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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX. 3IOXDAT, JANUARY 6, 1908.
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OBJECT LESSONS
FOR BUILDERS
Display of Plans and Drawings
Opens Today in Art
Museum.
ALLIED CRAFTS INCLUDED
Building Operations, Especially
Homemaking, Continues Through
Winter Without Abatement,
East Side Being in Lead.
The first annual exhibition of the
Architectural Club opens today in the
Art Museum at Fifth and Taylor
streets. The promoters of this exhi-
hltlon found It desirable to extend the
scope much beyond the original Inten
tion, so that the exhibition presents
examples of all branches of artistic
building: decoration art glass, tiling-,
wood carvlne;. mosaics, terra cotta, in
fact the building crafts and arts as
well as drawings, blue prints, water
colors and the various other detail
work of architects.
The exhibits are not confined to
Portland productions, but numbers are
shown from other places as well.
There is every reason to predict that
the show will be not on'y attended by
people directly concerned in building
affairs and interior decorating, but
will attract many who contemplate
erecting dwellings or other classes of
huildings who will make a study of
the exhibits for future guidance, and
besides all lovers of the artistic In any
branch will attend. Just as they do
any display of works of art. The ex
hibition is also an educator and doubt
less will be visited by parents with
their children, who are certain to re
ceive Information almost Impossible to
obfain through ordinary channels.
The new Oddfellows' Home at East
Thlrtyeecond and Holgate streets was
dedicated Saturday forenoon. This is
the third building to be dedicated on
the tract, which consists of seven acres
xouth of Kenllworth. the whole consti
tuting the premises of the home. The
new building cost $;5,000.
The "hotel district" is to have an
other addition in an eight-story
structure to be built next Summer by
Gus Rosenblatt at Tenth and Alder
streets. The dwellings now on the
premises are to be removed to the cor
ner of Columbia and Eleventh street in
April.
The Cornelius Hotel at the corner oT
Park and Alder streets is to be turned
over to the owner February 1. The
hotel is under lease to E. B. Harrison,
n former San Jose, Cal., and later San
Francisco, hotel man. In the last
named city he was for a time the lessee
of the old.Huss House on Montgomery
street.
The Lamson-Holbrook Hotel, at
Eleventh and Stark streets, is about
ready for interior decorations and will
ue opened ior guests in a few weeks.
Work is nearing completion in the
C hamber of Commerce building on the
new offices on the third floor, the
room being utilized that formerly was
part of the Chamber offices.
The banking-room of the Scandinavian-American
Bank. located In the
east end of the Falling building on
Washington street. Is ready for occu
pancy, the carpenters and sign-painters
completing their work yesterday.
It would be difficult to give exact
data as to the section of the East
hide that Is building up most rapidly.
In every direction new houses are
springing up at a remarkable rate and
on account of the equable climate of
Portland, work Is retarded but slight
ly during the Winter. The demand for
smalt houses and cottages for renting
purposes continues heavy, and as rapid
ly as that class of building is com
pleted, tenants are at hand to move
in without delav.
,V;ecr,ary sra"lborg. of the Rose
lity Fark Improvement League, said
yesterday that 15 dwellings have al
ready been erected on the new tract
at an average cost of 12500, ranging
from 1S00 to $5500. The improvement
club has been notified that 25 additional
houses will be under way about May
1. costing from 11500 to 2500 each
according to location requirements. Mr'
Strandborg said that the club win bring
up. at its meeting tonight, a proposi
tion for intending builders to pool
their issues, together with members
who have already started to build with
a view of securing all structural ma
terial In Urge quantities, therebv se
curing discounts which they believe
will run from 15 to 20 per cent. An
other matter to be presented is a plan
for financing -advances to prospective
builders who may desire to take ad
vantage of a low rate of interest all
capital necessary to put the schema
through having been pledged by well
known moneyed men.
Several new church edifices are under
construction on the East Side, and last
week one of them reached a state of
rompletion which permitted the holding
of services, though the dedicatory serv
ices will not be held for some Weeks.
