THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. MAY 17, I90S.
REPRESENTATIVE PORTLAND RESIDENCES, MANY OF WHICH ARE NOW UNDER COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION
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FARM LANDS IN
GREAT DEili
Market-Gardeners and Small
Farmers in Market for
Acreage.
INSIDE SITES INACTIVE
Along Terminal TJnes, Warehouse
Troperty Is Strongly Held and
Recent Sales Are Made
at Top Figures.
About the only new feature In the
Teal estate market the past week was
the demand for lands along the lines
of railroads recently opened or which
hre projected. Several good-sized sales
were made of acreage on the Salem elec-'t
trie line, and options were secured for'
tracts on the proposed extension of the
T'nited Railways, which will open a
territory between the Oregon electric
line and Macadam road, south of the
city.
If this line is built, two lines to
Hillsboro will be run through a rich
farming country and a brisk move
ment in small tracts is sure to follow.
In that direction, and out the line of
the Mount Hood road garden lands
are in demand, and the same is to be
said of the nearby tracts on the new
North Bank road.
Agents who are making a specialty
of lower Peninsula lands report a con
tinuation of inquiry for lots and small
acreage tracts. The several improve
ment clubs in that district are doing
good work In keeping the advantages
of the section advertised and in hav
ing petitions presented to the Council
for new streets. Work is going on
steadily in the Slough, and by the
middle of Summer construction of the
packing plant is expected to start.
Repairing Old Buildings.
A walk through the downtown dis
tricts furnishes an object lessen that
Is of significance. More alterations
and repairs are being done than seen
in many years at one time. The Per
kins Hotel is receiving a coat of paint
and the new fronts are about finished
on the Washington street side. In
several old structures the new-fangled
nickel -show business is greatly in
evidence, and it must be said in that
connection that as a rule the new
fronts add much to the appearance of
the streets.
Work on Pantages Theater has pro
gressed to the extent of having the
whole interior ripped out and a base
ment excavated. In fact, nothing of
the old building now remains, except
the outside walls. Finishing touches
are being put on the exterior of the
Board of Trade building, copper mold
ings being run up the concrete walls
between the windows, which adds
much to the appearance of the build
ing. The building will be ready for
occupancy about the first of the com
ing mon th.
On account of rainy weather the last
week, sales of lots in the new addi
tions fell off somewhat, as buyers could
not visit the tracts with comfort.
Agents report, however, a fairly good
amount of business with persons who
had already made their selection of
lots. In at least one of the recently
platted tracts prices were advanced
last week and in some of the others
similar action is being considered.
Warehouse Sites Hold Values.
The sale of a 50x50 building at Thir
teenth and Marshall streets by the
Portland Trust Company for $13,000
was regarded as significant by the
trade, In that it establishes the fact
that warehouse sites are holding up
values and that investors are willing
to pay ruling prices for property in
that district of the city. A comment
made by a leading dealer yesterday
was that the small movement In realty
in the old business part of the city is
accounted for in holders not being in
clined to let go except at more of an
advance than buyers think justifiable
at present.
"If they would drop their figures a
little." said he, "you would find an
active market again In that class of
realty. On the other hand, probably
buyers shall have to come up in their
Jdeas before much is done In downtown
sites."
The same authority said that in
quiries are for small farms. In a
radius of about 15 miles values are
gradually going up, and up the. Valley
farms which a few months ago could
be bought for from $125 to $150 an
acre are now held at well up to $300.
Iands on the lines of railroads al
ready built or projected are, of course,
in best demand, but fruit or vegetable
farms have ready sale at good, stiff
prices, even if located some distance
from railroads.
Compare With San Francisco.
Several realty men who have been
visiting in California during the pres
ence of the battleship fleet agree in
saying that conditions here in Port
land in their line are much better than
those to the South. While there is a
vast amount of building under way,
one broker remarked on his return,
there Is evidence on every hand that
the city is building ahead of the de
mand. "Probably that Is to be expected,"
said he, "when the peculiar conditions
are taken Into account. After the fire,
business made a jump from downtown
to the old residence districts of the
city. Now It seems to be difficult to
move back again.
'"There are any number of business
blocks in the burned-over parts of the
city which are tenantless, and seeing
so many to let signs is rather depress
ing, especially to u who are unaccus
tomed to see that sort of sign dis
played. I am free to admit, however,
that San Francisco is a marvel. It Is
a good object lesson, and many things
are to be learned of benefit to realty
men elsewhere during a visit and ex
amination of their methods of rebuild-
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LEAVE OLD ROOM:
Commercial Club Members
March to New Quarters.
SIWG FAREWELL SONGS
ing the city.'
Celebration lYHovs last Luncheon
Served- in Temporary Quarters.
Houscwarming ViIl Be
Held Next Month.
