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TTTK SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, AUGUST 13, 1916. MIDSUMMER " SEES -BUILDING ACTIVITY SETTLERS NEED OF J. CLAFIN'S PERSONAL ASSETS ARE WORTH $2200 That Former Multimillionaire and King of Dry Goods Trade Never Carried Life Insurance Creates Furore When Fact Is Brought to Light. BUSINESS EXPANSION OF TWO MANUFACTURING FIRMS FIGURES IN EAST SIDE BUILDING LEASE. NORTHWEST STATES East Side Apartment House Near Laurelfiurst Started to Cost About $30,000. $40,000 'HOME PROJECTED Portland Architects Submit Best Competitive Design for $100,000 School Building at Astoria. Postoffice Award Awaited. Discussion in local construction and architectural circles last week centered around the announcements that Herbert Gordon had decided to erect a $30,000 apartment building on the East Side, that Clarence S. Jacobsen, manager of Neustadter Bros., had purchased prop erty for the erection of the Columbia River Highway's first pretentious resi dence, that the plan of "Whitehouse & Fouilhoux had been chosen as the best among: the competitive drawings sub mitted .for the $100,000 Astoria high school and around Jhe , prospective awards on the Portland Postoffice job. The apartment house site which Mr. CJordon is about to improve is situated juEt north of the northeast corner of Kast Thirty-ninth and Belmont streets. Which is not far from Laurelhurst Park. The entire holding, which Mr. tlordon has owned for some time, is 86 by 173 feet in area and the building excava tion which is now being made involves 65 by 100 feet. The structure is to be a three-story brick and mill constructed building containing S3 three-room apartments. One of the big features of the new apartment, premises will be garages erected at the rear for the use of the building patrons. The work will be done by day labor and Mr. Gordon es timates that it will require about four months' time. The plans were drawn by J. "V. Thompson, who is employed by the Lawyers' Title & Trust Com pany, of which Mr. Gordon is president. Six-Acre Tract Home Site. . Whitehouse & Fouilhoux are prepare ing plans for an Italian villa residence to be built for Clarence S. Jacobson on a six-acre tract along the Colum bia River Highway purchased recently from Charles Coopey. The location is between Shepherd's Dell and Benson Park and includes the famous Coopey falls, bs well as all land, between the Highway and the waterfalls. , No definite scheme has been de termined upon by Mr. Jacobson. but it in understood that the residence will he of stucco, with an open-air swim ming tank built in supplement and its cost may run as high as $40,000 or $50,000. According to a telephone message re ceived from Astoria on Friday the plan of Whitehouse & Fouilhoux was chosen by the Astoria School Board as the best among the seven submitted by Jortland, Seattle and Spokane archi tects in the competitive contest on the plans for the $100,000 Astoria high school. Kven in the event this design is not finally adopted as the one to be followed in the construction the , Portland firm will be paid for its priae- inning plan. Postoffice Aivarda Awaited. Although the bids for' the work on the proposed $1,000,000 Portland Post- office building were opened by the su pervising architect at Washington early la.st week it may be a week or more ,. yet before the contract awards are an nounced. The lowest bid, $762,200, entered by Grant Fee, of San Francisco, calls for limestone material, while the low bid tor sandstone, ?( 81,700, was entered by the Dinwiddie Construction Company, of Portland. At the present time Indiana politi cians in Congress are pulling every string possible to have the limestone bid accepted as the material in, that event probably would come from 'their state. It is understood jrenerally that the supervising architecr prefers sand stone t limestone and as the former stone i:i quarried, in the Northwest local people are quite hopeful that the Portland firm will receive the award despite the $30,000 difference in the bids. Residence Contract Let. Architects Lawrence &. Holford have given C. H. Pape the contract for erecting the large three story and basement residence to be built for Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Hall on Waverly Heights. The cost of the proposed residence is not announced but it will involve