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23 BROKER ENTITLED TO FAIR DEALING BEAUTIFUL IRVINGTON HOME SOLD. BASIS NAMED FOR COMPUTING RENTS , r 3 !-f.' V Supreme Court Upholds Real Estate Dealer's Right to Commission Earned. Realty Board Expert Shows What Reasonable Return Should Be. in r-: RATES NOW NOT TOO HIGH 1 OBLIGATION HELD MUTUAL THE SUJfDAT OREGONIAN, - PORTL ATiD, JUNE 9, 1918. L& - .a 1 - ' At" -rr-i ' ; "!! - f" . s. 9 "A s'..y-,s.;tys.;.J..... . ' J ,. -T.. ; 'jisA y i - - i IjV'l v-u - . ' -r- t-- r x j ! i i i i ! i i : t f iakliiil; : ! - t 5 ' ..J. ! x :. . - - y ir m. fin--i r-- -V" o--' - m l. -. - . vy ..VtrtiliiiMww-WW! ". '""ii rm im ' ' r it . i Ty-.- -'- , - 4 V rgs - 1 ' " rJ Hull J".-. E't.'fc-.. llnri l t M M s1" ' ' Owner of Property Not Permitted to Break Faith With Broker Throngb Whom Customer Was Obtained. BY W. B- SHIVEL.T. Chairman Legal Committee of Portland Realty Board. Can the owner of property after a broker baa given him the name of a prospective purchaser, give the same to a second and competing: broker, and, after a sale Is made by the second broker on the Information so given, es cape liability for commissions to the first broker? This question is answered in the neg ative by the Supreme Court of the state of Oregon in the case of Jennings vs. Trummer, 52 Ore. 149, 96 Pac. 874. In this case the facts were that an owner of property employed a firm of brokers to sell the property for him. Through these brokers, a Mrs. Lange became in terested in the purchase of the prop erty. The brokers gave their custom er's name to the owner and stated to him -the terms of the prospective sale, but did not introduce Mrs. Lange to the owner. Within a few hours after this infor mation had been given to the owner the latter gave to a second and com peting broker the name of the first broker's customer. The second broker thereupon called upon Mrs. Lange and persuaded her to call up the first brok ers and tell them that she would not purchase the property. Shortly 'there after, the second broker concluded an agreement of sale with Mrs. Lange. The owner of the property paid the second broker a commission on the sale and claimed that he was not liable to the first brokers on the ground that the latter were not the procuring cause of the sale. The Supreme Court said: "Although plaintiffs did not actually introduce Mrs. Lange to the defendant, . it was not necessary that they do so. They did advise him of the prospective sale and of the name of the purchaser, and, if defendant dealt with her as the result of such information, then plain tiffs brought them together." And it was held that: "Whatever may be the rights of a real estate brok er who takes a customer away from another and closes a sale between such customer and the owner If done with out the aid or connivance of the owner, yet if the owner, with a knowledge of the facts, deals with the customer of agent, he will be liable to the first brokers." The court further said that: "Between the principal and the broker the utmost good faith must be exercised.- ... Of several Independent brokers under em ployment at the same time, the one who ftr6t sells is entitled to the commission. No express contract to that effect is re quired to give him that right. ... . But, to be a producer, the party pr'e - sented must be a client or a customer of his own, and not one then sustain-, ing that relation to another broker un der like employment. If he was first -n negoaiation with such other, he con tinues to sustain that relation to him until It is expressly broken off under consideration. The employer, with no tice of the pendency of such negotia tions, cannot escape liability to the broker for his commission by selling to his customer through another, even though he first discharges the former. If he does so without giving him a rea sonable time to effect the sale." It will thus be seen that while the duty rests upon every broker to exer . else the utmost good faith toward the owner of property, a corresponding and identical duty rests upon the owner; neither can he dishonestly gain an ad vantage for himself or his associates to the damage of the other: each is obliged to treat the other fairly. BAKERY PLANT PROJECTED J. D. Foster Will Erect Two-Story