Yesterday afternoon at the close of the
lunch hour at the Commercial Club
members present were called to order and
Judge Clsland addressed them In a con
gratulatory vein. A brief history of the
club was given, and after one or two
other addresses were made the members
formed in line and marched around the
old clubrooms singing songs of farewell
to the quarters they had occupied since
the next day after the Chamber of Com
merce Are, two years ago.
Then bearing with them a copy of the
Bible that had been saved from the Are,
the Commercial Club went to the new
building at Fifth and Oak and took pos
session of the handsome quarters. Be
ginning Monday lunch will be served in
the new rooms and the other floors will
be ready for occupancy as well, though
some finishing touches remain to be made.
Formal ceremonies attending the occu
pancy of the rooms will be held early in
June. The first banquet to be held in the
new club will be that of the Portland
Ad Club on the evening of June 1.
Furniture houses of Portland arc on
record as saying that this city is employ
ing more art furniture and "period" deco
rations in the homes of people than ever
before. What the residents are doing in
their private homes has extended to the
decoration of the Commercial Club's quar
ters. The board of governors of the club,
through the house committee and officers
of the institution, have produced results
in club furnishings and embellishments
that leave nothing to be desired.
The office of the club on the seventh
floor, where Assistant Secretary Peel will
have his desk, and where the telephone
exchange is operated, occupies the space
to the right of the grand staircase lead
ing to, the banquet-room on the floor
above. On the office floor, facing Fifth
street, is the main parlor or lounging
room. which is declared to be the hand
somest apartment of the kind on the
Coast. Chairs, tables and lounges are of
special design, handsomely carved and are
luxurious in the extreme. Twin fireplaces
on the north end of the room lend much
to the appearance of the room, which is
50x100 feet. "
Immediately under the lounging-room
is a billiard-room of the same size and
above it the banquet-room. This dining
room is destined to be one of the favorite
resorts of the members, for not only has
Steward May attracted Commercial Club
members to lunch and dinner by the ex
cellence of the fare, but the new room is
one of the airiest and most comfortable
in the entire building. The views from
its windows are unsurpassed in the city.
A .wide passageway leads from the banquet-room
to the kitchen, which has been
equipped with all the latest and most ap
proved appliances.
In different parts of the four floors de
voted to the club and its officials are
numbers of accessories, ladies' parlors
and lunchroom, private telephone booths,
lavatories and small private dining-rooms.
One of the floors is fitted up in sleeping
apartments, which are furnished in air
elaborate manner and are to be used by
members of the organization or visitors
to Portland who have privilege cards.
The furnishing and decorations of the
club were done under the supervision of
Ellis F. Lawrence, of the firm of Mac-Naughton,-
Raymond & Lawrence. He
also designed the general color scheme
carried out in walls, floors and window
draperies.
ANOTHER TRACT IS PLATTED.
Ten Acres to Be Cut Into Lots and
Put on Market.
A notable sale of the week was the pur
chase of a 10-acre tract by Dr. Robert H.
Ellis from Dr. T. L. Eliot. The property
joins Rose City Park. Belie Crest and
the Country Club. The sale was made
through the agency of Van W. Anderson
Sell Sandy Road Blocks.
Mall & Von Borstel have sold for the
Mercantile Trust & Investment Company
to Harry P. Palmer the two blocks facing
Holladay avenue between East Twenty
sixth and East Twenty-eighth streets.
The consideration was $15,000
RAISE FUNDS By TAXATION
NEW PLAN FOR CARRYING ON
PUBLICITY WORK PROPOSED.
Astoria Chamber of Commerce Pre
pares BUI Commercial Bodies
Will Be Asked to Ratify It.
The Astoria Chamber of Commerce is
now engaged in making an active cam
paign to secure the passage at the next
session of the Legislature of a bill that
will allow counties and towns to vote a
tax to carry on their work.
Through the able propaganda that has
been made by Manager Tom Richardson,
of the Portland Commercial Club In his
capacity as Secretary of the Oregon De
velopment League, practically every town
in the State of Oregon of over 1000 inhab
itants, and many of the towns of a less
population, have been organized to take
hold of municipal publicity affairs.
Indeed, one of the prominent officers of
the Pacific Coast Advertising Men's As
sociation, Bury I. Dasent, the secretary of
the association who has for several years
been carrying on the advertising work
for the Portland Light & Power Com
pany, has resigned his position with that
company to accept a more lucrative one
with the enterprising city of Albany.
Astoria has been carrying on' publicity
work of a classified nature, advertising
throughout America and Europe and. re
sults have been such that the campaign
has attracted quite general Interest among
advertising men throughout the country.
