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riTC- ST7NDAT OREGOXTAX. PORTLAND. APRIL, 7, 1918. BUILDINGNAMECHANGEDIDEI T ,s. A?-T E D CDHTRAGT SEEKERS MTV HOME BEING BUILT FOB S. A. TURNER LN IRVLXGTON. HUMAMII STORMING GAPITAL XORTHWE5T BECOMES RALEIGH BUILDIXG AGAIN. Never Ending Advancement : fat Contracts of Early-War Days Are Thing of Past. Many Get Rich. BIG PROFITS ARE CUT DOWN CiTcrnmrnt Rigidly Investigates 1'lrms Bidding for Business and I'lIzM-by-XIcM Concern OkI Llltle Attention. BT ARTHUR W. CRAWFORD. -ASHIXOTOX. April t. (Special.) Th-e are anzloua days for the building contractor. The word has s;on out that there are only 204 Gov ernment contracts of a construction nature to be divided op among; 1109 firms during the rear Thru to tal from I3u0.OOO.OOO to f 4o.0o.no4 and the average amount of each or the 2oo contracts will ranic from 11.600.000 to K.ooO.OOO. But this won't take care of to 1200 concerns which fail to land contracts or offset the country's 12.000. seo.004 annual construction business, which Is now down to a 4 per cent nor mal basis. Most of th lars Chicago construc tion ftrms are looking for Government contracts. They have been fairly suc cessful In landing them. -The head ot one Large company who. two or three years ar, wax a Chicago city official, was In Washington for months vainly seeking; contracts and was about to qntt In disgust, when he was awarded the contract for extensions to the Camp Grant cantonment. Another firm head- ad by a Democratic politician of Chi cago had extensive contracts at the Great Lakes naval training station and Is getting; others. Another firm which was originally established In Chicago has tho contract for tho eonstructton of a number of emergency war build- Ins In Washington. Many to Be Dlsapa-slateel. Washington Is swarming; with con tract seekers. Many of them are doomed to disappointment. It Isn't as easy In many respects to land Government contracts as earlier In the war. r'or a time after the war started almost anyone could pick up some kind of a rait In the shipbulld Ing Industry, for example, many con tracts were awarded to companies or ganized solely for the purpose and which had no plant or much of any thing beyond papers of incorporation. The brother of a member of a Fed era 1 board, so It Is reported, obtained a building contract with a capital ot $500. As It happened he mado good on the job and the Government will get full value for money expended. There are soma others who obtained contracts under somewhat similar cir cumstances who have failed to live up to ther hopes and promises. This particular man took a long chance. After landing his contract he spent 1:00 of his fSOO on night letters to all the people he knew with money, lie told them of his contract and of fered them an opportunity to get In on the ground floor. Sufficient funds were forthcoming to enable turn to get a start. Beggar Beesmea Mich. A former Chicagoan a year or tm-o ago was borrowing money from all his friends. fie went Into the shipbuild ing' business and now is on easy street. Chicago business men have com plained because the larger share of munitions and supply contracts have cone to Kastern manufacturers. Some Improvement In this situation Is ex pected as a result of the establishment of a district office of the War I-epart-ment Ordnance Bureau at Chicago, where the manufacturers can keep in touch with the needs of the Govern ment and the Army officials in turn can ascertain to a better extent the possibilities of the factories ot that section. There are many agents In Washing ton for Illinois manufacturers. Some of them who seem to have rot on to the ropes have done welL Others have not. A member of the Illinois Legislature was In Washington for some time with a scheme to pool the facilities of a number of small factories in Chicago, lie had only Indifferent success. War lepartment officials preferring1 appar ently to let contracts direct to bis con