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TIIK SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMTiTSR 20, " 1914.
COMPLIMENT PAID
PORTLAND PROJECT
Engineering Record Describes
Development of West
over Terraces.
COVER IS REPRODUCTION
Fourteen Columns of Loading Tech
nical Journal and Many IIIus
tratlons Are Devoted to
Complete I)e:-ci'lptlon.
A compliment was paid a Portland
enterprise last week when the En
gineering Hecora, of New York, one ol
tne leading- technical magazines of the
United States, featured the Westover
Terrace project by illustrating and de
scribing it with' a multi-colored cover
design and with 14 wide columns of
expository treatise, photographs and
drawings.
While the project was treated from
an engineering standpoint, the points
were brought out in such a way as to
prove interesting and comprehensible
to any layman. The fact that the En
gineering Record has a circulation of
20,500 copies amply testifies to the
value of the publicity as an advertise
ment of Portland property and Port
land enterprise.
- The cover design shows an hydraulic
giant playing against one of the huge
bluffs of what was formerly called
Goldsmith Hill, "converting steep hill
sides into residential terraces," and a
perspective view of the. hillside, giving
an outline of the homes that have
been built on the terraces and show
ing Mount Hood In the far distance.
Illustrations Arc CluxHtf led.
The descriptive article is headed
"Westover Terrace Project in Port
land, Or. Sluicing 3,000.000 yards of
material from a steep hillside in order
to construct a terraced residential dis
trict and converting an existing lake
into an industrial section."
The illustrations are classified by
these captions: "Formation of Gravel
Embankment in Worked-Out Pocket;"
"Method of Building Westover Ter
races by Means of Sheerboards and
Sluicing;" "This Terrace Withstood
Overflow of 200,000 Gallons of
Water and Mud;" "Hillside Topog
raphy and Roads;" "View of Westover
Terrace Project Partly Completed;"
"Plaster Model of Westover Terrace
Project;" "Excavation for Basement
Discloses Nature of Earthflll," etc. In
addition cross sections of the flumes,
the terraces, the sheerboards and the
various slopes are shown and tables
are given showing the cost of pumping
water, the monthly records of excava
tion, the amount of lumber required
lor the sheerboards, etc.
' "The large hydraulic excavation
project being carried on by the Lewis
Wiley Hydraulic Company, in Port
land, Or., and known as Westover Ter
races," says the Record, -."consists in
the reduction of a portion of the Inac
cessible hillside on the west side of
Portland to a parked residence dis
trict and the filling of a portion of
the overflowed lowland along the Wil
lamette River, known as Guild's Lake,
to railroad level and its platting into
tracts for industrial enterprises witn
railroad connections.
Hlwtory of Project Given.
"The project is the conception of
Charles S. Wiley and William H.
Lewis, who, under the firm name of
Lewis & Wiley, Inc., had handled large
sluicing contracts in Seattle and who
had determined to find a location
where they could secure a tract of
land to improve in this manner and
derive the benefit of the increased land
values created by the Improvement.
They secured the Portland property in
1909.
."The whole project embraces several
tracts on the west side of Portland,
the upland portion of it adjoining one
of the best residential districts. The
improvement covers a total of 142
acres, 41 acres of which lie in Guild's
Lake, a shallow body of water ad
joining the Willamette River; 36 acres
.are In a gulch running back into the
hills from the lake, and the remain
ing 65' acres are upland rising to a
maximum elevation of 675 feet above
low water in the river.
"General suggestive plans for the
layout of the property were made by
Olmstead Brothers, of Brookline, Mass.,
but these have been changed from
trma to time to suit conditions, al
though the general scheme .has been
carried out. The streets have a max
imum gradient of 8 per cent, with the
exception of one or two instances,
where grades are increased to 14 per
nt on lateral branches.
Boulevard Main Travel Vein.
"The main boulevard, 60 feet in
width, runs from the toe -of the hill
to the summit in a serpentine on an
e-per-cent grade. The lateral streets
branch from the main boulevard to
the bqundary lirfes of the property.
"Owing to the constant ascent to
the summit and the doubling back and
forth of the main boulevard, the dif
ference in elevation between the lower
and upper sides of the blocks, is in
some cases as high as 90 feet. This
difference in elevation is taken up by
the construction of terraces.
"The carving of this scenic resi
dential district out of the inaccessible
hillside has been a tremendous task
and the work ranks as one of the lar
gest pieces of hydraulic excavation in
the country and has attracted atten
tion from all localities."
sEVKKAIi SALES REPORTED
Panama Realty Company Reports
Trade and Rental Activity.
