The Sunday Oregonian., July 21, 1907, Section Two, Page 4, Image 16

THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAN,. PORTLAND, JULY 21, 1907.
REALTY MARKET
-SHOWS NO LULL
Good Demand and Frequent
Sales Even During Hot'
Summer Weather.
POINTS TO A BUSY FALL
vonciiTions 1 iirougiiout Country Give
Xo Indication of a Slump Accord
ing ro Dealer Who Has Just
Returned From the East.
'Considering the fact the vacation sea
fcon is nowi well under way, the past week
in real estate has been an unusually busy
one. Although the mercury has been
hovering near the 90 mark it has not been
hot enough to bring the property dealing
to a standstill. Some of tfie dealers
have themselves departed for the moun
tains and the coast but those who re
main have had their hands full showing
property and negotiating deals.
"As a general rule It Is hard to get
people to buy realty during the Summer,"
said one broker yesterday, "but the in
vestor would wisely do his buying now
instead of waiting until next Fall. There
has been no reduction of prices and if
investors should wait for that they will
be disappointed. The opening of the
t all business will come with a rush, just
ss It has the past two years and there
will be still further advances In prices."'
Many buyers evidently coincide-la this
view for there has never been a Bummer
in Portland when general inquiry for
property kept up as It has this year.
Hardly a day passes that important of
fers are not made and the only reason
that the dealing Is not far heavier is
that owners are not showing, any great
anxiety to sell. The opinion is every
where expressed that, the upward move
ment will continue next Fall and owners
are reserving much property from listing
and in other cases are holding out for
top-notch prices.
Hotel Brings Big Price.
The largest transaction of the past
week was the sale of the Hobart-Curtls
by H. H. Northup to A. B. Steinbnch for
412.V000. This nrnne.rtv i n five-ntnrv
brick family hotel on a site 150x470, on
the west side of Fourteenth street, south
of Madison. It is one of fTie most impor
tant deals of the kind that have been
closed for some time. Although the site
ls unusually large, he building Is paying
good revenue upon the entire Invest
ment as are all hotel, apartment .and
lodging house properties In Portland.
Another purchase of importance that
was closed yesterday was of the quarter
block at the southeast corner of Union
ana Mawtnorne avenues. it was ownea
by AratR Brothers and sold to Mrs.
George D. Sohalk for $40,000. A three
Story frame building, occupied as a hotel
and lodging house, covers one of the lots
end returns 200 a month. The other lot
Is now vacant.
J. D. Wilcox has Just purchased the lot
at the northeast corner of Fourteenth and
Flanders streets for $12,000. U was sold
by E. J. Daly and W. B. Streeter. This
property lies in the North Portland ware
house district where there have been nu
merous sales during the past week.
Attention Is again called to the need of
more hotels In Portland by Frank Kier
nan. of the form of Brooke & Klernan,
who has Just returned from a six weeks'
trip East. Mr. Klernan declares that
Portland has fewer good hotels than
any city of Its size which lie vis
ited and he believes that these im
provements are now needed here more
than any other. He thinks that .even the
additional hotels now under construction
and planned will not be sufficient to meet
the growing needs of the city.
Rents Here Not Excessive.
Another point which he carefully
noted while in the East was the condition
in regard to rentals. Although there has
been much talk here because of advances
in rentals during the past year, he con
siders that they are still low when other
cities are taken into consideration. There
was not a city that he visited of more
than. 100,000 inhabitants, he says, where
business property does not bring higher
rentalB.
"If people here would only compare
conditions with those of other cities,"
said Mr. Klernan, "they would quit com
plaining because rents are too high. Port
land tenants are really getting off easy
when contrasted with those in other
cities where the business done Is nowhere
near so large as that of this city.
