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Newspaper Page TextlO THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 27, 1914. HEW STEEL STORE GOES AHEAD FAST Work on Meier & Frank Home Pressed and Dirt Flies for Foundation. 1,000,000 BRICKS ORDERED .Before March 1 Exterior Will Be Completed and Inside Jobs Well Under Way Ten Otis Ele vators in Contract. Excellent progress 1s being: made toward the construction of the greater Meier & Frank building- on Fifth street, the largest building project now under way in Portland and by far the most important construction work initiated here since the first of the current year. The excavation work, which involves the removal of 20,000 cubic yards of dirt and cutting the one-half block of property to an average depth of 28 feet, will be completed by October 15. Then, as soon as the basement is rounded out, the structural steel will go up at the rate of two stories a week, according to the schedule of the builders, the Dinwiddie Construction Company. 185 Car of Steel lined. By the middle of January it is esti mated that the 185 carloads (7,400,000 pounds) of structural steel to be used will be in place and the masonry work well advanced. In addition to the steel, concrete and terra cotta facing, 1,000, 000 bricks will be required in the ex terior work. Before March 1 the builders expect to have the exterior completed, including the installation of windows. The for mal opening of the mammoth store probably will be held early in the Fall of 1915. Thus far contracts have been let for more than $500,000 worth of materials that are to go into the new building. For the most part these contracts were let to Portland firms. . The structural steel contract, let to the Northwest Steel Company, of Port land, is said to be one of the largest ever given in Portland for the con struction of one building. Last week the contract was let to the Otis Elevator Company for the in stallation of 10 new elevators and the escalators, or moving staircases. This is said to be three times as large in dollars and cents as any other contract ever given in Portland for passenger elevator service in one building. Portland Firms Get Steel Work. The contract for the reinforcing steel has been awarded to F. T. Crowe & Company, of Portland, and to the Trussed Concrete Steel Company. One hundred tons of reinforcing steel will be used alone in making the floor of the sub-basement, so as to insure pro tection against upward water pressure. " The ornamental iron contract has been awarded to the Columbia Wire & Iron Works, while the terra cotta will be furnished by the Gladding-McBean Company, of San Francisco. The heat ing, plumbing and electric wiring con tracts will be awarded this week. . When completed, the building, which will extend 12 stories above the street level, with two lower floors, will con tain 13 acres of floor space or nearly 11 city blocks. The work in constructing the build ing and in preparing the materials that are being supplied by the Portland firms is giving employment to hun dreds of men. Cemetery Plana Told. Reconstruction of the chapel of the Mount Scott Park Cemetery, recently damaged by fire, will be commenced in the near future. The contracts will in clude concrete work, tiling and finish ing. The building is to be used for a crematorium, office and chapel. The officers of the association are planning the erection next year of & $150,000 mausoleum. This proposed building will cover 200 by 90 feet and contain 1500 or 2000 crypts. Bids for $25,000 Church Up. As soon as the plans are received from Pope & Burton, Salt Lake archi tects, separate contracts will be let for the construction of the Latter-Day Saints' Church at the Southeast corner of East Twenty-fifth and Madison streets. The new church will extend two stories above the basement and cost about $25,000. Rev. M. J. Ballard is pastor of the congregation. Barn Bids to Be Opened. , Proposals for the construction of the $50,000 city barn on Sixteenth, near Jefferson street, will be opened next Thursday by City Purchasing Agent Wood. The plans, prepared by C. C. Rich, call for a two-story and base ment building 210 by 73 feet in ground dimensions. City Dock to Be Built Soon. Bids are now being received for the construction of a warehouse in con Junction with Municipal Dock No. 1, in accordance with plans drawn by G. B. llegardt, engineer for the Public Dock Commission. The building will be one story