The following sales and exchanges
ere reported by the Panama Realty
Company:
Lots 7, 8, 9. 10. block 1. Serene Park
addition. Vernon district, for the Hood
River LanC Company, to W. D. Black
burn, at $3750. Mr. Blackburn will
improve a portion of this property
with a $4000 home and a modern ga
rage. This property faces on Sumner
street 113 and. on Thirteenth street
S6 feet.
l-ot 16. block 113, Laurelhurst, from
V. W. Donaldson to F. G. Lawson, a
nephew of Thomas Lawson, the Bos
ton financier, for $1400.
Lot IS. block 10, Kenllworth addi
tion, froai F. G. Lawson to W. W.
Donaldson, for $1200.
The firm also reports quite an Im
provement in the renting of vacant
property, having rented a number of
its listed houses, mostly to out-of-town
persons, who are coming to Port
land to reside.
Bids Kor City Barn To Be Aokrd.
Proposals for the construction of the
new city stables on the site of the old
wooden structure on Sixteenth street,
near Jefferson, will be invited this
week by City Auditor Barbur. The new
building will be of concrete material
hikI will cost about $50,000. The plans
have been approved by City Commis
sioner Daly. '
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Transfers of Lots and Homes
Dot Realty Records of
Mid-September Week.
STRIP TAKEN 3Y RAILROAD
Activity Noted in All Residence Sec
tions and Prices Indicate Steady
Market Southern Pacific -Among
Buyers."
Several large residence sales were
made last week in the residence sec
tions of East . Portland. '
Anna L. Carpenter sold to A. M. Dib
ble a home in Stratton's Addition south
of Hawthorne avenue for $6500. As
part payment Mr. Dibble transferred
to Mrs. . Carpenter property in Waver
lclgh Heights valued at $1900.
In Woodstock a house and lot were
sold by L. J. Justen to- Ben Hyrer for
$i000. .
In Center Addition, Mount Tabor, T.
J.. Hewitt transferred to Charles .Van
Dusen lot 17 in block 3. and two lots
in Boston Addition for $2100.
- Alameda Park LotH Sold.
The Alameda Land Company trans
ferred to Friedrich Peterson lots 11 and
12, in block 32. Alameda Park, for $2000.
A. M. Graef transferred to Anna Mc
Connell a lot in Alameda Park for $630.
' In Highland Sheriff Word trans
ferred to Kmily J. Oren lot 10 in block
4 for $3405. ' The vproperty includes a
house and lot on Kast Eighth street,
near SkWmore.
In Irvington Park the Empire In
vestment Company has transferred to
John Giebelhouse lots 31 and 33 in
block 51, the price being $1100.
1 Strip Sold to Railroad.
The Ladd Estate Company lias sold
to the Southern Pacific Company a
strip 33 feet wide between Division
and Milwaukee streets for $13,645. The
strip is about 300 feet long on the Ladd
tract on the south side of the Southern
Pacific tracks.
A. house and lot in Brentwood, South
East Side, were purchased by' William
T. Mine from Reldar Bugge for $2100.
In Irvington Park Nils Storkerson ac
quired two lots from Lizzie Storkerson
for $650.
E. P. Morgan purchased of Sheriff
Word lot 14 In block S3 in Beaumont
for $1700. Mr. McAnaly bought of Au
gust Stelger lot 10 in block 81 in Sell
wood for $1000. .
t ' Elberta , Lot Taken.
Lot 9 in block 13. Elberta. was pur
chased .'last week by .J. F.- Ygarkvick
for $1250: H. E. Noble transferred to
K. C Bradford lot 1 in block 9, Ivan
hoe. for $1750. The latter property in
eludes a home.
F..C. Bradford has transferred to the
McGinn Investment Company lots 1 and
2. block 259, Holladay Addition. The
property is on "the corner of Hancock
and East Fourteenth streets and is said
to be worth $5000. ? -
J. C. Ainsworth transferred to Edgar
M. Lazarus Half of lots 5, 6. 7 and 8
in block 100. business property in Ste
phens Addition. The property is - on
East Ninth street, between Hawthorne
avenue and East Market street.
Bond Sale Delays Kngcne Armory,
Bids for the construction of the $25
000 armory building in Eugene will
probably not be called for until the
bonds to finance the buildln? have been
ENTERPRISE ATTRACTS HIGH COMPLIMENT.
