of two trees it is said to come to a corner and the additional value it receives Is termed corner In fluence. It presents three elements of value over an Inside lot. These are, in the words of the author of the Llnd-sev-Bernard rule: First Light and ventilation. In thatJ it has the elements of ta sixe. pius the width of the side street as side lot. Therefore, from the viewpoint of light and ventilation, the corner in the equivalent of itself plus the width of the side street. -Second Access, in that it Is contig uous to the main i-treet and the bide street, and from the viewpoint of ac cess is the equivalent of an inside lot on the main t-treet plus an inside lot on the side street. Availability R a lives Value. Third Availability or site location, in that It may be improved In such a way as to preserve the individuality of the structure and thus reap the full benefit of its zone of value. There are a number of authorities on corner influence. each of whom maintains his position as if the whole scheme of assessment r.nd taxation de pended on it. Men whoso Judgment Is considered pood assert thst corner In fluence does not extend beyond a per manent structure erected on the cor ner, even though that structure be only 23 feet wide. Generally speaking corner Influence extends loo feet in each direction from the corner. It Is governed by the use to whirh the property Is put. being highest in tlrst-elass retail districts ami lowest in outlying suburbnn dis tricts. Some Inrreaite 51 Per Cent. Tt goes without saying tbat the greatest increase due to corner In fluence 1 9 at the intersection of streets of equal value. From this high point it grades lown until one of the inter secting streets may be regarded as giving the corner no Increment in ex cess of t he value of an easement of llrht and air. In Portland where two streets of equal value come together, for exam ple, where the unit foot values are $1000 on each street, the increase for the corner as a whole is 61 per cent. Where a street with a $500 unit comes Into a street with a $1000 unit the in crease for the corner Is 22 per cent Students of corner values insist that the extent of corner influence and the ratio of increase due to the intersec tion of streets should be determined In view of the conditions existing In a particular city, from the best evidence obtainable. Sj ateirt, Not Guess Work. Is Aim. As in the case of the curve for In side lots, they lay stress on the point that basic tables or scales should be prepared, published, tested out by ex perienee and sd opted by tax depart mentj and real estate men. The aim in regard to corners, as In regard to all other departments of assessment, is to eliminate guess work in computing values and to introduce system. There are a great many sources of information open to the Assessor in , determining the value of real estate. Singly or collectively they have certain worth, but no one Is conclusive, except that perhaps two minds have agreed on a given point. They are like con flicting testimony In a trial, from which the Jury must unravel the truth Sales Record A . In Portland we are keeping a perma nent record of sales as representing cash value, of leases as Indicating value based on capitalization of rental. and of mortgages as representing what value the lender puts on the security which he accepts. In a year or so we hatl be able to record and weigh about 15,000 such transactions per annum. New York recognized 41 sources of in formation. In Multnomah we use larg number, the more important of which may be listed as follows: Previous asset sjirimt for purposes of taxa Hon. Consideration paid, as set forth In re corded deeds. Amount of money lent on mortcmjre ae curity especial Iv when the lender is known to limit loans to a certain fixed percentac ul tn real value. Amount offered In food faith by a pur chaser who Is ready, willing and able to buy. Kent Figures In Value. The rental paid. Vaalue placed thereon by the owner. Value placed thereon by the seller after he haf sold. Value pinced thereon by th buyer after he has purchased. Value placed thereon by real estate ex pert r. Information volunteered to the Aaaesaor by persons alleging special information, on tba subject. . . I servir wnrn wneru rei estate. 1 BY HENRY WALDO COE. M. IX Address on "The Missionary of Comfort," delivered before the last meeting of the Life Underwriters As sociation of Oregon.) 0 had lived to be 111 years old, and narrates the story of a man who KB of the old classical writers who gave as the reason for his long life, that he had never eaten at a banquet, or at a late supper with a crowd of many persona. A New Eng land sea-faring man. who was living at 104, gave as his reason for longevity the fact that he had at his dinner daily eaten a red herring. Senator Depew. In comparing these Individuals and the causes of length ened years, said he preferred the American plan. That the sailor un doubtedly ate In the company of oth ers, and that there must have come with the herrings a thiibt which had to be quenched, among convivial com panions. If there is any class of people who ought to dine in a happy state of mind. It should be those of the pro fession which makes living comfort able and dying contented. Thoe who make possible for the man