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THE SUNDAY - OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 21, 1920
BUILDING OUTLOOK
Gotham Banker Sees Signs
of Change for Better.
LABOR BEING STABILIZED
Conditions Held to Indicate Con
siderable Construction- Activity
in Coming 6prlng.
Tendencies toward a more stabil
ized labor situation have resulted in a
somewhat better tone in the build
ing industry, according to & W.
Straus, president ot S. W. Straus &
Co., of New York. City, in a com
munication on nation-wide conditions
in the building industry.
Mr. Straus predicts that the spring
building season will open as a result
with considerable activity.
"Unmistakably the people of the
nation are becoming aroused to a
consciousness of the widespread need
of thrift 'said Mr. Straus. "Not only
have we reached a place where there
is manifest unwillingness to tolerate
Increases in the cost of living, but
there is an indicated appreciation of
the fact that thrift of time, as well
as thrift of money and ail other forms
of material wealth, is essential. The
tendency toward better labor condi
tions, 'Which comprises one of the out
standing features of the building sit
uation at the present time, may be
taken as the manifestation of a grow
ing appreciation of thrift as a stab
ilizing necessity.
Gradual Improvement Likely.
"These conditions should not be ac
cepted as indicating an immediate
resumption of pronounced activity in
construction work. There is no im
provement of consequence to be noted
in actual building operations, and,
at this season ot the year, it cannot
be expected. However, there are
"reasonable expectations that the
spring building season of 1921 will
open with considerable activity.
"The building shortage throughout
the country is still acute, and, while
the people have found it possible to
adapt themselves to cramped condi
tions for the time being, they will not
be content with this situation per
manently. It is a part of human
nature to seek continually higher
standards of living. There is bound to
ensue, sooner or later, a pronounced
home building movement which will
be hastened as we approach stabilized
conditions of labor and other essential
building costs.
"Shifting conditions still prevail In
the price of building materials and it
would seem the part of wisdom to
maintain a cautious and careful pol
icy with regard to cost tendencies.
Many Commodities Short.
"Bas'c economic conditions should
not be lost sight of. Stocks of mer
chandise which are being sacrificed
must be replenished, high taxation
will continue for some time, the tre
mendous amount of financing that has
been done in recent months on a ba
ls of high interest rates will continue
and there is a shortage of many com
modities, particularly buildings of all
descriptions. Current tendencies,
,'herefore, must be analyzed on a
asis of these fundamental condi
ions. and too much emphasis should
ot bo placed on- conditions that may
,rove to be only temporary and from
which there may be a reaction."
TRACT SALE
CITY BliOCK PURCHASED BY
HOME BUILDERS.
Heatf of Realty Firm to Confine
Ji Self to (Development of
;' Z Solitary Block.
An" unusual sale of residential
tracts in Irvington has been an
nounced by Ritter, Lowe & Co., who
are agents for all the remaining prop
erty -in Irvington belonging to the'
Hughes estate. Under the plan an
sntire city block in Irvington, upon
which not a single house or building
of any kind is standing at the pres
ent "time, is to be sold in lots to
home builders, in such a way that the
entire block will see a harmonious
development. Through this arrange
ment purchasers will have the assura
ance that attractive new residences
will be erected on the same block
with them Insuring the character of
the neighborhood.
The block to be handled in this
way is known as block 28 in Irvington
and is bounded by Klickitat, Twent
ieth, I'remont and Twenty-first
streets. The entire block has been
overgrown with trees and shrubbery,
but during the past week Ritter.
Lowe & Co., had a corps of
men at work clearing away the un
derbrush and leaving the tract in a
parklike condition. The lots measure
'5 by 100 feet and there are 20 of
them in the block. Although the
company handles a large number of
tracts of lots In various parts of the
.city, E. J. Lowe, head of the lot de
partment declared yesterday that he
expects to confine his activities dur
ing the coming week to the develop
ment of this one Irvington block.
LOTS TO BE
Ml'RELUCAST COMPAXY
SELL 200 HOMESITES.
TO
Sale- to Take Place December 1 1 ;
.All Properties to Go Regard
less of Sacrifice.