"It is almost impossible to realize how
pome of the proprietors of New York
stores can afford to pay the rents that
they do pay. I went Into a men's fur
nishing store at Thirty-first and Broad
way and in talking with the proprietor
found that he paid $54,000 a year rent. He
had two floors, 6.ix"0, and with this space
and the clerks that he had, it would be
absolutely impossible for him to do half
the business that is transacted in some
Portland stores where the rent is only a
fraction of what he pays. In the base
ment of this building is a Turkish hath
establishment that pays a rental of $12,000
a year. Another little store. 27x67, only
one floor, pays $25,000 a year, and these
are good instances of the 'prevailing
rates.
"Throughout the East I found every in
dication of prosperity and there was no
evidence of a slump. It is true that the
money market is rather tight, bnt this ap
pears not to be due to any lack of confi
dence but to the great projects that are
being carried forward. If the tightness
of money was due to a lack of confidence
and withdrawing cash from circulation,
there might be some grounds for fear.
1 believe, however, that It is simply
caused by the great expenditures that are
being made, especially by the railroads.
"By far the greatest improvement to
be seen anywhere in the East is the im
provements being carried on by the Penn
sylvania Railway in New York City. The
double subway under the river and under
the city to their new terminals Is a proj
ect almost beyond comprehension in its
vastness. These terminals are to be
under streM level and an area as large
eg 20 Portland blocks is now being ex
cavated for this purpose. It is worth a
trip across the continent just to see the
progress of work on this gigantic project
that Is the largest thlngpf its kind ever
undertaken In America."
EASTER-V MULTXOMAII DEALS
Number or Important Transfers In
the Vicinity of Gresham.
GRESHAM. Or., July IS. (Special.) Re
rent real estate transfers In this vicinity
will aggregate over $70,000. The sales
cover eight tracts of farming and timber
lands, . embracing 76S acres. The most
Important was the sale of 620 acres of
timber. land about three miles south of
Grefham to ft syndicate headed by A. W.
I,ambert. The buyers intend to build a
sawmill on the tract, which has been
cruised at 17,000,000 feet of timber, with
about 8.000.000 feet more available near
by. Mr. Lambert and . his associates
bought from G. P. McXear, who lives
somewhere In California.
The other transfers cover 60 acres
from G. G. Holmes to G. W. Peterson, 80
acres from H. W. Fitzpatrick to G. W.
Kenney, 40 acres from James Robinson .to
A. Rosin. 55 acres from Charles Cleveland
to J. M. Case beer. 11 acres from J. F.
Menkes to B. M. Ralney, 100 acres from
P. Mlchell to Theodore Nicolai, and 40
acres from T. D. McManus to A. W. Prior
and others.
This last-named tract Is on the Base
Line and will be platted.
PROGRESS OX STREET WORK
Permanent Pavement to Co Laid on
Grand Avenue.
The work of laying heavy grooved steel
rail on Grand avenue north from East
Morrison street Is progressing. This is
preparatory to the laying of hard surface
pavement. At the intersection of Grand
avenue and East Morrison street the net
work of tracks will be made into a solid
Piece and laid on permanent concrete.
The steel sections for this intersection are
now being manufactured.
The hard surface contract starts at Bel
mont and ends at East Stark streets. An
other contract is between East Oak and
Everett street at Sullivan's Gulch, where
the steel bridge Is being built. The hard
surface pavement and steel bridge are the
most important Improvements under way
in East Portland.
Will Build Detention Home.
Multnomah County will erect a new
detention home for the use of the
Juvenile Court near Montavllla. Plans
for the building are being prepared by
Bennes. Hendricks & Tobey. It will be
a frame structure, 66x84, and cost $11.-
000. Four dormitories for boys and
girls will be provided and there will
be class rooms. Construction will be
started at once and the home will be
ready for occupancy by January 1. The
building is needed now by theuvonile
Court the better to carry on its work.
Sales of Residence Lots.
Mrs. A. Larry has sold for F. A.
Sllvernall a lot and modern six-room
residence on East Eighth street, .be
tween East Couch and East Davis
street's, to G. O. Reynolds or $8650.