a large investment. Knterprlse Gets ew Building. Preliminary plans have been drawn by Tourtellotte & Hummel, of Portland, for a two-story brick building that is to be erected at Enterprise for S. D. Keltner. who is engaged in the hard ware business. The building will have an exterior of white brick with stone trimming. The same firm of architects opened bids yesterday for the proposed addi tion to the Wallowa National Bank at Enterprise. Third and Gitalin Gets Taxpayer.. Frank Kiernan obtained a building permit last week for the erection of a one-story garage building on the south west corner of Third and Glisan streets. The estimated cost. of the structure is $7000. The plans were drawn by Mac Naughton & Raymond and the con tract has been let to J. K. Flynn. 1,. 31. Woodalde Orders Residence. Ground has been broken at 968 Lavern street in Collinge Addition for the construction of a one-story-and-a half frame residence for L. M. Wood side, at a cost of about $4000. The plans were drawn by Knud Roald and Is. O. Eklund has the contract. Seven Small Penult Issued. The following construction permits were issued last week calling for work that is to cost between $1000 and $2000 Albers Bros." Milling Company is altering its flour mill building at North Front and Marshall streets at a cost of $2000. ' Jesse Lenard Scott is building a $1000 residence at 686 Bidwell street in Miller's Addition. Alterations costing $1500 have been authorized in the old home of the Ixjtus Cafe, which is to be occupied by Buffum & Pendleton. Fred Luther has commissioned Dun ford Bros, to erect a $1500 bungalow at 6927 East Ninety-second street. Pursuant to plans drawn by K. Evans. Charles Steinhauer is erecting a $2000 residence at S4 Twelfth street. Minnie Baeske is building a $1250 bungalow at ll East Eightieth street. J. Simon Bros, took out a permit last week authorizing the construction of $1000 warehouse at 681 Front street. 3 DOWNTOWN LEASKS CLOSED Biiffom & Pendleton and Lilly Com fany Get w Sites. Two important leases were closed in Portland last week whereby the pio neer firm of Buffum & Pendleton Is to occupy the old home of the Lotus Cafe at 127 Sixth street and the whole sale firm of Charles H. Lilly is to move Into the corner of the old National j ' ' ; " 3 t i v.ks2 n . i 8. -5 r nn nn ! fcti s j t x 1 I t ! - STRl'CTl'RE SOW OCCUPIED BV Al'TOMILU TIRE ESTABLISHMENT, 'The significant feature about a lease agreement just concluded on'the 'East Side is that both firms af fected have moved to larger quarters. The Coin Machine Manufacturing Company, which has vacated the factory building at 125 Grand avenue, has occupied a large new brick factory building on the corner of East Seventeenth and Alice streets, in Holgate Addition, while the Lambert Multiplus Tire Company, which has ta ken the vacated building, moves from smaller quarters. The lease was handled by the Stanley S. Thompson Company. Hotel building at the northeast cor ner of Front and Yamhill streets. Its Sixth-street home will give tne Buffum & Pendleton Company about wice as much space as it has at pres nt. , Extensive alterations are being made to fit the. premises. for the new tenants. 1 Alterations also will be made in tne quarters leased by the Lilly Company, of which H. A. Cushing is manager. The new location will give the seed concern 12,000 square feet, the corner being approximately 100x200 feet In size. This property is owned by tne Stephen Mead estate, of which Fred erick H. Strong is manager. The lease was handled by Mall & Von Borstei. BEXD BUILDINGS TO BISK Addition to Bank Structure Is New est Project. BEND Or. Aug. 12. (Special.) As soon as arrangements can oe maue with tenants now occupying the prop erty the small frame building adjoin ing: the First National bann ouiiainn on Oreeon street will be torn down and a small addition to the bank will be built. The addition will be used as a workroom housing tne aaaing machines' and other equipment now- located in the main banking room. Other now construction which ts under way Includes a brick warehouse for the Bend Hardware Company, a brick addition to the Bend Steam Laun dry building, an addition to- the Mann- heimer Brothers' store and the new Central Oregon Bank building. The new O'Kane and Thompson buildings are completed except the interior fin ish and excavation is under way lor the Sphier building. SCHOOL