Brick Structure at Chehalls. CHEHALIS, Wash., June 1 J. D. Foster, a Chehalls baker, has an nounced his intention of erecting a two-story brick building on his Market-street lot adjacent to the Wash ington Hotel property as soon as plans are completed. The building will be 25x120 feet and extend from Market street to Pacific avenue. The Market-street front will be especially fitted to provide Chehalls with an up-to-date bakery and con fectionery. The bakery ovens will be in the rear on the Pacific-avenue end. The front upstairs on Market street will be used for living apartments by Mr. f oster, and he will use the oppo cite end upstairs for storage for flour and other supplies. The structure complete will cost about $15,000 and modern bakery equip ment will materially add to the outlay, so that with the cost of his lot and all other expense Mr. Foster's investment will represent about J25.000. Chehalis has more brick building construction under way today than at any time in its history. NEW BOARD TO BE CHOSEN Marshfield Nominates Ticket From Prominent Citizens. MARSHFIELD, Or.. June 8. (Spe cial.) The city, under the new class! fication as a district of the first class, will elect an entirely new Board of Kducatlon, numbering five members, at the June election. A preliminary cau cus to name candidates was held and the names of all whose friends desired they should become candidates for di rectors were admitted to the ballot. Prominent persons were generally placed on the roster and there will be opportunity for a wide choice. None of the old board. Including Ben nett Swanson, G. W. Kaufman and A. T. Haines, would permit their names to be used for nominations. Three-year term candidates are W. J. Conrad, David Nelson, J. T. Brand and A. B. Gidley. Nominated for two years was Mrs. Ward M. Blake. J. S. Lyons. W. A. Reid and W. E. Wilson were chosen for the one-year term. - Kelso Will Have Traffic Signs. KELSO, Wash., June 8. (Special.) To secure better observance of traffic regulations within the city limits of Kelso the Council has arranged with H. M. Atkins to place concrete traffic signs at the principal street intersec tions City Clerk M. J. Lord also was instructed to prepare a drastic auto mobile regulation ordinance for pres entation at the next Council meeting, when It wilL-b passed. Residence of C. M. Harrison, at 53S East Twenty-second Street JVorth, Purchased by Isaac TTprlgat for fTOOO. Was Made by S. . Battln, of the Fred A. Jacobs Company. ' ! : . i REALTY MEN HELP Voluntary Appraisals Will Made for Government. Be BIG SUMS SAVED ALREADY Some 130 Realty Boards Through out Country Name Special Ap praisal Committees to Serve Without Compensation. WASHINGTON, June 8. Nine thou sand business men have volunteered to serve all departments of the Govern ment without charge for the duration of the war. They propose to save millions of dol lars and prevent excess profits in the sale or leasing of property to the Gov ernment in the great emergency. These volunteers are all members of the National Association of Real Estate Boards and are known the country over as "Realtors," whlcn is synonymous for expert knowledge and handling of all realty problems. Services Offered in Person. William M. Garland, president of the association, in order to make the ser vices of these men available, came from his home in Los Angeles, Cal., to Wash ington and Is remaining here until the work shall have become fully organ ized. In the several departments where this service has already been utilized notably the office of the Alien Property Custodian, the Quartermaster's Depart ment of the Army, the Shipping Board and the Bureau of Housing and Trans portation of the Department of Labor, these men have saved thousands of dollars in appraisements and effecting economies of hundreds of thousands of dollars in the price of realty and space desired by the Government. . 