ft THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN; PORTLAND, DECEMBER 3, 1909. Tile Great Empire Builder This Is the Man Who Made It Possible to Build a Hine City at Office Open Every Even ing and All Day Sunday And Below Is What. He Said of the Val ley of Which HILLMAN Is the Heart "You are going to people Jirt ; yptir ; ;:eo get iiie right kirid a lot of FILL OUT, DETACH AND MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY Reservations held only upon receipt of $ 1 0.00 JAMES J. HILL HILLMAN is at the junction of the OREGON TRUNK RAILWAY (the HOI line) and the DESCHUTES RAILROAD (the Ilarrinian line). Beside this, an electric feeder to both is projected from HILLMAN to Prineville, the county seat, 19 miles southeast. Another electric line is pro posed, originating at HILLMAN and extending into the Squaw Creek country, to Sisters and the timber in the Metolas River, 40 miles away. Also, eight county roads join at HILLMAN, connecting with every Central Ore gon town of importance.' Thus, HILLMAN is the log ical center and real HEART OF THE DESCHUTES VALLEY. It is, as well, destined to be the great rail road center of the state. HILLMAN is the hub of the most wonderful dry and irrigated farming country in the world. Millions of acres of tillable land lie in every di rection from the townsite. Irrigation ditches already flow and irrigate hundreds of thousands of acres south of HILLMAN. Billions of feet of timber will be cut, marketed and shipped at HILLMAN, the only outlet for the great timber belts in the interior of the state. If you are one of the right kind Q This is the range of prices at present. . The fifteenth of this month the price of every lot will be raised almost 100 OFF OR NITY never called so loudly as now. Investment money was never face to face with more promising returns than this. Fortune is within the grasp of any man or woman who becomes identified with HILLMAN now. . The prices of HILLMAN lots are so low than any man, what ever the size of his purse, or any womari? of whatever means, shares an equal privilege to increase his or her competence to enormous pro portions. Greater opportunity than this no man ever knew, ever will know. But, advantage must be taken before December 15. COOP . CROOK COUNTY INVESTMENT COMPANY ER. AND TAYLO R -SELLING AGENTS- 206-207-20S-209 HENRY BUILDING, PORTLAND, OREGON o 5 . "2 2 zr. 3 Vi bo s ra 3 M b c a 0 W 2 O O i-3 o - 2 -3 Hc?t O n. P N w Ed CO O o o c3 S- 3 s X O PERMITS FALL OFF Builders Show Inactivity in Getting Work Started. WEEK'S TOTAL IS $158,055 December Starts Off Poorly With Enough Sets or Plans in Sight to Promise Kair Record for Month. Th Portland builders were not espe cially active last week in starting: con struction of new buildings, and as a re sult the permits issued for new struc tures through the office 'pf the building inspector fell below the average for a week, the total amounting to but $15S, 055. There were 98 permits granted, this being a fair figure, but there was a marked lack of permits of any size being granted. ' v ' The figures are even more discouraging .for "the December record. The greater -part of the week's permits were issued on Monday and Tuesday and for the last four days of the week and the first four December days but a trifle over a third of the permits Tvere issued. This gives a bad start for the month and in the face of -a large record for Decem ber. 1908. some large permits will have to be granted to equal the business of the corresponding month last year. There are, however;, some sets of large plans in Inspector Dopson's office and permits will he granted before, the end of the year. Prominent among these is the set of plans for the new Heilig Theater, which is being well checked and on which the permit will soon be granted. The permits granted each day last week were as follows. Monday. I2 per mlta for a total of 539.350; Tuesday, 20 permits for a total of 961.825; "Wednesday, 17 permits for a total of J17.600; Thurs day. .12 permits for a total of $9050; Fri day, 19 permits for a total of $22,830; Saturday, eight permits for a total of $7400. The individual permits .granted