high, 230 by 210 feet In dimen sion and built of heavy mill and timber material. Bonds aggregating $50,000 have been sold to finance the construc tion. Bulldinjc Contract la Awarded. Architects Claussen & Claussen have selected contractors Green & Green to build the two-story brick building on Couch street, between Sixth street and Broadway. The building, which will be occupied by the Chinese Mission, was previously described in these columns. Marquise Contract Let. Olds, AVortman & King have commls sloned the J. C. Bayer Company to pro vide and erect several metal and glass marquise over the entrances of the de partment store building on the West Park. Alder and Morrison-street sides of the building. Bida for Tito BulldlnKa Are I p. ' On October 3 bids will be opened by Architects Whitehouse & Fouilhoux and Jacobberger & Smith for the work on tlie first unit of the Catholic Church school, church and residence on the church property bounded by Seven teenth. Eighteenth, Couch and . Davis streets. The school, to be built at the present time, will cost $35,000. i Bids will be opened tomorrow for the construction of the $12,000 residence for O. B. Stubbs, of the Stubbs Elec trie Company. Plans for the resi dence were prepared by Whitehouse & i-ouiihoux. Itallroad to Have !vr Dock. Plans for a -one-level open dock to be erected for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company on . the west side of the Willamette River between Davis and Everett streets are being complet ed by H. A. Hampton, company engi neer. The dock will be of wood and cost $12,000. Fulton School Work Permitted. Tha Bureau of Buildings last week Issued a. permit to A. C. Meyer for the construction of the new Fulton Park school building on the block bounded by First, Front. Miles and Logan Streets. The probable cost is given as EXTERIOR VIEW OF INEXPENSIVE FOUR-ROOM BUNGALOW AND GROUND PLAN. lb v it , - Living Eodm e-o'a2z-6 POECH 7:OltT9-0 1 Flgde Plan A typical shingled bungalow is this house of four rooms. The. living-room occupies the en tire front and has a reversible concealed bed. which closes into a large closet. The dining room has beam ceilings and a built-in buffet o f mission de sign. The bedroom has windows on two sides and a door open ing Into the bathroom. The fireplace Is built of. over burned clinker brick. These illustrations are print ed to afford aid to prospective builders in Portland. $21,000. Mr. Meyer's bid for the gen eral contract was tie Don the remain ing $5000 being allowed to cover the cost oi neating, ventilating and plumb ing, lne building will be one story high of hollow tile construction. Albina to Get Xtw Store. The firm of Tranche!!. Parelius & Kinley obtained a buildine permit last week for the erection of a one-story store on Williams avenue, between Hancock and Tillamook streets, in Al bina. The building will cost $3000. 2S00 Home Started. Ground was broken last week for the erection of a one - and - a - half - story frame residence on Campbell street, be tween Jcssup street and Killingsworth avenue, in Nut Grove addition. L. Winther, owner, has let the contract to D. Cheney for $2800. ' Parkway la Active. For Fred J. Sloan the TJmbdenstock & Larson Company has commenced the construction of a $2500 residence on Michigan avenue, between Dekum and Bryant streets, in Parkway addition. Rldgemont Home BcKnn. J. P. Noorlin has taken out a build ing permit for the erection of a one and one-half-story residence on East Sixty-ninth street between East Davis and East Burnside streets, in Ridge mont addition. The new dwelling will cost $2000. x Kextdence Cost la 12,O0O. The permit issued last week to IL F. Kalvalage for the erection of a one and one-half-story frame residence on East Twenty-third between Siskiyou and Stanton streets, in Irvington, cited the probable cost as $12,000. A. W. Horn has the contract for the work. Wur Delays Tvro Projecta. The war is held accountable for de lay in putting forward two large build ing projects In Portland, the construc tion of the $125,000 i convent in Pied mont for the Sisters of the Good Shep herd and the erection of the- Emanuel Hospital, for which contracts were about to be let' recently: Some of the funds necessary to finance the work are temporarily held up in Europe. 