On Christmas the church congregation
referred to. Augustana. Rodney avenue
and Stanton street, held its first serv
ice. A movement is on foot to have the
voters of the "peninsula" portion of
School District 1 vote on a bond issue
to raise funds for the erection of an
other High School, to be located some
where in the Albina section.
Alterations to cost $4000 are being
completed in the old Masonic Temple,
at Third and Alder streets. The entire
building will be occupied by J. K. Gill
& Co.
The Haxeiwood build in -. at Third
and Hoyt streets, which was damaged
Of the building permits issued last
week, the average price was 14000, and
as the new buildings were, with few
exceptions, for dwellings in the outly
ing districts, the records show the very
good class of houses that are being put
up by home-makers.
by fire some months ago. just as It
was about ready for occupancy, is re
ceiving its plastering and final touohes.
A contract has been given for plaster
ing the exterior with cement.
EAST SIDE METHODS PRAISED
Portland Ad Club Meets With Busi
ness Men's Club. -
Compliments were showered by the
representatives of the Portland Ad Club
on the East Side at the annual meeting
of the East Side Business Men's Club
Thursday night on what has been accom
plished there both in a material way
and business lines. C. C. Chapman par
ticularly commended the advance steps
that have been taken by business men
generally in their efforts to build up busi
ness centers, and he saw no reason why
modern methods will not succeed In that
portion of Portland as well as the older
sections of the city.
Mr. Chapman said he had visited the
East Side stores and found they had
made material progress in both quality,
quantity and methods of displaying goods.
All the speakers commended the disposi
tion to improve the lighting of stores
and streets- as Important factors in at
tracting business.
The suggestions made by Lewis M.
Head, through his partner, C. X. Black,
who spoke for him, relative to building
up the East Side, are worthy of atten
tion. He proposes that the people urge
the building of the East Side passenger
and freight depot by the Harriman lines
as one of the most important movements
toward material progress. -
The various push clubs have that mat
ter in hand., but are not making much
progress. They will take it up at the
next meeting of the United East Side
Push Club. Mr. Head urges the erection
of an East Side theater, one that will be
creditable to the whole city.
Dr. Van Waters said that one of the
most hopeful outlooks for East Portland
was the disappearance of the slough by
permanent nils, which had been started
last year. He said that it was not a
dream to predict a population of 500,000
in ten years' time, the main portion of
which must find homes in the level spaces
spreading out on the East Side in all di
rections. The fact that such a notable gathering
of business men could be held on the
East Side shows a distinct gain for that
portion of the city. The Business Men's
Club has inaugurated modern methods in
all lines, and the business men say that
during the past year their trade has prac
tically doubled as a consequence.
ST. JOHN ELECTION TODAY
Voters Will Adopt or Reject the
X'ew Charter.
The voters of St. John will vote on
the adoption of the new city charter
today at the following places: First
Ward. 209 West Burlington street,
next door St. John Hotel: Second Ward,
polls at City Hall.
Polls will open at 9 A. M. and close
at 7 P. M. The new charter was pre
pared by a commission made up of the
civic bodies and Council, and several
months were given to its preparation.
It has been printed and submitted to
the people so they know generally
what it contains at least, full oppor
tunity has been afforded for every
voter to know. There are some changes
in the method of issuing bonds and
levying assessments for improvement
of streets. Among other things, the
new charter provides .that all money
shall be paid direct to the City Recorder,
which provision was inserted to pre-
BUYERS
EEKING
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BUILDING SITES
Continued Inquiry for Resi
dence Property on the
' East Side.
GOOD DEMAND IN ACREAGE
Dealers All Predict Brisk Trade in
Real Estate Lines on Opening
of Spring at Well-Maintained
Values.
Agencies for the sale of lots in subur
ban districts report a remarkably good
market considering the time of year. No
great number of sales are being closed
up for these lots, but Inquiry is constant
and on the opening of Spring, or rather
when weather conditions improve, they
confidently expect .a rush from buyers
who are consulting plots and . locations
just now and will have made up their
minds in another month or so.