each day follow, in detail: ' . Monday, November 29. ft. W. Curtis, erot one-story frarn dwell ing. Farragut treet, between Alblna and Mississippi; builder. Keller & Phipps; $1000. J. Slandering, erect two-etory frame rlwel ling. Crookham h venue, between Mil waile and Seventeenth; builder, same; $1MK. J W. Neal. repair one-storv frame pool-r-x rn. 113 Seventh street, between Glisan and Flanders: bu41der. J. W. Thurman; $100. N. Houx. erect two-story frame flats, Clifton street, between sixteenth and Seven icfnth; builders, A. C. Kniery - Company; $sooo. .1. Man ion. repair two-?ory frame flats. Vaughn street, between Twenty-third and Twenty-fourt h : builders, A. C. Kmery & Company. $lt00. otto Mlkkelaen, erect two-story frame rnelllng. . Hamlet stret. between Twenty fifth and Twenty-sixth ;. builders. A. C- Em ery A Company; $o(00. Jerry Bronaugh. repair two-story frame dwelling. Thirty-second street, between Thurman and Gulch; builders. A. C. Emery & Company;, $1000. M. Breeman. repair two-tory frame dwell ing. East Washington street, between Union and Grand avenue; builder, C Carmlchael; ioo. St. Paul I,utheran Church, repair one story frame church. East Twelfth street, between- Clinton and Ivon; builders. Lehberg & Springer: $too. 8. J. Allen, erect one-tory frame dwell ing. Oakland street, between Ball 1 more and Elk; builder, same; $800. I. Jacobsen. erect one-story frame dwell ing, east nineteenth street, between Marion tnd I.lnn; builder, same; $500 Nlckum & Mow cry, erect one-story frame store. Eait Thirteenth street, between Ten Ino and Tacoma; builders. Rich -fe Tucker: $1jVK. Leadbetter fc Pi.tok. repair two-story frame store. 1K6 Morrison street, between River and Front; bulldar. Bridge Pharmacy Company; $50. H. W. Karala, erect- une-story frame dwelling, SkUlmore street, between Concord and Exenver; builder, same; $1200 O. E. Helntz, eret one-story frame shop. Second street, corner of. East Ankeny; builder, same; $1000. J. R. Hal raze one and one-half -story frame dwelling, :,34 Fifth street, between Clay and Market; builder, same; $100. L,. A. Thompson, erect frame flume. Coun cil Crest: builder, J. I Crandall; $SO00. Fred Sharp, erect one-story frame dwell ing. East Eighty-first street, between Free mont and Klickitat; builder, sanx; $1000. S. P. McKee. erect two-story frame dwell ing. East Washington street, between Thirty fourth and Thirty-fifth; builder, same; $2000. John Carlston. erect two-story frame dwelling. East Ninth street, between Alberta and Webster; builder, Frank Carlston; $2000. rx B. Fleck, erect one-story frame dwell ing. Stanley avenue, between Marion and Annie; builder, same; $1200. O. A. fcihenard. t rect one-story frame dwelling, Douglas street, between Stanley and Clover; builder, M. McClumm; $700. Tuesday November 30. Mr. Pallay. repair two-story brick store. 69 4 North Third street, between Davis and Everett; builders. Vaughn & Co.; $100. E. Bradshaw, erect one-storv frame dwell ing. Hall street, between Purse 11 and Clover; builder, same; $1500. J. Wakefield, erect one-story frame wood shwd, Hatght avenue, between Falling and Shaver, builder, same; $25. Paul Rothltsberger. erect two-story frame dwelling. Cook avenue, between Michigan and Missouri avenue; builder, same; $2000. F. Zimmerman, erect one-story frame gar age. East Twenty-first street, between Weld ler and Broadway; builder, same; $2o0. R. B. Montague, erect one and one-half-story frame dwelling, Gladstone avenue, be tween Forty-second and Forty-thiid; builder, same; $2-000. C. I. Montague, erect one and one-half-story frame dwelling. Gladstone avenue, be tween Forty-second and Forty-third; builder, same; $2000. B. M. Bally, erect one-story frame dwell ing. Capitol avenue, between Shaver and Mason; builder. W. H. Ballv; $2000. J A. Hamtdell, erect two-story frame dwelling. Halsey street, between Twenty -bfth and Twenty-fourth; builder, Rams dell & Anderson; $3500. Henry Folz, erect two-storv frame dwell ing. East Twenty-third street, between Thompson and Brazee; builder, J. Tranchell; J. I..: Ray, erect two-story frame dwell ing, Elisabeth street, between Chapman rnd Seventeenth ; builder. Bert E. Bolee: $6000 John Klernan, erect two-story brick barn. Kearney street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth ; builder, same: $20,000. Oscar Johnson, erect one-story frame dwelling. East Twenty-fifth street, between Brainard and Going: .builder, same- $10O0 ,rt!