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THE SUNDAY ORECOXIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 82, 1917.
$45,000 APARTMENT
HOUSE IS PLANNED
Plans Being Drawn for Fine
Structure at East Thirtieth
V and East Alder Streets.
$20,000 GARAGE PROPOSED
Handsome Residence Disposed Of at
$11,000 and Several Other Im-
portant Transactions Are Re
i ported Nearing Completion.
The conclusion of negotiations for
the erection of a $20,000 automobile
building to be erected on the East Side
for the firm of Talbot & Casey. Ford
Hgents, the sale of several fine Port
land residences, only one of which can
be announced at this time, announce-
ATTRACTIVE WESTOVER TERRACE RESIDENCE IS SOLD TO PROMINENT PORTLAND BUSINESS
MAN.
M. C. MOOIIE UESIIJIi.NCIi. o.v
ment'of plans for a $45,000 apartment
building and knowledge of the fact
that the officials of Third Church of
Christ, Scientist, are about to con
clude the purchase of an Fast Side
corner that is to be used ultimately as
the location for a new church build
ing, were the most Important develop
ments in the local realty and building
market last week.
The new home ordered by Talbot &
Casey is to be built on J. C. Ains
worth's 90xl00-foot property at the
southwest corner of liast Ankeny
street and Grand avenue. The pro
posed new building has been leased
to Talbot Sc. Casey for a five-year pe
riod. Cost to Be $20,000.
Plans covering the structure, which
have been prepared by the Portland
architectural firm of Houghtaling &
Dousan. call for a two-story structure
of white brick front, without base
ment. The probable cost -is given as
$20,000. The lower floor will be occu
pied by the sales department of the
company and the entire upper floor as
a repair shop. The. members of -the
firm, T. K. Talbot and H. J. Casey,
were formerly assistant superintend
ent and shop foreman, respectively, at
the local assembly plant of the Ford
Motor Company and virtually all of
their 17 employes in the present estab
lishment at Kast,Twenty-third and
Kast Morrison streets were formerly
employed at the Ford plant.
It is expected that official applica
tion for the building permit will be
made at once and that actual con
struction activity will be commenced
before, the current week is ended.
Home Sells for 911,000.
The beautiful residence of W. C.
Moore, of Seattle, located at the end
of the pavement on the Cornell road,
where the streetcars loop to make
their climb through the Westover Ter
race district, was sold last week
through S. S. Battin, of the Fred A.
Jacobs Company, to A. H. Devers, of
Closset & Devers', for a cash consid
eration understood to have been in
excess of $11,000. The residence is of
the Fnglish type and contains 12
rooms, all of which have hardwood
floors. It commands the remarkable
v-evv- pf Portland and the lower har
bor, which is characteristic of all
building, sites ia the Westover Terrace
district.
Mr. Devers' new residence is at pres
ent occupied by W. B. Warren, of the
Warren Construction Company, who
"will vacate in order to give Mr. Devers
possession by September 1.
It is known that deals have virtu
ally been completed for the sale of a
number of other fine Portland resi
dences, but that definite announce
ments will not be forthcoming until
all of the papers have been signed. .
945.000 Apartment to Rise.
" H. B. Volheim has commissioned F.
Hanson White, a Portland architect, to
prepare plans for a two-story base
ment and sub-basement apartment
building to be erected on his property
at East Thirtieth and East Alder
Streets that is estimated to cost in the
neighborhood of- $45,000. The building
ite is 50 by 110 feet in area. The
trueture is to be of brick, with a
Btucco exterior. There will be 20
apartment suites of two and three
rooms each.
Officials of the Third Church of
Christ. Scientist, admitted last week
that they have decided upon a parcel
of East Side property which they ex
pect to use as a site for a proposed
new church building, but refused to
state the location of the property or
announce when the proposed new
church is to be erected.