An innovation in real estate sales
In Portland is to be inaugurated by
the Laurelhurst company, original
developers of the Laurelhurst addi
tion. The concern plans to sell 200
lots in that addition at an unreserved
auction. The sale, it is announced.
win De neia December 11.
The company is adopting this
method of selling with a view to
encouraging home-buildi nit in Laurel
hurst to relieve the acute housing
situation, it was declared. The plan
to sell tne lots at auction was de
cfded -upon at a recent meeting of
tne directors or tne Laurelhurst com
pany. It was declared that the prop
erty. would De sold In this manner
regardless of sacrifice such action
might mean.
Marketing of improved residence
sites by this method comes as
unique experiment in this section of
the country and will be watched
ytw keen interest. Tie auction
method of selling has been used ex
tensively elsewhere, where estates
and institutions have been willing to
assume the risk of sacrifice in order
to terminate their connection with
properties, but never before has a
sale of this kind been attempted in
Portland. The tale has been intrusted
to the Chicago firm of Barry & Aus
tin. The Laurelhurst company, in Its
aim to distribute these lots among
home-builders, has entered Into an
agreement with the auctioneers which
provides that every lot must be sold
without reservation, and further has
undertaken to deliver the lots free of
all street improvement assessments,
even though any lot or lots should
sell for less than - the cost of the
street work. Exceptionally easy terms
of payment are offered, so that pros
pective ' home-builders may acquire
lots now and start building at once.
The sale will take place in a huge
tent, which will be erected on the
property. Preparations for the sale
and the actual auctioning will be
under the direction of Barry & Aus
tin, who have established a Portland
office in the Chamber of Commerce
building.
Commenting on the proposed sale,
Paul C. Murphy, vice-president and
general manager of the Laurelhurst
company, said:
"We feel that it is plainly the
duty of large owners of residential
property to dispose of their holdings
NEW GARAGE BUILDING ERECTED AT COST OF $19,000 FOR
COMPANY.
CONCRETE STRUCTURE AT EAST SEVENTH AND UMATILLA AVENUE IS WELt EQUIPPED.
Among the buildings recently completed In Portland was a large garage erected at East Seventh street
and Umatilla avenue for the East Side Mill & Lumber company. The building is of concrete construction
and covers a floor space of 140x9 0 feet. It contains a large shop and is well equipped with machinery
for all kinds of repair work.
The structure will be used exclusively for trucks and automobiles of the East Side Mill and the Ore
gon Door company. The cost of erection was 119,000. Charles' W. Ertz was architect for the building and
the firm, of Ertz & Wegman was the builder.
at this time at' such prices that the
cost of construction will be absorbed
through the reduction in the prices
on homesites. It is largely this con
sideration which has lead the Lau
relhurst company to inaugurate this
unique effort."
ELKS OP SALI-1M TO BUILD
Lodge Flans to Build $200,000
Temple in Capital City.
Members of the Salem lodge of Elks
plan to erect a $200,000 temple at the
corner of State and Cottage streets In
Salem, according to advices received
in Portland.
The lodge recently purchased the
Werner Breyman residence property
on that corner for $22,500 and the two
and a half lots are to be used as a
site for the temple, it is announced.
The lodge at Salem already has out
grown its present -building, although
the structure is known as one of the
best lodge homes in the state.
The building committee-of the Sa
lem Elks is composed of Charles R.
Archerd, Frank T. Wrightman, Dr. H.
H. dinger, E. W. Hazard. Thomas B.
Kay, W. D. Evans and Homer Smith.
COTTAGE OFSETCIAIaLY OPEXED
Girls ot Reed College Give Party in
Anna Mann Building.
The Anna Mann cottage, erected on
the Reed college campus as a social
center for girls, was officially opened
Friday night with a "house warming."
During the party a fund was raised
for the furnishing of the lower floor
of the cottoge. Features of the en
tertainment were a box luncheon and
a jitney dance in the attic.
The Anna Mann cottage was erected
by the request of the late Mrs.- Anna
Mann who left directions in her will
that certain property and real estate
be used for the purpose of putting up
the structure. It is situated on the
Reed campus east -of the dormitory
and above the lower tennis courts.
Artisan Home Dedicated.
