THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 14, 1909.
BALUNGER'S PLftfl
U
Taft Will Probably Adopt It and
Try to Get Congress to
Pass It.
SHOWS HE IS CONSERVER
Secretary 'Propowd Xew Land Code
as Commissioner, Which Would
KemoTe Abnwi nnd Ob
solete Laws.
ORBGONIA'N KETW9 BUREAU, Wash
ington. Nov. 13. The recommendation
which President Taft will submit to Con
irres next December, urging radical
rhaniu In the laws affecting the use
and disposition of public lands and their
resources, will be based largely upon a
report to be made to him in November by
Becretary BaJlinfrer. The recommenda
tions of the Secretary of the Interior, If
Indorsed by the President and adopted by
Onirress. pave the way for le (rally carry
ing out the Roosevelt conservation poli
cies. Mr Balllncer. notwithstanding charges
made against him. has always been a
believer In conservation lf'legaiiy carried
on When he was Commissioner of the
iieneral Land Office, he recommended a
great number of changes in the land
laws which, had they been adopted by
Congress, would have left no opportunity
for the present Pinchot-Ballinger row.
t that time the question of conserving
water fiowers had not arisen.
In the main. Mr. Balllnger will follow
the recommendation which he made as
Commissioner of the General Land Of
fice. This Is what he said at that time:
r reent Land Lawa Obsolete.
Much agitation has existed through
out the -tt est regarding the public land
laws, and a great divergence of-opinion
prevails as to what laws should be al
tered or amended, what repealed, and
what new If gislation should be enacted.
Jn certain particulars changed conditions
have rendered some laws and parts of
laws obsolete and absurd In their appli
cation and almost Impossible of rational
enforcement. A correct Interpretation
and administration will prevent the neces
sity of amending laws which are adapted
to the conditions for which enacted, and.
while the necessity for amendments In
some measure may be dispensed with by
administrative regulations, there still re
main laws Incapable of rational enforce
ment in a wise disposition of the re
maining pulilic lands.
Coal Land Inn Aid Fraud.
'Of first consideration Is the coal-land
act of March 3. 1873. The futility of this
law is shown in the fact that since Its
enactment less than 600.000 acres of coal
lands have been patented under it, while
millions of acres of coal lands have been
taken under other forms of entry, some
of It unwittingly, but large areas In order
to avoid the terms of the coal-land act.
coal lands being the highest-priced lands
ofrered by the Government.
This act limits the area to an unrea
sonably small acreage, prohibiting the
vrudent Investment of capital In coalmining-
operations: hence all kinds of
subterfuge have been undertaken to
avoid the provisions of the law. In the
securing of these lands the unscrupulous
have not hesitated to resort to perjury
and fraud, carrying their schemes of
fraud and corruption to auch an extent
as to amount to National scandal. Title
having passed, the Government possesses
no guaranty that as a public utility the
roal can be made available to supply
- the market: on the contrary, these lands
hare almost uniformly passed into the
hands of speculators or large combina
tions controlling the output or the trans
portation, so that the consumer is at the
mercy of both in the greater portion of
the West. The Inducements for much
.f the crime and fraud committed un
der the present system can be prevented
by separating the right to mine from the
title in the soil.
Big Corporations Get Timber.
''As regards the timbered areas outside
the National forests, the public-land laws
are manifestly unsuited to present condi
tions. The two acts of June 3, W78. and
section 2 of act of August 4. 1893 (the Um
ber and stone act), should be -repealed.
The "mineral-land act.' giving free use
of timber without restriction within the
state, was intended to supply the timber
wants of the mining camps at a time
when much of the Umber lands in the
mining states was unsurveyed. there be
ing no method by which miners or pros
jiertors could secure timber, fuel or lum
ber. This condition no longer prevails,
hence the present beneficiaries under this
act are chiefly large corporations con
trolling established mines and smelters,
abundantly able to purchase the timber
necessary for their use.
'The 'timber and stone act' has been
the convenient vehicle by means of which
the great bulk of the more valuable tim
ber lands not now in National forests
Kis during past years gone into the
hands of the large timber companies.
"It Is the history of the settled heavily
limbered portions of the public-land
states that relatively few timbered tracts
were ever cultivated or permanently im
proved by the first settler or entryman.
The real settler and farmer usually came
after the timber had gone and. while un
der the wise policy of our public land
system, the landless settler is of first
consideration, it Is nevertheless true of
the remaining unreserved timbered areas
that hey are not generally susceptible of
successful cultivation.
Monopoly of Grazing J-and.