cerns, who In turn sublet them. The small factories In question were able to get the contracts as sub-contractors, but would have made larger profits if they could have got them direct from the Government. at C'oatraeta C.mmr. One of the recent arrivals among: the agents for manufacturers is a Chi cagoan who formerly was one of the chief officials of one of the biggest public utility concerns in the country, lie is representing 20 or 30 different Chicago companies manufacturing a wide assortment of war supplies. With a wide acquaintance among; the men who let the contracts this man prom ises to be highly successful, lie was told, however, that If he had come to town six months ago ha could have become rich by this time. From now on profits of contractors and munitions manufacturers won't be as Large as formerly. Recent Investt sations have brought to light the points where the Government got the worst of it. The new contracts for construc tion work give the contractors about 1 per cent lens pront than was the case in the building of the cantonments Last Summer. Only firms of establts. reputation and with a complete organi sation can get contracts at all. GERMAN DEBT IS IMMENSE Total of SI Billion .Makes 4S for Every- Man. Woman, Child. PAN FRANCI-TO. Arr!l f. Accord irg to figures given out. by the gen eral publicity committee for the third liberty loan Germany's total Indebted ntff is 9?l.Oo).0OO.OOO. which means that each of her S.uV" inhabitants, men and women and children, will be In debt (CI. Here In America, with a population f 1 ie.st.fo0 our total Indebtedness Is only Sti.0o0.000.ooo or a per capita in dehtednrs of only one-elchth that of the German citUen. a matter of 117 ach. W ran ran out liberty bond flota tions op to f i0.00.0u..0oo before each one of us owea as much as each Ger man across tha I:blne." sas tbe state ment. "In other words: we ran run this war at our present rate of expendi tures for eight years before we are as badly off as the Germans are today, lion't be frightened at the money we art spendina. W are not 'breaking ourselve. We are spcnd'nr very little of oar National wealth. Buy bonds. "If this war Issts for eight years. Germany "aril be so badly broke', it ua asvtr be yui tugeLbar again. vf Ay--1 ... '! wUw RESIDENCE IX DITCH CVOLOMAL STYLE TO HAVE MANY ATTRACTIVE FEATURES. An attractive new residence In the Dutch Colonial stylo Is being built for S. A, Turner in East Thirteenth street, between Halsey and Weldler, at a cost of I66O0 to 17000. On the first floor will be the living-room, dining-room, reception hall, kitchen, den. bedroom and a sun room. On the second floor will bo a room 2x3i feet for dancing, and a studio for Mrs. Turner, who is an artist. The house will have hot-water heating system and hardwood floors throughout. One of the conveniences ot the dining-room will be a built-in buffet 16 feet long. The L. R. Bailey Company is tha architect. BUILDING IS LESS However, Statistics Do Show True Status. Not ARMY FIGURES NOT GIVEN Conntructlon In. Large Cities Much Below Actual Rc-qntremenls at Present, Building- Being De ferred Till After War. With the vast Government construc tion activities omitted from the tabu lation of building permits Issued In the principal cities of the country and with present work running strongly to wards war necessities, the showing made by the cities becomes necessarily unfavorable. The statistics of building permits Is sued now present only a partial view ot the current work, whereas a year ago they represented an overwhelming percentage of It- And the volume of Government work is still increasing. Ordinary building operations that Is, private building have shrunk to less than half the normal amount, when me Increased cost of construction Is taken into consideration. In estimated cost It Is something more than SO per cent. It Is auite evident that tne current amount, of normal construction is con siderably less than the actual require