THE SUNDAY OKEGOMAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 3, 1918.
DISCUSSES
EXPERT
PROSPERITY CAUSE
Credit Men Hear Analysis of
Situation in Portland From
D. E. Galbraith.
FUTURE -NEEDS INDICATED
Xk-rr-Dtatlv of R. G. Dun et Com
jva n J $23,000,000 Sprnt
on Road Would Cite Male
Wonderful l)cvcloiiirnt.
Vrwn a addme aa The flal of Tart
tnl frm pntj." dvllvervd bf-re lb
Portland AMx-urmi ef t'rxllt Moo t r D. 1
tei'rai:&. al K U. Daa Co.
for tha sake of avoiding any mlJ
n.lrtandinc. It mar be well to fay
that prosperity la r carded from an
economic point of view only. In tha
case of tha Individual .the term la com
mon only taken to denote a condition
of afalra that permits a person to util
ise his natural endowments and sc
fjuired knowledge and skill to tha full
est titranut. In tha rase of the rlty.
atate or Nation It la cenerally reaard-d
s tha condition which brings tha
itrratrst decree of prosperity to tho
greatest cumber of clllsena. ho re -jcard'd.
It is at all times the most fre
quent subject of consideration.
Just now everybody In Portland a p
Tir to claim that prosperity has re
turned. I bate no doubt that each of
)oj will bear ma out la the assertion
that the story of better times la heard
much mora frequently than for perhaps
fire or six yeara past. I'rom repre
sentatives of all lines of business, as
'well aa from all other Ilr.es of activity.
re may hear the report of Increased
business and Increased profit.
Now it muht bo contended that the
crenee ef lone la largely psychological
and Implies no real change In actual
conditions has taken place. If we pre
frr. In so important a matter aa i
sounder oasis of conclusion, we may
resort to the evidence of statistical In
quiry. This reaches beyond mere per
aonal experience and consolidates Ihi
testimony of observers In an Imper
sonal whole. It removes the blaa In
Oured by the tendency to bluff, which
aitiatee mere personal communications.
tattira freve Beitermeal.
A short time aso It. G. Iun Se Co.
ent out blanks to all the banks In
Urnon outside of Portland, requesting
m comparison with one year ago of the
financial condition of the farmers, mer
chant and manufacturers. Iteplies
were received from about 125 banking
towns. A tabulation summarising: the
Information Is as follows:
Aeeejft larsaera.
Elshfv-fur report setter reoditina than
ne year sex
Taenty-fite report about the same coadl
! t'trtrea report a wnrse rendition.
A teat Mrrrfcaate.
T. eMT-ewn report In better condition.
Thirtj-tao report about tne same coadl-
fcieea report eondttln net so good.
fceet Maoafeeterer.
Forty-one report manufacturers la better
Oh.pe.
A beet Fieaus I.
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Portfknd. A fleet boat carried the
miners of the Columbia and Its trlbu
ta rtea.
That Impulse spent Its force. Next
rame Ben, Holladay with his project
of rail communication between Port
land and San Francisco. It was In 1SS
that Holladay obtained the Oregon &
California land grant, which Is still a
subject of litigation. With the security
of the land be started to raise money
In Germany His project cam to an
Inglorious close and the treat expecta
tions subsided.
The mantle of Holladay descended to
THIard. A new era of optimism opened.
stimulated by the hones built on the
.-Normern tacinc r.atrroaa. This, too
collapsed.
In less rail communication with Cal-
I'arr.ia was completed. The wheat land
of the great central plain filled up and
the boom of 1S to IsSJ ensued. Only
after a lapse of 13 yeara did a new
Impetus com, which founded th great
prosperity of lvi-10. Now, after a five
year period of liquidation, the ship
building Industry seems to promise a
speedy . convalescence.
Now It would be useless to deny thst
there Is a sound substratum of devel
opment which goes on uninterruptedly
even In the so-called dull periods. Pop
ulation Increases. Industry grows from
year to year and at the end of any
year stock-taking would doubtless re
veal a substantial Increase of wealth.
