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CIT1 PROSPEROUS
YEAR AFTER FAIR
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW. WHAT SMARTLY DRESSED MEN
WILL WEAR THIS SEASON, ASK BEN SELLING
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 14, 1906,
(Continued From Part 1 )
day, the total amount of money in
volved in real estate transfers is nearly
double that of the corresponding period
of last year. From January 1 until
October 15, 1005. when the Lewis and
CUrlc Fair closed, the real estate trans
fers amounted to $10,403,956. From
January 1 up to and including yester
day, the transfers reached a total of
J1T.115.4S4. Thus a tremendous gain
of $6,704,52S. for nine months and a
half, is shown
It is generally admitted that there
is no better criterion of the growth and
prosperity of a city than the real estate
transfers, and the remarkable showing
n this respect ever since the close of
the Lewis and Clark Fair has been a
Fource of great wonder and still great
er satisfaction on the part of the busi
ness men and all other interested citi
zens of Portland.
Even the most optimistic and those
who supported the Fair the most
heartily vere not sure that there would
rot be a slump after the Exposition.
.They formed their conclusions from the
aftermath of other fairs, and while
they believed and knew that in the
long run Portland would derive great
land lasting benefit from the Exposi
tion, they did not feel sure that a
flump could be avoided.
But the real estate transfers demon
Ftrate conclusively that there has been
no slump, and that instead the city has
continued to grow since the Fair with
a rapidity never before experienced.
It is said that figures cannot lie. and
the statistics of the real estate trans
fers cannot help portraying the true
conditions as they are in Portland, re
garding the business and financial
prosperity of the city.
A gain in the real estate transfers is
not shown from month to month with
out a break, as. like almost everything
lse, the real estate business fluctuates
In volume. But out of the nine whole
months six months show a gain for this
year compared to the corresponding
'reriod of last year. During the months
of April, May and June a slight loss
Is noted, and during the months of
July, August and September no great
gains are shown.
This is due to the fact that the real
estate transfers during the months
the Fair was in progress were swelled
very materially by Eastern invest
ments, persons coming from the East
to attend the Fair became Impressed
with the importance of Portland, and
while here made large investments.
This entrance of Eastern capital was
. expected.
Realty Sales Mark Xew Era.
The following are the real estate trans
fers from January 1 of this year up to
and including those of yesterday:
January j 1.454.fifK.
T,'t,r1!Lry 2.J34.H9S
fr,',h 2.49S.SS8
2.i7i3r
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Auguft 1.505.
September 1 1,4 diss
ter'f'Uber 31 to October 15 OTSlSKi
Toul .S17.113.4S4
The following are the real estate trans
fers from January 1 of last year until
October 15. when the Lewis and Clark
Fair came to a close:
Jnurv $
March 74,, -i9
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fv. S 864.065
JJJP - 1.300.S24
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fceptember 31 to October 15 'arb'.iZi
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. The same rapid increase shown in Port
land realty is to be found also upon a
perusal of comparative tables of the offi
cial building permits. A gain of $1,9S4.
S96 -was made during the period from
January 1 of this year up to the pres
ent time, over the corresponding period
last year. From January 1 to the mid
dle of . October. 10ns. permits officially
.recorded amounted to S3.2S2.S77. From
(January 1. .1906. up to last night, permits
'were recorded reaching a total of
JS.247,273. '
) Building Activity Significant.
Not only this, but fully as significant as
the Increase is the fact that a new char
acter of buildings is ruling in Portland
from those which were put up in the
( rast. More expensive and of more mod
, ern design are the dwellings, as a rule.
I which are uow being constructed. Bet-
ter. too. are the business buildings. The
1 new stores and office structures which
prevail in the Pose City today are of the
1 latest design, stel skeleton or reinforced
1 concrete, and built for the best results,
I regardless of expense. Many of them com
I pare very favorably with the latest type
of office and business buildings In the
large Eastern cities. It is the passing
of the old and the beginning of a new
'era. the transition into a city of metro
politan appearance and metropolitan pro
, portions.