Mr. Reynolds bought the property 1 or
a home. Josephine and Charles
Oliver have 'sold the west half of lots
3 and 4, block 1. Murray - Hill Ad
dition, for $5600. W. H. Monastes- sold
to C. Hansen lot 4. block 2, Mayor
Gates Addition, for $2000.
Plans for Bank Building.
Plans are being prepared for a bank
building to be erected on the south
east corner of Mississippi avenue and
Shaver street for M. E. Thompson. It
will be 50x70 feet, of brick with stone
facings. The cost will be about $13,
000. Presbyterians Plan Xew Church.
EUGENE. Or.. July 20. (Special.)
The Presbyterians have definitely de
cided upon plans for their new church
building -at the corner of Tenth and
Pearl streets. The building will be of
stone and will seat 1100 people. The
Sunday school room will hold 400.
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BUILD FOUR STORIES
Simon to Spend $50,000 on
East Side.
WORK TO BEGIN AT ONCE
Kt. Francis Church Will Erect Edi
fice of Natural Stone for Which .
Specifications Are Xow
. Being Prepared.
Another four-story brick building Is
assured for the East Side, to be erected
by George Simon on the quarter-block
at the southeast corner of East Third
and East Burnside streets. It will cost
from $40,000 to $53,000 and will be a
first-class, modern building, one of the
best that 'has yet been built on the
East Side. Mr. Simon announces that
work of excavating for the foundation
for this structure will start as soon
as laborers can be secured.
The quarter-block will be cleared, of
obstructions at once, and it is hoped
to get a crew to start on the basement
during the coming week. . The new
brick will stand Just west of the Buck-
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man building, now uncer construction
on Union avenue and East Burnside.
The four-story reinforced concrete
building for R. A. Proodfoot will stand
at the northwest corner of East Third
and East Burnside streets and will cost,
when completed, $60,000.
The new edifice for St. Francis'
parish, on the East Side, will 'probably
be of natural stone. Father Black,
pastor, favors natural stone for the
entire structure and is not in favor of
reinforced " concrete. Investigations
are being made Into the various stone
quarries in Oregon. It is expected to
find stone near Portland that will be of
good quality for this buiMlng.
The plans for this church are being
drawn by Archbishop Faber, and are
nearly ready for inspection and ap
proval of tbe building committee.
Owing to the fact that the church la
to be one of the finest and most ex
pensive on the East Sld great care la
being exercised in getting a design
that will be satisfactory. Father
Black, who was recently abroad, made
a careful study of churches. The cost
of the building will be between $50,
000 and $60,000. The interior decora
tions may add much to this estimate.
The new bank building at Sellwood will
be occupied by the first of the month.
It is an attractive building and cost $12,
500. The corner room is being fitted up
for the Sellwood bank: It is understood
that most of the building has been leased
already.
The foundaton for the large residence
of Louis Montgomery on East Twen
tieth and EaBt Salmon streets is corn
pleated. It will be two stories, with full
basement and attick. Its cost, with outside
VJiDBR CO.VSTRIjCTIO O.V BROADWAY STREET, BETWEEX EAST
EIGHTH AND EAST NINTH STREETS.
Improvements, will be more than $15,000.
C. C. Robbins drew the plans.
Although the school district Is building
in all 34 classrooms on the East Side,
which will provide for 1340 pupils, there
ta still a demand for more schoolhouses.
Ten rooms are being built at Arleta, four
at Creston, two at Irvlngton, four at
Portsmouth, srx at Vernon and six at
Montavllla.
A new building is wanted by the people
of Richmond-Waverly, where the chil
dren travel more than a mile In order
to reach the Clinton Kelly building, for
the small pupils a tiresome walk. Many
new houses are now under way in that
section. At Sellwood the present build
ing is overcrowded and must be enlarged
with two or four rooms next year.
In the direction of the Rose City Park
and Rossmere a schoolhouse Is wanted.