"Muh of the remaining public lands
are seml-arid or desert in character and
cannot be artificially irrigated. For thee
lands we have no law regulating their
use or disposition. This condition lias
delivered the puhlu range over to those
who are powerful enough to appropriate
nnd hold it against the weaker claimants,
but mere physical force in holding the
range Is the least of the abuses. Monop
olisation of the pools. springs and
dreams to which the gTazios herds and
itther flocks must resort for water, and
the acquisition of strips of patented
lands to which title was acquired ob
viously to prevent access by others to
the adjacent public range is the greater
public wrong. These abuses are so uni
versal and so far removed from decent
respect for common rights that I most
earnestly recommend the enactment of a
comprehensive range law that will bring
these vacant grazing areas under depart
mental supervision and regulation. Until
such laws are provided, the bulk of the
public domain must continue in Govern
ment ownership, but held for the use of
whomsoever by force or cunning is able
to exclude his less powerful or less art
ful neighbor.
"Having given in some detail the ob
noxious conditions prevailing as to these
, 'lasses of the puhlic lands. I earnestly
recommend changes in the public-land
laws, to the end that the remainder of
the public lands shall be devoted to their
greatest benehcial use for the states as
ll as for the Government at large."
The Secretary recommended the classi
FOR
REFORM
fication of the remaining public lands in
to agricultural, pasture, timber and coal
lands, and added:-
"Thls classification should be made ef
fectual by a general act of Congree de
fining it. substantially as aforeesald.
without disturbing the present mining
laws relating to lode and placer mines
and declaring the manner of disposition
of the several classes of public lands,
either under existing laws or appropriate
provision to be set forth in the act. As
to each of the foregoing classifications,
there should be reposed in the Secretary
of the Interior the continuing power of
reclassification to meet changing condi
tions, which may necessitate the transfer
of lands from the one class to the other.
"In view of the foregoing, I recommend
that lands classed as pasture lands be
leased to citizens of the United States
who are owners of the adjacent lands or
bona fide residents of the state where the
lands lie. that the money derived there
from, after deducting expense of admin
istration, be paid to the states wherein
the leased lands are situated, for use in
the support of common schools, or that
the lands be segregated Into such grazing
blocks as shall be naturally appurtenant
to adjacent cultivated lands and sold at
a fixed price with preference to purchase
in the, owner of contiguous cultivated
land.
Sell Timber at Auction.
"The timber-land acta above referred to
should be repealed ami the timber npon
the remaining public lands disposed of
by the Secretary of the Interior at pub
lic sale, upon application therefor", after
scaling and appraiFal or upon a stumpage
basis similar to the method now exer
cisedby the Department in the Chippewa
Indian lands. The method of estimating
stumpage and terms of sale and tracts
of Umber offered, together with other
necessary regulations, should be pre
scribed by the Secretary of the Interior.
'I would advise that any such measure
should provide that a bona fide applicant
to homestead a tract of timber land
should have a .preference right to pur
chase at the top price bid, upon payment
of a reasonable percentage of the bid, and
under such purchase the timber should
not be removed until the entryman has
complied with the law as to residence and
cultivation, and"made. full payment for
the Umber, as bid. or has made full pay
ment for the timber.
Force Production of Coal.
'The present coal-lands law should be
supplanted by an act fully meeting exist
ing as well as future conditions.- The ob
ject to be attained in any such legisla
tion is to conserve the coal deposits as a
public utility, and to prevent monopoly
and extortion in their distribution. This
may be accomplished either through a
leasing system, by which the title would
remain In the Government, under proper
regulation and supervision by the Secre
tary of the Interior, or through the sale
of the deposits with restrictions on their
mining and use which would control the
minimum output and conserve the depos
its as a public utility, under similar reg
ulations. As regards the future disposi
tion of coal lands. I am Impressed with
the belief that the most advantageous
method will be found In a measure au
thorizing the sale of the coal deposits in
the lands, subject to forfeiture for fail
ure to exercise the rights granted, under
such reasonable regulations as may be
imposed. An exploration ot one year up
on a permit basis at a nominal charge
would insure to the applicant the neces
sary preliminary knowledge upon which
to make the purchase of the coal deposits
and venture the necessary investment for
operation purposes before making the
cash purchase. The maximum unit au
thorized for this use could safely be made
three sections, provided no greater sur
face rights are granted than will give
proper facilities to reach and extract the
coal deposits. The surface would thereby
be open to entry under other laws accord
ing to its character and subject to the
right to extract the coal. In case of
failure of the grantees to open and oper
ate the coal deposits under reasonable
limitations and to maintain an output
reasonably suited to the deposits, and in
case of combination as to price or limita
tion of output, title should be forfeited
by proceedings In court for that purpose.
Government mine supervision would be
necessary to enforce the conditions and
limitations under the grant
Aid Present Coal Locators.
"The Secretary of the Interior should
tu onrhtHzM to p-nint a suspension of op
erations in any case upon a showing of
.ffiri.n rniim If all nersons having
pending coal claims, declaratory state
ments and entries at time oi apuuu ut
tne proposed law be given the opportunity
to consolidate their claims to the extent
of not exceeding three sections of con
tiguous lands, and to transmute their
filings or entriea to purchase of the coal
under the new measure, they would be
enabled to obtain a sufficient area of
coal to warrant their entering upon coal
mining operations without resorting to
practices not authorized by existing law.
