11 DEALS IN REALTY NET PCK PROFITS farm lands Is reported by X. B. Thomas, who has sold for his brother, F. S. Thomas, a. well Improved 1000-acre wheat ranch In that district. The property was bought by H. W. Miller, of Portland, for $30,000, or $30 an acre. This land Is all wheat land which has been set to crop and which is some of the best land of that kind In the Gilliam County farming district! The Improvements on the place are good. The big tract Is located near Mtkkalo Station. Perfection in Piano CaseBesign as well as perfection of tone r East Side Corner, Sold for $50,000, Bought for $40, 000 Two Months Ago. PANACEA FOR LABOR FUSS Employers and Employed Advised to Talk Over Matters. THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, APRII 7, 1910. i i f V w- . - 1 . f ,11.-. -witwwa ! uvw, - :. - ' 'Ol . .-iW?ft4realizedin thekte-- INVESTMENT IS SOUGHT Southward Movement Along Prin cipal Cross Streets Shown In Other Transactions on West Side Leases Held. Heal estate transactions showing quick: returns upon the investment were com pleted in Portland yesterday, prominent anion; them being: the sale for $50,000 of a Grand avenue corner which was bought two months ago for $40,000, and the corner of Hleventh and Everett streets, for which $42,000 was paid, and which was sold In September, 1908, for $27,000. The day's sales showed the demand on both Kast and West sides for good 4Jroperty. The Grand avenue I property Is at" the northeast corner of Washington street. It was bought by Winter Bros. It Includes a three-story brick building on a lot 50x 100 feet. The sellers were J. M. Letter, I. G. Davidson and Iabney & Dabney. This Is another of the many Instances of rapid Increases In prices on Grand avenue, where the demand for business locations has grown rapidly the last few months. The sellers bought this corner two months ago from the Clark Taber estate for $40,000, the syndicate buying in. the name of the Mercantile Trust Com pany. Both deals were negotiated through the agency of Dabney & Dabney end I. G. Davidson. Buyers Seek Investment. The building on the corner Is a well built three-story brick structure, which brings In a rental of 7 per cent net on the purchase price of $30,000. The' ground floor is occupied with a moving picture show and a furniture store, and on the upper floors , a rooming-house Is con ducted. Winter Brothers bought the property a an Investment. Morris Marks, a local real estate op erator, has bought the property at the southeast corner of 'Eleventh and Mill streets from Mrs. Joseph K. Clark, of Los Angeles, for $30,000. The property consists of three lots and has a front age of 160 feet on Kleventh street and 100 feet on Mill street. It has a 15-room house In good condition. The sale was negotiated by D. Parker Bryon & Co. This house is the former family home of the Clarks. It is reported to have been resold by Mr. Marks for $35,000 to a local Investor, whose name is withheld. Three years ago the property was listed on the local market for $15,000. The residence of W. G. Shellenbarger, at 7X8 Marshall street, between Twenty third and Twenty-fourth streets, has been sold through the agency of Dabney. & Dabney for $5500. It is a seven-room modern home, well appointed and ar ranged. The buyer is a coffee grower of -texico. the foreman of David M. Dunne's coffee plantation. Colonel Dunne took the title K the residence for his fore man, who will make his home here. Sixth-Street Sales Made. Two large sales on Sixth street were negotiated yesterday, and these, coming with an Increased demand for properties in that section of the city, are clear in dications of the movement southward along the principal cross streets in in plde business properties. One quarter block, at the northeast corner of Sixth and Main streets, was bought by Fred A. Jacobs for Eastern, clients from A. V. Smith for $90,000. Mr. Smith bought the property only recently and made a good profit on the investment. The sale was negotiated through the agency of D. Parker Bryon & Co. The corner, which is 100x100 feet. Is Im proved with several old dwellings. It has not been determined whether the new owners will Improve the property, as the Investment feature figured most Btrongly in the sale. The second sale of importance on South Sixth street was for a quarter block, et the southwest corner of Sixth and Slftdison streets. This property Is the site of the old Steele residence and was ild by the Steele estate to L. H. Rol lins, an outside capitalist for $65,000. This deal also was negotiated through the gency of D. Parker Bryon & Co. The property is Improved with a home which brings in a good rental. It is the former residence of ex-State Treasurer Steele. Since making the purchase Mr. Rollin9 has refused an offer to lease the ground at 7 per cent net interest on a valuation of $75,000. The refusal was based on the general idea that valuations on South Sixth and South Seventh are now far below what the market will command and that .higher valuations will rule In the immediate future. Mr. Rollins will hold the property as an investment. Of tor for Lease Refused. As an Indication of the Increased de mand for properties along South Seventh street. Koxton & Ames, who hold a leaee of P0 years on the single lot at the corner of Seventh and Taylor