Payments on purchases made last Sum
mer on, the Installment plan are being
made promptly, which is considered proof
that buyers are satisfied with their
choices of location. Bat few transfers
are being made by owners of these lots
who bought them with intention to build,
and no sales are reported at less prices
than that at which the lots were pur
chased from the original owners of the
plots. In the older sections, sales, while
not extraordinary in volume, are some
what greater in number than at this
time last year. In such tracts as Irving
ton. Ladd's Addition, Holladay, Albina
additions, and down the Peninsula, out
South Portland way and in the southeast
districts, lots are being selected by pros
pective buyers, and some are selling
right along.
Ten and lo-acre lots in the outlying
suburban sections are about as active in
the market as any other class of realty.
If not leading in recent sales. Tire open
ing of the" Mount Hood Railway, prom
ised for the coming Summer.- will bring
large tracts of this class of property into
the market, and the Salem road will also
develop tracts to the southward.
. One of the most important real estate
deals of farming lands that was con
summated recently was a sale through
the agency of Mrs. Marion Mac Rae, of
Hood River Valley orchard property of
SO acres at a consideration of $25,000.
Twenty-two acres are in apples, part of
which will be in bearing the coming sea
son, and at the price paid for the tract
would put the part set out in trees at
J1000 an acre. The tract was formerly
owned by William Reavis, and the pur
chaser Is Mrs. Emma B. Carroll, whose
son, Philip C. will live In the ranch- !
house on the place and superintend the
orchards. j
Jackson & Deering sold to Mrs. Alma '
A. Cowie. for Dr. Andrew C. Smith, the I
dwelling and full lot at No. Ill Twenty
first street for J60O0. The place will
be improved somewhat and occupied by
the purchaser as a. residence.
Storerooms In the new Commercial
Club building are nearing completion,
and one on the Oak-street front has
HEAT
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IMPLANT
In This Apartment House
THE IONIAN COURT
Was Installed by the
WGMcPHERSONCO.
HEATING ENGINEERS
328 Glisan St. '
WHEATGROWERS TO ASSEMBLE
IX CONVENTION.
- NEW APARTMENT HOUSE JUST COMPLETED
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Many Questions Affecting Industry
to Be Taken Vp at Meeting in
Pullman January 9 and 10.
PULLMAN". Wash.. Jan. 5. (Spe
cial.) The Washington State Wheat
growers' convention will meet at the
Washington State College. January 9
and 10, In annual convention. Five
programmes will be given. Joseph E.
Wing, of the Breeders' Gazette, and J.
C. Lawrence, of the State Railway
Commission, will be the principal lec
turers. Professor E. E. Elliott, who has the
arrangement of the programmes in
hand, announces that this year some
of the best men in the country"- will
address the convention. J. E. Wing
is known as one of the best authori
ties and writers on agricultural topics
In America, and has but recently com
pleted an exhaustive Investigation of
agricultural conditions in England,
Scotland and France. J. C. Lawrence
will discuss the grain situation from
the standpoint- of the railroads and
especially from the standpoint of the
Railway Commission.
"The most important topics to be
brought before the convention at this
session will be the sack problem, and
the handling of grain in bulk," said
Professor Elliott. "The elimination of
the sack in the handling of grain is
one of the most serious propositions
ever faced by the farmers and grain
men . of Washington. It is but the
question of a short time when the
enormous crops of the Inland Empire
cannot be handled by the railroads if
they are shipped to tidewater' in sacks.
"Pressure is being brought to bear
on the Milwaukee road looking to the
construction of elevators along their'
line instead of warehouses. If this
can be done the other roads will come
into line. In a few more years the
congested conditions in the Fall, when
the grain is being moved, will be
worse than ever unless remedial
measures are soon resorted to, and, in
my opinion, the solution of the prob
lem lies in shipping the grain In bulk,
doing away, with the sacks entirely so
far . as the common carriers are concerned."