Conditions at Mount Tabor are such that
a new site and new- building on West
avenue la an absolute necessity. With
floors rotten and dangerous, and a base
ment danfp and a constant menace to
the health of the pupils, there comes a
demand for this new building. The Mount
Tabor district pursued a short-sighted
policy for years and brought on these
conditions, and the city district is now
left to deal with them.
In the old school district of Lents more
room will be needed to house the chil
dren next Fall. Possibly " two extra
rooms will be provided for at Woodmere.
PROUD OP ITS - CLUBROOMS
East Side Has Excellent Facilities
for Entertainment.
The reception and dinner to 'Vice-President
Fairbanks at the East Side Club
rooms and Hotel Sargent, given by the
Portland Press Club, was an Important
event in the history of the East Side.
Before the dinner the newspaper ' men
and their invited guests gathered in the
handsome club quarters on the top
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floor of the building and most of them
had never been in- the club quarters be
fore. A year ago a function of this
kind on the East Side would Hot have
been thought of.
This matter was the subject of discus
sion by Senator 9imon, Judges Wolver
ton and Gilbert and several others in the
reading-room during the reception, and a
high tribute was paid to the promoters
of tbe East Side Club. It was conceded
hat the fact that facilities for such im
portant dinners are to be found on the
FAist Bide is worth more to that section
than all the expense that the East Side
Club has incurred.
THE CASE OF MR. HUGHES
Property-Owner Tells Why He Wants
Irvlngton Paved With Asphalt.
PORTLAND. Or., July 20. (To the Ed
itor of The Oregonian.) The owners of
property In Irvlngton who have filed peti
tions for the laying of between seven and
eight miles of hard surface street, believ
ing that their interests and those of the
city are the same, ask space, to lay their
case before the general public.
An attempt has been made to have their
effort to secure a uniform hard surface
pavement for a district covering over 200
acres, appear as a fight between the pav
ing companies.
As a matter of fact, no paving company
has anything to do with the matter, save
as it may mis in to serve its. own inter
ests. If there is a fight, it is entirely be-
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tween the Irvlngton property-owners and
the Council or members thereof, and there
Is absolutely no way by which any paving
company could become party to it. to even
the slightest degree, save through mem
bers of the Council. The petitions filed
are signed by the owners of more than
four-fifths of all the property afTected.
The men who pay the bills do not work
a graft on themselves. So far as the property-owners'
fight for one pavement or
the other. It is in what they conceive to
be their own Interests, not in or against
the Interest of any paving company.
The actual facts in the case are:
Last Winter the Boston owners and my
self, onlng more than four-fifths of the
property in the Irvlngton district, bounded
by Knott street on the north, Thompson
street on the south. East Fourteenth
street on the west, and East Twenty
fourth street on the east, and a consider
able part of the property between Thomp
son'and Tillamook. East Fourteenth and
East Twenty-fourth, desiring to have the
entire district Improved with hard sur
face . pavement, filed petitions covering
the whole district, Thompson to Knott,
and about two-thirds of the district Tilla
mook to Thompson.
The Boston owners and myself being
unable to agree as to the kind of pave
ment, they filed petitions for bltullthlc. I
for bituminous macadam. As originally
filed and granted, ,the petitions covered
11,660 lineal feet -of bituminous macadam
and S580 lineal feet of bltullthlc. As now
standing, they cover 8250 feet of bitulithie
and 9000 feet of bituminous macadam, the
Boston owners having remonstrated out
over 6660 feet of the latter pavement,
which, with some 10,000 feet more in the
district, now stands open.
