The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 19, 1913, SECTION FOUR, Image 52

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Newspaper Page Text8 BIG ACTIVITY REALTY ASSURED Situation in City Investment Field Shapes for Heavy Movement Soon. BUILDING ERA GREATEST Jtodern Structures in Downtown District Total Expenditure More Than $9,000,000 Important Enterprises Under Way. BY CHARLES W. MYERS. Portland realty has started to move right briskly after about two months of comparative Inactivity. Since the first of the year it has been apparent that the altuatlon has been shaping Itself for a big movement Everyone who la at all Interested in Investments Is optimistic. There Is a hopeful feel ing everywhere. It certainly looks as if 191$ is going to he the biggest year In realty operations. Big Improvement projects and build ing enterprises are having a wholesome effect. Business in general Is In good shape. The city continues to grow steadily In population and commerce. There is, in fact, a substantial and healthy growth throughout the state Big plans for land development will be carried to completion during the year. The railroads will spend millions of dollars in new construction and better ments. A greater influx of settlers and Investors to the state than ever be fore is anticipated. The lumber in dustry is on a better basis than it has been for several years. Shippers and exporters are preparing for the biggest business in the history of their opera tions. Immense sums of Eastern and foreign capital will be Invested In Ore gon within the next few months. In view of all these things, who can doubt that Oregon is about to enter into a period of great progress and prosperity? Who cannot become en thusiastic over such glowing prospects? In regard to real estate investments, Portland should become a more invit ing 8eld this year than ever before. Such a feeling is in the air right now. .By the opening of Spring there will be undoubtedly great activity In all classes of realty. Substantial Deals Closed. During the past week there were several substantial deals closed in busi ness property. Trading in building sites and residence property also was satisfactory. Samuel Rosenblatt pur chased from the Green estate three lots on Park avenue, near Ford street, for $35,000. The property is situated in an exclusive residence district Mr. Rosen blatt expects to improve the site with a tine dwelling. Mr. Rosenblatt sold to Mrs. Charlotte Green three lots at the southeast corner of Twenty-second and Pettygrove streets for $20,000. The two sales were negotiated by R. F. Bryan. Omar Shipprell sold to an out-of-town investor three lots on Union av enue, between Shaver and Mason streets, far $18,000. One of the lots is ImprovPd with a flat building. .The purchaser Intends to improve the va cant lots with an apartment-house. The sale was made by GoWschmldt's Agency. C. T. Tagard purchased a quarter block at the southwest corner of East Eighth and East Oak streets from L. V. Rinehardt for 117.500. It is im proved with a dwelling and will beheld as an investment. The sale was made by Grussl & Bolds. Philip Schneider has purchased from Joseph Nash a lot 75 by 115 feet at EaBt Seventy-second street and Fifty-fourth avenue, in the Mount Scott district, for $12,000. The site Is Improved wtlh a one-story re inforced concrete building. . Goddard & Wiedrick sold for Ben jamin G. Smith a four-flat building at 1036 Mallory avenue to Mrs. Anna M. Forsherg for 16300. The property was purchased as an Investment. Modera Buildings Rise. Portland's biggest era In building construction is now in full swing. With the big structures under way and to rise Immediately In the downtown dis trict there is being expended a total of approximately 19.000.000 in this kind of construction. There are scores of new dwellings under way In all parts of the city, but with the opening of Spring this number will be augmented manyfold. Architects and builders de clare that more dwellings 'will be built in Portland this year than ever before. Several flat buildings and apartment houses are being erected, and the indi cations are that there will be a notable activity In this class of construction during the year. Portland's present building programme Involves approxi mately a total expenditure of $11. 