"The method of disposition suggested
should be made applicable to coal de
posits In all the public lands of the United
States, permitting, however, in Alaska,
as under existing law. the coal applicant
to have executed a special survey of the
lands within which the coal sought to be
purchased lies. This plan, if adopted,
will enable the Government to control
and dispose of all the surface not needed
in coal mining operations and to dispose
of the timber separately from the land,
and will permit the sale and extraction
of coal, both on the unreserved public
lands and In National forests, without af
fecting the control or disposition of the
timber on the public lands by the Secre
tary of the Interior, or within National
forests by the Department of Agriculture.
The above suggestions with reference to
the disposition of coal deposits are
equally applicable to the oil and gas
fields in the public domain, and similar
legislation, as applicable to lands contain
ing the same, is hereby recommended."
Commissioner Ballinger also Incorpo
rated in that report a recommendation
favoring a dry-farm law such ai. was
enacted by the last Congress.
maratMrageTssure
ST. YVKS HAS ORIENTAL BlILD
IXt; FOR EVENT NEXT SUNDAY.
Four (Jrcat Mnratltoncrs Will Have
Tost of Endnranre on In
door Track.
Through the aid of a prominent
citizen of this. city, who is an old ac
quaintance of T. Clarence McGrath. the
promoter of the Marathon races, ar
rangements were finally made at a late
hour yesterday evening for securing
the Oriental building for a Marathon
race, which will be held next Sunday.
St. -Yves, the world's champion runner
for the Marathon distance, and his
trainer. Copeland. will return today
from Seattle, where they have been
for the last five 'days, and St. Yves,
together with other members of the
quartet of Marathoners who are now
In Portland, w-ill continue active train
ing for the race in this city.
T. C. McGrath has made definite ar
rangements to hold the race at 2 o'clock
next Sunday. St. Yves, Fitzgerald and
Marsh, the world-beaters, will all enter
and the race will also be open to local
aspirants. Extensive preparations will
be begun at once to make the race a
big success.
It Is planned to make the affair a
society event and to this end an effort
will be made to secure a prominent
society' woman to crown the winner
of -the race. This was done in Seattle
and Mrs. Robert Guggenheim performed
the feat.
For Judges and starter of the race
it is desired to have a number of promi
nent men and city officials. Mayor
Miller acted as starter for the Seattle
race. The Judges' were Thomas Burke.
Harry Whitman Treat. F. K. Struve.
Kenneth Beeton. J. B. Blethen, Senator
Piles. John L. Wilson, C. D. Stimsom.
ex-Governor McGraw.
DAILY JTETEOrtOIAXJICAL. HfcFOKT.
PORTLAND. Nov. 13. Maximum tem
perature. 4 dsrees; minimum, 38 degrees.
River reading. A. M., S.S feet: change in
I last i nourn. ,r.o iui j ...
j 5 P. M. to 5 P. M.. 0.3S inch. Total rainfall '
mai. S.16 inches: excess, 0.81 Inch. Total ,
sunshine November 12. none: possible. 9 '
hours 24 minutes. Barometer treduced to ,i
sea level) at i P. M..' 29.9s Inches.
PACIFIC COAST WEATHER. 1
Observations taken at S. P. M.. Pacific 1
time, November 13: t
5 -3 w'".
s I
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STATIONS.
Btate !
WtfttMf
Baker City
Boiae .
Helena
Kamloop. .....
North Head. . . .
Pocatollo. . ......
Portland
Red Bluff
Roaeburp;
Sacramento
8alt bake
Kan Francisco..
Spokane
T acorn a
Tatoosh Island.
Walla Walla
Blaine
Marah field
Siskiyou
34(0.041 JXW
34:0.22; ( B
12i0.12; 4: N W
S00.0O!l2rSW
4410.00 4 8
36 T. 4K
4C0.21 12N"B
.6)0.22 ;.K
4$i0.14 4 NW
68i T. 10S
40)0.00! 6,SE
68)0.00 i:iw
30j T. !16iN'K
42j0.020!r
4-l,i0.00:24 NE
Cloudy
Cloudy
Snow
Clear
Clear
Cloudy
Pt cloudy
Rain
Rain
Rain
Cloudv
'Cloudy
Clear
Clear
Clear
Cloudy
3410. 26
US
40 0.00
4XE
12,.VW
4,E
CIear
Clear
5") 0.24
34j0.60
Cloudy
T. Trace.
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
A depression Is central this evening: over
Nevada while an area of high pressure
overlies Montana. These conditions have
caused snow generally over the Inter
Mountain region and eastern portions of
Washington and Oregon and rain In West
ern Oregon and Northern California. The
temperature has fallen over the Pacific
Slope and Is now below the normal at all
stations. At Helena a temperature of 8
dogrees Is reported. Conditions are favor
able for clearing weather In Western Ore
gon and snow over Eastern Washington,
Idaho and Eastern Oregon Sunday.
FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Fair; continued
cool; light east winds.
Oregon Clearing in wt portions, mow
in east portion; light east wind.
Washington Fair in west portion, snow
in east portion; light east wind.
Idaho-t-Snow; cooler south portion.
Buggy Salesman Fined.
COLFAX, Wash., Nov. 13. (Special.
P. J. Cassidy, a traveling buggy sales
man, was today fined 60 and costs in
the Jnstice Court for. selling without a
license. The Inland Empire Implement and
Hardware Protective Association oaneed
his arrest. H.s case was appeafed.
OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY
rKKSIXKXT. Mala
tCRJT AB V. Mate 6M.
HUMAN! OFFICE K. EMt 41T9.
MEETING NOTICKB.
W. O. W. Mem
bers of Webfoot
Camp No. 65, and
visiting neighbors
are requested to
meet at W. O- W.
Temple, No. 12S
11th street, today
(Sunday) at 1:30 P.
M., to conduct the
funeral services of
late Neighbor Herman Henn. of Cascade
Icck Camp. Services at rinlefa parlora at
2 P. M.
F. M. RKTNOLD3, C. C.
A. U BAKBITB, Clerk.
(flpe-in THE COMRADES OF JAS
'? COLN-GARFIELD POST, their
families and the ladles of W. R.
C. are cordially invited next
Tuesday evening, November 16, to
a sociable given by the above poet
at their hall.
D. J. HAYNES, Commander.
R. A WOHLFARTH, Adjutant.
wyZlM ATTENTION. COMRADES
. The funeral of Mattnew ti. Aia-
rich, late private Co. A, 26th
Iowa Vol. Infantry, will be at
his residence at Tremont Station,
on Mt. Scott carllne, this (Sun
day) morning. Not. 14. at 10
o'clock. Burial in Multnomah
cemetery.
F. NEIDERMARK. Com.
I. O. O. F. The general relief committee
will conduct the funeral of Brother Edward
D. Strauss, of Silk City Lodge, No. 447, I.
O. O. F- building. March from Finley s
Chapel today (Sunday) at 11 o'clock A M.
Interment in Riverview. All Oddfellows In
vited to attend.
J. C. JAMISON. Sec.
EILER8 RECITAL HALL for high-class
recitals, lectures, meetings; splendidly
lighted, ventilated, heated, free from street
r-oises, seating 300; equipped with pipe
organ, grand pianos and automatic musical
d"vices. For rates apply Adv. Dept. 2d
floor, Ellers piano House, 353 Washington st.
GOLDEN RULE HIVE. No. 17. L. O. T.
M. will give a "SOO" party in W- O. W .
Temple, 128 11th St.. Thursday evening, No
vcmber 1- Prizes and refreshments. Ad
mission 15 cents.
PROPPECT CAMP AND ASTRA CIRCLE).
W. O. W. All member and their friends are
invited to the open meeting, 9 P. M., Thurs
cav. November IS. Good programme and dance
TrtV J. J. JENNINGS. P. C.
PORTLAND ASSEMBLY NO. 26. LIN
COLN ANNUITY UNION, will give a shadow
auction and whist social Monday evening.
November 15. Eagle Hall. Second and
Yamhill. Ladies bring basket lunch for two.
Admission free.
CR-ESENT LODGE, NO. 10. A. O. IT. W-.
wilt give a card and dancing party at
Voelker's Hall. Mississippi ave. and Beech
St.. ThurMay. November 38. t 8:30 P. M.
ladiea, free; gents. 2Ac.
UTOPIA REBEKAH LODOE. NO. 62. I.
O O. F. The denree staff will give a "five
hundred" social Wednesday afternoon. No
vember 17. at Its hall, corner East Alder
and i?lxth sta. Admission, 15c.
THE HOMESTEADERS Invite you Xn attend
their Military Vhtet Social Wednesday even
ing. Nov. 17, Homesteaders Hall, E. Burn
rt.1e and Grand aw. Good music, prizes and
refreshment. Admission 16c.
MARGUERITE CAMP. ROYAL NEIGH
BORS, will give a 500 party Tuesday after
noon, Nov. 16: also a 500 and dancing party
Thursdav evening, Nov. IS, at the Savoy
Hall. Grand ave. and Est Burnslde.
BT'RKKA COUNCIL N . 204, K. AND L.
OF S.. dance Monday eve.,' Nov. 15. W. O.
W. Hal!. .East 0th and Alder. Good music.
Admission 2v.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CAMP. NO. 261.
W O. W.. will give a whiat and dance Tues
dav evening, at 128 11th st.; 2 hours dancing;
good music and prizes. Come and enjoy your
self. Admission 15c.
WHIST rarty and dance. Webfoot Co.. No.