SITE COSTS $2;t,6'0 Ground Bought Front 1 I Owners in Fremont Addition. The banner realty sale of the past week was closed by George E. bngle hart. of the F. E. Taylor Company, who handled the property of 11 persons selling 320 by 500 feet of ground lo cated between Fremont and Klickitat and East Twenty-seventh street North. Fremont Addition. The purchase price paid by the School Board was $21,650, plus improvements on Fremont street which cost $2020. The block is virtually smooth with slope affording fine drainage from north to south, and with an average terrace of three feet above Klickitat street on the south. Three temporary hool buildings are alreaMy being erected on the premises, and it is un derstood that the School Board intends to erect ultimately a modern one-story bungalow type of school huilding. PORTLAND ATTRACTS WORKER Realty Writer and Operator Moves Here From Cleveland. William R. Gahagen. a prominent realty operator of Cleveland. O.. wio has written several books on reaity subjects. has come to Portland to lo cate and operate. Just recently Mr. Gahagen edited an nteresting book on how to conduct the real estate. Insurance ana general brokerage business. being a brief treatise on the methods entering Into real estate transactions as operated by experienced brokers. Mr. Gahagen has been a member of the uorrens Lano Title Registration League of Ohio, and has contributed regularly to the Na tional Real Estate Journal. The newcomer says he has heard mighty nice things about Portland wherever he has gone, ana intenas m locate here permanently. WORK STARTS ON HIGHWAY New Road to Snow Line on Mount Rood Is Begun. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 12. (Spe cial.) Work has been started on the road penetrating the Cascade National Forest as far as the foot of Cooper's spur, on the northeast case 01 aiouni Hood, and before snow nies In late Autumn it Is expected the route will be completed. r. The new road, which is being ount with funds .raised by private subscrip tion, will connect witn upper vauey roads, and, with a maximum grade of T per cent, will' make the snownelds of Hood accessible to the motorist. The new highway will in a great aegree eliminate the old steep toll road, the terminus of which Is at Cloud Cap Inn. Upper valley ranchers are donating their services, wagons and teams to the enterprise. Work on Postoffice to Start. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Aug. 12. (Spe cial.) Work on the superstructure of Aberdeen's now $150,000 Federal building will start within a few days. J. W. Roberts, supervising (superin tendent of buildings for the Treasury Department, is here from San Francisco sunervislnsr tests being made of the heavy piles, and as soon as thie Is com pleted construction will proceed with out Interruption. Lane County to Lay Macadam. EUGENE. Or.. Aug. 12. (Special.) A mile and a half of macadam will be laid by Lane County on the Pacific Highway, leading toward Eugene from Junction City, according to an an nouncement made by the Lane County Court, after inspection of the road at that point yesterday- afternoon. The improvement will cost approxlmately $5000, it is said. The United States Coast Purvey will maki accurate measurements across Florida t determine whether the Gulf of Mexico il higher or lower than the Atlantic ocean. s-.-- - . yss " .. ."se"' vvwi' CLUB IN NEW. HOME East Side Business Men Move Into Beautiful Quarters. BUILDING TO HOUSE BANK Combination Structure, Represent ing $80,000 Investment, Due to Kiicrgetlc Efforts of Banker and Secretary Lcpper. The double building of the Citizens Ban.t and the Ea-t Side Holding Com pany, on the northeast corner of Grand avenue and East Alder street, is, rapidly iiiaring completion and will be occu pied in September. At. the corner is the t-.inx building, which will be mod ern in all regards and one of the most attractive banking rooms in the city. The upper pprt of the bank building is divided into offices. On the inside lot is the building of the East Side Holding Company. The ser-no iloor is ail taken by the East Side Business Men's Club, and the rooms are bing fitted up specially for club quarters. At the rear is a large as sembly and fraternal ha'l with a stage, which wil accomodate from 300 to 400 people. Hardwood floor has been laid for dancing. Lockers are In a nearby room, the ohject