ments. Households are "dououng up all over the land: business structures are not kept strictly up in repairs. The construction of needed buildings of all kinds Is being deferred to more pro pitious --times. But the crowding of necessary work makes a very jair showing, all things considered. In 110 principal cities or tne muea States the building permits Issued in February, as officially reported to the American Contractor. Chicago, total $23.o;4.332. as against .52.738,254 for February last year, a decrease of 44 per cent. Of these cities, 32 show an In crease over tha corresponding period a year ago. In most instances this Increase Is due to tha Issuance of permits last month for one or more unusually large struc tures. Thus. In Baltimore the gain of 114 per cent Is accounted for by the issuance of a permit for an addition to the Bartlett-Hayward Company mu nition plant, at a cost of $277,500. and a $23.443 permit Issued to the Consoli dated Power Company. Harrisburg ob tains its neat gain through a permit for a $170,500 school building. Sioux City's splendid Increase comes from a permit for a $400,000 department store building. Youngstown owes its big In crease to a Jfioo.ooc permit taken out by tha Home Savings et Loan Company. Tha large cities generally show a de - - . I ' V ' f jC'--Zm&JZ. V - --f '- v--aa-att-' lirn,DIG TO BE OPENED THIS MOXTR, . HERMISTOJT. Or April 5pec!al.) The Hermiston Public Library has Just been completed and will be opened to the public with a reception some time this month. The building was erected with Carnegie funds and the site was donated br J. H. Ra'ey. ot Pendleton. It is of Spanish and Italian architecture and the plans were made by Folger Johnson, of Portland. The building contains a main library room 24x50. a lecture room 24x26. and a committee room 12x14. with modern equipment. Mrs. M. E. Benedict has been appointed librarian and Is now in charge of the library, which Is to be maintained by the city of Hermiston. The library board that obtained the funds and constructed the building Is as follows: Mrs. J. T. Hinkl-. chairman: Mrs. C. E. Butler, secretary: H. M. Straw. E. P. Dodd. Mrs. F. A. FaaU-a and i'aUier Sutler. Ilie board was assisted by 2l Sabra I ivason. o Pendleton, county librarian, cided falling off In construction work. Portland, Or., being one of few with slight gains. Details follow: Est. cost Est. cos? Pet City. Akron. O ...1 Albany. X. V Allrntown. P..... A .toons, fa...... Atisnta. Ga...... Atlantic City..... Hnlumore H.yonne. N. J.... ii-rkeley, Cal.... KlnghiTmton. N.V. Hlrmingliara . . . .. lloston ItriM-kton. Maaa... lluffa lo Feu..lH. Feb.. 1017. Ciln I77.5.1 $ IHI5.50O -u l:m,oo 1I.2.VJ 7,21-u SSI.7HS .V...-118 C7-t.4i-.il 4.4..0 fti.SOO 1'J.VIl Srt. 1 1 1 &90.IHMJ 4.-0 03.000 4.o.'l 6i'.0tM 41I.3U1 S.S70.000 S4U.700 1.202,070 cm ir.-i.sti 14.0.S 2..C4.i 1 1 4 17;i.:: :4. .- o.".7.-m J5.0M IV. !(. 24.41 K) I. 1.B..0 2O.2.-.0 30.02. .2vj 1C.42S 11.!H)0 J7..tt'-i II. 000 lO.-JIIS 1,0711 r!i.iij 817.2 25. 1U4 1.S02.7OO 12.S20 K1.i"5 iuo.740 4II.UJ. 14. ICS 4IK-. .".2: 1O4.012 S2..".-2 VJ.4.-.U ttt.'Wai 1. VI .:t H7.2..7 8,30:!. IHMI Xrt.iMHt 4o:vmi l".-..7' 4o,too 74.440 S4.371 Jt.fi.-.T.IxiO S41.4'.l 2,7s4.2i'l 10.51.7 22:.. 05.7 S0O..142 lo.sa. 1,o:I2.o'.mj 2. -.H.5J0 220. 10 S.1O4.470 1.4'MJ 14H.035 137. Hf4 240. M3 51. 7'5 ('anion. O Cedar Kaplda. la. Charlotte. ,'. C... ChaltanoogA ..... Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Colorado Springs. Columbus. O..... Iiallita. Texa.... Dartnuort. la.... Dayton. O Invr Ie Moines. .... .. Detroit Dubuque, Is..... Duluth asl Orance .... Kaat St. Louis.... Elisabeth 3 Erie. Pa 13X.3I5 7S r.0.2-S 27 6 1. ' 00 10. s5 lr. 144.O10 7 11. two .17 74.100 "74 77.000 ops Evansvtll. ...... Grand llaplds.... Harrisburg. Pa.., H art ford. Conn.. Haverhill, alaaa. . llobokfit ........ ilolyoke Huntington TV.Va Indianapolis .... ri".575 S22.510 77.-i:.0 7S0.0IO 71.300 . Hrt.5'',5 4.m 1.22'j.sis ISo.SJO 01.115 240.7S.". 