000.000. In addition to the big downtown buildings, the year will witness a great actlvltv In railroad structures. It is probable that the Hill system will ex pend 11.000.000 In a new freight depot and trackage Improvements In the East Side shipping district, and there Is strong probability that plans will be agreed upon by the various railroad Interests for a new Union Depot. If such a project is announced. It Is prob- HOME ''tXXi'tit. :"V t-tf-...iArf- RESIDENCE OF E. JfGRBGOR IX BOSK CITY PARK. 'Among the modern homes in the Rose City Park district is the cemen t-block bouse of McGregor Fast Uty-first street, near the Sandy road. The dwelling contains seven rooms. wj . me, S"rs r'SiSniid rU'lUnA Roman crystal plaster, the woodwork being f ' r leted V a cost large fireplace in tile llvtng-room la a feature of the Interior. The residence- was -o v $SU00. " able that between $1,000,000 and $S.O00. 000 will be expended for that purpose. Among the new building proposals of the week is included the announcement of plans for the erection of a modern apartment house by C. W. Miller on Broadway, near Vancouver avenue. The building will be three stories high and will cover ground area 100x450 feet. It will contain more than 100 apartments. The building will cost about $60,000. A permit was Issued to M. W. Hunt for the construction of a five-story brick hotel building at Seventh and Everett streets.- It will be an addition to the present Golden West Hotel building. It will cost $45,000. The plans were drawn by Emil Schacht & Son. Another building that will rise Immediately on Seventh street is the new four-story building for Matschlner Brothers. The building will also have frontage on Burnslde street. It will cost about $40,000. The plans have been completed by Bennes & Hendricks. Cord engstake will erect a seven-story building at Seventh and Everett streets, ecross the street from the pfoposed Hunt building. The upper floors will be used for hotel purposes and the low er floor for stores. The structure will cost about $80,000. Plans for the build ing have been prepared by Edward T. Foulkes. With the widening of this street from 60 to 80 feet, a big lm nrnvpnunt programme on this thor oughfare will be under way before the! end of the year. , Morgan Structure Authorised. One of the Important permits Issued during the week was for the construc tion of the Morgan building on the half block at Washington. Seventh and Park streets. The structure will be eight stories high and will be of rein forced concrete. It will cost $500,000. Doyle, Patterspn & Beach are the archi tects. The contract for the new six-story Lawvers' building to be built for Piatt & Piatt, was awarded last week. The building will be of reinforced concrete. It will cost about $125,000. Whitehouse & Foulllhoux are the architects. Plans are being drawn by Arcniteci R. F. Tegen for a four-story .buuaing to be erected for Alfred Parkhurst at the southwest corner of Second ana Couch streets. The building will cover a quarter-block. It will cost aDOUt $50,000. a decision has been reached by the directors of the First Methodist Church to build a new edifice at Twelfth and Taylor streets. The structure will cost about $150,000, and will be among the finest houses of worship In the city. Another new theater building win rise immediately, according to an an nouncement made during the week. The build in will be erected at blxtn ana Stark streets and will cost about $80,- 000. It will be built for the Rector Realty Company. Plans are now being prepared by Camp & Du Puy. The Butterwortn-stepnenson com pany Is preparing plans for a modern apartment-house to be built on t inn street, near Sherman street. The build- ina- will contain three stories. II win cost about $30,000. The Rose City Im porting Company will build a fireproof structure at tne nortneasi corner ui Third and Alder streets. The building will contain five stories ana win cost about $75,000. )Ionth Fermlts Bis. . Since January there have been issued 232 permits, Involving a total valuation of $985,780. There were granted last week 84 permits with a total valuation of $773,855. The most Important per mit was'for the Morgan "building, which will cost $500,000. The summary of the week's permits Is as follows: Monday 23 $120,133 Tuolay 1 5O.