The Sunday Oregonian., August 30, 1908, SECTION THREE, Page 8, Image 32

THE SUNDAY OltEGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 30, 1905.
PORTLAND RESIDENTS BUILD COMFORTABLE AND HANDSOME HOMES IN ALL PARTS OF CITY
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SHORTTERMS FOR
Wholesale Liquor-Dealers Not
Making Long Leases
as Formerly.
NUMBERS OF NEW DOCKS
VASTUS Building Operations AV111
Reach Well Tp to $800,000 In
Valuations Heights' Sites Se
cured for Costly Residence.
Brewers and wholesale liquor dealers
for years have leased prominent Port
land corners In which they Install re
tailers of their products, and have
gradually run up rentals -until figures
have become beyond the ability of mer
chants to meet The natural oonse
quence is that saloons are located In
some of the most desirable locations
In the city, and besides the larger nunv
ber of these are tied up In long leases
One of the prominent brewers of
Portland said last week In discussing
this matter that he, for one, would not
close leases to the same extent as for
merly. either In term or rate of rentals.
He frankly gave the reason for this to
be fear that the prohibition movement
cromlses to Include this city, and he did
not Intend to be caught with a lot of
saloon leases which might not be re
rented for other purposes at anything
like as much money as saloons would
be able to pay. If the fear expressed
by the brewer should become an estab
lished fact, in the opinion of realty
men and renting agents, rents probably
will have to be readjusted to suit the
new conditions.
Withdrawal by brewers and wholesale
liquor people of offers for desirable lo
cations for saloons in the business dls
trlcts of the city undoubtedly will be
felt almost at once, and may result In
scaling present rates for stores. It was
pointed out. however, that regular mer
chandlstng is extending to such a de
gree as to make saloon leases, upon
termination, eagerly sought for . by
I tradesmen. Few stores are vacant
In downtown parts of the .city.
Large Buildings Started.
In the past week there were several
building permits Issued that attraccea
notice on account or their importance,
The largest In point of estimated cost
was for che Labbe estate building at
Park and Everett, excavation for which
was finished about the middle of the
week. The permit was for estimated
cost of 1100.000. The Blumauer-Frank
Drug Company Is to occupy the build
ing when completed.
This building will be one of the new
structures to be added to the rnorth
End district, which is rapidly changing
Its appearance from a seml-residentlal
to a business part of the city. There
was for years a certain amount of chaf
fing concerning the character of that
portion of the city, but that is rapidly
'passing away, for some of the prin
cipal wholesale houses have, or are
about to have, their headquarters estab
lished there, and Vundeslrables" are
said not to thrive in the midst of legiti
mate business surroundings.
In the district Just north of Wash
ington .street there Is a brisk, build
ing movement of the better class
of structures. Lombard's. Henry's,
Wemme's, and Pacific Paper Company's
buildings, to go up about the same time,
will furnish builders plenty of work for
the next few months, and these, with
the addition of the Labbe building, only
a short distance away, and the Barr
Hotel, near the Union Station, prom
ise to give steady employment for
the building trades well on toward the
first of the year. On the south of
Washington there are the T. M. C A.
building, the Rosenblatt Hotel. Meier
& Frank Company, Studebaker. and a
number of apartment-houses that In
totals mean about a million and a half
In new structures, not to take Into the
calculation the buildings in which in
terior work is to continue for some
months.
More Costly Dwellings.
A large number of high-priced build
ings are under course of construction
Just now than for months past. Port
land and Willamette Heights both fur
nish evidence of a fulfillment of pre
dictions made during the last year that
the hills back of the city would not
long remain sparsely settled portions
of the residence districts. To be sure
there are big tracts yet to be built
upon, and it will be years before those
parts of the city will have the appear
ance of city streets, but these tracts
are rapidly developing into suburban
parks, with the handsomest residences ,
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to be found anywhere along the Coast.