. The church is now located in a
leased building at East Twelfth and
East Salmon streets. Thus far. said
the church officials last - week, no
architect has been chosen and no defi
nite plan adopted except that a site
has been designated.
Overland Building Sold Again.
The property known as the Overland
building, covering a full quarter block
on the southwest corner of" Davis
feLrcet and, Broadway, which became
the property of B. I. Harding, of Los
Angeles, on July 1, has been trans
ferred by Air. Harding- to the Security
Savings & Trust Company, .which, it is
understood, is holding; the property in
trust for the actual buyer. Mr. Hard
ing not long ago bought the Oregon
Motor Car Company building', which
adjoins the Overland building imme
diately on the west, and later sold it
to Max H. Houser. 4
For the reason that this and all
other realty deals closed recently in
Portland by Mr. Houser have been
handled through the trust company,
local realtors last week assumed as a
matter of course that this sale, was
also being made to Mr. Houser. The
Overland property was recently op
tioned for a six months period on a
valuation basis of $110,000.
Riverside Property Leased.
Five acres of beautifully situated
property located along the banks of
the Willamette River near Milwaukie
were leased last week by the Gratton
Investment Company to M. M. Ringler
for a 10-year period, the lease deal
being handled by the office of Charles
Ringler & Co. Following extensive
improvements that are to be made on
the grounds the park will be opened
to the public next Saturday as River
side Park. In addition to. dancing fa
cilities there will be an indoor nata
torium, outdoor swimming tanks and
pontoons on the river and a baseball
park.
Loir Bid Is for 9133,400,
The lowest bid submitted' last week
for the construction of the proposed
third unit to the Franklin High School
was entered by Bingham & McClelland,
who figured $133,400. The low pro-
cokm - .i.i. road, -which was 1M HCIIASEU
DEVEllS, OK CLOSSET & DEVERS.
posal for the heating and ventilating
system was $37,589, entered by J. F.
Shea, and the best bid for the plumb
ing work $8780, entered by Sturges &
Sturges.
S35,00O Permit Issued.
Tho Coast Shipbuilding Company
obtained a building permit last week
for the erection of a shipway shed at
Moody, Woods and Gibbs streets that
is estimated to cost in the neighbor
hood of $35,000. The plans and the
work will be handled by the company
engineers.
H. W. Dickinson has commenced the
erection of a $3100 residence at 701
East Fifty-ninth street North, Rose
City Park. A $1200 dwelling has been
started at 922 East Twenty-third street
North, in Vernon, for Carmino Trac
chia. A building permit was taken out
last week by P. W. Bennett for a one
story residence at - 390 East Lombard
street, in El Tovar.
NEWSPAPER MAN SELIiS RANCH
Elmer E. Kyle Obtains Property in'
Mountains Near bold Hill. .
H. IT. Lampman, formerly of the Gold
Hill district, has sold his Hillbilly"
ranch In the upper Meadows district
to Klmer E. Kyle, of Central Point, who
will take possession at once and equip
the property for the cattle business,
says the Medford' Sun. This ranch is
situated 20 miles northeast of Gold
Hill on the psummit of the divide be
tween Evans and Trail Creeks. It con
sists of 160 acres of fertile land, with
several million feet of saw timber
standing on the property, also a large
commercial apple orchard and exten
sive irrigated hay fields. It also com
mands a broad range on the grass and
rill covered slopes of the neighboring
mountains.
For four years "dad," as his two
boys,- Ben and Rex. Lampman, always
addressed him, roamed over these far
extending foothills of the Umpquas.
chasing the- crafty deer and whipping
the stream for the sporti-e trout. He
was never known to kill a deer or hook
a fish.
LAND DEALS TOTAL $14,000
Pine Farm and Home of J. T. Cliil
coat Near Morton Brings $10,000.
MORTON, Wash., July 21. Special.)
Two land deals, aggregating $14,000,
have been made in Eastern Lewis Coun
ty during the past few days. The larger
was the sal of the country home and
farm of J. T. Chllcoat, one of the first
settlers in the Big Bottom country.