But to the normal growth there ap
pears, from time to time, to be super
added something which temporarily
stimulates growth both In volume and
speed and on the whole affords new
what ws have already achieved, de
pends entirely on the degree In which
we gauge correctly our remaining op
portunities. Now. what must be the
main features of such a comprehension
of the situation as will provide a basis
for the progress of the future?
First. It must be based on resources
actually existing.
Second, it roust provide something
the outside world actually demands or
can be brought to accept.
Third, it must be comprehensive to
tha ordinary man and operate to In
crease his functional activity.
Fourth, It must be adequate and in
clusive.
Now our resources actually existing
are our timber land and farm
lands, our wster power, our fisheries
and our Summer climate. These are
Indubitable, and perhaps we may add
our seaport and water-level railroad
haul.
Agrlealtare Future Nee.
The path of our progress seems to
point Indisputably to the expansion of
our agricultural resources In the first
place. Next, or at an qual rate, of
such manufacturing; as springs from
agriculture, as fruit evaporating, milk
condensing, flour milling and possibly
textiles from our wooL All sorts of
wood products follow naturally. Fin
ally, by the sheer logic of development,
our transportation facilities will come
Into use.
If this be true, that we must develop
our agricultural resource, or. wnai in
terest is It at this time?
It Is of supreme Importance to
FARMS If DEB
Virginia Man Buys Big Alfalfa
Ranch Near Hermiston.
PRICE IS AROUND $18,000
Visitor from South Saw Wliat lie
Wanted and Wasted "o Time in
Buying Other Good Sales
Noted by Country Tress.
While land seekers have been invad
ing Hermiston in large numbers for
some time past and while many of them
have bought or traded other holdings
for land here, none of the deals as
sumed very large proportions. But this
was all changed when one day-last
week a home seeker from the state, of
Virginia dropped off the train and an-
says the HaTsey Enterprise. ' Mr. Tway
is a well-to-do cotton grower of the
South and expects to add some exten
sive improvements to this fine place.
Such people of means are a great asset
to this country and we are advised that
this realty firm is now in touchf with
more such people, who will buy here
when they find such properties as will
suit them.
W. W. Philippi, of TJmapine, has sold
his alfalfa ranch, consisting of 50 acres,
to E. P. Jensen, .of Ferndale, for $11,-
000. says the Pendleton Tribune.
William' Lloyd Sen. of Freewater, nas
bought the Piersol place, near Ferndale
consisting of two and a half acres, for
$2500, and takes immediate possession.
An important land transaction was
made public this week when Franklin
E. Toomey, of Bend, announced that he
had purchased the farm of T. G. Garri
son, about six miles northeast of Bend,
says' the Bend Press. Although the
consideration was not named, it is be
lieved to have been quite high. Mr. Gar
rison left at once for Everett, Wash
where he expects to take up farming.
The ranch was in a remarkably im
proved condition. With the sale Mr.
Toomey received 11 head of cattle, four
horses and a new Ford car.
Mr. Toomey arrived in Bend about
two years ago and has since been in
the employ of the Brooks-Scanlon Lum
ber Company. He recently sold his
home in Park Addition to John Chap
man, also an employe of this company.
Mr. Toomey will move at "once to his
FIRST UNIT OF NEW COLISEUM TO BE BUILT ON STATE FAIR GROUNDS AT SALEM.
Cm huntrt ar-d fie report
r report "fair.
Te report lj't so good.
When we reflect that these 125 ob
server fairly represent the general
Judgment of the state, we can with
difficulty resist the conclusion that
tha energies of a majority of the peo
ple are now being more advantageously
mployed than for some time previous.
Reviewing the Industrial history of
the I'ortland district, the fact stands
out that there have been several per
iods in which, aa In tha present, busi
ness activity has responded to some
Impetus and assumed proportions of
prosperity aa compared with the years
that precede or follow them.
If w examine a population table of
the rlty and Its tributary territory, or
ny table tn order showing the growth
of any Industry we observe Immediate
ly that progress has not been steady,
but continuous by a aerits of alternate
leap and pauses.