935.0O0 Home Nearly Done. . The most important and expensive residence under construction on the East Side at present is that of J. L. Bowman, now nearly completed, on the north side of Knott street, between East Seventeenth and East Eighteenth streets, in Irvington, near the middle of the block. It is practically a three story residence, hollow tile being used in the walls. It will cost $35,000 com pleted, and will be one of the fine homes for which Irvington is noted. Ellis F. Lawrence and William G. Hol ford are the architects. Several resi dences are being built In Irvington ranging in cost up to $12,000. Portsmouth Adds Home. Work has been started on a two story residence for Fred Speerll in Portsmouth addition on Syracuse ave nue between Van Houten and Montelth streets. The cost- will be $1400. Mr. Speerli will superintend the erection of the new house. Work Start (in IrvinKton House. The contract for erection of a two- story residence for Mazie Mumhv. in Irvington, was let last week to Mautz Building & Investment Company, on a figure of -$2750. - The house will be bunt on East Nineteenth street be tween Tillamook and Thompson streets. Mount Scott House Started. v. rarser nas started on a new story and one-half home on East Sev enty-eighth' street between the Foster road and Fifty-second avenue. It will cost $1200. - Woman l.r-tn Contract. Mrs. F. Williams is having built a story and one-half dwelling on Forty fourth avenue, between East Fifty eighth and East Fifty-ninth street. Mount Scott, at a cost of $1500. 940OO Residence Started. D. W. Morehouse Is having a two story residence built on East Seventh street between Beacon and Karl, to cost $4000. N. O. Echland is the con. - tractor. ; 7- Inr-JTBiai1 "3a).CDn ... H -1 1 1 IK 4. , i- 4 2,& . BUNGALOW Ifi FAVOR Six and Eight-Room Homes Meet Strong Demand. COST WITHIN EASY REACH Typical Structures Indicate Style of 3iany Blocks la Residence Sec tions Where Men of Average Means Are Living. With the coming of each week, the demand for the six and , eight-room bungalow increases. Even now many blocks are made up exclusively of homes of this type. The houses are most attractively planned. - and at the same time the rooms are cozlly and handily arranged. The cost has been put within the range of the smaller business man and the employe, who does not 1 receive more than the average salary. Probably two of the most, attractive homes of this sort. Just recently' occu pied, are those erected by the Umbden stock & Larson Homebuilders' Invest ment Company for J. O. Johnston and Clifford Woodland. Each costs approx imately $3700. The Interior arrange ments practically are Identical, despite the fact that the exteriors are differ ent. The -home occupied by Mr. Johnston is at 1459 Mississippi, street, Cumber land. It is of six rooms, two of which are on the second .floor. The large front porch adds much to the at tractiveness of the residence. The en trance takes one into a well-appointed reception hall. On one side 13 the parlor, while on the other is the dining-room. The other rooms are as con veniently arranged. Not unlike this home Is the residence of Clifford Woodland, 1808 Hoyt street, Joneemore. This place stands between Seventieth and Seventy-first streets and fronts north. The bungalow has a wide porch across the front of the house. The entrance Is in the center, and, like the Johnston home, leads into a reception hall. The ether apartments are arranged as in the Mississippi street home. Cunby to Get New Building. With a capital stock of $25,000, the Government Standard Powder Company of Oregon has organized for the erec tion of a 10-ton powder plant about half a mile from Canby. Explosives of all kinds will be manufactured in a building that will be built before Jan uary 1, at a cost of about $7000. Most of the 16 stockholders in the company are Portland men. R. W. Woods Is the president. On a royalty basis the new company will operate in Oregon, Mon tana, Idaho and Alaska. Many Lota Sold In Bulk. The Peninsular Real Estate Company has deeded more than 50 lots in Wil lamette Addition, eight lots In Penin sular -Addition, two lots in Portland City Homestead Addition and several fractional lots located on the northeast corner of Twelfth and Salmon streets to Emma R. Brown. Various properties in the same additions. Including some In the same blocks, have .been deeded by the Tyler Investment Company to( Caroline D. Griffith. Nominal consid erations were named In both transac tlons. Two Smaller Schools Under Way. F. S. Hallock. of Portland, has been given the contract for the erection of a $10,000 school building at Gilbert, Or. The