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Residences in All Parts of the
City Going Up During
Winter Season.
JVIANY INQUIRIES RECEIVED
Local Realty Dealer Icclarea Appli
cations for Home Sites Are Plen
tiful and Predicts 1908
Will Be Very Active.
Willard H. Chapin, while not one of the
pioneers . in the real estate trade, has
since his entry into that buAness been in
a position to study conditions, and has
had years of experience in a mercantile
lino to draw on besides. Mr. Chapin
says:
The observation of our firm Is that today
the general condition of the realty market
la extremely healthy. To this there is one
exception there Is very little or no move
ment In business property. This condition
will continue until mercantile business
takes on Its old-time activity. Just so long
es the mercantile business is merely holding
Its own. Just so Ions will mercantile houses
remain in their present quarters, Instead of
teekintr new and larger space. With the
growth of business will come a renewed
activity In fuHlnes property. The owners
who can afford to watt until that time
comes will be amply repaid. Those who
cannot hold on will And that In order to
ell they must name a price that will be a
decided sacrifice.
W hile this holds true of business property,
the exact opposite exists regarding resi
dence property and suburban tracts.
Hundreds of peopl5 w"lio have been ac
cumulating money for the past few years,
hoping to get in on some big down-town
lnl, srtme way or other, have at last de
rided that an investment in a little piec
of property for a home is now the proper
thing. These people are flooding the real
estate offices, looking and Inquiring lor
something near their ideal for a home.
These Inquiries are for places all the way
from a home on Nob Hill to an acre in the
country. The prospective purchaser of a
incle acre In the country at a price of
about ii.-iO is more critical than a man
contemplating the Investment of $23,000 in
a home in the sections bringing the highest
prices.
Another fact is that every one of these
prospective purchasers ejects to find stfme
snap, and is looking for It. If there is a
snap, a real genuine snap. In residence
property this Summer, it certainly will be
very strange. While the sales are light,
the inquiry is so heavy that it will not
only maintain present prices, but perhaps
cause some slight advances in certain dis
tricts. The homebutlder who is casting eager
eyes towards the country, at some point
along an electric line, will find when he
Investigates that either some other fellow
was therelwo years ago. or else the orig
inal owner has kept right along with the
speculator. y
Those who ae today turning down acre
age that Is quoted at per acre will
regret it in a few years, when they aee it
freely changing hands at $MK or more.
If the advertising of Oregon now being
done by the commercial bodies and rail
roads continues, the population of this state
and city will double Inside of Ave years.
The man who Invests in real estate today
In Portland or vicinity, at anything like the
market value, will nover have any cause
to regret It, The movement of residence
property In this year 10OH will be heavier
than ever before.
If business recovers as quickly as It be
came depressed, we will have the busiest
year In realty than ever has been known.
The Indications are that the recovery will
be rapid.
To come to actual experiences: In a cer
tain fashionable residence section, out of
17 requests for prices on a home, we found
hut four who would sell, and even these
four were not anxious. Does that look
like a break In prices?
Again, there Is not a day passes that we
do not have from one to a dozen Inquiries
from the East regarding Oregon. All these
people tell us they are coming to Oregon
In the Spring.
After a delay of some weeks, raised
by inability to scot material, the build
lnpr at the southwest corner of Second
and Salmon Ia now bring- completed
and will be ready for occupancy by the
last of the month. The building was
put up by a Chinese syndicate headed
by Moy Racjk Sin and has cost about
$15,000. There are four stores, with
the upper tloora fitted for hotel pur
poses, which Is under lease to Mrs. 'en
able. Nearly ten days have passed since two
or three new theaters have been an
nounced to be built in various parts of
Portland. The press agents of certain
managers must be taking a rest. At that,
it Is only a matter of a short time be
fore one and likely two new theater
buildings will be erected, which of ne
cessity will he first-class, to conform to
building ordinances.