5. W. O. W.. Friday evening. Nov. IP. Wood
man Hall. 128 nth st.; Union music, refresh
ments; adults, 2c; cards. 8:30; dancing, 10.
THE HOMESTEADER. No. 31, will give
a rand prize masquerade hall Thanksgiving
evening. Nnv. 24. in 'the Savoy bidg.. East
Burnside st. Admission 30c; ladies 2."c.
PORTLAND HIVS LADY MAC A BEES will
give a oOO party in the Selling-rHrsch bidg..
10th and Washington, Thuriay afternoon,
Nov. 18, from 2 to 4. Admission 15c.
THE ARION' LADIES CIRCLE wit! give
a .V'u card party at Arion Hall. 2d and Oak
sts.. Wednesday. Nov. 17. Admission 15c,
with coffee and cake free.
ROPE CITY FRATERNAL UNION OF
AMERICA will give a card party and dance
Thursday evening, Nov. 8. Good prises and
music. Admission 15 cents.
NEW HALL FOR RENT.
111 2d. near Washington. Howe. Davis Co.
DIED.
SIMMONS In this city. November 13,
.Samuel W. Simmons, aged R4 years. Re
maiiTH are at Finleys parlors. Funeral
notice hereafter.
TTyERAL NOTICES.
LAMBERT At his residence. 414 Market
st.. Nov. 12. Joseph Hamilton Lambert,
aged 83 years 11 months 11 days. Funeral
will take place from the above number
todav (Sunday). Nov. 14. at 2 P. M-
Friends respectfully invited. Interment
Riverview Cemetery. Services at the
grave private.
ALDRICH At his residence, Tremont Sta
tion. Arleta, Nov. 13, Mathew Gray Aid
rich, aged 76 years 8 months 6 day a Fu
neral will takeplace from the above num
ber today (Sunday). Nov. 14. at 10 A. M.
Friends respectfully invited. Interment
Multnomah Cemetery.
BROWN Funeral services of J. P- Brown,
aged 73 vears. 11 months and 26 days,
will he held at his daughter's residence,
Mrs. J. G Hadley, 787 East Salmon, to
day (Sunday) at 2 P. M. Friends invlted
Interment Lone Fir Cemetery.
HYATT The funeral services of Ada Hyatt
will be held at the residence of her son,
J. S. Hyatt, 1200 Mallory avenue, at 3
P. M. today (Sunday). Friends invited.
Interment Riverview Cemetery.
HOLM AN The funeral service of Martha
Holman will be held at the family resi
dence, TR9 Commercial St., at 1:30 P. M.
today i Sunday). Friends invited. Inter
ment Rose City Cemetery.
COMO At his late residence. 186 North
18th st.. November 12. Edmund B. Coman,
aged 68 years. Funeral services Sunday.
November 14. at 10 A. M-. at the residence
Friends Invited. Interment private.
SACCANANNO In this city. Nov. 13, at his
I
residence o'l 4tn St., f- accauannu,
64 years. Services will be held at St.
Michael's Church today (Sunday), at 2
P. M. Interment at Mount cjaivary.
Donning, McEntee 4 GUbanch, Funeral
Directors. 7th and Fine, Fboae Main 430.
Lady Aseistanu umci oe vvimj ynw.
EDWARD HOLMAN CO., Funeral Direct
ors, 2zv 34 sc. lmj AMisuiok rauin iu. w.
J. p. FIN LEV A SON. 8d and Madison.
JjmxT attenoani. raoue jwun v. a
McETTEE-KKI( KSON CO. Undertaker;
lady tMiktanU uv Aiuer. jq. uiw.
EAST SIDE Funeral Directors, successors
to F. 8. Dunning, inc. r. os. a xosow
ZLLB-BYRNE8 CO.. Funeral Direct
era. 172 RuseelL Both phone. Lady asitant
LKRCH Undertaker.. 420 Ka Alder,
Phone Eakt 781. B 1&8S. Lady aaeUtant.
HOUSEHOLD NEEDS
Va CHURCHLEY BROS., wood and coal
vtlsi dealers, office and yard 13Ui and
Marshall, phones Main 93 L A 808L
tflnvicf Cut Fiowers always fresh from
f lUriBLour own conservatories- . Martin
Forbes Co.. 84T Washington st BU
phones. '
rAai Richmond and Wallsend Australian.
vUBl independent Coal A Ics Company,
opposite City Llbrarv "Roth phones
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' Dally or bun day.
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Uod. exceptbiif the following: '
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Bcured br measnr. only line, to the
Inch.
TO OUT-OF-TOWN PATRONS The Ore
gon bin will receive copy by mail, pro Tided
nfficient remittance for a definite number
of iMnee 1 eent. Acknowledgment of aucB
remittance will b. forwarded nromntly.
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of the ad. An.wers to advertisement will
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stamped envelopes are furnished.
NEW TODAT.