130 Boards Represented. More than 130 real estate boards throughout the country, at the request of President Garland, have appointed special appraisal committees to serve the Government without compensation aB a patriotic service for the period of the war. These committees will, at the request of any officer, bureau or agency of the Government, make appraisals of any property or do any other necessary service without charge that will assist In winning the war. In order to facilitate appraisals, val uations and to secure other valuable information for the Government in any part of the country, many committees have been named and they have al ready furnished the Government im portant data. BIG SPRUCE TRACT IS SOLD Acreage on Vmpqua River Will Be XTsed for-Logging Operations. MARSHFIELD, Or., June 8. (Spe cial.) One of the most important tlm- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, WINNERS OF GOLD MEDALS IN DEBATING til r - . ' J wwimri ; J J V i' - - : " t'i n fx -r Davies Photos. ALBERT M. HODLER, T. VIJfCEXT KEESAJJ, D. WORTH CLARK. In the recent debating contest In Columbia University the winners of gold medals were T. Vincent Keenan, D. Worth. Clark and Albert M. Hodler. The subject was "Resolved. That compulsory arbitration should be established to settle all industrial disputes." There winners were neartug congratulated, ber deals of late is said to have been the sale of 440 acres of fine spruce and fir on the lower Umpqua Rl,ver. adja cent to the Willamette Pacific Rail way and bordering the river and Scho field creek. The area was the last of a large tract owned by the Umpqua Lumber and Box Company, of which J. A. Black, of Myrtle Point, is president. The deal is credited to Adelsperger & Conrad, of Marshfield, who had been agents of the Umpqua Lumber and Box Company for several years. Seven hundred and fifty acres belonging to the company was disposed of last year through the Adelsperger & Conrad agency. The present deal involves an amount said to be around $75,000, and the purchas ers are Portland capitalists, the Infor mation Indicates. Although nothing was learned regarding the probable avenue of final disposal of this timber. it is believed it is being bought for a logging proposition to furnish the three new mills on the umpqua River witn logs. It is expected the tract will be opened within the present season. PROPERTY IS ON MOVE SEVERAL HIGH-CLASS RESIDENCES CHANCE HANDS. Fred A. Jacobs Company Closes Num ber- of Deals at Good Prices In Past Pew Weeks. Several sales of high-class residence properties have been made recently by the Fred A. Jacobs Company. H. C. Beckwlth, vice-president and manager of the company, says this kind of property is moving in a very satisfac tory manner, with a good demand and at good prices. Among the sales closed by this firm in the past few weeks have been the following: Two-story Dutch Colonial house, East Twenty-fourth street North, belonging to Estelle Ingalls. purchased by Scott Bozarth. 15500. Two-story home of E. P. Northrup, 777 East Twenty-sixth street North, purchased by W. F. Wiggln. $5500. Two-story home of J. A. Jackson, at 580 East Eleventh street North, pur chased by Carrie O. Lineburg. $5600. Two-story plaster house of Thomas Prince, at 973 Multnomah street, pur chased by A. O. Anderson, $4000. Two-story house of Thomas Prince, at 977 Multnomah street, purchased by W. F. Miller, $4000. Colonial bungalow at 961 Bryce avenue, Alameda, purchased by Ben H. Hazen from Thomas Prince, $6750. Two-story borne of C. M. Harrison at 539 East Twenty-second street North, purchased by Isaac Upright for $7000, These sales were made for the Fred A. Jacobs Company by S. S. Battln. Kelso Shingle Mill Resumes. KELSO. Wash., June 8. (Special.) After a shutdown of several months the old Gordon & Fenton shingle mill in the north end. which was recently taken over by the Kelso Shingle Co., resumed operations the first of the week. The mill is operating one shift at present employing about 15 men. but a second shift will be added later if conditions warrant. It has a capacity of 150,000 shingles In eight hours. F. A. Graham is mill superintendent, and with E. A. Knight, owns the mill. CONTEST. was lively interest In the debate and the on taeir success. The Sale ROAD MONEY IS SOUGHT LEWIS COUNTY WILL APPEAL TO tESGISLATI RE FOR HELP. Stste Highway CommlsaMner Urges Ex penditure of S250,0OO In Connect ing Up System o( Roads. CHEHALIS, Wash.. June 8. (Spe cial.) State nlg'uway appropriations for Lewis County roads aggregating $250,000 will be recommended to the next Legislature by State Highway Commissioner James Allen, according to announcement made here yesterday. Lewis County, out of its permanent highway fund, has paved all but ap proximately eight miles of the Pacific Highway between the Thurston County line and Toledo. 