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Prqecd Jn Portand . Oregon
of Material from JteeoHillside'Th Order to
r"t&cerii from oceeofiiiisrae jn vraer to
Convert an Extstfad IJcm into n tndttstriai
sold. Apparently the legal obstacles
to the sale of the issue have been over
come and bids for the bonds will prob
ably be adverted for again soon. The
plans- for the building have already
been prepared by Hunzicker & Preusse,
Eugene architects. - -
Coos Bay Architect Favorite.
. To draw up plans for the construc
tion of its. proposed new school build
ing, the consolidated school district of
Coos Bay has appointed B. Ostlind as
architect The estimated cost is $7000.
The same architect has been engaged
to supervise the construction of a $15,-
?00 building to be erected at Bandon
or Dr. D. E. Biggs. The structure will
be two stories of concrete construction.
It will be occupied by business con
cerns and a newspaper office.
$10,000 Building Planned at Scio!
According to an announcement made
last week, W. E. Brown will construct
a $10,000 building on property recently
purchased by him at Scio. The plans
for the building have not .yet been
drawn. . ; .
REALTY SALES LISTED
HARTM A &. THOMPSON BANK RE
PORTS FIVE DEALS FOR WEEK, -
Stock Ranch of 480 Acres for fS500,
Lane County Farm, Reaidence and
- Gaston Acreage Among; Items.
The' realty department of the Hart-
man & Thompson . Bank reports the
following among the sales made dur
ing the past week: - '
A 480-acre stock ranch, in Lincoln
County, near Eddyville, to J. E. Bates
for , $8500.
A Lane County ranch of 200 acres,
located about 12 miles south, of Eugene,
of which 125 acres are in cultivation,
together with a 5-room house and barn.
to H. T. Cummins, for $13,500. -
Lots 4. 7 and 8, in Nash's First Addi
tion;-lots 31 and 32, in block 10, in
Portsmouth Extension Addition, with
improvements, and lot 16, in block 164.
in University Park Addition, for $5000.
to Mrs. A. R. Wilson.
A two-story residence located on the
Clarnle road, near Bralnard street, in
farKrose. together with a ha4f acre of
ground, to A. G. Osland. ,-
A 60-acre farm near -.Gaston, about
one-half mile from the Red Electric
line. In a high state of cultivation, with
the Tualatin River running through it,
to J. D. II 11 for $8000.
ALBANY STORE CHANGES HANDS
Chambers A McCune Dispose of Dry
Goods Business.
ALBANY. Or.. Sept. 19. (Special.)
tl. Mccune and J. N. Chambers,
prominent dry goods merchants of this
city for the-past ten years, this week
sold their stock to Rostein & Green
baum, wellrknown Salem merchants,
and will leave - Albany to engage in
business elsewhere.
Chambers & McCune have been prom
inent in the mercantile field here and
carried one of the largest stocks In the
Willamette Valley. - Both men were
prominent in ' the business and social
life of the city, Mr. McCune serving a
ierm as president ol tne Albany Com
mercial Club and as a director of the
same organization. . Mr. Chambers
served four years as City Councilman.
Mr. Rostein, of Salem., will have charge
of the Albany store, which is at present
closed for inventory.
Property Traded at Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD. Or.. Sept: 19. (Spe
clal). F. J. Berger, formerly an auto
mobile dealer of Portland, but now a
merchant here, this week traded 400
acres of grazing land, two miles -from
Goshen, for 36 acres of improved farm
land belonging to Arthur Lindley, four
miles east of here. The grazing land
was estimated at $10,000 and the farm
at $9000 in making the deal.
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KKMLWORTH . ADDITION TO HAVE
''low ground drained.
In Creston Section Grading la Being
Done on Large Scale and Cross
Streets Being- Cut Through.
In the South East Side some import
ant improvements are under way that
will add materially to the growth of
several districts. The most important
and expensive is the Rhine-street trunk
sewer, which starts at Rhine and Bast
Twenty-first streets and runs to about
Bast Seventieth street in South Mount
Tabor. Its cost will be $118,000.
ine Rhine sewer a vera ires five feet in
diameter, although in a few places,
where the territory is comparatively
level, the diameter is five feet five
inches. At Rhine and East Twentieth
streets this trunk sewer connects with
the Brooklyn sewer. It follows the
lower districts after crossing the Pow
ell Valley . road, south . of Woodward
avenue, to the present end of the trunk
senver.
