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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. POIM'I.AXD. JAMJAKV , ACTIVE YEAR AHEAD -OF REALTY BOARD Past Policies to Be Main tained by New Officers. FINANCES ARE PLENTIFUL: Secretary Proposes Strenuous Miu " berslilp Campaign and Reduc tion In Initiation re. OFFICERS OF THE PORT LAND REALTY BOARD FOR 1020. Fred V. German, president. Cue A. McKenna, first vice president. W. R. Kaser, second vice-president. A. R. Hitter, third vice-president. J. W. Crossley, secretary. B. Lee Paget, treasurer. With a year promising big things for Portland from an industrial and real estate standpoint, the Portland Realty board, always one of the liveliest and most influential of civic clubs, is looking lorward to 1920 as the greatest year in its history. At the annual business meeting on Friday officers for the coming year were elected and reports of the of ficers for the 12 months just closing were given. Secretary Crossley, who was re-elected without opposition,, rendered his report dating from Sep tember, when he succeeded Paul Cow gill as secretary. His statement showed the board to be in excellent condition financially, with more thai, $100 on hand in the bank and all bills paid. Lower Initiation Fee Asked. Mr. Crossley urged a strenuous membership campaign during the nex three months and asked that the in itiation fee for members be reduce : temporarily from $25 to J10. But f e . new members had been .added to t!' association lately, he pointed o:i while more than a score of men m. ,. been dropped from the rolls on ac count of non-payment of dues. Pro posed reduction of initiation fee tem porarily was rendered to the board of directors of the association and probably will be acted upon at the regular meeting next Friday. A short time ago a similar suggestion was made by a group of members, but was turned down by the board, and in view of this there is some question as to what the fate of the proposal will be when it is brought up again. At the meeting Friday Treasurer B. Lee Paget gave a brief report, show ing that the surplus funds of the or ganization are lying safely in a Port land bank. The report of George Schalk as chairman of the appraisal committee show"ed that committee had been unusually active during the past year and had appraised property in excess of $1,000,000 in value, bring ing more than $500 into the treasury of the board. "Mr. German Aetive. Mr. German, new leader of the i-talty board, has been active in realty circles in Portland for about 15 years and is one of the best known mem bers or the organization. He gained his first knowledge of F'ortla.iJ real estate by carrying messages to all -points of the city for the Western Union Telegraph company as a boy and after residing in Denver for a short time returned to Portland in 1899. entering the employ of the Port land Railway Light & Power com pany. After four years with this com pany and three years in the,employ of the postoffice. he went into the realty business, opening an office at 329 Burnside street, where he re mained for some years, later moving to his present quarters at room 732 Chamber of Commerce building. Under the direction of Mr. Ger man and the new officers the general policy of the board in the past will be maintained. Weekly luncheons on Fri day will continue to be a feature of the club activity and the association will take an active part in the in dustrial and community life as in Kred W. Cerman, energette realtor, who waa elected l-'ri- day an prealdent of the Port- f land Realty Board for Ull'O. I the past. The new officers will take charge at once. Mr. German will pre side at the meeting Friday. REALTY COMPANY EXPANDS Interstate Land Firm Incorporated and Capital Increased. Incorporation of the Interstate Land company, formerly the Scandinavian Realty company, was accomplished re cently, and the company has begun operations on a larger scale than ever and has frlans for considerable expan sion ouring the coming year. The name of the company was changed anil the capital stock was increased to $10,000. The officers of the company are: C. O. Johnson, president; L. A. Jones, vk-president; Oi Sletten, secretary treasurer. The offices are located on the ground floor at 348 Stark street. The officials of the company, who have all been engaged in real estate business ih Portland for ten years past, announced last week that the company, under its new name, would continue to do a general city realty buslness as in the past and would also handle cut-over lands In all parts of the state, particularly in the St. Hel ens and Columbia county section. it 1: if Tfiifi - i: It r - it BUILDING PROGRAMME OF COMING YEAR WILL MAKE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER OF NORTHWEST. fcV HOSPITALISM JOj-S------ " rZ7-r-"V-' i I - j Aliut .Ne .llnllnulnib count bonpili Oregon medleal achool above Tenvllliger drive, antl will ultimately eoxt m in of the first wine. The plan aa of proponed new Emanuel hospital, for the erection of which $27MI,0OO ia now being; rained. The hospital vrlll rlae on the alte of the present Emanuel hoapltal on the east aide. Below, at right Hahnemann hospital, as it will ultimately appear. The right wing of the atructnre wu