Printers' Ink of issue August 7, 1907, gave
an account of several pages telling how
Astoria was conducting this advertising
campaign. "
In' Oregon lange tracts of land are held
by railroads, timber and lumber com
panies, not to mention foreign corpora
tions of various kinds. These are all op
posed to the making of subscriptions for
publicity work, and there is no way to
reach them excepting through taxation.
The Astoria Chamber of Commerce pro
poses to do this, and has prepared a bill
which it will present to the Pacific Coast
Advertising Men's Association convention
at Portland and to every commercial or
ganization in the State of Oregon for rat-
lncauon. ine bill as prepared, follows:
AN ACT authorizing the several counties
and towns of the state to levy taxes for
advertising- and promoting- the resources
thereof.
Be It enacted by the people of the State
of Oregon:
Be It enacted by the Legislative Assembly
of the State of Oregon:
Section I. That any county or town of
this state is hereby authorized and em
powered to levy a special tax of not more
than four mills for advertising, printing
and distribution of literature In such man
ner and forms as may be determined upon,
for the purpose of making known the vari
ous agricultural, horticultural, mining, manufacturing-,
commercial and other resources;
or for the purpose of promoting manufac
turing and railroad building enterprises by
the payment .of bonus or subsidy or for the
promotion of any other enterprise that may
be deemed for the best Interests of the
county or town.
. Sec. . That the funds thus raised
shall be turned over by the County Court
to any Chamber of Commerce. Board of
Trade or Commercial Club, or other organ
ization formed for the purpose of advertis
ing, promoting or otherwise furthering the
commercial and Industrial welfare of the
community, as may be designated on the
ballot cast at the election In which such a
special tax Is voted.
Sec. 3. That any county may at any
election instruct the County Court to set
aside for such advertising and promotion
work as Is distinguished in section 1 of this
act. a sum not to exced four mills of the
assessed valuation, such appropriation to
be paid as designated in section 1 of this
act.
Sec. 4- Inasmuch as there Is a press
ing need for Immediate action looking to
the most effective advertising and pro
motion of the unlimited resource of the
state an emergency therefore. Is hereby de
clared to exist, for which reason this act
shall take effect and be in force on and
after its approval by the Oo-vernor.
Governor Chamberlain, of Oregon, to
whom the bill has been submitted, looks
upon It with favor, as does alo Senator
Fulton, who has also given his opinion.
The measure as presented is In a tentative
form, and the Judicial committee of the
Legislature will be asked to scrutinize it
closely that Its terms may be Bafely writ
tei:. It would seem that this will be one of
the most important measures affecting
publicity work that has been considered
In recent years In the State of Oregon.
DEATH OF J. R. E. SELBY
Civil War Veteran for Many Years
Portland Resident.
J R E. Selby, of Portland, whose
funeral was held last Tuesday, was a
native of Maryland, born August 17, 1834.
His father, a native of the same rta;te.
was born in 1780. was of Scotch ancestry
and served in the War of 1B12. His
mother's family came from England. Mr.
Selby spent his youth in Hamtlton
County. Indiana. At the time of the
Civil. War Mr. Selby enlisted In the
Ninety-fourtfi Illinois Volunteer Regi
ment, Company E. and went at once to
the front. He participated in the battle
of Pin Grove, the siege of Vicksburg, the
capture of Frazier City, the battle of
Fort Donelson and in the fighting at
Mississippi Pass and lastly at Spanish
Fort. He waa honorably discharged July
17, 1865. While in service he was serious
ly disabled. Mr. Selby went to Califor
nia in 1874 and settled In Woodland.
Yolo County, where he remained until
1878. when he came to Portland.
Mr. Selby was married in Indiana on
May 6, 1857. to Miss Rebecca Shryock,
who survives him. Four days previous
to his death occurred the 51st anniver
sary of their marriage. He is survived
by two daughters. Mrs. Richard M. .
Stuart, of Portland, and Mrs. W. L.
Brooke, of Reno, Nev. Mr. Selby was a
member of the Oddfellows and for sev
eral years was treasurer of Harmony
Encampment, No. 19. His membership
was with Samaritan Lodge. No. 2. un
der whose auspices, together with the
G. A. R. of George Wright Post, his
funeral was conducted.
. Untidy Husband Loses Wife.
Lon Moore lost his wife yesterday be
cause of being too infrequent in his use
of the family bathtub. The wife, Mar
garet Moore, was given a decree of di
vorce by Circuit Judge Bronaugh. She
testified that Moore was very untidy in
his habits, so much so that she lately
discovered his hair was inhabited. Be
sides that, he was cruel to her, so that
she felt life would never be worth living
so long as she was tied down to Moore.
Her application for alimony was denied
by the court.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE INTERIOR OF THE NEW COMMERCIAL CLUB ROOMS IN THE COMMERCIAL CLUB BUILDING