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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, MAt ' 'S3, li)ZO
REALTORS TO LEAVE
FRIDAY ON SPECIAL
Visit to Convention at Kansas
City Planned.
PURPOSES ARE NUMEROUS
delegation to Include Many prom
inent 31 en of Portland and
Northwest.
All aboard for Kansas City!
The two special cars assigned to
carry, the two-score . realtors from
Portland and other points throughout
the northwest to the national conven
tion of real estate boards to take
place in Kansas City the first week in
June, will pull out of the Union sta
tion at 9 o'clock Friday morning.
As a result of the interest and en
thusiasm of the local realty men the
entire realty field In the northwest
has become enthusiastic for 'the con
vention and the northwest will be
represented at Kansas City by the
best delegation for years. t
Realtors from Seattle, Spokane,
British Columbia points and elsewhere
In the northwest will gather here and
all will make the trip from here to
the middle western ""convention city
in a body. According to the latest
check which has been made of those
expecting to make the trip there will
be about 20 from this city and 20 from
points elsewhere in the northwest in
the party.
Train Leavci Friday.
The train will leave here at 9 o'clock
Friday morning, arriving in Denver
Sunday morning. A stop from Sunday
morning until Monday afternoon will
be made at this point, where the dele
gation will be entertained by the Den
ver Realty board. Leaving Monday
the delegation will arrive in Kansas
City in ample time for the opening
of the convention on "Wednesday,
June 2.
Business and amusement will be in
termingled in the programme to be
held under the auspices of the Kan
sas City men. A banquet, minstrel
show and theater parties will be
among the latter, while the former
will include the convention sessions.
One of the biggest topics for discus
sion before the convention will be
real estate advertising. Real estate
firms in the main have not gone into
the field of display advertising here
tofore, but it is believed by many that
this will be a development of the im
mediate future and it is expected that
out of the Kansas City convention
will come one of the most progressive
and aggressive efforts ever made to
place real estate investments before
the public at large.
Pur pones Arc Many.
Other subjects, beside that of ad
vertising to be taken up are: How to
create new prospects for real estate
investments among that class of peo
ple which heretofore have not con
sidered it; how to establish and in
crease a nation-wide interest in the
pxirchase of real estate; the own your
homo campaigns; revisions of taxation
to take some of the burden from real
estate, which at present bears prob
ably 75 per cent of the entire gov
ernment revenue. The discussion of
advertising will be under the leader
ship of Borest Adair of Atlanta,
former president of the realty board
of his city and an expert on adver
tising, and it is possible that plans
for a national campaign of real estate
advertising will be taken up.
The Portland realtors are going
eastward with several purposes in
view. One will be to impress upon
the delegates from other cities the
fact that Portland is a live city, the
natural distributing center for a large
portion of the west and a great sea
port; another will be to boost the
Shrine convention and urge attend
ance at the Rose Festival; another to
land if possible the achievement
trophy and the five-minute speaking
contest. V. H. Ross has been selected
the orator for the latter event.
The latest list of probable conven
tion attenders is as follows:
From Portland:
. F. B. Taylor. Paul c Murphy, V. W
German, Fred Brockniau. W. V. Fergu
son. H. O. Bei:kwith. C'oe A. McKenna.
Fred Strong, Paul t'owffill, W. H. Ross.
Frank I. MoGuire, A. R. Ritter. J. W.
Walker. J. M. Healey, J I,. Richardson.
M. K. Uee. A. S. Johnson, Harold Jungck,
J. P. Parker. V. Westler, H. W. Fries. J.
O. Klroct, R. T. Street and George T.
Moore.
From other northwest points:
Ira B. High. Boise, Idaho: A. L. Mur
pUey, M. I... Walker, Caldwell, Idaho; E.
B. Arthaud, Hoqulam, Wash.; E. S. Good
win. Mrs. K. S. Goodwin, Shirley Goodwin
(daughter). John Elliott. George Spencer.
C. C. Bennett. Seattle. Wash.; George Elli
ott, L. R. Manning. V. II. Miller, Mrs. W.