20 miles southeast of Chehalis. Not a dollar of state help has been received on this road In the past. Mr. -Allen now proposes to ask the state to connect the eight-mile un completed gap between Chehalls and Toledo. He will recommend $70,000 for this purpose and if this road is built it will made an unbroken stretch of pavement across Lewis County from the north to the Cowiits River totaling almost 30 miles. The sum of $90.0u0 will be rec ommended for the National Park High way rrom Jackson Prairie toward Sil ver Creek, which will eliminate re building miles of plank roadway every two or three years, owing to the heavy tonnage it must carry. Between Pe Ell and Walvllle. In Western Lewis and connecting with Pacific County, $30,000 will be recom mended for the National Park High way. For state road No. 6, between Kosmos and Handle, the sum of $40,000 will be recommended, while $20,000 will be asked to match a like sum that the Federal Government has promised, to be spent betwen Randle and Lewis. in the forest reserve in Eastern Lewis County. SAMtEIi BOAK MAKES SALES 12 0-Acro Ranch Near Cape Horn, Wash., to Be Made Stock Ranch. Samuel Doak last week sold to Mrs. Mabel C. Menefee an Improved 120-acre farm about three miles north of Cape Horn, Skamania County, Washington, ana rormeriy known as the Foxton ranch. Mrs. Menefee expects to im prove this property and convert it Into a stock ranch. Mr. Doak also sold to Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Wicklund a modern two-storv house, good barn and two lots near Flrland station on the Foster road. This Is a highly-improved piece of prooertv and was formerly known as the Greg ory place. Another sale was to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stopper of a two-story dou- Die riat ouiiding and corner lot on the southwest corner of East Taylor and Twenty-third streets. ABERDEEN" BCILDIXG HOUSES 88 Dwellings and Three Apartments Are Going XTp. ABERDEEN, Wash., June 8. (Sne cial.) 'three apartment-houses and 33 dwellings were placed under construe txon In Aberdeen during May, the monthly report of the building inspec tor shows. Most of the homes which are going up are modern in every de tail and will cost upwards of $1500 each. May building activities here ex ceeded those of any month in the past eigni years. L. R. K0LL0CK GETS OFFICE roruana nun as Lommissioned as First Lieutenant In Gnard. To L. R. Kollock. of Portland, was awarded a commission as First Lieu tenant in the United States Guard yes- terday, according to announcement is sued by the Western Department of the Army at San Francisco. Mr. Kol lock, who is head of the building ma terial firm of L. R. Kollock A Co. is Captain of Company a. of the Mult noraah Guard, and a man of experience In military matters. Creation of the United .States Guard as authorised about a month ago. when ordens for the recruiting of 25.- ooo men to compose the new military Doay were issuea rrom Washington. Fred C. Engrel Convicted. After being locked up all night, fol lowing a three days' trial, a lurv in Circuit Judge Gantenbein's court yes terday iouna t rea tngel guilty of a statutory offense. In which his 12-year-old foster sister was the alleged vic tim. The case was one of the most revolting that has been heard In this county. Prosecution of Engel was pressed by prominent social workers of this city, who interested themselves in the case of the parentless victim of the accused man, who is aged 26 years. Engel will be sentenced tomorrow morning. De Marcel Told to Get Out. Ivan da Marcel, dancing Instructor who was arrested Friday on a va graney charge preferred by Walter F Geren. special agent of the District Attorney's office, was released yester day on his own recognisance and will not be prosecuted as a vagrant. Mar cel was admonished by District Attor ney Evans to leave the state without 1 unnecessary delay, Carl R. Jones Declares Present Rents Are Actually Lower In Many Cases Than Six or Seven Years Ago. BY CARL R. JONES. Chairman Rental Committee. Portland Real ty Board. Comparing present rentals on resi dence property in this city