Jacob Jacobberper la preparing plans
for a dwelling and a flat building for
Otto Rothchild at Twenty-fourth and
Kearney streets. The dwelling; house
is to cost between $5000 and $6000. It
Is expected to have both buildings fin
ished in about 60 days.
At the comer of Eighteenth and
Pettygrove streets a building is being
erected to be used a a warehouse by
Pick Transfer Company. The structure
Is to be frame. The foundations are of
concrete-and were laid last Kali. "irk
on the building will start in a few
weeks.
One of the most important residence
buildings to start in the near future Is
that of Mrs. J. A. Veness. permit for
which was takeu out last week, with an
estimated cost reported at $35,000. This
mansion is to occupy the quarter block
at Twentieth and Johnson streets, and
Is to be of the Dutch Colonial style.
Plans are being prepared for a four
to five-room apartment house at the
corner of Stanton and Borthwick
, etreets for Mrs. Drews. It is to be
42x63 and cost $6500. The foundations
are to be of concrete.
Five dwellings are to be built by
James A. Gray on Belmont street, be
tween East Thirty-eighth and East
Thirty-ninth, to cost about $2000 each.
With hanks willing to lend money at
around 6 per cent for building purposes,
and with labor and building materials
scaled off, It only needed the other ad
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HOMES
vantage enjoyed by Portland fine
weather this Winter", to keep building
operations moving along briskly.
New quarters for the boys and girls
under care of the Juvenile Court, near
the Barr road at East Fifteenth street;
are nearly completed, in fact the build
ing may be occupied by the little ward
of the county at any time between now
and February 1. The building Is two
stories with basement and attic, and
will accommodate 50 boys and 25 girls.
Work is actively being completed on
the Dammeier building foundations on
Fourth street, between Everett and
Flanders. The ouilding, when ready, is
to be occupied entirely by Chinese., and
the probabilities are that the North
end section will eventually contain, alj
the Orientals now scattered along
Second street.
Three new dwellings are to be
erected at once on recently bought lots
in the Jones more tract. They are to
cost $1500 each, there being restrictive
clauses in the deeds requiring a certain
class of buildings for the tract. No
liquor can be sold In the townslte for a
period of ten years.
The banking room in the new Corbett
building will be Yeady for occupancy
by the Security Savings bank about
February 1. The fixtures and vault
are in place and everything Is expected
to be ready for the bank's use on the
date mentioned.
St. John participated in the exten
sive building operations which made
THE PROUDFOOT BUILDING JUST COMPLETED.
EAST THIRD AND BURNSIDE.
THIS BUILDING-WILL BE OCCUPIED BY THE HEYSER HOTEL.
such strides on the peninsula last year
and the people of that thriving city are
not sitting: Idle this Winter, but are en
gaged actively In reaching; out for new
manufactories.
In addition to a new grandstand, the
Multnomah club is to put in improve
ments consisting of a modern tennis
court, new exits and general overhaul
ing. All these Improvements will In
volve an expenditure of upward of $30,000.
Bids will be opened February 1 for
the new building of the Y. M. C. A. Its
companion building, to be occupied by
the Y. W. C. A., will not be bid upon
for the present.
The Corbett estate building. at Fifth
and Stark, recently occupied by Neu
stadter Bros., Is to have a new front
put in as soon as the plate glass ar
rives. The premises are being put into
shape for Mack's carpet establishment.
Thomas Hlslop, a property owner of
the East Side, said at a recent meeting
of the East Side Push clubs, that within
20 years Portland will have half a mil
lion Inhabitants.
Plans are being prepared for the Rosen
blatt hotel building to stand at Alder
and Tenth streets. The estimated cost
of the building Is placed at $150,000..
Henry Sensel Is erecting a handsome
residence on Hawthorne avenue and
Marguerite street to cost $4500.
Los Angeles showed a loss In building
operations In 1907 as compared with 1906
of 26 per cent. Portland, Tacoma, Spo
kane ana Seattle all made gains.
McKinley Mitchell is erecting two dwel
lings In Upper Alblna on Skidmore street.
