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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1908)
s ! REALTY DEALERS !: WELL SATISFIED j Market Conditions Continue j Favorable and Many Sales 1 Are Consummated. j APRIL BUILDING SURPRISE j j Over $700,000 in Permits Already j Issued This Month, Covering tho' ! Krevtlon of tiver 400 htruc i ' turcs. Mostly Dwellings. Interest In th realty market the past vrk was directed t totals rather than to individual I' ems. Ttiese totals, parti 'ruliirly In Imildil-ir operations. preentan oUjort lv5nn rusy of rr.niprehennltn. With four dai a more of the month to be In cluded. th r-howinK will not fall so much below the record of April. as was ei- lei td. Last ar several big items ap peared in the month's insue. and a week HKO Indication were that the present month would not imu-h exeeed Vit.0O in valuations, itsrninst over Jl, In llu". fr'inli. liowiver. la not to be the ease. The extraordinary amount of building that lias been (lone since the beginning of the year has shown no falling off. but on the contrary increases ad good building wea ther continues. Last week 14-' permits were issued carrying a total of $i-4. &.", which hrouaht the month's totals up to 4i-l ltenin and value.s of $711, 3C. In transfers the average of approxima t"ly f.'i.o"0 a day was kept up throughout the week, which would man conserva tively that with values Riven at their cor rect tlKures. over JUxt'Mn'O worth of realty clir.nKe.l hands. By far the greater num ber of transfers was for lots of moderate cost and of tiir.se a larse proportion was Vouclit with the intention of erecting dwellings. Building ix-rmits show the same trend. Not over a dozen permits vere Issued for buildings to cost over Jlu.oon. upward of 3" being Issued for dwellings to cost from VJL'O to Con tractors express the opinion that this con dition gives every evidence of continuing through the Summer and architects agree with this forecast. There may be a time, they say when building operations will cat'-h up with the demand for dwellings, but basing their opinions on the oxr.rl ence of the past few months, and com missions in pro.--pe.-t. builders predict a continuation of the record-breaking period tndeiluit-ly. l'rosress! Made In Buildings. dnod progress is being made In com pleting the more Important structures fc-gun last Fall and during the Winter months, and enough new ones are starting 1. keep builders busy. The first story of the Y. V. C. A. Is up and walls are rising for the second story. Concrete walls of the Oregon Uotei annex are b?ing pushed forward as rapidly as that class of con struction can be handled, It being neces sary to have the work "set" on me story -before the next one can be started. Forms aro in place for the fifth story, which Will bo tilled this week. . Work is to be continued on the Rrtcn- Matt Hotel and there is a probability of at least one business building .in the neighborhood of the Poard of Trade build- ' tng starting In a short time. Stark street . Is to take another start this Summer, two or'three important structures being about closed for. Considerable change is be ing made In the appearance of the ware liouse district, near the terminal yards. -Several warehouses are to be completed the coming Simmer. Alterations in the l'crkins Hotel are progressing favorably. A storeroom lias been cut out from the office and Robinson & IV. has taken the . room formerly used for the barroom. ' All the recently opened office buildings ; are fairly well tilled up and some of those r w hioh will not he ready for some weeks are renting quarters ahead of their open leg. The older office buildings are being brought up to date, and several are un dergoing extensive alterations in their Inlerlor arrangements. A few old-time fr:inies. located here and there, on de sirable sites, are being painted and made ns presentable as possible with new fronts for stores, to tide over until ar rangements can be concluded for erect ing modern buildings. One of these is "lli McGinn quarter block, at Washing ton and Seventh, and another, repaired last Winter, the Marquam corner at Al der and Sixth. Hepon Favorable Market. Dealers and brokers In real estate, with few exceptions, give favorable reports of ine local niarsei. t ne nest evidence or the stability of values is found in the re ' cords of sales. There is not a single transaction reported in the last six months of downtown realty going at a , decline from last year's ligures. The few 1 who complain of a certain amount of ; dullness in tile market are the dealers 'who confine their operations to big propo- aitlnns, but those who handle small tracts and platttM lots are quite jubilant over the manner In which the demand keeps up. ' "Railroad records show that ' hun ' 