The newly completed home of the
United Artisans, erected at East
Seventy-fourth and Division streets,
was dedicated with exercises Friday
and Saturday nights. The unit was
put up at a cost of $30,000. Other
units of a similiar type are to be
added as' the need arises, it is an
nounced.
TWO DWELLINGS OF TYPE MUCH
hx Wnnfl KL ill N V I
7 It wu- V
;v l4 "fir -Mt-i?- -1 x
fi INI I? t-t-PL 2&& a.
Above Home at 1372 Belmont street, purchased by William Kalwr from
M. B. Mark. esnstdersUon S5SOO.
r) seventh street -North, bought by R.
Both of the above deals were hand led by the Bihr-Carey corporation.
Railway Exchange building, who report a considerable demand at the pres-
i eat tLuie lor this class of homes,
SALE COMMISSIONS
RULED ON BY COURT
Agent Must Fulfill Contract to
Collect Fee.
RULINGS ARE GIVEN
.
Compensation Denied Where En
tire Tract of Land Is Xot Sold
as Agreed ' Tpon.
BY W. B. SHIVELY,
Chairman, Legal Committee, Portland
Realty Board.
Where a broker, employed to sell
a tract of land is not successful in
selling all of it, but does succeed in
selling a part of it. is he entitled to
recover a commission?
The answer to the foregoing ques
tion, where the contract of employ
ment does not provide for compensa
tion in case of a partial sale, must
be in the negative, 'although euch a
ruling often works a hardship and
apparently an injustice upon the
broker.
A case in point is that of Bentley
vs. Edwards 125 Min. 179, 146 N. W.
347. In that case the owner of ' a
6000-acre tract of land employed cer
tain brokers to sell the same with the
understanding that as a commission
the brokers- were to receive all of
the price obtained in excess of $10
per acre. The only purchaser intro
duced by the brokers during tbe life
of the contract was one who was not
willing to purchase the whole tract,
but who, after various negotiations,
purchased approximately two-fifths
of the tract at $13 per acre. After
the expiration of their sales contract
the -brokers demanded from the owner
a commission of $3 per acre for the
acreage sold, said sum being the ex
cess between the net price fixed by
the owner and the sum obtained
therefor.
Owner Resists Salt.
The owner resisted the brokers' suit
on the theory that he employed the
brokers to sell the whole 6000 acres
and that a partial performance in
bringing about a sale of two-fifths of
the tract was not sufficient to entitle
them to the agreed compensation and
In view of the fact that the written
contract of employment was the sole
standard governing the liabilities of
the parties, that the brokers were
not entitled to any compensation at
all.
The supreme court of Minnesota in
passing upon the matter denied the
brokers any commission and 6aid:
"It is pretty well-settled law that, in
case of an entire contract, part per
formance does not entitle a party to
pro rata compensation, unless full
performance is prevented by the other
party. And this principle is applic
able to a claim of. commission by a
broker. Where his compensation is
to be paid by commissions, the whole
service or duty must be performed
before any right to commission
arises . . .. The principle involved
Is elementary. A broker is not en
titled to compensation until he has
performed the undertaking assumed
by him. IS Cyc. 240. The undertaking
assumed by plaintiffs was to procure
a purchaser for the entire 6000-acre
tract. This they did not do. There
was nothing in the contract that au
thorized a sale of a portion of the
tract, nor was there any subsequent
IN DEMAND RECENTLY SOLD.
Below Residence at 467 East Flfty-
A. Abbott from Mrs. E. Padden for
.
modification of the contract either
In -writing or by parol. The mere fact
that defendant sold to the purchaser
brought to them by plaintiffs a por
tion of the tract does not. in the ab
sence of a new contract, or conduct
of the parties that would Justify the
Inference that the original contract
was modified, ehow performance by
plaintiffs of their agreement." Where
upon it was held the brokers were
not entitled to recover any commis
sion whatsoever.
Similar Rule Found.
A similar rule, as applied to a sin
gle lot, is found in Pennsylvania.
There the front half of the lot in
volved was Improved -with buildings,
while the other half stood vacant.
The broker was employed to sell the
whole lot for $6500. He was unable
to find a purchaser for the whole of
the lot, but procured one who made
an offer to purchase the improved
portion of the lot for $5250. This of
fer the 'owner accepted but refused
to pay the broker any commission on
the ground that he had not performed
his contract to sell the whole lot, in
which position he was upheld by the
court.
