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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. TORTLAXP, JANUARY 24, 1909. r, COOD FEELING lii REALTY MARKET Building Operations Resumed After Stoppage Caused by Recent Storms. FACTORY SITE PURCHASED BiS Shipbuilding Plant to Be Con Untried Soiitliwe-t or Guild's j.ako Northwest F.nd Ware- 1k)U5c Mies Being Secured. HT JdHN J. TI.VTiniSON'. After takiiiK hrrathln spell of fk or two, rrttlty mrn have apain Wnme bisy. an! the past week has lirnuslit the market into its wonted ac tivity. In a great measure. The most Important transaction of the w-ek was the purchase of the JmiKfl, Gil bert tract, on tho river, below Gnilds Ijike. tliat wai botiKht through C. K. lenrv & Son s axen.y for J1X.0. The tract contains fo acres and Is to be used f.r a shin-buiUlinK plant. That portion rot so us-d Is to be taken by other man ufacturing: concerns and part platted for dwitlnK sites. This purchase has more F g-ilticaiice than the mere transfer of a valuable piece of land, for It moans the ertciition'of an Important business enter prise to those already existing in Port land, and the employment of a large number of workmen. There is a Ions stretch of vacant lands I.wk the west side of the river, with fAirly deep water frontace. down to St. John that is ccrtr in to come into demand It fore manv onrs. for it ,1s not only provided wit- water advantages, but two lires of rails rur. alongside, to provide as Itood shippincr facilities as are to be found anywhere in the vicinity of Port land. The low lands are being filled In gradually but with certainty, and -while th frontaee in places Is not all that could be desired, when the time cornea that the channel must be widened to in dud this inde of the. river, the work can be done with advantage to both the river and the lands bordering It. Look for Fat-lory Sites. Anotiier manufact jring section that Is aetrnclinK favorable attention is that alone Columbia Slough. In the vicinity of the I'nlon Meat Company's plant, now under course of construction. Already a hi? sawmill and shingle mill have been located in that district and Inquiries are made of owners of .desirable tracts by other concerns coiwerning prices and facilities aforded. When the packing p!.nt Is ready to begin extensive oper ations, there is no doubt expressed that a manufacturing district will spring Into existence with marvellous rapidity. While the northwest end of the city has been more prominent In the public evo for the last two months than any other district of the city, and more prop erty lias changeo hands there than else where, there is still a conslderale move ment In Kast Side warehouse sites. Krom East Water to as far east as Grand avemje. many of the more desirable sites have been picked up, either by firms that propose to build or by speculators who believe In the future of the district. Iealrs report quite a renewal of sell ing of suburban lot-j during- the week and in some instances almost normal con ditions have rr turned in that branch of the realty business. Selling agents re port that payments are kept up on lots bought on installments to a satisfactory degree, and that few defaults have been made in these payments. In some of the older plats, -alues are steadily ad vancing, which is taken advantage of by selling agents of newer tracts as an argument favoring investment of a sim ilar character. Start Building Again. One of the most encouragilng signs of the times is the renewal of bulldina; op erations directly the stormy weather passed by. On all the larse buildings under course of erection, work was pros ecuted vigorously nearly all week, and upward of 50 permits were Issued for new undertakings. The month will show a considerable decrease In totals, com pared with January of last year, when permits were Issued with valuations of t2S.."4o. This falling; off. however, may not come if permits holding back are arranged for this week. There is every reason to believe that this year's build ing will exceed that of the banner year recently closed, for In. all the architects' offices called upon, there Is reported more work on hand than at any time in months past. One prominent architect reports commission for preliminary plans for three large warehousa buildings, pre sumably to be erected in the