14 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, APRIL, 2, 1909. SITE BOUGHT FOR BIG OFFICE BLOCK TO THE USERS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS Part of Marquam Property Is Sold to Ben Selling and AjJolph Jacobs.. OUR NEW DEPARTMENT OF J PIONEEE FRAME STRUCTURE TO EE REPLACED BY SKYSCRAPER. I T if HJ.-.. ,;i ..,. ...... ...... i .mi itl, mi. fi j.i.m,., j ... . i i n.ijun ,M- . I .' ' 1 t"' '"'J JW" w 1 " .' .'w'!' . 1 :!' '-. WW! 'UHUJCqTT'HU' ' 1 11 fi iff jz XJkJt '-iff ri&i ! PRICE PAID IS $350,000 Bnllding of at Least Ten Stories to Be Erected at South-crest Oor ner of Slxtb and Alder Streets This Tear. . The frame bulldln at the south weet corner of Sixth and Aider streets is to be replaced with a skyscraper of modern construction. Papers were passed yes terday between the Oregon Company and Ben Selling through which ownership in the valuable corner, which Is part of the Marquam property, was acquired by Mr Polling and his associate, Adolph Jacobs! The consideration is placed at tSSO.OOO which is the second highest pri.-e paid In Portland for Inside property. The other trnnsfer was that at Washington and Fifth streets, boiicrht by the O'Shea Broth ers at the same figure. The old building on the Marquam cor ner has been used as a rooming-house for several years, with stores on the first floor. It was part of the old Central School that stood on the site of the Port--land Hotel. When the hotel syndicate built the big building that now occupies the site, the frames were moved to Alder street and ever since realty men have regarded the two corners as among tha most desirable In the city for business purposes. The Oregon Company to the holding company for the realty formerly in the hands of the Title Guarantee & Trust "ompany and later taken over by W. M. Idd when he assumed the Indebtedness of that Institution. The piece of realty Involved In the present transaction Is 70 3 feet on Alder by 125 feet on Sixth. Stores occupy all the Sixth-street frontage with the exception of an entrance to the rooming-house. The building Is three storlea In height. Corner Is Central One. The corner is opposite the new Meier & Frank Company's building on the south east corner of Alder and Sixth, and also opposite The Oregonlan building on Al der. The Marquam Theater divides the Alder-street frontage, there being a simi lar lot and building at the southeast cor ner of Alder and Seventh. The price at which this property was transferred places Stxth-treet values In that vicinity at 2S0O a front foot, and Alder at approaching J4000. Mr. Selling. In speaking of the deal yes terday, said that tho night before he thought over the situation and made up his mind that he would try and get hold of the turner. If It could be bought at a reasonable figure. He made an offer to the agent that was accepted, and without further ado he drew his check for the de posit required. He said: "I believe In Portland's future, and the best evidence I can offer of that belief Is this purchase. Just what size building we are to erect T am not now prepared to say definitely ; but you may he assured that we shall put up a building that will be a credit to the city and that It will be an office structure of from 10 to 12 stories, and. if the outlook continues to be as rood as it Is now, we mav btlld even higher. No Ijonjt-Term Lease. "1 have no Intention of moving my busi ness to the new building, but I should mat it i were ten years younger I would build for my own business another department store. We Intend to fit up n,n iioor tor stores and the upper ones for offices. Our present intention Is to make the building as good as it can be. for the ground is so valuable that an interior Building would not pay. As to the leases, there are none that i Know or running for any term of years. as me rentals are month to month, and for that reason, among others, we shall be ready to start operations on' the erec tion of our new building probably the coming summer. me agent who handled the deal for the comer said yesterday that In all prob ability there would be a transfer con summated for the other corner within' s short time, as he had offers for the niece and buyer and seller were close to an agreement, -me two corners have been regarded for a long time aa among the most promising In the city as possible sites for big buildings. The Oregonlan building at the northwest corner of Alder and Sixth, tha new Meier & Frank Com pany building at the corner diagonally across, and the building of the Portland Railway. Light Power Company at the corner of Seventh, now under