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$50,000 CLUB HOME
IS HOW ASSURED
Knights of Columbus to Con
struct Four-Story Build
ing on Park Street.
$30,000 HOUSE PLANNED
J. Iy. Bowman to Erect Costly Resi
dence in Irvington on Knott Street,
Between East Seventeenth
and Eighteenth.
The feature event of the past week
in building circles was the definite as
surance given by the Knights of Co
lumbus that they are to build a $30,
000 club building on the site of the
present club building on the southwest
corner of Park and Taylor streets.
Jacobberger & Smith are now preparing
plans for the structure.
The new building will be four stories
high, of brick and stone construction,
covering the DO by 100-foot lot. A
large auditorium, a gymnasium, swim
ming pool, shower baths, bowling al
ley and club rooms are Included in
the plans.
It is planned to have the cornerstone-laying-
on Columbus day, Octo
ber 12. ,
The club has appointed the following
building committee: William Prud
homme, Robert J. O'Neil. T. J. Hol
land, J. Frank Slnnott. Joseph Jacob
berger and John N. Casey.
Irvine ton Residence to Cost $30,000.
Bids are being received by Ellis F.
Lawrence, architect, for the construc
tion of the handsome residence planned
for J. L. Bowman, of the Brpwnsvllle
Woolen Mill Store, on Knott street,
between. East Seventeenth and East
Eighteenth streets, Irvington. It is
estimated that the new home will cost
more than $30,000. Many other expen
sive homes have been completed in
Irvington recently, particularly the
(35,000 Kern residence on East Fif
teenth, between Clackamas and Halsey
streets. Within .the past six months
a half dozen residences have sold in
that district, ranging in price from
$10,000 to $30,000.
Btiln Close Tomorrow
Bids will be closed tomorrow for th
construction of the $20,000 theater
buiHing on the southeast corner of
First - And Main streets for Joseph
Clossett.- Plans were prepared by Emil
Schacht feSon. The size of the lot is
60 by 100 feet. The building will be
of reinforced concrete and steel fire
proof construction, with an exterior of
face brick with terra cotta trimmings.
The auditorium of the theater will seat
1000 persons.
Extra Story Planned.
It is understood that the one-story
brick earage located on Washington
street, near Trinity place, is, soon to be
enlarged to two stories. The building
is occuoleri by C. I. Boss & Co., auto-
mnhiin atents. The ground dimensions
are uO by 100 feet.
Kuxt Side Church Planned.
H. C. Dlttrich. a local architect, is
drawinir up plans for a church to be
erected at East Ninth and Fremont
streets, for the German Congregational
Church. A portion of the exterior will
be of pressed -brick, but frame con
atructlon will predominate. The base
ment will be used for a Sunday school
room, while the main floor will con
tain a large auditorium. It will cover
a dimension 60 by 95 feet and cost
about $10,000.
Portland Firm Gets Contract.
The contract for the construction of
the piers and docks of the new North
ern Pacific-Great Northern steamship
terminals at Flavel, near the mouth
of the Columbia River, was let last
week to the. nrm of Guthrie & McDou-
trall. of Portland. The hgures sub
mitled by the eight Arms were not
made public, but it is understood that
they ranged Between iu,uuu ana zuu
000, or well within the estimate made
by A. M. Lupfer. chief engineer of the
b. P. & S. Railroad. The contract was
awarded by L. C. Oilman, president of
the road.
Active construction will begin Im
mediately and It is hoped to have the
work completed before the first of the
year. The pier will be 600 feet long
and 80 feet wide, with a depot 150 feet
long and 50 feet wide adjoining it on
the mainland.
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By the close of the present week the brick work, on the large apartment building being erected on the .
southwest corner of Fourteenth and Tamhill streets for Mrs. Christina Brown will be completed to the top
of the first story. It will be four or five months before the entire structure Is finished and ready .for oc
cupancy. The building will run four stories high, with a basement floor. Sixty-six two and three-room apartments
will be provided, each fully equipped with conveniences. ' . . . .