northwest end. Multnomah County is soon to have a. jiew Courthouse. The Commissioners have levied a special tax that will pro duce approximately JMC.COO, and Whldden Ac I.ois have been commissioned to pre pare preliminarj plans for the building. Some stir waa created in building clr ties by an announcement of an advance to $1 a liX in the price of brick. Some builders express tne opinion that this advance will promote further use of con crete in buildings. On the other band, the consumption of brick and cost of production are given as sufficient reason for the advance. However this may be, the use of concrete in large buildings Is growing In favor and nearly all the re cent large buildings tn Portland are be ing constructed of that material. Whether Portland is to have, a new and modem theater building is to be decided this week, or at least a meeting of property-owners is to be held to discuss the whole matter.. It Is pointed out that this city, of all the cities of the Coast, Is !ehind the times in this respect and the time has come when the deficiency should be supplied. I5l"ILTIN PKKMITS COME TTP V since Storm Period Ends Builders Again Start Operations. With the advent of better weather than that which afflicted the communi ty in the early part of the month, buildina; permits have begun to as sume normal proportions. Last week to Friday noon there were 47 permits Issued carrying $10S.9:5 in estimated cost of buildings. The most expensive building concerned is the dwelling for Harry McCormlck to cost J.IO.OOO. The remainder of permits were for dwellings to cost on an average IIP 00. The light company took a per mit for a new power-house to cost II.V0O0. The daily report Is as fol lows: January I. J.-.:: Morr'ST street, between Third and Seroml I f"lelehner stste. Builder, J. W. Th.irmn. Repair one-story brick saloon. Fmside prreet. between Second and Ti-'.l Herman Kberhsrrt. BulMer. J. W. Tiurman. Repair two-story frame taloun, January IS. Wunc'on street, between Fourth sn'l Filth. wtate. Builder, F- W. Wr rer Repair four-story brick str and office. II20O. K.enn!lmorth avenue, between Gladstone anrt Himr-k. Ethel H. Simpson. Builder. Jackson Wvrojie. Erect one and a half story frame dwelling. SHOO Unln avenue, between Dekum and Rrr nt. W. D. Kin. Builder. J. H. ."rook. Erect two-Mtnrv frame stor and nats. Itooo. Sixteenth street, between Jcltnnn and Madron. Dr. J. H. Montgomery. BulMer. rn-py Ulsbrow. Ere--t two-story tram born. $ooo. Multnomah street, between East Twenty fourth ni East Twentv-lxth. Parellus Mfg. Co. Builder, same. Erect one-tory frame water tsnk tower. lono. KM Nineteenth street, between Sumner sort Emerson. W. H. Delbert. Builder, same. Erert one-storv frame dwelling. I150O. J-fTrOD atreet. between First and Front. P K. I .. w P. Co. Builder. Hnrley-Masoa Company. Erect two-tory reinforced con crete power house. 2fi.oon. January 19. I.rch street, between Harrison and Mul berry. E. M. Rassmussen. Builder, same. Erect one and one-half-storjr concrete blocU dwelling. $2000. . I arch street, hetween Mulberry and Har rison E M. Rassmussen. Builder, umw. Erect two-story frame dwelling. I200U. Hall street, corner Eleventh. Mrs. May Relstig. Builder, sums. Repair two-story Irame dwelling. loo. Alberta street, between Twenty-first and Twenty-second. F. C- Wimbles. Builder, same. Erect one-story frame shed. 150. East Thlrtv-thlrd street, between Haw thorne and East Market. K W. Baughmsn. Builder same. Erect two-story frame dwell ing, yinw. Commercial street, between Shaver and Failln. Gu Schul. Builder, same. Erect ore-torv frame woodshed, 12.1. EMst Seventeenth street, between Killings worth and Jarrett. William O. Youna. BulMer. Martin & Simmons. Erect one-story frame dwelling. S"0. I17 East Salmon street, between East Thirtieth sn.l East Thirty-first. Dr. Thnmti l'arllnc Builder, same. Repair two-story frame dwelling, ::00. East Tw-etfth street, between Beech and Falling. Adam Koch. Builder. r Sauer. Erect one-story frame dwelllr.s. $1200. swtv-flftb street, between Freemont ana --- ,....s..