10
LEASE OF LAKES
TALK OF MARKET
Forty-Year Hold Which New
York Syndicate Now Has
Is Significant.
$7,000,000 DEAL NOTABLE
rortlund Kcal Estate Market Takes
on. Decided Hum AVlth Changes
Duo at Imperial Hotel and
Kothchild Building.
The absorbing topic of discussion In
the offices of Portland engineers, "real
c.taters" and materia, dealer, last
ueek was tne proi - Take
velopment of J
"announced In The Oregonlan Fri
day, th. syndicate plan,
270-mile pipeline from the laHes to
the "ontlueSce . of the Columbia and
Deschutes river where a 'f0'0
manufacturing plant will be built to
handle the various materials that are
to be made of the rich salt deposits In
the two lakes. The pipeline will be
constructed of Oregon fir and co't ap
proximately $2,000,000-. according to
resent estimates, which call for a pipe
14 Inches In diameter in most places.
A larse pumpin station will also be
erected at the lakes to pump the lake
fluid, over the first-leg of the travel to
t,,TheaCpaL8'ror the pipeline .already
bave been prepared by J. G. Kelley. a
TrUand engineer, and the plans for
the factory buildings, warehouses fe
rneries, separating Plants, etc have
been drawn by New York City en
gineer,. Jason C. Moore, head of the
indicate, telegraphed fr om . New ork
to his Portland representative Attor
ney Chester A. Sheppard. Thursday
that he was ready to bo ahead lth the
iictlve construction work at once. Mr.
heppard predicts that the work w.ll
commence within 90 days.
Mr Moore effected the lease orig
inally with the State Land Board, but
It was not authoritative until It was
ratified last week by the Legislature
and Indorsed with Governor Withy
combe's signature.
The proposed plant will be the
largest of Its kind In America, it is
raid, and will employ between 3500 and
EOOO'men at all seasons of the year.
It amounts to the largest private de
velopment project initiated In Oregon
Xor years.
Mr. Uowman Start, Another Home.
The F. K. Bowman Company has com
menced the erection of another $6600
residence near the northwest corner of
Kast Nineteenth and Klickitat streets.
It will extend two full stories above
basement and contain seven rooms and
a sleeping porch. The exterior will
be stucco. The excavation already
ha, been started.
Imperial Order, Repair,.
Architects Sutton & Whitney have
completed, plans and awarded con
tract, for repairs to the Imperial Hotel
which will give the Imperial Grill an
entrance from Broadway. The cost
of the work, including the installation
of new hangings, tapestries and dec
rations, will be about $5000.
Portland Man Get. Job.
At a contract price of $33,362 P. A.
Sandberg has been awarded the con
tract for extensive 6treet improve
ments at Bay City, Or. The award was
made following the opening of bids
by .1. C. McClure. City Recorder of Bay
aty.
Hre Cauarn Improiement.
As a result of the big fire last Sun
day in the Alder Hotel building, when
an $80,000 damage was Buffered, ex
tensive repairs and alterations will be
made by the owners, principal of whom
are W. U Morgan and W. A..T. Bush
ong. of the Alder Investment CompanJ.
The Alder Hotel was built about live
years ago at a cost of $8,000.
Bridge Bids to Be Opened Thl, Week.
Next Tuesday has been set as the
date for the -opening of bids for the
construction of the $1,750,000 Interstate
bridge that is to span the Columbia
liiver between Portland and Vancou
ver. Full description of the plans
have been published by the consulting
engineers, Harrington, Howard & Ash.
Bis Repair Job I p.
Stanley S. Thompson, who recently
was appointed manager of the Rotn
chtld building, located at the norta
west corner of Fourth and Washington
streets, announced last week that the
building would be repaired immediately
at a cost of about $4000. The present
front will be torn out. the lobby ex
tended, the walls and halls done over
and the exterior renewed. The work
will be started this week under the
direction of the architectural firm of
Tourtellotte & Hummel. Italian marblo
and plate glass will be used in the new
work.
School Bids ( lone Soon.
Bids for the construction of the pro
posed $15,000 high school building a:
bilverton will close next Thursday. The
plans drawn by a Portland architect,
P. Chappell Browne, call for a two
story brick building. 90 by 73 feet in
foundation area and containing 111,
large classrooms and an assembly hall
having a capacity of 250.
$20,000 Permit Let.
Mrs. Sarah Rosenblatt obtained a
building permit last week for the con
struction of a two and a half story
frame residence at 622 Myrtle street,
between Twenty-first and Twenty-second
streets, in Carter's Addition, Port
land Heights. The estimated cost of the
structure is $20,000. The plans were
prepared by Architects Root and Kerr,
and the contract is in the hands of John
Zwick.