-ad eiitate- repair one-story brick store. 101 Front street, between Taylor and Yam hill; builder, F. H. Brandes; $000. C. A. Hoy. erect two-story frame dwell ing. East Thirteenth street-, between Stnrk and Pine; builder, same; $2000. N J. Nelson, erect two-story frame dwell ing. Mulberry street, between Harrison and Palm; builder, same; $3000. Mrs E. Train, repair two-story frame dwelling. East Burnslde street, between Nineteenth and Twentieth; builder, Stokes & Zeller; $1500. F. B. Stewart, 'repair two-storv frame dwelling. Weldler street, between Sixteenth ?no Seventeentn: builder. Stokes JL Zeller; E. W. Reder. erect one-story frame dwell ing. East Thirtysninth street, between Al der and Morrison; builder, same; $1(300 R; White- erect two-story frame dwell ing. Holly street, between Sixteenth and Popular; builder, same; $6000. Wednesday, December 1. Frank Wolf, erect one-story frame dwell ing, Wasco street, near Eighty-third; build er, same; $1200. Lewis & Wiley, erect one-story frame office. Cornell road. near Twenty-eighth; builder, same; $150. E. D. Bennett, erect one-story frame woodshed, rolman avenue., between Wildrake and Pearl ; builder, same ; $40. . Western American Company repair iix story brick hotel, Seventh street between Stark and Oak; builders, McHolland Bros $1300. F. Hanebut, repair two-storv frame dwell ing. Chapman street, between Main and Madison; builders, Lewis & Lewis; $lloA Louis pedersen. erect one and one-half-story frame dwelling. East Fifteenth street between Prescott and Going; $1500 E. Barchus, erect one-story frame dwell ing. East Thirty-second street, between Mar ket and Stephens; builders. Royal & Wicllne; $1500. D. F. Sholty, repair one-story frame dwelling. East Lincoln street, between Mar guerite and Thirty-fourth; builder, 1 pear son; $40O. I. Pearson, repair two-tory frame dwell ing. Hawthorne avenue, between Thirty ninth and Fortieth; builder, same; $SO0. Peter Elbach, erect one-story frame dwell ing, Matthew street, between Duke and Beebe ; builder, same; $f50. H. Von Homeyer, Going street, between Twenty-aixth and Twenty-seventh, repair one and one-ha If -story frame dwelling; builder, same ; $750. H. C. Morris Co., erect one-story frame dwelling. Forty-sixth street, between Brazee and Westerla; builder, same; $2000. H. C. Morris Co., erect one-story frame dwelling. East Forty-sixth street, between Brazee and Thompson; builder, same-;- $3500. A. G. Woolworth, erect one-story frame woodshed. East Thirteenth street, between Tenino and Umatilla; builder, same; $10. E. H. Gulsness, erect one-story frame dwelling. Alberta street, between Denver and Concord; builder, same; $100. Otto Starker, erect one-story frame dwell ing .East Twenty-eighth street, between Killings worth and Jarrett; builder, same; $2000. C. K. Henry, repair one-story frame barn. Seventh street, between Irving and Johnson; builder. Overland Transfer Co.; $10-0. C. W. Boojst, repair two-story frame sa loon. Second street, between Everett and Flanders; buidder, H. Stiner; $20. J. Clemson, erect one-story frame dwelling. Emerson street, between Nineteenth and Twentieth; builder. A. J. Lee; $100O. Fred A. Dunham, erect one-story frame dwelling. Terry street, between Burrage and Peninsular; builder; same; $1350. David McMllllan. repair two-story frame dwelling. East Stark street, between . Sev en ty-aixth and Seventy-fourth ; builder, same; $23. A. Selander, erect one-story frame dwel ling. Detroit street, between Ains worth and Jessup; builder, same ; $1 5O0. " L. A. Beeson, repair two-story frame flats. 151 Grand avenue, between Going and Hoyt; builder. B. Moritz; $350. T. Brotligan, erect one and one-half-story frame dwelling. Kerby Btreet, between Fail ing and Beech; builder, w. H. Bailey; $15O0. Mr. Friede. repair two-story frame store. 