403. R 14 SJ3.HO.i 15.430 652.950 2s.y.-o 170.775 135.1i ;s.su 11 Kansas t Ity. Kan 07 144 Kansas ClLy. Mo. Lawrence. Mass.. Lincoln. ISeb..... Long Beach. Cal. Los Angeles .... I.ouisvili. Mnnchejuer. N.UM Memphis ........ Milwaukee ...... Minneapolis ..... 34i.m'.S 7rt.VMU ti.r.'.n 23.4.-,:' 5u5 S:i.-..(19 . 253. 0'j5 12.272 2S1S.U7I! 41.400 114.r.75 67S.10S SO. -335 7 54 1 HO 10 21 Montgomery .... .Newark. N.J New Bedford.... New Britain .... New Haven...... 4U'.I 15 New Orleans..... New York. X. Y. Boro of Que.ns Manhattan .... Richmond ..... Brooklyn ..... Bronx ......... Totals 37!.fllt S.377.a.-3 .S20 S20.44 HHt.SM B,324.SII SP.17S 407. I0 2. ".1.-i m.t.i'oo 44.7K ro!5!o S'2.100 BUI. SOS 414.CXS 20.075 3. n.:io 14.470 125 144.040 103.SOO S.042 a...-.io en. 1 r.5 B.17.230 62.274 SO. 205 8. s 1 5. 3.S05 r--.o:io 432.S73 1 2.205 32.243 34..1G5 12.775 S.fitr, 301.304 57.105 23S.47.I 141.720 44 010 1UO.S44 H. Ol.0 SO 7i I. 71o 4.SOO 10.SOO T31.45U 2H2.650 S05.24S 8.572.400 31 8.202 l.!m.li-.5 G0.3:!4 12.341.5M3 51.275 300.022 li3.SS 8".0.!i. 114.327 7.550 R0.:M 153.691 4.02S.115 241.535 24.5.MI 210.000 51.104 0 500 530.532 41. '01 6.775 64. OOO 07.175 1.186.020 1W.5'.1 13. OOO 2s5.6o.-i 24.02 634.025 82.000 130.S22 104.750 120. 0O0 102.242 23. 20 800.541 44 Niagara Falis.... Oakland. Cal. .... Oklahoma City.. Omaha Pasadena ....... Passic. N.J Patterson, N.J... Peons Philadelphia .... nttsburg Portland. Me.... 71 41 46 S5 71 Is 5 71 on 73 Portlaud, Or Pueblo Reading. Pa Richmond, 'a... Rochester Saginaw Salt Lake City... Diego San Francisco.... San Jose. . ....... Savannah. Ga.... Schenectady .... Srranton Seattle ' Sioux City South Bend, lad.. Spokane 21S 07 06 S3 40 370 110 00 72 02 02 5 34 Springfield. III... Springfield, Mass. St. Joseph St. Louis. . . . . ... Stockton ........ St. Paul Superior Syracuse Tacoms Terre Hauts..... Toledo Topeka ......... Trenton ......... ftlca Washington ..... ' Wichita 21S. 04 4 .;:o.-i 140s 201.7.-.2 -77 77.207 23.000 8-s 133 23.081 550.S45 30.750 1,221. S25 2::S.S00 154 05 02 HERMISTON GETS NEW CARNEGIE LIBRARY. S7.162 70.44O 127,425 6S3.740 RS.70 51.5-15 217.HPO 255.420 4? 87 41 107 .$20,074,532 $52,739,254 44 BRISK MARKET IS REPORTED John E. Howard Completes Realty Sales and Exchanges. John E. Howard reports the follow ing sales: Five acres at Hfllsboro, owned by A. S. Bradley and sold to Q. JV. Ware: seven-room house in Beau mont, owned by K. 1 Meade, sold to K. V. Silcher: eight acres at Middle ton, Washington County, belonging to Louis Peterson, sold to J. M. Hanslair, of -Macleay. Or., who is to build a mod ern bungalow, and make other improve ments; a 40-acre tract on the Base Line road having a fine vlow of the mountains, sold to Isaac Staples, the Jeweler, who intends to improve the place and make it his bummer home; 10-acre farm, all In cultivation, 3 miles from Gaston, owned by John McQuinn, sold to O. H. Mitchell; a fine improved farm of 55 acres, completely equipped and stocked, owned by O. Eitelgoerge, sold to C C. Salser, of Hermiston. Mr. Howard also reports the follow ing exchanges: Thirty-five acres, three miles southeast of Oregon City, just off the Molalla road, owned by Clinton Gordy, who takes in exchange 171 acres in Idaho, owned by John O Ieary; house in Beaumont owned by C. K. Hall, who takes in part exchange 7 Vi acres at Kowena. Wasco County, owned by K. L. Meade. BASIC PREVCIPLE OF RENTALS Property Must Be Rented to Busi ness That Can ProHt Most. landlords and real estate brokers quite as much as merchants are inter ested in the principles underlying the fixing of rents. The fallacies and mis conceptions in the public mind as to who or what fixes rents and the effect of rents on prices are responsible for much false accusation against realty Interests and also for much specious propaganda which seeks to. obliterate the rent bill of the Nation without as certaining the effect and cost of such a revolutionary proceeeding. The basic