Construction of. this trunk will drain
a large territory that has been some
what daniD and contains SAVftrul nnnrin
of .water. The contractors have reached
Last. Twenty-sixth street in Kenilworth
Addition; and are pushintr the work
lorward. This improvement will- en
hance materially the value of the prop
erty for residence purposes.
Macadam to Be Laid.
The improvement, of East. Forty-first
street from Holgate street -to Wood
stock avenue (Sixtieth avenue) is under
way, grading having been- completed.
The Portland Railway. Light & Power
Company has relaid Its double tracks
on East Forty-first street to ; Wood
stock avenue. Macadam will be laid on
East Forty-first street for the present.
wntcn win correspond with the remain
der of the street-northward to Powell
"Valley road. .
The north half of thn improvement is
on East Forty-second street, and con
nects -with the south half at Holgate
street by a sharp turn through a lot.
This improvement- is highly important
as it will open up the Woodstock dis
trict and provide it with an Improved
street The improvement of East
Forty-first 6treet, now under way, and
East Forty-second finished, with the
double tracks will represent an expend
iture of $60,000.
; South of Woodstock avenue several
streets have been graded from five to
10 blocks at a cost of something over
$25,000. The improvement of . these
streets has been carried well toward
Berkley addition and. in time will be
connected with Eastmoreland and its
paved) streets. -, . ..
Creaton Bring; Improved. .
At Creston on East Fifty-first street
cuts and filla of more than 25 feet are
being made that will change the char
acter of the district. Some of the dwel
lings were built in the'ravine between
East - Fiftieth . and Eaat Fifty-first
streets, -which have heen raised and
fills are being made around, them. A
steam shovel is cutting through the
streets Between East Fiftieth and East
Fifty-second streets and the material
Is being used to fill up. the ravines.
Jeffrey & Bufton are the contractors.
The streets are grader and cement side
walks have been laid. v
Valuable .'larm Lands .Traded.
For the 2500-acre D. P. Donavon
ranch, comprising four sections near
ConnelL Wash.. J. D. Gordon, of New
berg, has traded his .-; 330-acre place
located east of Newberg. in Yamhill
County. The Donavon wheat ranch this
year harvested 30,000 bushels, illus
trating the value of the holding. The
former Clordoh farm is highly im
proved, 100 acres being in apples.
$3000 Ranch Home Is Started. ' 1
Dr. W. G.- Cole Is building a Modern
ranch home three miles, southeast of
Sherwood that will - cost, when com
pleted, -about $3000. About 1100 con
crete blocks --will be used in the con
struction. ' : .
BUILDING BACKS UP
GAINS BY PORTLAND
Residences Are Going Up in
Great. Numbers Throughout ,
City, Permits Show.
IRON WORKS CONTRACT LET
Mount Scott Cemetery Association, to
Spend $25,000, Blake-McFall
Building Soon to Be-Begun
and Other 'Work "is On.
The figures submitted to the Portland
Realty Board Friday by J. Fred Lar
son to the effect that Portland Is forgr
ing steadily ahead are fortified to some
degree at least by the building news
of the past week in Portland.
As proof of his assertion that "noth
ing Is wrong with Portland." Mr. Lar
son read statistics showing that 1600
new, water connections had been made
during the past eight months, that the
school census shows an increase of
nearly 2000 since last year and that
4000 more telephones are in use this
year than at a similar time last year.
Although building permits did not
reach as great a total this year, Mr.
Larson explained that there was far
more construction iti the outlying dis
tricts, where moderate priced dwell
ings are being erected in great nuni;
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Contract Let for Iron Works.
John Almeter obtained the contract
last week for tho erection of the new
buildings for the Pacific Iron Works.
on the site on the north side of Sulli
van's Gulch, East Twenty-ninth street,
the price being $12,998, the lowest bid
submitted. ' The buildings will include
a structural steel shop 320x60 feet in
size, a foundry and machine-shop of
the same dimensions and a steel storage
building 205xr.O feet in size. Walla will
be of reinforced concrete, with wooden
trusses. The site includes about six
acres, the extra ground being provided
for storing material and future expan
sion of business.
Cemetery Body to Spend S25,0OO.
The Mount Scott Cemetery Associa
tion has announced it wil spend $25,000
in repairing the cemetery building
which was recently damaged by Are.
The building is the gate lodge, con
taining the offices of the association.
Repairs -are to be finished in 90 days.