Oregon, Jan. 5. (Special.) Two debating
teams were selected last night in
Brighton Chapel from a corps of twelve
contestants to meet Willamette and
Whitman debating teams. Those selected
are R. A. Imaly, H. H. Arnstlne, W. E
Quin, D. I. Allen, J.;W(d and E. With-
arnf
Tax Levy in Clatsop.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 5. (Special.) The
County Court yesterday fixed the tax
levies on the 190' roll at 27 mills, a
duction of 12 mills from the levy made a
year ago, when it was 39 mills. The levy
made today is segregated as follows:
County, state and county library, 15.3
mills; county school, 5.1 mills: completing
and furnishing courthouse and fixing the
grounds, 6 mills. While the county levies
have been reduced 12 mills, the total tax
levy on property m the city will be 67
mills, just 1 mill lower than that of a
year ago, as the city levy is IS mills, an
Increase of seven mills, and the city
school levy is 12 mlllB. an Increase of 4
mills. The court also decided that in the
future no claims for overtime will be
allowed any of the deputies or assistant
in the several county offices.
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THE IONIAN COURT. 87 COUCH STREET. CORNER EIGHTEENTH.
vent the finances of the 'city becoming
muddled, as they did under the present
charter, and which cost several . hun
dred dollars to straighten out. It also
provides that the City Attorney shall
be elected, instead of being appointed
by the Mayor. There are some- other
minor chaneca. It is thought the char
ter will receive a majority vote. It
will be the third charter drawn up for
St. John since the - town was Incor
porated. r
Suburban Club to Meet.
The Rose City Park Club will meet
tonight in the Alameda School to hear
reports from committees on new build
Inge, street openings, fire . protection
and other matters. All residents Inter
ested are invited to attend this meet
ing. .
. If Iteor la Cstttna- Teeth
B sui and um tbat old well-tried remedy,
Mrs. Wlulow'a 8oothlns Syrup, for chlldroa
thins. It soothes the child, eofteni the
' - -- mmIIm . - rilirrhM.
been leased by J. W. Clements, an in
surance man, who will move from the
Chamber of. Commerce . building in a
Short time.
Bible Classes at Y. M. C. A.
.Two Bible classes to study the "So
cial Teachings of Jesus," are being or
ganized at the T. M. C. A. Another
will study the "Life of Christ." The
first class, upon social teachings, which
is for college and university men. will
begin work next . Wednesday night,
while the other two will begin January
15. ' They will meet at 7:30 P. M. each
week.
Enlarge Rockw-ood School.
The schoolhouse at Rockwood. on the
Base Line road, is too small, and the
taxpayers have authorized the- erection
of an addition containing three rooms.
The present structure contains but one
room. A special tax has been levied
fnr tiiat ouroose.
TAKING OF EGGS IS AFFECTED
Legislature Fails to Pass a Needed
Law and Trouble Results.
OREGON CITT. Jan. 5. (Special.)
Operations of the United States Bureau
of Fisheries' may be seriously affected
through the failure of the Legislature
to amend the law making it a criminal
offense to fish for salmon within two
miles of the racks of the Bureau.
Several years ago a state law was en
acted providing punishment for fishing
within two miles of racks of the United
States Fish Commission. More than
three years ago the commission was
abolished, through the organization of
the Department of Commerce and Labor
and the creation of a Bureau of Fish
eries, and while the purpose is the same
as before, the official title has been al
tered. The state law should have been
amended to conform with the change
made at Washington, but this was over
looked, and as a., consequence it is im
possible to prosecute any person for
fishing within two mile of the racks of
the Bureau of Fisheries, for the statute
deals only with the United States Fish
Commission, which has ceased to exist.
The omission affects only the Clack
amas River, for operations on the Co
lumbia cease before October 31, when the
open season commences. The racks on
the Illinois River, tributary to Rogue
River, are too far away from the beaten
track of fishermen to be troubled, but
on the Clackamas River, where one of
the most important stations of the
Bureau is located, the matter is giving
considerable concern to the Government
fishery experts. The racks there are
always left in the stream until the water
rises to a height where it Is impossible
to take eggs for propagation, and it is
usual for the best results to be obtained
during the first two weeks in Novem
ber. The Oregon Legislature does not meet
until 1909. and Henry O'Malley, super
intendent of Clackamas Station, is con
sidering making a formal request of the
State Board of Fish Commissioners to ex
tend the close season on the Clackamas
River next year until the middle of No
vember, which the Board may do on 30
days' public notice. .
