Tils c:."c:i cunday jour.::AL, poitlap. &u. 3X 2ANY large real estate deals rrmrcT Rlvtrfront ,' Property Showing J Sudden Activity and Sale Ar Reported. 7 ' RESIDENCE PROPERTY - ' IS IN GOOD DEMAND it . Good Progress Had During Week - ," ea Big Building Being Conitrnctcd ,' . la Business District Many Resi- ' 'i dence 'Being Built. Several large realty deli "were doled during the week,, the notable ones being those which called for the transfer of the ouarter block now o . cupied by Wells, Fargo & Co., at Fourth and .Yamhill streets and the , rirer-front, property at East Stark street. . : The purchase of the Wells, Fargo & Co. location by T. Scott Brooks and ' H. W. Goode attracted the most at tention. , For quite a long time Mr. . Brooks is said to hare had his eye on this corner, as it was one of the very few in the business part of the city '. that waa open for sale. The negotia tions for its purchase have been under way for some time and the price paid, tSa.OOO, is not considered out of the way, in view of what other down-town corners are held at by the present owners. It is said to be the only Suarter block between Second -and eventh streets and Yamhill and Pine streets that could be purchased for Jess than $100,000; therefore it looks at if Mr. Brooks and Mr. Goode have secured a very desirable piece of prop , erty at a price that discloses great speculative possibilities. ; " ' The sale by William M. Ladd to Robert J.. Bulkier of a block and more of river-front property ' is the first movement of property along the water-front for several months, at least as near the heart of the city as this is. While this wharf frontage is on the east side of the river it is very choice, a it is close to one of the coming warehouse districts of the city. Con sidering the fact that this transfer Includes an entire city block and six adjacent lots, the price, $75,000, paid for it, is regarded by real estate men as very favorable, either as an invest ment or a speculation. ? v ' Question of the Day. ; Is the business district, that is the retail part of Portland, going to travel north and aouth instead of east and west, is e question that many real es tate men are asking? Recent devel opments tend to show that trade is Asking to the aide streets and this is largely due to the fact that the own- I -V v.i, i Lucretia Street Shows How er of Washington street . property ,. fcave run their prices up so nigh for purchase or leasing purposes, that t. people, looking for locations will not ij consider them. Already a number of v firms who hare held locations on Washington street or on Morrison ' street have gone to- the side streets !; and others, it is predicted, will follow In another year. - t. The. announcement that Judge .W. D. Fenton is to build a large steel framed mercantile building on his re cent purchase on Seventh street jut north of Oak, is regarded as an -indi-- cation that he feels that Seventh Street is going to become ss much s . , retail district as Fifth street is at present and as Sixth street is rapidly ' becoming. .That Seventh street is to fce a store district is indicated in the ' fact that Tull & Gibbs are to have a store at one end of what promises to ' be the retail section of this thorough ' fare and it is said that Judge Fen 1 ton's idea is to have locate in his proposed building a large furniture or household store, snd If this is ac complished there will be stores of the same character at either end of this new retail district j ; ' ':. " ' Yeon to Build. " ' '-. ; John B. Yeon who owns the corner cf Seventh and Stark' streets, it is said is very much impressed with the ita of, making Seventh street a re tail district and . he. may , build on the property he now owns, which at (resent is occupied by a lot of un sightly ramshackle buildings, which re an eye-sore. This comer would meke nice site for several attractive stores. That such place are needed is evident from the fact that when the corner HiffTrrr a titty nnpfiwi .' . ! t x v ' ; x " H 1 ' - . - V t t . . - S . I ' ' ' ;- !r " 'i i K . - .. - t I k Home of Seventh and -Washington streets was . altered and three amall stores placed on Seventh street the three were rented without any trouble and leases secured st prices very attract ive to the ownere.. ; . i v -(-. t - Store Property in Demand. ' -That store property in the business district is in demand is evident from the fact that a vacant location, can not be found anywhere near the re tail aection end whenever a lease ex pires there are usually several appli cants for the property. ; Thia has been strikingly illustrated in the past week.