A little over two weeks since, the Bos
ton owners sold out their entire Interest
in Irvlngton. The purchasers wanted a
uniform pavement throughout the entire
Irvington district, and they preferred
asphalt as the best of all pavements' for
residence streets. I had, not petitioned
for It in the first place, partly on account
of its cost, partly for the reason that as I
Could not secure a uniform paving o the
whole district. I did no deem It advisable
to go to the expense of putting it in for a
part. The opportunity offering to secure
it for the whole district, I at once "con
sented to a change being made from bl
tullthlc and bituminous macadam to as
phalt. To secure this change, we prepared a
petition of the property-owners, addressed
to the Mayor and Council, asking that
the action heretofore had in the entire
district, Tillamook to Knott, East Four
teenth to East Twenty-fourth, be rescind
ed and each and every street in the dis
trict paved with asphalt on a concrete
base, specifying in our petition each and
every strent In detail.
As a part of, and in the same petition,
we also asked for the improvement In the
same manner of a large district north of
Knott street, asking that as this latterr
district was unsurveyed, that it be pro
ceeded with separately, so as not to delay
proceedings in the district south of Knott
street where surveys and estimates have
been made.
"We subsequently filed separate petitions
for the several streets In the district Til
lamook to Knott.
For the district north of Knott street,
all the property Is on the petition. For
the district south of Knott the general pe
tition is signed by the owners of more
than two-thirds of all the property. The
only reason that it is not signed by nine
tenths is that we have not had the time to
see the owners, Thus far but one owner
applied to has refused to sign. The only
difference between the separate petitions
and the general petition first filed is that
the former represents more property than
the latter.
It did not occur to any property-owner
that there would be one moment's hesita
tion in granting this petition. Why should
there be? The people who pay the bills
ask for it, almost as a unit, with a unan
imity never before' shown in this city. The
object of the petition is not the abandon
ment of any Improvement; It is to secure
a uniform Improvement in a district cov
ering some 200 acres. And, what the property-owners
who are to pay "the bills re
gard as a higher class of Improvement
than that previously provMed for. What
possible objection could the city have to
the change?
The change would put the city to
some additional expense for. advertis
ing, etc. A certified check covering
the entire expense was tendered and
18 now ready for delivery. Could the city
object on account of the character of the
Improvement?
If there had been no proceedings, and
we were asking simply to have the streets
graded, or for gravel, or for macadam,
the petition would be granted without hes
itation. Why not for asphalt? If it Would
have been granted for asphalt originally,
why not now?
Without discussing the merits of the re
spective pavements, asphalt is regarded
the world over, as the best and choicest
known pavement for residence districts.
If this city objects to it as a pavement,
why are the Ladds allowed to lay it In
their tract on Hawthorne avenue? If It
may be laid In the Ladd tract, why not in
Irvlngton? In both cases the owners of
the property pay the bills; in both case.8
those who pay the bills ask for it. All
that is Involved In irvington that la not
in the Ladd tract, is " a change, which
costs the city nothing.
In the district In which the change Is
asked there is In all 23,740 lineal feet of
street which we ask to have paved with
asphalt. The change involves' ft'.V) feet of
bltullthlc and 6000 feet of bituminous ma
cadam. In all, 14,860 feet, or less than two
thirds. Why should this district be broken
up by different pavements when one uni
form pavement may be had for the whole?
When those who pay the bills want one
uniform pavement for the whole, end for
all that part of Irvlngton north of this
district?
When I filed a petition asking to have
six-tenths of each Braaee and Knott
streets paved with bituminous macadam.
it was objected, that in the interest of the
city these streets should ,be paved
throughout with one kind of pavement,
Take an outing for an hour or so, or have a picnic party if
you wish. Stroll about among the .thickly growing firs and
cedars. Enjoy the shade; the gentle, cooling breeze; the view.
We want you to see Irvington Park before street grading and
Improvements" are started and prices go up. You can't
realize what a really delightful and desiratne nomesite Irvington f ark
is, or how sound an investment, until you've seen it and passed
through the streets leading there. Then to-N
morrow call at our office and find out how we
- make building easy for you.
It's only a 20-minute ride on uncrowded
cars Take Alberta car Jt Second and
Washington, get off at "Bast 27th, go 3
blocks north to KUllnsrsworth Ave. Agent
F E. Schwan on grounds all the time.