Dr. CofTey Order, Repairs.
Dr. R. C. Coffey has commissioned
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up plans for additions and alterations
to oe maae 10 m iu-hhj icaiucm.c
n L Ullnil Plirtv, '1 V. 1 V v i " . .... .7
third and Twenty-fourth streets. The
WOTK. wnicn lias ueeii awaiutru lu ii.
r i 111 ..I. .... . 1 1 1 . i 11 Th.
library, the dining and living-rooms will
dq eniargcu, aiiu mc iiucuui union in
be converted Into mahogany through
put. 92300 Home Begun.
For Sam Norton Contractor M. TV".
Lorenz has commenced the erection of
a one-story frame residence at 751
l'eriander street, In Montgomery Park,
at an estimated cost of $2500.
Eut Yamhill Ueta S-IOOO Home.
IV. A. naesDCK nu uirecLcu uia noi
lock Building Company to construct a
one-and-a-half-story frame dwelling for
Y I I.-'oa Vamliill cl.nnl haiWAAVt
Kast Fifty-sixth and East Fifty-seventh
streets. The work will cost about $4000.
Captain Ttbbeta Crta &ROOO Home.
Captain Frank P. Tibbets' new home,
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W 1111 II la J ii . m'ni i.v111 ii.i ii l. , ,o "ill.
of the most modern homes which The
Oregon Home Builders have constructed.
It is located in Olmstead Park Addi
tion on Brice avenue near Glenn ave
nue. It is a seven-room home with
additional sleeping porch, and planned
f after the English style. The surface is
nnisnea in timDer ana pmoin
and the architecture closely resembling
the popular foreign home. It is tOvbe
finished in old Ivory enamel.
$2000 Job Started.
According to plans drawn by H. C.
Dittrich, N. M. Peterson has commenced
the concrete and brick work on a one
story brick school which is to rise at
315 Larrabee street for the Bethel A.
M. E. Church. The permit cites $2000
as the probable cost.
K. JJ. Holme, Builds.
E. B. Holmes has started the erection
of a $4000 dwelling on East Glisan
street, between East. Thirty-ninth and
East Forty-first streets. Mr. Holmes be
ing the superintendent of .the work.
Ella M. Allen is repairing a dwelling
on East Salmon street, between East
Thirty-third and East Thirty-fourth
streets, the cost being $200. Lu Langos
is the builder. A 'one-story garage Is
being built on East Fifteenth, between
Brazee and Knott streets, for Mrs. C. F.
Reynolds, at a cost of $25.
Mr. Shankland Plan, Cottage. -
t? o Qhonkinnrf it erectlnir a one-
story cottage on East Eighteenth street.
between Maiden ana L,eo streets, in -
wood, at a cost of $1000. Henry ssenmeer
: 1..I...V a nnii..tnrv frame rtWP.llin&T
i a 1 1 iiaii uift v.. w -
on East Fourteenth, between Beech and
Kalling- streets, Albina, at a cost 01
$1000. Petke fc Krombein are the con
tractors.
Building to Cost $9000.
ml. - Taananll Ci-in ctT-llf't i nM ComOany
is erecting a one-story frame building
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STRICTIRE TO BE ERECTED BY ELKS AT KLAMATH FALLS
at the Oaks, at the foot of P.ex avenue,
to cost $9000. J. C. Welch is building
one-storv store on East Burnside
street, between East Twelfth and East
Thirteenth streets, the cost to be $500.
Two Dwellings to Go Up.
George A. Ross, the builder, has taken
out permits for the erection of two
story-and-half houses on East Grant,
between East Thirty-fourth and Glenn
avenue. Each will cost $2200. A. W.
Bnwhill is building a dwelling on East
Fifty-second, between Fifty-sixth and
Fifty-seventh avenues, the cost to De
$1200.
A. I Smith Build, $IOOO Home.
A two-storv residence Is being built
for A. P. Smith on Glenn avenue, be
tween Mason and Shaver streets, at
a coat of $4000. Mrs. Mary W. Neu-
som is having a residence Dullt on
Hazelfern avenue, between Peerless
Place and Imperial, to cost $4000. W.
H. Slavens is the contractor for this
building.
n. C. C. lUehard, to Build.
Work has been started on the new
$1000 residence fur Mrs. C. C. Richards
on East Eighteenth street, between
Thompson and Brazee streets. Gustina
Bros, are the contractors. Mrs. C. O.
Tarrell Is repairing a residence on
Weidler between East Sixth and East
Seventh streets. The cost will be $300.