- - One concern by reason of some changes, did not need all .the space it was occupying and decided to relinquish a part o its store. No sooner was this intention known than there were three applicants for it, and each applicant was willing to pay an increase over the original lease. Another illustration of the demand for business property is shown in the construction of the Swetland build ing at Fifth and Washington streets. The first floor is to be occupied be fore the rest of the building is com pleted. -.Carpenters are now at work putting' in the partitions and before A Portland Is Being Built All the Houses the end of another week the stores on the first floor will have assumed shape.. There will be three stores facing Fifth , street : and three son Washington "street. .' It is reported that all have already been leased, or there are applicants for them. To protect pedestrians along the street a heavy canopy is now being built out over the sidewalk above the second floor, which will catch any bricks or building material that may fall from the upper stories while they are under construction. The names of the first floor tenants have not been given out 'Weather Conditions Favorable.: Weather conditions ' remain most favorable for building ' operations. The last of the iron girders for the Failing building at Fifth and Alder streets was placed yesterday.. That the erection of the. heavy steel snd iron is st end was evident early in the week, when the big derrick and booms were removed. Only small pieces are now to be placed. The erection of this building has been re markably rapid in view of certain dif ficulties that had to be overcome. The work of putting in the concrete floors is going ahead. " The floor for the first story is in and the forms for the next two stories have been placed in positipn. The columns for the first floor have received their encase ment of concrete and the forms are now being put around the columns of the upper floors. - . . , '. . At the Lewis building of reen forced concrete on Fourth street near Washington, the first floor has been laid and the forms set end pertly filled for the second atory floor and the girders and columns. , The walls of the Wells, Fargo Ic Co. THE of Mrs. R. Snbeck, Park end Jackson building are going up rapidly, 'con sidering the fact that the contractors are .experiencing ajow delivery of lining . bricks. , Practically three stories are now filled in and li prompt arrival of material is enjoyed about one story t week of this building will be finished. The site of the Corbett building at Fifth and Morrison street is ready for the excavators and they will probably start work during the cominsr week. - The Gearin buildina- at Thirteenth and Washington streets Is now above the second floor and satisfactory progress is being made on it, as is- also being done on the Swetland and Buchanan buildings st Fifth and Washington streets. . t New Bank Building. - President Newhall, of the East Side bank, announces that his bank will buila a new home and expects to oc cupy it by January 1. It will ' be erected on the site of the old bank at East Alder street and Grand avenue and will cost about $15,000, occupy ing a lot 50x50 feet On the first floor will be the bank and two stores and the upper floor will be used for offices. Plans for the structure will be drawn by Wn R. Stokes & Co. : sMsewflwea ""ST"1 In This Picture -Have Been Built by John' F. Murphy of , Lewiston, Idaho, has sold through ; Henkle & Harrison a lot On Mill street between Sixth and Seventh to' Augusta Keisen dall. formerly of San r rancisco, 'for $4,500. Mrs. Keisendall, it 'is stated, will build a modern two-story flat on the 'property. ,. . . L. K. Wagner has sold to Conrad Yost three lots in "Stratford Sydney addition for -$4,000. y - The sale of the Bailey block,- a brick building on Union avenue be tween East Oak and Pine streets, for $10,000, is announced by Buchtel & Kerns. The name of the purchaser is withheld for the present. . Will Build Fins