A different rule obtains, however,
where the -broker finds a purchaser
but is unable to close the sale for
the whole of the tract, due to a defect
in the owner's title to a part thereof.
Such a state of facts is involved in
the case of Branson vs. Blair. 44 Tex.
Civ. App. 43. 87 S. W. 337. There the
EAST SIDE MILL & LUMBER
owner authorized the sale of an en
tire section of land, but after a pur
chaser had been found it was discov
ered that the owner was unable to
deliver title to 102 acres of the sec
tion, whereupon' the owner and pur
chaser agreed upon a sale of the bal
ance of the acreage.
Broker Earns Commission.
Under such circumstances It was
held that the broker had fully per
formed his obligation and had earned
the promised commission.
The Courts of New York, Pennsyl
vania, California, Nebraska. Kansas.
South Dakota Georgia and other
states fully support the rule an
nounced by the supreme court of Min
nesota in the BenUey-Ed wards case.
The case of Thompson vs. Sargent, 66
ore. jut. is not in point.
It follows from the foregoing de
cision's that where a broker em
ployed to . find a purchaser for a
whole tract of land only succeeds in
finding a purchaser for a portion of
it, he is not entitled to recover i
commission in the absence of a spe
cial con-tract to that effect. Under
the Oregon statute such special con
tract should be in writing.
HOSPITAL- WILL BUILD AXXEX
Portland- Surgical Hospital Plans
Room for 100 More Beds.
An annex to the Portland Surgical
hospital, to cost $50,000. will be
erected early in the spring, accord
ing to announcement made by the
officers of the hospital association
Plans are now being prepared for
the proposed structure.
The annex will be of reinforced
concrete, three stories in height, and
44 by 96 feet in -size. It will be con
structed to accommodete an additional
ward and a number of private rooms.
thus providing for 100 beds. A
feature will be, a- sun porch costing
in the neighborhood of $5000.
THREE-STORY BCIIDHXG SOLD
- .
Eoster Hotel Price Is in Excess
of $100,000. '
Among the outstanding sales an
nounced during the week was that
of the Foster hotel, a three-story
brick and reinforced concrete build
ing occupying the half block at 66
North Third street.
The structure was sold by the R. R.
Thompson Estate company ot San
Francisco, to S. Kajikawa and S.
Sumida. the consideration, it was an
nounced, being in excess' of $100,000.
The hotel, which contains 178 rooms.
has been operated by the purchasers
for the past year. The deal was
handled by Wakefield, Fries & Co.
Prosser . Tract Sold.
PROSSER," Wash., Nov. 20. (Spe
cial.) At a reported consideration of
$2000, Hiram Wollard has sold his
five-acre tract one mile north of
Prosser to Central Yakima Branches
company.
CURRENT HALTS DREDGER
Construction bt Memorial at"Wai-
kiki Beach Is Held Tip.
HONOLULU. T. H., Nov. 20. (Spe
cial..) Work on the dredging of the
pool around which the Walkikl beach
natatorium to commemorate tbe is
land men who died in the war is to
be bnilt started a tew days ago," but
had to be stopped when a heavy cur
rent washed the dredger on the reef.
Tugs pulled the dredger out and took
it back to Honolulu for repairs.
Approximately 20,000 yards of ma
terial will be dredged and sent
through suction pipes to Kapiolani
park to fill in the swamp at. the
northern end of the racetrack, where
a second polo field is to be built. The
pool to be dredged will be more than
100 yards long and 60 yards wide.
STUDENTS EXPECT ALIENS
Mexicans "Want News of Conditions
at Agricultural College.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugt ne,
Nov. 20. (Special.) The Cosmopoli
tan club, which has begun a campaign
to extend its membership, has ex
pected several new members since
Colin V. Dyment. dean of the college
of literature, science and arts, re
ceived a letter from the Mexican
Chamber of Commerce asking about
the facilities on hand for a group of
Mexican students. Mr. Dyment also
expects a big increase in the enroll
ment of Chinese students.
The club has begun corresDOUdt-
ence with other Cosmopolitan clubs
throughout the country and will soon
elect officers and begin putting on
programmes. - .