HOLBROOK CO.,
2SO Stark Street
Phone Main 539S
and. though my petition was filed first.
one for bltullthlc throughout was given the
preference. Should not this same rule hold
for the numbered streets running north
and south? As they now stand, each of
them will be broken between bltullthlc
and bituminous macadam In a distance of
1W0 feet. If it was the Interest of the
city to have a continuous street in one
case. It certainly is in the other. . The
change asked will give these continuous
streets not alone Tillamook to Knott, but
on to the nort.
It Is a very Important matter to
one or more paving companies that no
change be made. If the city has any
Interest which will be served by re
fusing to grant the request of the
property owners, no man has yet dis
covered it. As a matter of fact, it l-
to the interest of the city to have this
large district paved with one kind of
pavement.-
As I own more than one-fourth of
all the property affected south of
Knott street, and one-third of all that
north of that street, and pay the bills
In that proportion, it is sufficiently
evident that I am acting In the mat
ter in my own Interest, just as is
every other petitioner. But the in
terest of the property owner and the
city Is in this case oa and the same.
If any member of the Council be
lieves it in not, I-ask him, In all fair
ness, to point out wherein they dif
fer. The action of the Executive Board
on Friday settles the question as to
a small part of the district involved,
but It is not yet too late to save the
most of it.
One would have thought civic pride,
if nothing, else, would have kept the
Executive Board from directly snub
bing the City Council by refusing to
grant a reasonable request, and re
fusing at the request of a paving com
pany. Does Portland need an earthquake?
ELLIS G. HUGHES.
For the Petitioners.
DAILY CITY STATISTICS
Deaths.
WOHKS At Denver, Colo., April 20.
Fred W. Works, a native of New York,
aged 38 years. 6 months. Remains brought
to Portland fo' Interment.
BALL At 247 Halsey street, Julv 19.
Mirrell Ball, a native of Michigan, aged
60 years, 17 days.
DALY At Good Samaritan Hospital.
July 15, Patrink Daly, a native of Cali
fornia, aged 47 years.
BURKHART-At St. Vincent's Hospital,
July 20, Jacob Burkhart, a native of Ger
many, aged 60 years.
D15VERE At 307 Forty-fifth street, July
19, Guy W.- Devere. an Infant.
WACHTER At Good Samaritan Hos
pital, July 20, Carl A. Wachter, a native
of Germany, aged 60 years.
BEYSER At St. Vlnoont's Hospital,
July 20, 12:20 P. M., Mrs. Carlolne Beyser
of 42S East Davis street, aged CO yeans, 2
months and 4 days. Deceased was born in
Boston, Mass., and leaves one son.
Articles of Incorporation.
EUREKA CLUB Incorporators, Arthur
Mack, Sjlvester Meredith, J. S. Severe;
capitalization. $600.
IRVINGTON INVESTMENT COM
pany Incorporators. J. C. Costello. TD. A.
McGrath, A. E. Clark; capitalization,
J100.000.
Building Permits.
II. A. THOMPSON One-and-one-half-story
frame dwelling. Fern street, be
tween Claremont and Bellevue, $1600.
K. HENDRICKSBN Repair dwelling,
Going street, between Hendricks and Mal
lory. JS00.
DR. H. F. NEWTON One-story frame
dwelling. East Thirty-fourth street, be
tween East Market and East Mill, Km.
T. C. REiCHLE Repair photo gallery.
Second street, between Morrison and
Aider, $75.
DORA CAMPBKIYL One-xtory frame
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
BEAVERTON-REEDVILLE
ACREAGE
J?2EDLLE ESflYTOTON
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THE PASADENA OF OREGON
Xow is the opportunity to secure a tract of the richest
land, in the best section of Oregon, and only eight miles
from Portland. These tracts are cut into 5 and 10-acre
tracts, from highly-improved farms, are traversed by the
Southern Pacific Railway and have an electric line sur
veyed through them tracts never before available. The
are now being survey e'd and platted. You can make your
selections now and obtain your deeds within two weeks.