building will be two stories and basement, with walls of interlocking hollow, tile. J. M. Hechart, of Eugene, has the contract for the work on the new school to be built in District 138, of Lane County, plans for which prepared recently by Y. D. Yensill, of Eugene. Two Salea at Tenth and Couch. A fractional lot-on lne northeast corner of Tenth and Couch streets op posite the Armory, recently transferred by E. E. Merges to E. Z. Ferguson, has been Bold by Mr. Ferguson to the Holter Company. The two gales were EAST SIDE BUILDING 1 fi!: t ice oT&tr jr-.isuc ' , ' --1 ': V- . BRICK STRUCTIRK TO BE ERECTED FOR 3IRS. C. BACK STROM. Earl A. Roherts, a Portland architect, has been appointed by Mrs. C. Backstrom to prepare plans for the erection of a two-story brick building covering a lot 50 feet square at the corner of East Broadway "and Larrabee street. The structure probably will cost $10,000. The exterior will be of face brick. The first floor will bn diviriri into two storerooms and the upper ...... : , .... .Si.?.-- v. f ! J 7? 1 i closed within ten days. Nominal con siderations were cited in both trans actions. Chester Murphy Changes Plans. Instead of building a $25,000 resi dence of English architecture, as orig inally planned, Chester G. Murphy has closed a deal for the purchase of the W. R. Mackenzie residence and ground 100 feet square located on the north west corner of King street and King's Court. After making extensive altera tions to the former Mackenzie home, Mr. Murphy will make it his perma nent residence beginning about Decem ber 1. The price paid for the property is not announced but It is understood to be valued at about $25,000 or $30,000. The home is the wedding gift to Mr. and Mrs. Murphy from Mrs. Murphy's father, Timothy Kinney, of Salt Lake. Mrs. Murphy's sister, Mrs. Jamesv A. Dougherty, lives adjoining the new Murphy homesite. Albany Bids Opened. Bids for the construction oi the pro posed Juvenile High School at Albany were opened in that city last week and Ave bids, including that of George Isackson,. of Portland, are now being considered by the School Board. The structure will be two stories, of brick and concrete construction, and cost about $50,000. Bonds to cover the cost will be sold October 1. REALTY IS UP FOR BIDS RESIDENCE LOCATIONS TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION BT C. Iv. HENRY. Real Estate Men Voice Approval of Method of Disposing of Property Rea:rdleaa of List Prices. Beginning tomorrow night at 8 o'clock and continuing for the next two evenings, a mammoth real estate auction will be conducted by Charles K Henry in the ballroom of the Multno mah Hotel. A large number of improved and un improved residence locations owned by Mr. Henry in various parts of Portland will then be sold for cash or part cash to the highest bidders, regardless of company list prices. Attracted by the many bargains that will be offered at the coming auction, many" prominent Portland investors ha,ve been Inspect ing the advertised properties during the past week with the prospect of buying. Real estate men generally have placed their stamp of approval on the auction method of selling city realty and many of the leading brokers are predicting that this event will prove a decided success. The lands offered are located in the following additions to Portland: Lau relhurst. Kings Heights. East Irving ton, Council Crest. Waverly Heights. Elmhurst, Chula Vista. Loomis Park. Maplewood, Peddicord & Hurlburt'a Addition and Terrace Park. Grande Itondc Apples Bring $2 0 00. LA GRANDE, Or., Sept. 26. (Spe sial.) William Eubanks, an orchard 1st of the northern part of the Grande Ronde valley, has disposed of his 12 acre apple crop to H. H. Weather spoon, of Elgin, for $2000. This is one of the first sales reported in the va'ley this - season, and the price indicates that the Grand Ronde valley apples will be in big demand this year. Two Salea In Couch Addition. For $S200 Carsten Buck has sold a lot on Eighteenth street, between Hoyt and Irving streets, to Ballou & Wright. Property in the same addition, in the block bounded by Lovejoy, Marshall, Nineteenth and Twentieth streets, was transferred last week by J. Purvine to F. Eggert. A nominal price was given In the latter deed. Sale In King;' Addition. A portion of a fractional block lo cated on. King and Salmon streets. In King's Addition, has been transferred by Gussie Henry Jacobs to E. DeWttt Connell for a secret