being to cater to fraternal orders. The billiard room faces Grand avenue and adjoining on he south are the smoking rooms and committee rooms for use of the club and otlr'-r organizations meeting in '.he building. A kitchenette is placed near the large hall for lunches. The club has already occupied these quarters, but the formal opening of the club quarters will not be held until some time in September. Those who have inspected the quarters say the club will have a beautiful home where it may feel proud to invite its friends and the public. Already fraternal or ganizations have engaged the fraternal hall for practically every night of the week. The East Portland Tostal sta tion is located at the rear of the bank in,? room, and aces East Aldr street Erection of the double structure, rep resenting about $80,000 with the grounds, was due to N. 1'. Carpenter, of the Citizens Rank, and M. Eep- pe-, secretary of the East Side Business Men's Club, whose efforts carried the project through successfully. The East Side Holding Company is composed of members of the East Side Business Men's Club. It is two years - since the move. .lent, for the building was starteJ. In the new quarters, with all the conveniences and attractions, it is believed that the club membership will make a rapid growth. At the formal opening night a membership campaign will be started. A service station where electric light bills can be paid is also to be located in the building. An auditorium seat ing 300 persons is situated in the rear, and is constructed to be suitable for a variety of uses. As an auditorium It is equipped for lodge meetings, motion picture performances and political mass meetings. It has been designed also for use as a ballroom. The quarters of the East Side Busi ness Men's Club, in the front part of the upper floor, consist of a large lounging and reading room and a bilj liard-room. The club will also have the use of the auditrlum for large meetings and social affairs. Fifteen suites of offices are also lo cated on the second floor of the build ing. , The Citizens Bank, which has taken the corner location on the ground floor. HOME OF CITIZENS BANK AND j ? .Mpiff; '-'1 itfPP I - - r -f1-fiV.. -- .i . XEW STRiniRE OX ORTIIIiZAST CORNER OF CRAD AVE.M'K Li g 101 1 5 has been installing mahogany and mar ble fittings, and will be enabled to take possession in about two weeks. Post office Station A already occupies the rear part of the building, and faces on East Alder street. Occupancy of the two spaces on Grand avenue will probably bo by a Joint express office and a Western I'nion office. It is planned to have an East Side Joint express office in which the Wells Fargo, the Northern, the Great North ern and the American Express com panies are all expected to be repre- J sented. The basement of the structure has been designed to afford room for a bowling alley, a billiard-room and a barbei shop. The bank vaults and a directors' room are also in the base ment. BIG FANCY CROP LOOMS EXATC'HEK GROWERS FAVORED BY FINE CONDITIONS. . Orrhardints and Speculators n Dick ering; for 1'rlces Klrst Ileal Ofrern Made. WENATCUEE, Wash.. Aug. 12. (Special.) Interest of the trade In the coming apple deal Is again evinced in the shape of preliminary inquiries. So far with local districts it consists largely of maneuvers and parley for the 7000 toS000 carload crop. It Is a case of playing back and forth be tween the Eastern, dealers and the local shippers. eachseeking the. ad vantage, the Easterner endeavoring to learn the exact crop situation out here and the local. ma'n striving to become acquainted with the prospects of the marker. - " . There is some belief, apparently well founded, that the Jonathan and early apples will move off at a profit-making level . to the grower. The districts which competed with Wenatchee 'last year most keenly are out of the run ning, namely, Idaho, whose crop was ruined by May frost, and the Middle Western states, which last year had a surprisingly large crop of extra fine Jonathans. With this strong competi tion eliminated, the Northwestern early apple should sell well, even though the crop is larger. The first concrete indication of the Jonathan movement appeared this week. Offers of 90 cents for extra fancy and 8."t cents for fancy Jonathans for early shipment, sometime during the early part of September, have been made. Crop ' conditions were never better good growing weather all the season, crop free from worms and cool nights giving the required color. All indications point to more extra fancy apples than ever before. LOGGING MACHINERY IS DUE New Camp on Coos River Will Start Work Soon. MAKSHEIEL.D. Or., Aug. 12. (Spe cial. ) The Gray Logging Company which will open a new logging camp on Coos River in two weeks, is await ing its machinery, which Is being ship ped here from Portland on the gaso-' line schooner Tillamook. The steel bunks, cables and two large logging engines are due next week, and after wards U will take one week to set the machinery at the camp, which Is 20 miles from Marshfleld, bordering Coos River. The company's boathouse camp buildings have been completed and the one comprising the kitchen and dining-room is now at Marshfield for in stallation of ranges and plumbing. The bunkhouse is finished with the excep tion of installing the steel bunks. Tne camp houses will be moored to the south bank of Coos River and the- men will live on the water. EAST SIDE BUSINESS MEN'S CLUB. WHICH IS NOW N EARING COMPLETION. John F. Daly in Recent Address Says if Land Is Too High Dealers Should Say So. DUTY OF AGENTS OUTLINED Obligation TSald to Be as lircat Toward Buyer ax Seller, So That Purchaser May Bo Satis fied Willi Country. BY JOHN K. DALY. (Concluding half of general article On "Farm Lands as an Investment," read by Mr. Daly before recent Inter state realty convention.) A graphic illustration of the farm ing situation of the Northwest Is furnished by the following figures taken from reports of the United States Census Bureau: "Oregon. Washington and Idaho, comprising what Is generally spoken of as the Pacific Northwest, have a total area of 2I5.T97 square miles. This is practically the same as that of the original 13 states, excepting New Hampshire and Georgia and substan tially equal in area to the five Middle Western States of Indiana. Illinois. Icwa. Michigan and Wisconsin. The population of the 11 Atlantic states be fore mentioned was. in 1910. 31.K20.6tl. or 128.9 per square mile. In 1910 the population of Indiana. Illinois, Iowa. Michigan and Wisconsin was almost 16.ooo.000. or about 67 per square mile. "In remarkable contrast to these figures we find that the three states of the Pacific Northwest had In 1910 a population of a little more than 2.000.000 or only 8.9 per square mile. Area for area the five Middle Western States had nearly eight times as many people and the 11 Atlantic States nearly 1 times as many people as the three states of the Pacific Northwest, ac cording to the Federal census of two years ago. Census figures also show that the population of Oregon.- Wash ington and Idaho was the same per square mile in 1910 as that of Texas in 1S90. Minnesota in 1879, Kansas In 1S75 and Illinois in 1840. Populat'oa la Need, From a consideration of these figures one fact stands out very clearly the great need of the Pacific Northwest Is people, more people on the land, and the question of the future of these stRtes becomes almost a question of how rapidly is their population going to grow. "Howe-'er loyal we may be as citi zens of lhls great Northwest country, and however optimistic as to Its ulti mate future a careful study of present conditions cannot but convince us that our unoccupied lands are not being set tled up as rapidly as we would wish. 'Notwithstanding the fact that the farni lands of the Middle West have increased to a value greater than ever before, and it is becoming more and more difficult for the landless man to obtain a home, there is a widespread belief throughout those sections of the country, from which the people must came who are to settle our unoccupied lands, that the prospects of coming Into Oregon. Washington and Idaho to purchase land and make a home is not, all things considered, an attractive one. "They are not coming here at the present time, at least in anything like the numbers that they should if condi tions were right. Something Is wrong somewhere. It is a serious situation for us and one which must be solved before we are to progress as we should. Lands Rated aa Costly, 'The primary reason for this state of affairs is undoubtedly the wide spread belief that lands in the North west are held at too high a figure, and the returns to be had for tilling the soil do not warrant the