Keasey & Co. and Russell & Blyth,
representing the two Heights districts,
with Sharkey & Co. further up on the
Crest, all report a steadily increasing
demand for residence sites and almost
dally sales of these picturesque loca
tions. Up to noon yesterday there had been
375 building permits Issued during the
month, with total estimated cost of
$730,155. The past week's record was
70 permits, carrying J293.S50.
Waterfront Improves.
Along 'the lower harbor there Is a
brisk building movement in the way of
new docks that will add materially to
the facilities for handling the commerce
of the port. The big dock of the Spo
kane, Portland & Seattle Railroad is
under way, and a coal dock at Raleigh
street Is also being erected. Farther
up the river the addition to the dock at
Ankeny stret will be of great impor
tance to the building trades, as the
space is to be taken by two or three
of the leading contractors of the city.
In the - same line, the quarter block
at Front and Couch Is ready to receive
the stocks of tile, pipe and brick from
the works at Vancouver. On the cor
ner a brick office is completed, and
the balance of the property Inclosed
with a high picket fence.
GRESHAM BUILDINGS PLANNED
Fair Association's Main Hall Also
Will Be I'sed by Town.
Plans have been completed for the
main building for the fair which will
be held at Oresham, for five days, be
ginning October 6. The building will
be (0x150 feet. It will be partly one
and partly two stories high. Through
the center on the second floor there
will be a platform, 30x50, for bands
and observation. A. F. Miller, superin
tendent of exhibits, of Portland, says
the building will be made permanent
and would remain on the ground re
cently purchased by the Gresham
Council and can be used by the town.
He considers this the best arrange
ment, as it means that It will be cared
for at all times.
The fair association gets the free use
of the ground for its annual fairs and
the city gets the use of the main
building for any public function or
celebration it may desire to hold. Mr.
Miller says that the collection of ex
hibits has already started. Some of
the farmers of the county began last
year to prepare for the exhibit. He
said that it was desired to Interest
Portland people in the fair. The civic
clubs will be Invited to make excur
sions to the grounds during the five
days.
I TO TAKE PARK SITE'
LUMBER COMPANY SECURES DE
SIRABLE PROPERTY.
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DAIRY HERD GOES BLIND
Eleven Los Angeles Cows Afflicted
by Peculiar Disease.
LOS ANOELES, Aug. 29. That 11
cows In the Giegerlch dairy which have
gone blind mysteriously are the vic
tims of a new disease is the opinion
of H. J. Daniels, a veterinary surgeon,
who has been studying the cases.
At first there seemed to be every In
dication that the cows had been blinded
by a knife plunged into their eyes. On
closer examination It was discovered
that the hole In each eye was located
In the same relative position.
The veterinary acknowledges that be
never heard of a similar disease. It is
thought possible that 'small tumors
have formed In the eyes and broken,
leaving a hole. and destroying the sight.
Tests will be made with tne cows, and
It U hoped to learn the exact cause of
the animals going blind. i
Nine-Acre Tract That Had Been Se
lected for Recreation Ground
Is Picked Up.
An Important sale the past week
was that of the nine-acre tract, on the
south side and at the foot of Spokane
avenue, to the East Side Mill & Lumber
Company, by Fred S. Morris, for 135,-
000. This is the tract that the Sell
wood Board of Trade wanted bought
by the city for a public park. It is
announced that the land is wanted by
the mill company for enlargement of
Its plant. The land Is on the banks of
the Willamette River, and was con
sldered for park purposes.
Another considerable sale of Fast
Side property waa that of a lot on Fast
Morrison, between Union avenue and
East Third street, occupied by a two-
story frame building. It waa sold by
J.' F. Daly and J. Freldenthal to Major
W. P. Gould, of Indiana, for $300,000.
Major Gould made the investment as a
business proposition. The price paid
was a considerable advance on the
amount Daly and Freldenthal paid
originally for the property. The lot
is 60x100.