Forest Grove Debaters.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove,
Saturday Real Estate Transfers.
G. F. and Kmilv Hinmers to Fred
- Bauer, lot 8, block 84. Sellwood....f
Emily. J. and Georgre A. Thomae to
Sarah Victoria Thomas, lots 6, T,
8, block 5. Laurelwood Park
Joseph H. and Alice J. Nash to Helen
Mann, lot 2:1. block 21, Tremonl
Place Addition
C. W. and C Grace Pallettt to E. &
Billings, lot 10, block 4, Woodlawn
Heights
Alfred R. Laesen to Nellie V. Mark
ley, lots 11. 12, block 4, Foxchase
Addition
Portland Tr. Co. of Oregon to D.
Frank Bowder, lot 2, block 70,
Woodstock
George W. and l.yrtla E. Watt to A.
L. L.ee, lot 4. block 23, Tolman tract
Anna E. Ortman to Sarah Jane Vil
Uger, 5.68 acres, commencing at
northeast corner of southeast quar
ter of 'southwest quarter of section
18, T. 1 S.. R. 1 E-.
W D. and Stella D. McNalr to Sophie
Olsen. lot .3. block 3, Woodmere
Park
Patrick Boyle to Carrie E. Hayden,
lot 5. block 18, Albina. lots 27, 43,
subdivision No. 2 DeLaahrautt aV
Oatmans J.lttle Homes
George Von PuttKamer to A. J. and
M. J. Bagley. lots 12. 13, block 10,
Sell wood
Arleta Iand Company to Lee Sing, lot
3. block 11, Elberta
J. C. Muehe to Arthur O. Jones, lot
15. block 5. John Irvings First Ad
dition Andrew and Annie B. Smith to Alma
A. Cowte. lot 2, block 38, Kings'
Second Addition
David Crow to Elizabeth C. Jjiflln.
part of lots 15. 16, block IB. Eaet
Portland Heights
Flrland Company to Susannah B. H.
Wright, lots 7, 8, 9, 10, block 5,
Flrland
W. N. and R. B. Chllcote to Caroline
W. Berrr. 15 acres, commencing at
northwest corner of section 13, T.
1 S.. R. 3 B .-.
W. A. Spanton to the Spanton Real
Estate Association, lot 2. block 2.
Spanton's Addition '.
Lillian Brown and George Brown to
Philip Jenkins, lots 1, 2, block 26,
Tremonl Place
Ellas B. Slanders to Harley S. and '
Emma M. Raney, lot lO, block 28.
Multnomah
Point View Real Estate Comoany to
A. L. Harrison, lots 11, 12. block
SO. Point View
U C. and Ada M. Metiger to F. M.
Iutz. lots 11. 12. block 3, Mt.
Hood Addition to Gresham
Godfrej- F. Atrops to Tta Vincent, lot
33. 34. block 7, Kern Park
Albert B. Ferrera, administrator, to
Nat Costano. lots 28. 20, block .
Tremont Park
T. 8. and T.ulu J. McDanlel to Harry
M. and Ttura B. Smith. lot 4.
block 8. Park view Extension
Lenore S. Gregory to William M.
Grergory, part of lot 3, bolck 9.
Portland Homestead, also lot 15.
block 34. and lot 8. block 38. Al
bina; also west 51 feet of lots 5.
and north 30 feet of lot S and all
that part of lot 7 which lies west of
the center of the O. ft C. R. R. all
in block 131 Caruthers; also my in
terest in block 106 Caruthers- Ad-
ditlon
Milton H. and F. Tower to Lucy H.
