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PORTLAND. JUNE
3, 1917.
EUGENE DORMITORY
PLANS COMPLETED
Construction at University of
Oregon Is Expected to
Begin in Near Future.
ARRANGEMENT IS MODERN
Combination of TTnlt and Corridor
Typo Evolved in Xovel Struc-
lure of tls Kind Brick to
Be Used in Exterior.
Contracts on the new women's dor
mitory for the University of Oregon
will be let probably next week, the
plans having been fully completed al
ready by Lawrence & Holford, the
architects. It Is expected that con
struction will bejfin immediately after
FIRST UNIT OF NEW UNIVERSITY OF OREGON BUILDING TO
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EAST X7XIT OF THE PROPOSED 3VEW WOMEVS DORMITORY. ACCORDING TO SKETCH OP ARCHI
TECTS LAWRENCE AND HOLFOUD.
tlie close of the school year at Eu
gene. The building will be ready for oc
cupancy about the beginning of the
January semester next Winter.
. In the plan for the new dormitory,
a combination of the unit and corridor
type has been evolved, which is a nov
elty in structures of this kind and is
expected to make one of the most con
venient and attractive dormitories of
any university in the country.
, The building will be of brick ex
terior, with frame interior, but its ar
rangement is such that it may be re
garded as practically free from fire
risk, whatsoever.
Three Divisions Made.
It is subdivided into three parts by
fire-retarding partitions and fire doors,
with fire escapes provided for each
group of units. The heat is by direct
steam connection from the central
heating plant of the university and the
kitchen is in the one-story dining
room wing, separated from the body
of the building.
There are six dormitory units on the
first floor and the corridor connects
the units with the general living-room
and the dining-rjjom.
The basement is equipped with a
laundry department for handling the
linen used in the house and also pro
viding facilities for the girls who de
sire to do their own laundry work.
Trunk and suitcase storerooms will
also be in the basement.
The living-room on the first floor is
26 feet by 32 feet, with a big fireplace,
and will connect with the dining-room,
in such a, way that the . two may be
opened into one for social purposes.
The dining-room is EO1 feet by 3o
feet, and will connect on the north
with the Mary Spiller Hall, which has
served as the only woman's dormitory
on the campus thus far. .
Sleeping Porches Provided.
The other rooms on the first' floor
are the matron's sitting-room and
bath, two guest chambers with baths
and six dormitory units, each contain
ing a study, sleeping-porch and dressing-room,
with lavatory in the" dress-,
ing-room. Each group of units will
be equipped with a bathroom and
shower and tub baths.
The second and third floors will be
equipped, with 12 dormitory units each,
similar in arrangement to the units
on the first floor. One advantage of
the unit system will be that the study
and sleeping-porch will make it pos
sible for inmates of the unit to get
along with the least possible neces
sity of adjusting their sleeping and
study hours to each others' conveni
ence. The sleeping-porch is away from the
study and there will be no danger of
one who has retired being disturbed
by the light or work of a studious
roommate who elects to sit up later.
In designing the building the archi
tects have used every effort to carry
out the effect of congenial, home-like
appearance and to avoid the institu
tional effect as much as possible.
The state appropriation for the con
struction of this dormitory is $50,000.
TRAVELERS INSURANCE GROWS
Coast Organization Enlarged to
Care for New Business.
The Travelers' Insurance Company
has announced plans for expansion on
the Pacific Coast, beginning June l,
when it will write liability and indem
nity lines in Washington. Oregon and
California and introducing its subsidi
ary, the Travelers' Indemnity Company.
The Coast organization has been con
siderably enlarged to take care of the
new business.
Walter A. Quinlan will be branch
manager in charge of liability and in
demnity business at San Francisco;
William E. Shields, at Los Angeles,
and John S. O'Neill at Seattle. In addi
tion to these, the general agency of the
lettis-Grossmayer Company will take
care of travelers' interests in Portland,
as hitherto.
.Mr. Quinlan was previously assistant
manager at Milwaukee. Mr. Shields as
sistant manager at Detroit, and Mr.
0'Nill a special agent at Newark.