One is estimated to cost $3600 an the
other $2500.
A four-series flat building Is to 'be
erected on Savier street, between Twenty
eighth and Twenty-ninth streets, for Mrs.
Moore, to cost $6000.
Men of the Sea With
Stormy Names
John Rollins Thunder and Forked
Mehtnlna; Ship Before the Mast
on the Kresri Bark; Europe.
John Rolling Thunder. R-ther a stormy
name, but possessed by one of the sailors
recently shipped on the French bark Eu
rope. Thunder Is one of the Interesting
characters sometimes met with among
men before the mast. He Is a full-blood
fc'arragnasett Indian, and has followed
the sea for many years. He Is a linguist
and Is able to speak seven languages. At'
one time in his career he was employed
by the United States Government as an
interpreter in the Immigration service,
but the longing to go to sea caused a
resignation.
Thunder is a tall, dark man with black
hair and whiskers. He speaks English
perfectly, with none of the slang common
among sailors, although he knows- Is
business thoroughly. He has a brother
who also follows the sea and goes by
the' electric name of Forked Lightning.
Both Thunder and Lightning-have cir
cumnavigated the globe several times.
To Cure a Cold In One Iay
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure.
E. W. GROVE' S signature fcr on each box. 23c.
REALTY VALUES
ARE Mill ED
Lots in the New Districts Sell
Readily to Makers of
Homes.
STEADY GROWTH OF CITY
Farm Lands and Gardening Tracls
in Active Demand in Suburban
Districts and in Counties Ad
joining Multnomah.
In discussing the money market in
connection with real estate conditions,
E. J. Daly said Saturday:
"A local moneylender told me he had
$40,000 to lend on real estate at 6 per
cent. This shows confidence and also
that money Is getting cheaper. A short
time ago It could not be had for less
than 7 to 8 per cent. I have had more
inquiries for real estate during the past
week than in all the time from October
28 to the present. Would-be investors
think property ought to-come down in
price, but property-owners see no reason
for It. as Portland is steadily growing In
population.
"Prices have never been high here and
are considerably lower than Seattle to
day, where realty, according to experts
there, has dropped 25 per cent in the
past six months.
William Friedlander, last Thursday,
sold to Carrie M. Cheney a lot near
Fourteenth and Clay for $5000.
Two lots in Couch Addition were mort
gaged last week for $20,000, which on
usual valuations on mortgage estimates
would put the block in at somewhere
near $200,000.
J. R. Whitney. ex-State Printer, has
purchased a farm of 920 acres in Benton
County on which are erected good farm
buildings.
A 50-foot lot on Twenty-first street, be
tween Flanders and Glisan, was sold
last week for $5000.
Many small tracts have been sotd at
Mtnthorne, on the east side of Mllwaukle.
The purchasers will set out their acres
In fruits. E. C. Giltner, of the Port
land Chamber of Commerce, owns 40
acres In this neighborhood, which he will
setput In fruit trees.
W. H. Caugdon, of Spokane, Wash., has
purchased 14 acres near Gresham and has
already planted 900 fruit trees. Mr.
Caugdon will build on the tract and make
his home in Gresham.
Charles B. Moores, of Salem, Or.,
bought 15 lots at Eossmere last week for
$iS50. . Mr. Moores contemplates building
two modem cottages on this property in
the Spring. He will also build a $15,000
residence In the Spring, on Fifteenth and
Clackamas streets. A quarter block at
Rossmere' sold to A. A. Belden, of Cove,
Or., for $1500. These sales were made by
George K. Clark and John W. Cook.
Thompson & Swan report the sale of an
80-acre farm in Clark County to Will
Lindsley for $3500. also the 26-acre farm
belonging to John Conrad In Clark
County to F. G. Zlngler, of Port Blakeley,
Wash., for $4700.
Efcpey-Meine Realty Company sold J. C.