streets, yesterday refused an offer of $40,000 for their lease. This lease i made on a basis of a valuation of $40,000 and con tains a clause giving the lessees an option to buy the property at any time within the 99 years period for $40,000. This was virtually an offer of $SO,000 for the corner, which was refused. The lease was taken less than a year ago. Another corner for which a good offer was made was 100x70 feet at the north cast corner of Sixth and Jefferson streets, owned by E. R. Pittelkau. For this property Mr. Pittelkau received an offer of t.0tX. The 'location Is virtually un improved. The offer was refused and Mr. Pittelkau 1b now going ahead with plans for the construction of an apartment house. As a site for a new factory building which will greatly increase its capacity and output, the Royal Bakery Company has bought a quarter block, at the north east corner of Bleventh and Everett streets, from B. I. Parrish. The price was $42,000. The sale was negotiated through the agency of J. D. Wilcox. This property Is directly across the street from the sdte already owned by the Royal Bakery Company. As an Indica tion of the Increase In property values in this neighborhood it may be cited that Mr. Parrish bought the corner In September. 1908, for $27,008. The corner is now virtually vacant but improvements will not be started until Fall. x 1'aotory to Be Built. Then the site will be covered with a two-story brick factory building, which will be equipped with modern machinery, ordered from Germany. With the new huilding this will give the Royal Bakery Company three quarter blocks in the same neighborhood. The total expendi ture will be about $85,000 In budding and lit ling up the plant. J 000-Acre Wheat Farm Sold. JLn important sale in. Gilliam County PORTLAND, April 5- (To th Editor.) I notice that much 1b now said tout labor and capita, vtrlkea and prospective rtrike. As I am a. laboring- man and been euch alt my life. I think it la not out of place to express my views on this very Import ant subject. In he first place. I think the present attHude of capital and labor Is wrong; and should bo adjusted immediately. There U no Question that waa-e of the laborer baa not kept pace with the advanced cost of all commodities and- should be adjusted. bo that he. Including his family, or those depending; on his or her wag, could se cure the neoessarles of life. &y nothing about luxuries. Everybody, at lnast 90 per cent In the United States, are prosperous. On might say all but the wage earner. Ha is dissatisfied from the fact tht the purchasing: value of his dollar is reduced to 75 and as low as 50 emit. Inasmuch as the 'contractor, merchant and manufac turer are making larger profits than ever before, why should not labor receive more wages ? In fact, labor's wages should be advanced without the asking-. Go into the mining- camp. Bacon Is $1 per pound and flour tlO per sack; waes are paid propor tionately, from the fact that the man who works must eat. The labor organizations are all rlg-ht, provided they are conducted and -controlled by sane men. The reason why the labor organizations are a menace to prosperity and good, sound, eafe government Is that they resort to vio lence and blacklist a business house for discharging incompetent men, or men that they do not want; also their insane at tempt to make a uniform scale of wage, the same for competent , and Incompetent' men; also they greatly. Injure or destroy the usefulness of the organization to all fair-minded men who believe In fair deal ing by having a man walk back and forth In front of a business house carrying a placard, "Unfair House." This form of coercion or blackmail should not be tol erated for one minute anywhere. There is a law prohibiting it, and it should be rig idly enforced. What should be done and done at once is that employers of labor in the city should meet and adjust the scale of wages so as to meet the present conditions. When the labor organizations say "You shall employ only members of our order," or say, "If you do not pay what we ask. or if you -discharge competent or Incompetent men, members of our order, we will strike" close up and destroy your property. Such an organization should . have no place of meeting in the United States, for it is nothing less than an organized mob of de struction. The first man hit when -a strike Is called will be a laborer or wage earner. We all remember the empty tin bucket and Co ley's array. I hope never to see that sight again, but something should be don at once to relieve this strained con dition. No question there is a dissatis fied condition existing, caused largely, I think, from the fact that wages now paid do not supply families with the necessaries of life. This should be remedied and cer tainly can be adjusted if the rusiness men of Portland will get together in the right spirit. If a general public meeting is dis tasteful, let each contractor, manufacturer or merchant hold a campmeetlng with him self, canvas his help, then practice the Golden Rule, "Do unto others as you would have others In like circumstances do by you." Adopt this method and the labor troubles would soon be solved. W. M. KILLINGS WORTH. NEGRESS ALLEGED THIEF Railroad Laborer Accuses Her Taking $50 From Him. of Accused of robbing Ed Johnson, a