built a doarn years ago. but the building was never completed, and a campaign for K!0O,M0 was recently Inaugurated with which to complete thta wine and pnt the hospital in operation. The property la located REALTOR WILL ED EAST 1'. K. TAYLOR OREGON DELE GATE TO CHICAGO MEET. Government' Post-War Problems "Will Be Discussed and Recom mendations Made. Government post-war realty prob lems wtH be discussed . and recom mendations made at a special meeting of the executive board of the National Association-of Real Kstate Exchanges to be held in Chicago January 9 and, 10. Oregon realtors will berepre sented at the meeting by F. E. Tay lor of the F. K. Taylor company, who is a member of the executive board for this section. Air. Taylor will leave tomorrow night, stopping en route at Minneapo lis and other middle western points in connection with several realty deals which he is negotiating for local and eastern capitalists. While in the mid dle west he also expects to form ad ditional connections with realty op eratives who represent timber and In dustrial interests that contemplate investments In the Pacific northwest. "Every indication points to a busy business session of the committee." Mr. Taylor said yesterday. "According to an outline of the work sent out by John Weaver of Washington, D. C, president of the national association, the committee will be called upon to formulate plans for the disposal of the minions of dollars' worth of prop erty i.h government purchased dur ing the ,iar and for which it now has no ruriher use. These holdings in clude entire additions to cities de veloped by the United States housing corporation in industrial, naval and shipbuilding regions of America. Just how these holdings will be marketed is a problem which the federal au thorities have put up to the execu tive committee largely to solve. "Another matter that is of great importance in the government's fight against unrest and bolshevism is the proposed federal home loan measure," continued Mr. Taylor, "This measure, if it is adopted, will make it poss'ble for the government to extend finan cial aid to people who desire to build homes. The question will come before the committee also. "In addition, the committee will formulate plans for the convention of the association, which will be held in Kansas City in June. It is expected that the meeting will be the largest in the history of the organization. Mr; Taylor will return to Portland the middle of January. JAPS URGED TO KINDNESS Coreans Must Be Aided, Says Nip ponese Administrative Officer. TOKIO, Jan. '3. Ir. Mizuno. ' direc tor of administrative affairs of the Corean government-general, told the Seiyukal party the other day that to regard the Coreans as uncivilized and Ignorant people and merely bring pressure upon them as such for ad ministrative purposes was by no means a timely policy adapted to the existing state of affairs. ft was of vital importance, he said, to treat the Coreans with kindness and benevo lence and guide them to progress and development. But as to the independence move ment advocated and carried on by a section of Coreans, he declared that such Intrigue must be suppressed by decisive measures. JUAREZ PLANS WAREHOUSE Better Facilities for U. S. -Mexican Trade Proposed. JUAREZ, Mex., Jan. 3. Efforts are being made by the Juarez chamber of commerce to provide a bonded warehouse for the accommodation of Amprirgn and MPTicun uhtnnora A large brick building has already been1 selected for the purpose. The advantage of such a warehouse is that shippers can send large quan tities of goods from the United States into Juarez without having to pay the duty all at one time. They can . . v,uk ' uIikk' n,i le erected Ik recently adopted calia for a structure at Eaat Second, Multnomah, East Third and Hasaalo streeta. leave the goods there until they are sold, at which time only it will be necessary to pay the imposts that may bo due. LAWYERS LEAD IN FRANCE Newly Elected Chamber Has 154 Barrlster Members; PARIS. Jan. 3. Lawyers predomi nate again in ' the newly-elected French chamber. Of its 626 members, 154 are professional barristers or solicitors. Farmers come next with 52, - The .army and navy are repre sented by 28 deputies, of whom two are generals. One a vice-admiral and two aviators. Fifteen members are classed as "working men" and only five are bankers. The churches are represented by four Roman Catholic priests and by three .Protestant pastors. Twelve members are of the Jewish faith. New Garage to Rise. Work on the construction of a new one-story and garage building at the northwest corner of Sixth and Everett streets was begun last Friday when workmen started tearing down the shacks which have been standing upon the property, to make way for the new structure. The building will cost in the neighborhood of $20,000 and will be put up as an investment by Wheeler &'Moneste5, who own the property. The leases for the space in the building are being arranged by E. J. Daly and by the Metzger, Parker, Ferguson company. The greatest battle of the late war was probably the battle of Verdun, in which hundreds of thousands of men were engaged, and which con tinued with brief interruption for more than a year. NEW HOME FOR BALLOU & I ,,-r" w ?m fea '"1 t