with those in effect six or seven years ago, we find that in most Instances the rates now are less than they were then, in spite of the fact that there has been a marked advance In rents during the past six montha For two years or more prior to 1918 tenants generally in this locality enjoyed very low rents at the landlords' expense. In a great many inRtnnres the income from rented prop erty did not cover the taxes and repairs thereon. Assuming that owners or improved riitnnct DroDertv which is in good. nniihl condition should be entitled to a net return on their investment of r.r pent ner annum, tne rouowing would not be an unfair basis for fig For example, a property vaiuea tannn- Interest, one year at 7 per cent 8350.00 Taxes estimated at ir. JZ Insurance. S3500 Repairs. Including painting, tintlnc. nlnmbinr etc TX?9 Depreciation at 3 per cent per year.. io oo iiixmr, for vacancy, half month.. 2..o Tola; 1936.50 Or s.'.l per month. M On this basis property valued at $1500 would rent for $16: $2000. $21; $2500. $26; J3000, $31; $3500. $37; $4000. $42; $4500. $47. Compare these figures with the pres ent rents actually In effect and you will see that, while our housing situ ation mlizht be improved, no undue ad vantage is being taken by the property owners under the circumstances. E. G. CRAWFORD SPEAKS HANKER GIVES 1MEREKTISU l XA5CIAL U1SCC8SIOX. Value of Advertising la Handling Lib erty Loams BIsT Aid o ov tnstili lie Says. The following interesting address on financial conditions was made laat week before the Portland Ad Club by E. G. Crawford, of the Lnlted states National Bank: The clearings of the Jnlted btates In 1914 were 155 billions ot dollars; in 1917 thev had arown to 307 billions of dollars. This Kives you some Idea ot the vast business being handled through the banks. Here in Fortlanu our clear ings for the month of May; 191S. were $96,653,218. in comparison with $47.- 633,567 in May, 1814. and $41,395,362 in Mav. 1910. "In other words, the business passing through the banks Is twice what it was t the outbreak of the war. mis, think, will give you as clearly as any words I can express a conception of the changed conditions in banking chan nels. For this vast sum the banks have had to provide machinery for the handling of it, and when you consider that on top of all this Increase have come the liberty loans of the Govern ment, the greater part of which have been handled through the banks, you ill grasp some of the problems the bankers have had to mee Also some of our best men have enlisted In the service, and I am sure that the banks have furnished their quota to the Gov ernment In the actual fighting service. "For Instance, the United States Na tlonal Bank has about 30 of its em ployes now wearing the Government uniform. To replace experienced men, as you know, is no easy task, and as our business Is technical, we cannot always put help in, like you can in some other lines. We are employing girls and women, as far as we can, and I must say that they have been a very great help to us In this time of need. "The value of advertising has never been more pronounced than in handling the loans for the Government- Without advertising 17 millions of people would not have bought liberty bonds. It is estimated there were only 400,000 reg ular bond buyers in the whole united States prior to these liberty loan da'ves. To have Induced -17 millions of people to become owners of bonds is a won derful change in so brief a period. "It would seem to me that we cannot lay too much stress upon this word. co-operation. It will win the war, which can be won In no other way. We ST. JOHNS FOLK CELEBRATE Til El R GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. LVr&- l&L- 1 1 In honor of the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. P.ichard Alsberge. of 922 South Kellogg street, St. Johns, a reception was held on May 25 at their home in St. Johns. Due to the 111 health of Mrs. Alsberge. not many guests were present. Mr. Alsberge celebrated his 76th birthday on May JO. but is still actively engaged in the merchant tailoring business In Sf Johns. Mrs. Alsberge will celebrate her 67th birthday June 19. Both Mr. and Mrs. Alsberge are natives of Belgium. Mr. Alsberge having come to this country when he was 24 years old