The leading building project of the year
1 is the structure now nearing completion
for Wells. Fargo & Co. Fourteen stories
thigh, thoroughly fireproofed, and built
at an expense of about $550,000, it is a
v' structure of which the city may well be
proud. Its construction is being followed
by a dozen or more buildings of the same
character located upon important corners
in the central business district. Besides
this, plans have already been announced
which assure the. continuance of activity
in building for an indefinite time to come.
The building figures from January 1 to
October 15. 1906. follow:
January a. 392.057
Fbruiry 30S.S53
March ... .. 423.414
April '550, S02
May 1.0S7.769
June oS.167
July .......... 740.S30
Augut 71091
Eeptembar 440 440
October (up to date) 1S7515
5.247.273
The following tab! shows the figures for
tne tame period last year:
January 432.SSS
February 376.S70
March 4S1.996
April .'..' 374 4S5
May 267. 10S
June 19S.S50
Ju!v 260.620
Augutt 30S.S94
'September 3S1.754
October (one-half total)... t 179.611
Total , 3,242.877
Citizens Tell Their Stories.
Leading citizens of Portland and those
most in touch with local conditions are
unanimous in their recognition of the
" present prosperity as a result in large
measure of Oregon's great Exposition.
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Some of the expressions given along this
line follow:
H XV. Goode, president of the Portland
Light & Power Company, who waa exec
utive head of the Lewis and Clark Expo
sition Corporation:
"Speaking from an industrial stand
point. I feel safe In saying that the Fair
has given Portland an enviable standing
and credit in the money markets of the
East, and, for that matter, of the world.
It brought men of capital and men of
commanding power in the financial world
to the Northwest, and induced them to
invest their money here. It attracted an
army of smaller investors. It advertised
our present and our as yet undeveloped
industries in a way nothing else could
have done, and which nobody could have
anticipated.
"It has added millions in permanent in
vestments, it has added thousands of
population, and has given an unprece
dented impetus to steam railroad build
ing, to street railway cSnstxuction and to
light and power enterprises things which
count enormously for wider development
and the fullness of prosperity."
Entire Xorthwest Benefited.
Tom Richardson, manager of Commer
cial Club:
"There is not a subject in the world I
would rather discuss than this. As soon
as the Fair was over, the Commercial
Club sent letters to scores of business
houses in St. Louis, requesting informa
tion as to the effects of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition upon that city. From
the replies which we received we prophe
sied many good things for the North
west, but not one of us was able to guess
how splendid the results would be. Home
seekers and investors began to pour Into
the Northwest in greatly increased num
bers, an unprecedented building boom
was inaugurated, magnificent edifices of
first-class type were planned and started
structures as imposing and magnificent
as any to be found in the country. Capi
tal poured in. Factories sprang up. - The
demand for labor became greater than
the supply. , Real estate values soared.
Building sites were at a premium. Va
cant houses were unheard of. Rents ad
vanced. All these elements have added
their momentum to the wave of prosperity
now sweeping over the Northwest.
"We suddenly became 'exposition wise.'
XVe began to learn the value of adver
tising, for we could see its results. Peo
ple of the Northwest who had been in
the habit of 'knocking- Portland laid
down their hammers and began to pull
together with the people of this city for
a; 'Greater Northwest.' A magnificent
feeling of kindred interest was engen
dered. 'What is good for Portland,' they
argued, 'is good for us.' The county fairs
throughout the- state, catching the in
spiration of and learning lessons from
the Lewis and Clark Exposition, dis
played better exhibits, shown in a better
manner, than ' ever before.
"AH feeling of rivalry has been wiped
out. There are twice as many people in
our streets now as there were two years
ago. We don't notice it because we are
ujed to the ?owds. The man who knew
Portland thoroughly two years ago will
not know 10 per cent of the people he
meets on the street today. A certain
bank in Portland during the past year
has shown a greater per cent of increase
in deposits than any other financial in
stitution in the United States. As Sena
tor Borah, of Idaho, said: 'The thorough
fares of Portland are no longer streets
they are workshops.'