BIG RENT SOLUTION
Builders Have No Incentive,
Says Real Estate Man.
RETURNS NOT EXCESSIVE
Fred, E. Taylor Declares , Problem
Is Made Worse by Laws Which
Only Heckle Landlord.
The quickest way to produce hous
ing accommodations, and force rents
downward would bs to allow a good
rental return and provide other Incen
tives for building, instead of placing
obstacles and discouragements in the
path of the man who is willing to in
vest in building enterprises, accord
ing to Fred E. Taylor of Portland,
president of the National association
of real estate boards, in an article on
the rental question, which appeared
in the current Issue of the National
Real Estate journal of Chicago.
Mr. Taylor contended that lack of
a general understanding as to what
constituted a fair rental was respon
sible for much of the agitation against
the so-called rent profiteering.
Landlords Side Told.
"Few people know how. to determine
a fair rental, nor do they care," said
Mr. Taylor. "Many renters never have
had to figure out necessary items of
taxes, insurance, maintenance and de
preciation, nor do they appreciate how
high surtaxes run on real estate prof
Its. Tenants of apartment houses fail
to realize that the landlord, over any
given period of years, must protect
himself by making certain allowances
for vacancies that are certain to come.
"It behooves all Americans to learn
more about real estate, for it is the
basis of all wealth, bears a majority
of the tax burden, and is, in large
measure, the security behind savings
bank deposits and life insurance pol
icies. Furthermore, the best citizens
in every community own real estate.
Home ownership - makes for better
citizenship, and if the present era of
high rents will be means of Inducing
more Americans to build their own
homes, the hardships will not be with
out their compensations.
Country Lacks 1300,000 Houses.
"May It be expected that arbitrary
laws restricting rents, and popular
clamor against the so-called rent
profiteer, will relieve the housing
shortage. We are told that the country
is today short approximately 1,800,000
houses, or three years of normal pro
duction, and we are also told by re
liable authorities that the cost ot
building will not be radically reduced
for years to come. If fabulous returns
are obtained on the investment, is it
not strange that more houses are not
being built, either by present renters
or by speculators? Does not this prob
lem answer to the law of supply and
demand?
"One of the surest and quickest
ways to relieve the housing stringency
would be to allow rents to increase
to such a point that Investment cap
ital was again attracted to the build
ing field. A period ot high rents in
the cities would also tend to relieve
the situation by encouraging the
'back-to-the-farm" movement, a ten
dency that would be welcomed by all
who have the best interests of Amer
ica at heart.
Returns Not High.
"When money 'a earning high rates
of merest, when building materials
are high and when the taxation of
real estate profits and mortgage in
terest greatly reduces the net invest
ment return, those who have capital to
invest will not build houses and apart,
ments for rent unless they have a
proper incentive. The incentive is not
provided if laws are passed saying
that the landlord must satisfy him
self with a? meager interest return
under the most favorable conditions,
when no assurance is given him that
the same interest return will be guar
anteed him when the pendulum swings
back the other way. Why should a
man with a capital to invest run the
risk of being called a 'rent hog when
he can invest his money in other en
terprises that promise equal, if not
greater, Interest return?
Wrong Angle Taken.
"Many conscientious persons are
trying to solve the housing situation
from the wrong economic angle. The
quickest way to produce housing ac
commodations and force rents down
ward is to allow a good rental return,
not to place every possible obstacle
and discouragement In the path of
tne man wno is wimB
"The National Association of Real
Estate Boards is endeavoring to ap
proach the housing question along
sane, deliberate, economic lines, and
it bp sneaks the considerate attention
of the general public as. its findings
and recommendations are announced
from time to time.
KreKatlonal church last Sunday morn
ing and a solo at St. Frances Catholic
church last Sunday night. Misa King,
who has an exceptional voice which
she uses to good advantage, is soloist
at St. Mary's Catholic church and Is a
student of Catherine tJovach red
erich.
Josef Stransky, conductor of the
New York Philharmonic Orchestra,
conducted his first symphony concert
as an American citizen November 11
Mr. Stransky, a Czecho-Slovak . by
birth, took his oath of allegiance to
the American flag last June. He will
conduct the Philharmonic when that
celebrated musical organization
makes its initial Portland appearance
next spring.