railroad laborer, of 1230. Emma Craw ford, a negress. said by the police to be a disreputable character, was held to await action of the grand Jury by Judge Bennett yesterday. Johnson said that as he passed the woman's cigar store on North First street, she came out on the sidewalk and "winked" at him. Later, he said, as he was seated on a sofa In the rear of the store, the woman picked his pockets. Then a great noise was heard In the front room. The negrSss, he testified, said that the noise was caused by the police trying to raid her place and urged him to flee. When the police failed to ap pear, he said, he investigated and found that the noise was made by Tom Mayoto. a Japanese, for the purpose of frightening the victim away. Johnson remained at the cigar store until the police had arrived. He maintained that the woman handed his money to the Japanese through the door and that the Japanese secreted It. Mayoto will appear before Judge Ben net today. He was released under $250 cash ball. DR. STRATTON IS BURIED Funeral Services Are Held at Taylor-Street M. K. Church. Impressive funeral services were held yesterday morning at the Taylor-Street Methodist Church for the late Dr. Charles Carroll Stratton, who died Mon day at Salem. Dr. Benjamin Young was in charge of the services and was assisted by Rev. John Cudlipp and Dr. C. B. Cline. Dr. Cllne. who was an Intimate friend of Dr. Stratton for many years, told of the great work he had done as an educator. Besides being president of Mills College, Portland "University and chancellor of "Willamette University, the speaker said Dr. Stratton was offered the presidency of Stanford University. A large proportion of the congregation at the funeral was made up of friends of Dr. Stratton. The pallbearers, all as sociates of Dr. Stratton, were: Rev. C. T. Wilson, Rev. Harold Oberg, Rev. "W. R. Jeffries Jr.. Dr. Kerr. Rev. D. A. Watters and Rev. E. B. Hertzler. In terment was In Rlverview Cemetery. CITIZEN HAS INTERPRETER Russian Homesteader Unable to Speak English Gets Final Papers. Through a Russian interpreter. John Walbruk. of Lincoln County, in the United States Court, yesterday showed that he was a qualified American citi zen, and obtained a final certificate of citizenship. Walbruk came to America for the purpose of making a home, and im mediately following filing of his appli cation for citizenship he took advant age of the homestead laws. He has been too busy as a farmer to acquire any English, but under the laws of the country a foreign-born homesteader is entitled to become a citizen regard less of his knowledge of the National language. Judge Charles E. Wolvertoo also or dered final papers issued to Alfred Hel klla, a subject of Nicholas, of Russia, and Max Paul Hummel, heretofore ac knowledging sovereignty of William II, of Germany. The two new citizens of the United States both read and write English. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets assist nature In driving all Im purities out of the system, insuring a free and regular condition and restor ing the organs of the body to health and strength. Sold by all dealers. Read about free excursion given by Woodburn Orchard Co. on page 7. Nearly all the world's great musical authorities use and indorse the Kimball piano. Among them ; Calve, Patti, Emma Eames, Nordica, Sembrich, De Reszke, Walter Damrosch, Anton Seidl,f Campanari, Arditi, Sousa, Chas. Kunkel, Remenyi, Ondricelc, Delussan, Leonora Jackson and hundreds upon hundreds of others, including America's latest and foremost pianist, Myrtle Elvyn IF YOU are a lover of the beautiful, we extend to you a cordial invitation to view the finest display of Grands, Baby Grands, Uprights and Pianola Pianos that has ever been made in the great "West, not to say America. This is an exhibit extraordinarj' of the very choicest instru ments made by the foremost piano makers of the world; a gather ing never heretofore attempted or thought of. There are but four truly great end representative American Pianos Weber, Kimball, Lester and the founder of them all, the Chickering. There is but one establishment in Portland where these superb pianos can be obtained. American piano makers today are unexecelled. American pianos are universally recognized as the finest the world produces. RIVAL WINS; STOiED YOUNG STCBBS HURRIES KAST TO "PROBE SITUATION." Learning That Fiancee Had Married Another, Nephew of Railroad Man Is Distressed. LOS ANGHLES, Cal.. April 6. (Spe cial.) "I learned about Miss Martin's marriage just a few minutes ago and well, I shall take the next train for Arizona." Thig was the only comment Ralph S. Stubbs, general freight and passenger agent of the Randolph lines, would make today after he had learned from the morning papers that his fiancee. Miss Madge Martin, of New York, had mar ried his rival for her affections, Glad stone McElhiney. Mr. Stubbsv who is a son of President Stubbs, of the Nevada University, and nephew of J. C. Stubbs, vice-president of the Harrlman lines, . came to Los An peles Saturday with the party of Robert S. Lovett, president of the Union Pa cific and Southern Pacific. The young railroad man refused to make further comment upon the situa tion, manifestly so distressing to him. He acted like a man stunned. In a dazed manner he said "good-bye" to