Home. Mrs. Helen Cardwell, who a few months ago purchased several fine lots on the crest of Portland Heights, near Ravensview drive, it is an nounced, will erect a fine home on the property. Plans for the house sre now being drawn by Bennes, - Hen dricks & Tobej.It will cost about $8,000.. . The London " and San Francisco bank has sold to Howard G. Thomp son s half interest in lot 5, block 21, East Portland, located at East First snd Washington streets. The consid eration announced is nominal, - Architect Richard Martin Jr. has finished drawing- the plans for' the Masonic temple at West Park and Yamhill streets. No date has yet been set for closing the bids for the construction of the new- building. W. L. 'Morgan, the architect, has been commissioned to draw plans for sn attractive eftht-room house, which will be built by Miss Crawford at Eleventh and College streets, at the foot oi Portland Height - ( were PAST WEEK Streets. California capital continues to look for investments in Portland real es tate, the capitalists of that state re garding the values in this city with great favor. The, latest purchase by Califomians is the - southeast corner of First and Stark streets, which has been sold by E. S. Jackson and Jo seph M. Healy for $48,000. The names of the' California purchasers are withheld until the deed is record ed. This property is located in what promiaes to become the heart of the wholesale -.district. - It is opposite Ladd . & Tilton's bank. On it is a small two-story brick building. Property on Portland Heights con tinues to find buyers and there are few choice-locations offered, but there 1 will be quite a number when the Council Crest addition is opened. The engineers platting this addition have finished their survey and are now staking out the lots, and this work will probably be finished by the time of the opening of the road about September li , Another deal in Port land Heighta realty is announced by a local operator, who has sold two acres on the heights for $8,000 to a local capitalist. An option JiaMkcen Individuals Within a Year. paid on the property but the names of the parties interested are with held until the deal is closed, r " Ex-United States Senator George McBride is to become a resident of the Heights. ' He has purchased, tnrougn u. iieasey & to. ' the quarter block at the corner of Chap man and Myrtle streets snd he will erect on it a handsome home. ; The largest recent sale of acreage is announced by the Continental com pany, which has sold for State Treasurer-elect George A. , Steel a farm of 338 acres along the Oregon City trolley road. , The property has been purchased by a local speculator who will divide it into small tracts and place it on the market. Mr. Walling of the Continental company reports the sale of several smaller acreage tracts during the past week and says that the outlook for the early autumn sales is better than any previous yesr. To Manufacturers and Wholesalers: V v I have tor sale modarn butld Ins, wall built with full biMmint, eovarlnf 60x 100, on a sood corner, centrally looatad. daalrable in ever nay. Any firm nut. Ins An building tor immediate mi ns hould Inatwrt thla. It la baraaln. CHA8. K. HENRY, 171 tark nt, city. Ptrrish, Watkiat O Co. - REAL ESTATE , , nrsnrBavoa, tfrnt, ' CIL; OEDfflliEI t - -.V " ..t,..-. ' Contractors Watching Outcome '. of Work Now Being Done ' ' on Bear River. ; ; COST OF CONSTRUCTION MAY BE MUCH REDUCED Portland Man Buys Land ' -and Is Now on It Accompanied by Several Cement Experts' to Estimate Value and Possibilities of the Deposit , " Contractors and ether men who have to buy or use eencrtte In any form are closely ' watcblns the outcoma of the work nor being .done- on - Bear river, J win pa naroor, tv w. A. winaDoro ox Portland., who baa boufht a Urge tract ot land there and Is. now oa the around accompanied by a number of cement ex perts, -v "-.;;'."'' 