36 1 Washington street, between Park and West Park; builder, E. Melton; $150. G. H. Johnson, erect two-story frame dwelling. Beech street, .between Commercial and Haight; builder, same; $2000. Frank L. Smith Meat Company, repair one-Btory frame shop, Tenino street, between Thirteenth and Eleventh; builder, same; $50. F. D. Warner, erect one-story f ram dwelling. Roscoe street, between Sixty-second and Sixty-third; builder, same; $SOO. C. Holton, erect one-story frame dwelling. Grand- avenue, between Hoyt and Irving; builder, same; $75. Friday, December 3. P. Darling Erect two-story frame store, Williams avenue between Failing and Beech; builder, R. W. Mclntyre; $250. F. A. Kamerer Repair one and one-half story frame dwelling, Kenilworth avenue be tween Francis and Gladstone; builder, same; $1200. Hathaway & Miller Erer-t one-story frame dwelling. East Thirty-fifth street between Division and Clinton; builder, same; $3000. W. . T. Reaugh Repair one-story frame dwelling. Curtis between Liberty and Port land boulevard; builder, sume; $S0O. Plttock & Leadbetter Repair one-story frame store, Madison street between River and Front : builder. United Engineering & Construction Company; $20O0. Plttock & Lead better Repair one-story frame store, Madison street between River and Front; builder. United Engineering A Construction Company; .?2hm. Plttock & Leadbetter Repair one-story frame store. Madison street . between River and Front; builaer. United Engineering. & Construction Company; $2(KM). ' Commercial Club Repair five-story brick office building.' Fifth street corner of Oak ; builder. Mr. Kishbeck; $60. , . i O-- Kittlespn Repair one and -one-half story trame dwelling; Missouri avenue be tween Killings worth and Emerson ;; builder, W. F. Hopkins: $150 - . Wilson estate Repair two-stor' frame store. Tliird street between Alder and Morrison; builder, Carlson & Kallstrom ; $20. ' C. C. Byers Erect one-story frame dwell ing. Stafford street between Montana and, Maryland; builder, same; $1000. E. Erickson Erect one and one-half story frame dwelling. Marion avonue between Eleventh and Thirteenth; builder, Lee Chee-: ley; $1000. George Worfull Erect one story frame' shed. IMike avenue between Milwaukie and Sixteenth; builder. Leo Cheeley; $50. W. H. Wood Erect one and one-half story frame - dwellings Est- Sixty-first street be--tween Base- L4ne - and Burnside; builder,' same; $1500. , L. W. Porter Erect ' ohe-story frame, dwelliing. East Sixty-fourth, and Hassalo streets-; builder. sane; $1500. C. C- Smith estate Repair two'-story brick store, 12B-8 First street between "Washington and -Aiders builder. Moore & Meagher Co. ; $300. .....-... v- j Emanuel May Repair three-story brick warehouse,1 Front" street ' between Clay and Columbia; builder,. Lltherland & Abrey; $2000. - N. C. Sears Erect one and one-half story frame dwelling, Kenllwerth avenue between -Francis and Rhone; builder, same; $2000. . -Jacob Cassel--.Erect one-story frame dwell ing. Ains worth avenue between Ninth and Tenth; builder. N. C Sears; $2000. ; . Saturday, December 4. R. V. Jones. erect concrete and frame gar-! age. "East Sixteenth street, between Main' and Madison; builder, same; $400. John Wood, repair two-story frame dwell-r ing. Oak street, between Twelfth and Thir teenth; builder. James Garrick; $200. C. Speer. erect one and one-half -story frame dwelling. Holland street, between Oat man and Knowles: builder, same; $150O. R. E. Biaco, erect two-story frame dwell ing. East Caruthers street, between Twenty sixth, and Twenty-seventh; builder, same ; $2000. H- Brill, erect one-story frame dwelling, Cleveland avenue, between Bryant and Buf falo; builder, same; $1200. William-. Bache. erect - one-story framo dwelling, Eliza street, between Union and Seventh; builder, same; $1800. E. Edmark, erect one-story frame dwell ing, Patton avenue, between Failing and Shaver; builder,, A. Anderson; $2000. Foster & Kleiser, repair two-story frame store, Morrison street, between Front and Bridge streets; builder, Olympic Roofing Co.; SOUTH FIFTH GROWING AVI Ln AM ISEXSEE ERECTS APARTMENT HOUSE. District Is Awakening: to Need of Hard-Surface Paving and Booster Clubs Start Movement. While Portland has been