"Among the lines which the company
mMll particularly feature are automo
bile, property damage and' collision
general liability, steam boiler, burg
lary and plate glass. Claim adjusters
nd inspectors have been stationed at
appropriate places to render travelers
service. An underwriting office, a
branch of the home office, will be es
tablished In San Francisco, with A. K.
Lucy in charge. Mr. Lucy has for
merly occupied, the position of assistant
superintendent of the New York City
underwriting division. The Travelers
began writing insurance on the Coast
40 years ago.
FCXERAIi HOME IS REBUILT
J. O. Wilson and V. E. Ross Com
plete Furnishing Also.
J. O. Wilson and V. E. Ross have just
finished the reconstruction and fur
nishing of their new residence Funeral
Home, at-441 Multnomah and Seventh
street, and in fitting it out they have
developed a plan that rfakes it in a
certain degree unique among funeral
establishments of the city.
It has been planned and arranged to
make a home instead of a business ap
pearance. The chapel is entirely carpeted and
wicker furniture used instead of opera
seats or pews. The painting and decor
ating was done by an eminent artist
who took pains to carry out a soft and
magnificent coloring.
The draperies and hangings are se
lected to match the other colorings of
the chapel. There are two reception
rooms excellently, furnished.
J. O. Wilson for the past six years
has' been clerk of Multnomah Camp, No.
77, Woodmen of the World of Portland.
He moved with his family to Portland
from Spokane.
V. E. Ross, a native Of Sandpolnt,
Idaho, has for the past few yerrs lived
in Portland and has followed embalm
ing and funeral work. He came here
and went to work for the East Side
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Funeral Directors and later for Mr.
Knapp, of Vancouver, Wash. From
there he went East to the University
of Minnesota. For the past year, he has
been an employe of the Oregon Casket
Company.
TILIiAMOOK DAIRYMEX BUYERS
Biggest Sale of Alfalfa Und Tliis
Year Is 210 Acres for $36,000.
JTERMISTON, Or., May 19. (Special.)
The biggest sale of alfalfa land this
year in this locality was- closed here
today when J. T. Kinkle sold his 240
acres five miles south of town to a
company, of ten Tillamook dairymen
for $36,000. ,
The farm was well improved. About
200 acres are in alfalfa and the rest
ready to seed to alfalfa. The buildings
were fair and ' the land was well
leveled and irrigating system in good
condition. A crop of hay will be ready
to cut by June 1.
The new company is composed of
dairymen who have farms near the
town of Tillamook. They state that
they have excellent pasture for their
herds eight or nine months of the year
but must have hay for the remaining
months and want alfalfa. The price
of alfalfa is high and they determined
to produce it. They will bale and ship
their product to their Tillamook
ranches.
Properties Worth 8OO0 Traded.
A tract of 160 acres seven miles west
of Yamhill, belonging to Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Harshberger, of Warrenton, Or.,
has recently been exchanged for , a
70-acre farm lying about seven miles
southeast of Eugene belonging to Mr.
and Mrs. M. S. Wallis. The Tamhill
acreage- is said to contain between
7,000,000 and 8,000.000 feet of first-class
timber, and is valued at $8000.- Tam
hill Record.
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STRCCTCRB ERECTED BY F. E. BOWMAN A CO.
F. E. Bowman & Co. has Just completed at East Twenty-first and Hancock streets a $25.0)O apartment-house,
which is one of the most attractive of Its type in the Irvlngton district. It is situated on
a lot 100x100 feet end its lines and surroundings are such as to give it & particularly-attractive home
like impression. The building is two stories high, finished In light cement stucco with marble and
mahogany entrance. The front of the house has iron flower balconies and rose ladders and Climbing
flower trellises giving It the appearance of a beautiful large residence. It contains only four apart
ments. Each apartment has six large rooms with bedroom balconies, besides tiled bathroom with pedestal
lavatory and porcelain fixtures, halls and rear screened porch.
The interior finish throughout !s white enamel and mahogany, "hardwood floors, tiled fireplaces, sun
rooms, sanitary moulded drain boards, gas ranges, etc. The walls are tinted In. soft grays and putty
shades, closets with full mirror doors, and the kitchens have every bullt-ln convenience. The building
is steam-heated. The basement has Janitor's quarters, locker-rooms, laundry with electric washing ma
chine and fuel storage-room.