-ss'',,,' "1 VACANT TOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS, KAMM CORNER TO BE IMPROVED. lip wgMiimwaSWiiiS i : pfafci" MW&llr g I r t ..., MARKET AS IT WILL APPEAR WHKS COMPLETED. Af.er remaining covered with shack, for about 25 years the northeast corner of First and streets s to have an improvement that will be much appreciated by business men of that vicinity and t Ti cover a quarter bfock that has long remained an eyesore to residents and visitors. An ornamental two- story fronts will be of plate glass principally. The building Is to be ued as a public market and is to cost about 121.000. Bennes, Hendricks Klickitat. J W. Ansley. Jt, stow.. Erect two-story IJtiOO. January 20, Builder. O. H frame dwelling. 241 Lincoln street, between Second ei.i.j u i n'Donnell. Builder, same. and He- nair ona-story frame dwelling. 1100. 47 Seenth street, between Couch and Davis. John' Vestsl. Builder. Walter It. Thorn. R-palr two-story frame dwellinu. "s'Jl Ankeny street, between Sixth and Sev-nth. John Mslarkey. Builder f. Mellon. Hrpalr three-story frame hotel. I UW. Enfl Bsimon street, between Bast Tenty seventh and Kast Twenty-eighth. Harry Me-. Corml.k. Builder. A. F. Squires. Erect two stnrv brick dwelling. VtO.ooo. Kast F1?iy-nrst street, between Tillamook and Thompson. H. E Hornchuch. Builder same. Repair on and one-half-story tram. d,Ea"",Forty-nlnth street, between Haw thorne and Kast Clay. A. O. R'" Builder, same. Erect two-story frame store, '"Montgomery street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth. J. A. Anderson. Bo der. Jiue. Erect one-story frame store. Jj0. Thurnian street, between Nineteenth and Twentieth. Theodore Bergman S-ho-e Manufacturing Company. Repair one-story rV.V'niMh street, between Flanders snd Glan. Emma Hechr Builder John Krey. Krect two-story frame dwelling. "East Twentv-nlnth street, between Alberta snd Bralnsrd. A. S. Gross Builder . same. Erect one-story frame dwelling. 1M. Denver avenue, between Alnsworth and Hohnan. (Justaf Peterson. Builder same. Erect one-story frame dwelling. !.. January It. 306 CoMege street, between Fifth and Firth. MM. O. A. Ponnay. Builder same. Repair two-story frame dwelling. Jiuu. 'is7-2S7W Washington street. between Fourth and Fifth. Rothchlld Bros. Builder. jX"obsen ft Ostbye. Repair .even-story steel 0f44'xth street, between- Couch and Davis. Russell Blythe. Builder. D. i?. Freeman. Repair two-siory brick store. o00. SM Clackamas street, between East Thir teenth and Kast Fifteenth. P. F. clodius. Builder, same. Repair one-story tram. d"Fortnv"su'th0'street. between Pandy Road and Thompson. S. P. Jensen. Builder, same Krect one and one-half-story frame awen- lnFirst0street. hetween Clay and Market. Mlsa Hudson. Builder, W. C. Arthur. Re pair two-story frame saloon. I1J0. 1104 Fourth street, between Washington and Stark. Blumauer ft Hock. Builder. J. P. callagher. Repair two-story frame office, 2,0' January S. Sr. Front street, between Pine and Stark. George and Kllza Moore. Builder. Francis capell. Repair four-story brick warehouse. '"llOS East Nineteenth street. between Sumner and Emerson. L. Deforest Builder, same. Erect one-story frame dwelling. 11500. Kast Twenty-eighth street, between East Gllsan and East Hoyt. Mrs. C. A. Vlella. Builder, same. Excavate basement, W sixteenth street, between Mill and Mar ket. A. Rollman. Builder, same. Repair two story frame dwelling. $250. Overton street, between Twenty-fourtli and Twenty-fifth. Mr. Levy. Builder. J. S. Kocher. Excavate basement 1800 ' Cibbs street, between First and Second. Birdie Phsttuck. Builder. O. W. .illlhan. Erect one-story frame dwelling. Jl.00- "47 Tavlor street, between Second and Third n! A. Woodward. Builder. J. I. Harms. Repair two-story brick "tore 15'l. Chapman st.. between Madison and Nar tllla 1.. S Klser. Builder, Stokes & Zel.er. Erect two-story frame dwelling, 12400. Kst Washington street. between East Eighteenth and East Nineteenth. Mrs. F. J. Parrlsh Builder, .