Between lS7 and IKS the population
f I'ortland doubled, while that of the
surrounding country experienced an
ven greater increase. That Is to say,
there was actually a greater growth
In three year than In the IS yeara pre
ceding. At the same time Industrial
development was accelerated. Manu
facturing plant were il tn number
with invested capital of HIJ.O'iO In
1ST. and In I M0 rose to Jit. with capi
tal of $1,117,211.
Lai Is a ad !! Alleraate.
A pause of five year followed. Then
from ltS to lite there followed an
ven greater outburst of activity. Pop
ulation increased over i9 per cent. In
manufacturing planta th Increase was
SO per cent, both In number and In
vested capital, the former rising from
to to and the latter from tl.3J7.OOil
to tl.le.94t.
After a lull of about five yeara th
third season of prosperity came. In
ta-tl. In those year, population
stationary for flv years, grew from
S')' to IT.5') and the amount of la
vested capital Increased over l' per
Cent.
Th fourth "boom period" la fairly
marked as from l' to 1173. In this
rjnadrennlum the population of Portland
rose to 7I.3S7. or an actual Increase of
Sj.sno compared to I0.0 In th flv
jesrs preceding.
Our last period of development set In
In 1". the year following the Lewis
wnd Clark Rxpoaition. and lasted until
HI or 111. It la needles to recall
to the minds of the majority the
enlevements of that period. The sky
'raper. the Courthouse, the great
tilgh school buildings, th .miles of
lavement, th bridge spanning tbe
rivers, the Increased capitalisation of
lianas, th multitude of pjlvat resi
dences, ail belong to that period; more
over, there was an Increase in popula
tion ear from 100.00 to over !. ).
There followed four or flv years of
dullness and contraction, and now w
appear to bar started fairly up grade
gain.
The query naturally arises. Why Is
yiot development continuous and steady
Instead of by a succession of sudden
tunts Why do periods of expansion.
avctlvlty and optimism alternate with
periods of hesitation. Inactivity and
atcssimlsm?
Itrsssss la Growth.
A study the periods might afford
an answer. Imagine, if you will, a
table such aa I have sketched show
ing thes alternating period of growth
and standstill: now look at th his
tory of th tlm and sea what hap
pened In III) th discovery of gold In Cali
fornia diverted emigration to that slat
and even drew somewhat on th ex
isting population of Oregon. In 15
a great new p'acer mining field, ex
tending from Malheur County on the
eouth to Okanogan and Cariboo on the
worth was opened. Th mlnen flocked
from California and Portland became
the outfitting point, in ! a stage
lje a aa vpcac between CjUUurcU and
VALUE OF LIFE INSURANCE IS
EMPHASIZED BY FALL OF DIX
Ex-Governor of New York, Accounted Wealthy Man, Loses His Fortune
and Figures Show That His Chances of Re-Couping at His Age Are
Only One in 5000 Endowment Insurance Policy Would Have Provided
For Old Age.
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BULDIXG TO COVER 2O0s3OO-FOOT AREA AND SEAT TWICE AS MANY AS PORTLAND AUDITORIUM.
Th contract has already been award
ed for th building of th first unit of
the new Coliseum to be built on the
Stat Fair grounds at Salem. Th
building will be 200 by 300 feet In sise.
Ith a seating rapacity of 1000, or al
most twice that of the I'ortland City
Auditorium. Lewis Irvine Thompson.
of Portland, is the architect. Ills plans
call for an arena within the Coliseum
100x200 feet, without posts and built
according to Nationally accepted regu
lations. It will have a truss roof, one
of the largest In tha country. The Col
iseum wilt be naturally lighted, mod
ern Ideas of light and ventilation being
used. Beneath the seats there will
be a display section 1000 feet Ions, to
be used for automobile display rooms,
concessions and a few stalls for extra
fine livestock. Among the novel fea
tures of the building will be a subway
system of entering the auditorium, to
obviate the necessity of walking down
aisles In front of other persons.
The completed Coliseum is to cost
about 375.000. The contract has been
awarded to Sewert & EnKStrom, of Sa
lem, for the first unit. Mr. Thompson
Is also the architect for the new live
stock pavilion to be built for the Pa
cific International Livestock Expos!
tion, at a cost of about 3-50,000.