Miss Leah Leaska, dramatic so
prano, whose home is in this city, and
who now resides in New York city,
filled lately a nice musical engage
ment for the Woman's club of New Ro
chelle, N. Y. The other soloist was
Sasha Culberson, the violinist. His
accompanist was Emanuel Balaban.
and Miss Leaska's was Randall
Thompson of Harvard, where she is
to sing next month. This concert was
given under the direction of the Music
League of America, Inc. It was a most
interesting and pleasant engagement,
partly because the club members were
all so friendly. They had a delicious
supper for v both soloists after the
concert with an enjoyable motor ride
into the surrounding country, after
which they were taken to the train
and put aboard with many good
wishes.
Miss Elizabeth Hoben arranged a
delightful music programme for the
entertainment of the residents of the
Mann home. Armistice day. Several
of her adrvanced students in the vocal
and piano departments' were heard in
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SCREEN STAR TO APPEAR THIS
" IBSEN
Henry B. Walthall will appear in
person in the stage production of
Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts" this eve
ning at the public auditorium. Walt
hall, who is well known to Port
landers as a screen star, will be in
Portland today for the first time on
the legitimate stage.
He is spending a great deal of his
time at present reading new plays,
with which he is almost deluged by
young writers. New books are being
selections (from the modern compos
era, which" they rendered with taste
and skill, responding to recalls with
old familiar ballads. Miss Julia Burke
McLiOUghlin, violinist, played a charm
ing fantasy of Irish airs, and dance
students of Miss Dorothy Rasmussen
completed a well-arranged pro
gramme of exceptional merit.
Those who appeared 'were: Mrs.
Anita Stephanson Nelson. Miss Evan
geline Terkes, Mrs. Ada Pauline
Howatt. Baby June Murtinger, Miss
Valkyrie Larson. Miss Elsie Lovegren,
Miss Annie Weiner. Bolotta Frey,
Mrs. Julia Burke McLiOUghlin. Miss
Anna Cordano and Miss Ivy Trout
wine. '
The fame of Welsh choral singing
became world-wide when in the year
1872 a mixed choir constituting Welsh
village-folk, under the leadership of
Caradog (Griffith Rys Jones), won
the Crystal Palace company s $5500
challenge trophy and a cash prize of
$500, says the London Sketch. This
fame was enhanced in the following
year, when the same choir, under the
leader, again won the trophy, beating
the London choir, known then as the
"Paris prize" choir, under the leader-J
ship of Mr. Proudman. The sons and
daughters (especially the so
Wales have ever since maintained the
fame then won, and have enhanced
the standard set and established by
the "Crystal Palace" victories. Amer
icans were first thrilled by these re
markable singers (from the land of
song) as early as 1893, when at the
world's fair, Chicago, they won first
prize, in a competition open to the
world. Of choirs from Wales, in our
own day the Mountain Ash male
chorus stands nearly at the top.
George Wllber Reed, dramatic tenor
and voice specialist, who has been
educated in concert, church choir,
musical society and grand opera work
In this country and In Europe, is earn
ing warm commendation for the suc
cess won by the glee clubs of Jeffer.
son high school, under his direction,
at a public auditorium concert. No
vember 8. Few people thought of Mr
Reed as a chorus conductor. t Port
land has known him so far- as a
singer. But he soon demonstrated,
November 8, that he has a special
talent as a director of young voices
in chorus, because of his own music
training, sympathy and generous en
couragement for others who sing. A
wise old sage wrote long ago that il
we want to be happy and to fulfil'
our best life, we must somehow
live in other lives and especially shape
young lives by the impress and les
sons of our own. Mr. Reed has the
true gift of imparting music instruc
tion in choir or chorus work and Just
now he is giving ripe, mature, kindly
expression of it.
When the Cincinnati (O.) Symphony
orchestra recently played in 'joncert in
Lexington, Ky, and when tne orches
tra was rendering that souliul, monk
ish chant composition, "Andante Can-
tabile I Tschaikowsky ), suddenly the
electric lights became fainter and
then extinguished. Ysaye was con
ductor, and he and his men played on
Then the orchestra played "The Star-
Spangled Banner" and "Dixie" and
other, numbers, when the electricity
again created illumination. It is re
corded that not one person left the
hall during the duration of this re
markable concert a fine instance of
music discipline.