"Kelllher. south half of lota 7, 8, 9,
block lOI University Park
Atleta Land Company to C. F. Llnd
holm. lot SS. block 6, Arleta Park
No, 4 :
Lewis P. and Grace' R. Bruce to Car
Tie C. Stephens, lot 5. block 5. Wil
lamette Heights Addition
Kate Davis Sessions and E. A. Ses
sions to Title Guarantee ae Trust
Company. 40 acres, beginning at a
point In Base Line 3 chains east
of 14 section post in north line of
section 3. T. 1 S., R. 3 E. . .-
Hlbernla Savings Bank to F. B. Ruth
erford, agent, lot 3, Kent..:
R. M. and Fannie M. Wilbur to Kunl
gunda Heydt. lot 8. J)eLashmutt ft
' Oatmans Little Homes Subdivision
No 3
O. R. and Lucia W. Addlton to Susan
v? Bryant, lot 7, block 2, Evergreen
Park . :
Newton C. and Lillle E. Gilham to L.
Ollln Pershln. lots 1. 2. 3. 4. block
3. Gilham's Second Addition
S. E. Portland Real Estate Associa
tion to Rosine S. Crtsler, lot 11,
block 1. First Subdivision of Mc
Kinley Park ..
275
1
1
5S0
10
3O0
. 325
2.000
10
800
150
1,500
6.000
3. 500
1
3,500
10
1
1,400
22S
1.300
500
570
1,800
- 1
1
250
10
7.000
500
1.500
2T5
SCO
150
Total 134,281
Hiw your abstracts mada br the Seestnty
Abstract ft Trust Co., T Chamber of Cos.
Big Reduction on All
TABLE LAMPS
Values $2.75 to $30.00 at
20 Discount
From Regular Prices
BARRETT'S
THE HOUSE OF ELECTRIC,
GAS AND FIREPLACE FIXTURES
408-410 Morrison Street ' Both Phones
NO BANK WORRIES WITH INVESTORS IN
WAVERLEIGH
No bank so safe; no bank pajs more per cent.
WAVERLEIGH
Make your New Year's Resolution now. Make money. Make an invest
ment in Warerleigh. "Nuf Ced."
Jno. P. Sharkey Go.
Sixth and Washington Streets.
. A -33 Phones Main 5.50
WE RENT ELECTRIC SIGNS
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bib; bob BMivmr i d .Du: h -n
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Between
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Cornices, Ventilators and Roofing on the Ionian Court Supplied by
J. C. BAYER
Cornices. Roofing, Skylights, Metal Shingles,
Ventilators, Etc
Phone Main 467 263-267 Second St.
Those contemplating building should see the art tile exhibits of
FRED M. WAGNER
S63 Stark St.
AT THE FIRST ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF
THE PORTLAND ARCHITECTURAL CLUB
Art Museum, January 6-18.
The Portland Tile 8 Mantel Company
OFFICE 217 Marquam Building. PHONE MAIN 5S73.
Ceramic, Mosaic, Enameled and Encaustic Tile M7S0,Sa?1':,
, JAMES E. BARKER. Prop. "nd R',"U"
Warehouse 355 "Burnslde, near. Park Street. Branch Office and Salesroom.
4ol Empire Building-, Seattle, Wash.
THE ADAMANT COMPANY
Manufacturers of
HARD WALL PLASTERS
Our Celebrated "Crown- Brand Hair Flbered Cement Plaster Used Throueh-
out ln P'asterins the Ionian Court.
f.CTOHi Foot Fifteenth St.j Paclfle Phone. M 21 on.
OFFICE 43S Worcester Bids.) Pacific Phone Main 718. Home . 1313.
The Plumbing and Gasfltting on "The Ionian Court" was done by
LINVILLE & MEYERS
384 East Washington. Phones: East 1056, B 105G.
Repair Work Given Prompt Attention Founders, Machinists and Boiler
makers, Building and Structural Work.
PHOENIX IRON WORKS
Office and Work.,
Hawthorne Avenne and East
Third Street.
ENGINEERS.
Phone F.at 2tt.
PORTLAND, OREGON.
W. P. FULLER & CO.
Cement, Plate and Sheet Glass
Portland, Oregon