Frank Hani is doing the work.
ti. V. Purdln Kreetst Foot Residence,.
G. C. Purdin has taken out a permit
to erect four one-story dwellings on
East-Grant street between H.ast ioriy
cighth and East Forty-ninth streets.
each to cost $1800. J. A. Pryor is hav
ing a cottage built on East Eighty
fourth street between the Foster road
and Fifty-eighth avenue, the cost to
be $1250. '
Xew Jlome to Cost 4300.
A sLorv and a half residence is being
built on East Ash street between East
trnrtv-first and East Forty-third
streets for E. F. Balgmann. It will
cost $4500. Mr. Balgmann is the builtf-
er. Leo A. Harms Is repairing ine
dwelling on Vincent street between
Lombard and Hollard streets, on the
Peninsula, at a cost of $600.
C. W. Dolan Start, Cottage.
r. w. Dolan is erecting a one-etory
cottage on East Morrison street be
tween East Seventieth and .ast cev-entv-first
streets, at a cost of $1500.
L. H. McCartha has erected the founda
tion for a dwelling on East Sixty-sixth
street between Siskiyou and Stanton
streets, at a cost or $300. a suosian
tial dwelling will be built on the found
ation laler at. a coat bf about $4000.
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FRONT ELEVATION' OF fOO.OCO STRUCT L" RE TO RISE OX EAST SIDE.
Bids were received until yesterday by Architects MacNaughton & Raymond for the section of the
bnhrfocunndca
floorspac& O? e! Heintz. owner of the property and the proposed building, has granted the Blake-McFall
CmTheypcif?c-yieraorn VZ."? ?S "e for the past 18 a . sincere
erection of the Burnside Bridge; has been moved to Its new $2,000 plant, at East Thirtieth street, north
of Sullivan', Gulch. . . .
THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX. PORTLAND;
SUBLEASES BLAMED
FOR HIGH RENTALS
Corner Cigar Stores Pay Big,
Keeping Rates Up, Mer
chants Are Told
MANY DECREASES FOUND
Canvass by Committee Keveals That
Owners Have Granted Reduc
tions, While Men Who Sub
rent Refuse to Do So.
Blaming the corner cigar stores and
those who have subleased downtown
buildings for the existence of high
LODGE BUILDING MAY BE HEATED BY ELECTRICITY.
rentals, a committee of the Retail Mer
chants' Association filed a report on its
investigation of the rental situation in
Portland before a meeting of the asso
ciation AVednesday night and quoted
the rental schedules In other cities.
According to W. B. Shlvely, secre
tary of the association, rents in Port
land are higher than in New York,
considering the number of passers-by
before respective locations.
The canvass was taken by a com
mittee appointed from the membership
of the association. In the "big loop"
bounded by Third. Tenth. Stark and
Yamhill streets, they interviewed more
than 200 merchants. Tljey also fol
lowed Washington street to Fourteenth
street. Third and Fifth streets to Oak
street and Sixth street and Broadway
to Ankeny streets, these properties
also being regarded as belonging prop
erly to the congested district
Some Rents Reduced.
"In this territory we found that 93
merchants had recency obtained re
ductions in rent and that reductions
had been refused 81." said Mr. Shlvely.
"But those who were privileged to dis
cuss the situation with the actual own
ers of the property in all cases received
reductions. The holders of subleases
in all instances refuse to grant any
concessions.
"We found that 68 saloons still occu
pied stores in the congested district and
that 19 corners were taken up by cigar
stores and handsome rentals paid,
which tends to Increase rents gener
ally. There are a considerable num
ber of vacancies but not so many as I
noted this week in a personal survey of
the streets of Seattle. When the pro
hibition law is placed in operation
many downtown stores will be ren
dered vacant temporarily and this will
tend to decrease rents generally."
While addressing the association at
the Commercial Club Wednesday night
Robert H. Strong, manager of the Cor
bett estate, explained that the mer
chants themselves were responsible for
manv of the high rents. He said that
in booming times they had vied with
one another in making extravagant
offers for choice locations.
E. J. Jaeger, president of the asso
ciation, declared that most of the land
lords were willing to reduce the rent
to what business, could stand hut that
the subrenters complicated the situa
tion materially by demanding- big
rentals.
Prevailing Rate Established.
The survey establishes roughly the
prevailing rates of rent per front foot
per month for stores on the leading
, BIDS CLOSED YESTERDAY ON" BLAKE-MTALL
streets, but does not make allowance
for the depth of the stores and the
height of the ceilings.