cr-slderatlon. Enut Side Property Sold. A lot located on East- Twenty-first street between Klickitat and Fremont streets has been transferred by Alex ander M. Oliver to Nannie Pajunen for a quoted price of $10. - Frank Watklna Sella Two Lota. Two lots located on the northwest corner of Eleventh and Hall streets, cltj-, have been transferred by Frank E. Watklns to the Olive Realty Asso ciation for a nominal consideration. WILL COST $10,000 floor into apartments and offices. - i-.,-: LAURELHURST SEES MANY LOTS CHANGE None of Transfers Large but Total Shows Realty Is Ac tive in District. SECRET PRICES COMMON Title Passing From Property In ' Holladay and Stephens Addi tions, Worth $17,50 0, Car ries Small Figure. ". In Laurelhurst a number of sales were made last night aggregating $10, 000. The Laurelhurst Company sold to Charles A. Robertson lot 10 in block 40 for $1330. This lot Is on Clackamas street, near East Thirtieth street. The company transferred to Rex Perkins lot 17 In block 19, Laurelhurst, on Irving, near Marlon Place, for $1500. Arthur H. Lewis secured title from T. W. Word to lot 20 In block 26, Laurel hurst, on Hassalo street near Pearlers Place, for $687. The Laurelhurst Company sold to Harry L. Jones lots 11 and 12 in block 9. Laurelhurst, for $3000. The property Is on Hazelfern avenue and East Thirty-ninth street. Sara C. Myers pur chased of Julia Beers lot 7 in block 10, Laurelhurst, on Floral avenue, the con sideration being $1400. Another sale of importance was that of the west half of the quarter block at the corner of East Ninth and Broad way streets, Holladay Addition, which was transTerred by John H. Wood to H. L. Archer. With a lot in Beverly the property brought $7500. Large Salea Carry Secret Prices. In Stephens' Addition at the corner of Grand avenue and East Lincoln street, lots 5 and 6, In block 55, were sold by Walter J. Burns to Frank B. Waite. The consideration in the deed was nominal, but the value of the quar ter block is about $10,000. In Stephens' Addition, corner of Union avenue and East Mill street, the Ladd Estate Com pany transferred to R. Lennan lots 1 and 2 In block 57. The consideration Is given as $10, but the property is valued at from $7000 to $8000. Sale Made In Laurelwood. Julia Beers sold in Laurelwood lot 7 In block 10, including a house, to Sara C Myers. The price was $1400. In Ascot Acres the Title & Trust Com pany sold to William Kennell two tracts valued at $1400. George Knoche purchased of the Title & Trust Com pany a tract worth $600. $2400 Is Consideration. George W. Betts transferred to O. F. Neal lot 19 and parts of lots 20 and 4 in block u, Rosemead Park, the con sideration being $2450. A house is in cluded in the purchase. The Wellington Investment Company sold to Michell Kelly four lots In Wel lington in block 11 for $1000. The Kenwood Land Company sold seven lots In Kenton to Albert Fay, the con sideration in the deed being nominal. The property involved is valued at about $5000. 304O Property la Sold. In Central Albina T. H. Adams trans ferred to H.- H. Carey lot 1 In block 7. the property being valued at about $3000. It is at the corner of Skldmore and Borthwick streets. Lillian H. Christian has purchased of the University Land Company lots 11, 12 and 13, block 65. University Park. The price paid was $1500. This prop erty Is on Willamette boulevard and Haven street. Many Minor Salea Made. At Taborside, Mount Tabor. Jose phine H. Tlbbetts took title-from Mela E. Steele to the north half of lots 10 and 11, block 5. In Welchborough, Mount Tabor, Margaret Fitzpatrick sold a single lot to Peter Thomas. F. T. Boysen took title last week from Sheriff T. M. Word to six lots In Fairport Addition, the consideration being $1749. Also in Fairport H. Ham Met sold to Tony A. Lang lot 37 in block 4. for $1050. James B. Robinson purchased one half Interest in two lots in Swan's Ad dition, the consideration being $1750. In Alameda Park, lot 12 In block 34 was transferref to S. H. ' Shaver by A. E. Cann. Olmsted Property Sold. The Oregon Home Builders have sold lot 4 in block 10, Olmsted Park, to B. M. Lombard, the price being $1500. Holly wood property, consisting of the north half of lot 14, was sold by Voila Beldln to Nettie E. Albright for $700. City Makes Purchases. - Perry Tomlinson transferred to the City of Portland a strip of land 15 feet wide in Waverlelgh for $600. For $1287 Kate Cox. Gowen-Ide Com pany, Emma F. Turner, Ludwlna Senti and Jacob Bollinger