Morrison
Street
Corner, 100x100. Extensive
improvements to be built in
immediate neighborhood.
Morrison street is to be ex
tended to Washington. Val
ues will greatjy enhance.
Will pay big interest, if im
proved. Also splendid spec
ulative value, single lot held
at 1?37,500, across the
street. Price
$52,000
"You'll have to hurry."
E. J. DALY
222-223-224 Failing Bidg.
23d Street, North
150x100 feet, with improvements, and at
intersection of two carlines.
20th Street, North
Close to Washington St.. 100x100 feet,
and a most desirable site for apartment
house.
Head of Lovejoy Street
60x10ft feet, a most desirable building
site, in a much-soufrht-aftpr location.
commanding1 an extensive view of the
city and mountains. Trice, $4900.
Portland Heights
100x100 feet, with fine surroundings. a,nd
on IMli St.; one of the last quarter blocks
offered for sale in this desirable location.
Thurraan Street
loo.vioo feet, comer, at the intersection
ot two carilnes.
Fourth Street
Within one block of the City Hall, oOx
100 feet; well improved.
F. V. ANDREWS 6 CO.
Hamilton Bidg.. 131 Third St.
BARGAIN
IRVINGTON
10-room modern house, $4000; lot 57x100;
easy terms.
OWNERS' REALTY ASSOCIATION. '
206 Abington Bidg;.
Acreage in large tracus.
For Rent or Lease
50x80 ft. third floor. Fifth and Pine
ets. Elevator and heat.
F. V. ANDRLWS & CO.
Hamilton Bidg.. 131 Third St.
None Better, Few as Good
Reservoir Park lots, oc fare: a minutes'
ride; J275 to $335 per lot: $30 down, $10 per
month. Call 913 Board of Trade.
NEW TODAY-
GILMAN
Auction and Commission Company
NO. Ii6 SECOND STREET.
SALE TUESDAY NEXT
At salesrooms fsrtecial to sell all the fur
niture and fittings of Grand-avenue resi
dence. Buyers are Invited to thus .sale.
Monday from 9 A. M.. continuing all the
week, including Saturday evening, we will
go on with the sale at private sale, tho
immense and fine stock of (Emmet stock
men's and women's underwear, in wool,
hosierv, umbrellas, gloves. Mexican pig
skin gioves. handkerchiefs. Cardigan jack
etc, overshirts, suspenders, blankets, bed .
comforters, sheets, linen table clolhs, ta ,
ble napkins, portieres. Also continuation
sale of line furs, elegant Christmas gifts
in great variety, dolls, mirrors, fancy
goods, velvets. The public Is cordially
invited to call at salesrooms at any iime
and see the bargains in fine goods for
every-day and holiday purposes. The
place. No. 126 Second street; the time, all
through the week.
8. I N. GILlMAX, Manager.
Ajttlpriiales
ON TUESDAY NEXT
We have received instructions from Mr.
West to sell his household furnishings,
removed from Eugene st. to our sales
rooms for convenience of sale. Including
brass and iron beds, steel springs and
mattresses, several dressers and chiffo
niers, blankets and beddings, parlor and
lihrarv furniture.' dinine-room SUite In
quarter-sawed oak, oil paintings, folding i
beds, Axmlnster ana isrusseis ruga laii
steam-cleaned), heaters, box couch, dav
enport and several other good pieces of
high-grade furniture. All of which you
can view tomorrow. Sale on Tuesday
next at 10 A. M. at 152 Park st.
ON THURSDAY NEXT
In addition to several consignments, we
shall sell the furnishings of six-room cot
tage, removed from Portland. Heights.
Sale at 10 o'clock.
BAKER & SON, Auctioneers.
Salesrooms, 152 Park st.
NOTE TO PARTIES FURNISHING,
DON'T FAIL TO LOOK -AT OUR STOCK
OF NEW GOODS IN OUR RETAIL. DE
PARTMENT AT 152 PARK ST.
AUCTION SALE
At Residence, 875 E. Couch St.
TAKE EAST AN KENT CAR.
Tomorrow, Monday, at 1 0 A. M.
We must sell at PUBLIC AUCTION
the entire furnishings of this 10-room res
idence, which consists of the dining-room
furniture, silverware, linens, carpets, etc.
The bedroom, furniture, linens, blankets,
comforts, pillows, etc., with chairs, rock
ers, couches, lace curtains, center tables,
dressing tables, etc. The kitchen, steel
range, refrigerator, treasure and hundreds
of articles necessary to complete a 10
room home. Be on the spot at 10 A. M.
or you'll be too late.
FORD BROS., Auctioneers.
At 211 First Street
We hold auction sales each
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY
At 10 A. M.
Every description of household goods
and furniture. A special sale of heaters
on Tuesday next, 10 A. M.
P. S. When you want to sell anything
for cash, talk to us.
Phones Main 8951, A 2445. 211 First St.