On Washington street between Third
and Fourth streets rents varied from
$13 to $29 a front foot without any
particular cause for the variance.
For the balance of the streets the
following averages were maintained:
Washington, from Fourth to Fifth
street, $20; from Sixth to Broadway.
$25: from Broadway to Park street. $16
to $35; from West Park to Tenth street,
$20: from Tanth to Twelfth street, $10.
and from Twelfth to Fourteenth
street, $6.
. Morrison street between Third and
Fourth streets, $20; from Fourth to
Fifth street, $17.50; from Fifth to
Sixth street, $20. and from Broadway
to Park Btreet, $11.
Alder street from Third to Fourth
street, $8.
' Stark Street Rate Varies.
Stark street from Third to Fourth
street, $5: from Fourth to Fifth
street, 9" from Park to Tenth
street, $8. . .
Third street from Morrison to wasn
ington streets, $15; from Stark to
Washington streets, $10.
Fifth street, from Stark to Oak
streets, $10.
Sixth street from Morrison to Alder
streets, $15; frond Washington to Stark
streets, $17.50; from Stark to Ankeny
streets, $15. :
Fourth street from Washington to
Alder street. $10.
The association officers learned by
correspondence that an 18-foot front
AT. COST OF S50.0OO
located at Fulton street and Broadway,
New York City, where 1.500,000 people
pass daily, rents for $55 a front foot
and that a store on Broadway between
Warren and Murray streets, opposite
the City Hall, brings from $18 to $42 a
front foot monthly.
In Seattle, where the stores are much
deeper than in Portland, and where
alleys are provided, the prevailing rent
Is front $30 to $38; in Los Angeles the
best location averages $40, while good
locations on prominent cross streets
bring an average rental of about $25.
San Francisco Kent, High.
In' San Francisco, on Market street
between Kearney and Powell streets,
the average is reported as being $55,
while the average on Kearney, Geary
and Stockton street is quoted at $30.
In Tacoma the best locations may be
had, the report shows, for rentals
ranging between $9 and $14; in Oak
land, between $15 and $20: in Spokane,
between $20 and $25, and in Des Moines
between $10 and $25.
"Our report shows that In every city
except San Francisco, where the fair
is in progress, rents are generally on
the decrease," said Mr. Shively. "In
Spokane the decrease is reported to be
20 per cent. Of course the fact that
Portland's stores are small should be
considered when the respective rentals
are being compared." ' '
A committee will be appointed to
hear grievances and try to settle all
rent differences equitably. Mr. Shively
is chairman of this committee and E. D.
Timms will serve as the second mem
ber of the Retail Merchants' organiza
tion. Three additional members will
be chosen from the Commercial Club,
the Chamber of Commerce and one
from at large.
Jobn Zedrlck Starts Cottage.
John Zedrick has started the erection
of a cottage on East Sixty-seventh
between East Flanders and East Gli
san streets, to cost $1250. Work has
been started on a cottage for B. Am
sterdam on East Twenty-second be
tween Powell and Tibbetts. The cost
will be $1250. A cottage costing $800
is being built for T. Broder on East
Seventieth street . near Forty-third
avenue.
G. G. Larfleld
A home to cost
Plan, Home.
$2500 will be built
n Wisteria between
for G. G. Larfield o
East Fifty-second
fourth streets. Mr.
and East Fifty
Larfield wfll super
C. T. Stever will
residence on East
intend the erection,
erect, a one-fitory;
Forty-first between
and East Harrison
be $2250.
Hawthorne avenue
streets, the cost to
BUILD ENG.
FEBRUARY 21, 10Tjl;
TWO $35,000 DEALS
ARE MADE IN WEEK
Old Strong Residence Across
From Arlington Club Is
Now in New Hands.
$26,000 IN CASH IS PAID
Webb Cherry Orchard Xcar Fair-
view 13 Traded for 472-Acre
Ranch Southeast of Amity
in Yamhill County.
Two $35,000 transactions formed the
rAn..A " t , Dni.4l.nil f.altv m ii v If at
l.CALUtC:0 111 i Ll 1 1 ill ii aw.. ...
last week. The old Strong residence,
located on an. inside lot cn the west
..:.! r TI 11.. -lr alr.ot hatVAAII
Ul tlC0k i Hi n St., - -'
Main and Salmon streets, diagonally
V. a Acllnirfnn filth X! a 1
sold by J. J. Flaherty to F. K. Ames, a
local representative of the Govern
ment in ine iimoer serviuo, i valua
tion of $35,000. Approximately $26fOO0
WU9 rcyi CDtSiiLCU uy taou-
teiaunr 10 me eaiuo irauuBi-uuii,
M". Long deeded an eight-room house
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locate a at tne souuiwwi, tui hoi !-.