transferred to Portland rights of way for sewerage in Waverlelgh . Heights, Kenllworth and Frankfort. Peninsula Land Is Active. In Central Albina, J. B. Miller pur chased of G. W. Claggett the south 40 feet of lot 6, and east half of lot 5 in block 15, the consideration being $2250. G. W. Claggett purchased two lots In Kenton, the price being $800. The property is described as lots 26 and 27, block 25, Kenton. Home lirlns; 9-SOO. P. O. Hoaglund sold to Myra Earle lot 23 in block 9. Laurelwood. South East Side, for $2500. The sale Includes a house. At Highland. E. C. Chiles sold to Ev erette J. Chatfield lot 2 in block 3. the consideration being $1000. Two lots in block 18, Multnomah Ad dition, were sold by O. A. Setterberg to Wllhelm Olson for $2600. In Chelsea. Alice Mann sold to H. E. Noble two lots, valued at $1300. In Mount Tabor Villa. John Arm strong transferred to Johan Nasholm a house and lot for $1750. Sales In St. Johns Reported. Perry J. Miller transferred to J. V. Miller three lots and a house in the A. L. Miner's Addition to St. Johns, the price being $2200. The property is near Willamette boulevard. Charles W. Root purchased two lots in St. Johns from the Peninsula Section Company, the consideration being nominal. The East St. Johns Land Company sold to Jonas Isakson two lots in East St. Johns for $750. In Arleta Park No. 4. two lots and a house were sold by Myra Louise More land to Hiram Gilber for $1250. In Kosedale Annex Christ Parashos trans, ferred to Gus Parashos lot 10 in block S. including a house, for $2800. ( CAXXERY AT G RES HAM H CS II ED Co-operative Plant Has 'Sold Stock and Prepares lor Season. Construction is under way on the co-operative cannery of the Gresham Fruit Growers' Association on the acre tract secured from the Portland Rail way.. Light &. Power Company near the depot of the Mount Hood Hallway. A cannery building 175 feet wide by 60 feet long. Including a warehouse, has been planned. James Sterling, field agent, has charge of th erection of the building. Plans were prepared by H. E, Lewis, president of the associa tion, after an investigation made at Puyallup. Wash. The buildings will cost about $4000. A spur is being built from the Mount Hood Railway to the site of the can nery. The Gresham Fruit Growers' As sociation Is capitalized at $15,000, and nearly $10,000 of the stock has been taken by 200 growers in Multnomah and Clackamas County. It Is planned to have the cannery In operation by next April. The association has started a campaign of education along the line of berry cultivation. It Is planned to can fruits and vegetables and also to market produce. Community Building Planned. A movement has been started for the erection of a community and recrea tion building-in Laurelhurst Park. The plan was set in motion at a meeting held. Tuesday night in the Sunnyside schoolnouse. Representatives were present from Sunnyside, Glencoe. Kern, Hawthorne. Laurelhurst, Richmond and other sections. L. H. Weir, field secretary of the Playground and Recreation Associa tion, delivered an address glvinir de tails of recreation centers in Los An geles, Oakland, Seattle and other places. It was decided to secure plans of a suitable building and estimates of the cost. A committee was appointed to secure plans and estimates. Laurelhurst Club Plans Home. The Laurelhurst Club has purchased lots 18 and 19, in block 86. in Laurel hurst, for $4400. The property is located on the north side of East Ankeny street between Laurelhurst avenue and East Thirty-ninth street, and faces the park. A. W. Kutsche was awarded the gen eral contract for the clubhouse and the installation of the heating apparatus was awarded to W. W. Cox. the total amount of the contracts being about $15,000. Provision is made for a social hall and a stage that can be changed to a theater. There will be cardrooms and a serving-room. RURAL LANDS SOUGHT HALF DOZEN VALUABLE HOLDINGS CHAXGE HANDS. Polk County Property la Reported Transaction Involving Consid eration of $1.8,000. Although the prime season for the transfer of farm properties has passed, a sufficient number of Important sales Is reported over the state each week to illustrate that rural lands are still fairly active. During the past week a half dozen valuable holdings changed hands. Through the agency of Samuel Doalc, a Portland real estate man, a ranch of 182.70 acres, located nine miles north east of Dallas. Polk County, formerly belonging to C