principle of all store rentals Is that the property must be rented to the business which can profit most from the site. Thus, Professor Ralph B. Heilman, of Northwestern University, in System, points out that rent may be high because the site en ables the merchant to secure a rapid rate of turnover at a modest price; or It may be high because the location enables him to charge a high price and get it in the latter case the retail prices not being high because of the high rent, but because of the unusual opportunity of successfully reaching those who are willing to pay a fancy price. REALTORS SEE OREGON FILMS W. L. Finley Shows Scenic, Bird and Animal Pictures. William I Finley. State Biologist, gave a lecture on "Outdoor Life In Oregon." illustrated by three motion picture films of scenery, birds and wild Wilkes-Barre Wilmington ... Worcester Voungatown, O. Totals animals of Oregon, before the Portland Realty Board at its weekly luncheon Friday. His pictures were wonderful views and the realtors w-ere enthusia tic at the scenery Bhown. Mr. Finley declared that Oregon is not advertised nearly enough and that its great nat ural attractions should be made know to Easterners through motion picture and the like, and to this the realtors heartily agreed. The motion pictures were taken by Mr. Finley himself. AMERICA GOAL OF FRENCH Many Girls Will Come to United States After the War. FITCHBCRG, Mass., March 20. French girls by thousands will flock to the United States after the war, ac cording to Lieutenant Charles J. Kl Patrick, an electrician, who is organiz ing lines of communication between battalion units of the United States Army in France. In a letter to friends here he says the French girls like the American troops and are so much impressed by the Sammies' descriptions of the U. S. A. that they are already planning to come to this country when peace comes. The Frenchmen, too, Lieutenant Kit- Patrick says, are also coming over, as they are "dissatisfied with their lot. Extracts from his letter follow: "Male labor is scarce here. The women and girls are out chopping wood, so that the chair shops cad op erate. Just below where I am bil leted Is a sawmill that before the war employed 80 men. It had been idle for two years. A gang of women has been operating it. They have not time to go into the woods and haul logs, so they chop down beautiful shade trees on the highway. "After the war I do not believe there will be a young man left in France. Those the Germans have not killed will migrate to the United States or Canada. Like a good many in West Fitchburg, they have for generations lived in the same little village and never mixed tvrth the outside world. Some of these natives could not tell you the name of a town 10 miles away. "During the present war the young men have rubbed elbows with men from all over the earth and It has made them dissatisfied with their lot, and they all talk about the United States and Canada and the chance a man has there. So, what chance has a poor girl In this country? If I ever get back to 'God's country" It will be necessary for someone to hit me over the head with a sledge hammer to bring me back to life." PARSON HAS WAR SPIRIT Chaplain Lutz Sometimes Wishes He " Could Shoulder Rifle. CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, April 5. When war was declared Rev. Milton Charles Lutz, pastor of the First United Brethren Church at Walla Walla, Wash., resigned his pastorate and vol unteered for service as a chaplain. He was assigned to Camp Lewis with the 316th Engineers with the rank of a First Lieutenant. "But sometimes I wish I had laid aside the cloth instead of entering the Army as a chaplain and had shouldered a gun along with the boys in the ranks so that I might land a real blow against the Kaiser." Chaplain Lutz told tho Associated Press correspond ent. Hatred of everything un-American and pro-German is planted deep in the heart of this chaplain and he is plan ning