Sixty-second and Hoyt streets to Mr.
. ... . . i : o - n ii rw
f laneny at a. vaiuaiiun ui j.-w.
- i m T ,1 ,J .,.1 rt VI t- Trill-
herty a five-room bung-alow located on
tne souinwesi tw n;i a.a, a-
a. i. t J I l AAta naliiorl at
lll.ru miu oiiciiiia.ii BiLGCf,
$4500. and J. T. Long, the realty dealer.
WHO rcprcarjULCU uuin oiuso - nn- v
eacLion, aeeueu lu jui. nnw ij
of ground In Mount Scott said to be
worth approximately $1;"0Q. As the bal
ance of the payment Mr. Ames gave
.- r 1 -. BhuoR
Air. r laneny puaocoaiuii v. - -
in v i m rr T-rw.i i t u ti invflstmoiit Com
pany at a valuation of $100 a share.
The residence on west ,ra.i. oueot,
which was sold several years ago by
the Strongs, contains 3 5 rooms. Re
cently T. J. Long was the agent to a
Ucal WilCiCKj - ivn'iv
ceived title to a lot located nearby on
o i - ftynnt HatoToen Wost. Park and
Tenth streets. It is understood that
negotiations are under way for the ac
quisition of additional property to com
plete a site for the erection of a large
apartment-house for bachelors.
The other large deal Involved the
trade of the famous Webb cherry or
chard located between Fairview and
the Twelve-Mile House for a 472-acre
ranch situated about a mile southeast
of Amity in Yamhill County. By the
terms of the exchange Lawrence R.
Allen releases ownership of the 30-acre
cherry orchard known as one of the
best improved small places in Mult
nomah County, and O. A. Bosserman.
of Portland, relinquishes title to the
Yamhill County property. Both were
placed in the trade at an even valua
tion of $35,000. Mr. Bosserman will
make his home on the former Webb
place and Mr. Allen, who received his
degree in civil engineering at Cornell
University several year sago, will move
i.i. u: n.hn wan fnrmerlv Miss
Willi Ikia i iii, I-.'
Webb, to the wheat ranch. Later he
plans converting tne enure iu o
into a stock ranch. The Ralph Ackley
Land Company handled the exchange.
Big Deal Is Concluded.
The announcement made In The Ore-
that th Fteic Arms
KUiiian i i. v ! 1 1 nj - .
apartment building located on the
. , .- Tli rtaentn
soutnwesi corner ui it.....
. . .i.f smi the Chester-
ana -vi in ' Linn , - - i;, .
bury Hotel annex, located on .fc.asi
Twentieth, between Kearney um
Joy streets, had been sold by R. F.
Wassell and D. B. McBride was con
fired last week when the transfer cf
title to these properties was filed for
record at the Courthouse. The deeds
. i . . 1. i .. ..-imi-i;1 Tit la &
were maae oul lu mo .. , . - ----- ,
Trust Company, of Portland, but it is
known that tne reai purt.i.-c. " --
iiiioio Th total consid-
eratlon is understood to have been
$200 000. Nominal supuianuno
were recited in each of the deeds.
Two Lota Sold for fSTBO.
... i .. . .. mi nn the north side
1 l J luia .ii.ii..."
of Pettygrove street between Twenty-
fourth ana J wcniy-iui" ...
Goldsmith's Addition were sold last
week bv W. H. McEldowney. of Forest
Grove, to Mrs. K. M. Smith, of Port
land for JS750. Wakefield. Fries &
Company represented the seller and
Parrish. Watkins & Company the pur
chaser. ,
13,000 Lot Ileal in aac.
Property described as lot 4. block 10,
Terwllliger Homestead, has been trans
ferred by John Loop and associates to
William A. Kept for a reported con
sideration of J13.000.
Small Ueala Are Iteported.
George A. Ross has transferred to A.
. i ie in hlnrk 1. RoSS-
v. ArmstroriB " , , - . a
dale, for J3500, the sale including a
house. Charles n. j-'wuu -
... .. ki.v Forest Park.
m U'C: price heng
eiven as SIOOO. ine piupcj -fn
.he South East Side in the Wood
stock district. .
. 1, Knn RllTM TWO LOtH.
Christopher P. Scott purchased of
. t inn k nnn H 1 Ti
Mary BeaKev narrm -
DiocK a, .iirtpmn"' .-i. - .. , . , .