way, will make of the district one of the most Im portant In Ate city. There Is a mortgage of JI15.000 on the Marquam property and presumably that will be paid off from the proceeds of this sale, leaving the balance as an asset in discharging the obligations of the defunct company. DELINQUENT NEXT TUESDAY Ten Per Cent Tax Penalty Must Then Be Paid. Property-owners who have not yet paid their taxes, whei"her real or personal, must do so on or before next Monday, or suffer a penalty of 10 per cent and interest In addition at 1 per cent a month. Half the tax on real or personal prop erty may be paid by Monday, however, and the balance paid on or before the first Monday In October. But If the sec ond half becomes delinquent Interest ts collected from the first Monday In April, In addition to the 10 per cent penalty. Deputy Sheriff Martin will keep tha tax department af the Courthouse open until a late hour Monday nlsrht. In order to give all taxpayers an opportunity to make their payments on time. man nair xne taxes has come in to Sheriff Stevens by mail this vear This has greatly facilitated the work of the clerks, as much of It has been ilnna at nif:ht. Mr. Martin says that receipts have been sent to all . property-owners who have mailed their taxes, and the posimn oi me doors Is practically com. pleted. Mr. Martin could not give the total amount of the receipts, however, as he aid It would necessitate a larfte amount "of addition. Last Tuesday the Sheriff turned over to the County Treasurer S3S.X29.S8. The money la given to the Treasurer each meek. Will Form Realty Board. St. John realty men have awakened to the Importance of that part of the Peninsula. Next Wednesday niarht there Is to be a meeting- of men en gaged In the business of buying- and selling- real estate, with the intention of organising- a realty board on the lines of the Portland, board. Invlta- I bgatsitt . . . :. , . v . ..,... . .... . ... . i .if. hi in in inni , , i, M-.:;aBJ( T J MAUQl.W ROOMING-HOUSE. SOUTH WST CORNER OF SIXTH AND ALDER STftEKTS. t..-....-TT,,, .....r- -- .............. .4 tlons have been Issued to members of the Portland Realty Board to meet with their confreres In St. 'John, and lend their advice In the formation of the new organization. Cards have been sent out to the members of the Port land board and the officers express wish that a good turnout of mem bers go to the neighboring district and encourage the formation of a board In that place. Amusements What the Fiese ApaU 8bw Tonight, Twice Tomorrow. Kls-w & Erlanger are piesentlng the dis tinguished actors. Guy standing; and Theo dore Roberts, supported by an exception ally clever company, in Sir Gilbert Parker's great drama. "The Right of Wt," at the Heillg Theater, Fourteenth and Washington streets, tonight and tomorrow night, at 8:15 o'clock. A sceclal matinee will be given tomorrow afternoon. A Powerful Play. No mora intense or powerful play has ever been presented In this city than Leah Kleshna. which the Baker Stock Company Is presenting at the Bunralow this week. It was Mrs. Fiske's greatest success, and is the story of a Ktrl thler and her strange life and experiences. There will be but three more performances, tonight tomorrow matinee and night. AT THE TArDEVn,LE THEATERS, Strong Woman at Orpbeom. Madame Sandwlna, the marvelously strong woman at the Orpheum Is Interesting in niany ways, tor she is probably the strong est woman on the stage and says the Amer ican people live too last, eat too fast. etc. Btie says when they first came to America they thought it a Joke to see the people eat their lunches in such haste. tiend the Children. Send the children to the Grand tomorrow to see Little IIIp. the baby elephant, who deals out programmes and performs funny tricks. He Is a natural comedian and Is so small that he has become a net with the patrons of the theater. The children will have a chance to meet IJttle Hip personally and he Is gentle with the youngsters. Extremely Clever Vaudeville. The Pantages Theater ts giving the pub lic one of the best shows of the season. 1..? wJek every act on the programme Is was. above the ordinary. Mile. Millie Harnes wild animal circus Is creating a sensation at every performance. Nero, the riding lion. Is a distinct novelty. COMING ATTRACTIONS. Seats Selling for "Girl Question." H-iMat8fr,.now"e"inB " box office, the Vtif. T.hea"r- Fourteenth and Washington ..? r the.!'e..mualcaI omedy suciess. t?ilrl.Que;tJon- wh'ch will be the at traction for four nights, beginning next winiirf AprV. 4' witn -a "P eclal matinee Wednesday afternoon. This merry offering L,,pre?e,U.Ta by he same management that gave Portland "A Stubborn Cinderella." "David Harum" Opens Sunday. All the thousands, of-readers of the fam ous novel. -David Harum." will want to STfirlr".! ?ramatlaon of ,l as presented by Kaker block Company all next week, open-!Bx-t'?Klay ,matl"e- William Gleason will SorU.Vl018 "J J."" eccentric banker and son l euecess in It last-sea- - 1 tiulTVUUBIMl U y saw it. everyone who Arcadia. Comlna; to Orpheum. 