yjjM 3w3 Tvt riy tt'J Z-'l f'-Ji s-SfSSCSSS w ( '.:;.. iftSl ?S.i-5 'tVid 5,"--, - J-- iTst-k.! s 7. ; -.;-. - FIV K-STORV URAI.K WHICH AVII.I, UK KKKCTCD SOO AT COST OF fl.O.U4M). One of the many new buildings In prospect for the new year Is that of Ballou & Wright, at the corner of Tenth and Flanders streets. The plans as prepared by Sutton & Whitney, architects, provide for a flva-story structure with full basement- Construction will be of reinforced concrete, fireproof throughout, and equipped with a complete sprinkler system. The salesrooms and offices will be on the ground floor on the Tenth-street side and the shipping and receiving rooms on the back, opening onto Flanders street. A unique feature of the building will be a tower enclosing a sprinkling tank. The structure will measure 100 by 100 feet in around dimensions and will cost In the neighborhood of $150,000 . .. ...ed r-- . ki l.l.O.ovHt. The um uf Ir-OIMMW similar to the above, but one atory Iraa EUGENE BUILDING TRIPLED GAIN IN PERMITS IS 300 PER CENT OVER 19 18. Estimated Cost of Work Called For in Permits Is $233,300 as Against $62,816. EUGENE. Or.. Jan. 3. (Special.) The estimated cost of building im provements in Eugene for 1919 was between 300 and 400 per cent greater than that in 1918, according to a report of W. H. Alexander, city building inspector. For the past year the number of permits issued was 187 with a total estimated cost of $233,300 as com pared with 57 permits during 1918 with an estimated cost that year of $62,816. While the permit for the woman's building at the University of Oregon raised the total for 1919 to a great extent, building activity in all lines was much greater than in 1918. Inspector Alexander said yesterday that he expects a revival of the city's old-time building boom this year. Plans are being talked of for a num ber of brick and concrete business buildings and many residences are planned by new arrivals and others. LUNCH ROOM TO BE OPENED Restaurant ami Barber Sliop In l.:berty Tlieater Building Leased. Opening of a modern lunch room and restaurant in the Liberty theater building was forecast last week WRIGHT COMPANY WILL RISE FLANDERS STREETS. mmmwim 1 rXZ ,Wk5 TSZjZ i! rfv;- ftTi uf - m i pr- cic: 3' ' it? tZ IT7 1 ir. on tile ralilpyi of the I niverstty of haa been appropriated for eonstrue- In height. Below, at left Flrat unit through a lease arranged by the Metzger, Parker, Ferguson company, whereby the Imperial dairy lunch will take control of the quarters on the ground floor now occupied by Price & Austin, barbers, and the . Hamm brothers' lunch room. The new restaurant will face on both Broad way and tSark street, extending through the building in the form of an "L." About $15,000 will be spent in putting in new equipment, it is stated, and the new lunch room will be modern in all respects. - Leases amounting to about $7000 per year were arranged last week by the Metzger. Parker, Ferguson' com pany, through the releasing of the building on the northeast corner of Broadway and Glisan street to an entirely new group of tenants. The building measures 40 by 100 feet, is three stories in height, and belongs to Dr. George Parrish. LEAGUE NAMES OFFICERS Travelers' Benevolent Organization Has Annual Meeting. At the annual meeting of the Travelers' Benevolent league, held Tuesday at the Multnomah hotel, of ficers for 1920 were elected as fol lows: George E. Fish, president; Emll Waldman, first vice-president; Wal ter F. Jef Tress, second vice-president; W. W. Gordon, incumbent, secretary treasurer; F. S. Myers. J. C. McCue and J. C. Jones, trustees. ' Reports of officers showed that the league, which is a mutual organiza tion to provide insurance for its members. made substantial gains both in membership and reserve. The membership is composed of traveling salesmen, city salesmen and depart ment managers of wholesale firms, brokerage firms and factories. AT CORNER OF TENTH AND COMING YEAH TO" SEE BUILDING ACTIVITY New York House Regards , n . . rUlUre dS Dliyill. CONDITIONS ARE SOUND j Residences, Apartment Houses, Hotels, Listed as in Demand to Supply Increased Population. s According to present indications the coming year will witness the greatest building activity this coun try has ever known, according to the latest report sent out by S. W. Straus & Co.. New York. This concern re ceives reports from all over the United States at frequent intervals and bases its statements upon an in timate study of developments. The report, which is in the nature of an annual summary, follows: "All fundamental conditions art right for a great building era. In the principal American cities we shall see much construction of the larger types of residential buildings, such as apartment houses and hotels, as the shortage of servant labor and various other conditions have created an un precedented demand for living ac commodations In buildings or this de scription. Never before has there been such a demand for structures of all kinds as exists at present. Dur ing the past year the population of all our cities has increased considerably, which, together with tremendous business expansion and the large building deficit which has existed since 1917. has created very heavy building requirements throughout the country. 