A. Farah purchased of Herman bchltrf
a tract in Laureiwooa ann
a tract in .nt 16 ln Diock 1.
spurchaed hy Volney S. Ogle, from
erty is located on the Peninsula R. C.
. rni,n.,a,'. Anrlition. ln tn
South Kast Side, lots 15, 13. 20 and 11,
for $7720.
Woodlawn Lot Brings 1200.
James K. Geil purchased lot 4, blocK
28.. Woodlawn. from Louisa Emig,
for $1200. A lot on East Lighteenth
street, between Thompson and Brazee
. .' i0H hv Gertrude
streeis. v a t'" 1 ' " ' , , - , v,
Richards from Tjnie L. Hymans, the
consideration given oem uu.......
. . . . .-j .v. hurt nf lrvlneton.
lot is locaicu in i' . , . ,. . ,
At Brentwood, in the South East Side.
Jean Thompson iook. -
. . jr rioaT,r.A w. Webster.
The price was $1600 and the sale in
cluded a nome.
' Glencoe Lota Change Hands.
Thomas H. Kendlg sold to B O Gal-
. j, . 1. Bnth 94 fp.ft Of lOt
lup lOl a"Li "i"-" - " , . . .
4. in block 3, Glencoe Park, which in
cludes a house, ror
erty is located on East Yamhill near
East Forty-fourth street. A W 1
T3-i.- r.ro.or1 on Kast r lEty-
third street, near Stanton, was pur
chased by Lillian DeKeater from Affie
B. Hanna, m - " . , i.,i,
property is described as lot 19. in block
i hint-k 19. Laurelhurst, to Frances
C. Sears, for $1400.
Sunnyslde ftnnrter Sells.
Lots 8 and 9. In block 63. Sunnyside.
extending from East Main to East
Madison streets, between East Thirty
fourth and East Thirty-fifth streets,
were sold "by T. M. Hurlburt to T. K.
. .cacc Ti 2B in block 20,
Ladd;s Addition.' was eold by the Hotel
Investment company i y
for $1000. This lot is located on Toplar.
near Hazel street.
.-.win Msflx on Tabor Heights.
owv
Two large lots in block K. Tabor
Heights, were purcnascu u, "'""' "'
Tasker, lots 6 and 7, from R. L. Glisan.
for $5000. The property is between the
Base Line road and East Morrison
-- irct si vtv-Kpventh and East
Sixty-ninth streets. Lot 7 is 100 by
400 feet and lot 6 is 200 by 50 feet. In
Tremont Place in the South East bide,
lots 8 and 9. in block 13. were pur
chased by G. I Mathews of R. H. Huy
sink for $1300. This property is near
Woodstock avenue.
E. A. Curtis Buys ln Olmsted Tark.
B. M. Lombard has .sold to E. A.
Curtis lot 2 in Olmsted Park for
$1500. Lot 'E" in Parkros. on the
Sandy road, was sold to Minnie L.
Wampler by Hartman & Thompson for
$1150. On Albert, near East Twentieth
street, Edythe Bowland has taken title
to half of two lots, the price being
$180, with a house. S. Goldstein made
this sale.
Ladd'a Addition Snle Made.
Lot 8 in block 8. Ladd's Ad
dition, located on Spruce street, was
purchased by Irene llodnett from the
Ladd Estate Company, for $1800. Celene
Cuthburt has taken title to lot 11. east
20 feet of lot 8, in Ladd's Addition,
and the west 15 feet of lot 14 in block
15, the price named in the deed being
$5165. Lot 5. in block 13. North
Irvington, was purchased by John H.
Lesser from B. P. John, for $1600. At
Arbor Lodge, Peninsula, R. F. Watt pur.
chased of Eva B. Gillett a house and
lot for $2500.
liini.nliln l.nt Brlncrs tlOOO.
Jean C. BoIIore transferred to
B. Richards lot 9 in block 47
..nn..i.id unnn Thin lot
W.
In
is
located on East TlUrty-nim sireei. bo
tween East Main and East Salmon
streets. In Rossdale, lot 1 ln block
1 was purchased by C. C. Thompnon
from George A. Ross, for $3250. This
sale includes a house, located near
iih.,in Btpaat in ths North Kast Side.
The west half of two lots ln Spraguo's
l.lll.n wui mirrhaer1 hv John MOOTO
from William H. Van Doren. for $1J00.
Tremont Park Lots Are Sold.
T - 11 11 n rtA 14. In block 6.
Tremont Park, ln the South East Side,
were sold by J. XI. Jtemingion 10 J. .
Savely for $1200. At Brentwood, ln the
Mount Scott Oistlrct, jean inonipsmi
v,. lnt .1 in block 1 from
Clarence W. Webster, for $1600. The
sale included a nome.