who Is financially harassed, to have a sense of comfort In knowing that In time a responsible corporation will return a comfortable competency to him In real cash; or, dying, that his family may have even easier times than though he were alive. Pro feast on a Are Con pa red. The man who amputates a limb to save the life of the owner, causes pain that relief from other dangers may abate. The man who seeks to save your Immortal soul, as he discusses re ligion, is much of a passing nuisance. The man who fights want and care and poverty and misery in the widow and orphan, by crowding insurance on the bread-winner of the family, or who, through his persistence with a pros pect, forces a man to provide himself through an annuity or endowment policy with comfort In his declining years, is more often, when writing the insurance, looked upon as a man of trouble rather than a man full of good works. In each case, however, know ing that the outcome Is beneficent, doctor, preacher and underwriter, with the utmost pains, persists In his duty to the lasting benefit of his client -nd beneficiary. hen In later moments the surgical ly relieved Individual works at his vo cation, he rarely raises his voice In favor of the physician who made life possible for him. although he may laud his own Judgment In losing a limb to save his own life. St. Peter. I think, rarely hears the name of the preacher, when the saved sinner seeks his seat Inside the pearly gates. So the life insurance agent must not feel disappointed, when at the time of death of his client, to hear the neighbors commend only the wis dom of the late departed, in so well providing his family from want by life insurance. Kternal Vljrllanr ieeeaary. No one more than the medical ex aminer knows that a great many Hfv policies are taken "to get rid of the Am-tunt and character, of traffic In front of or In th. neighborhood of the property. Nearnesn of the property to the various line, of trannportatlon. Character of in, neighborhood In which the property la situated. It n t or cor.teznplted Improvements In the t.elRhborhood. Whether or not undesirable elements or nuisances are present In th. neighborhood. Sun's Action Ia Considered. Grade of the land and how It fits Into the city plan. Location, slse. shape and utility. Including access. Actin of the sun. Whether or not th property has water f rontaire. Whether or not the property has or Is In position to obtstn railroad trackage. Cost of construction of builulngs. accord ing tt figures furnished by owners, archi tect onI contractors. Whether or not tho buildings are In proper repair. Factors of cost of buildings a square foot and a cubic foot. Whether or not the probable use. of the building are suited to tho neighborhood In which It Is situated. Value of adjacent property. Recent sale. In the neighborhood. Value of properties of substantially the same character situated In practically the same tpo of neighborhood elsewhere In the county. Personal Inspection of property by the Ae.sr or his ueputy. Newspaper reports of sales and l-asea. Tertlmony given In court proceedings. Several tirala Elevators to Rise. A Salt Ijika ensrlneerlne: firm has been awarded the contract for the erec tion of a reinforced concrete arrain ele vator that Is to rise at Condon. The building 1 to have 60.000 bushels' ca pacity and will cost about $16,500. The plans call for completion about Au gust 10. Announcement was also made last week that the Boyd Elevator Company is about to erect a 100.000-bushel ele vator near The Dalles and that the Ttice Union Elevator Company will erect a 50.000-bushel elevator at the same place. Irvlnatoa la Cite far B37SO Haaae. The Mauts Building; &. Investment Company has commenced the erection of a two-and-a-half story frame resi dence at 700 Siskiyou street. In Irving ton, that will cost $5750. according to the permit issued last week. A $J500 bunnalow is being- built at 637 East Thirty-seventh street North, in Beau mont Addition, for Mrs. Anna V. Dor ris. R. D. Johnson is In charge of this contract. Three SISOO Hsbks Started. John Kampf last week obtained building: permits for the erection of three one-story frame residences at 645, 649 and 651 East Sixteenth street. In Smith's Addition. Each of the dwellings is to cost $1500. according; to the plans drawn by the architect. George Soodwood. S-tnOO Ilaaae Hrgww la I-aarelharat. At the direction of A. C Ruby. J. A. Hubbell has commenced the erection of a $4500 residence at 1214 East Burn side street, in Lurelhurt- Stokes Zrllar are building; a story-and-a-half frame residence for Miss U. Bohlman at 6 East Fifty-fourth street that will cost about $1850. teel Company Orders AII"J. The officials of the Northwest Steel Company have ordered working; plans Tor the erection of a frame addition to the company's present plant. The pro posed addition Is to cover land 60x106 feet In area and will cost approximately $7600. The work is to be done by day labor. Pnrttancl Flrsa Gets Rosejbnral Wsrlc " Stebinger Bros., on their low bid of $83,745. last week were awarded the contract for the erection of tho pro posed Federal building at Roseburg. Sandstone material will be employed In the exterior construction. Sub-contracts will be invited soon. Eaat (tide Bsagalaw ts Coat S140O. Ground has been broken at 6524 Fifty-eighth street Southeaat, In Tre mont Place, for the erection of a one story frame bungalow to cost about $1400. The -plans were drawn lor c Mltkovltsch by T. J. Fritx. Roseburg Property Sold. ROSEBURG. or. May . (Special.) 