1 ., -t i -The around had already been tested before tt waa purchased by Wlnsboro, and now further experiments are belns made. He . has en gaged experts to de termine the quality of the immense de posits and. also of its extent. . , . Wlnabore . dlseoverea the I ana r near Napa, California, upon which the plant of the Standard Cement company, the largest on the coast. Is now In opera tion. Early . last month he bought, the I sale Isakson homestead- of 110 sores on Bear river. ; Washington, , bidding against such cement firms as the Roche Harbor company. - The price paid waa 16.000. ' He has also bought thro other tracts of ground adjoining the Xaaksoa property,. , .. v ' . When- winsooro plant is pui inio operation near . Wlllapa harbor it will mean, the promoters say, a tremendous saving on the price of concrete la Port land. , i. '. - - : irsu Beane floss. The cost of every piece of concrete work will be greatly reduced and Port land eaa build large structures of ma terial mined In ber own' territory. Property owners who must soon lay concrete sidewalks and there' are thousands of these-will 'be able to make these permanent Improvements at a much lower cost man xormeny. . Now that the ordinance allowing the erection of r enforced concrete build ings has passed the city council it has been announced that a number of these modern structures will soon be arectea. -On eight-Story buUdlng of tbie type Is already under, construction. - - It la reDorted on good auuomy inai the present line f, the Ilwaoo Railway Navigation company from Nahootta te Ilwaoo will be extended around Baker's bay from Ilwaco to Knappton. the nearest deep-water port at which vessels of big draft can be loaded. It la understood - that an order cy this road for narrow gauge ties has been chanared to standard gauge ties within the last' few daya. This meana that the present narrow - gauge lino - will ' be chansed to the tegular width. -- , : . sTajrrlmsji Kay Own ft, : ' This line is said to be owned by the Harrlman system and la the only rail way holding the right to lay tracks across the government reservation at Scarboro Head. . where Fort Columbia Is situated. The plan Is to mine the cement on Bear river apd Ship It over the I. R. A N. to Knappton. - When the north bank road down the Columbia below Ooblev construction -of - which la now assured. Is In operation the cement can be, brought to Portland by rail aa well as water. ; '. v ' As 141,000 barrels of cement ; were Imported Into Portland for the fiscal year ending June 10,' It can bo aeen what a tremendous market there la for this material here. ., COMMERCIAL i:.lPORfHI!CE OF ALASKA SHOVN Collector of Customs at Juneau Makea Interesting Report , , of ths Year's Trad. The commercial Importance te Port land of the Alaska trade la again em phasised by -an annual report Just Is sued by Clarence L. Hobart of Juneau, collector of euatoma for the territory. The estimated total value of shipments from Alaska and the British Tukon to the United Statea t the last fiscal ysar reaches the magnificent sum of tl, isT.ui. Alaska's trade with the United Statea Is shown ln the following figures: Merchandise shipped from the United Statea to Alaska In the 10 months end ing April 10, lit, tU.llI,717; merchan dise shipped from Alaska to the United States, $8,215,717; domeatlo gold and stiver ' shipped - from, Alaska - to the United States, tll.tls.MI; foreign gold and silver shipped from Alaska to the United States, $7,411,511.' . - ' -; During the year til foreign and IIS domeatlo vessels entered and 111 for eign and 161 domestlo vessels cleared In the Alaska - trade, chiefly from Se attle, Tacoma and San Francisco. The total customs collections, tonnage taxes, navigation fees , fines, wharfage, - ln spectators' and - miscellaneous , feea amounted te 10,411, a substantial sum put In circulation In tha dUea where Alaska ships ara operated. T NEW BANK WILL BE - STARTED NEXT MONTH ' (Special Mepateh te' Tks lewaaL) Spokane, Wash., Aug. 11. A new bank will . be started at Union Park September 1. Articles of Incorpora tion have been drawn up. ' A number of the directors of the Washington Trust company are Intareeted In the corporation, which will not be Identi fied In any way with the trust com pany. The capital stock will be III. 000, fully paid op. Jamee S. Moors of Buffalo, New York, - will bring some new capital and will ba vlee-p resident and cashier. A 11.000 building la to be erected. The directors are: J. drier Long, R. L. Webster, R. J. Danson, M. B. Connelly and Jamas S. Moore. , . DEMOCRATS MEET AT:" WALLA WALLA HOTEL fSpertal Disss to The tarsal.) Walla Walla Wash., Aug. II. The Demon ratio county central Committee met at the Dacrea hotel thla afternoon and est September 17 for tha county I primaries aoa , aepmnpar ae , m las J. T. VILCON, Aiicticntrr Mondays, Weineaiays and Fri- daya at Xilearoom, v,j i-im Street, at 10 a. m.'