This place is one of the finest In East
ern Lewis County. Mr. Chilcoat and
family will motor to Texas for a visit,
leaving about the middle of August.
Mr. Clost. of Bellingham, is the buyer.
A-deal between W. A. Davis, of Ran
dle, and another Bellingham man, a
Mr. Muir, will likely be closed within
a few days. Mr. Davis will sell him 20
acres of his place, while 23 acres will
be procured from Mr. Chilcoat. The two
parcels will bring $14,000.
Fine Albany Farm Sold.
T. A. Hines has sold his 237.21-acre
farm. located five miles southeast of
Albany to Herman EIrlch. who recently
came from Wisconsin, reports the Al
bany Democrat. The consideration was
$29,623.
Ten years ago Mr. Hines bought the
place, known as the old Connor farm,
for $45 an acre. The price he received
for it last week was $125 an acre.
. This farm Is one of the best in the
country, every acre being tillable and
good improvements on the pjace. But
Mr. Elrich will improve it still further
and make it yield as it never did be
fore. .
San Dlegans are hot on the trail for a
military road along the Mexican bor
der. It would use the Imperial Valley
highway to Dulzura and then switch
off to Tia Juana.
BUILDINGS POT UP
Construction Activities Over
Country Show Increase.
GAIN IS NOT DECIDED
Because' of Artificial Stimulus of
: Trade of Last Year Figures of
June Two Years Ago Are Used
to Slake ' Comparison.
"While the actual new construction
work awarded last month, building-and
engineering combined, including Gov
ernment , work, showed a substantial
gain over that for June, 1916, the rec
ord of building permits Issued for June
is a rather sorry affair. It indicates
a one-third shrinkage in the pros
pective construction, as compared with
the figures of the same month last
year.
There is this saving or semi-saving
consideration: The business of last
.AST WKEK BY
year was phenomenally large, for June
last year gained 44 per cent in com
parison with the permits issued for
June. 1915. Accordingly, if the present
totals are compared with two years
ago, a modest gain is indicated.
The official figures of the permits
issued In June in 113 principal cities of
the United States, as received by the
American Contractor, Chicago, total
$61,731,856, as compared with $96,947,
864 for Juae, 1916, a decrease of 34 per
cent.
Smaller To-nrna Gain.
There was a faithful little band
among them that led on to victory.
Well on towards oe-thlrdL the number,
or 34 cities, show an increase In the
volume of the permits Issued. They
are mainly from the smaller clusters
of cities. Cleveland, Hartford, Wash
ington and the borough of Brooklyn,
New .York, are the only cities with an
aggregate running 'into seven figures
that score an increase.
Other notable gains include Atlaiita,
166 per cent; Bayonne, N. J., 123 per
cent: Harrisburg, Pa., 52S per cent;
Huntington, W. Va, 336 per cent; Kan
sas City, Kan., 452 per cent; New Bed
ford, Mass., 127 jer cent; Oklahoma
City, Okla., 119 per cent; Pueblo,
Colo.. 135 per cent; South Bend, Ind.,
212 per cent; Spokane, Wash.. 184 per
cent; St. Joseph, Mo.,' 107 per cent, and
Youngstown, O., 199 per cent.
There is another mitigating feature.
For June last year the permits issued
In . the borough of Manhattan, New
York City, were swelled to the enor
mous volume of $18,322,110 by pros
pective builders, who wished to get in
out of the rain before the new zoning
law, imposing restrictions, took effect.
Marked Improvement Shown.
Making allowance for that artificial
stimulus, the shrinkage from a year
ago is reduced fully a third, or say
down to 25 per cent. The decrease for
May this year, as compared with May,
1916. was 34 per cent. Making this
Manhattan deduction, June, therefore,
shows distinctive improvement over
May. The detailed figures are as fol
lows: June inn .Tim. mm i C
- uy.