-lokes or Zeller. Ereet to-tory frame dwelling. $1'000. East Fprtv-nlnth street, between Alameda and Stanton. I.. Marken and L Hgn. Builder, same. Erect one-story frame dwell ing. 11700. WAKEILOCSK SITE PURCHASED Fifteenth Street Scene of Much Ac- tlvlly In Realty. Activity in the Northwest End in warehouse sites, continues to attract the most intense Interest in realty circles. Along Fifteenth street several good-ized deals recently have been closed, and In the blocks to Thirteenth eastward and al most out to the city limits to the north weatward, sites are taken over almost daily. Among the more recent sales is that of 1Vxl00 feet at the southwest corner of Fifteenth and Overton streets, belonging to H. Hirscliberg mid others, which was sold yesterday through fci J- Daly to a local . capitalist for $f.W0. There are five cotLuges on the ground. . Children's shoes at factory cost, makes at Rosenthal's. Best EAST SIDE BUSY MAKING STREETS Hawthorne Avenue Will Have Hard Surface to East Forty-third. COST TO REACH $200,291 Bljr Sawmill Xear Swift Plant Soon to Be Erected and Other Enter prises Projected Notes of "Recent Sales. The new improvement of Hawthorne avenue, between East Third and East Forty-third streets, will be asphalt on a concrete foundation of five inches. It Is required that the Portland Ralb & Tobey are the architects. way. Light A Power Company shall use stone blocks between Its tracks, grout ed with cement, and use steel rails which weigh not less than 72 pounds. The estimated cost of this Improve ment is $200,291. It is expected that this Improvement will go through. It has been two years since the move ment for this improvement was first started, but It has dragged along until the present. Hawthorne avenue is 70 feet wide. Beyond East Twelfth some of the finest dwellings in the city have been erected on the avenue, and this building area has extended out to East Fifty-fifth street on both, sides, and as far south as Division street. , A considerable business center lias been developed on Hawthorne avenue between East Thirty-fourth and East Thirty-sixth streets. Five business .houses have been built, which are all occupied. On all streets estenains south to Division street attractive homes have , been built, and 75 more are under construction. The laying of this hard-surface improvement on Haw thorne avenue will add greatly to the value of all the property between Haw thorne avenue and Division street and out as far as West avenue. It had been expected that the Improvement would bo carried out to East Fifty fifth stret. but it was decided not to undertake It that far at present. Costly to Oar Company. Tl.i. .nm-fv-Atn,nt Is tbft 171 OH t PX" tensive and Important projected for Hie new year, it means uisi i" company must expend nearly 1200.000 In relaying its track with 72-pound steel rails. It has already put down steel rails between Grand avenue and East Ninth street in anticipation of this improvement. Two miles of hard-surrace pavement will be laid on Union avenue between Holladay avenue and Highland, at a cost of J160.000. Here. too. the rails of the streetcar company must be re laid and water trains will be put down. The main will be 19 Inches in diam eter and extend to Killlngsworth ave nue, to be paid for by propertyown ers. the cost being J21.000. There are several other large and important street contracts to be let, including Belmont, which will be improved be tween East Tenth and Twentieth, and again between East Thirty-seventh and Francis avenue, at Mount Tabor, at a cost of $125,000. East Stark street will be Improved between East Twen tieth and Fortieth streets, the city hav ing agreed to pay the assessment that properly belongs to the Lone Fir As sociation. Property Appreciates In Value. All property overlooking the Willam ette River on the East Side as far south as Jennings Lodge is held at high figures, and these are increasing. At Jennings Lodge two lots, near the Evangelical campground, were sold last week for $1500. I7J0 a lot. and yet the lots are two-thirds the distance to Ore gon City and a mile from the electric railway. At City View Park, fronting the bluff overlooking the river, lots are held as high as 11600 where they stand on the bluff and afford a fine view. The Park Commission proposes to pay 650 a lot for 77 lots on the edge of the bluff overlooking the Wil lamette Kiver for park purposes, which is at the rate of $4000 per acre, a price considered reasonable when compared with the value of building lots. Seven acres at the foot of Spokane avemie whloh the people of Sellwood wanted for park purposes was sold to the Sellwood Mill Company for $37,500, and yet the tract might have been bought three years ago for $10,000. I's in City View Park sold all around the 12 acres the city wants for a park for $350 and $100. but' now bring $650 to $1000. Appreciation has been rapid of the land fronting on the Willam ette River for the