THE announcement heralded through
out the United States that John A.
Dix, ex-Governor of New York, had
nothing left of the fortune he once pos
sessed, came as a shock to many resi
dents of his native state,
even financiers providing an Impreg
nable old age protection. This class of
men, generally, give little or no
thought to their own future protec
tion so long as their enterprise is run
ning smoothly. And when the crash
finally comes it is in most instances
too late to make proper provision.
Charles R. Forbes, chairman, of the
Public Utilities Commission of Hawaii,
stated recently that President Wilson
and United States Senator OGorman
informed him that it was necessary to
provide a place for the ex-Governor of
New Tork. They asked for a place
that would pay J5000 to $6000 a year.
"No such position was available."
said Mr. Forbes, "but I nromiseri tn
place him with certain sugar interests
at a smaller salary."
Statistics show that during the age
pcnuu inrai iv io so years more Shan
74 per cent of all men meet with re
verses which result in the loss of their
entire accumulations. Mr. Tlx was one
of this number. 1 The age of 45 Is said
to be the danger line of every man's
life. At the age of 50 only one in
every 5000 men is able to recover his
financial footing and Independence.
So Mr. Dix's chance of rehabilitating
his fortune is one. in 6000. If he suc
ceeds then the remaining 4999 of this
number are destined to fail.
There is no excuse, except physical
disability, for men who have enjoyed
the annual income of Mr. Dix, and who
have failed tcprovide this Impregnable
old age protection life insurance.
That it is an impreganable protec
tion Is incontrovertible. You have but
to refer to Bradstreet's report to learn
that legal reserve protection has
weathered three financial panics dur
ing the last 30 years without failing
to pay a legitimate claim.
Endowment insurance maturing at
any age like 60, 65 or 70. is an excel
lent method of accumulating an im
pregnable fund for old age protection.
At the same time it provides protection
against the hazard of unexpected
death.
History records the fact that 13 Pres
idents of the United States have died
poor or in financial difficulty. In fact,
not a day passes that the press does
not herald the news of someone's for
tune being suddenly swept away. Men
of affairs who have given some thought
to their own future, fully realize that
physical assets as well as life need
protection such as only life insurance
can give. And these men do not hesi
tate to sing praises of this great hu
man agency.
MARKET IS BETTER
Real Estate Conditions Show
Marked Improvement.
MANY BUY SMALL HOMES
What is
opportunity to the Individual.
It?
Kor the first four periods that un
defined thing was related to transpor
tation. And bark of the physical object
the means of transportation or commu
nication lay a new understanding of
the relation of the affairs of "Portland
and Its tributary territory to the com
munities at. a distance In fact, with
the circle of exrhange which makes up
he civilised world. This new concep
lon of our resources Inevitably leads
o an Influx of capital, both tangible
ind Intangible.
Kt tangible capital is meant money
nd the things that money can buy, as
machinery, tools, railroad equipment.
etc.: by Intangible capital la meant
new knowledge of resources and n
ideas of their availability. The study
of these historic facts, which discus
sion and research have placed oeyona
dispute, leads to the conclusion that
every advance must bo preceded by
some new realisation of reie utility of
our reaourcea In the economic life of
the entire Industrial and mercantile
world.
The fart la that sound. Just and ad
enuale conception of our resources In
their relation to the circle of commerce
Is the only basis of prosperity, a clear
grasp of the relation of our community
to the larger group of communltlea of
which we are one. I essential to sua
tained and Indispensable progress,
our primary resource tha fur
bearing animals: the next was the fer
tile pralrl of the Willamette Valley,
which afforded a retreat for the super
annuated trappers and hunter of the
Hudson Bay Company. Next came our
rivers, which were a pathway for the
goldseekers. then our wheat and tim
ber lands opened up tha' prospect of
tonnage for th return haul of trans
continental railroads. Lastly, our har
bor has afforded a alt for shlpbulld
Ing In a great emergency. As rapidly
aa each of thes haa been comprehend
ed a new basis haa been established
fur a new advance.