.wcn uay. Monday's Sale Comprises a fine assortment of parlor chairs and rockers, couches, to4 lace curtains, portieres, pictures, PARLOR ORGAN, PIANO, dining-room effects, extension tables, chairs, dishes, etc; bedroom furnishings. Iron beds, dress ers, toiletware, bedding, eropnesn sew ing machines, steel and gas ranges, cook stoves, carpets, rug and mattings, kltohen utenalla, N&TV7 QRANITkV waku, etc, . - ..'.. , :; Tuesday's Sale In Storage Warehouse, 212 Front Street, v Corner Salmon, at 10 ' a. m. -. ' i;r v Sale Extraordinary .' t To' satisfy lawful claims, we re in structed to seU at PUBLIC AUCTION certain pieces of ANTIQUE! MAHUU ANT furniture, a number of - modern pieces, of oak and walnut furniture; also one piece of BRONZE STATUARY, numerous pieces of oostly CUT GLASS, elegant HAVILAND CHINA dinner set, FRENCH BI8QUH ornaments and brio-a-brae, flne vases, wine glasses and other glassware. The ANTIQUE FURNITURE comprises vary old bed stead, with fruit cluster carvings; also center 'table, witn maroio top ana nun carvings: one- mahogany stand, etc. THB EXTRAVAGANT FURNITURB comprises mahogany bedroom suite, cost 1600; large brlo-a-brao cabinet, compartment bookcase to match mag nificent chiffoniers, four-piece parlor set in mahogany frames, mahogany writing table and center stand, mahog any sideboard with marble slab. The walnut furniture comprises massive wardrobe, hall tree, etc. The oak pieces ara large hall tree, ladles' dresser and commode, sideboard, combination bookcase, china closets, etc All I have heavy beveled Frenota plate mirrors. In addition to this list, we will aell many useful furnishings. Including marble clock, white curled ' hair1 mattresses, eiderdown comfortables and bedding, carpets, pictures, kitchen equipments, ate .- NOTB intending pnrcnasere ran view the contents of this sals Monda 4:z by applying at salesroom, tOI First i ; Wednesday's Sale At Salesroom; 208 First Street t 10 sv m. Furniture, 'Carpeta, Stovea, a Fine Assortment of House Furnishinga and Other Valuable Merchandise. , ; Thursday's Sale C On the Premises, 535 Cole Street, at 10 a. rn. Reached by Sell- wood Car; : - s... i 1 . On aceotint of dsnarturo and by structlona from L R. Smith, wa will sell at auction the contenta of hla neat five-room cottage, compriaing parlor rockera and chairs, extra fins velour couch. Brussels carpets, bamboo furniture-, books, ogtension table and chairs, bedroom sets, springs and mattresses. carpets, lawn nose, laanary equipment, eook stove, etc -, r , Friday's Sale r At Salesroom, 208 First Street, at 10 a. m.'- ; . ' 7 PARLOR FURNITURE." ; LIBRARY and DININQ-ROOM FURNITURE, BEDROOM and kitchen furniture, ear netc stovea and a varied assortment of other useful effect a - NOTE We want $10,000 worth ' of second-hand furnishings. Ws pa cash you wish to sen. T. WILSON, Auctioneer. . Geo. Baker & Co. On Tuesday Next At 114 Alder street, we are Instructed to aell elegant oak and dining-room furniture, genulna leather library fur nishings, set of new American Ency clopedia In II volumes, complete, bound In laathar; flrst-clasa carpets, Axmls tsr rugs, all-brass beds, hair and felt mattresses, BIRDSETE MAPLE dress era, gun, folding bed. Iron beda, ateel range, etc. y Bala at ! oclock. , '. --'f Oil Th ursday Next 'Our regular sale of consignments of household furniture, etc., at BAKER'S AUCTION HOUSE, Alder and Park ata. Sale at -10 o'clock. ... ' V BAKER a SON, Auotloneere. A. SCHUBACH, Prop. Compulsory Auction Sale Tomorrow, 2 p. m. WE SELL A GRAND PIANO, BRAND NEW, COST SS00;.NEW QUARTERED OAK PEDE8TAL EXTENSION TA BLES, PIER GLASS MIRROR, MAS SIVE - QUARTERED OAK SIDE BOARDS, MODERN DESIGNS, ACORN RANGE, leather upholstered . couches, bed lounges, new folding go-carts and baby buggies, oak bedroom seta, prettv Iron beds,- T. Y. springs, floss mat tresses and a full tins of general house furnlshlngs. This Is a mortgage sale and everything must be sold tomorrow. Sale I p. ra. . - C. Ia. FORD, Auctioneer. Auction Sales ' Wednesday and Friday, 2 p. m., . at xu first street. . Everything In the housekeeping line, from the garret to the kitchen. You will alwaya find some exoellent