-..040 Wednesday - 14 lti.OUo Thursday 1 7.0o0 Friday 14 7.635 Saturday 17.000 Total " 84 . $773,825 BRISK TRADE IS REPORTED Kuppcr & Humphry Close Several Sales in City Property. Kuoner & Humphry closed a number of sales during the past week. Among the deals was the sale of a four-nat buna lng on Johnson street, near Twenty third street, purchased by William E. Roberts for $16,500. A single-flat building on East Fif teenth street, south of Belmont street, was sold to William E. Roberts for $10, 000. Lots 21, 20 and the west one-half of lot 19, In Laurelhurst, were sold to Jessie M. DuPuy for $6000. Seven lots In Laurelhurst were purchased by C. W. Lowe for $9350. The firm closed a lease on the Flsher- Thorsen building on East Salmon street. between First and Water streets, tor the Western Farquar Machinery rCom pany. which has Just been Incornprated in Oregon for $50,000. The compafry will handle various ' kinds of heavy hard ware and machinery. The -building, is now being remodeled. " x -, ' In addition to these deals. Kupper'A Humphry report a brisk demand for farms, having closed two sales of farms during the past week. TRACT" SELLS FOR $21,000 Place Near Portland to Be" Convert ed Into Model rarm. Wallace G. Deatsman, a Portland cap italist, formerly of Ohio, has acquired a tract of 160 acres from Helen L. Milln, situated on the south slope of Mount Scott. In Clackamas County. There are about 15.OU0 cords of wood in standing timber on the place. T. he timber will be removed this year, and It is Mr Deatsman's plan to convert the place Into a model farm. The soil is rich and well-watered-. The price paid for the land was $21,000. Mr. Deatsman already has been offered $25,000 for the place. The sale was ne gotiated by Hlgley & Bishop, members of the Tortland Realty Boarj. BUILT OF CEMENT BLOCKS ATTRACTIVE. 3 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, I . FINE KENTL WORTH RESIDENCE COMPLETED. - - h nrlC; i mm,, n -zi- p FINE nWElXIXG OF DR. RICHMOND KELLY BUILT AT COST OF 10,O00. One of the largest and most attractive dwellings built in Kenilworth has just been completed for Dr. Richmond Kelly at a cost of $10;000. The house occupies a high point on a part of the Clinton Kelly nomeTtead. The dwelling is modern in every detail. Dr. Kelly and family have just taken possession of their new residence.' . IS DEMAND Trading in Oregon Farms Con tinues Brisk. ACTIVE YEAR IS FORESEEN Small Tracts and Suburban Prop erty Will Move Well, Declare Dealers Armless Showman Buys Valley Home. Since the first of the year there has been marked activity In country real estate, especially in the Willamette Valley. Judging from present indica tions trading in farm lands will be unusually . brisk. . during the year. Acreage and suburban property will be In big demand. In the opinion of deal ers. ' , A deal of importance was the pur chase by Albert and Otto Hartrampf, of Hlllsboro, of the Schleffelin farm near Centerville. The farm la among the best-Improved places In Washington County and contains 130. acres of cul tivated land." The price paid for. the farm was $25,000.. .. 7 E M. Warren, a Eugene horticul turist, has acquired title to the -Henry Loretz farm near Potter, 29 miles north of Eugene, on the Oregon Electric. The consideration was not announced, but as the place Is among the finest In the Willamette Valley, it is understood that a high price was paid. There are fine Improvements of all kinds on the farm. About 20 acres are in hops and several acres are in orchard. Mr. Warren in tends to stock the place and make ad ditional improvements. " i - Charles B. TrlppT"an armless show man, formerly with Ringling Bros.. has purchased a farm in the Cottage Grove district and will make it his per manent home. It is said that Mr. Tripp s ability to help himself is remarkable. He wears slippers, which are easily re moved and UBes his toes with about the same dexterity that the - average person does his fingers. Mr. Tripp is married. . " J. M. Banister, of Weston, has sold 16o' acres of wheat land, two miles south of Athena, to Lowell Rogers for $18,000. The land is Very fertile. Mr. Banister purchased the place about five weeks ago and sold it at a sub stantial margin. " " " - Thomas Morgan,' of La Grande, has purchased 80 acres of the La Grande Investment Company. He purchased recently 900 acres in the same dis trict. - Edward Williams, of Alpine, : has bought from D. L. Webster 60 acres of the Caton place near Monroe. The con sideration was $5000.. Mr. Williams will make improvements on the place and engage In diversified farming. J. M. Ramsey, of Lebanon, chased a tract of 40 acres has pur south of Lebanon from Lee . Bilyeu for $3000. The place is well improved. -f Grussl & Bolds, Portland realty op