In Holladay addition the Oregon
Real Estate Company sold lots 3, 3 and
4, block 178, to H. D. Chapin for
36000. The property is located in the
block between East Sixteenth and
East Sevententh streets, on Wasco.
A. C Going sold to the United Savings
& Investment Company, lot 7, block 18,
In Holladay Park addition. In the
same addition. Annie T. Burke bought
lot 8. block 20. for 31400. A large
number of sales have been made the
past week in Holladay addition and
Irvlngton, and new residenoes are be
ing started all through that district.
In the latter addition, Sarah M. Detler
bought the east half of lots 11 and 12,
in block 37. for 33300. H. C. Morris
sold lot 1, block SO, with a house, to
Charles M. Burrows for 33000. Sales
in the Vernon tract have been numer
ous recently, and the building move
ment there has not stopped for months.
Over 100 dwellings under way can be
seen from the car track, which Is but
a fraction of the number being built
In this section.
OREGON PRUNE OUTLOOK
Writer Denies That New Packers
Association Is Trust.'
SALEM, Or., Aug. 28. .To- the Ed
itor.) In two recent editions of The
Oregonian articles have appeared stat
ing that the "Prune Men Unite" to form
a new association. Since this organiza
tion that is made up largely of Salem men.
and since Salem is the home of the Wil
lamette Valley Prune Association, the
most successful prune growers' organi
sation In the state, a few words of ex
planation from the writer will probably
not be out of place.
Loyal members of the association re
ferred to, and doubtless every commercial
packer In the state, will at once recognize
the names of those forming the new asso
ciation as growers who have been known
for slack-cured, under-dried fruit. And It
is no secret that the Albany wing of the
concern advised growers last season not
to dry fruit, so hard, as is required by the
Salem standard.
This policy may induce growers to sell
prunes througa toe new venture, butj
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many even now can remember with sor
row the experiences of former years with
such a policy. ' Many carfuls of prunes
shipped from Albany last year and re
ported by Eastern brokers as rotten, gave
tha entire Industrv of our state a tremen-
dou setback, and indirectly caused much
loss to legitimate packers who paid good
money for good fruit. We advocate
thorough drying and insist upon packing
first-class article.
This Northwest Association seems to be
a coming together of kindred spirits, and
it is hoped that an Improvement In drying
and packing; will be the result, so that
other Interests, both growers and pacKers,
may not suffer. We welcome all legiti
mate efforts in this line, for it is certainly
a desirable arrangement, provided makes
of good fruit are not made to suffer thereby.
One of the articles above alluded to
speak of a "Fruit Combine," Intimating
that the new Packers' Association, of
which the Willamette Valley Prune As
sociation Is a member, is a trust. This
cannot be. The executive board of the
Willamette Valley Prune Association, all
prominent prunegrowers- -in the Salem
district, examined the merits of this as
sociation carefully before indorsing It.
Nor would this association ever have be
come a party to the packers" organization
in any way, if it were not a movement in
the Interest of the industry of growing
and marketing our Oregon prunes.
The Northwest Paokers' Association
purposes to correct two evils as far as the
growing of prunes is concerned. First
and chiefly, improperly cured fruit. To
guard against its manufacture, a letter
signed by all the packers was prepared
some time ago and mailed to the grow
ers. Furthermore, In this regard, to avoid
working against each other, the organi
sation proposes that none of Its members
shall receive under-cured or slack-dried
fruit which may have been Justly re
jected, until such fruit is put in good
condition. Second, the Northwest Pack
ers' Association proposed, and its members
adopted a uniform system of buying con
tract. Hitherto, there have been diverse
contracts, some of which have been clear
and some have been confusing to the sell
ers.