H. Miller. A. II. Barnheisel, Mrs. A. H.
BarnhtMsel. Tacoma. Wash. ; C. V. John
son, Salem, Or. : Charles Cross, Captain
letel Andre. Victoria. B. C. ; P. A. Sched-U-r.
I. G. Frank Iloole, R. Kerr Houlpate,
Vancouver, B. C. ; Mr. McCormick, Spo
kane, Wash.; J. Nelmeyer. Salem, Or.
money to finance the great . needs
fir easing upon us. If these bonds are
nflated now, they will net be more
so then. Then as rates go above S
per cent, books can be turned In and
bonds taken euti While on deposit,
the accrued Interest en the -bonds go
to the government, and build up a
large sinking fund for the retirement
of bendsj Kaeess profits eould be re
duced "Liberty bends would go to a pre
mium so that U would be advisable
to aoqulre such bonds deposited to
waive their maturity rights, which
would enable the government to re
fund at lower rates. They would not
be legal tender would not affect our
gold supply or weaken the federal
reserve, bank system, and would bur
nish auxiliary fund as needed,
"By such a system we could build
up a large world trade, sell our raw
materials, encourage production and
benefit other nations and ourselvsa,
assure property and remove possibil
ity of alarm of money scarcity for
legitimate enterprises. Congress could
provide separate safeguards penaliz
ing speculation if such evils arose
from the additional money.
"If the board cannot promise sound.
adequate and permanent relief, then
business men must arouse themselves
and insist upon immediate construct
ive action by congress. They must
demand that the political parties in
their convention platforms pledge ac-
DEALS WITH MINORS
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Courts Hold That Infants May
Later Void Contracts.
FAIRNESS NOT AT ISSUE
Benefits May Be Derived Because
of Agreement but Minor May
Repudiate Deal Any Time.
BT W. B. SHIVELT.
Chairman Legal Committee, Portland
Realty Board.
Is a contract relative to land made
land conferred on him a pecuniary
benefit, the furnishing of the money
for that purpose at his request does
not. by reason of his incapacity to
enter into a valid eontract, ereate a
binding obligation, because it was
not necessary to his sustenance. Thus,
in McCarty vs. Carter. 49 111; S3 B
Am. De& S72), it was held that "
contract made with a minor to fur
nish labor and materials for the Im
provement of his property was not
binding on him, and the contractor
could claim no lien therefor against
the property benefited therebyi
Mortgage Net Binding,
'In deciding that case Mr, Justice
Lawrence ears! 'An Infant is not
bound by his oentraot, exoept in oer
taln cases, ta -which ths erection of
a building for rent does not belong.
A conveyance or mortgage by him
of his real estate would not be bind
ing upon him, and the legislature cer- I
tainly never intended to allow him to
Inoumber his property lndlreotly by
a contrast for Its Improvement, when
he cannot do the same thing in a
binding mode by an instrument exe
cuted expressly for the purpose. A
minor who has nearly attained his
majority may ' be as able in fact to
protect his -interests in a contract as
a person who has passed that period.
" " But the law must necessarily fix
some precise age at which persons
shall be held sui Juris. It cannot
PERMITS OF APRIL
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Portland Topped Only by Los
Angeles, Figures Show.
GENERAL RESUME MADE
how losses, while most of the others
show appreciable gains In April.
Figures showing building permit
record for March and April in the
larger cities of the United States and
In the cities of secondary sixe in.
in which Portland is most interested,
are taken from the American contrac
tors' report as follows:
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BEAUTIFUL SPANISH COLONIAL DWELLING ON EAST SIDE IS COMPLETED.
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RES1DENCK OF H. O. TRIPLETT, JUST Bt'ILT AT CORNER. OF FIFTV-SEVEXTH STREET AND HAWTHORNE
AVENUE.
