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TITE SUNDAY OREGOJflAN. PORTLAND, SErTESIBER 21, 1913.
NEW PANAMA BUILDING LEASED;
TENANTS NOW OCCUPY OFFICES
Height of Handsome Six-Story Structure May Be Increased to Eight Stories Cost of Building Already la
$105,000 Construction Is Thoroughly Modern.
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WE NOW OFFER
The Choicest, Close-in-Business, Manufacturing, Warehouse,
Residence and Apartment Property on the East Side, viz:
TWO STORIES MAV BE ADDED TO STKITTUHB THAT CO.ST $106,000.
Located between the Willamette River, East
18th, Everett and Halsey Streets.
This property was platted in 1871 and held prac
tically intact by the Oregon Real Estate Co. un
til July this year, when it was purchased by the
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THE six-story Panama building: at
the northeast corner of Third and
Alder streets, which has juet been
completed, was transferred yesterday,
tog-ether with the ground lease, from
fred Frits to the Panama Building Com
pany, composed of Paul Wessinser and
associates. The consideration anounced
was 125,000. The building: was de
signed for store and . office purposes,
the first floor being- cut into stores and
the upper floors Into offices. It has been
completed and is now being occupied
by tenants.
The lot is owned by Mrs. Kate Strode,
Mrs. Rose Bridges. Mrs. Anna Uerrall,
V. K Strode and J. B. Bridges, Jr. The
terms of the ground lease are, first five
years, $1250 a month; next five years,
$1600 a month; following- five years,
$1150 a month. There Is a provision in
the lease extending: It for five years at
the rate of $1150 a month if the lessees
add two storiea to the building; during
the first 10 years. It is the Intention
to add these stories if conditions wax
rant. The building- cost $105,400.
CIIY FIGHTS FOR. WATER
OFFEK OF $3500 BY COO'CII.
.FIXAIiY FORFEITED.
Aftci Court Decision, 22 Property
On ners Assert Rights to ' More.
Flow Than I Found.
NEWBERO, Or, Sept 20. (Special.)
This town baa a publloly-owned
water system which supplies water of
the best quality, l'art of it is brousnt
from a mountain spring and a few
years ago the City Council took steps
to Increase that source of supply. An
offer to buy a spring- situated about
four miles from town was made. The
city offered $3500, which was not ac
i cepted. A commission was appointed
to set a value on the spring- and a re
port .was made to the Council fixing
the value at $2000. The owner refused
to accept this amount and appealed th
case to the Circuit Court, and It final
ly reached the Supreme Court. It i
said that he lost out there by the fall
ure of his attorneys to look after the
case.
A few weeks ro the city let a con
tract for the digging of a ditch for
main from this spring in order to utll
Ize the water. A force cf men was set
to work, whereupon an Injunction suit
was brought by 22 land owners
through whose property water from
the spring flows. They claimed
gross withdrawal of 280,000 miners'
Inches of water each 24 hours. The
case was tried before Judge Holmes
at McMinnville this week. Attorney
Van Wickle, of aleni. appearing for
the 12 complainants and City Attorney
Chapln for ?ewberr. Thirteen wit
nesses were examined for the com
plainants and one for the city the
City Engineer. He testified that In the
stream running through the land of
the complainants there are only 175,000
miners' inches of water each 24 hours:
that there are three other springs
flowing- into It in addition to the main
spring, and that a measurement of the
water In the channel below the -lands
of complainants shows that only 4000
miners' inches are diverted during 24
hours. Under this evidence the court
decided In favor of the city.
This particular suit was based upon
claims of prior diversion of water.
Suits for riparian rights claimed by
these land owners are yet to be heard.
POKTIiAXD'S XEED IS TOLD
W. D. Fenton Says Deep "Water Is
City's Hope. .
"Portland needs but one thing to
make It possible for her to become the
premier shipping-' center of the world
in future years and that Is the open
ing of the Columbia River to heaviest
ocean ships," Is the statement made
yesterday by W. D. Fenton, who has
Just returned from a four months' trip
In Europe, during which he visited the
principal cities of the British Isles,
France. Italy, Germany and Holland.
"In all the trip I found no city that
in my Judgment possesses the perma
nent natural elements of greatness In
a big commercial way. that are to be
found here."
Mr. Fenton passed a large part of nts
time In Ireland and England, and he
declares that the conditions that pre
vail there now are largely due to the
continual emigration of their best blood
to America. Australia and South Africa
"They are doing everything in their
power in Great Britain to hold their
nnonla migration. lCrerv strike
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story from the United States, every ac
count of hard times or labor trouble, is
printed in all of the papers of the coun
try In big headlines. Whenever there
is a hard-luck story comes back, about
men walking the streets of Paclflo
Coast cities out of employment. It Is
played up as strong as- possible. In
spite of this, however, there is annually
a huge movement of the best and most
enterprising people out Into new coun
tries." In Ireland,' he said that Indications
now are that the fight around the home
rule bill will be more bitter than ever
before and may in the end result in an
election which will return an old con
servative party to power and delay the
adoption of home rule for years. The
land bills, which nave been In opera
tion for about ten years, he says, are
having a valuable remedial effect and a
large proportion of the people are
rather desirous of having them tried
out further, . instead of changing - to
home rule.