President Lovett and the other members of the party and took the first train for Tucson. What he intends to do there is not known, but he said something about "Investigating to one of the clerks in the party. He is evidently anxious to learn how McElhiney supplanted him so suddenly after he had won Miss Martin two years ago from the man who is now Tier husband. Seaside Is Making Trail. SEASIDE. Or.. April 6. (Special.) beavtifvl complexion & better health MANUFACTURED BY THE California Buy a. bottle today to have in Great enthusiasm has been aroused here today over the opening of the trail from here to the top of Tilla mook Head. Fifteen men, headed by Kred Dresser, left at noon to clear the underbrush so that the men who will work on the trail will be able to make their way with ease. Twenty men and three teams have volunteered a day's work to clear the main trail, while the money raised by subscription will be used in the making of bridges and fills. The Seaside Lumber & Manu facturing Company has donated lumber for the bridges. PAVING SELLWOOD'S GOAL Commercial Club Wants Hard-Surface on Kight Streets. Eight of the principal streets of Sell wood will be improved with hard-surface pavements', if the plans of the Sellwood Commercial Club, adopted Tuesday night, are carried out. At the meeting, over which D. M. Donaugh presided, it was decided to j undertake the improvement of East Fifteenth, East Ninth, Tacoma, Spo- kane, Nehalem, Ijeo and Maldon streets and Umatilla avenue with hard-surface. The chairman was authorized to ap point a committee of three property owners from each of these streets, making a general committee of 24 property-owners. This committee will in vestigate the pavements, prepare peti tions for the improvement of streets and hold a meeting next Tuesday night in the Commercial Clubhouse to report, j A committee was also appointed to plan extension of East Fifteenth street ! north to a connection with Mllwaukie street. Peach Crop Will Equal Record. DAYTON,-Wash.. April 6. (Special.) "Barring-Improbable late frosts, the Snake River Valley will produce its record peach crop this year.' said J. Will come, naturally, if Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is used, when a pleasant laxative remedy is needed, to cleanse the system gently yet effectually and to dispel colds and headaches due to constipation. Its world-wide acceptance as the best of family laxatives, for men, women and children and its approval by the most eminent physicians, because its compo nent parts are known to them and known to be wholesome and truly beneficial, are the best guarantees of the excellence of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. To get its beneficial effects, Always buy the genuine, FigSyrupCo the house when needed. 3 am 353 T. Malcolm, a pioneer grower, here to day. Each Spring interest of consumer, buyer and shipper centers early on the Snake River country, for here is pro duced the bulk of the peach crop of Eastern Washington. A bumper crop of apples, pears, prunes and apricots is also assured, according to Mr. Mal colm. . Brownsville Election Passes. BROWNSVILLE, Or., April 6. (Spe cial.) G. A. ProebFtel won from Henry Blakley for City Marshal in the city election this week. The following Ity officer!? were elected: Recorder, W. 9. ORIENTAL RUGS AND Our Motto: "Nothing But the Best" Our New Importations Have All Arrived ATIYEH BROS. This superb collection, in every conceivable style and size, an'd;. finished in the choicest and most exclusive woods, used only in i the highest-grade piano-making, is unquestionably the most artistic exhibit that we have ever presented, or that we shall ever . be able to present. -"" . You are most cordially invited to inspect these instruments, t Old pianos taken in exchange. Convenient terms of payment can"' be arranged. ' .'." WASHINGTON STREET Holcomb: Treasurer, CV H. Steward; Councilman, First Ward, G. W. Drinkard; Councilman, Second Ward, H. El Hil leary; Councilman, Third Ward, A. !. Kirk. Physicians Are Rival Candidates. CONDON, Or.. April 6. (Special.) An interesting contest is in prospect for the annual city election, which will be held next Monday. Dr. J. W. Con nelly, who is concluding his first two year term, will be a candidate for re election, and will be opposed by Dr. J. P. Wood, the only other physician in this city. The Mayor will serve two WE offer you the ben efit of our years of wide experience in this line of business: of our buying at the very centers of production; of cultured and skilled taste in the selection of textures and colorings: of the great capital and cure for us. In making your purchases of Oriental Rugs here you have absolute assurance of Safety in Values at Best Prices AT PARK years, while three Councilmen will bfr elected for one-year terms. The Cltj; Council has called a mass meeting ot citizens for tonight in the Courthouse," when nominations will be made. R gardless of the outcome of this meet ing. rival candidates for. the different nominations will obtain places on the ticket by filing nominating petitions under the direct primary law. Vermont Town Suffers $75,000 XoSj NORTH POWNAL. Vt, April 6. Fire today destroyed three buildings here"; causing a loss of about $75,000. a CARPETS advantages large vast output se- iSSSS'