Akron. Ohio. .....J
Albany. X. Y
Allentown, Pa....
Altoona, Pa
Atlanta. Oa
Atlantic Cltv
Raltlinore. Md...
llayonne. X. J....
Berkeley.. Cal... .
Blngrhamton, X V.
Birmingham, Ala.
Boston and vicln.
Bridgeport, Ct . . .
Brockton, Mass...
Buffalo. X. Y
Canton. Ohio
Est. cost. Est. cost. loss.
HI 4.1170 $ 1,3-:1,4.-.S ai
17:'..B15 :in7,4.-.3 4:t
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4, mis. ooo o,.'t4.iiio is
744.1H.1 5l':.:ioo 4j
174.710 2.-.H.IHI.-, :ti
1.:44.0I0 l.tiUI.UOO 20
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PLAN IS COMPLETED FOR
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Design of Architect
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1 ' . 1
114.000
49,738
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1.210.S1T
47X.075
2211.475
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2.1R.1.35S
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7.S5.-.4t!rt
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2.14. 178
12"1!I7.113
14i),l.t
2O4.4H0
:I62,3S2
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127.147
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424.125
7:1. Oin
B10.il4
67.420
71.21B
4.lMO
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118..V-,.-,
::o.M7
2H.420
634.. -.23
70.S40
71.1117
R0.400
133..S20
l.rWi.lflS
242.470
3.1..14H
3 211. .103
478.S57
8. !j,B73
23T.0O0
08,64.-.
11.1KMI.7nO
I.0S2..-.SO
2.742..-.70
10..-.S3
5.-.7,:;7o
311. 440
J13..-.72
340,1113
370.230
204.220
4.U.10.21O
43. J34
4211.373
112.3PS
GS.C,35
230.404
333.UM9
1 13.432
335,373
87.138
400. 153
125,155
81 4.703
111. 4 SO
140.250
70.451
77U.792
117.447
074.423
127.100
144.935
1,037,532
200.49O
320,040
1. ONI, 735
1,086,835
1,3117,541
210,925
257.5SO
614,932
52
15
38
39
4
32
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3
42
20
40
21
25
51
24
5
SI
58
47
44
ml
4
2
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30
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336
7
452
30
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50
37
55
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127
14
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Memphis, Tenn....
Milwaukee, Wis..
Minneapolis, Min.
Newark, X. J....
X. Bedford. Mass.
Xew Haven. Ct... '
New Orleans, La.
New York City
Manhattan ....
Bronx
Brooklyn ......
Queens ........
Kichmond ......
Total :
18.322.110
2.322.278
4.102.009
1.474.843
523,302
26.745,2112
234.102
' 245.324
423.193
88
74
91
12
51
54
30
17
Xiagara Falls....
Xorfolk. Va......
Oakland. Cal
Oklahoma 'lty. . ..
Omaha. Neb
14
113,075 119
1III4.900 "3
Pasadena, Cal....
11)3.004
. 111:!. 520
120.914
1 10.025
0.147.115
94O.702
130.155
983.215
50
Passaic. N. J.....
Paterson. X. J...
. 14
5
49
55
4
47
59
133
Peoria. Ill
Philadelphia .....
flttsburg. Pa....,
Portia nil. Me
Portland. Or
Pueblo. Colo
14.275
Quincy, Mass....
2i;0,589
09,750
259. 090
O02.O42
393,012
34.950
2H3.3O0
219.1130
98,725
2,040, 750
77.OS0
07.050
118.493
231.380
447.390
020. 25l
40
Heading, pa
Richmond, Va. . . .
50
40
13
71
34
94
71
12
82
oo
17
41
37
Rochester. N. Y . .
Sacramento. Cal..
Saginaw, Mich...
Salem. Maes
Salt Lake Cltv
San Diego. Cal . . .
San Francisco....
Sa.n Jose. Cal .....
Savannah. Ga....