The exterior is to be of red brick with cast stone trimmings and gralvanized Iron cornices. ' Ornamental
plaster will be used in the entrance, hall and marble In the vestibule. All bathrooms will be tiled-f lcored.
. Slausscn & Clausen er&.the architects. . 1
The. estimated cost of the building completed is $100,000. Mrs. Brown, who formerly owned and managed
the Browne-apartments on Fourteenth and Taylor streets, recently sold by her for1 $125,000, will manage the
new building, which will probably be known as the "Brown." . "
Mrs. Brown has reserved the adjoining quarter block on the west of the quarter now being Improved, for
a second apartment building which she may erect in the future.
NEW BUILDINGS RISE
College Farm Equipment
Is
Increasing Apace.
STUDENT PAINTS FLAGPOLE
Men's Gymnasium, Getting Finish
ing Touches, Will Have Acommo
dations for 1500 and Be Three
Times Size of Old Hall.'
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallis, Or., May 30. (Special.)
With the enlarged curriculum planned
for next Vear at the Oregon Agricul
tural College, and the increased en
rollment expected to result from the
action of the board of higher curricula
in centering all engineering work at
this college, there will be noticed a cor
responding Increase in equipment and a
general Improvement of the campus and
buildings.
Large forces of men are at work on
the two new buildings nearing comple
tion, and on the athletic field, while
considerable work is being done im
proving the lawns, walks and roadways
on the lower campus and on the east
and west quads.
The men's gymnasium has been
roofed, and Is practically ready for in
terior finishing. This building, which
now consists of the main section and
one wing, has been erected at a cost
of about $100,000, and will be the finest
college gymnasium, building . -on the
Coast. It Is of brick, and is three
stories high, with shower and locker
accommodations for 1500 men. The
main gymnasium hall, which will be
used for calisthentlc drill, basketball,
convocations and social functions, will
be three times the size of the present
gymnasium building.
It will be possible to have three
games of basketball in progress at the
same time on this floor.
filrls Get Old "Gym."
The old gymnasium will be devoted
entirely to the women of the college,
who have been severely handicapped
this year because of lack of room.
The domestic science wing of the
new home economics building is nearly
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NEW BROWN APARTMENTS WILL COST
completed' and the laboratory equip
ment will be installed soon. The cen
tral section and the west wing will
not be completed for a year or two.
Until that time, all the classes In home
economics, including domestic science
and art, will be cared for in the wing
to be ready in the Fall. This will al
leviate conditions in the agriculture
and agronomy buildings, where some
of the women's classes are now being
held, and in Waldo Hall, where classes
In cooking have been held. The open
ing of the new building will ' permit
the remodeling of the first floor of
Waldo Hall. The rooms heretofore
used as class rooms and laboratories
will be changed into bedrooms, increas
ing the capacity of the dormitory by
about 30 women.
The custom, established by the class
of 1913, of planting trees as a class
monument, has resulted in a big im
provement - in the appearance of the
campus. The succeeding classes will
follow this custom, and within a few
years It is thought tnat all of, tire
walks and roadways on the campus
will be lined with trees. - It has been
the custom for each class to ' place a
boulder, inscribed appropriately, as a
class monument, along the border of
trees.
Flagstaff la Renovated..
Another change, small in itself, but
nevertheless adding much to the
beauty of the quad, has been the paint
ing of the flagpole which stands near
the bandstand. This pole is of steel
and is 102 feet high. Three coats were
given it, and it is now a shiny white,
while the ball at its top is gilded. The
painting of this pole was no small
feat, and the unusual sight of a painter
at work 100 feet above the heads of
the students below attracted much at
tention during the several days neces
sary for the task. The work was done
by A. B. Schofield. a student registered
from California.
The girl's athletic field, back of the
woman's building, has been kept in
turf and is provided with courts for
basketball, la crosse and other games.
A recent addition has been that of an
excellent tennis court. This 'court is
now being used by men as well as the
women of the college. The two courts
at Cauthorn Hall are also in good
shape.