'Though the ensuing year will wit ness great activity in the building industry, this will not be commen surate with the heavy demand, as the labor situation has not yet become stabilized and production for some time will necessarily be far below de mand. Not only Is there a shortage of labor directly engaged In construc tion work, but the stocks of building materials- are low. Building Total Large. "During the last 12 months the to tal buildtns and engineering opera tions throughout the United States, based upon contracts awarded, amounted to approximately $2,300. 000.000. This increase was approxi mately $750,000,000 over 1918. The actual gain in construction work in 1919, however, was not as extensive as these figures might indicate, for it must be taken Into consideration that the cost of labor and materials are much higher than they were one year ago. "During 1919 the heavy demand: for housing accommodations of all kinds. Increases in costs of operations, taxes and other expenses have brought about great advances in rents. A typi cal illustration of this has been shown in New York city, where the average advance during the past year has been about 20 per cent and where the increases during the ensuing year are expected to approximate the same figure. Similar advances are expect ed to take place throughout the coun try. These increases have not only occurred in the case of residential properties and office buildinfrs, but there have been similar gains In the prices paid for industrial and manu facturing space. In the great indus trial district surrounding New York city manufacturing space which a year ago brought 45 and 50 cents a square foot Is now commanding 55 to 60 cents, with indications of a similar increase during the coining year. Demand for Material Good. "According to some of the leading manufacturers of building materials n the United States the demand for their products at the present time is much greater than the supply. The labor shortage has been the main cause of underproduction, according to these interests. In the steel in dustry, for example, the manufactur ers have not been producing as much aa in normal years. The output prtor to the big steel strike was about 85 per cent of normal, while at the pres ent time it is about 70 or 75 per cent. according to statements made in well informed circles. "There are widely divergent opin ions as to the length of time which must elapse before production In K,-i',r- m t erl ! reaches the level Always insist upon true Eft GEM The "Bayer Cross" on Aspirin tablets has the same meaning as 14-Karat on gold. Both mean Genuine ! "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" should be taken according to the safe and proper directions in each "Bayer package."- Be sure the "Bayer Cross", is on package and on tablets. Then you are getting the genuine Aspirin prescribed by of demand, but the prevailing belief among leading manufacturers in this country seems to be that after labor conditions have become stabilized such an equalization will occur within the next few months. Labor Shortage Acute. "In the manufacture of most build ing materials there are two groups of employes directly concerned in production. skilled and unskilled. frveemnedto!;r?. xZ wheelbarrow labor, with the result that wages for this group have ad- vancea since more than law per cent, so some reports show. This ad vance to unskilled labor has resulted in large increases to skilled labor, for SZlX". crease to that paid unskilled laborers. All these advances to labor have played a most vital part in the in- created cost of materials. "Some manufacturers believe that the cost of labor in most buildiug lines has reached its peak and for this reason there will be little or no further Increases In the costs of building- materials. On the othe hand, many manufacturers state that the present upward trend in general costs will continue as long as labor is scarce and business good. "It Is interesting to note that dur ing the past year the public more than ever before has participated in the financing of the nation's building operations. We are coming to a thorough realization of the fact that the general investing public should be given an opportunity to share in these operations. This is opening up for the benefit of the realty market a vast reservoir of capital now em ployed In other industries and it is giving the public an opportunity, to participate in the fruits of the gen eral development of our Amercan cities." SITES REPORT DDE SOON REALTY BOARD COMMITTEE TO MEET THURSDAY. 