investment of the money demanded by the present owners. If that is true. I believe that this convention can undertake no more valuable or constructive work than that of organizing a systematic at tempt to bring about a change in this respect. If It is not true we can still do no more important work than to gather (he facts and disseminate them where they will do the most good. "To begin with, we must recognize the fact that the permanent prosperity of the community is not increased but diminished by increasing the value of its real estate beyond a point that is justified Its earning power. The important thing is to have the land settled and tilled and to have those who occupy it prosperous and con tented, so they may speak well of the country and Induce their friends to come and make their homes with us As the late Jam'i J. Hill once stated, "Land wlthfeut population Is a wilder ness." We have the land, which is unsettled. It should be our business to work- out a plan whereby those peo ple in the Middle West and the East who desire to acquire homes of their own may do so at reasonable prices and on fayorable terms, and that the conditions of living may be made as attractive as possible. It seems to me every effort should be made to dis courage attempts by owners to land to ask more than the land is reasonably and fairly worth. I believe If the members of the or ganization which I understand is to be formed here would refuse to list or AND KAST AI.DKK STREET. BY LIFE INSURANCE EDITOR. JOHN T. CLAFLIN. but a few months ago king of the dry goods trade, multimillionaire and head of the H. B. Claflin Company, with a chain of 2 $ immense retail dry goods stores, recently declared that, owing to bus- tness adversities. his entire per sonal assets consisted of 9200 In cash and $2000 in personal effects. This explanation was made at a private hearing in the offices of Charles O. Mass. Mr. Claflin's state ments were made to prove to the United States Realty & Improvement Company that he had no assets to sat isfy its Judgment of $39,574 under a guaranty of the rent of the O'Neil Adams store in Sixth Avenue. New Tork City. The examination was con ducted by R. G. Kabbage, vice-president and secretary of the company. Mr. Claflin's financial undoing seems almost incredible. He. was com pelled to convey an Adirondack camp to Frederick J. Middlebrook under an agreement of September ::. 1914, and he nows owns no real estate. He said that he had no interest in any slocks which might become absolute in the future, nor was he interested in any contract by which he might be come entitled to any stock at some fu ture time. "To the best of my knowledge." he said, no person or corporation owes me money with the exception of my balance in the bank." He declared that he had transferred to the receivers of the H. B. Claflin Company the cor porate securities of some 2t dry goods stores, practically all of which were wholly owned by him and which were primary debtors on a series of prom issory notes Indorsed and negotiated through the H. li. Claflin Company. Among other obligations. Mr. Claflin mentioned $30,000 which he had paid to certain women to whom the re ceivership of the II. I?. Claflin Com pany brought financial distress, by way of making up for unpaid interest on deposit accounts or for advances on ac count of the principal. One statement particularly impressed attempt to sell land at a figure higher than It is fairly worth, that fact alone would have considerable effect in off setting the ever-present tendency of the owner of all kinds of property to ask the highest possible price he thinks he may be able to get for it. I be lieve that a man in the real estate business is as much under obligation to his buyer as he is to the seller. I believe he owes it to himself and to the profession of which he is a member to give a possible buyer the benefit of his candid opinion as to values, and to discourage, even to the extent of a possible temporary prolit, the purchase of property which the buyer cannot reasonably hope to oper ate successfully and profitably. 