1 agent. Eternal vigilance Is the price a successful life underwriter pays for success. In season and out of season principally out of seaeon must his ef forts be directed toward closing the application getting the risk signature on the line. And there are notes, and extensions, and shifttngs here and there, and the inculcation of new courage and of. a fuller appreciation of the morality In providing for those dependent upon us. and divers and sundry other liberties, you gentlemen have to take with the man who happens ss he often thinks, unfortunately to sit in convenient or inconvenient proximity to you. No money Is quite as useful, whether It comes to 'the living risk or his de scendants end his widow, as Is that from life insurance. It comes from neither trade, nor sale of cherished property, nor Invested funds In the or dinary sense. It comes in a way and, speaking somewhat loosely, from out side of the estate. In case of death, it is ready money at hand for the Im mediate wants of those who beforo have been dally provided for by the departed. It ia quite true that a, man may strain and save and be compelled to finesse himself financially In ordor to provide by life insurance for someone who may die or otherwise pass from the sone of the assured before a pol icy may mature. I have had a good many premiums to meet, and seldom found myself quite able to meet av pre mium in comfort when due. But I hare always noticed that the man who Is not taking out Insurance is spending for other forms of pleasure. Beneflt-i Are "Pointed Ost. T call It pleasure to b pinched to pay a life-insurance premium. Yon love what costs you something. And you love your wife and your children more If you are under some strain to provide for them after you shall be gone, and when you h&11 be able no longer to enjoy their company, and the friendship of their communion. And the life Insurance agent who forces more insurance upon the husband and father. within reason, is thereby bringing more happiness into the world while the bread-winner Is still alive, although this insurance may make quite a burden upon the assured. This very pressure which "The Mis sionary of Comfort" has helped plac upon the assured, reminds the assured often of the fact, so ca relessly con sidered by most of us, that death la sure to come, and with it our respon sibility to our families, in what Is to occur, will increase rather than abate. Who among us. when going through, a financial panic, general or individ ual, has not leaned upon his insurance policies? Who has not. when the financial skies have been the darkest, said to himself at the cloFe of day. as he has left the unsolved f inancia I problems of his business or the lack of business and lain down :it night to sleep, beckoned leep and rent from conditions too serious to rolve, by paying to himself. "Oh, well! If I. who only can solve these problems after months of effort, shall, before they are solved, pass away, I am leaving mamma and the kid well cared for with my insurance.' What a comfort ing thoucht! AVhat a hel) to, sleep! O. C. Raker has sold tlie building occu pied by the Motor Shop tlarage to Al Kent, of this -ity. for $nofl. Director of Prominent Life Insurance Agencie Members of Life Undermritert Association of Oregon Wm. Goldman. Manager. NATIONAL. 1.1 tt. Oregoman Bldg. H. ti. Colton. Manager. MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL. L.1FE. ' Chamber of Comnierca Bdg. K. Harmon. Manager. PENN MUTUAL LIFK. Northwestern Bank Bttig. Horace Mecklem. Manager. MEW ENGLAND MUTUAL, L.1FX. Northwestern Bmk Bldg. G. M. Slocum. Mgr.. RELIANCE LIKE INS. CO.. Pittsburg, Fa. tfi Morgan BIrig.. Portland. Or. P I.ockwood. Vlce-Pres. and Gen. COLUMBIA LIFE A TRUST CO, 02 Btevena Bldg. Mgr.. Fattta-CrosFmayer Co.. General Agsataa THE TRAVEL Kits' INS. CO, "-S10 Wll-OT P rig. E. W. Amcsbury, Manager. NORTHWrPTPl; N MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO. Northwestern Bank Bidg. Judd l.owrey. Sup.., AMERICAN CENTRAL LIFE INa. CCX, 719 ekum Bldg. BUILDERS' SUPPLIES and HOME SUGGESTIONS tJ.C.ENGUSH CO. LIGHTING IPti FIXTURES C Irving and Union Avsmis f aetur7 ts Cousnrr, GardenVases, Benches.Etc. rnest Thomas rkoae F.. 1S. Kast Twrstr-seiratk and Pacific St. There IsaGoodPaintHouse in Portland TIMMS. CRESS & CO. 1S4 bECONU street. State JAemhers Portland Realty Board The following real estate men ars the accredited members in their re spective cities of the Portland Real ty Board. None of these sought membership, but were selected after a canvass of the available man in their line. If you have a real estate transaction In any of these cities or wish Information, write them: Albany J. V. Pipe. Amity. Yamhill -. J. P. Allison. Astoria Astoria Harbor Imp. Co. Van Liusen w Co. Bend J. A. Eastes. (iraata Pass P. B. Herman. Joseph Moss. Hcppner Smead & Crawford. Klamath Falls Edmund M. Chllcote. Msrshflead I. 8. Kaufman & Co. Title Guaranteo A Ah. i stract Co. PhUosnath Henry Ambler. Rostsarg W. A. Bogard. TlllsaaoolL Rollle W. Watson.