ELKS PUN HEW HOME
COST OF KLAMATH FALLS BVII.I)
IX ESTIMATED AT $50,000.
Structure to Contain Two Stories and
Basement Over Foundation of
50 by 100 Feet.
The plans and specifications prepared
by architects Houghtaling & Dougan,
of Portland, for the erection of the pro
posed new Elks Temple at Klamath
Kails call for the expenditure of ap
proximately $50,000. The structure will
be two stories and basement over a 50
by 100 foot foundation and built in the
center of a situ 80 by 120 feet in area.
The basement will provide a gym
nasium, swimming pool, locker rooms
and a stfam heating plant. A women's
parlo:, writing, reading, lounging, bil
liard, card and bar rooms will be lo
cated on the first floor while Iho sec
ond floor will be devoted to lodge und
ante-rooms and a large banquet hall.
The interior will be decorated highly
with .ornamental plaster, the general
scheme of architecture being faithful
to the Adam and Georgian periods. The
exterior will be red brick with terra
cotta trimmings and columns. Mason
Robers of Portland, representing the
firm of Houghtaling & Dougan. will
supervise the construction work at
Klamath Falls.
The working drawings are now be
ing rushed to completion in the hope
of having the Job ready for contractors
bids by Alarch 1.
The building may be heated by elec
tricity, making it one of the few
structures of that type ln the country.
The accepted design of the building
was chosen from sketches submitted
by San Francisco, Portland. Mcdford
and Klamath Falls architects.
TWO $11000 T11AES JIEPOKTKD
Johnson Creek Park At it-agc Jlrlngs
I inatillii Liiiid ami Cnsli.
.. "'..I T-i- Lr r.mnrta thO following
exchange of properties made by him
during the present wcov.
.. . -n f,,p Krnest Ln-
seven hi;i-d "-- -
derwood and Caroline I'nderwood. in
Johnson Creek 1'arK, locim-u v
Station. 11 miles east of Portuand t-n
the Kstaeada carline. highly improved
, , i,.i,ilnir Ktrictly mod-
111 evci) j . .
ern nine-room house, at a valuation of
$6000. to H. I. Gardner for 145 acres
of land In Tmatilla County Oregon,
at a valuation oi m.
balance the difference.
Last week H. P. Gardner exchanged
seven acres at Wilson Station on the
Estacada carline. on which there are
modern improvements, at a va nation
of $6000. to J. F. Draper, for lots I. .
10 and 11. in Tremont Place, with im
provements consisting of house and
chicken-houses, at a valuation of $30u0.
with mortgage to balance difference.
In this transaction Mr. Gardner was
represented by Samuel Doak and J. r.
Draper by Samuel Norton.
Cannery To Me Completed.
The cannery of the Gresham Fruit
Growers' Association now will be com
pleted. The directors have called for
a 25 per cent, assessment on the capital
stock with which to purchase machines
and equip the building. The total cot
of the structure, with the machinery,
will be between $6000 and $7000. It
covers half an acre of land in North
Gresham. F. J. Kaster. the process man.
Is at Gresham now preparatory to the
Installation of machinery. It Is esti
mated that about 500 acres of new b.-r.
ries and vegetables will be plan ed
to be used at the cannery and for ship
ment through the cannery. A ram
naign of education Is being carried on
by the officers of the growers as
sociation among the farmers ln an ef
fort to Increase the acreage. Ii. r..
Davis, president. Is ln demand as a
speaker at the Grange meetings and
other gatherings, with the resu.t that
a large Increase of acreage is expected
in Eastern Multnomah and Clackamas
counties.
Fairview Repairs City Ha".
The Fairview Council has taken
steps to complete the city hall of that
place, which Is used as a communis
building. The inside Is to be f Inished
and a fire escape is to be built at one
end. Also the council has taken the
initial steps toward the construction
of a municipal water works. Surveys
have been run and estimates made a
to the probable cost. A special elect on
will be held in midsummer when the
water works' proposition will be sub
mitted to a vote of the people of the
place.
nwrlllng to Cost aOO0.
Earl E Fogel has begun the erection
of a one-story dwelling on Borthwlck
street, corner of Morgan. The cost wil
be $2000. A one-story dwelling to cost
$1200 Is being built for J. I.
on East Thirty-fourth street between
Webster and Emerson streets. I'. 3,1.
Tozier is the builder.
. W. Ward Builds $2000 Home.
D W Ward has started on a one
story frame residence on Simpson
street between East Eighth and Last
Ninth streets, the cost to be $2000 Mr.