last three years. The Evangelical Assoclat.n bought eight acres at Jennings Lodge five years ago for $3000 and then sold three acres fronting on the river for more than this amount, and retain five acres now entirely clear of debt, At Milwaukie and .southward land is ap preciating; in value. A large number of attractive homes have been built on the high ground southward by Port land people. Slowly and steadily Port land moves toward Oregon City. Work Starts on Peninsula Mill. The big sawmill for the Peninsula is assured. The plant Includes a sawmill and shingle mille combined. There will be dry kilns and a box factory. The plant will be erected by the Monarch Lumber Company, of Portland, which filed Incorporation papers to the amount of 1750.00. Grounds for this plant are being cleared near the site of the Swift Packing Company's tract. Just south of the North Bank Railroad, and will, rep resent an expenditure of 1500.000. It will be an up-to-date plant, and will be provided with a Corliss engine and water-tube boilers. For the cutting of lumber used in the structure a smaller sawmill first will be erected. The larg er sawmill will cut 175,000 feet of lum ber In 10 hours, and the shingle mill will turn out 400,000 shingles a day. It will require a year In which to com plete this mill and the secondary plants. Lester W. David, one of the promoters of this enterprise, says: . "We will have one of the best equipped and most thoroughly modern lumber and shingle mill, planing mill, box factory and dry kilns In the country. We have one of the best sites of which I know Besides being on deep water we will have track facilities connecting us di rectlv with the O. R. & N.. Southern Pacific. Union Pacific, North Bank. Bur lington and Northern Pacific lines. We expect - to be cutting with the smaller mill within 60 days" time." Clarence B. Russell and A. 1 Steph- ens. who own the quarter block on the northeast corner of East Morrison and Third streets, have agreed with a com mittee from the East Side Business Men's1 Club to erect a building suitable for a hotel If a tenant can be secured who will lease the building for that purpose. C. A. Bigelow, president of the club, says he does not expect to meet much difficulty in finding a tenant for the building. He contends that a hotel is the right thing at this time, and will pav from the day It Is opened. 'The East Side passenger depot will be finished inside of three months, which will result in hundreds leaving the trains at East Morrison street," said Mr. Bigelow, "and they will naturally go to this hotel if it be conveniently located. The Business Men's Club will also have quarters in the new building as soon as it is completed. We shall take up the matter of securing a renter for the building at once." Mount Tabor Grows. At Mount Tabor there is an improve ment movement under way, especially on the east slope. A nine-acre tract has just been laid out in lots on this slope by C. H. Welch and Henry Freebor ough. At the summit of Moifnt Tabor several streets are being improved be tween Belmont and the Base Line road, which will make that district more ac cessible. The almost certainty that the city will establish a public park on Mount Tabor also adds to the value of all property in the vicinity, and encour ages the expectation that this fine resi dence district will build up more rap Idly. Belmont street eventually will be im proved to the summit from Francis ave nue, the present end of the Improve ment. With assurances of a modern schoolhouse, a fire engine and new Pres bjterlan church, and tho park on Mount Tabor, the outlook for this beautiful sec tion of the city is most encouraging. George L. Campbell sold to Rudolph Palitzsch, lots 3, 5 and 6, in block 83, Al blna. for $12,500. This property Is lo cated in Lower Alblna. near Railroad street, and the purchase is considered a good buy. In Holladay's Addition, J. R. Caples bought lot 4. block 4. for $2500. John Thomas bought 95 feet of lot 6. block 16. in Sunny side Addition, for $3500; sale includes a house. James M. Baker sold to H. M. Abbott lot 3, block 20, in Woodstock, with house, for $2500. -L. J. Kelly sold 15 acres in the south east suburbs to G. Palena for $12,500. George B. Hovendon purchased lota 5 and 6. block 178, Holladay Addition, for $4338. In Irvlngton, Winifred