on obtaining permission to leave camp for a short time and lead a cam paign against the Industrial Workers of the World and pro-Germans in their principal strongholds of the North west. "I want to tell them to their faces what I think of them." he said. SHOT QUELLS NEAR RIOT Police, Attempting to Raid Disor derly House, Are Threatened. WASHIXGTOX. April 1. Policemen who are members of Major Pullman's "vice squad" know what a well-timed shot, fired Into tho groand, will ac-1 complish. Recently it quelled what promised to bo a near-riot, when the police made a raid on a house at' 3-9 B street Southwest. The trouble began when Policeman PurcelL a member of the "vice squad," led by Lieutenant Pierson, attempted to arrest Minnie Henson, colored. Moses Henson,- her husband, objected to the arrest, and in a few minutes more than 100 persons had gathered outside the house. Many made threats against the policemen. Excited, individuals rang np the po lice department, telling of a riot in B street Southwest. Inspector Grant sent Headquarters Detectives Kelly and Vermilion to the scene. It was only when several of the officers drew their revolvers that those who offered inter ference backed away. A shot fired into the ground quelled all efforts at law rebellion. Hensen and his wife were taken to the Fourth precinct police station. Hensen is charged with at aultlng a policeman, and his wife Is detained on a statutory cAargv Provision That Old Xante Be Taken Stipulate In Five-Year Lease Jast Closed. I One of the nrovlsiorts of Jt five-vear t lease which was closed last week by Frank E. Watklns, ot Parrlsh A Wat kins, was that the name of the building on the northwest corner of Washington and Sixth streets should be changed from the Northwest building back to its old name of, Raleigh building. The lease of this building was made by Mr. Watklns for Mrs. Fannie E. Kelly, of San Francisco, to the G. H. Dammeler Company, of Fortland. The property has been In possession of the lessors since January 1, under an op tion, but the lease for the five-year term, dating from January 1, was not closed until last week. The owner. Mrs. Kelly, was formerly Miss Fannie Raleigh, of Portland. The building was called the Raleigh build ing prior to a lease made in 1911, at which time it was changed against the' wish of the owners to Northwest build ing. Aside from the sentimental reason for changing back to the old name,- it will be a relief to many a person who has confused the Northwest building with the Northwestern Bank building. APARTMENT HOUSE COMPLETED Vollielm, at East Thirtieth and Al der, Has Many Special Features. An attractive apartment building to be known as the Volhelm Apartments has Just been completed by A. B. White, contractor, at the Intersection of East Thirtieth and East Alder streets, for Mrs. .H. B. Volheim, of Portland. The exterion of the structure is fin ished in stucco and brick, and the in terior In ivory and white enamel. It Is divided into two and three-room suites. Distinctive features are a large social hall, with an open fire place and ample bullt-ln bookcases; a lobby, with mirrored walls: two flower conservatories, and all French doors. The kitchens are furnished with many modern built-in conveniences, includ ing alcove breakfast rooms. The architect who planned the apartments is F. Manson White. REALTY DEALS JfUMEROCS R. Brooks, of Tacoma, Buys 80-Acre Farm Xear Curtis for $7000. CEXTRALIA, April 2. Numerous realty deals have been announced here during the past few days, the largest of which was the purchase of Charles Hess' 80 acres near Curtis by K. Brooks, of Tacoma. The consideration was S7000. Tne new owner takes possession Immediately. Other tracts changing hands were A. Swiderski's 80 acnes at Alpha, J3S00 Henry Mako's farm at Klaber. $3500 the Roundtree SO-acre ranch at Bolst- fort. 14600; the Boynton ranch near Forest. $3500; Victor Nelson s 10 acres at Napavine, I3S0O; Bruce Thacker home south of Centralis, $2500; B, Riley's home north of tha city, $2000, and the Printy home on lord' Prairie, $3000. KLAMATH PAVIXG POSTPONED Council Holds Fp Work Because of High Cost of Labor and Material. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., April 6. (Special.) Present shortage of. labor and high price of material are among the reasons given by the City Council for postponing the paving on Conger avenue, which was supposed to have been definitely settled previous to the meeting Monday night. A protest was handed in signed by a large number of the residents. . The city is now contemplating the installation of a 20-inch pipe, which will pass under the Strahorn Rail road embankment, recently constructed, to carry off the drainage waters of the Hot Springs district. It was decided to form an irrigation improvement dis trict of 43 acres to take care of this expense. APARTMEXT HOUSE UXDER WAY Chehalis Structure Will Be Modern and Cost About $20,000. CHEHALIS, Wash., April 6. (Spe ciaL) Work on the new two-story apartment house owned by Albers and Sen is now under way. The structure will be of brick, 50x100 feet in size. and contain 16 complete apartments. the basement will be quarters for the janitor, together with a hall where tenants max entertain tneir rrienas with dancing or other amusements. On the roof will be built-in sleeping porches. When completed the build ing will cost close to $20,000. Linn County Farm Brings $10,000 ALBANY. Or.. April 6. (Special.) A 0-acre farm on the Albany-Corvallis road on the Linn County side of the river, situated about five miles south west of Albany, sold this week for $10, 000. M. L. Harrod was the seller and Green Hastings the purchaser. This farm adjoins the Riverside School. It consists principally of rich river bot torn land. Directory of Prominent Life insurance Agencies Members of Life Underwriter Association of Oregon Wm. Goldman, General Manager. NAl'lONoL LIFE OF VBKHuNI. Oregonlan B!dg H. G. Colton, Manager. MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL. LIFE. Chamber of Commerce Bids. Harmon & Cummlnso, General Ageata, PENN MUTUAL, LIFE. Northweatern Bank Bidg. . Horace Mecklem. Manager. ' NEW tuLA.U MUTUAL, LIFSL Kortnweatern Bank Bldg. M. M. Johnson. NEW WORI.U LIFE INSURANCE CO., 2UJ Stevens Bldg. Albea A Amesbury. Cleneral Asento. NORTHWEJ-TEKN MUTUAL LIFE IKU. CO. XSOnnwesiern anna siu. T. II. McAliia, State Mgr.. UNION MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO, Board of Trade Bldg. Edsar W. Smith. Manager. EQUITALtLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETf. 'ASSOCIATE MEJIBERS Representative Kralty Operators of tbe States of Oregon. Washington. Who Are Noo-Kwident Members of Portland Kealtr Board These men can b depended upon to U or exchange your property, or represent you in anjr way. OREGON. Bond 1- A. Eastes. taarsbfletd Title GnarantM 4ft Abstract C. Stanfield James M. Kyle. WASHINGTON. Hoqnism Gran Harbor Land Co. acult Iw e wuinuH. jUdsfllo B. B Appenoa. By Dr. JAMES K. TALMAGB Of the Council of the Twelve. Church ot Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Salntsl Salt Lake -City. Utah. We read of our Lord's presence at a winter festival in Jerusalem, the Feast of Dedication. As He stood in Solomon'i Porch He was assailed with questions from some of the more prominent Jews; and His answers so stirred their priest ly wrath that thc,v essayed to stone Him to death. (Read John 10:23-42. The chief cause of their anger lay In Christ's affirmation of His actual -lationship to the Father as the verit able i-on of God. To the assault of the infuriated and sin-blinded Jews Jesus responded with these words: Many aood works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone mef And the an swering howl of the mob was: "For a good work we stone thee notl bnt for blasphemyt and because that thou, br Insr a man. makrst thyself God." Blasphemy was the blackest crime in the Mosaic category; and the prescribed