One of the most beautiful homes to be completed in Portland this spring is that of H. O. Triplett, at the corner
of Fifty-seventh and Hawthorne. The dwellingr has just been finished and occupied by the owner. The house is
of Spanish colonial architecture, finished exteriorly in white cement stucco and red tile roof. There are nine
rooms, including a large living-room, billiard-room and sunroom. A feature of the bouso is the large porch, ex
tending clear across the front. Following the Spanish design, the roof is nearly flat, and a roof garden has been
provided as a special feature. The building stands upon a plot 102 by 220 feet, and the landscaping, including
driveway system, trellis, fountains and formal garden, has been done by 11. Brandt, landscape gardener. Mr.
Triplett, who is a-local designer and builder, designed the home entirely himself, both inside and out,and Installed
many features of comfort and convenience not found in the usual dwelling. He built it as his family home, after
study of many dwellings of similar general architecture. The cost of the structure is given as 925.000, and the
property and landscaping as $10,000.
Uon that will correct the money sit
uation and that will place liberty
bonds on a par basis."
SOUNDER FINANCE URGED
. J. I'PHAM ADURKSSES LET.
TKR TO RESERVE BOARD.
PHILOMATH MILL BUSY
ILJCTZ SPRUCE COJIPAXV
DOUBLE CAPACITY.
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Realtor Declares Something 'Must
lie Done to Bring Liberty
Bonds Back to Par.
That something must be done to
place the country on a better finan
cial basis and to bring Liberty bonds
to par, is the declaration of N. J.
L'phara of Duluth, in a letter to the
Federal Reserve board at Washing
ton. The letter is of interest to Port
land realty men in view of Mr. Up
ham's position as head of the Inter
national Realty associates, an organ
ization owning large properties in
many parts of the countyr including
Weslover terraces in this city. Mr.
Cpham was a visitor here a short
time ago.
In his letter, Mr. Upham declared
that the money of the country is at
the present time on an unstable ba
sis and that every effort should be
made to place it on a firmer founda
tion in order that the great extension
of credit which will be necessary to
i-arry on the development promised
for the next several years can be
handled. Mr. Upham urges particu
larly that arrangements be made
whereby Liberty bonds can be depos
ited at banks of the country and cur
rency notes issued aerainst them, as
was done with the federal bonds fol
lowing the Civil war.
Referring to this proposed arrange
ment for liberty bonds, Mr. Upham
writes:
"If congress passed such a law now.
auxiliary to the reserve system per
mining Liberty bonds to be so used.
then Interest rates could be stabilized
tor legitimate business at around &
per cent and we would bave ample
College Practically Completes En-
downient Fnnd; Ground Pur
chased for Auto Park.
PHILOMATH, Or.. May 21. (Spe
cial.) The Siletz Spruce company by
a recent deal acquired the property
of the Benton County Lumber com
pany. The. plant is being practically
rebuilt. If has just been electrified,
is now employing 20 men and within
30 days will employ 20 more. The
company has been capitalized at $100.
000. and within a few months expects
to double the capacity of the mill.
Philomath college has practically
completed its $100,000 endowment
fund, and in connection with the
Inter-Church World Movement ex
pects $40,000 additional endowment
from the United Brethren church at
large.
The - Philomath Brotherhood was
recently organized and through its
initiative the "old camp ground" be
longing to the college near the Marys
river bridge on the Alsea road has
been purchased by the city and will
be immediately fitted up as a public
park.
CIIEUALIS GROWTH COX'TI.MES
Permit Issued for Erection of
$20,000 Business Building.
CHEHAL1S, Wash.. May 22. (Spe
cial.) Another $20,000 brick block for
lower Market street was assured last
week when the city commission grant
ed a building permit to John Denhof
for the erection of a builiding along
side the one he has just completed
at the corner of Market and Division
streets. The latter cost $35,000.
The new building will be two stories
high and cover 55 by 112 feet. It
will be used for commercial purposes.