'dreds of colonists are arriving in Ore Ron every week and these records Indi cate that few buy return tickets. These People remain In Oregon and are hers to make their future homes. They are In the market to buy houses or to rent i them and many are also in the market s to purchase land. This causes a con ; stant demand for realty, which the ,' firms handling it are supplying, and ; which results In the activity notice , able. l.leetrlc IJne Helps Valley. t Tile building" pf the proposed exten ' sion of the Oregon Electric road will ; bring an outlying district Into closer communication with Portland and the effect will be almost instantaneous in bringing nn advance in farming lands tip the Valley. Portland dealers will ; fr--t more or less business in the dis ! position of these lands, for quite a I number of local dealers handle this $ -class of property. Tuesday night will probably bring ! the mutter of forming a real estate e, : change to a settlement one way or another. The sentiment as expressed at t ie lu.jt meeting of the Realty Board v a.s strongly in ravor or the establish. ''""I f an exchange feature in the board and to adopt the name "ex change" for the combined organization. The preliminary work has been done and all that remains for the member ship to accomplish is to secure a room and start operations. Those who have made a study of the plan are sure the icvchange will prosper from the start and that seats will command a prem ium before many months elapse. Excursions by the board and Its guests will be resumed next Saturday. Tliis feature is popular and wt:i lie continued through tile Summer at least. The officers of the board are perfecting arrangements for the ex cursion no Hood River, which is to take place on May 9. Olympla MaJt Extract, good for rran4 rra -or- bnhy: Only 15-10n of 1 per cent AlcohoL PL ones: Main 671. A 467. .'-.. .-mambi:... X'u TV iniTHTm rnn mini HbMHILD run fill It i MOCXT SCOTT DISTRICT TO VOTE IX JfXE. By Coming Inside Islmlts, 15.000 Population Would Re Added to the City. "Whatever may be tho result of the annexation contest during the next few weeks preceding the June election in the southeastern district, called Mount Scott, that suburb will still remain an example of remarkable suburban growth a. sec tion in which over 95 per cent of the residents are home-owners. Scarcely five years ago the four sections Included in the annexation movement, as well as outside sections, were covered with a dense undergrowth. Hardly a house, was to be seen between the Section Line road and Lents and for three miles south, but now 15,000 people live here. Two school houses, one of four and another of ten rooms, have been built and are filled to the limits The Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians have built churches. Con gregational, Christian and Vnlted Breth ren denominations are preparing to build. Hero also are several fraternal organ izations. Many , business houses have been put up along the Foster road, which traverses the settlement. A newspaper Is published at Arleta. The homes in this district are neat and well-kept. Nearly all have flower and vegetable gardens. Streets have been graded and sidewalks laid with out any compulsion on the part of the owners of the property. Many real estate dealers handle the property of this sec tion exclusively, and all are prosperous. This setUement started at Flrland, where in the wilderness half a dozen houses were built for sale five years ago. The lots were sold on such easy terms that anybody who could pay rent could pur chase one or more lots and build a shel ter. The value of these lots has, of course, increased several times, and the shacks have given place to neat cottages and In many Instances pretentious dwel lings. It is a residence suburb exclu sively. Unlike the Peninsula, which Is destined to be the manufacturing and Industrial portion of Portland, the Mount Scott suburb has no manufacturing establish ments. Portland people are more fa miliar with the growth down the Pe ninsula and toward the Columbia jyver, and hardly realize that such a suburb exists in the southeast. It would be a revelation for them to take a Mount Scott car and ride to the junction, half a mile east of Lents. The eastern boundary of the territory included in the annexation movement is at the old MHwaukie county road, half a mile west from Lents, and leaves out a considerable territory almost as well settled. Over the question of annexation there will be a hot fight between now and the election. The largely-signed remonstrance presented to the Council shows that the movement has some opposition, but ho strong remains to be developed. The Mount Scott Annexation Club, with O. X. Ford as president, and the Wood stock Push Clubs. L. J. Kelly president. will lead the fight for annexation. T, I. Kreuger, who has been foremost In the ranks of the opposition, will likely lead, the fight against annexation. Ques tions of water supply, police and fire protection, sewer and street improve ments will be the issues that will enter into the contest. It is expected that pub lic meetings will be held frequently at all the central places, which win be ad dressed by speakers on both sides of the question. It is safe to say that every P-rTiVSS. rx, .3 1 fJ3 I ,Fr III - I til- lir 1 I I TT iJ illl f- I ' 'I 1 ill', r;-, ?irXwl TIIE SUXEAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. Jfi-j If - hi if-w, !