Harrison's 12-acre farm, near Tlgardville,
to Augurt Kretzschmar for $2100; also ten
acres partially Improved on the banks of
the Sandy River, near Troutdale. for $2000.
..The former owner of this farm was
Charles Reher.
Frank E. Alley, of Roseburg, lias pur
chased eight lots in Rose City Park, for
$4400, which he will improve. Mr. Alley
Is a large stockholder in the Country
Club.
T. Tocum, of Estacada, has purchased
the Linn sawmill for $11,000. The mill is
located near Estacada.
If-BaDr U Cental Teeth
Be vote and use that old well-tried remedy.
Mra Wlnalow's 8oothlnc- Syrup, for children
teething. It soothes the child, softens the
sums, allays pain, colic and. diarrhoea.
USER CALENDARS 10c CP.
Halfprlce while last. 248 Alder.
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ODD FIXTDEES
Of Good Design Sold
at Reduced Prices.
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ture, we will be very glad to show you some of our installations,
where every requirement; has been obtained by the usetif our sys
- tern. It's one of the great necessities of life not air, but, pure air!
The W. G. McPiierson Co.
HEATING AND VENTILATING ENGINEERS
ALL ELECTRICAL WORK
Iii Proudfoot Building was installed by
WESTERN ELECTRIC WORKS
CONTRACTORS AND DEALERS IN ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
Telephone Main 1606, A 1696.
Tfie Interior Decorating, Tinting Painting
and Varnishing
on the Proudfoot Building (The Heyser Hotel) -was done by
Tlie Ernest Miller Co., Inc.
Wallpaper Store and Office, 201 Second St., corner Taylor. Interior
decorating and tinting our specialty. Our facilities in all the different
branches are unsurpassed. Only 'skilled mechanics employed.
. The Electrical Fixtures
in th; Proudfoot Building (The. Heyser Hotel) were installed by
Phone e. 691 DAVIS 6 DRENNEN Phone B 2151
Gas and Electric Fixtures
406 Bast Buraside, Between
The contract for the wood work in t he Proudfoot Building (the Heyser
Hotel) was awarded to
H. E. WOOD CO.
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS
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Chinese Revenge Conquers Time,
Space and Lack of Money
Murder of an Obscure Member of a Tong Starts a War That Has Already
Crossed a Continent.
BT CHARLES MEJSSBR STOW.
CHINESE revenge Is a passion almost
beyond the comprehension of the
mind of a white man. It takes no ac
count of distance or time, lack of money
Is no obstacle, and the underground chan
nels through which it ' works ara many
and varied. It stops at nothing short
of its accomplishment. The slow, smol
dering hatred that will last for years,
and even for generations, embroiling fac
tions in a death war is one of the pecu
liar twists of the Chinese temperament.
. Portland has seen a little of the out
ward manifestation of it recently In the
case of Moy Tung Chew, the Chicago
merchant who was arrested in this city
and returned to his own town under
guard, there to face trial for the murde
of one Chin Wy.
Moy Tung Chew is one of the wealthiest
Chinamen In Chicago, and in fact the
entire country. He comes of a prosper
ous family, and his own ambition has
added to the wealth he inherited. Rich
beyond the dreams of most of his coun
trymen, powerful through the influence
that money inspires in his race, at the
head of the On Leong Tong, one of the
powerful "highbinder companies, Moy
Tung Chew was looked upoi) as an emi
nently successful man.
Yet Moy Tung Chew cherished ambi
tions beyond any that he had already
realized. '
Deep In the Chinese heart is an un
bounded admiration for power, amount
ing almost to reverence. The man who
can shove himself above -his fellows and
gain control over their lives and property
is looked upon as a successful man. Love
of power is one of the dominating char
acteristics of the Chinese race. This lust
for dominion gripped the soul of Moy
Tung Chew and caused him to reach out
for more and more power over the rest
of the Chicago colony. He would be the
absolute ruler of the town.- He would
have his word law. He would control
not only all, -the laundries and restaur
ants In the city, but he would have a
61 Sixth St., Portland, Or.
Grand Avenue and E. Sixth.
dominating interest In all the other busi
nessess. To him would come the great
est share of the dividends from the mer
cantile shops. He would control the
gambling, and anyone who wanted to
start a game of fan tan must first get
the privilege from him, paying a good
round sum for this concession. There
vas no limit hardly to the heights to
which Moy Tung Chew aspired.