H. McNeelan, of Port land, has been sold to Lewis E. Gard-. ner, of Oregon City, at a reported con sideration of $18,000. As part payment Mr. McNeelan took title to Mr. Gardner's 40-acre farm located about four miles south of Ore gon City on the Molalla road. This land was placed in the trade at a val uation of $12,000, cash and mortgages being turned over to balance the trans action. Both farms are well improved and considered among the best In their re spective localities. Each owner plans to make extensive Improvement of his new holding. SSO.OOO Sale Near Portland. For 116 acres in two tracts located between Clackamas Station and Jen nings Lodge, Herbert Gordon, president of the Lawyers' Title & Trust Com pany, has paid J. O. Elrod approximate ly $30,000. The property is known as "Webster Acres" and "Elrod Acres" and Is situated along the new Oregon City carline. Mr. Gordon will replat the land and place It on the market in one-acre tracts. Deal Involves 28,000. In a deal involving a total of $28,000 closed by the agency of W. E. White & Co.. at Newberg, L. M. Parker has traded a section of wheat land located at Morgan. Morrow County, for J. W. Henkle's former home place of 16 acres located one mile north of Newberg. Bis; Sale at Hermlston. What Is known as the Irvln ranch, four miles north of Hermiston on the Umatilla project, was sold last week by the owner, S. S. White, of Seattle, to J. S. LaBarre for $24.04)0. Eighty acres of the farm was in alfalfa, 30 ready to seed to alfalfa and the rest In sagebrush. Two hundred hogs, ten cows and other property also were sold, making a total price of $29,000. TOO Acres Brlna; S15.T0O. For $15,500 Sam Randall has sold 700 acres of land located near Pilot Rock to G. W. Home & Sons. The sale was engineered by H. G. Casteel. a Pilot Rock real estate agent. Portland Men Invest at Creswell. Having purchased' the 1100-acre Ma son place, located three and one-half miles east of Creswell, S. S. Fair. E. H. Frye and McKlnley Lane, all of Portland, have Incorporated the C. F. & F. Livestock Company to engage in a livestock and general farming bus iness. The principal place of business will be at Creswell. The capital stock of the company Is $10,000. Three Laurelhurst Sales Told. The Laurelhurst Company has sold two lots located on East Glisan street between East Forty-first and East Forty-second streets, in Laurelhurst to Louise Slater, for $2800. A lot lo cated on Senate street between Impe rial avenue and East Thirty-seventh street has been transferred by Ben S. Lore to Arndt Anderson for a nominal consideration. Two lots situated on the northeast corner of Holladay ave nue and Peerless place, also in Laurel hurst. have been sold by the Laurel hurst Company to Eunice G. Sargent for $3150. Deeds recording all three sales were filed at the Courthouse Fri day. Pioneer Building Torn Down. Following an order Issued by the Public Dock Commission, the pioneer building belonging to the Meier & Frank Company, located near the west approach of the Morrison street bridge has been torn down. Many years ago this location housed a famous eating establishment called "Pap's Coffee House." According to a statement made by Julius Meter, no new Improvements have been planned for the location. The property has a frontage of 96 feet and a depth of 100 feet. Bungalow Vnder Way. A bungalow Is being built for Fred Loy on Jarrett street, between Kerb and Commercial streets, at a cost of $1400. M. N. Hall has charge of the construction work. M. E. Gibson has had plans drawn for a bungalow to be built on Omaha avenue between Ainsworth and Holman streets. Mr. Gibson will supervise the erection of the house. Mount Clair Job Let. Everet Lilsinatti has been awarded the contract for the erection of a $2000 residence in Mount Clair. East Eighti eth street, near Sandy boulevard. FIGURES INDICATE GAINS BY PORTUHB Users of Water, Telephones and Electricity Many More than January 1. 1222 BUILDINGS ERECTED- Postal Receipts In Eight Months Increase $35,621 and Realty Men Tell of Great Inter urban Development. No truer evidence of the substantial growth of Portland Is needed than the plain statement that 19S6 new water users have obtained service by the City of Portland since the first of the year. By October 1 the actual number of new services for the year will reach 2000 or more, according to estimates made yesterday by the offices of the city water department. By months, the new water taps were distributed as follows: January, 270.; February. 