-vsT.ix r. vote of the four sections will be cast at the June election. Plans for the cam paign by the annexationists will be an nounced during the coming week. DASENT GOES TO ALBANY Will Manage Publicity Bureau in Valley City. r Bury I, Dassent, publicity agent for the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company, has accepted the position of manager of the newly organized public ity bureau established to boost the city of Albany. Mr. Dasent will leave Port- and within the next few days to enter on his new work. Mr. Dasent has a wide acquaintance in Portland, where he is prominent in advertising circles, being secretary- treasurer of the Pacific Coast Advertis- ng Men's Association. lie is also sec retary of the Portland Rose Festival Association, which position he will re sign upon leaving the city. Mr. Dasent was for many years en gaged in the newspaper business in the East, being for eight years con- nected with the editorial department of the New York Herald as dramatic editor of that paper. He was city editor of the Philadelphia Press for several years. He was assistant city editor of the Philadelphia Times and was later news editor of the Baltimore Evening News. For several years Mr. Daaent was business manager of Wallacks Theater. New York, and it was while in this position that he learned his first les sons in publicity work. After coming West from New York Mr. Dasent wu connected with the editorial depart ment of the Chicago papers. He came to Portland three years and a half ago and took charge of the publicity work for the Portland General Electric Com pany, which he has continued since the merging of the local electrical com panies into the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company. Mr. Dasent looks forward with pleas ure to his new work and feels sure that he will like it. He speaks highly of the enterprise of the Valley city and the alert and high-class business men in Albany. He predicts a groat future for that section of the state. Perfect fitting glasses II at Merger. M M Pal.n tannexaLtrwill'V an! HtU HUht H UUltH NN 7 .'..'" ; f , . v i I ' 3 . i ''It j Bury I. Dasent. J nrn nnnrn nn urn nnrnu i ui, - - .y x. , ' CROWN OP THORNS ADORNS ANARCHIST'S BIER. Friends of Grlgorl CJuerchouni, Rus sian' Revolutionist, Give Him.Kx- . traordinnrv .Funeral in Paris. PARIS. April 25. (Special 1. An ex traordinary funeral tok place here recently when the body of a famous Russian revolutionist, Grigori Ouer chouni, who was concerned in. the as sassination of M.- de Plehve, was laid in Its last resting-place at Mountpar na&se Cemetery. First came a funeral car draped in red clotii, upon which were laid hundreds of wreaths sur round with preen palms. ' These wreaths " bore inscriptions in every European language. Next followed the hearse. The coffin was hidden un der a mass of green moss, in which had been inserted hundreds of red carnations, mingled with red roses, while borne after the hearse was a red Russian revolutionary Hag. Behind the mourners walked scores of delegations from all the revolutionary cities in Europe, carrying floral tro phies. One of these trophies attracted particular attention, "To Guerchouni. From his old convict "companions." Twenty thousand people marched in the procesion. SOMETHING IN A NAME Mr. McKenna Insists on a Real Change From "Bull Run." PORTLAND, April 25. (To the Editor.) H. W. Dudley, who recently entered Into the controversy on the change of name of Bull Run River, does not seem to know that the name of the source of our water supply is Bull Run River and not Bull Run. It would, according to The Oregonian, be contradictory in sense to assume that "run" in this connection could mean the stream, the channel in which the water runs. It requires no fine sense of discernment to see that the word "river" indicates the class or size of the stream; therefore, to say "run river" weuld be as contradictory as to say a "white black bull." I must, there fore, assume that "Run" in this connec tion is the other noun defined at consid erable length in Webster and the Stand ard, as a range, a field, where animals