The lower campus, extending from
the Administration building. Mechan
ical Hall and Science Hall down to the
fountain, is being gradually filled in
with earth available from grading op
erations on the upper campus. The
filling of the low places, and the re
moval of the temporary athletic field
will make It possible to work this part
of the college grounds into good shape.
The work which has been done dur
ing the past two years toward Improv
ine the campus has been under the dl
rection of Arthur L. Peck, professor of
landscape gardening and floriculture
and superintendent of the campus and
greenhouses.
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ACTIVITY IS AHEAD
Bond Issues' Representing
Many Thousands Out.
EUGENE BLOCK $110,000
Bids Are Called For in Many Cen
ters and Extensive. Improvements
Are in' Sight Purchasers
Are Readily Found.
Bonds In the sum of $110,000 have
been received by the School Board, at
Eugene, to cover the erection of the
new High School building. . The bid
of Boehler, Cumlngs & Burden. of
Tacoma, who. offered- a premium ' of
$957, was accepted. -
Another Important recent bond
purchase was. at Klamath Falls,
where a $50,000 issue of City Hall
bonds was received last week from a
Chicago firm. It is announced that
work will start on the building In a
short time.
The proposed $850,000 road lmnrova.
ment bond Issue in Marlon County and
the $600,000 road bond issue in Clack
amas County were defeated at the re
cent elections.
Numerous bond issues of various de
scription are being invited and purch
ased In all parts of Oregon, each rep-
icuuuj some aeveiopment project.
Mllmrakle Orders $20,000 Bonds.
Milwaukie City . Engineer J. W.
Norris submitted plans for laying an
a-incn pipeline to connect with the
Bull Run water system in Portland.
ine report was adoDted and - the rMt
itecoraer instructed to call for bids
ior xzu.ooo bonds.
Marshfleld Receives Bids.
ftiarsnneld -Bids were received hv
the finance committee of the Council
until May, 25, for. the Durchase of
$1964.48 worth of- improvement bonds
to De in denominations not exceeding
$50, bearing 6 per cent Interest, bonds
to mature in 10 years, optional after
one year. .
. Cobnrs Bonds Avrnrded.
Eugene Coburg has issued $13,500
worth of bonds to buy the water sys
tem and to extend the mains. The
bonds have been awarded to the Eu
gene Loan & Savings Bank.. They will
run zu years ana draw, 6 per cent in
terest.
Nehalem Wants Water and Power.
l.ehalem An election will be. held
at the earliest possible date, at which
time the people will be asked to
authorize the - issuance of sufficient
bonds for the purchase of the water
plant, -the construction of a power
piant ana lines for local service.
Water System' ; Bonded" .
Lafayette The Council decided to
sell $15,000 worth of bonds to pay for
materials needed for the 'waterworks
and for necessary, work. Work will
be commenced as soon as the prellmln
ary arrangements can be made.
Kl re Apparatus to Be Bought.
St. .' Johns The report ' of the com
mlttee on the purchase of fire appar
atus was accepted- The gasoline truck
will cost -$2850. Alderman proposed
that the Council. call a special election
for the purpose of voting on bonds for
the purchase, of fire apparatus.'
Bids Closed at North ' Bend.
North Bend Bids .were received by
the finance committee, E. B. Curtis, L
F. Falkenstein and Fred Hollister. un
til May 26, for the purchase of $10.-
164.08 worth of bonds to be Issued In
denominations of $500. each, drawing
6 per cent interest..
Compositions Written Daily.
OAKLAND, Or:, May 30. (Special.)
For their last six weeks work in Eng
lish the students of all the Knellsh
classes in Oakland Hfgh School are
writing dally themes. The students
take much interest in the work and the
instructor says that he can see great
improvement. -
' Portland 31 en to Build in Seattle. .
John F. O'Shea and James B. O'Shea,
Portland capitalists, who recently pur
chased the southeast double corner of
Fifth avenue and Pfne street, fn Seat
tle, for a consideration, of $200,000, last
week commissioned a Seattle archi
tect, Louis Mendel, to draw plans for
a six-story building, four stories of
which will be erected, on the site at
the present time.