1920 Programme VII Be Outlined. Co-operation With Mayor's Board Desired. The next meeting of the industrial development committee of the Port land Civic clubs, organized under the leadership of the Portland Realty board. will be held on Thursday night. January 8. according to Coe McKenna, president. Plans for the general programme of work for the coming year will be worked out. The feature of the meeting Thurs day night will be a report of a spe cial committee appointed a short time ago to investigate special needs of Portland In regard to industrial sites, and the ways in which the committee of the civic clubs can co-operate with the committee of 15 named last sum mer ty the mayor. There is great need at this time of 5aily development of industrial sites, 30 that incoming industries will find suitable locations immediately available, in the opinion of Mr. Mc Kenna and members of the commit tee. The coming year is expected to be the greatest in 'he history of Port land in the number of new industries established here, and in order to at tract them to Portland it will be necessary to have locations upon which they can immediately start operations. At the present time the city is lack ing in such tracts, although there is an abundance of land adaptable for such use with some filling or other improvement. To carry out a pro gramme of development which will make this land available, so that realty dealers will be able to show representatives of eastern firms sites upon which they can, begin operations at once, will be one of the big aims of the committee during the next 12 months. The visits to Portland home indus tries, begun in the fall, will be re sumed with the passing of the holt days, and during the coming spring It is planned to have excursions to many of Oregon's most important plants. The Doernbecher furniture factory, which was to have been vis ited in December, but was not be cause of the snow storm, will be the next plant to which an excursion will be made, this event being scheduled for an early date. Chihuahua Corn Crop Large. JUAREZ. Mexico. Jan. 3. The corn crop In the state of Chlhuahau dur ing 1919 amounted to 1.986,000 bushles. as compared to 1,027.000 bushels In 1918 and 1,828.000 in 1909. The state statistician reports that these figures are probably 20 per cent below tho actual crop, and that this year's yield, in spite of many difficulties, is larger than the pre-revolution rrnn IE "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" In "Bayer package" RESIDENCE SALES HEAVY VALl'E OF TRANSFERS GREAT EST IN RECENT YEARS. Frank L. McGuire Agency Handles Property Appraised at $2,106, tl" During Past 12 Months. Transfers of residence property In Portland for 1919 have far surpassed all records established in recent years, both in number and in the value of property sold, according to local realty dealers. The movement begun with the establishment of shipbuild ing and other war activities in 1917 has continued, with varying periods of hesitancy, and reached its maxi mum Intensity in August, 1919. In spite of this demand there has been comparatively little speculation in real estate and the market for va cant home sites remains practically on the status of three years ago, so far as price is concerned. Operations of the Fpank L. McGuire agency furnish a fair barometer of the realty market for the past 12 months. Sales recorded for the period aggregated 868 and the total value is 2.406.147. compared with 292 sales representing a value of $500,000 In 1918. Sales from month to month ORT1.AM1 RKALTOR MAKKS till!: AT HK( ORI) as Hoi st; SALESMAN. It t Frank J MeOnlre, whose igrn ey here sold nearly 93.300,000 worth of dwellings In 1819. were as follows: January, 50; Feb ruary, 52; March, 69; April, 70; May. 104; June. 72; July, 84; August, 114; September, 87; October, 60; November, 64; December, 44. There are 12 salesmen on the Mo Oulre staff and the record for the largest number of sales for the year Is held by K. R. Thomas, who is cred ited with 114 transfers of residence property since March 21, when he joined the agency. All members of the staff have made excellent records for the year. Special credit is given by, Mr. Mc Guire to the work of Will T. Taylor, sales manager of the McGuire agency, for the showing made during tho year. The firm has spent over $10. 000 in advertising, and all property listed has been personally Inspected and appraised by Mr. McGuire. Photo graphs have been made of all houses, and these, accompanied with descrip tive data, have been posted in the salesrooms of the agency. The McGuire system has been per fected until now it is applied to all classes of real property. Not only haa the firm a large listing of modern homes, but it also is handling farms and small acreages and expects to make this kind of business a feature of its 1920 activity. A branch of the business to meet the demand for loca tions in the downtown district waa also established recently and J. Logie Richardson has been engaged to act as head of the leasing and business prop'erty department. Mr. Richardson took up his new work on December 1. Mr. McGuine is decidedly optimistic as to the future of Portland and Ore gon, and declared his opinion yester day that the coming year will witness the greatest development In the his tory of the city and state. Czech Democrats Organize Bank. PRAGUE. Dec. 14. The Czech so cial democratic party has organized a bank here with a capital of 30.000.000 crowns. It will finance all the party c-onprativa stores and other Institu- ' tions. v X - x i i 49 PPtlM num. physicians for over eighteen years for the relief of Colds, Pain. Headache, Toothache, Earache, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Neuritis. For a few cents you can get a handy tin box. containing twelve tablets. Druggists also sell larger "Kayer packages." Aspirin is the tradeV I mark, of Bayer Manufacture of, Monoacetic acidester of Salicvlicacid. " . m