are kept. Bull run. bull range, bull field and bull pen are synonymous terms in that connection. Now. if Mr. Dudley would enjoy a drink of water from Bull Pen River as much as he would from Cascadla River or from Mount Hood Lake, certainly he a entitled to his choice, the same as the old woman who kissed the cow. Bull River is much less objectionable than Bull Run River. Bull River. does not convey to the mind anything necessarily offensive, but the thought of bull range, bull pen, bull pas ture, as a source for our water supply, is offensive to any person with even a slight cultivation, on the subject of sani tary or hygienic living. I have challenged The Oregonian, the Historical Society and all the readers of The Oregonian to show wherein the name "Bull Run River""had any historical sig nification. Although almost a year has passed since the challenge was Issued, no one has offered the slightest proof. What is there In a good name? Will any man dare to answer, "Nothing"? There are hundreds of lodge men, read ers of The Oregonian, who have seen strong men turn deathly sick after seeing the clean, white vessel out of which they had eaten while blindfolded clean, pure gingerbread and tea. The food was APRIL 26, 1D0S. N null" --v. -r--" - I j., it rt r z - - i as pure as Miint Hood water, the vessel was as clean as Cascadia River and the association of thought was no more filthy than the association of thoughts with a bull run. a bull pen or a bull range and yet the thought made people sick. Why any clean, cultivated person attempts to defend the name Bull Run River can only be explained on the theory that such persons know nothing of the foul habits of cattle about streams of water where they drink. Mr. Dudley does not seem to under stand the significance of the name "Ox ford" as applied to the great institution of learning in England. Oxford technic ally means where the ox crosses a stream. The ox is a plodding beast of burden of the most patient kind. A stu dent at college can be likened to an ox crossing a stream. The student must be patient and work hard like the ox to cross the ford from ignorance to enlight enment. The student must stand-the-ford (Stanford), to get from ignorance to cultivation. Mr. Dudley can find no such parallel , between Bull Run River and pure drinking water. If a stream coursing its way through a bull run where bullg or cows or calves THE WILSON BUNGALOW BOOK i , l, .. I . ' ' I u I -t I I n .W55-" :: 3 !...... 'o I I s -o ta-o n n o Uoo m Ffv-j0i r- - . - . . i j : j ,t y, . mom I I H ll Pi .5 :: " - I; FT--' - . :' . -s j JHHil 'j k . ' , - L4 ,; s ii ". J .. 1 ,.-rr. t-oo.f:-.. I p T"IUT v3-Cao-sa. Storr-and-a-Half The Bungalow has so much of beauty, comfort and coziness about it that this style of home building is spreading all over the countrv. Altogether the best exposition of this architecture Is the WlUon Bungalow Book (new second edition just ready) containing many half-tone and line engravings of Bungalows of varying sizes and prices with floor plans, nooks, cozy corners, mantels, open fireplaces, buffets, sideboards, etc Description of each house is given, with estimate of cost, etc. No one who is contemplating the building of a home, no matter how modest nor how pre tentious, should fail to obtain this book. The Wilson Bung-alow Book is Exll inches, large enough to give plans of sufficient size for easy comprehension and practical utility. The price of the Wilson Bunicalow Hook Is one dollar, post paid to any address. Complete working plans and specifications cf any house shown in the book sent to any address for $10.00 (one dollar less if you have a copy of the book). ' HENRY L. WILSON, Designer of Artistic Homes, 420, 427, 428 COPP BlILDIXti CIS S. Broadway), LOS A.(iELES, CAL. are kept, be an inviting place from which to drink, my education as a " farmer's boy has been badly neglected. I would like to have Mr. Dudley or any other reader of The Oregonian point out what Injury would follow if the name should be changed. There is no doubt there is a large number of sensitive, cultured MZa Bnncalowi Xlcht Boom and Bathroom. people In Portland who desire to have the name Bull Run River changed. Tf it will please the sensitive and not harm the coarser kind, why not allow the change to take place? Is it because the coarse, rough bull enjoys too well fight to let it pass without a goring? FRANT1S I. M'-K KNNA. LIGHT IS LIFE Nothing" adds more to the home, hotel, office or display window than artificial lighting. See THE M. J. WALSH CO. Fine line of Lighting Fixtures and Supplies. If you see them you wil buy them. SALESKOOMSl 311 STARK, BET. 5th AND 8th. BOTH PHONES. All Kind, of Eleetricfll and Cas Work Prompt ly Attended To. 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