Sohenectady, N. V.
Scranton. Pa
Seattle. Wash....
Sioux City, Ia. . ..
South Bend."Ind..
Spokane. Wash...
Springfield. 111...
Springfield. Mass.
St. Joseph. Mo...'
St. 'Louis, Mo
St. Paul. Minn. . ..
Stockton. Cal
Superior.- "Wis....
Syracuse, X. Y...
Tacoma, Wash . . .
Tampa. Fla
Terre Haute, Ind.
Toledo. Ohio
Topeka, Kan .....
Trenton, X. J....
Troy. Jf. Y
t'tlca. X-. Y
Washington. T. C
Wichita, Kan....
Wllkesbarre, Pa..
Wilmington. Del..
Worcester, Mass..
Youngstown, O...
49
rtfi.721 212
138,415 1S4
95,135 51
808.918 .13
3.1,310 107
1.21 5.520 25
1.208,073
00,800
187,120
553.495
2O4.017
64.330
47.013
695.104
37.025
280.249
r.5.7.13
129.725
1,304,363
194, 085
1 17,351
231, .175
OuO.1,12
270.023
43
17
05
44
42
62
Oil
10
88
75
. 9
3
41
25
70
44
27
199
Total .
.01.73l.850 ?90.947,S64 34
REALTY MEN ON WAY
DELEGATION" FROM PORTLAXD
GOES TO BIG COrVVEXTIOX.
Sessions to Be Held at Milwaukee
CommenrlDK Tuesday and Con
tinuing: Vntil Friday.
Paul A. Cowgill, secretary of "the Port
land Realty Board, Taul C. Murphy.
Lean Vincent, members of the executive
committee of the National Association
of Real Kstate Boards: 1'". H. Strong. 11.
CJ. Beckwith. J. O. Klrod. left Portland
Kriday night for Milwaukee, Wis.,
where they will attend the annual con
vention of the National Association of
Real Estate Boards, which will com
mence next Tuesday morning. They
will arrive in Milwaukee on Monday
night, according to schedule.
Frank 1 McGuire, president of the
Portland Realty Board, who was mar
ried recently in California is already
in the Kast and will be at the con
vention. F. E. Taylor, president of
the Interstate Realty Association, W.
J. Patterson and Charles L.. Wheeler,
who are either In the Kast or en route
will complete the Portland delegation
at the convention.
The Portlanders who left Friday
night met tho Seattle delegation at
Spokane and proceeded with them from
that point. Portland will not have an
entry this year in the five-minute talk
silver trophy cup contest, which was
won for Portland a few years ago by
Dean Vincent, but O. V. Badley, chair
man of the publicity committee of the
Portland board, has submitted atj essay
in the contest setting forth the achieve
ments of the various boards during the
past year. The sessions of the National
convention will be concluded on Friday
night.
TRACT BRINGS $1000 AX ACRI5
Portland Property Traded for
Farm in Washington County.
Ij. R. Griffith has sold his highly
improved seven and one-half-acre
place, . located near TIgardville, Wash
ington County, to Elton Watkins. at a
price understood to have been around
?500.
In the transaction Mr. Griffith ac
cepted title to a house and lot in Port
land, located at 1142 East Main street,
Sunnyside Addition.
Mr. Watkins made this purchase as
as investment and in the deal both
parties were represented by Samuel
Doak. ,
Star Raneli Reported for Sale.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. July 21. (Spe
cial.) According to reports emanating
from Curry County, the famous Star
ranch of 1100 acres, has been listed for
sale and will be offered to Portland
buyers who have been in the market
for a dairy ranch. The Star ranch
is noted all over the coast section as
one of the most productive and heavi
est paying dairying places in the state.
It has maintained as high as 200 cows
during the Hummer. The ranch is a
mile south of Langlois and lies between
the. county highway and the sea.
NEW MACHINE SHOP BUILDING
RAUVVAY EQUIPMENT FIRM.