NORMAL GLASSES GROW
Attendance at m.oxmouth ix
first aveek is 200.
Plans Proposed to Get Voters Out. .
EUGENE. Or.. Sept. 20. (Special.)
A mass meeting of Eugene citizens
was held this week to discuss ways
and means of securing a favorable
vote for the , unlverblty on the two
measures which are referred, to the
voters at the election in November.
That much depends upon getting
voters registered was one opinion ex
pressed, and means will be. taken to
urge upon every citizen the- necessity
of - being prepared to vote when the
election conies. Another mass meeting
has been called for next Monday evening.
Bids Are Opened for Xew Gymnasi
um, Construction of Which
Will Be Hurried Along.
OREGON NORMAL, SCHOOL. Mon
mouth. Sept. 20. (Special.) The first
week of school here for the new year
closed yesterday. The attendance is
the most gratifying feature of all as
nearly 200 students have enrolled. This
is about the total enrollment for the
whole of last school year. Some of
the students who left Oregon when the
Normal Schools were closed down and
entered training schools in other states,
have returned and will take their di
plomas from Monmouth.
Tha opening days were greatly sad
dened by the tragedy which befell two
of the most popular Instructors of the
school Misses Harlow and Frldd, who
lost their lives on the ill-fated steamer
State of California in Alaskan waters.
The new teachers chosen to " till the
vacancies are taking hold vigorously,
Manv needed improvements have
been mad. in the buildings and every
thine noints to a prosperous year. Bids
Were . otiened yesterday for the new
gymnasium. ' "J
Since the purchase a corps of engineers has been
engaged in re-platting the manufacturing and
warehouse property located along the O.-W. R.
& N. right of way for grading same to track level.
The Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway has
purchased right of way along the south side of the
present railroad and is now grading and laying
track which gives Terminal Facilities to this pro
perty with every railway system entering Portland.
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Manuf actoring Locations
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1016 Board of Trade Building
(Temporary Office)
BANDON FINANCIERS TO PUT UP $18,000 STRUCTURE, ONE
.OF FINEST CONCRETE BUILDINGS IN COUNTY.
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BANDON-; Or., Sept. 20. (Spec! aL). The First National Bank is
erecting a new building here, which will be one of the finest struc
tures in the county. The building is located at a point where Jts
imposing front will show to good advantage, ' and ' the appearance of
the City of Bandon will be much improved. ' , - .'
The structure 1b reinforced concrete throughout and ' will cost
$18,000. The front of the building will be artistic and classic. - The
.burglar and fireproof vault will, be the latest thing in -bank vaults.
The officers of the bank are H. L. Uoston, president; 1 C. y. Lowe,
vice-president; E. D. Webb, treasurer; E.- Dyer.' E. E. Oakes, J. L
Eldwell, Thomas Devereux. A. McNalr and E. B. Thrift, directors.
SUBURB'S GROWTH BIB
STANLEY DISTRICT ATTRACTS
MAXY SETTLERS.
Lands Are Subdivided and F.uyers
Engage in Intensive Farming
Car Service Satsfoctory.
One of the prosperous suburbs of
Portland surrounds Stanley station on
Johnson Creek, on the Gresham Electric
line, lust south of the Mount Scott dls
trlct. The land adjacent to Johnson
Creek, between Mount Scott and Sell
wood, is very fertile.
Many properties have been subdi
vlded into smaller tracts, on which
suburban homes have been built Be
tween Errol station and Stanley station
at least SO new homes have been built
on these acreage tracts. These home
builders raise poultry and have fine
gardens, and reach Portland by the
Gresham and Estacada carllnes, which
make hourly trips at the present time.
South of Stanley is the Wichita ds-
trlct, east of Milwaukle, a suburban
territory of great prosperity. Land is
moderately priced and a greater por
tion of the larger tracts have been sub
divided in smaller areas. Three new
schoolhouses have been built In this
territory, the Harmony, the Wichita
and the Ardenwald, the latter having
just been completed and opened. It is
a four-room modern structure and cost
about SS00O. On. the south, settlement
has gone beyond the city boundaries
and extended into Clackamas County.
The gap between Portland and Oregon
City is rapidly closing up so that soon
there will be a continuous setlement
between Portland and Oregon City.
Homes Are in Demand.
Demand for homes has been brisk
during the past few weeks, according
to C. De Young & Co. This firm re
ports the following recent sales:
A five-room modern Dungaiow in
Vernon, located on East Twentieth
street. North, for E. T. Land to J. B.
Duvio. of Seaside, for tzsoo; five-room
modern bungalow, situated on Blandlna
street, near Alblna avenue, for B. H.