Having established th fact that the
basis of prosperity Is a clear compre
henelon of our resources In their
economic relations. It la opportune to
ask if w have reached th ultimate
goal? Are w at th limit of our pos
sible progress?
Diversity I Needed.
A prominent and nnsually well-In
formed clllxen. K. T. UrlfTlth. the
other day told us that th average
rortlandrr looked upon hla city and
community a a vast logging camp
with a sawmill attachment. II called
upon us to. diversify our Industrial ef
forts. Still another prominent Indus
trial leader ha warned us that we can
not expect the shipbuilding Industry
to outlive tbe present emergency ex
cept In very moderate dimension. I
Ask yourself what wlH be the condl-I
tlon of Oregon when th tlmberlands
are logged off? W have heard It re
peatedly said that lumber was the basis
of our wealth. We hear every day
that our present good times are owing
to the stimulus of war prices and In
dustry. In th past we have had th Idea of
the Hood Klver apple orchard, the
Kogue Klver pear orchard, loganberry
raising. Portland real estate. Irrigated
lands, and other. Now It I not that
these conceptions are not sound, but If I i
sound they are not Just: they are not I
In proper proportion to general de
mind. And even when both are sound
and Just they are not adequate. They
do not afford an opportunity for th
activity of all our citlsena. A concep
tlon. proper and workable, of our re
sources would bear In mind th fact
that we hav an agricultural area
whlrh In th rase of Belgium supports
a copulation of I.OOO.On and In th caae
of Japan over 40.000.000 of people. Now
consider th logical consequence of
utilising our agricultural resources
even double or treble our present ex
tent. It would reduce the necessary
overhead burden of government prac
tically one-third to one-half and In
crease the value of all our present Im
provement aa railroad, schools, banks,
and city property devoted to purposes
of exrhange. vis: business and office
building In Ilk proportions.
We have seen In th past that prog
ress haa been stimulated by the men
who realised the opportunities. It is
self-evident that our further progress,
yea, even lb niaialsnaac intact of
each cltlxen of Oregon. Our agricul
ture languishes under the handicap of
primary transportation. Twenty-five
million do!ans expended on Oregon
roads would transform a wilderness
into a paradise and set In motion a
process of Industrial evolution before
which our timber and shipbuilding en
terprises would dwindle into Insignificance.
Our sawmills employ about 25.000 la
borers at from f2 to $4 a day. Our
shipbuilding at its maximum may
slightly exceed this amount. Now
with good roads. It would be a veny
moderate estimate to expect 5.000 set
tlers In each county of Oregon, any
one of whom would receive the equlv
alent of more than double the wages
of either logger or shipbuilder. More
over, this development Is in no way
inimical to what we now have, but
would tend to make both of these sta
ble and permanent.
But it is pleaded that $25. 000. 000 or
any such sum la absurd. Oregon can
not raise so much money for roads.
Oregon has Just learned its strength.
She haa Just raised that sum for gun
powder and other destructive Instru
ments. The best answer to Prussian
autocracy is a few more prosperous
American citizens. It has been the
boast of Germany that she had led
the way In utilising her resources.
Let us set a new record.
Onrgon has raised about fzO per
head of her population in this present
crisis to preserve what? Her logged-
off lands? Her disused or abandoned
shipyards and sawmills? No. To pre
serve her opportunity, to develop these
to th mlximum.
Is It too much to hope that a cit
isenry that rose so admirably to the
appeal to preserve this heritage will
rise with slmllan unanimity to an ap
peal to undertake the work, of utiliza
tion of all our resources?
Sirs. W. S. Toole Bays Bungalow.
John A. Morris haa sold his beau
tiful California-style bungalow at 851
East Washington street to Mrs. W. S.
Toole. Th consideration was not
given; but th transaction was for
cash. This property Is he west one-
half of lot 1, block 3, Hanson's Addition
to East Portland.
nounced that he was In the market for
a good-sized alfalfa ranch, says the
Hermiston Herald.