Sir Tliomas P.- WhlttaJter. M. is re
sponsible for the statement that If as much
liquor ' per capita, had been consumed In
1913 as in 1874 in Grea Britain the na
tional drink btll would have been SB, (WO, 000
greater than Utf&ctually ai.
MAT 31, 1914.
VALUABLE REALTY
CHANGES NOTED
For Nominal Considerations
Property Transfers Made
Are Numerous.
BRUNSWICK FIRM ACTIVE
Investment Corporation Takes Title
to 10,08 8 Square Feet Located
Xear Twenty-first and Washington-
for. Nominally $10.
Nominal considerations were stipu
lated in most of the deeds recorded
last week involving the transfer of val
uable Portland real estate.
The Brunswick Investment Corpora
tion took title to 10,088 square feet lo
cated near Twenty-first and Washing
ton streets for a nominal price of $10.
The property was formerly owned by
William E. Roberts.
The Investors Building & Trust Com
pany received from A. C. Pike a quit
claim deed to a 60 by 100-foot parcel
at js.ing ana Washington streets.
One lot and a fractional second lot
on the southeast corner of East Tenth
and fcfterman streets. Stephen's Addi
tion, has been transferred by Joseph F.
Smith, trustee, to the City Church Ex
tension Society of the Methodist Epis
copal Church of Portland.
Nellie Guy Tatum has sold to Mabel
F. Krumbeln the western half of two
lots located on Clackamas street be
tween East Seventeenth and East Nine
teenth streets, Holladay Addition
Walter J. Gearin has transferred to
Joseph S. Keen a quarter block on
the southeast corner of East Twenty
fourth and iBrazee streets for a nomin
al consideration.
Ernest Feldman sold to the Nlcolal
Neppach Company a house and lot on
the south side of East Flanders street
near East Forty-second street. The
consideration of this exchange was also
nominal.
Sale In Clry View Park.
timer Cumpston and others hi
taken title to a lot on the northwest
corner or Aiapie and Milwaukie avenue,
uity view Park. They paid T. M.
AKeyson $2000 for the property;
Flrland Property Sells.
H. E. Noble has sold an imnroved res
Idence lot in Firland addition to Irwin
H. Cone and others for a consideration
of $Z7ao. .
Alblna Property Sale.
Frederick Rohs tcok tit'e last wuk
to an improved residence lot on Grant
street, near Minnesota street, in Cook's
aaaition to Alblna. He paid Oscar En
tires 4auu ior the deed.
Sale In Stephens Addition.
N. A. Parry has sold to John Tinrk
an undivided nair interest in two lots
on the southeast corner of East Elev
enth and East Mill streets, Stephens
aaaition, ior a nominal consideration.
Nominal Price Named.
A nominal consideration was named
in the deed transferring fractional lot
on the northeast corner of Twelfth and
Harrison streets, from J. W. Aldrieh to
n. u.. l ripiett.
Sale In Mallory's Addition.
Charles M. De Valley last week sold
an improved residence lot In Mallory's
aaaition to uelia m. cuddy for $6700.
Tne property Is described as lot 3,
DlOCK l.
Olmstead Park Deal Made.
Property located on Woodworth ave
nue, near Regents Drive, In Olmstead
Park, has been transferred from John
Larsen by W. J. Alsop for a reported
consideration or $2600.
Sale Made In Elmhnrst.
The residence and quarter block lo
cated on the northwest corner of East
Fifty-second and Hancock streets was
sold last week by C. H. Gossett to Z. C
Wright for $6950. The property Is de
scribed as lots 7 and S, block 7, Elm
nurst addition.
South Portland Deal.
Sol Cohen took title last week to
fractional lot situated on Mead street,
between First and Second streets, in
South Portland, formerly owned bv A.
ijipman. rue aeea transferring the
property cites tne consideration as
$2550.
Property Trade Consummated.