penalty was death by stoning. The es sence of this capital offense lay in falsely claiming for one's self or at tributing to man the authortty belong ing to God, or in ascribing to Deity unworthy attributes. Jesus had pro claimed to the angry Jews his inher ent power to grant eternal life unto all who would believe on Him and do the things he taught. Hence the frightful charge of blasphemy hurled at the Son of God, who spake only as the Father gave commandment. Our Lord reminded them that even human judges of their own, being em powered by Divine authority and there fore acting in the administration of Justice as representatives of Deity, were called gods (see Psalm 82:1, 6); and then, with sublime pertinence asked: "Say ye ot him, whom the Father hath sam-tlflPd, and aent into the world. Thou blasphemrnts because I said, I am the Son of lindP The actuality of the relationship be tween Jesus the Son and God the Father as set forth in the Scriptures cited is in accord with Scripture in its entirety; and that humankind are veritably chil dren of that same Father, Jesus Chritt being the Firstborn of the spirits, and therefore our Elder Brother, is attested by the same high and unquestionable authority. The Jews denied and blasphemously decried the Gudship of Christ, because He was to them a man, the reputed son of a carpenter, and His mother, brother and sisters were known to them as familiar townsfolk. Christ emphati cally affirmed that He was followinff His Father's footsteps, as witness His words on another occasion, when thn Jews tried to kill him because He had said "that God was his Father, maklnir himself equal with God. Then answered Jesus and said unto them. Verily., ver ily. I aay unto you. The Son can do nothlns of himself, but what he aectb. the Father dot for what things soever he doeth. these also iloeth the Son like wise." (Read John 6:17-23). In the versa following. Jesus declared that unto Him the Father showed all things that He, the Father, did. In connection with tho same occurrence He declared "My Fath er worketh hitherto, and I work." It is plain that Jesus Christ recog nized the literal relationship of Sonshfp which He bore to the Father: and more over, that He was pursuing a course leading to His own exaltation, a state, then future, which course was essen tially that which His Father had trod den aforetime. To the Father's su premacy He repeatedly testified, and expressly stated "My Father la greater than I." (John 14:28). Jesus Christ lived and died a mortal Being, though distinguished in certain essential attributes from all other mor tals because of His status as the Only Begotten of God His Father in tho flesh. Yet Jesus Christ has attained the supreme exaltation of Godship, and has won His place at tiie right hand of the Eternal Father. Ponder the sig nificance of His words: "For tho Father bath life In himself) no hath he artven to the Son to have life In him self." (John 5:26). The teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Pay Saints on this affirmation by the Lord .Tesus were set forth by Joseph Smith, the prophet in this wise: "As the Father hath power in Him self, so hath the Son 'power in Himself, to lay down His life and take it again. so He has a body of His own. The Son doeth what He hath seen the Father do; then the Father hath some day lid down His life and taken it again; so He has a body of his own." And further: "God Himself was onca as we are now, and is an' exalted 31an, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens. That is the great secret. If the veil was rent today, and the Great God who holds this world in its orbit, and who upholds all worlds and all things by His power, was to make Himself vis ible. I say, if you were to see Him today, you would see Him like a man in form like yourselves in all the per son, image, and very form as a man; for Adam was created in the very fash ion. 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