and Mra Alsberge when she was 4. They are the parents of seven children, five of whom are living. They are: Miss Etta Alsberge. who lives with her father and mother in St- Johns; Mrs. E. CHara. of St. Johns; Richard W. Alsberge, of this city; Mrs. J. Brook, of St. Jotuis, and Mrs. Ralph Nelson, of this city. To be sold at once, the finest six-room residence in Portland, located on corner 14th and Knott streets, in the best section of Irvington, close to the business district yet in the very best residence section. Property on opposite corners worth from $35,000 to $70,000. Corner lot, fine trees and shrubbery; hardwood floors, shower bath, sun parlor, plate glass windows, best furnace; cost only $55.00 to heat last year. Concrete garage, asphalt streets both sides; all improvements in and fully paid. Not a real estate built house, but erected by owner for a permanent home. Could not be replaced today for less than $8500. On account of change in business plans will sell for $6500. Must be seen to be appre ciated. You won't be disappointed. Owner on premises after 9 A. M. Sunday. Week days can be reached at Studebaker Corporation, Tenth and Glisan streets. Phone Broadway 1895. W. G. PALMER. can co-operate. There Is no one that cannot do this. Vou may think that your own small efforts do rot count. but as the mountains are made by grains of sand, so will the co-operation of the entire population of the United states put beyond peradventure of a doubt In operation the mighty force that will absolutely crush out the Prus sian Idea. "It ain't the guns nor armament. Nor funds that they can't pay But the close co-operation that makes them win the day. It ain't the individuals, nor the Army as a whole. But the everlastln teamwork Of every bloomln' soul." TITLE MEN DISCUSS SHOP Herbert Gordon, of Portland, Elect ed President of Association. The eleventh annual convention of the Oregon Association of Title Men was held Friday in the Oregon building. at which delegates were present from many parts of the state. The morning and afternoon sessions were occupied In the transaction of business and dis cussion of matters of Interest to the profession. In the evening the Portland mem bers took the vleiting members for a trip over the Columbia River Highway as far as Multnomah Falls. Upon the return trip the party stopped at Crown Point long enough for dinner and to listen to the report of A. A. Lee, of Salem, who was the delegate of the Oregon Association to the National As sociation last year. The following officers were elected for the next year: President. Herbert Gordon, of the Lawyers' Title &. Trust Company, Portland; first vice-president, E. H. Janney. Medford; second vice-president. Arthur R. Wilson, Klamath Falls; third vice-president. Robert E. Smith. Roseburg. and secretary-treasurer, A. W. Havens, Port land. WATER CONSUMPTION GAINS Hot Weather Makes Use Freer, but No Shortage Is In Prospect. The hot weather of the past few days has caused a sudden increase in the consumption of water in Portland. On Friday 47,000,000 gallons of water were used, an amount far in excess of the normal consumption. Ample water will be on hand for Portland's use this Summer, according to Commissioner Mann, who predicts that there will be no water shortage this year. Architectural Contract Let. The Board of County Commissioners has awarded to Lewis I. Thompson the architectural work for the new Indus trial School for Girls in connection with the Multnomah County Farm. A general plot plan for the whole scheme will be prepared but the county will build only in units as required. Work on the first unit will be started soon. Mr. Thompson is doing some work for the state, including supervision of the stadium for the State Fair Board at Salem, which is being completed. This will be the largest building under one roof in this state. Its construction In cluded the use of some of the largest wooden trusses in the United States. New Militia 1'nit Mustered In. A new company of state militia was mastered into service Friday night at Hillsboro by Adjutant-General John M. Williams. It is the aim of state mili tary authorities to create a battalion of guardsmen In Washington County, the Hillsboro unit forming the nucleus. RHEiS TO BE VIEWED MRS. H. II. HEBDH.1S TO