erators, sold for J. Sherman a fruit .farm of 15 acres in the Sunnyside dis trict, in Clackamas County, to N. M. Tv -i Sea KENTL WORTH RESIDENCE COMPLETED Abbott for $6000. The firm also sold to Archie Mason, of Portland, a farm of 475 acres at Spores Station, in Lane County, for $20,000. EXPERIMENT FARM PLANNED hTract In Powell Valley to Be Devel- -6ped by Martin Wincb. Martin Winch, who recently pur chased a tract of 160 acres southeast of Gresham in Powell Valley, near Hogan Station, from John Steiger, for $20,000, will make it a model stock farm. Mr. W'lnch has Just returned from the East, where he bought thoroughbred horses, cattle and other livestock with which he will start developments. The farm is in thev center of a fine district adapted to fruit as .well as . , t T . TXTlnnti'a form will demonstrate what may be done in that district. The tract purchased by Mr. Winch was mainly unimproved and he paid something over $125 an acre. HEW DIRECTORS CHOSEN HOMEBCILDERS' COMPANY RE V ' PORTS PROGRESS. Big "Tear . In Real Estate Activity Is ' Predicted by J. Fred Larson and Clarence R. Hotcliklss. At the annual stockholders' meeting of the Umbdenstock & Larson Home huilders'. Investment Company, held last week, C. C. Colt, president of the Union Meat Company; Emery Olmstead, vice-president of the Portland Trust Company; Alfred Hampson. of Holman & Hampson; R. H. Johnston, of Dufur, Or.; W. M. Umbdenstock, J. Fred Lar son and Thomas -Dowdell were elected directors. Attorney W. C. Bristol, E. J. Failing, of Failing & McCallum, and C. F. Hendrickson, president of the Scandinavian-American . Bank, were elected members of the stockholders' advisory committee. According to reports submitted by the officers. It was shown that the business affairs . of the company are in a satisfactory and encouraging con dition. "The same Ideas and same plans that have aided in making other cities grow rapidly and ' substantially are equally successful with us," said J. Fred Lar son, president of the company. "We build homes for persons who have pre viously purchased lots on a plan that enables them to apply rent money upon the purchase of the house and lot, thus giving the wage-earner an op portunity to secure a home ith no hardship. The company's operations are confined to Jonesmore and North Jonestpore and have resulted In trans forming a territory, which two years ago was a series of fields, into a high class community of people of limited means. The prospects for future busi ness and expansion are bright. The aim of the directors! to make it one of the largest financial Institutions in the Northwest is certain to be re alized."' " r The annual meeting of the Realty & Trustee Company was held last week when the following directors were elected for the ensuing year: Albert E. Cooper attorney: Albert C. Furlong, .huildlili!- contractor, and Clarence R. Hotchkiss, who has been connected with the company since Its organization. President Hotchkiss is sanguine over the prospects of marked activity" In the realty business in Portland' before the close of the year. . MANY STORES TO MOVE BRASFIELD & PORGES TO OC CUPY" BANK QUARTERS. Woodard & Clark to Expand Into New. Stevens Building Fel denheimers Get Lease. Several changes In business locations are due within- the : next few weeks. Among the most important Is that of tfae-Merchants- Savings Trust Com pany, now located at Sixth and Wash ington streets, ta the new Willard Hotel buildingat Park and Morrison streets. The rooms occupied by the bank will be taken by Brasfield & Porges, clothiers, now located la the Railway Exchange building on Third street. It is understood that the ground floor of the new Stevens building to be erected by T. B. Wilcox at West Park and - Washington streets will be occupied by Wontfard & Clark, who will use it 4ln connection with their own drugstore building adjoining this proposed structure on the south. A. and C Feldenlujimer. Jewelers, have leased the ground floor, base ment and part of the second floor of the new building to be erected for Piatt & Piatt on the lot atthe south east corner of Park and TVashington streets. They will install one of the most modern Jewelry stores on the Pa cific Coas - ' . B. W - PiTce. 