No, he didn't want any, orchard al
falfa was his hobby, and in his droll
Southern brogue he stated what ho
was willing to punglo up in coin of the
realm If this was secured for him
pronto. He said he did not want to
look at any insignificant tracts of al
falfa he was halter broke and desired
to be led right up to the choicest large
alfalfa ranch on the project that could
be purchased.
In his perambulations he ran across
E. P. Dodd, of the Umatilla Farm Lands
Company, and there and then met hi
Waterloo and incidentally secured what
his heart most desired a simon pure
alfalfa ranch. Without much parley
the two wandered off to the Koss New
port ranch of 160 acres a mile east of
town and after making a careful scru
tiny of the place the gentleman said
that was Just the kind of plantation he
wanted, asked the price, came back to
Hermiston. paid the money, said to be
around $18,000, and the deal was closed.
It was literature on this country's
possibilities that brought Ell Winesett.
for that is the gentleman's name, from
his home in Galax, Va., to look up
new home in this part of Oregon, and
by that same token ho said there were
others in his neighborhood getting a a
touch of the Western fever.
Mr. Winesett left Sunday for his Vir
ginia home to dispose of stock on a
dairy ranch he has there, after which
he will return with his wife and six
children and take possession of the
Newport ranch. As is known, Don
Campbell has been operating the above
ranch for some time and during his
tenure had put the place In excellent
shape. As yet he has not decided on
his future movements, but is ready to
give possession to the new owner of
the place on his arrival.
While here Mr. W lnesett was a guest
of his old friend, P. F. Ward, who Is a
recent arrival that formerly lived in
Virginia.
Walter M. Tway, of Arizona, has pur
chased through the realty firm of Mil
ler &. Walter at Corvallls the 370-acre
farm of A. Munson, six miles north
west of Halsey. for a cash considera
tion of about 15 per acre, or 327,750.
new ranch. The sale was made through
the Eastes-Anderson Farm Land Com
puny.
A. W. Griggs has bought the Nore
haugh ranch, in the East Gwendolen
district, 625 acres. Mr. Griggs traded
some property near Vancouver. Wash.
for the property. Condon Times.
METZGER ARRANGES LEASES
Xumber of Deals Reported by Head
of Stanley S. Thompson Co.
W. W. Metzger, president of the
Stanley S. Thompson Co., reports the
following leases closed through his of
fice lately:
Storeroom, 372 East Oak street,
leased to N. E. Newton for a cleaning
powder factory. Herman Knke, owner
storeroom, 67 Union avenue, rented to
Kelly-Thorsen Co. for storage pur
poses, Herman Enke, owner; storeroom,
1480 Virginia street, leased to Peterson
& Reed for a grocery store. Ralph Ack-
ley, owner; storeroom at 451 Morrison
street, leased to W. H. Gue.'t for
fancy novelty store, the Scott Com
pany, owners: storeroom at southeast
corner Broadway and Taylor, leased
to the Cork Floor Products Company,
F. C. Malpas. owner; storeroom at
southeast corner East Third and Mor
risen streets, leased to the Nilson
Tractor Sales Company, Strung & Co.,
owners.
Mr. Metzger aleo closed the follow
ing sales within the past few weeks:
1271 Klickitat street, house, sold to
Gus Backstrom for 33500; 188 East
Forty-fourth street, house, sold to W.
P. Kneeland for 31700; 829 Gladstone
street, house, sold for account of W. B,
Koberson for 32500; 653 Eaet Forty
third street, house, sold to Earle R.
Chamberlain for account of the Hoi
land-Washington Mortgage Company,
Buidding of Warehouse Begun.
CENTRALIA. Wash., March 2. (Spe
cial.) Construction of a warehouse 100
by 30 feet in size has been started by
the Farmers' Feed & Supply Company
at the intersection of Main street and
the Milwaukee tracks opposite the Mil
waukee freight depot. The warehouse
will be of frame construction.
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Call for Small Properties Decidedly
More Active, AVith Very Little .
Speculation, Purchasers De
siring to Make Homes.
The real estate market in Portland
is showing marked improvement. For
some time there has been noticeable a
decided picking up in the call for small
properties. This is becoming even
more pronounced.