LECTCRE OX DEVVSTATED CITY. Wosdrsos Pre-War Bessty of Cathedral City ts Be 5howa by Slides at Preabyterlsa Chnrrk. An illustrated lecture on the "War on Rheims" will be given by Mrs. H. H. Herdman at the First Presbyterian Church, Monday evening, at 8:30 o'clock. The lecture will be under the auspices of the Multnomah Chapter of the D. A. R. The admission will be Si cents, the proceeds going to the chap ter's war relief fund. In the first advance in 1114. the Ger mans held Rhe.ma for four days. Ths battle of the Marne drove them out. Ever since. Rheims has been a target for the Germans seeking revenge, and after four yearn of persistent bombard ment the city is in ruins. All nations mourn the loss of Rheims' cathedral, one of the stone hooka of the world, relating the history, the re ligion, the art. the ideas of France for 1150 years. The cathedral, with its towers, point ed arches, clustered pillars, gorgeous windows, its front beset with sculp ture. Ila vaulting roof. Its walls cov ered with finest fifteenth centuiy tapestry. will be shown. The views portray not onlv the ca thedral before the war. but Rheims durinc the German occupation. Von U luck's army in the court, the nave In use as a hospital, the cathedral in flames, the French carrying the wounded Germans from the burning building. The slides have been made from pho tographs selected by Mrs. Herdman when a student of art In Europe, and from photographs sent from the strick en city aftr the bombardment. W STAMPS ARE SOLD PORTLAND SCHOOL CHILDREN DI POSE OP SS.717 IV WEEK. Total War Savings Sales Since Open ing of Campaign Now Amount Is i;VJ3 Per Capita. When school children sold $24,717. 9i In war savings stamps the week end ing May 31 they ran their total since the campaign opened up to $386,051.33. S. C. Bratton, who is general of this part of the war savings stnmps work, says that the results thus far are only a drop In the bucket to what the chil dren will accomplish before the stamp campaign Is ended. There are 30,75 children in the schools, and as each one Is presumed to be selling stamps, the per capita on the week was .6 cents and on the campaign to date a per capita of $12.573. North School, with 238 pupils, has sold only J236.50 stamps since the sales commenced, making a per capita of only .993 cents. This Is the poorest showing of any school In the district Capitol Hill School, with only 88 pupils, has sold $u23. and the per capita Is $5,357. The school next to the Nortn in low per capita Is the Girls' Poly technic, which has 510 pupils and a per capita of (3.474. On per capita for the campaign to date Irvington's 575 pupils lead with $60,703. These children have sold $34. 904.25 stamps. Gregory Heights chil dren, 54 strong, make the best showing on per capita with $58,576. Glenhaven. with 109 pupils, has a per capita of $32,022. Couch School children have sold $26,996.40. and for the week ending May 81. according to the compilation Just issued, they led the other schools with sales amounting to $2,339.22. Tha Couch per capita for the week was $1,902, which Is proof that the 806 chil dren did some hustling. The Glenhaven children carried the percentage banner for the week ending May 31, for they scored $3.84 Margaret Brady Will Filed. The will of Mrs. Margaret Brady, aged 85. who died May 29. leaving an estate of $24,000. was filed for probate yesterdsy. By the will the entire es tate goes to the only daughter and heir, Mrs. Mary C. Vogt, who will be appointed executrix. Directory of Prominent Life Insurance Agencies Members of Life Underwriters' Association of Oregon. Vm Goldman. General Manner. NATIONAL LIFE OF VERMONT. Ore lanlin Bids. H. G. Cotton, Munaser. MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL, LIFE. Chamber cf Commerce Hldic. Harmon A Cummlnca. General Aseata. PEN'S MUTUAL LIFE. Northwestern Bank Bids. Horace Merklem. Manaaor. KtW ENGLAND MUTUAL, LIFE. Nortaweitern Bank Bids. M. M. Johnson. NEW WORLD LIFE INSURANCE CO, 202 ptevna B'ds. H. R. Air.. General Asent. NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE 1X8. CO. Northwestern Bank Bids. T. H. MeAllla, Siats Mcr., CNION MUTUAL LIKE INS. CO, Board of Trade Bltlr. Edpjar V. Smith. Manaccr. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 806 Oresoalaa B.ds- 4 4