pieces f furniture sold at auction at til First street - C. I FORD, Auctioneer. county. convention. Tha delegates were apportioned on the basis of one for every 121 votes cast for George Turner two years ago. There will be 151 dele- gates In the. county convention, each precinct In tha county being allowed one aaiegae aa target AUCTDORIS Portland Auction Rooms V.J Ton make an investment and at tha same time enjoy all the elements cf a speculation. Remember our prices are very low, considering the Improvements wears making. . Are offered ' to "purchasers of lots In Creaton, among them quick and frequent car aervloe to the city, an abundance ot good water, graded streets, sidewalks and the most magnificent view of any traot on the Mount Scott car line It Is Safe to Predict That thla tract will have more chotoa homaa within the next II months than any other subdivision in this distriot. and present prices will surely advance to two Jr three timea present figures. , Go and See for Yourself Before they are all sold; our agent la on tha ground and will deal liberally with you. Take Mount Scott oar at First and Alder streets, get off at Creaton; It'a only II minutes' ride. ; ; llfestern Oregon Trust Co. est aTTAJW . ; A. COWPHRTHWAIT. AOBNT. A Dunch of Good BUYS $3003; For i room well-built;' moder rm. V. house on East llth st. Eaat Anken: ear line); 500 cash and balance or i erme to suit tha purchaser. roAAFor a beautiful little cottage yfaUVU irvmgron. $2500 $2500 For an l-room house and fine grounds In Sunnyaldc For a ehoios lot on Tork st, ths new warehouse district. . fOAAAFor a strictly modern l-room JAIIUII house on Eaat ISth st. (Wav- $1400 For a choice lot oa Tbunnaa atrest . .. . , $I800B three choice Iota on East street . (East Ankeny car Una). Ill 1 1 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. SEASIDE AND LONG CtUCO PROPERTIES For Sale by Cbas. K. Henry SEASIDE ' Finely ' built, well furnished, modem cottaa-a. eltv wataK 'elactrla lirhta. Kiu (large tract of ground, one of the most desiraaia - plaoes t Seaside. ' - 2 Seaside Bulldin Site Beautiful residence sits fronting on the Neconlcum river, 71 feet wide and 111 feet In length from the road te the river; very attractive and a bargain. , - ::. Long Beach Building Sites V Several - fl no lots facing on tha ocean front at fieavlew. These lots can be had at $110 per lot. Similar front lota at Seaslds are selling from $600 te I0 per lot. -, .. . ..... . -.. r . t . Oceanside Lots Front lote facing on the ocean or nn the railroad track at Oceanalde, very de sirable snd cheap. Anybody wanting good Seaside property, call upon . - Chas. K. Henry, 273 Stark St, City Montavilla Lots Montavllla Is now In the city of Port land. Has Bull Run water and la one of the moat desirable residence sec tion!, with excellent car eervios. Ws havs lust secured a block of II lot In this lovely suburb within sasy walking distance of the car line. We can aell these at 1100 a lot, $10 CASH AND $5 A MONTH -; Better make your selections at once. HARTMAN& THOMPSON alAMBER OF COMMERCE. ' - FI RST STREET tfealOO, with t-etory frame building, on First street, near Washington $11,- 000. . ! ' i . 10x100, with S-atory brick, en First street, only 2t,000. , , Burnside Street Comer, 60x100, On Burnside and llth Streets $30,000; terms. ( The Healy Investment Co. ' S10-S14 AMagen - On Weldler Street Three of the choicest corners on this street In Holladay'e addition are now On the market. At ith street, 100x100, at.. ....B3,000 At llth street, 100x100, at . ,l. , . f,&00 At 17th atreet, 10x100. at.., ...$1,260 . Thla la the choice resldsnoe section of the eeet aide.- ..' '.--;.'.' I1ARTMAN & THOMPSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. . r TO reVESTORS ( ; 1" I offer quarter block on Gllaan, near Where the new paaaenger depot of tli ew passenger Is being built. Hill avatem Is being built. Th a Is Is the best, buy fh the city at the pries. It Is more than certain from present Indies- tlons thst the Northern and Grsat Northern will have their separata paa aenger atatlona on the block between -llth and 12th, Hoyt and Irving streets. Property In this vicinity la sure to ad vanoa rapidly and the quarter block I orrer Is a bargain. FlfsWcome first served. .-. . ..,.-... CCAS. K. Y.U.2Y, 273 Stark Street v. iiumiMTiiomt