1 be lieve not -only the standing of the profession of the real estate man Is en hanced, but his individual reputation and - standing are Improved, and that his ultimate pro'ft is greatei by the adoption of such a course. Professional Ideal Cited. I believe that the real estate man. and pKrticularly the man who deals in farm lands in the Pacific Northwest at the present time, is in a position to render as great a service to the coun try In which he lives and works as any man in it, but he must be more than the middle man who brings the buyer and seller together. He should be a student of conditions, particularly of the section in which he lives and works. lie should be a leader in those movements which have for their ob ject the improvement of the circum stances surrounding farm life, and for promoting attractiveness of life in the country. He is in position to accom plish more along this line than others, because of his intimate knowledge of present circumstances, the steps neces sary to be taken to make them better. As suggested above, by taking a con scientious Interest in the welfare of each prospective settler, giving him the benefit of his own knowledge of the country and the values, of seeing to it that when a man buys he buys right and under such circumstances that he can make a success of the venture, he is doing constructive work of a high order in buildin? up the Northwest country. And what one man can accomplish in his own community and that is a great deal Is as nothing to what an organized body of such men working unitedly on an agreed plan can do over the Pacific Northwest states. The prob lem here presented is, perhaps, the most serious one In tho Facific North west today. ST. HELENS BOARD ELECTS New Heating Plant Ls Under Way for Use of School. ST. HELENS, Or., Aug. 12. (Spe cial.) The board of directors of St. Helens schools has employed the fol lowing teachers for the coming school year: L. L. Baker (re-elected), superintend ent; Frederick C. Knights, principal. High School; Lloyd W. Shisier. assist ant; Miss Helen Duns. language; grade teachers. Miss I.lllie M. Leith. J. H. McCoy. Mrs. Effie Wilson. Miss Ger trude Weed. Mrs. A. B. Lake, Miss Elsie Philip and Miss Beth Perry. West St. Helens School, C. E. Lake. Miss Naomi Welst and Miss Ethel Matthews. School will commence September 4. A new heating plant by the installation of an automatic boiler Is being put in to take the place of the city hot-water system, which ha proved unsatisfac tory. - ANOTHER LINE IS SOUGHT Farmer It Mall it t)lstrict Make Proposition to Mr. Slrahorii. KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Aug. IS. (Special.) That the Bohemian farmers In the Malin district, about SO miles south of this city, are In earnest in their desire for a railroad and are wil. ing to do their part to get one was evidenced at a mass meeting held at Malin this week, at which every tarm- i er in tne njisinei was present, -a vote 1 ... .1 M 1 .1 . n n iHnrn n im i nr lai inns iiciifiru themselves to furnish the right of way for a railway and do all the grading between Malin and Adams Point. A . committee representing the Bo hemian settlers visited Mr. Strahorn In this city last week for the purpose of interesting him in a line to the southern part of the county, and prom ised to submit a proposition to him. 800-ACRE RANCH TRADED Klamath Property K&cliaiigru! for California Home. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Aug. 12. (Special.) The 00-acre dairy and stock ranch of Ldward Du Fault, in Langell Valley, in the eastern part of Klamath Counts has been traded by Mr. Du Fault to the Leatherman sis ters, of Santa Ana. Cal. .Mr. Du Fault receive In exchange properties valued those who were present at the hearing, and that was when the erstwhile mil lionaire declared that ho carried no life insurance and that he was under the impression that he was not a bene ficiary of any life Insurance policy, ex cept possibly a small half interest in a policy on the life of "one Foulke." "This policy has been lost aii 1 do not know as I ever saw it,' hse said. "A great many ears ago the H. B. Clafiin Company paid a preiniom of $3u0 oti the life of 'one Koulkei' I have eudeavored to find the policy hut can't. The ClaCin Company and the insurance company do not know where it is and neither do I. I do not know whether Foulke is dead or alive or whether 1 am stiil the beneficiary or not." This statement of Mr. Claflin's, when it became noised about in (he dry goods world and among the officials of re tail stores, creat-d more than a little comment. One drygoinls man. who was intimately acquainted with the II. F. Claflin Company, apparently could not refrain from voicing his opinion. "1 have always passed it to Claflin," said he. "as one of the shrewdest bus iness men 1 ever knew, but now I sballa have to revise my opinions. I may be a life insurance 'bug. but at th same time, if the H. R. Claflin Company had had a good line of corporation or business insurance, I can easily fee how their financial difficulties could have been avoided. For instance, look at the case of John Wanamaker with; life insurance to the extent of $4,000. 