The upper portion of the structure
just finished is used for the newly
opened Hotel St. Francis, Jim Lewis
and George Journaras being proprietors.
oUyld hav
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11. . C, president of tfae Na
tional Association of Real Ea
tate Boards, who will preside
att 13th annual convention at
Kansas City Jane 2 to 5, inclusive
with an infant capable of enforce
ment? The foregoing question is not quite
so foolish as it must sound to the
layman, for be it known that in law
the word "infant" has a technical
meaning different from that given in
common speech. We ordinarily un
derstand the word "infant" to refer
to one who can neither walk nor
talk, a child of tender years. But,
in law the Word is practically synony
mous with the word "minor" and in
cludes any male who has not reached
the age of 21 years and any un
married female who has not yet
reached the age of 18 years. L. O. L.
7097. By a special statute all fe
males who marry are thereby deemed
to have arrived at the age of ma
jority irrespective of age. L. O. L.
7099. 1919 session laws 57. I
Contract t'snally Void. -
It may be said generally that
practically all contracts made by in
fants except for absolute necessities i
are voidable by the infant making
them at any time prior, to reaching
majority or 'shortly thereafter. The
contract is not absolutely void." but
if at any time, whether before or
after reaching majority, the infant
desires to be released therefrom, all
that he has to do is to declare him
self to that effect and the one with
whom the contract is made is ordi
narily helpless to prevent the avoid
ance of the contract.
The theory upon which such con
clusions are based is that the law
recognizes that a child is unable to
take care of himself in business
transactions due to lack of under
standing and experience. Courts say
it is impossible to fix the precise
age at which a child may be said to
have arrived at such a stage of
mental development as to enable him
to contract without being taken ad
vantage of. Accordingly it has been
held in many cases outside of this
state that it can make no difference
that the infant making the contract
was nearly of age when he made it or
that prior to making it he had had
actual business experience; nor is"it
a defense that t'.ij child is engaged
in business for himself or that he has
been emancipated by his parents. 14
R. C. L. 1425.
All that is necessary to be done
by the infant to be relieved from the
performance of his contract is to de
mand to be released and. presto, it is
done. The infant can thereupon re
cover any property conveyed or de
livered and any sums of money paid
to the one with whom he has bee'n
doing business. In many cases it is
held, even though the infant had re
ceived something of value in return
for what he had paid, it is not neces
sary for him to return that some
thing as a condition precedent to
being released from the contract.
Court Refuse Lien
While there are but few cases in this
state on this general subject in which
the theory of the law is explained,
there is the case of Burton vs. An
thony, 46 Or. 47. 79 Pac. 185. 68 L. R. A.
826. In this case Walter Anthony,
aged 16 years, owned certain real
estate which was incumbered by a
mortgage. The mortgage had been
foreclosed, the land sold and the sale
confirmed. The period of redemp
tion had nearly expired when Mr.
Burton, relying upon the promise of
Walter and his mother that he
would have a lien upon the land for
the sums advanced by him, redeemed
Walter's property from the mortgage
sale and turned the property back
to Walter.
He then requested that he be. se
cured In the land but this request
having been refused, he brought suit
asking the court to impress a lien
upon the land in his favor for the
sums advanced. The court denied
Burfbn any relief in the matter and
held that while the child could con
tract and bind himself to pay for
necessaries, the furnishing of money
to prevent the loss of the child's land
was not necessary to the child's sus
tenance and support.
The court expressed its theory in
the following language:
"Though the redemption of Use
measure the individual capacity in
each case as it .arises. It must hold
the youth who has nearly reached
his majority to be no more bound
by his contract than a child of tender
years, and neither in one case nor
in the other can it permit a con
tractor to claim a lien against his
property under the guise of a con
tract for improvement. This would
expose minors to ruin at the hands
of designing men. The mechanic who
erects a building must take, like
other persons, the responsibility of
ascertaining that he is contracting
with a person who has. reached the
requisite age.' . . . The improve
ment of a minor's property by
erecting buildings thereon in pur
suance of his contract cannot be re
garded as of less importance the
value being equal than the saving of
his estate by the redemption thereof
at his request: and, as no lien can be
created in the first instance, none can
be imposed in the latter.