developing rapidly in all directions, there has been one section of the city where growth has not been up to the" standard. This is South Portland where property, values have been at a standstill for a long time and which is, however, regarded as one of the finest apartment-house and resi dence locations in the city. Recently there have been numerous meetings of the "boosters," improvement and push clubs and as a' result plans are under way to pave a large area of this district. It is believed that by pav ing South Portland, as the East Side is being paved, that there will be a boom in realty. Meanwhile, as the paving creeps put southward, the effect is decidedly notice able. On Fifth street, which is paved now to Jefferson street, there is agitation to extend the hard surfacing to Hall street and already, on the . strength ' of merely proposed paving, a fine apartment-house is under way, on the east side of Fifth street, between Hall and Harrison streets. Here William F. Isen see is erecting a. four-story concrete and brick apartment-house at a cost of $35, 000. The structure will be ready for oc cupancy by the first of the year. The building is of concrete exterior with brick trimming and is of mill construc tion. It is equipped with an automatic sprinkler system as a prevention of fires. The building is 100x100 feet in size, four stories high with a full basement, and contains 32 apartments of three and four rooms each. The work on the structure is being done by W. R. Griffith, contrac tor, who also prepared the plans for the building. The Isensee apartments will be nicely finished throughout with all modern equipment and conveniences. The floors -in the lobby and hallways will be tiled and all the baths will be tiled and fin ished with tiled wainscoting and solid porcelain plumbing. The building will be equipped with an automatic electric ele vator, a steam heating plant, dumb waiter service connecting with the jani tor's quarters in the basement, where will also be located the laundry, fuel rooms, storage rooms, etc. The Chinese divide the day into 12 parts cf two hours each. SOUTH PORTLAND TAKES PRIDE IN NEW STRUCTURE mm 8 -' -i $ lis i-ML PIT" A..' jC- mm , w-wJ ' WILLIAM ISENSEB'S APAHTMEST-HOUSB UNDER WAV ON SOITH FIFTH STREET. PAVING IS PLANNED Big District. North of Union Av enue to Be Opened. SCHOOLHOUSE IS NEEDED Properly Owners Uecide to Improve and Open Many Streets at Total Cost Aggregating Well Over $25O,0O0. A. remarkable development is in pro gress in the district north of union ave nue, between Prescott street and Wood lawn. Street Improvements and street openings are to be undertaken that will cost above $250,000. Killingsworth avenue, now improved between Union avenue and the Wil lamette River is being made a 60-foot street east to the city limits. Parts have been only 30 feet wide and 'these will be Increased to 60 feet, making the street a uniform width. Petitions Xor Hard Surface Work. Already petitions are being signed up for hard-surface pavement east from Union avenue for a distance of two miles. The kind of pavement has not been de cided on, but this matter is being in vestigated. The best and least expensive will be adopted by the property owners, and proceedings started so the work can be undertaken next year. As the Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. has a franchise to lay tracks on Killingsworth avenue east an effort will be made to get the company to put down Its tracks before the pavement Is laid. A committee from the Killingsworth Improvement Club will confer with the officials of the street railway company about its franchise. It was reported at the meetingof the club Tuesday night that the company contemplated laying double tracks on Killingsworth avenue and ex tending the line through the country to Fairview. This is a new district, only about four years old, and it Is growing at a won derful rate. Killingsworth avenue, now being extended preparatory for the hard surface pavement, cuts through a rapidly growing residence district. Lots are selling along this street at $450, $500 and $750 each. The property owners have de cided ' when