000; Gimbel Brothers with $1,500,000; Lilt brothers, of Philadelphia, with av line of $1,000,000: and Henry F. Sel fridge. of London, with another $1,000. oio. Then again. 1 recall the case of the late Charles Netcher. the proprietor of a department store in Chicago. Mr. Netcher carried life insurance to the extent of $500,000. He died while en larging his store, but prompt payment of the policies enabled Mrs. Netcher to make arrangements for continuing the business. Mrs. Netcher was so im pressed with the necessity of protect ing her business interests with life in surance that she now carries $1.20 000 upon her own life, payable to the firm." at $39,000. including the beautiful country residence and 20-acre tract of the Leatherman sisters three milea from anla Ana. The property is lo cated on the principal highway be tween 1jO Angeles and Long Beach, and will be occupied by Mr. Du Fault and his family. The Du Fault ranch is one of tha most valuable tracts in Klamath. County, and is largely under irriga tion. The deal "was effected througn the Klamath Exchange in this city. City Water Plant Has Profit. ST. HELENS. Or.. Aug. 12. (Special.) The monthly report of the city wat system, as submitted by Clerk Quick, indicates that the systen is now on a paying basis There is a -net revenue of $B85.18. bout $7000 of a surplus has been accumulated in six years from the plant, besides providing an unlimit ed supply of pure mountain water. The reservoir Is eight miles from the city. Oakvlllo to Have Cheese Facttt-ry. OAKVILLE, Aug. 12. (Special.) Business men of Oakvflle and farmers living in the surrounding country have organized a co-operative society and will build a cheese factory Just as soon as building arrangements can be made. The plant will cost over $."00. Directory of Prominent Life Insurance Agencies Members of Life Urtdera tilers' Association of Oregon W'm. Goldman. General Manager. NATIONAL. LIFE OF VERMONT, Urfconlall lllds. II. G. Cotton, Manager, MAPFACHtSETTS MUTUAL, I.IFB. Chamber of Oommeri-e Hide. E. U Harmon. Manager, PENX MITI AL LIFE. Northwestern Hank Uldg. Horace Merklem. Manager. NEW F.MILAXI) Mt'TLAL, LIFE, Northwestern Ha n k Hldg. G. M. Slocum. Mar.. RELIANCE LIFE INS. CO.. Plttshur. Pa, 209 Morgan Bids-.. Portland Or. S. P. I,orkwood, Vlce-Prea. and Gen. Ugr COLUMBIA LIFE & TRUST CO, 2"VJ Stevena Bids. itt!l-roMinivr Co.. General AteaUV THE TRAVELERS' INS. CO, 303-31Q Wilcox Pldg. E. w. Ameaburv. Manaser. NORTHWESTERN MUTI'AL LIKE XN8. COS Northwestern Bank Bids. Juiid Lowrey. fcupt., . AMERICAN CENTRAL LIFE INS. CO. 719 Dekum Bids. John Pauer. Superintendent. THE PHl'IlEXTIAL INSURANCE CO, (VOl Northwestern Bank Bids. T. H. McAlMa, Stata Mffr, CNION MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO, Board of Trade Bids. Edsnr W. Smith. Manager. EQUITABLE LIVE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. SOS Orfronlan Bldg. n. C. Herrin. General Art, COLUMBIAN NATL LIFE INS. CO, 60S Spalding Bids. State Members Portland Realty Board The following real estate men are the accredited members In their re spective cities of the Portland Real ty Board. None of these sought membership, but were selected after a canvass of the available men in their line. If you have a real estate transaction In any of these cities or wish information, write them; Amity. 1 anthill t o. J. V. Allison. Aktorla Astoria Harbor Imp. Co. Van tmsen & ' o. Read J. A. t.sstes. Ciraata I'ama I. B. Herman. Ileppner Smead "r:- ford. Klamath l'alla Edmund M. Ch Jlarskfleld I. S. Kaufman A Co. Title fluarantee Ab- strsct Co Philomath Henry Ambler. Hmrliarg :W. A. Bossrd. Tillamook Kollie W. Watson BUILDERS' SUPPLIES and HOME SUGGESTIONS J.G. ENGLISH CO. LIGHTING FIXTURES E. Irviatg and I'nioa A veae fractwy ao Caaaaner, There Is a Good Paint House in Portland TIMMS, CRESS & CO. it ik.oi.b sinter. ivy,'' i pr.V'(l