A. Greenwell bought lots 11 and 12. and the south half of lot 13. block 12. for $2900. and Annie J. Lawrence bought two lots In block 21, Irvlngton. for $1900. A. B. Graham .bought 25x100 feet on East Oak between East Third and Sec ond streets this week for 17540. The lot Is at present occupied with an auto mobile garage. New Buildings Started. Work has been started on the founda tion of the East Side water office build ing, at East Alder and Seventh streets. The building will be of reinforced con crete and cover the lot, two stories and cost $19,500, which does not Include the elevator and furnishings, which will make the cost $21,000. Holmes Lodge. No. 101. K. of P.. has decided to proceed with the erection of a two-story building on the corner of Charleston and Jersey street, St. John, at a cost of $10,000. where a lot has been secured for tho purpose. It will be of brick construction. There will be two storerooms on the lower floor and a hall on the second floor. The necessary amount of stock has been subscribed so that work on the building can start at once. I'orty-tliree Fail to Pass. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23. In the Cal houn trial today 43 talesmen were ex cused and 28 were ordered to appear for future examination. The case was con tinued until Monday morning. PLANS TAKE SHAPE Progress Reported on Project for Nevy Theater. REALTY OWNERS TO MEET Tlipse Interested in Property Near Proposed Site Are Expected to Subscribe Toward Fund for Fine Playhouse. Much conjecture is indulged in regard ing the possibility of having a new and up-to-date theater built in Portland. Every few months the subject comes to light in a new form and a theater is built on paper forthwith. Property owners in different parts of the city have been approached from time to time and in some Instances have signed up op tions for disposal of what was regarded by the promoters as desirable locations for a theater. Through one cause and another these plans have been aban doned, principally because of a lack of interest by the public in raising the nec essary capital to finance the enterprise. It is now to be announced that the project Is in a fair way to be carried out and that the latest suggestion of Calvin HeillgN is the most feasible one yet advanced. This plan involves the control of a site between Morrison and Salmon. Third and Seventh streets, the ground to be bought or leased for a long term of years and the building erected by a syndicate. Mr. Heilig says he has at his command a large portion of the necessary capital to erect the building and a number of property-owners in the district outlined have taken up the project with more or less enthusiasm. Among the owners of realty in that dis trict are the Corbett estate. Failing es tate, Joseph N. Teal, Joseph M. Healy, David S. Stearns, Dolph estate, Walter Burrell. D. P. Thompson estate, Edward Cooklngham, H. J. Morrison, J. C. Ains worth. Richards Williams, Leon Rosen blatt, Donald Mackay, Mrs. S. W. and Miss Ida Church, A. & C. Feldenheimer, B. M. Lombard, Jacob Bros., Oregon City, and others, all of whom have ax pressed favorable opinions toward the enterprise. A meeting of Interested property owners Is to be held early this week, when the matter Is to be discussed and an effort made to raise the capital re quired to put the scheme through. Ac cording to the Information as far as an nounced, the success of the plan rests with the owners of property to be di- ti,. tnHireotlv benefited, who are holding off, or at least are lukewarm in taking part in preliminary work nec essary to bring the case to a conclusion. It Is declared by those who have been active in promoting the enterprise that certain owners In the neighborhood seem disposed to take no part in raising the capital, evidently believing they may reap their share of benefit without In venting a cent themselves. Naturally those who favor the plan and who ex pect to contribute towards its success do not feel inclined to go ahead unless practically all participate in the ex pense as well as share in the benefit ex pected. It is the belief of those who have taken up this improvement that it is in the nature of a public as well as private enterprise' and that a flrst-claas theater building for Portland would be as much an advertisement for the city as