AuctionSales
AT WILSON'S
SALESROOMS
173-175 Second St. Cor.Yamhill
Regular Sales Days
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Each Day at 10 A. M.
AT THESE SALES you will find a
LARGE ASSORTMENT of little-used
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. CARPETS,
RANGES. HEATERS, etc. Lots are too
numerous to itemize. -If you are looking
for anything in the furnishing line for
your home or office, it will pay you to
give us a call.
GOODS SOLD AT PRIVATE SALE AT
ALL TIMES.
OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT ad
Joining the auction house offers bargains
in groceries, graniteware and crockery;
also some clothing, boots and shoes, etc.
J. T. WILSON, Auctioneer.
We pay spot cash for furniture, stocks
of merchandise, etc. Call ' Main 1626,
A 4243.
TODAY
2 P.
We will show vou the best-built bunga
low in Sunayside for the money. Has "
lar-iro mnma r(ention hall and bath, full
basement with cement floor, built-in buf
fet, wood lift, stationary Ti os, ana au
nthop minor r-on veniences. Cement walks
around the house, and all improvements in
and paid for.
This is a bargain at $290). and can be
had for $50 down and balance in monthly
installments.
Our aeent wilkbe on-premises between
2 and 3 P. M. today.
Th e Stewart Co.
523-5 Board of Trade
Both Phones
Certificates
of
Title
are issued to owners of real estate and
holders of real estate mortgages, in
stead of abstracts of title and exami
nations of the abstract, 'the result of
both the abstract and the examination
of the abstract being combined in the
certificate of title. These certificates
are guaranteed by over $250,000 of
assets, including a special deposit of
$50,000 with the State of Oregon.
TITLE & TRUST COMPANY,
Chamber of Commerce.
NEW TODAT-
WHY
buy land in a district where
it costs from $100 to $200
per acre to clear the stumps
off it, when you can get
land that $5 per acre will
clear, plow and make ready
to plant T Why depend on
rainfall when you can get
irrigated land where you
have water at any time you
want it t Don't forget that
ichland
is in the Yakitua Valley;
the most successful fruit
growing district in the
Northwest, and that you can
buy the best land in the
Northwest here for $125 per
acre, with perpetual water
r,ight. Transportation fa- .
cilities are the best. Three
railroads and open-rive
boats.
Call for literature end in
vestigate. RICHLAND
LAND CO.
Phone Main 7466.
908 Board of Trade Building,
Fourth and Oak.
ST000 Good income property in
North Portland, paying over 10 per
cent, with big future.
$7750 100x100, close in, on East
Harrison st., with strictly modern
6-room house on inside lot, with
corner vacant, which is a good lo
cation for a store with flats above,
This is a good buy for some one.
Sj21,000 A very fine investment
on Uth st. ; has good future.
"We have a few good apartment
house sites for sale. If in the mar
ket to buy, will "he pleased to show
you what we have.
Money to loan on anything we sell.
M. E. LEE
Room 411, Corbett Building.
Owner Leaving
City
will sacrifice beautiful new home; six
rooms, bath, pantry, reception hall,
den, basement. Ready for immediate
occupancy. Furnace, range, shades,
screens, linoleums, all go with the
house. Come and see it.
$3350 TERMS
1001 East Seventeenth St. North,
one block south of 17th and Alberta
streets.; "A" car.
MUST SELL
NEED MONEY.COME QUICK
50x100 corner; fine new 6-room
modern bungalow, worth $5000; will
take for quick sale $3800, $20110 'cash.
Have renter for $30 per month.
ZIMMERMAN
621 Board of Trade.
SNAP!
APARTMENT-KOUSE SITE
5050, 0
$1000 Less Than Actual Value
DIETZ41LLFJ COfMY
316 Abington Bidg.
TEN ACRES $875
Portland's best suburban garden and
fruit land near Gresham; no gravel; $500
cafih.
FRKDERICK C. FORBES CO.,
529 lumbermen's, oth St.
TW TODAY.
PORTLAND HEIGHTS HOME -$2000
?200 DOWN AND $20 PER MONTH
6-room modem cottage on hisrh and
sightly lot. 50x100 feet; 2 blockn from
Portland Heights car; located between
Patton road and Terrace drive. This is
$500 under market. Just think the price
is only $2u00, $'Jn down and $20 per month,
at 6 per cent interest. Vou will never gel
another chance like this one. (Exception
ally good buy.)
SOUTH PORTLAND HOME
$2000
5-room modern bunsalow with unob
structed view of river and mountains.
near carllne. on corner lot on Bancroft
ave. This was built last year for a horn. .
, Must eell.
j KELLY-STREET, HOME
$400
' Down and $20 per month: on corner lot, 1
60x1m); west of 14th st.. block from
Brooklyn car; concrete walk. This Is a
good 5-room cottage. Price, $2:.