PROPERTIES
NEW OWNERS
F
Lull in City Realty Not Commu
nicated to Rural Districts
":' by Any Means.
DEALS QUITE NUMEROUS
Transactions Reported . in Country
Press Range In Value From
$1500 to $32,000 and Cover
Many Sections of - State.
While the movement of real estate in
Portland may have halted somewhat in
the past few weeks, the reports coming
from all parts of the state indicate that
Oregon is far from stagnant, as far as
the real estate market is concerned.
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More than a dozen deals on farms
and ranches in widely diverse parts of
the state, involving considerations
ranging from $1500 to $32,000, are con
tained in the reports gleaned from the
rural press of Oregon.
A review of transactions of this
nature, as afforded from the testimony
of the state press, which follows gives
an interesting survey of how things
are going the state over.
J. T. Illnkle last week sold his 240
acre alfalfa ranch on lower Butter
Creek to a co-operative company of 12
dairymen from Tillamook. This farm
was purchased for the purpose of sup
plying the fine Holstein dairy herds of
these men with alfalfa hay during the
three of four months season when they
have no pasture in the Tillamook
country. The consideration was $32,
000. F. F. Fowler, former resident of
the Western Land project will have
charge of this farm. Echo News.
Another deal in Morrow County real
estate to be recorded this week is the
sale of 500 acres of fine wheat land
belonging to Dan Hanshew to Edgar A.
Stevens, a Portland insurance man.
Mr. Stevens has already taken pos
session of the ranch and has placed
R. N. Morrison, of Portland, in charge
of the farming. The sale of the ranch
included" several hundred acres of
grain, which is now up and growing
fine. . Practically all the personal prop
erty was also included in the deal.
Mr. Stevens takes over the lease
formerly held by Mr. Hanshew of the
John Campbell land which adjoins Uie
Hanshew property on- the north and
west. It. is understood that the con
sideration was in the neighborhood of
$25,000. The sale was made through
Smead &. Crawford, local real estate
firm.
i - Mr. ' Hanshew made money farming
in the Black Horse section and ' it is
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only on account of his wife's ' health
that he is selling out at this time. He
has not fully decided where he will
locate, but it is possible he will move
to the Willa. lette Valley where he now
owns a farm. Heppner Gazette-Times.
A. T. Cutting has traded his SOO-acre
stock ranch at Durkee to G. W. Don
nelly for a farm at Battle Ground,
Wash., and 42 acres near this place, a
part of the H. L. Vaughan D. I C. The
consideration was $15,000. Mr. Cutting
is a breeder of pure bred Shorthorns
and will devote his time mostly to de
veloping his herd of valuable animals.
Molalla Pioneer.
It is reported that Charles Messey
has sold his farm on the Umpqua to
W. H. Jewett for '$14, 000. The farm
consists of about 400 acres, the greater
part of it being bottom land along
the river. This is one of the largest
sales of farms for some time. Umpqua
Courier.
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A deal that will mean a great deal to
Linn County was consummated this
week when Dennis Cormier, of Lebanon,
sold his 320 acre ranch near Foster to
A. H. Vinson, of Bonanza. Or. Mr. Vinson
is a well-known stock raiser of East
ern Oregon and raises high-class
horses, cattle and sheep.' He has four
stallions that cost from $3000 to $4000
each, one of which won prizes in
London. - He will bring between 300
and 400 head of good cattle from his
Eastern Oregon ranch and stock this
place,. adding also several hundred head
of sheep. Range is good -in this vicinity
and will make a fine stock ranch. Such
men as Mr. Vinson are the kind that
Linn County needs. Albany Democrat.
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D. Cormier closed a deal Monday by
which A. H. Vinson, of Klamath Falls,
became the owner of the 320-acre ranch
formerly owned by Mr. Cormier, near
Foster. The place is known as the
Wiley ranch and will be used by the
new owner as a stock ranch. He will
take possession October 1, and ex
pects to stock the place with horses
and cattle from Klamath County where
he now operates a large stock ranch.