a source of profit to its owners. A point made by those favoring the enterprise is that property in a district ex tending as far north as Oak street would feel the benefit in trade and in added value of their holdings if this playhouse should be erected on the lines now in tended In the district proposed. BESOHnCTSTuiLDIM WORK STOPPED TEMPORARILY STARTS IP AGAIN. Largo Structures Are Being Rushed to Completion and New Ones Will Follow Rapidly. Steel work for the last tier, or ninth and tenth stories of the Meier & Frank building, is all about in place and move able scaffolding is constructed on the ex terior, from which the terra cotta and brick work will be built in. Manager Bowers of the Portland Hotel says there is no intention by the com pany to alter the Morrison-street front of that building, as was reported last week. The hotel Is to be refurnished and freshly decorated throughout, this change being done gradually in order that com fort of guests will be Interfered with as little as possible. At a recent reorganisation of the board of directors of the Realty Associates, Charles F. Swigert. R. L. Sabin and JI. A. Surgent were added to the board, Thomas D. Honeyman was elected treas urer, vice. Dr. Andrew C. Smith, who was unable to continue in that office; Arthur C. Emmons succeeds N. W. Koun tree as secretary, the latter resigning. The office of the Associates is now In Its own building, the Columbia, known as property No. 4. A half lot on Park street, between Oak and Stark streets, opposite the Oregon Hotel Annex, has been bought by Rus sell & Blyth anaR. Wilder for $22,000. Alterations are to be made on the Merchants Trust building, southwest corner Washington and Sixth streets, the first floor to be arranged for occupancy by the Merchants Trust Company, now located In the Merchants National Bank building. "When the' trust company re moves to its new location, the National Bank will have its quarters enlarged. The bank has a 15-year lease on the build ing at a favorable rate, otherwise it might consider removal to a larger and more modern structure, but according to President Watson there is nothing, definie before the board of directors In that line. Castiron uprights are being placed in position for the first story of the Henry building at Fourth and Oak streets. Brick of white and buff enamel for facing have been delivered on the ground, and as rapidly as possible the structure will go up. the brick work closely following the mill construction of the interior. One story of the Irwln-Hodson build ing, at Fifteenth and Gllsan. la up and work is progressing on the next stpry. The big Crane building on Fifteenth street is up four stories and is rising rapidly to completion. The building is of brick with heavy interior to hold the unusual weight that will be required for the company's stock. After fa. delay of some days awaiting arrival of a shipment of terra cotta, the material has come to hand and work of completing the exterior of the Rosen- Beaverton-Reedville ACREAGE 'Soil is unsurpassed for fruit, nuts and vegetables; when so developed, yields a re turn that is most satisfactory. . Located within nine miles of business center of the city, on railway, with five trains ach way per day. Road soon to be changed to an electric line, which makes this location especially ' attractive as a home-site or investment. This Acreage is now selling rapidly at from $75 to $300 per acre. Small cash pay ment, balance to suit the purchaser. Tracts of from one-half to 20 acres each. Call at our office and arrange to go with s us to look this property over. THE SHAW-FEAR CO. 245 Stark. Street. Portland, Oregon. blatt Hotel, at Tenth and Alder afreets, will now be rushed. Interior work on the building of the Pacific Paper Company, at Fourth and Ankeny. and of the Crawford building diagonally opposite was not suspended during the bad weather and is progres sing favorably. The sixth and last story of the Lum bermen's building, being erected ty Gay Lombard, at Fifth and Stark, w.' go on during the coming week or two. David C Lewis, the architect, is well satisfied with the condition of the construction so far. Forms built around steel reinforcement are in place for the first and second floors of the Imperial Hotel Annex and It is probable concrete will be molded begining this