L. H. Mills, son of A. L. Mills, presi
dent of the First National Bank, has
awarded a contract to A. M. McKenzle
for the construction of a $15,000 resi
dence to be erected on Irving street,
between Twentieth and Twenty-first
streets. The plans for the home have
been perfected by the Boston firm of
Sheply-Rutan & Coolidge. the men who
are to serve as supervising architects
of the new First National Bank, to be
erected on the southwest corner of
Fifth and Stark streets.
Che new residence is to extend two
stories above basement and will be of
Colonial design.
fOO.OOO Building to Be Started.
- Construction of the $90,000 Blake
McFall building, which is to rise on the
north side of East Ankeny street, be
tween East Second and East Third
streets, will be begun in the near fu
ture, according to an announcement
made last week. The plans and speci
fications were outlined in The Oregon
Ian when the plans were initiated sev
eral months ago. The contract en
tered into between O. E. Heintz, of the
Pacific Iron Works, and the Blake-McFall
Company, which has leased the
premises, calls for the completion of
the structure by February 1, 1915. The
plans were drawn by MacNaughton &
Raymond.
Westover Terrace Houses Planned.
F. N. Clark has let the contract to
John Hedstrom for the erection of a
two-story residence on Westover Ter
race, at a cost of $6000. Plans are in
the process of formation for the con
struction of a similar residence for
Mr. Clark, also in Westover Terraces.
The plans for both buildings were made
by Architect Earl A. Roberts.
Fulton Park Contract Let.
The general contract for the con
struction of the Fulton Park school
building has been let to A. C. Meyer
on his bid of $15,737. the lowest sub
mitted. The contract for the heating
and ventilating was awarded to Full
man & Walker, and the plumbing to
the Alaska Plumbing Company. School
Architect Nararnore hopes to have the
building completed by February.
Bids will be invited soon for the con
struction of the Couch and Shattuck
school buildings, each of which is to
cost about $160,000.
Phone Improvements Planned.
According to an announcement made
yesterday by officers of the company,
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Company is planning to spend 1131.-
992 in Portland and vicinity on exten- !
slons and improvements. A large
share of the new work will be done
along the highways. The company has
added a large force of men to carry
out the orders.
Hospital Bids Are Received.
Bids have been received for the erec
tion of - the Emanual Hospital to be
built on Commercial street aird Gra
ham street, in Albina. James Winters
submitted a bid of $40,987 for the gen
eral contract; Jacobsen-DeTemple bid
$5633 for the plumbing, and for the
heating the Kraft Company bid $4450.
The building will be reinforced con
crete, 45x110 feet in ground dimen
sions. . New Home Planned In Vernon.
A new home in Vernon. East
Twenty-eighth street and near Wygant
street, costing $1500, will be built for
G. C. Goldberg, owner and builder. On
Willamette Boulevard a $1000 cottage
will be built for F. A. Kenney," -who
is also owner and builder.
Tito !er Houses Started.
A one and one-half story residence
to cost $2000 will be built for Mrs.
Cora E. Franklin, on East Davis street,
between East Fifty-seventh and East
Sixtieth streets. On East Sixty-sixth
street a home costing $1800 will be
built for Mrs. J. Finer.
Kern Building; Progresses.
Work is progressing on the one
story brick building for Dan Kern off
Grand avenue, near ,East Burnslde
street The foundation and walls are
nearly finished.
rortnomah Apartments Knlarg-eri.
The Portnomah Apartments at East
Thirteenth and East Taylor streets
have been enlarged by an addition at
the north end, at a cost of about $6000.
Alameda Gets New Home.
B. C. Haines has let a contract to
S. Rassmussen for the erection of a
one-story bungalow on East Thirty
second street between Mason and Skid
more streets, in Alameda Park. The
permit issued last week cites the prob
able cost' as $3000.
Hunf Home Begun In Westover.
Ground has been broken in Albe
marle Terrace new Cumberland .Road
In Westover Terrace for a two-story
frame residence to be built for T. D.
Hunt. John Hedstrom has the con
tract for the work at a figure of $5300.
INSURANCE INVESTMENT
SIMPLIFIED IN FIGURES
Vice-President of Manhattan Life Insurance Company Outlines How Man
or Woman May Have Estate of $5000 in 20 Years' Time.
BT JOHN F. ROCHE.
Vice-President Manhattan Life Insurance
Company.
IT is the unexpected that always hap
pens. Two months ago we could not
have imagined that England, Ger
many, France, Russia and Austria
Would be now engaged in a war that
probably will be the greatest the world
ever saw, for it is one in which 17,000,
000 trained soldiers will take part..