Plyn Lemmon has traded one lot and
a fractional second lot in Smithson's
Land Company addition to William
J.
Gulden for five lots described
as In
block 34, Portsmouth addition.
Sale in Keallworth.
For $2500 N. T. Chapman has sold a
residence lot located on East Twenty'
ninth street, near Gladstone avenue, in
Kenilworth addition, to D. Rinaudo.
Gun Club Buys.
The Portland Gun Club took title to
20 acres In the Nathaniel Hamlin do
nation land claim, at Linneman, near
Gresham, for a consideration of $6500.
S. H. Sheller, who sold the property,
on the same day bought 40 acres in
the same tract from George B. Middle
ton for $12,000.
HANDSOME IRVINGTON RESIDENCE BOUGHT FOR $9500.
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STREET, NORTH, BETWEEN BRAZES AND KNOTT STREETS.
T. H. Richardson Is just moving; into his new home on East Twenty
fourth street. North, between Brazee and Knott streets, Irvington. He
recently purchased the residence from the F. E. Bowman Company for
$9500. In the deed recording: the transfer a nominal consfderation was
named. The exterior of the residence is finished in cement stucco.
' The eight rooms of the interior are finished in mahogany and white
enamel, with hardwood, floors. Among the features are two tile fire
places and a large sleeping-porch. A concrete garage is included on
the 60-by-100-foot lot.
BOISE ELKS DEDICATE TEMPLE WHICH COSTS $102,000,
BEAUTIFULLY EQUIPPED.
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BOISE, Idaho, May 30. (Special.) The formal dedication here
Wednesday of the handsome new building containing the home of the
Boise Lodge, 310. B P. O. E.. marked an epoch sn lodge history in Boise
and .the State of Idaho. No other lodge boasts of so magnificent a
home or temple, and few in the West are better equipped than that of
the Elks here. It is a credit to the order, and was erected at a cost
of thousands of dollars raised by the order and its members.
The officers of the lodge under whose auspices the building opera
tions have been conducted are as follows: Exalted ruler, A. A. Fraser;
esteemed leading knight, H. W.'Pettlngill; esteemed loyal knight, G.
B. Wood: esteemed lecturing knight, C. H. Hartson; secretary, George
A. Latham: treasurer. James H. Black; esquire. Charles H. Rathbun:
tyler. Eric Cole: chaplain. Rev. D. H. Jones; inner guard, R. M. Loree;
trustees, Henry Bayhouse. R. IC Davis. James H. Hawley; building
committee, James H. Hawley, Robert K. Davis, Alfred A. Fraser, Wal
ter E. Pierce and William D. Stevens.
The building was erected at a cost of $102,000.
INSURANCE POLICY SAID
TO BE MANS FIRST DUTY
Provision for Family tiy Bread-Winner to Keep Its Members in Comforts
He Would Give Them Declared to Be Vital.
BY LIFE INSURANCE EDITOA
N the United States 85 out of every
100 persons die without leaving any
estate aside from their life Insurance.
Of the? rest only three of every 100
leave estates valued at more than $10.
000. More , than 5,000.000 women are
left to shift for themselves through the
Improvidence of their husbands who
died without Insurance.
Although the United States leads the
world In the amount of Insurance car
ried by Its people, the inadequacy of
the amount Is shown by the fact that
only $20,000,000,000 worth of Insurance
Is earned upon lnsuranco vcljuo
$350,000,000,000.
It is never agreeable to think about
death. It Is ever so much more
agreeable to think that one's life will
jog along for the usual span of years
In the old sweet, familiar way. But
there Is always that Incalculable
chance that In the midst of our com
fortable dreams we may receive our
final summons to leave our life work,
unfinished and confused as it is, and
be numbered with the great majority.
This is a liability that we can never
shake off, no matter how carefully we
plan to stick to life. It follows us
like our shadow. Invading our most
gay and optimistic moods as the ghost
of Banquo invaded the guest room of
Macbeth. But such is our Inborn con
fidence and buoyancy that we never
think the lightning will strike us until
it has actually done so.