MALDEN-AVENUE HOME
$2700
6-roo4n strictly modern bunp;tlow, next
to the corner of E. 11th. one block from
Sellwood car. Terms. This Is a bargain.
IRVINGTON BUNGALOW
$4000
7 rooms and sleeping porch, modern in
every respect, beautifully finished inside;
built for a home, on a 0xi:i lot: near
ITtli and Hancock sta. If you want a
home, sc this before you buy.
TERRACE DRIVE
$6000
?-rontn Portland Heights home. 14
hlor-ks from car, on sightly lot, 50x1'J,
facing Terrace drive and Patton road;
modern in every respect. Can give terms.
LOTS
ON PACIFIC STREET
50x100 lot on S. v. corner of Mill and
Pacinc, including; improvements on 2Kth.
Price, only $1W0: IMj blocks to Sandy bou
levard and new CHrline: also the S. K.
corner of i"th and Pacific. Price. $1100,
including improvements. Terms on this.
KILLINGSWORTH AVENUE
Corner lot, 58x114 feet, the 114 on Kil
Iingsworth. Price, $1200, $500 cash, lonjt
time on balance. This property has a
great future.
HAWTHORNE DISTRICT
$1600 Quarter Block $1600
100x100. N. E. corner 41th and Harrison
sts.,- only 3 blocks from Hawthorne ave.
car. Price. $1600.
$650 Burnside-St. Corner $650
$250 Under Market Price.
50x100 lot. located on the N. W. corner
of 61st and East Burnslde sts. This lot
will be worth $1200 Inside of a year. Pon t
forget. Burneide is the coming street.
MOSS-AVENUE LOT
$350
60x100 lot, including all improvements,
with a beautiful unobstructed view on
the Heights; l1 blocks from the car. If
taken at once, price $350; terms.
Frank L. McGuire
BIS Board of Trade.
LOOK AT THIS!
Just40MiIesFromPortland
Improved ranch of 5W acres, near
McMinnvflle, Oregon. All fenced;
running water and springs; 250 acres
in cultivation, balance pasture and
ttmber land; 60 acres in English wal
nuts; 800 cherry trees; Bartlctt
peara and apples; good buildings.
This place can be
bought for $50.00 per
acre, and it is a
enap. Can get terms
for you on JlO.OuO or
more of the mirchaso
price at 6 per cent.
Owner has $4X0
worth of stock, tools,
hay. grain, etc..
which can be bought
with 'place or not as
desired. Better go
and take a look at
this place.
I also have a 1000
acre ranch which I
can sell at $-'52.50 per
acre, and it is near
the above place.
This is all fine fruit
and walnut land.
If you wNh to sell
or buy Oregon
DIRT, call on
WARREN B. HARTLEY
514 Swetland Bidg.
lO ACRES. 2Vz miles from town, in
best district, lis perfect for irrigation:
OVER 8 A CHIOS PLANTED to Yellow
Newtowns and Ppitzenbergs, most of
which are 5 and 6 years old; small
family orchard, assorted varieties, 2
acres in strawberries, ome meadow,
!Vz inches of water and all personal
property, including horse. wagim,
buggy and all farm implements. Good
7-room hard-nnished house and., outbuild
ings. This is an ideal place. Jl'500 cash
and will accept Portland residence as part
payment.
Devlin ' ftfirebaugii
Main Offlre.
Brnnrh Office,
Hood River,
Oregon.
Portland, Oregon.
SCATTERED HOLIES FOR SALE
tICnn 4-room new house, lot 50x100,
OlOUU Tabasco Addilton; easy terms.
4nrn 5-room eood cottage. 'JSih anl
OluOU Kast Pine: 300 handles it.
onrnn 7-room. modern. 49th and Haw-
gZOUU thorne: best snap in city.
POCflfl 2 houses and lot near Alberta
0OUU car, on 17th st.
Arnrn S rooms, modern, near . Haw-
U3U thorne carline. on 37th st.
07nnn 7-ruom. vrv modern, located in
0UUU the Noli Hill district.
on r(( S-story brick, on Kast Side;
VuU UUU $265 income iter month.
Martin J.Higley
132 Third Mreet.
SGUTHERN OREGON
ALFALFA AND FRUIT FARM
750 acres; 44 acres in apples: 20 arrs
in alfalfa: 1.t acres under cultivation ;
-T50 acres hi pasture: acres line tim
ber. Soil is d-rp sandy and black loam;
stream with HW Indies nf water for ir
rigation on place: wire and board fence;
1 mtlen to school; H mile from town of
population on S. P. R- R. This farm
liet in the richest valley in Southern Ore
gon; two-story ifi-room house: barn HOx
I'O capacity 3K) tons of hay; lfl-foot sheds
on' two sides, shedroom for 300 head of
stock: " buildings alone cost $10,000.
This place is known to be on of the
beet farms in the state. Price. fcS.oO per
acre. ,
I.AWSON & CLARKE, Gtendale, Or.
Hood River