Hundreds of thousands of these men
who now glory in their physical con
dition, and who now enjoy life to the
full, will be called upon suddenly to
Join, the ranks of the "great majority."
Had you 'told these young men two
months ago that they would be dead
before the end of the year, you would
have been ridiculed for your prophecy.
As they gallantly march to death, we
may be sure that they are thinking of
their sweethearts, wives, mothers,
whom they will never see again, and
for whom they now undoubtedly wish
they had made better provision. Let us
hope that their desolate families will
not be called upon to suffer too much
on account of their sacrifices.
War Gives Food for Thought.
This great war should give us food
for thought, and should drive home the
need of providing against the unexpect
ed. All of us will be called upon by
the grim reaper when we least ex
pect it. One hundred and ninety thou
sand citizens of the United States who
are now 35 years of age on the average,
who glory in their physical condition,
who are enjoying life to the full, and
everyone of whom we would be glad to
accept for life insurance, before 12
months' time will be unexpectedly
called upon to account to their Maker
for their stewardship.
The manner of their call will be from
accident, pneumonia, typhoid or appen
dicitis. We cannot tell which of us
will -be so called, but it is a certainty
that 190,000 of us will due from one
of these four causes before September,
1915. There will be 1,000,000 others of us
BUILDING LOSS LIGHT
War Causes but Slight Drop in
Construction Work. -
DECREASE FOUR PER CENT
Official Reports From 7 2 Cities
Show Contracts Have Been Let
for Large Undertakings and'
Crews Are Busy on Jobs.
In these distracting times a business
that maintains Its former high record
may be assumed to be satisfactory. On
that assumption the great building in
dustry throughout the country may be
regarded as fortunate. For the month
of August, the first month of the war,
covering the period of initial financial
shock, new construction was entered
into almost fully equivalent to that un
dertaken during the corresponding
month last year. The loss was 4 per
cent, but small losses like that may
well be ignored.
Tne official reports of building per
mits, issued by 72 of the principal
cities throughout the conutry during
the month of August, received by the
American Contractor, Chicago, reach a
total of $54,335,465, as compared with
$56,711,937 for August. 1913, a loss of 4
per cent. This, however, compares with
a gain of 12 per cent, scored by the
July statement, so that had it not been
for the foreign turmoil, August would
doubtless have shown a substantial
gain. Earlier in tho year there had
been comparative losses. Not all cities,
however, have shown recession in point
of activity. Gains are shown in 33
cities, among which with percentages
the following are rather notable: Cin
cinnati. 124: Paterson, 347: Salt Lake
City. 270; Scranton, 191: Seattle, 169;
Worcester, 181; New Haven, 1 94.
For the first eight months of the
year the total cost of building permits.
Issued in 72 cities total $490,561,593, as
compared with $523,166,865, for the
same months last year, a decrease of 6
per cent. The statement in detail is
as follows:
Aurust. August, Percent
City - 1914. 1913. Gain. Vs.
Akron $ 602.S15 $ 354.1:5 70 ..
Albany 479, 85 577.1SO .... 17
Atlanta S7:.0SJ 34S.2SS 7 ..
Baltimore 1.012.84S 674.887 . 60 . .
Birmingham . 314. 49 333.385 .... t
Boston 1.G74.994 927.173 74 ..
Bridgeport ... 147. 063 4119.060 .... 64
Buffalo 96O.00O 6R3.000 39 ..
Cedar Rapids. 282,000 50O.O0O 13 ..
Chattanooga .. 138,810 125,435 3 ..
Chicago 5.769.D0O 6.762.1O0
Cincinnati 1.1SS.06O 504.100 124 ..
Cleveland 2,318.470 4.041.970 .... 43
Columbus .... 647,325 495,140 31 ..
Dallas 220,17b 409.800 46
Dayton 111.643 . 144,460 .... 23
Denver 350,000) 233,810 36
Dea Moines'.. 111,150 68.775 26 ..
Detroit 2.253.445 2. 603.825 10
Duluth t. 238.023 - 158,960 52 ..
Kant Orange.. 43,210- 104.536 .... 69
Fort Wayne.. 1B3.S00 174. 17S 11
Harrisburg - 101.275 95.565 6 ..
Hartford 185.990 B54.425 66
Indianapolis .. 472.436 700.768 . ..: S3
Jersey City... 401.804 21S.4J7 88 . .
Kaiuai City... 527.395 827.475 36
Lincoln 136,865 75,115 SS ..