As a result of the music trials for
the Harvard University, Massachu
setts. Glee club, held recently, Hiram
B. Corbett of 395 East Eighteenth
street, this city, was one of the candi
dates retained. The glee club is Har
vard's most regular under-graduate
musical activity. Under the direction
of Dr. A. T. Davidson It has already
attained great music renown through
out the country. Already plans are
being formulated for an extensive
tour through the west during the en
suing Christmas vacation. There is a
probability of a trip to England. Scot
land, France, Germany and Belgium
next summer.
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A new song entitled "Peggy. With
Irish Eyes," words by iMns. Margaret
J. Dunn- and music by Cecil Forrest
Dunn, both of this city, has been re
ceived for review. Mrs. Dunn, who
(s the mother of Cecil Forrest Dunn,
Was born in Ireland and ha-s resided
In this city for many years. So Mrs.
Dunn has caught by inheritance and
birth the Celtic spirit and fine poetic
sentiment that ever live in Irish verse.
The verses so charmingly written by
Mrs. Dunn are those of a sentimental
Irish love song and are addressed by
an Irish lover- "over the sea" to
"Peggy dear," left behind, so far, in
Ireland. Of ' course, the message
breathes fervent constancy and the
lover looks ' forward to a meeting
soon. The music is in the easy and
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sent him, too, for reviews.
He is looking forward with interest
to his present trip, which will carry
him into the east. He is taking with
him his own company, which includes
for this production Arthur Rutledge,
Elizabeth De Witt, Mary Charleson
and Wiltlam Clifford.
"Ghosts." is the kind of play which
lends itself well to Mr. Walthall's
emotional type of action and in Os
wald, he has a role of great strength.
melodious key of F, and is blessed
with pretty waltz rhythm. The whole
musical offering is decidedly agree
able ana tuneful. The song ought to
meet with a glad -welcome.
Gio Tyler Taglieri learns that his
student, Arthur Johnson, tenor, who
made several successful vocal ap
pearances in Portland last summer.
is meeting with much success in
Eugene, Or., where he is attending
the University of Oregon. Mr. John
son is a member of the University
Glee club and of the vesper choir. He
is soloist at the First Congregational
church of Eugene and at the Spring
field Aietnodist Episcopal church.
Bones Puzzle to Scientists
in New York.
Relics of Early Indian History
Uncovered by Tennis Players.
VT EW YORK, Nov. 20. Tennis play
Xl ers, excavating for a court on
which to play their games, have just
dug from their caves In the Bronx
I skeletons believed by some to be
those of the Indians who once in
habited that section.
Anthropologists skilled in the art
of reconstructing the material forms
and life of aboriginal creatures, dif
fer in. their opinion regarding the age
of the relics which were found in
the Riverdale section of the borough
Some ventured the opinion that the
living creatures, of which the skulls
and a few disconnected bones re
main, had flourished in the days when
the red man roamed supreme over the
wilds of North America, before the
coming of the first whites. . Others,
declared the bones had lain hadden
a much shorter time, from 100 to 200
years.
The place where the bones were
found is close to the banks of the
Hudson, near a spot where, accord
ing to early New York history, there
once aweu a tribe of Indian fisher
men and huntens. Those who have
undertaken to trace the origin of the
bones say It may take many months
to determine surely whether these
were braves of the early New York
tribesmen.
: Smugglers Vse Coffins.
GENEVA. An increasing number
of funeral processions going, across
the -border Into Germany recently
aroused the suspicions of customs of
ficials who halted one of them that
proved to be a smugglers' parade. The
casket was a false-bottomed affair
and a figure In the coffin was stuffed
with gold, silver and other contra
band. Four mourning relatives, pre
tending to be mutes, were-said by the
ponce to De known smugglers.
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DEVELOPMENT PLAN
RESULT OF MEETING
Realtors to Seek Government
Reclamation Aid.
LICENSE LAWS WANTED
Gathering at Seattle Declared Most
Enthusiastic and Well At
tended in History.