Miller to W. T. Newby, for J2500; six
room modern bungalow on Ainsworth
avenue, between East Thirteenth and
East Fourteenth streets, for W. W.
Woodworth to Emma D. Bach, for
2600; four-room modern bungalow on
the corner of East Sixth and Webster
streets, to Captain P. J. Hansen, for
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Clarke Gets Early Start.
VANCOUVER. Wash., ' Sept 20.
(Special.) To boost the Clarke County
fair and prepare plans for the fifth
annual fair next year a massmeeting
has been called at the Vancouver Com
mercial' Club rooms Saturday afternoons-September
27. by J. O. Wing,
president-manager of the fair asso
ciation. The board of directors and all offi
cers connected with the association will
be present and committees- will be ap
pointed to get - to work on special
lines. Stock will be offered for sale,
and already $2600 worth of shares have
been subscribed, to be paid for when
a certain amount has been sold.
Toledo Club to Join National Body.
TOLEDO; Wash., Sept. 20. (Special.)
The Toledo Commercial Club expects
to take a membership in the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress as a re
suit of the visit to this city of Pro-
fessor W. D. Lyman, state director of
the organization. Toledo Is Lewis
County's only point having water
transportation, being at the head of
navigation on the Cowlitz. The boat
service out of here gives splendid ship
ping facilities for the crops of the
tributary territory and the subject of
river transportation Is of great local
Interest
PBOGFIESS IS MARKED
SOUTH MOrST TABOR MAKES
RAPID GROWTH.
District Has Many Advantages for
Homebuilding, in Opinion of
H. L. Idleman.
School Grounds Improved.
JUNCTION CITY, Or.. Sept. 20. (Spe
cial.) The School Board has had in
stalled paper towels for the lavatory
instead of cloth towels. There has been
room fitted In the third story of
the high school building for a lavatory.
Many Improvements have been made
on the public school grounds, swings.
trapeze, etc The members of the School
Board of Junction City are Jake Miller,
Jessie Soverns . and L. Jensen, chair
man.
Toledo Pupils Enter at Chehalls. ,
TOLEDO, Wash., Sept 20. (Special.)
Toledo's schools have 2S pupils en
rolled In the Chehalis High School and
82 in the grades. There are 17 in the
freshman class and eight In the sopho
more. Five teachers are employed. Pro
fessor Beham being the principal.
Alfred .Austin, the late poet laureate, was
lucky in his ' work as a Journalist. For
many years he did his daily task at home
with the assistance or a telegraph wire
run Into his study 60 miles from the Lon
don Standard office. His .Instructions came
over the wire and his editorial article went
to town by train. sometimes he would
telegraph, the whole article..
No section of the city has expert
enced such steady, healthy growth as
has South Mount Tabor during the last
few years. People with an eye to both
health and beauty have located here.
They own their own homes, breathe
the ozone from the myriads of flowers
and shrubs that adorn the velvet-clad
lawns, and wonder how people can be
content living in stuffy apartments
downtown," said H. L. Idleman, a mem
ber of the Portland Realty Board, yes
terday. "Some of the sturdy old pioneers set
tled here 30 years ago and used to walk
the three miles Into the city, do their
shopping and hoof it back again in
time to feed the chickens, tend to the
horses, milk the cows and then be ready
for a good, hearty meal. One old resi
dent told me he had shot elk right here
on Mount Tabor.
But how different now! With the
advent of good street-car service, hard-
surfaced streets, a splendid school and
a well-equipped playground, we feel
quite 'citified.' The extension of the
Hawthorne carllne to East Seventy-
fourth street and Twenty-ninth avemie
has opened up a fine residence district
which is now developing fast and where i
property is cheap.
Very few people appreciate the ad
vantages of living a few miles removed
from the heat and turmoil of the city,
where nature holds out to you one
hand of health and the other of plenty.
"Mount Tabor Park, containing 170
acres, will be developed into the most
beautiful natural park in the city if
not on the Coast, and will be ap
proached by wide and shrubbery-Ilned
boulevards from Division street and
West avenue.
"Groveland Park, among the most
beautiful residence spots on the East
Side, has stately firs in every yard
cooling and clearing the atmosphere.".
Meat Inspectors In Berlin are employing
the moving-picture camera In their work,
enlarged photogrnphs showing micro-organ.
irmn In motion If thff mwHt Is diseased.
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Photographs Buildings, Construction
Work.
Three Operators.
Stark-Davis
Company
Plumbing Supplies. Wholesale "d
Retail, Contracting and Jobbing-.
240 Salmon Street, Bet. 2d end ad
1'lpe l'llat. .Phone, Main TOT
Twelve Streetcar Lines
pass the corner of Fifth and Washington streets, making it the Hl'R of
the RETAIL DISTRICT of Portland. In selecting offices for profession
al or mercantile purposes, a central location is important. The Swet
land building, is so located. Space arranged to suit tenants. Moderate
-rentals. All-night elevator service.
Apply 303 Swetland Building