4..Ar?dla' wh.. one next week. Is a vlolin 4harfar" abim- well as a prima donna. rPiJ' ys h15, own "ccompanlment on her violin, something v-t-t. ,n-i ..... Mlinw ... . , " ......v.in, um inter esting bha Is very beautiful .nd v... . charmlnK personality that adds to the at tractiveness of the act . u.- ' - 1- very handsome and of the latest style. Carljle's Pantomime. For the fpoi..ru . i. - . . . . . - - . .iic untna next weelc 5.on.Ha,naKemen1t ' Present the Carlvle r,or?J lntroiucing-Dan. the Talking pony. This Is an anlma.1 .-Ircns hi.h iS Fhe'ToiJ.v khll1rn?-. Mancl Romaine and !nuurnband n? a"-on. Se-Hara, the Great Mindreadrr. -ine"Jlara th. 5reat European niindreader. will be presented as the feature act at Pan Theater, next week. 6. H,?! ,1. urns Mystic Goddess, as she is som..i : ''. pwpuiar in hi u rope as Eva. Fav 1 in America. Her m-x.i.. y OHM minrl uo "S t'lrHIrS 1 eh.e aipean. sensation In every city wtusre REPORTS ON MARCH WORK Building; Inspector Classifies Per- mits for Jfonth. & n - -..1.. 1 r , , . . is regarded as a sort . .....-,.ul.lw.n month In build-lns- operaUons. The month just closed however, has broken f.-T-r..... . that It exceeded records of at least three yeans. In March. 130a. the estimated valuations of new buildings for which permits were issued amounted to $423,114: in the same month of 1907 the total was JS59.72S- In 1908. JS51.84T.; last month the total reached The segregation of permtts Issued ap- f"" " i"e report made by Building- In "ir to tne Mayor, aa follow number or permits issued VahjMttons Repairs i 449 SSSK.3S3 8R.1JS Sheds and bams Dwe'.ihiss. Kast Side " Dwellings. Weet Side Class A. B and C buildings Heinforced concrete Frame buslnees buildings ....... Fees Collected . 22.600 . 4oS.4X . 23.UM . '8.025 . 3X,lVn . 7.4 UO Comment would eeem to be superfluous in the face of these figures, for they indi cate that March has made a remarkable record, especially in tiie building up of the great Kast Side with residences, near ly half of the month's total building em braced in tiie record being for dwellings in that part of the city. Only One "BHOMO Qt'l?l K That la LAXATIVE BHOHO QUININE. Urok for ih Hcaiiurt of E. V GROVE. Uad the World ever to cure a Cold la Ob Pw. Sfte. BIDS HARD TO GET Contractors Shy at Offering to ' Lay Water Mains. CITY TOO BAD PAYMASTER Water Board Forced to Reject 1 4 New Bids Because They Are Too High Present- Situation De lays Needed Extensions'. Great difficulty is being: experienced by the City Water Board in securing- bids for the laying; of new mains, as con tractors fear they may be unable to se cure payment for their work promptly, because of the law under which, the de partment is now operating. Fourteen bids were rejected yesterday morning- be cause they were too high. Under the present law, mains are put in and the cost charged to the abutting property. While City Attorney Kav anaugh says he has no fear as to the out come of a suit to resist payment on the basis of "benefited property," he admits that it may be difficult at times to de termine just what property is benefited, by the construction of a new main, but that he believes the Supreme Court will eventually uphold the law. However, warrant brokers state that they are not at all anxious to purchase city warrants in payment for work on new mains, as it ' seems probable that sooner or later some one will bring- suit to test the law, and this process might tie up large sums of money indefinitely. Hence the situation Is generally unsatis factory, ror very little work Is being done just now in the extension of the water system. To make matters ail the more compli cated, an amendment to the charter is being prepared, changing the system of laying mains, so that the abutting prop erty will not have to pay for mains over a certain size, and changing back to the former system of paying for extensions from receipts at the Water Office. If this amendment carries at the June elec tion. It will create a most embarrassing situation, aa the meter system that is being, rapidly extended throughout the city is reductnK the income from the sale of water from 25 to 