Libanon Criterion.
Hecker & Beam yesterday sold the
ten-acre place lying south of Albany
on the Pacific Highway, belonging to
Mr. Beam. The place is all in culti
vation and to be planted to beans and
corn by the new owners, Mr. and
Mrs. Borden, of Nebraska. Mr. Borden
will build a new dwelling and other
improvements as soon as the crops are
finished. The price paid for the prop
erty was $15.00. Albany Democrat,
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W. Ll Pettlt, of Portland, has pur
chased the J. L. Ray 120-acre ranch
near Nashville and will move to the
place this Spring. Toledo Sentinel.
John Lovely has purchased the K.
Holiday ranch and stock. There are
180 acres in the tract and Mr. Lovely
now has a splendid ranch as it joins
the place he purchased last Summer
of Dave Rice, -Mr. Holiday will give
possession soon. Canyon City Eagle.
SANITARIUM IS OPENED
OLD SL.AVIX HOMESTEAD HOME IS
REMODELED.
Cedarcreat Farm, as Place la Xamed,
Is Just Outside of South
City Limits.
Having - purchased the old Slavin
homestead near the end of the Terwil
liger Boulevard, Dr. E. A. Pierce has
remodeled the house and has equipped
and reopened it as a sanitarium for
the treatment of tuberculosis.
The bay windows on -the old house
have been torn away and a. doubledeck
porch has been built around the house,
with French windows opening onto it
from each room, so that the cots can
be moved in and out with ease, and
various other special changes have
been made.
Cedarcrest Farm, as the Slavin place
has been renamed, lies Just outside of
the south city limits, with a sweep
ing exposure to the south, west and
east, but the house is situated so that
it is protected from the north and east
winds, without being situated so that
the view of the river and, the city is
impaired.
The property consists of seven acres
of land about the house, and was pur
chased for a consideration of $11,250
from Mrs. E. -E. Slavin, through her
attorneys, Slnnott & Adams. The trans
fer was effected in March, and since
that time Dr. Pierce has put about
$2000 into the remodeling of the es
tablishment and its equipment as a
sanitarium.
W. C. T. V. to Meet at Castle Rock.
CASTLE ROCK. Wash.. June 2.
(Special.) Thursday and Friday, June
7 and 8. the county convention of the
W. C. T. U. will be held in this city.
Plans are being made by Mrs. M. P.
Mason, president of the local W. C. T.
LT., for a very successful convention.
- FIRST AND HANCOCK STS.
AUSTRALIA TO USE
GRAIN ELEVATORS
Millions of Dollars Will Be
Expended for Modern
System of Handling.
BAGS ARE FOUND COSTLY
Similar Conditions in Xorthwest
Show Xced for More Practical
, Methods Chamber Slakes
Study for This Port.
Bearing pointedly upon the grain
elevator situation in the Pacific North
west, onejihase of which is the cam
paign in Portland for $3,000,000 bonds
to be expended for bulk-handling ele
vators and dock facilities to be voted
on in the election tomorrow, are the
MULTNOMAH CAMP OF THE
results of the examinations that have
been made Into the grain-handling
problems in Australian ports, an ab
stract of which has been obtained by
the Portland Chamber of Commerce.
In setting forth the situation in Aus
tralia, the chamber points out how
closely the cases here and there par
allel, as to the construction needs for
effective grain handling as follows:
"The method of handling grain in
Australia heretofore has been in bags,
the same as has been carried on here
in the Northwest. This system has
been found so expensive. inefficient
and wasteful that the various states
of Australia have deevloped a plan by
which the elevator system is to be es
tablished generally throughout the
whole country.
New South Wales Leads.
"New South Wales has decided to in
stall a system of elevators and the
government has committed itself to
spend for this purpose $9,733,000-. This
system is to be devoloped until it is
capable of handling 15.000,000 bushels,
including elevators along the railways,
as well as terminal elevators on tne
sea. It has also been decided by the
government of South Australia to ex
pend $4,866,500 for the construction of
elevators.