Then one day, his dreams were shat
tered, and hi:, ambitions threatened to
become but so much dust.
In his place were gathered many China
men, talking together. Suddenly a shot
rang out. then more, and the frightened
Chinaman tumbled out of the door, terror
on their faces. AH but one. Chin Wy
lay stark in death, riddled with many
bullets.
Whether Moy Tung Chew fired the
shots is doubtful. There are many mem
bers of the highbinder societies who are
willing to do a job like this for a few
hundred dollars. Why Chin Wy should
be killed is not known. The passion of
revenge is far-reaching. -It may be there
was some motive that caused Moy Tung
Chew to wish him out of the way. Chin
Wy was a prominent man, a member of
the Bow Wong . oey, which means the
society for the protection of the Em
peror, and which Is a powerful reform
organization. Moy Tung Chew was op
posed to this. .The Chin family or clan
Is a prominent and numerous family in
this country. Chin Wy had influential
friends, and Moy Tung Chew fled.
How be .was found In Portland and
taken back to Chicago to face the charge
of murder has been told.
When he arrived there he was thrown
into jail, and remanded without bail.
Money is all-powerful, however, and he
was given his liberty for -i hours upon
deposit of a bond for $25,000. Applica
tion was made for his release and an of
fer of bail to the extent of 1175,000 was
made, but this was refused.
Moy Tung Chew foond that others be
side himself were powerful.
The Chin family is especially crominent
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LOTS $225 AND UP; $25 DOWN; $10 PER MONTH
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A 2537 PHONE Main 550.
HOLLADAY'S ADDITION
BUILDING PERMITS, PORTLAND, 1907
Residences
Ka side s West Hide
1904 198
"Never before, in this or any other country, was there such a sound
basis in agricultural and other National productive wealth as now. Never
before were the Nation's farmers so ready to stand hard times. When
the depression is over and the financial house-cleaning brings confi
dence again, the rebound to prosperity will be such as has never be
fore been witnessed."
THE OREGON REAL ESTATE COMPANY
8834 Third Street.
THE ADAMANT COMPANY
Manufacturers of
HARD WALL PLASTERS
Our Celebrated "Crown" Brand Hair Flbered Cement Plaster Used Through
out in Plastering the Proudfoot Building.
FACTORY i Foot Fifteenth S. Pnrlfic Phone. M 3100.
OFFICEi 483 Worcester Bids.) pacific Phone Main 718, Home A 1318.
The Portland Tile S Mantel Company
OFFICE 217Marquam Building. PHONE MAIN 6873.
Ceramic, Mosaic, Enameled and Encaustic Tile SdBtau.
JAMES E. BARKER. Prop.
Warehouse 355 Burnslde. near Park Street. Branch Office and Salesroom,
451 Empire Building. Seattle, Wash.
Jos. Honrang, Res. Phone E. 1359. E. Fischer, Res. Phone E. 4587.
CITY IRON WORKS
Structural and sheetiron workers blacksmiths, boilermakers; fire-escapes,
sidewalk, doors and hose casings a specialty.
Tel. Main 7155. 303 Front St., Corner Columbia, Portland, Oregon.
Repair" Work Given Prompt Attention Founders, Machinists and Boiler
makers, Building and Structural Work. t 1
PHOENIX IRON WORKS
EXCilNKERS.
Office and Works.
Hawthorne Avenue and East
. Third Street.
THE SASH AND DOORS
For the Proudfoot Building were furnished by
THE OREGON PLANING MILLS
19th and Vaughn Streets
The Glass and Windows in the Proudfoot Building were furnished by
W. P. FULLER & CO.
- Cement, Plate and Sheet Glass Portland, Qr.