02, of Milwaukee, clalmt he made matche in 1S42, and wa the first man In h United States to do so -. - JANUARY 19, 1913. LOGGING COST: CUT New Machine Is Said to Save Time and Lumber. PORTLAND MEN INVENTORS Work Done by Series of Drills Re volving at High Speed, and. by Operating at Angle, May Be ' .Used In Clearing Land. What is expected to revolutionize the field work of the lumbering Industry Is a machine Invented by two Portland men, P. X. Johnson and J. a. croman, which, it is declared, will reduce the cost of logging from 50 to 75 per cent In addition to saving an average of eight feet to the tree that is wasted under the present methods. An equally important function of the device is the removal of stumps in cut-over lends, and it is the opinion of the Inventors that a practical solu tion of the perplexing land clearing question has been solved. After a series of tests were made, Conrad Krebs, formerly engaged In the hop business at Independence, will or ganize a corporation for the manu facture and operation of the machines on a royalty basis. He announced yes terday that a factory would be' built in Portland immediately. The project already has been, financed by Portland men. . .The machine is a simple piece of mechanism, consisting of a gasoline motor similar to a' motorcycle engine to which is attached a drill operated at 6000 revolutions a minute. By moving the drill back and forth it eats Its way through a tree with sucrt rapidity that it will fall a tree eight feet in diameter at the butt within five minutes. The machine will fall and cut into logs tree at a cost of '25 cents for each 1000 feet, it is declared. By the present method of -falling, it costs from 65 cents to $1 to do the work. Two men operating the machine can cut 400,000 feet of logs daily, while under the present system two men are able to cut only 30.000 feet of logs dally, de clares Mr. Krebs. The device can be so placed as to cut a tree at any angle. The undercut is made on the 'stump also, leaving a straight' cut on the butt of the tree. Practical tests show that the machine will save from-seven to eight feet of stumpage, on an aver age, to the tree.. It is pointed out by Mr. Krebs that with a saving of stump- age, the conservation of the annual cut In the Northwest wtfuld amount to hun dreds of thousands of dollars annually. By digging the earth from around a tree or stump, the machine can be op erated at an angle to make the cut from one to two .feet underground. With the stump thus removed, the hole is covered up and the ground Is ready for the plow. It Is Mr. Krebs" belief that' this method of handling stumps on cut-over lands will reduce the cost of land clearing to half or quarter Its present expense. The machines to be manufactured In Portland will not be sold outright but Will be operated on a royalty basis. It Is estimated that ' 4000 machines will be sufficient to handle the entire cut of the Pacific Coast A temporary plant has been installed at Twenty-second and Thurman streets. It is planned to build a plant for the exclusive manu facturing of the machines at once. About $100,000 will be expended in the project. i' . MACHINE INVENTED BY PORTLAND MEN FOR FELLING TREES. j i ;. ' iiiiiiiiii!B!teiplBi i fj"" JS!pIllllliili IMI Swill: ! J Cr-AT1.. i.i.iniir it - - - - ' ...... .mi-m ..irl T I r DRILL OPERATED BY GASOLI.VE MOTOR CUTS -100,000 FEET OF. LOGS DAILY. - ! . ... tlllll.tlltl. '. .ttTTTT-----' EAST SIDE GROWS FAST DURING YEAR Nearly 3000 Buildings' Are Erected in the Several . Districts in 1912. PROPERTY : SALES BRISK Every" Section East of 'Willamette Shows Growth, With Rose City -Park in the Lead Numerous Factories Are Projected. Last year 2T69 building permits were issued 2628 for dwellings and 141 for business buildings on the East Side. Five hundred houses in these two classes were erected outside the city limits, which did not require permits. Not as many ' dwellings were built on the East Side In 1912 as In 1911. but the cost of the buildings- was from 10 to 25 per cent greater than for 1911. In point of numbers. Rose City Park district. Laurelhurst, Irvtngton, Beau mont, Alameda, Olmsted Park, Pied mont, Walnut, Park, Mount Tabor, Montavllla, Jonesmore, Ladd's Addition and Mount Scott made the greater gains. Rose City Park led alf other districts. In Laurelhurst the year closed with about 500 fine homes. Mount Scott Growth Large. A remarkable growth has been made in the Mount Scott South East Side dis trict. In the territory surrounding the Weston schoolhouse, south of Wood mere, several - hundred small homes have been built by purchasers of lots. Almost to the Clackamas County line, south from Woodmere, little homes have