Efforts to secure reclamation by
government appropriation of arid and
cut-over lands in the northwest, a
programme of general development
for this section and a campaign for
putting through a uniform license law
for real estate dealers in various
northwest states and provinces are
to be some or the results of the re
cent meeting of tbe executive com
mittee of the Inter-State Realty as
sociation, according to returning dele
gates. , t
The gathering at Seattle was char
acterized by Fred W. German, presi
dent ot the Portland realty board, as
the most enthusiastic, well attended
and constructive session of that kind
ever held by the association. There
was a large delegation present from
all sections of the northwest.
Delegates Are Welcomed.
The session was opened by John A.
Carter, president of the Seattle Real
Estate association, who welcomed the
delegates to the city. Ira E. High of
Boise, president of the lnter-state as
sociation, responded.
A total of 127 new applications for'
membership since the last meeting in
Spokane in July was reported by Fred
W. German of Portland, chairman of
the membership committee. '
Delegates from British Columbia
and Alberta reported that the mem
bership in those provinces was spend
ing every effort toward having a
l:cense law for real estate dealers
passed in their communities.
C. V. Johnson, administrator of the
Oregon license law. was eulogized by
the Idaho delegation for the time he
had spent in explaining the benefits
of the Oregon law to the real estate
men ot Idaho. It was confidently
predicted that the next Idaho legis
lature would pass a similar license
law.
New Boards Organised.
Four new realty boards were re
ported to have been organized in Ore
gon since the last meeting, by coe A.
McKenna of Portland, who is vice-
president for Oregon.
A proposed uniform license law was
Submitted by Frank McCrillis of Port
land, chairman of the license law
committee. The body took action to
adopt the proposed law when neces
sary clauses tiad been added to suit
A report on legal forms was made
by Harry J. Beckwith of Portland,
chairman of the committee on legal
forms.
The gathering was featured by a
banquet given in honor of F. E. Tay-
or of Portland, president or the na
tional association: E. B. Arthaud of
Hoquiam, vice-president of the na
tional association, and Ira E. High of
Boise, president of the inter-state as
sociation.
The following members of the
executive committee were present:
Frank O. Dole, A. K. Johnson, Pbll S.
Locke, Aberdeen, Wash.; Percy Livesey,
L. K. Miller, BellinEham, Wash.; L. A.
Bender, Bremerton, Wash.; Jno. McKee,r
Everett, Wash.; 3. B. Arthaud. Hoquiam,
Wub.; E. F, Blaine, G. Clinton Bennett,
John H. . Carter, Samuel Collyer, O. W. .
Crockett, John J. Elliott. R. C. Ersklne.
E. S. Goodwin, R, G. Greene, B. Letcher
Lamoth, George A. Spender, H. A.
Fred K. Jones, Arthur D. Jones, S. E.
Hege. Paul A. Schedler, Spokane, Wash.;
George M. Elliott, W. A. Barnes, W. A.
Miller, Tacoma, Wash.; Owen Beam, Al
bany, Or.; William J. Lachner. Baker. Or.;
Fred O Brockman, Hari G. Beckwith,
Paul A. Cowgill, Fred W. German, Gilbert
Thomson, Portland. Or.; J. v. Johnson,
Salem, Or.; L. I. Blodgett, Three Forks.
Mont.; J. L. Denman, A- F. Graves. Ira E.
High. Boise. Idaho; A. L. Murphy. M. T.
Nichol, Caldwell. Idaho; R. H. Wallace,
Lewiston, Idaho; W. D. Potter, Nampa,
Idaho; D. V. Santee, Payette, Idaho: E. H.
Clarke, Pocatello, Idaho; C. J. Brown
Weiner, Idaho; A. E. Austin, H. R. Build.
R. Kerr Houigate, Vancouver, B. C. ; Jo
seph C. Bridgman, Victoria, B. C.
Women Will Operate Bank.
PHILADELPHIA. What is believed
to be the first bank in the United
States, promoted and organized solely
by women, run by women alone and
especially for the benefit of women,
will be opened here within eight
months. " The institution will special-"
ize in loans to women who want to go
in business. All officers of the -bank
will be women. It is to be known as
the Women's bank and will be located
in the heart of the business district.
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