One thing we can all do, and it Is
about the only thing we can do, to
prepare for such a time. It Is to
shape our worldly affairs and interests
so that the ethical objects for which
we live shall not be defeated when we
die. If we get this question settled
once for all If we .have made due
provision for those we love, and made
It accessible to them after we are
gone, it will take a load off our own
minds, besides saving them from a
possible life of misery.
Every investment has a certain in
fluence upon the investor. He has
assumed a certain obligation. He is
planning for certain results. The In
dividual who Invests in a life Insur
ance policy gives expression to a
worthy purpose. He is establishing
an estate; and whether the moving
cause is an expression of love to oth
ers, or prompted by the desire to ac
cumulate a definite saving for old age.
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the effect of laying: a foundation for
the building: of a sure estate is good
upon the individual.
A life insurance policy is therefore
of value to the policyholder during
the time that he Is paying: his prem
iums. Every man desires to succeed,
and when he looks upon his policy of
several thousand dollars, with a num
ber of premiums paid, and its value
increasing- year by year, his manhood
is strengthened by the fact that he
has a real value accumulated.
It elves to the young- man a feeling
of Independence and self-reliance, and
as his savings become more perma
nently established, he receives greater
pleasure in the results of economy,
and grows into a stronger and more
useful man. The danger period with
most men is between 20 and 40.
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There are three things which a man
ought to know when he is dying.- He
ought to know that he is at peace
with God. He ought to have the satis
faction of knowing- that he has ac
complished something for humanity.
He ought to know that his loved ones
are provided for to the best of his
ability. "Within the realm of human
comfort, foresight and kind provision
for loved ones insurance is the most
practical form of applied Christianity
of which wo have any knowledge. A
poor man's best investment. is an in
surance policy. And that home pos
sesses one strong anchor, at least,
which can boast of such a document
among its archives.
Taking- out an insurance policy has
no tendency to make us die any sooner.
On the contrary, there is ground for
believing- that by the tranquillity of
mind and ease of conscience which it
produces. It directly promotes longev
ity. But death does come, both to the
insured and the uninsured, and Just as
everyone can. from his own experience,
recall many examples of families
plunged into want through the uudden
taking off of an uninsured breadwin
ner, so there are also many telling ex
amples of breadwinners who, by submitting-
to be insured at a lucky mo
ment, were able to leave them in fair
circumstances, and thus continuing
them on the same plan of living to
which he Introduced them.
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The young- producer can soon be a
saver through life insurance. Ten per
cent of his earnings if applied in this
way will build up an estate in a quiet
way while he battles with the world
with the other 90 per cent. Out of this
big- end of his earnings he can have
things his way and if started right will
make a success of life, living well
enough along- the way. Teach the boy
to buy life insurance and when once
started along this line he will be laying
by for the future as he cares for him
self.
One hundred and fifty dollars for an
engagement ring, i0 for a wedding
ring- and $1 for plated safety pins for
the baby is the way in which some
young folks start out in life. This is
contrary to the rules of economy as
taught by life insurance.
Americans have over $3,000,000, 000 in
life insurance reserves. A strong "vote
of confidence." is it not?
"Widows and other beneficiaries re
ceive an average of $592,300 every
working day from life Insurance com
panies. Tou will feel better off every way if
you have underneath you the all-sustaining
arms of life insurance. Insur
ance boosts a man a long way up the
ladder of independence.
It has been computed that during the
year 1913 no less than $2,500,000 was
paid by American life insurance com
panies to the families of individuals
who had only paid their first year's
premium. Surely, life is uncertain!
: Orchard Deal Made at Weiser.
WEISER, Idaho, May 30. (Special.)
One of the best orchard land deals
recorded in this valley for some time
has Just been closed by R. H. Wood,
of Rawlins, Wyo, who purchased a
ten-acre tract from P. H. B. Moulton
in the Sunnyside district. The trees
are but 2 years old and the price paid
was $275 an acre. This is reported to
be the best price paid here for this
ase orchard. Mr. Wood will make his
future home here in October.