JLV
Cedar Rapid, Ia.
Chattanooga ....
Chicago .........
Cincinnati
Cleveland. Thlo. .
Colo. Sp'gz. Colo..
Columbus. Ohio..
Dallas. Tex
Davenport, la....,
Dayton. Ohio
Denver, Colo.....
Des Moines. Ia...
Detroit. Mich....
Dubuque, la......
Duluth. Minn i .
East Orange, X. J.
East St. Louis. III.
Elizabeth, N. J...
Erie. Pa
Evansvllle. Ind...
Fort Wayne. Ind.
Fort Worth. Tex..
Grand Rapids. . . .
Harrisburg. Pa...
Hartford. Conn...
Hoboken. X. J....
Holyoke,- Mass. . . .
Hunfgton W. Va.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Kansas City. Kan . t
Kansas City. M-o. .
Lawrence, Mass..
Lincoln. Neb
I-os Angeles. Cal.
Louisville. Kv
Stokes A Zeller for Manufacturing Plant About to Bo
Ralelsrh Streets for the Stewart Bros. Company.
STOCK RANCH SOLD
Heppner Tract of 7582 Acres
Brings $100,800. .
OTHER BIG DEALS CLOSED
lone Transaction Involves $18,000
and Trade Near Harrisburg;
, $4 6,980 Molalla. Property
! Disposed of lor $20,000.
Th largest farm sale of recent
weeks. Involving a total consideration
said to be $100,800, was reported last
week from Heppner, where I E. McBee
sold his fine stock ranch on Willow
Creek, a few miles above Heppner, to
G. M. Gray. .
The ranch comprises 7582 acrea.'about
500 acres being wheat ,land and the re
mainder adapted for g'raxing. The deal
also included 2360 ewes, 76 head of cat
tle atid 30 horses, besides farming
FORMER DUNDEE MAN OCCUPIES $25,000 RESIDENCE JUST COMPLETED BY THE OREGON
HOME BUILDERS IN THE ALAMEDA PARK DISTRICT.
1 9
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f " . r. . .. -oo. -.1)1111.
- A -
ew Three-Story Home of Thomaa Prlnre, l.ornteil at Kast Twenty-ninth
The Kxterlor Is of llrlck and Tile. Amont the Fraturra of the
equipment. Mr. Gray takes immediate
possession.
The sale of the George Mlllican ranch
was closed on Saturday, after having
been pending for several weeks, says
the Pnneville Journal.
Mr. Milllcan sold his 1S00 acres to
Frank Sloan, of Stanfleld, Or., together
with 600 head of cattle and 400 head of
horses.
While much of the land is grazing
and pasture land, a large tract at Bear
Creek Butte is under irrigation. The
grazing land is located near Pine Moun
tain and provides a good Spring and
Fall range.
The new owner is in possession of
the lands and it is presumed that the
place will be used as headquarters
for a large sheep plant, as Mr. Sloan
has long been identified with R. N.
Stanfl,eld and other big sheepmen.
The consideration is not made public-lone
Deal Involve S1S.OOO.
By a deal which, was consummated
in this city last Thursday Ellis Minor
becomes the owner of the E. M. Shutt
ranch, located four miles below lone,
on Willow Creek. The consideration
Is said to be between SIS, 000 and $19.
000 and includes all the stock and hay
crop. The ' Shutt ranch is considered
one of the best alfalfa ranches in the
county and it will fit In fine with Mr.
Minor's other holdings on lower Willow
Creek,- where he is engaged in running
cattle and sheep. Heppner Gazette
Times. 4.9S0 Sale Closed.
A real estate transaction involving
property to the value of $46,980 -was
consummated out in the Lamburg dis
trict. a few miles south of Harrisburg.
a few days ago. when Palmer Rumford
traded his 192-acre farm, crop and most
of his stock and machinery, valued at
$22,500. for the 1224-acre ranch of Law
rence Gutherie; near Manhattan, Mont.