Award Won 16 Tears After,
In the case of Highland vs. Toll!
sen, 75 Ors. 578, 147 Pac. 558, an In
fant aged 11 years, together with her
mother and other brothers and sisters.
had signed an agreement . releasing
all her interest and estate In and to a
certain lot in Portland, upon condi
tion that Tollisen, the party to whom
the property was released, should pay
certain debts of her deceased father,
Sixteen years thereafter, when the
former infant was 27 years old. she
brought a suit to regain her interest
in the property in question, which
the court awarded her. without even
requiring her to repay any portion
of her father's debts which Tollisen
had paid in reliance upon the child'
release and all notwithstanding tha
the property had been improved and
had increased in value from $350 to
$4000.
In Seed vs. Jennings, 47 Ore. 464, 83
Pac. 872, an Infant made a deed to
certain land to his parent. When the
child came of age he "disaffirmed'
the deed, whereupon -the court held
that the title to this property still
rested in the child and' that the paren
had no claim to it.
From the foregoing it Is apparen
that dealing with infants is a matter
fraught with danger. It can make no
difference that the attempted con
tract was one beneficial to the in
fant or that it was fair in every
respect. Courts expressly hold that an
infant may avoid any contract made
by him except for necessities, whether
his desire to. avoid be prompted by
a mere whim or the necessity of be
ing relieved from an unfair agree
ment. The' pajnts as such have no
power to bind, the child in any way.
The only method to deal with an In
fant is through hi guardian duly ap
pointed by the courts .and properly
authorized by the latter to enter ftito
contracts on the infant's behalf.
American Contractor of Chicago
Finds Month Is Best All Over
United States. .
Portland building permits for the
month of April exceeded in value
those of any other Adty on the Pacific
coast excepting Los Angeles, accord
ing to statistics compiled by the
American Contractor Publishing com
pany of Chicago.
The general resume of the building
situation throughout the country
made by the American Contractor is
as follows:
'A continuance of activity Is mani
fest in building statistics for April.
Building permits from 200 important
cites exceed March permits from 203
cities by over $40,000,000 or by 25 per
cent. March was far from being a
lagging month and showed a marked
ncrease over February. Returns for
the first four months of 1920 are as
follows:
No. Eati
Xo. per- mated
Month. cities, mlts. vy.lua.tion.
January ..13 20.333 $117,747,298
February lt7 -I 113,783,877
March 203 37.720 1S9.085.B09
April ZUU 45.4i7 19U.153.S21
April is easily the record-holding
month, despite the fact that each suc
ceeding month of 1920 has brought
more apparent difficulties for the
builders to face.
HO Gains Noted.
Comparing 187 city's returns for
April with returns for March shows
gains in 110 cases and losses in 77
cases. The average value of permits
each city for April, 1920, is $995,800
as compared to' $784,000 for March,
$585,000 for February and $610,000 for
January.
"The average valuation of permits
per city for April, 1919. was only
$467,050. and yet in April, 1919, the
first signs of 1919's great activity
were apparent. The average value of
April permits per city for the years
1914 to i8iB, inclusive, IS 9tl,9U.
'This shows that despite the high
valuation figures for April, 1920. that
really the actual volume of operation
is far under normal. The average
valuation per city for April, 1920,
would have to be over twice this av
erage from 1914 to 1918 to indicate
the same amount of volume of con
struction because conservative indeed
is the estimate that it only costs twice
as much to build now as in those
years.
'A stricter comparison may be made
between 1920 and 1919. as it is grati
fying that there is included in these
official returns from 200 cities a 115
per cent gain in valuation over 1919
permits issued.
"The above tabulation Is of cities
wnerein permits tor one or more
months in 1920 have gone over the
million-dollar mark. There Is fur
nished in it a very valuable basis for
comparison.
"Chicago. Washington and Poston
City.
Baltimore
Boston ...
Buffalo ..
Chicago .
Columbus
Detroit ..
Dallas ...
Kansas City.
Los Angeles
.Minneapolis .....