In this city, and members who have
money are contributing freely to the
prosecution of this man in whose place
one of their number was killed. Their
desire for revenge Is fully aroused. The
members of the family in Chicago are
doing their part, too.
1 was hinted to the Chicago police that
an examination of the premises where
the murder happened might reveal some
thing. Such an examination was made
and underneath the building was found a
regular honeycomb of passages, leading In
all directions, with many exits, through
which one might easily make his escape
If pursued. On the day that this ex
amination was made Moy Tung Hoy, a
brother of the accused man, suddenly
disappeared from the store as the police
man entered, and . has not since been
seen. A reward has been offered for
his apprehension, but scrfar It has been
unavailing.
The bitter legal fight that was waged
In this city over Moy Tung Chew by
members of his own family and those of
the Chin family gives some Idea of the
struggle that will take place in Chicago
over this case. All the money of both
families will be expended if necessary.
Two powerful forces are lined up In this
struggle. On one-side Is the powerful
Chin family, backed by the Chinese Re
form Association, or the Bow Wong
Woey. On the other Is the no less power
ful Moy family, backed by one of the
atrongest highbinder societies in the
country, the On Leong Tong.
To avenge the death of Cin Wy. his
'family will go to almost any extreme.
All the underground channels known to
Chinese life in America wnl be used. All
the wires that can be pulled will be
utilized. A fight has begun that may
take years to end, and may cost many
Uvea
Chinese revenge is with difficulty to be
understood by white men.
Pensions for Oregonians.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 19. Half a dozen pension
claims of Oregonians under the act of
February 6, 1907. were allowed by the'
bureau of pensions today. The fortunate
veterans are: Charles W. Wells, Arleta;
George W. Aface, Burns; Luther Btru
thers. Vale: William F. Dill. Portland;
William Fruhrer, Mayger, and Frederick
Esplng, Sharkiko. '
Do it now. Attend Rosenthal's great
house-cleanine sale.
PLACE
Bniclae
Eaal side
188
Houses
West Side
18
Portland, Oregon
Phone East 2J,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
Souvenir Fiend Returns
Hotel Towel .
One Gnest of Class That Preys on Loose
Articles Around Hostelries Evidently
Becomes Conscience-Stricken.
PORTABLE' articles around either a
hotel or grill room are considered
legitimate plunder by many guests and
It usually keeps several attendants busy
replenishing .the linen in the rooms and
silverware on the tables. Ordinarily these
purloined articles are annexed by the
over-lndustrlous souvenir collector, whose
observance of all rights of ownership is
perceptibly limited. It was while taking
an Inventory of the linen on hand and
wondering when the department stores
would have a special sale that ha might
replenish the stock, that Otto W. Mets
chan, clerk at the Imperial Hotel, was
Interrupted yesterday by the arrival of
the mailcarrler.
Included in the mall delivery was a
small package, wrapped In plain paper
and resembling a roll of manuscript. It
bore the postmark! of Wichita, Kan., and
when examined was found to contain a
towel, the property of the Washington
street hostelry, being branded with the
words "imperial Hotel." There was no
note in the package to explain how the
sender came in possession of the towel,
which had been taken from the hotel at
some time, probably by a guest.
Mr. Metschan cannot make up his mind
whether the towel was returned by some
souvenir-collecting fiend whose conscience
had troubled him or who, having tired of
his collection of linen, had decided to re
turn each souvenir to the hotel from
which It had- been taken.
CUT IN TYPEWRITERS.
Remingtons, $15 to $60; Smith Pre
miers. $25 to $60; Underwoods, $40 to
$60; Densmores, $15 to $45; others, $7
to $12. These do as good work as
when new. Many of them the latest,
and all traded out for L. C. Smith &
Bros.'s typewriters. L. & M. Alexan
der & Co., 170 Fifth street.