As yet the principal activity Is in
small homes. There is quite a healthy
movement in this direction. One fa
vorable sign is the almost negligible
amount of buying for speculation.
Most of the" purchasers are persons
who are buying for home purposes. It
is always an indication of better things
to come in real estate when activity in
home residences becomes pronounced
after a long depression.
As yet the movement in homes has
not greatly affected the larger proper
ties. There is not much movement in
business properties Just at present, but
indications are quite favorable and now
and then a really good sale is closed.
Such a one is the deal for the Lum
bermens building, on the northwest
corner of Fifth and Stark streets, un
derstood to have been purchased by
Abraham Cohn, of the Northern Grain
& Milling Company. Details of the
transfer have not been made public
and Mr. Cohn himself is out of the city.
This is really one of the best of all
times for the purchase of real estate.
Property values have reached their
lowest and from now on there will be a
rising market. In fact, the first indi
cations of the increase in valuations
have been felt already. The signs are
unmistakable.
The demand for small homes is Itself
a very healthy indication. It is
barometer of the decided increase in
population within the past year, due
to shipyard and other industrial activi
ties. Not all the prospective home
purchasers are workers in the ship
yards, many bein? connected with other
activities.
The fact that so many of these new
comers are looking about for homes of
their own indicates their intention of
making Portland their permanent
abode.
KLAMATH RAXCII IS BOUGHT
Forest Grove Men Purchase Choice
Tract and Cattle.
KLAMATH tFALLS. Or., March 2.
(Special.) A real estate deal of con
siderable Importance was completed
here last week, when the E. R. Reames
ranch a few miles south of Klamath
Falls was bought by Messrs. Roots and
Zimmerman, who came here recently
from Forest Grove.
The deal included the ranch, which
is a choice tract of land, SO head of
cattle, and complete equipment of farm
implements. Messrs. Roots and Zim
merman came in to look the country
over several weeks ago, and were so
impressed by the opportunities and
Winter climate of Klamath that they
decided to become permanent residents.
They have taken immediate possession
of their new property.
SHIPBUILDERS NEED HOUSES
Aberdeen Company Asks Really Men
to Help Fill Shortage.
ABERDEEN. Wash., March 2. (Spe
cial.) About 25 homes have been sold
here in the past week. Most of the
purchases were made by persons de
siring the homes to live in. jjuring
'the same period six new homes have
been started. The supply of houses
for rent has been exhausted and con
siderable building Is expected to be
done to alleviate the home shortage.
The Grays Harbor Motorship Cor
poration has called the attention of
real estate man to the fact that it is
to add 400 employes within the next
60 days and asks them to try to help
provide houses for them.
78x130 feet. The roof is supported
with steel trusses and the building is
concrete and iron. It is situated be
tween the two leading hotels. The com
pany is composed of B. W. Emerson,
William M. Remington and G. L. Cole
man. They are agents for the Olds
mobile, Hudson and Maxwell cars.
BRIDGE WEIGHS SIX TOWS
Plans of Lieutenant McAlister's In
vention Sent to War Offices.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene,
March 2. (Special.) Plans and speci
fications of the portable bridge invent
ed by Professor E. H. McAllister, Sec
ond Lieutenant in charge of works of
the University Battalion, have been
sent to the war offices of Canada, Eng
land and the United States, following
requests for them received by Lieutenant-Colonel
John Leader last week.
Colonel Leader is of the opinion that
the bridge will be accepted by all three
of the governments and put into imme
diate use on the battlefields of Europe.
It is, he says, the very type of bridge
the allies have been seeking stnee the
beginning of the war. Weighing only
six tons, it can be transported easily
from place to place on a truck and can
be assembled in an hour by skilled
workmen. The span, is 50 feet long and
each approach 22 feet, making a total
of 94 feet. It will stand a distributed
strain of 80,000 pounds. -
BIG STORAGE PLANT SOLD
Hood River Apple Growers' Associa
tion Buys Property.
HOOD RIVER, Or, March 2. The Ap
ple Growers' Association, organized in
1913 as a result of the amalgamation
of other local fruit-shipping agencies,
has become owner of the big cold-storage
plant, of the National Apple-Company.