229; March, 283; April, 254; May, 239; June, 226; July. 197; August, 150; September to date. 138. The total, 1986, Is obtained by deducting trans fers, etc.. so that only new users are recorded. llulldlnss Authorised. The figures in the office of the build ing department show that the construc tion of 1222 new residences, costing an aggregate of $2,575,935, have been au thorized in Portland since January. These totals exclude everything except dwellings. Today 3933 more telephones are in use in Portland than at the first of the year. This figure includes the new con nections made by both of the companies represented locally. On the opening day of school this month 1589 more children signed census forms than the total enrollment for the opening school day of the 1913 Fall term. The figures in the contract depart ments of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company and the Northwestern Electric Company show that there are 3109 more electricity users In Portland today than there were on January 1. The books in the contract depart ment of the Portland Gas & Coke Com pany show that the company has 3023 more users than it had at the first of the year. Postal Receipts Increase. The Increase In postal receipts for the eight months since Janurry 1 is shown to be $35,621 and leading realty brokers sav that there has been an in crease of more than 100 per cent In interurban development during the eight months. The truths contained in these irre futable figures have spread like fire through the office buildings of Port land in the past few days. To adver tise them the more, some of the figures have been painted with yellow and black paint on the great windows in the corner rooms on the ground floor of the Henry building at the southwest corner of Fourth and Oak streets. In addition Is this quotation: "Portland's increase In population since 1910 as shown by the census Is 53.389, while the increase at San Francisco has beeir only 31.590. Cause for Optimism Seen. "If the true condition of Portland at the present time were better under stood. I believe there would be more optimism." said J. Fred Larson, secre tary of the Portland Commercial Club, yesterday. Mr. Larson was instrumental in gathering most of the statistics giv en in the above tabulation, first having "sprung" part of them before the Realty Board at a luncheon. "When a man lacks the nourishment of facts his enthusiasm starts to get cold, his energy begins to walk on crutches and he goes out to look for sympathy and usually gets it. as he is certain to find other pessimists. These fellows are like men on a night train asleep in a Pullman, dead to the re alization of the speed at which they are traveling. Portland Voing Ahead. "Look up. look about you and what do you find? Good old Portland going right along at a sure, steady gait, not as a switch engine on a sidetrack, ring ing the bell and blowing the whistle and getting nowhere, but like a mogul on the main track with plenty of power and steam and with reserve fuel galore. "Just take a glance at the statistics for the first eight months of 1914. as compared with the corresponding monhs of last year. These figures are enougn to sweep away all icy doubts and prompt you to look at things as they really are in Portland. Ask your friend if he knows the facts and you will all be the happier." Three Residences Sell. Fred Seltx purchased of John F. Mil ler lot 19 In block 13. Rossmere. with a house, for $3450. In Proebstels Addition. T. V. Matson purchased of Jesse T. Stewart a house and lot for $2750. In Hawthorne-avenue Addition. E. G. Jurgens bought property of Anna "Delude, valued at $2600. Director) of Prominent Life Insurance Agencies Members of Life Underwriters Association of Oregon Wm. UuliimtD, Manager, MAN HAT I AN Litji. Oregouisn Bids. H. ci. Coiton, Manager. MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL. LIFE. Chamber ot Commerce &ldz. . L. Harmon. Manager. fE.NN MUTUAL, Llrh Northwestern Bank Ltldg. Horace Mecklem, Manager. NEW KNULA.NO MUTUAL, LIFE, Northwestern Bank Bldg Alma X. Ku ix. Manager, MUTUAL LLcE INSURANCE CO. OF 1. I. Corbett lildg. U. M. louum. Mgr. RELIANCE LIFE INS. CO.. 1'ittsburgh. Pa. JUS Morgan Bldg.. Portland, or. S. r. Lock wood. VUe-Frea, and Gen. llgr. COLUMBIA LIKE & TRUST CO., Spaidiug Bldg. PetU-Uromajer Co.. Ueneral Altnu, IH TRAVELERS' INS. 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