they improve to put down the" best pavement for which they can pay. The improvement will be carried through to Sandy drive. Water mains and all other utilities will be laid before the pavine is put down. Sumner street, also near Killingsworth, is to be opened and paved ' with hard surface improvement. Proceedings to open Sumner, street have been started in the City Council that it may be im proved. Alberta street, which is the business street of the Vernon district, is to be paved through to East Thirty first with hard-surface pavement. Agitation for a schoolhouse to be erected between Woodlawn and Vernon has been started. Children living on Holbrook and East Fourteenth streets at present must walk' a mile and a quarter before reaching either the Woodlawn or Vernon building. The Board of Education will be asked to secure a block of land at about East Fifteenth street and Killings worth avenue, and then erect the schoolhouse when it has the funds. As the value of land in this neighborhood is increasing, the board will be urged to purchase a block or more as soon as It can. At the next meeting; of the Killingsworth Improvement Club defi nite steps will be taken to set the mat ter before the Board of Education. Councilman Ellis is giving much time for the benefit of the people of the Tenth Ward. In particular he de sires to assist the people north of Union avenue in their efforts to open and pave streets and get electric lights. It is found that a number of the streets in this district are closed for short dis tances antf have dead ends. To open these streets he has started proceed ings in the council. For improvements and water mains the closed portions must be opened. PLANS ARE REAIY J-'OR FLATS C. N. Barnes to Erect Brick Block Costing $35,000. Plans have been prepared by "Wendel Fritsche. architect, for a three and a half story apartment house to be erected at the corner of Fifth and Collene streel-s for C. N. Barnes at. a cost of $35,000. The building will be 47x97 feet in size and will I be a model of convenience and beauty. The walls are to be constructed of light pressed brick and the construction will be slow burning with many precautions in the structure against fire. The entrance of the building is to be of marble. Hardwood floors will be used exclusively on the first floor. There will be 22 apartments in the house, of three and four rooms. Each apartment will contain built-in bookcases, china closets, buffets, etc., and all modern improve ments such as fireless cookers, dumh waiters, new gas burners and electrical furnishings. Bids are now being received for the excavating and construction work. FACTORY STARTS BOOM MANY HOMES BE1 NfJ ERECTEI AT KENTON. Establishment of Dati Lock Com pany's Plant Starts Rapid Move ment in Real lvslatc. According to the plans of the factory buildings for the Davis Safe & Luc k Company, to be built near Kenton, the main building will be 452x10!) feet, and part will be' two stories high. Concrete blocks will be used. The Kenton Build ing & Contracting Company drew the Dlans. At Kenton it is thought thero will be more than 1000 people by Spring employed In the near-by factories. At present all houses are occupied, and h number of houses are under construction, all spoken for. Building lots are held from $500 to $1000, and sales are b?lng made every day. The Kenton Building & Contracting Company will erect a num ber of houses in the Spring. In the Ladd Addition, J. L. Wood, of Eastern Oregon, bought a lot on Mulberrj. near East Twelfth street, for $1800. A. Garrick. also of Eastern Oregon, bought two lots on Locust and Harrison streets for $3400: H. Truing, of Medford, a lot on Ladd avenue for $3X); J. Jones two lots on Elliott avenue, on which ha will erect a $10,000 residence. Nearly all lots ln the north half of this addition have been sold out. a,nd it is building up rapidly with high-class dwellings. The contract for the erection of a two story apartment building for A. P. Ger rard. to bo erected on Portsmouth ave nue, near Dawson street, has been awarded to A. J. A. Bowman. The build ing will cost $5000. Work has been started on the foundation. "