Los Angeles.. 1.2S7.498 3.501.593 63
Louisville . 436.860 445,210
Manchester .. 137.255 80.5O9 70 ..
Memphis 175.660 S21.116 45
Milwaukee ... 621.284 1.163,013 47
Minneapolis .. 943.975 1.211.230 22
Newark 3.196.233 1.814.638 76 ..
New Haven... 500.567 258.693 94 . .
New Orleans.. S3S.910 295,260 .... 20
New York City
Manhattln ... 4.476.17 4.4BS.991
Bronx 1.272.34:1 1.201.643 6 ..
Brooklyn 4.293.140 2.663.107 61 ..
Boro of Quean 1.02O.7u8 1,154.714 .... 12
Boro of Rlchm'd 126.237 296,257 .... 24
Total
Oakland
Oklahoma . . .
Omaha ......
Paterson
Peoria
Philadelphia .
Pittsburg
Portland
Richmond .....
Rochester
Salt Lake City,
tfari Kranciaco.
St. Joseph ...
St.v I.ouis ; . . .
St. Paul
Scranton ... .
Seattle
Shreveport . . .
Sioux city . . .
South Bend . .
Springfield. 111.
Syracuse
Tacoma
Toledo .......
Topeka ......
I'tlca. x. T. . .
Washington . .
Wichita
Wllkesbarre. .
Worcester ....
11,:S8.654 9,774.711 15 ..
$ 411.880 $ 1,080.996 62
99.115 4.S75 1933 ..
521.065 536.515 3
221. 9i8 49.430 347 ..
253.0S1 161.510 57 . .
2.642.810 S.61,R .... 27
1.127.069 1.039.662 ..
40K.S9O 1, 168,245 64
183.410 304.343 .... 40
SOg.457 791.643 I ..
480,045 129.945 270 . .
1.4 IS. -'71 I.OIXFM 12
93.863 42.670 118 . .
797.K.S 1.0S2.947 .... 26
646.921 775.1 S4 17
185.381 - 63.629 191 ..
1.565.525 582.426 169 ..
79.506. 104.438 .... 23
J2S.4S.-, rjn.SM) 8.1 ..
lin.sirt n:t.47-J 5 . .
7I.80O 70.Q25 3 . .
256.948 501.115 .... 49
139.46 ir.2.737 9
490.047 357.435 37 . .
20.63D 49. 325 58
86,670 371.255 77
491.576 627.472 .... 22
.14.925 60.625 42
28.731 137,644 79
679.692 241.993 181 ..
,$54.S35.465 856.711.937 4
Total
Pendleton Frame Buildings Co.
PENDLETON. Or., Sept. 19. (Spe
cial.) The last frame building in Pen
dleton's business section has passed
with the completion today of the La
Dow brick store on Main street. The
former building was an old landmark
die during the same length of time, but
these latter deaths will occur from
seeds of dissolution already within us.
Who will these 190,000 American
citizens be? You or I, or both of us.
may be amongst them. What provision
have we made for our families against
this unexpected happening? Will our
estates be sufficient to care for them
as well as they are being cared for
now? If not, let us hasten to create
an estate through life insurance that
will be sufficient.
- Question of Loans Supposed.
There is not & man in the United
States today, nor a woman either for
that matter, who would not take a
loan of $5000 for a term of 20 years at
the rate or 4 per cent interest, if such
a loan were offered. Every man or
woman would take advantage of such
an offer: first, because it is no easy
matter to borrow $5000, and. secopdlv.
because a loan of $5000 for 20 years at
4 per cent interest cannot be secured.
But suppose they were able to make a
loan of $5000 for 20 years, they would
ever owe the $5000 during the 20 years,
and would have to repay it at the end
of that time.
Now, life insurance offers an estate
of $5000 to any one whose age is not
greater than 40 years, provided such
person will pay 4 per cent interest or
less on the $5000. Where the person is
aged 21 he need pay but 2.82 per cent
Interest on the $5000, and at the age of
40 he need pay but 4 per cent interest.
If he or she will pay the interest only
on the $5000 for 20 years, the estate of
$5000 will be fully paid for. And
should he or she die within the 20
years, the $5000 will be paid immedi
ately, and in full, to the Individual's
family.
When life insurance makes such an
offer to the people of this country who
are under 40 -years of age, we wonder
where the investment sense of the
Am r lean people has wandered to. or Is
It a fact that our representatives do
not present properly the 20-payment
life policy?
and. formerly, a blacksmith shop. There
is not now a store in the city built of
wood excepting a few on the out
skirts. Irvington Home Brings $7500.