sprung up in the growth of small trees. On account of the growth of this section, the Board of Education found it necessary to enlarge the Woodmere schoolhouse by the erection of eight more rooms. However, the streets In this section have not been improved, but something in that line will be undertaken during the ensuing year. The district between Powell Valley road and the city limits south. East Forty-first street and Gray's Crossing, or East Eighty-second street, has 'had a phenomenal growth the past year, and it has not stopped during; the Winter months. In the Lents district, outside the city, a large gain has been made, which does not show in the building permits of the city. Erection of homes will be largely east of Twentieth street. In Central East Side, outside of Ladd's Addition. Hawthorne Park and parts of Irving ton. North of Sullivan's Gulch the -building area is closer in. -n the Moi-ningslde Addition, at Mount Ta bor,. G. E. Jenks is erecting a seven room bungalow at a cost of $3000. This home is. on the east slope of Mount Tabor. New Homes Planned. A. C. Ewart has prepared plans for a two-story frame home to be built on East Twenty-second and East Ash streets, for A. D. Moodie, to cost $5000. It will be the colonial type of archi tecture. Plans have been prepared for a-seven-room residence for Dr. B. P. Shepherd, to cost about $5000, to be built on East Nineteenth and Clack amas streets. Denier & Denier are completing an eight-room house on East Twenty fifth, near Broadway street. The In vestors' Building & Trust Company has purchased four acres on East Sixtieth street, near East Davis, which will be occupied by 26 dwellings, to be erected during the present year, at an aver age cost of $3000. Robert J. Snow has bought a lot, 60x100 feet, on East Thirty-ninth street, in Laurelhurst, and also a lot in Rossmere, on which he will erect modern homes th)s Spring. John Wilson has prepar'ed plans fot a bungalow to be built for John Din dia on Division, between East Thir teenth and East Fourteenth Streets. George Eastman has purchased a quar ter block on East Thirty-fourth, in Hollyrood, an extension of Irvtngton, and also a quarter block on East Thirty-flfth street. He will erect modern homes on these lots, costing from $8000 to $10,000, In the Spring. - Business Buildings Projected. The Butterworth-Stephenson Com panv is drawing plans for a three story reinforced concrete building to be built on Halsey and East Twenty- eighth streets, 72x74 feet In size, to cost about $30,000. It will be built this Spring. The Pacific States Tele graph & Telephone Company has com pleted plans lor a $30,000 substation to be built in the Lents district this Spring. Doyle, Patterson & . Beach have prepared, plans for the new home for the Ford Automobile Company, to be built on Division and East Eleventh streets, at-a cost of $250,000. It will be a four-story structure. W. H. Down ing has drawn plans for a flat build ing to be erected on Alberta and East Sixteenth streets this year. O. E. Lents has cleared the grounds for a two story reinforced concrete building to be built on the northwest corner of East Eighty-second street and the Mount Scott line right-of-way. It will cover a quarter block. Mr. Lents said that the rooms of this building have been spoken for in advance of the erec tion of the building. More Factories Projected. The Kenwood Land Company, of Kenton, has negotiated the sale of three acres on Columbia boulevard on which a factory will be built, in which 6o men will be employed. It has not been mad public yet who are the pur chasers. Promoters of a glass factory which will give employment to 300 men have been ' negotiating for a 60- acrc tract at the northwest end of th Peninsula, north of St. Johns. Tha promoters have been looking over sev eral possible sites on the Peninsula. and it Is stated that they may pur chase the St. Johns site. It will be one of the largest rfactory concerns to be established In North Portland. The Umbdenstock-Larson Company contemplates the erection of 100 houses. at an average cost of $2500 to the house, in the Jonesmore Addition at Montavllla, the present year, at a to tal expense of $250,000. This district is in the neighborhood of the pro posed new carline on Halsey street and the Barr . road from the Sandy boulevard carline. which has been re ceiving support, and which will prob ably be in operation the latter part of the present year. This district wilt , erect