"The government of Victoria, like
wise, is looking very favorably upon the
proposition of establishing the elevator
system. The Minister of Railways In
the stat. of Victoria has urged that the
proposal for bulk handling in this state
be immediately pushed through.
"The Farmers' Union in New South
Wales has passed a resolution unani
mously requesting the state govern
ment to push through with its utmost
vigor the scheme for handling wheat in
bunt.
nig Savlnar 1 Seea.
"The Australian plan included the
building' of elevators in the wheat
growing districts, as well as large ter
minal eluviitors. The Public Works
Committee's report claims that the
grain can oe handled in this way so
that the entire cost of putting it on
board the ship, including transporta
tion by rail, to the growers, to the time
the wheat is put into the country ele
vators. Is less than the cost of the bags
which are used at present. This entire
handling system is to be carried out by
the various state governments of Aus
tralia. By co-operation among the
states, transportation competition . will
be avoided and the entire system will
be pooled.
"In New South Wales the plan is to
construct 120 elevators in the country
with a cupacity varying from 40,000 to
60,000 bushels each. The total cost, in
cluding rolling stock and all materials
necessary, will be $5,000,000. This com.
plete plant will handle 30,000,000 bush
els of grain.
Victoria to Spend S7,500,000.
"In the state of Victoria they are
providing an elevator, system which
will take care of a crop of 35.000.000
bushels. Stations that produce from
50.000 to 75,000 will have 15,000-bushel
elevators: stations producing from 75.
000 to 100,000 yearly will have 25.000
bushel elevators: stations with 150.000
to 225,000 bushels yearly will have 0.-000-bushel
elevators. The estimated
cot-t for Victoria is $7,600,000.
"These different Australian states
have made a very thorough and com
plete examination of the grain elevator
systems and have concluded that that
system must be adopted in their coun
try. They are now proceeding actively
with its inauguration. There is scarce
ly any difference in conditions under
which it is handled In the Northwest.
It is clearly evident that the Northwest
must adopt the elevator system to meet
the progressive methods of wheat han
dling throughout the world."
L,lSX RANCHES ' ARE SOLD
S2 7-Acre Property Is Transferred
for $16,250.
Hecker & Beam report the sale of
a 327-acre farm between Brownsville
and Halsey by William Roberts to H. Da
vidson, formerly of Pendleton. The
farm is tillable but has never been
cultivated. Mr. Davidson, who is a
wheat farmer, will break the entire
tract up this Fall and plant it to grain.
The price was $16,250.
J. E. Wigle has sold his 20-acre place
In North Albany to William Harrison,
who recently came here from North
Dakota. Mr. Harrison and family are
here and will take immediate posses
sion. Mr. Wigle will move to Cpnser
and improve his place there. Albany
Democrat. f
GARAGE
MiAXS
SUBMITTED
Frazier-MeLean Asks Permit to
Build at Fifth and Taylor.
Another Advance in the wave of gaso
line that is swceplns the horse trom
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SKETCH OP SEW Al'DITORIl'JI AS IT WILL APPEAR COMPLETED. (SUTTON Jt WHITNEY. ARCHITECTS.)
the city forever, apparently, was the
submission to the city building bureau
a few days ago for a. building permit
of plans for the FrazJer-McLean garage,
at Fifth and Taylor.
Up to a short time ago Fifth and Tay
lor was the site of the famous old Fra-zier-McLea'n
stables, one of the land
marks of the city and one of the last
outposts of the age of the horse, when
he was in his prime before the coming
of the automobile. The old stable has
now been entirely razed and excavations
for the basement of the garage that
will replace it will be started at once.
The new garage will be a reinforced
concrete structure, a four-story build
tug of mill construction on the interior.
Sutton & Whitney are the architects.
The cost of the new building will be
about $50,000.
LEWIS
couxir is
'ACTIVE
Shingle Mill Sold, Copper Strike Re
ported, Xcw Buildings Started.
MORTON', Wash,, June 2. (Special.)
F. T. Peaslee has sold his interest
in the Lake Creek Shingle Company
of Morton to F. M. Broadbent. presi
dent of the State Bank of Morton.