The system now adopted U not only. uaK
form, but simple and manifestly fair.
r'nlifnrnlH. dealers have been forced to
oi nimiiar action. Such action has be
come positively necessary for commercial
safety and self-preservation. The fact
thut the newlv-oreanlzed Northwest As
sociation intends to ignore the packing
nrirnTilzfiilon. or rather use it as a cats-
paw to secure the chestnuts from the hot
embers, forecasts the continuation of a
nwiicidM business management of our
nmne industry.
Our goods deserve the best end most
conservative management, to attraot the
attention of a critical and discriminating
market Prunes packed by tne w niameiie
Valley Prune Association have gone Into
almost every corner of the globe and have
stood a fair test the world over. This
old, reliable association Is still doing busi
ness at the corner of Trade and Mign
streets. Salem, Or., and its constituents
have been fully satisfied with the results
of Its sales in recent years. The pool for
the current year, consisting of about forty
members, has disposed of its probable out-
nut at remunerative figures, ana tne mem.
bers were never more contented and hope
ful than now.
W. J. CRAWFORD,
President Willamette Valley. Prune Association.
through an interpreter, Yoshlda smilingly
refuted the cruelty charge as false.
"The honorable household pet, she ap
pear quite hungry and see several elegant
fat bird lo the remote street, great dis
tance below. Instantly she spring out the
window and get grievously hurt. We take
It to the basement, where the officers find
it and kill him. I did not push her out."
JAPAN ADMITS POVERTY
Postpones Toklo Exposition Because
Short of Money.
TOKIO, Aug. 29. The government's
financial policy, decided upon by the
cabinet yesterday. Involves the curtail
ment of expenditures by 3100,000.000,
of which 30 per cent will be taken from
the army budget and 10 per cent from
that .of the navy.
The postponement of the Interna
tional Exposition, Premier Katsura
says, is not purely due to financial
reasons, but Is owing to the fact that
the work of preparation has been in
sufficient, and it will be quite impos
sible to make a creditable exposition
within three years' on an appropriation
of 35,000,000. Therefore, as the neces
sary appropration would be inconsis
tent with the economical plans of the
cabinet for the next five years, it is
wiser for the government to admit
that fact than to fall in making a com
plete success of the exposition, whlcli
it has been decided will be held in 1917.
the anniversary of the accession of the
Emperor. In this manner Japan ad
mits her financial stringency, but In
sists on the utmost economy, and de- j
pends on foreign countries accepting
the situation as an act of wise econ
omy on the part of the nation.
WILL GO WITH ROOSEVELT
Bill McDonald, Texas Ranger, Cho
sen for African Hunting Trip.
FORT WORTH, Tex., Aug. 29. Yielding
to a pressing invitation. Captain W. J.
(Bill) McDonald, ex-Texas Ranger, more
recently famous for his part in the In
vestigation of the "shooting up" of
Brownsville, will accompany President
Roosevelt on his hunting expedition to
Africa.
Captain McDonald admitted that Presi
dent Roosevelt had urged him to go on
the African trip, and that he had ac
cepted, although arrangements are yet to
be perfected. These details will be ar
ranged during a Texas bear hunt, which
the President has promised to make this
Winter. This bear hunt will be in Hsjjtin
County, Southwest Texas, but the v
is not fixed. "
Cansda between 1908 and 1007 disburJ
$13,039,273 in Indmtrlal bounties.
SAYS P00RPUSSY JUMPED
Japanese Janitor Denies Throwing
Cat From,High Window.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29. Police Judge
Frederlckson has under consideration' the
6ase of the office cat and upon his deci
sion depends the liberty of Jar Yoshlda,
honorable Janitor of the Currier building,
from the third story of which the feline
fell to the pavement a day or two ago.
The cat, contrary to tradition, failed to
alight on its feet and the agent of the
S. P. C. A., who is responsible for the
arrest of Yoshlda, was compelled to end
pussy's life. It was alleged that the Jap
anese Janitor, while sweeping an office,
pushed the cat maliciously from the win
dow ledge, upon which it was extended
In sunny: ease. But In court yesterday.
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