"And it is not of Portland alone- that
all these wonderful things are true. Not
a city in the whole Northwest, not a
little town nor village, not even a farmer
or rancher, but has felt the impetus and
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caught step In the general march of
progress. All over the country the in
fluence of the Fair has been felt.''
What Governor Chamberlain Saj-6.
Governor George E. Chamberlain "The
Lewis and Clark Exposition was the
greatest factor for the development of
Oregon that this state has ever had. It
brought Oregon to the attention of the
j East, and, in fact, of the world, in a
wise accomplished. As a result there
has been a large addition to the popula
tion in every section of the state. This
is true wherever I have been and the
influx of population and the influx of
capital for investment is remarkable. All
this is attributed directly to the Fair.
There are increased values in real estate
on every hand, these increases being
from 25 to 100 per cent The Lewis and
Clark Exposition was a great thing for
Oregon, and I believe that this is gen
erally conceded."
Willis Nash, president Board of Trade
in many lines the exposition ; has pro
moted the welfare of the state., It has
attracted Eastern money immensely and
has opened up whole lines of valuable
manufacturing Industries, which are of
material assistance to the progress of
the state's development. Another point:
It has brought the different sections of
the state together and we now know
more about the resources within the
various districts of Oregon than ever be
fore People who visited here have re
turned to live, while others have been
brought to Oregon through the glowing
accounts of visitors during the exposi
tion. New industries have started as
a consequence. Business concerns which
brought exhibits to the fair have been
so impressed with the surroundings that
they have opened branch houses and are
making this the center of their trade. .
First Vice-President of Exposition.
D. I. Fenton Nothing has been done
within all the past history of the state
and city that has helped both state and
city so much as the exposition. It has
made the city and its vast possibilities
widely and favorably known.- and has
given to Oregon new importance in the
eyes of investors and home builders.
The results in the future will exceed
all conservative expectations, and as the
direct and immediate effect of the ex
position I expect confidently to see Port
land a great metropolitan city of 300.000
inhabitants within seven years from Oc
tober 15. 1?05, the day the exposition
closed its gates. We must follow this by
loyal and ample support of the Seattle
exposition in 1909 and reap the benefits
of a great effort of like kind by our
sister city. Let our state appropriate
$130,000 for the Alaska-Tukon Exposi
tion of 1S09
MEET IN DIVORCE COURT
Alter S2 Years Apart. Old Wife
Wants It Perpetual.
CHICAGO, Oct 13. (Special.) Peter
and Mary Glynn, husband and wife, aged
70 and 67, met today for the first time in
32 years. The meeting-place was a divorce
court. Mrs. Glynn says her husband de
eerted her while she lay ill of rheuma
tism at Mercy Hospital. She has never
been able to walk since and was brought
into court in a chair.
Glynn replies that it was his wife who
deserted him. He fold the Judge that he
was taken ill before his wife. He. too.
went to Mercy Hospital. On his return
he found his house vacant. For 18 years,
he asserts, he searched for his wife.
The husband was a cab driver -when he
an, his wife lived together. After their
separation he inherited a small fortune,
engaged in the livery business, speculat
ed in real estafe and is now a wealthy
man. Mrs. Glynn heard of it in her home
in Dover and came here to obtain a di
vorce and alimony. These matters are
still pending.
WRECK NEGROES' SCHOOL
Teacher Makes Himself Obnoxious
to White People.
COLUMBIA, a C, Oct. 13 A special
to the State from Anderson says: Word
was received here today from Seneca
that Harrel College, a negro institution
here, was blown up by dynamite about
midnight last night. Rev. J. F. Will
iams, a negro, is president of the col-
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Campbell Is said to have caused the trou
ble which terminated in his rash act.
. Deep Snow at Cripple Creek.
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