A copper strike has been reported
in Richland Valley near Ajlune, nine
miles southwest of Morton.
The Ladd coal mines, between Mor
ton and Mineral, will be opened as
quickly as men can be secured to
work them.
The Carlson Lumber Company and
the Wilson-Miller mill, two miles
south of Mineral, are again running
full time. A labor shortage is reported.
L. I. Walrath reports the arrival of
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD REMODEL HALL AT EAST SIXTH
AND ALDER.
materials for the new $2000 heating
plant for the Mineral schools.
Construction has started on the new
store building of the Mountain Road
store at LJndbergl two miles north of
Morton, to cost $6u00.
HALL TO BE REMODELED
WOODMEN WILL REPAIR PARTLY
BURNED BUILDING.
Floor Space to Be Divided. So Extra
Hall C Be Sublet Conven
iences Are Planned.
Remodeling- of the Woodman of the
World Hall of Multnomah Camp at
East Sixth and Alder streets, which
was damaged by fire some weeks ago.
is soon to be commenced, according to
plans being prepared by Sutton &
Whitney, and when the work is com
pleted this camp will have one of the
most commodious and modernly
equipped fraternal halls in the city.
The architects expect to have the
plans completed so that the contract
can be let this week.
The front of the building will be
remodeled and the arrangement inside
will be such that the camp will be
enabled to sublet its extra hall with
out impairing its own accommodations.
Rest-rooms, parlors and other special
conveniences are included in the plans
for the remodeled hall.
The special feature of the new plans
is the auditorium hall. The building
occupies a space of 60 by 160 feet and
the hall will be 53 by 80 feet in floor
apace. A hardwood floor will be in
stalled and the hall will be finished in
high-paneled wood wainscote. with an
attractive, heavy-beamed ceiling.
The Improvements that arer to be
made will cost about $10,000.
STRAND TO MOVE FOYER
ENTRANCE WILL BE CUT FROM
WASHINGTON STREET.
Improvement to. Be Completed by July
1 Will Be Like Entry to Old
Marqaam Grand.
Similar, to the entrance to the old
Marquam Theater, which will be re
membered as having, led magnificently
through the Marquam Building to open
upon Morrison street, in the days be
fore the reconstruction and building of
the Northwestern Bank Building, will
be the new foyer to the Strand Theater,
which will put It fronting upon Wash
ington street by July 1.
A lease was signed Thursday by
Manager H. W. Plerong, of the Strand
Theater, with the .Realty ' Associates,
owning the Columbia Building, by
which the new entrance is to be put
through that building to Washington
street. The theater now lies on Park,
Stark and West Park, with entrances
opening upon both of the Park streets.
The new arrangement will give if a
most attractive opening to Washington
street, right in the heart of the theater
and after-theater restaurant district.
The new entrance will be cut through
the Columbia Building where the Bo
hemian Restaurant was formerly lo
cated; and the new 40-foot lobby will
be attractively decorated and brilliantly
lighted.
Construction on the new entrance
will be commenced at once, under plans
which were completed some weeks ago
by Martin Schacht. architect, and which
have been approved by the Municipal
Bureau of Buildings.
TANK HOUSE TO COST $2 0,000
Permits Issued to Fret Pickle Works
to Build New Unit.
Building permits were issued last
week to the Frei pickle works for the
construction of the second unit of its
tankhouse at 1112 Macadam road.
Work has been' commenced and will be
hurried forward as fast as possible, so
that the capacity of the plant will be
vastly Increased. The tankhouse will
cost $20,000.
Another building of Importance on
which plans were filed about the same
time is the big mold loft and shipbuild
ing shops that are to go in on the East
Side near-St. Johns for a big corpora
tion the name of which was not dis
closed. The mold loft building will be
two storlea high and 50 by 10ft feet.
HEW ERA FORECAST
Prosperity, Not Retrenchment,
Declared Ahead.
DON'T LOSE HEAD, IS PLEA
Paul C. Murphy Says That Business
Conditions Are Better In Eng
land Than They Were at
Start of World War.