One of the important residence sales
of the week" was that made by X. P.
Peterson, who sold his eight-room mod
ern home at 624 East Thirteenth street.
Irvington. to Charles J. Merten for
$T800 cash. The property was pur
chased as a home by Mr. Merten. who
will move there with his parents soon.
Mr. Peterson, who has built several
homes on the East Side, is planning
another in the Spring. The house just
bought by ilr. Merten is finished in
mahogany, with hardwood floors and
tiled bath-
Home Started in Center Addition.
According to plans drawn by Archi
tect II. M. Fancher. C. J. Disler has
broken ground on East Davis street,
between East Fifty-first and East
Fifty-second streets, in Center Addi
tion, for the erection of a $2000 resi
dence. The new home will be occupied,
when completed, by Mrs. C. E. Frank
lin. Xominal Consideration Cited.
An undivided one-half interest in two
lots located on and near Raleigh street,
between Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets. Couch's Addition, has been
transferred by Arthur G. Churchley to
the Security Savings & Trust Company.
A price of $10 was quoted Jn the deed
of transfer.
Catholic Church Planned.
The Portland architectural firm ol
Houghtallng & Dougan are completing
plans for the erection of a Catholia
Church for the diocese of Baker. The
building will be of local stone, one
story high and cost about $8000. Tha
work will be done by day labor.
92500 Home Is Begun.
For the Bungalow Company. Horace
D. Jones, Jr., has commenced the erec
tion of a l1. 4 -story frame residence on
Division street, between East Forty
sixth and East . Forty-seventh streets,
in Windsor Heights Addition. The work
and material will cost about $2500.
Coquille Gets Sew Postofficc.
On his bid of $6000. Harry Couser has
been awarded the contract for tho con
struction of the new postoffice builJ
ing to be erected on First street, in
Coquille. The building committee of
the Independent Order of Oddfellows'
lodge has supervision of the work.
Albina Sale Told.
' G. W. Claggett has sold two frac
tional lots located near the northwest
corner of Shaver and Haight streets.
Central Albina Addition, to J. B. Mil
ler for $22a0. The deed transferring
the property was recorded last week.
Improved Lot Sold.
An improved residence lot located on
Borthwick street, between Stanton and
Sellwood streets, in Proebstel's Addi
tion, has been sold by Jesse E. Stewarl
to T. V. Matson for $2750.
IMPROVED
Streetcar Service.
Makes location at Fifth and Wash
ington streets the best. For stores and
offices call at 303 Swetland bldg. Adv.
Directory of Prominent
Life Insurance Agencies
Members of Life Underwriters
Association of Oregon
Wm. Uoldman. Manager.
MANHATTAN L1FK.
Oregonlan Bldg.
H. O. Colton, Manager,
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL L1FK, '
Chamber of Commerce Bldg.
iu. L. Harmon, Manager.
PENN MUTUAL LI K.
NorUiwestern Bank Bldg.
Horace Mecklem. Manager,
NEW ENGLAND MUTUAL LIFE.
Northwestern Bank Bldg.
Alma D. Katz. Manager,
MUTUAL Llfc'B 1NSUKASCK CO. OB" N. T.
Corbett Bldg.
G. M. Slocuin. Mgr.
RELIANCE LIFB INS. CO.. Pittsburgh, Pa,
2u8 Morgan Bldg.. Portland. Or.
S. P. Lockwood, Vlce-pres. and Go, lige,
COLUMBIA L1FK Sc TRUST CO,
Sjialdlng Bldg.
Pettla-Grossmayer Co.. General Agents,
THB TRAVELERS1 INS. CO
803-810 Wilcox Bldg.
T. H. McAUls, Manager. .
UNION MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO-
667 Sherlock Bldg.
John Pauer, Manager,
PRUDENTIAL INS. CO. OK AMERICA.
nomcniia 5ldg.
v E- W. Amesbury, Manager
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INS. COu
Judd Lowrey. Manager.
AMERICAN CENTRAL LIKE 1N3. CO..
603 Dekum Bldg.
McCarger, Bates 4 Lively. Managers.
AETNA . LIFE INSURANCE CO..
Yeon Bldg.
Charles J, Little Agency. Inc..
Managers Western Oregon.
IDAHO STATBUFE INSURANCE CO.,
606-007 Yeon Bldg. Phone Main 24 1L
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