Milwaukee
New York city:
Boro Queens .
Boro Bronx ...
Manhattan ....
Richmond ....
Brooklyn .
Omaha
Philadelphia ....
Portland, Or. ....
Seattle
St. Louis
San Francisco ...
Tacoma
Washington, J. C.
April.
$ 7,9:t9.031
3.009,223
l.tMO.000
9.060.500
1.034.920
12.397.535
1,081,252
3.097.430
3,874.472
2.334.903
3.288.873
5.627.112
2.90:1.758
24.222.348
. 358.032
8.871,223
1.519.2S0
9.SS2.603
"2.2S3.800
1.155,320
1.890,930
2,000,072
1.1S7.378
2,036,184
Montesano Short of Homes.
ABERDEEN-. Wash.. May 22. (Spe
cial.) A home shortage confronts
Montesano. Every house In the town
Is occupied and in some houses two
March.
.$ 4.304.233
. 4.831.193
. 1.471.0OO
. 10,600,100
. 1.447.703
. 8.762.410
. 1.754,335
. 1,887,100
. 3.076,763
. 1,504,090
. 1.663.408
. E.242.57B
. 2.076.760
. 13,SS3,:t63
387,333
. 6.8S0.234
. 1.000,925
. 7,3,:B!0
S4U 05
. 1,390.27
. 1,999.192
. 2.759,087
,. 1,198.283
. 2.727.204
CLEAN OP IS EFFECTIVE
PORTLAND MADE ATTRACTIVE
FOR COMING VISITORS.
Under Direction of Realty Board
City Is Thoroughly Scoured and
' Waste Disposed Of.
Under the direction of the Portland
Realty board, Portland last week car
ried on what proved to be one of the
most effective clean-up campaigns in
her history. Beginning bright and
early Monday morning -the scrubbing
up of the city to make it bright and
attractive for the thousands of visit
ors in June continued throughout the
week, until by Saturday thousands of
tin cans had been gathered from
vacant lots and properly disposed of.
and almost limitless quantities of
brush, old paper and burnable ma
terial had gone up. in smoke and the
ashes scattered to hide the only scar
which might be left.
No small part of the credit for the
campaign Is given to the realty board
towards making the city not only
cleaner, but safer from danger of
fire.
So successful was the opening day
of the campaign, on Monday, when the
realty board and the Portland Ad club
directed in the clean up, that an
Impetus was given to the movement
which was bound to mean success
throughout the entire week.
While the realty board was ably'
assisted in the work by the other
civic clubs, the clean-up drive stands
as one of the board's contributions to
the Shrine convention, and a cleaner
and more attractive city was rendered
possible for the visitors. Efforts to
"beautify Portland" will not cease
with the ciean-up campaign, however,
and between now and the convention
the realtors will make every effort to
have the work of beautifying the city
continued so that when the convention
opens Portland will present a more
attractive appearance than ever be
fore in her history.
, Library to Be Recatalogued.
ABERDEEN'. Wash., May 22. (Spe
cial.) The Aberdeen public library
will be closed for six weeks begin
ning June 1, in order to allow the
librarians to recatalogue the books.
No books will be issued after May 22,
, but the library will remain open until
committee under the direction of See- May 31 for reading and the return of
HANDSOME NEW FRONT PLANNED FOR EMPORIUM
PLAY SPACE.
STORE TO DOUBLE WINDOW DIS-
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TWENTY TIIOISAXD-DOLLAR IMPROVEMENT, TO START SHORTLY, 1 SKETCHED.
Plans for remodeling the quarters of the Emporium store at 126 Sixth street, to provide a more hand
some entrance to the women's clothing store and to practically double the show window space, are being
prepared by Z. Swett. manager of the store and secretary-treasurer of the Z. Swett company, owners. Plans
and specifications have now been practically completed and preliminary work will start at an early date.