week The Armour cold storage building, at Thirteenth and Flanders, is approaching completion and probably will be ready for occupancy about the middle of the .coming month. Nearlng completion, the building for the St. Clair Provision Company, is about ready to have the cold storage plant In stalled. The building is a two-story brick with walls of sufficient strength to carry additional stories when required. The Hurley-Mason Company has the contract for erecting a concrete power station for the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company, at First and Jefferson streets. The permit calls for a $25,000 structure. Whiddon & Lewis are preparing pre liminary, plans for the new Courthouse that has been proposed for this county. Terminal Dock & Wareiiouse Company is the name of a new corporation thRt has acquired five lots of the frontage recently bought by George L. Campbell and associates from Franklin P. Mays. The five lots were taken over by the new company at $185,000 and adjoin the new dock and warehouse of the North Bank Boad. Mr. Campbell is the president of the dock company. The warehouse and dock will cover StKxWO feet. Plans have been completed and bids for the construction of the Olds. Wort man & King building, on the old Pen noyer block, will be received until Jan uary 28. Plans are to be found at the offices of the Trustees Company, in the Corbett building. Excavation will be started this week, weather permitting. Excavation is completed for the Martin Winch building. 100x100, at the south- east corner of Thirteenth and Washing ton. THREE GOOD PURCHASES MADE Investors Are Picking l"p Both Va cant and Improved Lots. Through the agency of Sengstako & Lyman, J. H. Thatcher bought yester day the block bounded by Vcrsteeg and Twenty-first, York and Roosevelt, from Gustav Frelwald, the considera tion being $45,000. This" block has 200 feet trackage and Is vacant property. Decorative Lights eo M. J. Walsh Co. SALESROOMS FIXTURES ELECTRIC AND COMBINATION We are disposing of-our entire stock of Electric and Combination Fixtures at less than-cost. Also a large assortment of dining-room Art Domes. Come and take them at your own price. Western Electric Works No. 61 Sixth Street, Portland, Oregon. Phones Main 1696, A 1696. It Is located directly south of the stock yards and was bought as an invest ment. The same firm of dealers sold for L. Carstensen to G. Zenallo the northeast cerner of Third and Sheridan streets for $9000. This property is 100x100 and has four houses erected upon It, bringing in good income. Mall & Von Borstel has sold for Mrs. Cordelia Reed, lots 1 and 2. block 27, Wheeler's Addition to East Portland, to L. L. Matlock, for $10,000. This is the fifth purchase Mr. Matlock has made in this addition during the past month. It is reported that F. J. Rich ardson,, of the TerwIIllger Land Co., is interested with Mr. Matlock In this purchase. Gossips' Ears Always Open. Atchison Globe. Tou can't say anything so mean about the men that there are not some women who will believe It. LUZON Irrigated Orchard Tracts If you bu a small tract of this land now you can raise a fine crop of vegetables this year. On five acres you can grow this year vegetables such as potatoes, corn, cabbage, pumpkin, watermelon and all the smaller vegetables. Not only enough for your own family use, but you will be able to sell several hundred dollars' worth besides. You can put out one-half of the tract in fruit trees, berries and grapes and next year 'you will not ouly get your vegetable crop, but your berries and grapes will begin to bear, and from that on your fruit of many kinds will bear. There is an opening in the new town of Luzon for a hotel, gen eral store, bank, barber shop, blacksmith shop, and, in fact, all other branches of business. For further information call on or write . Moore Investment Co Room 5, Lafayette Bid., Corner Sixth and Washington Sts. Both Phones. Don't be satisfied with indefinite fixtures. Supports for illuminants should harmonize with their en vironments in style and finish and fulfill a definite plan of decoration. For something new and artfully de signed consult uS; allow our experts plenty of time to individualize your home. This careful planning comes without additional cost and gives you perfection in artificial" lighting. 311 STARK ST. i