There is no immediate prospect of
conditions which will make necessary
extraordinary retrenchment on the part
of the people, and on the contrary there
is every indication of & great era of
prosperity ahead, if the people do not
lose their heads, in the opinion of Paul
C. Murphy, a prominent local realty
man.
"There is every reason," he says,
"that general business should show at
least a 25 per cent improvement this
year over last. Lumber mills, ship-
yards, steel mills and shops are all do
ing a tremendous business. If the
present and future prosperity of Oregon
depends upon receiving enormous prices
for our fruit, grain, fish and lumber
we most certainly should be a prosper
ous community. There never was a
time In the history of Oregon when
there was as much money flowing into
the state for its natural resources, as
there has been and will be this year.
Large sums of money will also be in
vested in Oregon in the shipbuilding
industry, which is now only in its in
fancy. "It is quite natural that we should
take this war seriously and we cer
tainly should take it seriously, but we
must not become depressed to the state
where we become incompetent to attend
to our own business or that of the Gov
ernment We all know that we are
much more efficient when we are busy,
active and optimistic about the out
come. We cannot be a brave Nation
without these qualifications.
"When did Portland have such a pay
roll as it possesses today? When has
it expended so much money in its in
dustries? Can we deny the fact that
there is every indication that there will
be a tremendous Increase this coming
year? Where will the money we pay
this vast amount of people go. If they
become discouraged and pessimistic
over the future? It will most certainly
be put into a tin can under the house.
On the other hand if they are optimistic
over the future, the money will flow
over the counters cf Portland stores:
they will buy homes and keep the
money well circulated. It is certainly
time that Portland advertised its pres
ent substantial prosperous condition
not only to Its own people but to the
rest of the world.
"We have, like all other cities,
chronic prssimlsts. who continually
yelp' about 'hard times.' They are a.
public nuisance and should be sup
pressed at once. Our duty is clear and
we must perform it fearlessly. We
must not become stampeded by purely
imaginary difficulties.
"We should by all means vote, the
proposed dock and elevator bonds,
and It would be nothing short of a pub
lic disgrace not to vote the road bonds.
If these two bond Issues are voted Ore
gon will be lifted out of the mud and
Portland will take on new life and
become one of the great ports of the
world. There has never been an issue
before the voters of Oregon that is so
vital to Oregon's future as these two
bond Issues."
Directors of Prominent
Lit insurance Agencies
Members of Life Underwriter'
Association of Oregon
Wm- Oflldmu, General Mans nr.
NATIONAL. OK VEUIO.NT.
OregunUn Bld.
U. O. Colton. Muir,
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL, LIFB.
Chimtur of Commerce
K. L. Harmon. Manager, '
PKNN MUTUAL laFU.
Nortn.wtern Bank Bids.
H rce Mecklem. Manager,
NEW LNGLANU MUTUAL. IMfl
Northwestern Baok Bida.
G. M. Slocum. Mar.,
RELIANCE LIKE INS. CO.. Plttlborc.
l Morgan Bids.. Portland. Or.
8. P. Lockwood, Vlce-Prea. and Oea. Mjn,
COLUMBIA I.IKE A TRUST CO..
202 Stevens Bids.
Pettls-GroMmmjrer Co.. General Areata,
THaVKUKHS INSUKANCB COMf
803-810 Wilcox Bids.
K. W. Amesbury. Manaser.
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL. L1FU INS. OO.
Northwestern Bank Bide
Judd Lowrey. Supt.,
AMERICAN CEMR1L LIKE IN 8V. CO.,
718 Pekum Bids'.
Jobn Pauer. Superintendent.
THE PRUDENT17AL, INSURANCE OO.
601 Nortbweetera Bank Bids.
' T. H. McAllla, State Mgr..
UNION MUTUAL. LIFE INS. CO-.
Board ot Trade Bide;.
Elrar W. Smith, Manager.
EQUITABLY LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
306 Oregonlom Bids.
State Members
Portland Realty Board
The following real estate men are
the accredited members In their re
spective cities of the Portland
Realty Board. Nona 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:
Astoria Astoria Harbor Imp. Co.
Bead J. A. Kstea.
Hobur( W. A. Bogard.
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