The land and location will speak for themselves.-
Call or write for full information.
We SHAW
245h Stark Street
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PORTLAND
dwelling, Willis boulevard, between New
man and Fisk. $1000.
MR. HUTCHING Repair store, 120
Russell sireet, $.:00.
JOHN P. WEXTZ-Three one-and-one-hHlf-story
frame dwellings. Gantenbein
avenue, between Station and Sellwood,
JM, each.
JOHN P. WENTZ Two one-and-one-half-story
frame dwellngs. Stanton street,
between Gantenbein and Vancouver, $1S00,
each.
R. D. SCOLESr-One-and-one-hRlf-story
franie dwelling. East Twenty-sixth stret,
between giinnan and Klllingsworth. $500.
I. M. BUELT. Repair dwelling, 473
Salmon street, JIM).
PAUL MERTSCHIXO Repair two
dwellings. Park avenue, betwpen East
Seventeenth and East Nineteenth, $200.
each.
JOSEPH S. WHITE Repair dwelling,
Morris street, near Delay, $200.
Marriage Licenses.
GIjOVER-TAYLOR-J. C.' Glover. 21,
Mount Tabor; Ethel Tavlor, 22. city.
SCHATZ-CASLEY Harvey J. Sohatz,
27 ritv; Bessie rraslev. 19, city.
ROBINSON-JENNINGS Jean I. Robin
son, 21, city; Mrs. Mary E. Jennings, 18,
citv.
STBPHENS-BAITHAMF-William J.
Stephens, 29. Tillamook; Jessie Margot
Bauchamp, 23, citv.
ARLATA-DAVlS William Hirtman
Arlata. 21, citv: Marv Davis, IS, city.
CARLSON - T.EIDSTRriM Theodore
Carlson, 27. city; Christine Jeldstrom,
18. city.
TEMPITC-LEWIS-C. If. Temple. 43,
Montavllla: Clara A. Lewis. city.
HEARD IN THE
ROTUNDAS
PS. MITCHELL, a well-known travcl-
lng salesmen on the coast, who Is a
guest at the Portland, woke up one
morning about six weeks ago and discov
ered that he was dead, ho far as the
world in general was concerned. Since
that time life has been a burden for
him, as he Is now busily engaged in
sending telegrams to his employers and
family, to say noUiing of letters and
personal arguments to his friends, assur
ing them that It is not spectre 6t P. S.
Mitchell who is on earth, but the real
flesh and blood.
Mitchell started from the East on his
present trip two months ago. lie was
as lively as UBtial, and If he had tlt
any healthier would have been obliged
to see a physician. He had been on the
trip about ten days when he arrived in
Butte. The unsuspecting salesman
strode up to the desk of the Thornton
Hotel there, grabbed a pen and started
to register, when the clerk, who had
known him for years, gave one quick
gasp, followed by a horrified yell, and
swooned away. After resuscitation, tho
hotel man explained to Mitchell that h
was currently reported dead, and showed
the suprised traveling man a copy of a
trade paper giving an account of his
alleged ' demise, also a flattering obitu
ary notice. That day Mitchell met sev
eral of his road friends, who. when he
approached, turned pale and dashed into
the nearest rumorlum.
From that eventful day in Montana
Mitchell has met several of his friends,
selling a similar line of goods, and who
confessed that they heard the report or
his death and had applied for his posi
tion. Also, Mitchell says, it's very
cheerful to have to convince friends of
long standing when you meet them that
you are not a corpse.
How the story started and who the
perpetrator is has not yet been discov
ered. Men's negligee shirts, straw hats
and ties all elegant new goods on
Rpeclal sale Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday at Robinson & Co. See
pag 7, third section.
- FEAR CO.
J