The actual work of tearing out the present front and building the new front will not begin until after
the Shrine convention, however, and it is planned to have the entire improvement completed in'time for the
fall opening. - ,
Under the proposed design the front entrance will be moved back several feet farther from where it now
stands, giving 24 feet from the edge o' the property line tr the doors, in which large display windows will
be located. The main entrance will be between two o'.tagonal display windows and will be arched.
Changes in the interior arrangements also will be made to provide additional room, the main feature
being the establishment of exclusive millinery quarters on the third floor. The millinery now on the
first floor will be moved to the third floor, and the first used exclusively for small wares. The second
floor will take care of the women's ready-to-wear, and the basement, fourth and fifth floors will house
the stockrooms and workrooms.
The equipment on the third- floor is to be entirely new. according to plans, and will include 30 tables
with adequate mirrors for trying on hats. Small show rooms also will be provided for handling the hjspi-est-grade
hats. The entire improvement is expected to cost in the neighborhood of 20,000.
or more families are living. Some
persons who work here are living in
Aberdeen, making the trip daily, be
cause no houses or living quarters
can be found In Montesano.
Ore Worth $1000 Per Ton. .
' KASLO? B. C. The Utica mine is
working on a SH-'oot vein which will
run $1000 to the ton.
retary Brockman, president German
and the other active realtors who
acted as generals in the field. Perhaps
the greatest worker of the entire
week was Fire Marshal Grenfell, who
proved an Inspiration to the young
sters, and directed the efforts of thou
sands of boy scouts and school chil
dren in the different sections of the
city. Mr. Grenfell was ably seconded
Dy me nre captains ana toe niremen
books. The reading
closed June 1.
rooms will be
Vancouver Laying Cable.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Another de
velopment at this city is the laying
of a second telephone cable to Van
couver island. It will cost J500,00
and Is being made by W. T. Henley
generally, and great steps were taken Telegraph Works of London. England.
No Need to Wait for Prices to Drop
When You Buy at the S chwan Piano Co.'s Store
Prices Now as Low as Before the War Local Market Prices
New $375 Pianos in 1917 you buy here for $375 now.
New $595 Player Pianos in 1917 you buy here for $595 now.
Terms Just as Easy (on Vi Years Time)
If You Consider Purchasing a Piano
player or grand, you really owe it to yourself to visit the Schwan Piano Quality
Store, as also the Downstairs Store, 101 Tenth at Washington and Stark streets.
A demonstration of the Steger & Sons, the most valuable pianos and player pianos
in the world, in our piano salons, will be a revelation to you. ' . ,
Remember, that you have any piano here on very easy terms. A small initial pay
ment and gradual monthly installments will pay for it.
Thousands of people have bought pianos, players and grands ; here on this plan.
You probably have friends who came to the Schwan Piano Co.- for their pianos Four
carloads of 1920 Models just arriving.
Here Is One of Those
Splendid 1920 Models.
$395
STORE TO HAVE MOKE ROOM
Management of The Famous to En
large Its Quarters Soon.
The management of The Famous,
ladies' ready-to-wear store located at
the corner of Park and Alder streets,
in the first floor of the Medical build
ing, has prepared plans for enlarge
ment of its quarters so as to give
the store about three times as much
ground floor space as at present.
Work of remodeling and rearranging
partitions will start about June 1 and
will be rushed to completion.
The entire first floor of the Medi
cal building will be taken over, the
store occupying the quarters now in
use by Estes' grill on Park street and
extending east on Alder street to the
Pantages theater.
Cottage Grove Garage Sold. -,
COTTAGE GROVE, Or., May 12.
(Special.) The West Side garage has
again changed hands, W. C Apple
white being the new owner. Mr. liar
rel returns to his former position
with Woodson Bros. Mr. Applewhite
has been a resident of the city tor
a number of years, coming here from
Eugene when he became interested in
the Cottage Grove Manufacturing
company.
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buys this otherwise $525
local market value $25
sends it home then $12
monthly.
Your home, or any home, that is devoid
of music "is lacking in one of the essen
tials . that go to make for happiness.
We, as a people, owe much to progress
to the player piano now. For where
there is no one in the home to play there
is good music just the same.