the first unit of the modern schoolhouse planned for that portion the coming Spring. SPRINGFIELD REALTY ACTIVE Construction of Shops by Southern Pacific Rumored. SPRING FIELD, Or.. Jan. 18. (Spe cial.) There is great excitement in tho realty market In this city on account of apparently reliable reports that the Southern Pacific soon Intends to erect big railroad shops and roundhouses In or near the -city. Portland people are getting options on Main-street property and are en- , deavoring to buyfarms in the vicinity of the site of the proposed shops. W. N. Rinehart, of Portland, said to repre sent a company In which J. B. Yeon and other prominent men of- that city are interested, has taken options on two prominent lots on Main street, and . other men of Portland are endeavoring to buy land in and adjoining the city. A further sti'muant to realty ac tivity here is the strong belief that the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company in tends to' rebuild its big sawmill here this Summer. This plant was destroyed by fire a year ago last- July. The city, instead of going backward, as pre dicted by many at the time, has steadily gone ahead and new buildings are being erected constantly. It is said that the Southern Pacific has chosen the McBee farm or land in that immediate neighborhood. Just east of the city limits, for the shops and roundhouses and that men. supposed to represent the company, have taken an option on the property. It Is believed that Springfield will become a division point for the railway company when trains begin to operate on the new line being built from this city to Klamath Falls, making It a through route from Portland to San Francisco. TRIP SOUTH BIG SUCCESS S. D. Vincent, of Rosarians, Jlore Enthusiastic for City's Future. One of the Rosarians who is more convinced than ever that Portland will become a great Pacific' Coast cijy is S. D. Vincent, a meinoer of the PorN land Realty Board, who returned last week with others from a' three-weeks', trip to Southern California. "It was certainly a periect trip from start to finish," said Mr. Vincent. "From the moment we arrived in Sacramento until we disbanded at Los Angeles it was one continual round of entertain ment and pleasure. It seemed as though each city tried to surpass the other in , the lavishness f their enter tainment and it would indeed be a mighty hard task to decide on the winner. . . "One of the interesting side trips we took was the ride in the glass bottom boats over the submarine gardens at Avalon on the. Catalina Islands. If one can withstand the seasick voyage on the Steamer Hermosa from San Pedro to the Islands the sights there will well repay him. 'From viewing the strange water growths to watching the gold fish, as large as salmon, the electric fish, all purple and gold, the sea cucum bers and sea monsters, it is a rapid succession of surprises and wonder ment. One day is far too little time to allow for a visit there. ' "Comlnr back we encountered what was said to be the stormiest passage in the history . of the- Hermosa. We were blown seven miles out of our course. More than 200 of the 250 pas sengers were seasick. "Los Angeles Is certainly -a wonder ful city and has gone ahead by leaps and bounds. To a Portlander realty values seem high, but the people do not think so there. The owner of the corner of Seventh and Broadway, con sidered their best corner, holds it at $15,000 'a front foot, while directly across the street but not quite as good a frontage, $12,500 a front foot has been refused. The owner of the corner ot Seventh and Hill, which only a few years ago was an orange orchard, has refused to lease at a 6 per cent rental on a valuation of $10,000 a front foot. Pessimistic Portlanders will do well to. consider those prices carefully. For myself I have returned a firmer be liever in Portland than ever and more determined to live In and boost for tha land of opportunity and roses." House Exchange for Farm. Robert R. Snow, a Portland builder, has exchanged a modern home of seven rooms, located at East Thirty-third and Brooklyn streets, valued at $4500, to J. Crick for a 20-acre tract located near. Cazadero, on the Oregon Water Power line. ' Country Home Planned. G. W. Stapleton, Portland attorney, who purchased the Preston place, near Gresham. and Stoker & Zeller have prepared plans for a home. It will be one of the finest homes In the county outside of Portland. It will cost about $25,000.