The association secured an op
tion on the property at the time of its
organization. The purchase price was
365.000, of which $25,000 has been paid.
The association is now making plans
for increasing warehouse room and
storage capacity by an enlargement of
the storage plants of the old Hood
River Apple Growers' Union, which
were purchased last year. The value
of the union properties is set at almost
$150,000.
CHEHALIS GROWERS ELECT
Potato Association Plans to Make
Community Lead in Output.
CHEHALIS." March 2. (Special.)
J. A. Scollard has been elected president
of the Chehalis Potato Growers' Asso
ciation, which was organized here re
cently. J. T. Alexander is vice-president,
C. A. Glblin secretary and F. M.
Svinth treasurer. W. W. Moore is the
fifth member of the board of directors
in addition to the above named.
The Chehalis grown potato has al
ready achieved a splendid reputation
as of high class and the men back of
the new incorporation plan by stand
ardization, careful growing, and grad
ing of their output to make this sec
tion one of the leading potato-growing
communities on the Pacific Coast.
Big Contract for Shingle Bolts Let.
CASTLE ROCK. Wash.. March 2.
(Special.) J. W. Wakefield, of Elraa,
Wash., has made a contract with H. N.
Peabody to put out 1000 cords of shin
gle bolts. He is establishing a camp
at Eight Mile post, at Spirit Lake. This
contract requires $11,000 to start the
move and will work 15 men four
months. The bolts will be floated down
the Toutle River.
Directory of Prominent
Life Insurance Agencies
Members of Life Underwriter
Association of Oregon
Wm. Goldman, General Manager.
KAXJOKAL. LIFE OP VBKilUiK'T.
Oregonlan Bldg.
U. G. Colton, Manager.
MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE.
Chamber of Commerce Bids-
Harmon & Cummings, General Agents.
PLN.N MUTUAL LIFE.
Northwestern Bank Bids-.
Horace Mecklem. Manager.
NEW KNULANU MUTUAL LIFE.
Northwestern Bank Bldg.
MORTGAGE LOANS
Very flexible contract.
NEW WOKLD LIFE LNSUKANCB CO,
202 Stevena Bldg.
New Haaae ef A. K. RoMe, of Thompson Optical Com pa ay,
K. H. Holm Heal Kafate Aaeacy. The Residence la
UMM la Remodeling It.
Which He Bonght From Robert Krlma Through
it 74- Weldler Street, and Mr. Ruaco la Spendlng
Coltage Grove Atractive.
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., March 2.
(Special.) A large number of visitors
have been here during the past few
weeks looking for locations and there
I have been a number of real estate
transactions. W. L. Miller, of Los Art
geles. has been hero looking for tim
ber and a mill site and J. P. Duckott,
of Chehalis, Wrash., has been here ior
the same purpose. The latter wa.j ac
companied by his wife.
New Garage at The Dalles.
THE DALLES, Or., March 2. (Spe
cial.) A new $25,000 concrete fire
proof garage has just been completed
for The Dalles Garage Company, Inc.
by Hedges & Hulls, contractors. The
main floor of the garage has a floor
space of 68x120 feet with an incline to
the basement floor .with a space of
Albee & Amesbury. Ueneral Agents.
NOKTHW'ESTKKN MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO.
rsorthweatern Bana liiag.
T. 11. McAllls, State Mgr!7 "
UNION MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO
Board of Trade Bldg.
Edgar W. Smith. Manager.
EQUITABLY LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETT.
HOtf Oregonlan Bltig.
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Representative Realty Operators of
the Mates of Oregon, Washington,
i ho Are Non-ftrtddent Member of
Portland Realty Board
These men can be depended upon to
sell or exchange your property, or
represent you - in any way.
OREGON.
Bend t. A. JEastea.
Markhfleld-r-Title Guarantee A Abstract Co.
Stan field James M. Kyle.
WASHINGTON.
Hoqufsm Grays Harbor f-and Ce.
Kldgefield 11. B. Appersea.
Xacolt Lew f. Williams.