This big ranch is equipped with good
buildings and fences and has 500 acres
of tillable land, the remainder being
pasture. There are, 215 acres of Tur
key red hard wheat and 1& acres of
oats, which go with the place. This
ranch and crop was valued at $24,480.
Harrisburg Bulletin.
J. W. Bishop, of Lebanon, has traded
a 15-acre fruit tract near that place,
highly developed and improved and
valued at $6000, together with a house
and three lots in Lebanon, valued at
$1500. to A. E. Jones for a farm of 120
acres four miles north and west of Irv
ing, valued at $11,500. Possession will
be given October 1. Roy Bishop, a son
of Mr. Bishop, will occupy the Irving
farm. The deal was made through the
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Peterson-Skotheim Company. Eugene
Guard.
George Adams has sold his fine 170
acre farm near this place to the three
Lay brothers. Mr. dams will keep pos
session until October and take oft the
crops. The place was sold for $20,000.
Mr. Adams will retire and move into
town. Molalla Pioneeer.
George Loerpabel has sold his 152
acre ranch' at Mohler to John Zweifel
and Harry Dannler, of Portland, both
first-class dairymen. The consideration
was $36,000. The deal was put through
by Rudolph Zweifel. Wheeler Re
porter. George Goodnight purchased the II.
H. Roberts ranch at public sale Wednes
day, paying $6000 for the property. The
ranch consists of 560 acres of wheat
land east of town. It was sold to close
up the estate of Mr. Roberts, who died
in the Spring. Echo News.
GOVERNOR TO ATTEND MEET
Big Delegation to Go by Special
Train to Realty Convention.
The committee In charge of the spe
cial Oregon train that is to be run to
the annual convention of the Inter
state Realty Association of the Pacific
Northwest, to be held at Aberdeen and
Hoquiam, Wash., August 9, 10 and 11,
last week received official notification
from James Withycombe, Governor of
Oregon, that he would attend the con-
vention as the guest of the Portland
Realty Board.
Previously acceptances had been re
ceived from Mayor Baker. City Com
missioner Barbur and City Commission-
iff K
er Mann, who have announced their
intention of going to Grays Harbor
with their families. In addition to
these officials a total of more than
200 Portlanders have signed up for the
trip to the convention.
Just at the present time F. E. Taylor.
president of the inter-state convention
and Paul A. Cowgill, secretary, both of
Portland, are en route to the conven
tion of the National Association of
Real Estate Boards at Milwaukee, Wis.
Upon their return an active campaign
will be waged among the business men
of Portland as well as in the ranks of
realtors to obtain a large representa
tion on the sperial train that it to he
run from Portland. It is understood
that at least 100 realtors residing in
cities outside of Portland will also go
to the convention on this special train.
GROUP APPRAISERS SUCCEED
Realty Hoard Committees Arc Much
in Demand Now.
There always has been, is now and
probably always will be a demand for
the uppraisal of real estate by in
dividuals, but there is a srowing de
mand for group appraisals, which is
being met in a splendid way by real
estate boards throughout the country,
through their valuation committees,
such as the one representing the Port
land Realty Board. These committees
are always composed of the best-informed
members in the boards, and are
men who give careful study to each
appraisal. The result of their find
ings usually is the best valuation that
can be secured.
Many individuals, firms and corpora
tions now feel that in justice to their
business they should have an appraisal
of all their real estate at least every
other year by the valuation committee
of the Real Estate Board in their
cities. This is necessary in figuring
the income of their business, for real
estate has an advancing or a declining
value, reflecting conditions in a local
ity or community.
SCHOOL BUILDING PROPOSED
Goldendalc AVill Use Day Labor as
Contract Price Is Too High.
GOLDENDALE, Wash.. July 21.
(Special.) High prices of material and
scarcity of labor have put the school di
rectors of Consolidated School District
No. 1, of Klickitat County, up against a
hard proposition in the matter of the
construction of a new school building at
Glenwood, in the Camas Prairie section
of Western Klickitat County.