Ward is superintending the erection.
Talbot I?oad Gets New Home.
A W Kutsohe has broken .ground at
756 Talbot road, ln Greenway Addition,
for the erection of a two-story frame
residence for Mrs. Kutsche. The build
ing will cost about $4500.
BUILDERS LESS BUSY
January Permits in 75 Cities
Show Average Decrease.
25 IS PER CENT LOST
Total of $3i,71C,7l8 Is Compared
to $46,147,407 for Same Trrlnd
ln 1014 New York .Makes
Gain of 35 Per Cent.
A mitigation of the tinfavorahls
building statement for January may
properly be made. For two ressons the
present actual building conditions are
less unsatisfactory than the statistics
would Indicate. In the first pla e. many
architects sre engaged on plan for
Spring work, permits for which have
not yet been sought. Office work M
therefore more active Ihsn that of the
permits issued, ln the second place., cur
rent construction Includes much wor,
the permits for which wero secured
several months ago, the actual work at
that time having been deferred cn ac
count of an unfavorahlo money mar
ket. Official reports of the building per
mits issued during ths month of Janu
ary in 75 cities, received by tha Ameri
can Co.-.trsctor, Chicago, show a total
of J34.712.71S. compared wth $46.447. -497
for January, 1M4. a drorcsne of 2
per rent. Of the cities 21 show pains
and :: losses. New York City mskes
the splendid gain of 3S per rsnt. only
two of Its five boroughs showing losses.
At Chicago, the comparative loss Is onlv
9 per cent. Among the winners In the
comparison, together with percentages
of gains, are the following: Albanv,
U'S; Montclalr. 312; 1'nterson. 141;
Scheneotadv, 21!2: Spokane. 171:
Springfield, III.. M: Syracuse, 10:.;
Toledo. 129; Troy. 416; I' Ilea, l.'i2. De
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WKNATCIIKK. Wash.. 1'rh.
. .-1 v A n.il ru.t VK 1ft ThlirS-
day bv the directors of the consolidated
Sunnyslope scIki-I district for a l-i I.
and concrrlo two-story and full
merit, eicht-room si nooi n r
completed by July IS t " J1'-'
s",j This bulldiiig will be erected on
Surinyslope and will occupy a ground
space of bl by o fet.
llnlry Kaneh S4l1.
lne Ooff has sold his ISO-acre liilry
ranch south of North Powder to . J. -Tinney
who will continue the dairy
nustnes's The ssle ..r.ce was $9000
Directory of Prominent
Life Insurance Agencies
fcmbcrt of Life UndamiUf
Auociation of Oregon
Wn, Ueldmsa. Manaasr,
A.NUAI IAN 1.1 UK
Orrgonlart lllds
H O. Co:tea. Maiisfsr.
MAHSAc'nufciLTra ml 1 lai. l.tra
Ctianilisr of umiiaat Mll. m
. 1. Harmon, alaasgsr,
I't.SN MUTUAL i-IKki.
Nurthwslrrn Hank 11. u.
Horais steiklsm. Maoassr.
NEW t.NUl-AM MUTUAL Lir,
NnrlhWltP jtSDS Mld.
Alma U. aia, M.nassr,
MUTUAL lAkli 1N.SI HAM a. i-O. Or M. T.
0. M. blocuin, Mr.
nvl IASCK l.lr'W I.MI. J-. 'ltuburg. ra.
Bt W Mi;ai!jl .Jriusd. or.
a Z T3tkuod. Vlte-I'ias. a4.d lisa. Mat.
8' JCtuMUlA I.1KK I'KUfcX CO,
bialdui( lll3KL
fsttla-Urossmair Cn, Osnaral Agssia,
THK TKAVtlJeua' INS. CU,
ana-aio wiu-os H,a.
John i'auar. Manaiur.
PRUDENTIAL INS. CO. or' AMERICA.
Kuthi hlld Uld.
tr xi AmM iury. atanaasr.
NIBTllw kTK KN MUTUAL l.lKli IKS. CO.
NOBT" Norths atrn Hank Hlrt.
JudU l.orry, Manaer,
AMERICAN CKXTIUL Llrli INS. CO.
SOJ Dkum B.;.
M. J. Walsh Co.
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KLKCTRICAI. COMTHACTINO
A.U KI.KCTKICAI. SH VVVIKS OV
ALL KIU!.
Sll STARK ST.
ROTH P1IOXBS.
Stores and Office
GOOD LEASES
RIGHT RENTALS
303 SwctUnd Buildinjf,
Fifth and Washinnton SU.