60 per cent, and there will be little money on hand for the purpose of reinforcing the mains. Since the law took effect, the Water Board has recommended a large number or new mains to the City Council, which 1 must order them put in or reject the recommendation. The Council has always ordered the work done, but when the time arrives for opening bids. It Is found that there are comparatively few bids, and many of them so far above the esti mate of the engineer that the Board deems it Improper to award the contracts. There is a great demand for extensions to the water system all over the city, and the growth of the numerous suburbs as well as the more central portions of Portland has been so great within the past few years that the Board has been absolutely unable to keep pace with It. It has been but a few months that the mains have been ordered laid under the provisions of the new law, charging the cost to -benefited property, so that, with the comparatively small receipts of the past, the fund was so small that there was in no wise ample means to provide mains even for large numbers of people who wished only enough to drink during' the Summer. In this manner, the work of extending the system fell far behind and that is the situation that confronts the Board now. If the present law stands without amendment, and is upheld by the courts, it would not require very long to bring up the work so that the water system would be far more adequate than at present. Stock Jokes Revived on All-Fools Day. Victims Are CaunHt by Same Old Tricks, but at Least In One In. stance Tables Are Turned. THERE was a small crowd of boot blacks and clgarstore clerks get ting an immense quantity of pleasure from a large purse stuffed with paper, which they had placed on the pave ment at Third and Stark streets yes terday afternoon. Scores of people, unmindful of the fact that It was All Fools' Day, picked up the purse, only to be greeted by a chorus of guffaws and yowls. But the tide turned. A young man, possibly one who had been caught pre viously, chanced along late in the day. picked up the purse and investigated the interior. There was the usual tu mult of mirth and jeers. But instead of looking up and getting confused. the pedestrian continued delving Into the purse. A moment later he fished . . out a comfortable roll of currency quietly placed the money in his vest pocKet, threw the purse down and con tinued on his way, greatly to the con sternation of those perpetrating the joke. Purses stuffed with paper were nu merous about the streets during the day. Nearly every street had a purse or two. In borne instances they were iiea aown and the victims of April 1 were numerous. Men, women and cnnaren stopped to pick up a. young lortune only to and they had been vie timlzed. Almost every conceivable prank was perpetrated during the day. Some thing new in the joke line was a. series of telephone calls sent out to owners of automobiles who 'were advised that the police held a warrant for their ar rest on a charge of exceeding, the speed limit. The police were keot busv an swering; Inquires from Individuals who thought they were to be arrested. One automobillst. evidently with a bad conscience as to speeding, . Inquired how much his bail would be. and seemed genuinely surprised on being informed that there was no warrant out for his arrest. The children were busy all day with April rooi pranks. None escaped them from parents to teachers. Hats with bricks underneath, tick-tacks and the stock supply of juvenile pranks were in general use. GYMNASIUM IS DEDICATED Monta villa Methodist Church Scene of Rousing Entertainment. At the gymnasium of the Montavilla Methodist Church, Wednesday night, tha Comradely Club of young men gave banquet to the Pldelles, the young wo man a club, together with a number of Invited guests. W. L. Bartlet. who has peen active in the erection of the gym nasium and in formnig the . Cornradery presided as chairman and toast master. In the early part of the even ing the audience gathered in the srvm naslum and witnessed, a pleasing athletic performance. There were bean, clothes pin and relay races between the blues and the yellows, honors being equally dls triDuted between the colors. Toastmaster Bartlet presided at the banquet with excellent tact. Professor oaiasla furnished the orchestral music. The addresses were: "Gymnasium and Its Influence on Young Women." by W.. Small; James Kelly spoke entertain lngly on "The Gymnasium a Social Helper;" Professor A. M. Grilley, of the Portland Y. M. C. 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