The increased population of the dis
trict during recent years made a new
school building imperative and the mat
ter was voted on by the people of the
district last Spring and the building of
a new $7000 schoolhouse authorized.
Since that time the directors have ad
vertised for bids twice and have only
received one bid, and that for $10,000,
contingent on the district constructing
the foundation and basement. The di
rectors are now making arrangements
to build the structure by day labor.
Read The Oreeronian classified ads.
State M embers
Portland Realty Board
The following real estate men are
the accredited members in their re
spective cities of the Portland
Realty Board. None of these Bought
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.
Bend J. A. Estes.
Hoaeburar W. A. Bogaxd.
GRANT LAUD SET 00T
40-Acre Tracts Are Being
Classified by Government.
NO STATEMENT IS MADE
Officials Are Silent on Plans for
Opening Big Domain lo Homfl
steaders, but Action Is Ex
pected In Near Future.
Just when the 2,300,000 acres in
volved In the famous Oregon & Cali
fornia land grant proceedings is to
be thrown open to homestead entry has
not yet been determined by the Gov
ernment officials in Washington, but
it is known that a large force has
1 been at work in Oregon for a month
classifying the land in 40-acre tracts
and it is presumed that the big do
main will be opened up soon after all
of the classifications are completed.
Government officials at the local
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Fountain Koom.
Custom-House will not give out any
statement in connection with the set
tlement of the land grant. tut it is
understood that a considerable share
of the classifications have already
been forwarded to Washington.
Under the official classification all
40-acre tracts which cruise more than
300.000 feet of timber to the acre are
to be designated as timber land and
land with less than that amount of
timber is to be styled as agricultural
land, subject to homestead entry.
10O Is Maximum Acreage.
The maximum acreage of agricul
tural land that any man can enter
upon is 160 acres.
Reliable information affecting tho
lands subject to entry as a result of
the land grant decision which auto
matically turned the 2.300,000 acres
back into the hands of the Federal
Government can be obtained at the
following district land offices in Ore
gon: Portland. Roseburc, Burns, La
Grande, The Lialles. Vale anil Lake
view. Application for entry must be
made through the land office located
in the district where the land is. which
ir.ans that the land offices of West
ern Oregon are the ones vitally con
cerned in the coming homestead ac
tivity. The land office located in the Wor
cester building, Portland, serves a Jur
isdiction embracing .Multnomah. Wash
ington. Yamhill. Polk. Clackamas.
Marlon,- Lincoln.- Kenton. Linn, Colum
bia and Tilliiruook counties.
2f2 Acren In Clarke County.
The of f ice "at Roseburg has jurisdic
tion over the grant land in Lane,
llouglus. Curry. Josephine and Klam
ath counties. The office at Vancouver,
Wash:, is to have control of 2H2 acres
situated in Clarke County. Wash.
Following the classification tho
lands v. ill be subject to entry under
the general homestead law at $2.50 per
acre, 50 cents per acre being payable
at the time, of entry and the remaining
$2 per acre at the date of proof.
The timber lands are to be sold
under regulations of the Department
of the Interior with a fixed time for
its removal, after which these lands
will become subject to entry under the
homestead law. It is estimated that
the lands will be classified as about
one half agricultural and one half
timber land.
The smallest known bird is a Central
American humming bird that is about
the size of a blue-hottle fly.
Directory of Prominent
Life Insurance Agencies
Members of Life Underwriters'
Association of Oregon
Win. Goldman, General Manager.
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Northwestern bauk Bids.
H race Mecklem. Manager.
NEW ENljLANU MUTUAL. L.IFB.
Northweateru Bank .Bids.
Fattla-Groumaytr Co., General A cents.
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THE PHUDKNTI7AL, 1NSUKANCS CO.
601 Northwestern Bank Bids.
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